We should take "before" pictures so we can post the before and after in a couple of months.
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We should take "before" pictures so we can post the before and after in a couple of months.
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Originally Posted by Rachel
I have Romaine Lettuce, Spinach, Carrots, tomatos, red onions, grilled chicken, cucumbers, and parmesan cheese, and for the dressing i put italian dressing.
My salads will vary, depending on what I have in the fridge or in the baskets. My favourite salad consists of Romaine lettuce, baby spinch, sliced carrots, chopped tomatoes, bell peppers, broccoli, red onion, cucumbers, celery, and fat free italian dressing. We never buy mushrooms, for some reason, but when I'm out, I LOVE mushrooms, black olives, and garbonzo beans. MMMM.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rachel
Yes, definitely take before photos! Even if you don't post them, you'll really appreciate them once you take "after" photos and you can really see the change. For me, I didn't really see myself changing because I saw myself everyday. But, when I looked at pictures, I was SO excited that my body was changing.Quote:
Originally Posted by beeniesmom
Last week, my dad asked me to go to the store and get something sweet. He said he wanted something of the icecream variety AND something of the pastry variety. Well, my sweet tooth got the best of me at the store and I went nuts. Thus, me not doing good that day. BUT! This is a new week, and I've already gone down. It proves the statement that one bad day won't kill you. :)
I had a bowl of puffed wheat cereal and a little vanilla soymilk for breakfast. And then pickles. Yes, odd, but I was STARVING when I woke up this morning and pickles sounded so good. So I gave it a little time, and then ate a few pickle spears. For lunch, we went to Dooleys. It's a Bagel and Deli shop. It's delicious! But I had a vegetarian deli sandwich on a spinach bagel. Not the most ideal lunch, but it was healthy. The spinch bagel was topped with vegetable cream cheese (that'll come back to haunt me), lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and green peppers. It was SOOO good, and I'm no longer starving. I went to bed really hungry cos I was up so late, so when I woke up, I was wanting to eat everything. Instead, I paced myself with my meals. Not sure what I'm having for dinner.
Oh, and what I really like are sugar free popsicles, especially of the Kroger brand variety. They're only 15 calories each, and SO good. I love the banana pops, but all of them are good! Satisfy my dessert craving after meals. :)
I definitely need to start drinking more water. I was doing so good while I was working - I was constantly drinking on the job. But now, I'm just not drinking a lot of it. I'll try to step that up.
Two weeks until vacation, four weeks until school. :D We'll see how long it takes me to whip my butt into shape.
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Okay, I cheated. We went for a drive tonight looking at new land, and we stopped at DQ... and I enjoyed a medium chocolate dipped cone. ACK! That's like, 400 calories. But, that's okay. I consumed more calories than I wish I had, but I didn't go *over* my daily allowance.
And with eating that cream cheese at lunch, and icecream on the cone, I'll be suffering later on.
There's always tomorrow, I suppose.
I want go to walking tonight, but we'll see how far I get with that....
I went walking this morning for about 30 minutes.
We had pasta last night. Not a lot but a good portion.
I made it with a mushroom and pea sauce (boscaiola). It was good.
I probably ate too fast and didn't savor the flavors.
I was too excited about getting some pasta! :o
I made a canellini bean soup to have for lunch.
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Originally Posted by beeniesmom
hehe that's how i am when i eat pasta i just love pasta i don't get to savor any of the flavors.
I just got back from spinning, then took the dogs out for an hour+ walk. I am not keeping track of what I am eating really, I am just trying to keep moving.
No walk this morning... I got up too late.
Had a yogurt and a power bar for breakfast. I am starting to really like them.
Will be having some more of that bean soup for lunch today and then tonight, more than likely, we will be going out to eat. I was thinking about just a nice mushroom burger and I will only eat half the bun.
Today will be very busy. I am working half a day today and then heading over to help mu in laws move... lots of excersize there. :)
PS: I wieghed myself this morning I lost another 2 pounds.
I have lost 8 pounds since I started on July 21st. Is that too much?
Good job everybody!!
This week has been fairly good for me, I've pretty much completly stopped "snacking" and just eatting my normal meals. I did just eat a few crackers, but crackers are better than potatoe chips!! :p I think I'm not going to do so good on Saturday.... It is my brothers wedding reception at my house, outside, and there is going to be a LOT of wonderful food...:o
That's great! But it's a good idea to incorporate healthy snacks inbetween meals too :) Like veggies, yogurt, nuts . . .Quote:
Originally Posted by Toby's my baby
Good luck at that reception! Just remember that IF you've been GOOD, you can cheat a *little* and get by with it . . . just don't fall off the wagon completely!
Hey there! I've managed to drop another 2 pounds, making it a total of 12 pounds. I'm surprised I lost those last 2 pounds. We were on vacation the past 1 1/2 weeks and we didn't eat the best of foods. We had several days where we ate out and I thought I would destroy any progress that I made, but I'm finding out that I have started eating smaller portions and not pigging out like I have done in the past
I have to tell you that this has been so incredibly hard for me. Not only am I trying to lose weight and look and feel better but I have also been dealing with some personal issues and all of it can be so overwhelming at times. Sometimes I just don't feel like dealing with it anymore and I just want to give up. Just quit! I'm hanging in there for now though.
I am 42 years old now and losing weight at this age is so much more difficult. I've also had a complete hysterectomy and I'm starting to wonder if the stuff they say about gaining weight and not being able to lose it after this surgery is true. I've always heard that is was but always just thought it was a bunch of crap..lol. All I know is it is sooooo hard! For those of you that are quite a bit younger, make sure you deal with your weight issues now! Don't wait. Get it under control, because the older you get the harder it is!
I hope everyone is having a good week!
Katie, Tori and I just got back from a 35 minute walk! I need to force myself to get up and do this first thing in the morning. How do you guys find the drive to do that? There is a huge hill in our neighborhood that I use to walk up every day. I loved walking up there and accomplishing that. Lots of beautiful homes up there and I would enjoy my walk and dream about which house I would live in...lol. I would like to make that a goal. Walk up a little bit and keep doing that til I can tackle the whole hill.
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Originally Posted by Toby's my baby
I'm with you well... i haven't stopped snacking but i just stopped snacking junk food. When i feel the need of eating something i just go into my refrigerator and grab a fruit or a veggie just to snack on. Better than potato chips , chocolate or candy.
Ok, I am going to try to post a picture. I haven't had one picture of me taken since my knee ops, thats how bad I feel about my weight gain, but you are right, it will probably motivate me to move a bit more. :o