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Originally Posted by Jeaner
I did my home weigh in this morning and initially was disappointed. On Sunday I had lost to 146, then Monday morning was up 3.2 #...yikes. Really thought it was the all beef hot dogs and sauerkraut on Sunday. Yesterday I did my water aerobics class, got groceries (mostly veggies of course), and about 3 1/2 hours of yardwork. I was only down to 147, which over the week is a .4 loss from last week. My clinic weigh-in is this morning, and not expecting a loss there at all. But...over the course of 3 weeks OP on IP, am averaging 2# a week. That made me feel so much better! I might not be breaking records and it might be slower than other diets I have been on, but it is heading in the right direction . I am fasting this morning for my annual blood work draw, then home for a yummy smoothie, then in for my weigh-in. (I think those smoothies add a lot to my weigh-in with all of the ice I add to them, along with a large bottle of water and my usual amount of 1/2 caffeine coffee, that always makes me look bad on the scale there)....
I really bounce around on home scale all week. I've found I'll be down in 2-3 lb "whooshes" and then the scale bounces back up and then gradually goes back down.
I've learned to be a neutral observer & just observe the trends (I figure it'll help in maintenance)
If we can't be neutral, we should stay off the scale between weekly weigh ins b/c it'll just stress us out.
Hotdogs & sauerkraut can definitely cause wateweight (hotdogs not technically on P1). Yardwork can cause muscle swelling, which is also inflammation/water weight. That is why monitoring every ounce will drive us batty!
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Originally Posted by newday2013
I'm running out of ideas for lunch: the school I teach at has a balanced day, which means I have a break at 11am then 1pm. I have breakfast at 7, so I'm lunch hungry by 11. Then, at 1, my salad and cucumbers are getting old! I have to keep my 3rd pack for after dinner, can't seem to stay full there. I tried making 0-0-0 jello from tea (yuck), I love (don't laugh) sugar free zero, but want to stay away from aspartame... Ideas??
Can you take something that you can split & have half at 11 and half at 1?
I used to take an IP soup with pureed veggies (I'm soy-free now so I don't do the soups but they were SO CONVENIENT for school!) I had it in a thermos. My favs were mushroom & cream of chicken. I pureed bok choy, leeks, celery, and mushrooms after braising them in some chicken broth.
Currently I split my breakfast. I make a giant (it really swells up) IP chocolate pudding/decaf/ smoothie blended with coffee ice cubes. It fills my 24 oz Tervis tumbler plus a huge coffee cup. I bring the tumber with me to drink around 10 am. I drink the part in the coffee cup before I leave the house, while I'm cleaning up the kitchen/packing up.
Another easy lunch at school for me: IP potato/zucchini rolls. I make 1 pack into 3 rolls. You could make it into 4 and have 2 at 11 and 2 at 1:00. I put the recipe in the
recipe #4 thread.
This recipe would work using 2 c. of zucchini instead of 1 (just cook it "down" a bit first)
Hope these ideas help or spur other ideas!