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10 in 2010 Update

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I missed this update last week since I was so blasted busy!  So here is my 10 in 2010 Update!!

  1. Complete 1 full cycle of EA Sports Active 6 week challenge by the end of 2010-Starts tomorrow, 10/1!  So excited to finally not have to say “umm havent started  yet!”
  2. Lose 20 pounds between now, August 23, 2010, and December 31, 2010 (aka 5 lbs per month):  Goal start weight: 278.8 Current Weight: 272.6 for a total loss of 6.2 of 20. So 13.8 to go.  With 13 weigh-in’s left in 2010 I think this is very obtainable!
  3. No binge eating. -Doing A-OK on this one.  I figure even though last weekend was indulgent, I tracked it all.  I consider a binge being out of control and ignoring the situation.
  4. Try one new recipe each week and do my best to post photo’s of it on the blog.  At a minimum I will share the receip with you. -100% on this one.  I owe you all a couple of new recipe posts!  They’ve been photographed, I just have been lazy and havent uploaded my pictures!
  5. Give myself 7 goals for each week and recap how I did on them the following week. – Missed this last week, I’ll have new ones on Monday :)
  6. Pack my lunch BEFORE bed at least 4 out of 5 days, every day that I am working. -Doing really well on this one!  Last week was a bit out of sorts because I needed to grocery shop, so I didnt pack at all some days, but over all, doing really well on this one.  Got right back on track on Monday!
  7. Journal my food EVERYDAY, regardless of how good or bad the day was (and email the food journal to Bella) – I’ve been journaling everyday regardless of whether it was good or bad, BUT I need to get back to emailing Bella on the weekends!
  8. 100 minutes of activity per week, outside of walking the dog. – This one has been lacking for sure, especially this last week.  Cheers to a new week, right?
  9. Minimum of 5 Fruits/Veggies per day. – Doing well ALMOST everyday on this one.  There have been a couple of bumps, but over all, I’m hitting at least 5.
  10. Update myself (and you) on this list every Thursday for the rest of 2010. -Done for this week, last week was missed, but hey, sometimes life happens!

Tata for now,

Scale Warfare

POINTS® Tracker entries

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Morning
1  item(s) Select 100% whole wheat sandwich thins 1
1  slice(s) Fat Free Singles American Cheese 1
1  item(s) egg 2
Subtotal 4
Midday
2  Tbsp Lite Ranch Salad Dressing with MSG 2
1/4 cup(s) canned black beans 0.5
2  cup(s) Tossed Salad, Without Dressing 0
3  oz uncooked ground chicken breast 2
Onion & Red Pepper (1/2 Cup) – Quick-added food 0
Subtotal 4.5
Evening
1  Tbsp Soft Spread Margarine 1
3  Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese 2
1  cup(s) onion(s) 0
1/4 cup(s) sherry cooking wine 1
1  cup(s) Organic chicken broth 0
1  tsp olive oil 1
1  tray(s) Just for One Cauliflower and Cheese Sauce 0
1 1/2 serving(s) Ronzoni Smart Taste Pasta (2 oz=1 Serving) 4.5
6  oz mushroom(s) 0.5
Subtotal 10
Anytime
1  large apple(s) 2
1  item(s) Kit Kat Bar 5
2  Tbsp Crab rangoon, sweet chili sauce only 1
3  Croque Monsieur Egg Rolls 6
Subtotal 14
Food POINTS values total used 32.5
Food POINTS values remaining 0.5
Activity
30 min cleaning 2
30 min Walking the dog 2
Activity POINTS values earned 4

Wednesday Weigh In

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Not sure how this is possible, but I didn’t gain OR lose this week (last weeks weigh in).  With TOM in town, that’s a win in my book! 

  • Start: 305
  • Last Week: 272.6
  • This Week: 272.6
  • Lost: 0
  • Total Lost: 32.4

    • With this weeks goose egg, I’m really hoping to break out of this “decade” in the next week or two.  I know I can do it, I just really have to focus on tracking every bite.  Not too much longer and I can start my next ten pound mini goal!

    As I mentioned yesterday, I’m starting on another one of my New Years Goals of completing a 6 week EA Sports Active Challenge.  It’s only three days a week which is entirely manageable, but for some reason I’ve never gotten through the entire program, even when it was only 30 days long.  I’m pretty excited to get that going, the Wii has been neglected for way too long!

    Yesterday I was pretty snacky, but I was still able to keep my points in check (food journal below signature).  This is one of those things that I love about Weight Watchers as opposed to Calorie Counting.  I feel like points are just easier when it comes to days like yesterday.  My day was off from my normal routine since I had a hair appointment that I had to leave for at 6 and knew I wouldn’t be home until 7:30/8ish.  I pre planned stopping for a McDonald’s ice-cream cone on the way home, and it was totally worth saving those points for it! 

    Another thing that I’m remembering that I love so much about Weight Watchers is how at the start of every week everything resets.  You get your 35 Flex Points back, your Activity Points resets to 0 so you know you have work to do.  It’s a bit like getting a clean slate to work with each week, it’s up to you how you make that week turn out!

    Hope everyone has a happy hump day!

    Tata for now,

    Scale Warfare

    POINTS® Tracker entries

    Tuesday, September 28, 2010

    Morning
    1  item(s) Select 100% whole wheat sandwich thins 1
    1  slice(s) Fat Free Singles American Cheese 1
    1  item(s) egg 2
    Subtotal 4
    Midday
    2  Tbsp Lite Ranch Salad Dressing with MSG 2
    1/4 cup(s) canned black beans 0.5
    2  cup(s) Tossed Salad, Without Dressing 0
    3  oz uncooked ground chicken breast 2
    Onion & Red Pepper (1/2 Cup) – Quick-added food 0
    Subtotal 4.5
    Evening
    2  Tbsp Crab rangoon, sweet chili sauce only 1
    1  tray(s) Just for One Cauliflower and Cheese Sauce 0
    3  Croque Monsieur Egg Rolls 6
    Subtotal 7
    Anytime
    1  bar(s) Oats & Chocolate 2
    1  large apple(s) 2
    1  bar(s) Mini Bars Mint Cookie Crisp Mini Bar 1
    1  bar(s) Mini Bars Peanut butter bliss 1
    TJ’s 100 Calorie Kettle Corn – Quick-added food 2
    1  item(s) Desserts & Shakes Vanilla Reduced Fat Ice Cream Cone 3
    Subtotal 11
    Food POINTS values total used 26.5
    Food POINTS values remaining 6.5
    Activity
    30 min Walking the dog 2
    Activity POINTS values earned 2

    Healthy You Challenge Update

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    Exercise has been pretty nonexistent this week, so that is something I need to focus more on in the upcoming week.  I am going to work on one of my 10 in 2010 goals of doing the 6 week EA Sports Active New Workouts Challenge starting this Friday 10/1.  What better time to start than with a new month upon us?  Anyone else interested in joining me?

    As I mentioned yesterday, food this weekend was a bit hit or miss.  While I didn’t make the world’s best choices I did track everything I ate.  I’m glad to say that yesterday I was right back on track making sure to get in my fruits and veggies.  I wound up being a few points under my daily goal, but I figure after being a bit indulgent this weekend, that’s ok.

    Tomorrow is my official Weigh In Day and so far it’s looking as though the scale will be up a couple of pounds.  With TOM in town, I’m not going to worry about it though, those pounds will disappear just as quickly as they got here!

    I apologize for the short post, I’m having a bit of writers block when it comes to this blog!  Sometimes I feel like I have a million things to write about and sometimes I feel like I have nothing to say. 

    Yesterday’s food journal is below the signature line.  This week’s food will probably be a bit redundant since it’s just me at home (which means lots of trashy TV and laying around in my PJs!)_

    Tata for now,

    Scale Warfare

    POINTS® Tracker entries

    Monday, September 27, 2010

    Morning
    1  item(s) Select 100% whole wheat sandwich thins 1
    1  slice(s) Fat Free Singles American Cheese 1
    1  item(s) egg 2
    Subtotal 4
    Midday
    1/4 cup(s) canned black beans 0.5
    1  Tbsp light sour cream 0.5
    1  Tbsp Lite Ranch Salad Dressing with MSG 1
    2  cup(s) Tossed Salad, Without Dressing 0
    3  oz uncooked ground chicken breast 2
    Onion & Red Pepper (1/2 Cup) – Quick-added food 0
    Subtotal 4
    Evening
    1  Tbsp Soft Spread Margarine 1
    2  medium potato(es), baked 5
    3  Tbsp light sour cream 1
    2  Tbsp Crab rangoon, sweet chili sauce only 1
    1  cup(s) edamame (in pods) 1
    3  Croque Monsieur Egg Rolls 6
    Subtotal 15
    Anytime
    1  large apple(s) 2
    1  bar(s) Oats & Chocolate 2
    TJ’s 100 Calorie Kettle Corn – Quick-added food 2
    Subtotal 6
    Food POINTS values total used 29
    Food POINTS values remaining 4
    Activity
    30 min Walking the dog 2
    Activity POINTS values earned 2

    Weigh In Wednesday & Thintervention

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    First I’ll get to the scale:

    • Start: 305
    • Last Week: 277.0
    • This Week: 272.6
    • Lost: 4.4
    • Total Lost: 32.4

    This means I’m only 2.6 lbs away from my first mini goal of my “Fresh Start” of hitting 270!  I’m trying to keep no longer term goals on my mind, so I wont get into the mindset of playing countdown with my weight.  I do that a lot, start thinking, well if I lose 2 lbs a week, I’ll be at goal in “X” number of weeks.  Heck I’ve even filled out calendars before and marked down (in pen of course) where I would be on such and such a date.  Sort of sucks doing that because when you get to 6 months from the starting point and see some magical number you (me) realize youre no where near it.  Not this time folks, this time I’m trucking along through each 10 pounds and they will take as long as they take me.

    Yesterdays WW Food Journal is below the signature line.  I did better yesterday about getting in more of the “Healthy Guidelines” but I’m not at 100%.  Actually I need to grocery shop to get to 100% on those, but since I’m going out of town this weekend I’m going to wait until I get back to grocery shop.

    Have any of you watched the new Jackie Warner show “Thintervention” on Bravo?  Yes there is some catty drama on it, and yes they do some insane workouts.  I think it’s a bit more real life than “The Biggest Loser” though.  No one is losing 15 lbs in a week, they arent sequestered to a campus somewhere, they still work and live their day to day lives.  I find the therapy sessions the most interesting though.  In this weeks episode their homework assignment was to bring in a picture of them as children, a picture where they were really happy.  I couldnt figure out where this was going, but where it went I thought was really important.

    The therapist had each person look at the child in the picture and asked if the person that they are today would talk to the child in that picture the way that they talk to themselves?  What would they tell that child today?  Would they be so negative towards that child as they are to themselves?  Would they say “hey fattie, look at those thighs” or anything of the sort.  Of course the crazy drunk woman did, but she’s got issues that wont be able to be solved in group therapy.  We are so mean to ourselves with all of the negative self talk.  I went through a bunch of childhood pictures last night that my Mom had scanned for the wedding.  I had such a healthy naturally thin body, and in most of the pictures I was having fun.  If I could talk to the child version of myself, I’d say “Dont EVER forget how to play, don’t EVER forget that loving yourself and finding the joy in the simplest things (friends/family/taking a walk) are what make life so wonderful.”

    Nags Head, NC Circa 1985ish

    What would you tell the child version of yourself?

    Tata for now,

    Scale Warfare

    POINTS® Tracker entries

    Tuesday, September 21, 2010

    Morning
    1  oz Philadelphia Neufchatel Cream Cheese 2
    1  item(s) Sesame bagels 5
    Subtotal 7
    Midday
    1/8 cup(s) Craisins Dried Cranberries 1
    2  Tbsp Ranch Dressing 3
    2 1/2 oz cooked chicken fillet 2.5
    1/2 cup(s) green pepper(s) 0
    2  cup(s) Tossed Salad, Without Dressing 0
    1/4 cup(s) Dark kidney beans 0
    1/4 cup(s) mushroom(s) 0
    2  Tbsp Bacon Bits 1.5
    Subtotal 8
    Evening
    6  oz uncooked cod 3
    1 1/2 cup(s) cooked zucchini 0
    1/4 cup(s) onion(s) 0
    1  tsp olive oil 1
    2  Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese 1.5
    1  serving(s) Israeli Cous Cous (1/3 C Dry) 3
    1/2 Tbsp Soft Spread Margarine 0.5
    Subtotal 9
    Anytime
    1  serving(s) Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte (Grande Skim-No Whip) 5
    1  serving(s) Trader Joe’s Strawberry Fruit Flo 2
    1  Tbsp creamy peanut butter 2.5
    Subtotal 9.5
    Food POINTS values total used 33.5
    Food POINTS values remaining 0
    Activity
    25 min Walking (>3.0 mph [20 min mile] and <5.0 mph [12 min mile] on level surface) 2
    30 min Walking the dog 2
    Activity POINTS values earned 4

    Keep on keeping on

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    This weekend was pretty low key.  I did laundry, grocery shopped and spent time with Fireman and the kiddies.  My dog got a scratch on his cornea last week, so I didnt want to leave him alone much.  He has to wear a cone on his head most of the time and I feel horrible about it, he just looks so pathetic.  So we’ve been leaving the cone off of his head when we are home with him and can make sure he isnt scratching at his eye.  Poor puppy!

    I ate rather well this weekend.  I didnt track, but I know from years of doing this that I did well with my calories!  I endulged a little for breakfast on Saturday but made sure that lunch and dinner were extra healthy.  The scale is showing good things so far this week, so something must be going right!

    I’m backing off the photo food journal for now, at least through the end of the governments fiscal year.  I’m just so slammed at work that I am worn out once I get home.  I am still packing my breakfasts and lunches though, and tracking every weekday on sparkpeople, so I know I am keeping the food in check.

    Maybe I’ll just post my sparkpeople food journal each day until things start to calm down a bit.

    I know this is a short, post, but I’ve got to get back to the work pile on my desk!

    Tata for now,

    Scale Warfare

    Healthy You Challenge Update

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    With the 6.8 pound loss this week, I am in first place in the office “Fit for the Fourth” Challenge.  I sort of feel like I cheated, since the Allergy meds were likely a huge cause of the weight gain in the first place.  I don’t feel bad enough to back out though, ha!  I’m really enjoying this new challenge, and while it’s a little tedious to count both points and calories, I am learning a lot from the experience!  I’m finding that if I stick to my calorie range (1280-1630) which is supposed to allow me to lose 2 lbs a week, I get in around 28 points a day.  Since counting calories doesn’t allow for the 35 weekly points allowance, I’m giving myself one day “off” each weekend from tracking.  It doesn’t mean I can go ape $hit crazy with food, it just means I have a little more freedom.  So far so good on that approach, should I need to reevaluate I will!

    I am one day away from finishing Seattle Runner Girls 21 Day Challenge to a new habit, and I am proud to say I will finish!  I think in the past I’ve given myself ridiculous goals to accomplish over too long of periods of time, so focusing on just one single task has really helped.  Yesterday I mentioned a couple of ideas for the next 21 days, and Bella emailed me and mentioned I should focus on something health/weight loss related unless my Starbucks habit was seriously out of control.  The reality is, while I go a lot, I do make smart choices when I am there, usually splurging with 1-2 point items.  So I’ve decided that the next 21 days (starting 4/22, ending 5/13) will be spent (drum roll please):

    WEARING MY GOWEAR FIT!  There are a couple of exceptions as to when I will not wear it, there is a wedding that I am going to on 5/1 and the dress wouldn’t allow for it and if any other event comes up that it isn’t feasible with the outfit.  Besides that, that thing will be on me at all times (ok maybe not while sleeping, my arm needs a break!) 

    I already pay for the monthly fee, regardless of if I wear the GoWear Fit, so I think it’ll be motivational to keep up with how I am doing regards to calorie deficits and steps taken.  I’m not going to set any other goals in regards to the GoWear Fit (steps taken, specific calorie deficits, etc) other than to wear it and upload the data daily. 

    Last week I posted my food journal on my Tuesday post, so I think I will do the same today.  Here is my food journal from yesterday.  I know dinner was pretty calorie dense, but I really kept the rest of the day in check.  The calories came in at 1567 and the points at 28.5

    Breakfast

    Egg Whites, Arnold Thin, Small Banana, 2 tbsp Fat Free 1/2 & 1/2, 1 Tbsp Parmesan Cheese (273 Calories or 3.5 Points)

    Lunch

    6″ Turkey on Wheat loaded up with Veggies plus a bag of Lays Baked Sour Cream and Onion Chips (420 Calories or 7.5 Points)

    Dinner

    5 oz cooked sirloin beef steak, 1 cup roasted onions, 1 cup roasted green pepper, 1/2 cup roasted mushrooms, 2 tsp Olive Oil, 1 Tbsp Brummel and Brown spread,  1 1/2 Cups Lundberg Wild/Brown Rice Blend (717 Calories or 14 Points)

    Snacks (Throughout the day)

    1 Light & Fit Yogurt (Strawberry Shortcake) and 1 Small Banana (156 Calories or 3.5 Points)

    I drank 5 Liters of water (I typically drink 3-5 Liters a day)

    I’ve really reduced the number of snacks that I am allowing myself since joining the competition at work.  Mainly because the lower number of calories requires a lower number of points!  I am still getting in most of my Healthy Guidelines everyday, so I am not worried about lacking in any nutritional categories.  Plus my calorie range is pretty broad and some days will hit 33 points and some days will hit 25 or 26, just depends on the quality of the calories that I am consuming.

    Tata for now,

    Scale Warfare

    Healthy You Challenge Update

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    My 21 Day Goal is to follow Seattle Runner Girls 21 Days to a new habit challenge, and it is going REALLY well!  I am on day 13, and I haven’t missed a day of my goal of a minimum of 30 minutes of activity per day.  Yesterday I walked 2.6 miles in 37 minutes.  The weather was just perfect yesterday; I just need the pollen to go away.  I haven’t gotten on my treadmill in weeks, I feel sort of bad for that, but the weather is just too nice to not go out and enjoy it.

    I’m officially off of Zyrtec (see THIS post) so I am hoping to see the weight from that drop off.  I know it wasn’t ALL Zyrtec, I will take responsibility for my part, but I know that I didn’t gain 7.2 pounds in two weeks via a few bad choices.  It’s SO FRUSTRATING to gain that much in two weeks, knowing that it could easily take me 7 weeks to lose that amount.   Between following a bit of a different plan because of the Fit for the Fourth Challenge that I joined at work and being off the allergy meds, hopefully I’ll see a big drop on the scale this coming Saturday!

    Yesterday was my first day on the lower calorie plan, and it came out to 1,368  (range of 1280-1630) calories and 26.5 points (out of my available 33.)  I figured I’d share my food journal from yesterday so you can see how much food I got out of those points!  FYI-I weighed my steak last night (must win the challenge!) and wow was I over estimating what 4 oz of cooked meat looks like!

    Breakfast

    1 tsp Brummell & Brown Spread, 1 Everything Bagel Thin, 3 Egg Whites, 4 Tbsp Fat Free ½ & ½ in 2 cups of coffee,  1 Cup Grapes (4.5 Points or 276 calories)

    Lunch

    2 Cups Lettuce/Spinach Mix, 3 oz Chicken Breast, 2 tsp Olive Oil, 1 Tbsp Red Wine Vinegar, 2 Tbsp Bacon Bits, 2 slices of onion, 1 Tbsp Sunflower Seeds, ¼ C corn (8 Points or 331 Calories)

    Dinner

    4 oz Cooked/Trimmed Filet Mignon, ¼ C Onions Grilled, 1 Medium Baked Potato, 1 Medium Green Pepper Grilled, 1 tsp Olive Oil, 1 Tbsp Brummell & Brown Spread (10 Points or 411 Calories)

    Snacks (Throughout the day)

    1 Dark Chocolate Vita Brownie, Yoplait Strawberry Shortcake Yogurt, Fiber One 90 Calorie Bar, 1 Cup Carrot Sticks (4 Points or 350 Calories)

    I drank 4 Liters of water (I typically drink 3-5 Liters a day)

    Tata for now,

    Scale Warfare

    Weekend Recap and a Change!

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    This weekend has been a doozie!  We were pummled by about 30 inches of snow in the DC Metro area, and we are still digging out.  Guess what?  Another 5-10 inches are coming Tuesday/Wednesday.  As much as I love snow, this is just out of control.  We are 35″ above our annual average, and its only the beginning of February.  This is going to be a long long winter.  Fireman was out with the kids all weekend so I had a lot of alone time, which is both fabulous and not so great all at the same time.

    The good news is that I’ve been racking up the activity points with shoveling.  Did you know that 3 hours of shoveling when you weight approximately 275 pounds is 16 activity points?  Yeah that pretty much rocks.  I’ve been keeping up with Rubenesque Ladies Running and am on track to finish up Week 6 on Thursday of this week.  The bad news?  I’ve been making horrendous eating decisions most days.  Being stuck inside has weakened my resolve, I have been tracking, but the scale is up.  I am out of Flex Points and have dipped into my activity points, which I try to not to do.  I havent been making smart choices, I’ve been making really bad choices.  I have earned a record number of activity points this week (47!) but I don’t think thats going to make up for the bad food choices I’ve been making.  I’m a bit worried that the scale is going to be up this week due to my poor choices, because that’s what happens folks.  You eat poorly, you gain weight.

    One of the big plusses of having this much snow and being stuck inside are the number of wedding projects that I’ve been able to work on!  I’m about 75% done with our invitation assembly, I spent almost 10 hours cutting tissues paper for the tissue pomanders (ugh, it was a LOT of cutting!)  All of these things were nice to work on!  Puts me a little ahead of schedule, which is nice.

    So what is the change?  I can feel myself pulling away from Weight Watchers, which I do whenever I start to get bored and unfocused.  I’ve decided to switch over to Sparkpeople.com for a while to track my calories.  I’m hoping changing how I am tracking will help me to regain my focus.  Between that and starting the Beck Diet book this week, I am making some smart changes.  I will continue to email my journal daily to Bella to help keep me accountable, it will just be in a different format (calories instead of points.) 

    I’ve also started a new page, which you can link to over on the right (see the chick eating the apple), called Scale Warfare Eats where I will post my daily food journals.  Feel free to check it out starting on Wednesday February 10th, since that is when I am making my switch to Sparkpeople.com  I will continue tracking my Weight Watchers points until then.

    Tata for now,

    Scale Warfare

    Two more days of Phase 1…DONE

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    Yesterday’s weight was 271.8, so I’m down 2.4 for the first 5 days on South Beach. Not to shabby. I’m hoping to see at least that much gone again next week. I don’t think I’ll feel productive in this whole journey, until I get back to my lowest point of the year thus far, 264.9. I think then I will feel as though I am again moving in the right direction instead of playing yo yo with my weight.

    I’m really not feeling hungry most of the day, so I have to remind myself to eat all of my meals & snacks. That is probably one of the high lights of South Beach Diet. I am going to start to not eating my evening dessert of ricotta cheese with something mixed in; I’ve been having Sugar Free popsicles instead. I don’t dislike the ricotta desserts, but I’m not always a fan of the texture.

    Lots going on this weekend; Dads Birthday Party, Birthday Party for my friend’s kids & then vineyards on Sunday with some of my girlfriends. Fireman and I were going over our schedule last night and realized that every weekend that we don’t have his kids we have something planned, all of the way through October. I love having things to do on the weekends, but we seriously need to take a break!

    I’ve been asked if I will continue with the photo food journal. The answer is yes, at some point, just not right now. While it is a lot of fun to do, and I love to look at other people’s photo food journals, it does take a lot of work. Right now, at least for the next couple of weeks, I’m focused on making sure that I stick to Phase 1 of South Beach. Perhaps once I get settled into Phase 2, I will be ready to start taking pictures again.

    Food Journals for the last two days…

    Wednesday August 12th

    Breakfast-2 Hard boiled eggs & milk
    Snack-Greek Yogurt w/ cashews & Splenda
    Lunch-Turkey Chili, side salad w/ green & red peppers, feta, cucumber, olives & LF Ranch
    Snack-2 hard boiled eggs
    Snack pre dinner-LF String Cheese
    Dinner-Green beans w/ pancetta, baked chicken w/ avocado & black bean dip.
    Dessert-Ricotta w/ cocoa powder

    Thursday August 13th

    Breakfast-2 Egg Cups (Canadian Bacon, egg, caramelize onions) and a glass of milk
    Snack-Greek yogurt w/ cashews & Splenda
    Lunch-Turkey Chili w/ avocado & black bean salsa and LF cheese
    Snack-Cottage Cheese
    Dinner-Steak w/ pureed cauliflower & glass of milk
    Dessert-2 SF Popsicles

    I hope that everyone has a great weekend!!

    Tata for now,

    Scale Warfare

    South Beach Phase 1 Day 3

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    Things I’ve noticed:

    -I’m very thirsty. I’m a regular water drinker, always have been. I typically drink 4-5 liters of water a day and have found myself drinking 7-8 liters a day.
    -When I originally did South Beach I didn’t think Dairy (milk and yogurt) were allowed. The allowed food list was updated a couple of years ago and now includes Skim, 1% or 2% milk, Non Fat Plain Yogurt, & Non Fat Plain Greek Yogurt, this is seriously making all of the difference in the world.
    -Milk really helps to make me feel fuller. I’ve been drinking 1% after having been a long time skim drinker. I think I’ll go back to Skim, though I’m wondering if the added fat is what is helping me feel more satiated.
    -I need to figure out different things to have for lunch. I love salads, but know that I cant eat a salad everyday for lunch for the next few months!
    -Chili-I’m allowed to have chili!! I have some in the freezer, so I am very excited about this. Since I made it myself, I know the ingredients, and know that there are no added sugars!
    -I’m back to posting more regularly, which seriously helps! Lots of support from you guys.
    -This morning I woke up and my tummy wasn’t growling, that was a nice change!

    Am I craving carbs & sugars? No. Do I think it will always be like this?? No. I know that as soon as someone brings in a birthday cake, I will immediately want some. My Dad’s b-day was yesterday (Happy Birthday Papa Warfare!) and there is a birthday party for him this weekend. There will be cake and I will try to avoid it. I can probably use the excuse of getting ready for wedding dress shopping in 5 months lol. I know I’m going to vineyards on Sunday….luckily no cake there!

    Food Journal Tuesday August 11th, 2009

    Breakfast-Egg Casserole with Feta, Mushrooms, Green Peppers, Onions and a Glass of Milk
    Snack-Non Fat Greek Yogurt & Cashews (added some Splenda-YUMMO!)
    Lunch-Salad with baked chicken, green & red peppers, olives, feta & low fat ranch
    Snack-2 Hard Boiled Eggs, Roasted Chickpeas and then a string cheese about an hour before dinner
    Dinner-Boiled Shrimp, sautéed mushrooms & broccoli
    Dessert-Ricotta with cocoa powder

    Day 3 DONE

    Today I’m having some of my thawed out Turkey Chili for lunch with a small side salad, my mouth is watering!

    Tata for now,

    Scale Warfare