Thanks for your concern, Jill, you sweetheart -- you can see what I've been eating since 4 pounds ago; I'm obviously not starving myself! I think I've had that "start of plan" water weight bump. Satisfying, but not terribly substantial, you know? It's a start, though....and I'm totally doing the happy dance.

Here's today:

Tuesday, 4/19

AM: ½ cup All Bran Extra Fiber and ½ cup Kashi Go Lean w/8 oz. skim milk; 1 protein drink
Mid-AM: ½ cup cottage cheese; 1 apple; 4 reduced fat Triscuits
Lunch: ¾ cup brown rice with 1 ½ cups chopped asparagus and 3 oz. albacore tuna
Dinner: 6 oz. tilapia sautéed in a little olive oil w/garam masala and my salt-free hot spice blend; 2 boiled new potatoes w/a couple sprays of I Can't Believe it's Not Butter spray and fresh Italian parsley; ½ cup heated chopped spinach; 2 cups mixed baby greens and a Roma tomato w/1 tbsp. low-fat balsamic vinaigrette and extra balsamic vinegar; 3 oz. white wine
PM: 1 cup plain nonfat yogurt w/1 cup blueberries
Water: 120 oz. water
Calories: 1546; 14% fat / 36% protein / 45% carb’s / 4% alcohol

YAY! Another good day for me (I even have points left over, I need some sort of treat for that )

4/19/05

Points Allowed: 26
Points Used: 20

Morning: 4.5 pts
1 cup Kashi Go Lean Go Lean Cereal
1/2 cup 2% reduced fat milk
1 Tbsp dried cranberries

Midday: 8.5pts
1 slice French Meadow Bakery Rye Whole Grain (Wheat-Free)
w/1 Tbsp Smucker's Reduced-Fat Natural Peanut Butter
1 package Weight Watchers Smart Ones Spicy Szechuan Style Vegetables

Evening: 5pts
1 Ground Beef 95% Lean Meat / 5% Fat, Patty topped with (stir fried) 1 cup zucchini, 1 cup bell pepper, 1 cup onions, Stubbs Beef Marinade (spicy! Yum!)
1/2 cup Del Monte Sweet Peas, No Salt Added
1/2 cup Green Giant Extra-Sweet Niblets Corn

Snack: 2pts
1 Borden String Cheese

Water: appx 60oz

Exercise: uh, 2 hrs or shopping must count, right?! Actually, I parked my car on on end of a strip of shopping centers and walked back and forth to the car from each shop (to put purchases in the trunk ).

Another good day.

1 cup Kashi w/ 1/2 cup blueberries and 1cup skim milk
fat free cottage cheese w/ tomato
banana
apple
cheese sandwich w/tomato
banana
apple
cheese sandwich w/tomato
ice cream cone
1/2 cup lowfat yogurt w/ blueberries and 1/3 cup corn flakes
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1790 calories
37 grams of fat
160 oz of water

TODAY 4/20/05

So far, nothing. I don't feel good. So that means I will have to force myself to eat something. I can't seem to keep anything on my stomach. It started yesterday, around 3. I hate this.

So far - apple and peaches

1 cup of green beans - 1 cup of butter peas - 4 oz of peaches - 4 fresh strawberries

Wow, looks like it's been entirely too long since I checked the 100lb. Club forum--I want in! I was just complaining about my diet on another thread Because of my schedule, I have to pack all of my food for the day the night before, so here's what I have/had today:

Breakfast: Fruit Loops with skim milk
Snacks: strawberry yogurt
orange
Chex mix (I even measured exactly 1 serving )
Lunch: thin-sliced ham rolls with honey mustard dressing
mozzarella string cheese
Snack: can of fruit cocktail
Dinner: Chef Boyardee single-serving cup of canned mac n' cheese
Snack: apple

Total: a little under 1500 calories
It's 9:40am, and I've already had 32 oz of water, so I'm well on my way to floating for the day

Another Good Day!!! This isn't so hard after all!!!

3/19/05
5 - Mint Zone Perfect Bar
2 - 3 cheese crackers
4 - Grilled Chicken Ceasar Salad (no dressing)
2 - All Bran Bar
12 - 2 hotdogs with bun
2 - 1 oz. baked chips
4 - 1 mini strawberry cheesecake
31 - TOTAL

Everyone is doing so great. Reading everyone else's food is making me hungry.
Kim, I hope you feel better my husband just got over a bug where he couldn't eat at all and it was not fun, so take care of yourself.

Today's Menu - 4/20/05
Breakfast - Kellogs Cereal Bar & Diet Sunkiss.
Lunch - Salad with cottage cheese instead of dressing.
Snack - Sharp Cheddar Cheese w/ Crackers (heaven!)
Dinner - Chicken Sandwich (made out of left overs) on wheat bread.

I am going to join the par-tay!

4-20

1 individual size container ff Breakstone's cottage cheese
1 banana
1 slice Natural Ovens multigrain bread
2 cups coffee w/hazelnut coffee mate.
1/2 liter water


4 oz steak, seasoned w/cracked black pepper, garlic powder & a small amt of butter
1 cup french cut green beans
1 slice Natural Ovens multigrain toast
1/2 can diet cherry Coke Should be having milk, but cannot be trusted around the vending machine at this time. couldn't finish it, so threw it away...
12 baby carrots. I am pretending they are Cheetos.


2 mini (small squares) Milky Way Midnights (dark chocolate)

3 sticks of Light String cheese (150 cals, 7.5 gm fat)
1 more slice of that dang N/O bread, w/1 tsp dijon mustard
1 cup lemon ginseng green tea.


1 piece Watermelon Bubblicious


dinner in Milwaukee @ a friend's house, we cooked!

2 pieces bruschetta w/artichoke topping
spinach salad w/sliced portabellos & red onion
2 slices homemade (by me! ) margherita pizza (tomato chunks for sauce, fresh mozzarella & basil leaves)
half a margarita
half a Moretti beer


Thank you for the welcome, Jill!!!

Woo hoo! I'm so proud of everybody! So many "on plan" days! We just HAVE to keep this going. I know there's a separate weekly weigh-in thread, but make sure you also post your weight-losses here so we can really see the relation between what we're eating and what we're LOSING!

Having said that, I won't be weighing in until June. My regular WW leader is taking a sabbatical until then and the replacement is unbearable (she looks like Tammy Faye Baker, has an annoying nasally voice and over the top manner - I just can't sit through a meeting with her.) Of course I'm staying on plan and keeping in touch with the other members via telephone and email. Then I thought about those times I avoid the scale when I'm off plan for awhile. When the day of reckoning arrives I'm usually shocked at the increase (like when I got back from Russia). This time I'm doing the opposite; staying ON plan and when the day of reckoning arrives in June I'll be rejoicing in my loss.

Welcome to the party, SAPF and Jillybean. Hope you're feeling better soon, kclay. If you can't eat, make sure you drink juice or broth - anything to keep the metabolism up and prevent overeating when you're feeling better!

Oh yeah, my "eats":

Breakfast: 1c Kashi Go Lean, 1/2c low-fat milk and a mug of tea with milk.
Midmorning: 1 medium banana and 500ml spring water.
Lunch: 3/4c wild & brown rice cooked in chicken broth and seasonings, mixed with 1/2c 5 bean medley. 500ml spring water.

Walked the pup this morning for 20 minutes and since its pouring rain right now, I'm going to walk briskly through the downtown underground shopping concourses until my lunch hour is over.

Catch you later!

Hi everyone,

We'll I'm back on on-plan today. Yesterday, I went out to pick-up a salad for lunch and came back with Chinese food!!! I don't quite know what happened??

Anyway, I wend to the doctor about my knee and he said I need to get my weight down, it will help.

Today's food so far:

B: coffee w/milk - 2pts - I was at the doctors office, too nervous to eat...
L: Grilled chicken caesar salad w/dressing on the side - 7pts
S: Lowfat brownie - 3pts

I'm planning a lean cuisine for dinner, this should leave me with points left over to counteract yesterday's lunch.

Have a good day everyone!

Taking the weight off really does help. My knee pain is almost completely gone. I also take Glucosamine which helps. My doctor told me to take 1500 mg a day and not to worry about getting the kind with Chondroitin because they are finding it does not do much. Not to mention it's expensive. It takes a good month or more for it to get in your system but it does help.

Hey PeachGirl - thanks! I'm in Georgia, you anywhere near here?

Jillegal - I know EXACTLY what you mean about a different WW leader. When I first joined WW, over a year ago, I had a WONDERFUL leader. But the drive was so far for her, and her health was declining, so they moved her closer to her home, which was too far for me to drive. They brought in another lady. I did not "click" with her. She was nice, but just didn't have the motivation process that the other leader had and what I needed. So I quit going. I also gained every single pound back. Which is why my Dr. now has me on a diet. ((((((HUGS)))))

Used 19 of my 26 pts. I need to eat more?!

4/20/05

Breakfast - 4.5pts:
1 cup General Mills Whole Grain Total
1/2 cup 2% reduced fat milk
1 cup mixed berries

Midday - 6pts:
Weight Watchers Smart Ones Fiesta Chicken
1 cup mixed greens w/ 2tsp Sun Dried Tomato Dressing

Evening - 7PTS:
1 cup cooked spaghetti
W/ 1 cup diced tomatoes, mushroom, zucchini, 1 piece sliced grilled chicken
1 cup mixed greens (salt/pepper/lemon juice, no dressing)

Snack - 1.5pts
light n fit fiber yogurt topped with 2 tsp Post Grape-Nuts

Water - apprx 80oz (so far)

**edited because dinner changed (for the better)

A good day today, if a very long one.....

Porridge
Turkey salad roll
2 satsumas, apple
Cottage cheese, salad, tomato, roast chicken (no skin)
Tomatoes stuffed with rice, courgette, asparagus, with goats cheese
Melon and raspberries
Hot chocolate (low fat)

Swam for 30 min, walked for 20 min

Upate time:

Midafternoon snack: 1 large tomato, sliced thickly with 1/4c cottage cheese on top and ground black pepper. 1 small bottle Perrier water.

Dinner: 2c steamed broccoli and cauliflower with 2 melted fat-free cheese slices, pumpernickel bagel spread with drained flaked tuna (mixed with a little Miracle Whip Light dressing, pepper, chopped celery and red onion). 500ml spring water. Coffee with milk

Went to the tennis courts after dinner for about an hour and batted the ball back and forth with George (in between chasing the dog to get the ball back when I missed)

Hummmm...haven't seen Bev or Sheila - must I hunt them down?