DISappearing Peeps...A fastpass to THIN!

[UtahMama]

I really need some support on the weight loss front. I have struggled up and down since my daughter was born four years ago. I did pretty well on WW and have all the materials, but we live pretty far out of town and with the kids it is hard to find time to attend a meeting. ( I work at their school, so they are ALWAYS with me )

I have about 50 lbs to go and would like to get them off by the end of next year. (I know it is possible.) Here are my biggest problems:

1. I love to snack! Especially if it is fried, greasy...well you get the point.

2. I normally skip breakfast. It takes me almost an hour to get to work, so after getting the kids up, fed and ready; it is time to go.

3. Until recently, I didn't eat much lunch either. ( I have since gotten smarter and now pack my lunch)

Luckily, I don't eat a lot of sweets. (not really a sugar person and I don't like chocolate)

I hope to be able to put a ribbon up soon with my progress!

WELCOME!!!!! 50 pounds will be easier to lose setting small goals and not giving up after a bad day or week etc! We LOVE newbies!!!!

YOU DONT LIKE CHOCOLATE????? You are at a HUGE advantage!

The "next ribbon" is what keeps me going!

 

[eeyore45]

ALl right, here's a special trick for those that dont have time for breakfast - MAKE IT TODAY for the WHOLE next week!!

Make a plan - hey isnt there a snippet about plan to fail, no fail to plan that's it, if you fail to plan, then you plan to fail!!! ah HAH!

So make a big batch of healthy high protein pancakes or muffins, (recipes to follow!) and freeze them - then each mornin, pop them in the microwave and go go go!!

Again, your first plan of attack - grocery shopping - you'll need egg whites - its much cheaper to buy a dozen eggs and throw away the yolks then to buy the convenient egg beaters. Oat flour - take your oats and blend them in that food processor or blender until as fine as white flour - oat flour good, white bad!! Next for the fruit muffins go to the frozen food aisle and buy some frozen berries - I buy the mix of strawberries, rasberries, you decide - you'll also need some splenda - and one calls for a tad of baking soda...

This is an important step in your weight loss - it will keep you away from Dunkin donuts!! or maybe not!!! BUT the most important thing, is posting - and sharing, and being honest with yourself!! Thank you!!

 

[UtahMama]

Ok! I'm weighting ( ) for those recipes!

The Marine Corps says: "The 7 P's":

Prior propper planning prevents piss poor performance!!!


and.....

"Plan Ahead! It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark!"


Theme of today???
PLAN AHEAD!

 

[eeyore45]

Protein Muffins

1 1/2 C Oats Rolled Whole
1 1/2 C oats rolled ground (with food processor fine)
2 tsp Baking Powder
12 egg whites, slightly beaten
4tsp splenda
3 Cups fruit berries (I use frozen)

Measure 1 1/2 c rolled oats and grind in food processor
measure 1 1/2 c rolled oats and use whole
Combine oats, baking powder, egg whites and splenda
then gently fold in the berries (if using frozen you may have to cut the strawberries into smaller bites)
spoon into muffin tins

Bake at 350* for 20 - 25 minutes.

Do not put them in baggies or covered containers until they are totally COOLED and dried for quite awhile - or they get condensation and sticky icky.

If you dont beat your egg whites you will get just 6 large muffins if you beat eggs you get 2 extra small muffins.

The muffins do not raise very much, so fill your muffin tins to the top (or you can eat 2 small!)

Makes 6 large muffins or 12 small muffins.
1/2 carb 2 oz protein and 1/2 cup fruit

 

[eeyore45]

I cant find my original pancake recipe - I just do it - I'll keep looking. I go to a specialty food store, has lots of organic stuff, and healthy grains... Whole Foods.. they sell the oatmeal pre ground! looks like flour, but its all oats... but dont buy oat flour if it has wheat in it!!

I put a couple of spoonfuls of oat flour
2 egg whites
1 dollup of apple butter
1 half capful of maple flavoring (intense maple flavor!)

or instead of the apple butter, I might try apple sauce... or honey... or a tsp of brown sugar... or some splenda...

This is a recipe I totally play with - it is a thick batter, so when I go to grill it (I have a pancake griddle - cast iron) I put a spoonful of batter on the grill and whoosh it around to thin it down... and then watch the edges, they start to go dry, you'll get some bubbles, but again, its a thick batter, so watch it..

and like the muffins, (I have a recipe somewhere with the right measurments to make a week's worth to freeze!) you can freeze these for the week too -

These were part of a diet/exercise plan I bought off an infomercial - the 6 week Body Makeover, by Michael Thurmond. Its a great plan, but extreme in the food choices, lots of fish... no sugar, salt, no condiments of any kind... lots of water....

 

[eeyore45]

Lunch Club Wrap

1 whole wheat tortilla (146 calories 25 carbs 3 fat 4 protein 4 fiber)
2 slices turkey (48 calories 2 carbs 8 protein)
2 slices ham (64 calories 2 fat 8 protein)
1 oz reduced fat cheese (90 calories 8 carbs 6 protein)
8 oz canned veggie soup (122 calories 19 carbs 4 fat 3 protein 1 fiber)
1 TBS fat free honey mustard (60 calories 14 carbs)

10 minutes to prepare - just get those ingredients on hand!!

 

[honeymo78]

I took a look at my ankle when I got home yesterday - big raw spot where the skin rubbed off. I'm not even wearing shoes at my desk now it hurts so bad. I think I'll be in my clogs tomorrow. This just means I need to commit to the exercise once my ankle is better.

I wasn't too hungry when I got home from work yesterday so I ended up with a pretty low cal day. That means I'm going to try and eat all 1800 today. I got a good start on that with a donut this morning - well actually it has about the same calories as my normal bagel and cream cheese, just more fat. I was surprised that it has kept me full for a few hours. I'm thinking a muffin and some soup (maybe veggie) for lunch then hotdogs and tater tots for dinner.

Welcome to all the new peeps. Just posting here is a great step toward making a healthy change.

 

[harleygirl]

Mornin, uh afternoon all!!!

Hanging onto the wagon by my fingertips - I was horribly bad last night.

I went to my office party and ate pretty well only small servings and half the desert (cheeseckae I couldn't turn down) THEN everyone met at the local "joint" THATS where I was really bad - and am paying for it this morning

SO today teh goal is to work off the Pizza I just ate for lunch and replenish fluids ( a little dehydrated YIKES) and do about 45 min on the TM....I didnt et to work out yesterday cause it was a typical run til you drop Sat so today I will put my foot down and just do it!

And thanks to you all I will plan ahead for my week...menu calls for Oatmeal, my fav right now is the Vanilla Cinnamon Healthy Woman, apples lowfat cheese, bananas, turkey wraps salads and soups for lunch and I have no idea for suppers

I too luv the Great Value drink mixes and have to stock up today - I had the apple at work the other day and boss did a double take thinking I was smuggling beer in my water bottle! fav is the grape, and rasberry!

Hi newbies! Mousehouse (my friend sends me house mouse cards all the time luv your username!) c4 and jacy (love your penguins!) - we need you here you have come to a great spot filled with a bunch of LOSERS!!yay team Together we are taking baby steps

Ya'll have a great Sunday - off to the Christmas parade! Maybe it will put me in the holiday spirit...just hard to feel like christmas when its 70 degrees and the kids are wearing shorts...makes me want to go to the beach instead! But I shant til I shed a few pounds (talking about the proverbial beached whale syndrome)

 

[Minnie]

Hey there Peeps

Sitting in the airport for the last of my 4 hour layover before making it back to the frozen tundra otherwise known as Iowa.

I've ate like a little piggie instead of a mouse but I walked miles on the beach each day. It's the first time in years that DF and I've spent alone time together like we got to this trip. I'm exhausted but had a great time.

Haven't had time to read over the posts but hoping that everyone has being doing great and staying OP since I've been gone.

I will be hopping right back OP starting tomorrow

 

[aries1980]

Wow! Merry Christmas to YOU!

That BLOWS! Do you have a new place to live?
How will Santa find you????

Hang on TIGHT on the wagon!!!!

No new place yet.. stuff is going into storage and im going to live with my parents again. Lets see my sister mom dad me aniella 8 cats and 2 dogs living in a 3br 1full bth home fun!!!

 

[aries1980]

Birthday celebration today and Ive been doing good i hope to checkin later again!!

 

[dismom9761]

Okay,today has good and bad. The good is that I went to the gym and walked for 45 minutes. The bad is that I have eaten two Munchkins from Dunkin Donuts (Oh WHY did I buy these for my kids??)and I still have a bag of them and my kids don't like them. Obviously I did not know that.I think I will send them to my nephews. Sorry Harleygirl.
My sweet DH just infirmed me that Mcdonalds has their Mcrib right now..I LOVE them.I looked it up and one has 490 calories.OUCH!

Hope everyone is having a good Sunday.

BTW are we supposed to set new goals every week??I met all of mine last week and it felt great.

 

[harleygirl]

Gee THanks!!! YOu know the human trash compactor will devour them!

Well my thoughts on the goals - It should be manageable...if you met last weeks goals with no problem and felt great maybe you should try the same goals this week...or kick it up a notch and add a challenge! But as long as you're seeing results stick with what works!

I haven't been able to conquer thewater issue myself and the cals/points were a bit of a challenge too so am keeping the same thing

1. exercise 4 days at gym and one or two days on weekend for total of 220 minutes this week.

2. watch what I eat and no late night snacking(geez thats hard!)

3. water water water (Yuk)

 

[harleygirl]

Yes, I hate hate hate HATE to excercise! But once I start, it's FUN!

I NEED to up my water (fake crystal lite)really badly! I see that diet Pepsi makes me retain water! Interesting! My weight fluctuates 2-4 pounds within any given day! To test this theory, I'd have to omit diet Pepsi and I'm so not willing to do that!

My addiction is Diet coke. I gotta have one a day it seems So I usually try to wait til late in the afternoon to plan my treat, cause I really don't want to waste my one thing that I look forward too!

The other thing I find is that having a buddy to exercise with makes it so much easier to find the will power to keep on going. It always seems that on the days when i feel like a slug she will bug me and make me go and I will go just for her, and I will always feel better for going. We have set a little goal for ourselves.- there is a 5K run benefitting a local childrens shelter and we're gonna do that

But the real kicker is that I have such trouble managing my cals everyday and staying out of the snacks, and I did so much better this past week cause I knew I had folks here working as hard as me, and I dont wanna let you guys down SO thanks ya'll

 

[dwheatl]

Hey all, today is going pretty well. DD baked brownies last night, I ate 1/2 of one and stopped. Not great, not awful. I was really stressed yesterday, tuition bills came for both my kids on the same day: $12,000. Some other goofy stuff, like a present that I can't use, can't return, can't think of anyone I know who would use it. UM, I think Satan was at me. I wanted to eat, but decided to be proactive instead. I wrote the checks for tuition (I HATE seeing the balance drop like that, but at least we have enough to cover it), took a bunch of stuff to the American Cancer Society thrift shop, including the gift from blazes, and organized my requests for charitable donations so DH and I can talk about how much we can give to each and which are the priorities. Then I can let go of the guilt for the ones I have to say no to (some months we have over 50 different groups asking for money). We put up our outside decorations so we look good for the neighbors, and inside can wait till next week when DS is home from college and can help. Now I have time to say hi to my peeps, and have a couple of glasses of water. Big deep breath, and a-h-h-h -h.

 

[Tinkabella]

WELCOME, I LOVE to see that our circle is getting bigger ! WE CAN DO IT !!!

Well Montreal was nice and mild on Thursday (60 degress) but we paid the price Friday. A small ice storm blew in and we lost power for 24 hours ! Boy was my house COLD ! Nothing like sitting in a cold dark house to make you feel like snacking. Water consumption this weekend was almost ZERO. I will make a fresh start on Monday. I am going to try adding some lemon...sounds kinda tasty.



I had dinner tonight at my inlaws (European) and they always have AMAZING food ! Cheese, chocolates, wine...not a good diet night. Very, Very BAD !

 

[monymony3471]

Hi everyone! We are back from our fabulous wonderful trip to WDW.

Woke up today and got right back on the tread mill. There is way tooo much reading to do. I'll just start back here.

Before I left I lost 2 more pounds but didn't get a chance to post that. When we returned, I lost 1 more pound. So my total is 8. Woooo Hoooo!!!!!

WWPD was in the back of my head all vacation when it came to eating. Thanks! (that is the phrase right?)

Back to phase 1 for me, so I can do this right. Hope everyone had great sucesses over the Holiday and last week.

Keep on Keepin' on!!!!!!!

 

[spongemommie05]

Hello all , i am slowly pulling myself out of the baby sick rut, he is starting to feel better finally! but now he is so used to being held that is all he wants now, it is so hard with 4 other kids who want attention too.. well tommorow is monday and i plan on hitting the gym every day to make up for last week . and drink a ton of water, well i am just checkin in want to say hi to all, keep on slimming
UM : you going to aerobics tommorow ya need a ride give me a call.
and to all those who said prayers for mayson and well wishes it worked thank you

 

[lexmelinda]

GOOD MORNING...IT'S A NEW WEEK!

Got up late again today so no time to chat. Time to wake the kiddies for school.

Forgive me peeps, for I have sinned. I was very bad this weekend but promise to start fresh, eat right and exercise this week.

I promise to:
Keep the calories under 1400 per day.
Exercise every week day....weekends are just lazy for me.
Drink my water....4 bottles per day.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

 

[dismom9761]

Good Morning everyone!

Quick goals-
-Stay under points/caolries.
-not eat after 8:30
-exercise 5 times

Hope everyone has a good Monday-WWPD!!