Veronique's P.I.N.K. journey!

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Verobc1

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I am not new to the forum I joined in 2007 after giving birth to my daughter, then I got busy with a new born and didn't come on here again till 2009, when I was on mat leave after having my son...I was able to loose about 15lb at that point but a change in employement totally turned my world and schedual upsidown, and I have regaine the 15lb lost and then some! I am an emotional eater, that is my biggest obstacle, anger and stress, triger bings like nothing else. I now weight around 189lb (not sure kids broke the scale) I have tried to lose weight with just eating better for the last year and that just isn't working for me, so I joined P.I.N.K. Method my sister had good results, with it,,,,,,I think that a schedual with recepies and all exercuse programed in will be very good in getting me motivated, I guve up way to easily, I didn't use to be that way I think that having kids and a husband, plus a job and school just drained me, emotionally and physically, I let myself go sometimes eating chips for a meal cause I am to tired to make myself something....this programme will hoppefully help me! Tonight I am buying a scale and I will take my mesurments I officially start P.I.N.K. Next monday after I have had time to do some groceries after a paycheck.
 
Thank you Ladies!!! Glad to be back...and it's been a long time since I have felt exited about loosing weight you know .....I had to wait till lunch today to get my scale cause I left work a bit later I like organizing the next day before I leave just nicer to come in the next day. I am hoping to get a call for an interview soon my contract here ends in one month and I don't see why they would extend it.....I have been lucky so far been here a bit over 18 months but with all the employees back from sick leave they no longer need me time for a new adventure, i was sad to leave at first but then realized with one of the returning employees personality this place just doesn't feel the same, I used to love comming into work and now not so much so before I come to hate this place it's time to move on. I am thinking of staying away from unionized jobs....with all the strike talks and I quite frankly beleive that union protects the wrong people, the ones that call in sick to go camping and sell Real Estate while on sick leave, so I think union sucks! Enough with the negative I should focus on the new and positive. Yesterday menu looked like this


Breakfast

1 cup of yogourt. 1/2 of strawberries and blueberries, 1/3 cup of granola


Lunch

Salad from Mc donalds (left the house with out my interact had to use gift card)

coffee


Snack

raw veggies (carrots, brocolie, colieflower, cucumbers)


Diner

Veggie Lentil soup (oignion, shallots,carrotts,cabbage,celery,) Lentille with lots of cayenne pepper to give it a kick



today


Breakfast

Bagel toasted 1/2 tsp of butter

Coffee (1c 1/2surgar)


Lunch

Veggie Lentil soup


snack

raw veggies


diner

Slow cooked chicken with carrots and potatoes

grapefruit (of I get a surgar craving


As you can see even if I didn't start the programme I am trying to eat healthy, I just needed a few days to organize myself and go grocerie shopping...lots of produce in the P.I.N,K. methode so really hope to hear from employers soon!!! cause it ain't cheap to eat like that but so worth it!!!
 
Hello forum friends


ok so bought a scale and got a really nasty suprise my starting weight isn't 189lb but 197lb at first I felt like crying but then firgured it's evening usually weight myself naked in the morning but I also know that I gained since my last weight in mid August I think when I last weighted in so I will weight in again in the morning doubt it will lower much 195lb at this point would make me a bit hapier less then 10lb gained, but lets face it I can't change what I have done to myself since August so I have to start from here.


Starting Weight November 20th 2012 : 197lb


now measurments


Neck 15.5 inches


Arms: L 15 R 15


Bust:45


under bust (bras strap) 37


Waist; 43.5


Hips: 48


Thighs: L27 R27


Dress size 16(Canada)


Ok so I have my work cut out for me, but I have done it before and I know that I can do it again...this time I must make the changes permanent not just a couple of month things I have a month until Christmas and I would like to set my first goal for then to be at 189lb I think that is realistic as long as I et clean and use other methodes then eating to deal with stress.

My goals for this week is to drink plenty of water so I don't retain fluids, and to take my Iron and multi vitamin each day to keep my energy up. I must set aside a min 15 a day for exercise anything walking, push ups, sit ups, streches, even dancing in my living room I must do it every day for min of 15 min, I will up that next week I just want to set mini goals baby steps. Of to dance in my living room !
 
Hello Forum friends


Ok so I am a bit happier this morning my official weight in is 195lb still over what I was but because it`s not almost 10lb over I can live with it!


Last night I ended up with 30 min of dancing in my living room, forgot how much I enjoyed dancing like that!! I usually take a cuban dancing class on Wednesdays but this week the hubby is working night shifts so I have to stay home with the kids..but as soon as they are sleeping I will rearse the moves we have learn so far so I still get the work out, this is a great ab workout next day feels like I did a lot of crunches..


Breakfast

Coffee (1C 1/2surgar) working my way to black coffee!!!

Bagel toasted with 1tsp of butter


Snack

raw veggies


Lunch

Veggie Lentille Soup

grape fruit


Diner

Salad with chicken some dressing Italien or greek with feta or cheddar
 
Like the positivity, you need to start somewhere and just because it's a higher number than you thought it doesn't make you any less capable of achieving your goals. I've never heard of PINK, does it work like weight watchers or is it actually a meal plan?
 
Hey Lucy ! P.I.N.K. Methode is an acutall exercise and meal plan, they also have an online community and you can do a journal on there, I keep one here cause I really like this site. There are 3 or 4 phase to the programme and the first one is very low calorie like 900cals I am gonna add to bring it up to at least a min of 1200 a day so I will lose slower then the plan is supposed to but I am loosing weight to be healthy not make myself sick, plus I am never gonna stick to something if I am hungry all the time that would be plain crazy! My sister had great results with it she only had like 10lb to lose but she was able to maintain very well over the last year so I am giving it a try the breakfast is a shake wich will work really well for me my morning are very very hectic and I never have time to make a really good Breakfast....I am very exited to officially start next monday!
 
Hello Forum Friends


Last night I did have the greek salad with chicken as planned and then I actually was able to make it to my dance class....it was fun and my abs are feeling it today!!!

We ended up at a restaurant and they ordered Nachos I tried to resist but I was so hungry I used the plate that was under the coffee cups and put one layer of nachos in there

and I took off most of the cheese cause even if I love cheese my stomach doesnt, and instead of a cocktail or a pop I had water with it so still not feeling too bad about it.

Woke up with a migrain this morning, usually when I get under 175lb the migrain disapear, that is one thing I am looking forward to I haven`t been under 175 in a while, since 2008 before I got pregnant with my son who will be 4 in January I would like to be there at that point byt Jan 26 I want to be at 175lb. That is my second long term goal, 3rd mileston is to be 165lb by May 2013 for my wedding anniversary I want to be back at my wedding day weight....should be able to do that or even exede it hopefully 10 lb 4 months should be more then doable I can event say that 155lb would be doable.


Breakfast

Egg Sandwich (home made) needed something solid to settle my stomach

coffee x2 (the guidance teacher brought one for me and I already had one)


Lunch

it all depends on how I feel when I have mygrains I have to eat something heavyer like a sandwich (nothing fried)

or soup if I feel better!


Diner

Veggi lentill soupe.



tonight I have tones of laundry to fold so I will most likely get 15 min of running up and down the stairs as exercise but my goal this week was 15 min everyday and so far in the last two days I have done 2hrs , 30min on tues and 1.5hour class yesterday! Go me!!!! lol
 
Quick post today cause I have been busy at work


Today I am going grocery shopping in order to start the programme on monday after attending 3 parties in 2 days, I will do my best to stay away from bad food but since I am not driving for the last one I will most likely be drinking! So once the I am all bozzed up jugdment might take a plunged out the window...I don't do this very ofthen and I have been good all week no junk and I have attained my goeal of drinking water lots of it every day !! Also my goal to exercise 15 min a day....next week I will have to follow the workouts on the web site so I will have to calculate how much exercise that is!


My goal for next week is to follow the programme to the letter ( I am adding around 400 cals a day to the programe cause 900cals a day is unrealistique)


Have a great weekend!!!
 
Yea 900cals is really low, I struggle some days with 1400-1500! I think a lot of that is boredom related though. Good luck with it!
 
Hey Lucy thank you for stoping by I know 900cals is too low I don't think I could stick to that for the 14 day period but I modified it to add some more calcium rich food Monday morning I have a DR apointment a follow up he wants to see my planned menus, and get blood work results, I had a migrain that lasted from monday am until this morning so we are checking my iron and vitamine b levels but I noticed that when I am above 175lb my migrain start to multiply so I am thinking it is connected. I coulnd stop myself this morning I steped on the scale and 194lb was my weight so that is 1lb down I am happy about that but my official weight in will be weds am, I hope this weekend won't affect too much, yesterday I hadc a veggie taco salad minus the sour cream and only 1tbsp of cheese instead of refried beans I asked for black beans and the dressing was salsa that looked homemade and other then that lettuce and peppers and oignion all raw so I think I made a good food choice, I drank water with it! I did have a Caramel Machiatto as desert but shared it with my husband.


Tonight I will eat heavier since I will be drinking wine but I am not planning to get up to the point where I am sick!
 
Hello Forum friends


I haven't been on in a couple of days...well last weekend was my husband holliday party all went well I did indulge but I stayed away from deserts it was mostly that I usually have like 1 glass of wine, this time I had 5 or 6, over the whole evening. from 4:30 pm -2 am so no hangover and I didn't over due on the food either

Sunday we went out for brunch but I had scramble eggs toast a few bite of greek potatoes and then fruit then I didn't eat until supper wich was Pizza :( I was lazy and didn't want to cook just wanted my bed.


Yesterday I woke up with a stomach flu so I ate broth all day, I drank water but it was just a horrible way to spend a day!


today

1/2 coffee (just didn't feel like it would stay down)

1/2 toasted no butter 12 grain bagel


snack

1/2 of a toasted no butter bagel


Lunch

will see what feels good at that point maybe raw veggies with hummus or something like that or soup cause I am freezing cold


Weight in will be tommorow morning hoping that I am still at the same weight or lower then 194lb I am going to start with the shakes bor breakfast starting tom this morning I don't think it would have done down well
 
Good Morning forum people!!


ok so today is my official weight in day and I and the scale said 193.8 so very close to a 2lb loss I will take that, I did drink alot this weekend and I was sick so didn`t do much of a workout since the dancing on Saturday.


So this morning I take out everything to do my breakfast shake....Almond milk, frozen berries and protein...then the phone rings I go to answer it came back to a puddle of almond milk all over my kitchen....my daughter wanted to surprise me by making my shake....I can`t be mad she just wanted to cut me a break....next time she will wait for me to do the milk part and I will let her do the rest no shake this morning my floor got all the milk! I got to say a frozen smoothy when it`is freazing cold out not really that enticing but ....I will get used to it!


Breakfast

bagel

coffee (1/2 sugar, 1 cream)


Lunch

I made a dish Red lentille peppers, oignion, mushrooms,with tomatoes and cooked it all together with italian spices, so it`s kind of like spegetti sauce but I am eating it with no pasta!


Diner

tonight is dance classe so we are eating at my inlaws. No idea what it will be


then 1hrs30 min of cuban dancing!!!
 
ACongrats on the 2 lbs loss!!! And that definitely sounds like something my daughter would too. She's always trying to "help" me, which usually ends in more work for me, but it's cute and sweet...lol!
 
Hey I am on here for a few min before leaving work! I had two huge craving at lunch time I wanted chips....I went to the store and bought carrots I was thinking crunchy should do the trick and it took half the bag of carrots but I did it! Then mid afternoon I wanted sweet so I ate a grapefruit and 1/4 cups of nuts to add protein to that mix!
 
Thank you Jen!


Ok so last night after dance classe opted out of hanging with the girls cause I didn't want to snack on nachos again and really that is all that place makes that has no meat on it.

Went home and my hubby and I where just sitting there watching TV and all of a sudden he goes to the kitchen comes back with a big bowl of chips.....my favorite kind too I looked at him and ask do you really have to eat those in front of me....he answer well I don't have to lose weight so yeah I can! I just got up to leave the living room and he ask he gets up to follow me to the bedroom I told him nono sit back down on that couch, I have had a chip craving all day, so if you must eat the junk cause you don't have weight to lose fine, but get used to hanging out on the couch alone with your bowl cause I have weight to lose and at the moment I want no temptation around me. I think this loosing weight thing will be hard on the mariage if he doesn't become more understanding....I didn't ask him to leave the room I got up to leave and still he was angry.....MEN!!!!! That was my rant of the day!


Yesterday I actually drank 3L of water just while at work....I measured to see how much I drink, and I drink around 3L a day while at work!!!


meals for today


Breakfast


Shake

(Protein powder, 1 cup of frozen strawberries, 1 cup Almond milk)


Lunch

veggies lentille spegetti sauce with no pasta


snack

carrots sticks

raw pumpkin seeds


diner

4oz of chicken baked in hot salsa 3tbdsp

3 cups of salad (lettuce, green and red peppers,red ognion,cabbage, carrots)

2tbsp of home made italian dressing!



I got an email from a relative, about the dangers of MSG anyonne else on here got that? I know not everything you read online is real, but it's really got me thinking, why are manifacturer putting all those chemicals in our foods. I was at the grocerie store checking out egg whites in a carton, why all those ingredients that I can't pronouce.....I left with a dozen eggs who only contain eggs and I will use only the whites I hate to waste but really shouldn't egg whites only contain egg whites? That is what I want to eat! I am reading up on that right now and the email makes more and more sence! I have always been one to eat "real foods" but sometimes I want to take short cuts and buy premade stuff but when you stop and read the labels they are less tempting!
 
Hey Vero, it's not just MSG that's scary... there's so many things added to foods that are so bad for you, I prefer to avoid all packaged foods as often as possible. If you can get hold of a copy, watch a documentary called 'Hungry for Change', if you've never looked into additives and what makes packaged food so addictive that's a great place to start.


Good job avoiding all the chips! I had a similar blow with my husband the other day, he came home with two MONSTER sized boxes of Cadbury favourites. The rule is no junk food in the house so I was like WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? Apparently there was a system error and they were going through the tills for $1 (they're normally $20) and he couldn't say no. He didn't think it would be a big deal because I can't eat dairy- doesn't mean I don't miss real chocolate and want him eating it in front of me! Argh! Boys are silly.
 
I was behind a pregnant woman (very pregnant, as in I was getting ready to catch if I had to) in line at the grocery store the other day and was just marveling at her items as she put them on the belt. Fresh blueberries, walnuts, romaine lettuce, some natural oils and some more fresh fruits that I couldn't really tell what they were. It was amazing to look at. Like if I was able to eat whatever it was she was making, I'd never get sick again. Like she was making the salad of the immortals.


Then for comparison's sake I looked in my cart. It was quite balanced in that every item likely caused a different type of cancer. :) When I turned back to look at her food porn, she noticed I was staring and I laughed and just mentioned that 'I wish to God I could eat that healthy.' She just laughed and said, 'it's the way I've always eaten.'


I'm doing better though. I suppose 'better' is always a good start.
 
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