Hey Artmonster ~Wow, thanks so much! You are going to do great and inspire us all as well. I just read up on your journal and I can "hear" the motivation and drive you have. Keep that with you throughout this journey and you will go far. I'm rooting for you! Hope your daughter has a great birthday! Do ya'll have a big party planned?

218 this morning (17 pounds down. 73 to go!)



At my dad's for the day=

Breakfast: 2 pieces of wheat bread, peanut butter and a banana. watered down light grapefruit juice.

Lunch: 1 Cup of Lasagna(Marie Callender)=260 Calories. Couple bites of salad =romaine lettuce with chicken breast, teaspoon of shredded cheese, balsamic vinegar. 2 cups of skim milk.

Snack: (starving after swimming 1 piece of wheat bread with ham and cheese and dijon mustard. (I think I had a cup of skim milk or grapefruit juice...don't remember)


Dinner= 9 pieces of brown rice california sushi roll= 225 calories. 1/4 of a bbq steak. Diet green tea.


update!...just popped another piece of sushi in my mouth!

Exercise: 2 1/2 hours of swimming (contant, but not laps)

Lea~ Gotta be honest with myself!! Although, I probably burned the 25 calories from the sushi by walking across the house, sitting down, typing it in, and then walking back! haha!

219 lbs. this morning. Counted ALL of my calories today and they are posted next to each meal/snack.



291:Breakfast:2 pieces of double fiber wheat bread. (100 cal) 2 tbl. of low fat cream cheese.(70 cal.) 1/4 cucumber(11 calories). 1 cup of 1% milk. (110)

95:Snack: 1 tbl. spoon of PB. water=95 calories

287:Lunch: Leftovers: 1 piece of Kashi whole grain chicken pizza(about 150 calories.) 4 pieces of sushi(100 calories) and a little bit of soy sauce. 1/4 cucumber (11 calories) 1 tsp. ranch=26 caloires. Ice water to drink.

70: Snack: Half of a weight watchers cookies n' cream icecream bar

589: Dinner: Sandwich: 2 pieces of double fiber wheat bread(100) Dijon mustard (30) 1/4 chicken breast (30) 1 piece of ham (70) 1 piece of 2% amer. cheese (50) ......4 pieces of brown rice sushi (100)... Diet Green Tea to drink.............
1/2 cup 2% cottage cheese(90), 1/4 cup blueberries(20), 1/2 banana(50)
3 almonds=21 cal. 8 pistachios=28 cal.)
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Sprite Zero ...no calories (25 g. sodium)

Total=1332 Calories......

Exercise:1/2 mile on treadmill. 20 pound weights on the plate machine-arms and legs. 100 crunches.

Snack- double fiber wheat bread with 1 tbl. pb and half a banana.=50+95+50=195 calories.

Daily Total=1527

Hey there,
Thanks for the support. We can definitely keep eachother motivated. And we have even more in common than our goals... My husband and I also got married at the end of October. We actually got married on Halloween, and we were in Vegas, so it was so much fun! (And, a little weird... cuz a lot of people had the same idea we did and let me tell you, some people went all out with costumes...)

Looking forward to hearing about your success!

Minus- Thanks and same here!!

219 this morning.

Breakfast: 1 piece of double fiber wheat toast with 1 tbls. peanut butter and half a banana, diet green tea.

Snack: 1 piece of double fiber wheat toast with 1 tbls. low fat cream cheese, handful of blueberries, and half of a banana, diet green tea.

Lunch: Ate at the deli at Target: 1/2 cup of chicken salad, 5 large round whole grain crackers, half a cup of grapes, almost a cup of baby carrots, half a stick of organic mozzarella stick. Bottled water.

Snack: the rest of my lunch: 1/3 cup chicken salad, 3 large crackers, couple grapes, 3 baby carrots, half a stick of mozarella.

Dinner: 1 egg with a piece of 2% am. cheese, 1 packet of instant grits, 1 piece of double fiber wheat toast with 1 tbls. low fat cream cheese 1 tsp. jam. 1 slice of turkey bacon. 2 Cups of 2% milk.



Went to Target and Academy today to look at exercise equipment. I saw my bike at Academy that I'm getting at the end of this month

Here's a picture of it: EXERTEC FITNESS RECUMBENT BIKE

Today I bought 4 DVDS. Biggest Loser:Cardio Max; Biggest Loser: Power Sculpt; Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred; and Core Rhythms. I didn't open the last one b/c I'm not sure if I'm going to like it or not and it was the most expensive one: 40 bucks! I might find something else that I will enjoy more.

Anyway, I did the 1st phase of the BL Cardio Max tonight and am sweating everywhere! It was so fun! Exercise: 5 min. of warmup. 20 min. of cardio. 5 min. yoga/cooldown. I'm going to try to alternate between the Cardio Max and Power Sculpt daily. Once I master all 3 phases of each I'm going to move onto Jillian's DVD. I'm going to take back the Core Rythyms and use the money for an exercise ball and a resistance band. Welp, that's the plan!

Man, you're doing so good with what you're eating! What a fantastic job.

That mozzarella stick sounds yuuuummy, lol...

Keep on keepin' on! Sounds like you're well on your way.

Thank you!!

And yes, gotta love mozzarella...

In fact I have to admit that I am a cheese addict....It's my crack. I was just looking back through my food journal and Every. Single. Day I have had cheese in some form: american, mozzarella, feta, havarti, cheddar, cottage cheese, cream cheese......hmmm this CAN'T be good for me! I know that it's in small amounts, but surely I should go a day without it every now and then!! Gonna try and work on this tomorrow and see if I can go without it for a day....

Well, thanks for stoppin' and for the boost! I could use all the help I can get....can't we all?

Nice job today!

Yes, I also have an addiction to cheese in all forms. I don't know if you do this already, but try to make a weekly food schedule (at least dinner) and then you can make sure that you are not making mac n cheese every night. This also helps trying not to eat red meat every day, and incorporating fish and a veggie dish into the week. I also try to find one new recipe weekly that I want to try.

I cannot believe how well you did at the Target deli. Since I've only been doing this for a week, I have not had the eating out temptations (we won't count the pizza binge...) so way to go!

Woo hoo! we still are rockin!

you know........I'm craving sushi now.

When we used to live in the Vail CO area, we would drop 100 bucks at the sushi bar ...each!!!! GAh!..

....so needless to say...I learned to roll my own....and have gotten pretty good at it.

only thing now is...in order to have great sushi, there is a lot of sugar and salt in the rice to get it to that sticky yummy consistency...let alone uses white rice.....

.....so now Im torn on making it,...lol...Iguess just one roll rather than six.......I guess I shouldnt laugh....I did eat that much...gawd.

Hey there, this is a totally off topic question... but how do you add the link to your food diary to your signature? Got the ticker just fine, but not sure how to do this.

Thanks

I just went to the first page of my diary and copied the link at the top and pasted it into my signature. There is limited space to how much you can put in your signature, though. I had to erase my ticker to make it fit. I guess it's one or the other. Bummer, I know!!
.....Looks like artmonster got it to fit...maybe his journal title is shorter than mine...hmmm dunno