March 9 - Monday Monday

[gitfiddle]

Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never. Never -- in anything great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
Sir Winston Churchill

We build a plan. It’s easy to follow if everything goes as planned, but sometimes Life gets in the way. It’s good to have a backup plan for when Life changes our simple path into something much more complicated.

My plan for today is to have a shake for breakfast, cauli-bake for lunch and pork chops with green beans. I plan to spend an hour at the gym on my way home from work.

What’s your plan for today? Do you have a "Plan B"?

[BeccainSC]

Morning Carol and all to come...

Posting quick as I am the taxi for the next few days. Potential disaster, but I have slow-cooker meals planned for tonight and tomorrow so there will be no falling into eating out (and bad choices) cuz of being too tired to cook.

Breakfast will be a shake (always chocolate with cot. cheese and almond butter)
Wrap (turkey and roast beef), carrots and cheese already packed for work
Afternoon will be tuna and almonds (and hopefully not much else!)
Dinner is pulled pork (if it turns out, I'm a dud in the kitchen), I forget what veggie and salad.

No plan B. Acutally out tonight would be very bad, have to be home by 8:00 ;)


'becca

[Mitra]

Hello Carol, Becca. Carol, I'm so impressed with all these quotations you're finding. I always run out after about a week whenever I try to use them!

I'm spending most of this afternoon making sandwiches for a function at church tonight. The trick will be to stick to eating the fillings and not the bread while I'm making them, and to have enough to eat before I go out so I don't need to worry about food when I'm there. They've asked me to take photographs so it wouldn't be very easy to eat much anyway. (It won't be easy to take photos either, because there's not enough light, and the ceiling is way way too high to bounce a flash off. I think it'll be mostly ISO 1600 and image stabilisation.)

[Ammy]

Morning all...I am feeling SO much better! A nice weekend full of friends and fun and NOT talking about money/finances. Whew!!

My weight is up...(:o). And when I was posting my counts last night I realized I didn't have ONE sip of water yesterday. Oh wait, I did drink a small glass (after the wine) with supper...but maybe 10oz...WAY low for me.

So today, I'm back on the horse and I am NOT going to give in!! Depression will NOT take over my head!!! NOT NOT NOT!!

I grabbed the wrong container this morning so I had to use Plan B for breakfast! So glad I had one!!

6am 1lc scone
8am cauli-turkey casserole
12pm turkey/noodle casserole, sm salad with caesar dressing
3pm iced latte, 2oz cheese/bran crackers
6pm 2 Wendy's dbl stacks with only 1 of the four slices of bun

Pro: 141.1
Ecc: 35
Fat: 141.2
Cal: 2125

I AM GOING TO THE GYM TODAY!
I AM GOING TO THE GYM TODAY!!
I AM GOING TO THE GYM TODAY!!!

[Billie]

Monday Monday is right. Working from home alot this week, a few day trips, so I am really smiling here and it will afford me a chance to get to the gym. Have a 10 conference call and after that have to visit the Drivers license for a new one and then to the gym. On track and on the money. Great Quote Carol! NEVER give up!

[Karole]

Miss Mitra--- it is so good to see you again. I was wondering where in the world you were !! We missed you. Good luck with the photos, sounds like a challenge in itself.

Janice is right, Carol, you have a great line up of quotes for us for us each day. Ah, Sir Winston really had a way with words didn't he!

I'm a happy camper as I have already done my exercise for the day and it has done its magic of lifting my spirits, so I feel great and ready to get on with the day. (Tho my arm muscles do feel a little "woozy" at the moment.)

I'll check back in later to see how everyone is doing today.

[gitfiddle]

Becca, you can't mess it up! Just remember to take out some for yourself before adding the sauce, unless you're making a low carb one. I use Sweet Baby Ray's for the boys and it cannot pass my lips! :eek:

Janet, the www is full of quotations, so I just pick the ones that have some meaning for us. :) Have you ever thought of using a diffuser on your on-camera flash, like a mini softbox? I've got to do a wedding reception in May, so I really should check out the ceiling in the hall!

Good job with the "Plan B", Amy! I'm so glad you had a good weekend.

Billie, it must be a relief to work from home when you can. Enjoy!

Karole, I'm happy to see you're back to your regular self today! :nod: You sound like you must be feeling better after that virus!

I feel lucky to be here. My internet connection wouldn't work last evening and I thought there might be something wrong with my router, because four re-boots didn't get me online. This morning, it was normal, so maybe there was an outside problem. If I ever conk out, I'm at work by 7:30 (est) and will post then. Of course, feel free to start the thread if you're ready and I'm not! :)

I left my office mid-morning to visit my chiro and am better for it. Pinched nerve in my lower back. It still aches, but not the stabbing, and he said I could work out tonight--go figure! :confused: I'm sure going to, but gently.

[Mitra]

Karole, I've been dropping in a few times each day, but mainly doing the back-room stuff, like approving new members.

Carol, my husband bought me a diffuser for Christmas with the flash, but it's not quite the right size, and is also a bit unwieldy to wander around with, so I'm not sure what I'll do. I have to leave in a couple of hours, so I'd better decide soon :).

[Puddin]

Never give up, stiff upper lip and above all be convinced that what you do is what you really want. Love WChurchill. He was such a bulldog type of person. Can imagine him standing with his cane and cigar saying exactly what you wrote Carol.

Am really wiped out again today. Seems that with the warm weather DH has decided to rev up the motor and has been pruning trees like a tornado. Today he did the biggest tree in front of our frontdoor and that meant that I had a mountain of branches to schlepp down to the area where we burn. He also dumped 3 tree's worth of branches over the fencing onto the street below (wall is 3 meters high and fencing 1) and yours truly had to gather them up and schlepp them to the burning grounds. Must admit that I did it all without shortbreath and now am only exhausted. Can't wait till dinner time. I am hungry even though I ate snack. Should buy some more lard to munch. It really helps cure the hunger when you have a hole.

PP doing great.
Bfast - cheese
Lunch - roast boar, artichoke carrot salad
Snack - cheese apple pnut butter. then more cheese and some walnuts
Dinner - roast turkey carcass (last pieces:frown:)

[maxlharris]

I am back from St. Louis. I am not sure how to figure it, for success.
On the one hand, Friday and Saturday were on plan. On the other, I had a bad meal for lunch on Sunday. On the third hand (rabbis are notorious for having more hands to their stories than an Indian god), I was back on plan for dinner and back on the path today. Let's call it, after Meatloaf, a Don't Feel Sad Cause Two Out of Three Ain't Bad weekend.
For the year, that makes me, what 63/65 or 97% for the year. I think I can live with 96.92%.

At work, working on work. Have two sets of dinner guests this week, a college friend of my wife's (he's a vegetarian who doesn't eat salad... I'm making the Mac and Cheese thing... which will be good leftovers for the week) and our neighbors who are going to cat sit while we're in Europe (I'm thinking roast something or steak something... wife will figure salads or vegs... gonna go French and offer some cheeses in lieu of sweets).

Anytime you have folks over, you'd better have a plan and a plan b (and I'm only talking about the oral contraceptive if you're that kind of girl). :evil:

Rock and roll. Skipping the rolls.

[gitfiddle]

Puddin, you are amazing! :D Not even puffing?!

Max, you rock at 96.92% :nod: I love the idea of the cheeses. Will you have fruit with them? What kind of cheeses?

[maxlharris]

Max, you rock at 96.92% :nod: I love the idea of the cheeses. Will you have fruit with them? What kind of cheeses?
I rock, but there is 3.18% that is open to improvement. Especially since I'm about to do maybe 14 days off plan. Of course, off plan with 6 time zone difference doesn't count, right?

Have to see what is interesting at Whole Wallet or one of our local wine/cheese gourmand stands for what cheese. Not sure what to have with. Probably a bread product (which I will skip) and something that pairs or contrasts well. It's a feeling as much as anything.

[gitfiddle]

Of course, off plan with 6 time zone difference doesn't count, right?.I think it just means that it will catch up with you six hours after you arrive at home, Max. :rolleyes: Are you assuming you won't be able to hold to PP while traveling? You've traveled before. Maybe a good game would be to see how many on-plan days you can carve out of that trip! :nod:

I haven't flown for years. All car trips. I can stash a lot of lc snacks in the back seat. ;)

[BeccainSC]

Passing through, will be post DWTS before I get my totals on here ;)

Pork is cooking, so far so good. DH will be in charge of the "pulling" portion I think. No sauce to be added at this time as the girls outnumber the boys (no sauce vs sauce) so they can add theirs later. I think I actually have some Carb Sense BBQ around here somewhere, if it's still edible. :rolleyes:

On target for the day. Work was insane, so very glad dinner is more or less done. I'm about to head to the kitchen for some fine tuning (veggies and what not).

Janet it's good to see you again :) You've been missed.

Hi to everyone! Nice to see some posting going on.

No exercise today, too busy playing taxi driver. We would never survive as a one car family (also why I didn't insist that DD1 get a job before she could drive it helps me out to much to have her driving). Keeping my fingers crossed that the part comes in for my car and it gets repaired or we will be a NO car family after tomorrow afternoon (DS has a job interview, I'm not about to nix that!).

Will check back in later!

'becca

[Karole]

Carol,, I saw on M and S that you had a pinched nerve--so sorry to hear that !! I hope it will be feeling better really soon. You were pretty dedicated to go to your work out with all that going on.(Don't tell the Shadow but I probably would have used it as an excuse to get in my recliner):D

[gitfiddle]

(Don't tell the Shadow but I probably would have used it as an excuse to get in my recliner):DHeh, I wasn't far from it around 2pm, but by 3:30, I realized I was feeling better. I thought the walk would have more benefit than the recliner for my backside. I was actually going to lift, but thought better of it. It was a compromise. :)

I made pork chops for dinner tonight. DS doesn't like dry meat so instead of panfrying them crispy, I browned one side, then flipped them and added liquid and finished them on a very low heat. They're wonderful! Now I'm cooking the green beans in the pan drippings and a little more liquid. Seasoning is simply garlic salt on the meat.

[Belfrybat]

Just passing through myself. Had to get on-line to check Prayer Bead orders and thought I'd amble over here. Good to see so many posting, and that is a killer quotation, Carol. Thanks. Not exactly on-plan today, but not really off-plan either. I've grazed some, so really need to look at what's going on in me. Sort of an antsy feeling most of the day. It might just still be the time change -- I really have biological problems with the Spring change even though it's just an hour difference. Ah well, this too shall pass.

Have a great evening, folks and I'll catch up to you again later in the week.

[BeccainSC]

Evenin' all.

Well the pork was mixed reviews. I ended up having to put 1T of sauce on it so I'm a smidge over my carbs, but I'll count it as okay as I didn't deduct the SA from my pudding. ;) Lots of left overs so in single serve bags in the freezer for DH to have lunch options. And strangely enough, we've apparently been in SC too long now. When we first moved here the "mustard based" BBQ sauce was strange, tonight we just used regular Kraft and realized we were too used to the mustard. I'll be making a run by Maurice's soon I'm sure. :)

Got hungry watching DWTS. I don't normally get night time munchies. I snagged a bit of cheese and after plugging my numbers in at my desk it's a good thing I did as I was a bit off on my protein (would've been 2 days in a row). Also lower on calories (per FD) than I would've expected (again 2 days in a row). Feels like I eat a LOT (and I have cheese and nuts too!) I rechecked and it's right though.

No exercise today (tomorrow and Wed out as well it seems) I'll catch up later in the week.

Totals:

Protein; 133
Carbs: 59
Water: 128
Supps: Yes
Exercise: none yet for the week


Am tired, the downside to DWTS it's on past my bedtime ;) I gotta vote then go to bed.

'becca

[maxlharris]

Are you assuming you won't be able to hold to PP while traveling? You've traveled before. Maybe a good game would be to see how many on-plan days you can carve out of that trip! :nod:
I think it's more like I'm not really interested in being on plan on vacation. Is that emotional eating? Probably not. It's all planned. I am planning on eating Paris the way the French eat Paris, as a temporary local. Bread, and pastries and wine and potatoes. I ate pasta and gelato up the whizzy in Italy. I gained 1 lb in 2 weeks. The struggle is in coming back. And actually, I came back from Italy well. It was the trip a month and a half later to Kansas City that was the real problem. A week of not much sleep, junky food and not as much exercise as I thought I was getting.

At any rate, for reasons that are mine, I'm planning on eating in Europe somewhere between a temporary local and a tourist gourmand (who happens to be picky).

For today:
Protein: 136
Carbs: 20
Cals: ~1550
Drank the water, ate the pills. Every last one (including second ADD dose, the hard one).
Productive day at work, not that bothered by the time shift, even though my risk of a heart attack is up by 5% for the next week or two. What will they think of next.

[Ammy]

It was a good day.
Was on plan, even exercised.
Here's to a good day!!

Pro: 123.7
Ecc: 33
Fat: 122.4
Cal: 1843

[gitfiddle]

Am tired, the downside to DWTS it's on past my bedtime ;) I gotta vote then go to bed.
That TV keeps me up more often than I like to admit, Becca.

I think it's more like I'm not really interested in being on plan on vacation. Is that emotional eating? Probably not. It's all planned. I am planning on eating Paris the way the French eat Paris, as a temporary local.No, I don't think it's emotional, but a desire to be immersed in the culture, maybe? I do historical re-enacting and I like to experience the food as part of the culture. I've been doing it so long, though, that it isn't as big an issue anymore. When I went to England and Ireland, I was low carb until the first day with relatives. All their "company" food was pastry-types and tasty! :paranoid:

It was a good day.
Was on plan, even exercised.
Here's to a good day!!
Sounds like serenity to me!

[maxlharris]

No, I don't think it's emotional, but a desire to be immersed in the culture, maybe? I do historical re-enacting and I like to experience the food as part of the culture. I've been doing it so long, though, that it isn't as big an issue anymore. When I went to England and Ireland, I was low carb until the first day with relatives. All their "company" food was pastry-types and tasty! :paranoid:
So, I am here. I am committed to living low carb. 48-49 weeks out of the year. I could even see doing LC Thanksgiving (wife would never go for that, but I could see making white potatoes instead of sweets, and passing on that, and offering either something berry or something cheese for (or alongside) dessert. I could even do X-mas on the LC, assuming I cooked for that (I don't, and my inlaws are bread addicts). But, I am not so sold on the program that I'm gonna go to another country, where I don't really speak the language, where food is key to the culture (As opposed to England, where the best food was colonial imports from the 1800's to the 1970's or so), and skip on that.

Now, when I am back to Italy or France for the fifth or eigth time, it might be old hat and not an issue. Or rather, be an issue, since I don't really make one of it at present. But for now, I want some immersion.

Temporary Local.