What did ya eat and how did ya move today? - MOnday

Hi Gang! Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Hope it was a good one! We are getting more winter weather here. Didn't get to go to support group tonight I am upset about that. Next month I present, I can't believe how fast it has come around already! I may ask for your assistance as it gets closer and I finish compiling my "survival guide" to see if you guys have any suggestions for more or different info etc... I would so appreciate it as I value your input!! It will be the end of march sometime! So how did ya move today? Anyone hit the gym? I didn't today Mondays I never really have.. but honestly I haven't been doing much activity for a while now. Tomorrow that is changing.. I am gonna do some intervals tomorrow on my treadmill to get warmed up to it again. As for my eats... I went to the grocery store this morning to get my few things I always get on Mondays (produce, meat, etc) and I picked up a Luna Bar.. Chocolate Peppermint Stick. It doesn't have the BEST stats but not toooo horrible either. 180 cals, fat 5, carbs 26, fiber 3 and protein 9. Sugars are 12. I don't dump on it.. amazingly. This time anyway! I realllllly loved it and that was my breakfast. Otherwise I have been doing liquids today.. protein shake with 4 oz soy milk/4 oz water/ice blended, SF Jello, Iced Homeade SF latte using 8 oz soy milk, SF Jello, 2 pumpkin pies with whip/frosting (ok so those aren't liquid) and now an EAS Shake.. not sure if I will have some split pea sou*****t or do another protein shake with soy later. I haven't even added my totals but I know it isn't high and low fat, high protein and lower carb. So thats good.. I know this TMI.. but you guys know I have had "female issues" for months.. not getting a cycle etc... well I think with the weight gain I have had lately and eating (bad) my body finally decided to let me cycle when it was supposed to after I took my ring out.. i am so happy b/c my doc wanted to put me on premarin and I really didn't want to go that route. I feel so much better knowing why I was so munchie this past week was hormones.. this is good news to hubby and I as we want to have kids sometime in the near future.. in the next 6 mos to a year perhaps. Called the office today and told me to add some folic acid to my regimen Shawn I might be next! ;o) How did you do today?

Hi Melissa, Sounds like you had a very good day and congrats on getting the cycle going...that must be such a relief. You have sure had to battle the pms cravings a lot lately on top of other things that added to it too. No gym for me (you know me, gym-phobic) but it was another hard day at work so lots and lots and lots of moves there. One funny thing...a guy saw me struggling to push a really heavy cart (hey, I do it all the time) and while I wasn't quite horizontal to the load to pu****it was close. I guess it brought out the chivalrous male in him and he stepped in to take it away. I had to be gracious and thank him but I was thinking, Hey! You are taking away my exercise! LOL! Glad to hear you are getting back to the interval training tomorrow. I go for my phys. therapy consult on my knee and wouldn't you know it...it feels much better now. Sheesh. Just like taking a car to the mechanic. If they don't 'work' me out, then I'll come home and do some treadmill too. In my cupboard is one of those Luna bars. I put it way in the back so as not to tempt me during the five-day thing. Now that it is done, I hate to go back to bars it sort of feels like admitting defeat in a way. Does that make any sense? Of course I will eventually because they are my carb substitute treats. Here's today's eats: nf, sf soy latte 1) 1/2 cup fage, 1/2 cup kashi go lean 2) potluck at work: 1 chicken thigh, 1/4 cup supposedly low-fat chicken salad, 1/2 cup mixed iceberg salad, 2 T full-fat creamy dressing, cucumbers 3) 1 EAS cafe caramel (drank room temp and it tasted better than chilled!) 4) decaf coffee with a whole lot of sf creamer...whoa, calories there! 5) 2 cups iceberg salad, 2 T vinaigrette dressing 6) 1 cup chicken ala king made for my guys (very low fat but delish!) 7) 1 sf. jello w/sf sploog whipped cream (numbers are a bit estimated because of the potluck) calories: 900 carbs: 60 fats: 40 protein: 70 Have been pondering your plan to do the liquid days for awhile and it made me want to shake up my routine a bit too. Am going to drop the morning 'feeding' and just stick to the latte at 4 a.m. and then have my first meal at 9. This is about the only time of day I'm capable of going that long without food so I might as well take advantage of it. Also going to try to drink an EAS every afternoon to see if it will help me be less head-hungry when I arrive home. Feels like I'm coming down with a cold tonight, hope not...that will make this tough to stick to. Busy, busy, busy week! Have a great Tuesday!

Gosh Molly, do I ever tell you how much you ROCK... to have your numbers less than 1000 how do you do it? I have not been below 1200 calories in months... please point me to the light! I need an eye opening thump on the head! Don't let yourself get too hungry during the day either.. i find if i do that its all downhill in the evening. I have read lots of reports on that.. skipping breakfast or eating "light" during the day will only cause ravenous hunger later and cause you to eat more.. but obviously you DO well.. unlike myself who has issues on her issues right now! :P Thanks for always showing me the way to do it "right". I need role models like yourself around me.. it kicks me in the pants and keeps me trying for the straight and narrow.. and by gawd.. im gonna do it finally.. (i have to.) Have a good Tuesday yourself.. see ya tomorrow.

I am just posting to say WOOOHOOO on the maybe baby!! There is nothing BETTER then being a MOM ..ok..Being a fit HOTTIE mom which is what you will be Diana