Menus and Miles Friday July 31st

Hello to all of our Lightweights!!!  If you are visiting WELCOME....PLEASE JOIN US and POST!!!!!   Besides my tool,  I count  Posting on the LW board as my #1 reason for being successful on this exciting journey!!!!     

WARNING TO SELF AND TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN!!!   AVOID 'BAD' CARBS AT ALL COSTS!!!  THEY ARE ADDICTING!!  THEY WILL SLOW DOWN YOUR WEIGHT LOSS DURING THE LOSING STAGE (and you won't even notice)!!  THEY WILL MAKE THE SCALE GO UP AFTER THE HONEYMOON PERIOD IS OVER.

Success in Maintenance starts with GOOD  CHOICES  during the Honeymoon Period.

I feel I need to repeat this:  I am a FIRM believer in Good Whey Protein Drinks!!!!!  I have IC (Irritable Bladder Syndrome) and I can only have them while I'm not having a flare up.   It is sooooo much harder to do Maintenance without them!

Morning LW's  Sorry about yesterday....Thanks Linda!  I wondered why I didn't get any responses in my Mailbox.  I answered posts and apparently forgot to start the new post. 

Celebrating a co-workers birthday today and I started out with a 1/2 sugar doughnut and then went back and finished it off....

Maintenance Mode and 6+ years out

Protein:      Matrix Mint Cookie 35g

Breakfast: 

Lunch:        Small Wendy's Chili

Snack:        I had a sugar doughnut

Snack:        80 Calorie Yogurt with Cherries

Snack:        6 Saltines and 1 Laughing Cow Lite Cheese Wedge  (maybe)

Dinner:      

Snack:        Nature Valley Almond Crunch Bar--YUM!! (ONLY buy the Gluten Free) 

Snack:        3 TB. of unpopped Popcorn   (didn't start this until I was on Maintenance)

Hi Roz,

I figured if you hadn't posted by last night, you were probably busy or something.  I'm trying to stay away from sweets unless I make them with something I should have, but we are going to a birthday party tonight so I imagine I will have a small piece of birthday cake.

B:  Protein Decaf Coffee
S:  Decaf Coffee
S:  Lemon Tea Protein Drink
L:  Chicken Pizzola - this is really good DGD#2 even liked it
S:  Lemon Tea Protein Drink
S:  Beef Hot Dog
D:  Steak, Salad - maybe a small piece of cake

Vitamins:  Done
Water/Fluids:  90 ozs so far
Miles:  None

Linda

Spent the day in the truck but didn't do to bad.  Now trying to clean out the frig before leaving.  New freezer comes when we get back so I need to be empting that too.  Geeze.

decaf protein coffee  33g
2 eggs, low carb pita
lemon tea protein  13g
popcorn, peanuts
low carb burger (no bread)
turkey sausage, onions, peppers, squash

Roz, did the donut taste as good as you thought it would?  In my old life, I loved donuts but now I'm not tempted at all.  I think you have to splurge once in awhile.  My sister makes delicious cakes and does cake decorating to sell.   I always think I want a piece but it never tastes as good as I thought it would. 

DH is still in the hospital.  The cardiologist changed a medication they were giving him to raise his BP.  He did therapy today and didn't have the severe drop in BP he has been having.  Now they want him to go to a facility for rehab for a few days.  Insurance supposedly pays for 20 days and they don't think he will need that much time.  Ugh.  At least the rehab facility will be much closer to home.

Tomorrow I'm going to make some low carb eats.  I haven't cooked since DH has been gone.   I'm getting tired of  protein bars, deli ham, cheese and shakes. 

Breakfast:  protein oatmeal

Lunch: strawberry Quest shake; turkey stick; cheese stick

Snack:  Kind bar (not buying these any more since they have the nutritional value of a Twix candy bar)

Dinner:  Roast beef; romaine salad w/Parmesan cheese - hospital food but very good

Hi guys,

MENU: (DS Maintenance Mode)
Pre-B - coffees w/HWC
B - Greek yogurt w/blueberries
S - 
L - chef salad and protein shake (30g)
S - peanuts
D - small serving of lasagna 
S - Greek yogurt

VITES:
morning batch: done
4 calcium batches: done
iron: skipping 
evening batch: done
heme iron: done

MILES:
walking to and from HQ building. I officially have the military status of "retiree".  Let the retiree benefits come!  30+ years in the military. Hooah!