Baby Steps

Noodle797

Karen: I was shocked about fruit too! I slice up an apple & put it on the scale & it still comes in as large! It sure doesn't look large! Plus things like asparagus & green beans which you can't put in a measuring cup unless you chop it up are much easier to prob out with the food scale. I think of plain veggies as a "freebies", as in I don't really limit how much I eat of them at my meals, but I still want an accurate count of the calories.

Femmigirlz

Nice scale Cindy. I like that it has a bowl attached. When I weigh mine I have to add a bowl or plate. Good find

Femmigirlz

Noodle; what about oranges. Do you weigh it after you peel it? LOL, that's what I do but I may be doing it wrong not sure?

FindingCindy721

Thanks...can't wait for it to get here! It should be a real learning experience for sure!!!

aaliceinw

Outcomes of baby steps for last week

1. Eat nutritionally balanced. 6/7 - I went over my proteins once

mysticlizard

Way to go Alice!!! What is your baby step for this week?

FindingCindy721

Yea aaliceinw!!!!! You are AWESOME!!!! Thanks for sharing your BEAUTIFUL face too!!!

barlovo

Hi everyone:
my baby step for the week is that I am going to continue to track my food. This past week, I tracked everything, every day for the first time since joining MFP. That's going to be my focus until it become a habit.

My biggest challenge is restaurants and meals at work where food is provided. I try to estimate but it's confusing. But I think it's better to estimate than not. So if you see some "quick entry" in my food diary, that's what's going on.

Have a great week everyone!

Femmigirlz

Alice, great shot. You look fabulous.

mysticlizard

Today was weigh in day for me. I lost three pounds My baby steps for this week are
1. To make sure I weigh all my food on the scale.
2. To add ten minutes of exercise to my walking & Wii days.

Alice - Great picture, at that rate your knickers will be falling down

barlovo - I think you are totally right in making estimates and logging it. It will make your diary closer to accurate.

Femmigirlz

Congrats Liz on your weight loss Woot! You go girl.

aaliceinw

Thanks a million ladies. I must say that I feel great. I can't believe that I have lost that much weight! So chuffed! (Guess who never checks her mirror?!)

Tosses scales, garmin and other measuring gadgets out of the window! I'm supposed to lose another 40lbs ... mmmm..... I reckon I must have bones of steel because I really cannot see where I can lose 40lbs, 20 sure but 40 , no way!

Barlovo that is the perfect attitude to have. I still have the "Eat 3 meals a day goal" as one of my weekly goals in addition to all of the new ones. It's still not a habit and I can easily skip meals if I don't have it as a goal.

Thanks Cindy - I hate showing myself and hate selfies! So the next shot you may see of me is with my scuba gear on with my mask

You are tooooo funny Liz but actually that is why I also bought new lingerie Are you from the UK? Only us Brits say knickers as far as I know. Well done for your weight loss too.

Thanks Karen. Hey Noodle and MdwsCT how are you both?

I see that most of my other post got chopped off!

So last weeks achievements:

1) 6/7 nutrition goals
2) 4/4 10 000 daily steps
3) 1/1 Delta Park Run +3.2km home and back. I actually achieved almost 10kms that day
4) Lost two dress sizes
5) Gained 2kg's according to my lying scale!

This weeks goals:

1) 3 balanced meals ( really struggling here)
2) 5 10 000 steps - ugh!
3) 4 gym workouts
4) Ignore scale for one full week

Noodle797

So many great baby steps this week! Mine are to pack my food for work the night before so I don't forget anything & have to buy something from the cafe here at work where it's all overpriced & full of fat & calories. Also, to log all of my food & exercise. Even if I have a single Hershey's kiss. I know the calories aren't going to make a huge difference in the long run, but I still want to be able to account for everything.

Noodle797

Karen, I weigh my oranges after I peel, I weigh my meat & my grains after they're cooked. I basically weigh as I pop the food into containers for lunches or onto plates for dinner.

Femmigirlz

Noodle; good to know I'm not alone in weighing things after they are cooked and peeled. Thanks. I weighed a cup of cooked brown rice today and I got much more in the 4 ounces then the measuring cup. That was nice.

mysticlizard

Alice - I'm an American. My dad was really old fashioned and didn't like to refer to our girl underwear as panties or drawers so he called them knickers.

aaliceinw

Ooh la la la laaaaa!
The first really bad baby steps week since I started.

Last weeks goals:

1) 3 balanced meals - breakfast is always balanced - after that my issue is still maintaining 3 meals a day. Skipped 3 meals last week
2) 5 10 000 steps - Bwah hahahaha! This week I think I managed 25000 steps for the whole week!
3) 4 gym workouts - 3/4 (+1 community challenge workout)
4) Ignore scale for one full week - I didn't ignore it but at least I didn't let it get me down at all!

Unexpected success:

1. Lost 0.5kg
2. Feel so much fitter and have a lot more energy

This weeks baby steps:

1. 3 meals a day
2. hit my calories
3. Walk 10 000 steps x3
4. Swim x1 + 3 workouts
5. Park Run

mysticlizard

I lost one pound this week. I am grateful considering the Fat Tuesday meal and Mark's birthday enchiladas. Now I can say I lost 50 pounds

I met my goal of weighing all my food.
Part of the days I met my extra 10 min. on the Wii.

So this week
I will still weigh everything on the scale (30 days makes a habit).
I will do my extra ten minutes on the Wii MWF
I will workout with the new yoga ball MWF (part of my challenge goal).

JMarcella57

Last week was not a good week. This is a new week. My baby steps for this week.
No processed foods.
Cardio 3 at least 3 days.
Stay on task. Complete each days' "To Do" list.
Lose at least 2 pounds.

aaliceinw

Yaaaaay! Whoop! Whoop! Cheering you along with the pompoms mysticlizard! That is Fab_U_Loss indeed! You must be sooooooo proud girl!

aaliceinw

Welcome to the community Julia, Thank you for joining us here.

Last week was difficult for many of us. Good luck with this week's goals. I also need to stay on task this week regardless of work or emotions or anything else, otherwise I won't survive my winter.

mysticlizard

Thank you Alice, I am really pleased. I really didn't think I would get this far. It has made me more motivated to keep going. I just keep telling myself one pound at a time. Keep focused and soon you will have to be worrying about losing your knickers again . I'm cheering for you from the cold North. We will make our goals reality!

Noodle797

Welcome Julia!

Yay to 4oz, Kathy!

Yes, what was it about last week that made it so yucky? This week I am determined to measure & log everything and to work harder during my workouts. Last week I barely had to breathe hard, so I know I wasn't working hard enough! This morning I really pushed myself in the pool, so I know I'm going to feel it tomorrow, but I alternate laps with the kickboard, so at least I know I'll be able to rest my sore arms tomorrow.

Here's hoping this week is back to "normal"

mysticlizard

Good for you Noodle!

Hi Julia!

Femmigirlz

Hi Julia and welcome.

Liz. Wow 50 pounds. Amazing. .

barlovo

Hi Julia! Welcome!

My baby step for this week is to plan my meals for the week. I have a really intense work week coming up, and I'm still not feeling well. I won't be home much but I am getting better at packing food to take with me to work. I know I'll be tired when I come home from work and so I don't just grab takeout I'm going to pre-cook some meals.

This afternoon I made a salad of shredded cabbage and carrots with miso-tahini dressing, and a vegetable frittata. If I have time this evening I want to make a pot of lentil soup, cook up a pot of brown rice, and prep some vegetables for easy steaming during the week.

mysticlizard

Barlovo, the miso-tahini dressing sounds amazing, would you please post the recipe when you get a chance?

barlovo

Sure: it's super easy

1 tablespoon miso paste
1/4 cup tahini paste
juice of one lemon

Put into a small bowl and whisk together. Add a few tablespoons of hot water, as needed, to soften the tahini and thin the dressing to the desired thickness.

I make the salad by shredding a small head of cabbage (red or green, either is good) and grating four carrots, then tossing them with the dressing. It's about 8 servings of 1 cup of salad, at about 80 calories per serving.

Femmigirlz

MMM Barlovo, that sounds amazing! Is there anything I can use in place of the Tahini? I've tried it and don't like it.

barlovo

Karen you could probably use any nut butter - peanut butter or cashew butter maybe? Try it and let us know if it's good!