Good morning, ladies! 
Got my new super-scale figured out. 
Good results but that's just one day. I'll be checking every day to get a week's average. Still weighing myself first thing in the morning, but the best time to measure the fat, muscle, water, bone, etc is late afternoon. Apparently that's the time when everything should be most in balance and accurate. The new machine gives about a 1 pound lighter weight than my old one. So I'll start using the new machine weights after about a week of daily weigh-ins.
My workout today will be super-cleaning the living room - moving furniture to vacuum under them, windows, corners, tops of bookshelves.
Booking Morocco today and I've got extra incentive now to get more firm and toned - a beach holiday wearing a bathing suit! Will my saddle bags ever disappear?! They are much smaller than they were anyway.
Menu:
B: porridge/raisins/almonds, skimmed milk, tea
L: 1 slice bread, 2 veggie sausages, mustard, yogurt
S: 2 clementines
D: veggie curry & rice, salad, drink
S: can of non-alcohol beer, packet of baked crisps
Herbal teas, water
TOTAL: 1305
Have a great day everybody!!
Progress as of today: 30 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
Got an early christmas gift from hubby today! A package was delivered today and it had this:
Looks like we're probably going to Morocco for my 60th birthday the end of Feb. with a couple of friends of ours.
Workout: did my tae bo/jump rope routine for 30 minutes with my ankle weights again. Intense!! Then did my weights and floor routine.
Menu:
B: porridge & strawberries, skimmed milk, tea
L: 1 bread with 2 veggie sausages and mustard, yogurt, 2 clementines
D: veggie curry and brown rice, salad, drink
S: apple
Herbal teas, black tea/lemon, lots of water
Had an extra snack yesterday putting me 60 cals over, so having less today.
TOTAL: 1226
Now to figure out my new machine.
Progress as of today: 29 lbs lost so far, only 3 lbs to go!
Enjoy your week!
Good morning! Just finished 30 minutes of tae bo/jump rope wearing my ankle weights! Whew! Still sweating! The weights are 2.5 lbs each but felt like 10! Maybe I could add wrist weights and do this? Can't find mine, so will have to buy some.
Will do exercise bike after the Rugby World Cup is finished and hopefully New Zealand has won!
Update: Well done New Zealand All Blacks!
Menu:
TOTAL: 1285
Progress as of today: 29 lbs lost so far, only 3 lbs to go!
They're actually showing that match this afternoon on NBC here in the US today. I guess I could check it out for a couple seconds just to see. I assume they wear all black? There used to be a couple of diarists here who played rugby.
Good day, ladies!
I'll take our weather for now, but I also like the sound of yours today. It makes everything kinda slower, though to be honest a day or three is enough.
Good day ladies! Hope your weather is better than mine!
I'm so anxious to get to the maintenance phase! I've done some calculations and it looks like I can eat the same as I do now, with the addition of a banana, a latte, and a bigger serving at dinnertime. Of course, occasional 'forbidden' foods as well. I was thinking I could deal with 1700 cals on most days which would allow for guilt-free treats or eating out occasionally. Of course, all this planning is pointless right now as I expect to reach my goal not long before we leave for the US for 3 weeks of holiday food. Then I'll be relying totally on my own judgement and super-restraint and a daily weigh in.
When I look up calories online I see that US sites have many measurements in terms of cups, but on packets there are always fat, sugar, carbs, etc in terms of grams. So why not use 100g measurements for calories? A cup of chopped food can hardly be accurate! Well, I know the answer, resistance to using metric. Been there myself. When I measure out my raisins/crushed almonds/sugar to put on my porridge I use a gram scale. 10 g raisins, 3 almonds, 5 g sugar.
Workout:
Menu:
B: porridge/raisins/almonds/sugar, skimmed milk, tea - 142
L: veg/rice/lentil soup, 1 slice toast with pb - 376
D: red beans/veg with roasted plantain, salad, drink - 466
S: 2 clementines, yogurt - 116
TOTAL: 1252
Progress as of today: 28 lbs lost so far, only 4 lbs to go!
Enjoy your weekend nevertheless!
Good day ladies!
Worked for hours in the kitchen yesterday and even cleaned out and reorganised the cupboards that needed it. Climbed up and down a stepladder and on the counters. Have a shiny stainless steel cooker and fan now. Very glad we bought ivory coloured cupboards when the kitchen was redone last year - so easy to see if they are dirty.
Hub got carried away with the curry powder and chilis in the curried chicken breast last night. !!!! I had hiccups after my second bite!
Workout:
Menu:
B: porridge/raisins/almonds/sugar skimmed milk, tea - 294
L: Quorn patty with mayo and lettuce on 1 slice bread, yogurt - 307
S: 2 clementines - 60
D: leftover broccoli rice with reduced fat smoked sausage, salad, drink - 476??
S: melba toast, latte - 153
Lots of herbal tea, black tea with lemon, water
TOTAL: 1290
Progress as of today: 28 lbs lost so far, only 4 lbs to go!
Good morning ladies! We have sunshine 
although it's cold.
My hub changed the menu last night so we had broccoli rice with a small amount of reduced fat smoked sausage. I have no idea how to calculate the calories for this so just used my own judgement. Think I cheated myself because by 9.30 I was starving! Didn't eat though, just my allotted yummy melba toast. 
Workout: overdue for some 'super-cleaning' so I'm starting with the kitchen. I get every corner, tops of cupboards, glass on cupboard doors, windows, extra cleaning of applicances, etc etc etc. So that's today's workout. Don't know if I'll get to start on another room.
Menu:
B: porridge/raisins/almonds/sugar, skimmed milk, tea - 294
L: Quorn patty, mayo and lettuce on one slice of bread, yogurt - 307
S: 1 clementine, grapes - 91
D: curried chicken and rice, salad, drink - 476
S: melba toast, hot chocolate - 123
Herbal teas, black tea with lemon, lots of water
TOTAL: 1291
I like to play around with video and windows movie maker so I think when I get to my goal I'm going to make some video clips of my workouts - just for fun!
Progress as of today: 28 lbs lost so far, only 4 lbs to go!
Good morning, ladies! Nearly noon and so far we'd have heavy clouds, sun, rain, hail, then sun again and lots of dark clouds. On the higher mountains I could see snow earlier, but now has melted.
I'm annoyed with myself as I had taken some photos to use as 'before' when I was at or near my peak weight back in Feb. I was wearing jeans that I could barely get on and couldn't even come close to zipping. I'm now wearing the pair that are smaller than those now! But I think when I got a new computer and was transferring files and photos I looked at that set and just went 'ugh' and deleted them. Doh!
Less than 2 months before we leave for the US and my granddaughters!
Workout:
Menu:
B: porridge/raisins/almonds/sugar, skimmed milk, tea - 294
L: Quorn patty/mayo/veggies in wrap, yogurt - 283
S: grapes, satsuma - 96
D: veggie curry, rice, salad, drink - 476
S: melba toast, packet dried apricots - 75
Herbal tea, tea with lemon, water
TOTAL: 1309
Progress as of today: 28 lbs lost so far, only 4 lbs to go!
Sorry about the photos, but at least you have smaller jeans to prove that you have made great choices. :)
Good morning, ladies! A very dreary, windy, rainy day. Good for curling up with a good book and a cuppa tea.
Did fairly well at dinner last night. Our hosts are wonderful cooks and bakers! Starters were hot rolls and oat cakes with homemade mackerel pate and mushroom pate, and homemade banana nut & fruit bread. Delish! Main course - roast chicken & potatoes and gravy and veggies. Dessert - apple pie and a bit of whipped cream. The dreaded cheese tray did not come out as we were all asked if we wanted some, but said no. Lots of wine.
Workout:
Menu:
B: porridge/raisins/almonds/skimmed milk, tea and milk - 294
L: turkey bacon/mustard/veggie wrap, yogurt - 253
S: 2 oranges - 94
D: leftover curry, rice, salad, drink - 476
S: dried apricots, melba toast - 148
We were sent home very late last night with 2 thick pieces of that luscious banana bread. Will try to make my hub eat them both. 
Hmmm...the banana bread was calling my name. So I ate the very small piece and I tried to force my skinny husband to eat the big one. He ate a little and gave the rest to the birds.
Lots of herbal tea, lemon tea, water
TOTAL: 1265
Progress as of today: 28 lbs lost so far, only 4 lbs to go!
Good Sunday, ladies!
Got on the scale and it finally says less than 10 stone! I'm at 139.
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House cleaning is a workout all in its own.
I'll be very interested to find out how you like your new scale with all the feedback it gives you. I had a friend a few years ago who used one of those scales, and she'd drink more water, for instance, if it said she was low.
Have a great day.
KayBee on 10/25/2011:
Morocco? You should come to Portugal! :) We'd have great & healthy times :D
getmebackto150 on 10/25/2011:
Morocco??? AWESOME!!! I have always wanted to go there!! Have a great day!!
sweetpea1977 on 10/25/2011:
Nice gift!! Glad you figured out how to use it, haha.
Your upcoming trip sounds absolutely amazing. I cant wait to see your pictures! :)