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I already wrote in my journal about my happiness!! Happy for you 2bb!!
My menu for today.
Mon, Dec 17 2007
Breakfast
Fiber One 1/2 cup-60
skim milk 1/2 cup-45
cheese heads string cheese (1)-60
fruit salad 70 grams-30
Oats, Regular And Quick And Instant, Unenriched - Cooked With Water, Without Salt 1 cup-147
peanut butter 1 tbs.-90
Lunch
Vegan Burgers - BOCA Organic Soy or NAPF Products (1)-100
Spinach - Raw 1 cup-7
thomas light multi-grain 1 muffin-100
Broccoli - Raw 1 cup-30
lowfat cottage cheese 1/2 cup-90
Olive Oil 1 tsp-44
Radishes - Raw 1 cup-19
Dinner
Vegan Burgers - BOCA Organic Soy or NAPF Products (1)-100
Spinach - Raw 1 cup-7
fit n active peanut butter and fudge bar 1/2 bar-100
Sweetpotato - Cooked, Baked In Skin, Without Salt 1 potato-103
Olive Oil 1 tsp-44
fleishmanns spread 1/2 tbls.-30
Total Calories Consumed 1,206
Fat - 24.7% (38 grams)
Protein - 25.7% (88 grams)
Carbohydrates - 49.5% (169 grams)
Daily Fiber Intake - 46 grams
Nutrition Grade A
Lol!!! Molly, I started to add...
"Where's Molly! I've GOT to TELL MOLLY!!!"
I can't help it! I may have a low-action thyroid, the Nutritionist agreed, but if I still lose weight, I'll be fine, anyway. It's just SOOO SLOWWW!
Over 6 months to achieve 32 was slow, then gain 2+ for over a month!
7 months to lose less than 30???
Grrrrr!!!!!4 1/4 in less than a week is... is... is... 
Starting weight: 206.5
7 months, 10 days later: 172.25
34.25 lbs gone-at-loonnngggg- last!!! 
3/4 more and I'll have another 5 lb bag of sugar to add to my weight box!!!
* goes off happily to adjust her weight box to 34 lbs for now *
Good for you Dances! Hubby's who take care of you are so nice! Enjoy your decaf!
(I'm curious about your thyroid stuff?)
Good Job 4square! Your protein etc. beats mine! Awesome with 1200! 
It's a chilly, drizzly day here in central California, and I decided to focus on some cold-weather traditional foods to keep me fueled-up and satisfied today. Breakfast was pretty basic (cereal and an english muffin), lunch will be vegetable soup and sammy with a few crunchy veggies, and dinner will be oven-roasted garlic-parmesan potatoes, lean grilled beef, fresh steamed broccoli, and a crunchy cucumber, tomato and radish salad.
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)
two slices of Kraft fat free cheddar cheese (62 calories)
four slices of Oscar Mayer fat free turkey bologna (89 calories)
four dill pickle spears (22 calories)
one cup of sliced radishes (19 calories)
two servings of Progresso Light vegetable soup (120 calories)
DINNER
one serving of lean grilled sirloin beef, fajita-seasoned (200 calories)
one serving of oven-roasted garlic parmesan red potatoes (120 calories)
four servings of steamed broccoli (100 calories)
one medium cucumber, peeled and diced (24)
two small tomatoes, diced (33 calories)
one cup of sliced radishes (19 calories)
CALORIE TOTAL: 1198 (does not include after-dinner snacks)
FIBER TOTAL: 54 grams
VEGGIE TOTAL: 13 servings
NUTRITION REPORT: ( 14.5% fat / 30.5% protein / 55.0% carbs)
I got on the scale this morning and it said 201.5, so I'm okay with that. Only up .5, since this last week or so has been so weird. I'm actually happy that when I'm not counting calories I'm doing so well. I don't eat as much as I used too. Plus I did my measurements today for this month and they went down again, so I am getting smaller. I have those in my profile.
I'm back at it today though, because I want to LOSE!!!
Welcome to the group Kristen!
2BB and 4square, congrats on all those lbs lost!!!! Plus everyone else too!
Everyone seems to be doing so well!!
Oh yeah, I'm going to make myself do strength training workouts from here on out. Not only cardio. I always have so much less motivation for lifting weights and things, but I WILL DO IT!!!
Speaking of low blood sugar, it's my pet peeve today. I just had 75 calories of carbs that I didn't plan for, because I tested and my numbers are low. Drat.
(I actually ate 100 calories of organic, sprouted flax seed bread, but I've already burned 25 of those calories on the treadmill. Now I need to wait for my blood sugar to come up before I'm allowed BACK on the treadmill.)
And I'm not due to be PMSing for another week.... so who knows what's up? Very weird. My morning blood sugars can be anywhere over a 50pt range these days (when I first wake up in the morning).... and I'm pretty much eating the same stuff/same calories every day.
Sheesh. This testing-my-blood-6-times-a-day stuff sure gets old, ya know?
=^..^= MOLLY
Thanks, Dances!!!! Lots! Lots! Lots!!!
We will celebrate the victories as they deserve to be celebrated, once we know the struggles behind them...!!!
I have a family that knows I don't gorge and try hard, too. I am sooo glad this is finally working, as fasting and starvation diets were all I knew that worked at all! I once lost 1/2 lb daily... exercising for hours a day with a mini-tramp, from 183-107, in a few months...on a self-made liquid diet. Baddd idea!!! Couldn't keep the weight off, and lost lots of muscle!!!
That was 11 years ago, and I couldn't face the strain again... Or the returning weight!
I'm really interested in your Armour, esp. without a Dr, as the cost for one is impossible this year. The Nutritionist thought it would be good to be tested, but understood that the $30 I spent to see her was all I could do. Natural vs. medicine sounds good to me, too.
If you find any info or links about the 'Red Flags' to check for myself, I would value them very highly.
My friend, who told me I seemed to have this problem, has had it for years... She has done all she can, and still struggles with it! It isn't encouraging to think it didn't help her much to go for treatment!
I'd not jump to use anything yet, without a stronger, sound knowledge of whether I need it, and how it might affect me, so feel free to share anything you can/want to share-- I won't go and do anything crazy with the info! I respect the delicate workings of the thyroid too much, and how difficult it can be to help! I really couldn't afford to make anything worse!!!
See! I CAN be serious...!
Once in a while!
But, it's not as much FUN!!! Lol!
Hmmm.... my blood sugar was a little low, so I ate 100 calories of organic, sprouted whole grain bread (in addition to my 400 calorie lunch.)
So, I decided to get on the treadmill and burn 100 calories to offset the bread that I had eaten, so I didn't have to log it. (That's the deal I have with my wonderful DH ... all calories burned via exercise must be eaten during that same day ... otherwise I throw everything out of whack, med-wise, by exercising without eating to offset it.)
So, I burned 100 calories on the treadmill after lunch to offset the bread.
Then I tested again at 3:30, and my darn blood sugar is LOW again! (sheesh!) So, I just ate a 100-calorie 8g fiber Thomas' light multigrain english muffin because it was too low to wait the 2 hours until dinner time. Now I have to wait 30 minutes for my blood sugar to come BACK up, so I can then see about burning off those 100 calories from the english muffin on the treadmill.
I suppose I should just be happy because it means I will have gotten to eat an extra 200 calories today, plus the health benefits of burning 200 calories on the treadmill ... but I really wish I could do this on MY schedule and when I want and not because of my darn blood sugar.
=^..^= MOLLY
Dances ....
Here's the pattern I've seen with me, blood sugar levels, and menstruation.
There are two periods during the month that I seem to (a) get hungrier; and (b) experience more blood sugar lows .... first (my guess is), when I am ovulating .... about a week before true PMS symptoms hit. It's usually about a 3 day period, and I jokingly call it "low tide" ... because it's a more minor version of the hunger/cravings/blood sugar issues I get when I have PMS. The second time this occurs ("high tide") is the 5 days or so BEFORE my TOM hits. This is when my water retention occurs, too, as well as when I get really hungry. If I listen to my body and eat more, my blood sugars remain pretty stable. If I stick to my diet faithfully and only eat budgeted calories, my blood sugars drop ... and I usually end up eating anyway ... though often not something quite as healthy.
So, what I've decided to do is LISTEN TO MY BODY ... to the extent feasible... and eat more calories during this period of time. But my rule is, no JUNK FOOD and no SWEETS! If I eat carbs, they have to either be veggies, or healthy grains/breads ... and I try to pair them up with protein, where possible. (I am seeking to avoid my past pattern of eating "crap" during my PMS/TOM.) If I burn off the extra calories that same day via treadmill, I don't worry about logging them. If I don't burn them, they get logged.*
*Actually, they get logged as a default. I then delete them if I burn the calories on the treadmill. And I only do this during these 2 times of the month .... my DH suggested it as a way to get me to (a) eat more when my blood sugar is low and (b) not freak over logging more than XX number of calories per day. It's a coping strategy to take into account my own little quirks and anxieties.
=^..^= MOLLY
Just a thought...
Wonder what your scale would be telling you...?
You could be in a weight shift on top of all the stress of moving, too. I always feel a crash kinda' late from a hard session of pushing to accomplish something... 
Adrenalin combined with hormones of pms... unpleasant recipe, lol!
When we lose fat, etc. we release toxins, too, I've been told... That's part of why we need the water to feel good--flushing that out. Extra salt? Eating different for a while? Don't laugh...! It would make my cat ill and require expensive Vet trips! The Vet warned me to not mix up the cats diet!
Just some other things that could affect us!
Glad it's better!
Truthfully, I can't always "feel" a blood sugar low, which is why I have to test my blood 5-6 times a day, regardless of how I feel.
=^..^= MOLLY
Dontcha just love BB -- she's so articulate and to the point (but of course could say that about the whole G4G team!)
Thanks for the frank analysis of the ebbs and flows you're experiencing, friends. Very enlightening. Seems there's a few of us in our 40s here; I also believe we're going into our next life stage and it can be a bit unexpected on what the lovely body will do/how it will react hormonally. Add in diet, exercise (always good, overall, but an inexact science, for sure), stress, emotions of life -- goodness it can be like trying to drink from a fire hydrant to try and process it all, let alone get a handle on it!
I would only add, for me, it is critically important to get exercise and create some serotonin in my system, keep my emotions and brain balanced. Particularly in the 5 days before my period; those can be dark days if my chemistry is off. I also feel "replenished" after exercise, I can think better, and make better decisions. Especially for all of us now on this journey, spending lots of energy on tracking, analysis, re-working of diet, schedule, budget, etc. it can be very wearying. Sometimes just a 15 minute walk will work, however now I'm addicted! Gotta do the workouts! (SO thinks I'm nuts, eg my 4 miles in the blowing cold yesterday.) But maybe that's something else to add and be helpful to the discussion here.
I'm just getting done with my day, back from seeing clients in Dayton. Did get a short 2-mile jog in this morning, that's my exercise for today. It's OK though, I like to rest on Monday's. 1630 calories total, 2500 burned for a deficit of 870. Made my carbs at 50 percent, still getting the fat/protein worked out, (must wean myself of my daily chocolate fix...I like the full fat stuff, can't help it! and was low on my fiber for today. Must go back to oatmeal for brekkie; then I always surpass 30 fiber grams by starting my day with porridge (makes me feel like goldilocks...)
Happy Tuesday all (a 4-mile jog again plus yoga in the evening, s'posed to be back up in the 40s tomorrow.)
- RG
Who knew we'd be in our 40s, sitting around discussing exercise, vitamins, vegetables and carbohydrates?
=^..^= MOLLY
SOMETHING'S FISHY! Fish is a high-protein, low-fat food that provides a range of health benefits. White-fleshed fish, in particular, is lower in fat than any other source of animal protein, and oilier fish contain substantial quantities of omega-3s, or the "good" fats in the human diet. In addition, fish does not contain the "bad" fats commonly found in red meat -- called omega-6 fatty acids. growing body of evidence indicates that omega-3 fatty acids help maintain cardiovascular health by playing a role in the regulation of blood clotting and vessel constriction. They are important for prenatal and postnatal neurological development, and may reduce tissue inflammation and alleviate the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. Other maladies in which omega-3 may play a beneficial role include cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat), depression and irritable bowel syndrome.
I've been trying to schedule more fish into my diet, with a double-header scheduled for Tuesday! Lunch includes wild Alaskan smoked salmon (yum yum yum) on a toasted english muffin (plus spinach and broccoli and cheese!), and the centerpiece for dinner is line-caught Indonesian yellowfin tuna sashimi in a spicy Sashimi Salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes and ponzu sauce. I will round out dinner with cinnamon-roasted butternut squash and a fresh, garlic-infused organic northern California artichoke! And, if you look at the special notes under my nutritional breakdown, you'll see that this combination of veggies and seafood is off-the-charts healthy when it comes to vitamins and nutrients!
BREAKFAST
one toasted Thomas' light multigrain english muffin (100 calories)
two tablespoons of roasted red pepper hummus (64 calories)
one cup of Kashi Go Lean cereal (140 calories)
one-half cup of unsweetened vanilla almond breeze (20 calories)
one cube, Laughing Cow light gourmet mini bites (7 calories)
LUNCH
one toasted Thoms' light multigrain english muffin (100 calories)
85 grams of Alaskan wild smoked salmon (78 calories)
ten ounces of steamed fresh spinach (65 calories)
four cups of steamed broccoli (100 calories)
seven cubes, Laughing Cow light gourmet cheese bites (48 calories)
DINNER
nine ounces of yellowfin tuna sashimi (275 calories)
one medium cucumber, diced (24 calories)
one cup of halved cherry tomatoes (27 calories)
one cup of sliced radishes (19 calories)
eight ounces of cinnamon-roasted butternut squash (102 calories)
one garlic-infused medium artichoke (60 calories)
TOTAL CALORIES: 1198 (not including snacks)
VEGGIE SERVINGS: 13
FIBER: 57 grams
NUTRITIONAL BREAKDOWN: (12% fats / 38.8% protein / 49.1% carbohydrates)
SPECIAL NOTES: 99% calcium, 104% iron, 745% vitamin c, 1099% vitamin a, 74% sodium
=^..^= MOLLY
I figure why wait to post what I plan on eating for today. My kids use the good computers (we have four in the house!) for their school, so when I want to post it later on I will have problems with another pooter or have to kick a kid out of school...lol.
Just something that is going on in our lives right now. My DH is all of a sudden getting major overtime. This is a much needed income change but also a little bit more stressful for me. This week he will be working 12's everyday, and possibly 8 on Sat. I have now lost the principal for my kids because he gets so tired and I don't want to bog him down with things that happened during our day. Change...gotta love it! Please don't get me wrong though, this is an answer to our prayers, and it appears that it might be this way for a while, thank you God!! Things will be changing soon at my DH's work place and they are all really good changes again Praise God!
so my menu for later on today...lol
Tue, Dec 18 2007
Breakfast
Fiber One 1/2 cup-60
skim milk 1/2 cup-45
Oats, Regular And Quick And Instant, Unenriched - Cooked With Water, Without Salt 1 cup-147
peanut butter 1 tbs-90
Lunch
Vegan Burgers - BOCA Organic Soy or NAPF Products -100
Olive Oil 1 tsp-44
Spinach - Raw 1 cup-7
thomas light multi-grain-100
fit n active yogurt honey peanut protein bar-200
Dinner
Vegan Burgers - BOCA Organic Soy or NAPF Products-100
Olive Oil 1 tsp-44
lowfat cottage cheese 1/2 cup-90
Sweetpotato - Cooked, Baked In Skin, Without Salt 1 med.-103
fleishmanns spread 1 tbs-30
Spinach - Raw 1 cup-7
Broccoli - Raw1/2 cup-30
Total Calories Consumed 1,197
Nutrition Report
Fat - 24.8% (37 grams)
Protein - 25.6% (86 grams)
Carbohydrates - 49.6% (167 grams)
Daily Fiber Intake - 44 grams
Nutrition Grade A
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