Over 200 New Year New ME Part 41

lildebbie

jess and julie - I am with you with the planning. My sister got me these cookbooks for christmas and so far 3 out of 3 dishes we made are awesome, Penne turkey sausage bake was yummy, light cordon blue (made with corn flakes ) was great, and hawiaan chicken last night...i can't wait to try more of them.

RedneckWmn

Deb those sound fab!! I'll take any recipes off your hands that your willing to dish out! :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :blushing:

HeatherMN

Meokk: I was finally able to see the pic of you in your wedding dress and I have to agree with the other ladies....you're gorgeous!

Cris: I figure if one isn't confident, they'll never get what they want. I've actually listed "Win $10 million in the lottery" as a goal this year. They say if you write it down, tell people and it's specific you can make it come true. So, there it is. My horoscope says I come into a fortune in June; fingers crossed!

Lauren: The Jazzercise sounds like so much fun! Unfortunately all of the exercise Groupons for MN are always in downtown Minneapolis, which I hate. If they ever have any in the eastern Twin Cities suburbs, I'll be all over it. I love your lunch packing for the hubby. Too funny.

Nancy: Thanks again for sending me the rest of your story. I just love your delivery. As far as the journaling, I tend to do a recap of the entire day. The specific food stuff I leave for my online logging at WW.com, but I will write about exercise, how I felt, etc. However, I forgot to journal last night, so I need to make it a habit again. Baby steps.

Theresa: Bummer that neither one of us won the lottery. We haven't had Mega Millions in Minnesota very long, so I doubt there's been a MN winner, either. I've been playing numbers that popped up in a dream I had during Thanksgiving in hopes that I was psychic, but so far that hasn't been working out. Great job on avoiding the ice cream; I didn't avoid mine, but it worked into my daily allowance so it's completely okay.

Laila: Your son sounds absolutely adorable! Isn't it funny what parts of school they choose to love? My bf's son likes math more than recess!

Last night was my first weigh-in after starting WW and I was down 2.2 lbs, but it's all stuff that was re-gained over the holidays. I'm optimistic, though, since that was after I ate a huge hamburger with fries and ice cream on Monday night AND went over my weekly points having pizza on Sunday. If I stay within my allowances this week, I could be back to my lowest in a week or two.

tlrue

Deb - Good luck with the PT! I really liked it when I did it. (Although, I'm a little masochistic and enjoy the torture haha)

Lauren - I will try to find a new picture that's good. I've been shying away from the camera lately. There are some on facebook if anyone wants to find me! (email is stout.111@osu.edu)

Julie - I am now cleaning up the house and enjoying Queen's Greatest Hits! Thank you! haha

Jess - Good luck with the swim suit shopping... Some how I've ended up with three different ones over the last coupe summers: Laying around and feeling skinny suit, Chasing kids tankini, Chasing kids and feeling skinny suit. haha

Heather - Better luck (to us ) next time! I'd even volunteer to split it with you if they'd let us win! haha

Ready2lose4ever

jess and julie - I am with you with the planning. My sister got me these cookbooks for christmas and so far 3 out of 3 dishes we made are awesome, Penne turkey sausage bake was yummy, light cordon blue (made with corn flakes ) was great, and hawiaan chicken last night...i can't wait to try more of them.

Deb what are the names of the cookbooks? I am looking for some new ones to use some new recipes.

Ready2lose4ever

Julie-I'm completely with you on planning. If I don't plan I eat bad. If I plan and keep looking for new ideas then I do better. Someone posted a thread last week about spinach stuff chicken...I can't wait to try it! Enjoy your bacon! :bigsmile:

R2L-Great job on getting on the bike and working out!

Lauren-I love your story about your hubby! I'd be doing the same thing in your situation. That's a lot for lunch.

I have started the dreaded swimsuit shopping for Mexico. I did NOT want to do this with a weight GAIN! My clothes pretty much fit the same as they did before so I'm not too too worried. I will be checking Landend Heather. I want a variety for Mexico. But I don't want to spend too much since I may never wear them again. I goto ne from fashion bug online for $20 and had it shipped to a store for free shipping! YAY! I'm feeling ambitious and ordered a 16. A size smaller then I was wearing last summer. I'm most concerned about my boobs and tummy fitting into it. Here's to hoping! Motivation right!? :drinker: :bigsmile:

Thanks Jess

HeatherMN

I'd definitely share the lotto with lots of people if I won $330 million!

jennbarrette

Deb, can't wait to hear how the PT went today. I am going to get a few sessions when I hit my first plateau...

jennbarrette

Oh, and does any one have any good Thai or Indian recipes? I find that those kinds of foods have a lot of favor with out the calories. I am still looking for some good easy recipes to make at home.

lildebbie

well i survived my 1st session !!!

It went pretty good. did like 5 min on the treadmill to warm up while she was talking to me.

So we started with some core stablization stuff. Crunches on like a 1/2 ball thing and like these plank things (yah those about killed me).

THen we went to 4 things, chest,back, shoulders and legs. Since i have issues with my knees she had me do this thing called hexsquats, it is a machine that you add the big weights or can leave them off (as the machine is heavY) and you squat , it is supposed to be less impact than like lunges or squats, my knee was still a little bothered by it but not as much as usual.

THen we did bicep curls with resistance bands and pushup things up against a bar (really glad she didn't think that i could actually do a pushup) but these were really hard ..ugg i am weak.

SO I go for my 2nd one on monday, we will work with free weights and cable stuff then. I would love to have a few more just not in the budget right now...I am quitting the gym come may just want as much info as possible.

well i didn't burn as much as i usual do, but still did like 186 calories so figure that was pretty good.

cris20056

Phew....been trying to log in all day but work is super busy 'read-stressful" and I finally just got a break now!

Anywho, checking in for 1/4: (Im commited to checking in!)
calories- 1295
water- not as good as usual but prob near 100
sodium- 2200
excercise- 30 day shred level 1
proud- Uhm shred! I am so freaking sore!!

So I did the shred and I cant imagine myself getting better at it...but I only plan on doing it Tuesday and the occasional Saturday so we will see if by improving my overall health I do better,

Lauren- our lasagna story made me laugh, I would have stayed in bed..Im also running ot the bathroom every few mins, its good to be back!
Pos me- thanks for sharing your shred info and experience ur the shred queen!
Cogirl- I used the HRM yesterday for the first time but it was something I never done before so I cant compare. Today Im doing c25k so Ill get a better gauge on the difference! thanks for asking!
Heather- LMAO! Im gonna start writing lots of stuff down and telling people..
Blue- your story cracked me up! only you would do such a thing!

hopefull i get back on later! gotta get back to work! ugh

LittleSpy

Jenn -- all the Thai/Indian recipes I've ever made are "curries" and all contain coconut milk, so not low calorie (IMO, light coconut millk is a total waste of money -- I swear it's just watered down). But they're still pretty good for you! There's one in particular I love but I don't have a specific recipe anymore. It involves chopping up carrots, onions, a sweet potato, and a white potato or 2 into bite sized pieces. The original recipe I had called for tofu, but I usually use chicken (err, about a pound of boneless/skinless breast), also cut into bite sized pieces. Cook the chicken first in some olive oil (I usually just cook it in the bottom of a good sized pot so I don't have to transfer it later) & then add the veggies & a can of chickpeas (or a couple cups of reconstituted dry chick peas) & cook on mediumish heat until everything starts to soften. I like to crumble a veggie bouillon cube on top of the veggies as they cook. Then, I pour a can of coconut milk on top of everything and mix it all together. Then I add lots of spices (to taste) like curry powder, cumin, turmeric, garlic, ginger, and cardamom to the pot, stir it all really well, reduce the heat & simmer for 15-20 minutes or so. Right at the end, I usually add a tablespoon or so of brown sugar & maybe a little salt. I love this served over basmati rice, sprinkled with fresh cilantro.

Sorry my "recipe" sucks as far as measurements. I don't really do much measuring when I'm cooking. :embarassed:

jennbarrette

That sounds yummy Julie. I think I going to do Thai Shrimp Curry with Coconut Milk tonight. Yummy! I am going to loosely follow this recipe - http://www.thaifoodrecipesite.com/thairecipedetailthaishrimpcurrycoconutmilk.aspx Using whatever I have on hand.

Here is an interesting coconut milk fact - The saturated fat in coconut is made up of short-chain and medium-chain fatty acids the body quickly turns into energy instead of storing as fat. Therefore, even though it's high in saturated fat, coconut can aid in weight loss.

RedneckWmn

:blushing: Why has soup suddenly become my comfort food? Weird! Thought I would share my random thought. :bigsmile:

elmox

Jess, probably because it's winter (even in Texas) and it makes you feel all warm and loved?

After all this curry talk, I'm totally craving!!

Ready2lose4ever

You guys are making me hungry with all this talk about Curry. I have done well today. My hubby brought home a tin of nuts yesterday and it has cashews in it and I absoultly love cashews so I knew I had better not touch them or I would eat them all. I was going to have some till I saw how much sodium was in them. I am already over on sodium for the day by 300. I actually entered them on my food diary and saw that I would be over on my calories so I took them off and put them back and did not eat them. This is big for me!! I am proud of myself for not eating the cashews!1

I have done great with my food and exercise even though we will not go grocery shopping until Friday so I am having to find things to eat that are healthy and not too bad in sodium or anything else. I would say that I have the hang of this thing.

tlrue

I second Jess' soup comment!

Although - I have new evidence of my changing eating habits: Usually, I eat a whole can of Campbell's Select Harvest [insert soup flavor]. Today I got through half of the bowl and was totally full.

Side note: The boyfriend bought me the BEST book for Christmas, I highly recommend it to everyone. Even if you already know how to do all of the things in the book, it's a hilarious read!

How to Sew a Button: And other nifty things your grandmother knew

It has everything from gardening to making an apron, to unclogging a drain, to how to wear red lipstick! Very entertaining. I can see this turning into a check list once I'm done reading it.

elmox

I actually entered them on my food diary and saw that I would be over on my calories so I took them off and put them back and did not eat them. This is big for me!! I am proud of myself for not eating the cashews!1

This is AMAZING!! Good job of thinking it through before you ate. One of the reasons I love MFP is it helps me to make good decisions...whether or not to eat, or even how much. YEAH YOU!!

btw - can you all tell I'm totally avoiding work today w/all the stalking/posting??

RedneckWmn

I second Jess' soup comment!

Although - I have new evidence of my changing eating habits: Usually, I eat a whole can of Campbell's Select Harvest [insert soup flavor]. Today I got through half of the bowl and was totally full.

Side note: The boyfriend bought me the BEST book for Christmas, I highly recommend it to everyone. Even if you already know how to do all of the things in the book, it's a hilarious read!

How to Sew a Button: And other nifty things your grandmother knew

It has everything from gardening to making an apron, to unclogging a drain, to how to wear red lipstick! Very entertaining. I can see this turning into a check list once I'm done reading it.

This sounds like my kinda book!!

Lauren I think you are right it is because it's cold outside. I love soups and stews during winter. Makes me feel wam and LOVED! Haha..I love it!

Laura-Way to go on not eating the peanuts!! That right there shows progress! Very proud of you!

Momma24

Hi Girls,

Just here recording some food. Thought I would pop in and say hi. Hope all is well. It is my lunch time and you all are making me hungry. I am going to have a chicken sandwich with some very thinnly sliced breast. mmm I am so hungry I had a very light breakfast because I kinda slept in. My kids are out of school until next week so was kinda lazy today. This afternoon I will get some exercise in . Probably won't be checking in for today because I teach a class tonight at church. First and second graders I loveem. So hope you all have a great day and I will see you tomorrow