Group LLC September Challenge!

saverys_gal

Thanks for your dance Marie! I feel so :smooched: from all the support!! I literally did a little shimmy and dance in the fitting room last night, that's how excited I was to be into a size 8! Tehe!

I think you're getting the hang out of how Atkins works, Marie, just give it time!!

profjan- I'm glad you're benefiting from the LLC group! That's what we all want! Have a great weekend! :drinker:

CALIECAT

HhWant to wish you a Happy aniversary this week end Savery_gal, Have a good time. but stay on plan. Marie

saverys_gal

Thanks for the warm wishes Marie! I'll be on here this weekend-we don't really have any special plans. And I ate so off plan this week that I think I'll behave this weekend. :drinker:

CALIECAT

Saverys_gal We need a picture of you in thosse size 8 clothes,

Resalyn

Hey, ladies - just a minute to post - I"ll have to catch up with you all on Monday when we get back, but I will be thinking of all of you! Stay strong, Sisters!

Hammbone - I'm doing Induction still, though my NC were over today, let myself get to hungry, wasn't prepared, and it all went to heck. Back on tomorrow!

Goin campin and kayakin as you all know! TTYL!

CALIECAT

Goof morning and Happy Labor day Weekend.

We are just going to have a nice day at home. and work on staying on plan.

breakfastL Bacon and eggs. with chili
Lunch: cold cuts nd raw beggies,SF jello
Dinner griled fish. brocolli, Salad
snacks no carb food.

VJ150

VJ150 I know you've been going at Atkins a while, are you still doing induction or have you transitioned over to OWL? I'm sure I've missed a few-sorry guys! Myself, I'm in Phase 3.

Hey Saverys gal,
I have been living Atkins for a very long time and I seem to be stuck for some reason. I try to keep my net carbs between 20 -30 daily. Some days I go over some days I don't. The weight is coming off, but very slowly. It is getting frustrating, but not to worry, I won't give up. I love nuts and raisins in my salad, but I think I will have to give them up and hopefully that will help restart the loss.

Exercising is still a challenge for me, but I am working on it. Today is a beautiful day and I plan to go walking in the park before my day gets away from me.

By the way - I don't eat eggs unless it is boiled and that is only if I have a taste for it. Otherwise, I can't stomach them. The steak idea is great for breakfast, if I can figure out how to get it prepared within the small window of time I have in the morning. We are out the door at 6:30 a.m.

Thanks for checking on me. This is a long journey and I am in it for its duration!!

HAMMBONE

Happy Saturday LLC's!!!

My goal today is to drink atleast 64 oz of water and exercise atleast 30 mins... probably to a L. Sansone dvd.

I haven't found my book so it might have been sent to thrift store in the last round of things I took... LOL but I will keep looking

CALIECAT

Good mornin Hammbone and V150

Too bad you don't like eggs I have been to Cooks Recipe site and look up eggs cooked in microwave and here is one that sounds interestin.

BILL'S SCRAMBLED EGG DELIGHT

1 tbsp. butter, melted
4 eggs
1 tbsp. milk ( change to whipping cream)
2 slices American cheese
1/4 tsp. cinnamon (to taste)

I would half the recipes for me

Microwave Directions: Melt butter in a medium bowl. Add eggs and milk cream and beat well. Cook on high for 90 seconds, stirring and rotating 1 time. Cut cheese into small squares and into egg mixture. Add cinnamon and microwave on High for 30 seconds or until cheese is melted and eggs are done. Serves 2.


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MrsNeuman

Goals for Sept!!

~get 4 days of some kind of exercise in a week (30 min at least)
~at least 64oz water
~at least start the C25K program
~stop eating so many nuts
~stay under 25 net carbs a day

Good luck everyone!
Idk if I'll be able to check in every single day, but at least a few times a week!

sassiebritches

Is most of the group following Atkins?
Is most of the group in phase 2?

Calie, I know you are starting phase 1.

Breakfast ideas???? Wow, I eat running so I generally grab a protein shake... LOL, did I mention I am a bit lazy????
I do agree with Savry's gal though, if I can eat it for supper, I can eat it for breakfast!!! So how about some fajita meat in lettuce wraps???

I like to make those egg, sausage, cheese muffins and freeze. Grab in the morning, pop in microwave while I am getting ready for work and grab on the way out the door.

Hmmm, I eat way tooo much in the car!

Hubby and I are following Atkins - I am still in induction and he is into Phase 2.......Hiya

sassiebritches

Hey all stickin to my plans.....have not gotten alot of exercise, but feeling good. I am still stuck on my weight, can't seem to get it to drop........argh.....but alas I keep pushing through I think my body is just getting used to things still.

Still have the goals

heart ~ Get Sodium down under 1200
heart ~ Keep carbs down to 20 and no more NUTS!
heart ~ Get started on exercise 5 days a week
heart ~ Lose 10 lbs this month MINIMUM

CALIECAT

Goof morming LLC What a beauitiful labor day So nice.

I had a nother egg delight for breakfast. they are so good. Remind me of eating egg cusrtard. with a couple sl of bacon. and crystal light orange juice. I will spend my day getiing the laundry done. Make me ready for today

Lunch will be cold cuts and diet jello homemade cole slaw

Dinner will be grilled meat, veggies and a salad

Plan on a nice day today, you all have a good one.

MArie

Lost a lb. this morning. Makes 3 lbs since i started eating this s ways

ColetteDuchnowski

Just wanted to say hi and welcome to the new people. I hope everyone is having a great labor day. Here in Michigan, it pretty much stormed all morning until late afternoon. I am getting in some exercise every day, and it feels good.

Hugs,
Colette

saverys_gal

Good morning everyone! Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Here's to a fresh week and the first full week of September! :bigsmile: I personally can not wait for fall to get here. It's going to be a lovely 92 here today, and after it was 80 all weekend! :sad:

So how is everyone doing with their goals??

I've been doing good incorporating new foods-I'm in love with greek yogurt! I also had a banana last week and bought a bunch of apples over the weekend plus some peaches, so I'm adding back in fruit, sugar be damned!

I did NO exercise at all last week. So my goal this week, starting today, is to exercise every other day. Last week was a bad week between TOM and migraines galore...so I let myself rest but this week I kick butt!

HAMMBONE

Hey just wanted to let you know I am only going to post in the other LLC thread as I don't have alot of extra time and it will be easier for me to keep up with one thread rather than two...

So I will see you LLC'ers at our other meeting place... LOL

jenuwine

My goals for September:
Drink 8 glasses of water each day
Eat LOW carb diet everyday
Excercise minimum 3 days per week

and finally - hope for someweightloss as a rsult of sticking to these goals!

Good Luck All:happy: :flowerforyou:
And amssive thanks to saverys_gal for this thread

Resalyn

Savery - boy, you'd kill for the weather we are having in Iowa - it's been in the 70s every day - this morning it was a chilly 42 degrees! Just last week we were in the 90s - it's like we went straight from summer to winter almost - at least it feels that way! Time to get the sweaters out!

I'm back on track with my goals, but need to re-read them to reinforce them in my brain... I'll be back later!

saverys_gal

You're very welcome jenuwine! :flowerforyou:

You've got great goals! We're all here to help one another and keep on track!!!

:grumble: :grumble: :grumble:

NO FAIR! I want your weather resalyn!! LOL. Maybe not the 42 degrees but I'll definitely take the 70s!! So sick of the heat! Although even though it was like 92 yesterday and it's somewhere around there again today, our humidity is dying off, so at least it's tolerable!

So my food goals are going fine-I love fruit so much that I'm kinda just saying the hell with it and eating it daily. Since I weigh daily I'll notice any crazy fluctuations. No exercise last night...so that means I have to do it tonight! Help hold me accountable LLCers! I need to put in at least 30 minutes!! I've got to get back in the groove! My energy and everything else are just so much better when I exercise regularly...

CALIECAT

My goals for September:
Drink 8 glasses of water each day
Eat LOW carb diet everyday
Excercise minimum 3 days per week

and finally - hope for someweightloss as a rsult of sticking to these goals!

Good Luck All:happy: :flowerforyou:
And amssive thanks to saverys_gal for this thread

i lile your goals sounds pretty aensibly I think that is what I am doing.

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Marie

CALIECAT

you wouldn't like our weather it is raining cAts and dogs. We need it so can't complain.

For some reason i am peeing up a storm today. I hope it is some of my fat. I been really doing great on my low carbs

Sounds like you are all doing great

My goal for September is to lose 5 lbs. I have already lost 3 so 2 more to go.
To eat low carbs,
You all ar a great bunch. enjoy coming here. see you later

saverys_gal

Glad you are getting the much needed rain Marie!

If you have recently added in more veggies they might be contributing to your peeing more than normal; they contain a lot of water! :laugh:

Keep at it Marie!! You're doing great!! :bigsmile:

And to answer your question about the surge in energy...from my personal experience, I had about 3-5 days of feeling yucky-really tired, cranky, just generally blah and then after that I was a new person! But I'm fairly certain that Atkins mentions that you should be through with that feeling and experiencing the new found energy within 2 weeks!

jenuwine

ok how did I go with my goals on day 1?
My goals for September:
Drink 8 glasses of water each day - YUP I drank at least 8 glasses, probably more like 12. filled my 750ml water bottle 5 times.
Eat LOW carb diet everyday - not so good, mainly cause I havent doen grocery shop since back from vacation so had to eat out for all my meals of the day. Although dinner I made taco and paid spcial effort to making that low carb.
Excercise minimum 3 days per week - havent done it yet, had parent teacher interview last night so didnt manage to find the time :-( looking very fwd to a good solid run tonight though!

weather where I am is unpredictable, sunny and warm for 5 minutes then bucketing down in rain the next 5 mins. Thus the reason I do my work outs indoors. Really looking fwd to summer comming so I cna run outside with my dog, and on the beach. Sunshine makes me so much more happier.

ColetteDuchnowski

Savery - boy, you'd kill for the weather we are having in Iowa - it's been in the 70s every day - this morning it was a chilly 42 degrees! Just last week we were in the 90s - it's like we went straight from summer to winter almost - at least it feels that way! Time to get the sweaters out!

I'm back on track with my goals, but need to re-read them to reinforce them in my brain... I'll be back later!

That is what happened in Michigan too....didn't get any higher than 60 today. Supposed to warm up over the next couple of days...at least to mid 70's.

VJ150

Hi Everyone,
This has been a wild week for me and unfortunately I haven't exercised but one day this week. I have to get re-focused - in a hurry. I have a goal I would like to attain before November 5. I know I will be disappointed with myself if I don't come close to it. So I must work harder at my daily routine of keeping my net carbs below 25 and exercise everyday!!!:bigsmile:

VJ150

So how did everyone's first day of the month go??

My first day was okay. I haven't planned meals yet, but I did get my veggies in today and stayed under 20 net carbs.

WTG, VJ150? Have you decided how often you are going to weigh yourself? I am a scale addict, so I try to hold myself to one official weigh in a week - but I must admit I sometimes peak at the scale to see how things are going....

Resalyn,
I tell myself often to ignore the scale because it is NOT MY FRIEND!!! However, I too peak throughout the week to make sure I haven't gained any. Officially, I weigh on Sunday mornings. The scale isn't moving much, but I know I am loosing inches. Yesterday, I was able to WEAR a pair of pants that I haven't been able to get into in YEARS!!! At one point I couldn't get them over my hips. But yesterday, I was STRUTTING!!! I didn't tell anyone about my accomplishment but I was extremely happy all day. It was like I had a little secret all to myself.

CALIECAT

Good morning everybody.


What a evening and night we had here in texas.Tornados everywhere. our town did not get hit. but oh those sirens and the newscasters kept us wondeing. But all is well this morning. I have an doctor appt. this morning so will keep this short.

I had a good day yesteday food wise. Hope to do enen better today.Keep my calories to 20. I don't count my salad vegegies.
T think they even out.
Goog day to you all and be Happy. Marie

saverys_gal

Happy Thursday LLCers! :flowerforyou:

Glad to hear your town didn't get hit Marie!!! That's so scary! I couldn't imagine living where tornadoes hit! Great job staying on plan!

We all have those weeks VJ150! That was me last week-didn't exercise at all! You can do it! And strut your stuff woman!! :bigsmile: GREAT job getting back into those pants!

I finally got some exercise in last night-did 37 minutes on my exercise bike; got in 9 miles. I really think, no, actually I know, that my lack of exercise for a week and a half, is the reason I've been so sore and stiff feeling throughout my body. I definitely feel a bit better today which means I'll want to exercise again tonight. I just need to figure out what I want to do! I have lots of DVDs I really enjoy but I HATE doing them when my hubby is home because he teases me SO much!! He just thinks they're cheesy etc etc but I just get so embarrassed! Anyone else have this problem?

XFitMojoMom

Got back in the saddle again yesterday after my extended labor day weekend...

Tuesday: 35 minute walk with Dog
Wednesday: 91 minutes CrossFit & walking the dog

Today my personal trainer had to cancel, so taking a leisurely morning, but going to do 4 x 400 m sprints/40-30-20-10 sit ups/practice handstands, walk the dog and do a full cleaning of my mansion :laugh:

As for hubby - ask him if he would like it better if your *kitten* spreads - and to go make himself useful and clean up the garage or something. I used to get embarrassed until I asked him to try it out with me and learned I could do twice as many push ups, and crush him in sit ups.

saverys_gal

As for hubby - ask him if he would like it better if your *kitten* spreads - and to go make himself useful and clean up the garage or something. I used to get embarrassed until I asked him to try it out with me and learned I could do twice as many push ups, and crush him in sit ups.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

LOVE IT! He won't do the DVDs with me for sure but I can con him into walking with me outside when I do that. Otherwise I give him a nasty look and tell him I'm putting in his favorite DVD and he better either put in his headphones or go work on the back porch!

GREAT job with your workouts!!!!