Originally Posted By iamsally Everybody on vacation?!!? I am having a bit of trouble with the chocolate. It just keeps calling to me. The only way I can avoid eating too mcuh is to not have any. One bite and I keep nibbling at it all day. Grrrrrrrrr!!!! I have slacked off on the exercise since I was sick. I am well now so have no excuse except for being too lazy. Happy day all;O0
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle I was on vacation! Good luck with the chocolate iamsally! Evening out is good. I was naughty while away on holidays, very very naughty... I started with the intention of at least trying to monitor my intake and my exercise, but I wasn't very good. I was staying at my sister's and I used her treadmill three times over the 6 days I was there. In the meantime, I ate... a lot! We had lots of meals out and when home I tended to snack a lot on chips and chocolate, which I don't usually do. So I was pretty bad and I've put on about 5lbs, but I'm not worried because it should settle down by the end of this week, since I'm being extra-good to try to make up for it. 11 weeks today til my USA trip, so it's a good time to settle in and start getting serious (again!) I'm not back at work til next week but I'm trying to be good at home anyway - I always find it so much easier to eat well when I'm at work and really can't snack throughout the day! (I'm a teacher, so I'm pretty much limited to my morning tea and lunch breaks.) Hope you're all doing better than I am!
Originally Posted By Tandelothien >>Hope you're all doing better than I am!<< That would be a big no I just can't seem to stay on track lately, pizza and chocolate keeps calling me, then I top it all off with a bout of laziness just to compound the calories, lol. I'm going to try my hardest to stay good until my Pops 80th birthday party on the 24th though
Originally Posted By mickeymeg down 3.4 this week ! Woo Hoo ! Now I need to get off my lazy butt and start exercising properly so it doesn't come back
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 We took a "mini trip" last week so I didn't weigh. Our habits have changed dramatically but we still ate things that we wouldn't dream of eating at home. I'm finding desserts are looking more tempting than they have in awhile One of my MD's said that muscle burns more calories and I do have more muscle tone than I've had in YEARS (thank you Wii Fit so I'm hoping that it will help at least a bit Not much going on now for a week or so so I have no excuse to NOT stay on track Congrats mickeymeg!! You are doing GREAT!!! Have a great day everyone!!
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins I've been sabotaging my diet. I've been snacking in between meals on dried fruits and trail mix. High in sugar and calories. I've gained 3 pounds. Must stop self. Must limit food intake and resume diet.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 arggghhhh! I fell into a vat of almonds, pumpkin seeds and dried cranberries this afternoon. They were yummy but I ate WAY too much and I ate them mindlessly. Reminder to self.....you are NEVER allowed to take the whole jar over to the couch with you. Portion control girl, you know the routine!!! I know that at least they were somewhat healthy but a calorie is a calorie when eaten in volume MaryPoppins, I'm going to join you in your resolve
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle Portion control is so important... my sister, her partner and I bought a huuuuge bag of violet crumbles (honeycomb and chocolate) on the weekend and after 2 days of the three of us sitting on the couch they were all gone! Normally I wouldn't eat more than 2 little squares a day but because they were there and soooo delicious I just kept on eating... then we got through a packet of Doritos too. Hmmmm. At least what you were eating was healthy! I was good yesterday though, so hopefully I'm back on track... 8 kg (18lbs) in 11 weeks! I can do that, right?! (2kg of it is just what I put on in the last week, so that shouldn't be too hard to shake, at least.)
Originally Posted By mickeymeg dried fruits and seeds and nuts I find so frustrating. These are all supposed to be good for you, yet they have a ridiculous amount of calories. Things like granola and trail mix should help you not be a temptation you are never allowed to have. On another note there is a bowl of corn pops calling my name in the cupboard. Help me ignore it ! =)
Originally Posted By Tandelothien ^^Ooh that's a hard one. We're lucky they stopped selling those in Australia or I'd be lost
Originally Posted By mickeymeg I was saved by the whiny toddler who refused to go to sleep for 2.5 hours. By the time she finally crashed I was ready for bed too. I guess that is one way to avoid snacking.
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins The calories in seeds, nuts and dried fruits are extremely high. You can only eat about a tablespoon and stay on a diet.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 My nutritionist suggested I eat almonds everyday. When she said 6 almonds is a serving I actually laughed Luckily she did too
Originally Posted By iamsally We eat quite a bit of nuts. It is okay as long as you leave out something else; like chocolate, bacon, brownies etc. The fat IS the *good* kind. When I pack nuts or trail mix and such for a snack I weigh out 1 or 2 ounces, depending, so we cannot overendulge. I have managed to curb the chocolate intake to my one serving in the evening. I was just craving some after every meal. AND giving in to it. Hope all are doing well out there.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 OK, confession time. I weighed today and I am up 2.4 lbs in 2 weeks. I'm not surprised at a gain but 2.4 lbs? So, I "took stock" of the past 2 weeks and found that since I hit the MD's first goal weight for me that I've been slacking. An extra glass of wine, handful of nuts (and the infamous nuts and berries episode) a handful of crackers and a whole Starbucks cookie instead of splitting it with DH and the list goes on and on to add up to 2.4 lbs! We also had Wendys for dinner last night so I'm hoping that the sodium alone there is worth the .4 lbs I hope everyone is having a good day! We can do this!!!
Originally Posted By mickeymeg The salt can be a killer. Drink lots of water and weigh again in a few days. It is annoying how those pesky little sneaks here and there add up. Of course I am saying this having just had 3 very small but very delicious dessert treats myself. I am choosing to ignore them in the tracking process and hope they just magically go away. Think it will work ? I am going to go mow the lawn now to help them disapear.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 WATER!!!! That is what I've also been ignoring. Thanks for the reminder mickeymeg I'm sure mowing the lawn has used up plenty of those dessert calories
Originally Posted By Tandelothien ^^I hear ya. It's been hard to keep up the water intake now it's so cold so I've been drinking lots of green tea which counts towards your water total, speeds up metabolism, takes the edge off hunger and keeps me warm (at least for as long as my hands are wrapped around the hot mug) so it's a win, win, win, win situation
Originally Posted By Tandelothien Oh and I've put back on a couple of kilos this week and I've got my neighbours 60th birthday party today but I'm going to try to be good and will make myself exercise every day this week. Tomorrow Fowley and I are going to go on a long walk with our tubby Beagle, so that should burn maximum calories fighting to hold her back from chasing everything she smells :B
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 ^^Dave calls walking our beagle his "cardio workout" as he tries to drag her away from whatever she decides to stop and sniff. When she puts on her "breaks" her 30 lb. weight becomes 100 lbs or more! Good luck at the birthday party Green tea? Hmmmm, maybe I should make some iced
