I usually jump on the scale - (only when I have been good) every day.  I am really trying to only weigh in once a week now.

Early: 2 x coffee's
B:  2 x eggs, 2 x slices of Canadian Bacon, 6 Cherry tomatoes
S:  None
L: Morning Star burger of some kind  & mixed salad.  
S:  Greek Yogurt
5:30 Zumba
D; Late - not sure  what but something light
S:  Herbal Tea

 Hi VIP1968

Have you tried your cauliflower like this.  

Zap the cauliflower for a minute in the microwave

Remove  -   cover with a slice of cheese ( I love Munster)   put back int microwave and zap for 45 seconds.    sprinkle with black pepper


This is so filling and low carb.    comes out delish  !!

 I am going to try and make time to get this down in writting every work day.  I work on the computer for my job so the weekends I try and stay as far away from my office  if I can.

Today:

1 x coffee - unsweetened almond breeze, SF Hazelnut syrup
B:  1 cup Greek Yogurt
Exercise :  Yah !! got the all clear from my doctor to exercise - Piyo class 1 hour
S:  2 slices of ham , 1 tbl Hummus
L:  Few slices of last nights tri-trip, mini cucumber, cherry tomatoes,  lettuce, mushrooms
S:  Celery , 1 wedge Laughing cow cheese
D:  Grilled fish, steamed veggies
S:   Almond Ricotta Cream

 Agreed.  Hate. It 

 Kath you are my hero.  I know I have it in me to say No to my trigger foods.  This recent 20Lb gain has scarred me silly, and I need to stay on track.

I have my skinny jeans out on display and are determind to get back into them "SO HELP ME GOD"


Pizza - Never been a big lover.  What I would love to eat is the thick edge of the pizza and leave the topping alone.    Drove my kids crazy when they opened to pizza box and slices were sitting there with the edge missing.

I say my Mantra every day now

No Cake, No Cookies, No Candy, No Crappy Carbs  !!

Took me 8 months to gain these 20 lbs.  I am taking 1 day at a time to get them off, and hitting goal of 155!!

 I am coming up to my 4th Holiday season with the Band.  My 1st year was pretty easy to say NO to all the temptations that were around me.  I was on a mission to loose 100 lbs within a year and I was going to do  everything in my power to do that.

Looking back I wish I had set my goal at loosing the 125lbs ( that I needed to) in 18 months.  It seems when I hit 100lbs I slacked off and allowed the crappy foods back into my life.  I only lost another 16 lbs year 2.

Year 3: I ate the crap in moderation but was just bouncing up and down 10 lbs ( only because I exercised every day  -  I have to exercise because I love to eat.  - Plus I really do enjoy exercising).  I still fit into my clothes and was a socially acceptable looking person.  So all in all I was happy.

Over these last 8 months I have had a lot of medical issues that have not allowed me to exercise as much as I wanted to or needed to.  I had a complete hysterectomy 5 weeks ago.  The hospital that did my surgery required me to have my band completely emptied ( Whoa it felt like a normal tummy again - and I picked up all my bad habits again.  I ate everything that I could not eat in the last 3 years.  Bread & Pasta in excess)  I also started eating candy, cookies and crap.  I thought I would enjoy the time while I had it.  WRONG !!  Those empty fat cells filled up so fast and I gained 20 lbs. 

I am so mad at myself but I cannot blame anyone but me.  It is only me that chooses the food that I eat. My band controls( when adjusted correctly) how much of it I can eat.( Unfortunately the crappy carbs chew down to nothing and go right thru the band - I could eat them all day if I wanted to)    I had a fill last week and ask the Dr to just make it snug enough that I cannot eat bread.  Pasta I can say no to.  Bread!  I need the deterant of pain to say no.

When I jumped on the scale at my fill appointment and saw the #, I was horrified .  I work from home and I was recuperating from the surgery. My days were spent in my nighty, and no bra.  Way too much freedom.  I am now making sure I put on a bra everyday and get dressed.  Feeling my snug clothes is helping me stay on track with my eating plan.

If you are a newbie and reading this - do yourself a favor and read all the old postings from Kathkeb.  She has kept below  goal for over 4 years because she has not eaten the following foods.  One piece of advise she gave was that she tried on her skinny jeans every Friday.  if they were snug then she was back on track and backed off the calories the following week.  I am going to do this as well every Friday _  I just bought a pair of the new Rock Star Skinny Jeans from Old Navy in Colbat Blue and another in  Plum and my goal is to wear the Blue jeans with my brown boots to Thanksgiving dinner!!


Since my fill I have vowed to go on a NO "C" DIET

NO CAKE
NO COOKIES
NO CANDY
NO CHIPS
NO CRAPPY CARBS.

Last night I had to run down to Walmart to get some supplies for work.  I made sure that I had my dinner before I left.  Thank goodness.  The amount of Candy was overwhelming.  I expected to see Candy in the Candy isle.  (easy to walk past)  There was candy displays popping up every where I went in that humongous store.  They even had a candy display near the craft section.

Proud to say that I got thru the store with No C foods in the basket  

 Good morning all !!   

My food plan for today.  I am trying the Carb Cycling diet and today is a low carb day  ( trying to stay under 20 net carbs)

Early : 2 x cups of coffee ( I just needed the extra one today) made with unsweetened Almond Breeze milk, squirt of SF Torani Hazelnut syrup and  1/2 SF Hazelnut Coffee Mate Creamer 

B:  Atkins Mocha Protein shake

L:  2 x Trader Joes Turkey Meatballs, Mini Cucumber, Mini baby bell Mozzarella, Spinach

S:  100  Cal packet of Almonds, SF Jello

D:  Grilled Tilapia, steamed cauliflower with sprinkle of Parm Cheese

S:  SF Jello, Herbal Tea. 

Going to see my Dr next Wednesday and will hopefully get the all clear to start back exercising.  I am planning on going for a 20 min walk after dinner tonight.  

 

B:  2 x Weetbix, 1/2 unsweetened Almond Breeze milk, sliced banana

L:  2 x Turkey Meatballs, sliced tomato, Cheese stick

S:  Greek Yogurt

D:  Grilled fish & steam Veggies. 

S:  SF  Jello  

Still in recovery from surgery 4 weeks ago.  Once I get he all clear from the Dr I will back in the gym again.

 Hi Brock,
I have 3 boys.  Between 1st and 2nd 3 years 9 months.  2nd and 3rd 16 months.

Closer in age was so much easier.  As one was coming out of a stage the other was entering.  No time to forget LOL

The thing I loved the best is that they always have a friend. With my oldest it always seemed when we went to go anywhere he always wanted to invite someone his own age.    So instead of heading out the door with 4 boys ( yes I am including the hubby) I ended up with 5 boys.

I was lucky that my 2 got along so well.  My older brothers are 12 months apart and did not get along at all.  The oldest is now 52 and is still a bossy git.

I am sure that a lot of people in the Entertainment business have had WLS but we will only know of a few.

It does show a photo of her heavy in the people magazine.

Yes I have trouble getting them down when they are fresh.  I have no problem with frozen ones.

I also buy the freezed dried raspberries from Trader Joes  - they melt on your tongue and are delicious.