Eat Healthy; Get Fit; Lose 100+ New Group 1st Weigh in Jan.

jen- sorry, i was writing when your post went in. yes, our challenge this week is to try to stop eating after 8:30pm or 2 hours before bedtime.
glad to hear from you. and yes, if you remain constant, you will be rewarded. -katie

Katie~ My house repeats the same side dishes to. It is funny how we tend to eat what we grew up on. But I too want to try different side dishes. Thanks for posting everything that you have tried so far. I will have to check them out. :bigsmile:

Congrats on you upcoming is 6 mos dieting anniversary date! I so hope you pull a 3 this week that work be totally awesome! I so can't wait to get to the 6 mos mark. :drinker:

Mary- how do you find tia rosa compares in calories? i was using flat out wraps, but have recently switched to la tortilla factory. their whole wheat, low carb, high fiber, large tortilla is only 80 calories.

had one for breakfast this morning with one egg beater egg, salsa & shredded lettuce. under 150 calories. i haven't tried sheep's milk feta, but i do like feta, i'll have to look for it.

yummy new simple chicken, broccoli & pasta meal tonight. :happy: my husband liked it too. this has been soooooo much easier since he decided to be supportive and on board with healthier eating. :ohwell: that doesn't mean he won't snack more, have larger portions or second helpings; but that is absolutely okay. after all, he didn't sign up for this, i'm the one with a goal (he's just getting swept off with the tide.:laugh: )

have a great evening and a good tuesday everyone- katie

I just wanted to pop on here for a moment to share with you guys that I just did my first day of P90x and it was hard as HECK!!!!! I really didn't want to do because I was tired all day from my medicine that I have to take but I did it anyway. I don't feel great (I haven't gotten to the point where working out kicks up those "feel great" endorphins), but I do feel proud that I did it. I couldn't do it full out (I had to modify a lot of the moves) but I did the whole workout!!! Just wanted to share!! :bigsmile: :blushing:

Awesome job at kicking it up a notch. :happy:

Mary- how do you find tia rosa compares in calories? i was using flat out wraps, but have recently switched to la tortilla factory. their whole wheat, low carb, high fiber, large tortilla is only 80 calories.

Tia Rosa comes in at 110 calories. I don't mind that it has a little more because I like the flavor. i didn't like the flavor of the La Tortilla Factory tortillas. I think it's the soy protein. My sister was just telling me about the wraps she gets from Trader Joe's. They're 100% whole wheat without all the preservatives that are added to La Tortilla and Tia Rosa. They're big and square. Jane eats just 1/2, which is as big as the La Tortilla Factory tortillas (but square) and comes in at 110 calories. I'm going to try those soon.

Funny (weird) anecdote: my friend's friend is an undertaker. He told her they don't need to use as many preservatives for embalming now as they used to because the bodies are already so full of preservatives. Sort of like Twinkies, I guess! Puts me off the idea of loading up on preservatives in my food for sure.

I finished my 30 minutes on the exercise bike tonight - that's 2 nights in a row and a first for me. I drank more than 8 glasses of water. And I'm done eating for the night. Hooray! Thanks to the group for giving me these goals.

Jeania, hang in there. It's getting through hard times like these that lets you know you can do it for the long term. Good luck with the surgery and staying as active as you can.

-Mary

katie and ltlhmom your words of encourgement are on point thank you.

i completely agree! :flowerforyou:

well, a little frustration. :explode: i had a response all typed last night and when i clicked post reply, it told me the site was down for maintenance. :grumble:

anyway- i had said to jeania that i was thinking of you standing in front of your refrigerator in the night, and remembered a quote i saw on someone's signature on an mfp thread. it said....oh shoot... i knew it last night... i hate when that happens. anyway, no longer an exact quote, but it said "the path to success is not through the refrigerator" or in my case it could add ", or through the pantry!!!" :laugh:

and mary... the note from the undertaker...eeewwww!!!!! :frown: it is terrible to think of how polluted we have become with preservatives, additives and hormones. it reminds of the experiment they did in supersize this (terrible movie i tried not to see) they put mcdonad's food & real food in glass cases to watch them rot, and the mcdonald's took much longer. in fact, though the homemade french fries were unrecognizable for the food they were in a week, the mcd's french fries looked unchanged after a year. :noway: i repeat....eeewwww!!!!!:sick:

have an excellent day everyone. i went out yesterday after dinner, did have a snack, but was done eating before 8:30. now if i can be good thursday evening with the group that goes out after 9:30pm every week.:ohwell: -katie

something new today- i wore a pair of black shoes i haven't had on in a month, and my heels lift out with every step. :laugh: HA! my feet aren't swelling anymore and i think i've lost some weight there. amazing. :bigsmile:

saturday (the 27th) i will be taking my monthly measurements, maybe i'll run out to a shoe store and check my current shoe size. changing sizes in my feet is unexpected.:flowerforyou: -katie

Thanks again to all of you for the motivation. I've done my 30 minutes of exercise. 3 days in a row! Didn't think I could do it but knowing you all did it is keeping me on track. Just about done with the water and will swallow my last bite shortly!

Katie, good luck on Thursday with the late night eating. That's a hard one. I'm with Laura...you just might have to stay up later that night!

Jeania, how's it going? You've got some extra challenges. I know you can do it. What works best for me is to really load up on veggies. Tonight I had 1-1/2 artichokes (the giant ones) with a little spray butter (I know it's bad for preservatives...but I'll wean myself off of it eventually!) I would have eaten the last half, but my 5 year old granddaughter, Olivia, beat me to it. I steamed them then cut them in half, scooped out the stickers, and broiled them, cut side up, at 475 for 10 minutes. Honestly, gourmet eating.

Hello ladies!!! Thanks for all of the encouraging words. I'm still plugging along. I did day 2 of my workout yesterday and I'm really excited because it was a 45 min workout. Plus my niece helped keep me motivated through the workout be doing it with me yesterday. She said she really liked it. Boy am I feeling it today after 2 tough workouts over the past 2 days. I'll probably be stretching most of the day just so I won't be too sore to do something tonight.

Have a great day everyone!!!

sorry heather. it can be really hard to reign in those ultra powerful urges. but you can try to trick yourself a little. - i can have a snack after i drink a 16 oz glass (i think that's around 500 ml) of water. and if you still want more try to first drink more water or tea, something to help fill up so there isn't as much room for junk.

and then make the snack something you really want. if you really, really want chocolate; don't try to satisfy yourself with 4 other things only to find you can't stop until you've had the chocolate anyway. & try best as you can to watch the portion.

sometimes though, you just have to bite the bullet & indulge; but try to put the brakes on before it gets away from you. and if it does, well tomorrow is another day filled with good choices that you can make happen. -katie

Hi gals! I hope you all are having a great week. Just wanted to check in. I have incresed my workouts from one 30 min workout to two 30 min workoouts a day. i was a little sore this morning, but I LOVED it! I burned over 600 calories yesterday! I start a belly dancing class tonight and am SOOOOO excited about it! I am trying to figure out how to log it in my exercise, i am thinking I will put it under dancing-general. What do you guys think?
Also had a bit of a rough spot this morning. I was very frustrated with my family. I had the feeling that I had been forgotten about, like I was just there to make their life easier. I felt as if Kathy was non-existent and had been replaced with Mom, wife, maid and so on. I am sure I have done this to myself over the past 16 years. I have ALWAYS put everyone elses needs before my own. I am now wanting my needs to be met and am getting a little push back from the family. How do you take back yourself, or find her in the chaos that has become everyday life? The name on my birthcertificate is NOT mom, wife, or maid, it is Kathleen Lynn an I am really ready for others to recognize that. Do you gals have any suggestions on how to balance all of this? I am struggling and a little frustrated. I don't want to seem selfish, but it is time to take care of me.

Thanks for listening!!

Kathy

I understand where you are coming from! I have been a mom and wife for the past 14 years and there are days that I just want to be Carole and be only responsible for myself. That is one of the reasons I have decided to take control of my eating. I was just kinda floating along and not taking care of myself. Now that has changed and I feel great. It has affected the way I am around my family too. I am making them responsible for their own lives too. We are fixing up the house and getting rid of the crap that we have been accumulating. It has been a change for all of us. You rule the roost and if you choose to become your old self again, it'll change the dynamics of your family in a good way.

michelle- i am not eating my exercise calories. (i have read all the great debates about it on threads here) i figure i'm cutting back on calories & adding exercise to lose more. (and frankly, i want to hurry through this weight loss stuff and get to maintenance where i can truly learn to live within limits so i won't gain again) so as long as my body seems to continue moving the right direction, i will continue to let exercise calories be additional loss. if my body stops losing "goes into starvation mode" because it feels deprived of fuel, i will consider increasing my intake.

but i wouldn't dream of critizing anyone who is doing it the other way. everyone has to find what works best for themselves.
weight loss definitely is not a one size fits all kinda deal.

kathy- i understand. there were times i rather enjoyed the surrendered identity, i did it to myself. and i still find, once in a while, i need to speak up and remind folks that i have a choice and need to be asked, not just assumed to be available to assist. i tried to gradually make sure they knew i was making a choice to do whatever with them. so instead of mentally figuring out how i could fit their thing into my plans, i would list out loud what i am planning, so maybe we could work their event in tomorrow afternoon or this evening. (hard to blame them for thinking my calendar is always open, if they never hear that i have things going on when they aren't looking) it doesn't hurt to make sure they know you are postponing or not doing something to be free for them, not to make them feel guilty, but to appreciate that you will choose them.

-katie

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