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How do you handle a "bad" day?
Yesterday, we were invited up to a friend's house for a low country shrimp boil/birthday celebration for one of my best friends. I tried not to over do, but even just taking a little of everything put me 200 or so calories over for the day. So my question is, what now? Do I just do nothing different and move on? Or do I…
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I need encouragement/accountability
Ok ladies. I have been doing pretty well so far, but it's only been 2 weeks, and I can already start to hear that internal dialog starting up.."you're doing great, Ruth! It wouldn't hurt to have just ONE brownie, would it?...". It doesn't help that I made a batch of my favorite brownies EVER (gooey chocolate caramel…
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Help with marinaded chicken nutrition
Last night we had a dinner that used a recipe that we have often used, but I've never looked at the nutrition info on it. It's a grilled chicken skewer with pineapple and red pepper. My question is this: when I look at the calories in the nutrition info, it is AMAZINGLY high - 350 or so calories a serving. It's just…
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Spread out your calorie intake? Does it matter?
I've noticed that I eat very lightly at breakfast, and really end up having most of my calorie intake at night. I'm thinking this is probably bad, but I don't know! Do you guys make an effort to keep the calories eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner (excluding snacks) the same? Does it matter?
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Exercises for Limited Mobility
Hello all! I'm recovering from a pretty bad broken ankle (broke 3 bones, dislocated it, spent 14 weeks non-weight bearing) and it's going very slowly. Though I am able to walk around without a cane or crutch, and I can put full weight on that side and even do toe raises on my "bad" foot, I do have a lot of problems with…
