Frenchie's Progress

[Frenchie]

Guess I'll go ahead and start my own :-D

Per Traci's suggestion:

Goal: lose 20-25 pounds
Start Date: Monday, January 2, 2006
Personal Challenge: (Kinda vague) Improve toning and overall fitness. Maybe even a bikini this summer!

[Frenchie]

Jan 6 2006 Workout:

Cardio:
Elliptical - 30 min 1.67 miles 313 cal burned
Treadmill - 18 min 1.05 miles 98 cal burned (cool down from weights)

Strength (Equip/Sets/Reps/Weight) -
Back Extension - 3/12 30#
Abdominal - 3/8 50#
Seated Leg Curl - 3/8 40#
Shoulder Press - 3/10 15#
Seated Leg Press - 3/12 50#
Leg Extension - 3/8 45#
Pull Down - 3/10 40#
Calf Extension - 3/10 50#
Glutes - 3/8 45#
Biceps Curl - 3/8 10# (I had major issues with this machine. Think I'll switch to free weights for this)
Triceps Press - 3/8 40#
Assisted Chin-Ups - 3/8 88# assistance

[Frenchie]

Jan 7:
Strider (not sure the right name for it): 35 min , 250 cal burned

[Frenchie]

1st Week Results:
- 5 lbs.

[micaelagb]

:clap:
Yea for 5# down!!

Now I have GOT to start exercising!

[Frenchie]

Okay, I'll be brave like some of the other women on here, and post my weight:

Current: 129
Goal: 105-110

Keep in mind, I'm 4'11". So, I'm not like 5'4" trying to look like a piece of paper from the side! ;-)

[micaelagb]

Keep in mind, I'm 4'11". So, I'm not like 5'4" trying to look like a piece of paper from the side! ;-)

Now you're just trying to make me feel better...

[wat?]

1st Week Results:
- 5 lbs.

Wow. :notworth: Good job, Frenchie!

[violaactuary]

There is a girl on Celebrity Fit Club right now that I think fits that exact profile. Maybe she is 4'10. I think she is 130 trying to get down to the weight you are. Maybe there is something online about the plan they gave her. Sorry I can't remember her name, Countess something.

Keep it up, girl... you rock!

[Frenchie]

There is a girl on Celebrity Fit Club right now that I think fits that exact profile. Maybe she is 4'10. I think she is 130 trying to get down to the weight you are. Maybe there is something online about the plan they gave her. Sorry I can't remember her name, Countess something.

Keep it up, girl... you rock!

Countess Vaughn. I didn't see the show, but I know who she is.

Thanks for the encouragement!

[Frenchie]

Now you're just trying to make me feel better...

lol...did it work? hehehe

[silverfox]

I'm still waiting to see you fit down that chimney.

[Frenchie]

I'm still waiting to see you fit down that chimney.

There! Happy?!?! ;)

That's me exercising!!

[Traci]

Love the new avatar! :)

[Frenchie]

Love the new avatar! :)

Thanks! Silverfox kept nagging me b/c mine was still Christmas! :roll: lol

[Frenchie]

Jan 9 2006 Workout:

Cardio:
Treadmill - 35 min 2.5 miles 260 cal burned

Strength (Equip/Sets/Reps/Weight) -
Back Extension - 3/12 30#
Abdominal - 3/8 50#
Shoulder Press - 3/10 15#
Pull Down - 3/10 40#
Biceps Curl - 2/10, 1/8 10# (Reached muscle fatigue on the last set)
Triceps Press - 3/10 40#
Assisted Chin-Ups - 2/8 88# (assistance), 1/3 88#, 1/5 94# (Reached muscle fatigue on the last set)

All in all, good night though.

[Traci]

Thanks! Silverfox kept nagging me b/c mine was still Christmas! :roll: lol

Yeah - I need to change my sig line too

[m_m]

1st Week Results:
- 5 lbs.
That's amazing. I've been trying (well, not really trying) to lose 5 pounds for months but never succeeded :oops:

Good job!! :tup:

[Frenchie]

That's amazing. I've been trying (well, not really trying) to lose 5 pounds for months but never succeeded :oops:

Good job!! :tup:

Thanks! The first 5 are the easiest (if you've got more than 5 to lose! ;) ) especially if it's just that temp holiday gain. It's the other 15-20 that's gonna be a :swear:

[silverfox]

Or if it's just water. :roll:

[Frenchie]

Slow day at work. Most of the partners are away at clients. The two that are left are either tied up or have nothing for me. My projects are in limbo waiting on further instructions from the owners. I'm feeling a snack attack! Or maybe it's just that it's nearly lunch. I may have to get out of the office for a while. :-(

[violaactuary]

Be Strong!

[Frenchie]

Be Strong!

I came home for lunch and fixed me a LC lasagna. By the time it was ready, I was feeling very nauseous for some reason...I didn't want to eat at all. I made myself eat it though b/c I know I needed to. :exams: Not feeling great right now at all!

[violaactuary]

I came home for lunch and fixed me a LC lasagna. By the time it was ready, I was feeling very nauseous for some reason...I didn't want to eat at all. I made myself eat it though b/c I know I needed to. :exams: Not feeling great right now at all!
Slow your avatar down for the rest of the afternoon... you totally deserve a break.

[Titania]

I came home for lunch and fixed me a LC lasagna. By the time it was ready, I was feeling very nauseous for some reason...I didn't want to eat at all. I made myself eat it though b/c I know I needed to. :exams: Not feeling great right now at all!
Did you not eat enough/get too hungry?

This happens to me often...I don't eat enough and I get woozy, and I get a major stomach ache, and, at that point, even if I eat I still feel sick for a while.

Sometimes if I feel it start to happen I can head it off with a small handful of nuts or a spoonful of peanut butter...a little healthy fat and protein.

Other times I have to take pepto before I feel better.

[Frenchie]

Did you not eat enough/get too hungry?

This happens to me often...I don't eat enough and I get woozy, and I get a major stomach ache, and, at that point, even if I eat I still feel sick for a while.

Sometimes if I feel it start to happen I can head it off with a small handful of nuts or a spoonful of peanut butter...a little healthy fat and protein.

Other times I have to take pepto before I feel better.

No, I was perfectly fine, just ready to snack/eat out of boredom, but I also knew it was time to eat. All of a sudden I just felt like I just wanted nothing to do with food. I'm feeling better now, but I was miserable for a while there...

[Frenchie]

Jan 10 2006 Workout:

Cardio:
Recumbent - 12 min warmup 50 cal 3.7 miles
Arc Trainer - 20 min/200 cal

Strength (Equip/Sets/Reps/Weight) -
Squats (bosu) - 1/20/0#, 1/20/10#
Lunges - 2/20/10#
Plie Suats - 2/20/0#
Hip Abductors - 2/30/40#, 1/20/40#
Chest Press (Smith) - 3/12/45#
Triceps (Ropes/Dips) - 1/15/20#, 1/10/30#, 1/15/0
Abs - 100, 15 (In/Out)
Obliques - 50 (each side)

[wat?]

Jan 10 2006 Workout:

:tup: Awesome, Frenchie! Keep it up!

[Frenchie]

Jan 11

Taking a cue from Roto (http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actuarial_discussion_forum/showthread.php?t=71802) I'm going to start logging my food as well. I don't think I'll be as anal ;) and log time as well, just general purpose of meal.

Breakfast
2 slices light wheat bread (80 cal/.5g fat/5g fiber)
2 scrambled egg whites (50 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice ff/lf? cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 grande black coffee (3? cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Morning Snack
1 Apple Cinnamon Quaker Rice Cake (50 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

hmmmm...what's the RDA for fat intake. Could that cause me to stall out? I hardly eat any fat. I'd say my avg is <10g per day. Is that bad?

Lunch
2 c Spinach (14 cal/0.2g fat/1.3g fiber)
3 tbs Kraft FF Blue Cheese (75 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 oz Athenos Reduced Fat Feta (58 cal/3.8g fat/0.8g fiber)
1/2 med tomato (11 cal/0.1g fat/0.7g fiber)


Exercise
Treadmill: 25 min/197 cal/1.79 miles
Walking (while MM at guitar practice): 1.2 miles/20 min (how many calories should that be? That's about 4 mph, so we'll just say 120)

[Titania]

1 slice ff/lf? cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)


I bought some of this recently, and tried to make a grilled cheese sandwich out of it.

The cheese kind of melted into a plastic consistency. I would not stay in the sandwich, but oozed all over the plate and then cooled into an expoxy-like glue.

Very strange.

I won't be buying that again, unless you know of a good brand (I think I had FF Kraft cheddar singles.)

[Frenchie]

I bought some of this recently, and tried to make a grilled cheese sandwich out of it.

The cheese kind of melted into a plastic consistency. I would not stay in the sandwich, but oozed all over the plate and then cooled into an expoxy-like glue.

Very strange.

I won't be buying that again, unless you know of a good brand (I think I had FF Kraft cheddar singles.)

I know it wasn't Kraft. I think it was Smart Beat or something like that. I'll have to check when I get home. I haven't tried melting it. Usually, I make my eggs at home, and bring the bread and cheese to work. Once I toast the bread, I just put the cheese on it and the heat from that kinda melts it. It was fine by my standards.

[Maine-iac]

Oddly enough, the store brand of fat-free American where I shop is better than the more expensive Kraft. I most use it in omelettes though. In omlettes, melting and oozing is a good thing, and the salsa has a distinct enough taste to offset a rather bland cheese.

For regular cheese consumption, I tend to go with Cabot 75% or 50% fat free. Have to be very careful about portion size, though.

[Frenchie]

Man! I'm feeling it today!!!! My legs are soooo sore! Today will be my easy day....1) because I don't know if my lower half will cooperate with me today 2) guitar practice this evening. Plus, going to take the plunge and get...gulp...starting measurements. The big test, am I brave enough to put them up here. Weight is one thing, measurements are another!

[11pecans]

Man! I'm feeling it today!!!! My legs are soooo sore! Today will be my easy day....1) because I don't know if my lower half will cooperate with me today 2) guitar practice this evening. Plus, going to take the plunge and get...gulp...starting measurements. The big test, am I brave enough to put them up here. Weight is one thing, measurements are another!

measurements? We want pictures.

[Frenchie]

measurements? We want pictures.

Wouldn't want to scare anyone....

[11pecans]

Wouldn't want to scare anyone....

If your scared say your scared.

Im not scared.

[mathjunkie]

Plus, going to take the plunge and get...gulp...starting measurements.


Have you ever been to http://www.mybodycomp.com? You can register for free and they have the body fat calculator where you can enter your measurements. You can even do comparisons between your measurements on different dates to see how far you've come.

[Frenchie]

Have you ever been to http://www.mybodycomp.com? You can register for free and they have the body fat calculator where you can enter your measurements. You can even do comparisons between your measurements on different dates to see how far you've come.

Thanks! I'm too pooped to go through it now, but I will enter the data later. The site looks great. 'Cept for all the friggin' metric measurements! :swear:

[mathjunkie]

Thanks! I'm too pooped to go through it now, but I will enter the data later. The site looks great. 'Cept for all the friggin' metric measurements! :swear:


If you go into your profile, you can change to lbs. and in.

[Frenchie]

If you go into your profile, you can change to lbs. and in.

Cool...thanks!

[Frenchie]

Jan 12

Breakfast
2 slices light wheat bread (80 cal/.5g fat/5g fiber)
1/2 scrambled egg substitute (15 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1/2 scrambled egg white substitute (12.5 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice ff cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 grande black coffee (3? cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice turkey bacon (20 cal/0.5g fat/0g fiber)

Lunch
1 Lean Cuisine Spaghetti & Meatballs (280 cal/4g fat/3g fiber)

Lunch Exercise
Treadmill: 2.85 mi/ 277 cal/ 41 min

Snack
1 lf tortilla (80 cal/0.5g fat/1g fiber)
1 slice ff cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Dinner
1 lf tortilla (80 cal/0.5g fat/1g fiber)
3 oz black beans (28 cal/0g fat/5g fiber)
1 oz salsa (15 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 tbs ff sour cream (12.5 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Evening Exercise
Will enter tomorrow morning...too lazy to go get notebook ;)

As promised

Strength (Equip/Sets/Reps/Weight) -
Bicep Curl (free weights) - 3/12/10#
Pulldown - 3/12/45#
Assisted Chinup - 2/10/16# (plate), 1/5/16#, 1/5/17# (yeah, I crapped out on this..)
Back- 3/12/40#
Deltoid Fly - 1/12/20#, 2/8/30# (barely finished this one)
Abs - 150
Obliques - 50 (each side)
Low Pull - 1/12/20#, 3/12/30#

[silverfox]

Breakfast of champions.

[Frenchie]

Okay, don't jump on me and say "don't get discouraged", cause I'm not. I'm anything but discouraged. But I do have to rant every now and then. My needle on my scale has been stuck in the same place for the past 7-10 days now! :swear: I'm pretty sure the culprit is not enough calories. Yesterday I only netted 634 calories. :yikes: The problem is, I don't even feel hungry at the end of the day. The only reason I even got that high is because at the end, I ate part of a Kit Kat bar just to get calories. This morning, I've started out w/an egg mcmuffin and hasbrown from McDs to give me an extra calorie boost (~400), but I know I'll work off most of that at the gym and won't come close to making up enough by the end of the day. Thus, the stall (or so I believe). Because I don't want to get stuck here, any suggestions?

[Frenchie]

Jan 13

Breakfast
1 McDonald's Egg McMuffin (290 cal/11g fat/2g fiber) :yikes:
1 McDonald's Hashbrown (140 cal/8g fat/2g fiber)

No more fat intake for me today!

Dinner
1 McDonald's Double Cheeseburger (no bun) (300 cal/21g fat/g fiber) :yikes: :yikes:
1 McDonald's Med FF (354 cal/16.9g fat/4.6g fiber)

Okay, so I lied about no more fat. Dang! I'm just pooped and starved. I didn't have lunch (napped through it) and spent 2 hours in the gym. I need sustenance. The wrong kind, I know. I have to hit the grocery store tomorrow. We're all tapped out in the cubbard at home...excuses excuses. Today was a horrible day for me!!

Exercise
Cardio:
Interval Warm-Up (Treadmill) - 136 cal/1.31 mi/20 min
Spinning - 232 cal/30 min

Strength (Equip/Sets/Reps/Weight) -
Triceps Pushdown (Pulley)- 3/10/30#
Triceps Dips - 3/10/16# (plate), 1/7/14#
Shoulder Press - 3/12/15#
Chest Press (Machine)- 3/12/20# (Don't ask me why I took it down so much!)
Fly Press (Pulley) - 3/10/20# (barely finished this one)
Abs - 200, 50 (Legs Up)
Obliques - 50 (each side)

I'm not even going to list my push-ups. That is how I know I've lost all upper body strength! I am so ashamed!! :oops:

[silverfox]

How about you try some jump roping.

[Frenchie]

How about you try some jump roping.

Why? I mean, I'm getting cardio in with my running, plus I do weights, so I'm doing strength and toning as well.

[Traci]

Why? I mean, I'm getting cardio in with my running, plus I do weights, so I'm doing strength and toning as well.

I've heard that when you start exercising (more than what your body is used to) that you tend to retain a little extra water for a bit. But that it goes away after a couple of weeks.

So it's possible that within the next week or so, you could see a more significant drop on the scale.

[Frenchie]

I've heard that when you start exercising (more than what your body is used to) that you tend to retain a little extra water for a bit. But that it goes away after a couple of weeks.

So it's possible that within the next week or so, you could see a more significant drop on the scale.

I'm holding you to that! ;)

[silverfox]

Why? I mean, I'm getting cardio in with my running, plus I do weights, so I'm doing strength and toning as well.

If you do it in the morning for your 10 minute warmup, you will feel your muscles crying for help especially if you use a weighted jump rope. You'll also feel pumped the whole day because you see boxers jump rope on TV and you'll feel like you need to kick some serious butt.

[Frenchie]

If you do it in the morning for your 10 minute warmup, you will feel your muscles crying for help especially if you use a weighted jump rope.
Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not sure how this follows my post. :?

[violaactuary]

Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not sure how this follows my post. :?
Hon, we just love silverfox for who he is and don't ask too many questions.

Your body is adjusting to this new lifestyle. Persistence is rewarded.

[Frenchie]

Hon, we just love silverfox for who he is and don't ask too many questions.

As my best friend used to say to me about my comments when we were roommates freshmen year in college: "I just smile and nod." Hmmm...as a matter of fact, she still says that to me! ;)

[silverfox]

:lol: I feel so loved.

[Frenchie]

:lol: I feel so loved.

Don't worry hon...this much attention from girls is good! :lol:

[Frenchie]

Jan 14

Breakfast
Oatmeal (made with water) - (150 cal/3g fat/4g fiber)
Bowl of coffee....okay, maybe not a bowl, but one big azz cup!

Off to a good start. Also looks like down another pound. YAY ME! Taking MM and friend to movies this afternoon....lunch and both snacks will be movie nachos! Light dinner tonight. Day of rest, maybe, on exercise!

[Frenchie]

The scale says I gained a pound! :crying:
I know, check again tomorrow, but nothing more depressing right now!

[Traci]

The scale says I gained a pound! :crying:
I know, check again tomorrow, but nothing more depressing right now!

Hang in there -- you're body is just adjusting to your exercise routine.

A few more days and the extra water-weight will drop off.

:bighug:

[Frenchie]

Hang in there -- you're body is just adjusting to your exercise routine.

A few more days and the extra water-weight will drop off.

:bighug:

A few more days and I gained back like 2 pounds!!! :swear: Yes, I went off the strictness of my diet this w/e, but still watched what I ate and counted calories and even if I went over 1200, I did not go over 1600 to maintain! WTF!?!

[Gretchen]

A few more days and I gained back like 2 pounds!!! :swear: Yes, I went off the strictness of my diet this w/e, but still watched what I ate and counted calories and even if I went over 1200, I did not go over 1600 to maintain! WTF!?!

I don't know if this is as true for the men or not, but I find that whether/how much I lose varies quite a bit over time (I'm guessing it has to do with where I am in my monthly cycle, but have never paid enough attention to know for sure). So while weekly goals are better than daily, I think monthly are even better. I can't tell you how many times I would hit a weight, keep eating/exercising, but hold on that weight for a couple of weeks. Then all the sudden in a day or two I'd be down 3 or 4 pounds.

So hang in there - I know it's hard to do when you're not seeing much progress. Give things a chance to even out.

[Frenchie]

I don't know if this is as true for the men or not, but I find that whether/how much I lose varies quite a bit over time (I'm guessing it has to do with where I am in my monthly cycle, but have never paid enough attention to know for sure). So while weekly goals are better than daily, I think monthly are even better. I can't tell you how many times I would hit a weight, keep eating/exercising, but hold on that weight for a couple of weeks. Then all the sudden in a day or two I'd be down 3 or 4 pounds.

So hang in there - I know it's hard to do when you're not seeing much progress. Give things a chance to even out.

Yeah, I'm not planning on quitting any time soon, but it also makes me wonder about this PCOS that I'm being tested for. One of the side effects/symptoms are poor/slow metabolism. For the past few years, no matter what I've done, I've never been able to get past this weight. I can try any combination of exercise and diet and it just doesn't budge. I get my test results in a week. All though I don't want to have this, if I do, at least it will give me some insight and perhaps the doc can advise of what I can do to boost the metabolism....

[Frenchie]

Jan 17

Breakfast
2 slices light wheat bread (90 cal/.5g fat/5g fiber)
1/2 scrambled egg substitute (15 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice ff cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 grande black coffee (3? cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice turkey bacon (20 cal/0.5g fat/0g fiber)

Snack
FF Choc Pudding Cup (90 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
.25 Dunkin Donut (90 cal/5g fat/0.3g fiber)

Lunch
1.5 c spinach (7 cal/0.1g fat/0.7g fiber)
1/2 med tomato (11 cal/0.1g fat/0.7g fiber)
1/2 oz lf feta (29 cal/1.9g fat/0.4g fiber)
1/2 c chicken (90 cal/2.5g fat/0g fiber)
2 tbsp ff ranch (50 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Exercise
Cardio:
Treadmill - 35 min / 2.7 mi / 285 cal

Dinner
3 oz salmon (156 cal/9.2g fat/0g fiber)
3 oz asparagus (17 cal/0.1g fat/1.8g fiber)
1 c carrots (50 cal/0.3g fat/3.4g fiber)

[Allie]

could it be a gain of muscle weight? After all, muscle does weigh more than fat......

What is PCOS?

[Frenchie]

could it be a gain of muscle weight? After all, muscle does weigh more than fat......

What is PCOS?

Poly cystic ovarian syndrome. I've had a history of problems, so now they're testing....~4 surgeries and 10 years later :roll:

[Traci]

I get my test results in a week. All though I don't want to have this, if I do, at least it will give me some insight and perhaps the doc can advise of what I can do to boost the metabolism....

If you get any great ideas let me know. My metabolism has also been slowed by medication - and it sucks, let me tell ya! :)

[Traci]

(I'm guessing it has to do with where I am in my monthly cycle,

Good point, Frenchie - are you PMSing? and retaining some extra water?

[Frenchie]

Good point, Frenchie - are you PMSing? and retaining some extra water?

Last week, I attributed my maintaining to that, but that's over, so I was expecting to see a pound or two drop off...not a gain....

[violaactuary]

You are doing great- keep it up :) :bighug:

[Frenchie]

You are doing great- keep it up :) :bighug:

Thanks!

[persephone_ashes]

i'll start chasing you around the office!

[silverfox]

Me too!

[Frenchie]

i'll start chasing you around the office!
:lol:

Don't you think our bosses think we're silly enough. I can see us running past their offices.

[Frenchie]

Jan 18

Breakfast
2 slices light wheat bread (90 cal/.5g fat/5g fiber)
1 scrambled egg substitute (30 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice ff cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 grande black coffee (3? cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice turkey bacon (20 cal/0.5g fat/0g fiber)
1 med banana (105 cal/0.4g fat/3.1g fiber)


Exercise
Cardio:
Treadmill - 35 min / 2.52 mi / 260 cal
Arctrainer - 20 min / 0.94 mi / 192 cal

Strength (Equip/Sets/Reps/Weight) -
Squats (Bosu) - 2/20/20#
Lunges - 2/20/20# - ea leg
Plie - 1/20/20#
Leg Press - 1/7/50#, 1/12/50#, 3/12/55#
Abs - 150, 50 legs up
Oblique - 50 ea side
Snack
Apple Cinnamon Rice Cake (50 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Lunch
1.5 c spinach (7 cal/0.1g fat/0.7g fiber)
1/2 med tomato (11 cal/0.1g fat/0.7g fiber)
1/2 oz lf feta (29 cal/1.9g fat/0.4g fiber)
1/2 c chicken (90 cal/2.5g fat/0g fiber)
3 oz asparagus (17 cal/0.1g fat/1.8g fiber)
1 c carrots (50 cal/0.3g fat/3.4g fiber)
2 tbsp ff ranch (50 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Dinner
1 McDonald's Cheeseburger (310 cal/12g fat/1g fiber)
1 Medium McDonald's FF (354 cal/16.9g fat/4.6g fiber)
1 Honey Maid LF Graham Cracker (60 cal/0.8g fat/0.5g fib

[silverfox]

Your breakfasts are awesome.

[11pecans]

Frenchie, the mayor wants a chocolate new orleans. Maybe we should help him. You wanna help me with that?

[Frenchie]

Jan 19

Breakfast
3/4 c oatmeal (233 cal/3.8g fat/6.0g fiber)
1 med banana (105 cal/0.4g fat/3.1g fiber)


Exercise
Cardio:
Treadmill - 25 min / 1.76 mi / 184 cal
Arctrainer - 30 min / ??? mi / 294 cal

Strength (Equip/Sets/Reps/Weight) -
Stairmaster - 10 min warmup
Delt Fly - 3/10/15#
Bicep Curl - 3/12/10#
Hammer Curl - 3/12/10#
Lat Pulldown - 3/12/45#
Upright Row - 3/12/5# (don't know how much the bar weight, but suspect at least 10#)
Asst Chinup - 3/10/16 plate
Low Pull - 2/12/30#, 1/12/35#
Abs - 200, 50 (Legs Up)
Obliques - 50 (each side)

Snacks
2 Rice Cakes (80 cal/0g fat/1g fiber)
1 FF Choc Pudding (90 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Lunch
1.5 c spinach (7 cal/0.1g fat/0.7g fiber)
1/2 oz lf feta (29 cal/1.9g fat/0.4g fiber)
1/2 c chicken (90 cal/2.5g fat/0g fiber)
2 tbsp ff ranch (50 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Dinner
Chicken/Rice Casserole (210 cal/3g fat/0g fiber)

[Frenchie]

So why am I making NO progress?!?!? :swear: As a matter of fact, this morning, my pants were tighter than normal!!

[Mr. Grim]

maybe you are building muscle?

[ShebaPoe]

Frenchie (and others)

I sort of perused this thread. Just wanted to share a few thoughts with you

(I've worked as a trainer and have been a competitive college level athlete... I know enough about this stuff to be dangerous)

1 - Don't trust the calorie measurements on the ellipticals or the treadmill or related devices. They're not accurate.

2 - When you are on the treadmill, you will achieve considerable increase in real caloric burn if you increase the incline at which you walk / run.

3 - Don't worry too much about day to day weight or the way clothes fit.

4 - Your body adjusts to new routines, so when you "shock" it by changing (in your case, adding exercise) it takes a little time to "figure out" what is going on. Your body tends to hold on to weight during these periods. With time (and the amount of time is different for all of us) you will adjust to a new routine and weight loss will follow.

As has been said above, persistence is the key. Continued good luck!

[Frenchie]

Frenchie (and others)

I sort of perused this thread. Just wanted to share a few thoughts with you

(I've worked as a trainer and have been a competitive college level athlete... I know enough about this stuff to be dangerous)

1 - Don't trust the calorie measurements on the ellipticals or the treadmill or related devices. They're not accurate.

2 - When you are on the treadmill, you will achieve considerable increase in real caloric burn if you increase the incline at which you walk / run.

3 - Don't worry too much about day to day weight or the way clothes fit.

4 - Your body adjusts to new routines, so when you "shock" it by changing (in your case, adding exercise) it takes a little time to "figure out" what is going on. Your body tends to hold on to weight during these periods. With time (and the amount of time is different for all of us) you will adjust to a new routine and weight loss will follow.

As has been said above, persistence is the key. Continued good luck!

Thanks for the input Matt. I've worked with two trainers in the past very extensively. Not 1-800-Get Certified trainers, but trainers with degrees and extensive background in sports fitness, physiology, etc. I know what to expect in terms of weight loss, muscle gain, plateaus, etc for my body. That is why I am concerned. I am not going out there expecting an overnight change, but seeing no change, in just about every area is not good.

1) I know they're not accurate, but they are a guideline and I don't try to "replace" those calories during the day, they're gone....so even still, it's calories being burned.

2) I do add an incline, right now it's small b/c I don't want to poop out on it, but I'm gradually increasing my speed and incline.

3) It's not a day-to-day concern, it's a 3 week stagnation that has me worried. I have been down this road before and it's a concern (combined with the health factors) that I may not be able to get past this point on my own unless I figure out medically what may be holding me back.

4) I have worked out fairly regularly over the past 3 or 4 years. Most recently, I took a 2-3 month break after summer and during the move. Yes, each time I've had a break for some time period, it has taken a bit to get my body on track, but it has never been 3 weeks of no change. It's usually slow going at first and then it picks up. I know my body and I know something is wonky....


Anyways, I'm not planning on quitting or anything. Just frustrated that nothing at all is happening! :crying:

[Frenchie]

Having a bad day. :-( Well, not eating-wise. I'm too much in a funk to post my breakfast, but it was a healthy one. I need motivation to at least do my spinning class tonight, if nothing else. Right now, I'm not "feeling it". *sigh*

[annabel lee]

Hang in there, Frenchie. What a great way to start off the weekend - a spinning class to make you feel powerful and strong! I know you're frustrated at not seeing results -- but every time you work out, you're doing fantastic things for your body -- making you healthier and stronger, even if you can't see it just yet.

[MNBridge]

McDonalds is the devil!!! Stay away from that crap!

Rent: Super Size Me!!!!

[Loner]

So why am I making NO progress?!?!? :swear: As a matter of fact, this morning, my pants were tighter than normal!!

Frenchie, not ot be indiscreet, but could it simply be that your ...uh...time of the month might have something to do with it? In which case, don't worry about it?

[Titania]

Having a bad day. :-( Well, not eating-wise. I'm too much in a funk to post my breakfast, but it was a healthy one. I need motivation to at least do my spinning class tonight, if nothing else. Right now, I'm not "feeling it". *sigh*
Stick with it!

Progress isn't a straight line with this stuff, but you know that!

Just will yourself to get to that class, do it for 10 minutes, and if you feel like stopping then, OK. Chances are that little endorphin boost will keep you there for the whole thing.

Then you'll have earned a yummy light dinner, and will feel great about yourself!

[Frenchie]

Frenchie, not ot be indiscreet, but could it simply be that your ...uh...time of the month might have something to do with it? In which case, don't worry about it?

No, that was a week or two ago....so that's not it. I have no idea what is preventing any change whatsoever! And with other issues I'm having now on top of this, I'm so in a grumpy mood today! What a way to start what's supposed to be such a nice weekend! bah humbug!:roll2:

[Frenchie]

Oh, and thanks everyone for encouragement. I'm getting out of here at 4 so I can make sure I get to my class (Friday's are half-day at the office, so what am I doing here? lol)

[silverfox]

Shouldn't Seph be pushing you.

[Frenchie]

She's gone home already...

[persephone_ashes]

She's gone home already...

yup, i went home to cough up a lung!

[silverfox]

You should try selling it on ebay.

[LoneGirl]

So why am I making NO progress?!?!? :swear: As a matter of fact, this morning, my pants were tighter than normal!!

Maybe this has already been suggested, but perhaps you're not eating enough calories? If you eat too little, it'll slow your metabolism and actually cause you to stop losing and may even make you gain. I've heard that you should never go below 1200 calories or else it'll hurt your metabolism. I watched "Celebrity Fit Club" this weekend and one of the contestants had this issue. The prior week, she ate less than 1200 calories and was so disappointed when she didn't lose any weight. This week, she admitted that she ate a little more and even had a slice of cake, and she was shocked when she got on the scale and had lost 5 pounds! Not saying you should start eating cake everyday......but maybe just up your caloric intake a bit?

[Frenchie]

Maybe this has already been suggested, but perhaps you're not eating enough calories? If you eat too little, it'll slow your metabolism and actually cause you to stop losing and may even make you gain. I've heard that you should never go below 1200 calories or else it'll hurt your metabolism. I watched "Celebrity Fit Club" this weekend and one of the contestants had this issue. The prior week, she ate less than 1200 calories and was so disappointed when she didn't lose any weight. This week, she admitted that she ate a little more and even had a slice of cake, and she was shocked when she got on the scale and had lost 5 pounds! Not saying you should start eating cake everyday......but maybe just up your caloric intake a bit?

Yeah, I am pretty sure this may have something to do with it, b/c I know that I barely reach 1200 as it is, and on top of that, I lose some of that at the gym. Even so, in the past, this was an issue once I had already made some progress. Now, it's from the get-go, which is odd. Usually at the beginning, it hasn't been a problem since I had been eating more than enough calories before, so my body was not "starving". At any rate, I still think something is up w/my body. I just have that feeling, you know when you just know something is out of whack. So, what better time to get an annual physical? I'm going Wednesday..we'll see. Meantime, I press on...

[Frenchie]

Jan 23

Breakfast
French Toast (135 cal/1.5g f/15g fiber)
1 scrambled egg substitute (30 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
2 slice turkey bacon (40 cal/1g f/?0 fiber)

Exercise
Cardio:
Treadmill - 35 min / 2.77 mi / 278 cal


Snacks
2 Rice Cakes (90 cal/1g fat/0g fiber)
5 pretzel sticks (110 cal/?g fat/?g fiber)


Lunch
1.5 c spinach (7 cal/0.1g fat/0.7g fiber)
1/2 oz lf feta (29 cal/1.9g fat/0.4g fiber)
1/2 c chicken (90 cal/2.5g fat/0g fiber)
2 tbsp ff ranch (50 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)


Dinner
1 c Shrimp Creole (146 cal/3g fat/5g fiber)
1/2 c brown rice (150 cal/1g fat/1g fiber)

Had a good w/e too. Not too much extra snacking, even still, stayed w/in caloric range. No exercise. I was lazy!

[Frenchie]

Totally forgot to post yesterday, but typical day. Low calorie meals, got my veggies and dairy in. Ran my 2.5 miles or so.

Had my doctor's appt this morning. Got a physical and such. If one more person tells me I'm getting old, I'm gonna strangle someone! I'm 31!!!! Anyways, she's going to pick up where my quack-doctor in CT left off. My blood work results that I got from him (but he never explained) showed my Cholesterol was up and my white blood cell count was down. Plus, I have an "inflamed" left thyroid (another thing that happened before and doctor wasn't on top of it, and I let it go by the wayside). At any rate, more poking and prodding to come. :yawn:

Jan 25

Breakfast
1 c oatmeal (147 cal/2.3g fat/4.0g fiber)
1/4 bagel (90 cal/0.5g fat/0.8g fiber)
1/4 med banana (26 cal/0.1g fat/0.8g fiber)
(No, I'm not that anal about my calories. It was member apprec day at gym, so grabbed a snack on the way out before heading to the doctor.)

Exercise
Treadmill: 34 min/2.77 mi/277 cal

Lunch
2 c Shrimp Creole (300 cal/6g fat/10g fiber)
1/2 c brown rice (150 cal/1g fat/1g fiber)

Snack
Dannon Light N Fit Yogurt (80 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Dinner
McDonald's Cheeseburger (hey, I moved down from having a dbl!) (310 cal/12g fat/1g fiber)
Med Fry (354 cal/16.9g fat/4.6g fiber)

Man, I gotta give up my Wed treat...or find something not so bad!

[silverfox]

Lunch
2 c Shrimp Creole
1/2 c brown rice

:drool:

[SykoChikka]

:drool:

That's probably why you're so underweight, foxy...Coz instead of eating the food, all you do is drool at food all day without eating a thing...

[Frenchie]

Jan 26

Breakfast
1 bagel (289 cal/1.7g fat/2.4g fiber)
2 tbs lf veg (this is a guess, I wiped off about 3/4 of what the guy spread on my bagel!) (46 cal/3.5g fat/0g fiber)

Lunch
1 slice pumpkin bread (I have no idea, someone brought it in...couldn't resist. Still gotta resist the choc in there when I go back to make my salad!)
1.5 c spinach (7 cal/0.1g fat/0.7g fiber)
1/2 oz lf feta (29 cal/1.9g fat/0.4g fiber)
2 tbsp ff ranch (50 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Exercise
treadmill: 35 min/288 cal/2.36 mi (10 min off - 12% incline, 3.8 mph; 10 min on - 1% incline, 4.8 mph; 5 min off - same; 5 min on - b/t 0 & 2% incline and 5.1 - 5.3 mph)
arctrainer: 35 min/350 cal (Interval, level 2, ~136 strides per min)

Dinner & Snack
I was STARVING when I got home....
Suppermates(?) - 1/4 lb chicken breast & Stuffing (300 cal/8g fat/?g fiber)
Fiber One w/Skim - 2 bowls (400 cal/4g fat/56g fiber!!!!)

Okay, I overdid it on the snacking, but even with all this food, I still just hit 1200 calories before deducting calories burned! Also, I'm severely lacking in the strength dept this week. Gotta work it in at home. Time to drag out the weights.

[Gretchen]

Plus, I have an "inflamed" left thyroid (another thing that happened before and doctor wasn't on top of it, and I let it go by the wayside). At any rate, more poking and prodding to come. :yawn:

Thyroid issues can definitely affect weight. Maybe if they get that taken care of, you'll be able to see a little more progress...

[LoneGirl]

Thyroid issues can definitely affect weight. Maybe if they get that taken care of, you'll be able to see a little more progress...

I don't have a thyroid problem, but I do have a hormonal deficiency that I think contributed to my 30 pound weight gain in college. True, I did develop bad eating habits in college, but the medication I went on didn't help things. It made me tired and moody, which I think just made me eat more and exercise less. Fortunately, I found a specialist that adjusted the dosage of my medication and it made all the difference in the world. I was able to lose the weight and I felt much better. My point is, if you have any underlying health issue or take prescription medication, I think it's definitely worth talking to your doctor about how it may be affecting your weight. I feel for you Frenchie - underlying problems are a real bummer!

[Frenchie]

Jan 27

Breakfast
Oatmeal - (175 cal/3g fat/4g fiber)
1/2 slice of some kind of bread from break room - (100 cal)


I gotta go shopping this w/e. Outta bread and cheese. Need to start having my sandwiches for breakfast again. No more out of control snacking today!

[Frenchie]

Suddenly, I'm not feeling the urge to work out. I just want to go home and crawl into bed!

[silverfox]

You should actually get some rest, but continue with your healthy eating.

[Frenchie]

You should actually get some rest, but continue with your healthy eating.

Yeah. I've decided the Internet is evil. I've diagnosed myself with several very bad diseases thus far! :crying:

My mom told me not to tell my dad, b/c he will be a wreck all weekend!

[Frenchie]

Jan 30

Breakfast
1 oatmeal raisin bagel (236 cal/0.5g fat/0.8g fiber)
1 med banana (105 cal/0.4g fat/3.1g fiber)
1 Danon Light N Fit Yogurt (80 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Exercise
Treadmill: 35 min/1.90 mi/177 cal
Arc Trainer: 35 min/388 cal

Lunch
1.5 c peas(202 cal/0.5g fat/13.2g fiber)

Dinner
1 c shrimp creole(150 cal/3g fat/5g fiber)
0.5 c brown rice (150 cal/1g fat/1g fiber)

Snack
1 serving bite size Tostitos (117 cal/1g fat/2g fiber)
1 Quaker Chewy Bar (120 cal/4g fat/1g fiber)
1 Bowl Honey Bunches of Oats (120 cal/1.5g fat/2g fiber)
1c skim milk (91 cal/0.6g fat/0g fiber)
bad day for me :(

[Frenchie]

Jan 31
Family Fun Night at MM's school. Cold Stone Creamery will be there! YUMMY!!!
Hopefully they'll have their sinless sweet cream, or whatever it is.
Breakfast
.5 c oatmeal (150 cal/3g fat/4g fiber)
1 nectarine (60 cal/0.4g fat/2.3g fiber)
1 oatmeal raisin bagel (236 cal/0.5g fat/0.8g fiber)

Exercise
Arc Trainer: 35 min/410 cal

Lunch
2 c spinach (10 cal/0.1g fat/0.7g fiber)
1 oz lf feta (60 cal/1.9g fat/0.4g fiber)
2 tbsp ff ranch (50 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Dinner
2 bowls Honey Bunches of Oats (240 cal/3g fat/4g fiber)
1 c skim milk (91 cal/0.6g fat/0g fiber)

Snack
1 Cheddar Rice Cake (45 cal/0.5g fat/0g fiber)
Vanilla ice cream (have no idea!)
2 pc lf bread (90 cal/1g fat/10g fiber)
1 pc ff cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

[Gretchen]

Jan 30

Breakfast
1 oatmeal raisin bagel (236 cal/0.5g fat/0.8g fiber)
1 med banana (105 cal/0.4g fat/3.1g fiber)
1 Danon Light N Fit Yogurt (80 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Exercise
Treadmill: 35 min/1.90 mi/177 cal
Arc Trainer: 35 min/388 cal

Lunch
1.5 c peas(202 cal/0.5g fat/13.2g fiber)

Dinner
1 c shrimp creole(150 cal/3g fat/5g fiber)
0.5 c brown rice (150 cal/1g fat/1g fiber)

Snack
1 serving bite size Tostitos (117 cal/1g fat/2g fiber)
1 Quaker Chewy Bar (120 cal/4g fat/1g fiber)

bad day for me :(

Your definition of bad is sure different than mine! You had only 1160 calories (probably a little TOO low), and 10.4 grams of fat (also pretty darn low); plus you exercised for over an hour.

I think you need to decrease your expectations of yourself a little bit. (And probably eat a bit more for lunch - maybe add a few more fruits and vegetables ...)

[Pillow]

How do you not get any hungrier with only 1 1/2 cups of peas???? Wow...

[Frenchie]

Your definition of bad is sure different than mine! You had only 1160 calories (probably a little TOO low), and 10.4 grams of fat (also pretty darn low); plus you exercised for over an hour.

I think you need to decrease your expectations of yourself a little bit. (And probably eat a bit more for lunch - maybe add a few more fruits and vegetables ...)

Yeah, I made the comment about bad day before I added up my calories. :oops:

Yesterday was a bad day with food cause I had the test at the hospital, so I didn't eat my "real" breakfast till nearly 11. By time lunch came around, I wasn't hungry. When I got hungry, it was close to 4, so I ended up only having the veggies from my lunch. The shrimp creole was all veggies. Shrimp and tomatoes, and other various veggies chopped up in it, so I got some in there. I know my caloric intake, in general, is on the low side considering how much I burn off, but no matter what, I'm having a hard time upping it! I did get more fruit at the store this w/e. The prices have been so high, I just couldn't do it. But there was a great sale at Publix. Plus, I found a fruit stand I'll have to check out next weekend. I'll find the right balance eventually!!! HOPEFULLY!!

[Gretchen]

Yeah, I made the comment about bad day before I added up my calories. :oops:

Yesterday was a bad day with food cause I had the test at the hospital, so I didn't eat my "real" breakfast till nearly 11. By time lunch came around, I wasn't hungry. When I got hungry, it was close to 4, so I ended up only having the veggies from my lunch. The shrimp creole was all veggies. Shrimp and tomatoes, and other various veggies chopped up in it, so I got some in there. I know my caloric intake, in general, is on the low side considering how much I burn off, but no matter what, I'm having a hard time upping it! I did get more fruit at the store this w/e. The prices have been so high, I just couldn't do it. But there was a great sale at Publix. Plus, I found a fruit stand I'll have to check out next weekend. I'll find the right balance eventually!!! HOPEFULLY!!

Or, what I do if I find days that I'm actually a little low - use the opportunity to treat myself to a decent sized bowl of low fat ice cream. Helps make the whole diet thing much more bearable when I can have those treats sometimes!

[Frenchie]

Or, what I do if I find days that I'm actually a little low - use the opportunity to treat myself to a decent sized bowl of low fat ice cream. Helps make the whole diet thing much more bearable when I can have those treats sometimes!


Oooh..that reminds me, I had a bowl of cereal as a snack last night. That's another couple hundred calories with the milk! :D

[hershey220]

I have a question about eating too few calories. I usually aim at about 1200 like Frenchie and I've heard that going too low can slow down your metabolism...is this true? I know if you do it once it can throw your body into "starvation" mode and it slows down and increases your chances to binge later, but if you do it on a regular basis, does your metabolism go back to normal?

[Gretchen]

I have a question about eating too few calories. I usually aim at about 1200 like Frenchie and I've heard that going too low can slow down your metabolism...is this true? I know if you do it once it can throw your body into "starvation" mode and it slows down and increases your chances to binge later, but if you do it on a regular basis, does your metabolism go back to normal?

I don't know the answer to that for sure, but I think it is no. When I started working on my weight, I was working with a nutritionist. She told me not to go below 1200 calories per day because my body would go into starvation mode. And when I met with her on subsequent visits, she looked at averages for the week - so I'm guessing that she meant don't go below the 1200 on average at all - keep it above that point.

So I've actually made sure that I'm over 1200 every day, although some days just barely. (If I get to the end of the day and I'm a little under, a glass of skim milk, or perhaps a Hershey's kiss, will get me over). I haven't actually checked my weekly average for awhile, but it's probably closer to 1400, with sometime being even a little higher. But it's been enough to lose 58 pounds.

While everyone is different, I think you're better off not trying to go too low - it's likely counterproductive to your metabolism, and also doesn't really leave room for the occasional treat, which makes it really hard to stick to your plan longer term.

[LoneGirl]

I always try to eat around 1500 calories a day (keep in mind I'm about 5'9", so I probably need more calories that someone who is for example, 5'2"). I saw a formula once that said I needed around 1800 calories to maintain my weight. So, I figure 1500 calories a day, plus exercise, gives me a good deficit for the day. The weight loss is gradual, but it is a plan I can stick with. If I eat only 1200 calories a day, I'm absolutely starving and can't function.

[Frenchie]

I always try to eat around 1500 calories a day (keep in mind I'm about 5'9", so I probably need more calories that someone who is for example, 5'2"). I saw a formula once that said I needed around 1800 calories to maintain my weight. So, I figure 1500 calories a day, plus exercise, gives me a good deficit for the day. The weight loss is gradual, but it is a plan I can stick with. If I eat only 1200 calories a day, I'm absolutely starving and can't function.

Yeah, the 1200 (for me at least) comes from the fact that I am only 4'11", so my ideal range is 1600. To lose the pound a week, it would actually be 1100 calories/day, but as we've discussed, we're not supposed to go below 1200.

[Gretchen]

Yeah, the 1200 (for me at least) comes from the fact that I am only 4'11", so my ideal range is 1600. To lose the pound a week, it would actually be 1100 calories/day, but as we've discussed, we're not supposed to go below 1200.

Your ideal range is 1600 calories per day, but what is the range to support current weight? It's the deficit from THAT that will drive the weight loss. So for example, if your current weight requires 1800 to maintain, then a 1200 calorie diet means a 600 deficit, or a little more than a pound a week. Of course, as you get closer to your ideal weight, the deficit decreases, as does the rate of weight loss.

I know it's frustrating, but losing less than a pound a week is better in the long run than slowing the metabolism to where you can't lose at all!

[Frenchie]

Your ideal range is 1600 calories per day, but what is the range to support current weight? It's the deficit from THAT that will drive the weight loss. So for example, if your current weight requires 1800 to maintain, then a 1200 calorie diet means a 600 deficit, or a little more than a pound a week. Of course, as you get closer to your ideal weight, the deficit decreases, as does the rate of weight loss.

I know it's frustrating, but losing less than a pound a week is better in the long run than slowing the metabolism to where you can't lose at all!

Yeah, that's what I meant. It's 1600 to maintain. Which, in my eyes/mind, is ideal. I mean, once you either gain or lose the weight you want to, your ideal is to maintain that weight. Therefore, the 1200 is the deficit from my maintaining caloric intake. Believe me, I know about all this. I've done my research, asked the professionals, etc. I've lost the weight before, but then I just kinda hit a wall. I know my caloric intake right now is not ideal, but I'm working on that. Hey, I just had a bagel b/c I know I hadn't even hit positive calories for the day yet! :D

[Frenchie]

Feb 1

Breakfast
2 pc lf bread(90 cal/1g fat/10g fiber)
0.5c egg sub (60 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice ff cheese(25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
3 pc turkey bacon (60 cal/1.5g fat/0g fiber)

Exercise
Arc Trainer: 30 min/1.63 mi/361 cal
Treadmill: 20 min/1.22 mi/131 cal

Lunch
Grilled Chix Salad w/FF Rasb Vinagrette (sp?)....I'm gonna err on the side of caution and say 300 calories

Dinner
McDonald's Cheeseburger (310 cal/12g fat/1g fiber)
Med Fry (354 cal/16.9g fat/4.6g fiber)

Snack
1 med banana (105 cal/0.4g fat/3.1g fiber)
Dannon Light N Fit Yogurt (60 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 FF Choc Pudding (90 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
Fun Size Butterfinger (100 cal/4g fat/0g fiber)

[Frenchie]

Feb 3

Breakfast
French Toast w/eggs and bacon:
3 pc lf bread(135 cal/1.5g fat/15g fiber)
0.75c egg sub (90 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
3 pc turkey bacon (60 cal/1.5g fat/0g fiber)
1c strawberries (50 cal/0.5g fat/2.9g fiber)

Exercise
Arc Trainer: 30 min/1.55 mi/323 cal
Treadmill: 20 min/1.31 mi/161 cal

Lunch
1 Boca Burger (100 cal/1g fat/?g fiber) <-- I have to check this when I get home. The website doesn't list any burgers w/this content, but I think mine are a bit bigger. I got them at Costco. Maybe those are about 25% bigger or something....
2 pc lf bread (90 cal/1g fat/10g fiber)
1 pc ff cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 Cheddar rice cake (45 cal/0.5g fat/0g fiber)
1 ff van pudding cup (90 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Exercise
Arc Trainer: 20 min/0.88 mi/220 cal
Treadmill: 30 min/1.22 mi/271 cal
(yeah, I went back. MM begged to go so what the heck..)

Dinner
2 pc lf bread (90 cal/1g fat/10g fiber)
1 pc ff cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 Cheddar rice cake (45 cal/0.5g fat/0g fiber)

Snack
2 bowls Honey Bunches of Oats (240 cal/3g fat/4g fiber)
1 c skim milk (91 cal/0.6g fat/0g fiber)
Fun Size Butterfinger (100 cal/4g fat/0g fiber)

[annabel lee]

Frenchie, what brand of bread do you buy? I looked at every bag of bread in my supermarket last night, and there were none that were low-cal, low-fat, and high-fiber. (I could find high fiber, but it was 1.5 g fat per slice...the low-fat ones had only about 3 g fiber.)

[Frenchie]

Frenchie, what brand of bread do you buy? I looked at every bag of bread in my supermarket last night, and there were none that were low-cal, low-fat, and high-fiber. (I could find high fiber, but it was 1.5 g fat per slice...the low-fat ones had only about 3 g fiber.)

lf whole wheat. Usually, if it's in stock, I buy the Publix (local grocery) brand b/c it's less calories per slice (40 vs 45). This time, I'm not sure which brand I ended up with. But, I always by the lf whole wheat.

[Allie]

lf whole wheat. Usually, if it's in stock, I buy the Publix (local grocery) brand b/c it's less calories per slice (40 vs 45). This time, I'm not sure which brand I ended up with. But, I always by the lf whole wheat.


I've also found the Sara Lee whole bread to have higher fiber -- it's the 45 cal/slice but 5 gm fiber/serving which is 2 slices. I was told that the key is that it truely is whole wheat, not enriched wheat flour. Look at the first ingredient & if it's whole wheat and not enriched, it should have a higher fiber count.

[silverfox]

Why do bagels have so much protein? Is there dead animal in it?

[Maine-iac]

eggs, I think.

[Frenchie]

Feb 3

Breakfast
1 Cin Raisin Bagel (230 cal/1g fat/2g fiber)

Exercise
Treadmill: 35 min/283 cal/2.18 mi (8% incline w/a few bursts of running for 1 min)
Elliptical: 30 min/350 cal
Treadmill: 18 min/153 cal/1 mi (just kinda a cooldown from the elliptical)

Lunch
Suppermates(?) - 1/4 lb chicken breast & Stuffing (300 cal/8g fat/?g fiber)

Dinner

Snack
5 pretzel sticks (110 cal/?g fat/?g fiber)

[Frenchie]

It's stormy weather here...like flash flood...I'm going home and taking a nap and skipping the gym altogether today. I plan to go for a 9 AM step class tomorrow. I'm sure I'll feel guilty later, but I'll fight the urge! Actually, I think it might be good for my body to allow the calories to catch up. Maybe that'll spur a weight loss this w/e!!

[Klaymen]

Snack
1 Cheddar Rice Cake (45 cal/0.5g fat/0g fiber)
Vanilla ice cream (have no idea!)
2 pc lf bread (90 cal/1g fat/10g fiber)


Nice trying to sneak that one in there.

[Frenchie]

Nice trying to sneak that one in there.

:P

Hey, I said that I was going to have it. Bingo night w/PTA and Cold Stone Creamery was there! It was so yummy...I was good though, no toppings!

[Frenchie]

It's stormy weather here...like flash flood...I'm going home and taking a nap and skipping the gym altogether today. I plan to go for a 9 AM step class tomorrow. I'm sure I'll feel guilty later, but I'll fight the urge! Actually, I think it might be good for my body to allow the calories to catch up. Maybe that'll spur a weight loss this w/e!!

Couldn't fight the urge....going for about an hour this evening...

[Frenchie]

Okay w/e I guess. Just had a high calorie, yet pretty nutritious dinner. Flank steak (I splurged cause I never eat Beef), broccoli, corn, brown rice, biscuits. Stayed w/in servings for all....probably was even low on the steak since I'm not a huge fan. Full, but not stuffed. I'd say that was good. As for the rest of the weekend. Pretty good. Minimal snacking, although I did redeem a coupon at Cold Stone and MM and I got "Love It" - size (medium) ice creams. I got sinless sweet cream w/Reese's PBC (my favorite!!! :love:) That was last night...still got a 3rd of it left in the freezer...been nibbling away for a day now...I also opened up the Thin Mints from last year...still have a 3/4 box left...I'm resisting temptation!!! We'll see how this controlled increase in calories this w/e affects the scale in the morning! :-?

[Frenchie]

Feb 6

Breakfast
.5 c oatmeal (150 cal/3g fat/4g fiber)
1 nectarine (60 cal/0.4g fat/2.3g fiber)

Exercise
Elliptical: 30 min/370 cal/Level 2 - Reverse Mode Interval
Treadmill: 18 min/146 cal/1.30 mi/1% incline @ 4.7mph

Lunch
2 lf tortilla (160 cal/1g fat/2g fiber)
1 c soup (100 cal/1.25g fat/0g fiber)

Dinner
1 Boca Burger (100 cal/1g fat/?g fiber)
2 pc lf bread (90 cal/1g fat/10g fiber)
1 pc ff cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
7 Tortilla Chips (140 cal/7g fat :yikes:/?g fiber)

Snack
2 Cheddar Rice Cakes (90 cal/1g fat/0g fiber)
Dannon Light N Fit White Chocolate Raspberry Yogurt (60 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 Snickers Mini (45 cal/2.3g fat/0.3g fiber) - Snickers Mini does not satisfy you!
1 Thin Mint < -- Ultimate Self Control! :D

[Frenchie]

Feb 7

Breakfast
1 Cin Raisin Bagel (230 cal/1g fat/2g fiber)


Exercise
Treadmill: 45 min/3.51 mi/380 cal (20 min @ 4.7, 10 min @ 4.9, 10 min @ 5.1 -- 1% incline) Go me! :D

Lunch
House Salad (57 cal/2.3 g fat/1.8 g fiber)
Lite Ranch (50 cal/50 g fat/0 g fiber)
0.5 Thin Personal Pizza w/Mushroom & Green Pepper, 50% less cheese (I have no idea!)

Dinner
0.5 Thin Personal Pizza w/Mushroom & Green Pepper, 50% less cheese (I have no idea!)
1 Biscuit (??? - will fill in later)

Snack
Dannon Light N Fit Vanilla Yogurt (60 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
4 Thin Mints
7 Tostitos (138 cal/6g fat/1g fiber)

[silverfox]

What are cheddar rice cakes?

[LoneGirl]

Feb 6

Breakfast
.5 c oatmeal (150 cal/3g fat/4g fiber)
1 nectarine (60 cal/0.4g fat/2.3g fiber)

Exercise
Elliptical: 30 min/370 cal/Level 2 - Reverse Mode Interval
Treadmill: 18 min/146 cal/1.30 mi/1% incline @ 4.7mph

Lunch
2 lf tortilla (160 cal/1g fat/2g fiber)
1 c soup (100 cal/1.25g fat/0g fiber)

Dinner
1 Boca Burger (100 cal/1g fat/?g fiber)
2 pc lf bread (90 cal/1g fat/10g fiber)
1 pc ff cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
7 Tortilla Chips (140 cal/7g fat :yikes:/?g fiber)

Snack
2 Cheddar Rice Cakes (90 cal/1g fat/0g fiber)
Dannon Light N Fit White Chocolate Raspberry Yogurt (60 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 Snickers Mini (45 cal/2.3g fat/0.3g fiber) - Snickers Mini does not satisfy you!
1 Thin Mint < -- Ultimate Self Control! :D

I admire your Thin Mint self control! And your "Snickers Mini does not satisfy" made me laugh out loud. I actually ate 10 M&M's last night out of a big one pound bag - that was my personal Ultimate Self Control!

[Frenchie]

What are cheddar rice cakes?

Cheddar Cheese flavored rice cakes....

[Frenchie]

I admire your Thin Mint self control! And your "Snickers Mini does not satisfy" made me laugh out loud. I actually ate 10 M&M's last night out of a big one pound bag - that was my personal Ultimate Self Control!

:lol: Yeah, when I started this journey years ago w/Weight Watchers, my boss at the time used to laugh at me b/c I'd count out things to make sure I had the right serving size. She couldn't believe I did that. Of course, she also had the perfect body, so she didn't understand my struggle! I feel ya LoneGirl...it's all about the numbers for us! ;)

[Allie]

: I'd count out things to make sure I had the right serving size. She couldn't believe I did that. Of course, she also had the perfect body, so she didn't understand my struggle! I feel ya LoneGirl...it's all about the numbers for us! ;)

If anyone who didn't know me well looked in my kitchen cupboards or my desk drawer at work, they'd think I was crazy. Almost everything in my kitchen has a number on it -- WW points per serving -- so that I don't have to remember or calculate it every time. I take everything that I snack on (dried cereal, girl scout cookies, dried fruit, etc) and put them into baggies after buying them with WW points or calories. It takes awhile to count out those silly pretzel sticks and such, but it passes the time during a 30 minute TV show!

[LoneGirl]

If anyone who didn't know me well looked in my kitchen cupboards or my desk drawer at work, they'd think I was crazy. Almost everything in my kitchen has a number on it -- WW points per serving -- so that I don't have to remember or calculate it every time. I take everything that I snack on (dried cereal, girl scout cookies, dried fruit, etc) and put them into baggies after buying them with WW points or calories. It takes awhile to count out those silly pretzel sticks and such, but it passes the time during a 30 minute TV show!

That's a good idea. I actually did that with a big bag of trail mix I bought. It wasn't too high in calories as long as you stuck to the serving size, so I measured out individual serving sizes and put them in baggies. I felt kind of silly having a cabinet full of baggies with trail mix, but at least I don't have to guess everytime if I'm eating the suggested 1/4 cup serving or not!

[Gretchen]

I also measure out serving sizes. Especially leftovers from meals, I split into servings and just put a piece of masking tape on the top of the container with the approximaate calories and fat so I can keep track of it.

[satogaeru]

Feb 6
1 Thin Mint < -- Ultimate Self Control! :D

Wow. You have Thin Mints? You must still have them from last year. That's incredible! Girl Scout cookies don't last more than a week around my house.

[Frenchie]

Wow. You have Thin Mints? You must still have them from last year. That's incredible! Girl Scout cookies don't last more than a week around my house.

Yeah, I was a leader last year and my daughter sold, so I was obligated to buy. I actually have about 6 boxes of random GS cookies still left that my ex-bf bought and I lost his address in the move. I haven't touched them....and one of them is my favorite...tagalongs!!!

[LoneGirl]

Yeah, I was a leader last year and my daughter sold, so I was obligated to buy. I actually have about 6 boxes of random GS cookies still left that my ex-bf bought and I lost his address in the move. I haven't touched them....and one of them is my favorite...tagalongs!!!

Okay, now I have to officially nominate Frenchie for the "Most Powerful Self Control" Award!!!

[Frenchie]

Okay, now I have to officially nominate Frenchie for the "Most Powerful Self Control" Award!!!
:lol: Well, see, it's easy....They're in the bottom of my pantry, behind other stuff (mainly the plastic grocery bags I keep to take lunch in), still in the case. So, until that stash of bags gets depleted, I don't even see the case. At that point, I'm like "Nah....can't do it, they're not mine." Maybe I'll take them into the office since I've officially lost his mailing address and can't send them to him.

[Frenchie]

Feb 8

Breakfast
2 pc lf bread(90 cal/1g fat/10g fiber)
0.5c egg sub (60 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice ff cheese(25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
2 pc turkey bacon (40 cal/1.0g fat/0g fiber)


Exercise
Treadmill: 45 min/3.53 mi/376 cal (1 mile @ 4.7, 1 mile @ 4.9, 1.3 mile @ 5.1 -- 1% incline)

Lunch
1.5 c spinach (7 cal/0.1g fat/0.7g fiber)
0.5 c broccoli (15 cal/0.2g fat/1.2g fiber)
1 lf tortilla (80 cal/0.5g fat/1g fiber)

Dinner

Snack

[Frenchie]

Very sparse detail today. Just having a bad day, but I think my food/exercise hasn't suffered. Just not much of a mood or much time to look up the details. I'm not even sure if my running details are right. I know I ran 3.5+ miles, but can't remember. Anyways, tomorrow I get a break. I'm supposed to take tomorrow off from the running based on the 5K training schedule I have, but since I can't run on Sundays, I am adjusting my week by one day...which meant I should have taken today off, but I didn't come up with the bright idea until after i had run 3 miles! Tomorrow I will only do 2 miles and my spinning class and I'm gonna try and work the weights back into my gym routine. I think what I really just need to do is start using my weights I have at home. If only I could find my nice little strength/tone exercise chart I used to have in CT! hmph!

Feb 9

Breakfast
.5 c oatmeal

Exercise
Treadmill: 45 min/3.53 mi/376 cal (0.5 mile @ 4.7, 2 mile @ 5.0-- 1% incline)

Lunch
~1 c Tomato Basil Soup
Salad w/Chicken

Dinner

Snack[/QUOTE]

[Frenchie]

Okay, I've been hiding out the past few days. I got my running in Fri & Sat - 2 and 4 miles respectively. I also did a spinning class Fri. Eating was okay this w/e although I indulged on sweets, but I still think I was w/i my calorie range. I'm buckling down today...well, after our potluck lunch. I have to have some of my rum cake!!! :oops:

Feb 13

Breakfast
.5 c oatmeal

Exercise
Treadmill: 40 min/3.30 mi/380 cal (0.7 mile @ 5, 2 mile @ 5.5-- 1% incline)

Lunch


Dinner

Snack
3 Musketeers Mini - (25 cal/0.7g fat/0.1g fiber)
Sugar Free Hot Chocolate (50 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 pretzel stick (22 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

[Frenchie]

Help! I need reassurance. I am OCD about my weigh-ins. I weigh every morning, in the buff. Yesterday, I'm holding steady at 126. This morning...129!! :yikes: Please explain! How can I jump 3 lbs in one day? It's not "real", right?!?! I nearly ran my butt off at the gym this morning b/c of the scale!! :crying: I can't win!!

[LoneGirl]

Help! I need reassurance. I am OCD about my weigh-ins. I weigh every morning, in the buff. Yesterday, I'm holding steady at 126. This morning...129!! :yikes: Please explain! How can I jump 3 lbs in one day? It's not "real", right?!?! I nearly ran my butt off at the gym this morning b/c of the scale!! :crying: I can't win!!

Maybe it's that time of month and you're retaining water. Maybe you ate too much salt yesterday and are retaining water as a result. My weight fluctuates by a couple of pounds too, that's why I weight myself very infrequently. By weighing yourself everyday, you'll just drive yourself nuts. I'm sure you didn't really gain 3 pounds.

[Maine-iac]

Exactly. I do weigh myself daily, because it helps keep me disciplined. But fluctuations like that are normal, and not to be regarded if they only last one day and you know you didn't cause them by poor choices.

Hidden salt in something you ate (maybe something at the potluck?), or TOM are the most likely culprits as LoneGirl said.

You can also get a false low reading if you've gotten a tad dehydrated, so I don't tend to trust a reading until I've seen it two days in a row.

[Frenchie]

Feb 14

Breakfast
.5 c oatmeal (150 cal/3g fat/4g fiber)

Exercise
Treadmill: 50 min/4.61 mi/483 cal (4 mi (fartlek) + .6 mi w/u and c/d - 1% incline)

Lunch
3 oz flank steak (130 cal/5g fat/0g fiber)
0.5 c steamed broccoli (25 cal/0.5g fat/0g fiber)
0.5 Heath Klondike (148 cal/10g fat/0g fiber) :yikes: dang potluck leftovers!

Dinner
2.25 c Honey Bunches of Oats (405 cal/7.5g fat/6g fiber) <-- Wow...okay, gotta cut out the cereal...I had a bowl when I got home, a bowl around 7, and another about 8:30..see what happens when I don't cook!!!

1.5 c ff milk (136 cal/0.9g fat/0g fiber)

Snack
raw veggies
Butter Popcorn Rice Cake (35 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

[Frenchie]

Let's hope the next few days show a return to normal...

This w/e is going to be tough b/c my mother and eldest niece are coming in town. All dining out.

[LoneGirl]

Let's hope the next few days show a return to normal...

This w/e is going to be tough b/c my mother and eldest niece are coming in town. All dining out.

I hear ya....I spent last weekend with my parents and it's really hard when your mom says "Let's go out for steak", then once you get there your dad says "Let's order one of those Bloomin' Onion things!", then after dinner your mom says "Let's stop for ice cream on the way home!" Then the next morning you wake up and your mom says "I bought cinnamon rolls for breakfast!" It's really not surprising that I've lost weight since being out on my own!

[annabel lee]

Frenchie, don't worry too much about the numbers (I know, ironic on an actuarial discussion forum). And when you're dining out, you can do what Maine-iac suggested in another thread -- ask the waiter to put half your meal in a doggy bag from the start. Get a good salad (with dressing on the side) if everyone else is getting Bloomin' Onion type appetizers...and share dessert, so you can savor a few bites but not be tempted to eat the whole thing. Best thing in a restaurant setting? (And at home, too, for that matter...) Put your fork and knife down between bites. You'll eat much more slowly that way.

[Frenchie]

Frenchie, don't worry too much about the numbers (I know, ironic on an actuarial discussion forum). And when you're dining out, you can do what Maine-iac suggested in another thread -- ask the waiter to put half your meal in a doggy bag from the start. Get a good salad (with dressing on the side) if everyone else is getting Bloomin' Onion type appetizers...and share dessert, so you can savor a few bites but not be tempted to eat the whole thing. Best thing in a restaurant setting? (And at home, too, for that matter...) Put your fork and knife down between bites. You'll eat much more slowly that way.

I know not of what you speak! ;)

I try to do those things, but it's so darned hard!!! Particularly if my mom decides to take us to Melting Pot. I've been planting the evil thought in her head!!

[Mare15]

Melting Pot would be my downfall alright, I've been dying to try that place but my hubby isn't crazy about the idea. Good luck!

[Frenchie]

Feb 15

Okay, gotta redouble my efforts. This sucks!! I need to go grocery shopping is one thing. Running low on provisions!

Breakfast
.5 c oatmeal (150 cal/3g fat/4g fiber)
.25 choc chip bagel (93 cal/0.8g fat/0.8g fiber) <-- Hmph! The gym had bagels, I thought it was cin raisin! They tricked me. BTW, Choc chip bagels are nasty!

Exercise
Treadmill: 28 min/2.32 mi/244 cal (~5 mph - 1% incline)

Lunch
Michaelina's 5-Cheese Lasagna (230 cal/6g fat/3g fiber)
1 med banana

Dinner
McDonald's Cheeseburger (310 cal/12g fat/1g fiber)
Med Fry (354 cal/16.9g fat/4.6g fiber)
Why can't I resist?!?!?!

Snack

[SykoChikka]

I KNOW! I hate chocolate chip bagels...bleah...one of my friends brought our group some bagels from manhattan bagels or wtever its called...yuck!

[LoneGirl]

I feel the need to defend the chocolate chips - I love chocolate chip bagels! Basically, in my opinion, anything with chocolate chips = good.

[Frenchie]

I feel the need to defend the chocolate chips - I love chocolate chip bagels! Basically, in my opinion, anything with chocolate chips = good.
Typically, I too love chocolate chip, but it just doesn't seem right in my bagel...:lol:

[Frenchie]

Feb 16
Looks like the scale came to it's senses before I beat the crap out of it! Back to 126!

Breakfast
.5 c oatmeal (150 cal/3g fat/4g fiber)

Exercise
Treadmill: ~60 min/5.3 mi/540 cal (~5 mph - 1% incline)

Lunch


Dinner

Snack[/QUOTE]

[Guerilla poster]

Nothing like the chocolate croissants I once had in Paris. mmm, I need to go back.

[LoneGirl]

Feb 16
Looks like the scale came to it's senses before I beat the crap out of it! Back to 126!

Breakfast
.5 c oatmeal (150 cal/3g fat/4g fiber)

Exercise
Treadmill: ~60 min/5.3 mi/540 cal (~5 mph - 1% incline)

Lunch


Dinner

Snack[/QUOTE]

I knew the scale would come to it's senses! Glad you didn't have to go postal on it!

[Frenchie]

Okay, bad bad bad bad week. Even worse weekend! Bob Evans, IHOP, Melting Pot, Red Lobster..SHOPPING! Ugh! I'm getting ill just thinking about it. So, let's forget January and most of Feb! :shake: We start afresh. Hopefully not too much damage was done this weekend though. Onward we go! I registered for the 3-day this morning (You will soon be pestered for donations! ;)) I'm working on a holiday. What could be better?!?! ;)

Feb 20
Looks like the scale came to it's senses before I beat the crap out of it! Back to 126!

Breakfast
.5 c oatmeal (150 cal/3g fat/4g fiber)
1 whole wheat pita

Exercise
Treadmill: ~40 min/3.38 mi/353 cal (~5 mph - 1% incline)

Lunch
1 c spinach (7 cal/0.1g fat/0.7g fiber)
2 tbsp ff thousand island
1 small tortilla
1 c grapes (62 cal/0.3g fat/0.8g fiber)

Dinner

Snack
1 butter popcorn rice cake (35 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

[Frenchie]

Yesterday started out so good....it all fell apart yesterday evening! I did something good this morning though. I had all kinds of good leftovers from this w/e, but they were way too bad for me. I through them out. I saw that I was moving back up instead of down on the scale and immediately went into the kitchen and dumped those suckers! Here we go again. Oy!!! Will I ever lose weight?!?!?!

Feb 21


Breakfast
1 cin raisin bagel (230 cal/1g fat/2g fiber)
1 small banana (90 cal/0.3g fat/2.6g fiber)

Exercise
Treadmill: 51 min/4.25 mi/461 cal (~5 mph - 1% incline)

Lunch
Lean Pocket (turkey, cheese, broc) (270 cal/7g fat/3g fiber)
2 c spinach (14 cal/0.2g fat/1.3g fiber)
.5 small tomato (8 cal/.1g fat/.5g fiber)
.25 c cucumber (4 cal/0g fat/0.1g fiber)
.5 oz ff feta (15 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
2 tbsp ff 1000 island dressing (45 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Dinner
3 Special K Waffles (190 cal/1g fat/1g fiber)
3 pcs Turkey Bacon (60 cal/1.5g fat/0g fiber)
8 oz skim milk (90 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
2 tbs lite syrup (50 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Snack
1 Milky Way Mini (38 cal/1.4g fat/0g fiber)
1 Super Pretzel (160 cal/1g fat/1g fiber)
8 Trefoils (280 cal) :swear: friggin' Girl Scout delivered them after dinner last night!!! :-D

[Frenchie]

So I did okay yesterday. Got a little snacky after dinner, but I didn't go crazy. I think my body is slowly adjusting back to the healthy eating..although I must say, those Lean Pocket breakfasts are so not satisfying...at least not the serving size they recommend!

Feb 22


Breakfast
1 Lean Pocket (150 cal/4.5g fat/2g fiber)
1 small banana (90 cal/0.3g fat/2.6g fiber)


Exercise
Treadmill: 44 min/3.25 mi/361 cal (~5.3 mph - 1-1.5% incline)

Lunch
Lean Pocket (turkey, cheese, broc) (270 cal/7g fat/3g fiber)
2 c spinach (14 cal/0.2g fat/1.3g fiber)
.5 small tomato (8 cal/.1g fat/.5g fiber)
.25 c cucumber (4 cal/0g fat/0.1g fiber)
.5 oz ff feta (15 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
2 tbsp ff 1000 island dressing (45 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Dinner
McDonald's Cheeseburger (310 cal/12g fat/1g fiber)
Med Fry (354 cal/16.9g fat/4.6g fiber)

Snack
1 FF Choc Pudding (90 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 3 Musketeers Mini (25 cal/0.7g fat/0.1g fiber)
1 c grapes (62 cal/0.8g fat/0.1g fiber)

[Gretchen]

So I did okay yesterday. Got a little snacky after dinner, but I didn't go crazy. I think my body is slowly adjusting back to the healthy eating..although I must say, those Lean Pocket breakfasts are so not satisfying...at least not the serving size they recommend!


Yeah, the Lean Pockets do seem a little skimpy. If you can find them, try the South Beach Diet Breakfast wraps (I've found them at Wal-Mart, although they didn't have them the last time I was there). The Denver-style wraps are only 180 calories, and about twice as big as the Lean Pockets. They also have more fat (7 g versus 4.5), but Tons more fiber (15 versus 2) and protein (16 versus 7). I think they're pretty good if you can find them, and definitely more filling/satisfiying.

[Maine-iac]

Mr. M loves those South Beach Breakfast wraps. He has the American style at 200 calories. With the protein and fiber involved, he can get by with one of those, some OJ, and an optional English muffin and make it easily to lunch on that. (Being a guy type, he can add the muffin. I couldn't get away with it. :( ) He's lost over 20 lbs. since mid-January!

150 cals and 2 g of fiber doesn't sound like it would tide you over for long.

[LoneGirl]

I checked out the South Beach frozen meals this weekend and looking at the labels, it looks like they have almost twice as much sodium as Lean Cuisine or Healthy Choice. So, I didn't buy them because I was afraid all that salt would cause water retention and be counter-productive. Have you noticed the South Beach items being particularly salty?

[Frenchie]

Mr. M loves those South Beach Breakfast wraps. He has the American style at 200 calories. With the protein and fiber involved, he can get by with one of those, some OJ, and an optional English muffin and make it easily to lunch on that. (Being a guy type, he can add the muffin. I couldn't get away with it. :( ) He's lost over 20 lbs. since mid-January!

150 cals and 2 g of fiber doesn't sound like it would tide you over for long.

Thanks for the tip Maine-iac and Gretchen. I will have to check those out this w/e at the grocery.

And nope...after running this morning, that lean pocket did nothing. I just had a banana, but I'm feeling seriously hungry right now. Not that "bored and I want to chew on something", but "I'M STARVING!!!" hungry! :lol: I may have to do lunch around 11:30 like the rest of the office today. I hate eating so early.

Okay, so my goal is to cut out my Wed McD's meal. It'll help some that MM said that we don't have to go every Wed anymore. I must be strong!!!!

[Frenchie]

I checked out the South Beach frozen meals this weekend and looking at the labels, it looks like they have almost twice as much sodium as Lean Cuisine or Healthy Choice. So, I didn't buy them because I was afraid all that salt would cause water retention and be counter-productive. Have you noticed the South Beach items being particularly salty?

I never realized how much sodium can affect you. At the end of my WW journey, I was concentrating so much on reducing calories and fat, that I did not realize how much extra sodium I was taking in. That added to my stalemate in the weight loss war! I look at sodium now too. I used to be a salt addict, but now I barely use it, or use low sodium salt. We did Taco Bell on Friday and I nearly died b/c of how salty the food was. Same with some lox I bought to make breakfast. I had to throw it out, it hurt my mouth so much!

[Maine-iac]

The breakfast wraps do have quite a bit of salt, as do most processed food. Probably not more than the lean pocket, though.

I think it depends a lot on your individual body as well. I don't have blood pressure issues, and I don't seem to be overly sensitive to salt when it comes to water retention, though there is some, of course. Other folks I know will bloat up if they look at a french fry.

With me, water retention is a very predictable function of T-O-M.

[LoneGirl]

I never really notice alot of bloat either when I eat salty food, but I've noticed that I've become alot more sensitive to the taste. Maybe it's because I've made a strong effort to cook my own meals and I never add salt. Certain frozen dinners I can't even stand anymore because they taste so salty to me all of a sudden. I'd rather cook my own homemade meal. And recently when I was traveling I stopped at a fast food place and got chicken strips and fries - I could barely eat them. Before, I had never realized how salty chicken strips can be - they were worse than the fries!

[Gretchen]

Yes, since someone pointed out to me earlier that the prcessed foods have lots of sodium, I've really been watching that too (although my blood pressure is generally low - last reading was 96/60), so I don't need to worry about that at the moment. And if it does make me retain water, then as long as I keep the levels rather steady, you'll still get the same amount of weight loss, just a different reference point.

While the sodium in the frozen entrees may be more than the Healthy Choice or Lean Cuisine, I think that in general there is also more fiber and/or protein, which has other good properties. As with all things, you have to figure out which things are most important for you to focus on. If you try to do everything exactly 'right', you're likely going to go nuts trying to figure out what you can eat and what you can't.

I haven't noticed any salty taste to things (although the only frozen South Beach foods I've had is the pizza; I have had the lunch wraps, and I like those a lot as well), and I rarely put salt on anything myself, so if it was overly salty I probably would notice it.

A hint for finding South Beach Diet foods - you can go to the Kraft website (www.Kraftfoods.com) and click on product info, then product locator, and then tell it your zip code and what item you're looking for. It will then tell you what stores carry it. It's not completely accurate, as it showns no-one carrying the breakfast wraps near me, but I have found them a couple of time (although not the last time I looked). But anyway - if you want to find certain products, it's a handy little feature. (You can also see the nutrition info for the food on there).

[Frenchie]

Well, so much for no McD's. I'm so weak. Okay, so I've got to do something about that craving...but then again, it is my one treat so I don't splurge otherwise....hmmm..??? Bad morning at the gym. I just couldn't get going. I barely made it through my 3 miles. I even had to walk through about .5 - .75 of it! hmph!!!

Feb 23


Breakfast
3 Special K Waffles (190 cal/1g fat/1g fiber)
2 tbs lite syrup (50 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)


Exercise
Treadmill: 41 min/3.25 mi/361 cal (~5.0 mph - 1% incline)

Lunch
1 c homemade soup (100 cal/1g fat/0g fiber)
1 whole wheat pita (140 cal/?g fat/?g fiber)


Dinner
1 c Chicken Breast with Stir Fry Veggies and spiral pasta (I have no idea...homemade concoction. But I'm estimating high with the 1 cup, and that's still not a whole lot...let's say 350 to be safe)
Snack
1 small banana (90 cal/0.3g fat/2.6g fiber)

[Frenchie]

Feb 24


Breakfast
South Beach Breakfast Wrap(160 cal/6g fat/15g fiber)

Exercise
Treadmill: 50 min/4.28 mi/468 cal (~5.0-5.5 mph - 1% incline)
Treadmill (evening): 27 min/2.26 mi/241 cal (~5.3 mph - 1.5% incline) <-- my right calf has been killing me lately, time to change the shoes, I think!
Spinning: 30 min/234 cal
Abs: 30 min/130 cal

Lunch
1.5 c Honey Bunches of Oats (260 cal/3g fat/4g fiber)
1 c skim milk (90 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)


Dinner

Snack
1 small banana (90 cal/0.3g fat/2.6g fiber)
3 sour worms (30 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

[Gretchen]

Breakfast[/B]
South Beach Breakfast Wrap(160 cal/6g fat/15g fiber)



Sounds like maybe the veggie breakfast wrap? I just bought some yesterday, and haven't tried them yet.

Did you like it? Hope it is working better for you than the Lean Pockets!

[Frenchie]

Sounds like maybe the veggie breakfast wrap? I just bought some yesterday, and haven't tried them yet.

Did you like it? Hope it is working better for you than the Lean Pockets!

Taste-wise, it was okay. Very bland. Filling-wise, it's doing great. I am not even hungry....snacky, yes, but that's boredom, not hunger. And considering I did a 4-mile run this morning, I think 160 calories staving off hunger is great (yeah, the 15g fiber helped...some ;)) I will try the other one next time and hopefully it will have better taste. I can live with this, but not an everyday thing. Need some "flava" in my life!

[Maine-iac]

I think the "Southwest" variety is a bit spicier than the veggie. Or you can just throw a little salsa on the veggie variety!

[Frenchie]

I think the "Southwest" variety is a bit spicier than the veggie. Or you can just throw a little salsa on the veggie variety!

Hmmm...that's a good idea! I'll try that next time!

[Frenchie]

Feb 25


Breakfast


Exercise
Treadmill: 28 min/2.25 mi/235 cal (~5.3 mph - 0% incline)
ArcTrainer: 20 min/230 cal
Ice Skating: 1 hr/400 cal (wow! I know it's only an estimate, but it looks like ice skating is a good calorie burner...I need to do this more often!)

Lunch
Caramel Rice Cake (50 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
Blueberry Scone (460 cal/18g fat/3g fiber) :yikes: I won't do that again! But it was 2:00 and I had only had a rice cake all day! I was starving!!! I know, bad me....I should have had breakfast before I went to the gym, but I hate eating before the gym....

Dinner
Chicken Wrap from Old Chicago

Snack

[LoneGirl]

Ice Skating: 1 hr/400 cal (wow! I know it's only an estimate, but it looks like ice skating is a good calorie burner...I need to do this more often!)





I know what you mean - I've only been ice skating once in my life, but I was exhausted afterwards and my legs and butt were so sore the next day. I bet my entire lower half would be in excellent shape if I skated regularly - unfortunately I spent more time on my butt than actually standing up. I don't think ice skating is for me.....

[Frenchie]

I know what you mean - I've only been ice skating once in my life, but I was exhausted afterwards and my legs and butt were so sore the next day. I bet my entire lower half would be in excellent shape if I skated regularly - unfortunately I spent more time on my butt than actually standing up. I don't think ice skating is for me.....

I did good as far as not falling. My ankles and calves were killing me though. They were already hurting from running, and going skating right after did not help!

[Frenchie]

Feb 27
Got on the scale this w/e and I was back to 126, even flirted w/125. Still at that level this morning. Let's hope it holds or even falls this week!

Breakfast
South Beach Breakfast Wrap(160 cal/6g fat/15g fiber)


Exercise
Treadmill: 55 min/4.26mi/500 cal (~5.3 mph - 1% incline)

Lunch
Grilled Chix salad w/craisins and pecans and some funky/nasty dressing (~500 cal???)

Dinner

Snack
1 FF Choc Pudding (90 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

[Frenchie]

Bad night last night...lots of random snacking! Hopefully no delayed effects will show up. Get to the gym this morning at 6:30...CLOSED! Whatever dummy was supposed to open at 6 didn't make it. Waited till about 7:45 then left. Guess I'll go back at lunch...and find out what happened. Not that I wish any harm to anyone, but there better be a dang good reason nobody was there. Funny (not really) thing is, today is member appreciation day. Wow, they must really love us!

Feb 28

Breakfast
1 Lean Pocket (150 cal/4.5g fat/2g fiber)


Exercise
Treadmill: 2.25 mi/241 cal/26 min

Lunch
1 Chic-fil-A Side Salad (60 cal/3g fat/2g fiber)
1/2 FF Honey Dijon Salad Dressing Pack (60 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
Chicken Salad Sandwich (350 cal/15 g fat/5 g fiber) :yikes:

Dinner
Chicken Parm Lean Pocket (280 cal/7g fat/3g fiber)

Snack
Cheddar Rice Cake (35 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1/2 Like It Sinless Sweet Cream w/RPBC (176 cal/0.4g fat/0.9g fiber) + (190 cal/11g fat/1g fiber) :yikes: the mix in killed it! I'll have to find a healthier mix in!
It was MM's school night at Cold Stone...it was for a good cause! I'm in trouble though...found out that she gets free kid size for every A, up to 3, on her report card. MM is a straight A student! YUMMY!

[Frenchie]

Mar 1

Breakfast
2 slices light wheat bread (90 cal/.5g fat/5g fiber)
1 scrambled egg substitute (30 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice ff cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
2 slice turkey bacon (40 cal/1g fat/0g fiber)



Exercise
Treadmill: 3.50 mi/371 cal/41 min

Lunch
Ruffles (160 cal/10g fat/1g fiber)
1/2 Turkey on Whole Grain (89 cal/1.8g fat/0g fiber) + (180 cal/2g fat/4g fiber)

Gotta get back to bringing/eating my own lunch. This was from the corner deli and I'm just estimating. This sucks!

Dinner
McDonald's Cheeseburger (310 cal/12g fat/1g fiber)
Med Fry (354 cal/16.9g fat/4.6g fiber)

Snack
1/2 Like It Sinless Sweet Cream w/RPBC (176 cal/0.4g fat/0.9g fiber) + (190 cal/11g fat/1g fiber) Had to finish it off...couldn't let it go to waste! ;)
4 trefoils (140 cal)

[Frenchie]

Mar 2

Breakfast
2 slices light wheat bread (90 cal/.5g fat/5g fiber)
1 scrambled egg substitute (30 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice ff cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice turkey bacon (20 cal/0.5g fat/0g fiber)



Exercise
Treadmill: 2 mi/212 cal/22.5 min (i'm having a rough week on the treadmill! :( )
Crossramp: 3199 strides/213.5 cal/20 min

Lunch
1 c soup (100 cal/1g fat/0g fiber)
1 lf tortilla (80 cal/0.5g fat/1g fiber)

Dinner

Snack
5 pretzel sticks (110 cal/?g fat/?g fiber)
1 ff choc pudding (90 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

[Frenchie]

Mar 3

Breakfast
Cin Raisin Bagel (230 cal/1g fat/2g fiber)
1 small banana (90 cal/0.3g fat/2.6g fiber)



Exercise
Treadmill: 2.2 mi/230 cal/25 min - 5.3 mph w/intervals @ 6.0 mph (still having a rough week on the treadmill! :( )
Crossramp: 4052 strides/259 cal/25 min

Lunch
Chicken, Broccoli & Cheddar Lean Pocket (260 cal/7g fat/3g fiber)

Dinner

Snack
1.5 c Honey Bunches of Oats (270 cal/5g fat/4g fiber)
1 c ff milk (91 cal/0.6g fat/0g fiber)

[Frenchie]

K, so I think I went a little workout crazy at the gym today. After the doctor's visit, I went back and just couldn't leave. Here are my afternoon workout totals...

Treadmill: 3.42 mi/359 cal/39 min (5.3 & 5.8 mph - .25 mi intervals)
ArcTrainer: 1.52 mi(?)/320 cal/30 min (Interval - Level 2; 20 - 30 resistance)
Bike: 8.12 mi/228 cal/44 min (Hills "around the world" - level 3) < -- I was going to do an hour, but my butt did not like that uncomfortable seat...and I got bored! :lol:
Treadmill: Yes, I went back to kinda round out my bike exercise cause I was aiming for 300 cal (I know, I know, just an estimate...I like round numbers) so -- .72 mi/72 cal/14 min

[annabel lee]

You clocked in over 3 hours of workouts today! Whoa. Do you feel any better, any less tense? Looks like that "rough week on the treadmill" thing is history... :)

[Frenchie]

You clocked in over 3 hours of workouts today! Whoa. Do you feel any better, any less tense? Looks like that "rough week on the treadmill" thing is history... :)

Yeah, I think my afternoon session was a big stress reliever. I went right after leaving the doctor's office, so I had a lot on my mind. My mind was totally clear when I left.

An added bonus, I think my "fuel-injected Super Sessions" that I have done the last 2 Fridays have helped give me a boost in weight loss those weeks. I am going to try to stick w/that schedule...either do a morning and afternoon session on Fridays or a double-session if I can't make it in the morning.

I am reading down another pound today. I put on some capris I haven't fit into in a while...and they look dang good! :D

[Frenchie]

Mar 4

Breakfast


Exercise
Treadmill: 2 mi/215 cal/22.5 min - ~5.8 mph
Crossramp: 4030 strides/225 cal/25 min

Lunch
Chicken Gumbo Soup and Caesar Side Salad (Hops Restaurant)
1/2 Tall Cinnamon Dolce Skim Latte - 1 pump (still too sweet!)

Dinner
1/2 WW Chicken Tortilla Melt (Applebees)
1/2 Sizzlin' Apple Pie (Applebees)

Snack
Trefoils...more than 1! ;) :oops:

[Frenchie]

Mar 5
I am soooo close to fitting back into some pants from a couple of years ago when I was at my lowest weight! Go me! Since MM was off at a friend's, I got in a 7th day of exercise this week. Go me!! I did an easy day and didn't push myself too much at the gym. Surprisingly, I did well with snack control for being home all day. I even resisted a treat at Starbucks when MM & I hung out at Barnes and Nobel. Can I say it again? Go me!!! :D

Oh, bonus for others out there, I found some great (well, I haven't tasted yet, but as far as nutritional info) bagels. Maybe some of you have heard of or seen them already. The Alternative Bagel (http://www.westernbagel.com/go.aspx?m=subcategory&pid=2&cid=9). I got mine at Publix. For a 2 oz bagel, it's only 110 cal/0g fat/25g carb/8g fiber!!! I sure hope it tastes good. I really love bagels, but stress whenever I have one b/c they're usually so many calories, and not that filling (lack of fiber). And, now I can put my reduced fat peanut butter on it and not feel so guilty. If any of y'all have tried it, please tell me they taste good.

Breakfast
1.5 c Honey Bunches of Oats (270 cal/5g fat/4g fiber)
1 c ff milk (91 cal/0.6g fat/0g fiber)

Exercise
Treadmill: 1.59 mi/200 cal/23.30 min - ~3.7 mph - 10% incline (couple of 4 mph "sprints" on 10% incline)
Crossramp: 4482 strides/350 cal/35 min

Lunch
1/2 WW Chicken Tortilla Melt (Applebees)

Dinner
Guiltless Grill Chicken Sandwich 490 cal/8g fat/11g fiber (I didn't eat 1/2 the bun, or half the chicken, but I had a margarita so I guess that made up for the calories I cut out! ;) )
1/2 Sizzlin' Apple Pie (Applebees)

Snack
Caramel Rice Cake (50 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

[Frenchie]

I just looked up the calories for the Applebee's dessert. 1 serving = 1086 calories :yikes: :crying: I didn't even bother looking at fat. Even just 1/2 a serving is murderous.

[Frenchie]

Mar 6

Breakfast
1 Alternative Bagel (Sweet Wheat) (110 cal/0g fat/8g fiber)
1 teaspoon red fat PB (63 cal/4g fat/0.7g fiber)

Exercise
Treadmill: ~3.5 mi/350 cal (Emergency Stop switch came off so my exact totals were cleared :( )

Lunch
Lean Pocket (turkey, cheese, broc) (270 cal/7g fat/3g fiber)
2 c spinach (14 cal/0.2g fat/1.3g fiber)
.5 small tomato (8 cal/.1g fat/.5g fiber)
.25 c cucumber (4 cal/0g fat/0.1g fiber)
.5 oz ff feta (15 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
2 tbsp ff 1000 island dressing (45 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)


Dinner
Homemade Mac & Cheese (~350 cal/5g fat/0g fiber)
1 c broccoli (31 cal/0.3g fat/2.4g fiber)
0.5 c green beans (17 cal/0.1g fat/1.9g fiber)

Snack
5 pretzel sticks (110 cal/?g fat/?g fiber)
2 Tagalongs (140 cal/9g fat/1g fiber)

[Maxprime]

Mar 6
Publix. For a 2 oz bagel, it's only 110 cal/0g fat/25g carb/8g fiber!!! I sure hope it tastes good. I really love bagels, but stress whenever I have one b/c they're usually so many calories, and not that filling (lack of fiber). And, now I can put my reduced fat peanut butter on it and not feel so guilty. If any of y'all have tried it, please tell me they taste good.

Breakfast
1 Alternative Bagel (Sweet Wheat) (110 cal/0g fat/8g fiber)
1 teaspoon red fat PB (63 cal/4g fat/0.7g fiber)

Exercise
Treadmill: ~3.5 mi/350 cal (Emergency Stop switch came off so my exact totals were cleared :( )

Lunch

Dinner

Snack
Re: bagels - a whole wheat bagel is not that bad of a vice and they taste as good or better (IMO). If you find the right ones (looks like you did) the fiber in it will help out big time. PB spread on it is something more to watch out for - regular PB is pretty bad. Sounds like you're doing great though.

[Gretchen]

Go you - sounds like you're doing well. You totally amaze me with your workouts - I'm doing good to find 1/2 hour at home; don't know where you find the time to do 1-3 hours at the gym!

On the Applebee's dessert - one thing I've definitely learned is to look up that kind of stuff, even if it's after the fact. I frequently find that things that I didn't think would be that bad are; and so I know for the next time that I have to be more careful! (I thought the Bob Evans Sugar Free Apple Pie should be pretty harmless and somewhat healthy because of the apples - but found out it comes in at almost 500 calories and 30g of fat - yikes!)

[Frenchie]

Go you - sounds like you're doing well. You totally amaze me with your workouts - I'm doing good to find 1/2 hour at home; don't know where you find the time to do 1-3 hours at the gym!

On the Applebee's dessert - one thing I've definitely learned is to look up that kind of stuff, even if it's after the fact. I frequently find that things that I didn't think would be that bad are; and so I know for the next time that I have to be more careful! (I thought the Bob Evans Sugar Free Apple Pie should be pretty harmless and somewhat healthy because of the apples - but found out it comes in at almost 500 calories and 30g of fat - yikes!)

mmm....Bob Evans *drool* It takes all self control to not go there for breakfast every weekend!

As for the gym. Mon-Thur, I get an hour in before work. We only work 1/2 day on Fridays, so it's easy to get in tons of time, and MM loves the child care there, so she has no problem getting up and going on Sat morning. The hard part is dragging my butt out of bed in the AM! The alarm goes off at 5:30 AM, and MM gets up and gets her breakfast and gets ready. At 6, I'm up to get my stuff together and do her hair and we're outta there. This morning, I was tempted to sleep in, but I resisted the urge!

[Maxprime]

Go you - sounds like you're doing well. You totally amaze me with your workouts - I'm doing good to find 1/2 hour at home; don't know where you find the time to do 1-3 hours at the gym!

On the Applebee's dessert - one thing I've definitely learned is to look up that kind of stuff, even if it's after the fact. I frequently find that things that I didn't think would be that bad are; and so I know for the next time that I have to be more careful! (I thought the Bob Evans Sugar Free Apple Pie should be pretty harmless and somewhat healthy because of the apples - but found out it comes in at almost 500 calories and 30g of fat - yikes!)
Cream-based sauces are a pretty common mistake people make - then look it up and say WHAT!? :)

[LoneGirl]

Cream-based sauces are a pretty common mistake people make - then look it up and say WHAT!? :)

People make this mistake too with salads - they think if it's a salad, it's healthy, and they don't pay attention to what's actually on the salad. My dad couldn't figure out for the longest time why he wasn't losing weight because he was being good and eating a salad every day for lunch. Then I found out the salad he was eating was a salad from a fast food place that had fried chicken pieces, cheese, bacon bits, and full fat blue cheese dressing on it!

[Selena]

As for the gym. Mon-Thur, I get an hour in before work.

How do you feel after working out early in the mornings? I always thought that working out right after waking up is bad for your heart, since it is still sleeping and not ready for a hard work yet.

[Frenchie]

How do you feel after working out early in the mornings? I always thought that working out right after waking up is bad for your heart, since it is still sleeping and not ready for a hard work yet.

Well, 1) I have never heard that before. As a matter of fact, for various reasons, it is supposed to be better to work out in the morning as opposed to later in the day. 2) I don't exactly hop straight from bed onto the treadmill at flat-out speed. :lol: It is about 40-50 minutes after I get up before I am actually working out.

As far as how I feel, it wakes me up more, makes me feel ready for my day. Working out gives me energy (up to a certain point...when I have my Friday mega-sessions, I'm pooped!) I much prefer morning workouts to later in the day ones.

[Maxprime]

How do you feel after working out early in the mornings? I always thought that working out right after waking up is bad for your heart, since it is still sleeping and not ready for a hard work yet.
Nope. Many suggest that the morning is better for weight loss since you are on an empty stomach (I don't agree).

As with any exercise, warm up your cardio system and get blood flowing before you start pushing yourself.

[Katie.]

I think another good reason to work out in the morning is because then you are less likely to have something come up to interfere with it. Sometimes I work out in the morning, but I find I have better workouts if I do it after work. That is all contingent on me getting out of work and going straight to the gym though. It is nice to workout in the morning and then feel like I'm done, I don't have to do anything after work. I mix it up.

[Maxprime]

I think another good reason to work out in the morning is because then you are less likely to have something come up to interfere with it. Sometimes I work out in the morning, but I find I have better workouts if I do it after work. That is all contingent on me getting out of work and going straight to the gym though. It is nice to workout in the morning and then feel like I'm done, I don't have to do anything after work. I mix it up.
Morning workouts will make you feel better throughout the day (especially the morning) by waking you up faster (mentally) and providing endorphins & testosterone that will wean off as the day progresses.

I don't like them because of dietary issues. In the morning your body is absolutely starved of glucose - your liver has been raided all night by your brain and is empty. If you do work out in the AM, definitely eat something beforehand and drink some OJ to get some sugar in you. I am pretty notorious for being worthless on a bike in the early AM until I get a lot of food into me.

[Frenchie]

Morning workouts will make you feel better throughout the day (especially the morning) by waking you up faster (mentally) and providing endorphins & testosterone that will wean off as the day progresses.

I don't like them because of dietary issues. In the morning your body is absolutely starved of glucose - your liver has been raided all night by your brain and is empty. If you do work out in the AM, definitely eat something beforehand and drink some OJ to get some sugar in you. I am pretty notorious for being worthless on a bike in the early AM until I get a lot of food into me.

Even though I know it is better to have something to eat, I just can't do it. It makes me ill. Unless I know I have a good hour or more to digest, I hold off eating until just after my workout.

[Gretchen]

Morning workouts will make you feel better throughout the day (especially the morning) by waking you up faster (mentally) and providing endorphins & testosterone that will wean off as the day progresses.

I don't like them because of dietary issues. In the morning your body is absolutely starved of glucose - your liver has been raided all night by your brain and is empty. If you do work out in the AM, definitely eat something beforehand and drink some OJ to get some sugar in you. I am pretty notorious for being worthless on a bike in the early AM until I get a lot of food into me.
I basically do hit the elliptical right after rolling out of bed - throw on some clothes and head downstairs for a 30 minute workout. And I eat after the workout as my cool-down before shower. It's more efficient timewise for me to do it that way, and with 2 nearly four-year-olds (who are often up by the time I finish my workout, if not before), that efficiency is REALLY important to me.

As I've said in some other threads, I'm a very strong believer in what works for you. Even if my workouts aren't the best that they theoretically could be, I do them. If I tried to do it at a different time or in a different manner, I might not. So doing them 'imperfectly' is far better than not doing them!

So that's my advice to everyone: Find a time when you can/WILL do the workout, and don't worry about whether it is theoretically the best time or not.

[LoneGirl]

I think another good reason to work out in the morning is because then you are less likely to have something come up to interfere with it. Sometimes I work out in the morning, but I find I have better workouts if I do it after work. That is all contingent on me getting out of work and going straight to the gym though. It is nice to workout in the morning and then feel like I'm done, I don't have to do anything after work. I mix it up.

I feel the same way. Getting it over with in the morning is so nice, but I'm much more energetic after work and don't feel as rushed as in the morning.

[Maine-iac]

Exactly. I absolutely agree that physiologically speaking, the AM is probably the best time to workout. But for me, it's not going to happen. My favorite time is actually the afternoon, but that doesn't work out on work days. So it's evenings during the week, afternoons on the weekends. It's working pretty well, so far, even if it is sub-optimal.

[Maxprime]

Even though I know it is better to have something to eat, I just can't do it. It makes me ill. Unless I know I have a good hour or more to digest, I hold off eating until just after my workout.
I'm the same way - I used to choke back a bowl of oatmeal and something sugary and hop on my bike only to feel like absolute dog crap for the first 15 miles of the ride. I was, in all honesty, notorious for being worthless in the AM.

If work isn't busy, nobody complains if I leave @ 3 or 4 to go work out (before the rush - gym is downstairs :D ) and come back to work later. I like it because I get my workout in and get to work as many hours as I want.

The mornings would work best for my schedule b/c nobody else is in early but I hate getting dressed at the gym (shaving, etc.) and I'm not taking 2 showers in the morning.

[Frenchie]

Mar 7

Breakfast
1 Alternative Bagel (Sweet Wheat) (110 cal/0g fat/8g fiber)
1 scrambled egg substitute (30 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice ff cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice turkey bacon (20 cal/0.5g fat/0g fiber)
1 small banana (90 cal/0.3g fat/2.6g fiber)


Exercise
Treadmill: 4.58 mi/487 cal/52 min

Lunch
Lean Pocket (turkey, cheese, broc) (270 cal/7g fat/3g fiber)
2 c spinach (14 cal/0.2g fat/1.3g fiber)
.5 small tomato (8 cal/.1g fat/.5g fiber)
.25 c cucumber (4 cal/0g fat/0.1g fiber)
.5 oz ff feta (15 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
2 tbsp ff 1000 island dressing (45 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)


Dinner
1 c Chili (100 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Snack
Almond Joy Snack Size (80 cal/4.5g fat/0g fiber) :swear:
5 pretzel sticks (110 cal/1g fat/1g fiber)
1 small banana (90 cal/0.3g fat/2.6g fiber)

[LoneGirl]

So how did the Alternative bagel taste? Was it decent?

[Frenchie]

So how did the Alternative bagel taste? Was it decent?

It was very good. It's no NY style bagel, but it was yummy and filling. Made my breakfast sandwich very good this morning!

[LoneGirl]

It was very good. It's no NY style bagel, but it was yummy and filling. Made my breakfast sandwich very good this morning!

Hmm, I'll have to look to see if any gorcery stores around here carry them. I like bagels, but generally avoid them because they are high in calories and don't fill me up.

[Frenchie]

Hmm, I'll have to look to see if any gorcery stores around here carry them. I like bagels, but generally avoid them because they are high in calories and don't fill me up.

It looks like you can order them from their web site as well. Might be worth it to try it out so that you find a good, low-cal food you like.

[Frenchie]

My God. I feel like I have done nothing but eat today, and I still haven't even hit 1200 calories without discounting for my exercising. This is when I get into dangerous territory -- I am eating healthy, filling meals, but they are pretty low calorie. I even had 4 snacks today. But, then again, I guess this makes up for the mac & cheese last night! :D I've just got to watch this. I think it was something like this that derailed me last time...

[annabel lee]

My God. I feel like I have done nothing but eat today, and I still haven't even hit 1200 calories without discounting for my exercising. This is when I get into dangerous territory -- I am eating healthy, filling meals, but they are pretty low calorie. I even had 4 snacks today. But, then again, I guess this makes up for the mac & cheese last night! :D I've just got to watch this. I think it was something like this that derailed me last time...

Which means...no need to stress over the Almond Joy! A little splurge now and then is good for you. Otherwise you're just so focused on what you can't have that instead of splurging on one snack-size bar, you'll eat the whoel bag.

[Frenchie]

Which means...no need to stress over the Almond Joy! A little splurge now and then is good for you. Otherwise you're just so focused on what you can't have that instead of splurging on one snack-size bar, you'll eat the whoel bag.

You're right! But, I gotta find the balance and not over-indulge. So hard.... :lol:

[Frenchie]

Mar 8

Breakfast
2 Kashi Go Lean Blueberry Waffles (170 cal/3g fat/6g fiber)
2 slice turkey bacon (40 cal/1g fat/0g fiber)



Exercise
(Easy) Treadmill: 3.88 mi/41 min/414 cal
I made major improvement. I did my intervals today. I surprised myself!
5.3 mph- 5 min
6.4 mph - 5 min
5.5 - 5
6.4 - 5
5.5 - 5
6.4 - 10
5 min cooldown

Go me!!! :D
Lunch
Old Chicago Pizza Farewell Luncheon for Coworker:
1 slice thin crust veggie (1/2 cheese removed)
several veggies w/dip (light on the dip)
1 pepperoni pizza roll w/2/3 cheese removed
1 Woodchuck Cider

There goes my day! :-(

Dinner

Snack

[Frenchie]

My day was going so well 'til we went to lunch! :-(

[ACCtuary]

My day was going so well 'til we went to lunch! :-(

Once a week binging is good for you. Psychologically it Keeps your body from enacting it's starvation (hold onto fat at all costs) plan. Or so sez Bill Phillips.

[Frenchie]

Mar 9

Breakfast
1 Alternative Bagel (Sweet Wheat) (110 cal/0g fat/8g fiber)
1 scrambled egg substitute (30 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice ff cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice turkey bacon (20 cal/0.5g fat/0g fiber)
Grande Non-Fat 1 pump Van Latte (180 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Exercise
(Hard) Treadmill: 3.50 mi/38 min/367 cal
Crossramp: 2690 strides/20 min/223 cal

Lunch
1 Lean Pocket (150 cal/4.5g fat/2g fiber)
1 lf tortilla (80 cal/0.5g fat/1g fiber)
1 slice ff cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Dinner
1 c Chili (100 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Snack
3 oz baby carrots (30 cal/0.1g fat/1.5g fiber)
1 c grapes (62 cal/0.3g fat/0.8g fiber)
1 ff choc pudding (90 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 Cheddar Rice Cake (45 cal/0.5g fat/0g fiber)

[Frenchie]

Mar 10

Breakfast
1 Alternative Bagel (Sweet Wheat) (110 cal/0g fat/8g fiber)
1 teaspoon red fat PB (63 cal/4g fat/0.7g fiber)

Exercise
(Hard) Treadmill: 3.28 mi/35 min/337 cal
Crossramp: 2604 strides/21 min/209 cal
(Easy) Treadmill: 1.15 mi/13 min/124 cal
Spinning: 30 min/234 cal
Crossramp: ? strides/35 min/362 cal

Lunch
if you can call eating at 4 o'clock lunch! :shake: Who knew the travel agency would be so sloooooooooooow!
.75 c Honey Bunches of Oats (135 cal/2.5g fat/2g fiber)
0.5 c ff milk (40 cal/0.3g fat/0g fiber)

Dinner
1 c Jambalaya (212 cal/3g fat/0.9g fiber) ~ Another Emeril creation. I added up all the parts and estimated 8 servings (even though, supposedly, my 1/2 recipe is supposed to be 4 servings. No wonder America is obese!!! I erred on the side of caution cause I think it's more like 10+ Delicious though!! Another quick and easy. I'll post recipe later)
[Edited to add] I redid the numbers based on 11 servings....saved 80 calories -- not that I need to save calories today.

Snack
3 oz baby carrots (30 cal/0.1g fat/1.5g fiber)
5 pretzel sticks (110 cal/1g fat/1g fiber)

[Frenchie]

Whoa..I measured out 1 c servings of the jambalaya as I was putting it up. The 1/2 recipe makes 11 cups. That would mean that a serving is approx 3 cups, according to Emeril. That would make me ill to eat that much. It's very filling...

[Frenchie]

Mar 13

Breakfast
1 Alternative Bagel (Sweet Wheat) (110 cal/0g fat/8g fiber)
1 scrambled egg substitute (30 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice ff cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice turkey bacon (20 cal/0.5g fat/0g fiber)

Exercise
(Hard) Treadmill: 3.54 mi/40 min/379 cal

Lunch
2 c spinach (14 cal/0.2g fat/1.3g fiber)
.25 c cucumber (4 cal/0g fat/0.1g fiber)
.5 oz ff feta (15 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
2 tbsp ff 1000 island dressing (45 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 c Chili (100 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Dinner
1.5 c Honey Bunches of Oats (270 cal/5g fat/4g fiber)
1 c ff milk (91 cal/0.6g fat/0g fiber)

Snack
5 pretzel sticks (110 cal/1g fat/1g fiber)
1 c grapes (62 cal/0.8g fat/0.1g fiber)

[Frenchie]

Mar 14

Breakfast
1 Cin Raisin Bagel (230 cal/1g fat/2g fiber)

Exercise
(Easy) Treadmill: 3.32 mi/36 min/352 cal

Lunch
1 Lean Pocket (150 cal/4.5g fat/2g fiber)


Dinner
McChicken Sandwich - Plain (310 cal/11g fat/1g fiber)
1 slice ff cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
Med FF (354 cal/16.9g fat/4.6g fiber)


Snack
5 pretzel sticks (110 cal/1g fat/1g fiber)
Chips Ahoy Snack Pack (100 cal/3g fat/1g fiber)

[Frenchie]

Mar 15

Breakfast
2 slices light wheat bread (90 cal/.5g fat/5g fiber)
1 scrambled egg substitute (30 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice ff cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice turkey bacon (20 cal/0.5g fat/0g fiber)


Exercise
(Hard) Treadmill: 4.12 mi/45 min/426 cal

3 min w/u
Intervals: 5 min @ 5.5, 5 min @ 6.4 --> 3 times
5 min b/t 5.5 & 6.0
5 min cooldown

Lunch
3 oz turkey (140 cal/6g fat/0g fiber)
3 oz green beans (70 cal/4g fat/2g fiber)
2 corn muffins (?)

Dinner

Snack
1 small banana (90 cal/0.3g fat/2.6g fiber)

[Frenchie]

Office had Boston Market sent in (free) so I partook. I did okay, 'cept for the muffins! :( I shouldn't have had the second one! :crying:

[violaactuary]

Frenchie- did you skip dinner again yesterday?!

Signed your overprotective buddy,
violaactuary

[Frenchie]

Frenchie- did you skip dinner again yesterday?!

Signed your overprotective buddy,
violaactuary


Nooo...I think you're looking at today. Dinner hasn't happened yet. I wish I had skipped yesterday. I had McD's :oops:

Thanks for looking out for me! ;)

[Maine-iac]

Office had Boston Market sent in (free) so I partook. I did okay, 'cept for the muffins! :( I shouldn't have had the second one! :crying:

One serving of their corn bread is only 88 calories per ounce, so how bad can the muffins be? They are usually made from the same batter. Assuming they aren't the humungous bakery size, one extra is not that much of binge. A normal cupcake size muffin is about 2 oz. Those huge bakery ones are 4 - 6 oz, but presumably we aren't talking about those.

[violaactuary]

Nooo...I think you're looking at today. Dinner hasn't happened yet. I wish I had skipped yesterday. I had McD's :oops:

Thanks for looking out for me! ;)

Oh Good Grief! My bad...

My McD's Friday breakfast partner just had a baby last week, so she won't be back at work for a while. I may try to switch to something healthier until she gets back... but I will miss my once a week McDonald's.

[Frenchie]

One serving of their corn bread is only 88 calories per ounce, so how bad can the muffins be? They are usually made from the same batter. Assuming they aren't the humungous bakery size, one extra is not that much of binge. A normal cupcake size muffin is about 2 oz. Those huge bakery ones are 4 - 6 oz, but presumably we aren't talking about those.

I couldn't find the nutritional info on the muffins. They're not huge bakery muffins. They are a bit larger than the muffins you might make in a pan at home. But they're also flat, so maybe they are equivalent to home muffins. Somewhere I got about 140 cal for the cornbread. I don't remember where I saw that. I was thinking I ate nearly 300 calories in muffins!

[Frenchie]

Oh Good Grief! My bad...

My McD's Friday breakfast partner just had a baby last week, so she won't be back at work for a while. I may try to switch to something healthier until she gets back... but I will miss my once a week McDonald's.

At least I'm not the only one who treats myself to a once a week McDs (or some other bad food).

[violaactuary]

No actually it has been twice a week for me... we still have been ordering our pizza once a week instead of homemade.

I have got to get on the ball with this!

[silverfox]

Oh Good Grief! My bad...

My McD's Friday breakfast partner just had a baby last week, so she won't be back at work for a while. I may try to switch to something healthier until she gets back... but I will miss my once a week McDonald's.

Can I be your new McD's weekly partner?

[violaactuary]

Can I be your new McD's weekly partner?
Yes you can :) and this week it's your turn to buy!

[Frenchie]

Mar 16

Breakfast
1 Cin Raisin Bagel (230 cal/1g fat/2g fiber)



Exercise
(Hard) Treadmill: 4.53 mi/51 min/470 cal

Lunch
Lunch out w/the office: 1 chicken finger, mult celery stix, a few tortilla chips
Salad w/craisins and garganzola cheese

Dinner
1 slice homemade pizza w/turkey pepperoni and turkey sausage

Snack
Chips Ahoy Snack Pack (100 cal/3g fat/1g fiber)

[Frenchie]

Mar 17

Breakfast
1 Cake Donut (300 cal/19g fat/1g fiber) :yikes:
1 munchkin' (40 cal/1.8g fat/0.2g fiber)
I sabatoged myself. I brought donuts in for the office!


Exercise
(Hard) Treadmill: 2.28 mi/25 min (4 min w/u & c/d)/237 cal - 0.5% incline
Crossramp: 2893 strides/200 cal/17 min
(Easy) Treadmill: 2.22 mi/23:30 min/238 cal - 1.0% incline
Crossramp: 3916 strides/300.6 cal/25 min
Spinning: 234 cal/30 min

Lunch
1 c Jambalaya (212 cal/3g fat/0.9g fiber)

Dinner
1 slice homemade pizza w/turkey pepperoni and turkey sausage (234 cal/7.5g fat/1g fiber) :yikes: :yikes:

Snack
Chips Ahoy Snack Pack (100 cal/3g fat/1g fiber)
.75 c Honey Bunches of Oats (130 cal/2.5g fat/2g fiber)
.5 c ff milk (45 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

[Frenchie]

So MM wanted to stop and get something to eat after we left B&N yesterday evening. I had spent a bit at the movies so I said we'd have fast food. She chose Whataburger, which is right by our apt. Neither of us had been there before and she wanted to see what it was like. I ordered her a kids meal and got myself a burger and fries. First off, it took 10 minutes to get our food (we were only ppl in drive-thru, barely anyone appeared to be in the dining-area). As soon as the girl brings the food over to the window, she knocks over the kids meal bag and the fries spill onto the counter. No biggie, mistakes happen. BUT, what got me, she scooped the fries off of the counter and put them back in the container and proceeded to hand me the bag. "I don't want those fries." She looked surprised. Hello! They dropped on the counter. (I know, what do I expect from Whataburger!) Anyways, had to wait almost another 5 minutes for new fries (do they cook fries to order by the serving, cause the fries in my bag were piping hot). I didn't even bother pointing out that the rest of the food was getting cold. I was too tired to deal with it. About 15 minutes after we order, we're off with our food. We get home, MM sits down to eat, takes a bite of the burger and refuses to eat anymore b/c "this doesn't taste good at all!" I was kinda upset w/her b/c she asked for it. I figured she was having a picky moment. I finally get around to eating mine. OMG! The most vile food I've ever had. I had 2 or 3 bites of the burger and just had to throw it away. Same with the fries. I was not expecting homemade taste, but my god! What a waste. Again, I know we're speaking fast food, but please! Anyone ever try Whataburger. Are they all this vile?

Mar 18

Breakfast
none. Bad me!!

Exercise
(Easy) Treadmill: 1.5 mi/164 cal/21:30 min ~5-10% incline
Crossramp: 3812 strides/310 cal/32 min
Interval Aerobics Class: 50 min/350 cal

We did strength and cardio. OMG! I had to literally roll out of bed this morning. I have been really working my legs on the crossramp this week, and add in a focus on legs during the class. They are S O R E!

Lunch
1 Movie Nachos at the theatre (bazillion calories)

Dinner
1/4 Justaburger kid's meal
.75 c Honey Bunches of Oats (130 cal/2.5g fat/2g fiber)
.5 c ff milk (45 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Snack
tall skim cafe mocha

[Frenchie]

Mar 20

Breakfast
1 Alternative Bagel (Sweet Wheat) (110 cal/0g fat/8g fiber)
1 scrambled egg substitute (30 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice ff cheese (25 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 slice turkey bacon (20 cal/0.5g fat/0g fiber)


Exercise
(Hard) Treadmill: 3.52 mi/363 cal/45 min
My legs still hurt from Saturday! I couldn't even put any incline on this morning!!

Lunch
3 Special K Waffles
2 slices turkey bacon (40 cal/1.0g fat/0g fiber)
2 tbsp lite syrup

Dinner
1 c Lean Cuisine Pasta and Chicken Alfredo (180 cal/?g fat/?g fiber)

Snack
2 oatmeal raisin cookies
4 red fat chips ahoy
1.5 c Honey Bunches of Oats (250 cal/5g fat/4g fiber)
1.0 c ff milk (90 cal/0.6g fat/0g fiber)

[Frenchie]

UGH! Bad weekend! Lots of useless snacking. I had dropped down to 123 by Friday, back up to 125-126 this morning. :swear: And it doesnt help that persephone brought in my favorite cookies today. Oatmeal raisin!!!!

[Maine-iac]

At least they are healthier than Chocolate Chip . . .

[violaactuary]

Frenchie, I've had good and bad Whataburger before, but in general good. They do make their food "to order" during non-peak times so if you are in a hurry, don't stop there when they are not busy, and if you are in a hurry, go when they are busy :) makes total sense, right?

although it sounds like you aren't planning on going back there any time soon... personally, I like it, just trying not to eat as much fast food in general, so we haven't had it in a while.

[Frenchie]

More bad snacking yesterday. 2 oatmeal raisin cookies, 4 or more reduced fat chips ahoy. BAD me! I've got to get it under control again...

[Frenchie]

Time to get the eating back on track!!
Mar 21

Breakfast
1 Alternative Bagel (Sweet Wheat) (110 cal/0g fat/8g fiber)
.5 c oatmeal (150 cal/3g fat/4g fiber)


Exercise
(Hard) Treadmill: 1.17 mi/117 cal/13 min
Crossramp: 3294 strides/246.8 cal/20 min
Treadmill: 1.14 mi/114 cal/13 min

Lunch
2 c spinach (14 cal/0.2g fat/1.3g fiber)
.25 c cucumber (4 cal/0g fat/0.1g fiber)
.5 oz ff feta (15 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
2 tbsp ff 1000 island dressing (45 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)

Dinner
1 c homemade soup (100 cal/1g fat/0g fiber)
1 whole wheat pita (140 cal/?g fat/?g fiber)

Snack
1 oatmeal raisin cookie
5 pretzels (110 cal/1g fat/1g fiber)
1 Cheddar Rice Cake (45 cal/0.5g fat/0g fiber)

[Frenchie]

Dangit! Still at 124. Not moving again. This is really starting to tick me off! Of course, my indulgences aren't helping. I guess I should just be glad that I'm not gaining!

Mar 22

Breakfast
Chick-fil-A Chicken Biscuit (420 cal/19g fat/2g fiber) :yikes: Man, that sucks!
Hashbrowns (260 cal/17g fat/3g fiber)


Exercise
(Hard) Treadmill: 3.21 mi/331 cal/32 min
Crossramp: 1627 strides/128.6 cal/12 min


Lunch
2 pc whole wheat bread (130 cal/2.1g fat/2.2g fiber)
3 oz turkey (103 cal/1.6g fat/0.5g fiber)


Dinner
1 whole wheat pita (140 cal/?g fat/?g fiber)

Snack
Chips Ahoy Snack Pack (100 cal/3g fat/1g fiber)
1 small banana (90 cal/0.3g fat/2.6g fiber)

[Frenchie]

Mar 23

Breakfast
1 Alternative Bagel (Sweet Wheat) (110 cal/0g fat/8g fiber)
.5 c oatmeal (150 cal/3g fat/4g fiber)


Exercise
(Easy) Treadmill: 3.50 mi/360 cal/38 min


Lunch
2 c spinach (14 cal/0.2g fat/1.3g fiber)
.25 c cucumber (4 cal/0g fat/0.1g fiber)
.5 oz ff feta (15 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
2 tbsp ff 1000 island dressing (45 cal/0g fat/0g fiber)
1 c homemade soup (100 cal/1g fat/0g fiber)
1 whole wheat pita (140 cal/?g fat/?g fiber)

Dinner
Homemade Mac & Cheese (~350 cal/5g fat/0g fiber)


Snack
Peanut Butter Crisps Snack Pack (100 cal/3g fat/1g fiber)
1 small banana (90 cal/0.3g fat/2.6g fiber)

[Maine-iac]

Dinner
1 whole wheat pita (140 cal/?g fat/?g fiber)



A pita, alone, for dinner? Wow.:eek:

Was that to offset the breakfast thing?

[Frenchie]

A pita, alone, for dinner? Wow.:eek:

Was that to offset the breakfast thing?

It kinda worked out that way, but it wasn't intentional. I just wasn't hungry. I grabbed a banana when I got home and by the time I was done w/helping MM w/homework and stuff, I was just not real hungry.

[Maine-iac]

At least stuff some lettuce and tomato in there, hon! :D

[Frenchie]

At least stuff some lettuce and tomato in there, hon! :D

Aside from not being very hungry, I was twice as lazy! :D