I had an idea… So I missed posting here yesterday, even though I read y’alls stuff and got all inspired and thought of things I could say, I realized the day passed and I said nothing. Again, today, I almost went to bed without adding any insight until I had a thought. There are so many of us here, and it’s wonderful to have such a big group to watch reach their goals and cheer for you as well, it’s easy to get lost or forget who is who (ok, so I’m new and it’s probably easier for me than others.) But I thought, is it possible for us to pick one or two people, say the person above and below you on the log list, to double check that they’ve posted within the last day or so. If they haven’t, maybe send an encouraging email, “Hey! Hope you’re achieve [fill in their personal goal]. Don’t forget we’re here for you..” or whatever. I just thought that someone might slip through the cracks and stop updating and it’d be nice to have a little note from someone who is watching you reach your goals and wants to see you succeed.

WW.  Thanks for all the comments.  It’s going to be hard this time (the bazillionth time) because I really don’t like the group leader.  It’s WW at work so while I can find a different leader, it won’t be as convenient so I probably wouldn’t join.  Plus about 6 of my close friends joined also, so we are doing it together.

I am going to go to the food store in the morning and get food for work.  Just for the day though, I will do for Friday and next week after work tomorrow.

I hate shopping.

Here’s to healthy eating.

:rofl:

I skipped breakfast, had some Baked Lays chips instead of lunch (we were out, and the sandwich was too horrible to eat–I prefer my roast beef cooked, not mooing at me as I take a bite), came home and scarfed down some chicken & rice soup, then went on a nice walk–with a smoothie in hand. Yep. Healthy.

OTOH, I’ve only had about 600 calories today so far. AND the smoothie was an “instead of cake” kind of thing. I hear the call of the chocolate cake again, but then the word “smoothie” popped into my head so I figured someone up there wanted me to get some fruit.

Um. Yeah. God wanted me to have that smoothie.

I did a good job getting back to work on the program today.  I wrote everything down and as of right now, I have drank almost 60 oz of water plus my 2 cups of coffee.  The water that I am drinking right now is Propel Fitness water and I LOVE it.  It is the grape flavor.   Nummy!  My kids were bargaining with me when I got it from the fridge.  “If I get an A on my next test, can I have one of those?”  “If I clean this or that, can I have one?”  Can’t complain about them wanting WATER!  My kids are great about drinking regular water, too.  I am so glad that they don’t have my hang ups about water.

If anyone wants to meet me in the chat room at 9:00CST tonight, I will be in there.  Hope to see you then!

I HATE chicken. I think it’s one last holdover from my years of vegetarianism, I just can’t get behind the freaky chicken meat.

 Anyway, I made up a recipe today, and it smells pretty good, if you’re interested I’ll give you a blow by blow when we actually eat it.

 I call it Simon and Garfunkel Chicken. I took the whole chicken, and removed the guts (don’t heave, Jen, don’t do it!) and (it gets worse) put them in a bag in the fridge for the kids to look at later with Dad. It’s a tradition we have here, nasty but true.

After I washed it and patted it dry (why?) I rubbed it with a tiny bit of olive oil and put some sea salt, parsley, rosemary and thyme all over and inside it. I didn’t have any Sage, so I asked my daughter Sage if we could use some of her, but she declined. So, it has Parsley, (no)Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme, get it? I slay myself.

A free day every week, or 3 free meal (verses 3 in one day)? I’ve done Body For Life, twice, which is an intensive cardio/weightlifting/eating program for 6 days every week, for 12 weeks. But one day a week, you eat ANYTHING you want. A whole apple pie for breakfast. Go for it. Pizza and wings for dinner. It’s yours. A pitcher of margaritas…fine. And no exercise that day. The theory is that you’re doing so well 6 days a week, that your psyche really benefits as you work and sacrifice, knowing that in just a few days, you can have all that fudge. Or whatever. It helps you stay on plan the other days, and do it longer. You don’t typically just explode one day and eat everything in sight. I’m not working out that hard, by any stretch this time, so this’ll go slower, but it seems like a good idea. Yall?

I was checking out these articles and thought they were worth sharing. You can view all the articles here:

http://www.myfooddiary.com/resources/

This is the one that was so interesting:

Track Body Fat - Not Body Weight Article by Sharon E. Griffin, Ph.D., LN MyFoodDiary.com Contributor

Most people will monitor their body weight when trying to lose weight - makes sense right? Well, not always. When you undertake a nutrition and exercise program to get in shape, what most people are really attempting to do is to “re-shape” their body. This often times is accompanied by an actual loss of body weight, but not always. Although body weight is a common means of tracking progress, it is not the best measurement. Ideally, you actually want to monitor body composition (i.e., the amount of body fat and muscle that you have), not body weight.