[lonewolf]

Hi everyone! Glad to see some new folks - welcome! I'm happy to see so much activity on the thread while I was gone. I tried to catch up on it all.

I had a great trip to N. Carolina. My aunt has cancer and we were expecting her to be very sick and in bed, but apparently she perked up a lot right before we got there and was able to sit up on the couch and visit with us quite a bit. We celebrated her 77th birthday and my mom's 79th birthday while we were there and made it quite a party. I hadn't seen my cousin since I was 13 and she was 14 and we had a lot of fun catching up. I stayed with her and we didn't make it to bed before 12:30 any night because we talked so much.

I ate a little too much on the trip, but at least got in a long walk every evening. I'm waiting until tomorrow to see how much damage I did. I'm trying to get back on track with my eating.

[Jestgar]

I'm so glad you're back. Clearly we need your determination to keep this thread going.

I hope you enjoyed every extra bite that went in your mouth.

[little d]

Jestgar, on Jul 19 2007, 11:59 AM, said:

I'm so glad you're back. Clearly we need your determination to keep this thread going.

I hope you enjoyed every extra bite that went in your mouth.

Yes lonewolf we are glad that you are back sorry to here that you aunt has cancer.

And Jestgar are you knew on this thread, I don't remember seeing your name before. I think that we did ok on the thread while she was gone, If I had a computer at home ya"ll would have seen more of me. I can only use the computers at work when I'm there or at the Library.

Hear is what I have eaten so far this week

Weds

B - Dora Cinnamon stars with Lactaid Mild (im bad I ate them before going to bed after working all night)

Coffee

D- Hamburger with pickle, onion, on an gluten-free English Muffin by Kinninnick it was fabulous
D coke

Thurs

B - 2 gluten-free Vann Waffles with Lactaid mild, coffee

L - chicken salad
water

D- Subway chicken sandwiche but I used the gluten-free Enlish muffin (i'm in love with these muffins)

Friday so far

B- egg, cheese, turkey, on English Muffin (told you I loved these)

L - Tuna salad and rice crakers

Sorry I have not weighted myself I don't have a scale ate home

donna

[Jestgar]

I've been avoiding the thread since I have done absolutely nothing healthy all week.

[lonewolf]

Thank you for the welcome back!

Did anyone else weigh in today? I gained a pound on my trip - no great shock to me. I wasn't good yesterday , so I won't list what I ate. I wasn't too good today either, but at least a bit better.

True confessions:

B - 2 pieces gluten-free toast, 2 pieces turkey bacon, mustard (not as gross as it sounds), banana and grapes

L - baked beans with sliced up turkey hotdogs, more grapes, carrot sticks

D - Greek chicken salad (YUM!) and a tootsie pop to get the garlic smell off my breath. I'm hoping they are gluten-free, because I have some serious gas and I can't think of what else it could be. At least I'm not really sick. I rarely eat anything without fanatically reading the label, but my breath was so bad I was desperate and the lady at the restaurant had put them in the bag for us.

Maybe it wasn't as bad as I thought, but still too much.

Hope to see you all posting again soon!

Jestgar - walking from the ferry dock to work and eating tomatoes for breakfast counts as healthy. Don't abandon us!

[lonewolf]

Yikes! Here I am posting twice in a row again. I guess it is the weekend and a lot of us aren't usually on here. It's pouring down rain, so I have nothing better to do right now.

B - a spoonful of almond butter and a small handful of raisins

L - a Greek chicken shish kabob with about 1/2 C of rice, some grapes and carrot sticks

S - an airplane bag of peanuts and a gluten-free cookie from the health food store (oops)

D - grilled chicken tenderloins smothered in garlic sauce, about 3/4 C rice, salad with Italian dressing

I didn't get "real" exercise today, but I worked at a car wash for 2-1/2 hours with my daughter and vacuumed and scrubbed out our "new" van (10 years old, but new to us).

[Janeti]

Hello all, sorry I haven't posted in a while, I haven't been feeling the greatest. Being that I am also battling lymes, I now have intestinal candida....I have lost 4 pounds though. My new diet is no sugar, protein and fruit for breakfast, and Activia for lunch only, with maybe a piece of fruit for a snack of some carrot sticks. Eating sucks!! There is no joy in it any more. Liz, hope you had a great vacation!

[UR Groovy]

Hi Folks,

I haven't been here lately because it's just too humiliating. I say I'm going to work out, but I don't. I have absolutely no self discipline.

New plan: Buy, clean, prep & cook more healthy foods - today. I've been cheesing all week. I'm going to get off the cheese. It's killin' my waistline.

Think I'll put one foot in front of the other and walk first, rather than creating all these lofty goals that I can talk myself out of.

I didn't weigh in this week. I'm quite sure that nothing has changed. Another week, another chance to change my ways.

[jerseyangel]

fajitas, on Jul 22 2007, 11:30 AM, said:

I haven't been here lately because it's just too humiliating.

Ditto

Ok--I'm back....first I need to admit that I've gained almost 20 pounds since my hysterectomy in January. I feel like I should say--"hello, I'm Patti and I can't stop gaining weight." At first, I lost 10 pounds, but since then I've been stedily gaining.

I'm frustrated, and honestly, I don't think I'm eating badly at all. I eat entirely gluten-free, dairy free, soy and legume free and low sodium. I do tend to over do with sugar, and portions, I think are a problem, as is lack of regular exercise. I think I may have just answered my own question

I've been reading up on menopause, and it looks like this is not uncommon at all in my situation. (I take no HRT). I just had blood work and a cardiac workup--and all is well, they say.

So....be that as it may, I'm going to try and eat more intelligently and get regular exercise. I'm just so darn *hot* all the time. The last thing I want to do is induce sweat

Liz--welcome back and I'm glad that your aunt was feeling well enough to enjoy your visit. Geoff, sorry about all of the "female" talk--I just wanted to be clear about what I'm dealing with

[confused]

todays measurements
chest 37
biceps 11 11
waist 37
hips 37.75
thighs 22 22
calves 13.75 13.75
>
> 2 week ago measurements
>
> chest 38
> biceps 11.5 l 11.5
> waist 39
> hips 41.75
> thighs 22.25 r 22.25 l
> calves 14.25 r 14.25 l
>
> ok so i lost 1 inch from chest 1
> lost .5 from each bicep for 1 total 1
> lost .5 from waist .5
> lost .75 from hips .75
> lost .75 from each thigh for 1.5 total 1.5
> lost .25 from calves for .5 total .5
> 5.25
>
> so ive lost 5.25 inches this week, i know next week i wont, im only
a
> big loser the first week lol
>
>
>
> > june 29th measurements
> > >Chest 39 inches
> > >Biceps left 12 right 12
> > >Waist 39.5
> > >Hips 42.5
> > >Thighs left 23 right 23
> > >Calves left 14.5 right 14.5
> >
> > ok now seeing my numbers i have lots of work to do
> >
> >
> > paula
> >
i know i havent posted any measurements in here, so here they are from when i started on june 29th. I was so happy to see how far i have came in less then a month.

paula

[Jestgar]

Sigh

I finished out my week of bad eating by stuffing my face with potato chips and sitting on my butt reading Harry Potter.

And then I spent two nights not sleeping because that's what my body does when I don't eat well.

So this morning, back in the saddle.

3/4 cup home made yogurt
3 tomatoes
2 bananas
3 cups coffee

more than usual, but I feel like crap from having just a few hours of sleep over the weekend.

[little d]

confused, on Jul 22 2007, 12:43 PM, said:

todays measurements
chest 37
biceps 11 11
waist 37
hips 37.75
thighs 22 22
calves 13.75 13.75
>
> 2 week ago measurements
>
> chest 38
> biceps 11.5 l 11.5
> waist 39
> hips 41.75
> thighs 22.25 r 22.25 l
> calves 14.25 r 14.25 l
>
> ok so i lost 1 inch from chest 1
> lost .5 from each bicep for 1 total 1
> lost .5 from waist .5
> lost .75 from hips .75
> lost .75 from each thigh for 1.5 total 1.5
> lost .25 from calves for .5 total .5
> 5.25
>
> so ive lost 5.25 inches this week, i know next week i wont, im only
a
> big loser the first week lol
>
>
>
> > june 29th measurements
> > >Chest 39 inches
> > >Biceps left 12 right 12
> > >Waist 39.5
> > >Hips 42.5
> > >Thighs left 23 right 23
> > >Calves left 14.5 right 14.5
> >
> > ok now seeing my numbers i have lots of work to do
> >
> >
> > paula
> >
i know i havent posted any measurements in here, so here they are from when i started on june 29th. I was so happy to see how far i have came in less then a month.

paula

Man you mean that we have to measure ourselves as well. Well Ok I will get right on that.

Ok so far I have gained 2lbs just over the weekend, I have been very bad with the help of my husband

Friday night I trully can't remember what I had but I know that it was gluten-free

Saturday
B- 2 eggs, 3 bacon and hashbrown cheese cassarole from Cracker Barrell
2 cups of coffee, I did not have any bread but I'm sure the hashbrowns were not good for me.

D- CiCi's Pizza 4 small slices and salad (We were out and my husband stopped here without thinking and of course the salad was not enough I had to go for the pizza)
d coke

Sunday

B - gluten-free Corn Flakes with Lactaid milk
coffee

2pm we went to Movie Grill tavern to see Transformers
Potato Wedges with sourcream and bacon bits
d coke
D- brown rice tortilla with a sunshine patty and gluten-free cheese
d coke

Monday
2 stupid donughts and coffee

I will get back on track with my diet because If I eat too much more of gluten the I will suffer so far I have just been tired no d yet but I know that is coming.

donna

[jerseyangel]

Doing better today (we're both getting back on the horse, Jestgar ).

B-One slice toast w/almond butter, banana, spring water
L-Big salad w/olive oil and vinegar, square of cornbread, spring water
S-Cup of Stash Chai Tea w/sugar in the raw and vanilla almond milk

That's it so far today. Didn't exercise per se, but cleaned the house *and* my closet. Actually worked up a sweat

[confused]

jerseyangel, on Jul 23 2007, 03:43 PM, said:

Doing better today (we're both getting back on the horse, Jestgar ).

B-One slice toast w/almond butter, banana, spring water
L-Big salad w/olive oil and vinegar, square of cornbread, spring water
S-Cup of Stash Chai Tea w/sugar in the raw and vanilla almond milk

That's it so far today. Didn't exercise per se, but cleaned the house *and* my closet. Actually worked up a sweat

is almond butter good, and is it gluten, casein and soy free lol

paula

[jerseyangel]

confused, on Jul 23 2007, 05:20 PM, said:

is almond butter good, and is it gluten, casein and soy free lol

paula

Hi Paula,

Almond butter is yummy I'm practically addicted to it!

It should have only almonds in it--I use Woodstock Farms. The (only) ingredient is roasted, unblanched almonds.