Wednesday:

2.5 mile walk (32 mins) Minor cramping but no bad shin splints

a banana

a cup or so of slimfast
2 small pancakes with butter and sugar - lol
a apple

2 cups of coffee

Some water

1.5 pieces of baked pork (small pieces)
a yam
2 cups of broccoli

Hey all!

So I was up at 6:15, and half heartedly did some crunches and bicep curls... but ANYTHING counts in my new self-caring lifestyle

Today I am only drinking green tea and water... I drank some green tea yesterday, and REALLY got used to the taste... like I wanted more! So today I'm drinking it

I also decided (roundabout when I made my oats/ oat bran hot cereal this morning with a banana chopped in and a spoon on natural peanutbutter mixed in) THAT I WOULD REIGN IN MY SUGAR USAGE!

I find that after a few weeks of regularly indulging in lots of sugars, my body seems to crave these simple sugars more. So going off them is the solution to not craving them Plus then it's so much sweeter when you DO have a treat

Hey Cerella... I also want to work on keeping my house cleaner... have you ever checked out flylady.net? some awesome plans to follow... a whole system really... think I'll go back to that for some structure in house keeping affairs

Good for you for getting up and doing it, like you said you did it

I hear ya on the sugars, Ive been working on eliminating those and it was hard the first week...Ihad horrible headaches that lasted forever...I still crave and want pop but I treated myself to a slushy and it was oh so YUM!

Cookies now are too sweet, I dont even like them, i can literally say yum cookies, pick it up and put it down and walk away, that is sweetness in itself.

No I havent but I will def check it out...I could use all the help I can get, i have a 15 yr old, a 5 yr old, 5 cats and we are looking into a pup...Im crazzzy YUP!!!

I ended up doing well without the sugar/bread/rice/pasta for 4 days. But I just started feeling too hungry and dizzy so on Wed and Thurs I started my day with my YUMMY freshly made 8 grain bagel w/ butter. I've eaten a bagel w/ butter (being in NYC where fresh ones are very common) for breakfast when I'm at work for the past 20 years. Anyway, I must say I felt a lot better adding in just a tad of bread but then for dinner I was avoiding the rice by putting my food over brocolli instead. It was pretty good, but then I was starving by bedtime and had to have a very small bowl of cereal -- luckily its organic. That made me feel better. Yesterday was my daughter's birthday so we took her to her favorite McDonald's for dinner (she's only 3 so to be extected). I had a regular burger with only half the bun and a few fries. The food at this particular location is always absolutely way more disgusting than even normal McDs. So the fries literally tasted no different than cardboard. I barely had any as a result and got out of there under 300 cals. Then I had a sliver of baby's birthday cake, plus at work I had TWO pieces of Tiramasu for a co-worker's birthday! So yesterday still came in low calories wise but horrible sugar wise. Will get back on the diet this weekend, though I have family visiting and a birthday party to host on Sat (eeeeeeeeek). I went out yesterday and bought a bunch of fruit, and one head of brocolli (I hate veggies) plus some stir fry ready chicken breast. I got apples to spread my almond butter on mmmmm. But yeah, goal is to eat organic and no sugar as much as possible. Guess its hard to be perfect everyday, but I feel so much better and LESS CRAVY just limiting these simple carbs. Looking forward to your updates .

I am still eating very good and having excellent workouts also. I weighed 196.5 yesterday morning and 195.0 this morning. I might have been dehydrated but it was still nice to see that number again. I am hoping to be back to my recent low of 194.0 by next Monday morning! Then it is on to a new record low after that.

Claud

Ya need carbs anyway ya know...I think the fact alone that we are more aware of many or little we are gettig is a good thing...I feel so much better with them almost eliminated but i have slipped up too hear and thee it is hard and I find it harder to find food to eat, lol, when you take away breads and sugar and starch LOL...

Thursday...

Skipped my walk, I was so exhausted I came home and went straight to bed...

Meditated before sleep

sonny boy hot cereal
glass of milk

2 cups of coffee

Mighty Ceasar Salad from Mcdonalds

a fish steak
some yam

abt 30 oz of water

Hello Cerella,

How are those new Salads from McD's? I think it's great that they have apple slices in the kids meals... ( I recently saw that commercial )

Hey Ceraphina - it was delicious!!!

I have a few slip ups to report but they are minor and i guess with how i am now eating i am seeing that a little bit here and there doesnt cause alot of damage it is adding the slip ups to already eating too much of the wrong foods.

I was starving on Thursday night before work so I ate 2 pieces of the cheese little ceasars pizza in the fridge with some garlic dip.

Friday morning I had 2 pieces of frozen pizza for breaskfast and another piece later on for lunch, lol. On the ferry i had a large white spot french fries with ketchup. Damn they were so good no regrets there eating those!LOL

I also had two slushies this week and one can of mug rootbeer oh and two glasses of sprite lol.

Friday food

3 pieces of frozen pep and cheese pizza
glass of milk

raspberries

larger french fries from white spot with ketchup

2 bowls of steak soup with a few servings of crackers (so damn good) soup had carrots and green beans in it.

small fountain pop (it was so damn goodLOL)
lots of coffee

water not much...


I came to the island yesturday so i was super bagged and just needed caffine - normally i would have done worse damage with pop non stop and so on to try to stay alert.

Im at mom and dads for the weekend to spend father's day with my dad. I have the hardest time watching what i eat here.So im gonna try my best to stay on plan...but I know I will be far from perfect.Am not gonna set myself up for disappointment but with try to eat cleaner than i normally do here.

Hi Omega, I can totally understand how scary it would be to see that ticker start to move up, especially after you have worked so hard to lose the weight, and dont want to go back to the way you were. * I think if someone has never been heavy, it may not as big of a deal for them, because they have not felt that desperation of needing to lose a huge amount **Not to say that a slender person isnt happy when they gain a few pounds, i just feel it would be a bit less desperate for them**
For me, I have only lost a small fraction of what I need to, but when it fluctuates, I feel very deflated and mad at myself. Its a tough one
That said, I think you have done an amazing job of how much you HAVE lost and you have lots of support here to help you with the *oh nooooo ive gained* moments. ~ Michelle

Well, today I am doing all of my last minute running around before my trip. There are going to be some treats to be had and drinks to be sipped on, sooooooo I do have some goals for myself this week, and will let you all know wen I get home next week, how they went for me.
1 - drink lots of water daily *more, if ive had some alcohol
2 - Walk or swim every day actively *floating around for a bit is ok, but actually work my body, or walk at a good pace, after ive checked out the scenery.
3 - Eat smart for the majority of the day - *Dan and I have planned out healthy meals for each day (with room for some goodies) Each of the 7 of us are cooking a dinner for the whole group and they seem to be all tasty but healthy meals
4 - bring some snacks that are NOT just chip based - *I love veggies and dip, so am making sure i have it there
5 - *and this is a tough one* Have fun, Im not going to stress over what I should and shouldnt do, just set myself up for success instead of failure. * I dont enjoy eating and drinking crap, so why do it just cuz im on vacation???

Hello everyone . I am really really pleased this morning as something caused my weight to go 1/2 a pound BELOW my recent plateau-lowest weight of 146 lbs (since around Dec). I ate so much less this weekend, partly because I had company for the weekend and a big party on Sat so was extremely busy. But usually I manage to eat a lot anyway, especially junk food and simple carbs. We did get pizza one night as it was late and we were all tired and hungry but I only ate 1 slice and I really didn't enjoy it at all (a miracle). Yesterday for breakfast I easily avoided the soft fresh bread and focused on the eggs/avocado/tomatoe cucumber salad. What a nice breakfast my dad made. I live in the apartment building my dad owns, on the floor above him, and my sister came to visit with her kids this weekend. Sure makes it convenient to live in the same building for easy getting together. Anyway, I ate some of my daughter's delicious birthday cake but otherwise was pretty uninterested in food. A first. At the party I admit to being quite into the Jolly Ranchers though, a DELICIOUS drink made of watermelon Bacardi and cranberry juice. Y'all will NOT BELIEVE how much this tastes like those watermelon flavored hard candies. Everyone at the party was loving them! Anyway, I will keep this avoidance of grains/simple sugar up as long as possible in the hopes this is the answer to my problems?? Also, I've been taking the insulin blocker my doctor prescribed, but I'm taking half the dose and only on days when I eat simple carbs. I think the effect and goal is the same with the food and the insulin blocker pill--to minimize insulin since it both causes hunger and prohibits fat loss.

I really need to get back into working out, that is one thing I have not been doing and it makes me feel bad. I will resume my gym membership in July but will do the elliptical and walking in the meantime.

Hey all!

I am so impressed with the realism and self-love going on in this thread. I think we all understand just how hard it is, and that a support group IS NOT a sign of weakness

I have not been waking up early... BUT I have a new running partner(newbie needs guidance - from me the beginner, haha)

So this weeks mini goals:

- 3 runs
- no sugar (hey, just hopping on the apparnet trend here, lol!)

No but really, I physically feel more "addicted" to sugary foods the more often I eat them. Basically the more I eat sugar, the more I eat sugar

So I don't really want to cut it out entirely, therefore I will be having one small treat per week and one bigger one per month. I think this could work

Margaret I think you have managed to control your sugar cravings by being so diligent about cutting them out. You eat so much fruit and veggies, but I rarely see any bread/rice/pasta/cakes/candy on your menu and look how wonderfully you've done on this diet. I had an 8 grain bagel this morning because I started feeling so depleted though I had strawberries for breakfast, but will avoid all simple carbs the rest of the day and see what happens. Upon the advice of my endocrinologist I started on the pill (YAZ) to increase estrogen and spironolactone to block testosterone (as my levels are high); spiro is a diuretic so this is probably nothing more than water weight but water makes you look as big as fat, and fat cannot burn off when there is too much water weight hanging around. So hopefully all of this will help!?!!!????&^*(^&*)%^&*(%&%(