Journal July 12th

[Natasha]

Do we still want to do these? They seems to be less popular.

 

[Dee]

For me....I journal enough already! I enjoy the Tues. and Thurs. weigh in reports but I just don't feel the need to report what I do every day. If someone asks, I don't mind explaining my plan.

 

[IowaDiver]

Dee,
I'd love to hear what's working for you.

 

[seaangel]

Not that it is less popular, just not finding the time to write in every day. Life is so complicated at times. I am getting ready to leave for Roatan on Friday and I am swamped with work and family things.

I am finding that using my head is helping. I do sit down and plan my eating. I am trying to take lunch to work rather than buy out. I am also, keeping up with my water.

I am holding my own right now, not gaining and not losing. I just need to get through this summer cruch I am in and plan to buckle back down in September to serious journaling etc.

 

[Natasha]

I had another good weekend. Drank all my water and more, and stayed under in points.
Today I had soup for lunch and for dinner with a small piece of 7 grain bread.
It's just too hot to eat a lot here. I've also swam everyday.
I'm planning for a 2 pound loss this week.

 

[ChrisM]

Back on the wagon

B Fast - piece of chicken, strawberry cereal bar
lunch - chicken caesar salad
dinner - chicken and brown rice
Dessert - tofutti cutie
I know, not enough veggies and fruit, or water, my snack apple is stll in the car :^)

Exercise- swam 3000 yds

Also planning on 2# down, I hope
Chris

 

[Finnatic]

This is my third week into my fitness plan and I really thought I'd blown it over the weekend. We went on a camping/diving trip and the post-dive brewskies can really be a killer! But I still managed to lose 1.5lbs. Still sticking to a simple plan. Breakfast is usually grapenuts and fat free milk, lunch is usually a salad and dinner is lean protein and lots of veggies. I have a bottled water on hand most of the time. Exercise is either treadmill, cycling or swimming. Seems to be working so far.

 

[Natasha]

Well, I was doing good until today. The All Star Game is on and I have had 2 pieces of 'everything on it' pizza and a German Beer.
I also had fat free chips.. could hurt we'll see.

 

[Dee]

Dee,
I'd love to hear what's working for you.

I'm just following Weight Watchers. I've tweaked it a little bit after doing some experimenting to see what works best for me. For instance, I don't eat the same points/calories every day. I vary them from day to day to keep my body from getting used to the same amounts and starting a plateau. I still get the same number of points/calories, I just count them for the week instead of for the day. For instance, I weigh in on Tuesdays, so Tuesday is my free day when I eat whatever I've been craving all week. Wednesday is a low day with Thursday my highest day. Then I taper off with Sunday and Monday as real low days. I haven't had a plateau since starting this about 4 months ago. The two gains I've had were expected and I'm averaging a loss of about 2.2# per week.

The biggest tip I can offer is to drink plenty of water/fluids. I don't like just plain water so I use lemon and a packet of Sweet and Low in my big mug. or I drink the 0 calories Crystal Light-type mixes. I'm supposed to have six 8oz glasses a day, three of which have to be water. I usually drink 8-10 a day.

 

[ChrisM]

Tuesday
B Fast - piece of chicken, cereal bar
lunch - two small burritos w/ rice, beans and carne asada
dinner - chicken caesar salad
dessert - tufutti

exercise - 1/2 hour stairmaster

today:
bfast - cup of nonfat yogurt, cereal bar
lunch 6" subway ham and turkey s'wich w/ mustard lettuce & tomato
dinner - hmmm, haven't planned this out - chicken breast and brown rice, perhaps
snack - apple

exercise - either a nite dive or swimming, depending

Chris