Monday Feb. 6 Menu - I cheated!

Yesterday I had a blueberry muffin, and two pouches of Whole Grain Twists. Today I had a Slimfast Bar, and I deviated from my food plan at lunch! I think I was upset today because I ran into that nurse that had WLS, and I was jealous of her losing 85 pounds in just three months! Alot of good being jealous will do me! But I did rediscover a very satisfying snack that is extremely low in calories - Melba Toast! Breakfast 1 cup oatmeal 1 cup skim milk 1 small tangerine 1/4 cup scrambled egg substitute Coffee 2 cups water AM Snack (argh!)+ 4 Melba Toasts 1 large Slimfast bar+ 1 Slimfast Muffin Bar 2 cups water Lunch (argh!)* 1 crab cake* 1/4 cup macaroni and cheese* 1/2 cup corn* 1/2 cup fruit ****tail with juice* 8 oz. Breyers low sugar, non fat yogurt with fruit 2 sugar free Jello cups 2 graham crackers 2 cups water Dinner (planned last night) one cheese omelet one potato cake one sausage patty pears in juice 1 blueberry muffin w/margarine Crystal Light peach ice tea There. That's my deviation in print. I'm going to a Weigh****chers meeting tonight, although I won't be weighed, because I can't afford the $12.00 this week. Next week I'll be weighed. Denise Phares

Hey Denise, No kicking yourself!! It will do you no good to berate yourself for being human and not perfect. We all do it---every one of us, on occasion, for whatever our reasons, deviate from our eating plan. It's what differentiates us from non-food addicts. Your eating habits are so scheduled and you put a lot of work into them; be kind to yourself. You're doing extremely well, and all you can do is the best you can do. Today is a new day. The next meal after a slip-up, is an opportunity to get back on track. I see you doing that. So keep your chin up, honey. No one is perfect, and everyone deserves compassion and support on the occasions in which they aren't doing what they want to be doing. This weekend, I didn't make very many good choices in my eating. I was out of routine, and my eating suffered. I recognize that, and today is my opportunity to get back on track: and I will. Thus far, I'm okay: not perfect by any means, but I'm really okay. The reality of my weekend food issues is clear and forefront in my mind. So today, right now--is all I have. I am deciding to get back on my meal plan. Maybe I never left; I simply deviated, and need to straighten up and fly right!! Maybe that's the same thing in your case. We all know weight loss is not a linear path; it cuts and curves all over the place until we hit the plateau that directs us to the path we need to make our bodies healthy. Keep working on it, Denise. I'm not giving up on you---and don't you give up on you. You're on a journey; a lifelong journey. You, me, and every person reading this message is bound to deviate from our road sometimes, but trust me---the road never really leaves our site. We just need the time, stregnth, and support to get back onto it. You've got the support... The rest is up to you. A hug and a high five for sticking it out!! Jessica

Denise, Sorry you had a bad day. Hope the rest of your week goes well. You can do it! B - 3oz lean ground beef, 1 string cheese S - Apple L - Sm. Turkey/rice Healthy Choice meal, apple D - 6.5 oz Turkey breast, 1 zucchini, tomato slices S - Will have some SF Jell-O later Maren

Breakfast: LA smoothie with pineapple, 3 Lowfat Triscuits, 1 oz. lowfat cheese stick, lemon LA Lite Bar Snack: chocolate crunch LA Lite Bar Lunch: apple, LA chocolate protein meal replacement drink, 6 lowfat Wheat Thins, 3/4 oz. mixed nuts, Dannon lowcarb yogurt Dinner: chicken with 2 T. lowcarb barbeque sauce, cauliflower cooked with 1 T. lowfat margarine, salad- lettuce, baby spinach, cucumber, tomato, fat free salad dressing, apple Lynette

Meal 1: Oatmeal, butter, milk Meal 2: Healthy choice frozen dinner/cup mandarin oranges Meal 3: Salad, chicken breast, light dressing, light cheese Snack: two mini candy bars Wishing you all well. Jessica