Sugar is not your friend January Challenge

arewethereyet

Will someone please get this damn cookie off my table:mad:

They are sinful.........and oh so yummy.

Today I had fruit and veggies instead of a cookie. But there is one left. It is 280 calories!! ONE cookie! That can be an entire meal for me!

Ok............put it that way and I do not want it any longer.:ohwell:

Water is goooood mmmmmmmmmmmmm

Step away from the cookie, Jeannie!

I know......right Robin? Damn thing is taking on a life of it's own :laugh:

arewethereyet

Last night when I was craving the chocolate, and put in the chocolate yogurt, I ended up spending an hour on the forums, and decided not to eat the yogurt. Hooo-rah

that is cool. I eat much better and exercise more when I hang out with you guys

72lori

I have been doing well with my sweets in moderation thing. Right now I'm having Chex Mix issues. I don't even go for salty stuff, but I bought a huge bag for the kids really cheap and I keep finding my hand in it. My hand needs to stay OUT.

chrissyh

Did well for the remainder of yesterday and so far so good...even went to starbucks and got sugar free vanilla rather than the decadent sweet creamy Mocha...actually I only use 1/2 the flavor so either one is pretty good to me....now with the extra shots (4 total) I am bouncing off the walls! Wooo HOOO!!

chrissyh

I have been doing well with my sweets in moderation thing. Right now I'm having Chex Mix issues. I don't even go for salty stuff, but I bought a huge bag for the kids really cheap and I keep finding my hand in it. My hand needs to stay OUT.

When I am fixing lunches for my kids - I use a scoop and then wash my hands after to remove any smell of that kind of stuff. Keeps me from having to have "just one" - I know me and just one ain't happenin'

cmriverside

Did well for the remainder of yesterday and so far so good...even went to starbucks and got sugar free vanilla rather than the decadent sweet creamy Mocha...actually I only use 1/2 the flavor so either one is pretty good to me....now with the extra shots (4 total) I am bouncing off the walls! Wooo HOOO!!

:noway: :laugh:

cmriverside

Last night when I was craving the chocolate, and put in the chocolate yogurt, I ended up spending an hour on the forums, and decided not to eat the yogurt. Hooo-rah

that is cool. I eat much better and exercise more when I hang out with you guys

This is so true! Marla posted this on fb a couple days ago, and of course I swiped it.........

Self-control — or lack of it — is contagious
Friends with amazing restraint are healthy to have around, study suggests

When you refrain from scarfing down unhealthy foods or hold back on that extra drink, others may deserve some of the credit. Self-control is contagious, a new study suggests.

In a series of studies in a lab setting, researchers found that watching or even thinking about someone with good self-control makes others more likely to show the same restraint.

And they found the opposite also holds true — people with lousy self-control influence others negatively. The effect is so powerful, in fact, that just seeing the name of someone with good or bad self-control flashing on a screen for 10 milliseconds changed the behavior of volunteers.


Here's the whole article.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34881243/ns/health-behavior/

arewethereyet

Last night when I was craving the chocolate, and put in the chocolate yogurt, I ended up spending an hour on the forums, and decided not to eat the yogurt. Hooo-rah

that is cool. I eat much better and exercise more when I hang out with you guys

This is so true! Marla posted this on fb a couple days ago, and of course I swiped it.........

Self-control — or lack of it — is contagious
Friends with amazing restraint are healthy to have around, study suggests

When you refrain from scarfing down unhealthy foods or hold back on that extra drink, others may deserve some of the credit. Self-control is contagious, a new study suggests.

In a series of studies in a lab setting, researchers found that watching or even thinking about someone with good self-control makes others more likely to show the same restraint.

And they found the opposite also holds true — people with lousy self-control influence others negatively. The effect is so powerful, in fact, that just seeing the name of someone with good or bad self-control flashing on a screen for 10 milliseconds changed the behavior of volunteers.


Here's the whole article.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34881243/ns/health-behavior/

So, we are only as skinny as the company we keep?

Hot DOG I am going to be thin!!! Jeannie

pettmybunny

So, I just walked through the dining room and noticed one of the kids snacks.... banana slices with peanut butter. Yum, healthy and nutritious (we make them eat fruit if they want a snack after school). Until you look at the fact that the kid packed probably a tablespoon of peanut butter on each of the banana slices:noway: :noway: :noway:

So, I sat down and pointed out the label (they already know how to read serving sizes, I showed them last year, when we were going through a bag of chips every day). Two tablespoons is a serving, is 180 calories, 160 of that was fat calories... blah blah blah. Kid was practically rolling his eyes. I told him that while it wasn't that he needed to watch his weight now, look at me, his dad, his mom, his stepdad. We're all overweight. And I pointed out that maybe if our parents had taught us how to properly eat, maybe we wouldn't look like we do now, etc.

I got done, and was walking away, and out comes his dad... asking if the kid felt like I was nagging. Ummmmm what???? Lets not back me up here or anything... Jerk!

kaytbognar

I succumbed today. Ate that Coco Blanco sweet that our housekeeper gave me. Oh gosh, it was SO SWEET, and so delicious.

Luckily, it didn't set off any other sugary cravings, so I think I am safe. And proud of myself for waiting until I really wanted it instead of just showing it in my face.

lotusfromthemud

Ended up in the Valentine's aisle at the drugstore after a bad teaching day. (one of those days that I felt like I was talking to a painting of a group of students instead of people. . .ugh.) Managed to make a u-turn into the nail polish section. Left with four new bottles of polish (hey, they were on sale and I have an addiction to them) but no chocolate. I now have lavendar-y pinkish nails that are sugar-free.

fighting the urge to om nom nom some salty sweet peanut butter chocolate combo in my chompers.

But, staying strong.

kayt, good job deferring gratification. I suck at that. I am of the "shove it in my mouth immediately" school. . .but I'm working on it.

pettmybunny

So I made black bean brownies tonight. Saw the recipe on another thread and thought I'd try it. I did find a different recipe though, that was tweaked to avoid my allergies. Here it is...

Ingredients
•15 ounces black beans, drained and rinsed
•2 whole bananas
•0.33 cup agave nectar
•0.25 cup unsweetened cocoa
•1 tbsp cinnamon
•1 tsp vanilla extract
•0.25 cup raw sugar (optional)
•0.25 cup instant oats

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease anf 8x8" pan and set aside. Combine all ingredients, except oats, in a food processor or blender and blend until smooth, scrapping sides as needed. Stir in the oats and pour batter into the pan. Bake approx 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool before slicing Chef's Note: if you find these brownies are too soft or too fudgey, add another 1/4 cup oats or flour.

I almost don't want to count it as having sugar, since I only used the agave nectar and not the sugar. I started out cutting it into 12 squares, but then after trying one, cut all of them in half again, they are rich. Or maybe avoiding added sugars has sensitized me to the sweetness???? Shazaam!, She can be tought!

cmriverside

I now have lavendar-y pinkish nails that are sugar-free.

Me too! Mine is called "India Mood For Love" (which I'm NOT, thankyouverymuch)

That, right there, made my day. Nail polish is one of the great joys of my life. Sugar doesn't even come close to nail polish.



...........my day sucked too, and I have no idea why.

Nite, all.

Marla64

So I made black bean brownies tonight. Saw the recipe on another thread and thought I'd try it. I did find a different recipe though, that was tweaked to avoid my allergies. Here it is...

Ingredients
•15 ounces black beans, drained and rinsed
•2 whole bananas
•0.33 cup agave nectar
•0.25 cup unsweetened cocoa
•1 tbsp cinnamon
•1 tsp vanilla extract
•0.25 cup raw sugar (optional)
•0.25 cup instant oats

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease anf 8x8" pan and set aside. Combine all ingredients, except oats, in a food processor or blender and blend until smooth, scrapping sides as needed. Stir in the oats and pour batter into the pan. Bake approx 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool before slicing Chef's Note: if you find these brownies are too soft or too fudgey, add another 1/4 cup oats or flour.

I almost don't want to count it as having sugar, since I only used the agave nectar and not the sugar. I started out cutting it into 12 squares, but then after trying one, cut all of them in half again, they are rich. Or maybe avoiding added sugars has sensitized me to the sweetness???? Shazaam!, She can be tought!

Wow-- I'm sorry, but this just sounds sooo unappealing.

Maybe it has something to do with my black bean/kidney bean/chick pea medley that I'd had stored in my fridge to put on my salads. Apparently, they didn't like sitting stored together in the fridge, and the gasses all mixed and just about blew out the Tupperware lid-- the whole fridge stunk, and I had to throw out the container-- total, total blech.

Black bean brownies? Maybe not.

pettmybunny

So I made black bean brownies tonight. Saw the recipe on another thread and thought I'd try it. I did find a different recipe though, that was tweaked to avoid my allergies. Here it is...

Ingredients
•15 ounces black beans, drained and rinsed
•2 whole bananas
•0.33 cup agave nectar
•0.25 cup unsweetened cocoa
•1 tbsp cinnamon
•1 tsp vanilla extract
•0.25 cup raw sugar (optional)
•0.25 cup instant oats

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease anf 8x8" pan and set aside. Combine all ingredients, except oats, in a food processor or blender and blend until smooth, scrapping sides as needed. Stir in the oats and pour batter into the pan. Bake approx 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool before slicing Chef's Note: if you find these brownies are too soft or too fudgey, add another 1/4 cup oats or flour.

I almost don't want to count it as having sugar, since I only used the agave nectar and not the sugar. I started out cutting it into 12 squares, but then after trying one, cut all of them in half again, they are rich. Or maybe avoiding added sugars has sensitized me to the sweetness???? Shazaam!, She can be tought!

Wow-- I'm sorry, but this just sounds sooo unappealing.

Maybe it has something to do with my black bean/kidney bean/chick pea medley that I'd had stored in my fridge to put on my salads. Apparently, they didn't like sitting stored together in the fridge, and the gasses all mixed and just about blew out the Tupperware lid-- the whole fridge stunk, and I had to throw out the container-- total, total blech.

Black bean brownies? Maybe not.

Yeah, I was willing to try it (there's a kid on Brandon's swim team who is allergic to everything and never gets to eat when we have banquets--I'm looking for recipies that I can make that he can have). My husband said he didn't like them, mainly because he knew what was in it he thought... Three kids were afraid to try it, one kid didn't like the consistency (they were soft and gooey in the middle), one kid said they were good, and one kid had 2 of them. If I make them again, I'm going to cut the cinnamon (it was all I could taste) to a teaspoon, and increase the cocoa and vanilla a bit. I'm also going to use a bigger pan, because I just couldn't get the middle to dry out at all, so I'm thinking thinner brownies, less middle gooeyness.

I also made my own pizza last night, making my own dough and using soy mozzarella cheese. It was divine! No more pouting because I can't eat what eveyone else is having!

pettmybunny

So, I just had to come on this morning and brag a bit. Last night I had the munchies. Major munchies. I was already at my calories for the day, but I just didn't really care. I had a bowl out on the counter and was digging in the freezer looking for the tofutti chocolate cookie crunch I know was in there. As my fingers gripped the frozen treat, I stood up, closed the door, and backed away. I walked to the bathroom and stepped on the scale. I saw what I weighed (and yes, I had weighed that morning, and yes, I know you gain during the day due to food and water, etc). I got off the scale, walked back to the kitchen, and put away the bowl.

I was (and am) just so damn proud of myself! Sugar is not my friend!

cmriverside

So, I just had to come on this morning and brag a bit. Last night I had the munchies. Major munchies. I was already at my calories for the day, but I just didn't really care. I had a bowl out on the counter and was digging in the freezer looking for the tofutti chocolate cookie crunch I know was in there. As my fingers gripped the frozen treat, I stood up, closed the door, and backed away. I walked to the bathroom and stepped on the scale. I saw what I weighed (and yes, I had weighed that morning, and yes, I know you gain during the day due to food and water, etc). I got off the scale, walked back to the kitchen, and put away the bowl.

I was (and am) just so damn proud of myself! Sugar is not my friend!

Good for you!! WOOT!!! *insert cute woot emoticon here*
(I just went to photobucket and got a red security warning.....so everyone BEWARE if you don't have virus protection!!!) anyway....

I was just on the "Adultery Diet" thread and I really needed some good news, so thanks, pettmy! :flowerforyou:

I realized when I got up this morning that it is the 24th already, and I've had honey on three days this month - but NO sugar. Why is that? Because sugar is not my friend. :glasses:

arewethereyet

So, I just had to come on this morning and brag a bit. Last night I had the munchies. Major munchies. I was already at my calories for the day, but I just didn't really care. I had a bowl out on the counter and was digging in the freezer looking for the tofutti chocolate cookie crunch I know was in there. As my fingers gripped the frozen treat, I stood up, closed the door, and backed away. I walked to the bathroom and stepped on the scale. I saw what I weighed (and yes, I had weighed that morning, and yes, I know you gain during the day due to food and water, etc). I got off the scale, walked back to the kitchen, and put away the bowl.

I was (and am) just so damn proud of myself! Sugar is not my friend!

{{{{{{{{{{{{{Applause}}}}}}} That is awesome.

Sugar is NOT our friend

(btw I walked past the elephant ears at the Swap Shop yesterday!! and got an ear of corn instead!!]

pettmybunny

MMMMM elephant ears. That is willpower Jeannie!

Marla64

:grumble: Why do I never know what anyone's talking about?

Elephant ears? :huh:

pettmybunny

I don't know what's in elephant ears, but it's a big round flat fried sweet dough that is covered in cinnamon sugar. If I remember correctly, there's syrups you can pour over them too. It's been forever and a half since I've had an elephant ear.

arewethereyet

:grumble: Why do I never know what anyone's talking about?

Elephant ears? :huh:

:laugh: Sorry Miss Marla!! Robin is right ....they are HUGE fried dough with sugar...........and more sugar......

Had an ear of corn

72lori

Sugar is not my friend, but I've been playing with it too much lately.

Needing to reel my moderation back in... it's been slipping away. I've been indulging way too much. Quite frankly, I've been in a mood for several days. TOM is nearing and I've had a brutal month with PMS (which I NEVER do) and I haven't given two diddly craps what I ate.

Just one of those things I suppose. Tomorrow is a new day, I am going to work on a new attitude. I need to remember sugar is not my friend. My extra pudgy belly is reaffirming that.

lotusfromthemud

You wanna know what I saw in the drugstore today? A (insert expletive here) Cadbury Creme Egg. Are you kidding me? I just took my Christmas decorations down three weeks ago.

And (insert another expletive here), I wanted the thing. Didn't.

going on my tenth day since my last sugar, and will allow one serving again on Feb. 1st. Until then, the egg can suck eggs.

Marla64

:grumble: Why do I never know what anyone's talking about?

Elephant ears? :huh:

:laugh: Sorry Miss Marla!! Robin is right ....they are HUGE fried dough with sugar...........and more sugar......

Had an ear of corn

Sounds yummy--

Marla64

You wanna know what I saw in the drugstore today? A (insert expletive here) Cadbury Creme Egg. Are you kidding me? I just took my Christmas decorations down three weeks ago.

And (insert another expletive here), I wanted the thing. Didn't.

going on my tenth day since my last sugar, and will allow one serving again on Feb. 1st. Until then, the egg can suck eggs.

LOVE Cadbury Crème Eggs--

I'll refrain until Easter-- I hope.

Marla64

Sugar is not my friend, but I've been playing with it too much lately.

Needing to reel my moderation back in... it's been slipping away. I've been indulging way too much. Quite frankly, I've been in a mood for several days. TOM is nearing and I've had a brutal month with PMS (which I NEVER do) and I haven't given two diddly craps what I ate.

Just one of those things I suppose. Tomorrow is a new day, I am going to work on a new attitude. I need to remember sugar is not my friend. My extra pudgy belly is reaffirming that.

Lori-- you got a lot on your mind-- it's all good. You'll get 'er back in gear-- you know what to do.

arewethereyet

Did well with sugar and cals this weekend. Even exercised a lot. Now I am sick as a dog.Crap.:frown:

Maybe THAT will help me kick start my loss:ohwell:

arewethereyet

:grumble: Why do I never know what anyone's talking about?

Elephant ears? :huh:

:laugh: Sorry Miss Marla!! Robin is right ....they are HUGE fried dough with sugar...........and more sugar......

Had an ear of corn

Sounds yummy--

:sad: I wouldn't knooooooow:sad:

arewethereyet

Sugar is not my friend, but I've been playing with it too much lately.

Needing to reel my moderation back in... it's been slipping away. I've been indulging way too much. Quite frankly, I've been in a mood for several days. TOM is nearing and I've had a brutal month with PMS (which I NEVER do) and I haven't given two diddly craps what I ate.

Just one of those things I suppose. Tomorrow is a new day, I am going to work on a new attitude. I need to remember sugar is not my friend. My extra pudgy belly is reaffirming that.

Lori, could it be that along with these issues comes the news of deployment for DH? I know for me I get physically ill when I have stress...........my body knows before my mind does.

{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}} Jeannie