Mike' Make Over Madness!

[Mykelogan]

Ok! I am caught up on journals I think and I am going to make lunch and then afterwards I will get back to my trip reporting!!!
(I do greatly appreciate knowing you guys are enjoying it Tracy, Kardibelle, and Michelle!!! )

Bye all!
Mike

 

[Storygirl]

Hello Mike! I just finished a lovely low carb lunch and wanted to pop in to say hello to another lcer...although I must admit...those reward meals sound so appealing on weekends when I have more time. I've read the Carb Addicts book - do you like this way of eating??

I will leave you to your trip report - I am really looking forward to it!

Have a great Saturday!

Jenn.

 

[Mykelogan]

Hey Jenn!

I just finished part 3 of my trip report, you can see it here.

I definitely enjoy the CALP (Carb Addicts Lifespan Plan). If you have read the first book aka CAD and not CALP I would suggest it. In CALP they further developed the plan and added more balance. The RM in CAD is not really balanced but in CALP you start with salad (or extra cooked veggies) and then have a meal balanced in thirds between protein, craving reducing veggies, and your carbs. If you want more of anything you must have more of each third. What I truly enjoy is that I know I can have anything I want to in the proper portions every day at my RM. So no foods become forbidden. Instead of being "naughty" and gorging on a pint of Ben 'n Jerrys ice cream, I know that I can have a serving of it with a nice dinner. Last night my RM was a salad, two grilled portabella mushrooms I had marinated and after grilling I topped them with mozz cheese and pepperoni like mini pizzas. For my carbs and dessert, I spread a thin layer of peanut butter on two small pieces of low carb multi grain bread and topped each with slices of banana. Such a feast and all on plan! I find that my real physical cravings (not my head cravings when I see Oreos hehe) and hunger are pretty much gone. If anything I need to eat more during the day. I think that is the big difference to me. I could probably lose weight eating low cal on a low fat/high carb diet as many people do, but I would be ravenous all the time. I don't feel deprived and that is important to me. I don't want to sound like an infomercial so I will stop there! hehe If you have any specific questions just let me know!

Have a good one!
Mike

 

[Mykelogan]

Feeling a bit better than I was earlier. (I'm fighting off a summer cold and it was winning today!) Gotta love getting sick on a day off!! NOT! hehe

Now it is time to watch Big Brother and make dinner. BB is one of my summer traditions, anyone else? I love it! Dinner tonight will be a boston lettuce salad, and then I think I will make tostadas with two low carb tortillas, spicy grilled chicken, cheddar, lettuce, green pepper, onion, and a yummy dressing (aka sour cream and salsa mixed). I have a yummy nectarine too and half a banana from yesterday.

DOing good today water wise, have drank 64oz already. Have not drank as much as I like usually so I gotta focus more on that.

Anywho time to watch the houseguests and make food, then I think I am watching the movie The Jacket. I got it in from Blockbuster online rentals yesterday.

Have a happy & healthy one all!
Mike

p.s. More trip report tomorrow, my notes are in the office so I need to go get them! DOn't want to forget anything!

 

[goldcupmom]

Your trip sounds like it was AWESOME!! It makes me want to go. BOO HOO!!!!

Sorry to hear about your cold. It is SO not fun!

Your mushrooms sound very yummy - wish I could readily find them here. Back in Iowa we used to go mushroom hunting and find TONS. One year my MIL even shipped us a box overnight. It was too funny when I told the FedEX guy what was in the box.

Hope you are feeling better. Have a great night and I'll catch ya in the morning.

 

[pearlieq]

Hi!

Just stopping by to wish you a great day!!!!

Keep up the great work! You can do it!!!

 

[Lesli54]

Just stopping by to see how things are going. You look like you are doing great! Your infectious spirit will really take you far, as well as helping us along.

So what do you do at the college, if you don't mind my asking? I found it very interesting to hear someone who works with a college, actually say that the costs of attending are getting out of control. It's just nice to know that it isn't a thought found only on the parent end.

Keep up the great work. Hope you enjoyed BB last night. I watched the first season and never could really get into the second one. We are Survivor and Amazing Race fans. Hey maybe we could get them to do a WISH Amazing Race?

Have a great day!

 

[Mykelogan]

Your trip sounds like it was AWESOME!! It makes me want to go. BOO HOO!!!!

Sorry to hear about your cold. It is SO not fun!

Your mushrooms sound very yummy - wish I could readily find them here. Back in Iowa we used to go mushroom hunting and find TONS. One year my MIL even shipped us a box overnight. It was too funny when I told the FedEX guy what was in the box.

Hope you are feeling better. Have a great night and I'll catch ya in the morning.

Hi Julie!
Thanks for stopping by! I am feeling better today, which is good as I have wayyy too much to get done now. hehe!
Ooh fresh mushrooms! You were lucky. I love all kinds of mushrooms, prepared most kinds of ways!
Sorry to make you long for WDW with my report, hehe! Reading trip reports does the same to me.

Hope that you had a peaceful night after all you had to deal with yesterday!
Mike

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi!

Just stopping by to wish you a great day!!!!

Keep up the great work! You can do it!!!

Thanks pearlieq! I appreciate your support!

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Lesli!

Just stopping by to see how things are going. You look like you are doing great! Your infectious spirit will really take you far, as well as helping us along.

I hope so!! Though I am not sure my spirit will be helping me a lot at the scale this week, not enough exercise + being sick = ???
So we will see!!!

So what do you do at the college, if you don't mind my asking? I found it very interesting to hear someone who works with a college, actually say that the costs of attending are getting out of control. It's just nice to know that it isn't a thought found only on the parent end.

I think most college admin at my level across the country at least would agree costs are high. The VPs and Pres getting the big salaries I am sure would make some empathetic statements that would sound pleasant but not definitely agree. hehe! I work in the Office of Residential Life and Housing. I am a Residence Hall Director and Operations Assistant. So I supervise my residence hall of about 250 freshmen meaning I oversee the physical, personal, emotional needs of the community, including discipline, social programming, educational programming, hall government, facilities concerns, etc. I have a staff of student Resident Assistants that work for me. In our main office I am currently in charge of our training/development program, staff selection, dept. publications, dept. newsletter, among other things. My "bonus work" as an Operations Assistant includes student housing placement, room changes/withdrawals, special housing requests and intersession housing. Sounds like fun, no? hehe! So now you know everything you wanted to know about my job and more!

Keep up the great work. Hope you enjoyed BB last night. I watched the first season and never could really get into the second one. We are Survivor and Amazing Race fans. Hey maybe we could get them to do a WISH Amazing Race?

BB was great last night! I am a big Survivor and AR fan too. In fact this coming August, our Resident Assistant training theme is "The Amazing RAs (aka The Amazing Race!)" I am in the middle of planning fun activities during training that they will do in their peer support pairs like the teams on AR. A WISH pair on AR would rock!!

I hope that you have a good day too! I am going to make a salad with some left over chicken from last night and then head to my office (down the hall) to write some more of my trip report

Mike

 

[kardiebelle]

Hey cold pizza I come to visit and see how you are doing. But you have been sick and not enough exercise. My dear Mike how could you! You got sick and no exercise what are we going to do with you. I guess you can have the couple days off. NOT! I was thinking of a thing the RA's should do for the Amazine Race theme. Dress up in Banana outfits and run around the block that would be funny

Just disregard everything I said up there. Have a great week the freshmen are coming back soon. Lose the weight. SMILES

 

[toystoryduo]

Hey Mike!

How are you feeling this Monday morning? Summer colds can be a lot of fun! Just kidding! For me, summer colds are harder to get rid of than winter colds. I hope you are feeling much better today!

Your trip report is awesome, Mike! It sounds like you had such a blast in the world! Can't wait for the next installments.......

Have a wonderful Monday!!!

 

[Mykelogan]

Hey cold pizza I come to visit and see how you are doing. But you have been sick and not enough exercise. My dear Mike how could you! You got sick and no exercise what are we going to do with you. I guess you can have the couple days off. NOT! I was thinking of a thing the RA's should do for the Amazine Race theme. Dress up in Banana outfits and run around the block that would be funny

Just disregard everything I said up there. Have a great week the freshmen are coming back soon. Lose the weight. SMILES

Hahahahahaha!
Thanks Kardibelle!
Have a great day!
Mike

 

[Mykelogan]

Hey Mike!

How are you feeling this Monday morning? Summer colds can be a lot of fun! Just kidding! For me, summer colds are harder to get rid of than winter colds. I hope you are feeling much better today!

Your trip report is awesome, Mike! It sounds like you had such a blast in the world! Can't wait for the next installments.......

Have a wonderful Monday!!!

Hey Tracy!
Glad you liked the next installment of my report!
I am feeling much better today thankfully!
Have a good day!
Mike

 

[Mykelogan]

Ok, I weighed in this morning and was disappointed at first and then was reading journals, and I definitely got my head put on straight when I read Jen's (Joelyfaithsmommy) entry.

I lost a pound this week!! That is one more gone, and one more I need not worry about anymore. That makes me happy!!

I have a very busy work day ahead so I have to get going. Have a happy & healthy one all!!

Mike

 

[toystoryduo]

Hey Mike!

You lost a pound!!! That is great! You keep up the good work and the scale will keep going down for you!!!

Have a great Monday!

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Hi, Mike! I know I am late in welcoming you to WISH but an infant will do that to you! I love your upbeat attitude and your sense of humor! Oh, and I also LOVE mushrooms. Dh thinks I am nuts since he can't stand them. I agree that losing a pound is a good thing even if it seems like a pound isn't much sometimes. After all add all of the "one pound lost here, one pound lost there" together and it adds up! You are doing great!

 

[DisDon]

<homer>mmmmm....mushrooms....

Good job on the lost pound, sound like a lot of us have moved over to the slow lane, but we're still movin'!
Have fun with the freshmen, let me know if you need me to come and thump on any of 'em.

 

[keenercam]

Hey, Mike! I know I haven't been here in a while, but I wanted you to know I have been thinking about you (and all your fabulous recipes! )

Congratulations on losing another pound! I am so jealous that you are getting so close to that really cool clippie! That is soooo awesome! Do NOT be disappointed if it is a bit less than you were looking for this week -- it is still progress in the right direction! This week you'll add more exercise, drink more water, and look forward to the next time you step on the scale.

Keep up the great work, Bud!

 

[lillygator]

Hi Mike!!
Congrats on the pound loss - that is 4 sticks of butter you know!!

Great job - !!