Kaitie's Open Diary

hmmmmmm, chips or lean cuzine, i'd say the chips, but i don't do the lean cuzines but i have done chips, and they are terrible!!! Salty, greasy and fattning ( i could use some right now:eek:eeee! ) i am wondering thoe how many calories and carbs are in one of thoes meals?:confused:
 
when i was eating the lean cuisines the weight was really coming off. They got expensive after awhile so i just used them to learn what a portion really was. Its way different than what we call a portion around these parts lol. It could be anything though, we all have our little triggers that stop our weight loss.
 
I am on the LA weight loss program and they recommend to have the microwaveable meals sparingly. Don't use them as your main source of nutrition. Just once or twice a week in my opinion. Fresh food is always better... Good luck!!
 
How can you tell they have nothing better to do than piss about all day. Im guessing they dont have 4 kids and a fulltime job hehe.
Crock Pot (or Air Core pots in my case) are amazing thing. Throw a bunch of meat and veg together in the morning and come home from work to a fantastic meal!
 
Kaitie, I think it is definitely chips possibly in conjunction with lean cuisine. Salty foods make you retain water, that's probably why you did not see any weight loss last week. See how much sodium is in lean cuisine dinners, but I would guess probably much more then in homecooked stuff you eat. Also some people tend to loose weight in chunks, and that's just the way some bodies operate. When stuff like this happens to me, I just attribute it to miriads of complex processes that happen on a daily basis and move on. Sometimes it is possible to explain the water retention, and sometimes it is not. We just cannot know everything that is going on inside and causes one thing or the other.
 
Thanks for the answers everyone! I'm going to keep a distance from the chips for a while and maybe I'll test out a lean cuisine here and there. The ones that I was eating were low in carbs and calories but I did notice that one or two had some major sodium. I'll just have to be really careful when I pick them out.

GOOD NEWS!!!!!! I know, I've weighed myself every freakin' day this week but......

189 this morning!!!! WAHOO!!! Maybe I'm one of those people that lose it in chunks and not on a steady 2 pound schedule--either way...I'm happy!!! That's four pounds this week!! I'm at my half way point!!! Weehee!!!!
 
I agree with NothinToLose, I think it was the combination of the chips and the microwave lunches...you had a double whammy on the sodium which probably made you retain water. Being a single mother I have at times relied heavily up on the microwave lunches due to time constraints and I lost weight while doing it. But I wouldn't suggest eating the chips in addition to them because of all the sodium.

I've been taken notice of all the sodium in stuff lately and it's ridiculous. I'm trying to cut back on it but its hard, much harder than I thought it would be. Things I never expected are packed with sodium. :(

Congrats on the 3 lbs and keep up the good work! (Can you rub your hand on the screen, across my post?...maybe it'll help me lose some! LOL)
 
T2: It took me a good minute of staring to figure out what the heck your avatar was a picture of.... I guess your foot is still bothering you eh? Are you weight training while you can't be on your feet?

OHD: I hope my magic cooties help you!

I'm doing good...of course I'm doing good, I started the week at 193.5 and I'm ending it at 189. It's been a great week---even though I was whining and complaining about not losing weight on Monday and Tuesday. Anyway. I'm really excited that my hard work is showing up on the scale. I wanted to be down 15 pounds by time school starts and I think I can do it...just one more little pound. Even if I don't...14 pounds in 38 days isn't to bad!! :) I checked my old diaries and on January 29, 2001 I weighed in at 183 (that was after two months of slimfast, I started at 196) so I'm almost to where I was 5 1/2 years ago--which is cool. I should most certainly be down a pants size by then...and hopefully I'll be able to say goodbye to elastic waists forever! I'm hoping to reach my 175 pound goal before my birthday in December---I'd like to ultimately be around 140 but I can't even think about that yet. 175 first, that's the most important goal for me. I put on a pair of capris that I bought in July and they give me what John calls 'saggy butt', which means there's a load of fabric back there that's just floppin' around. I also notice that there was a lot of loose fabric in the front too...which is great! It means all those sit-ups are actually doing something! I totally think I'll make my September 15th goal of 5000 situps.....I might even up it to 10,000 before Thanksgiving. Anyway, I have to remember this post when two weeks from now I'm whining again that I'm fat and haven't lost any weight. I also noticed that I started dropping the weight faster when my calories were between 1100-1250 and I ate more salad. I had a great salad today...it was called Fiesta Chicken---yummy. My dog is hunting for a dog treat.

Ok, so now that you've read through my ramblings and tangents I hope ya'll have a great weekend!
 
A Kaitie and John Update!!

It's official, John has lost 20 pounds and is now at 474 pounds. I hope that he can keep up the good work and that he can be around 440 by Christmas. 34 pounds in 4 months...that's doable right?

It's rainy and miserable here....blah.
 
Nice going you two !!

Any goal is doable that you two set out to do - I hope you add in some patience to your recipe. Let's face it, you're sooooooo far ahead of John it's not even funny but if I was him, I could have a ball in the pusuit of trying to catch up to ya. What a great why to lose weight !!

and yeah, our Pa. weather sucks about as bad as your NJ weather today. Not a good holiday starter :(
 
Hello Kaitie!
Great job with your end of the week weigh in! Woo hoo! 4.5lbs? That is amazing! Wowzers girl! Keep up the great work! And please do remember this post in the future should you find yourself feeling down and out. You rock!
 
Thanks a bunch!!!

I'm nervous b/c school is starting on Tuesday and I feel like I've caught a little cold. I took my vitamins and just ate an orange. I even had some PB&J on wheat bread to help give me a little protein as well. Hopefully I won't have to stand outside with the freakin' dog anymore waiting for him to do his business. It's cold and windy here in NJ today! A giant branch Like 5 inches thick broke off one of our trees and landed in the street....so we had to clean that up in the rain *roll eyes* but at least it didn't land on our cars ;)

Oh well, out to go birthday shopping!
 
Ugh, I got your cold too.:p I hate feeling like this.
Congratulations on the 4 lbs! You're doing so awesome! I'm trying to catch up; I seem to be losing about 4 oz a day regularly, so if I keep it up, I'll have my 2 lbs gone by Monday!

Way to go John!:D
 
Hey Katie, I'm a 7th grade teacher in Chicago. School has me very nervous about the whole weight loss thing. I'm thrilled to hear that your hubby is doing well too. Thanks for popping by my diary. I believe 34 pounds in 4 months is doable when you're as heavy as John and I are. In fact my own goal is close to that.
 
Cannon are you worried about the teachers room---the fact that there always seems to be some form of donut, danish, cake, or other yummy yet deadly food item?

I think my biggest concern is that I'll be too tired to go to the gym after school is over. It's really hard to be on over-drive all day and have to continue it for another hour or so when you'd like to be at home plopped on the couch.

Well I keep feeling like I messed up this weekend. Yesterday I stayed pretty close on target with my calories but I fear that my mashed potatoes might cause some havoc and mayhem on my weight-loss and today I got some vegitarian (sp) with my salad and it put me 216 calories over my 1400 limit. POOP!! I wouldn't have gotten it if I knew it was 344 freakin' calories. (I'm hoping fit-day is wrong.)

Exercises for today:

3.2 miles on the bike
75 *shock* sit-ups I was seriously going to finish them but I did 75 and went to another machine to rest and other people took over and I couldn't get back!
150 Torso Twists
50 reps on the Rowing Machine

I feel like I need to do something to get off the 200+ extra calories I ate today...but at least they were vegatables...can't be that horrible right? I'll just have to buckle down again on Monday.
 
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