Hi Hydra! :welcome3: nice to have you join us :cheer:

Well done, Cape! I absolutely CANNOT resist b-day cake, so good for you! I have this mentality that it's once a year (no matter whose birthday it is :p) so I would totally help myself. Oh well, every superhero needs a weakness. :D

Hi Hydra! :)

My confession for today:

Breffix - Cream of wheat pancake (don't judge, it's super tasty!), 1 cup of tea with a tsp of sugar

Snack - Grapes

Lunch - Yay! Meeting my buddy for lunch at a greek/lebanese place and have decided on getting the veggie platter. It comes with spanakopita, a salad, hummus and tsatziki (sp?). Should be good stuff.

Snack - Grapes?

Dinner - dunno yet. I'm guessing rice and two curries...

Oh snap, forgot the exercise. I'll be playing tennis for an hour or so this evening.

lol i like how you think! i also think the same. i can never say no to birthday cake !!
have a lovely time at lunch with your friend! :hun:

awww thank you Cape! that's so nice of you to say!! :) :hug:

Yep that's the spirit , not to feel discouraged, its perfectly normal for weight to go up and down! besides you lost so much last week.

Good luck! and that's a really good idea to get into exercise when you are mentally ready and prepared. and since you're already so active at work, the extra exercise you do, will really sky rocket your metabolism! and you will be burning even more fat! :broc:

ps awesome you have p90x also!! :exercise:

Thanks Cape! I feel like I've not been doing as much as I should lately. I'm not working at the moment, so I don't have "work activity" like you do. I used to have quite a bit of exercise when I was in school, but unfortch I have to make my own exercise now. :) Don't worry about the 2 lb gain. It's just water weight from your party last night. That's happened to me so often now, I know it but it doesn't make me any less upset when I see a gain. :hug:It will drop in no time!

nice headband *snort*. ;)

Chit chat question: why are the backs of my thighs so rough and itchy? I've never had rough skin before. Not counting the time I got seriously sunburned and my skin was recovering...anyone else facing this problem? It's so random! My hubby has this asinine theory that it's cause the fat's going away so it's not as smooth as it should be. :dz: Sometimes, I really wonder about him...

LOL!!

LOL!!
erm i have no idea :o no sorry not experienced this myself.

my confession..

exercise - day 5 of p90x.
- 40 minutes of legs and back p90x workout.


breakfast:
1 toast with olive spread magarine. with a little mince lamb.
1 cracker with cheese.
1 slice of cheese.
small bowl of fruit and fibre cereal with semi skimmed milk.

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10 minute walk in the garden

dinner:

3 dates with a large glass of water.
2 small bowls of fruit salad.

chicken curry with yoghurt and salad (romaine lettuce, red radish, cucumber, carrots, a little bit of lemon juice, fresh mint).

total time taken for the entire meal = 40 minutes (took abit of break between appetizer and main meal)
feeling - slightly over-full. ooopsy hehe.

100ml of 7up (half a martini glass hehe)

total number of steps taken - 10,293 steps.

i am now going to have dessert of 2 kit kat fingers, i've been craving them for weeks!

hope you ladies had a fabulous day!

Echo, I'm impressed! 10K steps!! I only use my pedometer when I go on my evening walks and for me, I am almost breaking into 8K with my 3.5 mile walks (some days). I can't imagine hitting 10K!! Way to go!!!:carrot:

I am SOOOOOO proud of myself today!! I thought for sure I'd gorge on my lunch seeing as phyllo dough creations are another one of my superhero weaknesses. Anyhoo, the portion sizes were actually appropriate. I had two tablespoons worth of hummus and tsatsiki (whatever) that I ate maybe a teaspoon of each. The spanakopita was a 4X5 piece that I ate 1/2 of and I ate most of my greek salad (lettuce, tomato wedge, slice of cucumber, delicious kalamata olive, feta cheese). I wasn't even hungry! I didn't feel like I was forcing myself to stop. My friend and I were having an excellent conversation and I felt good about the steps I had taken with my healthy eating and weight loss so I was comfortable with stopping when I was full. I was just so elated at that. The owner who waited on us asked me if I wanted anything else because I hadn't eaten anything. That's a first! Usually because I polish my plate and look like I could go for another, :p. Anyway, I was SOOO happy with myself. Crap, I don't mean to brag. I've just never exhibited self-control (voluntarily and happily) when eating out before. Could have also been that the food was delicious and fresh-looking/tasting.

Dinner tonight is Subway. I'm definitely getting my hour of tennis in because I want my seafood subway (lossa mayo hee hee and my fave fake crab. I like it.)! I found out a 6" seafood sub is 800 cals by itself so I really need to exercise and create some deficit.

Alrighty girls, happy to see all of you are making progress!! Talk to you when I'm enjoying my mayo...I mean seafood sub. Heh.

Thanks Echo!

coffee
creamer
water
diet dr.pepper
turkey and veggie sandwich
amish baked beans
ham and veggie salad
carrots and celery

no exercise, i must admit

Be safe, chicky!! I'll be praying for you, hoping all you get is some rain. Power outtages are NOT fun. Sigh, well it looked like it was headed straight for Bermuda and at the last minute changed course, so maybe you'll have the same experience? Here's hoping!

awwwwwwwwwww Thanks so much!!!! :) :hug: even i was suprised! lol maybe the little ball in my pedometer likes to jiggle more than once when i step hehehehe. :devil:

i am soooooooooooooo proud of you!!! :congrat: !!! well done!! that's totally awesome!!! :hug::bravo::cp::hat::cb:

i love borek myself!!! with feta cheese and parsley. its my krptonite hehe. and also the one that has mince lamb. yummy!

its a great feeling isnt it ? eating what you want, and then stopping when you're comfortably full!! you feel like you are finally in control , and you feel happy and satisfied. i'm so happy that it worked for you! way to go ! :cheer3: :cheer3:

You're welcome! :hug:

Cape Breton Chick. glad you had fun at the beach :)
ahh i love the beach :)
yikes!!:(... I hope you miss the storm, take care of yourself :hug: I will say a prayer for you aswell that you are safe from the storm. :hug: