Accountability Thursday

Hope it is ok that i started this....want to be sure to get it in. Yesterday was not a bad day for me....PMS is subsiding thank goodness- it is amazing how much easier it is to resist temptation -when PMS is not involved! B: Protein Bar S: Protein Bar L: 2oz Turkey 2oz rf cheese D: 5oz grilled Pork chop 1 c asparagus S: cc yogurt w/kashi sprinkles S: 4oz ff mozzerella Calories: 1136 Fat 33.5 Carbs 60Protein 144 Fiber 19 1100-1200 calories seems like so much for me- but having taken you all's advice- i lost 3# this week....so far so good.....

Ah HA!!! ;) Glad to hear it working!!! Keep it up.. no way you can't lose on 1100-1200 calories. Your BMR alone is higher than that. Ok I had a weird night, I haven't slept at all. I kept hearing husband snore and then I just felt like .. i donno.. mind was racing, etc.. so I started eating for my day at 3 am.. and making it stretch hasn't been too awful bad. Stayed busy.. just hope I do ok tonight. B: Protein Shake with water, 1 oz vanilla soy milk. S: 3 oz of vanilla bean almonds L: Side salad and Power Crunch bar S: Dannon Fit and Light Yogurt with 10 strawberries S: Achieve One after the gym D: Protein shake with 1 oz vanilla soy milk S: Protein shake made into a warm latte using 1 oz soy milk - cinnamon bun recipe on susan marias site using nectar cappaccino! yum! Remember all those feeding are over 24 hours... argh. Cals: 1522, Fats 68 (sigh, dang them nuts!!!), Carbs 80, Fiber 15, Protein 157 Still not bad for me at all considering I haven't slept a wink! Exercise: Yes I still dragged my butt to the gym on NO sleep! I am really trying to stay committed! Did 2 miles of intervals on the treadmill and then ran 1 mile on the track. Then did a little over an hour of circuit machines. Shopped, lots of walking. Water: Need to keep working on it... 40 oz so far, not good enough! Vitamins: Still have my iron to take. Thanks for starting this thread Dawn. I am so excited we are all being accountable together.. really, this is awesome! Let's keep it up ladies!!!! No more carb monster I belong to another support group site also and I saw the words "I have gained half or more than half my weight back since surgery" I don't know HOW many times.... No way girls.. forget about it. That just isn't gonna happen for me. Make sure it doesn't to you either, stay focused and committed. I believe in you.

Hey, Mel... Is the other "site" a OH-based forum or another website altogether?

It's another site.. has to do with a "test" and "feeling your pouch again".

Cause I'm too lazy to do it twice Breakfast: EAS Advant Edge Carb Control / French Vanilla Snack: EAS Advant Edge Carb Control / French Vanilla Lunch: Wendy's Small Chili, Wendy's Saltine Crackers, 1 serving, Wendy's 1/2 a small French Fries Snack: Heartland Granola Cereal, 0.25 cup Dannon Light & Fit Nonfat Strawberry Banana Yogurt Dinner: Turkey, Ground turkey, 93% lean, 4 oz Sauce, Pasta Sauce, Ragu Chunky Garden Style, Tomato My BAD for the day: Red Vines licorice - 2 vines, 2 serving 280 68 0 3 Remove Little higher on the carbs than I'd like, but I'll live for this is an improvement, BIG one, over the last several weeks of wackiness. CALORIES CARBS FAT PROTEIN Totals: 1,198 148 27 86

B-Chike Shakes Lunch-Chicken with Salsa on a tortilla Snack-protein bar freezer pop popsicle Dinner-Taco Salad with FF western dressing SF Pudding with FF cool whip Snack-grapes 2 root beer barrels hard candy during the day Totals Calories 979 Fat 30 Carbs Protein 89 Fiber 9 I need to drink a little more water and take my vitamons..opps I mowed the grass for excerse as I still need to get back in the habit for going to the GYM!! WOOHOO for day 3!!

Hi! Sounds like we are all doing better. My day has been pretty heavy on carbs and chocolate but not as horrible as last week. Water has been great, 12 cups so far. Exercise...8 hours at work today hard at it. Down one pound this morning, whew. --nf, sf lactaid milk latte 1) homemade tvp protein bar 2) choc. tofu cupcake 3) 1 serv. cottage cheese pancakes, 1/4 cup sf syrup 4) 1 chicken sausage, 2 oz. chicken breast, 1/4 cup sf bbq sauce --nf, sf lactaid milk latte 5) choc. tofu cupcake, 1 sf fudgesicle 6) 1 cup organic life-type cereal, 1/2 cup lactaid nf milk 7) choc. tofu cupcake calories: 1257 carbs: 122 fats: 52 protein: 82 fiber: 29 sat fat: 16

Congrats on the loss!!! The 1100-1200 range seems to be a good target. B: 2 LS hot cocoa, 1 NF yogurt, 2 oz grapes, LS oatmeal, 1 egg, 1/2 slice bacon, 1/2 slice 2% Kraft single L: inside of KFC chicken pot pie, 1/2 Taco Bell rice w/ cheese, 1/2 Taco Bell beans w/ cheese D: 2 stuffed shells, 1/4 c sauce, 1 meatball, spring salad, 5 baby carrots, 2 oz chickpeas, celery stalk, 2 oz tomatoes, 1 oz bell pepper, 1 oz cucumbers, about 15 croutons, Hidden Valley salad dressing S: 1/2 cinnamon raisin bagel w/ some butter, 2 LS hot cocoa calories: 1772 carbs: 214 fats: 66 sat. fats: 22 protein: 85