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WEIGHT LOSS REPORT FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 .

Starting weight: 369.0

Current weight: 304.2

Weight lost this week: 3.2 pounds

Weight loss to date: 64.8 pounds

Percentage of weight lost (of starting weight): 17.5 %

Weeks of Dieting: 17 weeks

Average Weekly Weight Loss: 3.81 pounds

Special Comments: Pretty normal week, actually.

Next Goal: Get below 300 pounds

 

=^..^= MOLLY

Fri, Dec 14 2007

  Breakfast
 
 Fiber One  1/2 cup 60
 skim milk  1/2 cup 45
 Egg, Whole - Cooked, Hard-boiled  2 -156
 Light vanilla soy milk  1 cup- 80
 Jell-o sugar free-fat free instant pudding powder only 1/5 recipe- 20

  Lunch

 Tomatoes, Red, Ripe - Raw, Year Round Average  1 cup 27
 fruit salad  70 grams- 30
 Spinach - Raw  1 cup- 7
 Egg, Whole - Cooked, Hard-boiled  1 egg- 78
 fit n active peanut butter and fudge bar  1 bar-200
 Radishes - Raw  1 cup- 19
 
  Dinner

 thomas light multi-grain 1 muffin- 100
 Broccoli - Raw  1 cup- 30
 Vegan Burgers - BOCA Organic Soy or NAPF Products  1 burger- 100
 Sweetpotato - Cooked, Baked In Skin, Without Salt 1 potato- 103
 Olive Oil  1 tsp.- 44
 fleishmanns spread   1/2 tbls.- 30
 Light vanilla soy milk  1 cup- 80
 Jell-o sugar free-fat free instant pudding powder only 1/5 recipe- 20
Total Calories Consumed 1,227

  Fat - 26.8% (41 grams)
 Protein - 23.7% (82 grams)
 Carbohydrates - 49.5% (172 grams)
Daily Fiber Intake - 42 grams
 Nutrition Grade A
 
If you look at my list you see pudding powder, that is because I used it to make the Hungry Girl recipe for egg nog.  It is yummy, not totally like the real deal but is very yummy!!

TURKEY-STUFFED ACORN SQUASH

In my ongoing effort to keep things interesting around here, I decided to try something new for dinner tonight. We're going to grill up some lean, ground turkey with chopped onions, garlic and red peppers (then divide it into four servings!) We will also mix in a touch of taco seasoning, too -- not too much, just some for flavoring! Then, I am going to stuff it into already-roasted acorn sqush halves! Doesn't that sound delightful? (DH will probably add some melted cheese to his!) I will serve mine up with some sauteed shredded cabbage, plus a simple cucumber-tomato-radish salad ... yum yum yum! (I expect DH will eat his with Sun Chips, melted cheese, and salsa -- for more of a Mexican flare!) I do think the turkey/onions/red peppers will look nice in the golden-orange acorn squash bowl -- especially nestled on a bed of sauteed green cabbage! PLUS .. we'll have leftovers (probably to add to some vegetarian chili tomorrow, or maybe I will make nachos!) (9 servings of veggies for dinner!)

Lunch today was an old favorite with a twist ... tuna. I take a 6oz can of Bumbleebee chunk white albacore in water, drain it, mix in 1 tablespoon of Miracle Whip Light and 45 calories' worth of un-marinated artichoke hearts. Then I serve it grilled, open faced, on a toasted Thomas' light multigrain english muffin. With that will be four servings of lemon-garlic steamed broccoli. Yum! Yum! Yum! (And 7 servings of veggies for lunch!) (If you have "spare calories", you can add a slice or two of Kraft fat free cheddar (@30 cals a slice) and make a nifty tuna melt!)

I must say that I was pretty excited about my weigh-in this morning and losing 3.2 pounds since last Saturday! Woo hoo! I know my weigh-in days are supposed to be Sundays, but if my unofficial Friday sneaky weigh-in days show a happy result, I just take that number and run with it, staying off the scale for another week! (What a silly I am!) I am actually getting cautiously optimistic that I may just squeak by under 300 pounds by January 1 ... wouldn't THAT be the niftiest thing, ever?

BREAKFAST

one toasted Thomas' light multigrain english muffins (100 calories)

two tablespoons of roasted red pepper hummus (32 calories)

one cup of Kashi Go Lean cereal (140 calories)

one-half cup of unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze (20 calories)

LUNCH

one toasted Thomas' Light multigrain english muffin (100 calories)

three servings of unmarinated artichoke hearts, diced (45 calories)

one tablespoon of Miracle Whip Light (37 calories)

four servings of steamed broccoli (100 calories)

one 6 ounce can of Bumbleebee Chunk White Albacore (150 calories)

DINNER

one serving of ground turkey breast, seasoned (210 calories)

1/4 red bell pepper ( 11 calories)

1/4 cup grilled yellow onions (17 calories)

four servings of sauteed shredded cabbage (81 calories)

one-half roasted acorn squash (86 calories)

one medium cucumber, peeled/diced (24 calories)

one cup of cherry tomatoes, diced (27 calories)

one cup of sliced radishes (19 calories)

CALORIE TOTAL: 1199 (does not include after-dinner snacks)

FIBER TOTAL: 56 grams

VEGGIE TOTAL: 16 servings

NUTRITION REPORT: ( 10.8% fat / 38.2% protein / 51.0% carbs)

Friday weigh-in report.
I did not lose any weight this week as of this morning.


SW overall weight = 290
SW of challenge (11/28/07) = 218
CW (12/14/07) = 215.5
week total = 0
Challenge total = 2.5
Overall loss = 74.5

I thought I was past my plateau, but my body seems to be "holding on" to weight; I know how it feels in losing mode, and it doesn't feel that way right now, or at least for this week.  and I'm not retaining water, either  (sigh).  I guess it's possible that my extra core workouts are building muscle quickly, but I don't see any change in my body measurements, or how my clothes fit, to indicate that. (eg last week, felt the jeans looser, this week, no change).  I have to be careful not to panic and use food to feel better.

Calories today = 1523  (26 F, 21 P, 52 C)
Breakfast -- 1 piece toast w/ egg white and fat free cheese, pink grapefruit
Snack -- carrot and celery sticks with 1/2 oz fat free feta cheese and roasted garlic, 16 oz. decaf herb tea
Lunch -- brown rice and yellow curry, 20 oz. water w/ lemon
Snack -- 10 regular m & m's, granny smith apple
Supper -- turkey veg soup w/ onion, carrot, celery, rutabaga and fresh herbs, 1 serving whole wheat ritz crackers, 1/2 oz fata free feta cheese and roasted garlic, 48 oz. water


Maybe for the next week I'll up my protein and try to lower my fat, get my fiber up to 40 g a day, and bust through this.  I've also been pretty stressed with deadlines and followup on billing for my business, and finishing up the end of the year, so I guess stress could be playing a part as well.  I'll also try to work in another cardio workout to 5 days instead of 4.  Any other ideas?  It's just depressing to be working hard at working out, making food sacrifices, and not seeing movement on the scale.

Original Post by danceswithforks:

Molly we should pay :)  Love it.   I'm going to make that tuna artichoke grill...yup!

It was scrumptious!

=^..^= MOLLY

I understand, rivergrrrl! The Nutritionist I saw today recommended 35 g. fiber, and "Keep Doing What You Are Doing!"

She spoke of fiber being very helpful in several ways. I'm eating plenty, so that is good. I've also read where our daily fiber causes us to burn 250 calories in the work of digesting it! She seemed to agree.

She believed stress-plus-plateau was my problem... since Nov. 2, I've finally lost an extra .2 lb!

After gaining 2 lb.+/- during that Lonnggg 5 1/2 weeks...!

I recently read a study about stress weight, where they caged and tied down some mice, (I felt sorry for them!), and compared them to other normal mice. The "Stressed" mice ate LESS, and GAINED weight over the normal mice...!

The body apparently reacts to stress like it does to famine conditions, and tries to conserve our bodies and any intake for the need it fears! It helped my frustration to understand it- but I certainly didn't Enjoy-it-in-action!

Have you increased sodium? Pickles, especially, can bite 'ya! And cheese...

If you've added some new exercise, you may retain extra water...possibly in the region you are working...so the inches may be hidden till you adjust to it?

Hang on- it will pass! I've felt rough about it, too. But, it is going to work as we keep, "Doing What We're Doing!" Don't let it get you down- none of us want any G4G'ers to be feeling down! We're still all CHAMPIONS!!!

You've been doing great, ya' know...!

Losing 74.5 lbs. already is NOT "Small Potatoes!" Wow!!

You guys, I need help.

I'm such a screw up... People see me as this amazing success in all aspects of life, but food has been consuming my mental energy for a year. I binge at night. I eat so well during the day, with my low fat cottage cheese and veggies and milk and everything, but I binge at night. And I need to stop.

Encourage me to not eat after 8pm. I can't have just a bowl of oatmeal. Just a glass of milk. Just a cookie. I can't do it, not at this point in my life.

And when I feel full, I feel worthless. I've gained 25 pounds since I started this website. Yes, gained. And I need to lose them back, for health reasons.

I can be healthy, but nights hurt.

I need to save calories for breakfast.

Help me. I love you guys. And I want to love my body.

       &nb sp; 

Hi! Im Kirsten. I would really love some weight loss buddies and support. My story is kind of long winded so if youd like to know more you can check out my profile. It just so happens to be friday. Today I weigh 189lbs. 6 months ago I weighed 196lbs that was my heaviest. I joined CC a week or so ago and Im so glad I found it. There is something about it that makes me want to keep going.

HEY!

I GOT ELFED!

(lol)

=^..^= MOLLY

Just gotta say it, I weighed myself this morning and I lost another 1.2 lbs.!!  I was a tad disappointed with yesterdays weigh in only weighing 1.5 lbs less but I am sooooooo happppppyyyyyyy today!  Todays weight: 166.6 WaaHoo!

Molly Elf-ed me!!!!!!

That was crazy!!!!!!!! Lol!!!!!!!!

4square~~~ !!! Me, Too!!!! Me, Too!!! Me, Too!!!

Happy Days are here again....!

I left the scale weights at 174.3 yesterday. When I stepped on it today, the floating arm kept laying there- Very Good Sign!!! I had lost something!

I slid the weight to 174...it Still lay there...

I moved it further...173.75...!

173.5...!

173.25...!

173...!!!   (Holding breath...does that help us weigh less, lol???)

172.9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOO HOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Did ya' hear a strange commotion arising from the Southern states??? I was rather noisy inside- nobody around to tell, yet, lol!!!! It SHOULD have been audible for a lonnggg ways!!!!

The Thumb Coach was Gracious enough to stop saying April of 2009...! It now says March, lol!   (I don't like him very much...! I Don't! I Don't!!! Lol!!!)

Since Tuesday- 176.5, to Wednesday- 174.5, to Thursday- 174.3, to Below 173- 172.9, when I should soon be gaining...!!!! Finally, I'm losing for real!!!

Also, does anybody measure? It hasn't been encouraging for me lately, but I dropped below 35" in my waist, and below 44.5" in my hips today, too. I'm usually 10 between the waist and hips, so my stomach probably needs tightening exercise to catch up.

 I was once 26" or less, and less than 10" to go sounds good! 26" is small with me, about a size 6. (I'm very short, large hipped, short waisted- child birth was fast for me, but all my babies were early, too. Everybody hated me, though! Never went through the ninth month, or took long in labor!)

Hope everybody else has a GREAT day today, too!!!

We can do this  2bb!!  That's great that both of our scales moved this morning

       &nb sp;          

Tonight I have a Christmas party to attend for the church council members of our church.  Due to this I am going to go ahead and post my calories up until the party.  I sure do have quite the time trying to get an A with the first half of my day!!  It wouldn't be so bad but I really like my cereal in the morning and that makes the carbs go high.  Well I still accomplished my A, and obviously all of these days of meal planning are starting to really pay off when it comes to the amount of weight I lost in 8 days

Here is my diet for the first half of today

Sat, Dec 15 2007
 
  Breakfast

 Fiber One  1/2 cup- 60
 skim milk  1/2 cup- 45
 
  Lunch
 
 Vegan Burgers - BOCA Organic Soy or NAPF Products 2 burgers-200
 Spinach - Raw  1 cup- 7
 thomas light multi-grain 1 muffin 100
 Olive Oil  2 tsp- 88 
 Tomatoes, Red, Ripe - Raw, Year Round Average  1/2 cups- 13
 Broccoli - Raw  1 cup- 30
 
  Snacks
 
 fit n active peanut butter and fudge bar  1 bar- 200
 
Total Calories Consumed 743
 
Nutrition Report

    Fat - 24.4% (25 grams)
 Protein - 26.6% (60 grams)
 Carbohydrates - 49.0% (111 grams)
Daily Fiber Intake - 36 grams
 Nutrition Grade A

 

snow!!?!!?  brrrrr.... 

I'm running around today in a sparkly white tank top and fuzzy light blue snowman fleece (ok, ok, so they're pajama bottoms!). Re-stocked on groceries from Trader Joes and the grocery store, and we went to see the travel agent.

And put down our deposit on our cruise to Alaska in May! Woo hoo!

=^..^= MOLLY