THE Team - Week 2 - 2/13/09

I need lunch ideas.. Anyone have any good ones? I usually eat at my desk...

One of my fav things to make when Im on the go and dont have access to an oven are wraps. I like to mix it up with different things but its actually pretty easy. My personal fav combo for wraps is this, but you can use whatever regular sandwich toppings you want. Just replace any mayo with some Fat Free cream cheese and add from there.....Yum!

a 100 cal La Tortilla Factory flavored tortilla like tomato basil.
2 tbsp Fat free cream cheese
5-6 slices of carl buddig thin sliced rotissere chicken lunch meat
Some sprouts or Shredded Lettuce (whatever you prefer) You can also use slices of bell pepper if you like them.
1 tbsp dried cranberries
1 tbsp dried walnuts or almonds for crunch (optional)

roll it all up and enjoy. Its about 300-325 calories and pretty darn filling.

You can also make Chicken or Tuna salad and use yogurt instead of mayo to make it lighter.

Also, if you can reheat stuff...make a nice batch of soup or chili at the beginning of the week and eat it for lunch. The more veggies the better! Again, the options are limitless here because there are sooo many different types of soup. Change it up and try new stuff to keep from getting bored with the same ole thing every week.

Pack yourself some snacks too so you are able to eat those. I know when I was working it was wayyyy too convient to go to the little mini mart and buy stuff that wasnt so great for me. If you bring your snacks from home it way less tempting to hit that vending machine, mini mart or detrimental goodies brought in by others to share.. :noway:

I have stuff to make the wraps, I was doing them but got a little burnt out.. Today I had a Weight Watchers Tuna Casserole meal. I really want to stay away from those.. But they are so easy..

I bring my lunch daily along with snacks and water. I would be to tempted to eat out if I didn't. And my husband once told me I am the only one accountable for what I do when no one is around. I am trying so so hard to stick to this..

I love chicken.. Seriousy that and cottage cheese I can't live without..

Husband took out hamburger meat for dinner so I have to try and be creative with that.. I have the low carb 80 cal wraps so I just might do tacos.. We shall see..

I put lemon in my water and I think I have went to the bathroom 15 x's already..

Thanks for the ideas.. Have a great night..


Anita

Zano-

I got 1.5 miles done today in 22:28 during my wogging workout at the gym. My back feels GREAT! I think that yoga yesterday morning worked wonders for me.

I jogged 1/4 mile twice with about 7 minutes of walking in between. Big improvement over last week! Of course it REALLY helped that adopt4 was there talking my ear off to keep me distracted... :laugh: I wasnt saying much... just nodding and listening, but it helped ALOT and knocked almost 8 minutes off my time! yay!!!!!


Woggers unite!! :flowerforyou:

way to go losingit4good! My time for the 1.5 miles is 19 minutes. We will see how that improves over time.

kelleighanne -great to lose inches. I just started measuring so it will be great to see those numbers go down!

I did not log food over the weekend (my birthday) but am back on track today - eating healthy and went to the gym! I am trying to drink more water (8) but would need 12 glasses to make the 50% - sorry! there is no way.

Have a great week everyone.

healthymom, when was your birthday this weeken? Mine was Sunday. Today, my aide at school brought me a cake she made me LOL. It was good. Yes I ate 2 pieces (one for supper and the other for lunch). I'm within my calorie limit so that's good.

Day 1 with no fries has gone well LOL. I made chicken fajitas for supper. This time I put Rotel in with my peppers and the onions... they were SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoo good!

My lunch of choice has become Special K LOL. It's easy, good for you, and low fat. It usally fills me up too.

Gotta go do house work (ug!)

You know. Water is THAT important that I would recommend you find a way. I drink a minimum of 80 oz daily right now.

There really is no room for any other liquids, although you can count herbal tea as water. (I don't....)

Thing is - I am never hungry. I have healthy skin and hair, my skin is elastic and I feel so good when I do it. I used to drink a lot of caffeinated drinks. All they do is mke you old before your time.

Only downside is bathrooms. But I know where every bathroom is within 25 miles :laugh:

1.5 liters in, 1.5 liters to go.. LOL

glug glug glug..."burp" ahhhhhhhhhhhhh much better

Ok, waaay off the topic of food. I am the most conservative, boring person you've ever met. I decided since I am going for a new look, what the heck? I went and pierced the cartilage in my ear. It didn't hurt much and it looks really pretty!

And, noticing the water comments - I drank so much water today, God knows how I'll sleep through the night!

Y'all have a good night!

i love water and i never really have but now i drink it as many times as i breath these days. lol ok not really that much but it feel like that i always wake u and take 20 oz with mu vitamins in the morning it seems to help my meds go down better. so i made some bufflo meat loaf it had 98% leaner ground chicken it was so good and i even got it out of the biggest loser cookbook. gosh they are such an inspiration exsecialy the green and brown team wow i never could of ran that hill so many times. well talk to u all soon.

healthymom, when was your birthday this weeken? Mine was Sunday. Today, my aide at school brought me a cake she made me LOL. It was good. Yes I ate 2 pieces (one for supper and the other for lunch). I'm within my calorie limit so that's good.

Day 1 with no fries has gone well LOL. I made chicken fajitas for supper. This time I put Rotel in with my peppers and the onions... they were SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoo good!

My lunch of choice has become Special K LOL. It's easy, good for you, and low fat. It usally fills me up too.

Gotta go do house work (ug!)

February 16 (Monday). I will admit I turned 40. Now that its here its not so bad. I ate cake twice on the weekend and the scale stayed the same :smokin: But now its back to healthy food until the next big celebration (my daughter's birthday in April).

Today I did the wogging.. I did 1.65 mile in 21 mins.. Seriously my legs are so short I can't go fast lol. Its kind of funny... I am determined to learn to jog...... Any tips out there...
Anita

I have a few tips!
When I started running (well when I started it was wogging) I couldn't make it 1/4 mile before stopping to walk. So I picked a goal. Mine was a 5k for cancer research, that means I had a set date to be able to run 3.1 miles and not embarrass myself.
I found a 3 mile route and ran it every day except Sundays. Each day I would push to go further than the last day and walk one less time. Within 3 weeks I was finishing it without stopping to walk or for water.
I finished my first 5k in 29 minutes.
Then I picked a longer race, 8k. So I did the same thing and picked a 5 mile route and ran it until I could do it without stopping. Progress was a lot quicker this time and it got to where I was running 5 miles a day, 6 days a week for 6 weeks before my race came. I finished my 8k in 45 minutes. Then I signed up for a 10k and repeated it.
Here's my next tip.... take days off! I got so obsessed about being able to run 6.2 miles daily so that the 10k race would "feel easy" that I never took a day off and my legs ached nonstop for weeks.
So push, but don't push too hard.
Oh and a high-energy music mix is a must. Or a radio show you like, I'd listen to Whole Living on the Martha Stewart channel while I ran.
Persistence is key

Hello all! Wow I miss 2 days of logging on and I've got like 3 full pages to catch up on :laugh: .

Well I THINK I might actually be over this food poisoning crap. I feel really weak but I haven't eaten in 2 days so that's probably why. I have never had anything so bad! I hope everyone is doing well.

I'm going to have to do a lot of catching up on my workouts this week. I need to get me some new videos, I only have a couple of Denise Austin's workouts...can anyone suggest some good ones to buy?

Congratulations on everyone that's been sticking to the challenges! As for me, well I think maybe I'll just start over with the water thing. So from now until sunday I'm challenging myself again to drink all that water :ohwell: UGH! I hate water lol! If I add Crystal Light does that still count as water??

I think it does! Be careful using too much artificial sweeteners, though. I just don't think too much of that stuff can possibly be good for you.

Hello all! Wow I miss 2 days of logging on and I've got like 3 full pages to catch up on :laugh: .

Well I THINK I might actually be over this food poisoning crap. I feel really weak but I haven't eaten in 2 days so that's probably why. I have never had anything so bad! I hope everyone is doing well.

I'm going to have to do a lot of catching up on my workouts this week. I need to get me some new videos, I only have a couple of Denise Austin's workouts...can anyone suggest some good ones to buy?

Congratulations on everyone that's been sticking to the challenges! As for me, well I think maybe I'll just start over with the water thing. So from now until sunday I'm challenging myself again to drink all that water :ohwell: UGH! I hate water lol! If I add Crystal Light does that still count as water??

Glad your back Lacijae.. I missed reading your posts!! I hope you feel better soon.. I myself have never had food poising but I hear it's pretty bad...

Laci, add lemon to your water.. I am drinking away with that.. Its a good flavor.. I was also told orange and tangerine are good slices and refreshing as well but I haven't tried them yet....

Anita