Landmark Monday, December 7

[gitfiddle]

Good morning! Time to check our landmarks to make sure we're on course to our final goal. Is your compass still pointed at your goal or have you been wandering? What's working for you and what's not?

Breakfast was a protein shake with ricotta cheese added. Very thick! Lunch will be the last of the sausage patties. Dinner will be a delicious Mexican dish I made yesterday with beef and chorizo. Tastes almost like my favorite restaurant's version!

[back2me2007]

Good morning! Good morning to you! Good morning dear challengers! Good morning to you!

LOL I have the happy birthday song stuck in my head so there you go ~ good morning in happy birthday format! LOL I woke up way to early as usual and feeling silly (as usual)

Lets see what is working? Planning meals. What isn't working~ wine and winging it! That look pretty easy to remedy though :)

Carol was the ricotta good in the shake? I never would have thought of that!

Todays meals

eggs and sausage

left over burger/brat with salad

dinner????? not sure yet

snack ricotta or colby

My crock pot died last week and I picked up a new one Saturday. I plan to make some soups up to freeze so I have easy to grab meals for home and work. No excuses that way! I have a love affair with soup I swear!

[Tyrone Bill]

Monday 12/7/09

I'm still heading in the right direction. Everything I do as far as food and activity is geared towards my end goal. What's working for me is the planned meals and the structured exercise plan I've been using.

I got my regular workout in this morning, as posted in Movers & Shakers.

Today is the first Monday in December. That means my monthly doctor's appointment and weigh-in at the VA hospital.
I will post results later.

Breakfast- No breakfast/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.

[Tyrone Bill]

Good Morning Carol and Michelle.

Good to see Michelle so bright and cheery on this early Monday morning.

[back2me2007]

LOL Bill I always wake up this way. It occasionally drives poor hubby nuts :) However when to late at night hits I'm a tired grump :)

I can't wait to hear how your appointment goes Bill!:D

I currently chugging fluids so my blood donation goes fast today.

[Ottawa]

Good morning all.

I have been stuck recently after the major loss, flu and a regain.
I'm upping the meat and reducing everything else for a while to get back on track.

B: 2 Pork Chops and a Caff-Lib at work


Our clock radio/stereo in the bedroom broke last week and the repair would have been close to the cost of a replacement. Friday I woke up at 8:30 which put me an hour late for work.
I went looking for something similar this week (music and wakeup) and could not find anything close to teh older unit. The guy at the source said
"CD's are on their way out. iPods are in along with sattelite radio.". ALthough a few offered USB and SD Memory inputs it was hard to find a one with a remote and clock radio.
I went on eBay and put bids in on two items (one higher bid and one very low), from Honk Kong. No CD player but internal memory and other input options for much less than I would have paid here and none of the local ones offered multiple inputs.
I ended up getting both units, one for $35 and the other for $15 along with $10 shipping for each so we will end up giving one for Christmas as a gift.

[Claudette]

Hi, y'all,

Michelle, glad someone else is bubbly in the am. After 36 years, hubby has learned to put up with it.

Tyronne Bill, I work at a VA hospital.

Carol, riccotta in a shake, sounds great can you post the recipe?

Randy, hope you get better fast. I had a cold last week, really got me down, but am better this week.

Today, at work, meals planned. Exercise after I get home tonight.

B-whey protein shake in hood low carb milk, low carb toast, smear butter
Planned:
S- few cashews
L-homemade beef and veggie soup, homemade cole slaw, clementine
S-south beach bar
D- lean ham steak, green salad, zucinni w/ fresh cherry tomatoes, diet tapioca pudding.

On to losing.....

[bpm]

Breakfast was a protein shake with ricotta cheese added
Carol, we must see the ingredients.
Good morning all- everyone is in a good mood- Mikki even changed her name. This is Santa's, er Bill's, big day.
I'm with you Randy, more meat.
Even tho I haven't had any slippage, I have not been getting the protein. Deli meat and hot dogs just don't cut it. Beef is on the menu today.
Looks like clear sailing until the big day. DW daughter and sil will be with us for a few days and they requested Turkey with all the trimmings. If it wasn't for the dressing, it would not be a challenge- pun intended. We normally have ham.
B= shake and eggs with sausage
L= burger
D= steak with chil sauce (no beans) salad

[back2me2007]

Good morning to the rest of you!

Ottawa what on earth is caff-Lib? Great deal on Ebay!

Claudette glad to hear there is another morning person! I'm envious you can get the Hood milk. It isn't carried in my area the last year or so.

BPM I decided I'm going to be here for the long haul so I might as well get comfy and use my real name instead of my nickname (even using pictures!). It is hard to get all that protein. Looks like you have a good plan today!

Have a terrific day! I'm off to do blood and Christmas shop before the blizzard hits.

[Ammy]

Tried new recipes this weekend.

Tried Keifer...definitely NOT for me. :o I added to a lc muffin mix I found. It worked, so I guess it's okay for some recipes, but the yogurt aftertaste is not my thing.

Tried spaghetti squash. What a hoot! Those things are so fun! And 8 ecc per cup!

I used it as noodles and had no sugar added tomatoe sauce and parm.
Very good.

Then I made a mock sweet potato casserole using carnival squash.
Again...VERY good...used many dishes and machines to make, but it was a HIT!

[Tyrone Bill]

The results are in:

Weight: 288 down 5 pounds
B/P: 120/89
B/S: 55
My cholesterol & trigylcerides are good. I don't have the numbers just going on the word of my doc.

I figured my sugar would be low. Sugar pill plus exercise minus breakfast = low sugar!
A 6oz. can of Minute Maid OJ took care of that. I didn't think to get carb counts on it. I'll check when I get home.

[gitfiddle]

Carol, we must see the ingredients.

Carol, riccotta in a shake, sounds great can you post the recipe?
Carol was the ricotta good in the shake? I never would have thought of that!
You're going to laugh. I just throw in a quarter cup of ricotta into whatever else I have. I start with 6-8 oz. water or unsweetened almond milk, add my cod liver oil and at least a tsp. cinnamon for sure, usually two scoops of whey powder, either ice or frozen fruit, often I add either an egg or cream or ricotta. Usually I don't use fruit if I've put in ricotta because I want to stay under 10 carbs. Today I did because I was tired. :tongue: It takes longer to tell you than it does to make it!

[Frank Hagan]

Ottawa, I ended up with three video cards from eBay once! I know how that can happen. I finally got an iPod to listen to podcasts on my daily commute (45 miles each way along the central Californian coast). I now have a clock radio that plays a "playlist" from my iPod when it goes off. The lower quality sound from the MP3s work OK on the clock radio, and in the car, but I miss CD quality when trying to play them on the stereo. The one problem I have is wanting to stay in bed to listen to the next song, because I like them all!

Had blood drawn today for my lipid panel, a "basic metabolic panel", PSA and ALT test ... I think my doc wants to make sure the low carb diet isn't affecting my liver or kidneys. I guess the PSA is because I'm 53 (how the heck did that happen?) I'll find the results out on the 15th.

So I'm sipping a belated coffee after fasting since 8 PM last night. Lunch will be a chicken breast and 1/4 cup of mixed walnuts and almonds. Not sure what's on the dinner menu tonight.

[gitfiddle]

Michelle, I love my crock pot, too!

Bill, glad the doctor is happy with your results! I'd want to know the numbers, but that's just me. :rolleyes:

Randy, who knew that those cd/radios were obsolete now! :jawDrop: I like mine, although the cd part broke years ago.

Frank, I like the idea of an mp3 clock!

Claudette, glad you're back among us AND exercising! Whoo hoo!

Amy, sounds like you had an exciting weekend! I haven't used spaghetti squash in ages. Thanks for reminding me!

Monty, you're right that deli meat and hot dogs aren't the kind of protein that Protein Power has in mind, even though we all eat it once in a while. Sounds like you need "hurry up" food that's pre-prepared. You can freeze slices of pot roast or make extra steak or chicken and freeze the slices for quick meals. They warm up quickly.

[KnotDreams]

Lets see what is working? Planning meals. What isn't working~ wine and winging it! That look pretty easy to remedy though :)

Michelle, that so describes my weekend. But today, I have a plan... and no wine for me tonight.

Breakfast: coffee, 1/2 & 1/2, 2 poached eggs, 2 sausage patties, small tomato
Lunch: lettuce wrap sandwich
Snack: Greek yogurt, berries
Dinner: Baked chicken, spinach salad
Later: SF fudge bar

Already went to the gym. Cardio day today. 20 minutes on the rowing machine and 30 minutes on a treadmill.

Have a great day, all!
Karen

[gitfiddle]

Karen, your menu is inspiring. Good plan. Is a rowing machine considered cardio? I've been considering it as resistance. I don't know much about rowers.

[Ottawa]

Good morning to the rest of you!

Ottawa what on earth is caff-Lib? Great deal on Ebay!

Caf-Lib is a Coffee substitute. Tastes just like the real thing if you have not had a coffee in 20 years.:D

Ottawa, I ended up with three video cards from eBay once! I know how that can happen. I finally got an iPod to listen to podcasts on my daily commute (45 miles each way along the central Californian coast). I now have a clock radio that plays a "playlist" from my iPod when it goes off. The lower quality sound from the MP3s work OK on the clock radio, and in the car, but I miss CD quality when trying to play them on the stereo. The one problem I have is wanting to stay in bed to listen to the next song, because I like them all!


Frank,
I notice the difference as well but it is getting less as I age.;) Pretty soon it will all sound the same.
As well I download a lot of books and play them to and from work. Lately I have developed an addiction to Lee Child and his Jack Reacher stories. I get to work and don't want to leave the car.

[KnotDreams]

Karen, Is a rowing machine considered cardio? I've been considering it as resistance. I don't know much about rowers.

There is only one rowing machine at the Golds Gym that I go to, and I rarely see anyone using it. (The brand name on it is Concept 2. I'd attach a picture of it if I had a clue how to do that.) Today, I did it for just over 20 minutes and my top heart rate was over 140, so it's a pretty good cardio workout. I like doing it because its very rhythmic, almost relaxing. And because your legs push back and forth with each "stroke" it gives you a good whole body workout.

When you're talking resistance, you're probably thinking of one of the cable machines where you would do a seated row or upright row. There you would use a lot more weight and do it in sets. Totally different exercise.

Karen

[BeccainSC]

Popping in... amazing that I can't seem to get here on the weekends yet I'm home the entire time in most cases (and usually at the computer too ;) )

I had a few slips the past few days, 1 meal just not on plan but managed to not let it derail the entire day.

Am currently exhausted from 1.5 hours of grocery shopping! The chest freezer is full to the brim as is the cupboard that serves as my pantry. Fridge is pretty darn close, just need to get in there and portion out the ground beef to freeze in usable quantities, but I needed a break.

My pants have been practically falling off me all day, time for a new size. I'll have to let Santa know.

'becca

[gitfiddle]

When you're talking resistance, you're probably thinking of one of the cable machines where you would do a seated row or upright row. There you would use a lot more weight and do it in sets. Totally different exercise.
Thanks, Karen. I checked with the boss today and he affirmed that it is considered cardio. I do like the smooth rhythm but I don't feel like my pulse rate is rising. He told me that he only did six minutes. I started with ten and didn't feel any cardio. I'm probably going too slow. I'll see if I can find a demo on youtube or something. I do think it's going to be great for body workout, though!

[gitfiddle]

Popping in... amazing that I can't seem to get here on the weekends yet I'm home the entire time in most cases (and usually at the computer too ;) )Okay, Becca, I'll yell louder in your direction from now on. :suspicious:

I had a few slips the past few days, 1 meal just not on plan but managed to not let it derail the entire day.Yes! Good job!

My pants have been practically falling off me all day, time for a new size. I'll have to let Santa know.Whoo Hoo! Just in time for Christmas! :D

[gitfiddle]

Caf-Lib is a Coffee substitute. Tastes just like the real thing if you have not had a coffee in 20 years.:DHmmm! You're not convincing me, Randy! ;)

[jilly27]

Well I am absolutely knackered. :o I've been working a very surprising amount for this time of year as well as taking first aid courses and driving our decorated mixer around in parades and such. I have a couple of pictures of the truck, I'll try to post them tomorrow. Plus we are now cat sitting for my BIL and SIL and she's been keeping us up at night doing the typical strange cat behaviors. She likes to get up on the bed and work her way up and down your legs stomping with all four of her feet :confused: What is it with cats??? She's really adorable though.

I haven't been reporting much lately, just too tired to go on the computer at night. I'm probably (hopefully :rolleyes:) not working tomorrow so thought I'd pop in for a few minutes. Sounds like everyone here is doing pretty well. :) I've been ok on food but still, as always, need to work on the exercise thing. Although I did work 63 hours in the last 6 days, with one day off in there... It doesn't really sound like that much but its tough when its this cold. I'll try to catch up a bit tomorrow.

Jilly

[gitfiddle]

Well I am absolutely knackered. :o Well, I guess so, Jilly! We're going to start calling you Iron Woman! I'm just glad you can pop in once in a while, because you contribute a lot to this board. I hope you get your day off today!