Dropping pounds with inspiring pals [CLOSED GROUP]
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I'm sorry I've been MIA for awhile. I have been sooo busy and just let everything slide...ugh!! BUT, I'm back and I'm ready to do this thing! My Sunday goals: To stay under calories each day and to get some more activity in each day whether it is walking or cleaning house, just to get up and MOVE!0
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I'm sorry I've been MIA for awhile. I have been sooo busy and just let everything slide...ugh!! BUT, I'm back and I'm ready to do this thing! My Sunday goals: To stay under calories each day and to get some more activity in each day whether it is walking or cleaning house, just to get up and MOVE!
It happens to all of us!!! No worries and keep up the good work!!!!0 -
Monday check-in : Bad weekend... I've put on a few from water weight. But I'm putting the weekend behind me and I'm ready to rock this week. Checked the forecast and it will be beautiful all week for my walks. Got the house cleaned up, all the dishes done and my dinners all planned out for the week. I'm actually excited to cook tonight! That like never happens haha. Mmmmm... BBQ chicken w/ a side of baked beans, I'm drooling already LOL.
I found a little extra motivation... I'm only a few lbs away from being the same weight as one of my friends. I dunno why, but I enjoy the competition (she is trying to lose weight too) and I want to be ahead of her! And I'm about 10 lbs away from weighing less than the fiance... that to me is super exciting, I've never weighed less than him and I feel like the woman should weigh less than the man in the relationship. So everytime I'm tired this week, don't wanna work out, call it quits early I'm going to think of those 2 people to push me harder and get up off my butt and moving!0 -
I'm sorry I've been MIA for awhile. I have been sooo busy and just let everything slide...ugh!! BUT, I'm back and I'm ready to do this thing! My Sunday goals: To stay under calories each day and to get some more activity in each day whether it is walking or cleaning house, just to get up and MOVE!
Good to see you back
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Monday Check-in : I'm doing ok. With all this added exercise it feels like my food choices are becoming more difficult. Its about 50/50 for good and bad days anymore. In the past eating my exercise calories didn't work for me. So I could still be in the "green" technically because of exercise, but I'd end up showing no loss...of even a gain at the end of the week
So I really try not to eat back the calories from exercise, but I noticed almost everyday I'm doing that. The exercise I'm doing now is A LOT harder than before too though, walking vs jogging + 30D shred, so I wonder if that will make a difference...but now that the month is half over I'm dreading the end of the month. I have my hopes up too high for the outcome, and I can't seem to get them back down to realistic standards and I know there is a good chance I'll be disappointed when I weigh in. 0 -
@chrystal559 - Good job on the progress. You should be really proud of yourself...and tell your puppy to stop eating your shoes you need those, especially for all the walks your going to do. lol I keep seeing posts about the zig zag diet, but I've never heard of it or really read up on it.
@pinstripepirate - Thanks for the pep talk. I was just having a bad day that day, and the small amount of self-esteem I do have seemed to have disappeared.
@Learning2LoveMe - Glad to hear the concert went good except for the girl passing out. Thats scary, did anyone ever find out what happened (did she forget to breath?). Now that your out of school at least you'll have time to really focus on exercise. We only have 7 months to train for that half marathon (can you feel the urgency in 7 months lol). Have you thought about giving up the soda all together?
@naesue - It sounds like you are doing really good at your moms That's good to hear since I know you were a little worried about it. Hitting the 20lbs mark is fabulous! 0 -
Ok so this is what I leaned about the Zig Zag Diet so far.
Basicly you want your average net calories to be what ever you are alowed to eat in a day.
But you want your diet to be different every day like one day you eat under your calories ant then the next day you want to eat ever you calories...
Example... I am allowed 1600 a day so that is what me average needs to be... ( but I am going to do 1400)
Monday 1200 net (-200)
Tuesday 1800 net (+400)
wednesday 1300 net (-100)
Thursday 1600 net (+200)
Friday 1200 net (-200)
Saturday 1400 net (+-0)
Sunday 1300 net (-100)
I am going to start this and see how it goes...
You can eather plan how many calories you are going to eat a day or so go with it and just add you calories out and make sure you get the right average in the end...0 -
These are the walking shoes that my puppy got ahold of... I think I need to get some new ones... Lol
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I can't remember when the last day was that I posted for themes, so I am just going to start with Sunday...
Sunday Goals: Still struggling with drinking more water, so that's at the top. Also, my other goal is to not slack on exercise this week. It's raining all week so walks are probably out. I need to make sure I do yoga or something to make up for it.
Monday Check-in: I lost two pounds last week, which I was happy about. I ate a lot at my graduation dinner so I was afraid I may have not had that kind of loss. This week is tricky too because I ate out last night and I'm going out to dinner tomorrow night to the Cheesecake factory. I have to scour the menu to find something that's fairly low-cal. I don't like going out to eat so frequently but I couldn't really help it this time.
Tuesday Recipes: Not really a recipe but another snack idea... I like to slice up a banana and put it in a bowl (or on a plate). Then I will microwave one tablespoon of nutella for about 15 seconds so it becomes thin and runny. I drizzle the nutella over the banana and pop it in the freezer for about 20 minutes or so. I like the bananas to be partially frozen, and the nutella gets fudgy in density. Then I eat it. It tastes delicious and frozen banana has a similar consistency to ice cream. I can't get enough of that.
I hope I didn't post that "recipe" last week, but I kind of have a feeling I might have. Lol!
Yesterday I went to see a friend I haven't seen in a while and we got to talk about my weight loss and everything. She's always been thin and she had a ton of questions for me. She told me she was really proud of me and that really meant a lot to me. She was really impressed that I was able to do it on my own without some sort of medical help. That's kind of my inspiration for this week, I guess. It makes me want to keep going! (so there, I've touched on Thursday's topic already!).0 -
Alright...I just have to kind of vent...so bear with me.
I haven't weighed in since April 8th...(and until today didn't own a scale since April). .... Well I'm at Walmart picking up some groceries ... and I wonder over to the damn scale section ... and convince myself to get a scale again. I haven't eaten today or anything...so when I got home, I weighed myself. Not only have I NOT lost any weight, I've gained almost 5lbs since April. I haven't lost any inches either. I'm just really urked with myself right now. I felt like I was losing weight, I guess it was just my mind playing tricks on me, because I have nothing to back it up, no inches, no smaller clothes and now no weight loss. I knew my food wasn't the best the last few weeks, but I figured with all the extra exercise I was doing maybe it would still work out. (since i was often (not always) in the green with my exercise calories) Once again...kidding myself.
And I know I don't have extra muscle weight, because its hard to gain a lb of muscle (especially for women). Like 6 weeks of dedicated exercise that usually involves weight lifting...for 1lb! I always see that on the boards, someone will work out for a week, not lose and everyone says "You must have gained muscle weight"...ya...it so doesn't happen like that.
I don't think I'm going to go without a scale again. I know weighing in daily/weekly etc can drive someone crazy (by someone I mean me). But this is twice I tried to avoid the scale and just focus on other things and its bit me on the *kitten*. I guess I need that number staring me in the face daily saying "Hey fat *kitten* put down the food".0 -
@Virgo:
I'm really sorry to hear about all that. I don't mean to try and gloss over this, but I do want to bring up two points to keep in the back of your head. First, scales aren't always consistent with weight. It's possible that the scale you bought weighs a little heavier than the last scale you had. Also, even though you didn't eat anything today, you may be retaining water from what you ate last night.
It sounds like a good idea to keep the scale around. Maybe having a constant reminder will help you stay on track. I believe in you. You CAN do this! *hugs*0 -
Tuesday Recipes: Not really a recipe but another snack idea... I like to slice up a banana and put it in a bowl (or on a plate). Then I will microwave one tablespoon of nutella for about 15 seconds so it becomes thin and runny. I drizzle the nutella over the banana and pop it in the freezer for about 20 minutes or so. I like the bananas to be partially frozen, and the nutella gets fudgy in density. Then I eat it. It tastes delicious and frozen banana has a similar consistency to ice cream. I can't get enough of that.
I hope I didn't post that "recipe" last week, but I kind of have a feeling I might have. Lol!
AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE nutella!!!! I have a jar in the pantry that has been there for about a year now because if I take it out, I will eat it all! And eating it with bananas is my favorite way to eat it- well besides just licking it off a spoon! But I had never thought about nuking it and drizzling it over the banana though. Hmm... I may have to try this, but I am afraid once I open that jar it'll be all over for me! Thanks for the recipe. I think.
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@Virgo:
I'm really sorry to hear about all that. I don't mean to try and gloss over this, but I do want to bring up two points to keep in the back of your head. First, scales aren't always consistent with weight. It's possible that the scale you bought weighs a little heavier than the last scale you had. Also, even though you didn't eat anything today, you may be retaining water from what you ate last night.
It sounds like a good idea to keep the scale around. Maybe having a constant reminder will help you stay on track. I believe in you. You CAN do this! *hugs*
Yes, this ^^ I was about to tell you all the same things, but she took the words right out of my mouth! You're really doing so well with your work outs, I know you can do this!!0 -
Last week I made creamed spinach. I had never had it before, but I love spinach so I thought I'd try it. It was a hit! Even my spinach hating daughter loved it and went for seconds!
.Servings: 8
• Serving Size: 2/3 cup
• Old Points: 2 pts
• Points+: 3 pts
.Calories: 95.8
• Fat: 4.9 g
• Protein: 5.9 g
• Carb: 8.2 g
• Fiber: 1.8 g
Ingredients:
~2 tsp butter
~1/2 cup shallots, minced
~1 clove garlic, minced
~2 tbsp flour
~1 1/2 cups fat free milk
~2 tbsp parmesan cheese
~1/4 tsp nutmeg
~1/4 tsp fresh pepper
~salt to taste
~4.4 oz Boursin Light (or laughing cow cheese)
~16 oz bag frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained of all moisture
In a large saute pan, melt butter. Add shallots and garlic and cook on medium about 5 minutes. Add flour to shallots, mix well and cook one more minute. Reduce heat to low and slowly add milk, whisking well. Add parmesan cheese, nutmeg, salt and pepper and mix well. Add boursin light and mix with until smooth. Add spinach and combine well with sauce, cook one minute, until heated through. Adjust salt and pepper if necessary. Makes 6 1/2 cups
**** Note: I used onion instead of shallots, did not add nutmeg as I was out, and I used laughing cow cheese in garlic flavor. I also used about 3 garlic cloves instead of just one because I really like garlic Enjoy! 0 -
AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE nutella!!!! I have a jar in the pantry that has been there for about a year now because if I take it out, I will eat it all! And eating it with bananas is my favorite way to eat it- well besides just licking it off a spoon! But I had never thought about nuking it and drizzling it over the banana though. Hmm... I may have to try this, but I am afraid once I open that jar it'll be all over for me! Thanks for the recipe. I think.
Nutella is extremely dangerous. In fact, I believe it should come with a warning label!0 -
Tuesday - Well I got this recipe online, and then just kept tweeking it to try and get lower calorie / lower sodium meat loaf.
Here is the Link: http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/colorful-cupcakes-686085/
It is Meat loaf cupcakes with Mashed potato frosting (I tried it once with mashed cauliflower...I didn't like it as much as the potato, but that's another option).
1.) Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Line 12 muffin tin cups with foil bake cups.
2.) In a large bowl, mix together all of the meat loaf ingredients until well combined. Divide the mixture evenly among the lined cups (the liners should be about three quarters full).
3.) Place the filled muffin tins on cookie sheets and bake the cupcakes for about 15 minutes or until cooked through.
4.) Divide the mashed potatoes among three small bowls and stir a few drops of food coloring into each batch to create blue, yellow, and pink pastel frostings. Spread a generous dollop on each cupcake. Makes 12 cupcakes.
I was able to get these to about 130 a cupcake (including frosting...but I'm still working on the sodium) ... using 95/5 meat & egg beaters & crushed up stuffing mix. lol
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UGH! I love that I have MFP on my phone so that I at least log all of my food and exercise but...I miss out on all of you then! I need to make sure that I am getting on the computer at least once a day so that I can be encouraged by all of you and encourage you all!!!
Monday Checkin - Monday I was up a lb Tuesday down a lb 1/2 and today I am up 2lbs. I'm not really worried though cause I am doing everything I am supposed to. Besides I shared a Thai Sample platter and Thai Fried Rice with my mom last night, that da*n sodium!
Tuesday Recipie - I bought a new cookbook while here at my moms and have tried a few of the recipies and they are really good!!! Last week I made both an old fashioned meatloaf at only 263 cals and 690 sodium and a Southwest Turkey Bake at only 267 Cals and 640 Sodium. Both were really really good! if you want the recipies just ask I'll give them! I got them out of "Favorite Brand Name 3 Books in 1, 100 Calorie Snacks, 200 Calorie Desserts, and 300 Calorie Main Dishes"
Wednesday Whine - I WANT TO GO HOME!!!!!!! I love the progress I've made here and I love that I was able to comeout and help my mom but.... 1. I miss my husband!!! Like Really miss my husband!!! Like no one better bother us for 24 hours when I get home miss my husband!!!!! 2. My mother is driving me crazy! it was good while she wasn't feeling well but now she feels good, just cant do anything, and she is back to treating me like a child instead of an adult!!! 3. My step father is acting like and treating me like I am a intruder instead of like I am a blessing that came out to help my mom out so he could work! I didn't have to come here! I could have stayed home with my family! Appreciate what I have sacrificed to be here! 4. I'm missing so much at home! My daughter had her very first ever ball game and I missed it! Work is being done to my house and I'm not there to make sure it is the way i want it, which it isn't! ONLY 8 MORE DAYS AND I WILL BE HOME!!!!! I can do this but I'm telling you I'm not doing this again for a while!!!0 -
Yay it worked!!! I finally figured it out! This is what I am missing!!!!! :sad:
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@naesue - Hang in there! And be mindful of that sodium, it really is a killer! Your little girl is so adorable!!!!0
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@naesue - Aww at least its only 8 more days! You have a good looking family ( love the smile on your daughters face ). You can do it, don't let all that pressure mess up how good you've been doing though. BTW that cook book sounds pretty awesome!0
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...double post sorry :blushing:0
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Wed - Well I did all my whining yesterday. And did it to soon. I'm still disappointed that I didn't have a loss...but having a low sodium day w/ lots of water yesterday...and I'm back down to the same weight (amazing how sodium can spike your weight 5lbs! Freaking Salt...) So maintaining over 40 days...though still sucky...much less depressing than seeing a gain. Maybe I can get a loss between now and Friday....0
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@Claudia007 - mmm spinach. I'll have to try this. How was the sodium on it?0
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....ugh...my computer hates me today. Double post...Again!0
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Nutella is extremely dangerous. In fact, I believe it should come with a warning label!
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Hi all. I have only one whine for today! I bought a 100 dollar HRM to figure out how many calories I am actually burning while swimming and even though tons of people tell me it works and that you can use it for swimming, it sure as heck doesn't work for me. GRRRRRRR:mad: :explode: :grumble:
I have tried everyone's suggestions and still no dice. This is the last time I listen to MFPer's when trying to select a waterproof HRM for swimming.0 -
Hi all. I have only one whine for today! I bought a 100 dollar HRM to figure out how many calories I am actually burning while swimming and even though tons of people tell me it works and that you can use it for swimming, it sure as heck doesn't work for me. GRRRRRRR:mad: :explode: :grumble:
I have tried everyone's suggestions and still no dice. This is the last time I listen to MFPer's when trying to select a waterproof HRM for swimming.
What happened? Did it just not work at all? I would take it back ASAP and get your money back for it.0 -
Hi all. I have only one whine for today! I bought a 100 dollar HRM to figure out how many calories I am actually burning while swimming and even though tons of people tell me it works and that you can use it for swimming, it sure as heck doesn't work for me. GRRRRRRR:mad: :explode: :grumble:
I have tried everyone's suggestions and still no dice. This is the last time I listen to MFPer's when trying to select a waterproof HRM for swimming.
Check out this website...
http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=3400 -
I haven't been on lately to post so here it is...
Tuesday: My big thing lately is sweet potatos... I bake them and puree them into mash and add a little greek yogurt or yogurt butter... they are so good...
Wednesday: I think my whinning is that my mother is home... which is good but it puts more on my sholders to take care of... And my grandmother is staying here because she says that my mom needs her and she wants to help us but she hasnt done anything. She got drunk last night and passed out and today she has been complaining and croceting all day... I have been taking care of my mom... So to me it seems like my mom coming home gives me two mor people to take care of... I am just tired.,..0 -
HI Ladies - I have to vent also....
Today I did the 30day shred level one and:
I have to say is 30day shred is ****....
I only lasted 10minutes on level one - said **** it! (middle finger and all up to JM herself)
and got on the eliptical for 5 minutes, I ended up sweating like a beast.... OK - vented and Rebooted!!!!
I am back!!! Go Girlz Go!!!0
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