April 12.19

No workout today, I will make up for it tomorrow.  

Please tell me God we aren't having a weigh-in tomorrow.  I already know I have gained back all my weight.

Also, I did drink a couple sodas tonight, but I needed help staying awake.  I have been up til 3-4am the past couple nights trying to finish my niece's Christmas quilt.  I am a horrible quilter.  Anyway, I am back off for good tomorrow!!

Becca 12/19

Workout - I vacuumed and shampooed the carpets in 2 bedrooms, the hall and 1/2 the stairs.  I also vacuumed 1 more bedroom - but I'm not shampooing that one.

April 12.18

Workout: I lugged Harry around the mall for an hour, the kid weighs 33 freakin' pounds.  My back is killing me.  Also walked the neighborhood, about 30 minutes.

I was so depressed tonight, literally in tears, when we took our Santa pictures.  They looked so cute, the boys were adorable with their new hair cuts.  I ruined the whole picture.  And I am not exaggerating or fishing for compliments.  The family looked great, except for my fat face right in front.  It cost $40 for the picture and cd, so there is no way Jay will let me take another...and these are the ones we have to send out to everyone.  I am so embarrassed.

I really hope this kicks up my working out, and eating less and healthier.  If anything would, this would be it.

Becca 12/18

Breakfast - 2 slices honey wheat berry toast, 1 cup tea

Lunch - something out of the fridge...

Dinner - tuna salad on ritz crackers, handful of cheese popcorn, handful of caramel popcorn (got one of those tins)

Exercise - Shampooing the dining room carpet - Yea, the dining room has carpet, oh the joys of renting

Holiday Break

Okay so let's do a one week break from posting food journals. Everyone enjoy their holiday goodies guilt free. Lets post our exercise though. We want to maintain the weight we've lost by exercising while we're not dieting. I plan to enjoy some yummy cookies and treats with the boys on Sunday while we bake. I hope you all enjoy your break too!

April 12.17

Breakfast: One piece of toast on whole wheat bread.

Lunch: 1 of Clark's chicken nuggets, and a few pieces of beef jerky.

Dinner:  Bean Burrito from Taco Bell.

Workout: 1 mile, slow walking.  This cough is getting to me, and my asthma is flaring up so I have to take it easy for a couple days.

No soda :)

Also, for the next two weeks, until New Years, I am not going to be doing any specific diet.  I have so much baking and holiday cheer to spread, and I don't want to be left out.  I am going to still keep off soda, and keep my portions SUPER small (like 1/2 of what I would normally eat).  Also since Jason has a lot of time off I am going to really concentrate on my running and working out.  Jan 1. I am going to finish my Medi-Fast meals, and then start my detox diet again.  Christmas cookies here I come!!!!

Becca 12/17

Breakfast - Lemon poppyseed scone. 2 cups tea, no sweetners/sugar/honey (LOVE raspberry tea)

Lunch - Some leftovers, don't remember what it was.

Dinner - Grilled pork steak, salad w/ ceasar dressing, and risotto.  I made the risotto homemade for the first time - I guess I got the wrong cheeses though.  It was too strong and not much of it was eaten...

Exercise:  None (totally gonna make up for it tomorrow with super cleaning and carpet shampooing)

Ray's F&E 12/17/09

Breakfast:
Sugar Free Instant Breakfast

Lunch:
Southbeach Pizza on a whole wheat wrap

Snack:
popcorn

Dinner:
Wendy's Taco Salad

Snack:
Piece of french bread (Bad me! It was so warm and fresh. I just had to have a piece.

Exercise:
one hour spin class. I was so not in the mood for it. I have been feeling so shitty without caffeine. This is only day two. I don't know if I will make it. If I don't feel any better after two weeks I am so getting back on :)

April 12.16

Breakfast: Half a peanut butter sandwich on wheat bread.

I got half way through my morning diet Mt. Dew before I remembered our new goal.  I didn't finish it.  

To be fair I really needed it though cause I was up til 4AM with Harry, dumb baby.

No Lunch

Dinner: Whole wheat pasta with chicken and peas & carrots.

NO workout, but I did clean my house from top to bottom, and I consider that just as good.

Ray F&E 12/16/09

Breakfast:
Sugar free instant breakfast

Lunch:
chicken salad in a bowl

snack:
banana

Dinner;
Lunch sized portion of Olive Garden whole wheat pasta with chicken and Alfredo
bowl of Zuppa Tuscano (I ate around the potatoes, mostly just broth and sausage and kale)


Exercise:
Hour on the treadmill. I mostly walked. I have such a bad headache from lack of caffeine. I made it through the day without soda though. Woot!

Becca for 12/16

Breakfast - Didn't get breakfast.  I wanted it and I was going to have another bowl of honey nut cheerios cause they were so nummy, but didn't get to it. 

Lunch - Went to a work meeting.  They are once a month and I spend the morning catching a quick shower (since I never remember to shower the night before or get up early), actually doing my makeup and finding nice 'work' clothes to wear.  We had our Chrstimas party today and had Baja Fresh steak and chicken fajitas - I had 1 fajita of each, plus a few tortilla chips.  Someone brought a TON of cookies and then put a platter right in front of me, but I only had 1.  And it was one w/o a ton of icing or chocolate.

However, I got an iced latte.  That was very very bad of me I know.  I'm starting tea for caffiene tomorrow since I don't need sweetner of any kind for it (or will drink coffee with no fat creamer).

Dinner - Chicken parmesan.  I made sure I kept my portion small and I baked the chicken after frying to get crispy.

Snack - Not feeling snacky.  I don't think I will.  If I get snacky I'll grab an orange.

I had 60 to 80 oz of water today (was using a water bottle) so yay for water.

Exercise:  None. But my cramps are finally going away and I'll pick it back up tomorrow...

April 12.15

Breakfast: MF Oatmeal

Clark burned his foot, therefore everything after breakfast is a foggy blur, there was really too much going on to have time to work out.  And I skipped eating all day, and had one too many soda's (good thing we start our new goal tomorrow).

Late Dinner: Nachos-Bad April

Becca's F & E 12/15

Breakfast - Bowl of honey nut cheerios

Lunch - Turkey, bacon and avocado crossiant (with lettuce and tomato, and mayo).  Oh so good.  Small low-fat white chocolate mocha.  I need to find a new caffiene source...maybe buy some coffee to make coffee at home.  I have no fat creamer... I can be a little slow.

Dinner - Leftover nacho chicken casserole with a bit of lite sour cream and half an avocado. 

Just realized I haven't had ANYthing to drink today except that coffee...maybe a glass of water this morning but I don't remember for sure....ugh that is BAD.  How did that happen?

Exercise:  None.

Ray's F&E 12/15/09

Breakfast:
Half a whole wheat bagel with a tiny bit of cream cheese

Lunch:
bowl of chicken salad

Dinner:
We went out to Jaxie's for dinner and I had a Chicken Salad Salad (so chicken salad on a green salad) w/low cal ranch. It was awesome. I am on a chicken salad kick really bad.

Exercise:
One hour spin class. I am now in the intermediate class. Its so much harder, but I love it!

A one week Challenge!

Okay we really need something to get this fat club going. We are all doing great but we need to kick it up. I thought maybe we could do a one week challenge. Each week we will trade off challenging eachother to do something.
I will start the weekly challenges.
My Challenge for everyone is to get off soda and fruit juices too. Fruit Juice is just as bad as soda, if not worse because it has a higher calorie content. Fruit Juice is just the water and fructose from a piece of fruit. You don't get the benefits of the fiber of the fruit. So its bad bad for you. Especially on a diet.
If you drink even one 8oz glass of soda you are drinking 100 calories. Or the equivalent of walking one mile. So every can of soda = 1 mile.

Diet soda is better than regular. But diet soda isn't a health drink or a silver bullet for weight loss. Although switching from regular soda to diet soda may save you calories, some studies suggest that drinking more than one soda a day — regular or diet — increases your risk of obesity and related health problems such as type 2 diabetes. Fake sugar tricks your body into thinking you've had sugar without the calories sugar brings. Causing your body to become hungry after every non caloric soda you intake. It causes excess snacking and the need for sweeter foods.


I am a HUGE diet soda drinker. I drink 6 cans + a day. I have constant headaches and bloating. I am constantly anxious from the caffeine. So I would love if everyone would support me in getting off of soda, by getting off it with me!

So at the end of your food journal post whether you avoided soda or not. If you make it a week and don't feel any better you are welcome to get back on it. But if you feel better or have lost more weight, stick with it!

April 12/14

I stayed on Medi-Fast all day. 

Breakfast: MF Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal

Lunch: MF Chicken Noodle Soup

Dinner: Salmon and broccoli, also Jay made me have a bite of his meatloaf he made (it was actually good).

Snack: MF Mocha Shake 

Workout: 2.5 miles jogging/walking, a little over 45 mins.

I kept all my rules/goals today...except my snack was past 8pm, but I will still be up for a few more hours so I think it is ok.

Ray's F&E 12/14/09

Breakfast:
Water

Lunch:
Small bowl of baked beans

Dinner:
Large bowl of chicken Salad (chicken, grapes, celery, green onions, and lite mayo.


No exercise today. I had so much to do and an eye doctor appointment. I am going to spinning tomorrow though. So I will work out extra hard.

Becca's F & E 12/13 and 12/14

12/13

Breakfast: Apple pie muffin, small white chocolate mocha.  I was at starbucks getting giftcards for Robert's bosses and couldn't resist.  Plus I needed it to get through the day.

Lunch - technically was the apple pie muffin and coffee.  I skipped either breakfast or lunch.

Dinner - 2 bowls beef stew and 2 slices sour dough toast.  Cherry 7up. 

Also:  4 LARGE shots of vodka, handful of mini oreos, handful of Sprees

Exercise:  Shopping.  I finished Christmas shopping and did grocery shopping.  I was shopping for 6 hours, then there is the lifting the heavy crap into the cart, out of the cart into the car, and then from car to house. Also I had a mini breakdown.  I hate my period.  I didn't have it for 6 months and then for the past 3 I'm right on time but it is all supersized and I hate it.  PMS and cramps and etc is 50 times worse than it has ever been. i.e. the 4 shots of vodka.  Also, my shoulder was so swollen and hurt so bad it was all I could do to walk through the freakin stores and not cry from pushing the stupid carts. 

I will update later today for 12/14

Breakfast - ham and cheese omelet

Lunch - Bowl of stew

Dinner - Nacho chicken casserole, dollop of lite sour cream, half an avocado.

Snack - handful mother's animal circus cookies, 2 handful peanuts

Exercise - exercise ball for 30 minutes

Kara's Leave of absence

I might have to take a leave of absence from the fat club until the new year. I am just really depressed a lot and I can't think straight and so I forget to do my updates. Plus I haven't been trying to hard because I have been down. I am going to go in and talk to the doctor soon and see if it is maybe my hormones. I shouldn't be this depressed for no reason.

April 12/13

Breakfast: Skipped

Lunch: English Muffin w/butter and 1 diet Pepsi

Dinner: Baked Chicken

Snack: A few mini pancakes w/syrup

No workout, long freaking day. 

I am mad at myself for slacking so much, and letting Ray get 20lbs ahead of me :) I am going to work extra hard these next couple weeks before Christmas. 

New goals for this next week:

No eating past 8pm

Workout everyday, any type of workout

No cheating, stick to my Medi-Fast and or Detox diet

Drink more water, and if I must have a soda only 1.

Ray's F&E 12/13/09

Breakfast:
Chicken Salad (just in a bowl, no bread)

Lunch:
Baked Beans (made with splenda)

Dinner:
A small bowl of pasta salad. I know I am a dirty cheater. Its so hard having it in the house because I want to eat it. I am going to have John eat it all tomorrow.

Exercise:

Shoveling the walks again for half a freaking hour.

April 12/12

I skipped yesterday, and I cheated most of the day.

No workout either.

Weekly Weigh in!

Post your weekly weigh in here!

Ray's F&E 12/12/09

Uh I had no breakfast or lunch really. I just ate a crap load at my wrapping party. I had 2 chicken salad sandwiches on croissants, a little pasta salad, baked beans, and Zuppa soup, none of that except the chicken salad minus the croissant and the baked beans were on my diet. I am counting that as a cheat day. I guess I can't cheat on Christmas now. Ah well.

No Exercise except shoveling snow, running around getting things ready.

Becca's F & E 12/12

Breakfast - Cold starbucks low fat coffee latte drink

Lunch - McDonalds - chicken sandwich, french fries, dr. pepper

Dinner - Grilled teriyaki (kinda, my own invented marinade) chicken, 'spanish' rice (rice, tomato sauce, black beans, chicken broth), cranraspberry juice.

Snack - handful of sprees (only 50 calories for 15 sprees, might have had 15...)

Exercise - Yoga. Shopping for 6 hours in the mall.  Don't really get to walk fast, but get to walk a lot.  It was crazy busy! Oh and we hit up Toys 'R' Us. We broke down and bought Carus a Zhu Zhu pet. "Pipsqueek" It was crazy to get one I had to get a card, pay for it at the register, sign up for a rewards card, give my drivers license for my address, my email address, they asked for my phone # and I said no. Then I had to take the receipt and the card over to a guarded cage and pick out a Zhu Zhu pet.  I almost asked if they wanted a blood sample and for me to pee in a cup too! There was absolutely no line, crazy...

Becca's F & E 12/11

Sorry I didn't post mine last night, I started drinking.  I've had some stressful past couple of weeks and then my bad shoulder got injured a bit so I broke out the Vodka and Cherry 7up and got me a good buzz and the burning in my shoulder went away.

Breakfast - Water and a baked potato with a bit of cheese and lite sour cream.  Weird breakfast I know.

Lunch - Nothing, I was still full from the potato. 

Dinner - 2 grilled cheese sandwiches on sour dough.  1-1/2 glasses Cherry 7up and Vodka.

Snacks - Some peanuts and a couple handfuls of chocolate chips (Robert was feeding me)

Exercise - 10 minutes on the stairs.  Teeny walk with the dog.

April 12/11

I cheated again today, I make myself sick.  

Breakfast: Medi-Fast Oatmeal

Lunch:  PB&J on evil white bread.

Dinner:  Burrito

Work Out: Walked around my neighborhood with the boys to see X-mas lights, about 1 miles, 25 minutes.

I ate a lot of snacks too, I can not even remember all of them.  I am gonna try to start over again tomorrow.

I am gonna go cry into my pillow now.

Ray's F&E 12/11/09

Breakfast:
Nothing

Lunch:
2 slices of Havarti Cheese
5 piece of the boys Wal-mart popcorn chicken (they are super small. I went shopping before I ate anything and I was starving. Bad me!)

Dinner:
Egg Salad on a Whole Wheat Low Cal Wrap
Couple of tastes of corn chowder (I didn't eat any of the potatoes in them. I had to keep trying to see how it tastes because I am cooking for tomorrow)

Exercise:
7 hours cooking and cleaning, plus a long trip to walmart and Macey's for groceries. I have been standing all day! So I think that counts.

Ray's F&E 12/10/09

Sorry I forgot to to post yesterday.

Breakfast:
Sugar Free instant breakfast

Lunch:
Egg Salad on a flaxseed wrap

Dinner:
Subway Tuna Salad w/Red whine Vinaigrette Dressing.

Exercise:
One hour Spin class that has been kicking my ass lately. I have just been so tired. I got on the scale this morning and it said 234.2. So I am .2lbs away from being down 20lbs! I must have gained some muscle too. My legs look a lot more toned. I tell you Low Carb diets work so well! Now that I've been on the diet for a month its not even hard to resist temptations. I notice my clothes are fitting a lot better and I am less hungry than I used to be before the diet. I hope to be 220 by my birthday which is exactly a month away. I just gotta keep pushing myself!

April 12/10

I made it most of the day :(

Breakfast: Medi-Fast Oatmeal

Lunch: Medi-Fast Chicken Noodle Soup

Snack: Medi-Fast Chocolate Pudding

Workout: 1.5 miles walk/jog (30 minutes) I ran for a .7 mile straight without stopping, longest I have ever went without a break (I know not that long, but good for me).

Dinner: 3 small Tostadas (beans, low fat cheese, salsa, and onions).  Not on my diet.

I also ate a granola bar, and 2 small snack bags of BBQ chips.  

I am really so mad at myself for cheating, especially since I did so well most of the day and had a good workout.  I just get so hungry at night, and I want to eat with everyone else.  I try reading, or staying in my room, or walking on the treadmill...but I just feel so left out.  I really don't see how I am ever going to lose weight, I just like to eat too much.  Blah...

Becca's F & E 12/10

Breakfast - Cherry and chocolate chip scone, water

Lunch - 1 beef, bean, and cheese burrito, water

Dinner - LARGE chef salad with ceasar dressing, water

Snack - dried cherries, handful of cashews, cranraspberry juice.

I am going to go have a glass of wine (maybe two). It's been one of those days. It was going to be shots of vodka, but didn't get to the liquor store.

Exercise - Homemade stair climber for 30 minutes, 50 push ups *girlie* Trying to improve my upper body strength.  Reverse crunches - lost count, but A LOT

I'm crashing off those pills I think - or getting sick or PMSing...?  My headache is better today than it was yesterday. I was able to go all day w/o taking anything for it. My energy level is okay, sorta... but I've been wanting to munch all day.  I have been repeating to myself 230 which has been motivating enough to not totally pig out. I'm going to see how the rest of December goes w/o them and reevaluate taking them again or not next year.

April 12/9

I was still feeling really sick yesterday, so I didn't stick to my diet, exercise, or post my F&E.

I ate a lot of food, feed a cold right???  I can't really remember it all, there was some toast on white bread, cookies, fries, and I finished off the rest of my soda.

I am feeling a little better today.

I am gonna start over on my working out goals, and my Medi-Fast diet.  I am also going completely off soda again, I swear it sabotages my diet, it makes me feel bloated and hungry all day long.

Also, I weight myself yesterday, I am back up to 198.  I refuse to believe that a couple days of cheating would cause me to gain back that much weight.  I swear my scale is possessed. We need a new one.

Ray's F&E 12/9/09

Breakfast:
Nothing. Gav was sick so we went back to bed and slept in.

Lunch:
like 6 whole grain chips with some guacamole dip

Dinner:
Egg Salad in a flax seed wrap
2 small bites of mac and cheese (I forgot I was dieting for a second and walked past the pan and took some bites)

No exercise today. Gav was sick and I had a photo shoot. So I had no time. I am going to spin class tomorrow though.

Becca for 12/09

I've been off the pills for 2 days.  I still have good energy, I'm not craving, and don't have the munchies like I did before.

But I've had a killer headache all day.  Since I woke up with it I thought it was from lack of caffiene (the pills have high amounts) so I splurged on a coffee shop coffee.

Breakfast - Low-fat white chocolate mocha.  No whip. God, it was so good. 

Morning snack - Cherry and chocolate chip scone. Okay that probably wasn't the greatest food either.

Lunch - Mashed potatoes and chicken gravy.  I only had about 3/4 cup of food total.

Dinner - Spaghetti with 2 pieces of garlic toast.  That garlic toast was so good, I want more!

Snack - Orange.

The rest of the day was just water.

Exercise - Ghetto stairclimber (house stairs) for 45 minutes, 10 minutes yoga (my shoulder is killing me and I can't stretch). 2 VERY short walks with dog.

Kara's food and excercise for 12/07 and 12/08

I realized I forgot to post the 7th. I suck.

12/7

Breakfast- Peanut butter toast.

No Lunch because I had some kind of stomach bug and I felt sick every time I ate since the day before.

Dinner- Corn chowder made with Splenda and cauliflower.

Snack before bed- hard boiled egg and string cheese.

Exercise- 30 min treadmill and 30 min cycle at the gym.

I can't believe I remembered that all.

12/08

Breakfast- none

Lunch- Chick-fil-et Chicken fingers (I know, I know, bad Kara) and coke zero.

Dinner- whole wheat Spaghetti and meat sauce.

snacks- a couple bites of Joci's peanut butter cup:( and String cheese.

Exercise.

I swam for 1 hour and 30 min straight. The longest time yet. I was so exhausted. Swimming is more exhausting then land exercise, but more fun I think.

The End

April 12/8

Breakfast: Medi-Fast Oatmeal

Lunch: Medi-Fast Chicken Soup

Dinner: 2 small cheese pizzas, on whole wheat tortillas and low fat cheese (not on my diet, boo)

Snack: 4 Chip Ahoy cookies w/ small glass of fat free milk

Snack: Medi-Fast Chocolate Shake

No exercise.  I am totally getting sick, hence the cheating and laziness.  Stupid Clark always getting me sick.

Becca's F & E 12/08

Breakfast - Water and apple pie muffin.

Lunch - 1 burrito with tomato, lettuce, lite sour cream, avacado - I love avacado :)

Dinner - Chicken and dumplings w/o the dumplings and on mashed potatoes.  No one here is big on the dumplings and a few actually say they "hate" them so we just have mashed potatoes.  And I had a small portion, smaller than Carus's first plate.  And 1 small biscuit.

Snack - Orange.  I had to grate the peel for the scones I made for tomorrow so now I gotta eat the thing.

Exercise:
The cold weather makes me wanna bake and want comfort food. The high today was 22, and since the low tonight is supposed to be 11, I am not going for a long walk.  I did a short walk a couple times because the dog can't use the toilet...  Also went up and down the stairs like 20 times, and I was in the kitchen for 5 hours making dinner, scones, and chicken stock - which I'm now canning.

Another positive - my loose pants, they fit nicely over a pair of light sweats.  Two pairs of pants have been keeping me warm!

Ray's F&E 12/8/09

Breakfast:
Sugar free instant breakfast

Lunch:
SB pizza

Dinner:
Bunch of steamed Veggies, then I went to the relief society dinner. I had some Roast beef, one whole grain roll, some chicken salad coleslaw stuff, it was so good, and some carrot sticks. So I stuck to my diet.

I made some cookies for the RS party and did lick my fingers a few times when I was dropping the dough. I didn't eat any of the cookies though.

Exercise:
One hour spin class. I almost died driving in the snow to get to the class. It was worth it though. It kicked my ass like always. it was so fun.

I suck moldly nuggets.

I am so mad at myself, I cheated today! I swear it was cause of the weigh-in.  I get cocky, then cheat...which is why I never lose weight.  I am a yo-yo-er.

Breakfast: Diet Mt. Dew

I am catching Clark's cold, so I needed comfort food :(

Lunch: Nachos, a medium size serving.

Dinner: Scalloped Potatoes w/cheese.  Small serving.

I am not letting myself eat anything else tonight, even though I am still hungry.

Exercise: Jay and I walked the boys to the park (we took the long way) 4 miles round trip.  It was super fast paced walking cause to everyone 1 of Jay's steps I have to take 2 1/2 to keep up.

Becca's F & E 12/07

Breakfast - water and apple pie muffin - it was good, just needs more cinnamon or nutmeg or something

Lunch - Steak with a little A1 and potato leftovers, cherry pepsi

Dinner - 2 beef, bean, and cheese burritos with lettuce, tomato, avacado, lite sour cream and salsa. Water

Snacks - 1 small handful cashews

Exercise - 1 mile brisk walk in VERY FREAKING COLD TEMPERATURES! If I ever want to go for a walk when it is 20 degrees outside, smack me!  At least it wasn't raining/snowing.

Ray's F&E 12/07/09

Breakfast:
Half a Whole wheat bagel with just a tiny bit of cream cheese (a light smearing)


Lunch:
Steamed Carrots and Broccoli
Small bowl of cottage cheese

Dinner:
Small portion of Roast and carrots w/gravy

I made cupcakes for tomorrows playgroup and ate a few too many tastes of the batter. I really love batter...mmmm...

Exercise:
Shoveled the walks 4 times. My arms are so sore now. I also cleaned the house, scrubbed the bathrooms. I couldn't get to the gym because the roads were so so bad. Just driving the boys a few blocks to their dance class was scary. I have a spinning class tomorrow though. So I will be there!

Kara's food and excercise for 12/06

Breakfast- Peanut butter toast on my special bread.

Lunch- Chili

Dinner- KFC chicken and Coleslaw. (yep coleslaw is not on my diet)

Snacks included- banana, cheese, and probably something else. I can't remember.

Exercise. I don't exercise on Sundays usually because of church

Ray's F&E 12/6/09

I just realized I never posted my food journal last night.

Breakfast:
Nothing but water

Lunch:
Havarti Cheese and Roast beef on a flaxseed wrap

Dinner:
Herb chicken and Cheesy broccoli


I shoveled the walks for 45 minutes. My arms hurt today. I had shovel them again just a minute ago so Gav could go to his bus without snowy shoes. and I will have to shovel them after the storm is over too. I can't go to the gym today until the storm is over either. I hate driving in snow. This blows!

April 12/6

I fasted today, so no breakfast or lunch.

Early Dinner: Nachos.  I ate a way small amount, and the cheese and beans were low fat.  I feel awful now for cheating, especially cause I am finally losing weight...blah.

Snack: 3 Pecan Tarts.  I really just had to finish them off.  They are so delicious, I am gonna learnt o make them for our Christmas Eve dinner.

No excerise.

Becca's F & E 12/06

I just vegged out on the couch all morning and didn't get up cause I was cold, so my breakfast and lunch was a Starbucks frappucino, granola bar, and 1 slice pepperoni pizza.

Dinner - Steak, crash hot potatoes (red potato boiled, smushed and baked with butter, salt, and pepper), gramma green beans (green beans cooked with bacon, onion, garlic, worechestershire sauce).  1 glass white wine.

Exercise - when I finally got moving I mopped, vacuumed, ran up and down the stairs doing laundry, and went grocery shopping.  I make grocery shopping a race - 30 minutes for 1-1/2 to 2 weeks of food.

I'm making apple pie muffins because I need to bake and it isn't cookies. I'm considering making some oatmeal raisin cookies too, but probably not tonight. I always need to bake in December.  I have tons of recipes saved up....

Also, I'm coming up on the end of my first month bottle of HealthyTrim (I didn't take them this weekend) and I'm torn on whether or not I am going to order another bottle.  I love the energy, but I'm not losing weight as fast as I want to - patience is not one of my virtues.  And I feel guilty for spending the money.  I'm afraid that I'll stop losing even the little I have been losing if I stop taking them. Still have some time to decide.

Weekly Weigh ins, December goals, post them here!

Time for our weekly weigh ins! Week 3 is over and we are now into December. Lets all set a mini goal for ourselves. And no t ones like "I want to lose 10lbs this month". But Whether it be to not eat candy for awhile, exercise a certain number of days a week, etc. Just something you know you are struggling with. Then every day when we post our food journals we can post on whether or not we stuck to our goals.
Does that sound okay to everyone? I think we need a jumpstart to get everyone.

Question

My face has totally broken out SO bad.  And I am not exaggerating.  This morning Jason almost wanted to take me to the doctor to see if I was having an allergic reaction to something.  I have not broken out this bad in years.  My face seriously hurts it is so bad.

So, my question:

Do you think it can have something to do with this new diet?  Or the fact that I am drinking diet soda again, after so long without it.

I haven't changed anything else, and I am not more stressed than usual.

Ugh, I don't even want to go into public.  I guess it is a good thing we aren't taking family x-mas pictures anymore.  And a good thing I only have 3 1/2 more weeks of the Medi-Fast diet left.  We decided not to buy it for another month, cause Jay is cheap... I will just have to eat real food :)

What do you think? And what do I do?

April 12/5

I stayed on Medi-Fast most of the day, I cheated a little at dinner.  We were planning on going to the church x-mas party tonight (but got the wrong night) so I was gonna cheat a little anyway, for baby Jesus :)

Breakfast: Oatmeal

Snack: Chocolate Shake

Lunch: Chicken Noodle Soup

Dinner: Salmon and small serving of mashed potatoes (not on my diet, however they were red potatoes, which for some magical reason are on my Dad's detox diet-so I consider it not too bad of a cheat).

Snack: 3 teeny-weeny Pecan tarts.  330 calories for all 3 (more than breakfast, lunch and snack all together), totally so worth it.

No exercise.  I am really totally gonna work so hard on my exercise next week.  I am programming my iPod for 50 minutes of awesome workout music tomorrow.

Ray's F&E 12/05/09

Breakfast:
Small bowl of refried beans w/cheese

Lunch:
Cottage cheese and one baby carrot

Dinner:
Multigrain chips dipped in Gauc. I ate more than I should have. But it was so good. So I way over did my carbs.


No exercise today. I think I am getting a cold.

Kara's food and excercise for 12/5

Breakfast- 2 slices of peanut butter toast on whole wheat 12 grain bread and a Banana.

Lunch- bowl of Chili

Dinner- Southwest salad with guac and SC.

Snacks- banana and cheese

I did have a couple of the girls fries---just a couple

Exercise- 1hr swim 30 min land exercise.

My pants fit again!

A few months ago I bought a new pair of pants and had to go up a size to 20 which made me sad.

Today I tried on my old, smaller pants (size 18), and they fit!

They are still tighter than the bigger size BBBBBUUUUUTTTTT they fit!!!

Maybe soon I'll be down another size...

My dream size right now is 11/12.  With my build, that is probably the smallest I'll ever get.

Becca's F & E 12/05

Breakfast - nothing, we slept in and just had an early lunch

Lunch - 6-in Turkey, bacon club sub from Monkey Sub. Pepsi

Dinner - Godfather's pizza.  1 slice taco pizza, 1 slice pepperoni pizza, 1 breadstick, 1 small slice chocolate cake (the cake was free, it was a special) I just looked at the calories on the cake - only 175 calories for that slice...not bad for chocolate cake.

Exercise - Walking the Christmas tree farm, small walk with Yoda, extreme vacuuming the living room.  More Christmas tree lights outside, and around the tree.

Thinking about a glass of wine or two - I have a white wine and a red wine, going to look up calories on them and decide if they would be worth it.

Becca's F & E 12/04

I didn't write this up last night because we rushed to Fry's before they closed and then we got back late.  And was going to do it this morning, but got distracted.

Breakfast - Fruit

Lunch - chicken noodle soup and ritz crackers

Dinner - Scalloped potatoes and ham - the recipe I have for scalloped potatoes is soup based and I used low fat sour cream - so the major fattening thing in it is the cheez whiz, and there's not a lot.  I kept my portion small so I wouldn't feel too bad about it cause it just doesn't sound good for you (It is REALLY GOOD though)

No other snacks, and just water all day

Exercise - Walking the aisles of Fry's for 1-1/2 hours.  We did Christmas shopping for the inlaws, played with the massagers and keyboards, and then got to the PC games and the kids found 20 games they had to have.  There was one Adam was ssoooo very excited about so after we found Robert again I took the kids out to the car to get it warmed up while he checked out - and he ran back to grab the game.  I LOVE shopping for the kids with the kids! It's awesome that we can still do it, although now we need both of us. Before we were able to shop with them one on one...they're very easily distracted :)

April 12/4

I stayed on Medi-Fast all day!  I can't wait to weigh myself on Sunday.  My jammie bottoms were kinda loose last night.  Also, I am kinda pissed at Jay... I want to get it for another month but he is so freakin' cheap.  

Breakfast:  Oatmeal

Lunch:  Chicken Noodle Soup

Snack:  Chocolate Shake (I made it so yummy today!)

Dinner:  Salmon and green beans.

Dessert:  Chocolate Pudding

I did drink like 3 soda's today...I only plan on 1 a day, but Clark was up ALL night and I needed help to stay awake all day. 

No exercise.  I am lazy.

Kara's food and excercise for 12/04

Breakfast- eggs, sausage, cheese.

Lunch- nothing

Dinner- Chicken, green beans, corn

I was so busy today, I hardly ate anything.

Exercise- 1 hour swim.

Ray's F&E 12/4/09

Breakfast:
1 piece of whole wheat bread w/PB

Snack:
Couple of bites of a sugar cookie and a few tastes of frosting. We decorated cookies over at a friends house. I know I suck for cheating.

Lunch:
3 scrambled eggs w/cheese

Dinner:
14 wheat thins w/cheese slices on top

Exercise:
I got up at 4:30am to make it to the 5:15 spin class. It was 45 minutes and I was so tired afterwords. I doubt I will be getting up that early again. My Weigh in this morning was 238.0 so I am down 16lbs now! Woot! I am so so excited with how fast I am losing weight. Its been really motivating to staying on my diet and being hardcore with my exercise. I think it helps a lot that I try not to eat after dinner. Its hard and I feel really hungry for a couple of hours. But that is when I woi

I did not eat any Oreos! 12/3

Clark sat by me today eating Oreos, and I did not eat one single one.  I smelled them, but did not taste.  

I stayed on Medi-Fast all day.  I am really getting used to it now.

Breakfast: Oatmeal

Lunch: Chicken Noodle Soup

Snack: Chocolate Shake

Dinner: Baked Chicken and Veggies (Squash, Zucchini, Carrots, Asparagus)

Dessert: Chocolate Pudding

Snack: Tea w/ 1 packet of Splenda

No exercise.  I suck, I know.  I am gonna try next week with the running again.

Becca's F & E 12/03

Breakfast - water, 2 slices honey wheat toast, fresh strawberries

Lunch - I don't remember...I know I ate something, but not sure what.

Dinner - Salad with ranch, hamburger patty with no bun, half an avocado

Snack - Not feeling snackish...but if I have something it will be fruit. Oh maybe some fruit cocktail...

Exercise - A few short walks with Yoda, 30 minutes each.  And a bit of the Shimmy - not the full episode.  I was having an off day today.  NOTHING was working right for me - work stuff wasn't cooperating, kept forgetting things, couldn't help Carus with homework, couldn't plan dinner, got a bleach spot on my favorite black shirt (I'm still very mad about this), and on and on... I should go to bed before I start injuring myself.

Ray's F&E 12/3/09

Breakfast:
1 scrambled egg

Lunch:
Chili w/cheese & Sour Cream

Dinner:
Banana
12 Whole grain Wheat Thins w/cheese slices

Snack:
Popcorn while shopping Target, I love their popcorn

Exercise:
One hour Spin Class that kicked my ass. Seriously I am so so sore.

Kara's food and excercise for 12/02

Breakfast- Cheese and diet pepsi

Lunch- whole wheat pasta

dinner- Pizza toppings.

Snacks- granola bar (not on my diet)

Exercise-none due to sick baby and exhausting day

April 12/2

I stayed on Medi- Fast all day... it is killing me, I am dying for some real food.  Well, I do get to eat one real meal a day... but I want MORE.

Breakfast: Oatmeal (this morning it actually tasted good).

Snack: Chocolate Shake

Lunch: Chicken Noodle Soup

Dinner: Chicken and Sugar Snap Peas (I don't think I am supposed to eat peas, too starchy, but I wanted to eat them before they went bad, and it is still a veggie and not a tater tot so who cares.)

Dessert: Chocolate Pudding

No exercise.  I hate exercising!  I need to get back on a regular work out schedule.  Blah.

Becca's F & E 12/02

Breakfast - water and granola bar (I think that's what I ate...don't remember...maybe I didn't eat breakfast)

Lunch - Mashed tatoes, pork chop, gravy....leftovers.  Cranraspberry juice.

Dinner - 2 BBQ chicken thighs BIG bowl of salad w/ ranch.  Water.

Snack - couple dried cherries, water, 2 mini snickers

Exercise - 2 short walks with Yoda (its freaking cold!), Shimmy (the belly dancing program I recorded) which I really liked even though I felt silly doing it.  I feel it most in my lower back just above my hips, my inner thighs, and my calfs and shins. I'm gonna try it again tomorrow.

Ray's F&E 12/2/09

Breakfast:
Instant Breakfast

Lunch:
1 piece of whole wheat bread w/PB

Dinner:
Southbeach pizza (Flaxseed flat bread with sauce and cheese)

Snack:
handful of spiced nuts

No exercise today. I had plans to go after I went to the dentist and got the worse migraine from laying upside down for almost 2 hours. Spinning class tomorrow so I will make up for it.

Weighed myself this morning and I was 240.0! Woot! One more pound until I get under 240.

April 12/1

I stayed on Medi-Fast all day.

Breakfast: Oatmeal

Snack: Chocolate Shake

Snack: Handful of carrots.

Lunch: I tried to eat the Cream of Broccoli Soup, but it was WAY gross, I managed half of it.

Dinner: Salmon and cauliflower.

Dessert: Chocolate Pudding

I am still WAY WAY hungry.  I am gonna have another shake (strawberry-they are only 110 calories) and probably a cup of tea.

No exercise.  I am lazy.  Exercising is so hard for me, especially when I am concentrating so hard to not cheat.

Becca's F & E 12/01

Breakfast - Water

Morning snack - Fruit cocktail. 

Lunch - Chicken and rice with frito chips

Dinner - Crockpot pork chops with gravy (made from soup), mashed tatoes, broccoli and cheese

Snack - 2 mini snickers, 1 mini peanut butter cup

Exercise: Walk with Yoda about 30 minutes.

Excuses

Sorry I haven't been posting. But I was in Houston thanksgiving weekend...with no opportunity to diet really or exercise. So I will begin again.

Okay so Yesterday and Today I have been on my period, so I have eaten nothing but junk. I went to the gym for almost 2 hours yesterday though.

I will start listing everything starting tomorrow and I will stick to my diet too. I will keep up on this.

I also did not weigh in, because I always weigh 5 lbs more on my period, so it isn't fair I say. I will way in this next time promise. No more slacking either. I have to be 10 lbs lighter by the New Year.

Ray's F&E 12/01/09

Breakfast:
Sugar free Instant Breakfast

Lunch:
Chili w/cheese & Sour Cream
Sugar free Jell-o

Snack:
Sugar free pudding
4 spiced nuts

Dinner:
Ranch chicken and broccoli

Exercise:
1 hour spinning class.