WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE - 7 Weeks-10#'s

[GLC1968]

Yesterday wasn't a good day. Not because I didn't make good food choices though. I didn't eat much food yesterday (or the last couple of days). I have had some major tooth and mouth pain and finally had a root canal on Tuesday morning. Haven't feel like eating or even excited about any food(which is scary for me).

Mouth is feeling better (at least one area) so I am off to find something for breakfast. Care to share any ideas on goods foods to eat that don't require a lot of chewing

Haven't worked out at all this week either...

I'm sorry about your mouth, Deidre!

When I had gum surgery a few years back, I lived on yogurt and soup....and I don't even like soup! I also made a lot of smoothies - but I had to use only fruits that had no seeds as those got stuck in my stitches (no blueberries or strawberries). I remember not even being able to chew cooked pasta or bananas!

[Pedal Wench]

I work at a place that has a chef for breakfast and lunch, and sometimes his desserts are incredible. When I just can't resist, I realize that I really only want to taste it. One bite will usually do it. The trick is to immediately make the rest inedible -- toss it, put a napkin over it (and smoosh it in so you can't change your mind) or anything else to get it out of reach.

And, with regards to leftover cake -- if your son doesn't want it either, throw it out! It's probably not as good as it was fresh, so toss it, or give it away. Bring it to work, invite son's friends over to polish it off -- get it out of your house! Same thing with the Halloween candy. Nothing worse than blowing your diet on the yucky Halloween stuff. Blow it on good dark chocolate, and give away the nasty stuff.

[sandra]

Someone brought bags and bags of their left over trick-or-treat candy to work and left them in the kitchen. M & M's and all kinds of chocolate. It's really small packs. No, can't have it. I got a piece of Double Bubble and I'm taking deep breaths.

[Starfish]

I work at a place that has a chef for breakfast and lunch, and sometimes his desserts are incredible.

I know you might not want to divulge this for privacy reasons, but I am dying to know where you work that provides a breakfast & lunch chef!

[Pedal Wench]

No worries. It's a post-production company -- video editing, audio (that's what I do), film transfer, graphics, interactive stuff. Our clients are tv producers, ad agency folks, creative types. It's cheaper for us to have lunch served here than to shut down our sessions and have everyone leave the building for lunch. Great for our clients, good for the company's bottom line (our rooms are billed by the hour, so if we leave the building for a two-hour lunch, that's two hours we're not billing!) but lousy for the employee's waistlines. Today was white-chocolate macadamia nut cookies. I'm sticking with fresh pineapple and apricots, but the cookies are gonna be out there all day.

[Veronica]

reeses everywhere today! My class is driving me nuts! Why do ten kids have to go crazy and have issues on the same day? Why can't they spread it out? Must NOT eat the reeses!

V.