thanks carla... i have to get back to 144 pounds. hubby and others say i'm too skinny. i see fat...  i am like 149 pounds now....  darn banana bread..................................... anita

I know we have talked about that pastry thing.. lol Carla

i'm not eating the donuts now. i did make homemade banana bread. how do i get rid of my sweet tooth. i love to make homemade stuff. i hate it....... how do i stop the cravings of sweets. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ... i love those power crunch bars but i am trying to limit them now.... anita

Good Morning Carla!  Overall the day was ok, last night I had to muchies while everyone here was eating popcorn that smelled delicious I ate s/f jello and s/f pudding.  One of the ladies at work is getting married so we had a small get-together, did pretty good about 1/3 of a cookie (OMG those things were 240 calories a piece). March 18, 2008  

Foods

	Cals	Fat	Carb	Prot
Coffee Creamer 1 tsp ( 4 serving )	40	0	8	0
Coffee, made from ground, regular ( 16 fl oz )	9	0	2	0
Coffee, decaffeinated, made from ground ( 24 fl oz )	14	0	3	1
IDS Vanilla Cream ( 0.5 serving )	65	1	2	13
Oatmeal, cooked, regular, fat not added in cooking ( 0.33 cup, cooked )	48	1	8	2
Chicken Spinach Bake (1/8th of recipe) ( 1 serving )	116	7	2	12
Chocolate Chunk Pecan Cookie (=1 whole cookie) ( 0.35 serving )	84	5	8	1
8th Continent Soy Light ( 1 serving )	50	2	2	6
Nectar cappuccino ( 1.5 serving )	135	0	0	35
Peppers, jalapeno, raw ( 1 pepper )	4	0	1	0
Cheese, cream ( 0.33 tablespoon )	17	2	0	0
Shrimp, steamed or boiled ( 2 small shrimp (shelled) )	11	0	0	2
Pork bacon, smoked or cured, cooked ( 1.5 thin slice (yield after cooking) )	43	4	0	2
Pork, spareribs, barbecued, with sauce, NS as to fat eaten ( 1.5 oz, with bone, cooked (yield after bone removed) )	97	7	1	7
Chicken, drumstick, with or without bone, roasted, skin not eaten ( 1 medium drumstick (yield after cooking, bone and skin removed) )	75	2	0	12
Kraft 2% Cheese =7 ( 1 serving )	90	6	1	8
Bread, garlic, toasted ( 1 small slice )	55	2	7	1
Power Crunch Peanut Butter Fudge ( 1 serving )	200	12	10	13
Jello S/F Pudding ( 1 serving )	60	1	13	1
S/F Jello Cup ( 1 serving )	4	0	0	1
Total	1218	52	69	118

Isn't that crazy.  I tell you I cant believe the calories I would shovel in with just a cookie or sweet.  Yesterday i was getting easter stuff for the kids and I saw... SF BUNNY... welll I grabbed that and said.. thats mine.  than as I was standing in the check out line I decided to look at the back.  OMG.  400 cals for a tiny bunny and the SA was very high.. I put it back... those are the tough moments of our journey.  but hey... we are the captains of our ship.  You did great avoiding all the bad and sticking to the good .. Proud of you girl and your reward is an awesome day of good choices and better health.  How can you go wrong with that. Carla

I'm finding out just how hard it is to add calories without that sugar...SF stuff is not the same but it works if you eat enough of it. Please, don't try this at home. It's darn scary. Breakfast: 1 cup malto meal made with 1 scoop of Protein and soy milk. 2 cups of coffee Snack: 1/4 cup SF Chocolate Cashews, 1 orange, 1 cheese stick (this was over three hours from 8 am to 11 am) Lunch: 1 cup shredded lettuce, 1 shredded carrot, 1 can (5 oz) chicken, 1 serving Rasp Pomegranate dressing.  Snack: 1/4 cup roasted sunflower seeds, 4 oz Dannon Yogurt, 1 SoBe Protein drink (along with two other drinks same size. I am still careful that I only drink BEFORE eating and not after) Dinner: 1/3 pound buffalo pattie, 1 slice cheese and 2/3 cup boiled yam (gosh this was good with Butter Buds on it!)  Before dinner: 1 oz Tequila in my SF Drink.  Dessert: 18 Multi grain crackers with 2 Tablespoons of Sunflower butter.  Totals (drum roll please): Calories: 2210 Fat: 105 (this is from all the sunflower seeds and cashews, I figure) Carbs: 172 (surprisingly low from the seeds I guess) Protein: 131 Slow and steady. If I don't gain a pound after a week on this diet, there is definately something wrong. Scale says 120.6 this morning.

THAT is an awesome day!!! I LOVE nuts for UPPING my cals easy without stuffing myself like a Christmas goose :P HUGS PK

That is too funny.  Still can gain a pound after all of that.. you may need to move up to 2600 cals a day.. how would you get that in..lol good protein if you dont die from the fat content.. hehehe.. Be good silly one Carla

Wow great day for you Carla ;)   Life without pizza, just isnt living my dear! Great day for me. I had 2 (yes 2!) outtings. I went to the doc in the morn and treated myself to a trip to the junk store after dinner. Woohoo I looove me some junk!! Today its off to the dentist and then to buy the kiddies some Easter gifts. Today is my 18 month surgiversary and I weigh in at 144.2 pounds here at home woohoo. 3 pounds lost in my 18th month, heeellooo? That is so wild to me :) So far I have had 1 x 0 month and 17 + months. I keep waiting for my first - month. I know it will happen and I know its normal and I know I will be upset anyway so I just want to get it over with, you  know? Like once I learn to deal with that situation I will be able to move on and not worry about it any more :P Great eating day, though I admit I got about 1200 of these calories from 7 - 1, so over 5 hours I get the biggest chunk of my days calories. Im simply not hungry or interested in food in the am. In the afternoon Im a little interested (enough to get 500 cals in usually) and then the rest is all evening time.  Tuesday: Breakfast: 3 lattes (270 cals, 27 protein)

Lunch: Porkchop & veggies (400 cals, 5 fiber, 30 protein)

Dinner: chicken divan, veggies, yogurt, apple (480 cals, 10 fiber, 30 protien)

Supper: chicken stew (260 cals, 4 fiber, 30 protein)

Snack: salad, cashews, ice cream (650 cals, 9 fiber, 22 protein)

Totals: 2060 cals, 28 fiber, 139 protein Have a great day Carla!! HUGS PK

Is is tough to deal with.  I lost every month until I decided to stop at 120.  I have been hanging out here now for 6 months.. It's hard not seeing the scale move and I check everyday and wonder hmmm... no loss than I remember its ok.  Maybe one day I wont get on the thing looking for the next big number loss. You did exceptionally well today.. very nice on all the numbers.. keep it up girl.. Pssst.. i eat more at night too... even though I eat all day.. the bulk of calories.. **** cream) is at night.. shhhh.. Carla