Healthy Weight Loss

[Medusa]

Long time, no see!

Hey all - I've been reading here and there but have been mostly off of my program for almost 3 months.
Have had a 5-pound gain, which in the grand scheme of things isn't too crazy but I know that it's time to get back on track.

My knees are achy. I'm smoking again (started back at the Reunion with the intention of only smoking for the weekend) after having quit for almost 5 years. One of my first goals is to quit!

My schedule has been pretty stupid the last several months. Most of that has calmed down now that Reunion is done and planned for next year and my work has slowed down a tiny (TINY!) bit!

Another thing I really need to get back to doing is taking my lunch every day to work. I spend a lot of money eating out with the girls every day or grabbing crap from our kiosk and need to start putting more time into my food.
Had a couple of boiled egg whites this morning with pepper and a piece of leftover turkey for breakfast. Think I'll boil several more for this coming week to have for breakfast and with tuna at lunch.

Anyone else have ideas for cooking ahead or good lunch options that are quick to make at home?

[JustJo]

Saturday weigh in....down 2-1/2 lbs.

Kind of helps make up for those 2 weeks of no change when was I traveling.
I'm particularly happy that Thanksgiving didn't throw me off track.
We were flexible with the menu....had potatoes and corn instead of one or the other, and had 2 slices of apple pie. Everything was homemade from scratch though...and I was conscious of going a little easy on the butter and shortening.

The biggest help is that my stomach isn't accustomed to large quantites anymore...except of salad....so I get filled up really fast.

[Sachita]

Originally Posted by Medusa

Long time, no see!

Hey all - I've been reading here and there but have been mostly off of my program for almost 3 months.
Have had a 5-pound gain, which in the grand scheme of things isn't too crazy but I know that it's time to get back on track.

My knees are achy. I'm smoking again (started back at the Reunion with the intention of only smoking for the weekend) after having quit for almost 5 years. One of my first goals is to quit!

My schedule has been pretty stupid the last several months. Most of that has calmed down now that Reunion is done and planned for next year and my work has slowed down a tiny (TINY!) bit!

Another thing I really need to get back to doing is taking my lunch every day to work. I spend a lot of money eating out with the girls every day or grabbing crap from our kiosk and need to start putting more time into my food.
Had a couple of boiled egg whites this morning with pepper and a piece of leftover turkey for breakfast. Think I'll boil several more for this coming week to have for breakfast and with tuna at lunch.

Anyone else have ideas for cooking ahead or good lunch options that are quick to make at home?

Make a pot of rice. Store it in ziplock to keep moist. Buy or make roasted chicken. Buy organic frozen veggies.
http://www.cascadianfarm.com/product...il.aspx?cat=11
They have all these cool blends. They also have fruit.

So I get a container, add rice, add chicken and or beans, add frozen veggies. Microwave later. You can eat more and its healthy. Sometimes I eat fruit with cottage cheese or just with chicken.

[HoustonHuny]

Originally Posted by Medusa

Long time, no see!

Another thing I really need to get back to doing is taking my lunch every day to work. I spend a lot of money eating out with the girls every day or grabbing crap from our kiosk and need to start putting more time into my food.
Had a couple of boiled egg whites this morning with pepper and a piece of leftover turkey for breakfast. Think I'll boil several more for this coming week to have for breakfast and with tuna at lunch.

Anyone else have ideas for cooking ahead or good lunch options that are quick to make at home?

Best quick lunches for me are leftovers. I buy those little divided containers from Big Lots and make a little extra for dinner and make lunches out of the rest. You can freeze them too if you don't want to have leftovers right away.

I ALWAYS have hard boiled eggs in the fridge. They are the perfect food (low carb and high protein)and I love them, plain with sea salt and pepper, in egg salad, tuna salad and on top of chef salad. But why don't you eat the yoke? New studies have shown that the old opinion about yokes and heart disease is not proven. The yoke has some of the amino acides that make the egg a perfect protein plus vit D.

When I am broke, that is what I stock up with, eggs. I lost 60 pounds eating eggs (well and a few other things too, but not much)

HH

[Medusa]

I hate the way the yellow tastes! I can sometimes stomach them in potato salad or tuna but by themselves, noooooo way!

[Diavolo]

Today is the last day of jackassery. Tomorrow marks Day 1 of a Body for Life challenge. I swear, I cannot ride the AIDS/Lifecycle again carrying this much extra weight. It's just too much work!

My business coach is working with me on my "Teachability Index". Essentially that is the ability to think outside of the box. Currently he has me brushing my teeth with my non-dominant hand.

But I thought that really applies to here. We are used to eating a certain way and we have to think differently. If I'm out driving around and I don't have my next meal with me, what choices do I make? I remember watching a Biggest Loser a couple of years ago where Jillian Michaels said to the contestant that life was full of choices "CHOOSE BETTER!". Oh yeah, she was yelling. But that really stuck with me. For the next 84 days, I'm going to Choose Better!

[Kelt]

Originally Posted by Diavolo

My business coach is working with me on my "Teachability Index". Essentially that is the ability to think outside of the box. Currently he has me brushing my teeth with my non-dominant hand.

But I thought that really applies to here. We are used to eating a certain way and we have to think differently.

Hey Diavolo,

Here's a little trick I used on myself to "reset" how I looked at serving sizes and changed my thinking around (besides smaller plates). I'll assume you will be weighing and measuring what you eat; it helped me to switch all of the values to metric. Kind of like the other hand thing, taking something that has been on autopilot and switching it up. Sounds weird, I know, but it got me out of a box and broke a pattern.

Cheers

[Cowboi]

My bruised ribs are finally not so sore. Went to the gym and did back and biceps, and cardio. Hoping I am back on track now.
Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving.

[Zimmeh]

I am slowly eating solid food but it is still hard. I weighed myself yesterday and I am down to 165lbs!!! Woohoo... Thirty pounds to go and I will be down to my ideal weight


Have a great day and I'm headed to Disney with a friend this afternoon.

Hugs,

Zimmeh

[Dominique]

Originally Posted by HoustonHuny

Best quick lunches for me are leftovers. I buy those little divided containers from Big Lots and make a little extra for dinner and make lunches out of the rest. You can freeze them too if you don't want to have leftovers right away.

I ALWAYS have hard boiled eggs in the fridge. They are the perfect food (low carb and high protein)and I love them, plain with sea salt and pepper, in egg salad, tuna salad and on top of chef salad. But why don't you eat the yoke? New studies have shown that the old opinion about yokes and heart disease is not proven. The yoke has some of the amino acides that make the egg a perfect protein plus vit D.

When I am broke, that is what I stock up with, eggs. I lost 60 pounds eating eggs (well and a few other things too, but not much)

HH

One egg contains about 213 milligrams of dietary cholesterol. The daily recommended cholesterol limit is less than 300 milligrams for people with normal LDL (bad) cholesterol levels. An egg can fit within heart-healthy guidelines for those people only if cholesterol from other sources — such as meats, poultry and dairy products — is limited. For example, eating one egg for breakfast, drinking two cups of coffee with one tablespoon of half-and-half each, lunching on four ounces of lean turkey breast without skin and one tablespoon of mayonnaise, and having a 6-ounce serving of broiled, short loin porterhouse steak for dinner would account for about 510 mg of dietary cholesterol that day — nearly twice the recommended limit. If you're going to eat an egg every morning, substitute vegetables for some of the meat, or drink your coffee without half-and-half in the example above. And remember that many other foods, especially baked goods, are prepared with eggs — and those eggs count toward your daily cholesterol limit. People with high LDL blood cholesterol levels or who are taking a blood cholesterol-lowering medication should eat less than 200 mg of cholesterol per day. Learn more about cooking for lower cholesterol