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Happy belated birthday Susan!0
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Milove - I saw your new pic before I even saw your post and commented on your page I love it!! you look great - and happy!!! well done on sticking with the new regime.. ! suzie lovely to see those pounds dropping off too... I have my $3 all ready lol
sorry I didn't get back to post - pesky work keeps getting in the way! I have a trainee with me to replace me for my weeks of vacation this year and he's logged on the computer so I can't sneak in here
im finding a struggle eating often off with the smaller amounts because I don't have stuff prepped that's quick and easy.. so I wait too long and then eat bigger amounts.. so heading out to get some laughing cow cheese and some tuna to do up - even 2 or 3 crackers with a bit of LC or tuna does me but if it's not there and easy to grab, its def impacting me.. I KNOW prep is a huge part of eating well - but they need to come up with a lazy persons' version.. like a chef... ha.. that's it I just need that chef we all talked about before!!
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Snoozie, I see a huge money making possibility! We should come up with pre-packaged healthy small meals! My niece makes five days of lunch and dinner for the work week on Sundays. She eats the same things everyday for the week. I'm not that disciplined.
Down three more of the eight today....three more to go!
Great photo, Milove!!2 -
yesssssss great job on the poundage loss suzy!! I just wanna win a contest where you win a free chef for a year... how come that's never the prize huh? lol omg I CANNOT do the same thing for a week.. every night at work my guys order in (obviously I don't.. financially or healthily) but I swear they will sometimes order the exact same thing 4 nights in a row.. and i'm like omg... don't get me wrong I live for leftovers... once LOL... or to freeze it for a few weeks down the road.. but I like food too much (sadly lol) to face the same thing every day no matter what it was...
I just made up a dish with chicken breasts with a ton of broccoli and cauli and poured a can of roasted cremini and shitake mushroom soup mixed with a bit of wine over it... I have not eaten ANYTHING made with soup in eons... I am not normally a fan at all.. but I had to use up 3 chicken breasts I had defrosted and I was desperate for something to take to work LOL.. I figure they are large bonessless skinless boobs so I will get 6 meals out of it.. so the cals and soldium from the can of soup split into 6 wont be so bad. assuming its edible... gotta go shower and gt human for work and I suppose ill see when I get out if it goes in the garbage or to work LOL
got my laughing cow and some raw veg with salad dressing for dipping .. and a protein bar just in case!! hey its everyone elses Friday - have a great weekend hatters!!1 -
Suzy, glad your dropping the water weight!! I know you fell elated.
Snoozie, I wish I had something to do with the breasts I've got marinating in buttermilk.... guess I'll just broil them... I would love to find a cremini mushroom soup to try...we just get same ole' plain ole' campbells mushroom soup...
Hi, milove good to see you, love the new do!
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Well, I have never heard of cremini mushrooms. That's something new for me. I don't think I've ever seen them in the shops. I do love mushrooms, though. Did the dish turn out well?
I tend to eat chicken thighs rather than boobs (I still love your word for them, Snoozie!)- I know they are slightly fattier, but I think they have more taste. Chicken boobs are so bland. Maybe it's because of the way they're farmed here - I think the chickens are quite young when they're bumped off.0 -
The soup was actually one of the Campbells line.. I was just gonna grab a cream of mushroom regular one but saw they have 2 new ones now; the shitake and crimini and a mushroom and roasted garlic one.. it came out.. edible for lack of a better word Vail lol.. I totally agree about the blandness of chicken boobs vs other parts; I honestly rarely get boneless skinless ones anymore because a) they are twice the price of a regular breast with the bone and skin on and b) yup not a a lot of flavour. This pkg had been on sale and when I put it in the fridge to defrost I didn't notice there were 3 LOL. But I can toss one of the leftover ones with a bit of the sauce into some high fiber pasta with vveg for tonite, and then chop the other one up for chicken salad sammiches or something. I put 2 dishes of it in the freezer as well so at least i'll have something there for those desperate i'm starving moments!0
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That meal sounds delicious I too love mushrooms. I always season my meats and fish with Mrs. Dash the best seasoning. It does not contain salt, so I always add a little salt on my own. They have so many choices. I would love a personal chef, trainer, and driver. lol2
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I often get chicken boobs for a similar reason - there isn't much choice available at my closest shop. In fact, I will be having one tonight, but have an idea for a sauce which will hopefully perk it up a bit (creme fraiche, some fresh herbs, possibly a little bit of dijon mustard and/or whisky). I had one last night and cut it in half long ways (two flatter pieces) and pan-fried it - I like a bit of brownness and crispyness on the outside. Have had lunch today (Welsh rarebit made with wine - I really must stop trying to put alcohol in my food) as I allow myself more than one meal at weekends.
I'm going to have a go at posting a picture - not sure what the etiquette is in linking to picture on another site, but this one made me laugh:
(It's from this bra review blog https://anenhancedexperience.wordpress.com/ .)
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Hillarious Vail!!0
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Good morning Hatters! Thanks so much for the happy birthday wishes from all and the happy birthday photo from Snooozie. . Sorry for the delay in response- I hadn't logged in for awhile, but when I just did and was reading all the posts to catch up, it was really a pleasant surprise
Life has been a bit crazy emotionally lately, and I'm finding the more I stuff my emotions to keep functioning, the more I stuff my face with carbs and alcohol
Not such a great thing , especially since I'm going to the beach at John"s Island in a few weeks and will be in my bathing suit all day! So I'm doing what I can currently to try to drop a few pounds at least before I leave, and then , once I return, I simply MUST conjure up that elusive motivation and determination to stay on course consistently. I'm thinking of possibly joining up with weight watchers , primarily for some extra motivation and accountability, has anyone tried their recent program lately and have feedback about it ?
I hope everyone is having a good week and staying happy and healthy
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good to see you Susan ! we can all relate to the comfort food/emotional eating syndrome I do believe.. hang in there tho! I've never tried WW so can't give any feedback pro or con - sowwy!
I've been diving into comfort crap lately and have no idea why either.. I need Suzie's sign printed off at work tonite to add to my 7.2 sucker !!1 -
Dove head first into pizza tonight. I'm one pound away from my ticker weight (before I put on those 8 pounds!) and succumbed to laziness and weak will by ordering pizza for dinner. I'm glad I walked my 4.5 miles this morning.
I tried WW years and years ago. It wasn't for me but I know lots of people who have had great success with it.0 -
We had Lil Ceasars this weekend...I only ate 2 .5 slices.....sooooo I came down a bit from my usual number....but I felt awful afterwards...funny how when you eat pizza after being off those type of carbs..it leaves you feeling yucky...I just wish I could remember it before buying it!! LOL
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Morning hatters.. just checking in.. finally finished evening shift and have a few days off before the dreaded midnights.. just have to keep telling myself only 2 more of them to go before I can start using my vacation weeks to avoid em for the rest of the year ha! Picked up my friends on the way home last night at the airport; returning from Costa Rica to -20 temps expected here this weekend lol.. I thought they were gonna turn around and flee back onto the plane! I need to do something to kick start some weight loss - just to get me in the right frame of mind beause my mind and my mouth seem to have other ideas.. !!1
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ohhh...-20 temps You are a strong woman. Snoozie. I would be curled up in a ball and eating all the time....just to keep my mind off the cold. Brrrrr..... hmmmm... sounds like a plan maybe a big pot of tortilla soup.
Those dreaded midnight shifts will be over before you know it!
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Just stopping through to say a quick hello to everyone, glad to see everyone is doing well. Suzy you got this. You exercised earlier so you earned the calories to eat the pizza
Just a quick note, my oldest daughter is going to be 29 in August and she does not have a boyfriend. My younger daughter tells me she is on a dating site. Well anyway, I crossed path with this nice young man around her age. (She will not let me set her up with anyone). So under pretense, I invited him and another worker (female) to my daughter's gymnastic's class (I have never been to watch her although she has invited me). Long story short, she met him I think they might be talking a little on facebook not sure, but the moral of the story is the other female and myself joined the class and we have returned twice already. I am not doing any amazing flips, (not even close to it too scare of breaking something) but what a great work out. I love being around all of these young folks and trying to keep up. lol4 -
That's so funny that you set your daughter up with somebody! And she doesn't know? Not that everybody should have a boyfriend, but if she's on a dating site, she was obviously looking. Very subtly done! If they do end up as a couple you'll have to let her know that you were planning it all along!
Well done on the gymnastics. I used to go to ballet classes about four years ago - I started because my son wanted to go, but he ended up leaving and I ended up staying, and yes, it was kind of fun being around the young ones! I was usually the oldest by far. I would love to try gymnastics, but there are no adult classes here. Have fun with it!2 -
milove.. I larfed and larfed.. and I think your slight nudge with your daughter is great!! but even if she doesn't hit it off with this particular young man, total score on you and your friend joining the class!! I just finished reading an article on how important it is to change up what ya do every few weeks physically so your body is continually being challenged, so sounds like you are not only doing good stuff for yourself but having a blast as well!! awesome!
I am about as graceful as a ruptured gazelle.. so have never taken any kind of ballet/gymnastics/dance.. I did try an aerobics class once where you had to do the grapevine.. you know slide across the floor one way then the other; I think I took out at least 3 pairs of feet on people
weirdly tho.. I've always had a secret desire to be able to dance!
I met with the kinesiologist Friday; it was well worth the 5 min drive this time (as opposed to the nutritionist session) lol. she gave me some strength training exercises to do at home - wee ones admittedly but ones that won't mess with my shoulder and also suggested I see an osteopath for the all over muscle pain .. she explained really well n layman's terms about what they do.. kinda like a physio and massage therapist in one, except they deal with body as a whole.
.. she splained that we have something called fascia over all our organs and muscles and tendons and stuff.. and when you receive an injury whether it be a car accident or a fall or a place where scar tissue has formed... this fascia stuff "sticks" to the organ or muscle (adheres) where the injury(s) occur.. kinda like saran wrap and when u injure the area, it sticks to the spot where the injury is.. so they work on the fascia to release it and that way the body can actually heal. They work the parasympathetic nerve system.. and connective tissue.. so I may look into that although I don't think its covered by my insurance as it's considered "natural medicine" I guess.... but very informative and she also showed me some dramatic A1C numbers before and after exercise which helped me reinforce in my head that it will help me get my number down if I move more.. I have a followup with her in a month - she squeezed me in as it took me 6 months to get the apt with her so she penciled me in for next month so I don't have to wait another 6. I must say tho this Diabetes Management Centre has been quite beneficial overall - the classes were and this was good; and altho I felt the nutritionist was a waste of time, I think it was honestly her, not the program - I just got a dud lol.... and its made me appreciate how having this available at no cost is something I should be grateful for. It's run out of the local hospital and I found it online - I did have to get a referral from my doc but that just took a phone call.
ok, enuf babbling I better get off my butt and get moving !!! I was a slug yesterday so have to make up for it today lol
still waiting on the scale to start moving... I am feeling relatively well about making better choices but still struggling with the portion stuff.. that's on me tho cause I know I often wait til im starving to eat and hence pig out.. so focusing more on small snacks added in to keep me from the scarfing it down syndrome lol!
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Morning Hatters!
Milove- good for you on both accounts of sneaking in a fix up for your daughter as well as joining the class, I have a 29 year old son who's looking for a girlfriend, but he does let me fix him up if I am able, unfortunately the last one I fixed him up with turned out to have some rather significant paranoia issues and other issues, though
Snooozie- glad to hear you gave some time off, but sorry it's so cold, We had an unusually pleasant cooler end of Feb and early March, but now our temps are 12-15 degrees above normal and going to hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit , so I suspect we are getting a glimpse of what's in store for the next seven months
I think the osteopath info is intriguing, and I am interested in hearing how you like it when you go. I see a neuromuscular therapist each week for a 45 minute session, but as I'm aging I swear I need him like every day for two hours! My insurance doesn't cover it , either, and it adds up for sure, but I would be lost without him. Anyway, I really hope the osteopath helps you out. And I hope that stubborn scale starts cooperating , too!
I'm happy to say that I finally seemed to get my head in the right place and have been eating lots of protein and exercising portion control, particularly when I'm out with my son who is the WORST influence! It's obvious he is adopted because every time we go out he eats an entire pizza or a burger and fries, with 4 beers and he complains that his size 27 waist skinny jeans are too big lately (because he started drinking a gallon of water daily). Good thing I love him so much or I would have to kill him !!! Anyway, my improved attitude improved my self discipline and the scale cooperated so I am feeling better about my journey. I realized a week or two ago that I keep wishing to drop the weight and I keep thinking " oh I'll be a smaller size this time next year ", but I wasn't really DOING what it takes to accomplish it, as if badly wishing it to happen was enough. But I am so tired of my clothes being too tight, etc, so hoping that silly head of mind can stay in the right place. I'm taking g one day at a time, though, and like I said, so far so good.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Our very popular college basketball team The Wildcats won the PAC12 championship last night - Go Cats!- and my husband and I are going to Sabino Canyon tonight to hike with some friends in the mountains under a full moon, so iit is a fun weekend in the he desert
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lmao Susan at the "if I didn't love him I would kill him" line... I have a couple of friends who have voiced the same thing for various reasons; I think my mom might have thought it once or twice with me and my sister too!
SO thrilled to hear you have found your mojo - double kudos for having found it with your son around too!!
I totally hear ya on the wishing it would happen without the work; that was a tough one for me to get my head around too.. I just wanted it to HAPPEN now thank you... lol and yep one day at a time is all we can do... but we have each other to talk us thru too..
I am totally envious of your moonlight hike - that sounds totally awesome!!! We are supposed to get a huge snowstorm tomorrow afternoon - JUST in time for my first midnight shift... NOT a happy camper but have to say we had a pretty good winter overall - not much snow or freezing temps and a few days last month of 50+ just to tease... so I can't really complain about this one.. i'd just prefer to be on days off and holed up ha.
I started the set of exercises today the K gave me... and im not gonna lie I am starting to hurt a bit... it doesn't seem like much at all i'm doing (except the squats.. ive always hated them which is probably why I never did them) but it just brings home how out of shape I am so im seeing it as a positive...
just home with some groceries.. gonna try a roasted veggie flatbread for dinner; found a low carb flatbread and a tomato basil organic type topping for the veg, so now I gotta get off my butt and start washing .. I must say tho roasted veg is a great thing for a lazy cook lol..
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ok I have to say im very impressed with myself - not being a cook at all or even liking cooking - the flatbread thingie turned out fab.. I roasted a bunch of veg, then I spread only 1/2 the flatbread with that tomato basil stuff (in case I didn't like it) and put the roast veg all over then I crumbled a tiny bit of goat cheese over the half with the T/Basil and a tiny little bit of low fat grated mozerella over the other half ..about 1 tbsp. total.. I overbaked the flatbread a little but only the edges.. and totally different flavours in each half.. but loved em both (I had a piece of each but still well within cals and carbs) but I absolutely got my veggie intake for the day LOL.. AND I made something not only edible.. but yummy! YAY ME1
and yes i'm sharing because this is a BIG deal for me lol.. sad but true...1 -
Great Job Snooozie! I can totally relate to your sense of accomplishment as it was not so long ago for me that I swear boiling water was a challenge lol.1 -
The flatbread sounds great, Snoozie - I imagine a bit like pizza! I would have been happy with it being slightly overbaked.
I have one of those sons too, Susan - mine is fruit of my loins, but you'd never know it to look at him, and he can eat a ton and has a 28" waist (which seems to be small for a guy, because often he can't find trousers to fit). Just recently though, he has been going to the gym a lot, doing a lot of heavy lifting, and has gained some weight - mostly muscle, but I do think some of it is fat.
I am way off track, after doing quite well. It doesn't seem to take much to throw me. And I suppose that's the trouble with a strictish diet (I've been doing a lot of fasting) - that any sort of "normal" eating immediately piles the weight on. But to be honest, if I'm not strict, I don't lose weight.
Anyway, well done on keeping on track, Susan. I know how hard it is! Your line about thinking you'd be a smaller size next year, as if wishing it would make it happen - oh, that's so true for me! I'm always thinking "well, I should buy this a size smaller, because I'm losing weight", but if I look at my reports, I've spent the last few years going up and down, but just maintaining really, overall. Which is kind of OK, because I've still got, roughly, the 60lb loss that I had originally. But I'm having trouble with my knees at the moment, and I'm sure losing some weight would help - I really do need to buckle down and do it consistently, over months and years.0 -
well they say pride goes before a fall.... and my pride at cooking something I thought was pretty healthy resulted in a huge spike in my blood sugar - it was off the charts 2 hours after eating it at first I thought WTF... then realized that even though I pretty much ate a bunch of veggies, it was almost a total carb dinner.. as veggies are considered carbs too (albeit good ones but they still count).. DUH... sooooooo in hindsight I should have added a little chicken or some other protein on it. oh well.. lesson learned and that's the important part so onward and well.. not upwards I hope..
vail your post resounded with me too.. with the regain of almost 30 of the 70 I lost I have been "cruising" at this stupid regain weight for the past 2 years now... holy cow I can't believe its been this long but I went back thru my records here and yup I hit goal weight almost 2 yrs ago.. and been steadily climbing back. I went to put on a pair of pants yesterday I bought then and can't even get them done up. I know all my summer stuff is from that weight too bcause I couldn't fit into any of it last year either... but i'll be damned if I buy any new stuff at this size so I better get working on dumping this fat before summer or i'll have to run around nekkid.
and you know your comment about the consisitency really struck home.. that truly is the key.... my doc has said that, and I KNOW that in my head... but I guess I am falling back into old habits of thinking diet instead of lifestyle.. maybe that's what I need to focus on instead of the weight.. consistency.. not just for a few days then pig out as my "reward"... sigh.. its definitely the head games that seem to play the biggest part in this weight loss journey... although i'm thinking maybe some duct tape over my mouth wuld help too??
but no matter our struggles, none of us have given up so YAY US!!! you know the old saying it doesn't matter how many times you fall down, it only matters that you get up again... and we all get up every single time!! i'm just getting tired of falling down .. lol. so this week on the dreaded midnights I will focus on consistency and see what happens!
rock on people.. we really can do this .. we KNOW we can lose weight and fat because we've all done it already an succeeded at it... so there's no reason we can't get where we want to be again!0 -
Vailara, it's like you and I are living the same life! Hahaha! It's been about two and a half years since I was at my lowest weight. I've gone up and down ten to fifteen pounds since then. I keep saying that I'll be at my goal weight by such and such date. For example; I'm going to a family reunion in July or the beach in August or a big hike in October. I figure out how many weeks I have and how much weight I can lose per week. Jeez! This usually takes place while I'm trying to get to sleep at night.
I lose my focus too easily. I was doing great then bam! I order pizza and blow it! I walked/hiked an average of six miles per day for twelve days in a row and only went crazy one night...and nothing! Not one pound lost. I must not be recording my calories accurately or something. So, I'm buckling down and getting back to trying to change my daily routines along with adding more veggies and protein and adding different exercises in addition to the walking. Unfortunately, we're getting our floors refinished next week and will be staying with my daughter and her husband for five days. I'll be completely thrown off my routine and 45 minutes away from my gym. It's going to be a struggle.
I'm so thankful to have you ladies to turn to for support, laughter and constant encouragement!0 -
I have had a few social occasions recently, and now nothing major until April, so I have no excuse! I'm still carrying some that seven pound gain I had when my son visited for a week in February, and I was eating "normally".
I know I need to be more focused, and stop thinking that I'll eat a little bit more "just tonight" and be back on track in the morning - ha ha! I often justify eating a bit more because I'm hungry, but I need to get my head round the idea that I'm going to be hungry if I'm eating less than my body "needs"!
I'm planning to have one plateful of healthy food in the evening. No going back to the kitchen for a little top-up, no matter how healthy it is, or whatever other excuse I can find. I'm going to embrace my hunger and visualise that fat breaking down into little pieces, floating away and going wherever it goes (where does it go?). I know that if I'm really strict with myself, then I will lose the weight.
I hope you're all doing well! Spring is coming at least - maybe that will make things easier for us?2 -
gosh I hope so vail (about spring!) just came off midnight shift - and I am avoiding the scale for a few days due to the horrible eating habits that shift always brings on.. well i'd like to blame the shift but I put the stuff in my mouth!
feeling quite blimpy and puffy and not liking it it all... and I KNOW i'm the only one who can change it but totally admit i'm struggling ... but like you vail gotta get cracking and make LOSING this weight my top priority...
hoping for a quick turnaround and a busy week of days off but hoping that will keep me out of the fridge too!!
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Vail, your talking for me...I have about 5 lbs I keep carrying around , some is water weight....but I ,too, keep saying " just today, I'll do better tomorrow....well tomorrow has never got here for me.....lol
Snoozie, I imagine working such a shift , must be terrible for eating habits.... gets your normal eating schedule all out of sorts ,along with not having the best choices at work...
Off to a funeral for a friend's father this morning , and my stomach is giving me fits from the Meds....my fault, totally. Ever seen the movie about the critters that you don't feed after midnight? Well that's me, If I eat after taking my metformin....it is hell to pay!
Hope everyone has an awesome day!!
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