~*~ Back To Basics ~*~

[hrgillespie]

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I did start early Ashlie my oldest is 23 this year I was 18 when I had her, and actually this will be grandchild number 4 ....... I have Cole 23 mos, Alyssa 5 mos, Tyler 20 mos, and the new one who is Due July 9th. I have 7 of my own so I am looking forward to a whole pack of grands ........ There all coming SUnday for mothers day so I will have a bunch of new pics to post on Monday.

Heidi

[charks1]

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Heidi...you must of started having your kids young if your gonna be a grandma soon !!

[hrgillespie]

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Good Morning Ladies ......... it's day 11 for me and I'm feeling wonderful! It's going to be a crazy day as I looked at my calander this morning and paniced as I realized I have Just 7 weeks till Courtney's wedding and 9 weeks till my oldest has her 1st baby and I being the mom I have two showers I need to throw together in that time frame ......... ACK!!!!!! Today will be spent finding a location and booking dates for both of those. The coordinating food, decorations ect......It's all fun just crazy!

Food is good water is good and excercise was much better this morning then yesterday ........ Lovin my turbo Jam!

Heidi

[Outback Jess]

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Good morning, I've got my food all settled down, but have not exercised since Monday. I've totally lost interest in it, but have 3 people I am training with for a triathlon! I am going to come face to face with some tough lessons if I don't start making exercise a priority. I've always been one to tackle things one at a time, first the food and then the exercise and then the water and suppliments....one at a time! Now I need to really get my grits together and hit that exercise hard....It tends to create a higher need and DEMAND for food that I don't have need of right now....so that ketosis diminished appetite is a pleasure! With increased exercise will come the need for MORE, MORE, MORE MANAGEMENT.

[mitzimarie]

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Aw, Sunny Sorry your day was so stressful. Hopefully the trip tomorrow will go much smoother.

Adena, I sure do appreciate the encouraging exercise words. I don't know why it's so easy for me to let it fall by the wayside. I am amazed, and grateful, that I have my C25K to keep me motivated. I would have never thought in a million years that I would attempt running. I actually look forward to it.

Ack! I'm running late tonight, so I'll get down to business:

SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY:

Breakfast (6:30am): Atkins Chocolate Royale Shake

Mini-meal: Muffin in a Minute with 1 ounce cream cheese

Mini-meal: cup of jicama; ounce of cheddar cheese

Snack: 5 ounces celery

Mini-meal: 1 serving sugar snap peas; 1 ounce American cheese

Dinner: 4 slices bacon; 11 ounces red cabbage fried in the drippings from that bacon; 90g avocado

Ftiday Totals:
1398 calories
35 net carbs (24 of those were net veggie carbs)
36g fiber (71g carbs - 36g fiber = 35 net carbs)
69% Fat
11% Carbs
20% Protein

- Drank 64 ounces of water

- Took Supplements

- Completed the 40 minute "Basic Ab Workout for Dummies" DVD

[SunnySmile501]

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Today turned out much worse than I ever imagined. Traffic was horrible going to UVA and coming home, I got caught in rush hour/construction traffic. It took me 30 minutes to go 2 miles. The 45 minute drive took an hour and 40 minutes. I packed tuna salad for dinner, but got to church just with enough time to gobble a few bites in the parking lot. I am soooo tired.

Food was on track for the whole day, but I'm too tired to type it out. Night, folks! I have to go back to UVA tomorrow!

Sunny!

[blue996]

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Day 3 is almost down...I seriously wanted coffee today as my cat kept me up all night but I resisted and had herbal tea instead. I weighed myself today and I am down a pound but still two more to go to be back at my ticker.

[qbu]

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Well, I haven't posted in a while because things have been getting really hectic at work with the end of the school year quickly approaching, but...eating has been on track, water intake has been great, diet soda intake way down (have only had diet soda when we went out for dinner), exercise has been sporadic at best, but at least some is getting done. I did lose another pound this week, so that's good.

I bought some new exercise DVDs...Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred and The Biggest Winner Complete Body Workout. Have to get started with them.

Looks like everyone is doing great with the Back to Basics...hopefully, I'll be able to post on a more regular basis soon.

[OzLover]

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Deal! I think every day what a shame it is that I love to cook and don't have a soul doing Atkins to share the food with. The Shenandoah Valley is beautiful, so I think all of you should move here and let me feed you! UVA would start you out at about $80,000 a year.

Sunny!

Sounds delightful!! The best part is BBBL (big bad boss lady) wouldn't be there at UVA!! Something to think about!

[Adena]

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Mitzi -- you were rockin' with your food and exercise yesterday! Sounds like you are doing great on the C25k program. Enjoy those new running shoes -- the right shoes make SUCH a difference.

This is day 3 of induction and I've worked out 4 of the past 5 days, with plans for tomorrow morning, too. Will probably take Friday off, and then 3 miles with my running group on Saturday morning.

Focusing on the basics feels good!

[hrgillespie]

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Good Morning everyone ............ It's day 10 for me and it's going great ........ I guess I'm a little different then everyone because I don't hate induction in fact I love it ............ I love the feeling I have when my boundaries are so defined I don't have to worry about messing up and everything is laid right out there for me rule wise ......... I know it doesn't change much as you add the rungs but I guess I am just a very structured person when it comes to things like this and I love the structure of induction. I will probably sit here on extended induction for awhile ...........


I got my turbo Jam stuff yesterday and did the learn and burn one last night to get ready to start right in witha full work out today .......... I'm excited about it I think I will really like it and enjoy mixing it into my work outs.

Have a fabulous day everyone!

Heidi

[blue996]

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Day 2 down...only 12 more to go. I didn't realize how much I liked OWL until I went back to induction!

[mitzimarie]

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Good Evening, Friends

Another day down.

Sunny, I sure do wish that I enjoyed cooking like you do! And I am soooo jealous of your garden. You're a natural for this WOE.

Betsy and Char, sorry the scale isn't cooperating... stupid scale!

Glenda, Elsy, and Heidi - nice job, ladies! I LOVE the positivity around here... it's contagious.

Oh yeah! I'm excited to see Heidi and Wendy in the Veggie Challenge!! Thanks for joining.

Daily data:

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SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, MAY 6TH:

Breakfast (6:30am) - Atkins Chocolate Royale Shake

Mini-meal - MUP with almonds

Mini-meal - 3 ounces eye of round roast with 1 tbsp. mayo

Mini-meal - 3 ounces eye of round roast with 1 tbsp. mayo; cup of jicama

Dinner: Hamburger patty topped with cheddar cheese; mushrooms in butter; 2.5 ounce tomato; 40g avocado

Fitday Totals:
1989 calories
28 net carbs (19 of those were net veggie carbs)
30g fiber (58g carbs - 30g fiber = 28 net carbs)
66% Fat
6% Carbs
28% Protein

- Drank 64 ounces of water

- Took Supplements

- Completed Day 1, Week 3, of C25K... brisk 5 minute warmup walk, then did 3 sessions of jogging 90 seconds, walking 90 seconds, jogging 3 minutes, walking 3 minutes. Total distance covered was 2.5 miles. Completed 20 minute Kathy Smith upper body dumbbell workout. Completed 14 minute Slim N Limber stretch/cool down.

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Reflections on Today:

- Reporting in here is definitely having an effect on my food choices. Although my calories are fairly high, I really could eat more. But I don't, because I know I can do without it... it's more of a want to eat, than a need to eat.

- I'm loving that I am able to get my fiber up again! During those 2 weeks, I was averaging about 15g of fiber... waaaay to low for me. I am used to at least 25g, and have gotten as much as 50g before. Good ole' MUP with almonds... that concoction alone has 15g of fiber in it. It's nice to be "regular" again.

- Need to get another eye of round roast; that was the last of it today. I don't use deli meat... I just get an eye of round roast, season it, and throw it in the oven in one of those bags. Easy! They're easy to slice and take along.

- I LOVE my new running shoes! I am SO pysched!!

[hrgillespie]

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SO I have to say I am LOVING the guacamole ........It could easily become one of those "too much of a good thing" things for me ...... ahhhhhhh........


I also got my Turbo Jam package in the mail today ......... I did the learn and burn tonight and loved it so far ........ it's definitly going to be Kick Butt .......

Heidi

[SunnySmile501]

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I have the day off tomorrow Sunny. Can I come down for breakfast, lunch & dinner??? Will help weed the garden for food!

Glenda

Deal! I think every day what a shame it is that I love to cook and don't have a soul doing Atkins to share the food with. The Shenandoah Valley is beautiful, so I think all of you should move here and let me feed you! UVA would start you out at about $80,000 a year.

Sunny!