wearelosinit

and not in the pounds way. I was completely derailed by expired smoothies. I have not returned to the store. And I have kept eating crap. I also blame Chris being home. My whole eating things gets thrown off by him.

I had
My breakfast:
A Smoothie
Protein Granola
Coffee
My Lunch
High Protein Pasta with Sundried tomato pesto
Perrier and lime (because I can't get off the fizzy stuff)
My dinner:
reproteined sw egg ehites with sw potato hash.
Snack: 4 pieces of german creme bites (sue me they are small)
and a late night protein granola bar which is probably why my stomach is all cranky.

I am afraid to go to Trader Joes (market) because I do not think I can over come the temptation that is the CINNAMON SCONE. I can easily ignore the ice cream. I can buy my strawberry popsicles because they are basically frozen strawberry puree on a stick. However, I do not like the unorganic market so looks like Trader Joes it will be. Atleast I can get the right peanut butter and hummus stuff. Oh yeah and the bacons wait see how that is already disastorous?
My pants do feel lose. Which is good but that cold be me trying not to pass gas in front of Chris anymore. He's out of town so I can pass gas all I need. I feel less bloated. Thats a plus. Thoughts I had the other night. I wonder how many vegetarians are on a beano diet. I do not really need the answer. Just a passing thought.

I did not exercise yesterday. I was sore from the day before. I think I messed up my hand doing push ups with the exercise ball. So I tortured my hand and made Moms Mothers Day jewelry well into the morning. It was more my right meg and toes that protested then the hand. Well until I went to finish the jewelry and my hand really acted up. This is the stuff I write so I can share with my neuro about exercising.

It's only been 4 days or 3 I have to look at Beverly's to keep up with that one. LOL. I started this thing the day after she started. I started the ball a week before.

I am beginning to get used to all this, the lighter life diet is drastic and very tiring but I think its the best plan for me. I find it easy to make up the soups and milkshakes and the bars to be honest are nice...actually they are all mostly very nice I cant really complain! I was expecting the foodpacks to be gross but they are not too bad.

Im struggling to drink enough water each day, I am not a big fan of plain water so I usually drink flavoured water. Plain out of the tap filtered and cooled will be much better for me in the long run I just need to stop hating it so much and think of the benefits!

I am going to a meeting tonight, its just I think for people in the first week or so to check up we are doing ok and stuff. I am hoping to get weighed so I can see if its working, one woman who just joined has lost 9lb in 9days! Here is hoping I get the same results!! I will let you know how the meeting goes later

when I have energy. I will tell you what I am up to. It has been 2 years since anyone said anything in my little private weight loss community. BUT I have new friends. And they may want to join. And I need a place to write down the boring stuff. For example:
Smoothie
Protein Granola bar
about to have coffee.

Hey all

There's an excerpt from a new book in this week's issue of Newsweek I found really interesting. You can read the whole article HERE but this quote I found particularly interesting:



You say that staying slender means changing body and spirit. Can you explain that?
I think the main reason women fail to keep weight off is that they're still "fat girls" inside. I mean, if all we needed to do was eat less and exercise more, we'd all be slim and trim, right? Losing weight is all about you. It's about saying no to other people's needs and desires and putting yourself—your exercise, your diet, your emotional well-being—first. If you don't do that, if you're stressed out and struggling to meet the demands of everyone else, it's hard to find the energy and time to exercise, and it's easy to take refuge in food.

I really feel like this totally applies to the way I live my life and the way I look at things. The past two relationships I've been in, I've gained a lot of weigh because I was so focused on my partners needs rather than my own. Does this speak to anyone else?

Ok so Ross had a bunch of Belly Dancing excercise DVD's on sale. I bought the whole series. So now I have to figure out a way to not feel moronic belly dancing in my living room.

All right, that's it.  I'm calling in the big guns.  I just had my doctor prescribe me tenuate to help me kick this weight loss plan into high gear.  I used the medication last year for a few months and it made a HUGE difference in controling my appetite (and cravings).  Not only does it do an excellent job as a suppresant, it also physically boosts the metabolism.  

I AM going to be back in my size 8 pants next month dammit.  

Now I just need to find the time to get to the gym again......

I am not the biggest fan of Starbucks coffee. It isn't because I think Starbucks is evil, it is just that I don't like the way they roast their beans. BUT in the last three weeks, I have seen an old gas station knocked down and a starbucks put in. It will probably be opened in the next two weeks. Normally this would not be a problem, BUT... it is a drive through Starbucks. I could get a vanilla latte and pumpkin scone without ever leaving my car. There is a whole lotta temptation in that. It is on the right hand side of the road as I go to work. I don't even have to turn against traffic in the morning. If I can keep it down to my once a month coffee splurge I will be so proud. Coffee makes me way wild and I do not need the pastry. EEEEK.

Yesterday I made my first real smoothie. Usually I make banana milkshake, but the low fat/sugar version: one big, very ripe banana (not good for eating anymore anyway), a tiny bit of cane sugar (or vanilla sugar), a bit of cinnamon and skimmed milk. Since I don't have a blender (yet), I use my soup mixer, which does an excellent job too. Don't add any ice cream, it only makes it more fat, and when your milk is really cold, it has more or less the same effect (yeah I know it's not that creamy, but hey :-p )

Now I took two large strawberries, a ripe pear, a ripe banana, and since I'm too lazy to juice fresh oranges (too much of a mess, really) some orange juice from the bottle, and mixed all of this together. It was ever so yummy, very healthy, no fat and low on calories in general, and very filling too.

In the afternoon I couldn't but make another one, with some strawberries, an apple, a banana and more orange juice. I prefer the first one.

Takes only 5 minutes to make, is very nice :-)


(And yes, I admit I had a pastry too, to go with it... But nearly five months pregnant now, and only gained two pounds, so I'm still minus 10 pounds in total)

I just put pineapple and jalapenos on it with light cheese and no sauce. It is fairly figure friendly, but no one ever wants to share.

Been drinking lots and lots of water. My skin totally broke out so I am hoping I am just "detoxing".

Its Wednesday Pizza Day.