I will deffinately have to try your recipe. I'm kindof dying for a sweet treat that won't send me into a coma...lol

What size baking dish do you use? 9 x 13 ?

CD - I'm going to try that recipe, too! Have you put it in the 'our favorite recipes' sticky?

, yoyo!!!

Counting Down, that recipe sounds delicious!

So, yesterday was POP. And the scale this am......drumroll please! 157.5! Woohoo!!! 156 is my red line, 153-154 is where I feel really good. Once again I am reminded that the food choices I make really do count.

I have a bit of a landmine tonight. A family dinner for my nephew's birthday. The menu is pasta, salad, bread, cake, ice cream. I'll eat something on my plan before I go.

I'm ashamed to say that I had a really awful weekend. You don't even want to know what I ate.

Back OP today, and I'm trying to be enthusiastic about it, but I'm not in a very positive place right now.


It sounds like everyone did really well this weekend, though! Great job everyone!

Come on Megan, you can do it! What is that expression I just love...Oh, "If hunger is not the problem, then food is not the answer". (Or something like that.)

You have been one of my inspirations since I joined 3FC.

Midwife - Great job!!! Good luck with the dinner. Can you make some rules for yourself? Like, fill half your plate with salad, no more than one piece of bread, choice of cake or ice cream but not both?

Megan - Today is a new day. I KNOW you can do it. Maybe it's time to take a different tactic? If the weekends result in lots of eating, then do a calorie cycle where it's OK to eat that much on the weekend (and just eat less during the week). I get the impression that part of what leads you to sabotage is feeling guilty about eating. Maybe if that weekend indulgence was allowed, you wouldn't feel guilty about it, and you would do better during the week?

My weight was up today too, probably thanks to last night's pre-fast carb fest. (No, I probably didn't REALLY need to eat that half loaf of garlic bread. Oops.) I'm hoping the water weight will be flushed away by the fast today. Tomorrow it's off to Tucson and conference food for me. I'm going to try to get in my workout before my flight, but I will probably end up having dinner at my connection airport.

Some folks can do moderation. I've proven to myself moderation is not reliable for me and garlic bread and cake are those things that one bite is too much and the loaf of bread or the whole cake is not enough. As Lori would say (and I LOVE this for me!!!), "Get off the sauce!" But for me it's sugar and butter sauce.....

It is a rational suggestion that would work well for most people, though. I am just a little bit of a freak right now.

Have a great trip!!!

The crisp - I use a small casserole dish (9 inch round or square should work). After making it yesterday, I would definitely double the recipe and use a 9x13 pan.

The peanut butter was a nice touch - quite yummy

Ah, garlic bread is one of my trouble foods as well. In fact warm bread of any kind - particularly right out of the oven is a MAJOR issue for me.

Thus, I like indulging when I go out, portion control is much easier. I just don't make much bread at home, unless it is a high-protein multi-grain loaf.

I'm the same way with pasta - portion control is a must, or I will eat the whole pan!

I came through the weekend still at 117.0 - so I am very pleased. It feels good to be at the low end of my range before going on vacation on Friday. I'm just hoping for good weather so we can do a lot of hiking. That should negate the food indulgences

Dang, dang, and DANG! I had a nice little binge today. Extra bowl of cereal, extra handful of nuts, then two mini cinnamon-raisin bagels for no apparent reason, just nerves. Plan for the rest of the day is to go for a jog and get to work on some of the stuff that is fraying my nerves. I have some Amy's burritos in the freezer and I think I will have one of those for dinner - all pre-portioned for me and full of protein.

Monday accountability:
Snacks: check, I had a piece of bread after dinner but that's all
Workouts: no dice, today will be #1 for the week
HIIT: N/A
Calories: check, thanks to Yom Kippur I only ate 600.

Thanks, Lori. Your post made me cry yesterday (in a good way). I'm going to keep trucking. I might fall off the wagon sometimes, but to fall off entirely is an unthinkable option.

I just get to frustrated because this is what I do - I go ~2-3 weeks POP, then veer wildly off course and gain back any loss I've had. I've been doing this for 2-3 years now. I honestly don't know what the solution is. I cannot eat "treats" (read: any type of simple carb) in moderation. 1 makes me want 6 more and my blood sugar gets all wacky, which is why I try to avoid them altogether (there could be a little guilt in there - the "oh I've blown it now" factor - any suggestions for working on that?). Maybe I should try to redefine my idea of "treat". It seems that nothing but sticking POP eating the healthiest foods and working out can make any weight budge, but then after that ~3 weeks I just suddenly get crazed and want that ice cream, pizza, etc. (that honestly I wasn't thinking about at all during those three weeks).

I think first I'll try to play with my calories a bit as Jessica suggested. I haven't done calorie cycling b/c it's really hard for me to get below 1500 cals/day during the week, and I would need to do so to give myself a higher allotment during the weekend. However I'm going to look at things again and see what I can come up with. (Maybe I shouldn't say "I can't do that" so much.)

Thanks for listening to my ramblings/frustrations/etc. everyone. I really do appreciate the support. It keeps me from diving totally off the deep end! (And for real, I'm weepy again! Why am I so weepy? Totally OT, can one PMS even if one is on the BC pill? I thought it wasn't really possible...)

Jessica, you've been doing great! Keep it up!

Iris, oh how I can relate to the munching. Sounds like you have a plan to get back on track - how are things today?

midwife, Counting, yup, garlic bread is one of those foods for me too. 1 piece quickly leads to half the loaf!

midwife, I'm laughing at you're "I'm a little bit of a freak right now" because that's exactly how I feel!

YIKES, I was hoping no one would remember that. I would never really actually say that to a total stranger at Walmart

That was an emotional day for me.

Megan - I'm on Seasonale, so I only have a period every three months and I totally PMS in the couple of weeks before it. Been on BC for probably ten years now and have always had the PMS symptoms. Have wondered if they were in my head, but they are pretty consistent so I don't know. I tend to overeat on the weekends too, so I also try to bank some calories during the week for the inevitable ice cream crazy. It is hard, I'll admit. And I fight with the 'I've blown it now' every time I go overboard. I don't have a good solution for stopping it - I tend to just barrel through it by sheer force of will. I refuse to let the ice cream, pizza, candy, whatever beat me for too long so I turn that guilt and anger into lower calories and more exercise after the overeating. Hang in there sweetie.

Hey everyone I have read all posts and am with you all in triumph and some bouts of defeat.

I will also make that crisp recipe CD, thank you for that.
Midwife, very very very hard for me to do one piece of garlic bread. I did have some rare success with Challah this weekend-- had just a bit and did not get crazy with myself (go me!)
Iris, I just had some ice cream, 2 drumsticks and tuna fish--- because I did not want to do a whole bunch of STUFF that's been waiting for me. I will finish this post and get to work-- not eat thru the kitchen cupboards
Meagan, what I know is that I have been where you are at this moment (ummm, regularly?) and I know what it is like. hugs.
Lori Bell, I read all the hoopla and was sending you good internet vibes-- you are not a hurtful person and I'm sure that was rough!
Jessica have a good conference!
Shannon hey lady!
Allison please give movie tips and reviews here! I rarely get to go and want to be prepared if I will got the chance

if I did not read far enough back-- this thread moves!-- hello to all!

my scale report: got down to 124 for 2 or 3 days-- red line where I really feel very very good and am today up to 127.5-- plan to push fluids and stay very op for the rest of the day and the rest of the week too

kittycat~I'll try to remember to do some reviews...we went to see Surrogates this weekend. Meh. I usually like Bruce Willis movies (action flicks) but this one was kindof dreary. I guess it was all the people trying to act like robots. IDK but it wasn't my favorite. We would have gone to see Whip It (which looks really good) but it isn't playing here yet. I guess it opened in limited areas last weekend. Fame also looks good, but didn't get a big turnout, so we might just wait for it to come on pay per view.