Menus and Miles Monday Feb. 3rd

Hello to all of our Lightweights!!!  If you are visiting WELCOME....PLEASE JOIN US and POST!!!!!   Besides my tool,  I count  Posting on the LW board as my #1 reason for being successful on this exciting journey!!!!     

WARNING TO SELF AND TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN!!!   AVOID 'BAD' CARBS AT ALL COSTS!!!  THEY ARE ADDICTING!!  THEY WILL SLOW DOWN YOUR WEIGHT LOSS DURING THE LOSING STAGE (and you won't even notice)!!  THEY WILL MAKE THE SCALE GO UP AFTER THE HONEYMOON PERIOD IS OVER.

Success in Maintenance starts with GOOD  CHOICES during the Honeymoon Period!!!!

Breakfast:  a cup of hot Peppermint Tea  
Lunch:         Tuna and 5 saltines  
Snack:         Deli Ham and cheese rollups
Snack:         Popcorn
Dinner:        I'm hoping for some kind of soup 
Snack:         Popcorn

Calories     Protein      Net Carbs      Fat    Sugar

Roz, Do you put anything on your popcorn?

I use a microwave popcorn popper.  I add a TBS. of canolla oil and 2 TBS. popcorn.  Usually I put a little salt on it.

Roz, not sure if you like coconut - but if you do - try coconut oil instead of canola... much better for you.. (and I love the smell)

I wish I could eat popcorn.. 

I've never tried but I will look into it.  Why can't you eat popcorn?

Hi Roz - nice and sunny here today too.  When I got up this morning it was -3 - I didn't know it was supposed to get that cold!  Brrrr - warmed up to 25 now... I need to check the weather for tonight/tomorrow.

Well, this sinus crap has morphed into something else.  My sister is sick too today and she seems to have it worse than me.  I just got up from a nap and feel a little better.

Face is a little better today too.  No idea what eats are today.  Yesterday didn't end so well since I went to my Daughters' and watched the superbowl.  There were pretzel sticks, pita chips and pizza (beer).  I ate the toppings from a piece of pizza and some pretzels and pita chips, and indulged in some beer.  Back on track today (easier because I'm not hungry). 

B - coffee w/cream/splenda

S - a few pieces of leftover bacon

D - wings

Vits:  yes

Water: catching up

When you are on maintenance I think it's ok to enjoy a few extra bites at a party IF you can get back on track as soon as the party is over.  That's one of the biggest changes I see in myself.  When I was "dieting" before WLS the party never seemed to stop after the guests all left.  I think now that we eat so good 99% of the time that a little extra doesn't set us up fo disaster.

Sounds Good!

Lots of sunshine here today - we are having such a mild and temperate winter for a change - i just don't want to jinx it by bragging too much!

B:  Coffee then protein yogurt = 30g

S:  Lemon ice tea protein shake = 23g

L:  2 slices deli chicken w/ guacamole and 1 slice of conte cheese = 20g

S:  Protein yogurt = 30g

D:  Left over pork roast with a bite of green peas = 15g

S:  Hot chocolate protein = 23g

All my vits and water in and 2 hours at the gym so this was a good day for me!

When you have protein yogurt, does that mean you add protein powder?

Yes - I add a scopp of protien powder and 1 tbls of ground flax seeds to my morning yogurt.  It is a plain, natural style yogurt (7g protein, 60cal) and then I have several types and flavors of protein powder (Syntrax vanilla bean torte, or complete proteins (not only whey isolate) that give me higher ratio protein and form a thicker, pudding style yogurt.  It fills me up so much that I rarely eat a morning snack.