Karen in FL wrote:I am down 1 pound for the week. Given the craziness of my week and lack of time on the treadmill, I'll gladly take it! I have a difficult weekend ahead - baby shower, child's birthday party and a Super Bowl Party. I am so tired of celebrations centered around food!
Congratulations to all - both for losses and for staying here and sticking out the disappointing weeks. The individual weeks are not as important as effort sustained over time. (right Faith?) We can do this!
Karen
Yikes that is a difficult week. I hate weeks like that.
Folks, Karen is right. Do not stress, find a unstressful way to eat healthy and enjoy your favorites. You have to live the plan. That is why I refuse to do challenges, or MWL, and especially mary's Mini. Boy tried MM once and binged for a week.
The more greens is an excellent idea. I know McD teaches it in MWL but it didn't sink into my head. When I read Eat to Live I realized ya know, I need to get those vitamins and minerals in me.
My breakfast is oatmeal, w/ 1/4 cup of blueberries, a high C fruit, and grapes or cherries (my nibble)
Lunch is a huge, and I mean huge salad, a vegetable soup and one high fiber cracker.
Dinner is a starch, usually a tomato sauce, and lots of veggies, normally a mix and a green like my Popeye spinach. But it's half veggies at least if not more. Now this week, I decided to splurge and get a Seitan Asian dish from my local veggie restaurant. Love their sauce. I make four meals of that dish. No it's not that big, probably normal chinese restaurant size. I do make more rice, and have a cup of rice, but I put on it all these veggies and a quarter of the dish.
Those veggies is what keeps me full, the starches keep me happy and they work hand in hand very well.
So sneak in those veggies and I bet you see a difference. Just don't eat around them
Ya gotta eat them.
Folks good for everyone on losing. Anybody who's into football this is a big eating day. I'm having my popcorn ready. Well, I'm also splurging on some vegan buffalo wings (not mcd). They are my weakness, but I've lost my 66 lbs with them being in my life.
Glad to hear some of the stubborns losers (141) finally got moving and darn Wendy I'm sorry you are still stuck. Try the veggies. don't worry if you gain a little, refocus, observe and think what you've been doing. A Scale is a tool, just one of them, that gives feedback on how you are doing. It's not always right either. Our bodies do play tricks. But most of all have patience, as it's not instant.