Over 200 Club New Year New Body Part 5
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Just ignore him!! you are doing the right things to make yourself healthier and you should be proud of yourself for that!! Keep it up!So I feel a little stupid... The cup I have been using for water while at work is 16oz... so I have been meeting my water intake.
My husband kinda hurt my feelings last night :frown: He laughed at me bc I measured out the icecream... and told me I was being rediculous about it. I guess he doesnt get it since he is extremely tall and thin...0 -
I RAN I RAN I RAN AGAIN for another 30 minutes straight.Thats a whole 90 minutes of running today for me and I feel good.I hope I can keep up with it because I need the boost.I think I can I think I can .LOL0
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OK, I can't remember who said they thought chili wasn't too bad (it was like three pages ago - a post from yesterday or today, we have so many!), but whoever it was, I encourage you to take a gander at the calories, fat, etc., from one cup of chili. I learned the hard way! I thought, hey it's like soup, can't be bad - yikes! :noway: VERY high in cals, but OH SOOOO GOOD! Enjoy!
The thief drama at work was a disaster today. :ohwell: Everyone lost, including me. What a mess. Just know that, given the parameters of this particular kid's situation (which I did NOT know until after I found out he was the actual thief),
I should have thought twice about hunting down & reporting him. Ah well, you live and learn. Some things are more important than the truth. :indifferent:
check in:
cals: OK
water: 64
exercise: do tears count?
proud: Wow. Tough one today. I'm more ashamed than anything else.
scale: didn't look, don't want to
I'll be better tomorrow, I promise! Plus, we may actually have a snow day tomorrow. I need some serious sleep!0 -
Checking in for today 2/4/2010
Calories-under by 64 woooo whooo! finally!
excercise-none
water-48
sodium-over by 16
proud-that I am under on my calories today
scales-having a really hard time with this one0 -
Hi girls,
Had the viewing tonight for my friend, it was tough. Had some friends come in from out of town for it too so spent most of the day with them. I didnt eat enough calories and I am sitting here enjoying a miller lite as type this. Dont really feel like checking in, but just wanted to say im still here
good night
cris0 -
OK, I can't remember who said they thought chili wasn't too bad (it was like three pages ago - a post from yesterday or today, we have so many!), but whoever it was, I encourage you to take a gander at the calories, fat, etc., from one cup of chili. I learned the hard way! I thought, hey it's like soup, can't be bad - yikes! :noway: VERY high in cals, but OH SOOOO GOOD! Enjoy!
Well this, of course, depends on what you put in the chili! I make a very good very low fat/low calorie chili. I'm making it Saturday, actually. It's under 300 calories a (generous) serving (and yes, I even use beef the majority of the time!). I use no salt added tomato sauce & low sodium or reconstituted dry beans and keep the sodium amount per serving super low, too. Yum!! So much protein & so much fiber! So good for you!
I'll figure up the nutrition info for whatever chili I'm going to make Saturday & post here if you want. I don't think I ever make a pot of chili the same way twice.0 -
02.04.10
Calories: 1352 (yay!!)
Exercise: 30 minutes stationary bike; C25k week 8 day 2+
Water: 11 cups
Sodium: 1757mg even with falafel
Proud: Ran my 28 minutes for w8d2 at 4.0 (this is a pretty fast pace for me -- I'm short) then, I pumped up the treadmill to 6mph! That's like almost a full sprint for my short little legs -- it felt so good. Until I almost puked. :laugh: And then I stopped & started my cool down walk. I'm excited about going through C25K again at 2 different run speeds. I can hardly wait to be able to run 30 minutes at 5mph or faster! My goal for my first 5k in May -- to finish in around 36 minutes. If I *ran* a 5k right now I'd be willing to bet it'd take me at least 42 minutes to finish if I gave it *everything*. According to the stats I've seen for the races around here, I wouldn't be finishing last with that time, but I'd be darn close (and surrounded by 7 and 70 year olds at the back of the pack :laugh: ). Ugh, I'm rambling.
Also, I'm proud that I tried on my boyfriend's jeans today and they FIT! ha! So, 'splain to me how a 5'11" 201 pound man and a (not even) 5'4" 218 pound woman can wear the same size pants. Yes, of course the pants were tighter on me in the hip/thigh area but they weren't tight at all. I was really surprised they fit.0 -
Glad that it is bed time.
Calories: yes 1247 under by 3 calories, really missing the exercise calories today.
Water: close
Exercise: no
Scale: no
Sodium: 1990
Proud: I have been really hunger today between meals, but found things to distract myself to stay out of the kitchen.
May the scales speak kindly in the morning...0 -
check in for 2/4
calories: under
water:over
exercise: none
proud: that I didnt give into Taco Bell when my coworker asked me if I wanted something!
weight this morning: 2.8lbs down! :bigsmile: Yay me! I didnt know that cutting out cokes and fast food would make such a difference!
I was just looking at all the different exercises on here and it has cleaning listed.... I was shocked when I saw it. Do you really think it burns that amount of calories?0 -
tiger - I haven't used the cleaning exercise option because when I clean I don't do it with the vengeance that keeps my heart rate up. If you scrub a floor and really get into it and sweating I think it's accurate - same with sweeping or anything else - if you get your heart rate up there!
I use my heart rate monitor to calculate my calories burned and so far I'm over the pre-entered numbers for walking and way under the pre-entered numbers for the elliptical. On the elliptical I'm working out in the upper range of my heart rate and sweating like a fool! My average seems to be about 100 calories for every ten minutes of working out. This morning including warm up cool down, I was on the elliptical about 35 minutes and I burned 348 calories according to my HRM, the elliptical machine calculated it at less than half that (156). MFP estimated it WAY over what my HRM said.
:drinker: SUPER BOWL APPETIZER - last night I stopped at the grocery closest to work. It's a Fresh Market which is like a slightly less expensive Whole Foods and much smaller. I picked up a pint of "whipped" cottage cheese to try out a recipe I read on the boards. I sauteed a chopped onion and mixed it with a pack of thawed chopped spinach (a freezer box size) and about half the cottage cheese (a cup?). Seasoned it with salt and a little pepper and sprinkled grated parmesan cheese on top. My oven had bread in it so I microwaved it on 50% power for 3 minutes, then 2 minutes on full power and I put it out with tortilla chips and Veggy chips as a dip. - It was really pretty good! I used a TB of olive oil to cook the onion and a cup of the cottage cheese had 160 calories, not sure what the chopped spinach had and the 2 TB of grated parm wouldn't be more than 200 calories... we had six adults dipping into it and one toddler (who can guess what a kid will eat?) It was pretty good - def needed the salt but yummy! You wouldn't need whipped cottage cheese, the only real benefit was that it disguised it from cottage cheese haters
You could probably do the same thing by putting it in a blender.
This morning I had my pumpkin and cottage cheese - I changed the ratio to 3/4 cup pumpkin and 1/4 cup cottage cheese (plus a packet of sweetener and lots of cinnamon) and I like it better this way! If you don't like to use artificial sweetener a tsp of real maple syrup works great!
jlb123 - when ever I tell my horror stories about work I feel badly for you and lildebbie since you two work in HR - I know employees in situations like mine make your days difficult:frown: For what it's worth, I think my HR rep is doing the best she can with a $#itty situation.:happy:0 -
jlb, PLEASE post the chili info. I LOVE chili and am desperate for a good recipe that fits within my fat and sodium budget. Thanks!
I lost another pound, so my total this week is 3 pounds! I am excited!
bluenote........ .67% (-3lbs.)0 -
mstahl -- that's why HR is there! I don't work in Employee Relations so employees in situations like yours don't affect me much. But our ER rep is great here, and I think, like your ER rep, she's always trying to come up with a fair solution. What makes my day difficult is irresponsible employees who think managing their *personal* employment benefits is *my* responsibility. :grumble: And also employees call me and ask me what the letter I sent them says (read the letter!). :laugh: Sorry, that's just a recent major annoyance I keep griping about. I think the vast majority of my headaches actually come from trying to get insurance company reps to correct their idiotic keying, accounting, and billing blunders for my employees.jlb123 - when ever I tell my horror stories about work I feel badly for you and lildebbie since you two work in HR - I know employees in situations like mine make your days difficult For what it's worth, I think my HR rep is doing the best she can with a $#itty situation.jlb, PLEASE post the chili info. I LOVE chili and am desperate for a good recipe that fits within my fat and sodium budget. Thanks!
Will do! This will be the first time I'm using lower sodium *everything* so we'll see how it goes. I made a pretty tasty black bean, cannelini bean, and chicken chili about a month ago. Yum! I'll try to figure out what I did there and post it, too. It'd be a wonderful thing for me to have the presence of mind to write down my recipes.:ohwell:0 -
Down 3 pounds from 220.4 to 217.4!! WOOHOO! My VD () goal is actually within reach!
bluenote........ .67% (-3lbs.)
jlb123............ 1.36% (-3lbs.)0 -
1 pound for me today which I will take because I am still on my TOM so I am happy with a 1 pound loss.Great Job everyone else.I can't wait for the new challenge.I just hope we don't lose power again because we are supposed to be bombarded with snow again this weekend!!!0
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Good morning!
Checking in for yesterday, 2/4/2010:
Calories: 79 left over
Water: 48 oz.
Exercise: None
Sodium: 1800+ over
Proud: That I planned ahead yesterday with my eating to stay within my calories.
CW: 196.6
bluenote........ .67% (-3lbs.)
jlb123............ 1.36% (-3lbs.)
hajohnson24...0.405% (-0.8 lbs.)0 -
Good Morning :0
Tom payed me a visit, today, but i still got on the scale.
bluenote........ .67% (-3lbs.)
jlb123............ 1.36% (-3lbs.)
hajohnson24...0.405% (-0.8 lbs.)
Positive............. 0.25% (- 0.5 lb)
I am so tired and i have a lot of things to do today
Have a great day girls
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209 today ladies!! down two pounds from last week!!!!0
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bluenote........ .67% (-3lbs.)
jlb123............ 1.36% (-3lbs.)
hajohnson24...0.405% (-0.8 lbs.)
Positive............. 0.25% (- 0.5 lb)
Snowflakes.......0.0% (-0.4 lb)0 -
bluenote........ .67% (-3lbs.)
jlb123............ 1.36% (-3lbs.)
hajohnson24...0.405% (-0.8 lbs.)
Positive............. 0.25% (- 0.5 lb)
Snowflakes.......0.0% (-0.4 lb)
cds2327............0.94% (-2 lbs)
mstahl................0.0% (won't say)
Seems my week of sodium is trying to make me believe I've gained 7 lbs. I have not gained 7 lbs. I have not. *sniff* It's just water and I can still be down two pounds to reach my 2/14 goal which now looks like I need to get down 9 lbs :frown:0 -
246.2!
I lost 3.2 pounds! and smack dab in the middle of TOM! I'm feeling so happy today! :bigsmile:
Way to go all of you, great job! And dont worry, mstahl. It'll come off, I had a bad week last week and even on TOM this weeks been way better.
Check in for yesterday:
Calories: right on
Water: Yup!
Exercise: nope =<
Proud: that my muscles are nice and sore from the gym.
bluenote........ .67% (-3lbs.)
jlb123............ 1.36% (-3lbs.)
hajohnson24...0.405% (-0.8 lbs.)
Positive............. 0.25% (- 0.5 lb)
Snowflakes.......0.0% (-0.4 lb)
cds2327............0.94% (-2 lbs)
mstahl................0.0% (won't say)
Mari ...................1.28% (-3.2 lbs)0 -
Don't forget me guys I lost a pound.I was 230 last week and 229 today in spite of TOM still visiting.Yay!! Can someone calculate my percentage.I stink at math.246.2!
I lost 3.2 pounds! and smack dab in the middle of TOM! I'm feeling so happy today! :bigsmile:
Way to go all of you, great job! And dont worry, mstahl. It'll come off, I had a bad week last week and even on TOM this weeks been way better.
Check in for yesterday:
Calories: right on
Water: Yup!
Exercise: nope =<
Proud: that my muscles are nice and sore from the gym.
bluenote........ .67% (-3lbs.)
jlb123............ 1.36% (-3lbs.)
hajohnson24...0.405% (-0.8 lbs.)
Positive............. 0.25% (- 0.5 lb)
Snowflakes.......0.0% (-0.4 lb)
cds2327............0.94% (-2 lbs)
mstahl................0.0% (won't say)
Mari ...................1.28% (-3.2 lbs)0 -
bluenote........ .67% (-3lbs.)
jlb123............ 1.36% (-3lbs.)
hajohnson24...0.405% (-0.8 lbs.)
Positive............. 0.25% (- 0.5 lb)
Snowflakes.......0.0% (-0.4 lb)
cds2327............0.94% (-2 lbs)
mstahl................0.0% (won't say)
Mari ...................1.28% (-3.2 lbs)
awestfall ..........0.43% (-1 lbs)
There you go westfall! Great job. We both kicked TOM in the butt! lol :laugh:0 -
bluenote........ .67% (-3lbs.)
jlb123............ 1.36% (-3lbs.)
hajohnson24...0.405% (-0.8 lbs.)
Positive............. 0.25% (- 0.5 lb)
Snowflakes.......0.0% (-0.4 lb)
cds2327............0.94% (-2 lbs)
mstahl................0.0% (won't say)
Mari ...................1.28% (-3.2 lbs)
awestfall............0.43% (-1lb)
cris20056...........0.33% (-0.08)
Not happy with my number at all:explode: :grumble:0 -
I'm so proud of you girls!!!0
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bluenote........ .67% (-3lbs.)
jlb123............ 1.36% (-3lbs.)
hajohnson24...0.405% (-0.8 lbs.)
Positive............. 0.25% (- 0.5 lb)
Snowflakes.......0.0% (-0.4 lb)
cds2327............0.94% (-2 lbs)
mstahl................0.0% (won't say)
Mari ...................1.28% (-3.2 lbs)
awestfall............0.43% (-1lb)
cris20056...........0.33% (-0.08)
Not happy with my number at all:explode: :grumble:
Hun, just keep reminding yourself it's in the right direction! And you lost almost a full pound! We all have weeks when we don't like our numbers. The good news is, in my experience, those weeks are usually followed pretty closely by a week I like my numbers a lot -- it's just part of the game. 0 -
Kind of bored at work today -- sorry.
I wanted to share the falafel recipe I tried last night. They had a good flavor, but the texture was off (I probably could've cooked them longer to help with that but I was SO HUNGRY! :laugh:).
Ingredients:
2 cloves garlic, quartered (I think I used 3. I love garlic)
1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro
1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley or mint
2 cups chickpeas
1/4 cup plain coarse bread crumbs (original recipe called for 1/2 but I didn't want to add 30 more calories per serving. Though, I'm sure this alteration was at least part of the texture difference from a normal falafel)
1 to 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt ( left this out because I was using canned chick peas which already have too much sodium -- they're plenty salty/flavorful without it)
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce (such as red or green Tabasco)
Coarsely ground black pepper to taste
Olive oil for brushing (I used spray olive oil for more even distribution -- and please note just because the label says it has 0 calories DOES NOT mean that it actually has 0 calories. It's still olive oil so it has the same calories as olive oil.)
Place garlic, cilantro, parsley or mint, chickpeas, and bread crumbs in the bowl of a food processor (I don't have a big nice food processor. I have a tiny $5 1.5 cup food chopper, so I did this in 3 batches & then mixed it all together in a large bowl. It was a little time consuming but it worked. I think you could also just mince your herbs well & then mash the chick peas and mix it by hand -- I mean, it's not like they had food processors in the middle east 20,000 years ago, right?). Pulse a few times to chop and blend ingredients.
Sprinkle 1 tablespoon lemon juice over chickpea mixture and pulse a few more times. Sprinkle baking powder, cumin, salt, Tabasco, and black pepper over mixture and pulse until the chickpea mixture reaches a workable paste-like consistency. Add an additional tablespoon of lemon juice if it seems very dry.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. While the oven is getting hot, line a baking pan with foil and brush with olive oil. Using a large tablespoon, scoop balls of dough into your palms and form them into patties (I got 8 out of this recipe. I weighed the dough and then portioned it into 8 even patties). Set aside on work surface while you form the remaining mixture.
Arrange falafel patties on oiled baking sheet and brush (I sprayed) them with olive oil. Bake at 400 degrees F for about 25 minutes, until the tops are golden brown and crispy. Turn once midway through baking. (Next time I'll plan to bake them for at least 30 minutes, probably more).
Remove from oven and let falafel cool on pan for a minute or two before removing to plates or pitas with a spatula.
Serve in a whole-grain pita with leaf lettuce, tomato slices, and plenty of Tzatziki Sauce ("recipe" below).
Number of Servings: 4
Nutrition info for my alterations:
Calories 217.0 (for 2 patties since my recipe made 8)
Total Fat 6.0 g
Saturated Fat 0.5 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.0 g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
Cholesterol 0.0 mg
Sodium 535.4 mg
Potassium 47.9 mg
Total Carbohydrate 32.4 g
Dietary Fiber 6.8 g
Sugars 1.6 g
Protein 8.9 g
You could get the sodium much lower by using reconstituted dried (or fresh...?) chick peas which I'll probably do next time.
For the tzatziki sauce, I just peeled & seeded a medium sized cucumber & put it in my little food chopper. I drained as much water as I could from it & then added a tablespoon or 2 of fresh dill, a couple cloves of garlic, a dash of salt, and black pepper to taste & mixed it again in the food chopper. Then I poured that into a bowl and mixed in about 11oz of plain 0% fat greek yogurt. If you have time and patience & want thicker tzatiki, you can set it to drain in a coffee filter lined collander or strainer over a bowl & let the extra liquid drip out but it's fine the way it turned out. It turned out well. I hope that's all I added -- I'm awful about just adding stuff and not writing it down or remembering.0 -
bluenote........ .67% (-3lbs.)
jlb123............ 1.36% (-3lbs.)
hajohnson24...0.405% (-0.8 lbs.)
Positive............. 0.25% (- 0.5 lb)
Snowflakes.......0.0% (-0.4 lb)
cds2327............0.94% (-2 lbs)
mstahl................0.0% (won't say)
Mari ...................1.28% (-3.2 lbs)
awestfall............0.43% (-1lb)
cris20056...........0.33% (-0.08)
momma...............0.0% ( stayed the same:huh: )0 -
I RAN I RAN I RAN AGAIN for another 30 minutes straight.Thats a whole 90 minutes of running today for me and I feel good.I hope I can keep up with it because I need the boost.I think I can I think I can .LOL
:flowerforyou: HOORAY!!! Inspiring!0 -
So, I did good all week.. did not peak and guess what today I got on the scale and the damn thing needs a new battery. Of course it can not take a normal battery it takes some special kind. I won't be back in town to get one until next week so, I guess this no peak week has turned into two for me. ARG.. On that note I do not fee like I have lost any weight and I know I am retaining water so, we will see what next Friday brings!
congrats to all the losers!
bluenote........ .67% (-3lbs.)
jlb123............ 1.36% (-3lbs.)
hajohnson24...0.405% (-0.8 lbs.)
Positive............. 0.25% (- 0.5 lb)
Snowflakes.......0.0% (-0.4 lb)
cds2327............0.94% (-2 lbs)
mstahl................0.0% (won't say)
Mari ...................1.28% (-3.2 lbs)
awestfall............0.43% (-1lb)
cris20056...........0.33% (-0.08)
momma...............0.0% ( stayed the same )
cogirl................... ? damn scale needs a new battery0 -
Wow, congrats to everyone for their losses! Those of you who lost 3 lbs. this week...how'd you do it?? Any special hints or tips for those of us who almost lost 1 lb.?
Keep up the awesome work. It's been snowing here most of yesterday and all day today, so I'm really looking forward to snowshoeing tomorrow night. Woohoo! I just can't wait for the workday to be over because my laundry is calling me.
Have a great afternoon!
Heather0
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