2-4-16 Thursday Weigh-In..Everyone Ready To Weigh?

[Belle]

Welcome to the "new" people here today

Glad for all the "old" posters here I say

 

New or old we all go for the gold

Want the numbers to go down and stay on hold

 

Stay on hold till they go down again

Every Thursday we weigh and then a new week to begin

 

What food are you eating to get your loss

Meat, veggies and a salad to toss

 

What exercises to you do..weights or go for a walk

This is what we all should be doing or are we just all talk

 

We know this is a way of life not a diet for just awhile

Even if we're doing this for a wedding or a cruise down the Nile

 

We do this week after week and try to smile

Even after we've given up sugar and walk many miles

 

So good morning, afternoon or evening whenever you come in here

Hope you have a good weigh-in and if want to talk ..we hear

 

So come in everyday and talk it does help you get eating straight

When talking (typing) in here.. not eating..then losing weight

 

Tip of the day...Have food prepared ahead of time so you have

something healthy to grab and eat when hungry and tired.

[shootr]

Good Morning Belle - great words to kick off the week!

 

Yep, prepping food ahead of time has been huge for me. Crockpot chicken, enough for plenty of leftovers, bags of lettuce in the fridge, a bottle of V-8 for a quick craving crusher - stuff like this helps me pass the "good" snacks (almost always :o)

 

After 51 years, I've finally learned to like unsweetened ice tea - so that's my carry-around beverage during the day (along with a bottle of water) instead of iced coffee (heck of a lot cheaper to!)

 

Road trips are still challenging, but I pack a bag of plain popcorn, a couple apples, and a couple beef sticks so I can bypass the mini-mart temptations and get home after a long day with under 700 calories before dinner.

 

Right at 177 this morning, sweet! This is the first week I stayed off the scale for an entire week (I usually peek several times) and just trusted I was going to be OK. I'm only 2 weeks away from a full year of daily calorie/exercise tracking without a miss and even though I had a birthday cheat day, I kept up with some exercise and good days of eating to stay the same as last week.

 

Great to see so many new folks, hope these weekly check-in's can be useful to you all as it has been for me. If you need anything, just holler. Have a good week!

[fam2cruise]

Good morning, my first check in after joining you guys...happy to report 3lbs lost!!!! I'm so shocked. Makes me realize I CAN do this!! So I've cut out soda for water and Hatomugi (unsweetened) tea. Walking every day so far, just 20 minutes but it feels great! I've been having cottage cheese and fruit or boiled eggs with pesto for breakfast, salad and shrimp or salad and a frozen "lean" meal for lunch. Dinner is harder since I cook for the family, but trying to control portions mostly and add more veggies. Not too bad so far.

[winewanderer]

Hello,

 

Back from my cruise. I only gained 1 lb. Was a bit under the weather for part of it. Fortunately, once we were on the Hawaii islands I felt much better and enjoyed the trip.

 

Glad we have some new people.

 

Fam, great loss!

 

Have a good week everyone.

 

Diana

[TornWonder]

Good afternoon, another busy week for me. Down 1 pound so I'm pleased. Took a break from the gym this week, just did some quick 15 minute walks when I had some spare time.

 

I definitely agree with the preparing of food. I like to make big batches on the weekend and portion it out so I know how much I'm eating every day and it helps me avoid temptation.

[IndyGirl23]

Good evening everyone! Great job on the losses this week!

 

I am down 2lbs, quite happy with that. Starting to notice a difference in how my clothes fit. Excited to keep on going!

[Belle]

If eating this weekend..what? Low cal or low carb"?

What about snacks? Be careful out there!

 

shootr..Another good week down for you. Good

on the tea..I still need splenda.

 

Fam2..Great weight loss. Good on tea to. Good

on menu.

 

Diana..Glad your home and feeling better and 1lb

gain will be off soon.

 

Drew..Another other loss..Good. I cooked some food

up today. Roast in the crockpot, salad and turkey burgers.

What are you cooking?

 

Indygirl..Good loss. What's even better your clothes

are loose. Yes that will help you to keep going.

 

Ok where's..Kasi, Rose. Jan and the others I'm MISSING?

Come back no matter if up, down or staying the same.

We don't care..we all help and are happy for each other

in good times and bad.

 

Have a good weekend..come in and talk if think your

eating to much, having a hard time or whatever.

[Belle]

Are you Busy?

Are you exercising?

Are you watching TV?

The Super Bowl?

Watch out for the "Food Ads".

Do you have food prepared?

Good or Bad food?

Or are you just plain lazy to come in here?

Or you don't want to say what your doing?

Hope YOU ALL always want to come in here

no matter what your doing or how your eating!

We're family here and all trying to do the same thing.

Lose Weight and get Healthy!

Some days better than others..We ALL know that!

 

SO COME IN AND TALK!

[fam2cruise]

So I made up "dip and chips" for snacking today, but not the traditional options. 1 cup nonfat Greek yogurt + 2 Tbsp onion soup mix and then the same but with ranch mix. Served with carrot chips, satisfies that craving! Been out running around with the kids, exercise enough. Will be grilling up cheeseburgers for dinner but using very lean beef and lots of veggies. Just trying to make better choices!