Hi everyone!

Please join me in positing your daily food and exercise confessions! I look forward to reading your confessions!! Thanks!!

I'm new here. Stumbled upon this wonderful forum by accident. I had a read around alot of the posts, and one thing I noticed, is how friendly and nice everyone is! This place is brilliant!
I've been searching for a nice weight loss support forum for ages, and this is the best one I have ever seen.

my new diet is going to be simple:

EDIT:

my new eating programe, basically follows Paul Mckenna's 4 golden rules.

4 GOLDEN RULES

1. When You Are Hungry, Eat

2. Eat What You Want, Not What You Think You Should

3. Eat Consciously And Enjoy Every Mouthful (eat SLOWLY, no T.V)

4. When You Think You Are Full, Stop Eating

And checking if i am really hungry by drinking a glass of water. as 75% of the time, you might be thirsty and not hungry.

And also constantly monitoring my hunger level, by checking the hunger scale. avoiding the red zone of the hunger scale!



Also my plan includes the gabriel method, and a little bit of south beach thrown in

Also exercising everyday, no matter what it is or however short.


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my confession from today

exercise - loads of squats with hand held weights. stomach crunches. and 50 ab rolls with my ab roller. its this wheely thing that you roll infront of you.

late breakfast- 2 peaches, some cherries, 1 plum.

lunch - steamed vegetables, turnips and lamb stew, bowl of lentils, pickled onions, home made yoghurt.

for dessert, i had 40g of fruit and fibre cereal with half a cup of milk.

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dinner at 9pm. vegetables, turnips and lamb stew, 2 carrots, pickled onions, and home made low fat yoghurt.

and a small slice of watemelon.



todays weight - 173.4lbs

i think that is a great idea. and i, like you, looked for an accountability thread. working out isnt my problem, but being accountable for what i eat is.

We used to have a food planning thread for everyday back in '06 -'07. I fell off the wagon then so I don't know what happened to it... but it's great to see it start back up. I'll join!

Today:

Breffix - 2 slices whole grain wheat bread, sundried tomatoes, sprinkling of feta cheese and chopped up basil. Toasted.

Lunch - 1 cup (cooked) white rice, spiced roasted potatoes, 1/2 cup plain yogurt.

Snack - 1 bag popcorn (100 cal snack bags), bunch of grapes (yum!), handful of toasted pita chips

Dinner - Noodles with plenty of veggies - bell peppers, bean sprouts, carrots, green onions, mushrooms and garlic/ginger.

Hmmm... I feel like I overdid the snacks today... something to work on for tomorrow.

thank you! calbear2011 and glad to have you on board! i look forward to hearing your food confessions!

that's great that you dont have a problem with working out
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fantastic another one joining in , welcome Sunnigummi !! great to have you joining! us

do you track your food on something like Sparkpeople, fitday, dailyplate? to make sure you're getting enough calories, fiber, protein, fat, etc? that might help in addition to a thread here.

Thanks Seagirl! yes good idea - I have an account with fitday -

I would love to do this too!!!


Late Breakfast: 2 Cinnamon Rolls, Banana and Milk, followed by 2 fat cups of water.

Skipped Lunch.

Dinner: Hot Pocket, $0.35 bag of chips. 3 cups of water.

No exercise today, but I did work 4pm-11pm.

Now that its posted up here I know I didnt do good at all today! BLAH!


QUICK ADD: Whats FitDay?!~Nevermind I Googled it and its GREAT!!!!!!

breakfast: breakfast sandwich (2 egg whites, 1 slice canadian bacon, spinach, and hot sauce on whole wheat english muffin), 1c nonfat milk

snack: nonfat yogurt and raspberries and blueberries

lunch: romaine lettuce with chicken, pecans, and dried cranberries with balsamic/olive oil dressing

snack: 100 cal popcorn bag (the best!)

dinner: 4 oz grilled trout w/ asparagus

snack: 1 slice whole grain bread with 1/2 tbsp peanut butter and 1/2 raspberry preserves and 2 digestive biscuits

all in all still kept the calorie count under 1500

exercise: ran 3 miles this afternoon.

Fun idea!

Exercise: 30 minutes fast walk on treadmill, 10 minutes stretching, 20 minutes weights

Breakfast: 1 cup ff Greek yogurt, 1 peach, 1/2 cup oatmeal , coffee with milk

Lunch: 1/2 cup turkey and bean chili over salad (lettuce, tomato, red peppers, carrots) dressing of ff yogurt and salsa, sprinkle of grated cheddar, water

Snack: 2 Tbs hummus, 1/2 pita, 1/2 cup raw veggie dippers (cucumbers, celery, red peppers), water

Dinner: 1 grilled chicken breast marinated in yogurt and curry, 1 cup grilled green beans, 1/2 grilled sweet potato. 1/4 cup white wine, water

Treat: 1/2 cup ff Greek yogurt sweetened with Stevia, with 1/2 cup raspberries

Morning everyone!

Food for today:

Breffix - 1 cup skim milk with cocoa powder, 1 medium sized pear

Lunch - 1 California Pizza kitchen bbq chicken pizza

Snack - handful of pita chips

Dinner - chicken curry (1 drumstick), 1 cup cooked white rice, plain yogurt, bell peppers and potatoes.

Dessert - 1 large cupcake. Um. I was hankering for something sweet. There's nothing in the house (on purpose). *guilty face*

Not many veggies in there, and lots of potatoes...but we're out of groceries so need to go shopping soon.

Oooh, I missed the exercise portion:

1 hour dancing - Done
1 hour tennis - Going in 10 mins

This is great! welcome everyone!!

Nice to have you join us - SexyInNC and Teachyrchildren !!
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So far today I have been drinking water, have drunk about 700ml so far.

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start weight = 173.4lbs
todays weight = 169.6 lbs
weight change since yesterday = lost 3.8lbs (all water probably)
total weight loss = 3.8lbs

Woohoo, Echo!! I don't know how long you've been on your weight-loss plan, but water weight is a good loss as well. It's motivating, if nothing else.

Congrats!

Awww thanks Sunnigummi!!! so encouraging of you to say! well i've been on and off my weight loss plan since march! lol so i've been yo-yo-ing up and down weight scale.

thanks again!
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my confession for today:

exercise = i did interval running. 1 minute running/jogging with walking to recover. clocked in 10 minutes of total run time. walked a total distance of 2.61 miles
post workout snack : 2 peaches, 1 plum, few cherries and water

dinner:
appetizer - bowl of honey dew melon pieces.

2 barbeque chicken kebabs. onion, tomato and raddish salad. carrots, cucumber, raita (cucumber and low fat home made yoghurt with mint and coriander and black pepper), yellow lentil soup (yellow daal).

peppermint tea - (no added sugar or honey- just plain)and that's me done for today!

rest of the night will just be drinking plain water.
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well done everyone! see you tommorow

hey all!

i started a new strength circuit today and am interested to see how it works out....

breakfast
3 eggs scrambled with spinach
1 grapefruit
1c nonfat milk

snack
20 almonds

lunch
spicy thai green beans with chicken (i was at a restaurant and i was proud i didnt go after the mound of white rice on my plate!)

snack
1 laughing cow lite cheese wedge w/ 10 almond crackers

dinner
4oz chicken breast with salsa
steamed zucchini
salad with tomatoes and avacado
1/2 ear of corn

snack
1/2c raspberries + 1/2c blueberries + a dallop of cool whip