WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE - 7 Weeks-10#'s

[five one]

Bleh...I came down with the cold DH had a week ago. Maybe it was a coworker. Moot point. I feel like cr@p. I can't remember the last time I had a cold. Right now the back of my throat is sore and my head is getting congested. Didn't think a sweaty hour on the trainer in the chilly garage sounded like a good thing at 4:30 this morning, so I slept in a bit. Taking Emergen-C, drinking lots of Lemon Zinger with honey.
Fridays are quiet at work and there aren't a lot of folks here, so I may bail out early if I can tie up some loose ends. Hoping I can keep from eating bad comfort food. There's a box of See's on the counter. No one has opened it yet. I hope no one will.

Sigh...

[teigyr]

I've been mostly good minus the fried chicken at our meeting yesterday. It was only one piece but sheesh...it was 10 points.

The bad thing is we're leaving for vacation tomorrow. Between airplane food (are flying from the West Coast to New York) and eating out, I despair.

Any good travel tips? I AM bringing my running shoes

[snowtulip]

Did ok today, but afraid of the weekend, unfortunately we tend to eat out a little too much on the weekend since we're always running around. I"ll try to make healthy eating out choices.

Thanks to everyone that is posting, it's really helping me keep focused.!

Coyote - I'll mix the tofu with ricotta, or my new favorite is to only use goat cheese and tofu in the lasagna, with some parmesan on top. Since goat cheese is so strong you don't have to use much and the silky tofu gives the texture.

[Over50Newbie]

Sorry I am late - I just found this thread.

I am definitely in. My weight is 143. My goal is to be 137 by Christmas, with an ultimate goal of 129 sometime in 2008.

This is me staying accountable:

Friday, Nov 9

Total calories: 1570 (all healthy)
Exercise: None - a rest day
Water: 72 ounces
Vitamins/Supplements: Multivitamin, Calcium, Soy, Flaxseed
Weight: 143

I plan to post these statistics every day.

Thanks for starting this thread. It couldn't have come at a better time for me.

Lynette

[sandra]

I did good all day long, until tonight. Son and girlfriend were visiting, left late and we went to get something to eat and to the grocery.

I ate a pulled pork barbecue sandwich and a little bit of some kind of baked potato casserole (not the entire thing). I did NOT get the soft serve ice cream that they had for FREE. I came home and exercised.

I would love a thread where we journaled what we ate all day. I know it is different and different amounts for everyone depending on your weight, but maybe we could get some new, good ideas.

[kelownagirl]

I did good all day long, until tonight. Son and girlfriend were visiting, left late and we went to get something to eat and to the grocery.

I ate a pulled pork barbecue sandwich and a little bit of some kind of baked potato casserole (not the entire thing). I did NOT get the soft serve ice cream that they had for FREE. I came home and exercised.

I would love a thread where we journaled what we ate all day. I know it is different and different amounts for everyone depending on your weight, but maybe we could get some new, good ideas.

You can make your food journal public on fitday.com and sparkpeople.com.

Here's mine if you want to take a look although, my intake for the last couple of days hasn't been very good.

http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_tr...id=KELOWNAGIRL

[teigyr]

My food is all about time, or lack thereof. This morning did laundry, ran, started packing, and ate 2 waffles (low fat) with butter spray as I was running to the shower. At work, I ate a frozen weight watchers meal and then later had some veggies. I also ate a bagel with fat free cream cheese and a salad. I'll get home at around 11pm tonight when I'll try to eat something (I am starving!) and have a glass of wine.

This is my normal day, minus the packing I'm fond of the waffles with butter spray because I can eat them enroute.

On my days off, I make turkey bacon and egg beaters for breakfast.

I wish I had enough time to cook. I try but it seems like I overbook myself bigtime. THAT is my problem, organization. I'm good with diet food and I'm good with exercise, it's a matter of making sure I have the food so I am not eating out.

Oh another excellent thing is my new schedule. I had been getting home from work earlier so DH and I went out to eat almost every night. We are bad. Getting home late prohibits eating out to just my days off. That will help!

[ibcycling]

My delemia is that I'm vegetarian. All my protien sources have carbs. All the fruits and vegitables I love have carbs and lots of calories. So, I'm having a hard time trying to balance the carb/calories/protien. It makes wanting to eat fruit pointless but I like fruit and it provides other important nutrients.

Don't forget that all carbs are not created equal! Some are metabolized quicker than others and have a greater impact on your sugar and insulin levels. Fruit is one of the "good" carbs full of fiber, vitamins, and takes longer to eat and affect your blood sugar. Check out a site on glycemic indexes to get a better idea of what it is and how to choose "good" carbs.

I'm doing ok here but not great. I'm good at staying on track until the evenings. For some reason I've got the munchies after supper so I need to make a plan to deal with that. I rode on Tuesday (16 miles) and did hills on Thursday (25 miles). Ate way too much at Applebees tonight though! Tomorrow morning I'm planning to do about 45 miles so hopefully I can work some of it off.

Great Job Everyone!!!


Lora