The "Boo to Us" Weight Loss Challenge

[franandaj]

How was the corned beef and cabbage? And have you got a recipe?

Oh Corned Beef and Cabbage was YUM as usual! I never made it until Fran and I got together, in fact I had never had it until then. She introduced me to all kinds of "american ethnic foods". My parents we were very highbrow in their cuisine and I had never eaten a casserole until I met my first finacee (who I never married), but we never ate traditional American food at home except for Spaghetti and Meat sauce. Other than that we ate very different food than most americans, which I didn't know until I left home. I mean most people didn't eat fondue every week, but that was a staple in our house, along with curried chicken and other things I can't remember now, but were weird for most people in the 70s.

I just make it how Fran told me, or is on the package. You buy the corned beef and it has a package of spices. Put the beef in the cold water so it is covered (I have a special pan with a strainer and a steaming bucket, we got it at Costco) and bring it to a boil. Add the spices and boil for about 2 hours. Add some red potatoes, cut into 2-3 pieces and carrots and cook for 10-15 minutes. Add the steamer tray with cut up cabbage and onions for another 10 minutes.

Serve immediately. I like to dip my meat in a mix of Dijon mustard, whole grain mustard and horseradish, and put a little butter on the cabbage and onions and potatoes.

For the next night we have reuben sandwiches with hash browned potates and cole slaw, they were extra nummy!

 

[PrincessInOz]

watermelon a banana, some mixed nuts, 1 pita bread and some super special low fat chilli con carne that i make myself in huge batchs and portion it up so i can take them to work oh and a salad sandwich that i made myself (for lunch)

im going with a as close to real food as possible type scenario
everything is made by me except the bread
then i know exactly what is in it

im over the headache and the sweats from the sugar withdrawal
my body is now in tune with my new diet
i feel better

so the plan is to just let the weight naturally fall away

i play roller hockey on mondays and i usually go for 4 or 5 long walks a week

if i could be critical of myself

stop watching tv you smeg for brains

so thats what i need to work on at the moment
too much tv and not enough living

Sounds like you're on a real serious diet! Are you planning on weighing yourself, smeg for brains ?

 

[HappyFingers]

lol

look im not what i would consider morbidly obese
but i am to some extent obese
im 6 foot 3 and big boned

i think i weigh about 155kilo at the moment
but as most scales stop working at 150 kilos its hard to really know exactly

im hoping for a 30 kilo weight loss over the next 10 and a half months
next time i make my special chilli con carne ill take photos so you can make it as well if you like
its really nice and filling with next to no fat

its basically some mince, refried beans, mexi beans, jalapenos, lentils, onion, chilli powder, brown rice, light sour cream, garlic
all mixed together and portioned into little containers of which i have one a day
its actually very nice (hot spicy) but if you dont like it hot you just forgo the jalapenos (whole jar of them )

microwave it slap it in a pita, roll it up as a burito and yummy

no cheese, no added salt, no worries mate
slam it down with a glass of water before and after



this is me, my kids and my sister on the slopes of shaky knees at mt bulla, my wife isnt there because she cant ski for crap
and yes that is my silly hat and i like it
it helps the kids find me on the slopes because it is a one of a kind (well ive never seen another like it on the slopes) everyone and i mean everyone enjoys my hat, in fact i got chased by a little kid who wanted to buy it off me sorry dude its mine

 

[PrincessInOz]

Nice picture. Thanks.

At least I'll know how to (avoid...I mean) recognise your hat next time I'm up on the slopes.

Waiting for you chilli con carne recipe....



ps. You'd better get a move on with your savings as well.

 

[PrincessInOz]

A bunch of us on this thread are going to be at WDW this week.

Speaking for myself, I can categorically state that I will NOT be good.....but, as always, I will be good at it!

Catch you all later.

 

[franandaj]

we need to keep this thread active while the main perpetrators are snacking their way around the world. I've been really good, and stayed on my program. Tomorrow I'll weigh in, so we'll see how I do, it's also approaching that "water retention time" so it may be a while before I actually see weight loss.

 

[franandaj]

Ooops! mistakes there!

 

[monavie]

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[franandaj]

Thank for very good information.I also suggest one thing that MonaVie. Mona Vie juice bears lyophilized acai powder, acai puree, and juice concentrated a variety of healthy fruits.

That stuff is such a rip off! A friend gave me a bottle, I drank some daily until it was finished, about a week. There were no beneficial side effects and then to find out it was $40US+ per bottle!

 

[stephielela]

I have been trying to be good, and mostly succeeding... except fro the exercise part. I have done a good job of cutting out most of my soda intake though. I am on my 6th day in a row of work, and i have one more after this so on Wednesday is when I am going to start hard core with my new plan!

 

[franandaj]

I have been trying to be good, and mostly succeeding... except fro the exercise part. I have done a good job of cutting out most of my soda intake though. I am on my 6th day in a row of work, and i have one more after this so on Wednesday is when I am going to start hard core with my new plan!

Good Job!

Soda is one of the worst things, at least that is what several doctors have told me, the regular sodas have a TON of sugar, and the diet sodas have strange chemicals in them which are not good for your body.

Keep up the good work!

 

[PrincessInOz]

Well, I'm back from the World and starting to come back down to Earth again.

I've started to get back into a proper eating regime and am going to be really serious about dropping 5 kgs.

Today, I had porridge and fruit for breakfast with tea, no milk. The milk was added to the porridge.
For lunch I had a ham and cheese sandwich using wholemeal bread.
And for dinner, a baked potato with cheese, baked beans, coleslaw and avocado.

I'm back to work again tomorrow; so I should be able to get into a schedule for meals and proper snacks.
Still need to get a bicycle pump so that I can pump up my bike tyres and start cycling again. It doesn't help that its be particularly wet in Melbourne at the moment.

 

[Simba22]

You are better than me, Sharon! I decided to start with a clean slate on Monday since we came home from WDW on Friday.

I was doing so good! And then lunch time came: Half a chicken parm grinder and 2 pieces of garlic bread and then for dinner we had McDonalds...and I got a Quarter Pounder with Cheese!

So today, I am going to be much better! I have a couple of snacks to bring with me so I don't eat junk, I will have the other half of my grinder from yesterday but for dinner I'm cooking something at home. Not sure what it will be yet, but it will be much healthier than McDonalds!

 

[franandaj]

Well, I'm back from the World and starting to come back down to Earth again.

You are better than me, Sharon! I decided to start with a clean slate on Monday since we came home from WDW on Friday.

for dinner we had McDonalds...and I got a Quarter Pounder with Cheese!

Well while you ladies were at the world I was at home doing the same old thing! I just had no one to talk to....

I find that if we end up at the drive through for McDonald's if I get a side salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette, a fruit and Yogurt Parfait, and either a regular cheeseburger or a 4 pack of nuggets, I've eaten less calories than a Quarter Pounder (or Big & Tasty - which is my fave) and I'm still full. Of course I do steal a few of Fran's fries!

Supposedly we are going to the gym today. She can't find her bathing suit, so she is ordering another from Land's end, then we will go do machines...

 

[stephielela]

I am starting my "hard-core" Disney dieting this week as well. No fast food or soda, and no more than 3 beers a week. I don't ususally drink more than 3 beers between my 2 days off, but with the holidays approaching parties are going to be more frequent. I am not allowing any other alcohol besides beer either. Now if I could just make myself exercise...

 

[franandaj]

I am starting my "hard-core" Disney dieting this week as well. No fast food or soda, and no more than 3 beers a week. I don't ususally drink more than 3 beers between my 2 days off, but with the holidays approaching parties are going to be more frequent. I am not allowing any other alcohol besides beer either. Now if I could just make myself exercise...

Yeah my downfall is wine and I can't give up my glass of wine each day, life sucks too much to not have that relaxation in the evening at dinner. But hopefully we'll start going back to the gym to work it off!

 

[PrincessInOz]

You are better than me, Sharon! I decided to start with a clean slate on Monday since we came home from WDW on Friday.

I was doing so good! And then lunch time came: Half a chicken parm grinder and 2 pieces of garlic bread and then for dinner we had McDonalds...and I got a Quarter Pounder with Cheese!

So today, I am going to be much better! I have a couple of snacks to bring with me so I don't eat junk, I will have the other half of my grinder from yesterday but for dinner I'm cooking something at home. Not sure what it will be yet, but it will be much healthier than McDonalds!

I started out really bad today with a bacon and egg sandwich for breakfast ; and then thought of this thread and kept on track for the rest of the day.

I am starting my "hard-core" Disney dieting this week as well. No fast food or soda, and no more than 3 beers a week. I don't ususally drink more than 3 beers between my 2 days off, but with the holidays approaching parties are going to be more frequent. I am not allowing any other alcohol besides beer either. Now if I could just make myself exercise...

I'm actually a 2 glasses of wine a YEAR kinda gal....so giving up alcohol is not an issue.

Now if only I can get off my a%$e to go to the shop to buy a bicycle pump!

 

[PrincessInOz]

A bacon and egg toasted sandwich for breakfast was about my only weak spot today.
Lunch was a cheese (lite) wholemeal sandwich
I had fruit for afternoon tea
Dinner was gnocchi; proportions in keeping with WW

 

[franandaj]

I was kinda borderline, probably within limits, but just barely....

 

[PrincessInOz]

Checking in with today's effort.

I was STARVING today; and given this circumstance, I think I did fairly okay today.

Breakfast was two slices of toast with apricot jam.
Morning tea was a cafe latte and a handful of almond nuts.
Lunch was a shwarma, lamb and chicken mix.
Afternoon tea was 4 rice crackers with the WW approved size for cheese
Dinner was rice with steam chicken, sweet potato, mushroom.

I'm still starving and will probably have another handful of nuts later.

Still no sign of a bicycle pump yet. But I did walk around (moderate pace) the park for 30 minutes with a friend today.