Maryea...what does NSV stand for?
yesterday I stayed on plan. For breakfast I had sauteed parsnip ,tomatoes,tofu bean sprouts w/ a chipolte pepper and a tablespoon of tahini.
yes tahini is caloricly dense,(that's code for fattening), but one tablespoon is 130 calories, it has calcium and other trace nutrients. and b/c i am a vegan and I need to make sure I am not cutting out too many nutritious foods.
any way that one tablespoon plus the tofu brought the morning caloreis close to 250.
Knowing that I kept all the other meals ,4 of them, to 100 calories each so that meant i had just slightly over 950 calories.
900-1000 is what my doctor stressed I keep my intake down to. I am short and under my chubbiness i have a small frame. But great big roomy hips. hence the 9 pound babies.
So I am on plan. My leg throbbing has diminshed some. soon enough i will be able to exercise w/o hurting myself.
Last edited by lucindaarrowspark; 01-26-2012 at 07:05 AM.
Mary, I love the comment that if you just let loose like we've all done, you'd be over 200 pounds. That is a great way to reframe the outlook.
Lucinda, NSV is non-scale victory. And it'll be great when you can exercise and I'm glad the leg pain is subsiding a little.
About 1400 cals yesterday and a good elliptical workout. Today on plan again. And since I whined about the scale, this morning it gave back the 157.8 from last Friday, Saturday and Sunday's weigh ins. I still want that .2 so I can change my ticker. But at this point, getting the loss back is a victory.
Marie
Total calories-1640. 60 minutes at the Y for weight training. I am enjoying my good day since tomorrow is Friday. I am going to aim for 2000 calories and be happy with that if I can do it.
maryea-Well then your "bad" days are not so bad after all. The good news is you are working on it. These things take time.
lucinda-Way to go staying on plan again.
Marie-Woohoo on the scale victory. I am sure there are more good things to come with all your good behavior.
Yesterday I came in at a very respectable 1147 calories and 137 carbs and plenty of fiber. Not bad...
Today was really low calories until the board of directors retreat. I enjoyed halibut, plain baked potato and french onion soup. I left most of the top on the soup but it was really yummy. Desert was a miniature dark chocolate cup with a small (maybe a tablespoon) of dark chocolate mocha mousse. Wow, the perfect lovely little bite. I am estimating at just over 1500 calories for the day.
Marie, the scale will be subdued!
Mary, I have faith in you. Just keep trying. You are right, it would be worse if you just gave up and gave in.
Lucinda, next time feed your dh some of the garlic
Tera, your consistency is gonna pay off. BTW, what happens on Friday?
I am eating a thing called nori. It is dried seaweed used to wrap up a sushi. I have never had it before. It kind of tastes fishy and supposedly it has important trace minerals. So for breakfast I am enjoying a salad w/ bean sprouts, nori and a hot chipolte. Low calories.
Rie, your eating sounds perfect and delish at the retreat. Great job!
Lucinda, gotta say your seaweed stuff sounds nasty.
Tera, "If I can do it..." Sweetie, change that to "I will do it." You have the power and strength to kick FAC in the butt.
On track yesterday, both food and exercise. Scale said the same this morning. I'm just fine with that. I just hate when dumb weight fluctuations mess with my mind. Stalled I can handle for about 6 weeks, then I get mad.
Marie
I did a little better again yesterday although not quite back on track still. So far today I'm doing well. Got to the gym today too finally...my workouts have been very sporadic recently which doesn't help and my weight is high. I'm giving myself some good "talking tos" and am determined to take the steps I need to do. BTW, we have the scale back in dh's bathroom and it seems to be accurate even though I don't like the number. BTW, I did not watch TV last night and that helped.
Marie - love your honesty about the seaweed! I probably wouldn't like it either but it is all in what you are used to and it probably is healthy. My dh likes a lot of things that I don't so I understand.
Lucinda - You seem to eat healthy but I'm not sure I could eat salad for breakfast with or without the seaweed! But I say GFY for being able too. I can eat veggies mixed into eggs sometimes, kind of like an omelette although when cooking for myself I usually just scramble them.. not every day but occasionally. Your seaweed description reminds me of a snack that a family member once gave us...it was dried and very slightly salty. I didn't care for it but my dh (Filipino) liked it. I honestly wish I liked more things like that as usually they are healthy and very low cal/carb.
Rie - Your dinner sounds so good! Thank you for your support...it really helps!
Ter - It's just that I know I can't lose unless I stay at 1500 and below and much above 1600 I will start gaining which I have been doing. So have to really watch those calories plus as a diabetic i need to be more careful about my carbs. Its the evenings where i really mess up but I must have not done too badly that way last night because this am my bs is good or maybe it was just the exercise...that brings it down too. I've been pretty sedentary recently...so it was good to get back to the gym. You sure are doing well at the exercise!
Marie - You are doing great too! See I HAVE to do better to keep catch up with all you guys!
Mary, like I noted to Tera. When you've been going to the gym and moving s when you have good eating days as well. Now that your back is better, I bet you'll get to the gym often and the eating will continue to be better. I remember when I first started exercising to Walk Away the Pounds, one of the videos, Leslie Sansome said at the end something like this: Now that you've exercised you're going to have a great day because you'll want to eat good because you feel so good. Big paraphrase there but that always stuck with me. If I exercise, I don't eat crappy. I want to keep being healthy.
Yesterday, I decided not to catch a ride with a co-worker to pick up my SUV after it got new tires. No one really knew how far away it was but I didn't think it was far and it was a BEAUTIFUL out. So I hit the start button on my iPhone Bikemeter app and started walking. 27 minutes and 1.51 miles later I I was at the tire store. Pretty cool. I walked in my Birks instead of walking shoes and my feet survived. Had to stop once to get some pebbles out. Food ended at 1375 cals.
The scale finally gave me that .2 pounds to make my weight loss 7 pounds. I realized that today is the 2 month anniversary when I really buckled down to re-lose the 20 pounds. So 7 pounds in 2 months is really good for me. Especially over the holidays. I'm guite a happy chick at the moment. Time to go elliptical. My house is COLD and exercise will warm me up. And while I exercise my fire will warm the house. Perfect plan.
Marie
Yesterday was my usual Friday night train wreck. Let's just say it involved Crown Royal and Pepperidge Farm sesame sticks and Chinese take out. Why oh why did I buy those tempting sesame sticks?! I am really not all that upset about it but I must admit I am not losing any weight.
Good point Marie about the word choice in my last entry. I think I gave myself away there. I really enjoy Friday Afternoon Club despite anything else I might say to the contrary. Unfortunately it is fattening and I need to rein it in if I want to progress. Maybe every other week?
Rie-You are the "goddess" of control. I would have gobbled that gooey, cheesey, toasty, soaked in goodness crouton in a instant!!
Lucinda- Good going on keeping your calories low.
maryea-Glad to hear you had a good blood sugar reading. Those things are important. Plus I imagine if you get that right you will be helping your waistline as well. Keep up the good fight.
Marie-Weight fluctuations are normal. You are doing great.
Tera pet.. I get it. I also feel that urge to numb myself with booze and something crunchy yummy in my mouth. friday nights and saturdays are the hardest for me too.
Okay. But here we are today. I am drinking hot black coffee. i am done indulging my sugar monster. Sugar monster digs booze, nasty little bugger!
I will stick to my 900 calories and I hope to move my bowels today. What a goal!
Quick post: Dinner out with my parents last night. I indulged. Prime. Rib. I figure the day at 2400 calories. My plan - eat clean and lots of water. The scale is up 4 pounds and I know it is water retention and slow digestion. Back later to report on today.
Lucinda-Fortunately I don't drink enough to become numb but I did eat almost an entire box of Pepperidge Farm sesame sticks. I just love to sit and sip my crown and coke and talk to my husband. I was hungry! We should of ordered the take out sooner.
Yesterday was another high calorie day but not as bad as Friday. Total cals were around 2155. We went to Longhorn Steakhouse with some friends. I had the under 500 Flo's Filet and really enjoyed the steak and veggies. I did not care for the Raspberry vineragerette though. I really could have done better if I had skipped the bread and butter and the wine but as usual I did enjoy it. The good news is I hiked the Chattahoochee National Forest for 90 minutes yesterday morning and put in around 30 minutes of pulling English Ivy in the backyard yesterday afternoon.
Marie-Congrats on moving to the 7 pound place on your ticker. Awesome.
BTW, I did not watch TV last night and that helped.
