Trying hard to lose the pounds!!!!!!!!!

Well, I had my first weigh-in this morning after a week of Walk Away the Pounds and Weight Watcher point counting. I lost 5.5 pounds! I know you tend to lose more in the first couple of weeks, but I'll take any victories that I can get.

Way to go Marsha!! Obviously the party food didn't hamper your weight loss. Rosebud, hope you have a great time at Disney World.

I wanted to share another low cal recipe - Chicken Parmesan. Don't know why they called it parmesan, it doesn't have a lick of parmesan in it. But it was very good and VERY EASY!

Chicken Parmesan*
Ingredients:
2 oz. boneless chicken breast
2 tbsp. low sodium breadcrumbs
1/4 tsp. Italian seasoning
1 serving cooking spray
1/4 cup tomato sauce, low sodium
1/2 oz. low fat or fat-free shredded Mozzarella cheese
1 egg white

1 oz. (dry) pasta

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Prepare your pasta of choice such as ziti or penne according to recipe directions, omitting salt. Rinse chicken and pat dry. In a shallow dish, mix breadcrumbs with Italian seasoning. Lightly beat egg white in another shallow dish. Coat chicken with egg white and then with breadcrumb mixture. Place chicken in baking pan lightly sprayed with cooking spray, cover with tin foil and bake for 15-20 minutes until center of the chicken is no longer pink. Uncover, top with tomato sauce and cheese. Return to oven and bake for an additional 4-5 minutes; serve over cooked pasta.

As cooked above, the recipe only has 369 cal. 9 g total fat, 4 g sat. fat and 42 carbs. Makes 1 serving.

It's only me in my household and one serving is fine for me, but I planned ahead and will have this again this week and put 2 servings in the freezer (will see how those taste next week). I took 4 chicken breasts and cut them all into strips, making my servings about 2 1/2 to 3 oz. and I used the egg beaters "all whites" liquid eggs. I also used my favorite jar spaghetti sauce (since I had some in the freezer). I baked the strips for 20 minutes, when I went to put the sauce on, the strips looked like they hadn't cooked - but they were. Next time I'd cook them for 10 minutes and turn them over and cook another 10 to brown both sides and maybe even shoot the top with a little cooking spray before turning them over just so they can brown a bit. It was a really quick and easy recipe. Tasty too! I also spooned a tiny bit more sauce (about a tablespoon & 1/2) on my pasta.

My friend cancelled our 3 mile walk today, so I was on my own. I walked 1.5 miles on the treadmill and rode my stationery bike 4 miles. I had to make up for only working out 2 times last week, plus I had bought "red vines" for the kids and ate some myself. Ooops

Hugs,

Lois

Welome home Raven

Lois & Marsha congrats on the weight loss. That's terrific!

Patti - loved your emoticons - can't wait to get to NYC the peppermint patties are on me!

Remember those 2 lbs I lost - well - my scaled must have moved when I cleaned it. Guess what I am up 1 lb! Talk about a bummer!

HAve a good day!
Diane

Patti, hope the weigh in was good. I have to admit I've been doing that 2 step also. We'll see what happens on Thursday - my weigh in. I've been having a craving for chocolate lately and there's a big jar on my desk full with an assortment of chocolate (fun size and mini's). Most days, I'm good about not digging in to it, but the last couple of days I've had to have a couple - I'll just drink lots of water to try to flush it out - LOL!!!

Diane, was it the yogurt or that yummy delicious sausage??? My lunch today is "salad greens" w/ oil/vinegar dressing, deli roast beef w/low fat cheese, mustard on whole wheat and fruit of choice. YUMMMM! I'm about saladed out - my meal plans call for "salad greens" for lunch and dinner.

Hugs,

Lois

flush it out...lol That was really funny Lois. I say go a bit of chocolate. It's been a tough day. I opted for the yogurt and a cup of mushroom bisque soup. Then at 3:30 a piece of bithday cake.

Patti - how did the weigh in go?

Well time to shut down at work. Have a good eveing, I check later.
Hugs
Diane

Hi Divas -
Thanks Rosebud for your well wishes. Feeling a bit better but very sad about Tink.

How were the chocolate dreams? Don't ya just hate it when your all of chocolate. It is like staple-kind of like milk!

Dieting ladies, well, sucks right now. I went looking for a dress for my friends wedding and even with my new hooters things didn't look right. I got all frustrated and had an ice-cream-and it wasn't even that good!

So right now it's lunch - do I go with the low fat yogurt parfait or the YUMMY SAUSAGE HOAGIE!

I let you know!

UMMMMM sausage bad yogurt good

Hugs
Diane

Marsha--thanks for your concern. I went to Sloan yesterday because the wound under my arm was looking really nasty. The nurse cleaned it out and put a 3-day dressing on it. I go back Friday to get it checked and redressed. I'm fortunate to have central air, so I only sweat when a hot flash hits

Trying not to ease my pain with chocolate!!

Good luck with your parents' visit. I love my parents dearly, and they have been a tremendous help to me through all this, but there have been times over the past few months that I thought if I had to spend one more minute with them I would loose my mind!!

Have a great day everyone!

I BINGED!!!!!!!!!!!

Patti, Congrats on the 2 lbs. WHOOHOOO!!! The chocolate you smelled was 2 fun size milky ways on my breath!!!!!!

I got home last night and ate TEN red vines (the ones I bought for the kids - of course, I bought 2 packages - one for them and one for me in case I got the urge - I could indulge without feeling guilty that I ate the candy I bought for them - my first mistake was buying 2 pks.) Then I ate a handful of almonds - unsalted so they were better for me than salted. Then I tought I better just have dinner, so I had my reserved Chicken Parmesan. Instead of having my designated dessert for the night (1/2 c frozen yogurt and graham crackers) I had a handful of pretzels. I truly am an emotional eater!!!!!

Tomorrow is my weigh-in day, so I had a sneak peak this morning. Good news I haven't gained weight, bad news I haven't lost any either. I didn't do my workout last night, so tonight I definitely have to hit the treadmill and I might even get a few miles on the bike. I have to burn up all that candy!!!

Sunday is going to be "un-diet", having my brother and his family over for 4th of July festivities. We'll be eating all kinds of good things and watching the fireworks from my upper balcony.

Happy 4th everyone!

Hey Diva's - congrats to all those who lost lbs and for those of us who have not - there's is always tomorrow.

You know - I really think exercise plays such a big roll in losing/maintaining weight. It's a shame too 'cause I hate it....lol But imagine this-you could eat whatever you wanted so long as you exercised daily!

just in case some are getting a jump start on the holiday weekend just wanted to say have a fun weekend everyone...I am tossing my diet out for a few days and just going to relax, enjoy life and all the wonderful treats I can.-

Eat something yummy, be safe and have a great 4th!
Hugs
Diane

Been away from the boards for a while and naughty me i have been bad too. Oh well didnt lose any weight this week or so. I am not doing the scales tommmorow but I have lost .....17 Ilbs since May not bad.

Still doing the Nubodys 6/7 and invited Richard Simmons back into my living room for Tone up on Broadway.. I just love the little guy. So will start doing that 3 times a week. The cat just rolls loves that tape too. tries to jump and catch the elastic band, when he does he adds a little more weight(12lbs) resistance. Also I returned to Physio for my frozen arm and shoulder so have a bunch of excercises for her to do daily...

Well Girls happy 4th july..no dieting allowed right.

Hugs Floss

Hi Ladies-hope all had a wonderful 4th. I have been walking again and not one pound dropped off! Oh well, I guess it's really back to WW starting..........tomorrow. My friend's August wedding is quickly approaching.

Anyway, I have a bit of delimma. A couple of friends invited me up to a trailer on lake champlain for a weekend. The trailer has a bathroom but no showers. I am not into public showering. They say it's private. I am just 3 mths out of my expander exchange and don't feel comfortable even going to my condo pool. I also don't want to hold them back from doing any kind of outdoors stuff. So, I don't know what to say. I didn't camp as a girl scout and really don't have much interest in doing it now. Sorry to ramble, it seems kind of silly actually. This time last year I was getting scanned/tested up the wazoo and preparing for my bi-lat mast. Kind a puts things in perspective - huh!

Have a good day!
Diane

Well . . . the weekend was delicious and today was weigh in and I GAINED 2 POUNDS. I don't know how that could happen???? LOL I think it has to be water retention!!! LOL Well, trying to get back on track this week and next week Weds. I'm off for a few days to visit the little kiddies in Laughlin. So looks like off diet again - oh well.

Haven't had time to check in too much this week, sorry to hear Raven in hosp. hope she's out soon.

Got to go,

Lois

Hi Ladies - don't worry about a few pounds. We are still doing great.....wishing everyone a wonderful weekend.....Hugs
Diane