Breakfast at work - lowfat strawbery yogurt and Kashi Go Lean crunch (co worker brought in a caramel apple coffeecake which I declined as I had already eaten.)
Lunch was a can of Select Harvest caramelized french onion soup and the last piece of cornbread Never fear, I'll make more !!! Never had the soup before and it was very good, I don't really count calories per se but did notice that it was 80 calories per serving, two servings to the can.
Am drinking my Diet Dr. Pepper and it tastes great. Would have gone for a walk but it is a bit cool and windy. Maybe tomorrow.
We are having homemade egg salad on marbled rye toast sandwiches for dinner with tomato soup probably. Sounds good to me
ETA Dinner as planned, tasted great and was filling. Drank iced water and coffee with french vanilla coffee. Finished for the day, got in my exercise and feel great. _________________ Berry
Just had my yogurt/Kashi crunch breakfast, am drinking hot lemon ginger tea, had a cup of coffee wtih french vanilla creamer at home.
Think I will have a peanut butter/honey sandwich for lunch, will drink tea all day as the boss keeps the kitchen stocked with dozens and dozens of different kinds. ( Ate as planned, added a dozen or so pretzel sticks - not half a bag like I would have last week, and a Diet Dr.Pepper)
Not sure about dinner yet. I was just thinking as I was getting ready for work this morning and felt so much thinner after eating right for the past few days that with this plan I really feel like I am doing something amazing yet I am really just eating the way a person is supposed to. Strange, huh? I am amazed at how many times the past week I have looked in the cabinet and saw the pretzels, chips, cookies, red licorice strings (my weakness), etc. that I would just reach for out of habit not hunger.
Dinner ended up being leftover tomato soup (hot in a cup, I drank it) and a grilled cheese sandwich, real comfort food. Got in my exercise while hubby was watching Wheel of Fortune, still doing the circuit of biking, stairstepper and Gazelle. Felt great. _________________ Berry
Didn't eat any breakfast, went to a committee meeting/ lunch and ate steamed carrots, green beans, homemade dinner roll, sliced peaches, salad and a grilled ham/cheese sandwich (odd combo but I didn't want the other entree of glazed chicken breasts - the glaze???? is what I was unsure of). Way more carbs than I needed but I picked at the dinner roll while I was drinking coffee - also drank unsweetened tea and fatfree chocolate milk.
Won't eat anything but a salad for dinner, got lots of good healthy salad fixings when I went shopping - also got some great green tea selections and some rye/pumpernickel swirl bread to make grilled cheese sandwiches (or peanut butter sandwiches for work). Drinking Lemon Zinger tea right now colored with red hibiscus leaves.
Feeling strong, will get in my exercise this evening.
Just had breakfast, two fluffy pancakes with sugar free syrup (only because I got it accidentally once and we both prefer the taste and texture) - don't purposely buy sugar free, fat free, etc.
Drank a couple cups of coffee with french vanilla creamer, have switched to ice water now.
Will make a fat salad for lunch (uh, no I didn't - had a peanut butter on rye/pumpernickel toast and a Diet Dr. Pepper, tasted great and very filling.) and probably have the same for dinner with a couple pieces of pizza. Love my salads with about ten extra veggies thrown in - think I will add dried cranberries and or apricots as well. ( Ate dinner exactly as planned, got in my exercise - even 15 minutes extra).
Ate a bowl of Cinnamon Cheerios with 2pct milk for breakfast, - two cups of coffee with cinnamon vanilla creamer, now I am drinking hot lemon water, plan to stay strict today as we are attending a gradation party tomorrow afternoon, a whole hot roast with all the fixings... (I won't be eating any hog). But I will be eating some yummy side dishes and desserts!
Not sure about lunch or dinner today, something healthy for sure.
And I will definitely get in my exercise. I'm on a mission, a flab free summer mission. _________________ Berry
Let's see, yesterday went well. I had an apple and pretzels for a snack I suppose, maybe it was lunch. I had a big salad as planned for dinner and maybe a half cup of plain spaghetti - really was testing it. Hubby ate his later with sauce, cheese, etc. My salad was filling enough I skipped the entree.
Will eat no breakfast today other than my coffee with french vanilla creamer, will enjoy whatever I want at the party this afternoon which will also be dinner.
Got in all my scheduled exercise, plus extra work on the Ab machine and a lot of outdoor yard work. Feel a bit sore but that's a great feeling.
Enjoy your Sunday, all.
Okay, survived the pig roast. Had a wonderful, wonderful time. No pig, of course. I very rarely eat meat, only if it is incorporated into something else and I don't want to make a big production (like chili, ham and beans, etc.). No PETA member or anything, I just am not that into meat.
Ate a spoonful of about six side dishes, all kinds of stuff, all good. Ate one small piece of cake, it was wonderful. Everybody at the table said they were stuffed, I was just comfortably full. Drank unsweetened tea and water. Wore my tightest jeans, that helped. Seriously. I think that elastic waist pants were the downfall of the American society
Heading into the exercise room, will eat no more today. Psyched for yet another week. (and even more psyched that the jeans fit) _________________ Berry
Ate a peanut butter and all fruit jelly on one slice of toast "sandwich" for breakfast, so far have had pretzels and a Diet Dr Pepper for lunch but will add another slice of peanutbutter/jelly toast. (Never got around to the second pband j toast, very very busy at work today). Will then add a healthy salad with egg/cheese/different kinds of veggies/croutons etc for dinner with a bit of spaghetti with salsa for topping on the side (same plate of course). Salad will be the bulk of the meal as I will need some veggies for sure. (Ate dinner as planned but skipped the spaghetti).
Will get in my exercise I hope, it is raining so I cannot imagine doing anything outdoors. (Got in my exercise.)
Feeling great, love Mondays, fresh beginnings. Pretty proud of the weekend's results. _________________ Berry
It is ten a.m. and I haven't eaten a bite yet, just not hungry. Will have a peanut butter/jelly on toast and a Diet Dr Pepper for lunch. (Had a handful of pretzel sticks and a Coke Zero a little later, needed the salt from the pretzels, as I felt my blood pressure was dropping - didn't need the soda at all but whatever . So we will make the pb and j toast breakfast and the pretzels lunch Will have my spaghetti and salad for dinner tonight, I do believe. (Did have my spaghetti topped with salsa and melted cheese but instead of salad I had some green peas and some mashed potatoes with garlic and chives. I had to stop by the store last night to get a couple things so I got the hubby a couple chicken legs from the deli and a little container of their fresh macaroni and cheese. He ate one leg and a little macaroni with the peas and mashed potatoes, I was craving the spaghetti. We often eat different things because, well we can. Got in my exercise.....
Gave the hubby a Fudgsicle last night before I headed to bed, didn't entice me a bit - well, the hubby did but not the Fudgsicle _________________ Berry
Just had breakfast, a rye and pumpernickel slice of toast with a slathering of peanut butter topped with dried cranberries. Drinking Lemon Zinger green tea, perfect.
Will do the same for lunch, probably. And I will add a Diet Dr. Pepper.
Also have a cheese stick and boiled egg to add to the mix should I choose. (which I did, had the toast, egg, cheese and soda for lunch and wasn't hungry all afternoon).
Spaghetti and salad for dinner - luckily I make a lot of spaghetti at a time, we love leftovers
Exercise, check _________________ Berry
SW 158
GW 145
CW 145
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First visit to your post. You are doing so great. It really makes me think I can do this if I just start being my own coach like you seem to be doing. Thanks for the role model posts. Keep on with those self motivators. _________________ I'm baaaack.
First visit to your post. You are doing so great. It really makes me think I can do this if I just start being my own coach like you seem to be doing. Thanks for the role model posts. Keep on with those self motivators.
How sweet of you Pangelsue, please stop by again and chat. I do love the challenge _________________ Berry
Joined: 09 May 2011 Posts: 389 Location: Neenah WI
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Thanks for leaving the note. I love that last bit about losing a pound a week and that a year will pass whether I do anything. I may change my signature to that sentence. It really did something to my head. Thanks. _________________ I'm baaaack.
You're welcome Pangelasue You seem like you are in the right mindset which is the ONLY thing needed as no one else can lose the weight for you, but you. Easy to say, hard to do, trust me I know. (Ironically, I was just reading on CalorieCountPlus - I have been a member there since 2007, one of their Success Stories was a woman who lost 117 pounds entitled Flipping the Switch, here are a couple sentences from her blog.)
The hardest thing about losing weight was getting started. It really is a mind thing. You have to decide for yourself that you are going to do it, and that nothing will stop you. After I made that decision (I call it 'flipping the switch') honestly, the rest was easy.
Happy Thursday All.
Off work today, still raining - haven't eaten yet. We have leftover bacon so I will throw it on the grill to warm it up and make some pancakes - a little less fluffy than last week's, they were REALLY fluffy We only eat pancakes waffles, etc. on days I am off work - not that they are so incredibly difficult to make but it is just a habit. (Eleven thirty a.m., just finished breakfast/lunch - indeed did make the bacon and pancakes, I ate three mercifully thinner pancakes. There was enough batter left for three more and Heaven help me, last month I would have eaten those as well. BUT, I did not. I cooked them and will either eat them tomorrow warmed up in the toaster or throw them to the birds. Probably won't eat lunch now, will eat my spaghetti for dinner by golly I swear).
I was reading this morning on another site about a new egg/cheese Morning Star veggie sausage crumble biscuit that got great reviews as did their faux McRib kinda sandwich. Will check them both out as I love their burgers and sausage patties.
Didn't eat my spaghetti last night, my salad was so big it filled the dinner plate and I wasn't hungry afterwards anyway. Already got in my ab machine work this morning, that felt good. Got in my other exercise in the afternoon then worked outside for two hours, doing yardwork.
Finally finished the spaghetti and had yet another huge salad. I am pretty stuffed but it was all yummy.
Finished for the day, another success. _________________ Berry
No breakfast, off for a shopping trip with friends and we will be eating brunch/lunch, something I am sure.
The sun is out and it is beautiful here.
The clothes I have on today (jeans, a sleeveless lilac shell and a waist length purple jacket) feel great, no need to tug or adjust anything although there is still a bit of flab under there. I haven't weighed lately because my scale is saying LO which either means that my weight is too low to register on a scale or I need a new battery. For now, I am going to try and judge my weight by how I look with and without my clothes
Ended up eating at Wendy's, just had the value fries with sea salt, a tiny portion really - it was fine, also had a Diet Coke. AND one chocolate licorice twist when I got home from shopping cause the hubby said they were so good, I could have said No thanks but Heck, he was so sweet to offer. It was nice and soft, didn't hurt me a bit. Fries, Diet Coke and licorice, a meal for the ages. BUT, I did get a lot of healthy food so it's all good.
Will have another salad tonight with probably pizza (our usual Friday night fare/ either in or out) Red Baron Fire Baked Pepperoni (but he gets my share of the meat, I just add extra veggies on mine). _________________ Berry
SW 158
GW 145
CW 145
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Chocolate licorice? _________________ I don't count calories. I count plates. Three a day.
Age 59 Ht. 5'6" SW 1/10-185 lbs. 10/11-166 1/12-161 3/12-154 6/12-154 9/12-154.5 1/13-151 CW 146.5 some regular exercise/S days mostly tame
Yeah, oolala, it's with the others, same twisted shape (not the pull apart stringy kind which I love in the cherry flavor), etc. but softer to chew. It is flavored with real Hershey's chocolate. Pretty good, threw away the bag already and had them in a Ziploc bag but I know they don't have a lot of calories. When I was little (born in 1949) they had chocolate licorice that was flat, hollow inside - ribbed but not twisted. Loved it then as well. Don't care for the black licorice however.
Ended up eating my big salad for dinner but decided I didn't want anymore to eat, neither did the hubby as I brought him home two cheeseburgers from Wendy's. So we are finished for the evening as he had a salad as well.
Got in 15 minutes extra exercise this afternoon and walked around shopping for a couple hours so I am feeling pretty good about today
(even with the piece of licorice) _________________ Berry
Boy, doesn't it feel good to put on clothes and think, "Damn, I look pretty good!" I have decided it makes all the difference in my total attitude when I have on clothes that I think look good and I am having a good hair day.. I can pass up treats and snacks without a pause! Put me in ill fitting clothes and hair that just "sticks out" and I am ready to cave for anything: a piece of freshly made pie or a stale donut! Keep up the "lookin-good" attitude! ..and I'd like to think that the"LO" on the scale is because the scale can't keep up (or should I say "down") with your weight loss! Keep up the great work! _________________ "If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought."
Peace Pilgrim
Thanks so much Grammy, ain't it the truth? If I feel that I look good, I feel good about everything else. Not movie star good, not runway model good, just 62 year old woman good. I like to walk past a mirror in a mall and not GASP in horror but think, well, okay... _________________ Berry
Went out shopping for a few hours this morning, didn't eat breakfast, ate a croissant with cheese and scrambled egg at 1p.m. It was fine - needed to use it up as it was in the fridge or would have had a grilled cheese on marbled rye/pump bread. Will have that another time Drinking unsweetened ice tea.
Not sure what else I will eat today, I don't plan to eat a whole lot different on weekends, maybe a little, we shall see.
Ended up having a handful of pretzel sticks about 230 with my tea and then had a big salad and a couple pieces of pizza (not half the pizza as in the past) for dinner. Will have the other pieces tomorrow for lunch. I did find myself thinking about food in the afternoon, we have a lot of snacks in the house Twinkies, Hostess Cupcakes (chocolate with the squiggly on top), about five kinds of cookies and an equal number of candy choices, ice cream(s), potato chips, tortilla chips, snack crackers, etc. etc. blah blah blah - didn't eat any. Had a bowl of fresh fruit on the table should I have wanted a snack but I just had the pretzels and moved on with life.
Got in my exercise and a little extra, off to take a hot bath and watch a ballgame. It's all good.
So, let's see, it is 240 in the afternoon. I didn't eat anything before church, ending up gong with a group to a little diner thing at the lake where we live, nothing really decent there for me to eat - their salads are nothing but shredded lettuce with a teaspoon of shredded cheese on top and a couple chunks of anemic tomatoes. Hubby got me a snack sized order of nachos and cheese, nice and hot and crispy and I ate a few of his fries and the Texas toast from his shrimp basket. Can you say carbs? Didn't really enjoy it much but the company was great. I was thinking of all the healthy food at home. Everybody else at the table had triple cheeseburgers and fries or onion rings..................I did have some lemonade (which I diluted in half with water, I always do).
Now, it is 4 p.m. Just ate a banana spread with a bit of this new stuff I got, PeanutButter & Co's Dark Chocolate Dreams, a mixture of peanut butter and dark chocolate - 170 calories for 2T for the record but I am sure 1T covered a banana, no trans fat no cholesterol - yummy and one would suppose very healthy for ya. Drinking unsweetened tea and water.
Ate my two pieces of leftover pizza, a green salad and some potato salad for dinner, tasted great and was very filling. Got in my exercise while listening to an oldie but goodie on the headphones, Michael Bolton's Soul Provider - drinking hot coffee now having finished another day that I am proud of.
Not sure what I will eat today, not having a picnic or anything, we try not to "celebrate" Memorial Day for personal reasons, more a day of reflection than a party.
Ate breakfast at 9:30, rye/pump toast, I slice with a bit of the healthy dark chocolate/peanut butter spread. Drinking coffee with a splash of French vanilla creamer, switching now to unsweetened ice tea and water.
Already did an hour of vigorous biking and 100 reps on the Ab machine, I could exercise all day but then who would vacuum or clean the bathrooms? Well, hubby could but he is mowing about a five acre yard Where's my maid anyway? She forgot to come to work, again. Heck, she's never come to work now that I think about it......
Think I will have a grilled Boca burger with the faux grilled char marks for lunch later on, that sounds good. _________________ Berry
SW 158
GW 145
CW 145
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We are also not picnicking today.. and my maid and gardener have not shown up either! I will be doing the weeding as I did the bathroom cleaning and window washing yesterday. Hubby cut the grass yesterday and now his allergies are coming on strong. I think he will be inside for the day.
I got a good chuckle when you mentioned the chocolate/p'butter spread. When my kids were young (early 70s) there was a cho/p'butter spread called "Koogle"..or something close to that. My three year old got into a jar of it and spread it all over his head and face.. and then came running to find me ..he was crying (I think because he knew he was in trouble). I took one look at him and assumed he had a massive head injury (and I was just one room away..how could that happen?! guilt!!) and this was drying blood all over him! I was so relieved to find it to be Koogle..but..can you imagine trying to get that out of baby fine blonde curls? I never bought Koogle again.
Wishing you continued success! _________________ "If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought."
Peace Pilgrim
Grammy, Hired Help just aren't as reliable as they used to be, huh?
What a cute story but I bet it did startle you, my daughter did the same thing once with a jar of Noxzema, she looked pretty scared, and scary...
Just ate my Boca burger and, at my husband's insistence, had some potato salad on the side. Knew I kept him around for some reason. He is taking a break now - will finish mowing this evening when it cools off again. He really works way too hard being his health is compromised, but there's no stopping a stubborn cowboy
Well, it is almost 930 and I never quite got hungry enough for dinner, made a big salad earlier with everything on it but the croutons and balsamic vinaigrette dressing so I just covered it up and it will be dinner tomorrow probably. _________________ Berry
It is 930, I just ate half a raisin bagel, toasted and spread with a bit of peanut butter (really, less than half a teaspoon covered it just fine, cannot believe a serving is 2 Tablespoons !) and a squiggle of honey. Also ate a banana, am drinking hot lemon tea.
Planning on having one of those new Progresso vegetable classic soups for lunch, either Minestrone or Vegetable. I also brought some leftover corn bread that I forgot I had in the fridge. Yeah....
Salad already ready for dinner, I'm all set. _________________ Berry
Ate as planned last night, almost couldn't finish the salad but did (it was a dinner plate full, lots of veggies - sliced boiled egg - shredded cheese - croutons, etc. Drank unsweetened ice tea.
Plan to eat the other half of my raisin bagel for breakfast with the peanut butter/honey. Maybe minestrone soup and cornbread for lunch with my Diet Dr. Pepper or maybe a Diet orange soda (got some of those last night). Also got some cantaloupe but haven't sliced it up or anything so won't be eating it yet. (Ate breakfast as planned but put dried cranberries on my toasted bagel half instead of honey, ate a banana as well and hot lemon water)
Got in extra exercise yesterday, walked briskly for a half hour or more at lunch and did my machine work last night, even did some crunches but they always make me a little dizzy so the ab machine is probably a better idea. (Did the AbCoaster at 6 a.m.)
Just finished dinner, Boca "faux" charbroiled burger on rye pumpernickel bread with tomatoes, onions, pickles, mustard and ketchup. Really really good, also had oven baked sweet potato fries - Ore Ida - and we both enjoyed them a lot, first time I made them. Hubby had them with baked fish fillets. I am drinking unsweetened tea. Ate lunch as planned, exactly (but had Diet Cherry Dr. Pepper, haven't tried the new diet orange soda yet.) Walked about 30 mins at lunch and did my other exercises when I got home from work. Ready to take a bubble bath and relax now.
Just ate breakfast (off work today), two scrambled eggs, one slice of lightly buttered wheat toast and some cut up cantaloupe (maybe a cup or so) that was amazing. They are Athenas and are always so good. I bought two and wish I had bought more but I didn't want them to go bad. Did you know an entire large cantaloupe only has about 200 calories? I didn't either but it had a little label of facts on the display. Drinking a glass of 2 pct milk, not a big milk drinker but I didn't want it to go bad and it was getting near
Not sure about lunch or dinner but am sure that there will be no snacks in between - yesterday afternoon my co-worker offered me some of her swiss cheese Cheezits, she said they were A M A Z I N G. I said, No thanks I am not snacking between meals. She said, HUH, these won't hurt you. I told it was the process not the food. She doesn't get it but she is also spending hundreds of dollars a month on supplements, colon cleanses, etc. trying to lose about fifty pounds.
Lunch turned out to be another dinner plate sized salad with the works, a lot of work but worth it. I told my husband just grabbing the bags of red and brown licorice would have been easier. But, I didn't. I got everything out and started chopping the various lettuces and veggies, peeled and chopped the egg, scattered on the shredded cheese, got out the croutons and then added the balsamic vinegar. Put everything away and then enjoyed my lunch. Drank one of the diet orange sodas and it tasted great, would be yummy as a Dreamsicle float.
Thinking about a veggie quesadilla for dinner with Mexican blend shredded cheese, red/green/yellow pepper strips, onions and black olives. Yeah that's the plan. Got in an hour or so of yardwork earlier today and will get in my formal exercise later in the afternoon.
Got in all my exercise, even went out and did some more yardwork. Ate my veggie quesadilla with sour cream on the side - a lot of veggies all caramelized together then I added the cheese and olives - put it all between two quesadillas that had been sprayed with Pam and then I crisped them up in the skillet and cut them in pizza like servings. Almost cut back on the cheese, used one quesadilla instead of two, left out the sour cream - then I realized that I don't need to be doing all of that.
Heck, the hubby ate two chili dogs, potato salad and cole slaw.
I have to be very careful on this plan to not be too strict, to eat enough.
4:10 Friday afternoon, hope everybody is having a great day.
Didn't eat any breakfast, ate a veggie burger at Burger King, drank water. Not sure about dinner yet.
Walked around shopping for an hour and a half but still want to get in my formal exercise.
Went to the son and DIL's house for an impromptu dinner as the grandson had brought his new girlfriend over to meet the family. Had mostcocolli and cheesy garlic bread, drank water, virtual plated and left enough room for cantaloupe when we got back home. No seconds, no desserts.
Saturday's here Going to be 100 degrees so I won't be doing much outside. Going to town to go to the library, grocery store, Dollar General etc. this morning. Won't eat breakfast but might eat in town depending on who we run in to, etc.
Ran into friends at Dollar General, she said Where are we all eating at? Ended up at the place where my choices are limited but there were a dozen friends so that's just fine. I ate off the kids menu, a grilled cheese and maybe a third of an order of fries, unsweetened tea. Plenty but not too much.
Went to the grocery store, got lots of salad greens, tomatoes, green onions, red onion, red cabbage, carrots, red/green/yellow peppers, corn on the cob, little jello cups with chopped peaches or pears (25 cal each), low fat cottage cheese, 2pct milk, dreamsicle bars (90 cals) Cool Whip lite (to put on the jello cups), lots and lots of yummy stuff. My cart looked so pretty and so healthy
Think I will have a salad tonight, duh, maybe with a veggie eggroll or two as the oven will be on as I am making hubby cheddar and steak Taquitos.
Still have to do my exercise, will be indoors, it is sweltering outside.
Got in my exercise and quite a bit more - ate my huge salad and two veggie eggrolls (made in the oven, nice and crispy) Also ate one of the jello/peaches with CoolWhip thingies. Almost couldn't eat it all.
Ready for Sunday, feeling strong. _________________ Berry
Just got back from church, came home instead of eating out which is a good thing. I enjoy the social aspect of the diner in town but now the food choices.
SOOOO, I made me, yes a large salad with pomegranate vinegar and cantaloupe chunks on the side (same plate).
This whole deal is working out well, I wore an outfit to church today that wouldn't button at the waist or the blouse on Easter Sunday. Slipped right on. Yeah. About where I need to be, starting to see just a big of thinness in the face but nothing to worry about yet. So I shall not add on much extras yet, shall stay the course.
And the exercise can't go, regardless. LOVE my exercise.
Not sure about dinner, probably will make the hubby baked ham, corn on the cob and real mashed potatoes. Not sure what I will have - don't eat ham, don't like corn on the cob and don't want mashed potatoes
Dinner was ham and corn on the cob, sliced tomatoes, and baked sweet potatoes for hubby, sweet potato (with butter, I don't think I am getting enough fats, and sliced tomatoes for me. Yummy
Got in extra exercise today, just did the bike but for a longer period of time, need to mix it up a bit I believe.
Back to work tomorrow, I'm ready for another week. _________________ Berry
Ate a fudgesicle at 10pm yesterday with the hubby. It was nice and cold and yummy on a 95 degree evening on the back deck. That is my goal - to try and enjoy a simple treat instead of eating half a bag of red string licorice. It's a process, I'm working on it.
Brought a cinnamon raisin bagel to work, will probably eat half of it for breakfast spread with peanutbutter and sprinkled with dried tropical fruit bits (pineapple, mango, etc.)
I am drinking hot lemon water, unsweetened, tastes very purifying
Brought a Healthy Select soup for lunch with five whole grain wheat crackers (big round ones) and a cheese stick. Also have an apple. Will try to not variate from the plan.
Really noticed a difference in the blouse I wore to work today. It is a white short sleeved linen (as it is very hot right now). Before it pulled a bit in the front at the buttons so I rarely wore it. Today I don't have that problem, probably have lost five pounds or so. Might have to buy a battery for the scale soon. Maybe I will post a year weight in on July 7.
Yeah!! Clothes getting big is a good sign. Someone sent me a cartoon that stated: "Ever notice when you hang something in your closet for 2 or more months, it tends to shrink?" In your closet, clothes are growing larger...had to change this statement (thus the edit) as it sounded like clothes were actually growing in your closet as in a garden...wouldn't that be nice!!!!
Great job! _________________ "If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought."
Peace Pilgrim
Yeah!! Clothes getting big is a good sign. Someone sent me a cartoon that stated: "Ever notice when you hang something in your closet for 2 or more months, it tends to shrink?" In your closet, clothes are growing larger...had to change this statement (thus the edit) as it sounded like clothes were actually growing in your closet as in a garden...wouldn't that be nice!!!!
Great job!
Actually some of my clothes have seemed to shrunk in the past, just hanging there - maybe too much humidity or too much pasta
My boss just came in from some fancy little bakery with a cute little ribbon tied box of homemade cookies - chocolate with macadamia nuts and oatmeal raisin. I had already eaten my planned lunch so I said No thanks. She was floored - she said They are still warm !!!! I said, If there are any left in the morning I will have an oatmeal raisin one as my breakfast as they are actually made with whole grains, etc. She said, Man, I wish I had your willpower. Those cookies are just sitting here, mocking me. _________________ Berry
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 3453 Location: San Diego
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I hope you see the absurdity of what she said, as if the fact that the cookies are warm is a good enough reason to eat them. As my mother used to say, what's that got to do with the price of eggs?
I can say that most times, when something similar comes up, after 17 months, it really feels honest and natural to say, "Yeah, I bet they would be good, but I'm just not hungry enough to really enjoy them! Can I take one home and warm it up later?" It does not feel like willpower any more to say it. It feels real. I imagine like a thin person feels who passes on food because it just wouldn't taste and feel good to eat it, not because of some moral decision or a desire to stay skinny. yay! It took a lot to get here and was worth it every time of saying no when it was hard. I hope it stays, as we all know there is only before and during. _________________ I don't count calories. I count plates. Three a day.
Age 59 Ht. 5'6" SW 1/10-185 lbs. 10/11-166 1/12-161 3/12-154 6/12-154 9/12-154.5 1/13-151 CW 146.5 some regular exercise/S days mostly tame
Afternoon KCCC, And even worse, she offered to take me to lunch at a Mexican restaurant but I told her I had lunch already planned, we'd do it another time.
oolala, As absurd as somebody saying to put leftover cookies in the freezer so you won't eat them - duh, like I couldn't eat a frozen cooke.
If I want a snack or a "treat" it will be something that I can share with the hubby after dinner or something like that. Bought some of the Dreamsicle sherbet/ice cream bars this week. We both like those so I can see eating one of those 90 calorie bad boys if he asks me to have one with him. I won't suggest a treat but will share the enjoyment should he want to. I'm nice like that. _________________ Berry
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 3453 Location: San Diego
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:54 pm Post subject:
Oh, I didn't mean freezing it would protect it! Just that you could save it for the weekend. I've reheated or thawed many a frozen cookie or dessert with very good results! though fresh is ideal.
But I hear ya. Some weeks I don't chance having any sweets in the freezer or anywhere. _________________ I don't count calories. I count plates. Three a day.
Age 59 Ht. 5'6" SW 1/10-185 lbs. 10/11-166 1/12-161 3/12-154 6/12-154 9/12-154.5 1/13-151 CW 146.5 some regular exercise/S days mostly tame
Oh, I wasn't commenting about you oolala, just in general people say, Freeze those Girl Scouts cookies so you won't eat them, as if I haven't bitten into a rock hard cookie right out of the freezer.
I agree, I often immediately freeze what is left of a pound cake or whatever I might have made so
a. I don't eat it all
b. It doesn't go bad.
Hope you didn't take what I said the wrong way.
Just finished supper, ate 1/4 of a Red Baron fire baked pizza, it was pepperoni but I pushed all of them over on hubby's side and just put red/green/yellow pepper strips on mine. No extra cheese even. Put the cheese in my - yes, salad Also had the chopped boiled egg for protein, and the usual veggies with croutons and pomegranate vinegar. Ice water to drink and now I am finished for the evening.
Hubby is going to have a piece of apple pie (an individual one I got at the bakery - saves me from wanting any).
Ready for Tuesday.... Got in all my exercise plus a little yard work. _________________ Berry
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 3453 Location: San Diego
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:07 am Post subject:
I didn't! And unfortunately, the mint cookies taste pretty darn good frozen. _________________ I don't count calories. I count plates. Three a day.
Age 59 Ht. 5'6" SW 1/10-185 lbs. 10/11-166 1/12-161 3/12-154 6/12-154 9/12-154.5 1/13-151 CW 146.5 some regular exercise/S days mostly tame
I have one sleeve of GS mints left...frozen or thawed..which is best? I don't want to waste a single one eating it at the wrong temp! I can't believe I never ate a frozen GS mint cookie! I have been known to eat a frozen bagel all around the edges and toward the center as is thaws (I don't like the texture of nuked bagels..but will eat frozen ones what can I say?) I hope those days are a thing of the past!! Boy, the things we learn on the No S site!! _________________ "If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought."
Peace Pilgrim
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 3453 Location: San Diego
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:18 am Post subject:
Frozen bread and bagels are very easily warmed on George Foreman-type double-sided grills. I'm talking about the little ones, but no reason it wouldn't work on the big ones. _________________ I don't count calories. I count plates. Three a day.
Age 59 Ht. 5'6" SW 1/10-185 lbs. 10/11-166 1/12-161 3/12-154 6/12-154 9/12-154.5 1/13-151 CW 146.5 some regular exercise/S days mostly tame
I'm almost sorry you shared that information..sounds 'way too yummy! _________________ "If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought."
Peace Pilgrim
Hard at work, literally. today. Lots going on, haven't eaten a bite yet, it is (9:30) but have my raisin cinnamon bagel half left so I will probably toast it and add a splash of peanut butter and dried cranberries, that is always pretty filling. Decided to pass on the cookies, just on the principle of the thing.
Brought a tomato, boiled egg, cheese stick and apple for lunch - a healthy and colorful combo. Ended up eating my bagel combo for lunch so will save my lunch stuff for tomorrow. Drinking hot lemon water and Diet Dr. Pepper - speaking of which, yesterday I had about half a cup of lemon water that had gotten cold, was going to dump it out in the sink and pour some Diet Dr Pepper in the cup (it was in a 2 ltr bottle in the fridge) Instead I just poured it right in the lemon water, tasted just as good diluted and lemony. (Wasn't there a failed Lemon Coke or Pepsi?)
Ended up having my tomato, egg and cheese (all cut into little pieces) about 3:00 so I will just consider it a late breakfast and a late lunch as I ate nothing in between. Was going to just not eat but that's not a sensible thing to do, now is it? Wasn't really hungry for the apple, left it in the fridge.
Haven't thought about dinner yet.......
Ended up having a grilled cheese on marbled rye/pumpernickel and unsweeted tea. It was great. Didn't want anything else.
On to Wednesday. _________________ Berry
SW 158
GW 145
CW 145
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Brought cantalope for breakfast, haven't eaten it yet. Brought the same lunch combo as yesterday - whole tomato, boiled egg, cheese stick, diet soda. That will be plenty, still have the apple if I need it.
We are going to Subway after work, I will have the veggie delite (eat half, save half, I always do). They have the avocado stuff now so I will add it as well.
Sticking to the plan even though there are pastries in the work kitchen.
Made some unsweetened sun tea to drink throughout the day.
Had my cantaloupe, it was great.
Getting ready to eat lunch, walked for a half hour - briskly - up and down hills. Might replace my exercise tonight if I get home too late. JUst got a call from the hubby and he said we are meeting friends for dinner after work - plans have changed not going to Subway but to a restaurant that is more than burgers and fries like the lake joint. I will probably go for the one trip salad bar which has the usual salad fixings along with other side salads and fruits. $2.99 can't beat it.
Had the salad bar as planned, got mainly the greens, sliced cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, boiled egg slices, cheese, a spoon of cottage cheese, pasta shell salad and coleslaw. They had several kinds of fluffy sour cream type desserts, but I got a small dish of watermelon. They didn't have any balsamic vinegars but I wasn't about to use salad dressing so I used plain vinegar. It was fine. Hubby had meat loaf sandwich and sweet potato fries. Our friends picked up the tab as my husband had done something for them - I said, Had I know you were paying, I would have eaten more
Got in my exercise but I thought about skipping it as I had such a vigorous walk at lunch, worked outside when I got home from work - which was after 7 being we ate out. But those were just excuses, I did it and it felt good.
Ready for tomorrow, going out with friends. Off work 'til Monday. _________________ Berry
Already did a lot of exercise and it is only 7:20 a.m. Got a few pieces of equipment out that I haven't use for a while to mix it up a bit. Using my Body Blades and my Body Bar to do resistance work on my arms and to whittle the bit of flab on the waistline. I will do the Ab Coaster before I start to get ready for work and walk at least an hour or more while shopping, not that that is terribly exhausting. I did tuck a shirt into my dress slacks yesterday and wear a belt - no jacket at all, so that's progress.
Won't be eating breakfast, will eat lunch with friends, they get to choose where to eat as I only eat a salad or side anyway. What is amazing is how much fewer groceries I need to buy, no snack foods or candy or anything like that. Will get some more fruits and veggies tho! The Athena cantaloupe is on sale again 2/3 bucks, they were amazing last week.
Back from lunch and shopping, had a great time. Got a wonderful compliment today, not how good I look or anything like that but someone said, I wish I was as fit as you are. Exactly what I am trying to be. There was a big canvas type bag full of products, etc. that a vendor was unloading in an aisle at the grocery store, the vendor had stepped away and we needed to get to something the bag was blocking. So I picked it up and moved it a few feet. It probably weighed fifty pounds (about the weight of a bale of hay is how I compare it). No problem. I didn't even think about it but my friend is very frail and to her it was a big deal.
More encouragement to continue the healthy eating. and weight bearing exercise. I used to be a Department Head in a nursing home/ assisted living facility - worked in the office and saw the admittance reports. A vast majority enter these facilities due to a broken bone (hip, pelvis,shoulder, etc) .
Had a veggie burger with the works and a few oven baked fries (with the peeling on) for lunch. Drank unsweetened tea. Was offered deep fried banana with real whipped cream and caramel sauce for dessert but declined, virtual plated and had a sugar free Jello caramel pudding cup with Cool Whip LIte, slivered almonds and a cherry on top when I got home.
Bought lots and lots of goodies in the store, panicked because I couldn't find my veggie/Boca burger section but they had just moved it. I got four boxes
Having dinner now, found two pieces of veggie pizza in the fridge that I forgot about from the other night so I warmed them up and am having them with my salad while I browse the board. Funny thing happened earlier, I was giving the hubby a couple of cheeseburgers (small ones) I picked up for him while I was out, he said he would take a few potato chips. I opened the bag and took one out and tasted it to see how fresh they were (since I quit gorging the snacks have lasted a L O N G time). I bit into one and said eww, do these taste all right? He said, Let me see. He then said they tasted fine to him, what did they taste like to me. I said, sorta like a chemical. Isn't that funny, I guess my taste buds are starting to reject the phony foods a bit.
I might have cantaloupe later when he comes in from mowing and eats his dinner, whatever that might be. He never wants to eat very much when he is working in the heat. Probably a salad or maybe just fruit.
Got in extra exercise and will probably do some more AbCoaster, I really like the way it feels. _________________ Berry
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 3453 Location: San Diego
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:53 am Post subject:
I looked up the Body Blade, but I can't find anything on the Body Bar. What is it, if I may ask? _________________ I don't count calories. I count plates. Three a day.
Age 59 Ht. 5'6" SW 1/10-185 lbs. 10/11-166 1/12-161 3/12-154 6/12-154 9/12-154.5 1/13-151 CW 146.5 some regular exercise/S days mostly tame
I looked up the Body Blade, but I can't find anything on the Body Bar. What is it, if I may ask?
Morning oolala,
It is basically one of those power cords connected to a bar that you hold while standing on the cord on the floor. You can be sitting or standing actually. It stimulates weight lifting (biceps curls, triceps, shoulders, abs, etc)- the moves are printed on the bar). It feels great, very "stretching". You can twist the band over the bar and each time increases the weight you are "lifting" by five pounds. I don't know if they are still available or not, Amazon said No longer available but I didn't check Greer Childer's webiste (she is famous for BodyFlex programs). Here is a snippet of info on the Body Bar.
Some people find some exercises to be too complex to follow and spend so much time each day before seeing the results they want. Good news! There is no need to worry anymore. Body Flex Greer Childers is all the exercise equipment you need today. Greer Childers, an exercise enthusiast, inventor, and spokesperson for the Body Flex Greer Childers, has come up with this all-new, complete, and easy-to-follow fitness program. The new exercise equipment, called the Gym Bar, allows you to do the exercises while you are seated on your chair or couch at home watching TV or watching over your small children.
Greer Childers created the Body Flex Greer Childers exercise equipment quite by accident. Finding her mid-section quite unappealing, and wearing clothes with sizes from 14 to 16, Greer Childers decided to do something about it, and fast. Thus, she invented the Body Flex Greer Childers exercise equipment. This equipment, called the Gym Bar, looks like a long, solid pole with a long, garter band attached to each end of the pole. The band is held down by your two (2) feet and then stretched towards your body. The exercise steps are: (1) biceps curl; (2) shoulder builder; and, (3) triceps tightener. The Body Flex Greer Childers is mainly and simply known as the “inch-loss program”. It targets your unwanted fats in your mid-section, burns them, and tones loose muscles, making you stay fit and strong. It also includes a diet program that shows you 10 delicious meals that you can cook within 15 minutes to provide you lots of energy throughout the day.
Get a new perspective and a new you! Try the Body Flex Greer Childers soon. You will truly get the results you have always wanted from a great exercise equipment and program in the easiest, possible way! _________________ Berry
SW 158
GW 145
CW 145
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Busy day here, think I will have cantaloupe for breakfast with a bagel half and peanut butter/cranberries/toasted slivered almonds on top.
Ended up having an impromptu fruit salad, cut up a banana, red apple and added to the cantaloupe cubes, ate about a third - will give the hubby the rest when he takes a break from working the horses. Splashed on a bit of maraschino juice and added a cherry on top just because I can
Lunch was a grilled cheese with mustard and pickles on rye//pump bread and some whole grain white corn tortilla chips and salsa. Quite good.
Dinner was two veggie egg rolls, that's all. Oh and half a piece of red string licorice to see if I could indeed eat half a piece of red string licorice as opposed to half a bag. I did and didn't even want more. Wanted to see if it was still fresh, if not I was going to throw it out. It was fine. Have a whole bag of it and of chocolate licorice up in the goodies section of the pantry, where all the cookies, Twinkies and Hostess cupcakes with their swirl on top live.
If I am hungry later I will eat one of the 90 calorie orange sherbet/vanilla ice milk Dreamsicles with the hubby.
(Made some more fruit salad for tomorrow, it was so good this morning. Bananas, apples, cantaloupe, cherries, peaches and pears. )
Got in more than my scheduled exercise, ready for a hot bath and an evening watching the ballgame with my beloved That would be Albert Pulhols, bet you thought it was the hubby, huh? _________________ Berry
Happy Saturday. Rained overnight so I might not have to water the plants today, we'll see how hot it gets. Plan to finish up a little trimming around some perennial beds and then it will look like a park, my husband does such a wonderful job on the property. We mow about 3 acres as just yard so it is a lot of effort. But worth it
Didn't eat my Dreamsicle last night, ate some cantaloupe instead. Think we will have fruit salad for breakfast but if he wants something else I will make it for him. I love that we each eat whatever we want, I read on a board once that a woman loved being divorced because now she could eat popcorn for dinner. Heck, I can eat popcorn for dinner and I'm married, why couldn't she?
Already did my BodyBar weight routine and my AbCoaster but will do more of both throughout the day.
Lunch will be simple, will probably make a bigger dinner for him as I am home all day, probably bbq pork steaks in the oven and real baked potatoes and salad (I will have the latter two).
Ended up having Cinnamon Cheerios and 2pct milk for breakfast, not wanting anything else yet but will definitely have some fruit salad and or cantaloupe sometime today as I plan to buy more cantaloupes in town tomorrow. Love it when they are at their peak. I have some planted of the same variety and they are growing well. Yippeeeee.
Had a handful of whole grain white corn tortilla chips and salsa for lunch Filling and healthy or so "they" say.
Started to eat fruit salad at lunch but ended up putting it up as I wasn't really hungry right then. Just ate dinner, usual big salad and a baked potato with a little Smart Balance margarine and a dollop of sour cream. Quite good. Maybe the fruit salad will make it into my body before bedtime. _________________ Berry
SW 158
GW 145
CW 145
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Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 3453 Location: San Diego
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:06 pm Post subject:
I thought it might be the subliminal reason I never married that I could not understand women whose food habits are seemingly governed by their husbands. I certainly cannot fathom being married to someone who would try to control that either way, by strictness or excess. I don't tell men how to eat, though I may talk about my habits, if the subject seems appropriate. Glad to know there are happy compromises. _________________ I don't count calories. I count plates. Three a day.
Age 59 Ht. 5'6" SW 1/10-185 lbs. 10/11-166 1/12-161 3/12-154 6/12-154 9/12-154.5 1/13-151 CW 146.5 some regular exercise/S days mostly tame
Felt a little dizzy this morning, my husband told me to take my blood pressure (I have a condition known as syncope along with hypotension) - it was 94/59 which is actually not much lower than normal for me but low enough on an empty stomach to make me weak. It was only about 8 oclock and I normally never eat before church but I needed salt so I ate a little dish of cantaloupe, salted (how he always eats his) and within ten minutes my bp was 115/61. That only shows what sodium does to a person with hypertension
But I feel fine now, if we go out to eat I will get nachos and cheese or something salty - if we come home I will eat a veggie burger.
Ended up coming home and eating a veggie burger with the works on whole wheat bread (he had a Boca burger, I had the garden burger). Also made tater tots for him (I ate a few of his) and french fries for me - Ore Ida both, and both good. We are going to finish the fruit salad in a little bit.
Indeed finished off the fruit salad. Didn't eat anything else until dinner, ate half a can of the Healthy Select Vegetarian vegetable soup. The soup isn't supposed to be thinned with water but I always do as I don't like the thick consistency. AND I get two day's worth at about 80 calories a meal. Also had a jello cup with fruit in the bottom and a spoon of Cool Whip. Got in my exercise, off to a hot bath and bed after we watch The Killing.
Ready for Monday, bring 'er on. _________________ Berry
SW 158
GW 145
CW 145
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Sorry to hear you've been feeling under the weather, Berry! Hope you'll be feeling better soon. I don't post often, but I have to say, you are one of my "major inspirations" on the No S journey.
All the best, Roxy x _________________ No S-er since December 2009
Streamlined S Days: 6/25/12
SW: 170 /CW: 130
Weight loss to date: 40 lbs
Thank you very much Roxy, how sweet of you to stop by and post. I feel much better tonight, I have eaten a lot of salt today (the only "medical" remedy I have been told to do). Luckily that's easy for me.
I found No S looking for yet another "diet" but have decided that I am really not a No S er in the true sense as I try to practice healthy eating every day, the weekends aren't much different, maybe something special on an anniversary or at the holidays but not two days out of seven. That is just counter productive if you ask me. And my saving grace is that I LOVE to exercise, get very tense inside if I can't hit the bike or stairstepper or glider, got a new AbCoaster thing that we really love as well. Gotta mix it up I think.
Thanks again for your well wishes. Hope you stop by again. Anytime you want to "chat" about healthy food and exercise, that's one of my favorite topics. _________________ Berry
Thanks, hon - you have a good week too; I must say - I am and have been - VERY inspired by your progress over the years. I agree wholeheartedly with how you follow the plan. I think it would probably be the ideal way (for me especially) also since I do have so much "trouble" keeping my S days under control. The beauty of No S is that we can tailor the plan to suit. Sometimes, I get impatient and instead of taking it a meal at a time I tend to over-think it or want to start afresh with another 'diet' that will give me instant results... all the while, not addressing the real underlying problems of why I am overweight in the first place!
Oh well! I better sign off now before this turns into a post of epic proportions!!
However, just popping in to say hope you have a great week and thanks for your nice message not to mention all your inspirational posts. I always look forward to reading them. Best wishes, Roxy _________________ No S-er since December 2009
Streamlined S Days: 6/25/12
SW: 170 /CW: 130
Weight loss to date: 40 lbs
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 3453 Location: San Diego
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:26 pm Post subject:
Actually, Berry, I think you are the perfect No S-er after she has settled in. I know I've read or heard on a podcast that eventually, S days will look much like N days but with a special dessert SOMETIMES or a few snacks SOMETIMES, perhaps for relaxed social reasons. _________________ I don't count calories. I count plates. Three a day.
Age 59 Ht. 5'6" SW 1/10-185 lbs. 10/11-166 1/12-161 3/12-154 6/12-154 9/12-154.5 1/13-151 CW 146.5 some regular exercise/S days mostly tame
Just now eating breakfast, 10:08 a.m. - half a toasted bagel spread with peanut butter and honey and a few dried apricots, very chewy ones at that. Drinking hot lemon tea, have a banana but will probably not eat it, it is overripe so it would be better served in banana bread.
Did my AbCoaster first thing this morning (about five thrity) so that's already done. Will walk for a while at lunch, pretty day outside, just a little breezy but my hair is up in a "tousled" do today anyway so what the heck!
Brought a tomato, boiled egg, cheese stick for lunch, also making sun tea, unsweetened. _________________ Berry
Joined: 09 May 2011 Posts: 389 Location: Neenah WI
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:12 pm Post subject:
You are the goal we are all working toward. Thanks for posting and encouraging us.
Glad to hear you like to eat healthy and simply and also that you like to discuss food. On our best days, we eat very healthy too. We cook most of our own food and were foodies for so long, it is hard to get away from the gourmet sauces and not so healthy recipes. They are all made with good organic food but many times too high in fat or calories. Working on getting a collection of good recipes that are full of flavor but healthier. I have a question for you though. Why Cool Whip? It is really packed with chemicals and additives. Otherwise, I wish my diet was way more like yours. The ingredients in Cool Whip are:
Cool whip is made of water, corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated coconut and palm kernel oil, sodium caseinate, vanilla extract, xanthan and guargums, polysorbate 60 and betacarotene. Here is a comparison on line:
Serving Size:
3 tbsp 3 tbsp
Calories:
25 kcal 30 kcal
Protein:
0 g 0.1 g
Fat:
2 g 3 g
Trans Fat:
n/a but made with partially hydrogenated oil 0 g
Carbohydrate:
2 g 1 g
Preparation time:
n/a 5 minutes of whipping with electric mixer
Price per serving:
$0.75 $0.26
Ingredients:
Water, glucose-fructose, 22% hydrogenated coconut and palm kernel oils, artificial flavor, sodium caseinate, mono- and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate, polysorbate 60, carrageenan, color, nitrous oxide (pressure dispensing agent) Whipping cream, vanilla extract, sugar
Hopefully, you can make out the left side, right side comparison. It didn't transfer very well and I don't know how to insert a website into this forum.
Yikes, Cool Whip is like hot dogs I guess, don't really want to know what it in it.
I could certainly whip real cream, I just don't eat whipped cream often enough that it would probably go bad. A teaspoon of Cool Whip now and then, I just pry it out of the frozen container.
We are VERY simple eaters, I read some journals that say things like,
I had fresh argula harvested from the Napa Valley with chunks of feta cheese imported from the hills of Greece drizzled with olive oil freshley pressed by little old ladies from the Old Country.
My journal says
I had a tomato, boiled egg and cheese stick - wtih Jello and Cool Whip
Thanks for the website and your kind words. It's a journey we are all on together and I am enjoying the ride. _________________ Berry
SW 158
GW 145
CW 145
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Joined: 09 May 2011 Posts: 389 Location: Neenah WI
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:43 pm Post subject:
Real whipped cream actually comes in a spray can and it lasts a really long time. I think Redi Whip makes the real stuff and the fake. Just look for the "real whipped cream" on the label. Just an FYI. _________________ I'm baaaack.
Real whipped cream actually comes in a spray can and it lasts a really long time. I think Redi Whip makes the real stuff and the fake. Just look for the "real whipped cream" on the label. Just an FYI.
Thanks, that's so true, haven't had any for years. My late husband used to tease me when I bought it and tell me not to waste it all on food _________________ Berry
I started buying the real stuff when I started back on NoS..it is soo good! I had forgotten that! I sometimes put a little spritz in my afternoon coffee and feel very posh! I let the little granddaughters "make' whipped cream with whisks.. the first time they did that, they thought it was magic..they were so excited when the "milk" got fluffy! On the adult side...Cool whip just doesn't sound as sexy as whipped cream for some reason, does it
I think your meals sound wonderful but it would be nice to have some olive oil pressed by the little old ladies in the Old Country _________________ "If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought."
Peace Pilgrim
Sadly if I bought a can of real whipped cream I would find a lot of reasons to eat real whipped cream
Just ate dinner, angel hair pasta tossed with olive oil (from the little old ladies who stock the shelves at WaLMart), Italian seasonings and grated parmesan cheese along with broccoli and cauliflower. No meat needed, it was very yummy.
Got in all my exercise, kinda tired but in a good way. Time for a bubble bath.
Bring on Tuesday, I'm rearin' to go. _________________ Berry
Strawberry, if you enjoy bubble baths, go to the site for Lush products! Oliviamanda told me about them when I asked her about her new avatar. (read about that on her thread) Anyhow, I ordered products from a very nice lady over the phone (I had questions) and I am waiting for them to arrive. Bath bombs..bubble bath...bath jellies...it is a fun site. There are no stores close to me here but there is one in the Orlando airport so I am going to visit the next time I am there. Your pasta sounded divine.... as did a bubble bath! nice treat! _________________ "If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought."
Peace Pilgrim
Thanks so much, Grammy, I definitely will check it out. I LOVE sites like that.
Happy Tuesday all.
Did my Ab work early this morning, drank a coffee with french vanilla creamer - at work now and thinking about breakfast. It is 9 a.m. I might wait until ten and then eat lunch about two and dinner about 7.
Will have my toasted half bagel (which I find is just as filling as the whole bagel) with peanut butter and dried cranberries. Drinking hot lemon water.
Brought a boiled egg and cheese stick for lunch with an apple. Protein, calcium, fruit. It's all good. I will add a few whole grain crackers and call it a meal. Even have a diet soda.
12:35 here, back from a very vigorous walk, even more so than yesterday. I went a new route and it had some very serious hills. The last hill coming up to the office was a real workout. But it felt so good. I LOVE the feeling of my body moving, muscles being invigorated. It wasn't too hot, a bit overcast and a few raindrops even fell. But I made it back intact, freshened up a bit and poured myself a glass of cold water. Now I am drinking a glass of Luzianne ice tea, sugar free.
Kinda hungry but won't eat until 2, testing will power here.
Ate about 2:15, exactly as planned. For dinner we had omelettes with red/green/yellow peppers, sweet red onions (all caramelized together), he had ham in his - both topped with cheese. Nothing else. Quite good. Mine had a lot of veggies, a LOT. Got in my exercise, ready for Wednesday. _________________ Berry
SW 158
GW 145
CW 145
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Joined: 09 May 2011 Posts: 389 Location: Neenah WI
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:51 pm Post subject:
Isn't it wonderful that No S is all about when and not about what we eat. Everyone can follow their own heart and it is still a good fit to be here. _________________ I'm baaaack.
Been crazy wacky nutty busy at work today, didn't eat breakfast (my humble half bagel/peanut butter/dried cranberries) until 12:30....
So I will forego lunch, just drinking a diet Dr. Pepper, as we are going Subway after work and I will have my Veggie Delite. I brought vegetable soup but will stick it in the freezer at work for next week (don't want to lug it back home and I don't work again until Monday.)
Got in my AbCoaster and some of the BodyBar workout this morning.
Had my Veggie Delite (ate half, saved half for tomorrow night). Drank ice water, came home and did yardwork and then my machine exercises.
Won't eat breakfast as I will be having a bigger than average lunch, going to a monthly committee meeting where they serve the whole, soup - salad - dinner - dessert deal. I will be choosing wisely (and taking my own pomegranate vinegar as I hate to ruin a good salad with bad dressing. I have a tiny little snap on container that I will just slip in my purse,) _________________ Berry
OMG..we are turning into the little-old-ladies club that carries plastic bags and containers in their purses to whisk away leftovers and/or add their special touch to a meal! I could be the president..do you want to be V.P.? I too like to carry a good vinegar with me! I also (sometimes) carry a little almond butter with me if I am going to be away from home for breakfast. I can't eat peanut butter anymore but do enjoy (as you do) 1/2 a bagel with almond butter and a few dried cranberries or banana on it. Rather than eating what I don't want, I bring my own. I also carry my fav. herbal teas in a little plastic bag..ya never know when that will come in handy. And if there is one little roll left in the bread basket? I have a plastic bag for that..and hubby can have it with dinner the next night. I have a friend (really not me) who carries a little bottle of Bailey's in her purse..never know when you might need a little pick-me-up on a busy day and a coffee and Bailey's does the trick! I AM turning into my grandmother..yikes!! _________________ "If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought."
Peace Pilgrim
LOL! @ Grammy!!!
Berry: thanks for logging in again and sharing your fab posts with us! I so enjoy reading your food logs too.
If you've had a look over at my thread this past day or so, I've been struggling quite a bit with my No S Plan! At the risk of sounding like a broken record - - its the S Days that are the main problem for me. For some reason, all sense of control goes out of the window! Even on occasions, when I've had a reasonable S day, I have been finding that I either want to binge on the Monday to make up for it OR I don't find any shift in the scales and get fed up etc. etc. sorry if it sounds like a moan/being negative, not meaning to come across this way - just explaining and venting (of course ! ) why I have been so erratic with the plan recently. However, I LOVE being a part of this great No S community and whilst I am being so airy-fairy, I feel that I am not fully taking part/committing myself to it and that makes me feel kinda left out so I'm pleased to announce I'm back on Vanilla No S again after a bit of experimenting. LOL!!
Sorry to hijack your thread with my ramblings, btw! Have a great day, Berry/No Sers!!! _________________ No S-er since December 2009
Streamlined S Days: 6/25/12
SW: 170 /CW: 130
Weight loss to date: 40 lbs
Grammy, I will gladly accept your request to serve as VP on your ticket. (Note to self, stock up on various sized plastic containers as we will surely get some yummy leftovers from the state fairs and rubber chicken circuit dinners.)
I actually did go to lunch, eat a large salad and pull my vinegar out of my purse. What's funny is - it looked just like wine It was the perfect amount (it was actually a little container I got at Subway last night when I asked them for salt, they don't have salt on the table or salt packets, they pour salt into a little plastic dish with a tight snap on lid and give it to you if you ask. )
Not sure why, maybe to keep their healthy eating image but some of us NEED salt. Anyway, it was the perfect size and didn't leak or anything (altho I put it in a snack sized baggie just in case.)
Ate the nice healthy salad and then a small plate of fresh green beans, carrots - no butter or anything, just salt and pepper - and some kind of oven baked potato cubes (sorta like if you baked a potato and then cubed it and crisped it in olive oil and herbs). The meat choices were chicken breasts in some kind of juice/sauce or steak. I chose neither. I had fresh peach slices for dessert turning down the alternate dessert of some kind of white layer cake with creamy icing and french vanilla ice cream (they even had a person walking the room scooping out EXTRA ice cream if desired) Much more than I normally eat for breakfast/lunch but it was all good food and I won't eat anything else until dinner when I will eat my leftover half of my VeggieDelite sub.
Hey to KCCC and NoS Rocks. !!! (and to you NoS, let me say that you don't need to make your S days any different than your N days if you feel better eating "cleaner". That is what I do, for the most part - I treat each day as a new opportunity to eat well and exercise - then do it all over again the next day.) You have the right mindset and I am glad you are part of this board, and my thread.
Thanks for stopping by, all. _________________ Berry
Thanks again to you too, Berry! It's definitely a case of mind over matter when it comes to my S Days! hopefully, I will be able to work through it and my S Days will naturally/gradually get better/more organized!
Sounds like you had another great day, Berry!
Best to you, Roxy xx _________________ No S-er since December 2009
Streamlined S Days: 6/25/12
SW: 170 /CW: 130
Weight loss to date: 40 lbs
I just noticed that part of my above thread disappeared - there was also a homemade biscuit and butter on my veggie plate, ate part of it but it didn't taste as good as it looked.
I just finished my stint in the exercise room and I was thinking about the meal I had posted and it seemed like a LOT of food but really I guess it was a normal meal, actually breakfast and lunch.
Salad, with just vinegar, no meat, three veggies, biscuit, fresh peach slices. Unsweetened iced tea. I am just not used to eating that much at any given meal any more. Funny how our mind adjusts to new things, isn't it? I certainly could not have eaten seconds or anything. _________________ Berry
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 3453 Location: San Diego
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:21 pm Post subject:
The biscuit was the only solid food you had? And you couldn't have eaten anymore? Wow, I have a lot to look forward to.
Is it age that makes us carry our own stuff? I'm going to remember the plastic baggies at the next potluck. There is always way too much food and I'm appalled at what people with throw out. I know people think it's because I'm cheap, which may be true, but I have never forgotten traveling in the East and seeing what people are grateful for there. I know I look weird with my little plastic container, which I have taken to bringing with me. Next, I'll wear a purple hat with a flower. _________________ I don't count calories. I count plates. Three a day.
Age 59 Ht. 5'6" SW 1/10-185 lbs. 10/11-166 1/12-161 3/12-154 6/12-154 9/12-154.5 1/13-151 CW 146.5 some regular exercise/S days mostly tame
Hmm, how interesting. I never thought of it that way, I guess that was my only "solid" food. And, girlfriend, you are rockin' that hat!!!
Just ate my other half of my sub from last night, it was fine. Made the hubby two Banquet turkey pot pies. Yes, I did because he loves them. I said, those have 370 calories apiece. He said, Yeah, that's probably why they are so good
Finished eating for the day, while in the pantry there are Archway soft raisin cookies, Pecan sandies, coconut cookies, Twinkies, Hostess cupcakes with the squiggle on top, deluxe mixed nuts, potato chips, nacho chips, pretzels, Chex cheddar mix, several different kinds of candies - okay a dozen different kinds of candies including my chocolate and red string licorice. In the freezer there is neopolitan ice cream, fudgsicles and dreamsicles. In the fridge there are even semi healthy choices like fat free (or sugar free or both) chocolate and caramel pudding cups and jello/mixed fruit cups.
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 3453 Location: San Diego
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 1:16 am Post subject:
What a cache! And none of it calling to you. I actually have two slices of chocolate cake and a lava cake serving in the freezer, but I am plenty full. It wouldn't even be fun to indulge.
Another great day for you. Good going. _________________ I don't count calories. I count plates. Three a day.
Age 59 Ht. 5'6" SW 1/10-185 lbs. 10/11-166 1/12-161 3/12-154 6/12-154 9/12-154.5 1/13-151 CW 146.5 some regular exercise/S days mostly tame
So true, oolala, better to save the goodies for when they would provide some "fun". Good analogy.
"tis Friday all !!! My weekends actually start on Thursday so I have been in weekend mode for a couple days already. Not sure what I am doing/eating today, we need some things from town but I might stay here and do some laundry, etc. while he is out and about as we are going out tomorrow and I need to get some stuff accomplished as I was out yesterday
Well, it is 12:15 and I am eating my first food of the day, yes a huge salad with vinegar dressing. My husband just left (I told him to eat in town as I spent all morning trying to figure out what I wanted to eat, cannot tax my brain trying to feed him as well ) I wasn't hungry yet began to get a bit weak around noon so I threw together a salad. While I was at it, I made a fruit salad to stick in the fridge - cut up pineapple and peaches and added the fresh raspberries I got from my son's yard. The berries turned the mix a very pretty color. Will taste great later I am sure.
Drinking unsweetened tea and ice water. Did my ab work and a bunch of leg lifts, butt lifts, etc. while I was waiting for the dryer to finish.
Funny thing, I used to drink a glass of red wine every night, haven't done so in a couple of months. Tonight the hubby asked me to join him on the deck for a drink so I brought him out a beer and me a glass of wine. We sat and chatted and played with the cat. When I stood up, I was totally lightheaded. I guess it was a combination of not eating much today and not having wine for a long time. It was almost funny. I told him, I am really feeling the wine so you can have your way with me.
He said, Great idea, but could you make the pizza first
So I did, ate three slices (Red Baron fire baked pepperoni, but I put all the meat on his half.) Will save the rest of mine for tomorrow. Will probably eat the yummy fruit salad later. _________________ Berry
Did indeed eat the fruit salad last night and it was very good and the raspberries made the peaches and pineapple such a pretty color.
Slept like a lamb (the wine)
Not sure what we will be doing or eating today, plans have changed and we now have a farrier coming (along with my husband's best friend) to do some work with the horses so we probably won't be going out which is great with me. I have some yardwork to do so that will keep me out of the way.
For breakfast, we both ate a small bowl of Cheerios with 2pct milk, need to drink up the milk. His Honey Nut, mine Cinnamon. Drank coffee.
Ate air popped popcorn for lunch (have a bowl/lid combo that you use in the microwave, put in 1/4 cup of plain popcorn, no oil or anything and it pops up beautifully.) I sprayed it lightly with Butter Pam and sprinkled with salt. Yummy, had unsweetened tea. Hubby had a sandwich and cottage cheese.
Made the hubby oven baked fish and home fries he also had a cheddar popper (yes one). I had my leftover two pieces of pizza, a few fries and a couple poppers and mozzarella sticks. They were fine but not as good as a huge salad would have been but I knew I couldn't eat both.
That will be tomorrow. Bring on Sunday. _________________ Berry
SW 158
GW 145
CW 145
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Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 3453 Location: San Diego
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:52 pm Post subject:
Ever tried popcorn with a little nutritional yeast powder and parmesan? Mmmm. Or a friend used to put soy sauce in a little spray bottle. Also mmmm. _________________ I don't count calories. I count plates. Three a day.
Age 59 Ht. 5'6" SW 1/10-185 lbs. 10/11-166 1/12-161 3/12-154 6/12-154 9/12-154.5 1/13-151 CW 146.5 some regular exercise/S days mostly tame
Ever tried popcorn with a little nutritional yeast powder and parmesan? Mmmm. Or a friend used to put soy sauce in a little spray bottle. Also mmmm.
I have done the cheese (ha ha, now I don't have to spell it) and a mixture of olive oil and herbs but never the yeast powder or soy sauce. Will give it some thought
_________________ Berry
Didn't eat breakfast, went out with friends after church for lunch - ate part of the hubby's sweet potato fries (they were very good) and a part of a soft serve twist ice cream cone they gave all the fathers for free today (it was also very good). Visited about an hour and then came home and made me a Boca burger with cheese, pickles and mustard or toasted rye/pumpernickel bread. Exactly what I was craving.
Will probably not eat any more until dinner tonight. We will be having a Father's Day celebration later in the month as the son and wife are in Alaska on vacation right now - well, Exccuuussseeee me
Hope they are having a wonderful time.
Still have to get in my exercise for the day. But I will. * I did *
Ate a handful of Chex Cheddar mix about five and then had steamed broccoli, cauliflower and carrots with nothing but salt and pepper. Quite filling and quite good. Hubby ate the same thing. _________________ Berry
Nice hot day here, been really busy all morning. We usually are on Mondays as we do family law and seems like a law of familes have problems on weekends
It is a little after ten, haven't eaten anything yet. Think I will just wait until lunch, hubby is in town taking care of some things so he might be free to take me to lunch. Ended up staying in for lunch, hubby stopped by to visit but we didn't go out as I was waiting for someone to come by and pick up some important paperwork and I was the only one here. After he went home, I ate breakfast/lunch of my half toasted bagel with peanut butter/honey and some pretzels as I needed some salt. A little later I ate some veggie soup and whole grain crackers with a diet soda. That will last me until dinner, whatever that might be. We plan at the last second (or later).
Did twice the amount of AbCoaster and resistance bands this morning. Funny thing, there was a beautiful pair of teal silk dress pants that had been hanging in the back of the closet saying SOMEDAY I will not cut off the circulation at your waist and you can wear me.
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 3453 Location: San Diego
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:20 pm Post subject:
One of the wonderful things about No S is that you don't have to know what you're going to have for dinner! You just have to have it. yes! _________________ I don't count calories. I count plates. Three a day.
Age 59 Ht. 5'6" SW 1/10-185 lbs. 10/11-166 1/12-161 3/12-154 6/12-154 9/12-154.5 1/13-151 CW 146.5 some regular exercise/S days mostly tame
So very true oolala, I had a big salad with the works (well, except meat). It was so good and I was really looking forward to it. Love my pomegranate vinegar as well.
The hubby wanted spaghetti, no meat, no sauce, just buttered spaghetti.
Well, okay. I made enough that there will be leftovers and I can eat some with salsa and melted cheese and fresh herbs...Maybe all week
Got in all my exercise and a bit more so I feel really good about today.
Ready to feel really good about tomorrow. _________________ Berry
Beautiful day here, feeling great. It is ten thirty and I haven't eaten breakfast so I will just wait and eat my peanut butter bagel for lunch, I also have some yummy apricots to add to the mix. Am drinking hot lemon water.
Had lunch as planned and added a Diet Dr Pepper afterward.
Just ate dinner, had my planned plate of spaghetti topped with chunky salsa, chopped garlic, fresh herbs and shredded cheese (all hot and gooey). It was great. The old me, the one from three months ago could not have eaten this plate of food without three or four pieces of garlic bread. But the new and improved me did. I certainly could have eaten a piece of garlic bread with the meal but chose not to as I am trying to break the habit of always eating a certain thing with another thing, mindless eating.
Will probably have some fruit salad as well, nice and cool and refreshing from the fridge.
Then I will be ready for Wednesday.
Got in all my exercise and more. _________________ Berry
Decided to not eat breakfast at work for the time being. I really don't like eating before mid day, have always done well without breakfast and see no sense to eat when I don't want to because I am a grown up
Still have a half whole grain bagel in the fridge so I will have it for lunch with the peanut butter and honey - also will eat some apricots, they are so ripe and yummy.
Got in double my AbRocket this morning, also did two loads of laundry (washed, dried, folded, put away) and ran a load of dishes (but didn't put them away, they were just finishing up when I left for work. Hubby will do that later today). Got all this done before 7 a.m.
Will have the same dinner as last night, probably will add a salad filled with veggies as I need to get some in today. _________________ Berry
Not a happy Thursday here My husband's baby sister passed away early this morning of lung cancer. Thinking about how she suffered and wasted away has sure put worrying about five pounds into perspective. _________________ Berry
Berry -- Keeping you & your DH in my thoughts. I'm so very sorry for your loss ... _________________ Restarted No S (3rd times a charm!) January 2010 at 145 lbs
Berry - so sorry to hear of your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and yours at this time. _________________ No S-er since December 2009
Streamlined S Days: 6/25/12
SW: 170 /CW: 130
Weight loss to date: 40 lbs
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 3453 Location: San Diego
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 4:33 pm Post subject:
May your family appreciate this time of noting the preciousness of life and death, and heal soon. _________________ I don't count calories. I count plates. Three a day.
Age 59 Ht. 5'6" SW 1/10-185 lbs. 10/11-166 1/12-161 3/12-154 6/12-154 9/12-154.5 1/13-151 CW 146.5 some regular exercise/S days mostly tame
Aww, thank you all so very much. We just got back from the trip late last night, the memorial service was beautiful and visiting with the family was very nice.
Back to work today and back on track, I hope. Even more resolved to be as healthy as I can for as long as I can. Erratic eating and no exercise has made me very off kilter.
Be kind and gentle to yourself and DH. _________________ "If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought."
Peace Pilgrim
Joined: 09 May 2011 Posts: 389 Location: Neenah WI
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:01 pm Post subject:
Also sorry to hear of your family's loss. Cancer has touched our lives way too many times as well. Horrid disease.
Your response to that loss is a good one though. We all have just so many days on this planet and we can only strive to get as many of them as possible, live them to the fullest and be grateful for them.
On a lighter subject, I got in on your club to go to restaurants and take along your own items from home. I am running for secretary of that club. I also take tea with me everywhere I go. My husband and I take maple syrup when we go to breakfast. In fact, once, when we went to breakfast at a neighborhood place that had great belgian waffles, we took, syrup, real butter and our own fruit topping as well. The waitress said we could go in the kitchen and make our own waffles too if we wanted to. We laughed but I think she thought we were a little weird. Oh well, no purple hat but a little off the wall suits our personalities I guess. Maybe we have all just lived long enough that we know what we want and are willing to do what we must to get it. That's my story and I am sticking to it. _________________ I'm baaaack.
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 3453 Location: San Diego
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:55 pm Post subject:
Pangelsue, you are weird. So what? You're also right to want quality and not demand it of your local diner.
An old yoga teacher of mine used to say, "Why be normal?" _________________ I don't count calories. I count plates. Three a day.
Age 59 Ht. 5'6" SW 1/10-185 lbs. 10/11-166 1/12-161 3/12-154 6/12-154 9/12-154.5 1/13-151 CW 146.5 some regular exercise/S days mostly tame
Good Morning (and thanks again for your kindness, all)
And Madame Secretary, could I borrow just a smidge of butter and a splash of maple syrup?
Went shopping last night for some essentials, got some 2 pct milk, 2 pct cottage cheese, a big fat head of cauliflower, some mixed lettuce and other salad fixings, got some tomatoes that were good but not great - got some bluberries, however that WERE great. Had a big salad last night and it tasted so good. I had eaten a couple of salads while we were away but they were not as good as mine.
I just thought of this and had to share. We are in a 55+ community for 4 months every year and I have gotten to know some of the older folk. A group of them chartered a bus to go to a dinner show in Orlando (we are only 35 miles away). It was a show involving knights and fighting and dinner was served without any cutlery in keeping with the theme. This entire bus of seniors took their own plastic cutlery in plastic bags! Then they brought them home to wash and use again. People: these should be honored members of our club!! _________________ "If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought."
Peace Pilgrim
Hey Grammy, that sounds a lot like the Dixie Stampede dinner show - we could have used utensils for sure And yes, they should move to the front of the line (well, the bus).
Went out for dinner with friends, I had the house specialty, one biscuit and homemade gravy - something I don't make at home as I would end up eating twelve biscuits, not one. I ordered the smallest serving but one could actually get THREE biscuits smothered in gravy _________________ Berry
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Never fear, I'll make more !!! Never had the soup before and it was very good, I don't really count calories per se but did notice that it was 80 calories per serving, two servings to the can.
Got in my exercise while hubby was watching Wheel of Fortune, still doing the circuit of biking, stairstepper and Gazelle. Felt great.
are just sitting here, mocking me.
