The E-LAB Project

I wanted a chocolate "fix" and had my mom to dinner and decided to get some sugar-free-fat-free pudding mix and fixed that.  It did the trick.

patoo ~  you make me feel not quite so bad with your admission of snack-attack. It just grabs ahold of me & I'm a goner.

Great, great idea, bcincolorado, about the fat-free-sugar-free pudding. I love pudding! Jello is okay, much rather have thick, lucious pudding! Tomorrow, Tuesday, is my grocery shopping day & I have a stickie-note written to add it to my list in the morning. Thanks for that!

I need to start counting out individual crackers or whatever for the calorie count again. I hate doing that but it does work.

I need to stay on the perimeter of the store tomorrow - hit the veggies for sure. If I can walk out of there not having bought those Keebler cheese crackers, that is a big step for me.

EDT:  

(I was 154.2# this morning - Sept 14th I was 157.2#, which is the highest I have ever been even being pregnant twice.)

I think it would be an incentive if we were allowed one "healthy choice" point per day of a food choice - like eating something healthy that we normally wouldn't or NOT eating something sweet and sugary that we normally WOULD - like the cupcakes in the break room, or the brownies etc. I don't think we should have a bunch of points this way but one per day for avoiding this stuff all day is surely worth a healthy point. Any ideas? What do you think, Meece?

Lunch ideas - I used to eat leftovers, but now I let my boys do that! I'm eating cottage cheese and chunked pineapple, plus a fresh peach. Or melon instead of pineapple is also very filling. Or a Greek yogurt and a few healthy crackers, and a peach or apple. I like the soup idea too, since it's getting closer to winter. 

Snack ideas - It's helpful to me to package the correct portion into small baggies - then I'm good to go, and have a portion control built in. The Rosemary and herb Triscuits with a monz. cheese stick is great. Or Costco has peanut butter pretzels - 6 are about 100 calories. If I eat them slow and savor the flavor, I'm very satisfied - plus the peanut butter is protein.

I cleaned up the garden yesterday and planted some winter flowers, so that was an extra 5 exercise points! Plus an hour at Curves was another 2! Hopefully that will mean a loss this week - I'd love the extra 2 points and also the extra point for a new E-Lab low!!!!  

Well, I walked right past the cheese crackers today & didn't look that way.  It would have been soooo easy.....

I didn't realize they still made Cup-a-Soup. I used to keep those in my desk at work when I was much, much younger. And they still make cream of chicken so I bought a box to see if I still like it. Plus bought some broccoli, carrots, lettuce & tomatoes for salads. Picked up some fat-free sugar-free lemon & white chocolate pudding mixes.

Now I need to get the exercise part going again. I really, really need to do that.

bookart--when I bring home something like that I measure out portions and individually package them  in snack size ziplock bags, then put the filled ziplock bags in the original container.  Then I only pull out one serving at a time.  At least I have to think before eating the second one, and that sometimes stops me.  Not always, but sometimes. 

Roadrunner checking in

Friday check in  3 points

water 7 points

exercise 4 points

weight 224, no change, 1 point

Total = 15 points

Hummingbird checking in

Friday check in  3 points

water 6 points

exercise 4 points

weight 175.4, down 1 lb  2 points

new ELab low 1 point

Total = 16 points

I stopped listening to all the diet advise and went back to eating the way I used to before BC (just  incorporated healthier foods).  Apparently my body does not like to be fueled by small meals throughout the day...I have coffee in the am, a large and yummy lunch and light dinner...hummm seems to work for me

hummingbird Karen333 checking in

Friday Check in     3 pt

Water                   7 pts

exercise               11 pts

weight  down         2 pts

extra credit           1 pt   flu shot

total                     24 pts

Hummingbird Checking in

Making the Friday Check-in 3 pt

Maintained:  1pt

Exercise 1 point for each 30 minutes of exercise: 8pts

Meeting daily water intake 1 point per day 7 pts

Total points 20 pts

Rockin' Robin checking in - 

Exercise - 11 points 

Water - 7 points

Up .4 - 0 points 

Friday check-in - 3 points

Extra credit - 0

Total -  21 points

Guess the less exercise the previous 2 weeks before this is still affecting this week. Onward! 

Roadrunner checking in quickly before I hit the hay. 

3 pts for check-in

7 pts for water

no weigh -in; I think I may be able to do what Ainm is doing and weigh-in tomorrow and edit.  Friday is not a good day for me to get to the gym for a check.

I did get to sign up for another year at the gym.  I'm also reading Younger Next Year for Women - it has me revved up for getting back to moving.  1 pt for gym sign up.

4 pts (sigh) for exercise.  Gearing up.

15 pts total.

Oh Mimi, did you have the Sunday Brunch at the Opryland Hotel? As I recall from years ago when I lived in Nashville, it was the most amazing brunch I have ever seen in my life. 

patoo, me too, not enough days till friday check in to make up for it, the scale is going to make me cry.  Karen

Yes, your right faith, I'm going to vacuum now and jump on the bike for a half hour.  And eat like a bird tomorrow and Thursday, while moving more. I'm a slow learner some weeks and ambush myself.

Thanks Zogo...I forgot to check in last week but exercize was about 15 point and water was about 6! weight maintained 1