SMART CARBERS (Smart Carbohydrates) and Calorie Counting/LCHF
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phoebelayla wrote: »What brings you to the group?
To get ideas from others, support
Eating plan?
Low carb high protein. More veggies. Less sugar.
Are you doing Low carbs or low glycemic carbs?
Low glycemic seem like a better description.
What is your nutrition approach?
-Eat as clean as I can.
-3 meals and 2 snacks
-1 cheat day and hope that doesn't turn tun into a cheat weekend or week
Welcome.... For now I am doing very low carb not more than 45 grams per day. High on protein. Prayer and fasting week is very encouraging for me as well. I do pray so hard when I am tempted to eat sugar or carbs. Good luck and we can do this!! Take care0 -
Good morning all! Yesterday went very well! My only dessert type item I had yesterday was a yoplait light yogurt after dinner which is like 90 calories or 2 points. Today I'm starting off with a big bowl of oatmeal! I have a salad packed for lunch with extra chicken, fruit and yogurt for snacks. I remember back when I was very successful I used to bring plain greek yogurt with just a tiny bit of maple syrup in it (like 1/2 tsp). I really need to get back to doing that and away from artificial sweeteners but one step at a time! I'm slowly remembering what I used to do! Hope everyone has a very successful (and happy) day!!
Great job yesterday and planning ahead today!
During the week I tend to do well- always pack up my salad, proteins, and two protein shakes. Need to make sure that I stay on track on the weekends to. Have an out of town soccer tournament this weekend, my son's ( which is more often than not in my house, though will have a break with the traveling part in Feb.).
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Good morning all! Well yesterday was a bomb - I was just starving all day and by 3:00pm I had enough and gave in. Today however is a new day and I'm starting with a better breakfast (one with extra protein and some actual fat to keep me going). Yesterday I just had Quaker Weight Control Oatmeal and it didn't even last me 1 1/2 hours before I was starving again. I should treat it more of a snack rather than a meal. But I owe it, I logged it and today I move on!
Today will be a busy one at work so hopefully it will keep me out of trouble
Have a great day everyone!!!0 -
phoebelayla wrote: »Good morning all! Yesterday went very well! My only dessert type item I had yesterday was a yoplait light yogurt after dinner which is like 90 calories or 2 points. Today I'm starting off with a big bowl of oatmeal! I have a salad packed for lunch with extra chicken, fruit and yogurt for snacks. I remember back when I was very successful I used to bring plain greek yogurt with just a tiny bit of maple syrup in it (like 1/2 tsp). I really need to get back to doing that and away from artificial sweeteners but one step at a time! I'm slowly remembering what I used to do! Hope everyone has a very successful (and happy) day!!
Great job yesterday and planning ahead today!
During the week I tend to do well- always pack up my salad, proteins, and two protein shakes. Need to make sure that I stay on track on the weekends to. Have an out of town soccer tournament this weekend, my son's ( which is more often than not in my house, though will have a break with the traveling part in Feb.).
Yesterday we had to go back home on our way to work, hubby worked remote. I was supposed to do protein shake until dinner but I ended up eating. Also the cold weather didnt help much. On the possitive side my carbs were still below 50 grams. Let us see how it goes today.
Carl....I will join WW at work for accountability I like the fact that I have to weigh in0 -
Carl, I like that you figured out the problem and are making a change today. My oatmeal does not hold me till lunch either. I always have a portion shake around 10:30. Everyone in the office knows when it is 10:30- when they hear the shaking, shaking shaking of me mixing up my protein shake.0
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I did it. I actually did it. Seven whole days with no sugar 0
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Shame on me yesterday I gave in to greek cookies and we had dinner at our favorite steak house and I had dinner rolls. SHAME SHAME SHAME!!!
Today is a brand new day!0 -
phoebelayla wrote: »I did it. I actually did it. Seven whole days with no sugar
YAY!! You are my inspiration!!!!0 -
Christine_1085 wrote: »Shame on me yesterday I gave in to greek cookies and we had dinner at our favorite steak house and I had dinner rolls. SHAME SHAME SHAME!!!
Today is a brand new day!
I'm sorry - yes today is a brand new day!!
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Yesterday wasn't a very good day again but I've made more changes today and we'll see where it leads me.
For breakfast, although calorie dense, boy was it good and healthy. 1 egg + 1 egg white, 1/2 avocado, 2 slices ezekiel sesame toast. SO yummy! SO full of healthy carbs, healthy fat and protein! I read a blog and the lady often has egg with avocado on it which never occurred to me before. It sure is yummy! If this works, I'll need to start buying lots of avocados!
Hope everyone has a great on plan day!!!0 -
phoebelayla wrote: »I did it. I actually did it. Seven whole days with no sugar
That's awesome Phoebe. Keep up the good work.
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Today we had pizza day at work and guess what ZERO PIZZA!! No temptation either. Just had 2 pcs of wings and salad (barely any dressing)!!
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Yesterday wasn't a very good day again but I've made more changes today and we'll see where it leads me. For breakfast, although calorie dense, boy was it good and healthy. 1 egg + 1 egg white, 1/2 avocado, 2 slices ezekiel sesame toast. SO yummy! SO full of healthy carbs, healthy fat and protein! I read a blog and the lady often has egg with avocado on it which never occurred to me before. It sure is yummy! If this works, I'll need to start buying lots of avocados!
Hope everyone has a great on plan day!!!
I had eggs and avocado for dinner. Yum!
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Christine_1085 wrote: »Today we had pizza day at work and guess what ZERO PIZZA!! No temptation either. Just had 2 pcs of wings and salad (barely any dressing)!!
Woo hoo!! You are turning that ship around!
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Christine_1085 wrote: »Today we had pizza day at work and guess what ZERO PIZZA!! No temptation either. Just had 2 pcs of wings and salad (barely any dressing)!!
Great job!!!
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phoebelayla wrote: »Yesterday wasn't a very good day again but I've made more changes today and we'll see where it leads me. For breakfast, although calorie dense, boy was it good and healthy. 1 egg + 1 egg white, 1/2 avocado, 2 slices ezekiel sesame toast. SO yummy! SO full of healthy carbs, healthy fat and protein! I read a blog and the lady often has egg with avocado on it which never occurred to me before. It sure is yummy! If this works, I'll need to start buying lots of avocados!
Hope everyone has a great on plan day!!!
I had eggs and avocado for dinner. Yum!
It's good isn't it??!! I had it again for breakfast today as it kept me full until 11:00! It's messy to eat but oh so worth it!! Have a great Friday everyone!!
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Hello everybody! Today I plan to do liquid protein and soup. I will eat dinner tonight. Hope all is well with everybody. Have a great TGIF!0
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Today is going to be lots of water...lunch will be really light with a cheese stick and a kiwi. Dinner is going to be boneless skinless chicken strips that I marinated in a bit of buffalo sauce and I'm going to boil up some cabbage and a few strips of onion to go with it. sounds like a weird combination but cabbage is low carb and calorie! french fries would be a yummier choice but I dont want the carbs or calories so I'll stick to my cabbage lol. 2 more day until weigh in and I want to have the 2 pound loss! I already lost 1 and am working on the other0
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Ok, I am going to plan out and pack up my food for the weekend. The hotel has breakfast, but I can bring oatmeal to eat in the room and skip the breakfast. I am going to bring my proteins and salad for lunch and snacks tomorrow. The whole team will be going to a restaurant for dinner. I will google it after this and figure out what I am going to have... and stick with it. Gonna see if there is a whole foods are something like that close for my lunch on Sunday. A little worried, but I know I just need to plan. I have had 9 awesome days and I don't want to mess it up!! Will weigh in early tomorrow am and post that weight since it doesn't work from the iPad.
Go hard everyone! Let's put up some good weight loss numbers this week!!!0 -
I am good today. I had a piece of bread but I won't be too concerned. I love avocado so I had a cobb salad. I am going to aim to get down to my pre-cruise weight in a few weeks. Working hard to get there.0
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I survived the weekend. I am happy to say that all of my planning paid off over the weekend and I ate as planned..... up until this evening when I guess I didn't have a plan. I did end up breaking my no sugar streak, but glad it was because I was celebrating with a group of friends and not a guilt driven episode. Back to the real world tomorrow..... So I will be back on my plan with my "regular" food.
How are you all doing?
This is the week when all the new year shine has worn off and we have to settle in for some real work. Let's have a strong and powerful week!0 -
Good morning everyone! Hope everyone had a great weekend!!
I'm down a lb this morning and I wasn't even 100% good last week! But it's so motivation to see the scale more in the right direction! My day is all planned with good food:
B: light english muffin, 1 egg, 1 egg white and 1/2 avocado (yummy!)
S: 1/2 plain greek yogurt with some raspberries
L: salad with chicken and a pear
S: 90 calorie chocolate pudding and a banana
salad with chicken Raspberry Yasso Yogurt Bar (80 calories)
I'll also get in 10,000 steps today and some yoga tonight.
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This week is my last push push to the maximum week. I am leaving for SFO for our company convention. I have a general plan for my food and fitness. I hope I can get the fitness in.
My dinner is the only item changing this week. I will keep you posted on what it would be.
Monday:
Breakfast: Egg, egg white with cream cheese and coffee
Snack: Ideal Protein Shake
Lunch: Sea weed soup
Snack: Ideal Protein Shake
Dinner: Red Pepper Omelette with beef
Good luck to all of us
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phoebelayla wrote: »I survived the weekend. I am happy to say that all of my planning paid off over the weekend and I ate as planned..... up until this evening when I guess I didn't have a plan. I did end up breaking my no sugar streak, but glad it was because I was celebrating with a group of friends and not a guilt driven episode. Back to the real world tomorrow..... So I will be back on my plan with my "regular" food.
How are you all doing?
This is the week when all the new year shine has worn off and we have to settle in for some real work. Let's have a strong and powerful week!
CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE THE FIRST CHALLENGE WINNER - - KEEP IT UP!!!!
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Christine_1085 wrote: »phoebelayla wrote: »I survived the weekend. I am happy to say that all of my planning paid off over the weekend and I ate as planned..... up until this evening when I guess I didn't have a plan. I did end up breaking my no sugar streak, but glad it was because I was celebrating with a group of friends and not a guilt driven episode. Back to the real world tomorrow..... So I will be back on my plan with my "regular" food.
How are you all doing?
This is the week when all the new year shine has worn off and we have to settle in for some real work. Let's have a strong and powerful week!
CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE THE FIRST CHALLENGE WINNER - - KEEP IT UP!!!!
Awesome job Phoebe!!!!0 -
Good morning everyone! Yesterday was a success! I even had two big salads and I'm still craving salad today! I'm doing a great job cutting back on useless carbs while bulking up on the good stuff. I did over the weekend make myself a treat which I promptly froze: 24 cupcakes. It's an old weight watcher recipe and not as bad for you as regular cake. Mine was a box of lemon cake mix with diet 7-up. Still high in sugars but at least they are small and if I need a treat it's just waiting for me! But what's interesting is I used to always need some sort of carb with dinner...like rice and I've essentially cut it out. I'll have a vegetable and lean protein now. One small step at a time
Hope everyone has a wonderful day!!0 -
Happy Wednesday everyone! Yesterday was another successful day! I have noticed that my food choices have been much better - eating a ton of salads every day and I'm more consistent with exercise. It's taken a while to get to this point but I do feel some sort of shift happening! I've been bad for SO long, this feels nice to feel more in control! Hope everyone has a great day!!0
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Good Morning ladies!! I would say I have been doing well except that my vegetable intake is low. I need to pump in those vegetables. The problem is I am not a fan of cold vegetables including salads so preparing vegetables can be too much work for me. I hope this day ends well. I hope to knock up another 1lb or 2 this week let us see how it goes.
Carla, did you join WW? I will in February when I come back from SFO.0 -
Thanks Christine and Carla!0
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I am not sure that I could trust myself with 24 cupcakes in the freezer! I guess I did pass up all the holiday candy that has been around. It just depends how my resolve is, which is good right now, but it is always day by day. Thankfully, I think my kids have finished off the candy about now.
I agree with what you said about shifting. Years ago before weight watchers I used to love pasta with just a sauce, but then the idea of pasta without veggies didn't even sound good. Now, I look at pasta as a poison to my body (for me anyway, not necessarily everyone) and don't even want it! Wish I could do the same with pizza, but, alas, this is not the case. LOL.
My typical lunch is a big salad with some type of protein- seitan, field roast, tofurkey, almonds. For dinner it is more veggies or salad to go with my protein. I just do better without eating the grains at lunch and dinner, without a desire to add any in on a usual basis. Christine, you don't like cold veggies and I can rarely find time to cook any, so it is usually cold for me! Sometime will cook some up with some eggs or when heating up a field roast sausage. Basically though, if it takes more than 5-10 min, it is just not gonna happen. That's what works for me.
I wish we still had WW at work :-) So glad you two do!0
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