Saramommy - You're doing great with your no eating past 7 and drinking water challenges. I hope the pizza was yummy so that it was worth a pause.

I've got the County Fair coming up this weekend....Gonna have to figure out what the best food options are so I don't use a week's worth of points in one day. At least I'll be doing a lot of walking.

Journal and Stay within points - 3 pauses left - Day 10 completed.
Gym or walk at least 25 minutes - 2 pauses left - Day 9 completed.
50 ab exercises - 1 pause left - Day 8 completed.


Here's to a great day for all of us!!

Red, Diyana, Shad, Sara, rock on for your perseverance despite the curveballs that life throws.

Red, especially - sounds like you're passing through the ring of fire - but if you can do this and come out on the other side, you'll be so much the better for it. Just imagine how much stronger you'll be after having conquered this week, with all its stresses and triggers. There's a great Arab proverb: write the good things that happen to you in stone and the bad things that happen to you in the sand. Empower yourself to live up to the good moments so you can remember and cherish them!

I'm keeping it simple. 21 days of not eating after 9pm. That's it.

hey Red! great work. you've got a lot of challenges going on at the same time. that is impressive.

By the way, I feel a little silly jumping in like this when it's almost the end of the month. do you ladies start new threads at a certain time....? or just keep going?

Day 1: Finished eating @ 8pm. In the words of Ali G: Booyakasha!

Day 9 completed- 2 pauses taken

I feel guilty about these pauses, guilty about how much I looked forward to it. Grr..

I bet I've gained 4 pounds this week, I feel like a hippo. I look like a hippo. I couldn't figure out what to wear this week because everything made me look so fat. Then I rethought that one - nothing makes me LOOK fat. I AM fat. Duh. and to think that I was about 15 pounds lighter last year this time. Sheesh. I';m in a bit of a funk-could you tell?

Book review: I liked Jeffrey Archer's book "Prisoner of Birth" very much. <Just thought I'd mention that>

Red - I still am poor on the protein. I don't like dairy,and legumes mess my stomach up. I love curry and dal, but my insides don't. And I don't love eating nuts all the time, although this week I made a fantastic shake - frozen bananas, strawberries, milk and almonds (read: protein). That hit the spot. The blender also leak as I turned on the thing and shpritzed milk all over te kitchen, and myself of course, and that was after settling on something semi-decent to wear... Hahahaha

funny your comment on sinking the boat... My mother once went with a friend to visit another friend who had given birth. Both these friends being very large ladies... They were both sitting together on the hospital bed when the wheel came flying off! Each one was trying to convince the other that she was at fault. But is was a rather humorous situation And if we sink the boat - at least I know how to swim......

diyana - your weight is coming off steadily! WTG! Send some good weight-loss wishes my way...



Welcome naughtlylittlemonkey and good luck on your challenge!

shad - hope you're feeling better. I used to get manuka honey too from my grandmother. It has great healing properties, and worked wonders with sore throats.

Wow Saramommy - you're more than halfway there...

I'm starting back tomorrow morning.

No snacking - 3 pauses
1300Cal per day - 3 pauses
1 litre water per day - 3 pauses
100 abs and crunches per day - 3 pauses.

Back to my normal self now. It's been a hard road and painful for a week but I hope I have now built up enough immunity not to get another cold for another 5 or so years.

Hi, everyone. I have been really busy, so haven't gotten back here to post. Starting over on everything even the water. I haven't had my water since Thursday. I was doing so good, I have even lost my habit of posting on this thread. But I'm back, because this really challenges me which is a good thing.

1. Journal my food daily, every bite.-2 pauses allowed-Day 0
2. Drink 24 oz water-1 pause allowed- Day 0
3. No eating after 10:45 p.m. unless it's fruit-3 pauses allowed- Day 0
4. 1 fruit minimum daily-3 pauses allowed-Day 0
5. 1 vege minimum daily -3 pauses allowed-Day 0

Day 2: Just snuck under the 9pm deadline and rejected popcorn and diet coke as I was on the couch: a MONUMENTAL FIRST.

Sounds like every one is on track!

Miriam - I understand your frustration - as a lactose intolerant, gluten-sensitive individual, I've had to take modify my diet in ways that super suck.

But a blender saved me: I am now queen of smoothies. The best is if you get some frozen fruit packs and blend the fruit with protein powder. The fruits mask the taste and you get a cold, slushy-like treat that fills you up. There's tons of great protein out there; Syntrax makes AMAZING flavours, which you can get on www[dot]netrition[dot]com(they won't let me post the direct link, but you can search under the brand Syntrax)

You can also get Soy or Rice protein if Whey protein doesn't agree with you (although they isolate it so that there is no lactose).

Favourite smoothie combos:
Kiwi + Strawberry + Protein fruit-flavoured
Mango + Tropical fruits + Protein fruit flavoured
Strawberry or raspberry + chocolate protein

...just found this thread and thought I would start with two related goals!

1. No caffeine - 2 pauses allowed - Day 0
2. Drink 32 oz water / Propel - 2 pauses allowed- Day 0