Ok, *I'm* back to posting as well!! I've been on and off the wagon for the past week. Grrr...

Yesterday's confession:

Breffix - 1 cup skim milk + 1 tbsp cocoa powder, instant oatmeal (255 cals)

Snack - 1 banana

Lunch - Cali Pizza Kitchen frozen pizza (325 cals), flattened rice with potatoes and onions (err...350?) (675 cals)

Dinner - Chinese food (:() 1 cup chicken&mushroom soup, 1 cup fried rice and 1 cup chicken in black bean sauce. It was a little salty to me, so I guess that's why I gained 1 lb this AM. Danggit!

Snack - 1/2 pear

No idea how many calories for the day, but I bet it was a lot. Crap.

Exercise: 45 mins tennis

--------------
Today's (planned) confession:

Breffix - 1 cup skim milk + 1 tbsp cocoa powder, instant oatmeal

Snack - 1 pear/1 banana/grapes/watermelon (I just realized we have too many fruits)

Lunch - Toasted semolina with veggies

Snack - handful of pita chips (130 cals) or fruit

Dinner - 1 cup cooked white rice, 1/2 cup roasted bell peppers and potatoes, 1/2 cup chickpea curry.

Snack - 1/2 cup plain, NF yogurt with 1 tsp brown sugar and fruit mixed in. :)

Exercise - 3.5 mile walk. It's a nice, cloudy day today so it should be a good walk.

Alright ladies! Hope this plan works today! I'll add calorie counts later on, still need to figure it out.

--------

Echo - glad to see you back and posting!!

Cape - you're doing great! Way to go!

Sacha - welcome to the thread!

Hydra - I sometimes get hungry at night as well. My sleep and laziness overcomes my need to get up and eat something. Haha. :p

Good job to all who have been on plan and a :hug: to those who need to get back on plan (like me).

Today is back to school (daytime language class) and back to work (overnight shift). Luckily, I find it easier to be on-plan during the week.

I made it through the weekend with no alcohol (easy) or diet pop (difficult!!) and no off-plan meals~

Exercise:
Recovery day (one hour dog walk - no gym)
*I might go for a 30 min run on my break at around midnight

Meals:
Bfast: 1/2 cup oats, 6 egg whites, 1 tbsp olive oil, black coffee
Snack: 1 apple, 1 small serving mixed nuts (school snack)
Lunch: 1/3 cup brown rice, 1 plain grilled chicken breast, 1 cup broccoli
*I might allow myself a black Americano at school! Too $ though.
Dog walk
~Nap~
Dinner: Geez, not sure yet. Maybe a shrimp & mango salad.
~Work~
Snack: Cottage cheese, apple
Dinner #2 (around 11pm): 1/2 brown rice, 1 grilled chicken breast, 1 cup broccoli (same as lunch)
Snack... perhaps a protein shake. I work until 5am!

To recap: Sat and Sunday, bad.
Yesterday good, but only because I 'moved' calories.
Going to try really hard today!
Breakfast: Blueberry muffin with walnuts, flax; cream of wheat with added things, diet OJ = 551 for breakfast.

Snack so far: Another muffin (Can u tell I'm trying to get rid of them?) and some walnuts = 188.

Was TERRRIBLE Sunday and yesterday, but I'll get back on track! Hope you all had a great weekend!

a big welcome to the newbies to this thread
:welcome: thistime140, smallsteps, diabetiz Z
lol your dog is so cute. bless

hydra, dont worry about the increase in 1pound, weight will fluctuate up and down, it might just be the weight of the actual food you ate, and will be removed soon!

hey [B]Cape- you're doing great, and sorry to hear about computer problems! i can empathesise and Sunni! BL teams will be announced soon - cant wait!

Thanks Sunni, its nice to be back! love the new ticker ;)

well done sacha on the no alcohol.

and a hello :wave: to DogMom and Happening
dogmom, great about you coming back and getting back on that horse! you're doing great!

(Happening you look gorgeous in your avator !).

my confession for today:

breakfast - 1/2 roti with 1 chicken patty. 1 cup of rice with peas. some yoghurt.

exercise - 1 hour of plyometrics P90x :trampo:

Appetizer - 1 mango. 1/4 cup of fresh fruit smoothie and yoghurt.

Dinner - chicken curry. 1/2 roti. salad.

time taken to eat :eating2: - 16 minutes. I thought of a new trick today to really slow down my eating. Between each mouthful of food, I took a 1 minute break. I made an effort to chew my food for 20-30 seconds. During the 1 minute break, i was allowed to eat some pieces of salad, sometimes i did sometimes I didn't eat anything during the 1 minute break.
after 16 minutes had elapsed- i sighed and stopped eating. There was still some food left on my plate, just a little bit of chicken, which i put in a tupperware box to eat tommorow hehe

after dinner : 1 cup of peppermint tea.

Hope you all had a super day!

water
gatorade

gluten free snack bar
coffee with creamer

ham and cheese on a bagel
salad with very little ranch dressing
1/2 cup potato salad
pears in light syrup
milk

pickle
coffee with creamer

water
diet pepsi

Yesterday went well. I was on plan, I just substituted some foods for others, but I didn't go over my calories. I dropped back down to 160.8, woohoo!!! So I kinda sorta made my vegas goal. I'm hoping to lose another lb before I leave this weekend. That reminds me, I most likely won't be posting from the 13 - 16, unless I get free internet at the hotel. I hope I do, I don't think I can make it three whole DAYS without my beloved internet. AHHHH! :p

Today's confession:

Breffix - 1 cup skim milk + 1 tbsp cocoa powder, instant oatmeal

Snack - 5 olives

Lunch - 4 rice cakes made with flattened/beaten rice (400 cals)

Snack - 2 cups grapes, 1/2 cup raisins, 1 slice multigrain bread with bell pepper/roasted potato curry

Dinner - Alu gobi (potato and cauliflower) curry, spiced cabbage, 1 cup cooked white rice and 1/2 cup yogurt

Snack - 2 cups watermelon

That should be enough food so I don't feel deprived. I'm trying to stay within the 1800 - 2000 range, actually more on the 1800 side. When I get back from vacay, I'm going to drop to 1600 - 1800, just in case this is maintanance for me. :) I can't believe I've actually stuck to this weightloss thing for this long! I usually lose and get complacent. Yay to this thread and you gals!! :carrot:

:hug: to all, have a great day! I'll check in later tonight. :)

Update: Looks like I completely changed my menu today, haha.

Hi everyone!!

I stood on my scale today and to my suprise, i lost just over 2.7 lbs :goodscale: ! i'm now at 165.3lbs - finally hit through my 168 barrier! i've been 168lbs for over 2 weeks. I really pushed myself hard these past 2 days during my workout, i kept thinking of Jillian or Bob shouting at me, to keep pushing, keep digging, and not to stop. i really wanted to lose some weight before the first weigh in for the BL challenge!!

I hope the weight loss is real though!!! i'm scared that its not real and come tommorow, i will be back at 168 again!

I was very careful with my diet yesterday.

I guess time will tell. But since i lost just over 2lbs, I can change the clothes of model me :)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3451/...37d3ec2c_o.jpg

chit chat:

Cape love the new avator picture!! thats great motivation. it really helps to imagine yourself slimmer, and what better way than a picture of the real you!

ooh cant wait for the teams to be announced!!
well done you on a great day! :cheer3:

good job hydra!

DogMom, i can sympathesie with the cereal as dessert thing, i used to do the same thing aswell!
good luck!

sunni- well done on staying on plan! and congratulations on your weight loss , down to 160.8lbs! thats brilliant :cheer2: :congrat:

have a great trip and well done on meeting your vegas goal!

how long are you gonna be gone for? will miss ya!

aww thanks sunni. you've been doing so so well sticking with your diet and exercise! you deserve the weight loss!! well done you!

Thanks for the compliment!
today I need to be back on track!

No breakfast yet, but I'm going to have some sf hot chocolate with creamer :)

138.6

you're welcome happening! and i see we're both on the blue team! way hey go blue team hehehe :cheer3:

you're welcome cape -i see you and sunni are on the red team

so we're gonna be competing against each other! nothing like good friendly competion to kick us into gear!! ;) shame we're not on the same team though.

good luck with your biggest loser challenge!