[L R K]

Hi Girls!

baryl183 - Welcome to the thread!

niafabo - Well Done staying OP even with that pizza!

love2b150 - Happy Anniversary! And good job on the dinner, you made some good choices and stayed OP!

Penguin - I am also very bad at math! I need a computer to do my calculating (or a calculator ...)

jendiet - awww - having a rough week, hang in there

Here is my plan for the day 7/28/2010

B - 1 cup bran flakes with flax w/ 1/2 cup skim milk + 12 small strawberries

S - 1 Peach

L - 1 Campbells Healthy Request Spicy Lentil Soup w/ crackers + 1 cup green beans

S - 1 Kashi Granola Bar

D - Sizzling Black Bean beef with sugar snap peas, red pepper and rice

Drinking: 1 morning coffee + 2L water throughout the day + 1 diet pepsi

Exercise: 30mins brisk walk with the dog or if raining, Wii Fit Plus

Have a happy, healthy and OP day

[fashinjunkie09]

Welcome baryl!

nia, great job planning (and sticking to it)- pizza is one of my trigger foods as well.

jen, I'm sorry you are so stressed, I know how it can be. Just hang in there you are doing great!

love, great job on the portion control at the restaurant! It sounds like you had a lovely anniversary evening.

Gettin, great job on getting in the exercise even though your plan was thrown off a little!

Diana, I love that Dijon chicken meal from Applebees too! It definitely doesn't taste like it's under 550 calories, but it's enough food that I don't even eat it all- double bonus!

Lauren, it looks like you have a very healthy day planned!

I hope you are all having a good Wednesday so far!

7/28/2010 Check-in:

Breakfast (335)
large cup of coffee w/ 3 tbsp ff Coffee Mate cinnamon creamer- 75
2 pkts peaches 'n cream instant oatmeal made w/ water- 260
H2O- 0

Lunch (335)
2 slices whole grain low cal bread- 90
2 tsp spicy mustard- 10
1 slice lean ham steak- 70
30g spiced pretzel sticks- 165
H2O- 0

Snack PM (160)
1 light & fit strawberry banana yogurt- 80
1 string cheese- 80
H2O- 0

Dinner (625)
1 extra fiber whole wheat English muffin- 120
2 slices lean ham steak- 140
2 poached eggs- 140
4 tbsp low cal "hollindaise"- 125
1 cup steamed broccoli- 45
1/2 cup oj- 55

= apprx 1,455 calories

[love2b150]

baryl183

Thanks Lauren it will definitely be for lunch today

[patchworkpenguin]

Originally Posted by LaurenA

Penguin - I am also very bad at math! I need a computer to do my calculating (or a calculator ...)

Even worse, I was using a calculator. I think I got into trouble when I tried to do some in my head. That will teach me!

In other news, when I weighed myself this morning I had a whoosh, I'm back down to what my ticker actucally says! yay!

Baryl, welcome, glad to have you join us.

[L R K]

Penguin! Well Done on the whoosh!

[love2b150]

Fashin, we were typing at the same time. Thank you, yes I did! Wish we could go out more often.

[springjacka]

Thanks for the well wishes! I am feeling much better today!

I am doing terrible getting back here in the afternoon/evenings to finish filling stuff out...I don't know why. We are a little busy in the evenings, but nothing keeps me so busy that I can't get back here. I guess I've just been a little lazy at night. I will do better!

The whole calorie thing has me going crazy! I'm following along with weight watchers, so I'm just going to keep track of my points instead.

Daily Points: 30

Breakfast: slim fast powder w/ ff milk ~ 3.5 points
Snack: none
Dinner: slim fast powder w/ ff milk ~ 3.5 points
grilled cheese sandwich ~ 8.5 points
greek yogurt ~ 3 points
Snack: none
Supper: hamburger helper ~ 12 points

Water: 75oz
Points Used: 30.5

[Jenteal]

Hi All!
Long time lurker turned new member here.

After months and months of letting myself go, I found myself sitting at 280 Lbs. I was finally starting to get a grip on my weight after going from 310 Lbs down to 206 Lbs while doing intermittent juice/water fasts. And then I entered a new relationship. His family likes to gather for BBQ's and pizza - ALOT! And even though I would be careful with what I was consuming, the weight started to creep back on. I was also working about 65-70 hours a week at my sedentary desk job; also not good. I finally jumped back on the scale and saw I was back up to 280. So after searching the web for alternatives to the juice fast, I stumbled upon green smoothies. I have been drinking the smoothies daily and have dropped 14 Lbs in just under 3 weeks.

I'm so glad I found this forum and look forward to sharing my ups and downs (hoping the downs will only be my weight dropping!) with you all.

[patchworkpenguin]

Jenteal, Welcome!, glad to have you join us. Congarts on your weightloss.

[love2b150]

Jenteal, I like that (hoping the downs will only be my weight dropping!) with you all.

You'll love it here, with lots of support and a great group of people.

[L R K]

Jenteal - Hi and Welcome to the thread

[zoochick777]

Hey everyone!
Penguin Congrats on the whoosh! I absolutely love the HP books..and from what I've seen online about the park, it looks very detailed (especially the inside the castle). And yes, I do work with animals and I LOVE it. I mainly work with exotic cats, Mississippi Sandhill Cranes, and Whooping Cranes.

Diana My boyfriend and I were planning on going out to eat this afternoon. I completely forgot Applebees had a healthier menu. I think I will suggest this for tonight.

Well TOM is still here so I've only lost .2 lbs from last week, but I'm hoping to have a good whoosh in the end.

[L R K]

springjacka - I know how tough it can be to get here and post your days, maybe you could try posting what you actually ate each day or what you plan to eat the following day and then adjust as necessary??

Just a thought

zoochick - I would love to be working with animals! By exotic cats do you mean tigers and such?? That would be pretty cool

[Diana3271]

Penguin Great job on the whoosh!

Jenteal Hi and Welcome!

[L R K]

hahaha! wow, it's busy around here right now

Everyone posting at the same time, fun