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Good morning from Australia. It's Friday. I am disappointed to report that I have gained 1.3 lb. I know a gain is not good but I am fluctuating quite a bit. I am still less than three weeks ago. If its not down again next Friday then you can all growl at me!!! I did stick to the challenge. I'm counting on a really evil challenge from you Pat! Bring it on. I will redeem myself. I WILL.
Good luck everybody. I am waiting by to cheer!
 

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3.2 pounds lost since last Friday! Which gives me a total of 10.6 pounds lost since we started the thread. Thank you for the wonderful support and motivation we have here! 

Tammat, I'm sorry about the gain. 
 Since you're fluctuating so much right now, chances are you'll step on the scales tomorrow morning and will have dropped it all again.

Bring it on, Pat! I am ready and waiting........I think!
 

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Congratulations Winchester 
 You're doing an awesome job!

Sorry about those fluctuations tammat, they happen during the month, we have no control over that. You're doing great!

My weight this morning is 188.4lbs, my first time into the 180s in a long time.

Loss of only 3.4lbs in 2 weeks, and a total of 10.2

l'm looking forward to Pat's challenge.
 

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Tammat - it happens, just keep on track and things will balance out.  :) 

Winchester - YEAH!!! That's so awesome!  :)

Andrya - Congrats!  You're doing so wonderfully!  :)
 

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OK so I got out one of the scales that I think is fairly accurate and I'll be using it for Friday AM weigh ins.  :)  It says 336, so if that's accurate to the other scale (which now is completely broken, had to throw it away) then I've lost 1.5 lbs.  I'll keep using this scale it doesn't require batteries and it's not electronic so it shoud be able to withstand living in my tiny kitchen.  :)
 

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My loss for this past week is 3.04 #, and since we began this group, I've lost 10.32 #!  Very happy with this!

Okay..the challenge is.....for every meal or snack, you must have a bit of protein OR bit of vegetable.  So..no just toast for breakfast or just popcorn for a snack etc.  <cackles evilly>

 
 

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Congrats to all for sticking to this and for doing well.  I know from my own experience, that weight can fluctuate (I had a 2 # swing in 2 days this past week!)..so don't be disheartened.  Just keep on keeping on, it will come off.
 

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281.  Morning sickness is mostly gone now.  I have eaten french toast last 4 days for breakfast then not eating till husband comes home 7-9 pm with hot dogs.
 

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281.  Morning sickness is mostly gone now.  I have eaten french toast last 4 days for breakfast then not eating till husband comes home 7-9 pm with hot dogs.
If you are still dealing with morning sickness, then I hearby give you the week off from my evil challenge.  It's more important that you be able eat something that stays down. Not eathing anything will put your body into "save us, we are starving mode".

 Hope you are feeling better soon.
 
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I was worried Pat, but that one isn't a big challenge for me. :lol3: Egg white and ham with breakfast already. It will force me to stay on track more this week. :).

Well done ladies. :clap:


Catsallaround, I do hope you are feeling better soon. :hugs:

Tammat, could some of that be muscle weight? You've really been working out. :nod:

As for me, I am the exact same weight I was last Friday morning. I have not had a great week. I could have eaten better than I have been and yes, I have been walking 5 miles most days, but it is so hot (yes, I know you are all sick of hearing it :lol3:) that I haven't been as active overall this week. I have been doing more sedentary tasks around the house.
 

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Measurements....   This is what happens when I don't exercise.

12.50 in. rt arm (+ .25)

37.25 in. under arms/upper chest  (+ .25)

44.25 in. ta-ta's  (+ 1.25) 
!!

33.50 in. ribs under ta-ta's  (- .50)  
weird

36.75 in. belly (- 1.00)

39.50 in. hips  (- .50)

42.00 in. booty (- 1.00)

24.25 in. L. thigh (+ .25)

24.50 in. R. thigh (+ .25)

15.25 in. rt calf  (+ .25)

15.00 in. lft calf  (+ .50)

So... quite a few more changes, more red numbers than I'd like, but it's interesting that I still lost in belly, hips, and booty.  Since I didn't really do much of my exercises, I can only attribute it to the constant baking was doing through the week.  I was on my feet quite a bit.

The water challenge was a good one.  Even though I might not have done it 3 days in a row, I did manage to drink more water than usual overall.  I'll try to stick with it. 

The protein/veggie snack challenge is a good one, I think.  Would fruit do?  I seem to have more seasonal fruits on hand these days; strawberries, blueberries, plums, peaches....

And my goodness!  Everyone is doing so well in their losses!  Conga Rats!
 

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The protein/veggie snack challenge is a good one, I think.  Would fruit do?  I seem to have more seasonal fruits on hand these days; strawberries, blueberries, plums, peaches....

And my goodness!  Everyone is doing so well in their losses!  Conga Rats!
Nope, you can have fruit but it's a carb, so add some kind of protein (could be dairy protein) or veggie with your fruit if having it for a snack.  Think fruit and yogurt :)
 

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Alas, Pat, your challenge is something I pretty much do already anyway.  Oh, occasionally, I'll have ramen or chips, but usually, if I'm snacking, it's because I'm hungry, and if I'm hungry, I need protein.  So, usually, I eat peanuts, other nuts, cheese, more cheese, more nuts . . .

Therefore, I think I'm going to change the challenge for me, since, well, I DO need to eat more vegetables.  So, I'll change it so that I have to eat at least SOME vegetables with my protein snacks, and also avoid carb-only snacks.  I still don't have a scale, so I don't know how much I weighed today.
 

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Alas, Pat, your challenge is something I pretty much do already anyway.  Oh, occasionally, I'll have ramen or chips, but usually, if I'm snacking, it's because I'm hungry, and if I'm hungry, I need protein.  So, usually, I eat peanuts, other nuts, cheese, more cheese, more nuts . . .

Therefore, I think I'm going to change the challenge for me, since, well, I DO need to eat more vegetables.  So, I'll change it so that I have to eat at least SOME vegetables with my protein snacks, and also avoid carb-only snacks.  I still don't have a scale, so I don't know how much I weighed today.
It's what I do already as well, but truly..the challenge was to  be sure you had either protein or veggies with whatever you were having - no veggie only, protein only, carb only meals or snacks :) 
 

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Here's cheers to Furmonster Mom Yay!!! Pat Yay!! Kittymommy Yay! And Andrya Yay!!! And if I left anyone out then Yay! To you too[emoji]128568[/emoji]
That's great work everyone. Well done.
The challenge is a good one Pat. The more I am going along the more I can see that my body responds well to protein. I am starting to wonder if bread makes me drowsy? It definitely makes me want to eat more bread.
Thanks for your kindness about my weight gain. I am only about 5 lbs away from my goal weight now so I'm battling with a bit of self sabotage as well as fluctuation. I got on the scales on Monday and I was only 3lbs away from my goal. I panicked and indulged until Thursday. I'm trying to think of a new hobby to obsess about to replace counting calories. NOT BAKING! That was the first that came to mind.
 

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Congratulations everybody! 
 (Even staying the same is better than gaining! 
)

Well, I fell off the wagon the past two days. Working that yard sale, nobody really wanted to cook supper at night. So on Friday night, we had take-out pizza (which was the first pizza I've had in a long time!). Yum! And I had baked a blueberry buckle to take over for to have with coffee on Friday morning and I had a piece of that, too. On Saturday, I got up early and threw some meatballs into the slow cooker, threw together some quick sauce and put that into the crock pot for meatball subs Saturday night. Rick grabbed some hoagie rolls and my sister had some chips. But all the leftovers stayed with my sister, so I wasn't tempted to snack on anything. And back on track today.

I'm not sure how to do this snacking thing, to be honest. I'm very careful in that my snacks are hardly ever over 120 calories as it is. That's going to make it hard to have more than one thing for a snack. I'm thinking that maybe I'll just not snack this week at all, just so I don't have to deal with it.

I have a Granny Smith apple for breakfast with my coffee in the morning. Or 120 calories of blueberries instead of an apple. Or one peach instead of an apple.

For lunch, I have low-fat yogurt and a diet Mt. Dew. That's about 80-90 calories.

That's all I eat during the day at work. That's it.

For dinner, I'm careful to have 3 - 4 ounces of protein along with two vegetables or one vegetable and one fruit. No more. (I'm really trying to stay away from bread and dough....that's why I really enjoyed that pizza on Friday night.)

My snack at night would be a Slim-a-Bear/Klondike bar for 100 calories. Or 3 pretzels for 120 calories with a teaspoon or so of mustard for dunking. That's pretty much it. 

I count all of my calories every day. I weight everything that goes into my mouth, whether it's the apple or blueberries or peach. The dinner meat, the veggies, everything. 

So it's difficult for me to add something with protein, especially since an ounce of cheese would be all I could have as a snack.
 
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I'm not sure how to do this snacking thing, to be honest. I'm very careful in that my snacks are hardly ever over 120 calories as it is. That's going to make it hard to have more than one thing for a snack. I'm thinking that maybe I'll just not snack this week at all, just so I don't have to deal with it.

I have a Granny Smith apple for breakfast with my coffee in the morning. Or 120 calories of blueberries instead of an apple. Or one peach instead of an apple.

For lunch, I have low-fat yogurt and a diet Mt. Dew. That's about 80-90 calories.

That's all I eat during the day at work. That's it.

For dinner, I'm careful to have 3 - 4 ounces of protein along with two vegetables or one vegetable and one fruit. No more. (I'm really trying to stay away from bread and dough....that's why I really enjoyed that pizza on Friday night.)

My snack at night would be a Slim-a-Bear/Klondike bar for 100 calories. Or 3 pretzels for 120 calories with a teaspoon or so of mustard for dunking. That's pretty much it. 

I count all of my calories every day. I weight everything that goes into my mouth, whether it's the apple or blueberries or peach. The dinner meat, the veggies, everything. 

So it's difficult for me to add something with protein, especially since an ounce of cheese would be all I could have as a snack.
I count every calorie that goes into my mouth as well.  It's as simple as adding a stalk of celery or a fresh radish or 1 cup of mixed salad greens to any of your snacks or meals..doesn't have to be protein.  If you want, I use Finlandia Reduced Fat cheese (Costco sells a multi-pack where you have Havarti, cheddar, Colby and swiss all in the same package) - 1 slice of any of the flavors is under 60 calories (they are ultra-thin slices).
It can be done..you just have to be willing to think outside your usual routine a bit.  I love fresh raw veggies...so eat a lot of celery, or a portion of English cucumber etc.  You can do this!
 

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Congratulations everybody! 
 (Even staying the same is better than gaining! 
)

Well, I fell off the wagon the past two days. Working that yard sale, nobody really wanted to cook supper at night. So on Friday night, we had take-out pizza (which was the first pizza I've had in a long time!). Yum! And I had baked a blueberry buckle to take over for to have with coffee on Friday morning and I had a piece of that, too. On Saturday, I got up early and threw some meatballs into the slow cooker, threw together some quick sauce and put that into the crock pot for meatball subs Saturday night. Rick grabbed some hoagie rolls and my sister had some chips. But all the leftovers stayed with my sister, so I wasn't tempted to snack on anything. And back on track today.

I'm not sure how to do this snacking thing, to be honest. I'm very careful in that my snacks are hardly ever over 120 calories as it is. That's going to make it hard to have more than one thing for a snack. I'm thinking that maybe I'll just not snack this week at all, just so I don't have to deal with it.

I have a Granny Smith apple for breakfast with my coffee in the morning. Or 120 calories of blueberries instead of an apple. Or one peach instead of an apple.

For lunch, I have low-fat yogurt and a diet Mt. Dew. That's about 80-90 calories.

That's all I eat during the day at work. That's it.

For dinner, I'm careful to have 3 - 4 ounces of protein along with two vegetables or one vegetable and one fruit. No more. (I'm really trying to stay away from bread and dough....that's why I really enjoyed that pizza on Friday night.)

My snack at night would be a Slim-a-Bear/Klondike bar for 100 calories. Or 3 pretzels for 120 calories with a teaspoon or so of mustard for dunking. That's pretty much it. 

I count all of my calories every day. I weight everything that goes into my mouth, whether it's the apple or blueberries or peach. The dinner meat, the veggies, everything. 

So it's difficult for me to add something with protein, especially since an ounce of cheese would be all I could have as a snack.
I see nothing wrong with the above!  Years ago, I lost 80lbs eating a slice of pizza every day, along with an 8oz cup of fat-free, low-sugar yogurt.  It depends on the pizza toppings, though. Mine was broccoli, tomato and spinach, with mozzarella. What's wrong with meatballs?  As long as you exercise portion control, and tweak a few ingredients, for example, using reduced-fat cheese (if you melt cheese on your meatballs), you should be fine. Ok, maybe you didn't need the blueberry buckle, but having a small portion every once in a while is not a bad thing at all. It may keep you from binging big-time later. I have 1 dish of ice cream a week; to stave off the chocolate monster, I eat sugar-free pudding every night.

What I'm trying to say is: I don't believe in "diet" food per se. That teaches you nothing about establishing positive eating habits, and just encourages cheating.  Learn to tweak the ingredients to make your favorite meals lower in fat, calories and sugar. In many cases, we've obtained bad eating habits; we need to obtain good   ones to replace them. You also need variety, or you will cheat on your diet.

For snacks, I normally eat a mozzarella cheese stick in the morning and afternoon. I sometimes add a few cucumber slices, baby carrots, or bell pepper slices.  I need to start adding variety myself.

I'm a diabetic. We use exchanges for diet plan, which is a life-long diet. It's very fair. You can work treats into your daily plan, though you shouldn't do that every day. If you're forced to eat something you think is over your limit, then subtract the excess calories, etc. from the rest of your meals and snacks. It sounds like you're already doing that!

Winchester, don't beat yourself over the head! I think you are doing an amazing job!  Keep up the good work!
 
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I am going to join here, I need to lose weight for an event on Aug 25th! I am going to the gym and do about 30 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of weights. 

I don't really have a goal, I will be happy with whatever I lose while eating healthy and working out. I have been eating a vegan diet and when I started I dropped 7 pounds immediately.  Then I started eating more junky vegan foods and stopped losing. What really helps me the most is cooking instead of eating out. I follow the cookbook based on the documentary "Forks over knives". It has amazing recipes! So my goal is not to eat out, cook all of my food and stick to what I'm cooking. I don't really snack even though sometimes I will crave a snack and since I never stock up on them I feel deprived and that makes me overeat. I hate veggies by themselves though and I can't think of any healthy snack ideas that are vegan..I like nuts but they are very high in calories and I have trouble with portion control. Usually my snack is coffee with some soy creamer and splenda. 

The past few weeks were really difficult, after I came back from vacation I was too busy to go to the grocery store and I ate out every lunch and dinner.. and then the weekend after that I didn't plan my meals very well so I ended up with not all the ingredients I needed to cook, so I ate out some too.

That was a huge setback. So today I went grocery shopping and jotted down recipes that I will cook during the week and made sure I have everything to make them. This has been the most tried and true way for me to stay on track. I hate wasting food so if I can make myself go to the grocery store and buy good quality veggies i will be forced to cook so it doesn't go bad. I hate grocery shopping though so a lot of times I put it off and avoid it, and that causes me to slip up and eat out..
 
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