Good morning, ladies!
Feeling incredibly guilty! 
We rarely have junk food in the house (unless we have guests). However, a friend in the US asked if someone would ship her some British biscuits (cookies) and I volunteered. So I bought her 8 packets of the 3 types she wanted as well as a big bag of individual packets of Cadbury chocolate buttons for her daughter. When I took them to the post office they said it would cost £36! So I took out 5 packets and shipped her 3 which cost nearly £10. This meant there were 5 packets of biscuits and the chocolate buttons in my house! A dangerous thing!
I've been doing well just having an occasional packet of the 75 calorie chocolate buttons as part of my evening treat. Also keep the 98 calories baked crisps in individual packets for an afternoon or evening treat as part of my daily calorie count.
Yesterday I had a strong desire for chocolate in the afternoon and ate 2 packets of the buttons. After dinner I had a strong desire for more of them. Since my husband was visiting a relative in the city and wouldn't be back until later there was no one to raise an eyebrow and ask me if I really wanted to sabotage my hard fought for weight loss. 
So I had 2 more packets of buttons, 2 Tunnocks chocolate wafers, and the last pack of baked crisps!! I totalled up the damage and was about 750 calories over my daily allowance. So I feel the need to make up for it by having about 1150 cals instead of close to 1300 for the next few days. The rest of the Tunnocks and other biscuits are in the rubbish bin.
On a good note, yesterday I tried on another pair of trousers that have been too small for me for years and they fit!
Workout:
Menu:
TOTAL: 1131
Progress as of today: 22 lbs lost so far, only 7 lbs to go!
Good day, ladies!
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” ~Maya Angelou
Good for you cutting back the sweeteners. (I'll try to update my experience with aspartame in your forum entry at some point.)
Enjoy your week!
Hello ladies! 
Had my dinner party last night and ate too much and drank too much wine. Didn't get to bed until 2am. Zero energy today. But I enjoyed it and back to more healthy eating today. Might get on my exercise bike later.
Menu:
B: porridge, strawberries, V8, skimmed milk tea with milk - 285
L: 2 medium eggs fried in spray, 2 slices bread, fat free yoghurt - 311
S: clementine, strawberries, cherries - 90
D: Leftovers - chicken breast, veggie curry, rice, salad, drink - 476
S: Packet of baked crisps - 98
TOTAL: 1260 cals.
Progress as of today: 22 lbs lost so far, only 7 lbs to go!
Good day, ladies! Hope you are all having a good weekend.
Guests for dinner - menu:
Total calories for today - haven't a clue!
Hello ladies! Hope everyone is planning a good weekend.
Well, my headache went away after I ate my lunch yesterday. I think the coffee made it worse. I never drink black coffee and haven't for years. I drink an occasional cappuccino or mocha.
This morning my schedule is off again. Went grocery shopping as we are having guests for dinner tomorrow night. Yes, I will go overboard on the calories tomrorow night but I'll just make up for it after. 
Now I need to start cleaning house and getting in a workout.
Menu:
TOTAL - 1290
Progress as of today: 22 lbs lost so far, only 7 lbs to go!
Believe you can. Believe you can't. Either way, you're right. ~Henry Ford
Workout: Hmmm..... Short bike ride.
This morning hub and I went to a friend's house (B & B) so I could take photos for their website. Even though I said I preferred tea I was given strong black coffee. Had a big mug and a half and I was wired. 
My husband and our friend are both very talkative and I couldn't get hub to stop talking so we could leave. I started to get a 'hungry headache' (low blood sugar) about 1.30pm. By the time we got home so I could have my lunch I was starving! So in addition to my sandwich I had the packet of baked crisps I was going to have for my evening snack, also had a packet of Cadbury chocolate buttons, aTunnocks dark chocolate wafer, and milk in my tea which I've only been having in my first tea of the day. Not going to have the two clementines or yoghurt that were on my menu for today.
Menu:
TOTAL: 1357 cals
Progress as of today: 22 lbs lost so far, only 7 lbs to go!
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
After days of rain the sun is shining this morning! Blue sky. Blue water. Will get my workout done and go for a walk with my camera. 
Workout:
Menu for today:
TOTAL: 1227 or 1252
Progress as of today: 22 lbs lost so far, only 7 lbs to go!
I survived the storm and lack of power yesterday. A few branches down in our garden but not bad. We were prepared for it. Had about 300 extra comfort calories so could have been worse.
I keep an Excel spreadsheet to track and calculate my calories every day.
Workout:
Menu plan for today which I will not stray from! (oops, spoke too soon. Forgot I had bought some fat free yoghurt, so will have one).
TOTAL: 1277
Progress as of today: 22 lbs lost so far, only 7 lbs to go!
Delaying my workout till this afternoon as I need to go grocery shopping this morning. As for my calories - I like to keep them below 1300. Most days my only exercise is my actual workout of about 90 minutes and some housework. So I'm not running around going to a job or doing a lot of walking or chasing little kids around...etc.
Workout:
Later. Should be doing an aerobic one and weights.
Menus:
B: porridge, raisins & almonds, skimmed milk, tea with milk - 274
L: 2 veggie sausages on 2 slices bread with mustard, 2 clementines, strawberries - 374
D: veggie curry, basmatic rice, salad, orange mango drink - 476
S: lite hot choc, packet of wheat melba toast 
- 125
TOTAL: 1249
Okay, no more posting my menu until I have eaten it. I usually stick to the plan, but I went shopping today and bought some individual packs of baked crisps (potato chips in American English) so am exchanging one for melba toast. 98 cals instead of 75.
Feeling totally lazy this afternoon. I'm blaming it on the weather. Getting very windy and showery here. Supposed to get hit by remnants of a hurricane today. At least I can enjoy watching the loch get really wild and maybe get some pics or videos.
Our power went off and on for a couple of hours. Had gusts of about 70mph. Can't read without proper light, no tv, no internet except on my android phone. Feeling a bit edgy so I indulged in an extra packet of crisps, packet of melba toast, and glass of wine. I'm guessing the damage is a total of 1550 cals for the day. Could be worse. And no workout today. Tomorrow - serious workout!
Progress as of today: 22 lbs lost so far, only 7 lbs to go!
Have a good week!
I've noticed lately I'm okay with what I get to eat and the amount of calories. I started counting calories on Aug 29th. I'd been using my own judgement before which was working, but very slowly. For the first week or so on calorie counting I felt miserable and kept whining in the evenings that I was starving! But I'm realizing now I'm okay. I save a few calories for a small evening snack and that helps. And I make sure I have a big salad with my dinner. Hardly any calories in that rabbit food!
Workout:
Menus for today:
TOTAL: 1231 cals
It's such a sad day today. 10 years since that horrific day. I was already living in Scotland then and became dreadfully homesick for months after those events. Only time I've felt homesick.
Progress as of today: 22 lbs lost so far, only 7 lbs to go!
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Oh, dear!
V on 09/20/2011:
I am so sorry for the cookie and button fiasco..If the temptation gets to be a bit much give some of them to a friend/neighbor.. What are buttons anyways??
V on 09/20/2011:
Thank you!! I am just happy I found a workout that I truly enjoy :) It does make a world of difference!!
~WI~ on 09/20/2011:
YEP..that is exactly what happens when I have trigger foods in the house LOL I think it is kind of good to know what we can't be around, it's like having another piece of the puzzle and the picture is clearer. Have a great day!
getmebackto150 on 09/20/2011:
Junk food in the house is definitely a recipe for disaster... I'm the same way:( Moving on and doing well today and forward is definitley the best thing... If you make it a one time slip it will not affect your progress... Maybe you have a friend close by you can give the rest to? I know after I've had a binge like that I need to get the culprit out of the house ASAP!!! Have a great day:)
liza36 on 09/20/2011:
It's good the rest is in the trash. That's what I would have to do too. At least you kept track, and continued to exercise, and will be moderate for a few days in your calories. Great way to get back on track.
biscottibody59 on 09/20/2011:
These things happen--hope you've gotten back in the groove today!
thinkpositive on 09/20/2011:
I know what it's like. The other night my husband offered me a ginger cookie to go with a cup of decaf coffee & I it turned out that he had the cookies hidden away & that was the last of them. He knows me well!
moogy on 09/20/2011:
We can only get 200g pkts of chocolate buttons. So not a good idea to buy them as I would eat them all in one sitting. Mind you even if they where in small pks I would probably eat them all as well. Can't resist chocolate!! I wonder why buttons are so delicious, maybe the way they just fit between the tongue and the roof of one's mouth!! LOL Well done with throwing out the biscuits, better in the bin than on your thighs!!:)