Lunch
Everything is organic

200 Homemade You on a Diet - Black Bean soup
100 Homemade You on A Diet Beet Salad
80 1 slice of Ezekiel bread
110 1 cup of skim milk
0 1 cup of tea
92 2 cups of watermelon
0 16 ounces of iced green tea

total calories
582

Snack
70 1 nectarine
200 1 ounce of Walnuts
0 16 ounces of iced green tea

total calories
270

Dinner
300 Homemade Stir-fry Chicken with colorful mixed veggies
46 1 cup of Watermelon
0 1 cup of tea
0 16 ounces of iced green tea
total calories
346

Snack
80 1 slice of Ezekiel bread
100 1 Tbsp of Almond butter
92 2 cup of Watermelon
0 1 cup of tea
390 1 1/2 cups of ice cream
200 1 ounce of walnuts
Total calories
745

Total calories for the day = 2539
Cardio exercise for the day 2 hours & 15 minutes.

Calories Burned
Daily Energy Expenditure: 2255.0 kcal
Additional Calories from Exercise: + 2592.0 kcal
Estimated Energy Requirement: 4847.0 kcal

I failed at no ice cream tonight but now I have nothing left and I won't be tempted because there is nothing left! My goal is to continue to lose the weight slowly no more then 2 pounds a week, as I have no sagging skin and I am convinced it's because I am doing it slowly. I just need to keep reminding myself it's better to do it slowly, as I really want to already be at my goal weight. I love the Biggest Loser but sometimes watching it I just want it fast, but I try to keep reminding myself slow is best, it's the turtle that won that race. I am making a life style change to treat my body like a temple.

Hi,

Thanks, it's good to have a place to post.

Hi Echo,

You are everywhere on the boards! LOL
I wish I lived in London it's a very beautiful city. See you on the boards tomorrow!

Hello Cape

Morning, all! I'm happy to report that this morning I weighed in at 162.8, which means I'm on my way back to 162. I looked at my weight graph (on Fitday) this morning and I noticed that I drop consistently for 3-4 days, reach an all-time low and then boom! I'm up again, but it comes back down and the trend continues. Weird, huh?

Cape! What were you doing up at 5 AM?? Yeah, I'm gearing up for a Thanksgiving challenge. All those pie slices motivate me! Especially the turkey. He's cute.

Breffix: 1 cup skim milk + 1 tbsp cocoa powder (125 cals), Instant Oatmeal (maple and brown sugar flavor with a good tsp of cinnamon added by me ) 170 cals, 1 burfi. I was hungry for some reason.

Lunch: Leftover soup from last night. Will make fresh wontons. They're about 80 cals each. Soup is about 200 cals. If I'm still hungry, I'll have some spinach+mozzie ravioli (200 cals)

Snack: Watermelon or grapes or figs

Dinner: Hmmm...don't really know what to make.

Chit chat time: I saw a Lebanese movie last night, Caramel. It's really good! Some commented that it was very much like steel magnolias, only it addressed issues specific to the Lebanese culture. I haven't seen Steel Magnolias yet, but if it's like this movie, then I'm sure to like it! It's about 4 girlfriends who work in a beauty salon and the issues they face throughout the movie. I can't compliment it enough! Really well acted and directed.

Hi girls, this is going to be a quick message. i'm so annoyed at myself. yesterday i spilled a large glass of water on my keyboard so stupid!!!

i'm hoping that it will work again once it dries out completely, but right now, its only giving me a few letters. so i've borrowed my moms old laptop that is super slow,but beggars cant be choosers!!

i've ordered a connector thingy, to connect my old keyboard to my new computer, but that wont come for a few days. anyways just wanted to say hey!

some of the water spilled on my monitor too! thank god it works though. but it doesnt switch off lol which is weird. but thats okay, as long as its working. i've got it so the display automatically switches off after a few minutes, and at night will just switch it off from the plug.

anyways have a good day girls!
talk to you soon !

Thank you everyone for welcoming me so warmly. Thanks but I wish I hadn't had the ice cream and walnuts but I did.

But hey I didn't add any sugar to my cups of tea yesterday which is a small victory. And I didn't add it again this morning nor did I use the salt today. I'm trying to only have a 1/4 tsp of idione salt a day because I eat foods that already have salt in them and today my goal is to only eat 1800 calories because I am calorie cycling.

Breakfast

260 3 Organic eggs scambled cooking in a 1/2 tsbp of canola oil
30 2 Tbsp's of organic salsa
40 1/2 slice of Ezekiel bread (dry)
92 2 cups of Organic Watermelon
0 1 cup of tea
110 1 cup of Organic skim milk
0 8 ounces of water & loads of varies vitamins
Total calories
532

For a second there, I thought you meant salt in your coffee and I was like "BLECH! That's ONE way to get over a sugar craving!" Then I realized what you really mean to say.

Snack
70 1 nectarine
0 16 ounces of iced green tea
Total calories
70

Lunch

150 4 ounces of broiled chicken
25 Salad 2 cups mixed spring greens and 1 grated carrot
100 Homemade You on a Diet - salad dressing
80 1 slice of Ezekiel bread
150 1 1/2 Tbsp of Olive oil with butter
0 16 ounces of iced green tea
25 1 small slice of cantalope
Total calories
527

Snack
50 2 slices of cantalope
0 16 ounces of iced green tea
Total calories
50

Dinner
200 6 ounces of broiled chicken
50 colorful mixed veggies
0 16 ounces of iced green tea
46 1 cup of Watermelon
Total calories
296

Snack
92 2 cups of Watermelon
80 1 slice of Ezekiel bread
100 Tbsp of Almond butter
0 1 cup of tea
Total calories
272

Total calories for the day= 1747
Cardio exercise for the day 2 hours & 15 minutes.

Calories Burned
Daily Energy Expenditure: 2255.0 kcal
Additional Calories from Exercise: + 2592.0 kcal
Estimated Energy Requirement: 4847.0 kcal

Oh sorry about that, no I don't add salt to my coffee I use to put salt on my eggs with salsa and the sugar in my coffee.

even tho I faultered Sunday...I kept relatively busy today, and prior to working out, I didnt overeat..which is good. I may not have made great choices...but I didnt stuff myself. I was happy to feel "empty" this morning...which honestly, I havent felt in MONTHS!!

Yeah, I did too. Plus, my stupid spacebar key broke on my stupid laptop and I spent 3 hours trying to fix it. I've replaced it before and it took me all of 2 seconds and for some reason it just didn't want to work today. My other key also came off and the hinge for that broke so I um taped it up and replaced it. I feel sorry for anyone who uses that key.

No worries, Chica. You'll be back on plan tomorrow. I'm also feeling ravenous (TOM here too). This is the first time in 3-4 months that I'm getting mild cramps and eating everything in sight.

Good job thistime!

My confession (this is going to be long)

Breffix - 1 cup skim milk + 1 tbsp cocoa powder, Instant oatmeal

Snack - 1 burfi

Lunch - 2 cups wonton soup with homemade wontons (6, but they're tiny)
5 spinach and mozzie stuffed raviolis

Snack - where do I start? 2 figs, 2 bananas, 3 burfis and a 100 cal popcorn bag

Dinner - chickpea curry with potato cakes (3, each had 0.5 tsp of oil, if that)

Ugh. I don't even WANT to know how many calories those were. Blah. No exercise because it was rainy this morning and it was super late by the time we had dinner.

Sorry to hear, Echo. Computer probs are the worst! I had a little mishap with my keyboard today and it was NOT fun dealing with it. Mine's nothing compared to yours though. I hate computers.