Paper Moon
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Don't worry about slipping up. We are only human. Your doing great, so I know you'll get right back on track! cheering for you!
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Initial_C
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sillygirl - yeah... I know. I just feel guilty about it especially cause I feel like I'm letting my team, Fat Blasters, down. 
I already know my body won't lose a pound this week after the amazing 6 pound lost last week... It's stubborn to lose the fat like that. I don't wanna gain an extra pound. Thanks for the pillow though. *puts it over her head to prepare for the whacking*
Papermoon - Thanks Papermoon. I'll keep trying.
I already know my body won't lose a pound this week after the amazing 6 pound lost last week... It's stubborn to lose the fat like that. I don't wanna gain an extra pound. Thanks for the pillow though. *puts it over her head to prepare for the whacking*Papermoon - Thanks Papermoon. I'll keep trying.
Initial_C
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Week 4 Challenge: Less Salt! (Cumulative)
Day Twenty-Seven:
Okay, so today I woke up late. Had a late breakfast. Two slices of turkey breast, multi-grain cheerios with milk again. Lunch was leftover spaghetti with tomato sauce & ground turkey, a whole cucumber and cherries. Dinner was basically the same thing but instead of a whole cucumber I had a whole romaine lettuce with a lil drizzled raspberry vinegarette. I love the fact it's cherry season. Yummy! So all in all, about 1100 calories today with 18% overall fat and only 4% saturated fat. WOOT! Sodium is about 2350 mg. D'OH! It's SO hard to be under 2000 mg! Water was great today though. Almost 113 oz! That's 3.3L. Yay! Danced around for 2 hours too. Not bad I suppose. My feet don't hurt as much anymore. But there's still blisters on the balls of my feet. Owie. *wiggles feet*
I've been surfing through for new recipes as well as (although Vegan Lunchbox doesn't really update now). I'm definitely not vegetarian or vegan. And I'm not a rawist at all... But I like going through their sites for healthy ideas and recipes. I just supplement it in with a lil meat or I use the non-meat version. I can't seem to find a good place for low-fat recipes. Most websites have recipes loaded with fat even when they say they're low-fat. Just because the recipe calls for non-fat this and low-fat that, that's not my idea of a low-fat recipe. That's just supplementing an original recipe with low-fat ingredients.
Does anyone know of a site with lots of good low-fat recipes? I'm looking for recipes that don't require alot of oil and recipes that do not call for items like low-fat cheese and low-fat sour creams and whatnot. I'd prefer just not to cook with them at all then.
D'OH! It's SO hard to be under 2000 mg! Water was great today though. Almost 113 oz! That's 3.3L. Yay! Danced around for 2 hours too. Not bad I suppose. My feet don't hurt as much anymore. But there's still blisters on the balls of my feet. Owie. *wiggles feet*I've been surfing through for new recipes as well as (although Vegan Lunchbox doesn't really update now). I'm definitely not vegetarian or vegan. And I'm not a rawist at all... But I like going through their sites for healthy ideas and recipes. I just supplement it in with a lil meat or I use the non-meat version. I can't seem to find a good place for low-fat recipes. Most websites have recipes loaded with fat even when they say they're low-fat. Just because the recipe calls for non-fat this and low-fat that, that's not my idea of a low-fat recipe. That's just supplementing an original recipe with low-fat ingredients.
Does anyone know of a site with lots of good low-fat recipes? I'm looking for recipes that don't require alot of oil and recipes that do not call for items like low-fat cheese and low-fat sour creams and whatnot. I'd prefer just not to cook with them at all then.
Paper Moon
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AWESOME job with the calories!!!! You can do it!!!! The cherries around here are soooo good right now, I just bought a whole bunch myself. They seem to have higher calories than other fruits though,don't they? I usually like recipezarr, but they tend to have VERY high fat and calorie recipes listed under low fat/low calorie. It's because the user that uploads the recipe chooses how to list the thing, and SOMEONE out there might think fried chicken is low fat!!!!
Wow, I'm out of the loop for a few days and you go and lose 6lbs???? What the heck?
Great Job. Don't worry about the slip up at the potluck. You are moving so much I'm sure you burned it right off. You are doing so good!!!
That Festival sounds really cool. I was thinking of taking a shopping trip up that way later this year. Maybe if it is still going on when I go, I'll check it out. I hope you are having a great weekend.
Great Job. Don't worry about the slip up at the potluck. You are moving so much I'm sure you burned it right off. You are doing so good!!!
That Festival sounds really cool. I was thinking of taking a shopping trip up that way later this year. Maybe if it is still going on when I go, I'll check it out. I hope you are having a great weekend.
Initial_C said:
has a lot of really interesting recipes... some are a little on the spicey side, I don't think i've seen any that use low fat cheeses...
Initial_C
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Papermoon - I like to use recipezaar too for ideas. But I can't seem to get a good low-fat recipe outta them unfortunately. >_< Gah. So frustrating. And yes, I love cherries. I don't mind that they're higher in calories though cause I rarely eat them except in the summertime. They're either not available at all or scary expensive. They're only available for a month or two so I enjoy them when I can.
Pineola - Yep. Six pounds. But I doubt I'd lose anymore this week. I've been just horrible. I'll be glad if I don't GAIN a pound this week! EEEP! The festival is very lovely. But even prettier after it gets dark and they flip the switch and everything is lit. I believe the festival is on until October. And of course, there's other things to do at Ontario Place... Water rides and whatnot.
Mal - OOOH! Thankies!!
Pineola - Yep. Six pounds. But I doubt I'd lose anymore this week. I've been just horrible. I'll be glad if I don't GAIN a pound this week! EEEP!
The festival is very lovely. But even prettier after it gets dark and they flip the switch and everything is lit. I believe the festival is on until October. And of course, there's other things to do at Ontario Place... Water rides and whatnot. Mal - OOOH! Thankies!!
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Week 4 Challenge: Less Salt! (Cumulative)
Day Twenty-Eight:
End of the Week Reflection:
Blah. I don't think I'm gonna lose any pounds tomorrow. In fact I'll be happy if I don't GAIN a pound. Eeep!! I went to a breakfast buffet today... And well, I forgot the old saying, "All-You-Can-Eat does NOT mean Eat All That You Can." I dunno what got into me. I had two big plates stuffed with stuff. I can't even bare to see what my calorie count today is on fitday or my fat or my sodium. I ate AT LEAST 2000 calories I'm guessing. Sigh. I ate the brunch around noon. It's 10pm and I'm still full enough that I don't need to eat. Which I won't of course. At least I got my water in for today. After this, I'm gonna go dance... Hopefully, it'll help lose some calories.
I went to a breakfast buffet today... And well, I forgot the old saying, "All-You-Can-Eat does NOT mean Eat All That You Can." I dunno what got into me. I had two big plates stuffed with stuff. I can't even bare to see what my calorie count today is on fitday or my fat or my sodium. I ate AT LEAST 2000 calories I'm guessing. Sigh. I ate the brunch around noon. It's 10pm and I'm still full enough that I don't need to eat. Which I won't of course. At least I got my water in for today. After this, I'm gonna go dance... Hopefully, it'll help lose some calories.End of the Week Reflection:
Sigh... This has probably been the hardest week for me yet. Cause I really LOVE my salt. And I find it so hard eating bland stuff. I'll have to try bringing more flavour through spices I guess. But I REALLY love my salt. And I had TWO big eat-outs this week. Once at the party. And the second time today at the breakfast buffet. It seems that I can control myself at home. But once I'm NOT locked in my house having FULL control, I feel like I lose COMPLETE control. Yknow what I mean? At home, I get to decide hoe much serving, how much oil, how much salt, etc etc. But once I go out I have no control and can't seem to stop eating. I feel like such a bore now. Cause I don't have money to go out and have fun with my friends. Moreover, I don't want to go out and have fun with my friends cause I feel like... I'd lose control. And I don't want that. So I stay home and do my thing which is cool... Cept I feel like sometimes I'm becoming a hermit. Now I'm an introvert and I like to be myself but I don't wanna lose my friends. This has been a very disheartening week for me. But I'll try to be better next week I suppose. I gotta. p'-'q
But I'll try to be better next week I suppose. I gotta. p'-'q
sillygirl
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What can you and your friends do that doesn't revolve around eating? Spa days? Even at home ones that are less expensive. Do you like museums or art galleries or window shopping? I don't know. Brainstorm and come up with some new options. You have done amazingly well so far and I know one bad week will not ruin your progress!
That's a great idea, Sillygirl. Try to find things that don't involve eating. If you know where you are going to eat, look ahead at the menu and pick something before you go. Eat a salad and drink a lot of water before you go...maybe that would help too. I don't know...just trying to think of things...I don't want you to go all Howard Hughes on us!
The salt thing can be worked out. My boyfriend was told he had high blood pressure so he had to cut-back on salt. He uses "Mrs. Dash" a lot. They are herbs and spice mixes in different flavors that have no salt. He used to salt everything!! Now he doesn't salt his food at all......however, he still eats a lot of processed food which is loaded with it. Oh, well...one step at a time.
You sound sad. I hope you are having a better day today.
The salt thing can be worked out. My boyfriend was told he had high blood pressure so he had to cut-back on salt. He uses "Mrs. Dash" a lot. They are herbs and spice mixes in different flavors that have no salt. He used to salt everything!! Now he doesn't salt his food at all......however, he still eats a lot of processed food which is loaded with it. Oh, well...one step at a time.
You sound sad. I hope you are having a better day today.
Cannon 2006
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Yeah, you really need to get your friends involved in some non-eating activities. Between staying fat and giving up my friends---I'd choose the weight. Then again, they're all pretty supportive and rooting for me to drop weight too (Those I've told anyway).
Paper Moon
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It's so hard to come up with really fun activities that DON'T involve food, if you think about it. I have a little gathering coming up where we are gathering at Hammond's Castle for tea. However I also know tea = little sammiches and cakes and cookies! ACK!
emmcookie
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Hi lil' C!!!
Don't let a bad week get you down! You've come sooooo far!!!
Very good trying the low-salt thing. It really is soooo hard. It's everywhere, and in eveything!
I have a cookbook that I've had for years and even now I use so many things out of itit's not funny. I just change the meat to non-meat options, as well as the dariy. But it is really tasty AND low-fat!!! Are you ready, it's 'In the Kitchen with Rosie' by Rosie Daley. Yes, it's the book put out by Oprahs one-time personal chief. But there is soooo much good stuff, the grilled chicken salad is the best (I still make it, I just don't put the chicken in it)!!! Excellent!!!
Have a super week!
Don't let a bad week get you down! You've come sooooo far!!!
Very good trying the low-salt thing. It really is soooo hard. It's everywhere, and in eveything!
I have a cookbook that I've had for years and even now I use so many things out of itit's not funny. I just change the meat to non-meat options, as well as the dariy. But it is really tasty AND low-fat!!! Are you ready, it's 'In the Kitchen with Rosie' by Rosie Daley. Yes, it's the book put out by Oprahs one-time personal chief. But there is soooo much good stuff, the grilled chicken salad is the best (I still make it, I just don't put the chicken in it)!!! Excellent!!!
Have a super week!
valapalooza
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Keep your chin up! You've done amazing so far- and the purpose of the challenge you set for yourself was to do just that, CHALLENGE. If you are having a bit of difficulty meeting your goals everyday- that's okay; you are setting your goals higher than most other people are anyway! You're doing great!
I've really been monitoring salt lately, I haven't cooked with salt in years, and except for a small container of celtic sea salt that i use only on tomatoes and only a little bit (my 2 ounce container is almost a year old and not even 1/4 empty) I have not been able to stay under 2300 mg of sodium a day...
It's easy to kick the salt shaker habit... spices and herbs add much more flavor... it's darn near impossible to kick the added sodium habit unless you make everything, including bread and stuff, yourself...
Good luck with it..
It's easy to kick the salt shaker habit... spices and herbs add much more flavor... it's darn near impossible to kick the added sodium habit unless you make everything, including bread and stuff, yourself...
Good luck with it..
Initial_C
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sillygirl - well, we've been hanging out at home alot. but I get the feeling my best friend is tired of it. I don't wanna go out and eat cause that's what we always do. And to be honest, I don't want to eat with her even if it's at her place or mine cause she's only 125 pounds and she LOVES butter, fat, grease, salt. The works. And being unemployed... Well, my funds are seriously limited. I have no idea.
Piney - Yeah, I hardly salt anything nowadays and I'm STILL over 2000mg. It must be in the processed foods... but even THAT I don't eat much of. I'm at my wits end sometimes trying to figure out why my sodium is consistently that high.
Cannon - Don't get me wrong. My friends have been fairly supportive. And it's not like they're stuffing food in my face. It's just that our activites seem to be centered around meals. Or making meals. Or something like that. My friends just LOVE food. Up until recently, it's what we always did. When we meet up, we eat. Now I'm just outta ideas of stuff to do that don't involve food. Cause I have a feeling they're tired of just hanging out at my place watching movies. And since they're not that active... They don't really want to DO stuff. (And yet I'm the fattest outta the bunch... God is being unfair. )
Papermoon - OOOH! High tea! I love tea parties. Good luck and be strong! I know there's probably gonna be lil sammiches, lil tarts and scones and muffins. Be careful!!
emmcookie - Thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to check it out at Amazon.
Val - I know. It's just that I'm a perfectionist at times and I have high standards for myself. And I hate failing. >_< I can't stand it.
Scarlett - LOL. You ARE a girl after my own heart. *sigh* I'd love to shop too but sadly my funds are well-depreciated. Or else... I'd buy my dream Coach bag in a second.
Mal - See?!? That's the thing. How is anyone supposed to be under 2000mg a day when you don't even use salt and u're still over? but according to everything I've read, we should only be eating 2000mg/day or under. How does that work?
I don't wanna go out and eat cause that's what we always do. And to be honest, I don't want to eat with her even if it's at her place or mine cause she's only 125 pounds and she LOVES butter, fat, grease, salt. The works. And being unemployed... Well, my funds are seriously limited. I have no idea. Piney - Yeah, I hardly salt anything nowadays and I'm STILL over 2000mg. It must be in the processed foods... but even THAT I don't eat much of. I'm at my wits end sometimes trying to figure out why my sodium is consistently that high.
Cannon - Don't get me wrong. My friends have been fairly supportive. And it's not like they're stuffing food in my face. It's just that our activites seem to be centered around meals. Or making meals. Or something like that. My friends just LOVE food.
Up until recently, it's what we always did. When we meet up, we eat. Now I'm just outta ideas of stuff to do that don't involve food. Cause I have a feeling they're tired of just hanging out at my place watching movies. And since they're not that active... They don't really want to DO stuff. (And yet I'm the fattest outta the bunch... God is being unfair. )Papermoon - OOOH! High tea! I love tea parties. Good luck and be strong! I know there's probably gonna be lil sammiches, lil tarts and scones and muffins. Be careful!!
emmcookie - Thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to check it out at Amazon.
Val - I know. It's just that I'm a perfectionist at times and I have high standards for myself. And I hate failing. >_< I can't stand it.
Scarlett - LOL. You ARE a girl after my own heart. *sigh* I'd love to shop too but sadly my funds are well-depreciated.
Or else... I'd buy my dream Coach bag in a second. Mal - See?!? That's the thing. How is anyone supposed to be under 2000mg a day when you don't even use salt and u're still over?
but according to everything I've read, we should only be eating 2000mg/day or under. How does that work?
Initial_C
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Summer Challenge Recap:
Week 5 Challenge: No Weighing Until Monday (Cumulative)
Current Weight: 264 (maintained)
(1) - Portion control/low cal & low fat diet
(2) - Journaling on my Fitday account
(3) - Making sure I get 2.5 liters a day of water
(4) - Exercising at least 3x a week (most likely M/W/F and alternatively T/Th/Sat)
(5) - Must Eat Breakfast Everyday
(6) - No Eating Three Hours Before Bed
(7) - Move More
(8) - Less Salt
(2) - Journaling on my Fitday account
(3) - Making sure I get 2.5 liters a day of water
(4) - Exercising at least 3x a week (most likely M/W/F and alternatively T/Th/Sat)
(5) - Must Eat Breakfast Everyday
(6) - No Eating Three Hours Before Bed
(7) - Move More
(8) - Less Salt
Week 5 Challenge: No Weighing Until Monday (Cumulative)
Current Weight: 264 (maintained
)Day Twenty-Nine:
New week, new start right? Right... So chin up. Here we go.
This week's challenge will be no weighing except Monday mornings. I'm a NOTORIOUS weigher. I probably weigh myself 5 times a day. Each time I do it at least 4 times. Admittedly not my fault though cause my scale sucks... That's what I get for buying a cheap one at Walmart. So I've decided it's time to stop focusing on the numbers. I'll try to distract or punish myself. Everytime I weigh myself when I'm not gonna, I'm gonna walk up and down the flight of stairs. That should keep me from cheating.
Okay, so today was a slow start kinda... I woke up bright and early and got alot of errands done. Mailed a letter, changed outside lightbulbs, scrubbed outdoor windows, made tons of phone calls to get my finances in order. Then I ate my usual breakfast of cereal with milk, light laughing cow cheese and some cherries. Lunch was "wannabe pizza." Basically toast with a lil leftover spaghetti sauce with ground turkey and some slices of part skim mozzarella cheese and more cherries. Snack was... Cherries again. And dinner was leftover spaghetti and just some romaine lettuce with dressing drizzled ontop. All and all, today was 1450 calories with 27% overall fat and 10% saturated fat. I guess from the cheese and the spaghetti sauce. The calories wouldn't have been that high if I hadn't consumed SIXTY cherries. But I'll give myself a break on those cause we only buy cherries during this short window of opportunity during the summer when they're cheap. We got them for 97 cents/pound. Usually they're sold for $4.99/pound. Drank about 4.38L! WOOT!! Sodium is up around 2500mg. Ah well... Least there's no more leftover spaghetti sauce. Woot. Tomorrow... Chicken and more dancing.
This week's challenge will be no weighing except Monday mornings. I'm a NOTORIOUS weigher. I probably weigh myself 5 times a day. Each time I do it at least 4 times. Admittedly not my fault though cause my scale sucks... That's what I get for buying a cheap one at Walmart. So I've decided it's time to stop focusing on the numbers. I'll try to distract or punish myself. Everytime I weigh myself when I'm not gonna, I'm gonna walk up and down the flight of stairs. That should keep me from cheating.
Okay, so today was a slow start kinda... I woke up bright and early and got alot of errands done. Mailed a letter, changed outside lightbulbs, scrubbed outdoor windows, made tons of phone calls to get my finances in order. Then I ate my usual breakfast of cereal with milk, light laughing cow cheese and some cherries. Lunch was "wannabe pizza." Basically toast with a lil leftover spaghetti sauce with ground turkey and some slices of part skim mozzarella cheese and more cherries. Snack was... Cherries again.
And dinner was leftover spaghetti and just some romaine lettuce with dressing drizzled ontop. All and all, today was 1450 calories with 27% overall fat and 10% saturated fat. I guess from the cheese and the spaghetti sauce. The calories wouldn't have been that high if I hadn't consumed SIXTY cherries. But I'll give myself a break on those cause we only buy cherries during this short window of opportunity during the summer when they're cheap. We got them for 97 cents/pound. Usually they're sold for $4.99/pound. Drank about 4.38L! WOOT!! Sodium is up around 2500mg. Ah well... Least there's no more leftover spaghetti sauce. Woot. Tomorrow... Chicken and more dancing.
Cannon 2006
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Initial_C said:Cannon - Don't get me wrong. My friends have been fairly supportive. And it's not like they're stuffing food in my face. It's just that our activites seem to be centered around meals. Or making meals. Or something like that. My friends just LOVE food.
I know what you're saying. I gained all my trip weight by keeping up with a normal weight friend of mine.
Scarlett2
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Hi there little C scape....sounds like you had a good food day. Plus you got lots of chores done. That's what I call a happy head hitting the pillow day.
And girl, DO NOT weight yourself except in the morning. Don't you know how much our weight fluctuates over the course of the day. It can be discouraging. Weigh the minute you wake up, nekkid, but after you pee. And even if you could just limit it to every morning. Going from weighing yourself 127 times a day to just once on Monday might send you into withdrawal!! LOL!!!!!
And girl, DO NOT weight yourself except in the morning. Don't you know how much our weight fluctuates over the course of the day. It can be discouraging. Weigh the minute you wake up, nekkid, but after you pee. And even if you could just limit it to every morning. Going from weighing yourself 127 times a day to just once on Monday might send you into withdrawal!! LOL!!!!!