Starting 02/10-02/11??

[Alien Monkey]

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Keep moving on is right Effie and Minu. Its hard when you have temptation all around you. I learned that when you are invited to a party and you know there is going to be tempting food (and there always is) that you eat before the party and also bring a dish thats legal so that you at least have your dish that you can munch on while your there. I have a get together this coming saturday and Im planning to bring several dishes so I have something to share and that I can eat. I will probably have something to eat before I leave as well.

For me the weekends are not too bad. I think im more tempted during the week with all thats available in the office with what coworkers bring in.

So todays menu is

B 2 Egg scrambled and a half a chicken sausage from Trader Joes.
L Pan fried Chicken and steamed veggie.
D Stuffed peppers. I dont yet know how im going to make the stuffing yet. If it turns out good I will post the recipe.
S Turkey and Cream cheese.

Lots and lots of water. Im also gonna step out to grab some pills to combat Candida. Not sure how credible the spit is but since Im having trouble I will give it a try.

Have a good sunday everyone!!!

[theamazingunderdog]

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Oh my gosh. I think weekends where I'm home and can control my food better are easier (than at work where I have to really plan, or else).. But, parties and get-togethers scare me. All those bowls of carby snacks, cake, ice cream.... My extended family is big, and we have a birthday party (at least one!) every month. Big dinner, the whole works with a cake. So, I'm going to have to figure that one out, too.

4 of 7 pounds... ouch. Give your mind an excuse.. you know, it might be you haven't pooped out that hamburger yet. Keep getting back on plan! It works, just don't give up.

[kristi2578]

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Stuffed peppers. I dont yet know how im going to make the stuffing yet. If it turns out good I will post the recipe.

Here is a recipe for stuffed peppers that I am going to try tonight. It sounds pretty good. I got it from Linda's low carb menus and recipes.

http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/taco_stuffed_peppers.html

[theamazingunderdog]

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Can you have the sour cream Kristi? I had a taco salad this morning but thought we couldn't eat that yet. Also, be careful with the seasoning - I saw on the bottle of chili powder I used, 1 carb per TEASPOON. There were no ingredients, so I just went with it and counted the carbs. Thanks for the idea - I need recipe ideas bad!

[kristi2578]

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DANDR page 129 - Special Category Foods - "To add variety, each day you can also eat ten to twenty olives, half a small avocado, once ounce of sour cream or three ounces of unsweetened heavy cream..."

[kristi2578]

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Um, my daughter just taunted me with Fruit by the Foot. I told her to get out of here with that. She said, "so yummy!" What the heck!?!?! She's 6! How funny!

[kristi2578]

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Oh yea, one more thing. There is a link to the recipe for the taco seasoning they talk about in the recipe, so if you follow that and mix it accordingly, I'll think it'll be just fine! I bought everything I need to make the Taco Seasoning, and the Seasoning Salt. Ugh, $250 on groceries!!! Gee whiz! Atkins is going to break me!

[theamazingunderdog]

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Thanks Kristi.. My mom picked up the book at a yard sale for me yesterday, and I haven't gotten to it yet. I'm mostly going by the board info for now.

But, that means the Tablespoon of cream in my coffee is a freebie! Cool.

[kristi2578]

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You're welcome! I'm still in the process of reading it. I haven't even made it that far yet, but I do use it as a quick reference when I need to know something in a hurry. I'm trying to get to Phase II before I get there in real life lol. So far it's not working out so great! I hate reading!

[Alien Monkey]

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Thanks for the recipe Kristi. I dont have all the ingredients to make the seasoning so it may be a little different. Im getting ready to make mine. I boiled an egg so im gonna cut it in half and put them in the middle of the pepper stuff. I was going to melt some mozarella over the top but I ate too much cheese today so I will do that tomorrow night as I will have left overs.

Hope all is having a good sunday evening.

I finally added a pix of me in my Sig so that you can all see me!!!

[theamazingunderdog]

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I'm so glad you put a picture up! It's so much easier to remember who you're talking to with all these weird user names... Well, for me, anyway.

Aren't baggy sweatshirts the best hide-me attire??

[kristi2578]

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The taco stuffed peppers were awesome! Definitely something I'll try again. I did, however, forget to add the sour cream on top. Oh well, probably better for me anyways.

[Effie]

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End of Week 1 - Check-in gang! For those of you that are weighing as you go and not waiting until the 14 days are up, let's hear what your halfway point losses are!

My total loss: 4 pounds. I'm going to just forget that I was down 7 pounds. I'm happy with 4 in a week. Seriously. I'm going to just keep telling myself that.

[MrsBrittney]

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Hi guys! I haven't been on much because we recently had a new addition to the family: a 9 week old golden retriever/irish setter mix puppy and she's been very good at making sure I get ZERO time to myself ;-)

Week 1 finished ok. I'm proud I made it through!! We couldn't have done it without Quiche Muffins or those chicken fingers! We've had the parmesean-crusted chicken tenders two days in a row now.. SO GOOD.

I'm down 5.8 lbs but not as many inches as I was hoping.. about 1 inch total loss. BUT hey, that's still GREAT and considering I've gotten in zero exercise this week, this upcoming week should be just as good! *crosses fingers*

[Alien Monkey]

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Good morning all!!! Its Prez day but Im at work. Oh well.

So I am down just 3.4 lbs. I guess thats better than nothing. I hope I will loose some more this week. I didnt get out yesterday to buy the candida stuff so maybe when I get some of those it will kick start my loss. I didnt check my inches so I will do that tomorrow morning to see if there is much difference.

My stuffed peppers turned out pretty good. I have leftovers so that will be my lunch for the day. Dinner tonight is chicken and some kind of veggie. Its suppose to rain the next couple days so im looking for some yummy soup recipe. If you have any that you like please let me know.

Brittney, goodluck with the puppy. I got my Kuma (Lab/Boxer) when he was about 4 weeks (I know too early to be away from mom) I rescued him. He was definately a had full. It totally takes up a lot of time. Kuma is now 11 months old and my savior is Puppy Day care. OMG he loves going there and when I pick him up after work and get him home he is so tired that he knocks out and it allows me to get my things done.

Ok back to work.