Wednesday Cardio/Cafe

Good Wednesday Morning!
Missed posting for a few days, I can't seem to get myself together.  Just feeling blahhh.  My food plan for today:
Breakfast - mini frittata w/thin bagel
Snack - click
Lunch - cheese quesadella on l.c. tortilla
Snack - protein bar
Dinner - steak w/veggies
I hope that everyone has a great day!
Deb

Good morning!. Deb -you are here today.. and that counts.

Yesterday I ate more than I planned.. but all good foods and still within my eating plan. Pouch tolerates more and more. I am taking meds and following rules. So all is good. I probably need to add some salt to my protein shakes. I am not getting enough... and can feel my BP is lower. But that easy to fix.

Eats today (edited... things changed from the start due to eating on the run...)
coffee +al milk
Flat-out wrap with cheese
cheese sticks
Yogurt with proteins
Chicken veggies soup
beets soup w eggs
Protein shake
Apple.

Happy Hump Day Botts:

We are in for a couple of rainy days today and tomorrow.  Good to have you back Deb.  My eats and cardio for today are:

5:15 AM 1 hour walk on treadmill

Prebreakfast:  Coffee & Miralax
Breakfast:  Chocolate Unjury Shake
Snack:  Quest brownie bar
Lunch:  Quest Cinnamon Bun bar
Snack:  Cheese, crackers & Grapes
Dinner:  Hamburger Wraps
Snack:  NSA Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich

Hope everybody has a great day today and don't forget those important vitamins and get all your fluids in too.

Note:  TOM and I ate about 200 extra calories in Almonds that was not on my food list.

Morning Everyone,
Staying positive and working with my plan to exercise even if only ten minutes daily.  Vitamins and water come easy.  My menu:

Food Name	Amount	Unit	Cals	Fat (g)	Carbs (g)	Prot (g)	Delete
		Total	1,119	56.5	52.4	105.8
Egg, whole, boiled		cup egg extra large jumbo large medium slice small grams kg lb oz	154	10.6	1.1	12.5
Salad/AmerSaladBlend/1 1/2cup		serving grams kg lb oz	30	0.0	6.0	2.0
WheyProtein/PntBtrChoc		serving grams kg lb oz	130	2.0	3.0	26.0
Tomatoes, raw		cup cup, cherry tomato cup, chopped or sliced oz, raw, yields Italian tomato cherry large whole (3" dia) medium whole (2-3/5" dia) medium slice (1/4" thick) plum tomato small whole (2-2/5" dia) thick/large slice (1/2" thick) wedge (1/4 of medium tomato) thin/small slice grape tomato grams kg lb oz	4	0.0	0.8	0.2
SaladDressing/HiddenValleyRanchLight/2Tbs		serving grams kg lb oz	80	7.0	3.0	1.0
Water, tap		cup fl oz grams kg lb oz	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
TurkeyBaconBits/1Tbsp		serving grams kg lb oz	20	1.5	0.0	2.0
Coffee, decaffeinated		fl oz coffee cup (6 fl oz) mug (8 fl oz) grams kg lb oz	5	0.0	1.0	1.0
Chicken/ChunkBreast/GV/2oz		serving grams kg lb oz	120	3.0	0.0	24.0
Cheese/SalsaCheddar/1slice		serving grams kg lb oz	110	9.0	0.0	7.0
Cranberries/dried/1Tbsp		serving grams kg lb oz	20	0.0	5.0	0.0
PureProteinRevolution/ChocPeanCarmel		serving grams kg lb oz	180	6.0	17.0	20.0
SaladTopping/CrispyOnions		serving grams kg lb oz	35	2.0	4.0	0.0
Crackers, saltine		cup, crushed cup bite size cracker large round cracker square cracker rectangle cracker sleeve grams kg lb oz	51	1.4	8.5	1.1
Braunschweiger		serving grams kg lb oz	180	14.0	3.0	9.0
		Total	1,119	56.5	52.4	105.8

Hope all continue to improve and make good choices.
Z

 I'm giving up on weigh****chers...I've been eating more food on that and I have to still eat smaller portions since I don't have the ability to eat larger portions which means the smaller portions need to be higher points and higher point items aren't exactly healthy...so back to basics...

Breakfast--Coffee, 2 cups, carb free creamer...splenda....SF syrup (calorie free, carb free, EVERYTHING free)
Snack-protein shake
Lunch--Tuna
Snack--almonds
Dinner-fish and green beans
Dessert-NSA fudge pop

I'm 206 today.  How long does it take for bad behavior to catch up to you?  If you're a good girl/guy for a week and you blow the weekend but on Monday, you're still down...and you go back to being a good girl/guy...and then your weight jumps up several days later...is that the weekend catching up to you or is it jus****er retention, etc?

Can be either, or both..
When we start low cal - low carb diet - we loose the sugar storage in our muscles and liver... every gram of stored "sugar" needs app 8 gr of water.  So when we go on the low carb diet - the first 5-8 lbs ... maybe jus****er.... then the body starts burning fat... then the body realizes that it is not going to get more sugar ...so converts the proteins into sugar... and will need to retain water to make sure it is stored properly.  That's why many people see an initial rapid weight loss,  then stall...(when the body is not sure what to do) then maybe even some gain... (water retention).
On top of that there is the hormonal water retention (cyclical for some woman) and, as I call it, Chinese food water retention... (lots of salt).  and so on...
I know my body can lose and gain 5 lbs overnight. 

Now that's why coming off low carb diet - we may gain back 5-8 lbs in very short time... duet to body restocking its sugar storage and the water that it needs to do that...

so... really   only time will tell...

I too went back to Weigh****chers to support a friend who is on the RNY path.  I am giving it up.  The new program doesn't work for me at all, so like you, I am back to basics!!

Anjanette

Good Morning!

I went over my calories yesterday by about 200. Didnt totally blow it out of the water, but I ate too much. I need to start measuring again too. I had gotten really good at eyeballing it, but after yesterday, I know I ate way too much. Funny too... I ended up eating from a larger size plate than usual. As I was serving myself dinner (hubs made spaghetti with a heavy meat sauce, so I take less pasta and more meat) I told myself this plate was bigger than normal, but I still filled it. Then as I was eating, I was 'assuming' that I would stop soon. I didnt. I ate the whole thing. That can not happen again. I was starving too!

I do have to say that Im proud of myself for really facing what Im doing this week. Tracking every morsel and exercise and actually being honest with myself.

Ive been irriated that my husband hasnt been making the most healthy dinners, but its not his 'fault' Im the one eating the food. I MAKE the choice of what I put on my plate and in my mouth. I can supplement what he makes with better choices.

Anyway...eats for today:

Coffee w/ cream
Banana and mozzarella stick
Subway for lunch today. Roast beast and veggies
Zone bar
Again, not sure whats for dinner, but I have fruit and protein at home

Zumba tonight!!! Yay :)

Checking in - Howdy Bott'rs

Got great reply message from Tess yesterday & also read some posts that helped make me feel more "real" about sticking to my 850 cals a day plan and making getting BOT a success for the long term...Thanks to all my OH & other on-line chat support ...

On to the day...

B - protein coffee
S - fru-fru coffee
S - balance nimble pb protein bar
L - ste *** meat, grilled onions & farmer cheese and a cucumber
D- pb, chocolate & SF caramel protein shake
S - bite of smoked sausage ( I'll steal it off DH's dinner plate  )

Cardio : 1 hr high intensity ZUMBA & 1/2mile walk with Bella (our puppy)

Good morning!

I did pretty good yesterday on my menu so I am going for day three!

B - Coffee w/ FF creamer
L - small salad and spaghetti with meat sauce
S - cheese stick
D - Chix breast and green beans
H2O H2O H2O!

I am also doing 45 minutes of Just Dance tonight for cardio.  Yippee!

Have a wonderful Hump Day!