Menus and Miles Monday May 18th

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.

I feel I need to repeat this:  I am a FIRM believer in Whey Protein Drinks!!!!!  I have IC (Irritable Bladder Syndrome) and I can only have them occasionally while I'm having a flare up.   It is sooooo much harder to do Maintenance without them!

Maintenance:   6+ years out and started the new year right on target!!!

Breakfast:    Banana

Protein:        Matrix Chocolate Mint 35g      

Lunch:          Small Wendy's Chili and a Side Salad with extra cheese

Snack:         

Dinner:         Steak and 1/2 of DH's Baked Potato Skin

Snack:         Nature Valley Almond Crunch Bar--YUM!! (ONLY buy the Gluten Free)  

Snack:        3 TB. of unpopped Popcorn   (didn't start this until I was on Maintenance)

Back home and in the groove.  Been working on getting my paperwork caught up and headed to muscle pump in an hour.

decaf protein coffee  33g
eggbeaters, cheese, kale
lemon tea protein  13g
chicken salad, broccoli salad
lemon tea protein  13g
pizza chip 
burger patty, broccoli from the garden
protein shake  30g

Love having my lettuce, kale, spinach and broccoli coming in so I can eat out of the garden!!!

I've got a garden too, with tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, jalepenos and bell peppers. :)  I've never done broccoli, but thought about it... is it pretty easy to grow?  And the spinach??

broccoli is very easy.  I buy plants and just stick them in the ground.  Spinach and lettuce are too.  They are all cool weather plants.  I just got my tomatoes, peppers, squash, eggplant today to put in.  Need to order my bean seeds. 

Oh, if they are cool weather plants, they probably won't grow very well here in Texas.  Unless I grow them in the winter. LOL  We have Spring for about 2 weeks (although this year we are still having nice weather and lots of rain!)  This is very unusual!! 

Sometimes folks make an awning type cover for them so they have shade but winter may be good too.  I would love to have stuff growing in the winter.  I can usually keep kale most of the year but that is about it.

I may have to give it a go and see what I can do. :)

Sounds Good Price!!   When's your next trip?

Actually this weekend but it is just a fun play day, not a serious competition.  I have been gone for the past 4 weekends.  I love it but I'm ready to be home for a while.

Hi, hope everyone is having a wonderful Monday!  Here's to a slimmer year/life!!!

Breakfast: Premier protein shake

Lunch: Chicken Cordon Bleu, 1 graham cracker

Snack: babybel light mini, wisconsin turkey sausage bites

Dinner: Turkey burger (No bread)

Snack: 1/2 premier protein shake

Exercise: 3 mile walk (1hour)

Total Cal: 617  Carbs: 25  Protein: 80  Sugars: 6