Okay yesterday I was doing just fine but then stopped with someone for lunch and the sub counter pulled me in. I know it had to be high in cals because of the bread amt. The turkey and veggies even the cheese were okay. So I had a lighter dinner with some spinach and ham sauted with garlic. Not a savor but I tried. Feeling a bit guilty landed me at the health food store on the way home. I did pick up some oatmeal etc. but found the sprout bread with 16 grains and seeds. Very nice with lots of fiber too. So I tried to save myself. Recognizing our errors I figure is a step in learning to expect more out of ourselves. So this a.m. it is oatmeal and one slice of sprout toast and oh so good. Without looking back I am not sure who talked about it but thanks. Today I will be a good girl. Salad for lunch no big subs. Penny I posted that bread recipe on the other page in case you wanted it. I do agree eating healthy is a bit more costly but we are all worth it. My DSI said oh that oatmeal was so good I ate your leftovers for breakfast. That is a healthier cook for 9 min. one gald she enjoyed it better than that instant stuff. Marie isn't the snow crazy this year it just comes out of no where and in buckets. I have never seen such a crazy year it was 41 and sunny here yesterday -9 monday. It is crazy take care and hope you at least enjoyed
the day off. oKay Judy you have shrimp from the Pikes Market oh so good. There is nothing like the the Pikes Market it will always be a fond memory of Seattle for me. Enjoy that seafood while it last. I am going to pick up some type of fish for tonight I think. Everything is on sale with lent. I need to grocery shop and I hate doing it on friday or sat. Well take care and Nikki think positive you know the info. take the time to bring it up and you'll pass that test. I am sure you will make a very good teacher a school will be lucky to have you when your finished. I worked in a school for 10 years before my social work started and its a very rewarding job. I still see students or parents and they remember me and always stop me to say hello. It is a rewarding field and I am grateful for the wonderful teachers my grandkids have. Have a great day everyone!
Thank you all for your positive vibes and thoughts. I feel like I have a much better handle on the essay portion and that is what I messed up on last time.
I am so proud of myself I worked out monday and yesterday. I am hoping to hit 157 by monday so I will have lost 10 pounds in February. Then I will be back to my lowest weight that I plateaued at last year. I am sure you might remember my long plateau. I am determined to break it and when I do I am going to be so happy !
Marie - I see you guys are still being socked by some snow. Kind of unexpected! We also had a cool change - rain, wind, cold, brrrr. Just when I was getting used to the warmer weather! Oh well, it won't be long till the days start getting warmer again. It's good you are able update the website at home, it's probably easier to concentrate. I'm the webmaster for the charity organization I belong to and I always dread doing updates using Frontpage in case it crashes or does something weird. One of these days I'll have to redo the site with another program.
Judy - Thanks for sending the healthy vibes. You are such a trooper - traveling and working so hard even though you've been sick. I hope you get some 'down time' soon. I hope you enjoyed your fish from Pike's Market. That's something I love about being here in the Northwest - the great seafood. We had some wonderful wild sockeye salmon the other day. I love halibut too. The other day I had some halbut cheeks. Really delicious - they look and taste like scallops!
Carol - The bread you found sounds a lot like the one I get called 'Healthy Way'. I think it's made in Canada. I used to like white bread (like French baguettes) but now I prefer the multi-grain sprouted bread. It's also much easier to digest because it's sprouted. I read that the hulls of grains contain a substance that prevents digestion which goes away after it starts sprouting. In ancient times they often sprouted the seeds first, this also makes it more nutritious. Don't worry about slipping up now and then - success is as close as your next meal! I always have some slow cook oatmeal handy in the fridge already prepared. I use Irish oatmeal (or steel cut). An easy way to cook it is to put 1 cup oats, 3 cups water in a saucepan and bring it to a boil. Immediately cover and turn off the heat. Leave on stove overnight (make sure you turn off the heat!) It won't go bad - trust me! In the morning I put some in a bowl with a little milk & sugar and warm it up in the microwave for a minute. I then store it in the fridge. A batch will last me for several days.
Nikki - You are doing so great! Keep up the good work.
I'm finding it easier than I thought to stick to my "Maker's Diet". It's already pretty close to how I've been trying to eat. I still need to watch my snacks - even if they are healthy ones. I've put a reminder I printed out from my computer on the fridge. It says in big red letters "Don't Forget - You Are Trying to Lose Weight For Your Trip in September!" Along with my before and after (during) photos. It sounds a bit silly, but I just tend to conveniently 'forget' and go into auto pilot eating. Hopefully this will make me pause before I eat something I shouldn't!
Morning all, I thought I'd write early since there's a good shot the power will be lost again. It's another snow day from work. We got another 12 inches and are up to around 24" since Tuesday night. In town they haven't gotten as much (about half) but here in the boonies we got dumped on and it's still going. The amount of snow on the pine trees is unreal. I'm thinking of watching the local news but will have to go outside and unbury the DirecTv dish first.
I did exercise this morning before "work". I did 2 miles walking and 1 mile jogging - less because I knew I needed lots of extra time for the commute. Then right as I'm going out the door I get the call that we're closed. Boy, I would have loved to sleep in.
Judy, take it easy as you won't get better if you don't.
Nikki, good job on relaxing a bit. On essays, make sure you re-read what you wrote and if you can read it aloud, even if it's with no sound and just moving your lips. You'll catch errors that way.
Penny, good job on the new diet. I don't think the sign is corny - I have 1500 on my craft/exercise room dry wipe board so I don't forget my calorie goal. It's hard to ignore as I'm exercising away.
Today I hope to be less munchie. Being snowbound is boring and so I get munchie, but I will try. I had about 1900 cals yesterday - I aim for 1500-1600 - so I was a bit over. I will try harder today.
I've finally been able to change my tracker downwards! I lost .5 lb. this week - down to 187. I've been pretty high in calories, but have been eating healthier.
You guys are such an inspiration to me! You are all doing so well. And Nikki, kudos on nearly reaching 10 pounds (in in a short month, too!).
Maire, I hope you're coping with the big snow. Do you have a generator for emergencies? Thanks for the advice--yes, I'm trying to take it easy this week, coming in a little later than usual and going to bed earlier. If I were flat out sick I'd have stayed home. But next week is so huge--my boss will pass the baton, and our board of directors will be here for three fun-filled days of meetings--that I would be worrying myself into a fever if I weren't plugging away as best I can. The cough and congestion are lingering, but I'm much better. I'll go to the doctor on Tuesday if I'm not seeing progress.
Penny, I've heard of the Maker's Diet, and it sounds pretty reasonable. Does it focus on eating local food in season? Probably people back in the Bible days weren't shipping fruit up from Chile in February . The best thing about a diet like that is that it downplays food filled with preservatives and gunk. I'm glad that it's working so well for you.
Carol, I popped all my seafood in the freezer. When you get seafood from the grocery store, it's not as fresh but it usually is cleaned better....I forgot about all the scale-scraping I'll have to do. But it will be worth it! I glad you mentioned Lent. I'm not observant that way, but growing up we always gave up sweets (until time to pig out on Easter candy). I will forego chocolate and other candy (except Altoids) for Lent.
Bust that plateau, Nikki! Tell your flab that resistance is futile!
I saw a physical therapist today. He gave me a few helpful tips for lifting weights, and we're going to work out together a couple of time in my apartment complex as soon as the new exercise room is completed in March. That makes me very happy! I want to use the weight machines, and probably I'll give up Curves. Meanwhile, I haven't worked out at all. I am taking it day-by-day--but really hoping that Saturday morning the cough and congestion is diminished enough to exercise!
Hi all, I did make it to work today. There's about 4" on the ground in town and about 18" still at home. I had a bad start to the day. I was walking across the parking lot and thought I was off the ice and wasn't. I fell on my knees and bruise, scraped and cut my right knee. The left one only has scrapes. The big bummer is that it put a hole in my right knee of my favorite jeans. I was way mad about that. The custodian forgot to put de-icer down. See me get mad... At first I was dizzy and nauseous but it got better through the day. Now it's just sore to the touch. I'm hoping it'll be better by tomorrow since I once again had plans to go skiing... Before I fell, I did walk 4 miles so that was good.
I'm still in a blah mood - I think it's because I was so bored Wed and Thursday that I ate my way through the days. Today I'm much better and am on target for staying in my calories. I definitely would LOVE to eat a bunch of the GS cookies that were delivered today.
Judy, that's cool that you worked out with a PT. They definitely know the right way to work the muscles. I do hope you continue to feel better. And I do understand the need to work even when sick (if you think back to Sept - beginning of the school year and a very sick me).
Nikki, my thoughts have been with you today. I hope the certification test went perfectly.
Penny, yeah on the .5 pound. That's TWO sticks of butter. Pretty wonderful.
I am off to take my test this afternoon. I feel confident that I will pass it today ! I spent 2 months studying for the multiple choice portion and a month on the essay section. Not sure I could do anything more. I'm just about to do a 12 minute dance workout to get my body going. I can't wait to see what I weigh in as on Monday. I haven't been to good lately. I have been forgetting to eat as I am so busy. This week I will focus on getting back to eating my snacks and meals.
Marie - Sorry you had such a rough day. One would think that the first thing the custodian would do is put down ice melt.
Jusy - I am glad you made it to the PT. I'm not celebrating those pounds until Monday. You just never know what the scale will say.
Nikki - I hope your test went well today. It sounds like you have prepared well for it . It must have been hard for you to stay on track on your diet with all the extra stress.
Marie - I'm so sorry to hear that you fell and hurt your knee . That's the last thing you need right now, just when your back was getting better. Too bad the custodian didn't think to put down some de-icer. I hope it's not too serious and that you'll be able to go skiing as planned. It sounds like you guys are still getting lots of snow. I like the way you compared my .5 lb. loss to two sticks of butter - yes it was pure fat!
Judy - You are an inspiration to us too! You keep on going even when you're sick and away from home and have the willpower to try to make good food choices when you're on the road. I hope your cough and congestion clears up soon . I hope the PT has some good ideas for you. The Maker's Diet is pretty easy for me to stick to as I've been trying to avoid food additives and colorings for quite a while now. You can eat just about any kind of fruit or vegetables, it doesn't matter if it's in season or not. It emphasises a lot of probiotic foods like yogurt, sauerkraut and other fermented foods that are good for the digestion. Interestingly, I am also allowed to eat foods like liver (which I happen to like) that are banned on a lot of diets because of the saturated fat. The preferred fats (used in moderation) on this diet are olive, coconut and butter. Other vegetable oils like canola, safflower, etc. weren't used in olden times.
We went to Whole Foods today and it was packed. It's easy to spend a bundle in there - they have such great stuff. I got some more of the crispy shiitake mushroom snacks that I love and some indian candy smoked salmon which is like sweet salmon jerky - very different but tasty!
Carol & Suzanne - hope everything is going well for you too.
Yaay, after two miserable weeks, I finally was able to work out this morning--45 minutes of Turbo Jam . My cough is almost gone, but the gunk in my head is still there...I can feel it moving around (trying to escape, I hope!). I bought a love seat after months and months of indecision. I wanted two wing-type chairs, but modern and not bulky. Never found what I was looking for, but the love seat will do the trick. I also saw "The Queen" which was impressive. Helen Mirren is phenomenal.
Marie, Marie, I was sorry about your fall . Your fall sounds similar to my December wipeout. Too bad patches on jeans never came back into style. I hope you're feeling better today. And limp away from the cookies!
Penny, you're a liver lover, too! I never make it myself, but now and again I'll see it on the menu of an old-fashion dinner and I'll order it with lots of onions. I used to crave it on an, um, monthly basis, and had a local joint I'd go to in Chicago that could really do up liver right. I'd go alone, though--people who hate liver tend to overreact
Nikki, I hope the test went well, and that you're doing something fun to celebrate getting it over with.
I did well with food today. I had popcorn at the movie, so I haven't eaten any snacks today, and am on the computer now to keep out of the kitchen. I heard a guy on TV today say that eating within an hour or two before going to bed is a good way to look like a sumo wrestler. I tend to slip into too much "healthy" snacking after dinner, so that was a good visual cue for me--ugh!
Judy - I'm glad you're well enough to work out again. I loved "The Queen" too. Helen Mirren is a terrific actor. So you're a fellow liver-lover! I managed to find some nice veal liver today - dirt cheap too at $3.99 lb. It would cost a king's ransom in Europe. I had one of my favorite meals of all time when we were in Italy at the famous Harry's Bar in Venice - it was veal liver with onion and sage. I have made it occasionally since then, but not for a long time as it's not exactly low cal. I figure it won't hurt to have a small portion and lots of veggies with it. It's funny how people react sometimes when you tell them you like liver - it's a 'love it or hate it dish'.
I know what you mean about 'healthy snacking'. I sometimes fool myself too by saying to myself "oh it's sooooo healthy - I must have some (fill in the blank) it will do me good". I think I'll have to start saving some calories from earlier in the day so that I can have an occasional late-evening snack without the guilt. Some days I run out of calories by 3pm!
Penny thanks for the oatmeal idea. I will ck it out. For all of you that lost congrats a hundred times over thats great. I haven't done the scale but dress shopping was enough to know I must be doing something right. I felt good in trying things on. So if I can still shave off some wt. thats great even better yet. I am sorry for not being on for a couple of days. I had the little ones then I went dress shopping for mom of the bride. Oh so crazy some of the styles are wild. I tried on so many different things my oldest daughter and I went lots of laughs no dress. I did put one on hold but then came home and ordered one from Chadwicks of Boston. It will be here by the 9th and I will see if I like it on or not. One good thing was I tried on all size 12's but one. That made me feel good. Still want to lose and I am trying to be good but with the kids had pizza but it was homemade so I could control the ingredients. Marie sorry to hear about your knee take care to rest it properly. I had knee surgery about 8 years ago from a fall. Not fun at all. I still baby it once in awhile when it hurts from the weather. At our work the guys weren't salting very well and a few people really got hurt too. Sounds like old man winter isn't too nice your way. Careful! Nikki you sound like your more positive for your test thats great you will do well I am sure. Now you know what to expect this time around. Judy still that seafood will be worth every little bit of effort you put into it. Enjoy and sounds like the exercise thing is going well. Today I plan on scheduling myself and wed. / friday at the gym. Right after work. Need to tighten up the flab under my arms for thes sleevless dresses I have been trying on. Firm it up baby of course kayaking will help when the ice melts of the water ways. I have found that the sprout bread has 5 gr. fiber then I add my almond flaxseed Kashi cereal for another 8 grms of fiber that is a pretty good start to my day. The fiber helps keep me full longer and it helps to prevent fat from gathering in my body. So thank goodness for some tasty items to help me along the way. I am feeling pretty good finally battled that nasty cold away almost. I spoke to the kids in Hawaii last night and I was really glad to hear from them. They get so busy and with the time change I don't hear from them as often as I wish. Oh well at least their doing really well. In June they will be home for close to 2 weeks. After the wedding we are going to all go away for a few days in the Adirondacks to kayak and camp relax in the woodsie environment no phones no mail. Well gotta go start my day. Take care everyone and lets keep this wt loss going in the right direction. Nikki your in the lead this time around good for you we are all rooting for you to keep up the good work. We will follow yah.
My test went. It was pretty difficult. I was nit as strict on my diet this weekend. I had several crackers and did not drink my water at all. Today I got to the scale and showed a 1 lb loss instead of the 3 -4 I was expecting. Oh well, I won't give up. I'm going to go back on phase I of SB today and do that all week. I also got no veggies in this weekend. It wasn't so much what I ate but what I didn't.
I can tell from my body though that I am losing inches. My mom said yesterday I look taller and it must e ecause I lost so much weight! That felt good. Only 26 lbs to go !
. The best thing about a diet like that is that it downplays food filled with preservatives and gunk. I'm glad that it's working so well for you.
. It must have been hard for you to stay on track on your diet with all the extra stress. 
. That's the last thing you need right now, just when your back was getting better. Too bad the custodian didn't think to put down some de-icer. I hope it's not too serious and that you'll be able to go skiing as planned. It sounds like you guys are still getting lots of snow. I like the way you compared my .5 lb. loss to two sticks of butter - yes it was pure fat! 
. I hope the PT has some good ideas for you. The Maker's Diet is pretty easy for me to stick to as I've been trying to avoid food additives and colorings for quite a while now. You can eat just about any kind of fruit or vegetables, it doesn't matter if it's in season or not. It emphasises a lot of probiotic foods like yogurt, sauerkraut and other fermented foods that are good for the digestion. Interestingly, I am also allowed to eat foods like liver (which I happen to like) that are banned on a lot of diets because of the saturated fat. The preferred fats (used in moderation) on this diet are olive, coconut and butter. Other vegetable oils like canola, safflower, etc. weren't used in olden times.
. My cough is almost gone, but the gunk in my head is still there...I can feel it moving around (trying to escape, I hope!). I bought a love seat after months and months of indecision. I wanted two wing-type chairs, but modern and not bulky. Never found what I was looking for, but the love seat will do the trick. I also saw "The Queen" which was impressive. Helen Mirren is phenomenal.
