[Sunnigummi]

Originally Posted by Cape Breton Chick

Hey ladies..popping in for a second on my lunch break... Sunni, the homemade mac n cheese was made in the crockpot, and wasn't bad on calories at all.. each cup was like 272.2 calories and believe me you do not need more then a cup with the way the pasta expands..all that was in it was onions, skim milk, shredded marble cheese and gluten free pasta...all thrown in together on low for 4 hours..mmm lol
O.. and thanks for the compliment on Cafe World.. I wanted to tell you the same thing.. yours is gorgeous!

Hey Ladies... I figured something out today that is slightly odd to me.. but k, now it has happened the odd time that I have weighed myself around 11am-1pm and was less then, than in the morning... well I always chalked it up to not having ate much or p'd alot or something.. anyway for the last few days I had decided to test this theory and low and behold.. I am my lowest(actual) weight mid day... 204.6yay!! After it being at lowest point again today, being the third day I figure it is a safe bet to say that yea this is my "actual weight" time.. strange huh? I always thought first thing in the morning was best..

Yay, the 10K I spent on the stupid cafe is worth it! I love buying things for it man. I'm so addicted. I want to get that aquitube thingie with the fishies moving in it? It so won't go with my theme but who cares - it's an aquitube thingie with floating fishies!! It costs 100K and I'm at 96 so I have a little more selling to do before I can buy it and still have money for food.

OMG, I'm obsessed.

moving on... hmmm, your crockpot MnC sounds awesome! I think I'll go to walmart and see if I can get a little one to use. I'm scared to buy any new kitchenware even though I LOVE anything kitchen-related because I don't know if it will fit in our (most-likely) dinky little apartment in Boston. I'm moving there in May/June and the apts are tiny for the area we are looking at. Sigh.

Hey, way to go on the 204.6!! YAY! You're so close to onederland, you must be so excited!! Woohoo! A carrot and a cheerleader for you:

Originally Posted by garnetrising

Ooooh, Yooive. You'll have to stay focused. Stay determined. Don't let it become a habit. Like me and Starbucks hot chocolates when my husband's home. XD

I've noticed that, too, Angela. It's funny cause I always weigh them most in the late evening but I'm always lightest around noon - give or take an hour. It's just weird. But I still use a morning weight for my weigh in. I figure it's more of an average.

Welcome, Grace, Sasha, and Beaka! Join in the party! This is probably one of the most important threads I visit daily. Everyone helps support each other. ^^

So, aside from thieving bits of chicken and tortilla from my charge earlier, I've been right on target today. Weight is down a little bit, but not much. Course it's only been two days since weigh in. I shouldn't let it bother me too much. I've already finished almost 60 ounces of water today. Yay! I'm getting back to where I wanted to be. The last two days, intake has been slower than I would have liked. I found myself finishing off the last of my water goal, literally, as I was headed to bed. Sigh.

Randomly, I need chapstick. I feel pretty good about my workout this morning. Thinking of doing it again tomorrow. ^^

That's really interesting that you two weigh less in the afternoon than in the morning. For me, mornings are my lightest for sure! I seem to gain lbs just by standing throughout the day. I know I lose some of it when I weigh right after exercising because of all my sweating. Then I gain it back 20 minutes later from the bottle of water I inhale, haha.

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So I just realized today that I know a few (very few) HIGHLY annoying people. Don't you just hate it when some people don't get a clue and just keep bugging and bugging until you want to slap them silly? ARGH! Ok, I feel better now that I got that out.

Confession (I also realized I didn't confess yesterday but then again I didn't overeat and was actually really on plan for once, whoa!)

Breffix - 1 cup skim milk + 1 tbsp cocoa powder. Instant oatmeal with 1/4 cup raisins (yum!) 429

Snack - Tostitos tortilla scoop chips. 120

Lunch - Veggie burger, 4 slices specialty bread, lettuce, tomato, 1 tsp ketchup. Dear God, each slice of bread is 150 cals!! Holy crap! 800

Snack - Chips 400

Dinner - 1/2 cup roasted spiced potatoes, 1/2 cup chicken jalfrezi, 1/2 cup plain NF yogurt, 1 cup cooked white rice. Does the calorie count even matter at this point? I'm SOOO overboard!! 565

Total for today: 2314. Wow. Talk about making up for the day before. I'm glad I got my butt outside and did my walk instead of continuing my nap like I wanted to...

Exercise: 60 minutes 3.5 mile walk

Oh today is really depressing. I just looked up the calories for the bread and I feel like my whole day is shot! Ugh.

[garnetrising]

Oh, Sunni, I know exactly what you mean. One of my sisters-in-law is like that. I remember apologizing to my husband and telling him that something about her just irritates the **** out of me. He laughed and said not to worry, that's who she is and that same unidentified something drives everybody batty.

And your day is not shot! You did walk for an hour. Granted that's not going to burn off all the calories you consumed in that bread, but it will burn off some. And occasional spikes (or dips) in the calories you consume aren't necessarily a bad thing. It's when then happen consistently that it becomes a problem and you start to pack on the pounds. Now you know how many calories they contain and you can adjust accordingly the next time you decide you want some. Right?

The bread that I use is 100 calories a slice and you know what, I don't care. I eat the whole-grain, all natural pricey stuff, though. Usually the 12-grain variety. Or the oat nut one. It's yummy. The slices are slightly larger than your average loaf of bread, and it feels me up better for longer.

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I do believe that I am going to do 30DS again tomorrow morning. I liked it. It was actually, dare I say it, kind of fun. Sure, there was some burn, but still... Rawr!

Calories. Um... a little high. Well, higher than the last few days anyway. But that's okay. Because I drank more water today than I have in weeks. Yay me!

[Hydra]

today i had:

water
coffee with light creamer

turkey and cheese sanwich
1 oz sun chips
dill pickle
blueberry light yogurt
kiwi strawberry juice

lean hamburger with bun
1/2 serving baked fries
water

plate with several carrot and celery sticks with 2 tbsp RF french dressing
water

[garnetrising]

Day two of 30DS. Completed. Yay. I did notice that my shoulders were a bit sore yesterday afternoon and still a little tender this morning. I think it's a combination of circumstances and not just the workout, though. Namely, trying to wrangle my puppies long enough to get their leads of when we come inside. Especially since my left arm is more sore and it's the one that actually holds on to them. XD Decided I'd leave the weights off today so I could give my arms a little rest and still get my workout in.

As of this morning, I dropped below 226. Three more days until my official weigh-in on Tuesday, though. Let's see if I can keep it up. I'm going for another pound of loss between now and then. So we'll see.^^

[Sunnigummi]

Um, why has nobody posted (except Garnet)? Where is everyone??? Today was a bad chip day. I did exercise and watched everything else I ate. This morning I weighed the same as yesterday so I guess my chip attack wasn't as severe as I imagined?

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

Lunch - chips + 2 tortillas (160, MUCH better than that bread), veggie patty, 1 tbsp hummus and lettuce

Snack - chips

Dinner - mexican. Chicken with mole sauce, saffron rice, lettuce tomatoes. Was served with tortillas, had 2. Guessing today was around 2000 - 2100 calories.

Exercise - 35 minutes tennis.

[garnetrising]

Sunni! I wondered where everybody was. Hehehehe. See. You didn't do as bad as you thought, now did you. Tennis... meh. I've never had the hand-eye coordination for tennis. XD

[Cape Breton Chick]

Heyyy I am here.. i'm here!!.. lol Today has just been kinda crazyy for me.. stayed great on calories.. around 1200 both yesterday and today... I am exhausted.. so am going to go and curl up with my book. I am reading The Time Travelers Wife... so far an awesome book! I am considering trying something new... carb down days and carb up days... I read about it in FIRST magazine today. It is really not to differant from what I am doing now... but would just be more concious to go higher protein.. I am going to research it a little but more and will let you know... k night all

[Hydra]

I weigh tomorrow, when i weighed a couple days ago there was no change. I hope to see a small loss but if I don't I will deal with that. I have noticed though that I have not been eating breakfast, I need to up my water intake and I need to exercise more.

today I ate:
coffee with creamer
water

2 cups pasta with tomato sauce and veggies
1 cup steamed veggies
pear
1 slice garlic bread
1 cup 2% milk
water
coffee

large salad with RF cheese and dressing
1 cup chili with beans
ice tea
water
coffee

[garnetrising]

As of right now, I'm about 100 calories shy of 1800. Which means I can treat myself to a yummy chocolate pudding tonight. Yay! I've gone through almost half my weight in water today! I know! I know! I'm so excited!

[Echo]

Hey Everyone!!! sorry i've been MIA!!!

wow got alot to catch up on !

chit chat time

First, Sunni - guess what! i finally emailed my thesis to my examiners on thursday! yipeee. not heard from them yet, so i'm taking the weekend off and relaxing!! :beach1:

i'm planning on doing NOTHING hehehe except relax and watch dvds hehe, and maybe go for a long walk. not been exercising cause of heavy TOM and cramps.

ugh my dad just told me i have to go to my cousins house, oh well it will only be a couple of hours. but i wanted to go for a long walk . cant do that now not enough time! might have to do some light exercise when i come back in the evening.

but come - monday gonna hit the workouts HARD!!! cant wait hehe thought i would never say that! lol

Sunni, you're so right!! I would definately have to be a member of the GTA!

Aww thanks for the nice things you said about my Aunt bless. awww thats cute bear and flowers for your graduation.
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yes i'm definately going to my gradation. which my parents will be so excited about going to. my parents cant wait to see me in the cap and gown lol. for PhDs its a velvet floppy type cap i think.

awesome on finishing your paper!
i know formatting takes so long!

oh no i cant believe they are sitting on your paper for that long. fingers crossed it gets published!

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yesterday i did better foodwise, so thats good. and drank water. yesterday morning, the scale jumped really high, which kinda freaked me out.

but it was just water weight and food weight, this morning thankfully its gone back down to the weight i was on sunday. but yeh i noticed if i'm not diligent with my calories, i can easily gain weight.

Angela- to download the Jillian podcasts, follow these instructions:
also use internet explorer. for some reason fox doesnt let me save the mp3s!

Awesome cant wait for you to start listening to them, and we can discuss them! i love her podcasts!! im going to be so sad wen i've listened to them all!!

Originally Posted by WantRockinArms

Mediafly has all the shows going back to 2006.

How to do it:
Do a Google search for Mediafly, click on link to Mediafly webpage and type Jillian Michaels in the search field. In the search result, click on KFI Sunday icon, this will take you to all the Sunday shows on KFI. About 1/4 of the page down, there will be a light purple bar that indicates the dates of the shows.

Click on the double arrow on the left that will take you as far back as 2006. Scroll to the Jillian shows and click download to download the MP3. Continue to click on the boxes to take you thru the timelines. .

To Sync to iTunes go to http://www.mediafly.com/digitallifestyle

If you are using a Mac click on the green RSS option

If you are using a PC I suggest the SyncClient application (but you could also use the RSS option)

Beaka - nice to have another Jillian fan on the threads!!
Thanks for the advice, you're so right!

Wow Emily, that's so cool filming a movie! you will have to let you know if you spot any stars


Garnet - its so great to see your posts!! thanks for keeping us updated with your progress, really nice to see it. and well done on doing 30Ds! wow! thats brilliant!! i'm going to have to do that one day next week!!!

oh yah i dont like jumping either, i have to wear 2 bras for that! hehe to strap my boobies in. as i heard that if you dont wear proper sports bra the ligaments will stretch and when you get older they will sag! gah!! i use enell bras that you hook up in the front kinda like a corset, the only bra that works for me.

Angela that mac and cheese in a crock pot, sounds delicious!!!

what is this cafe world you girls are talking about lol. sorry for being nosey :nosey:

congrats on your weight loss! awesome!!! you have come so far! way to go !! 13.4lbs loss!! fantastic


Hey Shasha17a! yes post whatever you ate and the exercise you did. or in my case, when you fall off the wagon, so you can see where you went wrong and then figure out how to remedy it.

Grace C! thanks !! glad you like the thread.

lol Yoovie. mm caramel latte. hehe i'm a believer in a naughty treat now and then

Aww Garnet so nice of you to say that you like this thread!

Wow Sunni, you moving to boston. cool great job on the tennis. i wish i had someone to play with!! besides im a wimp and its too cold to play, my brother was like cant believe your not gonna play during winter! hes a massive tennis player. so he took back his racket that he lent me hehe

lol he will give it back to me when i start playing in the spring

i suck at serving but i do love playing and took some coaching lessons, which really helped with my forehand!

but i really need to improve my fitness and technique though. hopefully by the time spring arrives my fitness will be better and i wil be able to be light on my feet and running around!

haha i love how everyones discussing when they weigh in. i weigh in first thing in the morning, after i've been to the toilet. lol.

my confession from yesterday:
50g fruit fibre 185cal
half cup milk 82cal


50g potato salad 67cal
1 cup rice 258cal
yogurt 120cal
1 roti 266cal
lamb korma 200g 440cal

orange 2 finger kit kat 107cal

total calories eaten 1525

caloried burned 200cal (general walking around)
calorie deficient 475
predicted pounds loss 0.14

Angela - i have that book too!! as soon as i heard about the movie, i ordered it!! its sitting on my shelf at the moment, i want to read it before i watch the film i have so many books i want to read hehe.

thats really interesting about carb low and high days! will definately be interested in learning about that.

good luck for your weigh in Hydra i noticed your 3 brocolis!!! way to go 30lb loss is fantastic!

enjoy your chocolate pudding Garnet, yummy

[Echo]

omg i was just listening to one of the podcasts from 2007 (jillians) and she mentioned 3fat chicks.com!

so cool ! someone did mention to me that she did mention this site in her podcasts and before she had her site she used to visit this site. how cool is that! she said that this is one of the coolest websites.

she also recommended fitday and calories per hour. i already use fitday. and i'm just about to check out calories per hour.com. just made an account.

ooh i love how i can track my water i love new shiny things haha

i use my excel to track my calories. as most of my calories i work out by the labels of the foods i eat. and then check numerous websites for things that i dont know. like fitday and now this site and other sites like calorie king, which Sunni mentioned to me also which jillian is a massive fan of also

[garnetrising]

Morning, Echo. I was both surprised and sad to find that after a week of no real sweets that the pudding was really rich. I got through about half of it before I decided it was too rich for me to finish. Sigh. But it's a good thing. I remember when I dropped the 20 lbs back in 2007 that the same thing happened sweeter stuff became too sweet. I'm not really a big fan of the sweeter chocolates as it is (dark chocolate FTW) and my taste buds prefer it even less when I'm watching what I eat.

Day 3 of 30DS. Now all I have to do is get off my butt and do it. Off today so I didn't get up at 530 and workout. Oh well. Yeah, I generally find myself only doing the lower half of a jumping jack because I'm too busy keeping the girls from bouncing with my hands to wave my arms about for that exact reason. As if their sheer weight doesn't lead to enough stretching and sagging. XD

And I do love this thread. It helps me hold myself accountable. And I need to be accountable. ^^

[Echo]

thats great Garnet! i also find that sometimes you just a little of something sweet to satisfy yourself

i'm also going to ride my exercise bike for about 1 hour to burn 600 calories. gonna take it easy though cause of TOM. but i want to burn some calories to get a good calorie deficient today!

also have to really plan my dinner meticulously so i dont go over my calorie budget. since im exercising today. going to aim to eat 1500-1600 calories today.

so gonna stock up on low calorie high volume foods like steamed brocoli and salads. along with rice and chicken.

glad you love this thread!

[garnetrising]

I love chicken. I've had chicken every night for ... well ... weeks. I make about 4 meals worth and then change it up every few days when I have to cook more. And I bought baby spinach the other day to put on my sandwiches. Hoping it'll add just enough to make me feel full for a little while longer.

Just finished my workout. I actually did the jumping jacks today! Yay! It took some adjusting on my bra and wearing a tank top that's pretty skin-tight and supportive itself, but I worked it out. They still bounce... but that's to be expected. XD

[garnetrising]

Originally Posted by Echo

oh yah i dont like jumping either, i have to wear 2 bras for that! hehe to strap my boobies in. as i heard that if you dont wear proper sports bra the ligaments will stretch and when you get older they will sag! gah!! i use enell bras that you hook up in the front kinda like a corset, the only bra that works for me.

Oh wow - I just looked at their website and I think I definitely need to get me one of those. XD It would go a long way to keeping the girls controlled while I'm working out. (Late response, I know. Hehehe.)