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I know I've been really bad at reporting lately because life has been so hectic. Just wanted to say WAY TO GO to everyone who have been working hard and eating right!

As for my own weight, I've been having attacks like crazy lately and think I need to go back on the safe diet for a while. I have lost 4 lbs though since last week. wow...do you HAVE 4 pounds to lose?

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Its easy to eat low cal when you're sick! No work canteen temptations or sweeties in the office and more time spent in bed means less eating opportunities.

Hope your feeling better......


This is what I ate:

Breakfast: pineapple banana and mango smoothie, small roll

Lunch: chicken noodle soup, small roll with scraping of spread and tomato

Dinner: pitta bread with mushrooms, peppers, turkey bacon stir fired without oil and lettuce, reduced fat mayo
Made some oven fries from one large potat, ate about a quarter of them This all sounds so good!!

Dessert: apple and peach babyfood

Snacks: Smores Lunabar

2 mugs of hot blackcurrant cordial with no added sugar

Water: 100 oz, and I will probably have another 20oz before bed. right on girly!!

Not counting: my antibiotics or paracetamol- not sure what calories if any they have..

Cakes, sweets, chocolate, bisuits: NONE WOW!!

Activities: 30 minutes walking from bus to doctor and back, 15 of which was carrying shopping bags which were way heavy ( I bought soup and veggies)

Total calories: 1431
BMR: 2320 (although at the moment since I am sick its probably more like 2000 I am sitting up most of the day but not moving much!)

So I am well under budget and on the right track. great! hope you feel better

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Very bloated today- all day. Can't be PMS yet as I am still on the pill. Do ya just need to let out a big fart? Oatmeal and raisins for B. Luna bar, licorice (3 servings) 2 bananas, 2 servings pretzels and PB&J. Obviously it was a work day and I ate the exact same thing I eat every work day. Dinner: carrots (3 servings with smart balance 1t.) leftover rice and sausage, yum... 2 small baguette pieces. Too bloated to have dessert I think. also adding to yesterday's menu: 1 banana in the night. Exercise: worked almost 8 hours and hopefully will do crunches and bench press before bed.

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Very similar day to yesterday but just in bigger portions since it was a workout day today - great workout too!

Exercise: 10 mins hard cardio warmup then 30 mins weights (heavy, full body, including squats! ) followed by 60 minute yoga class GREAT!

Calories burnt: about 400
Calorie budget for today (TDEE - for maintenance): about 2300 (BMR 1300 + 600 lifestyle + 400 exercise)

FOOD

Breakfast
(prebreakfast) english muffin
1/2 cup cooked oatmeal with 1/2 cup applesauce and 4 chopped almonds
4 scrambled egg whites with a dab of chiles

Post-workout
Bagel (ok not a very good post-workout meal but needed the glucose spike and it was all I had!)

Lunch
Lots of creamy vegetable bean soup (2.5 cups) and croutons (Shell - these are sooo not complicated, lol, just tear up some stale-ish bread and toast it under the broiler for a few minutes! Sprinkle with some garlic powder too if you want) OH, duh!! lol Sounds good to me!!
Applesauce for dessert (probably about 1.5 cups)

Snack
Melba toast (8) with 2 tbsp hummus I've NEVER thought of putting hummus on Melba toast before!! Great idea....

Dinner
Salmon (leftover from yesterday) with a baked potato
4 pear halves for dessert yum..I love salmon!

Snack
Cup of warm soy milk, bagel with tsp honey

Totals:
2329 calories (right on target!) YAH!!
24g fat (10% - I'm actually trying to safely get *more* fat in my diet because I think it's way too low...)
432g carbs (70%)
110g protein (20% )

Water: 56 oz so far, probably another 16 oz tonight

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Hi everyone,

I thought it was time to get "back on track". Tomorrow I will switch back to WW points...I was too lazy to look for my points counter and I had already thrown out the packaging from breakfast. I guess tomorrow will be a better day. Yes, it's a new day!

B - one carton yogurt (I started taking enzymes, and it makes a BIG difference with the dairy for me)
2 cups of ****** lol, I know what that is...hehehe) with n/d creamer
Total 250 calories
S - One small grapefruit - 76 calories

L - HA Living foods survival bar - 300 - (got it from someone on ebay)

S - 2 rice crackers - 140

D - This was my down fall because I was using up leftovers
6 oz piece of *****
med baked potato
********* for potato
green *****
feta *****
greek olives
lite dressing
total 1126 calories
Fiber - 10 calories
Grand total - 1902
Walk on treadmill for 3 miles - 345 (according to readout)
If I am doing this correctly, then my daily total is 1902 - 345 =1557

I am not sure how to calculate out how many calories that I need to get back on track. On WW I was on 20 points, I will switch back to that system tomorrow - much easier for me to figure out!

I do not know if I should use UFO's or ***** I think we should rename the board to Area 51. I know what they mean. I do not want to confuse someone with my "Non-IBS approved" food choices. LOL we totally understand the UFO or ****** do whatever you like.

Take care,

Karen

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Ok... this morning I had my first doctors visit... as I needed to be able to give them a good urine sample, I chose not to drink anything before leaving since my appointment was first thing. With this being said, I couldn't take my Mirilax until after I got home and I usually take that before eating, so I skipped breakfast. I did however want to be able to make it through my appt without passing out from hunger, so I nibbled on some graham crackers.

CONGRATS SWEETIE!!

ok... now that I've babbled, here's the rest of the day...

Lunch - turkey, light mayo and lettuce on wheat bread, oven fries and seedless grapes.

Snack - 1/2 grapefruit and some in-the-shell peanuts

Dinner - spaghetti sauce over linguini/fettucini noodles, salad with light vinegarette dressing nice!! Did you serve it hot or cold?

Water - I think I've gotten close to 80oz today... give or take a few (this includes some peppermint tea this evening) YAH!!

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38 points! 16 flex points used. (Day out with the girls and lunch at East Side Marios - lots of ufo's consumed). Back to being a good girl today. The day out was fun. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

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Here's my Monday:

Breakfast - soy milk w/fiber powder, 1 piece homemade coffeecake (gone now )
Snack - apple
Lunch - turkey wrap w/ mustard and lettuce, about 3/4 of a super pretzel (I shouldn't have eaten it at all, it appeared to be covered in oil it made me a little crampy) Now why do they have to ruin a good thing? hope you feel better now...
Dinner - 5 scrambled egg whites, hashbrowns (made w/canola oil) unsweetened applesauce.
Dessert - few dried cherries, 1 large mug decaf w/the works.

I was doing soooo good not having any coffee until after dinner at least I had less than I normally do. I'm going to try again today - so far so good. Oh good...I know it is hard to stop

Excercise - 18 min on elliptical w/5 min walking warmup and cooldown, a few crunches. good

Water - no clue - maybe 70-80 oz? that's a good clue!

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yesterday-

cheerios and rice milk
2 luna bars
1 turkey sandwich
some bean thread noodles and sauce
then for dinner:

Shell's honey chicken cut into small pieces- YUMMY! Oh, I'm glad you liked!! with panko
homebaked fries- some garlic, some chipotle garlic (mine) and some cayenne garlic
burgers and fixings for those who wanted (I didn't eat any)
banana bread - plain and chocolate Is this what you baked? Or is baking Tues?

Amie

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I have been doing pretty good. Did have a good week last week. I worked out everyday. Did strength training two days and cardio the rest. My eating has even gotten better. I am feeling better as well. This week I can only do cardio as I hurt my wrist so that means no weight training Oh well but I at least I can still do something. It just feels so great to be back to working out.

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