[CAtoTX]

Great job MISTY - YAH - 1. for braving taking your kids to WW and 2. for the LOSS! NICE!

So, I had my weight in - i was REALLY scared - It was my b-day over the weekend and we had family in, we ate out a lot but I was careful, just didn't think I was that careful - AS I AM DOWN 2 POUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOO HOOO!

For dinner last night I had:

Grilled Catfish
Artichoke with Light Mayo
and a SKinny Cow

For excersize I went swimming

AMANDA - yes, start over and don't beat yourself up.

Oh.......interesting thing.......on my bday - and I saved up for this one, I wanted FRESH Peach Cobbler - this resturant here makes is fresh from scratch, so I went to eat it on my bday and I couldn't finish it and felt sick after, my DH said it was because my body wasn't used to that much sugar anymore - not sure, but has anyone experienced that????? Trying to eat bad foods that you used to eat all the time and now makes you feel sick?
I know I can't even stomach the thought of a fastfood hamburgar.

But.........I still love PIZZA!!!!!

Have a great day everyone!
...Mara

[Quite-a-Handful]

Misty and Mara! Yay! Nice losses. Congratulations. You've earned them.

Mara, good for you for staying in control and enjoying your birthday meal. (Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!) I personally think that if we have to feel cheated and deprived on special occasions because of our program, then we're on more of a "diet" than a real path to healthful eating. But being able to do both is a good indicator that we're on to something we can live with.

And Misty... dragging those kids to the meeting and not using it as an excuse to blow it off is exactly the kind of committment we all need to stick with this.

You're both an inspiration! Thank you.

[Calpurrnia]

Misty: Congratulations!!! That's a MAJOR accomplishment! *tosses confetti in the air* And nah, I usually don't make many plans for my meals unless I'm going to be out of the house. In that case, I'll pack a meal or snack or something. Like the other day, my friends and I went to a movie, so I decided to pack some low-fat/fat-free snack foods because I knew I'd start craving that popcorn, lol.

Mara: Woo-hoo!! Look how close you're getting to your September goal!! You're totally gonna make it! *tosses confetti, too!* And oh yes. I got that sick feeling after I had that terrible ice cream! Lol. I told my personal trainer about it this morning and she got all excited. Lmao. My personal trainer gets really excited about my new eating habits and whenever I come to her to tell her I'm still in pain after a workout, lmao. She's funny.

Okay, and as promised, I'm gonna run a short list of some of my favorite snack foods, just in case anyone else out there is a snacker like I am!

Chips:
--Lay's Light chips (in any flavor): 1 pt. per serving (serv. size varies per flavor)
-->My favorite flavors are Ruffle's Sour Cream and Cheddar and Lay's BBQ. I'm also starting to dig the original Ruffle's and the Dorito's flavors.

--Fat Free Pringles (in any flavor): 1 pt. per serving
-->Little tip: Pringles has now jumped on the 100 cal. packs. Do not be fooled! These packs are worth 2 pts. a piece because of the 100 cal thing. The FF Pringles have only 70-60 cals. I personally prefer the FF because they're not as salty as the other types of Pringles out there.
-->My favorite flavor is Sour Cream and Onion.

Cookies:
--100 Cal. pack Oreos, Chips Ahoy, and Chips Deluxe (Right Bites): 2 pts. per pack.
-->My absolute favorite of those is the Chips Deluxe.

--Snackwell's Creme Sandwich Cookies: 2 pts. per serving

Misc.:
--100 cal. packs Cheese Nips, Ritz Snack Mix, Honey Maid Cinnamon thin crisps: 2 pts. per serving

--Edy's Slow-Churned ice cream (fudge tracks): 3 pts. per serving (1/2 c.)
--Edy's Slow-Churned ice cream (caramel swirl): 3 pts. per serving (1/2 c.)
-->I love both flavors but fudge tracks is my favorite. And I tend to save 3-6 pts. every day so I can have either one or two servings of this ice cream. I'm a total ice cream junkie.

--Fresh Express apple slices (red delicious): 1 pt. per serving
-->I could live off these things! I get them pre-sliced because I'm lazy, lmao. But I'm sure you can eat a whole apple!

All righty, those are all my snack foods. I'm trying to teach myself to get most of my points from healthier foods, but since I'm so new to the program, I'm allowing myself a good transition period. No sense in cutting it all out cold turkey when there are so many low-fat options out there to replace my usual snack foods.

Yeah...and typing all that out made me REALLY hungry, so...I'm gonna go eat some breakfast. Hope all of you lovely ladies are having a great day!

~Amanda

[izzywas]

Good morning to all, and to all a good day!!!
Okay, so I forgot to post my food for yesterday. Lori and I sat and planned the next couple of days worth of meals until 11 last night, then I had to get some zzzz's.

So here it goes...
Tuesday July 12, 2005
B-wheat english muffin 1p
1 egg 2p
1 slice canadian bacon 1p
1 cup light OJ 1p

S-100 cal pack Chips Ahoy 2p

L-3 pieces of pizza 9p
blk.cherry diet rite

S-FF vanilla pudding cup 2p

D-Taco Salad
2cups lettuce ZERO!
chopped onion & salsa ZERO!
1/2 cup taco meat 4p
FF sour cream 1p
FF Western Dressing 2p
Baked Ranch Dorito's 2p
1/4 cup FF cheese 2p

S-No Pudge Ice Cream cone 2p

Total 31 points

[hippohips]

I did something really bad today. . .but it was so good! lol It is cowboy week in my town so they have free breakfasts at different places all week long. I have ignored them because I did not want to blow the diet, and did not want to wait in line or travel or such. Today I woke up to cowboys singing and the aroma of sausages. :-o Could not resist! Got a big old free meal. Will not list the components out of respect to everyone else, but I have about 2 points left for the entire day now. :-D Diet soda and veggies for me for the rest of the day heh. Is kind of nice to feel full but not feel guilty.

[izzywas]

Ooops!

Misty- I do much better when I plan ahead. I usually write in my tracker everything I am going to eat the next day. Then I just check things off as I eat them. This really helps me stay OP.

Calpurrnia- I LOVE the collective flush comment. I will be using that phrase in the future for sure!

Diva- I hope your headache fizzles out to nothing soon! I will send you happy thoughts!

izzysgirl- are you going to share our story about the 5 minute swimming extravaganza from yesterday?!?

I VOTE FOR THE SLIMMIN' SISTA'S!!!!!
OK, I MUST do some work now, have a great day!!!

~Izzy

[Calpurrnia]

Originally Posted by MistySeptember

One person should be responsible for starting a new weekly thread or daily as we decide. A week might be good b/c if we miss a day we can back read quickly, but not so long that the thread becomes cumbersome. The person who starts the thread titles it with our name and the dates that it runs through ie) "What ever we call our sleves (7/15-7/21)". The first post should include a list of people, thier location and goal weight. Maybe any small personal tidbit we'd like to remember. Then all our posts, weigh ins, menus, vents, question can be posted under one thread so we can keep up with everyone I can do this as I am up at the crack of dawn most days, or if some one else perfers cool with me

I like this idea very much! We could even alternate weeks, just so one person doesn't feel quite so bogged down, haha. But I like the idea!

~Amanda

[hippohips]

I think daily would be great so that it does not get too long or hard to follow!

[izzysgirl]

Okay ladies- here's the story of the swimming incident...

Lisa and I decided to go swimming yesterday afternoon. We got our suits on and headed to "the pit" (a little pond in town here- used to be a gravel pit, now has a nice little beach) Well, when we got there, the place was packed, of course, and we were terribly intimidated by the multitude of the young and the beautiful before us. What's more, a local radio station was broadcasting from there, all set up on the hill above the beach. We couldn't even find a place to park, even if we had decided to follow through and strip down in front of half the college population- Lisa turned and saw several skinny bikini-clad girls hopping out of a car and running toward the beach and said something like "Let's get OUT OF HERE!!!" So off we went in search of other free public access water...

Next stop: Spring Lake Park- a little pool we hadn't been to since we were kids. Lisa pointed out that they still have the big clownhead garbage cans. She paid the $1.50 fee for both of us (thanks sweetie!) and we headed in to shower before getting into the pool. We had to leave all our stuff at the check in window, so we stripped down to the suits and Lisa took our bag to the window only to discover that the guy working there was Andy V- a guy she knew from highschool who used to have a big crush on her! Mortified, of course, both of us. We got out to the pool as fast as we could and got in the water.

Funny how we could remember the clown heads but not the fact that the pool never gets deeper than, oh I think waist high? It's really a pool for kids, not adults. We still decided to make it work. We "swam" for about 3 minutes before an announcement came over the loudspeaker: "Welcome to Spring Lake Park- it is now time for the 4:00 lifegaurd break- everyone out of the pool for 15 minutes!"

What?! OUT of the water? For 15 minutes?! We stood together with our stripey towels trying their best to cover us (to no avail) until Andy V came walking right over to us- Lisa turned away, mortified that he would stop- and one of us said "lets get the **** out of here!" went in and got our bag, dressed and hit the road.

Oh, and we saw three people we knew on our way out to boot.

Not a very successful trip, I must say. At least we were together and couldn't help but laugh the whole way home. I called another local pool ( a little more expensive, but still better than the Y) and found out times for adult lap swim so I'm hoping to do that next time. Stay tuned for my next post in which I will discuss my "exercise anxiety" (especially about going to "lap swim" and ask for any advice you can give so I can get over it and get to work!

[izzysgirl]

Hi LuckyDuck- and welcome! Congrats on your star! Woo hoo!! Your signature quote made me laugh so hard I nearly peed my pants! In this case, you wouldn't have been able to see it- ha!

Lori

[Quite-a-Handful]

I just walked 16 city blocks! That's like a mile and a half. I know it's not much, but it's more than I've done in a while. I like knowing that even if I get no more exercise in today, that I've at least done SOMETHING.

So far, so good on eating. I'm going to try to do 25 points a day through Friday, figuring I'll probably actually do 27-28. Just short of my 30 a day requirement. As of last night, I already had eaten 169 of my total points for the week (30 x 7 = 210 _ 35 flex = 245). I think I can pull this off.

Here is my plan for the day:

B: 1 serving Cheerios - 2
2 cups ff milk - 4
Coffee with cream - 2


L: WaWa Chicken Salad with ff dressing - 8

D: Tuna with pickles and onions - 2
Broccoli rabe sauteed in olive oil - 1
Green beans with Brummel & Brown - 1

S: Yogurt - 2
Apple with caramel dipping sauce - 3

Here's hoping.

[Lizzyg]

lizzyg
are u aware that u get more on flex than wp?

It works out to be almost the same amount. I know alot of people like the Flex Points system better, but for me, I like the range of points. If I had to deal with calculating the extra 35 points each week, I'd end up using it all the first few days, and get frustrated.

The person who starts the thread titles it with our name and the dates that it runs through ie) "What ever we call our sleves (7/15-7/21)". The first post should include a list of people, thier location and goal weight. Maybe any small personal tidbit we'd like to remember. Then all our posts, weigh ins, menus, vents, question can be posted under one thread so we can keep up with everyone

I like that idea!!

~Liz

[CAtoTX]

Helllooooooooooo Ladies!

Izzy - fun story! Least you still TRIED!

Hippohips - LOL don't know if I could pass that up either!!!!!!!!!! OMG Yum! but just think I'm sure before you would have eaten that PLUS PLUS PLUS all day right? Now you are *aware* - you'll be fine!

Maggie - NIIIIIIIIIIIICE job on 16 blocks!

I vote for daily thread - I agree gets too long to follow if it's 'weekly'

Lunch yesterday: WW frozen entree
Dinner Last Night: Mahi Mahi Grilled with Steamed Brocholli
Breakfast today: 2 pt. WW bar and a banana

We have decided to go on a Cruise next June - CAN'T WAIT - Caribbean! So I have to be BODY BEAUTIFUL by then!!! HELLLLLLLLO!!!!!!!!!!

......Have a great day!.........Mara

[hippohips]

Thanks, CAtoTX. Yeah I definitely would have had the big breakfast and then something later. Would have been mad at myself and felt like a hog and then ate more because what did it matter? I love that we can budget foods. . .the things that used to make me feel so piggish can not make me feel good in a way. Obviously, I am heading toward healthier choices in the long run, but it is nice to know if I want ice cream I can have it and if I want pizza I can have it et cetera. I did make it through the day without using any other points. Funny, was not hungry. . .I think my mind got through to my stomach that that was a lot of food and that I should not need anymore. :-D

[Calpurrnia]

Hey everyone,

I just want to make sure we all made it through the thread-hop. The rest of our chats will take place in this area:
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61395

Hope to see all of you there!
~Amanda