Looking to Lose Ladies

[Arizona Rita]

I had thought I should say something to the fact that it was not Michelle that passed. He was a friend of my older siblings and I just dont remember a time that he wasnt around.
BTW, Michelle is still in rehab and the thigh is looking really good and she just has the bandages around the calf part. She still hasnt stood on it and she is starting to get impatient and wants to go home but she knows she's not going anywhere, yet!

 

[Lisa]

Yesterday, I modified a recipe for ricotta cakes. Despite a few hitches, they turned out great. First, I subbed in whole wheat, almond meal and flax meal for the flour, splenda for the sugar, and then I got out the ricotta. hmm. I don't think it's supposed to be brown and runny. INto the trash it went. Now what ( the other ingredients were all mixed and waiting.) Cottage Cheese? Sure. I didn't even measure it, just shoveled in what was left in the carton. Baked. YUM. They were supposed to be iced, but we didn't bother. ~100 calories, 6 carbs. some Omega 3s from the flax, and a nice little protein load. Next time I will use less whole wheat and more flax meal.

Happy Eating!

Those sound yummy. I have some flax meal, I am going to have to get the recipe and give it a try.

AZRita, I am so sorry for the loss of your friend.

Stress seems to be one of the main roadblocks when trying to eat healthy. Let's talk about how to effectively conquer this stumbling block. I try to make some decent meals that I can put in the freezer and take out whenever life is throwing cow dung at me. Kind of like healthy comfort food. Yesterday I made a yummy veggie lasagna. It had cottage cheese, carrots, broccoli, turkey sausage, zucchini, summer squash puree in it made with whole wheat lasagna. Easy to pop in the oven for dinner tonight after being up two days straight.

 

[StitchIsOurHero]

Rita, I'm so, so sorry!!

I can't weigh in until Wednesday--mom & dad are out of town, so I'm home with DS! YAY! But, the scale I use is at my mom's so I'll have to wait til Wednesday to weigh in!

 

[joyah]

Rita I'm so sorry prayers being said for his family and you that you may all find comfort in your memories. glad to hear Michelle is doing well. Hopefully Bananna is on the road to recovery as well.

Lisa Love the cow dung saying I'm going to have to use that rather than having the boys beep at me. Deadliest Catch hasn't helped on that one. they beep over us now and then when they repeat a story they use beeps in the appropriate places.
Also love the thought of food in the freezer I haven't done that in a long time and really should get back to it.

As for my weigh in tomorrow well TMI time and we'll see how bad it is. With the stress at work of flying solo I HAVE NOT been eating well.

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

Wait. Are you saying that the 100 calorie Swiss Miss cakes aren't good for times of stress, real or imaginary {in my case, hormonal means imaginary to my boys}? I am not taking out zucchini to eat when I'm stressing. No, no I'm not.




I do have the Lean Cuisines to throw in the microwave, but thankfully I've been able to get decent food to the table so far.

 

[LindaBabe]

Those sound yummy. I have some flax meal, I am going to have to get the recipe and give it a try.

AZRita, I am so sorry for the loss of your friend.

Stress seems to be one of the main roadblocks when trying to eat healthy. Let's talk about how to effectively conquer this stumbling block. I try to make some decent meals that I can put in the freezer and take out whenever life is throwing cow dung at me. Kind of like healthy comfort food. Yesterday I made a yummy veggie lasagna. It had cottage cheese, carrots, broccoli, turkey sausage, zucchini, summer squash puree in it made with whole wheat lasagna. Easy to pop in the oven for dinner tonight after being up two days straight.

Sorry, Lis - Is life throwing cow dung at you?

And as for the cookies, they didn't taste near as good the next day, back to the drawing board.

Flax meal has a peculiar texture, as does almond meal. Almond meal is more like cornmeal, but flax is just odd.

My accountant told me he uses eggplant slices instead of the lasagne pasta in his. NOT sure I could do that, but yours sounds Yummy!


Good job on the pound, Rita - sorry your week has been in the pits.

All this talk about food. I need a snack.

 

[Lisa]

We love eggplant, I will try that next. Should taste great with the cottage cheese.

AWM, to my family a mickey premium qualifies as one's daily dairy product so your Swiss Miss cakes work for me. Oh darn, now I hear my Girl Scout cookies calling my name. I either need to go to sleep or grab a yogurt to fill the craving.

 

[ddavis860]

I had big plans to cook something healthy for dinner, and ended up having cheese and crackers, ibuprofin, and some water... yummmm

It's a great idea to have freezer food ready to go. I tried that, and Dh and I ate the food, but the kids wouldn't touch it.

I like using my crockpot, and if I could get my act together, and prep tomorrow's dinner tonight, DH would put it in the pot. And dinner would be ready when I come home...that sounds like a plan, I just need to get my ducks in a row...

 

[morgansmom2000]

We're trying really hard to stick to the "menu" but need to have more around when the cow dung hits the fan (like tonight - the sump pump died, DH had to find a new one, install it, and figure out how to jury-rig it to get it to work in our sump pump area). I got home from WW, Morgan had had frozen pizza, and he hadn't eaten. I stopped and got myself a baked potato (no butter, just low-fat sour cream), but didn't know he had had a bad night. I made him a scrambled eggbeaters sandwich with cheese, but since he didn't cook, we didn't have any leftovers for his lunch for tomorrow. I had to resort to a can of soup and fruits and veggies. Still well within the points, but not the best as far as sodium, etc.

I have a crock pot meal planned for tomorrow (and the day off), so we'll be okay for tomorrow and Wednesday, because we'll have what we were going to have tonight. It'll all work out, it's just not easy!

Oh, and I lost .2. Not great, but at least it's the right direction.

 

[MazdaUK]

I think I'm about stable (taking into acount water etc.) but not expecting any great movement for a bit. I might be down 0.5 but the scale kept moving.

Rita sorry for your loss

I made cottage pie (healthy low fat meat well drained, loads of veggies) and put 2 smallish portions in the freezer for me

 

[joyah]

Well I maintained and that's huge for this week. I haven't been eating just snacking very bad habbit for me to get into.
so I'm still hanging at 2-2.5

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

I'm maintaining. Not sure how I feel about that. I've been eating healthy, and I think I'm exercising more total. Less elliptical time, but I've added the walking. More strength exercising too.

Hopefully I will see something when I do my measurements next week. Maybe my loss is in inches, not weight.

 

[DisneyIsTerrific]

I'm down 1 pound!!!! So, I'm back to 9.5

 

[rlovew]

1.5 today- back up- definately because of snacking and not getting in my exercise. I need to get back to my checklist this week.

Rebecca

 

[LindaBabe]

Good Morning Ladies

Are we all journaling what we're eating?

Consuming more veggies?

Thinking before we choose what we eat?

Yesterday, I ate

Breakfast - the usual, bacon, eggs, melon, rye toast
Lunch 1/2 apple, cheese, carrots w ranch dressing
Supper ham, 1/3 sweet potato, asparagus
Snack - leftover venison and veggies from last night.

 

[Lisa]

I too had an increase this week, up a pound. I have to admit Sunday we had a typical irish meal, minus the irish soda bread. Got to have my corned beef and cabbage dinner. I know I should have cut my potato in half but I just couldn't. I have increased my exercise and today my pant suit pants fit a bit looser in the waist.

Just gotta keep plugging.

 

[joyah]

we're all going to have these weeks and we all know what we did so we move on.
Lisa you're noticing a difference that's great!
rebecca you've been stressed with all that has gone on you'll get there.
stephanie great job.
Ann that is where I see it when I don't see it on the scale.

 

[LindaBabe]

Positive difference in the way clothes fit is DEFINITELY progress! Yeah Lisa!

Yeah Stephanie!

and Yeah for the maintainers, too - it's better than gaining, right?

If you gained last week - well - it happens. Just try a little more this week - YOU CAN DO IT!

Yesterday, I ate
Before pool - 1 round tsp PB
Breakfast - the usual, bacon, eggs, melon, toast
Lunch- salad with ham and cheese - 'waffle cookies'
Supper - stirfried steak (1/2 price at the co-op, yeah!) with onions peppers and mushrooms
Snack - strawberries & cream

Happy Day, All!

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

I think I'm okay. Today's scale saw a loss of 0.5. So it does all depend upon our body's flux on weigh day. I'm going to keep my number from yesterday and maybe weigh daily this week and see what is the average difference.

I think next month I can add the exercise CD to my routine. I do feel like I can do the beginner sets again without wanting to keel over.

Two more weeks to jean try on day.

 

[PinballFamily]

Wow - new number 9.5 (now in my target "decade" - at the wrong end of it, but progress!)

Down 2.5 pounds! And I didn't get to walk for three days this past week, due to all the rain...but the daily medicinal chocolate chips are a thing of the past, so...!

5.5 down since we started this - loving it! One third of the way to my goal!