DAY 5 of Challenge
Good morning ladies!
I did well yesterday and did not eat any of the candy from the pile I ditributed and daughter collected. The amount of candy that get shifted on Halloween is INSaNE!
Today is another day and it is proving to be a tough one. It's 9:15 am and I already ate a 1/2 bar of butterfinger. The day is long and I can recover as long as I keep the candy out of my sight!
Breakfast: 2 poached eggs 140. 1/2 butterfinger 135 lots of H2O (275)
snack: none
lunch: chili 300 (575)
snack: banana 100 (675)
dinner: pasta with tomato sauce, 1/4chicken breast, roasted 500, banana 100, apple 50 (1325)
Goals and points earned for achieving goal
no soda = 2 pts - 
no alcohol = 2 pts
drink a minimum of 64 oz water (can be flavored with low calorie additives) = 1 pt
a meatless day (seafood is ok, but not required) = 2 pts
no red meat = 1 pt
two or more servings of fruit = 2 pts
two or more servings of vegetables = 2 pts
no white grains (bread, pasta, rice) = 1 pt
no eating 3 hours before bedtime = 1 pt
exercise for a minimum of 30 minutes = 2 pts
Daily Challenge = 3 points
Day 4 of my challenge of staying under 1350 cals/day.
Good morning ladies!!!! I'm so excited - after so many weeks, the scale is moving again downwards, yay!
I did get to go to the rally - which was awesome - AND I was able to stay under 1350. I was hungry at the Mall I would probably have succumbed to the hot dogs and pretzels if the lines were not so long, ha! I didn't buy any snacks but am not too proud of myself. I did have almonds in my bag, so that's what I and daughter ate (Hubby didn't want to come with us to the Rally but he did come to the Mall to pick us up when we called him saying the lines at the Metro were too long! He's so sweet, our hero!) While at the Mall, after the rally, daughter and I went to the National Galery to see 2 exhibits I was looking forward to seeing and looking for an opportunity to go: Arcimboldo and Munch. I loved the Arcimboldo exhibit and hated Munch!
I made V's collards green dish and chili for dinner, yum! I hope you all had a great Saturday and is ready for a great Sunday!
Have a great day you all!
Breakfast: cinamon rolls 300 coffee 30 (330)
lunch: collard greens 100, chili100 (530)
snack: edamame 150 (680)
dinner: re wine 120, pasta with meat sauce500 (1300)
I hope I won't want to eat anything else. Will drink some water to keep myself/my tummy amused....
Progress as of today - 13.5 lbs lost so far, only 33.5 lbs to go!
Collards and chili sound real delish!
Congrats on your lower number, yayyyy! :-D
Good morning, ladies!
DAY 3 of my staying under 1350 cals challenge!
I hope I can do it, today, for it's Saturday and it's harder on weekends when I have my family around asking for "something good to eat." It's going to be a challenge!
Yesterday was good, though. I stayed under the cals, although I did change the menu in the end.
Today, I'm going to bundle up, wear my gloves, heavy coat and hat and drive downtown with Hubby and daughter in toll for the the Rally To Restore Sanity in Washingotn DC. Look for me on TV. (Just kidding!)
Breakfast: cinamon roll (150), coffee(30) 180
snack: almonds (120) 300
Progress as of today - 12.5 lbs lost so far, only 34.5 lbs to go!
Good morning ladies!
Today is DAY 2 of keeping cals under 1350.
Yesterday was a very successful day. I kept cals low throughout the day and had a decent dinner and even had a 1/2 glass of red wine before dinner. For dinner, I was planning to make the chicken enchilada dish that someone posted here but when I looked for the tortillas in the pantry, I couldn't find any. Oh. well. Hubby and daughter ate the chicken with english muffins, instead. Inpromptu dinners is the story of my life, ha!
Have a great day, everyone!
I tried to make changes to my bio page but I forgot how to do that... please help. Is it me or is the website acting up?
Breakfast: tea (30), oatmeal cooked in no fat milk(150) 180
snack: tofu/spinach soup (200) 380
Lunch: bean soup(200) and green salad(150) 730
snack: edamame (100) 830
dinner: leek &potato soup (300), green salad (100) 1230
late night snack: glass of fat free milk(100) 1330
Progress as of today - 12.5 lbs lost so far, only 34.5 lbs to go!
I like this challenge of keeping under 1350, that's a good initiative. I cannot keep it though, I need to have a good breakfast before the tennis trainings and then I tend to eat unnecessarily at night... Not bad, unhealthy stuff.. just something, a slice of pão integral, a yogurt...
Those enchiladas sound amazing dont they? I think I'll try making them this weekend since Im craving Mexican and Southwestern foods. :)
Oh to change your bio go to "Account Maintenence" and there is a link on there somewhere to edit your bio.
The potato-leek soup sounds like a winner--enjoy your weekend!
I'm recycling this photo of Inky that I took last year in Switzerland..... isn't she a cutie?
Good morning ladies!
Yesterday, the weather turned out to be pretty miserable after all. The rain, the wind, the high temps, everything combined to become a muggy, yucky day. And we are just around the corner from November - I'm blaming it all to global warming. Luckily, I see a tremendoulsy wonderful weekend weather - sunny and cool. Perfect weather to go to the Jon Stewart rally at The Mall, ha!
Ok, I know I've been just coasting along with my weight loss thingy, blaming on the move and all. However, now that things have settled down, I'm going to take this seriously. Starting today, I'm going to (try) counting calories and keep it below 1350cals a day. Let's see how it goes until Thanksgiving when I'm going to see many family members. I don't want them to know I gained so much weight, and the last time they saw me was when I was 15 pounds lighter - so the challenge is on.
Please, let me know of a good calorie counter website if you have any favorites. I used to use one a long time ago but I don't know where it went....
Have a good day, everyone!
Breakfast: tea with splash of L/F milk (30), oatmeal (75) with 1/2 banana (50) 155
snack: asparagus and cauliflower with light dressing (150) 205
lunch: bean soup (300) 505
snack: almonds (170) 675
no fat milk (90), 765
dinner: red wine (125), a small portion of chicken enchilada, no tortilla (?) small cup spinach/tofu miso soup (150), green salad (100) total: about 1300 cals
Progress as of today - 12.5 lbs lost so far, only 34.5 lbs to go!
We hade the same weather...YUCK! Forecast says we'll be seeing the sun peek out today. I still havent seen it. As long as the temps stays low, I guess I can deal with more dreariness. I dont want any more hot humid temps and monsoons for the rest of the year!
Are you going to the rally this weekend? I think getmebackto150 is! I want to go so bad. I love Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert!
Sounds like you got some motivation to get back on track. Best wishes to you selina!
Unfortunately Italy is beautiful just with foreign's eyes, recently, the situation is very bad here...I'm looking forward to leave home after my degree =(
Good morning ladies!
I am loving the fall weather and the beautiful color display in this area, unbelievably stunning! Today is a rainy day, though, so I imagine by the time the rain is over the leaves will also be gone? The rain is also so wonderful and I love listening to it while in bed - and we really needed it! Anyway, enjoy the rain, the fall leaves, everything, while we can!
Yesterday I put up the curtains in my bedroom and family room. I also went to the store to buy a Halloween costume for my daughter and, since I was at it, I bought the candy to distribute to the kids on Halloween. I hear that we are going to have a lot of children coming by our neighborhood, so I bought 14 pounds (!!!!) of candy.
Today, I have to work on the curtains in my studio... I also need to buy another hammer because I can't find my old one in the mess of the sea shipment. I did find the power drill, so that's good.
Have a good day, everyone!
Breakfast: 2 poached eggs
snack: celery and hummus
lunch: bean soup and spinach salad
snack:almonds
dinner:
Progress as of today - 12.5 lbs lost so far, only 34.5 lbs to go!
Its raining pretty hard here and the wind is pretty crazy. Im sure all our beautiful fall folliage will be gone by the time this huge front finally passes. :(
BTW, I couldnt find my hammer once, so I used the heel of a dress shoe as a hammer. It worked great and the shoe didnt get damaged! :)
I heartily recommend the book--to anyone--for me it provided perspectives about food that I never would have thought of.
Enjoy your day and the rain!
There you can miss Swiss chocolates! :)
Check my entry again, I posted a black cats funny Halloween pic! :)
Yay! DD is back! I hope everyone is doing well.
So, it's been fun, NOT, in the past week unpacking and putting stuff away for sea shipment arrived exactly a week ago. Last week, the house looked like a messy curio shop, but it looks pretty decent right now, although I still have a lot to do: putting paintings, pictures up on the walls, putting things away, etc. I have been carrying a lot of boxes and stuff up and down the stairs, so that counts as exercise. I haven't been paying attention to my food but haven't put on any extra weight, so that's good.
Today's menu:
B: Tea, 2 eggs poached
snack: almonds
Lunch: tabouleh salad, miso soup (with baby leaves spinach and tofu)
snack: celery, laughing cow cheese
dinner: beef, steamed veggies (cauliflower, brocoli, asparagus), couscous
Progress as of today - 12.5 lbs lost so far, only 34.5 lbs to go!
Menu looks great!
Good morning ladies!
I saw the eye doctor, yesterday, and I liked her very much - She was very thorough and polite. After ten years of perfect eyesight (20/20), now I have 20/30... That's ok, I can still do things around the house and outside without my glasses, they are only for driving, for legal reasons. I'll just leave them in the car. Also, the shop people talked me into getting prescription sunglasses - lenses were free but I had to buy the frames. So, the whole thing got very expensive, but that's ok - I'll have new cute glasses and sunglasses! The doctor told me that I don't need reading glasses, yet. I can still see very well, although most friends my age (I'm 48, I think) need glasses for reading. The explanation is that because the shape of my eye balls are that of a nearsighted, my eyes compensate for the reading part, or something like that. Whatever it is, I can read books and the newspaper and see the computer screen just fine.
For those of you who are interested in lasik, it's a procedure I really recommend for people who can't live without glasses/contacts. It's cheaper than wearing contacts/glasses, in the long run and it's just wonderful to be able to see without glasses. I was able to do lasik only 10 years ago because, until then, technology was not available to people who were severely nearsighted like me (-14,) I could only see blurred shapes, without my glasses/contacts. I'm pretty sure that lasik technology has improved even more, nowadays. One thing that I noticed after my surgery is that even though I could see far, I didn't pay much attention to distances. It was like learning all over again... But that's a whole new topic and I digress...
After the doctor's visit I went to the nursery and bought the plants and flowers and planted them in my backyard. I now have 3 diffrent perenial flowerbeds that will bloom at different times of the year. One of the beds in the sun is french lavender (I planted 5 of them for massive blooming). The biggest plant that I planted was a HUGE hydrangea with blue flowers which I planted in the shady area of the garden along with varigated hostas and purple tradescantia. The other plants at the other sunny bed were golden euonymus, shasta daisies and some purple plants that grow tall, behind the white daisies. I finally finished with the mulching in the evening, when it was almost getting dark. The hard part was lifting the stepping flagstones - each one of them are so heavy, and I had to lift them to level with mulch... so gardening was the choice of exercise for the day.
Today's plans are going back to the nursery to get more mulch and assorted annuals.... and planting them!
Have a good day, everyone!
Breakfast: hot dark chocolate with fat free milk, 2 poached eggs
Istambul cats. The black ones look just like Kathy's and my cats...
This one was not shy at all: he actually took a nap in my daughter's lap
Progress as of today - 12.5 lbs lost so far, only 34.5 lbs to go!
I love your addiction to flowers... :) You really have to post some photos soon, it's almost only me posting photos nowadays! You used to post beautiful photos of Switzerland, and the cat (without squirrels...) :)
Have a great day. I see you started it off right with dark hot chocolate. My favorite!
Gardening is great exercise. It sounds like you got a lot done. I hope you take photos of it when its all done. :)
You know I love cats...how beautiful they are! (Especially the black one!)
Your gardens sound BEAUTIFUL! You make me want to go get flowers and mulch and do gardening today! :-( But I can't right now...booohooo!
What kind of frames did you pick out?
Good morning ladies!
I'm glad the busy 3-day weekend is over. Now I need time to recover from the weekend, ha! Plans for today are going to the garden center to pick up plants (perenials and annuals) for my backyard in the morning and ophthalmologist in the afternoon. Gotta get those glasses going. Talking of glasses, I always had to wear them since I was a kid, and my nearsightedness was REALLY bad, I was actually a walking hazard. About 10 years ago I had the LASIK surgery and I have had 20/20 vision ever since, I mean, until now. At least I can choose a cute pair of frames to fit the lens, this time around. Back then, I didn't have much of a choice.... my lenses were so thick that options were limited.
Have a good day everyone!
Breakfast: coffee, eggs poached
Progress as of today - 12.5 lbs lost so far, only 34.5 lbs to go!
Anyway, your dominant eye gets the higher power for distance--it takes a bit to get used to, but I can wear them to see the computer screen GREAT! Can read a menu in a restaurant (for instance) with no glasses. In my case they're just adequate for driving--just not as good as my glasses are.
Anyway, I'm hoping the market has increased and thus increased my choices for next time. I'd love to do the Crystalens one day, but my ophthalmologist steers younger patients away from it--at least the last time I was there.
I really lucked out finding some decent frames quickly last time. The time before that I literally tried on every single pair in the store and went to another and nearly did the same. Also, I couldn't get used to bifocals--probably just a mental block--I whined about them all I could and gave it a good shot, but ended up taking them back.
Good luck to you!
Good morning ladies!
What a busy weekend! I hope everyone in the US is enjoying the 3-day weekend!
I shall update later... gotta go!
Progress as of today - 12.5 lbs lost so far, only 34.5 lbs to go!
Have a wonderful day!
Have a great day.
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LOL stay away from the candy Selina!!!! This shall indeed prove to be a challenge for you!!! A local dentist here has asked any an all with excessive amounts of candy to bring it in and he plans to ship it to troops overseas....
Maria7 on 11/01/2010:
Oh, I LOVE butterfingers! (And lots of other candies!). You did real well! Hope you have a nice day! :-D
chidogs on 11/01/2010:
Halloween candy is truly evil. Lock it away. :)
Umpqua on 11/01/2010:
We also have an insane amount of candy in the house. I had a few last night and now I'm telling myself the boys get the rest - not for me!!
sweetpea1977 on 11/01/2010:
We ran out of our candy, so I started recycling the candy that Ethan collected. He collected a full pumpkin's worth and there is no need for him to have all that candy! But, I ended up giving away all the candy I knew he wouldnt like. The funny part is that he recieved a 6 pack of oreos, an oatmeal cream pie, and 3 snack packs of pretzels. Bizzare.
Anyway, I have stayed away from the candy so far, but may treat myself to a piece every now and then as a dessert. :)
Have a healthy day!
legcramps on 11/01/2010:
I bought little bags of chips to hand out and I ended up going out for supper so I only got about 12 kids!!! That means I have more than 40 little bags of chips in my house 8-]
I hid some in the front porch ;-) because I hardly ever go there.
hollybelle on 11/01/2010:
Yes, I had to bring the left over muffins to work and let everyone save me from myself.
V on 11/01/2010:
Just wanted to say that I think you are a woman with many talents Selina! i seen the beautiful painting you did for sweetpea,I wish i envy the people who can do this :)