When Did I Get Voted Off of Skinny Island & Why is This Fat Shadow Stalking Me?

[o2cre8]

I signed up on sparkpeople. There is so much info, i'm trying to figure it all out. But it does look like an amazing site.

For people who are counting calories, what do you do if you have a food that you can't figure out calories for? i made spagetti and meatballs for dinner tonight for the family. I would have some I think, but i have no idea how many calories would be in the meatballs. what do you do in this kind of situation? There is ketchup, cranberry sauce and brown sugar in the sauce. Maybe I should just make myself something safe like eggs? any ideas???

By the way i keep just googling calories in sliced turkey breast, calories in......

Also, on sparkpeople, they made this menu plan for me I think. but the cereal that i had wasn't on there. so i tried to put in the info for a food that wasn't listed, but it didn't work. There was also no place for me to just put in the calories on my own. hope i'm making sense. i really have to play around with that site. it looks too good , not to.

anyway gota run, homework time w/ the kids........

 

[Jasperann]

The brand of lo-cal honey wheat is Nature's own it is 40 cal a slice believe it was alot of trial and error finding a good lo-cal bread. I'm not one of those people who can give up certain foods> i have to find alterantives that can work for me.I am a big bread,pasta and red meat eater,so I really have trouble adapting to those fad diets. That's why I'm trying my own thing and see how it goes. i don't eat ww or lean cuisines everyday but I do incorporate them into my life. Mary

That sounds really yummy... I'm going to have to look for it. That is one of my life style changes that stuck from last time. I love Wheat bread (the real kind) and think that white bread taste really bland. Have you tried the pasta that has the extra fiber in it? I really like that too. I love pasta and can not imagine not eating it. You actually sound just like me in the eating department. I can not do fad diets they don't work for me. Especially one that says no bread, pasta, red meat... ect.

That's one of the things I missed about my stomach hurting all the time. Yes, I was in pain and yes, I would throw up at the worst possible moments (ever try to leave a booth quietly during a song and know you have 65 seconds to get back before you miss a cue???) BUT I was losing a lot of weight because nothing sounded good or stayed in my stomach. I was existing on bagels and rice. Not healthy in any way but still, the scale was pleasant. However, I decided I had to be a grown up and get the stomach fixed (still working on that) but I can eat more foods now so I do and I am not losing as much as I should.

I'm still struggling with today. Went out to lunch with a coworker to finalize our disney stuff and ended up with a patty melt and fries. I think I will stick to soup for dinner so the day isn't a total loss. And of course, for the next 6 days, I am in Disney so I KNOW I won't be eating perfectly. I just have to try to remember, you can't win every battle but you can win the war. It's a life long change and a marathon to the goal line, not a quick fix and a sprint.

Have fun at Disney! I'm so excited for you! No one is perfect and as long as you jump right back on the horse when you get back you will be fine. Just try to drink an extra water a day while there.

Let's hope I don't get that bad! I think this could be a new tool in my not eating junk war. I should eat some junk food that will make me sick so the next time I want to eat that food I associate it with throwing up and viola I so do not want to eat that food anymore.
That actually happened with a couple of foods from when I was a kid. I got food poisioning from a pot pie and to this day I cannot eat pot pies, same thing with Philly cheese steaks, I have a vivid memory of carrying around a bottle of Pepto after eating that cheese steak.

I have foods that are like that. I was eating one of those prepackaged pies with the fillings that hostess makes, and I took a bit and there were bugs inside it. I can't even look at those with out feeling ill. In fact I'm pretty sure that is why I stay away from all those kinds of things... so I guess it was a good thing? Just didn't feel like it at the time.

It's only day 3 for me. i realize that I need to work on balancing my meals. Like having a combination of carbs, fats and protein. but really, I'm just panicking inside. What if this doesn't work. it's happened before and i just give up. what if the excersizing and watching what I eat doesn't make me loose anything. what if i end up gaining!! I know myself, i'll just want to give up and pig out. Someone here I think posted that she needs to see a loss of 5 pounds and then she'll be ok. Me too, I feel the same way. I have no patience, how am i going to do this???
also, i'm trying really hard to make sure to have about the 1200 calories that i think i'm supposed to. but i still don't understand the calorie thing. what if i miraculously wasn't so hungry one day, should i still force myself to have that amount of calories? i really thought the key to loosing weight was excersizing and cutting calories. normally i'm ALWAYS starving, would it be so bad to have less calories on some days.

Also, what do you think about breakfast. that is the only time i don't normally have an appetite, but I've been making myself have some high fiber cereal. Please is there any way to jump start my weight loss?? I'm so desperate to loose!!!!!

Pick one meal or thing to change. Work on that for a month or a few weeks until you have it down. My example is up until two weeks ago I would drink 'a lot' of coke everyday. I picked that to take out of my life (except for special occasions like a dinner out or something). I have decided today that because I feel stable with not having the coke now I can move onto something else. I have picked to focus on eating a better breakfast. After I have that down I will move onto lunch and so on. Eventually I will be where I want to be. It is all the small steps that will lead you to where you want to be. Don't try to change to much at once, I'm pretty sure most people would rebel at that.

So glad you came here and again - I just feel so blessed we can get a diverse bunch of prople here with all different backgrounds to unite in one common goal and that is a healthier us!

I have a friend who got drunk in HS the night of his 17th b-day on peach Schnapps.

His dad knew what happened when he found the empty bottles behind the house and decided to teach him a lesson.

He woke his hiny up at 7 am, made him do a bunch of field work (lived on a farm) and told him if he puked he would have to eat it. Then at 11:30 drove him to the nearest house (about a mile away) and dropped him off. Told him that Mom would have food ready at Noon sharp and he better not be late.

When Todd got there, sweating and feeling like crud from running and hurling the whole way, he was greeted to lunch.

PEACH pie and Peach jam on bread.

Todd did not drink again for the rest of high school and all of us who are still friends send him Gag gifts on his birthday every year. He gets a ton of Georgia memorabilia!

So so funny! I would do something like this to my kids if they decided to do something so silly.


Think of this as a play...many scenes and much dialoge before the finale!
Exactly! You also have to learn all of your lines before you can complete the play.

I think I said that. I've been losing and regaining the same 2 pounds for years! I know that if I can get over that hump, I will be able to stick with this.

You will get over that hump! There is no IF about it!


Finally, I refuse to set a short-term weight goal. My goal for this week is to track my calories for the entire week. This is really hard for me to do and it will feel like an accomplishment when I do it. If I lose weight, so much the better. But, I know that if I don't see a loss and I was trying to meet a 2 pound per week goal, I would probably just say forget it. I think that using different goals will be better for me.

I am starting to think that approach would be best for me as well. Because when I say I want to loose X amount of weight by what ever date, I will quit if I don't make it. Which is silly and kinda like driving backwards. I'm not sure what makes me do it.


I did the elliptical for 30 minutes today! Which was 5 minutes longer than yesterday. It was all thanks to Gellybean say that she was going to the gym today to do 30 minutes of cardio! I figured if she could drive to the gym and do it, that I could walk to my basement and do the same. So Thanks a Bunch! After my legs were dead from the elliptical I decided I needed to go outside and shovel off our driveway. Because Eric has to change the brakes in our van before our trip and most of the driveway had snow/ice covering it. So I got all of the snow and ice off of the driveway and hopefully it will dry when the sun comes out tomorrow. But now that I've done all that I feel pretty tired...

So I'm off to cook dinner and watch American Idol tonight. Have a great night everyone!

 

[Jasperann]

I signed up on sparkpeople. There is so much info, i'm trying to figure it all out. But it does look like an amazing site.

For people who are counting calories, what do you do if you have a food that you can't figure out calories for? i made spagetti and meatballs for dinner tonight for the family. I would have some I think, but i have no idea how many calories would be in the meatballs. what do you do in this kind of situation? There is ketchup, cranberry sauce and brown sugar in the sauce. Maybe I should just make myself something safe like eggs? any ideas???

Use a small plate. It will look like you are eating more than you are and you will feel full. But when I make homemade stuff, I measure what I put into it and write down the calories for each thing. Then I add them up and divide that by however many servings there are. For meatballs I would divided the total calories for everything I put into it and the meat by how many meatballs I made. Then you would know how many calories each meatball is. Then you just measure a serving of spaghetti (which is more when it has absorbed water... I found a conversion once online by typing it into a google search) I know that sounds like a ton to do when making a food, but once you make the food and you log it on spark or where ever you go then you will never have to add it up again unless you change what you put into the stuff. I make almost the same type of things all the time, so I have like 20 things that are in my calorie counter. (I just have to get back onto the site and start logging again) Hope that helped at least a little bit.

By the way i keep just googling calories in sliced turkey breast, calories in......

Also, on sparkpeople, they made this menu plan for me I think. but the cereal that i had wasn't on there. so i tried to put in the info for a food that wasn't listed, but it didn't work. There was also no place for me to just put in the calories on my own. hope i'm making sense. i really have to play around with that site. it looks too good , not to.

anyway gota run, homework time w/ the kids........

I use http://www.my-calorie-counter.com/calorie_counter.asp and fatsecret.com Those are really good sites to log your own calories. I believe that fatsecret even has an application that can be downloaded to an I-pod touch and I-phone. I will have to look at my I-pod when my daughter releases it and see if that is the one I'm thinking of. It is handy to have when you aren't at home to track your calories.

 

[gellybean]

Hello everyone! I hope you don't mind me jumping in here. I've been lurking for a while but decided it was time to become active and not just lurk.

First Name and Screen name: Allison and Ancestry
What your Goal Is for Fitness: To get into shape and be healthy

Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: Anything dairy especially cheese. I am a cheese addict. I want cheese on everything - fried cheese, shredded cheese, sliced cheese, cottage cheese, etc. I also struggle with carbs such as breads and pastas. I don't particularly care for meat so I often eat dairy and carbs in place of the meat.

Favorite Good Food for You: I do love veggies and fruits.

Favorite Form of Exercise: None! To be 100% honest, I absolutely hate to exercise which is probably what got me into trouble to begin with. I however had an opportunity sort of all into my lap. My youngest kids need to take swimming lesson. The only place in my area that offers swimming lessons is the YMCA. Well here it was cheaper to join the Y as a family then to pay for two kids membership and swimming lessons. So I now have a YMCA membership. I had my first official workout session with them today and got to learn how to use all of the equipment. Also I suffered a really bad leg muscle injury years ago and as a result my pelvis is out of alignment creating back pain (I see a chiropractor for this). I think one of the reasons I hate exercising is because of the inevitable pain I experience. I'm hoping that between the chiropractor and the trainer at the Y that I can find a way to get into shape while minimizing the pain.

What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: I just want to be able to not stress about clothes not fitting me. I also want to be able to look at myself in the mirror without feeling the way I do when I look at myself now.

Family: I am married with four kids. DD age 18 and DS age 14 from my first marriage and DD and DS, age 7, twins from my current marriage.

Oh and I have a lot of weight to lose. About 100 pounds. My weight problem started after the birth of my now 7 year old twins (had a very difficult pregnancy). Prior to that I never really had a weight problem. Now I am 100 pounds overweight and am statistically obese.

Aboard!! I love that you live in Gray, Maine. My son's name is Grayson!! I'm so gonna have to use that as an excuse to vacation in Maine one of these days!

I like meat but catch myself going all day without eating protein! So I too try to supplement with cheese ! LOVE me some cheese!

That's awesome that you stumbled into a Y membership!! Good luck finding the right combination of workouts that will work around your injury! That was the first thing they kept asking us last night, if we had any history of injuries and that we had to say something immediately if anything hurt!!!

Good luck!!!!

Let's hope I don't get that bad! I think this could be a new tool in my not eating junk war. I should eat some junk food that will make me sick so the next time I want to eat that food I associate it with throwing up and viola I so do not want to eat that food anymore.
That actually happened with a couple of foods from when I was a kid. I got food poisioning from a pot pie and to this day I cannot eat pot pies, same thing with Philly cheese steaks, I have a vivid memory of carrying around a bottle of Pepto after eating that cheese steak.

I used to crave chinese food, mainly Pei Wei at least once a week. And didn't order stir fry non fried stuff with brown rice and edamame either... Just sayin'. I woke up with a stomach bug one night after having it, about a year ago, and I've had Pei Wei maybe 3 times since?

I did the same thing with double chocolate chip cookies, spaghetti squash and dirty rice! Not all in the same sickness But yeah. Can't eat those foods now either. My sister had it happen with pizza and my dad can't eat hot dogs anymore.

I almost wish we had a warning about stomach bugs so we could eat something that we CRAVE all the time and then get sick after that so we could pick and choose what we don't crave anymore!

That's one of the things I missed about my stomach hurting all the time. Yes, I was in pain and yes, I would throw up at the worst possible moments (ever try to leave a booth quietly during a song and know you have 65 seconds to get back before you miss a cue???) BUT I was losing a lot of weight because nothing sounded good or stayed in my stomach. I was existing on bagels and rice. Not healthy in any way but still, the scale was pleasant. However, I decided I had to be a grown up and get the stomach fixed (still working on that) but I can eat more foods now so I do and I am not losing as much as I should.

I'm still struggling with today. Went out to lunch with a coworker to finalize our disney stuff and ended up with a patty melt and fries. I think I will stick to soup for dinner so the day isn't a total loss. And of course, for the next 6 days, I am in Disney so I KNOW I won't be eating perfectly. I just have to try to remember, you can't win every battle but you can win the war. It's a life long change and a marathon to the goal line, not a quick fix and a sprint.

Have fun in Disney!!!!!! And you are so right, you can't win every battle. Forgiveness is big thing fo me. Forgiving myself and then moving on and starting again, not giving up because I fell off the wagon.

that your trip is here!!

It's only day 3 for me. i realize that I need to work on balancing my meals. Like having a combination of carbs, fats and protein. but really, I'm just panicking inside. What if this doesn't work. it's happened before and i just give up. what if the excersizing and watching what I eat doesn't make me loose anything. what if i end up gaining!! I know myself, i'll just want to give up and pig out. Someone here I think posted that she needs to see a loss of 5 pounds and then she'll be ok. Me too, I feel the same way. I have no patience, how am i going to do this???
also, i'm trying really hard to make sure to have about the 1200 calories that i think i'm supposed to. but i still don't understand the calorie thing. what if i miraculously wasn't so hungry one day, should i still force myself to have that amount of calories? i really thought the key to loosing weight was excersizing and cutting calories. normally i'm ALWAYS starving, would it be so bad to have less calories on some days.

Also, what do you think about breakfast. that is the only time i don't normally have an appetite, but I've been making myself have some high fiber cereal. Please is there any way to jump start my weight loss?? I'm so desperate to loose!!!!!

You definitely need to eat all your calories alotted. Like previous poster said your body has to know that you aren't starving on a deserted island somewhere. On WW we have to eat our points for the day. Shaving points off isn't a way to lose faster. It's a balance. Work enough that our body burns, eat enough our body doesn't shut down, don't eat too much so we undo the work we do get in, even if it's walking up a flight of stairs.

One thing I had to accept, is so what if I don't lose anything? I'm no worse off than I am not trying. Because I do that... scared to try because if I try and fail, then I am a failure not just someone that isn't trying.

We are here for you!!!! I'm so glad you vented on the boards about your day. I hope it helped to just get it off your chest!!!

I've had nutritionists and the trainer yesterday recommend 5-6 smaller meals a day. It makes it easier to get all your calories in, cus let's face it, sometimes it's hard to get calories in when you aren't eating high calorie foods. And it keeps your metabolism at a steady rate all day instead of ups and downs. That might be something easier for you to try.


Glad you found the website. Any step is a step in the right direction to start with!

You can do this!!!!!

I have foods that are like that. I was eating one of those prepackaged pies with the fillings that hostess makes, and I took a bit and there were bugs inside it. I can't even look at those with out feeling ill. In fact I'm pretty sure that is why I stay away from all those kinds of things... so I guess it was a good thing? Just didn't feel like it at the time.


Ok that's just nasssssssssssty!!! Ew EW EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!


Pick one meal or thing to change. Work on that for a month or a few weeks until you have it down. My example is up until two weeks ago I would drink 'a lot' of coke everyday. I picked that to take out of my life (except for special occasions like a dinner out or something). I have decided today that because I feel stable with not having the coke now I can move onto something else. I have picked to focus on eating a better breakfast. After I have that down I will move onto lunch and so on. Eventually I will be where I want to be. It is all the small steps that will lead you to where you want to be. Don't try to change to much at once, I'm pretty sure most people would rebel at that.


Great advice my fellow Amy!!!!





I am starting to think that approach would be best for me as well. Because when I say I want to loose X amount of weight by what ever date, I will quit if I don't make it. Which is silly and kinda like driving backwards. I'm not sure what makes me do it.

I did the elliptical for 30 minutes today! Which was 5 minutes longer than yesterday. It was all thanks to Gellybean say that she was going to the gym today to do 30 minutes of cardio! I figured if she could drive to the gym and do it, that I could walk to my basement and do the same. So Thanks a Bunch! After my legs were dead from the elliptical I decided I needed to go outside and shovel off our driveway. Because Eric has to change the brakes in our van before our trip and most of the driveway had snow/ice covering it. So I got all of the snow and ice off of the driveway and hopefully it will dry when the sun comes out tomorrow. But now that I've done all that I feel pretty tired...

So I'm off to cook dinner and watch American Idol tonight. Have a great night everyone!

Awww!!! Glad you were motivated to get on that sucker!!!! You go girl!!!!

I'm leaving soon to get my cardio in for the day and I can't believe I'm about to type this, but I'm actually looking forward to it!!!!!!!!!!!




I keep waiting for the bubble to burst, ya know?


I thought I would fall asleep immediately last night but I don't think my brain knew what to do with all that oxygen.

I laid there with my mind racing for a good hour! But the sleep I did get was very restful. Just another perk I guess.

Catch y'all after I work out and watch American Idol on DVR. If that kid that sang Paula Abdul's Straight Up w acoustic guitar doesn't make it, I'm gonna boycott!!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Tracking on target pretty much! Fat a bit over but everything else looks good! I also found a great new cheese for my fellow cheese lovers...Snofrisk.

It is a goat(80%) and cow (20%) cheese from Norway. Like cream cheese but way better!! Awesome w/ celery!!!

1 oz is 70 calories.

 

[dislvr74]

I can't believe I am about to type this...

I discovered the most awesome cardio machine at the gym tonight! I work out at our campus rec center, which is HUGE, and there are all of these different/unusual cardio machines tucked into corners and among the typical treadmills and bikes. Anyway, I was doing a little cross training on the bike and noticed the woman across the way from me was on a machine that was like a stair climber, but the foot pads went to the side and up - kind of like skating. I have no idea what this thing is called, but it was fun, had a TV to watch, and really targeted my rear end, adductors, and abductors, all of which I need to work on to improve my running. Now I am actually looking forward to my next cross training work out instead of dreading it. I'm running on Friday and Sunday, so it won't be until Tuesday.

Stayed on target with calories today, but was a little high on fat and a little low on protein. Going to try to get a better balance tomorrow.

 

[gellybean]

gellybean - you are CRACKING ME UP today!!!
Thanks for brightening my day.

And I have a treadmill in the garage collecting dust. Been there for more than a few years.

Awww!! Glad to provide some chuckles!!!

I can't believe I am about to type this...

I discovered the most awesome cardio machine at the gym tonight! I work out at our campus rec center, which is HUGE, and there are all of these different/unusual cardio machines tucked into corners and among the typical treadmills and bikes. Anyway, I was doing a little cross training on the bike and noticed the woman across the way from me was on a machine that was like a stair climber, but the foot pads went to the side and up - kind of like skating. I have no idea what this thing is called, but it was fun, had a TV to watch, and really targeted my rear end, adductors, and abductors, all of which I need to work on to improve my running. Now I am actually looking forward to my next cross training work out instead of dreading it. I'm running on Friday and Sunday, so it won't be until Tuesday.

Stayed on target with calories today, but was a little high on fat and a little low on protein. Going to try to get a better balance tomorrow.

Awesome!!! It's always great to find a machine that you enjoy!!! Congrats!





I did 6 miles on the stationary bike... I'm not sure what else to call it because there were two types of bikes... I was on the kind that sits lower to the ground and the pedals are in front instead of below you. Anyway... I did 6 miles in 40 mins.


I have absolutely no idea if that's a good time... probably isn't. But I thought it was frickin awesome that I a) did 40 mins of anything cardio wise and b) that I biked the equivalent of 6 miles!!





Tomorrow will be our first day using the weights without a trainer!!! I was trying to spy on other people as they used the machines to figure out how they work since we didn't cover that many of them.

I did ok on points today, about to finish tracking for the day. I went to McDonald's with a friend, her girls and my boys this afternoon. I split a 10 piece nuggets with the boys. I had 3 nuggets and very few fries. I moved the fries to another table so the boys could eat them but I wouldn't sit there and graize unconciously.

I had 1/2 a banana, 1 slice of cheese, 1 slice of turkey and 5 Sun chips before my work out. Wasn't making that mistake again.

Then I came home and had a turkey and muenster sandwich (thought about Sunshine Seasons ) on 1/3 of a baguette with 1/2 a serving of Sun chips and 1/2 a serving of baked lays!!

Good luck tomorrow everyone!!!!!

 

[ancestry]

I discovered the most awesome cardio machine at the gym tonight! I work out at our campus rec center, which is HUGE, and there are all of these different/unusual cardio machines tucked into corners and among the typical treadmills and bikes. Anyway, I was doing a little cross training on the bike and noticed the woman across the way from me was on a machine that was like a stair climber, but the foot pads went to the side and up - kind of like skating. I have no idea what this thing is called, but it was fun, had a TV to watch, and really targeted my rear end, adductors, and abductors, all of which I need to work on to improve my running.

Cool! I found a machine yesterday as well that I hadn't seen before. It sounds somewhat similar to what you described. I tried it as well and it kicked my booty but it did give the sensation of skating. I loved the was a non-impact kind of workout. I'm hoping to go back today and I'll have to see what the name of the machine is. I wonder if we found the same one?

 

[ancestry]

I did 6 miles on the stationary bike... I'm not sure what else to call it because there were two types of bikes... I was on the kind that sits lower to the ground and the pedals are in front instead of below you. Anyway... I did 6 miles in 40 mins.

I think this is awesome! I don't think I can last even five minutes on a bike work out at this point. lol! Congratulations!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Found some ideas to share - I struggle with ideas on what to eat with my old habbits and learning low fat and then getting enough carbs/protein etc in my diet...here are some examples for a 1300 calorie a day plan with the right balance.

(1300 Calorie)
When selecting a low fat diet plan, make sure you are consuming a balanced and complete diet. Your assignment is to set realistic and attainable weight loss and diet goals. Start by following the simple guidelines below.

Nutritional and Low Fat Diet Guidelines

Commit to consuming 4 - 6 small meals and snacks everyday.

To succeed, you must plan ahead by packing your foods the night before. Thus, you should always have fresh and low-fat foods around.

Keep it simple. Don't get too caught up on the specifics or your diet. Start by simply just counting calories.

Eat your foods slower.

Make healthier food selections like fruits, vegetables, whole grain cereals, and beans, low-fat or nonfat dairy products, low fat meats, fish and skinless poultry.

Avoid foods that are high in fat and calories.

Avoid foods that are high in sugars such as pastries, candy bars, pies and candy.

Use a variety of fruits and vegetables in your nutrition plan. Start by trying to eat 5 total vegetable and fruit servings every single day.
Here is a sample low fat diet plan (1300 calories).

Breakfast
Amount Item Protein Carbs Fats Calories
12 ounces coffee-w/caffeine 0.40 1.40 0.00 8.00
1 each Bagel-plain, Lenders Bake Shop 8.00 42.00 2.00 210.00
2 tbsp Peanut butter- creamy 8.60 5.70 16.40 190.00
1 tbsp Cream, fluid, half and half 0.44 0.65 1.73 19.55
Total: 17.44 49.74 20.12 427.55
AM Snack
1 each apple-medium with peel 0.30 21.10 0.0 81.00
Total: 0.30 21.10 0.0 81.00
Lunch
3 ounces chicken breast/ white meat 26.40 0.00 3.00 140.25
12 ounces Coca cola- diet w/ caffeine 0.00 0.40 0.00 0.00
.25 cup Croutons-plain 9.00 5.50 0.50 30.50
1 large Salad-lrg. Garden w/tomato and onion 2.60 19.00 0.80 98.00
4 tbps Thousand island-reduced cal. Kraft 0.00 12.00 4.00 80.00
Total: 38.00 36.90 8.30 348.75
PM Snack
1 each apple-medium with peel 0.30 21.10 0.0 81.00
Total: 0.30 21.10 0.0 81.00
Dinner
3 ounces chicken breast/ white meat 26.40 0.00 3.00 140.25
1 cup pasta, corn cooked 3.68 39.07 1.07 176.40
1 small salad-sm. Garden w/tomato, onion 1.30 9.50 0.40 49.00
2 tbps thousand island- reduced cal. Kraft 0.00 6.00 2.00 40.00
Total: 31.38 54.57 6.42 405.65

Grand Total: 87.43 183.42 34.85 1343.95

Grocery List

 

[Jasperann]

I'm leaving soon to get my cardio in for the day and I can't believe I'm about to type this, but I'm actually looking forward to it!!!!!!!!!!!




I keep waiting for the bubble to burst, ya know?


I thought I would fall asleep immediately last night but I don't think my brain knew what to do with all that oxygen.

I laid there with my mind racing for a good hour! But the sleep I did get was very restful. Just another perk I guess.

Catch y'all after I work out and watch American Idol on DVR. If that kid that sang Paula Abdul's Straight Up w acoustic guitar doesn't make it, I'm gonna boycott!!

I know what you mean about thinking you'd fall right to sleep. I did the same thing on Tuesday night. I was tired, but I could not shut off my brain. But once I fell asleep it was awesome. Same with last night.

Looks like you don't have to boycott American Idol. Althought they did leave you hanging for a while. I was sad about the girl at the end that didn't make it. She was my favorite from the beginning, besides Casey that is. (I think that's his name.. He has the long blond hair)

Tracking on target pretty much! Fat a bit over but everything else looks good! I also found a great new cheese for my fellow cheese lovers...Snofrisk.

It is a goat(80%) and cow (20%) cheese from Norway. Like cream cheese but way better!! Awesome w/ celery!!!

1 oz is 70 calories.

I love cream cheese! I'm going to have to look for that stuff. Have you tried skinney cow cheese? I think that's what it is called. It's not in the regular cheese area and it comes in wedges, and taste like Swiss cheese. I spread it on sandwiches and stuff. It is only 30-35 calories for one wedge. They have different flavors for it too. They have one that taste like it has garlic in it and I use to use that on a plain bagel once in a while. I have to go get more. I'll have to look for Snofrisk too...

I can't believe I am about to type this...

I discovered the most awesome cardio machine at the gym tonight! I work out at our campus rec center, which is HUGE, and there are all of these different/unusual cardio machines tucked into corners and among the typical treadmills and bikes. Anyway, I was doing a little cross training on the bike and noticed the woman across the way from me was on a machine that was like a stair climber, but the foot pads went to the side and up - kind of like skating. I have no idea what this thing is called, but it was fun, had a TV to watch, and really targeted my rear end, adductors, and abductors, all of which I need to work on to improve my running. Now I am actually looking forward to my next cross training work out instead of dreading it. I'm running on Friday and Sunday, so it won't be until Tuesday.

Stayed on target with calories today, but was a little high on fat and a little low on protein. Going to try to get a better balance tomorrow.

Yeah for staying on target! It is always great to have a good day. You will get better with time with eating more protein. Especially as you become more aware.

So with that machine did you feel it in your inner thighs? I think I'm going to have a to make a trip to my gym and see if they have it. I would love to try something that sounds similar to the elliptical and the stair climber. I use to love the stair climber when I was smaller. Now I can't do it, because it hurts my knees to much.

Cool! I found a machine yesterday as well that I hadn't seen before. It sounds somewhat similar to what you described. I tried it as well and it kicked my booty but it did give the sensation of skating. I loved the was a non-impact kind of workout. I'm hoping to go back today and I'll have to see what the name of the machine is. I wonder if we found the same one?

Skating is the best! Be sure to let us know what the name of it is. I'm kinda excited to find out what it is. I'm all about burning the most calories for my time, and that sounds like that type of machine. lol

Have a great day everyone! I'll be around later.

 

[acejka]

Well I totally lost it yesterday. I went so far over on my points, I don't even know where to back up and start counting! TOTAL BINGE! I don't even know what happened, I did this nice little wii active workout, I was feeling good, test drove a new potential car, good day overall, so it wasn't a woe is me binge. But it still happened.

The good news is, it was one day, I can just force myself to stay on track until Sunday and my points start over. I have another wii active workout today, and a couple of programs tivoed, so that is a couple of hours I can walk on the treadmill while watching (there is a no trashy tv watching on your butt rule in my house-DH says I have the treadmill and if I am going to watch crappy trash tv while hes at work, I should walk while doing it) and we are going to the gym tonight so maybe I can begin to dig myself out of the hole I put myself in yesterday. n

 

[TB'sWidow]

Checkin in on the rest of my day yesterday.I did get to the gym I did a machine that was called a crossramp which really works your legs.Since yesterday was lent and could not eat meat I discovered that if I make my own small pizza I can eat two pizza for the same calories as ww or lean cuisines. I bought the small round pizza's they come 10 in a pk,pizza sauce and lo-fat mozzarella. The crust are 150 cal each an depending on how much cheese an sauce you put on it still works out to about 350 cal total. I also had a salad with it as well.As far as today I had special k 1c and a banana. I hope to get to gym again today so I'm keeping on track. Mary

 

[dislvr74]

This is the machine I was using: http://www.fitsugar.com/Ride-Cardio-Wave-85249

 

[Jasperann]

This is the machine I was using: http://www.fitsugar.com/Ride-Cardio-Wave-85249

I was on the speed skating team when I was in high school! I love speed skating! I'm going to have to see if my gym has this machine. I would love to try it.

 

[Dizneydawn]

I read throigh fast and need to proper post later but I wanted to say how proud I am of everybody!!!

Did prety darn good yesterday - went over a bit on most categories but not bad.

I am going to really try to balance my food today and through Monday and stay on the lower end of my calories (1200's) and have the right amount of fats and protein's etc.

I have a lunch date with a person I knew as a kid. Our families were neighbors from when I was 2-5 yrs old and then we vacationed summers together until I was in like 7th grade maybe. She is older than I but we re-connected and I am excited to catch up with her and her life. She sings in a band, loves motorcycles, no kids and way different life than I have.

We are going for Mexican and I will not have the chips offered and have tracked my food plate already.

Breakfast this morning was organic peanut butter with 2 huge stalks of celery. Trying to look towards lunch and hold myself accountable already.

I will report later! Have a great day everyone!!

 

[shellabell]

I read throigh fast and need to proper post later but I wanted to say how proud I am of everybody!!!

Did prety darn good yesterday - went over a bit on most categories but not bad.

I am going to really try to balance my food today and through Monday and stay on the lower end of my calories (1200's) and have the right amount of fats and protein's etc.

I have a lunch date with a person I knew as a kid. Our families were neighbors from when I was 2-5 yrs old and then we vacationed summers together until I was in like 7th grade maybe. She is older than I but we re-connected and I am excited to catch up with her and her life. She sings in a band, loves motorcycles, no kids and way different life than I have.

We are going for Mexican and I will not have the chips offered and have tracked my food plate already.

Breakfast this morning was organic peanut butter with 2 huge stalks of celery. Trying to look towards lunch and hold myself accountable already.

I will report later! Have a great day everyone!!

Have fun at your lunch! I do better when I don't have the first chip. Sometimes I tell myself I will limit, but once I get that first one

I did pretty well yesterday. I didn't eat anything outside of what I had logged at spark people. I went to my running/walking class and we did about 40 minutes.

Trying to not think about the chocolate muffin that is in the kitchen

Have a great day!!!

 

[dislvr74]

ugh, give me strength today. I have to attend a scholarship committee meeting over lunch and they are serving chicago style deep dish pizza. It isn't realistic for me to say that I won't have any, so I added one piece to my tracking. I can still stay under my calorie total for the day, but it is going to be a challenge. This is a big test for me. Can I eat junk food without messing up the rest of my day?

 

[Dizneydawn]

For everybodu who has been wonering how miuch they should eat and why if they cut too many calories it hurts them...I found this site today.

It calculates your RMR - Resting Metabolic Rate - and will let you know why you do not want to go under it and how much you should be eating in a day to loose.

I found it very helpful - great info and very novice friendly in the language department. It changed my mentality of cutting my calories as much as I had thought. Spark People put be at roughly 126000-1860 calories a day. My RMR says I need 1851 at my current weight and age. As I loose weight, my needed calories will also decrease.

http://www.shapeup.org/atmstd/sud10v3/sud10s7.php

Let me know what you think after reading through everything...LOTS of info!

 

[Jasperann]

I have a lunch date with a person I knew as a kid. Our families were neighbors from when I was 2-5 yrs old and then we vacationed summers together until I was in like 7th grade maybe. She is older than I but we re-connected and I am excited to catch up with her and her life. She sings in a band, loves motorcycles, no kids and way different life than I have.

We are going for Mexican and I will not have the chips offered and have tracked my food plate already.

Breakfast this morning was organic peanut butter with 2 huge stalks of celery. Trying to look towards lunch and hold myself accountable already.

I will report later! Have a great day everyone!!

Mmmmmmm Mexican! My favorite food ever! I had it last week even. Enjoy your lunch and have fun catching up with your old friend.

So my little check in for the day. I had Tim Horton's for breakfast. I ate the 12 grain bagel with lite cream cheese and had a coffee... about 500 calories. But I'm still full... so I haven't had my normal mid morning snack of about 150-200 calories. Which kinda makes up for it. I also went onto my Elliptical for 40 minutes . (have to love the Ellen show. ) I looked up the calories that I would burn for that amount of time on moderate and it is 577.88 on almost every place that I checked. Where I log my calories (which I started again today) it says 550. Which is pretty darn close to all the other places. So in essence I burned my breakfast off...

You guys are the best! Thanks for talking about your days it really encourages me to do better than I normally would do.