Tuesday Phase 2 Check In!

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Tuesday Phase 2 Check In!
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Tue, 08-02-2005 - 11:08am

Hi everyone - I haven't checked-in for a few days - things have been crazy here. Looks like we are relocating from CA to Texas - its about 99% sure at this point anyway. Should get more details today. I'm somewhere between panicked and excited, not sure which yet! It will be financially INCREDIBLE for us because the cost of living is so much less, and we have no family ties where we are now anyways. But we will be further from family, and I have NEVER been there, and won't be able to go there before we move to check it out!

My eating hasn't been so great since dh sprang this on me. Nothing bad, just not the right amounts of the good stuff. In fact I haven't even breakfast yet today! Uggh, need to do that now! BUT - I have been at goal weight for about 4 days in a row now, so I guess its official!

Today:
Kashi waffle, turkey bacon
SBD bar, yogurt
leftover blackened salmon, salad
apple w/peanut butter
chicken w/roasted veggies, brown rice
yogurt w/berries























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Tue, 08-02-2005 - 1:24pm

CONGRATULATIONS, MichaelAnn on reaching your goal!!! That's FANTASTIC! You've worked hard for this-- Fabulous job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where in TX? I'm in TX! Love it here (despite the heat-- but you're used to that). Is it a new position for your DH with the same company?

We're leaving tomorrow to go visit IL's for 8 days. Company just left here and I'm running around crazy. Here's my day for today...

B: Kashi waffle with SF syrup, blueberries, coffee with soy milk

S: 2 dark chocolate squares

L: Grilled lemon herb chicken and cheese on 1/2 ww flat-out bread with lettuce and Carb Options ranch; banana shake

S: Apple with pb, V-8

D: Huge salad with BV dressing and chicken

Dessert: Yogurt parfait (with blackberries/raspberries, SB cereal and redi-wip)

No exercise today.

Have a great day!!!

Kim
140/130/125

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Tue, 08-02-2005 - 1:33pm

MichaelAnn, I just saw your post above about moving to the Houston area... I posted to you up there!

Kim

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Tue, 08-02-2005 - 3:54pm

Congratulations on reaching goal, MichaelAnn!

I just read something in the paper over the weekend about an ethnic group that is moving from California to Indiana by the hundreds because the cost of living is so much lower. They talked about couples buying a house and two convenience stores for what they got out of their smaller house in California. I know when someone from one of our offices in California moves back to corporate, it's like getting a huge pay raise. I hope it works out for you!

B - oatmeal, fruit smoothie
S - cheese stick
L - white bean chicken chili, small green salad with kidney beans
S - 7 rf triscuits w/lite cream cheese
D - SBD pizza, brussel sprouts
D - SBD pb cup

Lora

260 / 207 / 170 (first goal)

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Tue, 08-02-2005 - 4:15pm
Thanks Kim! I emailed you!






















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Tue, 08-02-2005 - 5:10pm

Hi Ladies:)

Took hubby out for ihis birthday which wasn't SB friendly. Hope it comes off before my Sat. W-I.

MichaelAnn Don't get stressed out. I moved away from family,sa we couldn't live there anymore with all the high taxes. We're now able to breath a little better as the taxes for are a little less.

My menu today:

b=peanutbutter on an apple with 1c 1% milk for tea
s=v8
l=fried clams & french fries with cole slaw lemonade YIKES!!
s=s/f pudding
D= WW pizza with a large salad with vinegarette dress.

Have anice day Ladies Hugs:) Maryann

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Tue, 08-02-2005 - 5:49pm

Hi everyone!!

Breakfast- whole wheat wrap w/ 2 eggs, 2 pc turkey bacon,spinach, and rf cheese, glass of skim milk

Snack- yogurt w/ strawberries, splenda & cocoa

Lunch- mixed greens with chicken, tomatoes & walnuts with rf vinagrette(at "american joes bar & grill"--GREAT salad options!)

Snack- coffee w/ skim milk and sf caramel syrup, V8

Dinner- eggplant pizza's with some protein? perhaps throw in a garden burger. And glass of skim milk

Dessert- sf jello or popsical

This diet is working for me, slowly but surely with .5 and 1 pound losses per week. This is the first time I've stuck to a "diet"--pretty much because there's not much of a wagon to fall off of! The first time around on this diet I did a strict phase one for THREE weeks, and then allowed myself ONE new starch for the next two weeks. No wonder I fell off! I slowly got irritated, bored with choices, and hungry. Nowadays, I do not feel restricted whatsoever, any cravings I have I know I can make SB versions of, and if I do have a non-SB meal(which is rare), I just calm down and make up for it the next day with a strict phase 1.5 day.

I think my story is a common one, or many people out there might be tempted to be *strict* which is not the philosophy behind this diet. So, for all the people out there who might be in this position, please add back your darn starches!!!

-Catherine

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Tue, 08-02-2005 - 6:54pm

"So, for all the people out there who might be in this position, please add back your darn starches!!!"

LOL! I couldn't have said it better - that could be the motto for this board - add back your darn starches!























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Tue, 08-02-2005 - 8:17pm

That's exciting news, MichaelAnn! I wish I had that mobility, but my entire family and my husband's family are right here in my home town. With an ill father, I need to stay close by -- especially as an only child! Cost of living will be much lower than in CA! So that's exciting. So hopefully the panicky feeling will go away and you'll just be excited.

B - Scrambled Egg Beaters w/R&G bell peppers, Onion, NF/SF Mocha

S - Celery and PB

L - Mediterranean Chicken Salad

S - Cottage Cheese

D - Sauteed onions, peppers and mushrooms with a hot pepper sauce on a (eek!) 4 in sub bun.

D - Lemon Pudding with Raspberries

Exercise - None today, work's got me down in the dumps, so I just can't bring myself to do anything. I give myself 1 day off per week, so I guess today is it!

Stephanie
125/121/115

Stephanie - 154/152.5/130

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Tue, 08-02-2005 - 8:34pm

oh no... way too many carbs today :( (and nuts)

breakfast-fiber one cereal with 1 percent milk
scack- smoothie with milk, half a banana and 2 tbsp. PB
lunch-whole wheat bagel with low fat cream cheese
snack-ss/ff latte, peach
dinner-chicken ceaser salad, 2 peices of bread with olive oil
snack-"pudding pie" ss/ff pudding with pecan and smart balance crust and ff whiped cream.

ooooppppsss... well, tomorrow is another day, another chance.

-meg

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