Monday, November 2: What works?

[gitfiddle]

Good morning! Welcome to the November Challenge! Lets start with a PLANNING question: What works for you? :)

I'll start. I like to do my planning on Sunday afternoon. I cook up the breakfasts and lunches that I'll have during the week. I like to keep a bag of pre-cooked breakfast sausage patties in my freezer. I found I can roast two whole chickens at one time and pack the meat away for meals. If I have ready-to-grab lunches I'm not going to resort to last-minute carby substitutes.

Breakfast today was a protein shake. Lunch will be roast beef. Dinner will be chicken in some form with vegetables. Snack will be Lindt, almonds, perhaps berries and cream.

[BeccainSC]

Morning Carol :)

Planning... one of my key weak spots. I used to plan out our dinners for the week and half the time we didn't stick to the plan so I've given up on that for a bit. Generally (when I'm on plan) breakfast and afternoon snack are the same, lunch and dinner vary with dinner being the rough one... I can even be totally LC all day and not do so well (no matter how much planning went into it) at dinner.

I was just thinking this morning that one of the nice things about this 2 weeks of 3/1 on the 6w is that I don't have to worry over much about what to eat shakes are easy and just the 1 meal.

And for today that 1 meal is a LC wrap, bit of mayo, romaine, shredded cheddar, 2 slices bacon and some chopped up broil chicken w/ cajun seasonings.

Going to be a rough week at work as I'm filling in for someone on vacation.

Happy Monday everyone!


'becca

[Ottawa]

Good morning! Welcome to the November Challenge! Lets start with a PLANNING question: What works for you? :)

Being accountable and taking an active part in a thread like this. Staying active helps a lot as well and I find group sports require a commitment much like this WoE does.

Today: 8 oz. lamb

[Karole]

I'm with Becca --don't do well with planning---I can plan but don't seem to do the follow though very efficiently. Since I'm retired I don't have to budget my time like several of you other folks do so I can get away with it a little easier.

What does work for me is logging my foods in to Fitday and reporting in daily. Knowing I have already reported my totals for the day keeps me from having a late night "nibble" that I would never even "quibble" about having, if I hadn't already reported in my daily total. (Did that make any sense?)

[gitfiddle]

Morning Carol :)

Planning... one of my key weak spots. I used to plan out our dinners for the week and half the time we didn't stick to the plan so I've given up on that for a bit.I know what you mean, Becca. I don't plan meals as much as I make darned sure there's something on-plan to choose from. I didn't get to do that yesterday because all hands were required to rake the yard, but I'll have it done tonight.

Being accountable and taking an active part in a thread like this. Staying active helps a lot as well and I find group sports require a commitment much like this WoE does.
Are you still playing soccer? I always admired your winter camping expeditions, Randy.

What does work for me is logging my foods in to Fitday and reporting in daily. Knowing I have already reported my totals for the day keeps me from having a late night "nibble" that I would never even "quibble" about having, if I hadn't already reported in my daily total. (Did that make any sense?)Absolutely, Karole! That's one of the benefits of being retired. I can do it, but I am at the computer all day and all night. Good for you!

[bpm]

I posted this on the thread above - guess this where it should be.:o
We newbies just take time to get oriented

11/1
prot= 116 ecc= 26 fat= 96
this is high average for me on a daily basis. I usually register 20-26 TOTAL carbs. may be too low.
got in all the exercise as planned except a few steps low- I'm going to change the walking from steps to miles as I did 2+ miles.
11/2
Today is same eating plan as yesterday
-prot= 116
ecc= 20
fat= 96
BTW I also post daily on fitday

Exercise will again be PACE hiit on the elliptical and some light wts, both UB and LB.

192/186/172

Monty

[jilly27]

I also like to cook up several days of breakfast and lunch stuff ahead, sometimes on Sunday, mostly just in the evenings. Planning dinner, like a few others here, is sometimes a weak spot for me. :o And if I plan too far ahead I end up changing my mind. (a common problem :)) What I try to concentrate on is having a good selection of LC stuff around that I can throw together quickly.

I use fitday too and am going to start putting the whole day in either the night before (will have to plan dinner that way) or in the morning. Like Karole, this will help me not to snack in the evening as I will have already eaten everything recorded for the day. I find it helps me with knowing what portions I can have also, too easy to over (or under) eat when I don't put it in Fitday until after I eat it.

B: hb eggs, smokie and tea
L: chicken, lamb, cauli and dip
S: pros. and cheese
D: lftvr pork, mushroom soup and asparagus

Jilly

[gitfiddle]

We newbies just take time to get oriented
Monty, we give newbies lots of rope. Really, we give everybody lots of rope! :D

[Tyrone Bill]

Monday 11/2/09

Planning meal plans or menus ahead works best for me. Doy and I will plan anywhere from a week to a month of menus. I'll then just rotate through the menu. Works best for me. I'm not big on preparing ahead in meals.

I just got back from the VA hospital. My monthly doctors appointment and weighin. Everything went well. I weighed in at 293, that's a loss of 6 pounds for the month. Not great but acceptable in my book.

b/s- 70
b/p- 118/70

Yesterday was a good day. All went as planned. I ate on plan and drank lots of water.

This afternoon I'll start my exercise routine. I'll go into detail in the Movers & Shakers thread.

No major plans for today.

Breakfast- No breaksfast, fasting labs.

Lunch- 5oz grilled burger, 1oz cheddar cheese, freezer slaw, 2c green tea.
42gms protein, 6gms carbs.

Supper- 6oz Cajun spiced orange-roughy fillet; tomato basil salad (1 med(5.2oz) tomato, 1/8c chopped onion, 4 thinly sliced basil leaves) dressed w/evoo & taragon vinegar; 1/2 med grilled peach, 2c green tea
40gms protein, 8gms carbs.

[Ottawa]

Are you still playing soccer? I always admired your winter camping expeditions, Randy.

I gave up on the winter camping other than some hiking and overnighting in cabins. I'm usually a hermit in the winter as far as snow and cold goes.:lol:

I do work out in evenings at home and get 3 hours of Dodgeball in a week. I have a new team (http://lastoutpost.com/images/Bullets2009.jpg) after being off for a season with a bad knee. It has been a year since surgery was recommended and it has been 5 months since I should have had it but it keeps getting put off. The Physiotherapist had suggested that I just work the knee to grind any "floaters" from the torn Meniscus and that seems to have worked.
I do 2 hours of pickup Dodgeball on Thursdays and need to do weights at home on a regular basis.

[gitfiddle]

I gave up on the winter camping other than some hiking and overnighting in cabins. I'm usually a hermit in the winter as far as snow and cold goes.:lol: Ah, now you're talking sense! ;)

I do 2 hours of pickup Dodgeball on Thursdays and need to do weights at home on a regular basis.Great team photo! If you can do dodge ball, you don't need surgery yet! I agree with working the knee, and it's helped mine, but I don't pound on it. :jawDrop:

[Karole]

Monty, we give newbies lots of rope. Really, we give everybody lots of rope! :D

Yes, and we do need lots of it sometimes, don't we!!!

[Ottawa]

Doing well for today at 110 Protein and under 20 ECC.
I had a Shawarma without the bread, rice and Homus but double meat with 3 salads for lunch.

I don't eat before a game so will eat late but be well under 50 carbs.

[BeccainSC]

I'm drinking shake #3 as I write, lunch was as written. The family is sitting down to dinner and it smells so good. I did make enough for me to have some for lunch one day this week (Italian chicken). Been a bit on the hungry side today, doesn't help that my stomach doesn't know about the time change, wanting to eat at oddball hours. Should work itself back out once I'm on my solid food too.

DWTS tonight so it'll be tv, voting, prolly a little bit of time online after and then to bed.


'becca

[Karole]

Got my count for the day. Protein 104 ecc 34 and calories 1833 if I have a glass of red wine and a piece of cheese later on tonight. Tummy is upset tho so I may forgo that option til another night. But we'll leave it as is just in case I change my mind.

See ya'll tomorrow.

[jilly27]

Ate mostly as planned, except I missed my snack. I was called in to work late and forgot to put my snack in my lunch. :o Didn't feel like cooking asparagus either but had a couple of pieces of chocoperfection instead. A good trade, right? :lol:

Jilly

[gitfiddle]

:o Didn't feel like cooking asparagus either but had a couple of pieces of chocoperfection instead. A good trade, right? :lol:
Um...Jilly, we have to talk.... :suspicious: ;)

[Spruce Goose]

Late but here.

B: Sausage/eggs w/ cheese
L: Atkins shake, carbmaster yogurt, string cheese
D: Pulled pork (BBQ/mayo) & broccoli w/ cheese