i have a butternut squash waiting to be made into soup on my day off (friday) i adore butternut squash with a little curry powder and chilli powder for a kick, yummy and very low cal!

I've never done butternut squash in a soup; I tend to slice and make "fries" using olive oil and sea salt.

Looks like the forum exploded today! Good times. But I'm going to go ahead and bump this, just to make sure it stays where we can all easily find it.

In other news, I finished my water early today. I'm going to need to refill my bottle before I hit the gym...which is, like, now. See you guys later!

Tuesday was good except the lack of exercise... it was a looooong day and i'm not going to work out at midnight.

Wednesday 12/10
Food:
B: yogurt w/ granola and agave
L: pasta e fagioli, celery w/ PB
S: clementines
D: going to a social event where the munchies will make my dinner - I have to go easy on them, they can be high cal!
Exercise:
Water:

Tuesday recap: I went and worked out...did C25k week 2 day 3, alternating between 3.5 mph for walking and 5.5 mph for running. Omg, I effing HURT right now. I didn't stretch after working out last night, so I'm paying for it now with serious knee and shin pain. But I did the whole workout, and did some good stretching after, hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow and have an easier time with the workout. I swear, it feels like it's gotten harder, not easier, as I kept it up. I'll do an extra day of Week 2 before moving onto week 3, I think.

Food-wise, I did fine, although I'm now down to fewer than 100 calories for the day, and am craving something sweet to end the night. Hmm. Half a 100-cal Oreo pack? We'll see.

Water-wise, I kicked *** and took names, as it were. 64 oz. by 11:30, and an additional 16.9 oz. water bottle while working out. Today was, again, a rousing success!

How did everyone else do today?

This is just what I need - thanks Nikaia!

Starting weight: 145 lbs

My Plan
Daily Eating: trying to spread meals instead of having 3 big ones
Daily exercise: 30 minute run (outside)
Hydration: 2 liters of water at least

Monday
Guidelines: not too bad
Exercise: no :\
Water: not enough

Tuesday
Guidelines: I didn't eat proper meals and had too much peanut butter, but could have been worse
Exercise: nope
Water:

Wednesday
Guidelines: Today I actually start with the challenge, so far so good!
Exercise: went for my run
Water:

Thursday
Guidelines:
Exercise:
Water:

Friday
Guidelines:
Exercise:
Water:

Saturday
Guidelines:
Exercise:
Water:

Sunday
Guidelines:
Exercise:
Water:

Total Loss:
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Tuesday:
Breakfast: Fiber One Bar
Lunch: 2 Eggs with 2 pieces of WW toast and 2 pieces of Canadian bacon
Snack: Apple and 3 Newman O's
Dinner: Chicken Cacciatore and spinach
Dessert: Fat free sugar free chocolate pudding with a banana mixed in.
Late Night Snack: 100 calorie cup cakes and 100 Calorie Wheat thins.
Daily Total = 1,601

Today was an ok day. I had a major sweet tooth that was getting to me. As you can see I indulged in 3 cookies and a late night snack. I drank all the water I was supposed to but I'm going to slowly up my water intake. I didn't exercise today which was a failure on my part but I was really busy with school...not an excuse but it was just a crazy day. I know I'm posting this on Wednesday but I have been having issues with the website and wasn't able to get on until today.

Wednesday
B: eggs, coffee, grapefruit
L: salad, leftover vegetable soup
S: string cheese, apple, cup of soup
D: grilled chicken w/ wild rice, broccoli
post-workout: 2 eggs, tea

I came in just under 1300 yesterday and will hit 1400 today. I met my exercise goal of doing HIIT along with my normal stuff. I'm HOOKED on the Daily Plate (how had I never tried it before?) and DH is now into it, too.

Tonight my goal is to make it to the gym. This is finally starting to feel routine and I'm managing well. I do not sense a burnout, which after a week would have been my problem. I think it was the stress of not tracking my intake. I'm just amazed at how helpful it has been (not to say that I haven't tracked, but I was guessing/rough estimating before).

what a CRAP day ive had. bleurgh. not the cleanest eating, come in at about 1650 cals. i had some carrot cake, could have been worse but i just had a bad day. visit from my boss which always makes me panicky and stressed.

anywho, done some crunches, drinking my water and getting myself ready for my 12 hour shift tomorrow.



Wednesday

WEIGHT: 212.2 (-0.4)

Breakfast: granary toast x2 with organic pb and organic blueberry preserve
Snack: clementine, small skinny latte
Lunch: leftover veggie stew, brocolli, cheese and salad sandwich, tiny bite of pizza
Snack: clementine, carrot cake
Dinner: chicken, salad, feta and sweet potato wedges

Exercise
10 crunches
Physio for back exercises

Water
1 litre and counting...

On the run so quick check in:
B- Scrambled egg whites & gimme lean wrapped in Light flatout w/ hot sauce & banana, coffee w/ h & h, no water...
L- 1/2 c. cottage cheese mixed w/ 1/2 honey greek yogurt cup, ezekial bread w/ sliced tomato and melted colby jack on top, 23 oz. water
D- 3 c. baby romaine w/ 1 can tuna, 2 hardboiled egg whites, onion, tomatoes, 1 packet ranch, 23 oz. water
S- whenever I need throughout the day baby carrots

Workout: not yet, after work 45 minutes of Pain! (lower body)
Total Calories: 1502

Have a good day everyone

Thursday (almost there, ladies!)
B:2 eggs + 1 white, green smoothie, green tea
Lunch: Leftover chx and wild rice, grapefruit
S: string cheese, soup, apple
D: bean dna veggie soup, salad
post workout: 2 eggs.

I don't know if I will work out. I make a take a rest day because I'm coming down with a cold. Blech.

uh-oh, bad day today. see what happens when I don't plan in advance. I'm just going to move on, put a plan in place for tomorrow and go from there.

Friday, 12/12
Food
B: Luna bar
L: leftover casserole (I have it in the freezer and I really hope it still tastes good, I've never tried freezing this kind before!)
S: clementines!
D: Veggies, rice, and tofu
Exercise: 3 miles walking/jogging, plus some strength
Water:

I made it a whopping 20 minutes at the gym

Iris, better day tomorrow indeed!

Thursday

Breakfast: 2 slices pb and blueberry preserve on toast (must pick up some marmite today!)
Snack: clementine, small brownie
Lunch: Chicken and bacon salad sandwich, low cal crisps
Snack: clementine
dinner: ham and mustard sandwich

Exercise:

Elliptical

Water:

no where near enough



no weight loss the last couple of days, gonna try and kick start it again today by guzzling water and doing an hour of pilates

Haven't lost a single pound. Man, I thought maybe some water weight or something, but nada.

I suspect this has to do with my gym-going. I haven't been doing much strength training or serious cardio in several weeks, so I might be holding onto some water. Who knows? I'm going to start measuring. I'm a little disappointed

Friday:
B: green smoothie, green tea, 2 eggs
L: 2 cups, soup
S: string cheese, grapefruit, more soup (I'm sick right now with the "crud")
D: ??? I have some chicken left over. I've been liking the chicken and wild rice I've been cooking for DH.

what is this green smoothie you speak of Jen?