Glad you sought help, Raven. I hope you are all better soon.

Well, I ate a bit more today then I would have liked. I was at a meeting at corporate, and food was plentiful. Didn't do horribly bad though. Then, on the way home, i decided I didn't want to cook. So, I called and ordered chinese for carry out. Then I called back, cancelled the order, and am cooking from home.

So I decided to make comfort food - chipped beef on toast. I always use skim milk, light margerine, and add veggies. But I don't care about portion sizes. Today, I kept the meat and veggies the same, but halved the milk, butter, and toast. A save.

Won't it be nice when stuff like that ISN'T noticable? When I don't feel like I have to announce that I did'nt eat enough for the entire French Army?

Have a good night, all.

Hi guys!
What a busy day today was, finally got my hair cut and took my daughter with me for a highlight as well. That took the afternoon and this morning I had a quilt meeting to attend. It was all "fun and games" at least!
I was a good girl today with what I was eating and feel STRONG in terms of my committment today. I had vegetable soup, ff cottage cheese and a boiled egg for lunch while DH sat right beside me and ate Doritos, crunching noisily (sp?) and dipping them in salsa. It smelled and sounded so tempting, but I ate my own stuff and I lived through it. He is such a bad influence, but I can't forbid him from eating what he wants, that is not fair. I've got to learn my own balance and self control.
Breakfast was puffed wheat cerial and ff milk with banana and I did go to the quilt meeting, but controlled my eating there to only 4 points... I brought the snack and planned ahead.
Tonight was sirloin tips, marinated with shrimp on the barbie! Yummy with whole wheat pasta and string beans. I'm satisfied and looking forward to my sf, ff, chocolate pudding with lite cool whip. I'm getting the hang of this and I've been well behaved and managing to stay away from those Doritos!
How's it going everyone?
Raven, sounds like your boss is wonderful to bring you to an "on the house" chiropractor. You are lucky and I hope that helps you.
Jolly, you said you were lonely. What's up hon? Everything ok? Get that work out time in, girl! No more morning couch time. I'm expecting a full report of what you did to burn off some big-time calories tomorrow morning! You can do this.
Also, tell me what you are eating guys! I need ideas, boredom can set in and lead to cheating.... we all don't want to "go there"!
Linda in dreary, rainy NH

Hi Derry. Glad you had a great day. I was "lonely" cuz not a lot of postings here. Glad to have you to talk to.

I passed up chocolate not once, but twice, at work tonight. Did have some fruit there - they had a picnic today and left stuff for 2nd shift. Amazing. I want to make these choices all the time. Actually, today was a good day with the exception of the low cal pringles and beef jerky I had for a monring snack, and the high cal dressing I dumped on the salad I ordered for lunch. I have to remember to "dip" my dressing, I know.

Good night all.

Good morning all. Well, Derry, I did my full two mile workout this morning. Jog 7 blocks, walk 3 - repeat. I even made it all the way up the large hill without stopping - except for a brief "Rocky" moment at the top. I am slow, but I made it.

Have a wonderful day all.

Glad you were able to report a successful work out Jolly!
I'm starving... but on the CORE plan that is not an issue, as it is "eat until you are satisfied" as long as it's core foods. I'm heading out shortly to a quilt meeting and I think I need to bring fruit in case someone shows up with doughnuts.
Still now word from Red. I'm concerned. Has anyone been in touch with her?
Linda

Good Morning! I'm back from a day out of the office and out of town at staff meeting. I know I went over yesterday. I have no control on what is being served for lunch an dinner. Glad it's only once a month! Also, since I was in the car for 6 hours (3 hours each way), I didn't get any exercise.

Today, back on track. Oatmeal for breakfast, walking at noon, brought a Healthy Choice meal and applesauce for lunch. Then to the gym after work. Busy night planned so we are having sandwiches for dinner.

Raven - hope you are feeling better soon. Sound like the chiropractor is going to help.

Kathy

Good morning all. Linda, how did the quilt meeting go? I need to get back to work on the knitting project I started ages ago. I have such a short attention span. I am acutally kind of surprised I finished two before getting bored. I wanted something to do other than read, but I do love to read. And Kathy, meetings are soooo hard. It is hard when the food is in front of you. It is hard when others are grazing. I had the same issue Wednesday. Ah well, one day at a time.

Off to breakfast and the gym. Have a great day!

TGIF!! Mornin'

I didn't do too bad yesterday. The only thing I didn't do is go to the gym after work. I had a bunch of errands to run and wanted to get home before the storms got here. Have been having severe weather the last couple nights. Most of it missed us last night, thankfully. The weekend is suppose to be nice. I only work until noon on Friday's during the summer, so this afternoon it's off to the grocery store. Then a long walk with the dogs.

I have to tell you about my find. I love to cook and have been trying to find a new cookbook program that has the nutrition information when you add recipes. I found one yesterday that I think I'm going to order. After downloading the trial version and playing with it some, I found that you can program the nutrition part to actually figure your WW points! I was so excited! I have so many recipes that I have made low fat but don't have the time to sit down and figure all the points. The program is called Living Cookbook if anyone is interested.

Have a great day!

Kathy

That sounds good, Kathy. I may have to check it out.

I hear you on the after work thing. that's why I am up before the birds to work out before work. Otherwise, it just never gets done. Working out is so important, and yet so hard to schedule.

I am doing ok food wise today, except I indulged in a bag of the baked ruffles. This would be ok, except I can't eat just one serving. I can eat one BAG, but not one serving. Otherwise, choices are ok.

Hope everyone is having a good day.

Well, I blew it last night, but I do have flex points and haven't yet used up ALL of them for the week, so all is not lost. The quilt meeting went well yesterday, no one actually brougth food for a change and I had my trusty apple with me just in case. But, last night, I let the family talk me into Chinese food and it was kind of a sabotage thing. I kept trying to suggest other places to eat, places I knew I could find better choices, but it didn't work out. I tried to eat what I thought would be "better" choices, but my self control was not the best. Today, I have been very good, though.
Linda

I hear you on the self control thing, particularly with Chinese food. Today was good except 1) the bag of chips. I did stop before I ate the whole thing, but it was close. and 2) Pasta! I work this weekend, so I always like to make something that reheats well to take to work with me. I made a small lasagna, and gave part of it to my neighbor. But, I always eat the leftover parts for a meal, and I overdid. I am soooo tired right now. just can't move.

Ah well, Scarlett. Tomorrow is another day.

Have a good one.

Heh, guys, sorry I haven't been posting. I am going to try to get back on here. Thanks for your concern, Derry and jolly! :)

Glad to see the lost is at least sighted, if not completely found yet.

Despite a bad bout of acid reflux last night, which has left breathing a bit painful today, I did go to the gym this morning. Did 30 minutes of cardio, and 2 sets of weights. I did go ride my horse, and had a nice ride. And got most of the stuff done I needed to today, before I go to work. I am actually ahead of schedule.

Hope everyone has a good day.

RED!!! I'm so glad you are back. I missed you so.
Hope you are doing ok and back to join in. Tell us how you are.
Jolly, I have acid reflux as well, but it's under control with medication and when I eat properly, I notice I feel much better. My doctor bluntly told me one time that eating properly is usually the key to it all.
Had a nice day today with the family. We shopped, I took an afternoon nap and we went out to dinner. I kind of blew it for dinner, but I am learning as I go with this ww CORE program. I didn't eat CORE foods and came home feeling bloated and nasty. I think next time I would eat more wisely. I won't always make the right choices, but I am finding that more "simple" basic foods agree with me better.
I am feeling excited as if I am on the threshhold of something good. Wonder if it is finally a realization of HOW I ought to be eating or something else? It's nice to be feeling more positive at least, even if I blew it tonight at dinner.
Linda

LInda, you have to love those "aha" moments, when things just seem to come together. Congrats.

I have a NSV to report. I was planning on stopping at the grocery store after work tongiht, to pick up a few things I had run out of. Well, work was a bit nuts tonight, and I started craving junk - ice cream, chips, etc. I was planning on going to the store anyway, so . . . I decided that I could wait to get the stuff I needed, and go some other time when I wasn't feeling so tempted. If I was going to binge, it would have to be on stuff I have at home, which isn't so much.

Have a good night all.

Hi! We just got back from a trip down south. We camped a few days and then visited my in-laws. I did not eat well, but I didn't gain weight. So here we are again. hoping to get on track next week. Sooner or later something's gotta click.

Hi guys, something really did kind of click with me last night. Hope it does for you all soon. Jolly, great NSV. We all have choices to make and we all need to totally recognize that it's in OUR hands an no one elses. Something Red said to me recently hit home as well. She was talking about the influences of the people around her and how they make her feel about herself. It's not about conforming to the people and what they think, it's about conforming to how YOU think you ought to live and feel and be. I have got to get a handle on this.
I saw my dad eat poorly for years, he could have had a nickname of Mr. Junkfood. Almost every night he would sit and eat chips and lots of carbs, he would eat tons of ice cream and that kind of thing as well. I hardly ever remember him eating fruit, especially, growing up. Now he lies with hospice care in great pain. His cancer makes me think. I wonder (no one will ever have the answers, either) if his years of eating improperly have contributed to the situation he is in.
Do I wan't to be immobalized due to disease in my old age? Do I want to be one of those really heavy people who literally eats themselves to death and pays for it with all the aches and pains? No way, not me.
So, I ate the baby back ribs, pulled pork, BBQ'd chicken, baked beans, cole slaw and corn bread last night. I had a beer. I had fun, there were appetizers that I won't even get into. It was a great dinner, we had a nice evening. But, there were better choices on that menu. Did I have to be a total PIG? Could I have ordered some much better choices and have not felt AWFUL, bloated and uncomfortable when I got home? My stomach still feels "off" today.
I savor the flavors (hey, that rhymes!) of a meal like that, but can I come up with substitutes or have not "had it all"? I have to think, I need to not have this mental thing go off in my head every time I am at a social eating situation. I want to join in with the crowd and have "fun" (which I totally associate with food), but I have to recognize what my body needs and not conform.
Food for thought, not the body.
Linda (forgive my spelling)

Good morning all. Welcome back, Apple. I am glad you had a good trip, and hope an "aha" moment clicks soon for you too.

Linda, I have those same thoughts and worries when I look at my family history. Diabetes is the norm, not the exception, in both sides of my family. Arthritis, heart problems - these are also very present. How foolish am I to not take the opportunity NOW to save myself from these preventable diseases? Do I want to live a long, HEALTHY life, or what?

Well, I just got back from a very nice run. At first, I was just going to do the shorter route. Then, I decided to do the shorter route, but jump ahead a week on the training program. But, again, once I was out there, not only did I increase the running portion, but I did the longer route. I feel so good too. I hope to add distance again in about a week.

Off to do my yoga tape for a cool down, breakfast, horse, then work. Have a great day all.

Heh all, had a busy day today. Lots of exercise, okay eating, meaning didnt eat that much even but didnt get the fresh veggies in. Still, good day, went hard at the gym and it felt good to be back again working out hard. Hope to keep it up.
Just a quickie here to show up. Take care, all.

Glad to see your post, Red. Glad to also read you were back to the gym as well and that it felt good. We much take care of ourselves!
With that said, I'm on my way for a very healthy breakfast and then a workout!
Linda

Heh all. See my weight tracker has moved! Hurrah, made it under 73 kgs, just under 160 lbs. This is the lowest I've been this year. My 21-day challenge (other thread I started) is working! Hurrah, hurrah! :cp:

Hey all. Congrats on the loss, Red.

Me? Not so good. Sigh. Today was not a good day. Ate too much for lunch. Then, at work this weekend I was just feeling really edgy and crabby. Today, I gave in and bought a candy bar. I know, I should be happy I only bought one king sized candy bar, instead of ice cream or a pound bag of chocolate. It just frustrates me that I self medicated. Then, it was really hard to ignore the voice that said more chocolate of any form would be a really good way to unwind after work. I did ignore it - had a sugar free fudgicle when I got home though.

I know I should keep it in perspective, but right now that is hard. The whole perfectionist thing again. I should wait and see what the scale says tomorrow.

Have a good day all.

Congrats on the loss, Red! I'm proud of you!
I am doing a challenge this week on another thread. Would you all like to do a challenge?
I am challenging myself to eat only CORE food and stay on program this week as well as to clean out my kitchen cupboard where all the "goodies" are stored. I am going to organize a special shelf where all the low point foods are kept so I can feel safe opening the doors. Being a WW person, I am going to use a permanant market and mark the points on each package of food so I will know when I take them out and look at them!
Challenges anyone?
Linda

Quickie here. Thanks derry. I'm going think about your challenge idea. Waht thread is it? i have my 21-dayer and that is major but I could do a week thing. Tell me where it is and I'll check it out.
Ok, later. Hello to all. :wave:

Oh, maybe derry, you meant just do a challenge here? I guess so. Well, when does it start, when end? I need structure these days! :lol:

Good morning all. Hmmm. I am going to have to think about what I would challenge myself on.

Workout went well today. I did go to 30 minutes of cardio, and 2 sets of weights. I really need to scrape up the funds to meet with a trainer. just to help me find the right combo of exercise, and the right intensity.

I did have a loss this week, but only .9 pound. I feel disappointed, and kind of "cheated" if you know what I mean. And of course, that evil little voice is saying "see, it doesn't work. you are destined to be fat. go forth and eat with great glutony." Maybe the government should control our choices more. junk food can't be sold to people over a certain BMI. And you have to hop on a scale to prove that you can legally buy the stuff. "Really sir, I am buying this 5 pound box of chocolates for a 20 friend!"

Life should be so easy.

Sorry. I went from being crabby and short tempered to kind of down. I know I should be happy about the loss, happy that my workouts have improved. Happy that my food choices are improving. But happy is just something I can't find right this moment. I already downed the last of that bag of baked cheddar and sour cream ruffles to get through the first part of payroll. I am trying very hard to ignore that little voice to go get chocolate, which would make the rest of the morning so much more peaceful. . . .

I hope everyone else is having a better, less "Sybil" like morning.

Good Morning.

Well, I broke down and bought a new scale over the weekend. I knew mine wasn't right and since I'm doing WW at Home, I really needed to get a new one. It weighs me more like the Drs. office - 10 pounds more. So that's kinda depressing. I really need to stay focused now. I updated my weight tracker, which was really hard for me to do. I really need to make it go down now!

Going to the gym after work. Don't know if I will get my noon walk in though. I have a meeting that might run into that time.

Hope everyone has a great week!

Kathy

Hi. I think a challenge is in order for me. I've mentioned before that my biggest obstacle to weight loss is my love of beer. I'm going to go beer less for 5 days, one smiley ( :) ) for each day.
I just got back from the emergency room. My toddler son, just learning to walk, crashed into my mom's bed. 5 stitches right above his eyebrow. Poor little guy, but he's really a trooper. This was the first time i've had to take one of my kids to the emergency room. Hopefully not again...
Derry, I'm with you about seeing how our parents habits have put them in certain positions later in life. My mom smoked for 50 years or so. Wow. So she had a stroke and I'm sure that's why. And my mother-in-law has hip problems and it's because she never exercised. If we correct our bad habits now, we can hopefully live long productive lives!!

Hi all. Well, unfortunately, I gave in to "Sybil" today. Had a very bad middle of the day. I did get things back under control later, but still . . . I get so impatient. I want perfect, and I want it NOW. In everything that I do. I guess, subconsciously, I feel like if I can't have control of what I really want, and the feel good you get from that, I need some kind of immediate gratification - food. How to break the cycle for good, not just temporarily change the shape, and where to start? That is the question. The outward behavior - overeating, or the inward cause - perfectionism?

Have a good one everyone.

Challenging each other!!!!
 

First, any of you are welcome on my other thread, certainly, at any time you want to join in or stop by for a "quickie":
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/show...982#post877982

However, we have had our thread going for awhile and it might be refreshing for us to do a challenge of our own. I can do both.
I have already challenged myself to stay on CORE foods until Saturday with the other thread. I can do this!!! I aslo challenged myself to clean out my kitchen cupboard and organize all the healthy/low point foods onto a special shelf and to mark with permanant marker how many ww points each of the foods is per serving. I can get exercise cleaning out the big cupboard and I can toss out old and outdated food and I can put all the junk food the rest of my family insists I have on the highest shelf or the lowest one out of my view????
The closest shelf to eye level for me should have all the healtheir choices!
Now, for this thread, I can either continue on this one challenge of have something different to report in for this group.
I don't mind either way.
For now, I can report on what I ate yesterday, I may want to challenge myself to report to you guys what I am eating and be held accountable, somehow to it all?

Breakfast:
bowl of bite size shredded wheat with ff milk
1/2 grapefruit

snack: banana

Lunch:
vegetable soup
"grilled cheese": 2 slices of ww bread (whoops this was non-core food, but only one point) sprayed with ww butter ff spray and ff American cheese
pickles

mid afternoon: blew it had a few chocolotes - so here I am being totally honest here... bad bad girl! :devil: Another non core food for sure.

So, I when I am moaning to you all about why didn't the scale go down, remind me of this and remind me of eating out and my poor choices over the weekend!!!!! :?:

Dinner:
Roast pork, baked potato, carrots, lite margarine

dessert:
ff, sf, chocolate pudding made with 2 cups plain ff yogurt instead of milk (really like a cheesecake, try it!) and a bit of lite cool whip

I did ok, looking back, I had water and if I could have chosen fruit rather than the chocolates, I'd have had a better day.

What are you all eating???
Linda ;)

What all am I eating? Anything that isn't nailed down. OK. maybe it isn't THAT bad, it just feels like it, as I am making poor choices. Or, made bad choices for lunch yesterday. The rest of the day was good.

So, am I going to beat myself up about yesterday, make myself feel like the world's worst human, and set myself up for failure today? Or, can I get over it, accept that today is a new day, and resolve to make better choices? The choice is mine.

On a plus note, I have to say. While the food demons are still alive and kicking, the exercise (or lack thereof) demons are quiet. I have heard them. This morning, first, maybe I didn't want to run. Then , well, maybe I could do just the short route. Then, I hear myself say, "Let's just see how it feels." I ended up not only doing my longer route, but increasing the time running again. I almost added blocks too, but my personal trainer was looking a little beat. Since I am responsible for her too, I decided to wait a day or two for that. it is a good feeling though.

Have a wonderful day all.

Jolly, sounds like our challenge (how bout for ONE week for now) should be to report what we ate on a daily basis. Being totally honest, not leaving out the "bad" stuff that we grab onto unthinkingly?
If we hold ourselves accountable to reporting it ALL to eat other, maybe that is what we need to make us all think twice before stuffing chocolate into our faces? : )
Linda

I can do that!

Hello all. Sounds like everyone has made some good challenges. I too need to start writing down EVERYTHING that goes in my mouth. I started yesterday. It was really hard to figure out points on some things. But did the best I could. I did get the exercise in too. My downfall yesterday was a lunch meeting at a Chinese restaurant - buffett. I didn't do too bad. My plate wasn't full - tried to stay from the dishes with the sweet sauces. No egg rolls. For dinner I had fish and garlic mashed potatoes made with low-fat milk. This was really hard for me, I'm not a big fan of fish. I did make some progress though. No snacking after dinner!

Apple Blossom - Hope you little guy is doing okay after his fall. I DD had to have 5 stitches over her eye when she was about 3. She had a fall also.

Jolly - good for you on your run!

Kathy

Well I earned myself a smiley. And right now is about the time of day when I crave a drink. Hopefully I make it through the evening. I have my husband monitoring me so if I give in I will be shamed and embarrassed. :nono:
Swimming lessons have started and I'm out and about in a swim suit. Yuck.
I still can't bring my selk to wear shorts often. Fortunately we haven't had any relly hot days so far this year. Gosh I hate my legs... :p
I could never bring myself to actually write down what I eat. Just can't for some reason. Sometimes I log on Fitday because I like all the pie charts and it shows how I need to balance things. I'm always low on protien it seems. Antway, I am convinced that a few weeks of little or no beer will slip a few more pounds off. :crossed:
The baby is doing great, by the way. He seems completely oblivious to his injury.
Bye!

Oh yea, I almost forgot my smiley.... :)

Good evening all. Just wanted to report my eatin's for the day.

Breakfast: 1 cup orange juice, 1.5 cup skim milk, 2 eggos w/ margarine and light syrup
Snack: 1 cup V8, 6 light pringles
Lunch: Chicken noodle soup, carrots, light pringles, apple, sugar free yogurt
Dinner: chips and salsa, chicken fajitas w/ all the toppings, but no tortillas or sides, 1 strawberry margarita and a half an original margarita.

( I went out to dinner with a friend :) )

Have a good night all.

Apple, glad to hear your son is doing ok. Kids have these things, my own daughter and son were chasing each other in the house, laughing and my daughter ran right into the kitchen counter and cracked her front tooth in half at 2 1/2 years old. We were on vacation.... way out in the middle of nowhere and we had to find an oral surgeon and she was put under general anesthesia and had the tooth surgically taken out. It was a total nightmare.

Yesterday's meals: (just pointing out that I journalled and by journaling I am discovering that I am more happy on Flex vs. CORE, but I am not giving up on CORE yet??? or will at least be trying to stay with CORE foods as they are so healthy)

Breakfast:
Omelet made with egg substitute, asparagus and one Laughing Cow lite cheese wedge (all core, except the cheese wedge)
Lunch:
whole wheat flat bread roll up with turkey, provolone, sliced tomato, honey mustard and 1 tsp lite mayo mixed together (really yummy, try it!) (core, but not the flat bread and the provolone - 5 points)

no afternoon snack - surprisingly, just had water

Dinner:
Sirloin steak, brown rice, string beans, lite margarine (one point)

Dessert:
SF, FF chocolate pudding with lite cool whip

If I used the flex plan to deal with this, it's 24 points. I earned 2 points on the treadmill and get an allowance of 22 points... so I'm right "there" on program for the day.
If I used the CORE plan, I didn't do awfully well and used 7 of my 35 FP for the week and at that rate, I'd go over the 35 in five days vs. seven.
So, which plan am I on?
I'm thinking I will keep journaling and maybe this won't end up a CORE week, but I'm still going to try to be on those foods for the most part. I think they are so much healthier.
I'm confused.
I have to admit that maybe my challenge on the other thread for this week is not going well, it was to be on CORE foods all week and I have blown that already. So, what is my challenge, then? I think it's to still clean out that cupboard, maybe today!
But, in addition it is to figure out where I stand with my meal plan and to stay on whichever program I can - just managing to be eating better and staying reasonable.
Did I mention my weigh in results? I was the same yesterday. I guess that is better than a gain, and I know I blew it dining out over the weekend.
I'll do better... :?:
Linda

Good Morning! I'm happy to report that I stayed within my points yesterday! That is such a good feeling. I got my walk in at noon and a nice walk with my dogs last night. I didn't make it to the gym after work, but at least I got some exercise in. Also did a good job of journaling what I ate. I think that is what I really need to consentrate on right now. It seems to help.

Sounds like everyone is having a good week so far. Keep up the good work!

Kathy

Good morning all. I made it to the gym today. Did 30 minutes of cardio, and 2 sets of weights. I even increased the weights I was doing. I still feel like I need to have someone tell me how to improve my efforts, but I can't quite yet.

I made a bad choice for breakfast, especially after last night, and making pasta for my dad for a belated Father's day tonight. Ah well. Will stay on track the rest of the day. Things are overall looking up.

Have a good day. No, don't. Have an INCREDIBLE day.