Motivation

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I've had three Thomas' light multigrain english muffins today.  I really seem to have a "thing" for them, huh?

::: giggle:::

=^..^= MOLLY

Food report for today
Total calories = 1523 (perhaps will still have some popcorn for a snack 2night)
Fat - 11.8% (22 grams)
Protein - 27.1% (86 grams)
Carbohydrates - 62.1% (212 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%

Daily Sodium Intake - 2,004 mg 
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 37 mg
Daily Fiber Intake - 48
Burned  = 2825
Deficit = 1,102

Exercise -- 90 minutes of yoga, and cleaned/painted the bathroom (had some new trim put around the base of the sink.)

News of Note -- mostly a veggie day, though did have some tuna salad for lunch.  Added sun-dried tomato, dill pickle, sweet onion, celery, and fat free mayo, plus Mrs. Dash and ground pepper.  Makes enough for two meals from one can of tuna.  I put it on a bed of Boston butter lettuce, with a splash of white balsamic vinegar, and chop up a granny smith apple on the side.

I'm sticking with my oatmeal breakfast.  It's funny how you can look forward to it for weeks at a time.  I like the slow cook kind, the instant is too goopy.  Today with cranberries, a little vanilla, fat free milk, and cinnamon.  I swap around my fruit so to not get bored, sometimes I put some toasted almonds on it if I'm in a crunchy mood.

Tomorrow night I'll get to cooking for my Thursday gathering, so I can warm things up and just have fun being the hostess that night.  Make the turkey soup with wild rice, and a "re-worked" mushroom casserole, made with quinoa and 1 percent milk instead of white rice and cream.  If my calculations are right, I've taken out more than 40 percent of the fat and calories, and added fiber.  And it's got to taste good, always my main cooking objective.

What good healthy dishes are all of you making for friends during any upcoming gatherings?

Work is really busy, that's good for a self-employed person though; you don't want to run short in the dark days of February.

Forks, I think we need a new "pre-christmas" motivational toast; or Bitty -- how about a song?  Mo' fun = mo' better.

calories for today 1,233.  I tried really hard today to mimic Molly's diet plan.  I really tried hard to keep my carbs down to 50% and still ended up with 56%...how do you do it Molly???  I bought some more veggies and even some Boca vegan burgers, maybe I can figure it out for tomorrow.  Oh I also bought Healthometer scales tonight.  they weigh me about 2 lbs. less than the other ones I was using.  Now what do I weigh in with??

Hi everybody!

I was so tired last night- everything caught up with me!- that I waited till today to check in. I did good, 1200 calories with great balance, A avg.

Except... gulp!... I had a little- 1/4 serving?-of Velveeta shells and cheese that my daughter craved and had me make for her... I WANTED it, too!!! A LOT of IT, Lol!!!! I had to FIGHT that time, Lol!  The cals were way too much for me to have more, and too hard to cut and figure to add to my log, (not in the data base here), so I didn't log it- which is highly rare for me.

Still less than my deficit would demand, as I was very active yesterday. 1350-less than 1400, probably. I'll see a nutritionist Friday to maybe sort some of my deficit-level vs. starvation mode questions.

As for song... I was sung out a little, as I had an unexpected rotation to the Nursing Homes yesterday- so I had to take 30+ minutes of songs, each, vs. a usual Devotion with 2 songs. As an amateur, with great insecurity issues, lol, this is VERY stressful!!! If Molly can burn cals by ranting, surely I burn extra by being scared!

I also shopped- walking a GREAT distance in and out by parking at edge of parking lot, then housework/cooking for Brenda- fussing to force her to drink so she doesn't dehydrate again...! Hubby said he'd take care of her to the Pastor, so I could go to the Homes, then forgot her!!! At 21, and hurting with swallowing, she is difficult to convince- though she doesn't want another IV! She is an emergency room technician, so she knows better- but it hurts awfully bad...

Then- I'm Very Happy about THIS- I sneaked in a walk with my mini-horse, while another daughter drove her car beside us to the turn-around point, and said we were going 4-5 mph!!! I usually go 3.5 max. I knew I was pushing hard! My horse appreciated it... his walking gait is too slow against mine, and prancing/trotting is too fast, so he constantly has to walk-then-trot-then-walk, etc. He doesn'tlike this! Yesterday he enjoyed mostly trotting! Also, as we treat him like a 'dog' walking him, he apparently decided to 'act like a dog' by edging close to my daughters' back tire- and trying to bite it, lol!

The UPS truck came near the turn-point, stopped and spoke to my daughter, passed her a package, then drove past us to turn and leave...leaving me a heavy catalog for my husband to carry back home. As neither I nor Prancer had any pockets, and my daughter was needing to meet someone, I increased my calorie burn by toting extra weight, lol!

I was sore afterwards, so I knew I'd done some good, but...

HEAVY Drum-roll, please.....!!!!

HEAVIER>>>!!!!! This is VERY IMPORTANT...!!!!

(To Me, lol!!!)

This morning....

For the FIRST TIME since NOVEMBER 2....

I weighed 174.5 again!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's 32 lbs. again, for me!!!!!!! Wooo Hoooo!!! It feels GOOD to be back at this weight!!!!!!

That morning was also the morning we found my sister......and the stress and Holidays have slowed me down terribly. I gained 2 lbs. with more up/then down, etc... and it's been a awful 5+weeks of not losing that gain... when I usually lost 4 a month! I didn't possibly eat any 7000 calories extra, either! I maintained a deficit... Stress really does affect us...

This loss has me on top of the world again, soooo maybe I could suggest the 'We are the Champions' song again! Especially when I consider where this stress would have thrown me if I hadn't been here at CC when it happened! By being here, and being clearly successful in a HEALTHY way, folks knew and tried to help me with the foods they brought, etc. It really helped me stay careful, without being rigid, and family get-togethers have been considerate of me, too! I'm sooo glad I've been here and doing it right! Others are now asking me for help...

This thread has helped me over the awful hump!!! Thank you again for starting it now, Dances!!! I doubt I could have while moving, too!!! It has helped place me-

"On the Top of the world,

Looking... down on Creation...

And the only (Truly!) explanation

I can seee...

Is the Love I have found...

Ever since ya'll've been around...

Your Love ( and support!) has put me at the Top of the world...!" Yippeee!!! CC helps!!!

Keep posting, please! I look forward to reading everything ya'll share!

Congrats Bitty!!!!!!!!! I'm doing a little dance and toast with red tea for you right now!

I too like Karen Carpenter...but, I missed the original post I think. :)

Edited to say:  It helps to actually READ everything and not skim.

Bitty, Yay! Yay! Yay!

Dances, drats about your 'puter.

4square ... 56% carbs isn't a bad start, at all! It can take a while to perfect getting into that 48-53% range!!!

=^..^= MOLLY

Molly,

The carbs for today isn't bad at all 49.8%.  I really had to tweak my diet to get that though and I haven't been able to have my yummy goodies ex. Jello sugar free/fat free pudding, or Ruffles Light Cheddar and sour cream potato chips.  I am doing without these today but I will desperatly try to incorporate them in tomorrow.

Original Post by 4square:

Molly,

The carbs for today isn't bad at all 49.8%.  I really had to tweak my diet to get that though and I haven't been able to have my yummy goodies ex. Jello sugar free/fat free pudding, or Ruffles Light Cheddar and sour cream potato chips.  I am doing without these today but I will desperatly try to incorporate them in tomorrow.

Yep, sometimes it takes some tweaking in order to get in my faves, too.  But, keep in mind that the 50% for carbs is a goal, not a set-in-stone rule, and what I really look for at the end of the month is how I did for the month.

And, of course, some people can do just fine on more than 50% carbs ... I just found that my blood sugar, my cravings, and my focus on veggies just all sort of work better at 50%.

=^..^= MOLLY

YELLOWFIN TUNA, ORANGE PEPPERS, RED TOMATOES

I seem to be having a rainbow-sort-of day! Lunchtime today was probaby the world's most colorful fresh spinach salad (spinach, red tomatoes, orange peppers, hardboiled egg whites, artichoke hearts, dill pickles, sugar snap green peas), and dinner is set to be pretty colorful, too ... a Yellowfin Tuna Poke (sashimi salad) ... 9 ounces of yellowfin, cherry tomatoes, radishes, cucumber -- tossed in lemon juice, green onions, fresh garlic, chili powder and ponzu sauce ... yum! (My absolute favoritest dish in the whole world!) With it I am having 1.5 servings of Alexia brand "Oven Reds" -- oven-roasted red potatoes with olive oil, parmesan and roasted garlic. (No trans fats in there!) However, my carbs are a little low for the day, so I may need to have a high carb-y after dinner snack ... I will test and see. (All that extra protein threw my percentages off a bit!)

BREAKFAST

two toasted Thomas' light multigrain english muffins (200 calories)

two slices of oven-roasted turkey (50 calories)

three hard boiled egg whites (52 calories)

LUNCH

5 ounces of fresh baby spinach (33 calories)

3 servings of un-marinated artichoke hearts, diced (45 calories)

3 servings of sugar snap peas, diced (105 calories)

1/2 orange sweet pepper, diced (21 calories)

8 hardboiled egg whites (137 calories)

2 small tomatoes, diced (33 calories)

4 pickle spears, diced (20 calories)

DINNER

nine ounces of sashimi-grade yellowfin tuna, diced (275 calories)

one medium cucumber, peeled/diced (24 calories)

one cup of cherry tomatoes, diced (27 calories)

one cup of sliced radishes (19 calories)

1.5 servings of oven-roasted, garlic parmesan red potatoes (180 calories)

CALORIE TOTAL: 1222 (does not include after-dinner snacks)

FIBER TOTAL: 41 grams

VEGGIE TOTAL: 16.5 servings

NUTRITION REPORT: ( 9.2% fat / 46.8% protein / 44.0% carbs)

Report for December 12, 2007.

1,285 calories. Grade A-.

Fat - 29.2% (44 grams)
Protein - 18.8% (64 grams)
Carbohydrates - 52.0% (176 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%

Daily Sodium Intake - 2,567 mg
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 65 mg
Daily Fiber Intake - 29 grams

I would have liked the protein and fat percentages to be switched, but oh well...

Burn meter is at 2,396, so that's a 1,111 calories defecit. I think it's probably a little smaller though. The burn meter is a little high. I tried to enter in my excersizes as best I could.

I should have eaten a little more, but with the weekend not having gone so great I decided to go a little low today!

Oh yeah, and I did 40 minutes on the treadmill today!

Oh, and this is what I ate for those calories.

Breakfast Dannon L&F Yogurt Blueberry 113 45 Bananas 118 105 Lunch LL Nonfat Sour Cream 32 25 Zesty Whole Wheat Saltine Crackers 15 60 LL Frozen Speckled Butter Beans 76 100 LL Frozen Speckled Butter Beans 76 100 Dinner LL 100% Whole Wheat Bread 26 50 LL 100% Whole Wheat Bread 26 50 LL American Singles 21 70 LL Whipped Cream Cheese Spread 20 70 Broccoli - Cooked, Boiled, Drained, Without Salt 156 55 Land O' Frost Chicken lunch meat 57 90 El Milagro Tostadas 17 85 Snacks LL Natural Creamy Peanut Butter 32 190 Celery - Raw 40 6 LL Frozen Speckled Butter Beans 76 100 Zesty Whole Wheat Saltine Crackers 15 60 LL Nonfat Sour Cream 32 25 Total Calories Consumed   1,285

• Hey, ya'll!  I am in a good mood, why?? because I stayed on my diet today even though I wasn't crazy about my food selections today.  I also for the first time in a couple of weeks did some legitimate exercise...........ohhhhhhooooooooooooohhhhha aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!  I bought some resistance tube bands today at Walmart.  Then I did about half an hour working with the dvd that came with them.  I like it, it is not complicated, and I have a pretty simple mind so we work well together.  I have had knee problems for the past couple of days and I was actually able to still do most of the exercises.  I still can't walk down hill or down steps...that hurts pretty bad.

So here is my diet for today, I modified it some more since I wrote my journal page.

Breakfast

• 1 cup fiber one-120
• 1 cup milk-90
• 2 eggs, boiled-156
• 3/4 cup fruit salad-60

Lunch

• 1 cup broccoli-30
• 1 cup cauliflower-25
• 1/2 cup tomatoes-14
• 1/2 cup baby carrots-15
• 2 boca burgers-140
• 1 tbls. olive oil-44
• 2 tbls. deans lite french onion dip-35
• 1 fit n active p.b. and choc. protein bar-200

dinner

• 1 med. sweet potato w/skin-103
• 1 tbls. fleishmann's olive oil spread-60
• 2 ozs. canned chicken breasts-50
• 1 cheese heads string cheese-60

calories 1,200 exactly!

• Fat-23.8%
• Protein-28.3%
• Carbohydrates-47.9%......amazing!!
• fiber-51 grams

very happy about carbs!!!!

 

4square ... woo hoo!  I see lots of fiber and fruits/veggies in there!

=^..^= MOLLY