SMMC chicas accountability log

[nolagirl2 0]

Ok did 30 minute dvd workout. Feel better about the ice cream now

Also 24 oz. more Water (168 oz. total)

PS ROBYN WOOHOO on the -3 lbs! Congrats babe!

And wtg ang for losing a lb! And welcome to your collarbones!

we're all such big losers :mad:

[Rockin' Robyn 15]

My sis and her almost 1 year old came over just before we were going to go for a walk......I wish she would leave already. She is one of those that doesn't know when to leave.....I'm probably gonna give her the boot soon and at least walk around the block a few times. Signing off for tonight....gonna go snuggle with my hubby and watch some movies too (all the while sipping on my Water of course;) ). Will check in tomorrow girls....be good tonight!

[nolagirl2 0]

have a good walk! good water! goodnight!

[nolagirl2 0]

Yesterday:

24 oz Water (24)

Breakfast: Fajita Burger, 4 oz. refried Beans, 2 oz. 2% cheese, 2 oz. salsa, 1 oz. mixed nuts.

24 oz Water (48)

24 oz water (72)

24 oz water (96)

Lunch: Mozzarella cheese (4-6 oz.), 1.5 roma tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, 1 oz. mixed nuts

24 oz water (120)

24 oz water (144)

Walk 30 Minutes

Dinner: tuna burger with asian sauce

24 oz water (168)

Snack: 2 oz. mixed nuts

[nolagirl2 0]

Today

24 oz Water (24)

Breakfast: Fajita burger, 4 oz. Refried Beans, 2 oz. 2% cheese, 2 oz. salsa

24 oz Water (48)

24 oz water (72)

24 oz water (96)

lunch: About 4 oz. shrimp fajita mix, 1.5 oz black bean chips (probably about 20 g carbs net), 1 oz. sour cream, 1 oz salsa, 2 oz. chunky guacamole (i.e. chopped avocado & veggies, not pureed), and 2-3 oz. queso.

--I'm doing the Atkins style limit carbs, not fat. I had big Breakfast and lunch, so I will probably scale it down for dinner. I am also definitely working out. I'm just trying to figure out what works and doesn't work. btw, all above is homemade, so i know exactly what is in it --

Did 40 minute workout (Denise Austin Cardio Dance & Sculpt - Warm up, cardio, first half of Sculpt/strength, and cooldown)

24 oz water (120)

24 oz water (144)

Snack: 1/2 oz. nuts

24 oz water (168)

Dinner: Same as lunch

Dessert: Low-carb ice cream bar (6g carb)

24 oz water (192)

So today is the day I test my limits...

[Rockin' Robyn 15]

OMG Cate! You are melting again!!! I am so happy for you....you are doing so well. BTW....I was so frustrated about not being able to post what I ate yesterday So....Here is my log from yesterday:

11:00 Breakfast (slept in:notagree ): 1 egg over easy, 1 sausage patty, 1 slice of cheese.

Late Lunch: Slice of cheese

Snack #1: Sonic soft serve Ice Cream Cone (180 cal)

Dinner: chicken Rice Casserole with approx 3 oz chicken (yeah I know...I still try it from time to time, even though it doesn't sit well), 1/5 cup long grain rice, and 1/4 c cream of mushroom Soup mixed in.

Snack #2: Homemade frappuccino (approximately 230 calories)

Water: 88 ounces (doing better:nervous )

Exercise: Went up to the track and walked for 30 mins, (jogged the ends of the track and walked the long legs)

That makes for a total of 958 calories for the day and 56 gms protein:)

[Rockin' Robyn 15]

BTW, I think I might need to start taking Calcium supplements or something because lately, I have noticed I have started CRAVING anything and everything that has milk in it. Unfortunately that includes...ice cream, frappucinnos, creamed Soups, etc etc etc:mad:

[TheGh0st 9]

THURSDAY

Breakfast – Skipped

lunch – Protein Bar

dinner – Approx ½ Cup of Spinach Egg & Feta cheese Bake

Late Night snack – 2 Cups of Protein pudding (Some chocolate & Key Lime):faint:

Fluids – Can’t remember (at least 2 cups skim milk and (2) ½ liter water)

Exercise – NONE (Excuse – Rushed getting ready for group)

Night Snack – 2 Cups of Protein pudding (Some chocolate & Key Lime)

* was feeling down about group for no real good feeling. Probably more TOM hormones than anything.:pout:

UPSIDE: pre-band the cheat would have been much more unhealthy food options & even worse I might have purged it afterwards. (Sure didn’t tell Sabobathy about that former habit.)

FRIDAY

Breakfast – Skipped

Lunch – 2/3rds Frozen cheese omelet w/2 servings of Mexican Velveeta

Dinner – 3 Fried Mozzarella Sticks & 1 Bite of Potato Cake from Wendy’s

Snacks – ½ piece of Chocolate Fudge, 1 sugar Cookie, 1 Handful of my Son’s M&M’s used as bribery for Potty Training.

Water – Can’t remember

Exercise – NONE (Excuse: upset about group and what I ate the night before.)

* Had most of these Snacks with Son at Great Wolf Lodge – was feeling down about cheating the night before with the pudding. (Great way to get over it! Cheat some more.) :violin:

SATURDAY

Breakfast – 2/3rds Frozen Cheese omelet w/2 servings of Mexican Velveeta

Lunch – Protein Bar

Dinner – Shrimp Pasta:

- 15-20 VERY small shells – Well Cooked (about the size of frozen peas)

- 4 Cajun spiced shrimp cut into pea size pieces

- 1/8 cup milk

- 2 Tablespoons Cottage Cheese

- 2 Tablespoons Feta Cheese

- 1 Fresh Cherry Tomato (diced)

- 1 Teaspoon Potato Flakes (for thickening)

Snack – 1another handful of those blasted M&M’s. :ban:I really need to buy some more Gummy bears for his potty training. (I don’t like them)

Fluids – (3) ½ liter bottles of Water and 1 cup milk

Exercise – None except some hard work at the office. I worked up a good sweat trying to clean up warehouse in prep for some remodeling.

* Well seems I’m getting over my pity party (I mean hormone imbalance)

Sunday

Breakfast – Protein Bar with some Peanut Butter on Top.

* Definitely feeling better. Going down to get on treadmill after I type this. It didn’t hurt that I was down another ½ pound this morning. Also looking back writing these last few days food I feel that I was being a little hard on myself. The “cheats” weren’t good but they could have been worse and if anything I’m not eating enough foods (that is the right foods) Maybe if I focused on eating more of the healthy foods instead of trying to starve myself I wouldn’t give in to those “cheats” as much.

[nolagirl2 0]

Thanks robyn i'm working on it. i definitely need to figure out when/how to get a fill, because I would say I can eat about 30 oz. per day.

[Cynthia J. 0]

ok guys I need some suggestions.

brkfst:skipped not hungry

water: I have had 48oz or more of Water today and also had ice tea

lunch: 12:40 mad myself have a Protein drink. not hungry

It is now 4:40 and still not hungry but know I need to eat tonight. Guess I'll do a Protein Drink and try some yogurt . Not to excited though cause I'm not hungry.

[TheGh0st 9]

Robyn - I completely agree with you about the motivation thing.

I've told my DH for years I need that cheerleader personality encouraging me forward not a drill-sargent of a coach kicking me in the butt. I think that is why I react so badly to the scale. When its down I feel like it's cheering me on to better things. When its up I feel that kick in the Butt, that just makes me want to give in.

For me and I am NOT trying to say anything about you. I think it stems from my low self esteem. Instead of seeing the slow moving (or backwards moving) scale as a challenge to overcome I see it as my "true self" coming back and I start thinking "what's the point? You're just going to fail again like you always have so you might as well go eat an ice-cream cone and be done with this torture." It is a hard struggle not to give into that negativism. But I'm determined to make this band be the blankity blank "tool" that gets me past this issue.

[nolagirl2 0]

Robyn - I completely agree with you about the motivation thing.

I've told my DH for years I need that cheerleader personality encouraging me forward not a drill-sargent of a coach kicking me in the butt. I think that is why I react so badly to the scale. When its down I feel like it's cheering me on to better things. When its up I feel that kick in the Butt, that just makes me want to give in.

For me and I am NOT trying to say anything about you. I think it stems from my low self esteem. Instead of seeing the slow moving (or backwards moving) scale as a challenge to overcome I see it as my "true self" coming back and I start thinking "what's the point? You're just going to fail again like you always have so you might as well go eat an ice-cream cone and be done with this torture." It is a hard struggle not to give into that negativism. But I'm determined to make this band be the blankity blank "tool" that gets me past this issue.

i would say i've had the same problems. the lucky thing (for me) is this - i've never lost 76 lbs. before. i've never dieted myself to a normal weight. so even though in my head i fear failure and think i'll stay fat forever, i know i've never come this far before.

i only wish i had gotten the band back in high school/first year of college when i was the weight i am now. i find myself so jealous of people who only have a total of 80-100 lbs. to lose. Having 150+ lbs to lose really just maeks me feel like I'll never truly have the body I want. I mean, I know I can get to 180 or so eventually. But the more I think about it, the more I want to be around 150. Yikes.

[nolagirl2 0]

BTW robn, looks like you kicked butt yesterday. 88 oz of Water? Woohoo!! I'm telling you, it's so much easier to just use water bottles and count from those. I like the 24 oz. because they're not too little and not too big. And once you hit 3, you're already over the mark!

[TheGh0st 9]

Cate - Thankyou for your response. I have dieted to lower numbers before but not from as high as I'd gotten this time. Still a little part of me won't feel as if I've had any "real" success until I'm lower than I was the last time I seriously dieted down to the 170's 10 years ago.

I realize many of you have started from even higher levels and are still working to get lower than where I started. BUT you need to know it is YOU GUYS that are my inspiration. I look up to all of you and what you are accomplishing and only wish I could be as strong. I am more than confident that one day soon all of us will weigh between 130-160. And even though I seem much closer to that goal at 187 I can bet we will all get there in about the same time. In fact I will be shocked if one of you don't get there before me.

[nolagirl2 0]

Here's the updated food for today. http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showpost.php?p=285836&postcount=35

It's #35 on this thread.

I am committed to not eating anything more today except a SF Jello if I need a snack later. So let her rip. I did do a nice, serious workout. That denise austin dvd definitely gets me sweating.

I ordered a bunch of low-carb food on netrition.com - low carb tortillas, instant mashers, pizza crust, chocolate bars, Pasta. i'll let you know how it is when it gets here.

anybody else out there?