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

[Wonders10]

Hi Wonders,
Cutting soda out of my life was HARD!! I would recommend not doing it cold turkey. I love diet coke, what I was finding I was getting really bad heartburn. I thought it was maybe the soda so I slowwwwwwllyyyyy cut back on it and finally stopped. I to like flavor and to help me to transition to water I used crystal light. It's been almost 2 years since I stopped I no longer have heartburn. Do I treat myself to a diet soda sure but I never buy it and have it at home. Did I notice a weight loss? No but I don't feel bloated and puffy anymore.

Have a great weekend!

Oh and Aaron I posted my weight loss a few pages back it's -1.8 this week. Not sure if you saw it or not.

I guess I don't really drink that much soda. On average I'd say I have a day with my lunch and on the weekends it goes up. Maybe 3 since I eat out more on those days. So I'd say going from one to zero wouldn't be too bad. Lots of time I drink it for the caffeine too.

Not posting weight today...

 

[solar]

- 4 this week!

 

[FlameGirl]

- 4 this week!

Wow that's amazing - good for you.

I'm down -1.2 since last Friday.

 

[solar]

Thanks Flame...with so much to lose, I'm happy to get anything at this point!

Congrats on your loss too

 

[WI_DisneyFan]

Oh and Aaron I posted my weight loss a few pages back it's -1.8 this week. Not sure if you saw it or not.

Yep, I saw that and marked it down. Great job, and you're ahead of your 1 pound a week goal!

- 4 this week!

Wow!!! Awesome job!

Wow that's amazing - good for you.

I'm down -1.2 since last Friday.

Great job! Just think, do that every week for a year and you'll be down over 60 pounds!

Very teeny, tiny 0.2 pound loss for me this week. But putting it into perspective, that's probably pretty good. I was 165.4 on Wednesday (which I took as my "official" starting weight). I was home sick Thursday and Friday, so no exercise and too much snacking (why can't I ever get one of those "don't feel like eating and lose five pounds" illnesses?) I wanted to see what kind of damage I did to myself, and weighed in at 165.8 on Sunday. Then we went to a charity pancake breakfast Sunday morning, where I put a little too much butter and way too much syrup on my pancakes. And this morning I was 165.2. So to post a loss after all of that is ok with me.

Have a wonderful weekend everybody! We're off to see Trans Siberian Orchestra on Sunday. I think this is our 7th year in a row seeing them. Always an awesome show. I love classical music, and I'm also a pretty big metal-head. So I really get the best of both worlds when I see them.

 

[solar]

I was 165.2. So to post a loss after all of that is ok with me.

Anything down is better than up!!! Congrats and enjoy your concert - I'm sure it will be an awesome show

 

[natale1980]

I joined SparkPeople.com. Thanks for the recommendation!
The only thing I don't get is - it says I can eat as much as 1600 calories a day... I think thats to much. Yesterday I was at about 1,300 and it said I should eat more Maybe today I'll eat an extra apple

Allot of Diet drinks have Aspartame. There is actually Aspartame Poisoning!!! My husband had several of the symptoms and went off of Diet Pepsi for almost a month!! But he couldn't take it anymore and was really hard to live with... so he's back on the soda.

Making progress on my C25K!! I just finished day two of week one. I know I have a long way to go but it felt good to keep it up.
I also plugged in my WiiFit. So now I will weight myself in as suggested.
The only bad thing is I looked at where I was a year ago today and I was about 13 lbs lower then I am now!!! Kinda made me mad, But I also remember how good I looked just 13lbs lower then I am now... and I know that in -13lbs I can fit into my skinny jeans!! (just to clarify... they are my skinny jeans... but would be big on allot of skinny people. I want to loose more like 20-30lbs)

Good Luck Everyone!! You guys are great!
-nat

 

[solar]

Making progress on my C25K!! I just finished day two of week one. I know I have a long way to go but it felt good to keep it up.

WAY TO GO...I just got off my treadmill too! Finished Day 2 of Week 3...it does feel great to make progress!

 

[natale1980]

WAY TO GO...I just got off my treadmill too! Finished Day 2 of Week 3...it does feel great to make progress!

I wish I was there already!!! Great job!!!

-nat

 

[LMO429]

WAY TO GO...I just got off my treadmill too! Finished Day 2 of Week 3...it does feel great to make progress!

I want to get a treadmill for our home. I love working out at home less excuses that way

 

[natale1980]

I got my treadmill for $150 on craigslist! It was $50 more then I wanted to spend but I still think it was an ok deal!
-nat

 

[LMO429]

I got my treadmill for $150 on craigslist! It was $50 more then I wanted to spend but I still think it was an ok deal!
-nat

Wow that is such an awesome price

I have my eye on the nordictrack that jillian michaels has discs for. but i better keep dreaming I am not getting it anytime soon

 

[punkin413]

i see some nice numbers!

Dawn - do you really think you lost more weight when you stopped drinking diet soda? I am a soda girl. And it makes sense that if you stop drinking regular soda, you'd drop pounds, but do you really think stopping the diet soda helped you lose more than when you were just counting cals, etc.?

YES!!!! i truly believe that's what made the difference when i lost the weight i lost in 2007, almost 30 pounds. i was a diet coke addict and when i decided to take that step and cut out ALL soda and tea (still allowing myself 1-2 cups of coffee in the morning with non-fat creamer), the pounds really fell off more quickly than ever before. i think lauren mentioned something about a chemical in diet drinks that make you hungry. i really think it's not only that, but all the "stuff" that's in there is stuff your body doesn't know what to do with. it doesn't do anything good for you AT ALL! your body NEEDS water and you feel so much better when you cut out the soda and get more water. it just helps to flush out your entire system and you feel so much better when you don't add all that extra stuff in there that you don't need.

I want to get a treadmill for our home. I love working out at home less excuses that way

i want one, too, but the one thing that ray has asked me to do since we've been married (seriously - he's very low maintenance) is not to get a treadmill. he doesn't want one sitting in the middle of the living room or the bedroom. and i don't think i'd want to have it anywhere else in the house. he cooks and cleans, so i figure this is the least i can do for him. so i will continue to walk/run outside when it's nice, then just do my DVDs inside when it's not. i wish i could get one, though!

 

[solar]

want to get a treadmill for our home. I love working out at home less excuses that way

I was good at ignoring mine for awhile

 

[Wonders10]

Okay I'm convinced! I'm going to go soda free this week. But I am putting 1 splenda in my morning coffee (I usually put 2) plus my creamer. Depending on how this week goes, I'll try to wean myself off the splenda in my coffee entirely. That is my big goal for this week in addition to eating well. I have to head into work for a bit, and I may head to Macy's for a bit as well but then it's off to the grocery store. My biggest problem is that since I work after work (make sense?) I need energy to keep going for another couple hours and that is when I usually make horrible snack/dinner choices - like last week. So I'm going to search for some healthy snacks to keep me going for job #2 that I don't push me over my daily point count.

 

[dwheatl]

i weighed in at WW this morning, and I was down 1.4.
Shannon, I am with you on the afternoon snacking. I think a lot of it is emotional for me; I resent having so much to do at the end of the day, and I'm usually trying to get out so I can go take care of my mother. Then I feel sorry for myself, then I eat. I have found that an apple and a bag of 100 calorie popcorn satisfies me and gives me a break that renews my energy.

 

[Wonders10]

I've had such a productive day! The client I was supposed to observe cancelled, but my boss still asked me to come in so I could start filling out my Medicaid license. Got that done and she also showed me some great things she just found in the $1 section of Target that she uses for therapy. I got some great ideas and tips! So of course once I left there, I headed to Target and bought tons of stuff from the $1 section. So excited about my finds - and such great deals! I did splurge a bit and got a peppermind mocha from Starbucks (love that!) but with nonfat milk. Then I hit Publix and did my weekly shopping. And when I got home I put all my Halloween decor away and set up my Thanksgiving stuff. And all that my 2pm!

I decided to post my tentative meal/snack plans for the week, if that's okay:
Breakfast:
coffee with 1 tbsp creamer and 1 splenda
1 cup frosted mini shredded wheat and 1/2 cup skim milk

Lunch:
Turkey and low-fat cheese sandwich on arnold thin sandwich rounds
100 cal pack sun chips
fruit (this week pineapple - on sale!)

Afternoon snack:
apple slices and low fat cheese stick OR
100 cal yogurt and 1/2 serving triscuit thin crisps

Dinner:
Since I'm extra busy this week (it seems):
lean cuisine and either salad or another veggie OR
perdue low fat breaded chicken tenders (baked) and salad

Night Snack:
not really sure...depends on if I want a sweet or salty, but I have stuff if I'm hungry - like the Jell-O mousse!!!

What do you all think?

 

[LMO429]

Last night we had friends over for dinner. For the 1st time ever I didnt stress about not eating certain kinds of "forbidden" foods and guess what I ate like an actual human being for once. I allowed myself to have what was being served but I didnt binge out on anything just because in my mind I was so called "not allowed to have it"

For me I know I have to lose my all or nothing attitude when it comes to food. I know what to eat, I know how much to eat and I love to exercise if I can just figure out the mental all or nothing attitude Im home free...

 

[LMO429]

I've had such a productive day! The client I was supposed to observe cancelled, but my boss still asked me to come in so I could start filling out my Medicaid license. Got that done and she also showed me some great things she just found in the $1 section of Target that she uses for therapy. I got some great ideas and tips! So of course once I left there, I headed to Target and bought tons of stuff from the $1 section. So excited about my finds - and such great deals! I did splurge a bit and got a peppermind mocha from Starbucks (love that!) but with nonfat milk. Then I hit Publix and did my weekly shopping. And when I got home I put all my Halloween decor away and set up my Thanksgiving stuff. And all that my 2pm!

I decided to post my tentative meal/snack plans for the week, if that's okay:
Breakfast:
coffee with 1 tbsp creamer and 1 splenda
1 cup frosted mini shredded wheat and 1/2 cup skim milk

Lunch:
Turkey and low-fat cheese sandwich on arnold thin sandwich rounds
100 cal pack sun chips
fruit (this week pineapple - on sale!)

Afternoon snack:
apple slices and low fat cheese stick OR
100 cal yogurt and 1/2 serving triscuit thin crisps

Dinner:
Since I'm extra busy this week (it seems):
lean cuisine and either salad or another veggie OR
perdue low fat breaded chicken tenders (baked) and salad

Night Snack:
not really sure...depends on if I want a sweet or salty, but I have stuff if I'm hungry - like the Jell-O mousse!!!

What do you all think?

This looks great I could be way off but this seems about a 1200 calorie day I think you may actually be able to eat a little bit more.

 

[punkin413]

Okay I'm convinced! I'm going to go soda free this week. But I am putting 1 splenda in my morning coffee (I usually put 2) plus my creamer. Depending on how this week goes, I'll try to wean myself off the splenda in my coffee entirely.

i like my coffee sweet, as well, and i discovered something about a year ago that has allowed me to cut the sweetener out of my coffee. coffeemate makes a fat free creamer called vanilla chai and i can only find it at target. just with adding that creamer, it makes my coffee sweet enough and i don't need the sugar/splenda any more. just thought i'd pass that along in case you want to look for it and give it a try. if they don't have fat free vanilla chai but do have fat free cinnamon vanilla creme, that one is good, too!

What do you all think?

i think it looks good!

Last night we had friends over for dinner. For the 1st time ever I didnt stress about not eating certain kinds of "forbidden" foods and guess what I ate like an actual human being for once. I allowed myself to have what was being served but I didnt binge out on anything just because in my mind I was so called "not allowed to have it"

For me I know I have to lose my all or nothing attitude when it comes to food. I know what to eat, I know how much to eat and I love to exercise if I can just figure out the mental all or nothing attitude Im home free...