Monday - BOTT Cafe & Cardio

Hi BOTTers,

I hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend.  In addition, celebrate your independence from morbid obesity by hanging out with us and BOTTing!

Here's my check-in:

CARDIO:  Treadmill

FOOD:

Cottage cheese
Vegetable strips
String cheese
Jalapano Mustard Pretzels from Kay's Naturals
Turkey and 1 slice of Pepper Jack cheese
Southwestern Egg Beaters with vegetables cooked in with eggs
Power Crunch Bar

Have a marvelous Monday.

Cathy

Happy Monday! I feel like I definitely celebrated my independence from morbid obesity by taking my kids to the carnival last night and rode every ride and walked around for 5 hours. The only thing I ate was nachos I shared with a friend. I couldn't believe I stayed away from the funnel cakes, dippin dots and corn dogs. I also didn't have to deal with the heartburn or gas that comes with them. My check in:

Cardio: Elliptical and walking on breaks at work
Food:

B-Low carb wrap w/Egg Beaters, bacon bits & low fat cheese
S-Half turkey sandwich & Babybel light
L-Sweet potato w/black beans and lowfat cheese
S-Other half of sandwich and Babybel light
D-Tilapia and green beans
S-Muscle Milk Light

1220 Calories, 113 Carbs (80 Net), 41 Fat, 100 Protein
Water and vitamins

I hope everyone has a great Monday!

Jennifer - what a great thing - and the best part of all is that, with all that, you did not pass out!  Seems as though they have solved your problem - sure hope so!!!!

Well, I've run out of patience.  (I have a VERY LIMITED supply of patience anyway LOL)  For three days I stayed the same even though eating and exercising in good BOTT manner.  Then, this morning I GAINED.  That was the last straw.  My Resting Metabolic Rate indicated I could eat 1320 calories and lose 1 pound a week (of course, I want to lose MUCH faster than that - patience again LOL)  and mydailyplate indicates is can eat 1120.  So, today I'm eating 1250 - kind of 1/2 way inbetween.  We'll see what happens the next few days.  I am so close to goal and I sure don't want to head the other direction!!!!  This would not have surprised me if the gain had come when I first began eating 1320 calories - but it didn't.  So why now? 

I am decreasing my calories, increasing my exercise and staying totally compliant with the foods I eat.  Will just have to wait and see what happens next. 

Kind of under the weather today, so taking it easy with the exercise...just doing some things around the house.

Food:

1/2 c. soup, a little bit of salad, and a couple of wedges from a cheese quesadilla
Protein shake
Chobani greek yogurt w/ground flax meal an Go Lean cereal sprinkled in
Maybe some fruit...see how the stomach does
Maybe a little of the mock rice pudding...again, depending on the stomach

Hope everyone has a great day.

This week I'm going to concentrate on getting ALL my water iin every day.  Please let me be able to do it and up my protein at the same time.

Cardio: Walking - 30 mins

Food:
B: Protein drink
S: Small apple with RF cheese
L: 2 ozs pork loin and 1/2 cup pinto beans
S: Power Crunch Bar
D: Protein drink and veggies

Hi Michelle,
What is this "power crunch bar" I keep seeing on the check-ins?  Can u tell me the stats for them please?

Michelle - You can do it - I know you can     If you're comfortable, please keep us posted. 

Hello BOTT,
Thanks to everyone *****sponded to my post, your input and support is very much needed and appriciated.  I worked the entire weekend, but I did have a slammin time in Virginia Beach.  Back to the grindstone.

Cardio:
Treadmill

Food:
EM - EAS Chocolate Protein Shake
B -    Slice of Turkey Bacon w/ spinach Quiche
S -    EAS Chocolate Protein Shake
L -    Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad w/ LF dressing
         100 Calorie Pack Pretzels .9oz
D -    31/2oz. Red Salmon w/ green beans
S -    Cottage Cheese w/ SF Smuckers strawberry jam

Calories 1074  Total Fat 31.7g   Total Fibet 10.1g
Total Carb 86.1g   Protein 106.6g

I am not an expert and i hope you take my comments as they are intended: to offer a support, not criticism.
When I needed to lose weight - I tried to increase my fiber. You indicate only 10 gr of fiber - hope you got more than that.  If i were you - I would skip the pretzel sand substitute with some higher fiber snack - pretzels are usually made with white flour - not too  good. 

I also noticed that when I got more fat in my diet - things "moved" smoothly and I felt full longer . 

if you used treadmill - is the calories net (food-calories burnt) or just calories from food? 

you may chose to increase calories to accommodate the cardio so your deficit is app 500 cal per day -  no more than that...

Wishing you best.