For Katrina, Me, C, and Gina...and anyone else who wants to

GnaBean

NO soda! Yay!

www.goldstarchili.com if you're curious about chili spaghetti. The chili is actually much different from Texas style chili. It's thin and has a cinnamon/curry taste. It's Greek influenced. I'm not a huge fan of Cincinnati-style chili, but everyone else here IS.

Salad and lean cuisine planned for lunch.

Katrina - Having 2 boys is a blast. No matter what, the younger brother will think Nicholas is the coolest person on the planet.

LuRox

I don't eat Texas style chili either...I'm not sure where our chili comes from....it's ground beef, beans and chili powder....with tomatoes thrown in there...I'll have to check out that website....It's funny to me to find out all the different styles of eating in this country! Like my banana sandwich thread on here!

Now off to the potty again, that's a good thing...I need to pee all this extra weight out of me!!!!!!

ckmama

Lu's and our chili's are the same too. We don't eat Texas chili here either. I guess ours is Mississippi chili, cause its between lu and I, LOL.

I've made chili one time with white beans, and one time with beef tips?? I think. It was okay but it wasn't my stand by.

LuRox

Gina, is your chili the "skyline" chili? I just can't imagine eating chili over spaghetti??? Doesn't sound good to me at all...the chili doesn't sound too different from ours except maybe the cinnamon in it...but I could see putting cinnamon in it for flavor.... Katrina, I tried to find what kind of chili our kind is. There is Texas chili and Cincinnati chili, maybe ours is Memphis style or something...actually I use Chili-O in my chili with ground beef and dark red kidney beans. Tomatoes and a can of rotel for a little pow! I eat it with fritos and cheddar cheese too...Alot of people eat crackers with it but I don't like crackers with my chili....It's very similar to Wendy's chili except I can't stand bell peppers in my chili!

I do understand what you mean by 3 way chili now! Spagetti, chili and cheese! LOL

Tornado warnings everywhere here...how about up there?

ckmama

Sometimes we put an onion in the meat when we are cooking it, but it's not required. I don't use rotel because it is too hot for Nicholas. We use dark red kidney beans and whatever chili powder is on hand.


The only other thing I've eaten with my chili is white rice and that has been rare.

I've never heard of noodles sounds different.

But that hot dog on the front page looks so yummy.


I have snacked myself to death today.

LuRox

OK, I did better yesterday. I was only over on my calories by about 220 calories...and I did eat little debbie cakes.

Today I'm having an apple with some nutella for breakfast. Why did I buy that stuff. Good thing about that is that I'm not all that crazy about the nutella and when it's gone, that's it...no more for me.

I'm kinda anxious to see what I weigh today. I mean 10 lbs in 2 days is like killer. Surely I'm down a little bit...surely!

This weather is still on us here and I know that it's making me feel the way I do...just heavy. All that pressure bearing down on me, I can always tell it. There are tornados everywhere, the weather radio keeps going off and schools are opening late. You would think it snowed or something...I just love living in Alabama! If you don't like the weather right now, just wait a minute and it will be something different! I wish the cold front would move...it's sitting right on top of us and it's still hot. A few miles north of us it's 20º cooler...that will be nice!

OK, how did everyone do yesterday? I'm gonna say, OK for myself...not great not horrible but ehhhhh...OK

ckmama

I did OK too yesterday. Not fantastic, but not aweful. I had one of my I'm exhausted days and laid down most of the day.

LuRox

Well I weighed...I'm down .6 lb. At least it wasn't UP...maybe tomorrow will be a better day!

ckmama

What a terrible eating day.

77 grams of fat over my allotment, plus 4000 mg or sodium over. OMG what was I thinking. I am going to better tomorrow.

LuRox

I was 564 calories over...I didn't realize it would be that much. I had 2 hot dogs for dinner...Hot dogs just aren't worth it are they? I must remember to put that fact into my vault in my brain! I eat way too many hot dogs...they are full of sodium...aren't that good either...but dang, sometimes I just have to have them!

I will have 2 of them today, I think I will eat one for breakfast and one for lunch. Today I have to take Lettie to the WIC office to be re-certified for that. Fun fun fun...I hate going to the health department!

At least I get to leave work early today! YAY!

LuRox

I'm ready to just forget it and be fat and happy. GEEZ.

ckmama

NO Steph No giving up. Trying is better than giving up. that is like failing. You can't do it, I won't let you.

Hot dogs are an evil nemisis. They really are bad for us. They make me feel aweful when I eat them, but yet I keep eating them>DOH

It has finally cooled off here so I am making "our" chili tonight. I have fritos and cornbread to go with it.

I've walked 4 miles around the lake and did wATP 1 mile video early. That puts me at 3 days so far out of the 5 I have planned for this week.

My food has been atrocious these first 2 days, but I am doing well so far today. Trying to stay balanced and eat 5 small meals instead of 5 large meals. LOL

LuRox

Oh Heck....I ain't givin up....sometimes I feel like it though, and this morning, I weighed and I really just felt like why am I bothering....I was up again...I don't know what is going on. I'm lazy, don't want to exercise, and I'm just feeling tired all the time. it's hard to get motivated when you feel like I do. I can't find any time during the day to just go take a walk. and by the time I get home It's getting dark. I really think I've got it in my head that I just can't do this right now, because we have meals at church every other week, and now we are getting into the holiday season...I will be ready come January...but for now...BLAH! (and you notice I'm still here, so I havent' given up!!!!) ♥♥♥

I actually think I'm gonna come in under calories today too! So that's not bad!

LuRox

Happy Friday! I did much much better yesterday than I thought I would. I actually came in under calories. AND I did not have ANY CANDY!!!!! I didn't even promise that but I didn't! So major success. It has really cooled off a lot too, so maybe the scales will be nicer to me today! We'll see.

Now to get my butt in gear and get ready for work.

ckmama

You know what's awesome when we started talking about it last week, I had a big issue with candy. And I can't even remember when I've had any in the last couple of days. See we focused on that and we fixed it.

I also have been working on getting exercise and now I am 4 for 4 days so far.

My eating is 1 for 3 and today I am planning my day as I type. I am going to have a good food day today.

I can't think about or control how I will eat as the holiday's approach, but I can do my best while we are heading that direction, maybe to mitigate some of the damage.

The holiday's have always been a hard time for us. I think we should just take it 1 day at a time. Lets have good days, and when church eat day comes along, then eat, then start over the next day. We've had a couple of rough days with Nicholas so I understand that feeling of being overwhelmed and just feeling like giving up. But we can't. We love ourselves too much for that.

LuRox

I"m glad you are getting your candy cravings under control. I knew it would be good to be held accountable to people. It actually has helped me to see what I'm doing. NOthing...that's the problem. I"m not exercising, and I'm not watching what I eat. ON the days that I do, I see differences, and on the days that I don't...I get discouraged. But in my mind, I'm not ready to commit. How crazy is that?

It's not something I want to give up on forever. But I agree that the holidays are going to put a big damper on things for me. But I will keep logging, even when I am over, it gives me something to look at and say "See, you knew not to do that but you did it anyway, DON'T do it again!" Log and Learn!

ckmama

I had a total blowout on food yesterday. I was doing well inthe a.m. then went coo coo after lunch.

The worst is I went to cracker barrel and ate, I was so sick afterwards. Trying to eat light most of today and have controlled eating tonight at my grandmothers for trick or treat.

LuRox

Today, I promise to take at least a 30 minute walk at lunch. I have no excuse. I have my lunch packed, and it's going to be a beautiful day. I can take my running shoes and pants and t-shirt and my cell phone has music and even a new app I can use, I have a wonderful heart rate monitor I can track calories with also...so no excuses. I promise, at least a 30 minute walk. I will not say how fast or how far, but just at least 30 minutes!

That is all for now. ;-)

ckmama

I promise to stay within my calorie target for today. Just for today. I will choose foods that are healthy for me and my growing baby. I can do one day.

I met my exercise goals for last week. Not my food goals. So this week I will focus on my eating habits and working on fixing them.

Note: Lots of candy in the house, not tempted so far:drinker:

LuRox

I like this making a promise for a day. I think this is where I'm going to succeed. I made my promise for today and I'll think of one for tomorrow, well tomorrow. It's another day! When we learn from these "days" we can put them all together and have one huge successful life! I feel confident it will happen too!

I think I'm burned out of candy! It's not appealing to me at all right now!

LuRox

35 minute walk...DONE!

One Word: ENDOMONDO

AWESOME app! It works on Android, iphone and Blackberry, and no telling what else...http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/

AND OMG...I just read that it will work with my HRM transmitter too...so I won't have to wear the watch part, just the transmitter belt...AWESOMENESS galore!

That's a link to my walk today! It actually didn't start when I actually started so I actually got in a little bit more than what it says, probably about a quarter mile more but I had a great walk! This could be addicting!:drinker: :smokin: :flowerforyou: :laugh:

LuRox

And to top off that amazing walk...I had 443 of the most scrumptious calories for lunch too! Stewed potatoes, hash brown casserole, green beans and Kraut and weenies! OMG it could be an AWESOME Monday! LOL CAn you tell I'm just a little filled with Adrenalin???

ckmama

Just a little.

I'm done for today and only over about 150 calories. I'll take it as a success. If I did some exercise I could make that up, but i"m having terrible heart burn tonight and not feeling much like it. We'll see.

LuRox

Katrina, your little man is growing hair if you have heartburn!!! Did Nicholas have hair? Lucy had a head FULL (yes I had Heartburn galore with her) and Riley just had a little (I had a lot of morning sickness with him but not a lot of heartburn)...LOL

My promise for today:

I will do 30 minutes of some kind of walking today....the weather is iffy today...if I can't get outside and walk I will do my 3 mile tape in my office today.

That will put me at 2 days out of 7. My goal is to get in at least 4 days of 30 minute exercise days! I can do that!

I think I ended up being just about 200 calories over for the day. I will call that a success also! I could have averted that if I had not eaten such a large breakfast yesterday. But it will be ok. I exercised yesterday!

LuRox

Aw man...I just found out that my HRM isn't bluetooth capable...oh well, I'll just wear it too! See if I get the same results!

ckmama

My heartburn went away as soon as I took my bra off:embarassed:

This is a new bra too. 42 DDD....It isn't causing the same problem today. My babies are born just about bald. Well my first one was. I'm sure this one will be the same.:bigsmile:

Well I have to come out about something.

Last night after I posted I was finished, I wasn't, I went into the kitchen and that stupid candy bag caught my eye. I ate 8 pieces of sour candy and 1 reese's cup. :ohwell:

I weighed this morning. Not what I wanted to see. It was another big gain in my opinion, since I think I should be gaining .5 lb or less each week. The scale actually hopped around I like one of the weights, but the other 3 were pretty close. It was weird.

My promise for today is to control my eating and stay within my calorie target. I have already went to the gym 20 mins on ET and about 10 mins of weight training (don't want to keep getting soft) . And now I'm going to do one of my WATP videos.


It has been raining here since 5 pm yesterday non stop, yuck, but we needed the rain badly.:huh:

LuRox

Promise for today - KEPT!

Endomondo! I love it! I really think it's gonna get me motivated to move. I actually went faster today. But I gotta say my shins are SORE...I need to take some ibuprofen right now to ease them!!!

Katrina, I never close my food thing out each day because I know I will always go and eat more if I do. (and sometimes I don't but still)

You are trying at least to keep your gain under control. I know it's very hard when you are pregnant to control those "cravings" but keep on doing what you can...and keep exercising...at least you know you aren't vegging out and just doing nothing! IMagine what you gains would be then??? EEEEEk

ckmama

I'm not feeling well today. When I tried to do my WATP I started hurting, now I've got a stomach ache and a stopped up ear.

LuRox

Don't be overdoing it Kat! I do hope you stopped and rested...you are growing another human in there...be careful!!!

I did decent with my food yesterday....I was over but I didn't overeat...I just made a couple of bad choices. Like that whopper with cheese and mayo...if I had just cut out the cheese and mayo it would have been about 200 calories less...I knew that too.

Promise for today: So far these promises are making me do my exercises. Today will be a challenge to me...it's church night. I have lunch with my friend on Wednesdays. So I am going to stay after work and walk if it's nice...30 minutes won't hurt. And it will still be light outside for this week anyway. Next week I don't know what I'll do. If it is raining...I will stay in my office and do my 2 mile WATP tape. So that's my promise. 30 minutes of SOME kind of exercise! I do hope I'm able to walk outside so I can use endomondo again!!! i just love that little app!

I have a clean kitchen and that is making me happy! I've gotten everything done except dusting the pot rack and pendant lights and mopping the floor. That will have to wait until the weekend. But it's amazing what 30 minutes worth of work can do...I even have counter tops again!!! They were so cluttered up I couldn't find them. I really have nice countertops!

Now, on with the day!

LuRox

Well, I almost wimped out. It was raining just a little when it came end of work day, and I almost decided to just come on home...but I decided to strap on my HRM and keep my work clothes on and watch the rest of Ellen (it comes on at 4 here) while I did walking, dancing and jumping around for 33 minutes...I thought I was going to die before I got done...I did some hip shaking stuff like I have watched on the zumba commercial and I am afraid my waist is going to be sore sore sore tomorrow! LOLOL

So 260 some odd calories later...I am now home and filled with endorphins and adrenoline. Life is good.

Promise kept- Day #3!

Lu is learning! How are YOU?