Going4Gold GANG

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SUPER-FOOD>>>!!!!

Anti-aging, and awesome for leveling blood sugar levels...

I've SEEN it work on Diabeties...!

Maybe, Best Berry of All...Lol!!!  Worthy of Bold Type,

Beatles...??? Fun!

* goes off to load cats... I PROMISE...!!! You'll LOVE this...!!!  yowl...! *

Dinner went well ... but as best as my guesstimating goes, I was almost 1900 calories for the day. (Maintenance would be 2400 ... so it was still a 500-calorie deficit for the day, but still!)

I must say, it was delightful and since I had the PMS hungries yesterday anyway, going over my daily calories by 400 didn't seem entirely out of the realm of reason, ya know? This was the most calories I've eaten in one day in over 5 months, so it will be interesting to see if it impacts the scale.  I doubt it will, honestly .... but I do think PMS and TOM will impact the scale come this next weekend!  Oh well.... my wonderful DH thinks February should be officially designated a Maintenance Month since I will be out of town 14 days of it,

That DOES have a nice sound to it, doesn't it? 5 months of hard-core dieting, 1 maintenance month. Then back to hard core calorie counting. Somehow, I bet that would probably do my metabolism some good.  Of course, I still have to watch my carbs/blood sugar like a hawk (even on Maintenance), but it does mean I can eat ..... drumroll, please .... a teensy bit more cheese!

* happily nibbling on cheese sounds *

=^..^= MOLLY

Hi Iam a friend of 4 square. she is trying to  help me with this and iam not much on these computers.

GOOOd EEEvening to all,

and welcome Soupbones!!

I hope everyone had a great day. Tam, I too, like your idea. Along with the blueberries. My favorite. I love them frozen! (my dogs like them that way, too) Hey I had some great news and some not-so-great news today. I tried on a pair of pants this morning and they were TOO BIG!!! Yippppeeee. I was so excited, I almost called in sick...haha. I don't weigh in until friday so I hope there is good news on the scale.

Then I got the ugly news. The physical therapist for my ankle told me that my surgeon doesn't want me to ride my horse for another 3 weeks! (This after the PT said I could) grrrr. Oh, okay (she says, dejected). I had fun with him anyway...I just turned him loose in the barn and he followed me around like a puppy. He's so cute. Tried to eat the zipper on my coat.

Well, my totals for the day were pretty good except for sodium. Way too high at 2600mg (but the chile I ate was really good). I ended up with 1200 cals, 28g of fat and 20 min walking. I am going to bed early tonight so I will work harder tomorrow.

Night-Night

skye

Hey all,

I'm tired. Long long day and it's not over yet. I leave in 40 minutes to go see personal trainer--o'well---Tis a good end to the day. Forks, wow your getting in so much exercise--that is great! Scenicskye it's great that your pants fit loser isn't--I love it! Right now, I'm in between sizes and I can't wait to go down 2 full size so I can buy new pants--I'm honestly just bagging it right now--not the loveliest look but when you don't have much money it works! Tam wow, 6 pounds  in less than 6 days, is that right? Great job! 2BB, I'm sure your exercising like crazy--keep up the good work! Molly, I thank 1 month off but half/way off sounds nice! Soupbones, I welcome you here-it's a nice group. I'm waiting to here from 4sq and RG and anyone else that I'm missing! Have a great evening or good night if I don't catch up with you all soon!

Calories in: 1408
Calories burned: 2389
Deficit:  981
Grade: C+  (bad pms day) 

Fat - 38.4% (65 grams)
Protein - 20.1% (76 grams)
Carbohydrates - 41.5% (157 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%

Daily Sodium Intake - 3,167 mg
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 558 mg
Daily Fiber Intake - 29 grams

Hi Everyone!

I hope RG is doing good with the packing, I could use your energy here in my house to help me pack!!!! 

I've been *lurking* today in between packing and cleaning and grocery shopping and schooling.  Now I'm fully stuffed and satisfied thanks to MOLLY!!!  I ordered the shiratake noodles from www.miraclenoodles.com and have to say they are quite a wonderful product!!  The first couple of bites were weird because they had no taste other than the sauce the tomatoes they were mixed with and the texture was different from regular pasta.  Not bad... just different and took a few bites to really get used to.  Anyway, I ate a bag on those noodles with italian seasoned stewed tomatoes and 1/2 of a roasted garlic chicken breast and I AM STUFFED!!  I think I'm going to LOVE having these noodles.  I might have to order some of the "rice" substitute they make... Have you tried those yet Molly?

Here is my day:

Breakfast:
2 poached eggs on toast
2 pieces of toast with ICBINB spray

Snack:
Special K Vanilla crisp bar (before grocery shopping to keep from splurging)

Lunch:
Double Cheeseburger from McD's..... YES, that's the second one in 5 days... P M S

Snack:
Gala apple
1/2 cup green grapes

Dinner:
1/2 roasted garlic chicken breast
1 bag shiratake noodles w/ 1 cup stewed tomatoes
5 baby carrots

Treat:
Hershey's bar.....  YES... this was a bad day and I'll pay tomorrow

Horrible day for nutrition, but didn't do too terrible for cals.  Got 3 boxes packed up and moved to the garage and I'm hoping to get a few more done before bedtime.  Now I'll get that done and go back to *lurking* with 2BB!! 

Hi friends,

No time to lurk today; have been 100 mph all day long. Got up early, took out more bags of trash that are not recylcable or Goodwill-able, re-attached the shade on the front porch light, scraped and stained the beadboard on the porch ceiling (was a pretty nice day here today, luckily...) Then worked for about 3 hours, headed to the basement to do "touch-ups" to my paint job, packed away some books, cleaned off my desk, gathered all my charitable deductions stuff for my taxes, and then, voila, the people were here for the walk-through of the house.

It went very well, they like my little bungalow and will write up the contract for SALE this evening. Then Mike and I will update our contract, the swap is set, and next week I'll followup and get all the loan applications in (a huge PIA since I'm self-employed.) So if I can request your prayers and support for some more one day at a time stuff, I'd sure appreciate the love.

Headed out to a meeting at 4:30, and to the gym for a workout at 6:30. We learned some great stuff to loosen up the hips, the squats (two hands and no hands) were killer, as usual. I'm looking forward to yoga tomorrow night, I need to get stretched out from all this cardio I've been doing.

Report for 1/18/08

Calories = 2015 Burned = 3007 Deficit = 992

Exercise -- cleaning and schlepping boxes, 60 minutes of circuit training with aerobic movement

Fun Food Fact -- 2 cups of broccoli, 1/2 cup of corn, some cracked black pepper and 1 oz. of fat-free feta tossed together is DELISH (also had a baked red potato and some broiled tilapia. Some kashi and almond breeze for dessert/snack. Gotta get that deficit below 1000 or I don't lose.)

Stats: 

Daily Fiber Intake - 45 grams 

Liking all that fiber today -- I'll make my 40 g/day average for January yet!!

I'll post more tomorrow, got some more articles/links 4U 2BB. Forks -- my soul sistah, that exercise recognition really resonates deep in your loins, doesn't it?! Molly, glad your pork chops were all you hoped they'd be. YAY for the loose pants grrrls (when being "loose women" is a good thing!)

Tomorrow's a new day for you guys struggling; I'm thinking about you and know you'll do better.

Need some inspiration, here's one of my favorites, from Maya Angelou:

Phenomenal Woman

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies
I'm not cute or built to suit a model's fashion size
But when I start to tell them 
They think I'm telling lies. 
I say 
It's in the reach of my arms 
The span of my hips 
The stride of my steps 
The curl of my lips. 
I'm a woman 
Phenomenally 
Phenomenal woman 
That's me.

I walk into a room 
Just as cool as you please 
And to a man 
The fellows stand or 
Fall down on their knees 
Then they swarm around me 
A hive of honey bees. 
I say 
It's the fire in my eyes 
And the flash of my teeth 
The swing of my waist 
And the joy in my feet. 
I'm a woman 
Phenomenally 
Phenomenal woman 
That's me.

Men themselves have wondered 
What they see in me 
They try so much 
But they can't touch 
My inner mystery. 
When I try to show them 
They say they still can't see. 
I say 
It's in the arch of my back 
The sun of my smile 
The ride of my breasts 
The grace of my style. 
I'm a woman 
Phenomenally 
Phenomenal woman 
That's me.

Now you understand 
Just why my head's not bowed 
I don't shout or jump about 
Or have to talk real loud 
When you see me passing 
It ought to make you proud. 
I say 
It's in the click of my heels 
The bend of my hair 
The palm of my hand 
The need for my care. 
'Cause I'm a woman 
Phenomenally 
Phenomenal woman 

That's me. 

1253 calories

Fat - 18.8% (27 grams)
Protein - 55.4% (180 grams)
Carbohydrates - 25.8% (84 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%

Daily Sodium Intake - 2,331 mg
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 337 mg
Daily Fiber Intake - 28 grams

Great day for the Gang!!! And a Newbie-- Hi! soupbones!!! LOVE that name, lol!!!!

I've been Lurking while eating a late Dinner-- Sooo Tired!!!!

After toting a VERY large and a quite small cat for 3 hours, off-and-on, visiting my friends at my favorite Nursing Home, and making some new friends...!  I was TIRED!!!

Then, I visited my Mom... Then took the poor wore-out kitties home-- before going shopping for can't-wait-no-more groceries, lol! Don't like to shop! 

Wore the hrm and checked it through the day for the information it is giving me, as I know I'm always exhausted when I do these things...! (Ran in the big, dark parking lot with my daughter, too- higher heart rate! Fun!!!)

 I burned 510 extra cals before shopping- and didn't get the morning routine of washing protesting cats, etc! Shopping and cooking gave me another 250, so with my diet deficit, I've got a high burn day...without exercise! 1200 in vs. 2500 out...if it's really accurate! I'm testing for now to see...

I've enjoyed everybody's posts-- want to see Rivergrrrl's links! And  I was going to type what I learned/changed with the Nutritionist's advice... but I'm too tired to concentrate!

I succeeded in getting all my out-of-home business done today so I can stay home and seriously work on my exercise/deficit goals for the week, so I'll be around tomorrow!

Sorry for your delay with riding, scenicskye! It'll be sweeter when you get your freedom back after waiting so long! Be careful!!!

Glad Molly had fun!

Bootser's sounding good! Are you feeling OK with those low carbs??? I feel fuzzy headed and tired when I'm below 130...! Gotta' be strong to manage it so well!

Welcome to our Gang, Soupbones!!! Feel free to read and Lurk all you want if computers/typing are awkward for you-- we just want to make you feel welcome and encourage you if we can! Glad you're here!

*wonder if Erin's Lurking...??? *

Both our Tam's are doing Great... One with exercise and great losses! One with Bad days that, 'ain't-so-bad,' and getting some of that packing done-- arrghhh! How I hate moving!!! Enjoyed ya'll'ses posts, lol!

Rivergrrrl-- Thanks for the poem! Loved it! Lotta' typing...HOW do you KEEP GOING...!!!???? I'm tired-er when I read all you get done in a day...!!!!

If you could sell that energy, I'd wanna' BUY IT!!!

I've heard: "When the BOSS is Happy-- EVERYBODY"S HAPPY!!!"

Maybe that's why today's been so Great...???? Glad your plans are working so well, Forks-- that walking really sounds good!!!

Can hardly hold my eyes open, so, Good Night, Gang! Sorry if I miss anybody, but I'm going for some mango and cottage cheese...and bed!

2BB, I feel so good with low-carbs--I eat lots and lots of veggies and time my carbs for the right time when I need them--I never have had an bad side affects--lol! I feel good--I promise--thanks!

Exercise: 20 minutes intense cardio with trainer

Nutrition: B plus

Original Post by soupbones:

Hi Iam a friend of 4 square. she is trying to  help me with this and iam not much on these computers.

Welcome soupbones!!!!

MOLLY

Did you ever have a day where you just want to spend the entire day in your jammies and eat cereal for breakfast and lunch?  I am seriously thinking about having such a day tomorrow .... (I would still eat a normal dinner with veggies and still keep an eye on my calories/blood sugar.)

Hmmm... I must be going through a weird mid-winter phase or something.

=^..^= MOLLY

Hi soupbones...good morning!

We were up until 1 in the morning trying to get things that she eats entered into her log....(yawn!). Of course you get two women together, we did other talking too and I loved her little chihuahua, Samson (no resemblance to the biblical one!!)

I have been quiet for a few days because of discouragement. Didn't want to keep complaining about the plateau I am in. Yesterday I had a weigh in and I lost nothing in one week. Could be close to TOM, atleast I hope that is my problem, plus extra stress.