~DISappearing PEEPS~Vol. IV Come Play With Us!!!!!

[::Snow_White::]

I totally get your situation! In college, I lived in a dorm without a car and my only meals were from our dining hall. Very hard to lose weight when you were surrounded by your friends who can eat whatever they want plus all the tempting foods in the dining hall. I think it will just come down to doing more planning for your meals, like when you are at school and only have a short amount of time for lunch. Can't remember where you live (I'm in Florida and there is a really cheap and huge produce stand right down the street - I bought my fruits and veggies for the week for $5!) but even Wal-mart has specials and sales on certain fruits and veggies and some last a long time, more than a week. Or get frozen veggies when they are on sale. For me, I need to feel like I'm eating a lot, even if over half my plate is stocked with veggies.

At least you have that whole exercise thing going for you! I am still making excuses on that one.

I think 1400 is normal amount of cals to eat, but it does sound like you exercise a lot so maybe you should be eating 1500 cals, at least on the days you work out? I like Punkin's (Dawn) idea of goal weight x 12 to get your calorie intake. The Loseit app also gives you set calories based on goal weight and how much you want to lose a week. Its free, so even if you don't track with it I like seeing how long it would take to get to my goal weight and play around with it.

Most of my friends are really skinny and eat junk food all the time. It's crazy! It's hard to find a support system here with people who are interested in health because our area is all meat, cheese, and pizza kind of people.

I live in Kansas. Unfortunately, I can't even find tofu in my town, so we have to drive 30 minutes just to get to a store where I can buy some of my favorite foods. Our grocery store is bad about having bad produce and our farmer's market consist of maybe 1 person anymore. It's really really dissapointing.

I used to never eat veggies but now I really love a lot of them, it's just difficult to think of recipes. I get vegetables but then I don't really know what to do with them. I'm not a good cook, so I guess that's something I should work on. I've been making more vegan recipes lately that have turned out delicious, so when we go shopping this week I'll pick up a lot of veggies to make something.

I have the myfitness pal which pretty much seems to be doing the same thing as the loseitap. Using my goal weight x12, that's an extra 400 calories for me, which may be better. I stopped counting calories because of the bad experience I had in high school, but starting it again I've realized I have been eating more than I thought. I think even just cutting off my snacking I will be able to drop those last few pounds. I, too, have to feel like I'm eating a lot.

Exercise is so much easier for me than nutrition! So much more simple and fun.

 

[HockeyKat]

I am so with you on that! If exercise alone could keep me thin, I would be so happy.

Okay, so. Vegetarian, on the cheap. You have access to super Walmart?

One really good thing that helps fill me up is a whey protein shake, and it will help get you extra protein which you need with the exercise to rebuild muscles. The Body Fortress brand is sold at Walmart and is not too expensive or high in calories. I used to make these at about 7 or 8 PM and it would keep me really full for the rest of the evening - you blend 1 scoop of that (140 cals I think?) with ice and frozen berries (walmart brand). You can add extra sweetener if you need - I used to also add a sleeve of diet cocoa (25 cals) to make it extra chocolatey.

Tofu is always good for vegetarians to add extra protein.

Nothing wrong with the mac & cheese - just add a salad, or steam some frozen broccoli to have with it for more bulk. Bulky veggies fill you up.

Frozen veggies are cheap and don't go bad, and have most of the nutrients as fresh. Steam them, or add them to pasta after it's about half cooked and then drain them both and add your sauce. I like the light alfredo sauce (can't remember the brand, but you can get at walmart). That and a measured out cheap box of pasta will make a good primavera. Add some tofu for protein, if you want.

Refried bean tostadas - again, cheap ingredients at wally world. Fat free refried beans - heat them up, saute some onions and peppers and mushrooms, then layer corn tortilla (like $2 for 100 and about 50 cals a piece), beans, veggies, and bake for 15 min at 375-400. Top with some cheese. and salsa and fat free sour cream (or greek yogurt, more protein!). If you don't like refried beans, try black beans instead.

You can also make greek yogurt dip in place of hummus - greek yogurt is a great source of protein. Buy a sleeve of ranch or veggie dip mix and a single serve (80 cals) of greek yogurt ($1 or so at my walmart) and combine them.

I used to suck at cooking and have become really good at it through necessity! You can almost always tailor recipes to your need (low carb, low cal, vegetarian) and be sure of the calorie counts and ingredients, when you are in control! I experiment with seasonings, and blends, and look up recipes online all the time to get new ideas.

 

[::Snow_White::]

I am so with you on that! If exercise alone could keep me thin, I would be so happy.

Okay, so. Vegetarian, on the cheap. You have access to super Walmart?

One really good thing that helps fill me up is a whey protein shake, and it will help get you extra protein which you need with the exercise to rebuild muscles. The Body Fortress brand is sold at Walmart and is not too expensive or high in calories. I used to make these at about 7 or 8 PM and it would keep me really full for the rest of the evening - you blend 1 scoop of that (140 cals I think?) with ice and frozen berries (walmart brand). You can add extra sweetener if you need - I used to also add a sleeve of diet cocoa (25 cals) to make it extra chocolatey.

Tofu is always good for vegetarians to add extra protein.

Nothing wrong with the mac & cheese - just add a salad, or steam some frozen broccoli to have with it for more bulk. Bulky veggies fill you up.

Frozen veggies are cheap and don't go bad, and have most of the nutrients as fresh. Steam them, or add them to pasta after it's about half cooked and then drain them both and add your sauce. I like the light alfredo sauce (can't remember the brand, but you can get at walmart). That and a measured out cheap box of pasta will make a good primavera. Add some tofu for protein, if you want.

Refried bean tostadas - again, cheap ingredients at wally world. Fat free refried beans - heat them up, saute some onions and peppers and mushrooms, then layer corn tortilla (like $2 for 100 and about 50 cals a piece), beans, veggies, and bake for 15 min at 375-400. Top with some cheese. and salsa and fat free sour cream (or greek yogurt, more protein!). If you don't like refried beans, try black beans instead.

You can also make greek yogurt dip in place of hummus - greek yogurt is a great source of protein. Buy a sleeve of ranch or veggie dip mix and a single serve (80 cals) of greek yogurt ($1 or so at my walmart) and combine them.

I used to suck at cooking and have become really good at it through necessity! You can almost always tailor recipes to your need (low carb, low cal, vegetarian) and be sure of the calorie counts and ingredients, when you are in control! I experiment with seasonings, and blends, and look up recipes online all the time to get new ideas.

You are so awesome! Thank you! All of these are great ideas that I will be trying!!

We don't have a super walmart around here, but I'm sure I can make do with our regular one. I always had this strange perception that frozen veggies weren't as good as fresh, but since they are still good I will definitely be buying more! I found a couple recipes tonight I'd like to try sometime. Luckily I only have 2 days of the week where I'm really running for lunch, so I will find a good meal for that.

Seriously, thank you.

 

[HockeyKat]

You are so awesome! Thank you! All of these are great ideas that I will be trying!!

We don't have a super walmart around here, but I'm sure I can make do with our regular one. I always had this strange perception that frozen veggies weren't as good as fresh, but since they are still good I will definitely be buying more! I found a couple recipes tonight I'd like to try sometime. Luckily I only have 2 days of the week where I'm really running for lunch, so I will find a good meal for that.

Seriously, thank you.

Sure!!

Glad I could help. I remember when I was in college and just out of college, how little clue I had as to what was good, what to cook, and how to eat healthy. My parents were/are totally what you described - meat and potatoes and fats and oils, and veggies as sides. Probably why I gained 40 lbs when I graduated!

It's kind of funny, too, because right now I am doing the exact opposite of a vegetarian diet! Although, I work and am friends with a lot of vegetarians/vegans and am always curious as to what they do to get in protein.

 

[HockeyKat]

You are so awesome! Thank you! All of these are great ideas that I will be trying!!

We don't have a super walmart around here, but I'm sure I can make do with our regular one. I always had this strange perception that frozen veggies weren't as good as fresh, but since they are still good I will definitely be buying more! I found a couple recipes tonight I'd like to try sometime. Luckily I only have 2 days of the week where I'm really running for lunch, so I will find a good meal for that.

Seriously, thank you.

Sure!!

Glad I could help. I remember when I was in college and just out of college, how little clue I had as to what was good, what to cook, and how to eat healthy. My parents were/are totally what you described - meat and potatoes and fats and oils, and veggies as sides. Probably why I gained 40 lbs when I graduated!

It's kind of funny, too, because right now I am doing the exact opposite of a vegetarian diet! Although, I work and am friends with a lot of vegetarians/vegans and am always curious as to what they do to get in protein.

 

[LMO429]

For some reason all this week I am having a hard time logging onto the dis.

I have to go back and catch up on all that is going on here.

Shannon send me your user name on lose it so we can be "friends" on there.

mine is laurenmarie4

 

[punkin413]

Ugh.....I was doing so good this week with eating and exercising but today I feel like death....tummy issues and I've been eating crackers to try to settle it so that will blow my calorie count for the day. Oh, tried Zumba for the first yesterday and loved it. I will be doing that once a week on Wednesdays during my lunch break. Glad I found a lunchtime class!

 

[Wonders10]

Hi peeps! I haven't had a great week and I think my weigh in tomorrow will show that based on my preview this morning. I'm just feeling blah and its almost that time of the month.

In good news, my VitaMix arrived today and I just made a smoothie with some of the fruits I had around the house. I used a whole (small) pink grapefruit peeled but still with seeds and some of the white part, fresh strawberries stems and all and frozen pineapple. In less than a minute I had a completely smooth (I'm talking not a strawberry seed to be found) "smoothie"! It wasn't super sweet so I added 1 packet of splenda and it tastes really good plus I got 3 servings of fruit in, without sacrificing any of the good parts. There was not anything left in the blender except for a couple drops of the smoothie. Unbelievable, I'm sold! Winston hated it and barked the entire time, then when I was done, jumped up on me I guess to make sure I was okay. Really freaked him out. I can't wait to hit the produce stand this weekend!

I didn't go to work yesterday so since we are so busy I have to work on Saturday which stinks but at least I'm getting the hours I missed yesterday. Hopefully it won't be too long of a day.

Hope everyone is doing well!

 

[::Snow_White::]

Sure!!

Glad I could help. I remember when I was in college and just out of college, how little clue I had as to what was good, what to cook, and how to eat healthy. My parents were/are totally what you described - meat and potatoes and fats and oils, and veggies as sides. Probably why I gained 40 lbs when I graduated!

It's kind of funny, too, because right now I am doing the exact opposite of a vegetarian diet! Although, I work and am friends with a lot of vegetarians/vegans and am always curious as to what they do to get in protein.

Most vegetarians/vegans I know had a bad time and ate mostly carbs the first few months because they weren't sure of all the recipes, so it doesn't bother me too much that I'm still lost. My friend is a vegetarian now too so we lean on each other. There are a lot of options, as I read a lot of blogs, but it's so hard to get all those ingredients and how expensive they are. I went to the store to make a recipe I found today. I needed 5 things, and our town grocery store had ZERO. It's so frustrating.

Anyway, today was much much better! I ended up making a tofu veggie scramble for lunch that I found online and I felt full through to dinner.

Hope you are all having a great week!

 

[dwheatl]

It's not a bad idea to make an appt. with the dietician at your school. My son is vegan, and when he started out, he was passing out from poor nutrition. After he went to the dietician, his diet really improved. She gave him a lot of information on how to combine foods to stay as healthy as possible. That was five years ago, and now he is the healthiest one in our family.

 

[Wonders10]

-.2 my pants are practically falling off after that tremendous weight loss hey, considering yesterday I was up 1/2 lb, I'm okay with it, but hopefully next week is much better!

 

[pixie dust 112]

I am -1 this week!

 

[punkin413]

I'm down -.4 pounds today. Very discouraging with my good eating and exercise this week.

-.2 my pants are practically falling off after that tremendous weight loss hey, considering yesterday I was up 1/2 lb, I'm okay with it, but hopefully next week is much better!

I was down about my loss until I saw your post....the pants falling off made me laugh! Thanks!

I am -1 this week!

 

[LMO429]

I am a samer this week. My friend is visting and I did not eat the best 2 days this week thanks to major pms.

I would love to be posting on this thread more but all this week i can not get on the dis its just so slow. Is anyone else having this problem?!

I have a brand new computer and it doesnt matter if i use my computer or my husbands mac its still so dang slow.

ugh so frustrating

 

[HockeyKat]

I am a samer this week. My friend is visting and I did not eat the best 2 days this week thanks to major pms.

I would love to be posting on this thread more but all this week i can not get on the dis its just so slow. Is anyone else having this problem?!

I have a brand new computer and it doesnt matter if i use my computer or my husbands mac its still so dang slow.

ugh so frustrating

The DIS has definitely been slow the last couple of days. It seems to be faster today somehow.

My weigh-in is Monday so I will report then.

 

[Wonders10]

I'm down -.4 pounds today. Very discouraging with my good eating and exercise this week.

I was down about my loss until I saw your post....the pants falling off made me laugh! Thanks!

Glad I could help! But I'd probably feel discouraged too if I was actually "good" this past week. I've just been in a funk all week (PMS?) and making smart food choices was the last thing on my mind.

I do have to work tomorrow, but it looks like only 3-4 hours so its not too bad. I like to go in early so I should be done by the time I'd normally be going out for the day anyway (hopefully...) I was SO busy at work today which wasn't helping my funk and the other speech therapist had to leave a little early because her daughter was sick. I did 5 new evaluations and saw my regular patients all in the time it took her to see 5 out of her 7 patients. Frustrated is an understatement. Oh well, next week I will be super busy and will pawn all the new people off on her. BTW, if you can't tell work is part of what is adding to my "funk"

Hope everyone has a great weekend! I'm very tempted to hit the beach tomorrow or Sunday (not for the water, too cold) and do some walking, looking for shells and reading my cruise books. The beach always seems to cheer me up!

 

[dwheatl]

Down .7 Not great, but not horrible. It's the same old thing; it comes on so quickly, and comes off so slowly. Shannon, your post made me laugh, too. A walk on the beach sounds great. Have fun.
We're finally getting some rain, so my exercise will be indoors this weekend. Hitting the gym tomorrow.

 

[lauren_elizabeth]

So, I've been a samer the past 2 weigh-ins and this week... I am +1

I haven't been doing that great this week, so I am glad it's not more. It's just depressing seeing a gain on the scale.

Here's to a new week and a BETTER week!



What does a normal day of eating look like for yall? I want a few new ideas for meals.

 

[punkin413]

What does a normal day of eating look like for yall? I want a few new ideas for meals.

Not that you want my advice (I only lost .4 pound last week) but my diet mainly consists of salads, lots of times with tuna (albacore white in water with a little lemon juice squeezed on for flavor), sweet potatoes (usually with a pat of butter, cinnamon and 1 pack of Splenda to sweeten), soups, veggies, grilled chicken and fish. For snacks I eat fruit, those 100-calorie snacks, turkey jerky. And for breakfast I have coffee and either oatmeal or a low-fat Eggo waffle with sugar free syrup and 2 slices of turkey bacon. Oh, and water water water and more water.

 

[lauren_elizabeth]

Not that you want my advice (I only lost .4 pound last week) but my diet mainly consists of salads, lots of times with tuna (albacore white in water with a little lemon juice squeezed on for flavor), sweet potatoes (usually with a pat of butter, cinnamon and 1 pack of Splenda to sweeten), soups, veggies, grilled chicken and fish. For snacks I eat fruit, those 100-calorie snacks, turkey jerky. And for breakfast I have coffee and either oatmeal or a low-fat Eggo waffle with sugar free syrup and 2 slices of turkey bacon. Oh, and water water water and more water.

Thanks, Dawn! I've been on a tuna kick lately, so those tuna salads sound delicious! I think I'll make one for lunch tomorrow.

Mmmm I didn't even think to eat sweet potatoes or turkey jerky. Yum!

And I saw that you started doing Zumba. Isn't it fun?