TN Ten Pounds Take-Off

I agree with Titan and Sugar. Let's extend it to April!!!!!

Sugar I like your picture. 

I am determined to lose this stupid 10 before my exchange surgery, damnit!!

Fighter:  Wow, congrats to you!  I lost 30 on a 28 day Perricone diet but I wanted to try something new this time (I do get bored, lol). 

I just received my "the French Women Don't Get Fat Cookbook" and here is her secret weapon recipe for losing weight easily.  MAGICAL BREAFAST CREAM RECIPE:

4-6 TBLSP PLAIN YOGURT (ABOUT 1/2 CUP)

1 TSP FLAXSEED OIL

1-2 TBLSP LEMON JUICE

1 TSP HONEY

2 TBLSP FINELY GROUND CEREAL (WITH ZERO SUGAR LIKE POST SHREDDED WHEAT OR OATMEAL)

2 TSP FINELY GROUND WALNUT

Put yogurt in a bowl and add oil. Mix well. Add lemon juice and mix well.  Add the honey and mix well.  Use a small food processor or grinder for the cereal and nuts and add to the yogurt mixture, mixing well.  Serve at once.  ( you can grind a weeks worth of cereal and nuts and refrigerate it in advance).

You can substitute yogurt with ricotta or cottage cheese.  You can replace Flaxseed with sesame or safflower oil.  You can replace lemon juice with grapefruit, orange or blood orange juice (reduce honey for oranges). You can replace honey with maple syrup.  You can use any cereal that contains no sugar.  You can replace walnuts with hazelnuts, almonds or blend together. You can also usee pecans, pine nuts or any other nuts you have on hand or like.  Finally, you can adjust the amount of juice and honey.  You can also add fresh fruit on top or raisons, figs, dates or even dried cranberries or apricots. 

The plan:  You do this every morning for a week and eliminate two items from your diet that week.  For me that would be a breads and sugar.  For you, whatever your particular weakness is--maybe ice cream and cakes.  You should eat healthily for that week but do eat regularly.  This is supposed to help you lose a few pounds easily.  She also recommends 8 ounces of water 30 minutes before a meal and 90 minutes after.  Also a glass of water before going to bed and one upon rising.

I am trying this starting this morning with no breads and sugar so I will let you know if it works! 

Thanks MBJ...trying this after I grocery shop this weekend.

Hi All - weighed today at the onc's.....176...not so happy about that, but it was fully clothed with a sweater.  I think I need to pick one scale and a plan to wear something similar each time so I can at least see a trend, even if the exact amount is not accurate.  But, I did resist the red velvet cupcakes that were here when I got home from chemo today and am planning a healthy-ish dinner.  Had the PARP today and am now starting my 10 day break.  Continuing to see shrinkage each visit which is nice - 4 more rounds to go, then the 'real' chemo.

Thanks for the recipe MBJ - added to my shopping list and will try it tomorrow.

dlcw

Hey MJB...good thing you are honest!  HA HA...remember Heidi won't come to our homes and weigh us..

Or maybe she should???

Oh, lord!  The weight scale police!  Lol!  I police myself enough without any help, thank you all.  I have decided to start my diet Monday, because starting right before a busy weekend of going out with friends and having french food is not conducive to losing weight.  I will lose the holiday 5 pounds!

161 this morning

I'll take it

I'm not weighing myself Monday morning lol

I'm going to keep using Monday as my weigh in day. No change. My excuses? DH is away on business and all good eating  habits disappeared too. I WILL do better this week.

I just saw this post and thought I would let you guys know what happened to me.  I have been exercising 5 times a week and eating reasonably faithfully for the last two years.  I never lost any weight and to be perfectly honest I was very slowly gaining.  Until I started cycling twice a week with my husband.  I traded a half hour of running for about an hour and a half of cycling, that's about 15 miles for us,  I dropped 10 pounds in less than a month without even trying.  It just fell off.  Its been about 5 months and its still off.  Just thought I would share!!  Good Luck, Shannon

Heidi..I will weigh myself tomorrow and check in I promise.

Oh yeah...I work with a couple of people who cycle..and they are SKINNY SKINNY SKINNY..did I say skinny??? One guy was a blob and now he is SKINNY...He eats a lot of fiber to so whatever he does eat he well..expels....

I personally like jogging...I'm going to pick it up once it gets warmer here in Ohio..if it ever does.

I hope it is not too late for me to join.  I weighed 139 last week and tomorrow I will see the doctor and weigh again.  130 is what I should be at and then I could fit into my clothes.  I havn't exercised much since before I started radiation.  I am in my last week of rads so maybe I will have more energy?  I am hoping.  

Monika:  One pound a week sounds good.  

 Minxie:  I think nuts are very good for you.  Just limit them to say, a handful, since they are high in fat.  My favorite are raw cashews that I get at Trader Joes.