Originally Posted By amazedncal2 I blew it last night too. After 2 full weeks of being totally on point with WW I fell into a vat of Marys Pizza Shack rigatoni and meat sauce accompanied by a salad with full fat dressing. Sigh.....back on point today though
Originally Posted By Tandelothien Well I have just discovered a great weight loss product....FOOD POISONING! I'm watching the numbers on my scale go down hourly, now if only it was remotely fun lol
Originally Posted By KittyPrincess1206 Ohhh, food poisening...good times! Feel better Tandelothien, XOXO!
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon OOOOHHHHHH, I so feel for you Tand.!! I hope you get relief really soon!
Originally Posted By smedley Keep the faith peeps it's all we can do! Well the diet went to the dogs at the weekend, it seems Czech food is not diet friendly whether you intended to be or not Back on point today now that I am back, no doubt be enjoying a detox headache over the next couple of days. Fingers crossed the damage isn't too serious LOL
Originally Posted By mickeymeg I like the idea of mint in water. How do you do it ? Just drop in a few leaves ? Does that give it enough flavour ? I have been at Brownie camp all weekend so I missed weigh in on Saturday and didn't eat as healthy as I would have liked. I did try to keep portion control in mind at least and lead the girls on a big hike so hopefully it will all even out. I am trying not to dwell on it and just start fresh today. Sorry to hear about the food poisoning Tandelothien that doesn't sound like any fun. I hope it passes quickly.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 UGH! Tand, I hope you are feeling a bit better today mickeymeg, you can "muddle" the leaves a bit for more flavor. Put the leaves in with your water, take a spoon and smush the leaves to the bottom of the glass and smush them around a bit to break out the flavor. Then put in ice if you wish. Or you can just tear or bend the leaves to release flavor before you drop them in.
Originally Posted By Tandelothien Thanks for all the well wishes guys, I am feeling much better today. I'm still going to take it easy for one more day and see if I'm up to some gentle exercise tomorrow. Don't beat yourselves up too bad for little slips, remember tomorrow is another day
Originally Posted By Marlin Perkins Glad you're feeling better, Tand. Food poisoning is just awful to have. I got it once while staying in a hotel out of town. That really sucks. Not a suggested way to lose weight. Effective, but not fun. I'm thinking of buying a scale. I haven't weighed myself since I was at the doctor last. I wasn't planning on weighing at all because I think you can drive yourself nuts with the ups and downs of everyday weigh-ins.
Originally Posted By smedley Tand, glad to hear you're feeling better, good plan taking another day before you go back to exercising. Marlin, I think weighing is ok so long as you have a healthy attitude towards it I am back on plan, with a stonking detox headache to pay for the weekend but feeling good other than that LOL! Oh and I weighed and I am up half a pound, given the food and drink over the weekend I am more than happy with that, hopefully be back to pre holiday weight in the next couple of days
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 smedley, stonking is now going to be one of my new words I've never heard that before and I LIKE it Up 1/2 a lb is GREAT, just water weight from salt and all that I'm always too chicken to weigh after a vacation, I usually wait a week so I'm impressed with you that you are willing to go ahead and face it. Marlin, go ahead and get a scale but put it in your closet. You won't be as tempted to weigh too often if it's an effort to do it. I weigh once a week and am never tempted otherwise. DH weighs once or twice a week. I'm bringing dessert to Easter lunch and I'm having the best time with DD looking through old and new recipes and seeing the difference in them. We've decided to make carrot cake cupcakes from scratch with a healthier version recipe. 3 other desserts, all in mini sizes so I can taste everything and not feel like I've gone overboard. I'm still deciding whether to try making a "healthy" version of chocolate cupcakes from scratch. Has anyone ever tried it? You use applesauce instead of some of the oil. Where is mele and all her cookbooks? I hope everyone is having/has a GREAT day, is feeling good/better and we'll take this one day at a time
Originally Posted By Marlin Perkins One good thing about dieting is that I have a greater appreciation for the taste of different foods. When I wasn't dieting, I never stopped and really gave much thought to what I was eating or how it tasted. It's like my senses have come alive. Reasonable though, since a saltine cracker looks like a steak to a starving person.
Originally Posted By smedley *raises her hand* Amazed ask me ask me! I have never made one with applesauce, but I have made the one with beetroot and it was pretty much fabulous Sounds like a great idea to make mini cakes. Let me know if you need the recipe but if you google chocolate beetroot cake it should bring it up, and no it doesn't taste of beetroot just sweet gooey chocolate wonderfulness ;D weighed today and I am now down half a pound from my pre trip weight, yay me!
Originally Posted By Marlin Perkins Congrats Smedley! I just bought a scale today and I think I've lost about 5 lbs. over the past week and a half.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon I've used the "applesauce in place of oil" method myself and it was wonderful. And I've heard of using beetroot but have never done it or know anyone else who has (except now!), so it's good to know it's good. May have to try it...when I just happen to have a beetroot handy. Hahaha...like THAT'S going to happen! Not that I don't like beets! But rarely buy them fresh...they're fairly expensive. Tried growing some last year. We waited until THIS year to pull them up (a couple of weeks ago) and it was all of about an inch and a half big! Really sad. I think we don't have the soil in our garden for them. I know others who have good luck with them. Well, it's food for thought anyway. I "think" I may have lost another pound. I got on the scale this morning and it was hovering around the one lb. loss. But you know how, when you move around a bit, the needle seems to wiggle and you try to not to put the weight on a different area, and it seems a little iffy. But it's a positive feeling for me. And now here comes Easter. I hope I don't blow it.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon Oh, and Marlin Perkins...congrats! That's a fabulous loss for a week and a half! Must have felt great to see that!
Originally Posted By Marlin Perkins <<you know how, when you move around a bit, the needle seems to wiggle and you try to not to put the weight on a different area, and it seems a little iffy.>> That's cute. The scale I had was REALLY bad about that so I never used it anymore. I bought this new one with digital reading which is just like the one I weighed myself on at my parent's home. So, I'm hoping it's accurate.
Originally Posted By KittyPrincess1206 You guys are such an inspiration to me, I really hope to get back on track. These past two days, I've missed the gym, but I've been sticking to the diet better than I thought. Have been busy with checking out cosmetology schools.. but, I'll be hitting the gym super hard tomorrow! Mama T. I know you're gonna be good this Easter Sunday!
Originally Posted By smedley Marlin, that's an awesome loss, way to go Mama T, yup I am with Marlin I have the digital scale too, no wiggling to worry about then I am sure you will do great over Easter, and if not then right back on the wagon afterwards right? Kitty, gym every day isn't the best anyways, good luck on the cosmetology school (is that to become a beautician right?) I don't wear any makeup I am always impressed by people who can apply it Speaking of the gym, I am going to head down there in an hour's time on my lunch break, I am working nights this week, won't do too much, but anything is good right?
Originally Posted By KittyPrincess1206 Smedley, you are wonderful for joining your gym! It always makes me so happy to learn that other LP member are trying to get off their feet! My interview for college went extremely well, I only pray that I can stick with the gym during school. I'm determined.
