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JanaNanner said:
Hehe, I've never had cottage cheese. I always avoided it because it looked strange to me. But I will give it a try at least once, just because you suggested it. :) I'll buy some next time I go grocery shopping. Any brand recommendations?
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I like Dairyland 1% Cottage Cheese. :) It tastes the best of any i've tasted.

I add pepper to mine (i love pepper) and that makes it taste great in my opinion. ALso, i would NOT get unsalted/salt free cottage cheese...it tastes horrid.

If you are really not sure if you will like it or not, and have a bit of money to splurge you can get these delicious little cottage cheese combo containers (they look like yogurt containers). Dairyland makes those as well. It is cottage cheese mixed with different fruit and i loved them..just pricey.

Another thing you can do at home is to put some fruit on your cottage cheese...any kind of berries would work really well, i especially like strawberries and blueberries. I also used to add 1 tbsp of peanut butter into my cottage cheese (sounds weird but really tasty especially with blueberries).

Hehe, can you tell i like cottage cheese? :p
 
shygemini said:
I like Dairyland 1% Cottage Cheese. :) It tastes the best of any i've tasted.

I add pepper to mine (i love pepper) and that makes it taste great in my opinion. ALso, i would NOT get unsalted/salt free cottage cheese...it tastes horrid.

If you are really not sure if you will like it or not, and have a bit of money to splurge you can get these delicious little cottage cheese combo containers (they look like yogurt containers). Dairyland makes those as well. It is cottage cheese mixed with different fruit and i loved them..just pricey.

Another thing you can do at home is to put some fruit on your cottage cheese...any kind of berries would work really well, i especially like strawberries and blueberries. I also used to add 1 tbsp of peanut butter into my cottage cheese (sounds weird but really tasty especially with blueberries).

Hehe, can you tell i like cottage cheese? :p
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Haha, I was getting the feeling that you might like it a little. ;)

Fruit makes everything yummy. I'm definitely going to try adding it, if this cottage cheese venture turns out well. Peanut butter also makes everything yummy, so I'm considering that, as well. :D
 
JanaNanner said:
Haha, I was getting the feeling that you might like it a little. ;)

Fruit makes everything yummy. I'm definitely going to try adding it, if this cottage cheese venture turns out well. Peanut butter also makes everything yummy, so I'm considering that, as well. :D
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yay! i'll be looking forward to hearing how you like/dislike it :)
 
It's like the twilight zone, compared to a month ago when I could have eaten an entire fridge-full of food. I've had 1635 calories today, it's almost 12:30 AM and I'm sitting here thinking, "215 calories to go... what am I going to eat?" But I don't want anything else.

Yeah, soooo... body: where was this control and will-power about 15 years ago, huh? Just answer me that.

I did REALLY well on protein today, though. Well, in comparison to my normal protein intake. 103.5 grams of protein. Yay crab! It gave me a quick protein boost at dinner for 34 g.
 
Ah, delayed onset muscle soreness. Good morning to you and how are you doing today? Oh, a bit sore? I see. Well, why don't you rest for the day and we'll see how you're doing tomorrow then?

Siiiiiigh. I was all gung-ho about strength training every day, but my muscles are screaming "Nooo, give me rest!" while my enthusiasm screams back at them "Shape up, you wussies!" But I did some reading and apparently it really is for the best to have some recovery time, and I'll pick back up tomorrow if my sissy muscles are finished being sissy.

On the positive side, today is the fourth day waking up with relatively little lower back pain and not taking pills. :D I'm thinking of going back to the track soon and starting off very, very slowly with a lap crawl or two. My Dad disapproves (and would prefer I not move period for the next six months until certain that I will not break) but he isn't the one with 100+ lbs to lose.

Edit: I just squirted grapefruit all over myself. Yay, sticky. :p
 
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JanaNanner said:
Ah, delayed onset muscle soreness. Good morning to you and how are you doing today? Oh, a bit sore? I see. Well, why don't you rest for the day and we'll see how you're doing tomorrow then?

Siiiiiigh. I was all gung-ho about strength training every day, but my muscles are screaming "Nooo, give me rest!" while my enthusiasm screams back at them "Shape up, you wussies!" But I did some reading and apparently it really is for the best to have some recovery time, and I'll pick back up tomorrow if my sissy muscles are finished being sissy.

On the positive side, today is the fourth day waking up with relatively little lower back pain and not taking pills. :D I'm thinking of going back to the track soon and starting off very, very slowly with a lap crawl or two. My Dad disapproves (and would prefer I not move period for the next six months until certain that I will not break) but he isn't the one with 100+ lbs to lose.
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yay for less pain!

i totally agree about the strength training. It is a good idea to have days off, especially when you are just starting.

What i used to do was strength train 3 days a week (with a short/easier cardio workout prior to the strength training) and hard cardio 2-3 days a week (different days). I need to get back into strength training...i LOVED it before.
 
shygemini said:
yay for less pain!

i totally agree about the strength training. It is a good idea to have days off, especially when you are just starting.

What i used to do was strength train 3 days a week (with a short/easier cardio workout prior to the strength training) and hard cardio 2-3 days a week (different days). I need to get back into strength training...i LOVED it before.
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I know, I really love strength training too. It occurs to me though that it is probably because it is much lazier than cardio. :D There's so much strength training you can do in a basically stationary position. Haha. I admit my laziness when it comes to cardio, but for now I can't get back into it anyway, not until my back has had much more time to strengthen and heal.

I think I'll try to stick to three days of strength training for now, too. I'll do it Tuesday, Thursday, and Suturday, and once I'm able to I'll fill in Monday and Wednesday with cardio. :)
 
I feel really emotional right now. This place is amazing. Here, I mean. This forum. I'm surrounded by people who understand what it feels like to be overweight and want it to change. I'm surrounded by people who are making progress every day. I'm surrounded by constant reassurance that it is possible... that it can be done.

I can do this... I can really do this. I believe that in a way that I never could before. I believe it as if it has already happened. That's how much I know that I can do this.

One day everything is going to be so different for me. I just have to wait patiently because eventually I will see that day.
 
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I've never found this much support and inspiration anywhere in 'real life'. It constantly amazes me that people that I have never met in person can be of such help to me. I really feel like I have to do well so as not to let my online friends down. I think that a lot of the people that I talk to in daily life aren't interested in the sort of things we talk about here and here we don't have to worry about being boring. If people don't like what we write then they can just stop reading.
I so want everybody that I talk to here to succeed and meet their goals and will do everything in my power to encourage them as they do me. D)
 
eyckmans said:
:iagree::iagree::iagree:
I've never found this much support and inspiration anywhere in 'real life'. It constantly amazes me that people that I have never met in person can be of such help to me. I really feel like I have to do well so as not to let my online friends down. I think that a lot of the people that I talk to in daily life aren't interested in the sort of things we talk about here and here we don't have to worry about being boring. If people don't like what we write then they can just stop reading.
I so want everybody that I talk to here to succeed and meet their goals and will do everything in my power to encourage them as they do me. D)
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It's really why I came here in the first place, for the support. I'm so pleased that the forum has far surpassed my expectations... :) Knowing how it motivates me, I want to be able to help others be motivated and encouraged, as well. I also, someday, hope to be an inspiration to others who never thought they could do it. It's so, so amazing for me to read stories here about those who have lost 100+ lbs, so I hope that I can be that example for others someday.
 
Homemade Lentil Soup

I just made the most sickeningly healthy soup in existence. It's homemade lentil soup. As I was preparing it (I mean, it took an hour, so I might as well do something while I sit in the kitchen waiting), I calculated the calories of all the ingredients and determined that for 10 oz, which more than filled up my bowl and my stomach, it's only 70 calories. Holy cow. At that rate, I have plenty of room to top it with cheese, which I did for another 110 calories, haha. There's roughly 6.5 oz of water per 10 oz of soup, which is part of the reason it is fabulously healthy. It was fairly tasty, as well (but I tend to enjoy bland foods). I did not add the salt to it that the recipe called for, so it probably would have spiced it up a bit if I had, but I prefer to go without the added salt if possible. I also left out the swiss chard because I couldn't find it at the grocery store.

Lentil Soup - 429658 - Recipezaar - Here's the recipe. Warning: It made roughly 100 oz of soup for me, so make sure you have a lot of microwave dishes available for leftovers. :p

So, with the cheese, that's a medium-sized meal for 180 calories. Insane.

Edit: Should add that part of the reason it filled me up so much is the lentils. Lentils = tons of fiber = full stomach.
 
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I am eating cottage cheese with strawberry as I type this.

...I don't know how I feel about it. It's making me feel a little queezy. :p I think it reminds me of cream cheese with strawberry, which I really don't like (even though I like them perfectly fine on their own).

But I haven't given up yet. I'm letting the flavor settle. Maybe it's an acquired taste.
 
Hey Jana! Just wanted to stop by as I saw your post in another area of the WLF. I just had to commiserate with the ups and downs of weight loss and the wondering about caloric intake, etc. I too found myself gaining 3 lbs this week and wanted to cry. Luckily (maybe?) it was TOM, so I'm hoping that maybe that had something to do with it.

It was interesting to hear that you can see how it would be tempting to go the route of starving yourself/anorexia. I have been down that path, despite what I might weigh now. I have starved myself to lose 30+ lbs twice in my life, and both were born out of a desperate need for control. The temptation to strictly control calories to an extreme is unreal. I'm happy to say that I no longer bow to that temptation anymore.

I'm sorry to hear about your back!!!! In the recent past, I was struggling with some neck problems and started to see a chiropractor who has dramatically improved my symptoms. My friend also used one to treat her sciatica and was totally successful. Just a thought! I'm a nurse, but I'm all about using natural methods to cure illness.

Glad to meet you. :)
 
JanaNanner said:
I am eating cottage cheese with strawberry as I type this.

...I don't know how I feel about it. It's making me feel a little queezy. :p I think it reminds me of cream cheese with strawberry, which I really don't like (even though I like them perfectly fine on their own).

But I haven't given up yet. I'm letting the flavor settle. Maybe it's an acquired taste.
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hehe...try cottage cheese with pepper then maybe :)

if you don't like it that is cool too...but i appreciate that you tried it at least! :)
 
heatherdee said:
Hey Jana! Just wanted to stop by as I saw your post in another area of the WLF. I just had to commiserate with the ups and downs of weight loss and the wondering about caloric intake, etc. I too found myself gaining 3 lbs this week and wanted to cry. Luckily (maybe?) it was TOM, so I'm hoping that maybe that had something to do with it.

It was interesting to hear that you can see how it would be tempting to go the route of starving yourself/anorexia. I have been down that path, despite what I might weigh now. I have starved myself to lose 30+ lbs twice in my life, and both were born out of a desperate need for control. The temptation to strictly control calories to an extreme is unreal. I'm happy to say that I no longer bow to that temptation anymore.

I'm sorry to hear about your back!!!! In the recent past, I was struggling with some neck problems and started to see a chiropractor who has dramatically improved my symptoms. My friend also used one to treat her sciatica and was totally successful. Just a thought! I'm a nurse, but I'm all about using natural methods to cure illness.

Glad to meet you. :)
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Ah, TOM... I don't have a TOM. I have a never-ending bleed-fest. No, seriously. I've been going for a couple months now. Maybe that's why it's so hard for me to lose weight, because my body is irreversibly screwed up hormonally. :p Sorry, that was probably TMI. But hey, I guess this is MY diary, so I should be able to write what I want, haha.

I'm really happy that you were able to overcome that temptation. Even though I can certainly understand the temptation to control eating to an extreme, it is really harmful to the body in the long run and it's wonderful that you have moved past it to make healthy eating choices. :)

My back is doing SO MUCH BETTER these last few days... I could almost convince myself that it was never hurt in the first place, though I know there's a problem lurking in there and if I mistreat it too much it will scream at me. :D I only have health insurance for about another month before it runs out for the year, so after that it's really just going to be me, myself, and the back problem, but I am trying to do what I can for it while the health insurance lasts, hehe. I'll think about your suggestions. :)

Thanks for stopping by and reading. :D
 
shygemini said:
hehe...try cottage cheese with pepper then maybe :)

if you don't like it that is cool too...but i appreciate that you tried it at least! :)
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I did finish it. I made myself finish it. I've found since I began all of this that I am much more able to eat things that I'd prefer not to, just for the sake of the health benefits.

I still have another one and I'll probably have it on Monday. We'll see how I feel about it then. I might as well give it a second or even third try before giving up the fight. ;)
 
Today I weighed in at the lowest since I began this, which is a whooping 0.3 lbs lower than my previous low weight. But let me tell you, I celebrated those 0.3 lbs as if they were 10 lbs. There was a victory dance involved. And losing 0.3 lbs is better than gaining. :D

That also means that I lost the two lbs that I gained, though. :p Ah, my body doesn't know what it wants. Yesterday I ate almost 1800 calories, and I lost. I was eating 1650 when I gained. Logical? Not so much.
 
Hi Jana!

You're doing great! Keep at it!

Every lil bit helps!

If your like me and most of us here...weight loss doesnt happen fast enough.
So savour it like you did....even the .3 lbs will add up to 10-20-50 lbs...it just takes time.

Congrats and am looking forward to your first 10 lbs!
 
Hey Jana!

Oi, I can't imagine what kind of hormonal things your body is going through. Maybe before your insurance runs out, get the bleeding checked!! Haha. Insurance is such an awful thing to have to figure out when you don't get it through an employer. Yikes.

Congrats on the .3 lb loss!! In the book I've been reading, it says that you should celebrate every half pound loss! So since .3lbs is close enough, I say celebrate it!
 
For the last month I have had very small losses each week but as you say even a small loss or no change at all is worth celebrating as it isn't a gain. Well done on heading in the right direction :)
 
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