2009 IS OUR YEAR TO SHINE - January Edition

[6-R-bust-2009]

Originally Posted by LoveSunshine

I weighed in this morning and I am at 217. So after 4 days of clean induction, I am down 8 lbs!!! I had a bad day on day two and three after 12/26. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! I don't have time today to read the thread, but I will be back tomorrow hopefully catching up with everyone.

:c lap: great loss!

[Magicsmom]

Originally Posted by 6in2007

I'm bummed I can't do this. We bumped our cell plan way way down until DH goes back to work in March.

Anyone up for getting on each others AOL< Yahoo, or msn messenger???

Me too, as I don't have a text package. Mine is pay as you go, and I don't even want to think about how expensive that could get if I started up. Truth be told, I don't even know how to send a text message. I have Yahoo messenger also if anyone is interested.

Originally Posted by LoveSunshine

I"m not so worried about tonight.... I know it'll be DH and I and maybe my oldest DS counting down... we're going to the grocery store tonight to stock up on some more eggs and some other induction legal items. I bought SweetzFree today to sweeten my iced tea (us Southern girls love our sweet tea!)... has any one tried the SweetzFree???

I may or may not be back on till tomorrow... but I will definitely check on tomorrow to weigh in! Here's to 2009!!!

I've used SweetzFree for years. It's really great. Once my big bag of granular Splenda is all used up (from Costco), I will use SweetzFree in my custard and cream cheese muffins. It will have to be a trial and error thing.

So, I have no December results to post, as I didn't join until late in December.

Start weight, January 1 236

I was doing so well until I got sick last summer and had to go on Prednisone for about two months. That stuff is the devil!

[MomToEli]

Originally Posted by Amyb1569

1/01/09..My official weigh in 160....ouch

I spoke with my DR and it would be a good idea for me to cut some of my carbs down because some of the meds I am on cause spike in sugar and cause a issue. So I will start to control that before it happens.

I am going to need to be inventive because I am not sure I can meat yet..maybe I can do something with some soft chicken....

I know eggs would be best but I just can NOT do eggs right now...

Okay..so 160 today 150's soon...VERY soon..

I'm making a breakfast casserole you might be able to eat. And you can freeze it, so you could just pull it out and nuke it on a whim.

Here is the recipe: Linda's Low Carb

[aim in Fla*working]

Sandy...I LOVE lindasue's website...live off alot of it

[Magicsmom]

Originally Posted by MomToEli

I'm making a breakfast casserole you might be able to eat. And you can freeze it, so you could just pull it out and nuke it on a whim.

Here is the recipe: Linda's Low Carb

Yum! I really need to try more of her recipes. DH does like the Shepherd's Pie made Linda's way. My mother, on the other hand, hates anything that doesn't have sugar in it. Having her move in with us has showed me loud and clear how and why I became a sugar addict.

[Magicsmom]

Having plain ole' bacon and eggs for breakfast. Lunch will be crab cocktail, dinner will be steak and green beans.

[jfarmer1]

k i put this in my journal but asked others and then decided to put it here.

stratagies:
use power pops at night to avoid eating...( a sucker with hoodia 24 cal 4 carb yes it has 2 sugars but they tend to help me)

make more meals ahead of time
hide all non allowable snacks... or make them not so easy to get

write down everything every morsal every bite in my menu... in both my journal and when i check in on the challenges! BE ACCOUNTABLE

check in every day at least onece probably more so I wont have so much reading to do at a time! Love to see so many people in this challenge

yahoo ID: jfarmerterp
myspace:jrfarmerterp ( its private so u will need my email or last name... farmer jfarmerterp@yahoo.com)

I pm my phone # for texts.. i have verizon... so all verizon will be free

contact me any time we can chat

[MomToEli]

Originally Posted by Amyb1569

Just saw the ad for the show I keep hearing about...It is called Diet Tribe.

This could be a great way to help motivate us..

We live in the dark ages here - no cable, no dish, no satellite. If it isn't on free digital tv, it isn't here So, you all can talk about it and I'll live vicariously through you I really wish they would do one of these shows using real people. Not people sent off to a resort someplace for weeks or months, separated from their families. But a show that spotlights people living their lives and losing anyway - working folks, stay at home moms, soccer moms, moms with a whole covey of kiddos or just one kiddo. You get the idea.

[MomToEli]

I'm adding myself to the list:

6in2007....164
Aimin Fla.......140.5
chocoholic.....275
AmyB......160
LBishop......139.4
Jimzgrl........215.8
MomToEli .....220.5

[Magicsmom]

Originally Posted by MomToEli

I'm adding myself to the list:

6in2007....164
Aimin Fla.......140.5
chocoholic.....275
AmyB......160
LBishop......139.4
Jimzgrl........215.8
MomToEli .....220.5

Same here

6in2007....164
Aimin Fla.......140.5
chocoholic.....275
AmyB......160
LBishop......139.4
Jimzgrl........215.8
MomToEli .....220.5
Magicsmom.......236

[MomToEli]

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[MomToEli]

Originally Posted by keokagal

Hi. I have not been in a challenge here. Could someone explain what this group is up to? Do you want new members? I'm out here fighting this weight alone. Would be good to connect w others. TY and Happy New Year to all.

Hi, Keokagal!

Well, this is just a group of like-minded women who are committed to their eating plan and committed to getting the weight off. Personally, I am committed to being cheat free, eating pure Atkins (2002). I've struggled for years with this body of mine and I've "done" Atkins and everything else under the sun. I feel best eating low carb, and when I am brutally honest, I've NEVER done Atkins by the book. So, in the spirit of brutally honesty, I've never done Atkins. I've done some morphed, warped, distorted version of it. Sandykins. Whether or not it has been successful (it hasn't) it still can't be called Atkins if I tweak it outside of the guidelines that Dr. Atkins himself gives me for the tweaking.

Anyway, this is a great group of people here. We tend to be pretty transparent, as in we tend to share whatever it is we are feeling.

Oh, the rules are going to be posted sometime today (maybe have been already - I haven't finished catching up yet). We are competing for a prize at the end of the month - above and beyond to prize of gaining dominance over our battle

[Magicsmom]

aim in Fla, I meant to ask you, do you take anything for your fibromyalgia. I take Lyrica, 100 mg., three times a day. It does help, but I still get breakthrough pain. It's such a unique pain. I feel like it washes over me in waves. If I lie down in bed and feel it, I know I will not get to sleep without Vicodin. I hope my doctor's office will keep on refilling it. One of those things does what 5 Advils won't do.

[Amyb1569]

MOMTOE
Didn't you mention cooking and freezing and shipping? LMBO

[misty1028]

HI

[MomToEli]

Food so far today:

Breakfast: 2 oz Rotola (mozzarella and prosciutto roll), coffee

Lunch: Sundried tomato turkey and cheddar cheese sandwich - using two Oopsie rolls for bread.

Let's talk about Oopsies ... if you haven't tried them - O.M.G! If you have been afraid to try them, stop overthinking them. That's what I've done for a good year or so now.

Watch the video that AvenueGirl did showing exactly how to make these. I did my first batch ever and they turned out perfectly. Thanks, AG!

Here is the recipe for Oopsie Rolls, created (or should I say accidently created by!) our very own Cleochatra (my hero ).

I just pulled my Early Rise Breakfast casserole out of the oven! Oh, my! I hope any of it makes it in to the freezer. It might if it cools before my dh gets done chopping wood

[MomToEli]

Originally Posted by Amyb1569

MOMTOE
Didn't you mention cooking and freezing and shipping? LMBO

Actually, I HAVE thought about that ...

Answer your phone, girl!

[misty1028]

Hi everyone and Happy NewYear, just catching up on all the post.I've been away for aweek and watching grandchildren because of school vacation. Well I'm all set and ready to start clean, been cooking all day. I way over ate yesterday.(or should I say last year sounds better.) Posting my new weight today.

6in2007....164
Aimin Fla.......140.5
chocoholic.....275
AmyB......160
LBishop......139.4
Jimzgrl........215.8
MomToEli .....220.5
Magicsmom.......236
Misty2028...142.6

Menu today is

B-cheese omlette
L- BLT roll up--no bread
D-Roast turkey, mashed cauliflower green beans
S-Devil eggs with shrimp
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[PrettyPaula]

im in, im gross, started xmas day havent stopped. inducting again tomorrow. bleurgh.

[6-R-bust-2009]

LOL Misty last year sounds better!

I'm glad to see so many of us checking it! Yeah!!!

Jill~ tried too add you on yahoo and myspace.

I've been doing a little digging since I volunteered to do the winners prize for the biggest loser in March. How fun!!!

I was watching dh eat chips and garlic dip. The smell of that garlic dip had me drooling. I took turkey and dipped in in hot garlic butter. Very good!!!

[PrettyPaula]

6in2007....164
Aimin Fla.......140.5
chocoholic.....275
AmyB......160
LBishop......139.4
Jimzgrl........215.8
MomToEli .....220.5
Magicsmom.......236
Misty2028...142.6
PrettyPaula.....217


GROSS i know its mostly water. but seriously?

[6-R-bust-2009]

Originally Posted by PrettyPaula

6in2007....164
Aimin Fla.......140.5
chocoholic.....275
AmyB......160
LBishop......139.4
Jimzgrl........215.8
MomToEli .....220.5
Magicsmom.......236
Misty2028...142.6
PrettyPaula.....217


GROSS i know its mostly water. but seriously?

Hey one good thing about water is it leaves fast!

[Kattbelly]

Hey gang,
Just wanted to add my weight to the list and say hi to everyone!

This morning I had my chocolate eggs for breakfast, and I'm sipping on coffee with cream. I'll post later for the rest of my menu.

Have a great day peeps!


6in2007....164
Aimin Fla.......140.5
chocoholic.....275
AmyB......160
LBishop......139.4
Jimzgrl........215.8
MomToEli .....220.5
Magicsmom.......236
Misty2028...142.6
PrettyPaula.....217
Kattbelly.......269

[dbunny]

6in2007....164
Aimin Fla.......140.5
chocoholic.....275
AmyB......160
LBishop......139.4
Jimzgrl........215.8
MomToEli .....220.5
Magicsmom.......236
Misty2028...142.6
PrettyPaula.....217
Kattbelly.......269
Dbunny.........?
Hey all- I am going to wait until Monday to weigh in. I cannot look at the scale today as it might send me on a spiral of self pity followed up by binging on a huge bag of Doritos. I am so bloated today, my fingers look like sausages! I guess I celebrated too much last night!

[aim in Fla*working]

Originally Posted by Magicsmom

aim in Fla, I meant to ask you, do you take anything for your fibromyalgia. I take Lyrica, 100 mg., three times a day. It does help, but I still get breakthrough pain. It's such a unique pain. I feel like it washes over me in waves. If I lie down in bed and feel it, I know I will not get to sleep without Vicodin. I hope my doctor's office will keep on refilling it. One of those things does what 5 Advils won't do.

I have used sam-e and ONLY Naturemade brand has it has more actual stuff in it than the rest. I get it at drugstore(dot)com and it is expensive but it has really helped. I get the 400 and I take two in the morning of an empty stomach. Please try it

[intellect917]

Hope Everyone had a wonderful New Years Eve! Welcome new members! I didnt weigh in this morning but I am going to post yesterdays weigh. Im up 4lbs because of cheats and TOM. Looking forward to reaching goal by 2/14/09. 140lbs here I come!!!!

6in2007....164
Aimin Fla.......140.5
chocoholic.....275
AmyB......160
LBishop......139.4
Jimzgrl........215.8
MomToEli .....220.5
Magicsmom.......236
Misty2028...142.6
PrettyPaula.....217
Kattbelly.......269
Dbunny.........?
Intellect917...154

[aim in Fla*working]

steak for breakfast
lunch - an egg cream
Dinner Ham and pork roast and a few black eyed peas(i know not on plan..) for luck
took Max(my dog ) to the beach and he chased the ball in the water and swam alot. Not I am going to shower and take a walk to mom and dad's house for dinner

[Magicsmom]

Originally Posted by aim in Fla*working

I have used sam-e and ONLY Naturemade brand has it has more actual stuff in it than the rest. I get it at drugstore(dot)com and it is expensive but it has really helped. I get the 400 and I take two in the morning of an empty stomach. Please try it

I've tried sam-e before and it didn't do any good. Maybe it was the brand, or the dose. I'll look for the brand you use. A lot of the pain I have is in my ankles and feet. Most nights, I have to sleep with my feet hanging off the edge of the bed because they hurt too much to lay them down on the bed.

[6-R-bust-2009]

Quick menu

3 eggs, 1 sausage, 4 mushrooms

turkey dipped in garlic butter, 12 grape tomatos

turkey salad on a bed of lettuce, pumpkin ricotta whip

[LaGeekMom]

Hello, I'm was hoping to join your challenge. When I did Atkins two years ago I lost over 40 pounds. Now I have found it and some of it's friends. I always felt better when I was LCing. DH and I started induction today. I'm hoping that a challenge will keep me accountable.