Back to Basics in the Morning

Hello one and all! The board has been suspiciously quiet lately, I hope we're all out there living the good life! I am the proud new mother of three kittens and if i can ever figure out how to put a picture in my profile you'll get to see them, if not you'll have to take my word for how cute they are! I have fallen off the band wagon and I need to get back on. Thankfully the scale is no worse for wear but I don't want to wait until I start gaining anything to get back on track. Monday morning will mean i'll be packing my breakfast, lunch and two snacks for work, it'll mean that I take a 24 ounce water bottle to work so that I can keep filling and refilling it until i get in the minimum of 64 ounces of fluid. Monday morning means I'll don a pedometer and walk at work so that I remind myself to take the stairs and not the slow moving elevator! What will you do to get you back on track if you've fallen off? If you haven't fallen off how to do remain on the straight and narrow, what keeps you so well grounded? Andi

I have a suggestion to remind yourself to drink (or eat if you are planning in snacks) - have a timer with you and set it for every half hour or hour. That way, each time the timer goes off you know to have a drink/snack. Just think, if you set it for every half hour and have 4oz of water each time, by the end of the day you will have got more than enough water in. Just remember not to take it into meetings with you or you might get some funny looks I'm ok with drinking, but am going to use it for snacks to stop me grazing. I think I need to eat more frequently with better choices to maybe get my metabolism up and running. I'm going to try it anyway, and eat a bite of something every hour. Good luck Andi

Hello there Dear Andi! May I join you on "Start over Monday?" I managed to get ahold of peanut M&Ms over the weekend and they forced themselves down my throat! Ha, ha! Anyway, I have a brand new exercise plan from my fitness coach to start on Monday. So, what better way to start fresh on my eating too? I need to get my meals planned again and make sure I have protein first with every meal. I think your plan of packing your meals and snacks is a great one ... it's easier to make sure you eat the right stuff when it's already right there for you. So, Monday is a fresh start ... let's make it a good one! I know you'll do great ... it sounds like you have a great plan of action! Deanna

Welcome to Monday Morning my Snackin' Sistah, what will today bring you? I just made myself 24ounces of decaf iced tea and I'm going to sip that with my supplements and vitamins (what's the difference between the two?). I went out and bought salt and vinegar almonds and smokehouse almonds and I plan on incorporating these snacks into my day (i've got BAD pms this week and it's lasting for a while). For breakfast i'm having a scrambled egg with some grilled ham, snack will be a protein shake, lunch will be turkey and s.f. bread and butter pickles, snack 2 will be some cheese sticks or the almonds i'm not sure. Dinner is a tricky one for me, I am not sure what to make.....let's say a stir fry of ground chicken and sauteed cole slaw mix with some soy sauce (very very filling) and then a fudge bar before bed. I'm not sure what that is calorie wise but i'll plug it into fit day and see how i do. I think once I start seeing the numbers on paper it'll be easier to figure out where i can cut and where i need to add stuff depending on my hunger! What are YOU going to do today to stay on the straight and narrow? Hugs Dee, ANDI ps. i've got (3) tiger striped kittens and they are the cutest little bundles of energy!

HI.. I'm right there with you!!! I was so bummed last night! I stepped on the scale after my shower,which I usually don't weigh at night,I weigh too much!! Anyway it read 185,I was so excited!! So I get up this morning and do my usual weigh in and what the f**k it said 190!!!!! Must have been eating in my sleep!!! So I have jerky to chew on and my 3 bottles of water and a salad for lunch....hopefully I do ok when I get home,thats my worse time. Seems I start grazing and don't stop until bedtime!! Will need to eat supper right after work and then maybe go to bed!!

HA i find the time when i get home from work and dinner is ready to be a very difficult time as well. I usually put out a bowl of raw carrots and munch on those or nuts or something. I just had breakfast and i'm doing well! I'm on my second 24ounce diet iced tea (i've got like 34 ounces all up and through me already) I can't tell you how refreshing it is to not feel alone on this part of the journey. I have no idea why but i'm starving today, is it because i'm carb addicted and now that the carbs are missing my body craves them. is it because I have not gone to bed yet due to a little boy with horrible night terrors, is it because it's all in my head and I need to step away from t his computer and go visit patients or colleagues? I'm not sure of the answer i just know i'm hungry! Andi

I'm joining in with all of you...I too have gotten off track...let's just say yesterday was filled with margarita's...mexican food...champagne, more margarita's (yes I drank them twice in one day) then sushi... My scale has not moved and I really need to rid my body of the carbs...I am certain this is what is preventing me from losing the last of the weight. So, starting tomorrow...can't start today...already ate chips & salsa & am committed to italian for lunch...I will plan my meals, I will prepare my meals ahead of time and i will EAT WHAT I BROUGHT. I will only eat two snacks and no grazing. NO LATE NIGHT EATING! Good luck to us all. Trish

Hello Trish! How did your back to basics go? The foods you ate sounded like celebration foods, were you celebrating an event? I hope the next time you take a sip of margarita you hold it in your mouth just a moment before swallowing and think of me, I used to adore margaritas and all the fun foods that went with them. Hugs, ANDI

Andi, I wish I could excuse my bad behavoir on a celebration but it was just me behaving badly again... Trish

I have been doing well, I'm noticing many improvements in myself and I like how that feels and how much control I have. I DO have to work on my protein intake. I am having a really large lunch later in the day and I find that I'm too full to eat much dinner. Last night i grilled a marinated steak and was able to eat maybe an ounce to two ounces at most and I was counting on more then that to get my protein numbers in. Then my daughters best friends mom needs me to watch the little man after school today because they found another mass in the stomach of the husband and they have to go to the doctor to discuss how to proceed. I couldn't eat or drink after that I just had to meditate and discuss it with G*D. Andi