Hi folks,

I am really inspired by the commitment of the people that post to this thread. You are awesome!!!

Today

B kashi Go Lean cereal with soy milk and blue berries, pear
L stuffed flank steak spinach salad and blue berries
Proposed
S WW treat
S carrots and celery
D crab cakes with spinach salad and rolls
S Blueberries

Yesterday I added a WW treat and a few fries to my evening eats.

SAPF I missed out on your earlier post but I love Fresca Black Cherry. It's one of the few soft drinks I'll even drink. But I have to be honest, my other friends that have tried it at my house had a similar reaction to yours.

Sandi--The coconut Zone was The Yum!

Denise--I LOVEDDD the peach Fresca. Loved.

Today has been bad, with the stress of the titration period, and no end in sight for another 2 weeks. I am looking forward to just taking my dang meds, and not going to give blood/urinalysis once a week.

egg mc muffin, no ham
bacon on side
1 fruit salad

water is the only thing I've had to drink today I am going to try to drink 2 gallons when all is said & done.

1 slice sausage pizza (thin crust)
1 garden salad
2 little cups creamy parmesan dressing. I love this stuff & must stay away. I could eat it over ice cream. The sad part is, I'm not kidding.

Ok....I am trying and I know it is small steps but I feel like maybe this is not for me. I used to have it so easy when I decided to diet. I saw failure several times when I went off plan and went back to my old ways. I wanted to see at least a big number when I started and then a 2 pounds a week. This is just so hard and making see what I am willing and not motivated to do. I guess I am just fat and lazy.

2 egg whites (0)
1/2 low gluten mix cereal (3)
1/8 c ff milk (.25)

2.5 oz. canned salmon (2.5)
1/2 low gluten mix cereal (3)
1/8 c. ff milk (.25)

WW General Tso's chicken w/veggies (3)
1/4 c rice (1)
orange (1)

celery w/laughing cow light (1)
apple (1)

Easy Parmesan Chicken (5)
broccoli
light mayo (2)
fudge bar (1)

points = 24

Exercise: 30 min. rowing machine, 30 min. treadmill (walk/run intervals), 35 min. weight lifting, 20 min. stretching & abs

Dolly, what do you mean ? Are you talking about losing weight or a particular diet or ??? I might have missed something from earlier posts, so bear with me.

It sounds like you have some big expectations about losing weight at a particular rate because you've done it before. Well, that's possibly why it may not happen this time--that dreaded yo-yo dieting effect. Is there any way you can just make changes (eat normal portions of health food, drink water, and exercise) that you know are good for your body and let the rest go? Forget the scale--put it out in the garage. If anything, you'll be healthier because of it, and, while we all want to look good in a pair of jeans and that Victoria's Secret lingerie, isn't our health what it's really all about?

Please be kind to yourself, Dolly.

Less work today. Still hectic. I had some late-afternoon dead time, waiting for a report to be proofed by coworkers, so I went for a hike.

Thursday

Breakfast: McD's fruit and yogurt parfait and some oatmeal
Snack: Soy crisps
Lunch: Homemade LF shrimp creole over brown rice
Snack: Hershey chocolate bar
Dinner: 4 oz pork loin with mango chutney, 3/4 cup couscous, and 1/2 cup of not-very-good roasted veggies.

Exercise: Hiked partway up the mountain, with frequent rests took about 50 minutes, so I figure 20 minutes trudging uphill and 15 back down, plus 15 resting.
Calories: About 1500

1/10
br: 2scrambled eggs w/veggies, hashbrowns,2 pork sausage
snack: 1apple/cran muffin, trail mix, 1 hot choco
lunch: roast beef sandwich w/lettuce; beef soup; 1 pepsi
snack: muffin
dinner: roasted veggies/2 beef saudsage, 1 diet pepsi, 2 reese pb cups, 1 gourmet jelly bean
(20 crunches/ 10 girlies)

1/11
breakie: 2 slice cinnamon raisin toast, 1 boiled egg, 1 banana, 1 glass milk
snack: just right cereal w/ 1% milk, 1/2 c peanuts
lunch: homemade chicken noodle soup, roast beef sandwich w/lettuce& cucs
snack: 1 orange
dinner, beef stir fried, basmati rice, mixed veggies
snack: corn chips
(WATP - 2 mile with stretchie & 2lb weights; 20 girlies)

1/12
breakie: 2 slice cinnamon raisin toast, 1banana, milk, just right cereal w/ 1% milk
lunch: homemade chicken noodle soup, turkey & cheese sandwich
snack: 2 slice cr toast, 1 diet pepsi
dinner: 3 egg whites with green onion, zucchini, red peper and mushrooms, 1 sausage round
peaches and mandarin oranges (canned)
(30min Stott pilates workout)

I had more than enough water everyday except today because I was home andI forget when I'm at home.
I've decided that I'm going to follow the Canadian Food Guide, my dietician recommended it when I say her in Dec and I forgot and a friend mention something the other day and I went aha! So I'm going todo this.
I haven't seemed to have lost any weight but I'll find out tomorrow. I have gained muscles though, my arms and legs are getting stronger.

January 12, 2006
B: steamed carrots and peas; 1 meatball sub lean pocket sandwich
L: peanutbutter on wheat bread; 1 apple
D: roast chicken and stuffing; steamed broccoli
S: light tortilla chips (1 gram fat and 90 calories per serving! ) with salsa con queso (low fat); cotton candy; animal crackers
Beverages: 12 oz diet cola; 20 oz coke zero; 16 oz chocolate soymilk; 40 oz water
Exercise: 55 minutes Tae Bo Bootcamp Basics

Hello everyone!

Sandi - No, I haven't seen the Coconut Zone bars yet, I guess they haven't hit NYC yet.

Here's my food from yesterday...

2 - coffee
1 - egg whites
3 - luna bar
6 - turkey on whole wheat
2 - 2 - 1pt cakes
1 - coffee
6 - chicken
2 - cheese
4 - ww ice cream
27 points (1 over)

exercise - 40 mins eliptical (500 cals), abs, lower body
Weekly calories - 2,400/2,000 - I'm going to hit a new weekly calories burned record today!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Yay, weekend! Work started with a 4:45 am emergency phone call, went through dinner which we ate at work, I'm home now, exhausted, and have to work over the weekend... but a lot less. Thank goodness! I need down time.

Friday

Breakfast: "The good stuff" oatmeal, and a bowl of strawberries with some sprinkled sugar
Snack: A small apple
Lunch: Leftover baked ziti with sausage
Snack: Small packet of jelly bellies
Dinner: Foot-long Subway turkey and cheese on Italian herbs and cheese with light mayo and tons of veggies
Snack: Macademia nut cookie

No exercise. Calories, about 2000.

1/13
b: oatmeal with twin brown sugar, 1% milk, 1 banana
l: baked beans w/weiners, fresh veggies, 1 diet pepsi, 1 cherry danish
d: 1 pork chop, shell noodles w/garlic sauce, green beans, 1 fudgcicle, 1 pepsi

I didn't exercise today but drank all my water.
I lost 1lb this week, yeah!

Jan 13, 2006
B: quaker corn bran with vanilla soymilk
L: big salad with turkey, pepperjack cheese, sunflower seeds and ff western dressing
D: Healthy Choice sweet n sour chicken; 1 apple with caramel dip
S: deyhdrated pineapple chunks; animal crackers; chocolate soymilk; quaker corn bran and vanilla soymilk
Beverages: 60 oz water; 12 oz caffiene free diet pepsi; 20 oz diet cherry pepsi; 10 oz chocolate soymilk (also listed in snacks)
exercise: resting

Friday

1/2 c ff cottage cheese (2)
1/2 c blueberries (1)
luna bar (3)

low gluten cereal (6)
1/4 c ff milk (.5)
Beef Asian Vegetable Stir Fry (3)

popcorn (5)
celery w/LCL (1)
orange (1)

Egyptian Rice (5.5)
salad w/balsamic vinegar
WW fudge bar (1)

total points = 29

Exercise: 1 hour water aerobics, 1 hour weight/core work with PT, 15 min. stretching

Saturday

mini bagel (2)
LCL (1)
ham (1)
veggie sausage (1)
egg + 2 whites (2)
whole wheat tortilla (1)

1/2 low gluten mix (3)
1/8 c milk (.25)
veggie burger (2)
ww bread (1)
tomato, lettuce, pickle
ff mayo, mustard
8 olives (.75)

celery w/LCL (1)
orange (1)
1/2 bag popcorn (3)

Egyptian rice leftovers (5)
salad w/dressing (1)
broccoli
WW fudge bar (1)


total points = 26

Exercise: 1 hour treadmill (walking/jogging intervals), 35 min. weight lifting, 15 min. stretching

Poor on exercise today. Good on relaxation! I had a cake craving tonight, big-time. I decided if I wanted it that bad, I could make it from scratch. All of it. So I did, and made cupcakes with frosting, all from scratch (with some reduced fat, reduced sugar ingredients). Luckily I'm a poor cook and they came out pretty bad, then I chowed down on three of them anyway, got sick, and threw the rest out. But because they burned on the bottom it was more like those muffin tops, not too much to them.

Breakfast: Vegetable quiche
Lunch: Honey ginger chicken over brown rice
Snack: Small pack of jelly bellies, and 6 oz strawberries with a touch of sugar
Dinner: Leftover baked ziti with sausage
Dessert: Three (sort of) homemade messed-up cupcakes, with frosting

Calories: About 2000

This morning got up and had 2 slice of cinnamon raisin toast, I love this so much I really have to find a healthy, make my own recipe. Then I did 2-mile WATP with stretchie and 20 minute resistance circuit.
Breakfast two hours later: oatmeal w/flaxseed, wheatgerm, banana and milk.
S: 1/2 tuna sandwich later 2 chocolate turtles
L: 1 tuna sandwich, diet pepsi
D: easy bolognese w/ whole wheat spagetti noodles, 3x1x1 marble cheese; yogurt parfait w/ raspberry yogurt, mixed fieldberries

I drank lots of water today.