Yesterday 11/17 started off bad, but ended up ok

99cent bag Krunchers plain potato chips
1 sleeve sunflower kernels
1 sleeve smoked almonds
1/2 cup cold coffee

1/2 cup coffee
1/2 cup soy milk
1 bottle (500ML) water
few handfuls Reese's pieces (until I realized I am still allergic. You would think they'd stop using hydrogenated oil. But you would be wrong!)

1 bowl homemade cream of mushroom soup
2 small pieces muffaletta sandwich
1 cup lemon ginseng green tea

1 Natural Ovens onion bagel
2 wedges laughing cow lite (french onion & garlic/herb flavors)
1 cup green tea/1 cup peach tea all in same mug

today 11/18

1 hardee's egg & cheese biscuit
1 small orange juice
1 small BK hash browns
1 packet BBQ sauce

about a cup or so left in a huge water bottle, of water

1/2 cup coffee
1/2 cup soy milk

1 Natural Ovens onion bagel
2 wedges laughing cow lite (same 2 flavors as yesterday)
several dill pickle spears
1 cup green tea/1 cup peach tea, all in same mug

1 BK garden salad
1/2 packet tomato balsamic vinagrette
1 small package fritos (i am all out of triscuits)
1/2 can pineapple chunks in their own juice

other 1/2 can pineapple chunks
several more dill pickle spears
1 cup orange spice tea/1 cup green tea in same big mug

me & some girls from work are going to la fuente's (mexican) for dinner/drinks, wish me luck!

the wait for the mexican place was too long, so we had cuban instead:

ceviche appy (split w/my friend)
steak salad (greens w/sliced pear, carrot, green beans, avocado & steak)
and a drink called the papa hemingway

very nice night. but today i am still craving mexican very badly.

Well, I have an infection somewhere in the depths of my gob. I'm hoping that's the reason I've been feeling so off-colour lately. I felt the first twinges of pain there about 5 weeks or so ago, but it wasn't really bad so I put off doing anything about it until now. I got told off at the dentist for letting it get so bad! Anyway, the antibiotics will shift it.

Thanks for understanding, Jilly. Yes, the short days do seem to have a draining effect upon me. If I'd wanted weather like this, I would've stayed in the UK!

A ½ pound gain isn't too bad, jillybean. I'm sure you'll have it back off in no time. I take no notice of fractions of a pound anyway, so I'd have recorded that as maintain.

You're doing so well, Sandi, what with not caving to the brownies and chucking half a Twix away! Good show!

I'm impressed with your commitment to exercise, Beth, especially with the brace. My "proper" exercise has gone out of the window, I'm afraid. I still aim to get at least 30 minutes of and/or walking each day, but my exercise DVDs and free-weights are gathering dust as we speak.

Thurs 17/11:

Breakfast: 1 cup Optimum Slim cereal, 1 oz seedless raisins, ½ cup 0% milk; 500 ml coffee.
Lunch: 2 cups home-made veggie soup, 1 l water.
Snack: 3½ oz Snyder's Veggie Crisps; 1 l water.
Dinner: 6 oz chicken breast (grilled), 2 oz whole-wheat bun, 6 LC Party Cubes, peppers, radish, tomato; 1 l water.
Extra Drinks: 250 ml green tea.

Total kcals: 1556 (plus free veggies)

Exercise: 3.56 mile walk.

I'll post today's eats later. So far, I'm on track. Let's hope that continues....

No exercise. Oops. I'm just lazy today.

Breakfast
1 cup raisin bran with 1/2 cup 2% milk
Morningstar breakfast patty

Snack
Luna Bar

Lunch
Subway 6" turkey and cheese with veggies and light mayo

Snack
Luna Bar (yes, again)

Dinner
Healthy Choice meal (chicken baja)

Snack
Orange

Late Night Munchies
Chocolate. Lots of chocolate.

Calories: 1708

I am so excited I made it to the gym yesterday, I was using my heel spur as an excuse. Yes, it's a problem, but that doesn't mean I can't excercise at all. Look at BethC - she's working through it, I am going to take my cues from her!!

11/19/05
100 - English muffin
95 - 1 Tbsp peanut butter
80 - Apple
90 - 1 cup skim milk
240 - 1 can tuna w/ 2 Tbsp lf mayo
160 - 10 crackers
150 - McDonalds ice cream cone
200 - Large yeast dinner roll
70 - 2 butters
90 - few bites lemon rice soup
300 - Lemon chicken
150 - Rice
1725 - TOTAL

Dinner was out, but I wrote everything I ate, and did a best guess.

Exercise:
6 min elliptical
15 min treadmill
Water: iffy again!!

Woo hoo! Sandi won the battle of the brownies!! I shall use her victory as encouragement to make it through the weekend (my most difficult time of the week) on my best behavior in tribute to her accomplishment.

Geez, with Beth and Sandi soldiering on and exercising through knee and heel pain, how can we even think about not exercising, rabidstoat? We can't let them put us to shame!

Half a pound, Jillybean? Bah, one good whizz and you'll get rid of it! I'm with Ali ~ count it as a maintain. Now if its a 1/2lb. loss that's a completely different matter!

Ahhh, SAPF ~ always such interesting eats. Hope you had a good time with the girls last night (without over-indulging on Mexican food and booze, that is!)

Well, well, Ali, so the source of your despondency is within your mouth. No doubt you'll be back to your motivated and vibrant self once the antibiotics have worked their magic. Being a total dental weenie myself ~ some of you may recall my traumatic wisdom tooth removal thread where I re-wrote the words to that disco hit "I Will Survive" ~ I totally understand not having the compulsion to immediately run to the dentist at the first "twinge" stage.

Friday
Points
Morning
2 – slice whole wheat bread, toasted
2 – 1 tbsp. peanut butter
1 – Carnation Light hot chocolate
Mid morning
1 – clementine orange
0 – bottled water
Early afternoon
4 – kaiser roll
3 - drained flaked tuna
1 - Miracle Whip Light
0 - celery, onion, tomato
0 – club soda
Mid afternoon
2 - banana
0 – peppermint tea
Early evening
3 – seasoned haddock fillet
3 - garlic rice
1 - baby carrots
0 – Perrier water
Late evening
2 - Tim Hortons coffee with cream
25 total (used 3 flex points)

Exercise: 45 mins total dog walking

Oh, my word! I've discovered Rosemary & Olive Oil Triscuits! They have over twice the sodium of reduced salt Triscuits, but what a flavour! I'm definitely gonna have to watch myself with them....

Fri 18/11:

Breakfast: 1 cup Optimum Slim cereal, 1 oz seedless raisins, ½ cup 0% milk; 500 ml coffee.
Lunch: 4 oz turkey breast in 1½ oz whole-wheat pita, red cabbage, carrot, cucumber, radish, tomato; 1 l water.
Dinner: 2 cups home-made lentil & veggie soup, 8 of the aforementioned Triscuits; 1 l water.
Snack: 4 more Triscuits; 500 ml water.
Extra Drinks: 1½ l water, 500 ml coffee, 2 cups 0% milk, 250 ml green tea, 1 l Canada Dry fizzy water stuff (no calorie, no sodium), large whisky.

Total kcals: 1514 (plus free veggies)

Exercise: 35 minute bike ride walk.

Oh hells yes!

(Try the garlic ones. No don't, hahaha. The box of Garlic Triscuits is like magic, for it disappeared in my house in about 2 days time.)


today is a complete lost day:
2 cups orange spice tea

mex-west chicken sandwich (bacon ranch) @ taco john's
small potato ole
20 oz lemonade

1 cup stuffing, fried in 1 T butter
1 bottle (500ML) water

3 ounces roast beef
1/2-3/4 cup scandinavian veggie mix w/corn mixed in
parsley & chive potatoes w/butter
small sip cran blueberry wine

1/2-3/4 cup mint moose tracks ice cream

and now i am craving nachos really really bad.


And to think that I woke up this morning feeling better than I had in a long time, and owing it all to the good healthy foods I chose last night. *shakes head* When will I learn? Ever? I'm going to drink some more water, that might help.


instead of nachos, I logged into YIM & YIM'd w/a friend who I knew would not let me drive to Taco Bell (and WHY are those jerks open so late! ), and made myself a bowl of tuna w/some mayo & Worcestershire sauce, and a can of black olives.

Saturday:

• cinnamon toast crunch cereal w/skim milk
• sandwich (reduced-cal Wonder bread, ham, turkey, swiss, provolone, lettuce, miracle whip, and honey mustard) and Sunchips
• chicken stuffed w/broccoli and cheese and beef lo mein (thought it was an instant noodle side dish--no actual beef to be found)
• smoothies (half and half, strawberries, and banana)

Total: about 2400 calories

Stuff from yesterday. Wasn't really as hungry as usual, for some reason.

Breakfast
1.25 cups raisin bran
1/2 cup 2% milk
Morningstar breakfast patty

Lunch #1
5 oz 93% lean hamburger meat, grilled, with 1-2T catsup

Lunch #2 (I feel like a hobbit, with first lunch and second lunch!)
1/2 turkey & cheese sandwich on whole wheat bread, with mustard
Some apple slices

Dinner
Healthy Choice Sesame Chicken meal

Exercise: 30 minutes on the stationary bike
What I Watched: Everybody Hates Chris and some Survivor:Marquesas

Calories: About 1160

Didn't stick to my "eat something at least every 3 hours" plan and was sparse on veggies, but didn't go over on points.

Saturday
Points
4 - pumpernickel bagel, toasted, spread with
2 - "Lite" cream cheese with spinach
2 - coffee with cream
2 - 1/2c orange juice mixed with water and ice
8 - Swiss Chalet quarter chicken dinner *
6 - too many Quaker Wholegrains (Parmesan & Garlic)
24 total (used 2 flex points)

* bbq chicken (white meat, skin removed) 4pts., "Chalet" salad, 0pts. raspberry vinaigrette 1pt, "Chalet" roll (no butter) 2 pts., "Chalet" sauce 1pt.

Zero point beverages: bottled water, Coke Zero

Exercise: long roam around neighbourhood (with dog), checking out houses with "For Sale" signs.

Hi everyone,

I stumbled across this site today and have so far been very impressed by it. It's kind of ironic since today was my day to get serious with myself.

Of course you can't really elaborate on your stats with the tracker bar but I think it's important for me to see in writing and to put out there for others to help hold me accountable to so here's the real skinny; Oct. 2002 - 299, Feb. 2003 - 264, Jul. 2003 (when I met my now husband) 253 - Today - 272. It's time to first get back to where I was and second get my tush headed for the finish line. Although I say 170 is my numeric goal really it's when I'm happy with what I see in the mirror and how I feel.

I did accomplish a lot before by using my head and putting my body to work, and I can do it again. I have to; first for me, second for my future, third because my husband believes in me but doens't care of I do this or not...he actually loves me for me, and finally because I want to be a great mom when we have kids!

So you'll be seeing a lot of me on her and a lot less of me in person!

Oh, no... they do garlic ones too? I haven't seen those here yet. The rosemary & olive oil ones have only just arrived in my supermarket and the box looked so pretty and all.... I know what you mean about feeling better when we've eaten healthily, SAPF. I'm sure it's not merely the psychological aspect either; wholesome food really does have a positive physical effect on me too. I still make too many lousy choices though....

Welcome to the thread, Mrs. C! And welcome to married life!
Sounds as though you've bagged a good 'un there! My hubby is the same, and it makes a huge difference to me knowing he loves me whatever size I am. Post here every day for accountability, support, and a loving kick up the bum when you need it!

I had a reasonable day yesterday. It's a bit awkward arranging my meals around taking these antibiotics because I'm not supposed to eat for 2 hours before and 1 hour afterwards, and I don't really eat to a regular schedule anyway. Still, I'm managing not too badly, and the bonus is all the extra water I'm getting in every time I take them. I actually finished the day on a respectable 1455 kcals, but my mouth was hurting in the middle of the night so I got up for a coffee. Somehow though, I found a hotdog in a bun wending its way into my mouth! It's that old "comfort" thing, I guess. Oh well, onwards and upwards....

Sat 19/11:

Meal #1: 2 oz whole-wheat pita, 1 oz cheddar, 5 olives, tomatoes; Starbuck's Triple Grande FF latte.
Meal #2: 2 cups home-made lentil & vegetable soup, 8 Triscuits; 1 l water.
Meal #3: 2 small whole-wheat buttermilk pancakes; 500 ml water.
Meal #4: 2 oz whole-grain bun, 1½ oz cheddar, 1tblsp. mustard, massive salad of raw veggies; 1 l water.
Middle of the Night: One of hubby's hotdogs in a 2 oz bun; 500 ml water.
Extra Drinks: 750 ml water, 500 ml coffee.

Total kcals: 1760 (plus free veggies)

Exercise: 30 minute bike ride walk, 20 minute walk.

Mrs. C!

Glad you're coping quite well with the mouth, Ali. Oh, by the way, its "onwards and downwards"

Mother Nature must have been sick of my griping about the cold and snow, because she gave us a beautiful day today. I wouldn't say it was warm, but it was warmer than it has been and the sun was shining all day. In fact the snow melted, so I couldn't surprise G with a but it was a great day for walking!

Again there was a definite lack of veggies on my menu today, but on weekends I'm happy just to stay reasonably within points and not eat junk.

Points
Morning
5- 12 grain bagel, toasted and spread with
2 – light cream cheese
2 - Tim Horton's coffee with cream
Daytime
1 - 1ltre. sparkling water mixed with 1/2c orange juice and ice cubes
1 - seedless grapes
Evening
6 - meat tortellini with
1 - sun-dried tomato, pesto and spinach
4 - slice garlic bread
0 - water
2 - Tim Horton's coffee with cream
24 total (used two flex points)

Exercise: morning and evening walks with dog (45 mins total)