WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE - 7 Weeks-10#'s

[snowtulip]

Great Job Everyone! I've been slacking...will weigh in tomorrow, but stress is taking a toll!

Coyote - I'm also vegetarian. I try very hard to get a carb and protein with every meal or snack.

Example:
Breakfast: Chocolate soymilk smoothie (chocolate soymilk, banana, strawberries); half a whole grain bagel w. 1 tbs cream cheese

Lunch: Either a hummus wrap with veggies or I'll make lasagna with silken tofu that I freeze and eat during lunch

Dinner: Vegetarian beans and salad with whole wheat tortilla

Snack: soy yogurt w. lowfat granola and fruit or apple w. peanut butter

It's about 1500 calories and I get enough folate, fiber and iron!

[Starfish]

I made a heroic effort to be good today, and had massive cravings this evening. Thought I was being good by just making myself some mashed parsnips (yes, I love them)...and barely put on any salt, smart balance, or sugar.

Then, on a whim, I got online and checked the glycemic index for parsnips. OMGosh!! Way, way up there. Note to self: eat protein when eating parsnips!

(OK, I'm hoping that at least parsnips were better than the whole plate of brownies I wanted to make and eat.)

[kelownagirl]

I had a bad evening. Something to do with this miserable cold and low self-discipline. Someone musta told me to feed a cold...

[kjay]

I had a bad day, too. Started out well. . took a spinning class and ate sensibly all day. But after dinner I started my cravings, so I ate a cup of strawberries and a whole aerosol can of whipped cream. I keep sabotaging myself, and it's disgusting!

[crazycanuck]

hey kjay-try strawberries & acidophilous yoghurt...mmmm

Thwack yourself the next time you pass the whip cream at the supermarket...

c

[bambu101]

Late afternoon is my weak time of the day. It's amazing how much I can stuff in my face if I come home hungry and dinner is an hour or 2 away! Choices, choices, choices.......

Weighed in this morning- 175.5 Yippie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Down 1.4 pounds from Monday.

Going to Boston tonight for a basketball game, so this will be a good test of willpower. (Go Celtics!)

[Veronica]

My cat eats whipped cream. She's really skinny. She's really old too, but she kept me awake half the night last night. We're putting in wood floors and she can't freely roam when the glue is drying. She was not a happy cat about the doors being closed.

No workout for me this AM. I'd like to just go back to bed.

V.

[coyote]

Great Job Everyone! I've been slacking...will weigh in tomorrow, but stress is taking a toll!

Coyote - I'm also vegetarian. I try very hard to get a carb and protein with every meal or snack.

Example:
Breakfast: Chocolate soymilk smoothie (chocolate soymilk, banana, strawberries); half a whole grain bagel w. 1 tbs cream cheese

Lunch: Either a hummus wrap with veggies or I'll make lasagna with silken tofu that I freeze and eat during lunch

Dinner: Vegetarian beans and salad with whole wheat tortilla

Snack: soy yogurt w. lowfat granola and fruit or apple w. peanut butter

It's about 1500 calories and I get enough folate, fiber and iron!

Thanks snow. I think I'll use your example and build around it.

Just curious, with the veggie lasagna, are you using the silken tofu to replace the ricotta or do you mix it with it?

[Pedal Wench]

I hope I do okay tonight. Did okay all day, but tonight is a memorial celebration for a good friend of mine. We're all making dishes that were her favorites or remind us of her. Hope that her favorite champagne doesn't make it problematic for me to resist all these amazing treats. (I made a goat cheese with fig sauce and chopped almonds...)