***Stillman's MAY "Get 'Er Done" 2008***

[shari]

Morning everyone!!

Well cskies..you've gotten a lot done already..I'm just finishing my first cup of coffee and checking emails. I still have to wash dishes and do laundry on top of w/e errands!! Yes, my boys keep me busy. Cub Scout consist of meeting every Friday in which they participate in learning games and help in the community some Saturdays. Good for the boys to reinforce good values and helping others in need.

Diana..can I come over? Your desserts sound yummy!! Enjoy the day with your family.

Few people mentioned not doing strict Stillmans..I'm one of them too!! Every day I say "ok..let's do this" and I usually end up doing some version of both (atkins and stillmans). So I guess this is what I will do...although I know Stillmans is the fastest way to lose..just sooo boring. I now tend to stall when doing both or lose very slowly. I've incorporated exercise so maybe this will help keep things moving steadily downward
I will be turning 35 this August and would love to be in a 9/10 by then. I'm guessing that would be within the range of 140-150..that means losing at least 40lbs!!! Maybe Stillmans is the only way I could lose that amount within a short amount of time

Ok, let me go exercise...

WCBL...have a good day!!

[cskies]

Onefitgal ...what are you up to?? lol

LeRae....please keep an eye on your weather today...weather channel doesn't have nice things to say about your area...and heading into Tulsa and Arkansas...all day/night even!!

Shari, you sound like a very busy, very proud mom...and you should be!! You can get the weight off for your 35th birthday or get pretty darn close!!

Diana, have you always enjoyed cooking and trying new recipes?? I think I would like it more if I didn't have to clean up after myself!!

I have Good Intentions everyday to do strict stillman's too but it doesn't always happen...this month it is rarely happening...but I am not giving up and I am not giving in....I will get the weight off!! And I thank each and every one of you for putting up with my complaining!! You guys are the greatest!!

Wonder if slatman is having a good day after the all night girl slumber party!!

[Crohnie]

Good Morning Everyone...WTG on the losses

B-2 HB's

L- cut up chicken breasts
1/2 cup cottage cheese

s- 4 small pieces of pepperoni


D- sirloin steak
1/2 cup cottage cheese

scale still moving down.....I will claim it after a 10 lbs loss

Water and green tea. Hope I am finally in ketosis. It has been a rough first week. They all are

[magickal1]

hi all , glad u all are doing well i am a country lover too ... still no loss grrrrrr must stay away from scale
larae so glad for u ur doing great but we miss u so keep checking in hug to u
Diana ur menue sounds yummmy but i have to be good i so need a loss this week .

happy mothers day to u all and me

[magickal1]

ammy wt g chica !!! i wish i woulda nevr did a refeed i cant handle em they throw me out of ketosis and im strugglin now to get back into it but i will good luck to u .....


btw u all rock !!!!!!! my divas and slatman

[cskies]

magickal, you can do this...yes you can!! and I agree about the refeed being hard to get back into ketosis but you are doing so well!! You have a little girl..is that right??
happy mother's day!

I think it is cool you like country music too..any favorite artists?

....I enjoy Yanni and Enya too...crazy stuff!! I really liked Simon and Garfunkel and Cat Stevens...way back when. I play the piano and that is what I usually lean towards for my own enjoyment!!

[cskies]

OK ...trying to get a handle on my menu for today:

B- leftover roast beef, coffee...did have some bar-b-que sauce with that!

L- grilled hamburger...and an onion slice

D- grilled mahi mahi.....yay magickal..I am finally going to try it!! will let you know tonight what I thought! But I don't think you would steer me wrong!!

[Determinedtolose]

LOL! Shari!!! Yep you sure can!!! I'm waiting on my niece who is going to make her homemade pizza. She is taking a culinary class in hs and boy has she become quite the cook!! I think I need lessons from her!!

Denise, I love to bake more than cook. I can bake up a storm here, but I wish I had a bigger kitchen. One day!!
During Christmas, I make about 15 different cookies and that's the most in one week, that Ive done. Here and there I'll make lc desserts for occasions and the birthday cakes.So I really do love baking!

Magickal, I no how hard it is to refeed than go back, but what I've been doing is going back to Stillmans slowly. Or going to Atkins slowly. If I'm on Stillmans, I'll add one thing back that I feel I need. Such as fat, I use mayo on my tuna or egg salad, or I'll use butter on my eggs, but only once a day. If I don't need fat, I'll add a veggie, but only once a day. Heavy cream for my coffee, etc.
When I go back to Stillmans then it's not hard for me to let go of the things I added.
But it seemed, when I added the fat, ate most of my food during the day and ate light for dinner that's when I started losing. Not to mention the exercise.
I don't know if that helps but I just thought I'd throw my 2 cents in!!

Yeah Amy!!! That's fantastic!!!! Whoohoo!!!! Keep it up, you're doing great!!!

[magickal1]

i love hank william jr , david allen coe, travis tritt, tim mcgraw yummmy, lora morgan, kieth whitleylove country rock too like sweet home alabama, my list is long right now im loving the song by james otto , it was dedicated to em bt a special man so i truelly love it . oh and love ccr greatest band ever !!!!!!!!!!!

[cskies]

Originally Posted by cskies

OK ...trying to get a handle on my menu for today:

B- leftover roast beef, coffee...did have some bar-b-que sauce with that!

L- grilled hamburger...and an onion slice

D- grilled mahi mahi.....yay magickal..I am finally going to try it!! will let you know tonight what I thought! But I don't think you would steer me wrong!!

Ok...this is what it came down to:
B- as planned
L- hamburger/onion/cabbage mixed
D- mahi mahi, steamed brocolli

haven't fixed supper yet but I checked the package out and the fish is suppose to stay frozen until I cook it so that is all good. I already had the steamed brocolli and need to eat it before it goes bad...yeah I could freeze it but would rather eat it with the fish.

Had an afternoon coffee with a little cream/equal sweetner...a simple pleasure for a self made mother's day treat!!

Been overcast all day but pleasant 63 degrees outside...plan on putting in my flower garden tomorrow or monday!!

[LaRon]

Hi Everyone!

It's Mother's Day here in Japan! We were going to go to a Mother's Day Brunch up in Tokyo but my baby (11 months) isn't feeling well and has a nasty cough so I think we'll stay closer to home (military base). We might go to Pepper Lunch (very popular here, look it up on the internet) since it is close by then come home and just enjoy being with the kids, maybe walk to the park if it gets nice.

Ok, I have to get my head wrapped around this refeed. As you all know, I was an old school Atkins, so before, when I cheated, I felt horribly guilty, my cheat (didn't call it refeed back then) would sometimes last a day or even two. Then for the next 4 days, I would be struggling to get rid of the pounds I gained and feeling totally bad the whole time. Last week, I did a refeed (not sure if I should call it that since it wasn't very healthy food). In any case, I made sure it lasted only about 2 hours. The very next day, gained only a pound and I jumped straight back into Stillmans. I wasn't hungry at all, which what is puzzling to me. In my old life on Atkins, if I did a cheat, oh my goodness, I would be ravaged for the next couple of days! I think it only took me a day or two and I started losing again, lost the pound I gained plus 3 1/2 more from Monday thru Sat. Well last night, we were watching a movie and I was going to save my refeed for today (Mother's Day). But the kids were eating popcorn and they had a box of Life cereal, which I cannot resist (don't eat it w/milk). Anyway, ended up eating like 1/2 the box of cereal! Got up today, gained 1 pound from yesterday. So today I won't do another refeed and just eat maybe a nice grilled steak for lunch. I'll jump right back into Stillmans today. The difference from my old self and now, I don't have the horrible guilt I used to have before. I mean I would be borderline depressed and would take it out on my family. Now that I'm allowing myself the refeed (only second one so far so not a pro yet), I feel like I'm more in control of myself and because of that, I think my past eating was probably somewhat "emotional eating". I know for a fact that the refeed that I did on Sunday, helped me lose more weight during the week. So for now, this refeed concept is working for me physically and for me, more importantly mentally.

I'll keep everyone posted on how the after-effects of this refeed goes. Anyone w/advice on refeeds greatly appreciated.

Thank you and HAVE AN AWESOME MOTHER'S DAY!!!

[cskies]

Mahi Mahi...it was very good!! cooked it on the foreman grill and turned out delicious. The package has four servings so I will be having it more!! Thanks to magickal for that sage advice~~

It has been a good day. Got my 6 miles on the treadmill done and have enjoyed just hanging around the house! The rods,ribs and rock n roll kind of got rained out!! There is always next year!! Glad I didn't have to travel to come to it!!

Going to call it a night...baked a cake for my mom for tomorrow...not low carb...will let it cool tonight and icing it tomorrow...it's a butterscotch bundt cake...I will send it home with her so I won't have to slice it up here!!

Hope everyone had a great Saturday!!

[Determinedtolose]

Hi LaRon,
That's great that you have come to that place where you don't feel bad. That's where I'm trying to get to, or almost getting too.
But I know what you mean about getting in control, I feel the same. Even I still may eat something that I shouldn't I'm realizing that it doesn't do me any good to get upset or depressed either. I just need to go back to what was working for me!

And the proof is that I've been doing lc for over a year already. And that right there is proof that I'm more in control of my eating.

Have a Wonderful Mothers Day!!

[cskies]

Happy Sunday Morning!!

Got some coffee going and plan to walk on the treadmill this morning.

My son and college daughter and I are taking my parents to the Brookville Hotel for Lunch today since it is Mother's Day..here is their site if you want to check it out.
Welcome to Brookville Hotel Family Style Chicken Dinner Abilene Kansas
It used to be down the road from us but the owners moved to Abilene a while back..still great food!

I just plan to eat the meat of the chicken and their cottage cheese. what a waste...lol but I will survive!!

Hope you all have a great day!!

[slatman]

Happy Mothers Day to all you mothers!

Working today..

the sleepover went ok but of course there was the girl drama...

Have a great day everyone

[LaRon]

Happy Mother's Day over there!!!


Ok, I totally messed up! I didn't go on w/my plan and eating right on Mother's Day. I ended up eating all kinds of junks, cookies, breads and everything else under the moon! So today is Monday here, I ended up gaining another 2 pounds so now I have to go back on plan and see how many days it will take me to undo the damage. I really wanted to keep my refeed for only 1 day and only w/in a few hours but mine ended up over the course of two days and this is where I end up getting myself in trouble.

In any case, have to get up, shake it off and keep going! I'm not going to get down on myself because I am in control!

Thanks for letting me vent!

"I'm not where I want to be but I'm not where I used to be!!!!"

[Determinedtolose]

Originally Posted by LaRon

Happy Mother's Day over there!!!


Ok, I totally messed up! I didn't go on w/my plan and eating right on Mother's Day. I ended up eating all kinds of junks, cookies, breads and everything else under the moon! So today is Monday here, I ended up gaining another 2 pounds so now I have to go back on plan and see how many days it will take me to undo the damage. I really wanted to keep my refeed for only 1 day and only w/in a few hours but mine ended up over the course of two days and this is where I end up getting myself in trouble.

In any case, have to get up, shake it off and keep going! I'm not going to get down on myself because I am in control!

Thanks for letting me vent!

"I'm not where I want to be but I'm not where I used to be!!!!"

LaRon, You got that right!!!

[cskies]

Evening..it has been a really nice day.

Lunch was good. Loved the chicken!!

My son got me a new barbeque grill...a small one since I don't do big cook outs anymore...gave him my old one last month!! My college daughter got me some new tea towels and 3 pairs of garden gloves!! Does she know me or what?!! lol My married daughter is combining mother's day and my birthday gift...birthday in 2 weeks so I am not sure what I am getting from them...did get a couple of cards and a picture of my grand fur babies!!

After lunch we went to the Russell Stovers outlet and picked up some discounted chocolate!! my bad for the day!! The factory wasn't running today but their store is open everyday but Christmas I think!!
Russell Stover, Whitman's, Pangburn's: America's Chocolate & Candy Store

Came home and enjoyed some sunshine...decided to wait until tomorrow to plant my flowers...still a bit cool at night here! It was 36 this morning!!

Picked up around the house and getting ready for work in the morning. We have to go to college daughter's graduation this coming Saturday...May is always such a busy month!!

Only got 2 miles walked on the treadmill today!

Hope everyone enjoyed their day!!

[cskies]

Another Monday Morning!!

Slept in until 6:30...that was nice...getting ready to do 2 miles on the treadmill since I am behind in time.

B- scrambled eggs
L- ?
Dinner- grilled hamburger, cottage cheese

[DEBI IN OHIO]

Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend-mothers day!

Mine was much better than last years (sitting by Dad in ICU).....I was at the camper with my 2 children, relaxing, laughing and having a great time. Seeing my DD (almost 16 )getting along still so well with my DS almost 11, is the best Mothers day present I can ask for, they are so close.

Diana...onederland this week for you!
cskies....vacations are starting this week at the hospital, so I am covering all kinds of strange hours this week, lol I gotta work when I can

Im bloated from not having a BM in days, 4-5 days now....

[magickal1]

well tom came just 2 weeks late almost ha the cravings for a week and nothng then when i think id miss it al otgether it shows up 2 days ago grrrrrr , i never lose on tom so im in for a long ride sticking to mostly fish
good luck every one!!!!!! ill be back later just not feelin well so ill post later

[onefitgal]

Hello All.

At 133 so I am claiming it!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!!

cskies~sounds like you had a blast and still stayed on track.

Check with you 'ens later!!

Have a great Monday!! :0

[onefitgal]

Down 2 pounds and ate yummy food.
Dh grilled steaks(for him and the kiddo's), chicken, shrimp, and bell peppers.
He also made those green beans with mushrooms and garlic, corn on the cob and garlic rosemary bread!! He made some white aspargus too!!!

My son made me a card with a pop up.. sooo cute.
My Daughter drew me a picture of myself anime
My cats gave me a card with $$ to get my hair done for the ball~May 20th!!

So, I had a wonderful Mothers Day.

[Moretta]

Happy Monday everyone,

I have gone back to Atkins for a little while.

I will probably do Stillmans again the future.

Good luck to everyone.

[slatman]

Good morning!

Weight 199
exercise: 17 miles 19.9 mph avg.
started the day with a fruit smoothie so I guess this will be another non-stillmans week