Hi Kathy and LaDean,

Here is our new thread. Basically we are following her guidelines anyway, no sugar or white flour.

LaDean, how did you do yesterday? It's been raining these past couple of days so Lacee & I haven't been able to get out and walk. Hopefully the rain will end and it will warm up soon.

Kathy, how is your eating plan going? I feel better when I don't eat a lot of carbs. When I have bacon & eggs for breakfast, that stays with me longer than cereal & fruit. I am hungry by lunch, but not ready to gnaw on the carpet like I am when I eat cereal.


Take care and have a great day.
Aleka

Aleka thanks for taking care of everything.

Aleka-How is your eating going? I notice that when I have cold cereal for breakfast i'm hungry soon after but when I have oatmeal and egg whites (seperately of coure.lol) i'm satisfied till lunch.

LaDean-How's the SBD going?

I realize I haven't posted a menu in a little while now. I've only been doing well for this week:

Menu 4/22 Tuesday
Breakfast- 3egg whites, 1/2c oatmeal, 1c 1%milk
Lunch-salad, chicken, peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Snack- Balance bar
Dinner- chicken & broccoli w/ white rice (chinese food) basically i'm just trying to stay OP w/ WW.

Kathy

Yes glad we got back to this one. Your right i am sticking to no sugar and white flour products. this is my regular eating plan. Now i like this other sbd but i miss the bread for toast at breakfast with eggs. but i can get use to it.. kinda went off with yesterday lunch... but just had salad last nite... so hopefully this day i will stick to it....lol Walked yesterday its rain here to. but that is our winter weather. scales are not looking to bad...

WED, no walk have something to do out of town....
going to have eggs for breakfast.... from there its turkey again and again.ha ha got to get me some bacon going to look this morning when out and about. got to get blood pressure taken to. i have to keep eye on it...
ALEKA AND KIT HAVE A GREAT DAY.... THANKS ALEKA FOR GETTING THE BOARD READY AND ALL. hopefully this will be ok was before. lol.. LaDean woof woof tuffy is all snuggled in as he went out in rain and he hates it. ha

Here is my menu from yesterday. I haven't posted any menus lately. 4/22

B: 1 C. fresh fruit salad, 1 C. shredded wheat cereal, 1C. skim milk, black coffee, no sugar

L: salad w/leftover chicken breast, 1/4 c. almonds, and regular salad dressing, diet soda

Snack: sugar free fudgsicle

D: turkey ham steak, 1/2 c. brown rice, "mock" potato salad, diet soda.

Snack: S/F jello, decaf coffee, black

LaDean, how was your blood pressure? Hope it was ok. It takes awhile getting used to not having toast with your eggs. Sometimes I still do. But, I find when I don't have the toast, the eggs and bacon stay with me longer. Lacee hates the rain too. At least when we're having bad weather she doesn't stay outside very long. In good weather she's outside sniffing the ground and looking around to make sure her neighborhood is in order.

Kathy, that's good you are trying to keep OP w/WW. I'm using WW portion sizes, but not counting points. Are you counting points?

Take care.
Aleka

Yes i know i am not a bread eater. but with this turkey love the sandwitches.ha but i am doing good. glad your day is going good and yesterday meal you done great.....LUNCH..... 2 boiled eggs. turkey. dill pickle. This is a good time to do this plan as fruits and vegies fresh ones here anyhow have no taste at all. so is why i decided i would give this a try. now garden time last year is when i lost my wt. i just ate vegies and fruits alot. so dividing the plans like this helps. so got couple months.ha Know what you mean Aleka about the bread. if i have it and potatoes i do not lose as good. so slacking down on both... good luck to you..... yes today is rainy and tuffy did go out and all but fast and in. Oh he use to when younger ran the neighborhood also.course we never let him out of yard or off lots so he was good at that. had plenty of room just hear. Hes a snooper though. My blood pressure was good. it was higher on top though.. 186/94 and has been running 100 on bottom. i cannot take the medication so really have to keep an eye on it. so this is good without . so i was happy. down 2 lbs of easter 3 i gained to. so now got one to get off before tops friday.... so hoping i will do it got these 2 days.

KIT,,,, now your on the ww. i have everything and do it off and on with keeping the points. Its a good one for life one anyhows. good luck.....

I am so glad we got this board back and never had to move. i am reading her plan more. it does make sense but so much to remember.ha I WILL BE BACK... LaDean I love coming here and seeing how the both of you are doing it helps me alot...

Hi Aleka and Kit, i have had a good day. No bread or potatoes. I did have a small tiny piece of taffy.ha but that is all. i want to eat my sweets sensibly... but no more now.
DINNER...... stir fry... turkey, stewed tomatoes, onions, green peppers, it was just my doing. have never really made one. but it taste good and was filling. had a glass of milk also with it. I drink it for calicum alot. I need to get on ex bike for a while so plan to do that in awhile. missed my walk today but back to it in the morning. I hope it clears up so you and lacee can get out for your walk. I love walking. turn on the radio and dance with lacee. tuffy loves for me to hold him and dance. but not long.ha ha
KIT.... Now hows your plan going? is it the ww you decided on. or just watching it. I do portions with mine alot... HAVE A GOOD EVENING THE BOTH OF YOU.. I read sommerizing again today and it does make sense to eat things seperate. but alot to remember.ha ha so i kinda do it to if i am being careful and paying attention..... LaDean

Good morning,

LaDean- I hear ya on the bread. I'm a carb person I just love peanut and butter sandwiches. But giving up bread will be all worth it in the end! LaDean did those extra pounds come off yet?

Aleka- Yup i'm counting points. I feel so hopeless, the scale just don't move! But, I have to eat something right, so WW will do for now. I'm sought of doing WW points and LAWL guidelines, in reference to starches. Sounds like you are doing just fine. Have you lost any weight yet?

Menu 4/23 Wednesday

Breakfast- 1/2c oatmeal, 1c 1%milk, 3 egg whites
Lunch- P&J sandwich, chicken ( I know weird combonation.)
Snack- Balance bar
Dinner-chinese food- chicken& brocolli w/ rice, 3 ho-ho's

Now that I look at this i'm not doing that great after all, no wonder the scale is at a hault! I'll do better today.

Kathy

It's cold and we're having snow flurries/showers I've had enough of winter.

LaDean, congratulations on your weight loss! ya, there is a lot to remember when you Somersize. I'm just staying away from white flour and sugar. If I do have any carbs, they are whole grains. A lot of what she says makes sense. I tend to read too many diet books, and everyone has their own opinion and it gets kind of confusing. You are doing great with your eating. Yesterday I made one of the ricotta cheese desserts in the South Beach Diet book. It wasn't too bad. There were a lot of calories in it though, 200 cal., so I don't know if I'll make it again or not.

Kathy, I did get on the scale the other day and I had lost 1 lb. from the 3 lb. I gained when I went off of the grapefruit diet. I haven't been on since, been afraid to actually. I have to start eating right too. My stomach seems to be messed up a bit. You look like you're doing ok with your eating.

menu 4/23:
B: 2 scrambled eggs, 3 slices bacon, black coffee, no sugar
Snack: small handful almonds
L: Lean Cuisine frozen dinner, (Sante Fe beans & rice) diet soda
Snack sugar free fudgsicle
D: stuffed peppers w/hamburg, marinara sauce, cauliflower (in place of rice), diet soda
S: ricotta creme made from recipe from South Beach Diet, black decaf coffee

Have a great day.
Aleka

KIT, I seem to be doing ok on this plan. just started it monday and today i am down 3 1/4 so cannot complain about that. got my gain off and happy about that. tops in the am so its be good rest of day today.ha glad your doing the ww , i do it off and on to. sometimes keeping pts and not the cal amt.ha is fun i think does not sound like as much.lol
THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU....
ALEKA, i have done good last 2 days no bread. did have cracker or 2 today though.... but not the calories.ha
LUNCH. Chili, tea and crackers. 1tsp of peanut butter(was before i ate lunch) No dinner for me ate more lunch to allow for that. if i do it will just be a slice of turkey breast.... i drink the tea when hungry and it helps me. i have it cold for lunch. I am glad your doing good to.
walked this am and had a good dry walk. but rainy and ucky off and on today..... MORE SNOW AND SHOWERS GEE I HOPE SUMMER IS YOUR WAY SOON......
HAVE A GREAT DAY THE BOTH OF YOU... WOOF FROM TUFFY TO LACEE. LaDean the receipe sound good . i fixed a sugar free butterscotch pie for easter and that pudding is good.

kit, got it off and little bit. hope a good loss for am. I also love peanut butter sandwitches. with bannas on them also..
I am doing good the no bread now getting more use to it.ha then potatoes are my weakness but have not had any. so this is good for me. I take turns counting pts and calories. so i do that some to. i think we need to combine and then keep a variety in it. ha

ALEKA.. Your doing good on it to. now this is our 4th day..... its getting easier for me... so there is hope.ha
HAVE A GREAT DAY YOU 2 LaDean

ALEKA, got your pm and sent you one. I had a good day as i was down 2 1/2 for the week and of course adding to that the 3lb i was up. so since Monday had a good one on this plan.... I lost 5 1/2 for the month. so i am so happy. getting off what i gained over the holidays then i can start new.ha that is life so not complaining.... Never walked yet today may ride ex bike. its so ucky out today....
BREAKFAST...... turkey with cheese melted over it. glass of milk
LUNCH...... hamburger and chili fries and chips.... (NO NO NO MOREEEE)
DINNER..... VERY LIGHT
KIT,,, Hope your day is going ok on your plan.....
Hope the both of you are having a good day. i sure am.ha tuffy is to and glad lacee is... woof woof to her... well i will check in probably later..... HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND... LaDean

LaDean, congratulations on your weight loss. That's fantastic. Peanutbutter & banana sandwiches are my favorite too! I haven't had one in years. Another sandwich I like too is peanutbutter & bacon with the bread toasted. I haven't had one of those in years too. Glad that what you are doing is working for you. I haven't really followed the diet that closely this past week. Yesterday we took off for the day and I had fried clams for lunch.

Kathy, hope things are going well for you.

4/25:

B: (ate breakfast out) 2 eggs, 2 slices raisen toast, veggies w/melted cheese, black coffee..no sugar

L: fried clam roll, coleslaw, iced tea w/Equal

D: low-fat cheese, crackers, glass of wine

My eating was awful yesterday. But, I enjoyed every bite!

Take care and enjoy your weekend.
Aleka

ALEKA, THANKS yes i am finally with it i think... I have never ate bacon and p/butter together. sounds good will have to try it. I had oatmeal this am. i put a tsp of it in it when i cook it and its good to. figure get protein that way.ha I blew yesterday and had bread... but hey we have to have our day to do our thing. that way we stay with our program better i think. yes i read alot of different ones to. love reading them. always get something out of them.ha ha I am just putting few together and doing my thing. watching the sugar and all like you said. my bread and potatoes watching... so weigh in thursday am at tops this week. we have our big state meeting away. its a 3 hour drive starts friday am so we have to leave here at 5 in the morning friday so just 3 in our group cannot go so having it early. 9 of us are going and spending the nite. we always have a ball. then to add to the fun theres a indian casino there.ha ha so i am getting excited. ha I am glad your doing good with your eating also. sounds good i love sharing what we eat. course mine is always so boring. just not a cook.ha

KIT,,,, Hope your plan is going good and your ok....
YOU BOTH HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. TALK TO YA LATER. LaDean

For some reason or another I'm up rather early this morning. I got on the scales and I'm up 2 lb. Of course the fried clams had nothing to do with that.... The only thing that worked for me was WW and counting points. I think I will be doing that again because I don't want to gain anymore weight.

LaDean, your trip sounds fabulous! I know you will have a great time. I don't like to cook much either. If you do have the peanutbutter & bacon sandwich, toast the bread. That way the peanutbutter melts all over the bacon.

Hi Kathy, hope you're having a good weekend.

menu 4/26:
B: shredded wheat cereal, skim milk, black coffee, no sugar

L: salad w/dollop of chicken salad and almonds, regular salad dressing, diet soda

D: Suzanne's chicken parm. w/zucchini & summer squash noodles, marinara sauce, parm cheese, diet soda.

Snack: 1/2 c. ricotta cheese w/sugar-free chocolate Davinci syrup, black decaf coffee, no sugar

Enjoy your Sunday.
Aleka

Hi gals!

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

As you can tell by the lack of my presence, I have not been doing well. I haven't worked out since last week Tuesday and I spent the weekend eating cake and icecream and pasta! I gained 2# over the weekend, nope i'm not doing good at all!

Aleka and LaDean congrats on the weightloss! You guys rock! I plan to get things together today!

My new SlimSeries arrived today, so hopeful that should keep me occupied for a few weeks.

Kathy