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Diana3271 12-18-2011 09:23 AM

Daily Accountability/Lifestyle Change - Everyone Welcome! Week of 12/18
 
Hello Everyone! :wave: Welcome to the Check-In! Let's make it a great week!

I want to welcome everyone to the Daily Accountability Check-In. Our goal is to stay accountable and on track by posting our daily food and exercise choices. All food and exercise programs are welcome. Consistency is the key to reaching our weight loss goals.

Introduce yourself or jump right in and tell us what you have been doing.


:cheer2: Here's to the start of a great week! :cheer2:

Diana3271 12-18-2011 09:24 AM

Good Morning, Everyone! :wave:

I am hoping that today is my last day of TTOM.

Weigh In: 147.6 (TTOM)
Up: .4


Anyone have any major plans or goings on this week?

Italiannie 12-18-2011 09:43 AM

Mind if I jump in with you guys? I'm new to the boards (less than a week). Restarted my weight loss using Intermittent Fasting (IF). It's actually been fairly easy. I have a blog posted on 3FC "Celebrate Life"

You can see my long term goal to the left, but for now I have a short term goal to get under 190 by New Years. I've lost about 4 pounds so far in less than a week. We'll see.

I guess I need to wait until they let me put up a signature with a ticker. This 3FC is fun, and I do appreciate all that I read.
So.....

I stayed on program quite well yesterday, and hoping to do the same today.
My eating window is 5-10pm, when I have fresh fruit, a nice dinner - whatever I cook for my family, and usually a snack or two in the evening.

194.6 today
189.9 New Year's Goal

Thanks for the Inspiration, Everyone!

Diana3271 12-18-2011 11:12 AM

Italiannie Hi and Welcome to the check-in! :wave: Congrats on your progress so far. You can subscribe to this thread to make it easier to find and come back to. Every Sunday we start a new thread for the week. We look forward to watching you succeed in your weight loss! :carrot:

ItsMyTurn 12-18-2011 01:28 PM

Italianne - :welcome: Good to have ya

Diana - Thank you for asking. We celebrated my son's 18th birthday yesterday (I am so not handling that well). WI today showed up 1.2lbs, but... TMI alert... I have also been constipated for 3 days-ish and started TOM in the middle of the night last night. Yesterday was also a rough day, but still counting the blessings we DO have - however... work computer crashed, DH got laid off of his job, TOM started, and satellite radio went out. Blah! Hoping that's all the crap we have to deal with for the weekend and now we can just recharge.
I made Kevin's cake from scratch and only one piece left! :O Must have been a hit :) He loves the leather jacket we got him too, so that's a success. My BF down here came and that made it nice... to me, my friends are chosen family... we have no family really down here, so they are "it" for us and it meant a ton. My mom got him an amazing card and enclosed a picture of him the first day he was born... had me and Kevin in tears - way to go mom! LOL!

Larry - glad you are back online and functioning :)

Mamakat - the more I read on you, the more alike our personalities/handling of things, seem to mimic each other and it cracks me up! I didn't think the world could handle someone else who acts as I do, :lol:

Everyone else - :wave: nice to see you :)

mamakat 12-18-2011 02:04 PM

Italianne :welcome: nice start on your New Year goal. Glad to have you here :)

ItsMyTurn :lol: who says the world's handling us :p It is stuck with us whether it likes it or not...and if it has a complaint, well, it can keep it to itself, I've got enough to deal with :p So glad Kevin and your family (friends too) had a good time yesterday (minus all the fiascoes...which I'm sorry you had to deal with). You know how when you get emotional and you get that shakey chin and your throat sort of seizes, but then you pull out quickly with a smile...I got that just now, reading about the baby picture :) I have a cherished shot of my oldest. We ha just flown here (he was maybe 2 months) and we were in a hotel. You know how you're in love with the first especially those first few months. DH took a shot of me, staring at him (Ian/son) and he was staring up into my eyes. OMG, he's cradled in my lap and we are looking into each others eyes. When I see that pic, I see a future yet unknown and a love that no one can take from me...it my first love. OK, I'm going to go cry now :rofl: SO I get the crying at a baby pic. Hope things run smoother soon.

Misti in Seattle 12-18-2011 05:52 PM

Yay, here we are again starting another successful week! Have to tell all of you... I enjoy posting other places at 3FC too but you have become my main "peeps" and where I really want to come and read your posts and share my own goals and victories. So thanks to all of you for giving me such a friendly welcome when I came in.

Diana, I appreciate your starting and organizing the threads each week. Thank you.

Italianne, :welcome3: -- so nice to have you here, and I'm glad you felt comfortable just jumping right in and sharing. Yes, the tickers are fun and helpful; it won't be long until you have one of your own.

Star, you have certainly had a lot to deal with lately. What a neat idea for your Mom to send the birthday photo.

Mamakat, LOL, glad you too are enjoying the memories!!!

:wave: to the rest of you.

Interesting day today with some NSVs! I wash tablecloths for a church community dinner so today I was taking them back and hanging them up (about 20 of them). Usually there is a kitchen stool close by and I sit on that, as it is hard to stand that long, with my hip problem, but really it is my back that starts hurting. Well today there was no stool so I just stood there and hung them all up... with no pain!! WOW. Plus the boxes were just in the floor and I was stooping down for each one and then standing back up to hang it.

Now this next part is something that ONLY some of you here at 3FC will understand how exciting it is but... I found BRAS that fit!! The store here that used to carry them stopped quite some time ago and advised me to order them on the Internet but I decided to go check it out to see what they had, and they are now carrying them again! Yay! I am wondering if they got other complaints. Anyway I got two that fit now and two one size down -- LOL I even got a PINK one! In my size if I find them at all it is either white or if I am lucky a black or skin color one. Whoop de doooo

I stopped and bought a burger at my favorite stand on the way home but no mayo. Then I got home and was still hungry so steamed some fresh asparagus. Dinner is going to be my "mega-veggie coleslaw" with a couple of steamed eggs.

Oh and I got more stuff for my Yonanas machine. Some real flaked coconut from a high end market, etc. Now I have all kinds of varieties of it to try out. YUM

Have a wonderful week, everyone!! Go go go!!

berryblondeboys 12-18-2011 07:06 PM

Hi all! Sleep was horrid last night and I slipped down the stares in the middle of the night while going to add some lemon juice to my water. I didn't hurt myself, but I thought, what if I had weighed what I weighed at the last Christmas party? I weigh 90 pounds less this year. I could have really hurt myself with that fall!

People did comment on the weight loss as some people haven't seen me since last year. It felt good to be feeling good and to be looking good. Hubby likes it too. Las night he said that he loved my reemerged hour glass figure....felt great.

And Mamakat a stollen is a traditional German Christmas bread. Tons of varieties, but it's a yeasted bread full of almonds and dried fruits. Mine is a healthi version, but divine. It's whole wheat, but stuffed with rum soaked raisins, cranberries, cherries, apricots, prunes and pineapple and also has toasted almonds. After its baked, you slather the top and sides of the free form loaf in butter and sprinkle it with a coating of powdered sugar. It's quite expensive to make with all the fruit and nuts and rum involved, but it's a fabulous once a year treat.

Diana3271 12-18-2011 08:58 PM

Itsmyturn It sounds like you had a fantastic weekend with your family. Sorry about the stomach issues and your DH's job. I hope you get some relief from your stomach soon. That's a miserable feeling. Is your DH going to look for work again?

Misti You have had a lot of NSV's lately. Congrats! Those little things make your life such a better place. :hug:

Berry The party and food sounds fantastic! I hope you aren't sore from falling last night.

Mamakat I didn't realize that you changed the focus of your book. That may have been during one of my busy times.

Misti in Seattle 12-18-2011 09:02 PM

Thanks, Diana. Yes. I am really pleased with my progress so far. I appreciate your noticing.

Diana3271 12-18-2011 09:07 PM

Total Approx 1375 Calories + :coffee:

Breakfast (365 Calories + coffee)
spritz oil in pan
egg 70 cal
egg whites from carton 60 calories
Vegetable of choice
1/8 cup feta cheese 40 calories
high fiber English muffin 100 calories
1 teaspoon jam 20 calories
juice 75 calories
coffee w/sugar and cream

Lunch (700 Calories)
Turkey Wrap 400 calories
2 orders steamed veggies 200 calories
1 fruit cup 100 calories

Dinner (310 Calories)
2 small pieces of turkey from Honey Baked Ham 100 calories
English muffin 100 calories
1/2 cup cottage cheese 90 calories
pumpkin butter 20 calories

Exercise:
Susan Chung's Rapid Fire: Results Cardio Explosion premix w/weighted gloves

Diana3271 12-18-2011 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Misti in Seattle (Post 4141465)
Thanks, Diana. Yes. I am really pleased with my progress so far. I appreciate your noticing.

I remember the first time that I was able to bend over and my belly wasn't in my way. It was an amazing feeling. It's hard for other people to relate to that type of stuff. (not that I would shout this info. to the world. ;)) People here can totally relate and understand. These are the things that really make a difference in our lives.

Misti in Seattle 12-19-2011 02:28 AM

Ahhhh a bit disappointed in myself this afternoon. I ate a big bowl of veggie slaw for dinner... then some Yonanas. Later I still felt hungry... which was totally impossible LOL... so microwaved an egg breakfast bowl (220 calories which I did not need). Still, when I think of all I *used* to eat in a day, this was not really such a big deal. But it won't lose me any weight, and I really want to stick with it.

Oh well... tomorrow is another day.

ArtyKay 12-19-2011 03:13 AM

DH wanted chicken today...lol, and rather than make myself something different I got fries at the restaurant, and had 1 of his chicken tenders. :rolleyes:

I cut my calories a little and am drinking an extra few glasses of water to make up for it...weigh in's tomorrow!!!

mamakat 12-19-2011 06:08 AM

Monday WI 207.8 bringing me down like only .8 from last week and a whole pound from yesterday :shrug:

mamakat 12-19-2011 06:30 AM

Good Morning Everyone

Berry sorry to hear you slipped down the stairs. I can totally relate to the realization of falling heavier. I feared it (and still do) when my hip is bad. For a while I wouldn't work out in my basement in fear that they couldn't get me out if I got hurt. Oh the things we have to worry about on top of other things when we're overweight. Stollen sounds absolutely divine. I am a bread addict and as you described it, my mouth watered. Then you said butter and powdered sugar....oh it sounds so good. :)

Diana the actual plot is the same. the characters are the same and the situation is basically the same. I just had to get rid of characters...too many ruins the focus. and I really just needed to get rid of ALL the tragedies in Cinderella's life and focus on one. Prince has enough on his plate :p It's shaping up nicely. I got in 5k yesterday plus a clean up after researching (which I should have done before writing the chapter in the first place). I can be lazy, but it's a rough draft so editing and clean up aren't really my focus, but sometimes it won't flow in my head if it doesn't flow in print. :)

Misti sometimes we are just plain outright hungry. don't beat yourself up over it. there will be days (and I know this all too well) that we won't get all our calories in. focus on the new day at hand. :)

Arty like I said to Misti, don't beat yourself up over it. Look at the positive in this situation, you had one chicken finger and some fries. what would you have done before...me, I'd eat all the strips, fries and order ice cream afterward. Hey, sometimes eating a smaller portion of the things we call bad, is an NSV. :)

So DH has left the state again early this morning. He'll be gone all week. This is how wonderful he is, while I clicked away all day yesterday, he worked (here at home), he did laundry, he went grocery shopping, cooked dinner and prepared tonight's dinner. He brought in a chart of all my meals and explained what they were and how to prepare them. Is he not awesome? Last week was crazy as far as eating and then the whole thing at the restaurant on Saturday (I think that freaked him out a bit. It's not everyday your wife nearly faints while driving home :lol:) even though that wasn't food related, it might have been less bothersome had I been eating better. He's so sweet, he reminded me that my salad was in the fridge and told me to eat it for lunch today. I said, "thanks daddy". He's so sweet.

Well I am off to wake my kittens. It's time to pull out the heaters, it's freezing up here. My DH designs climate control systems for these huge museum/big buildings yet we freeze. He has all the stuff, he just never gets to it. So funny every winter he's says "this spring" then when its not cold anymore he just shrugs it off. I've learned though, most men (plumbers, construction workers and the like) are like this. I think its very frustrating for us women. To be on the fair side, he designs, he doesn't install (although he can, I've seen him do it...oh and he has plumbing, construction and electrical down to a t too) He's amazing, but then yesterday proved that :rofl:

I hope you all have a wonderful and healthy day.

Diana3271 12-19-2011 07:03 AM

Good Morning, Everyone! :wave: I hope you have a great week!

I went to bed too late last night! :tired: The Survivor Finale started late. I didn't get into bed until after midnight! :tired: I'm too old for that. ;)

I'm hoping that yesterday was my last day of TTOM. We'll see.

Weigh In: 147.6
No Change

berryblondeboys 12-19-2011 07:35 AM

Mamakat... I'm trying to imagine my husband doing any of the stuff that your husband does, and I can't- none of it. For parties he will dust and run the vacuum, but do dishes? Laundry - ok he will wash it but he will not fold. Cook? Nope. And if I am gone for a week I do like your husband.... Make the food and leave instructions and I'll come home to a disaster. Now that we live with his mom I'm sure that she would do it.... Never when I'm home, but she feels that stuff is women's work and it drives me crazy!

berryblondeboys 12-19-2011 07:46 AM

Dude!!! I've gained 7 pounds in three days! Can you say carbs make me hold water? Wow!!!

Misti in Seattle 12-19-2011 08:02 AM

Good morning, all.

Well, I am up two this morning also, but when thinking about it more I realized I really did not eat all that many calories yesterday since dinner was the big veggie slaw. I think the problem was that I did not spread it out enough and ate more later at night.

Oh well... here we all go again today!!! Woot woot

Italiannie 12-19-2011 08:31 AM

Hi All! Thank you for your kind welcome. Hope you had a great weekend.

194.6 - Yesterday
194.6 - Today - No change
189 - New Year's Goal
147 - Long Term Goal

Well, it's nice to start the week without a weekend gain! As a newbie, I've been scouring the boards to look to where I fit in. I like your daily accountability and I am going to do the Valentine Challenge. That's enough for me, otherwise I'll lose track. So once again, thank you for the warm welcome. Here's to a successful day ahead.

mamakat 12-19-2011 09:19 AM

Berry...I did the folding :rofl: My mother was "it's the woman's job" kind of woman, hence the reason I refuse :p My poor DH has to deal with a lot due my mother :lol: Of course, what am I teaching my children? make the man do everything, while you be queen. My poor son is confused, is he queen or man who does all the work, he doesn't know if he's coming or going. :lol: no wonder he sees a shrink. DD has the queen thing down to a t. Sometimes she out does me, which of course makes me rant and rave. I hate the dishes, so she's supposed to do half. If she doesn't do her half, I don't do mine which leaves DH to do it all while he's cooking. He's off to Casa Grand after Christmas for over a weeks time, I wonder how thin I'll be :rofl:

ArtyKay 12-19-2011 09:45 AM

mamakat Nah, I wasn't hard on myself for too long. Its definitely an NSV, as before I probably would've eaten 3x as much, then finished off what DH didn't finish, and snacked on the rest of it for the rest of the night.

I'm with berryblondeboys...I do the majority of the housework. Hubby actually surprised me today and did all of the dishes while I was asleep...it felt like Christmas morning!!!! I couldn't stop gushing about it the rest of the evening...I was just so happy that he'd done dishes. Without even being asked!!!

Major NSV, I finally got off my booty and exercised tonight. :D I did 10 minutes of step up workout, and did about 25 mins of strength training. Not a lot overall, but way more than I'm used to...which is 0 minutes. :p

ItsMyTurn 12-19-2011 11:35 AM

Mamakat - I am glad you could relate to the photo and the reaction. Those kids are my world: what give me strength to go on with a smile each day, the patience to refrain from punching people in the face :rofl: Great job on the loss!!!! Sounds like your DH has totally got you covered even when he isn't there to make sure you eat ;) Good for him! Big kudo bonus points :)

Misti - My mom is the queen of great birthday ideas, :) Good job on all those NSVs.. they sure do give us the drive to keep moving forward!!!!

Diana - yes, DH is immediately looking for more work. We have no idea how to make ends meet any longer without him pulling in an income as we have gone through all our savings getting this far. It was nothing he could have avoided though, and I am of the opinion that this door closing is because he was meant to go through a different door :) Fingers crossed that door shows itself real soon though :D I do hope even though you lost some sleep that you enjoyed your program :) Sometimes worth the sacrifice for something that's special to us... and addicting, LOL

ArtyKay - Sounds like you are doing a great job to counter your outing. Extra water is always a great answer :) Great job on your NSV :D

Melissa - I am sure that water weight will dissipate soon ;) I think that's funny your MIL thinks the house stuff is woman's work... my MIL was similar (rest her soul), but had to adjust a bit when DH became an at-home-parent... though she said "looks like you have been appointed the babysitter"... excuse me?!? Since when was a father being involved considered babysitting? If that's the case, I SOOOOO overpay! :rofl:

AFM - I took the day off today so we can get some of my son's new "adult" stuff done, like signing papers at social security and such. I also plan on fitting in a cardio workout and determined that today WILL BE a good day... cause I said so! :lol:

MeganTheMushroom 12-19-2011 04:00 PM

This seems like a great group.
I started gaining weight when I was in maaybe 5th or 6th grade. I've always felt insecure about it, and only started losing weight in 9th when I went vegetarian. Then, I began working out and got a little too obsessed with weight loss and lost 35 lbs too quickly. Because of it, Ive gained almost all of it back! :(
I'm struggling with binging, but I have been getting better these past few weeks. I have a food log and a journal to say how well I did, but I seemed to have only gained weight back (I managed to lose a couple pounds early autumn).

Anway, my stats: 5'8, 163 lbs, GW: 145 or 140.


Today for breakfast I had a banana sliced in a bowl with this soy yogurt-smoothie stuff, sort of a blend of soy yogurt, almond milk, peanut butter, spices, and maple syrup, with granola. For snack, I had an apple and a larabar, at home I had an apple with some tofu-ginger spread, and then had a bit of a binge on some of the yogurt stuff :S

Dinner will be soup and kale, maybe some mashed potatoes. I will be going to the gym tonight, probably weights and elitpical today...

nat123 12-19-2011 04:54 PM

Hi all!

Started diet on dec.1 and been great since..until tonight where I had a binge of sorts...i say 'of sorts' because its was on rice cakes and nuts (the only thing in my house i could 'cheat' with) but still...its was the behaviour of stuffing my face that made me feel guilty :( As well as the 1000extra calories...I felt so bad for having slipped that I actually tried to purge..but then stopped because i didn't want to make that a habit..I've never purged for weight reasons and didn't want to start today..but still having even considered that makes me feel bad :(

Larry H 12-19-2011 06:59 PM

I had a small amount of chicken breast with rice and cauliflower for lunch and a BLT for dinner totaling 702 calories today :D

I picked the tomato for the BLT fresh out of my garden today. :carrot:

Larry

berryblondeboys 12-19-2011 07:37 PM

Ok, that's it. no more cookies for me. Holidays are over for me... Wow! Today I had zits on my face! My body does not like either sugar or wheat or both, that is becoming clear. And my pants are tight... Wow! Very eye opening actually. Now to brave through the next few days of sugar cravings, but I will do it!!

Misti in Seattle 12-19-2011 07:58 PM

Hi everyone, and welcome to the newbies!! Please feel free to join right in; you are very welcome and it is a great group.

Wow, what a difficult day I had today but at least I did not eat my way through it. In fact I weighed the same tonight as I did this morning, which is unusual and means those two extra pounds I gained aren't sticking.

I'll tell you my funny story. Not long after I got to work... and I had not yet eaten my breakfast... someone offered me homemade apple walnut cake. I started telling myself I could just have that for breakfast, as apples and walnuts are good for me. :) Yah... right! :) But I remembered those two extra pounds and thought "I do not want them" so I went to my desk and had a tuna salad packet and four small crackers. :) Oh and coffee with cream.

Editing to add that for a morning snack I had a small Satsuma orange.
Lunch was a frozen turkey dinner.
Afternoon I was hungry so had some Greek vanilla yogurt.

Dinner was a big bowl of mega-coleslaw with lots of veggies, some nuts and dried fruit, and 2 steamed eggs.
A bit later I will have some yonanas -- perhaps peach or pineapple/coconut.

Diana3271 12-19-2011 08:21 PM

Mamakat I am all too familiar with the "cobblers children, not having shoes". ;) My Dad used to do heat/ac/refrigeration repair. Growing up, our pump for our water went bad on Thanksgiving day. This happened a couple different times. I had to go bathe, get dressed, and eat Thanksgiving at a neighbors house. I have seen many times that DH was too busy working on customers vehicles to work on mine. It makes life interesting. :dizzy:

Quote:

Originally Posted by berryblondeboys (Post 4141696)
Dude!!! I've gained 7 pounds in three days! Can you say carbs make me hold water? Wow!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by berryblondeboys (Post 4142305)
My body does not like either sugar or wheat or both, that is becoming clear. And my pants are tight... Wow! Very eye opening actually. Now to brave through the next few days of sugar cravings, but I will do it!!

Berry I love eating off plan, but I hate the after effects. Stay strong against the cravings for the next few days. You are aware of what's going on. Keep your focus to get through it. You will get it back off in no time. Hang in there!

Misti Sometimes, I end up doing the same thing. I eat too much, later in the day. It will probably take a day or two for your body to regulate itself. Great job staying strong against the apple/walnut cake.

Italiannie Great weigh in!

Artykay Great job on getting that workout in! :bravo:

Itsmyturn I just said a prayer for you, your DH and your family. :hug: I totally agree about when a door closes another is opened. Sometime we don't understand. Especially when we are feeling stressed and don't understand, but there is a plan for us. Keep thinking positive. I think I have watched every season of Survivor but one. That was one of the years that I went back to school.

Megan Hi and Welcome to the check-in. :wave: Sorry to hear about you struggling with binging. There is another area here where you may get some extra support with the binging. It's called Chicks in Control. http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/chicks-control-64/

Nat123 Hi and Welcome to the check-in. :wave: Again, I am sorry to hear that you are having these struggles with binging/purging. Here's a area that might be of help. http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/chicks-control-64/

Larry Hi :wave:

Diana3271 12-19-2011 08:24 PM

Total Approx 1490 Calories + :coffee:

Breakfast (365 Calories + coffee)
spritz oil in pan
egg 70 cal
egg whites from carton 60 calories
Vegetable of choice
1/8 cup feta cheese 40 calories
high fiber English muffin 100 calories
1 teaspoon jam 20 calories
juice 75 calories
coffee w/sugar and cream

Lunch (375 Calories)
Natures Own 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Rounds 100 calories
3 Slices Hormel Natural Choice Deli Turkey 60 calories
1/2 TBS Hellman's light mayonnaise/Lettuce 25 calories
Oikos Strawberry Greek Yogurt 4 ounce container 90 calories
1 Apple 100 calories

Dinner (750 Calories)
Shared salad 150 calories
Grilled NY Steak 400 calories
2 orders steamed broccoli 200 calories

Exercise:
TF Fire 45 w/weighted gloves
TF Fire 30

berryblondeboys 12-19-2011 08:39 PM

Diana I'm beginning to think I don't like eating off plan. I eat too much and then have to deal with cravings. It tastes great in the moment, but it sort of scares me how fast and easy the sugar draws me in! I have several treats and desserts to make, but no more nibbling for me except on Christmas itself and new yers eve itself. Period.

Diana3271 12-19-2011 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by berryblondeboys (Post 4142361)
Diana I'm beginning to think I don't like eating off plan. I eat too much and then have to deal with cravings. It tastes great in the moment, but it sort of scares me how fast and easy the sugar draws me in! I have several treats and desserts to make, but no more nibbling for me except on Christmas itself and new yers eve itself. Period.

I totally agree and understand. The sugar (and food in general) are like an evil drug for me. It really does draw you in and make you have crazy cravings. It seems like the best thing to do is just to stay away from those things, but they are so good. ;) Stay strong. You've got it in you.

mamakat 12-19-2011 09:30 PM

Days end...got two full meals in :cheer: The first one, the salad, I nearly missed. Going along (writing of course) and notice the time. 1.45, I pick up DS at 2 and we have a doctors appt. Now as I go downstairs, I know once I leave the house lunch is over with. By the time we get back, I'll either have forgotten all together or will reason, dinner is soon enough. SO I scarfed down the meat and cheese in my salad and a few pieces of veg. I figure the meat and cheese were most important. Dinner was yummy and DD was super daddy tonight. She baked hers and bro's meal and ladled up two bowls for me. The first one she announced was waiting for me once I stopped playing in the bathroom. She can be quite the parent :rofl:

Berry I totally know what you're going through, that's why I am so strong against the sugar right now (keeping my fingers crossed to stay that way) Do you know, I've only gone off plan twice since July...only because I know how hard it is getting clean again. There are times, I say just a little isn't going to hurt the actual calories of the diet, but then the pain (Celiac's) and withdrawal come to mind. But lets just say this, if I had the temptations in my house or baked, I wouldn't have even lost this 75lbs. I can't do it. I have to keep the house free...my will power is not that strong. I wish you fast recovery :hug:

welcome to the new comers.

I am off to go do the dishes...see I can do my part :D

qtkitty 12-20-2011 12:45 AM

Weighed in this morning at 397.2


1/2 banana - 75 cal
Drink
peanut butter powder - 84 cal
5 oz whole milk -94
5 oz water
ice
1 peice Stride Uber Bubble -4 cal
breakfast sub total -257

sm. mocha 264
Grilled Chicken Pesto Panini ( split sandwich and salad with co worker ) Calories 250
Balsalmic Vinagrette 90
Romane 28
Tomatoe 4
Lunch subtotal =636

4 oz Eye of round Roast 170
Baked home fries
1/2 lrg Yellow potatoe 80
drizzle evoo 40
1/2c. green beans 20
1/2c.carrots 35
1/4 wicked gingerbread woopie pie 185
1/8 or less stayman apple 10 ( ate what was left of the 1/2 apple my daughter had for dinner )
Dinner subtotal 530


Total 1425 Calories today


47 oz of straight water drank today

January Snow 12-20-2011 01:14 AM

This weekend wasn't the best foodwise, but I estimated that I didn't ever go over 2000 calories/day. Fortunately or unfortunately I spent most of Friday night babysitting a drunk friend, so I didn't really drink much myself. It wasn't the best time, but I'm sure my waist line is grateful. I also managed to get to the gym on Saturday to do some cardio and core work, although I didn't get there Sunday night. I was trimming some trees on Sunday though which I count as physical activity.

Today I wound up around 1500 calories. I put in 40 minutes and over 3 miles on the elliptical and did weights and core work. I also shoveled and spread some gravel in driveway adding to my activity total for today.

mamakat 12-20-2011 06:21 AM

Up nearly a pound from yesterday. Guess body is going into shock it had two meals :shrug: Plan for today is wrapping presents. I put it off long enough. I bought more paper yesterday and the last of the gifts (DD didn't get a chance to buy me a present and DH is out of town all week so I grabbed some lotion and a candle...two of my favorite things). She asked what she got me, I told to wait and see, at least one of us should be surprised :lol: Man, I have put this off for so stinking long that the back of my car is full of stupid stuff. Ah, the sweet smell of tape. :)

Have a wonderful and healthy day.

ItsMyTurn 12-20-2011 06:30 AM

Good morning everyone! Welcome to the newcomers :welcome:

Got my son's paperwork for social security done yesterday - he is officially responsible for his own finances now (scared). So I did what any good mother would do... repress, stuff down the feelings, smile, get my butt home and take it out on the elliptical :) I did the mid-section program "Intervals" which is absolutely abusive feeling but I completed it... barely, not gonna lie, but got through it :)

Melissa - something I use when craving for sweet that might help is a sugar-free fudgicle... they so don't taste sugar free, and only have like 45 calories-ish depending on the brand you get. Mine are 2 pops equaling 90 cals... so worth it and they take that sweet craving away, but I don't feel like I am giving in, and even my nutritionist says if it fits in the calories for the day, to do it up :D

Well, time to get ready for work, day off is over :) Have a good day all!

leaningonthelord 12-20-2011 07:02 AM

Hi all! Starting off by saying that last night after dinner I was really craving a giant mug of hot chocolate with marshmallow fluff, and the old me wouldn't have hesitated in slurping it down. But not the new me! I put a quote on my fridge that says "Skinny jeans, here I come!" and I knew drinking all those calories wouldn't bring me any closer to my skinny jeans. I was very proud of myself for holding myself accountable! That was the first time I've turned down a late night snack in quite a while and I feel much more empowered!
I've had my bowl of oatmeal this morning, and soon I'll head down to do my 60 minutes on the elliptical. Hope you all have a great day! :)

Diana3271 12-20-2011 07:03 AM

Good Morning, Everyone! :coffee:

Weigh In: 147.2
Down: .4


qtkitty Hi and Welcome to the check-in! :wave:


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