Sunday - BOTT Cafe & Cardio

Hi BOTTers,

I wanted to provide a follow-up to my gift good box situation.  From my daily post yesterday, I had numerous boxes of goodies from a huge gift package we received.  Imagine this.....many of your favorite trigger foods sitting in pretty boxes just waiting for you.....

Well (drum roll please), I didn't get into them once. Not even open them.  Was it hard? YES!  Thank you to Happylapbander for your support and all of the other BOTTers that provided support.  It worked.  When I was feeling the urge to make it "oh, just this little bit" I remembered posts made and it helped me so much. When I thought about making my daily post to all of you, I wanted it to be like this rather than feeling ugh about myself.  Hugs to all of you.  Thank you so much.

Activity:  Hopefully early next week when I'm for sure over my creeping cruddy sickness.

So, my food today........

B - 1/2 cup of cottage cheese
S - Bell pepper strips
L - Turkey and White Cheddar Cruncheez
S - 1/2 Egg Beaters
D - 6 Morningstar Sausages
S - Vanilla Power Crunch bars

Thanks again!

Cathy

Glad I could help a little - I hate those noisy temptation-enemies!!!!  I'm so proud of you.  WE CAN DO THIS TOGETHER - YES WE CAN!!!!

Hope you're feeling a whole lot better!

I'm anxious for my weigh in tomorrow morning  (I don't weigh on the weekends for God forbid I should weigh at a different time of day and not be able to compare to previous weights LOL - and I'm one of those people who do much better when I weigh every day.  Helps keep me on track.  When I'm off track I don't weigh and get "offer" and "offer".) because I don't know what my weight will be but I can tell I've had a dramatic shrinking. 

Keep up the great job you're doing!!!!!!! 

Thanks again for your support and the things you said in your post.

If you're comfortable, let us know how you did.  You've already said that you have a dramatic shrinking so that is what matters.  Congratulations! 

Likewise - Keep up the great job you're doing!

Cathy

I sure will report in tomorrow bright and early!

Off to a bad start...

B:  cereal AND a cinnamon roll (crescent roll w/ cinn & sugar & glaze)
S:  a couple M&Ms - like 4
L:  part of my Leftovers... steak, 2 pcs shrimp, broccoli and rice/potatoes mix
S:
D:  Stuffed eggplant
LNS: 

Exercise:  30 Min on treadmill

Pre B- coffee
B- Slimfast low carb shake
L- half rotissere chicken sandwich on a slice of wheat bread
S- Coffee (right now)
D- Crock pot chicken cooked in cream chicken soup, green beans, slice of wheat bread
LNS- either half peanut butter sandwich or low carb shake

lots of water and decaf coffee

Leaving in a few to go walk/jog with a friend.

I need to start posting, maybe it will help me figure out what is going on because the scale is hating me and moving up instead of down and I have to say I am sooooo frustrated .

I started exercising again and since we got all the holiday treats out of the house I thought I would see a few pounds start to come off again, WRONG!! In the past week or so I have gained 3 pounds and I just don't understand. It really makes it hard to exercise (when in my mind it isn't helping AT ALL) and to eat the right foods.

So my plan for todays food is as follows (please let me know if you think I should change anything at all, I need the help)

B- 1/2 cup cottage cheese
L- 2.5 ounces of turkey, 1 oz cheese, 3 crackers, teaspoon mayo and teaspoon of mustard (I mix the 2 together for a dip kind of thing)
S- 1 oz of peanuts
D- 2.5 oz of turkey, 1/2 cup broccoli and cauliflower with little bit of cheese soup on top.
S- not sure maybe apple with teaspoon peanut butter or 1 oz peanuts

50-70 oz of water (aka crystal light) a day and 8 oz of 25 calorie hot cocoa to wake up on. Sometimes I have 8-10 oz of milk a day also.

This is a typical day of food for me, I am a creature of habit on lunch anyway so can anyone offer some advice or something to help me out I would really appreciate it.

Exercise-- started doing some strength training with small weights and some exercise dvds that have woke up some muscles I didn't know I had. About a half hour a day and at least 4 times a week I am walking 2.5 miles a day on my treadmill.

Thanks,
Michelle

How frustrating that is!!!

Don't know whether it would help you or not, but I have to count calories to know if I'm eating too much or not.  I write down everythink I eat along with their calories.  It is preferable for me to plan the next day's food and count the calories before I eat it.  Calories still count just like they did before surgery and I have to listen to my body tell me how many I can eat and still lose.  We only have two ways to lose: 1. take in fewer calories or 2. use more calories by exercising.

Just know, as much as you have to work to stay on track - there's a 100% chance you will gain - if you stay on track the odds go down.   Also, sometimes it takes my body some time to notice I'm eating right again.  Walking is the exercise I do (love walking with the new walking poles I got at Target for $19.99 for the pair) and I have learned that I see the rewards of walking three days later.

Please keep us posted often.

Congrats Cathy on keeping the demons at bay!!

I hope everyone has a great day.  In Cali today (northern) it is warm and sunny, which is a nice respite from the rain!

Here is the plan for today:

B~1 whole egg and 1 egg white with spinach (omelette style) and red pepper
     1/4 cup of blueberries in crepe                                                              240 cals   10 pro     30 carbs
S~tall decaf skinny caramel latte                                                                90 cals       9 pro      10 carbs
L~ egg salad  1 whole egg and 2 egg whites (1 tsp mayo, 1.5 tsp    125 cals    18 pro        2 carbs
      mustard)
D~grilled chicken and veggies

Will update the totals afterwards when I get my exercise in!!  Enjoy the day no matter what you do!!

Anjanette

Hi Everyone!  BOTT day #4.

I hate the unstructured days of the weekend, only because I never know what food I will have until I get to where we will eat.

Pre B - 2-20 oz coffee (one black, the other with coffeemate and splenda)
B - 2 popcorn cakes w/p-butter and small banana
L- 4 oz pulled pork, side salad w/ranch dressing, 1/2 small baked potato w/butter
D - Steak and potato soup and saltine crackers
S - Pure Protein bar.

I stayed within my calorie goals but I had guess a lot along the way,  I got in all my vits and water.
For this next work week I want to increase my exercise from 3 days to 4 days.

Thanks again everyone, have a GREAT week!

Carrie