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[OzLover]

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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

[SunnySmile501]

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Well, I said I wasn't going to eat eggs and chicken for every meal and I didn't--just breakfast and lunch!



Here's the deal:

Breakfast: 8:30 am
1 fried egg, butter (cluck)
warmed chicken, butter (cluck)
guacamole

Lunch: 1:15 pm
Salad of fresh-picked baby greens, basil leaves, spring onions, dark chicken (cluck) with orange poppy seed dressing (yum)
2 deviled egg halves (cluck)

Snack: 4:00 radishes, raw turnip with cream cheese

Dinner: 6:30 p.m.
BBQ beef brisket (moo) (Dry BBQ rub, then vinegar mop)
Stir-fry veggies: asparagus, broccoli, crimini mushrooms, snow peas, green onions with butter & EVOO

Lots of left-over BBQ beef for tomorrow. More chicken, too. Later in the week I'm moving on to seafood. I'm still creating and testing recipes, but they are all Induction legal.

Sunny!

[charks1]

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(STILL at $@%$@ 152!!!)
I love that...my number is 151-151-151--->>>
I'm really not liking 151 anymore,thought I was there for just a short visit but NO.....it won't %&*@#$@# budge...no matter what I do there it is staring in the face 151!!!

[mitzimarie]

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So you fry that slaw in bacon grease and then chill it? Sounds good -- I think. lol

LOL! Nope, I don't chill it. I fried it until it was wilty (which took a while; broccoli slaw is firm and crunchy), then I ate it warm. I'd never done it this way before... that bag had been in the fridge a while, and needed to be eaten or tossed. I didn't feel like making slaw with mayo/apple cider vinegar/splenda and that hot skillet with grease was just sitting there, so I tossed it in. It was actually very good... it reminded me of the inside of an eggroll. I LOVED Chinese food "back in the day", but don't eat it anymore. This was a nice surprise, and I will definitely do it again.

OUTSTANDING JOB ON THE EXERCISE, ADENA! WOOT!!

[hrgillespie]

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Good Morning everyone ..........day 9 for me and still going strong ......... I tried Sunny's chicken and guacamole recipie this morning for breakfast and it was awesome!!!!! I am still satisfied and it's 11:30 ........ Love that feeling! I've been keeping my foods and my water up great slacked alittle on my excercise over the weekend and yesterday but jumped back on that train this morning. I did 30 min on the Elliptical plus my challenges and plan to walk to get Caleb from school which will be a great trek for me pushing two in the stroller .......

I was down just .2 on the scale today but any downward progress is good to me ....... Mitzi I really don't honestly expect to lose another 5 this week but you wouldn't hear me complaining if I did ....... I'm pretty realistic about these things but always try and keep my hopes high and my goals up there too .......

It sure sounds like everyone is doing awesome ........ having a group to relate to and share with along the way certainly helps.

Heidi

[elsy]

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WOW! It's nice to see so many people join us here. Welcome everyone!


Thanks Hrg and Mitzi for the voice of confidence. If you lost 7 pounds too Mitzi at 187, then maybe I'm not doing too bad. LOL! Here I go again comparing myself to others. Sorry. But it's still a relieve.

Food, exercise, H20, Supplements, everything has been great. I'm happy with my progress so far and determined to make goal this time around.

Menu for breakfast yesterday and today was the same: 3 fried eggs in olive oil and 1 tbsp of salsa.

Lunch for both days: Turkey salad with mixed greens, cucumbers, 1 oz of cheddar, and 1 tsbp of ceaser dressing.

Dinner yesterday was Chicken Salad preped with celery, mayo and mustard over 1 cup of lettuce.

Dinner today will be 2 pork ribs with a side of some veggie. Not sure what yet.

Oh, and ofcouse, I'll have jicama as usual for snacks.

[misplaced southerner]

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just want to say hi and i am still here!! hanging in there . yesterday was 100%. food, water AND exercise. yea! end of the year madness (well, for the whole month) but i am NOT going to cave. STILL at $@%$@ 152!!!

[Adena]

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Thanks, Mitzi -- here's to a successful day 2. . I worked out at the gym this morning (a strength training class), so that's a good start.

So you fry that slaw in bacon grease and then chill it? Sounds good -- I think. lol

[mitzimarie]

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Good Evening, All

Whew! What a busy day I have had... I'm wiped out. *yawn*

I wish I could respond to each and every one of you... you make me so proud! Alas, time is short, so I'll just make a mini-ramble tonight.

ADENA! I'm glad you've joined us. Turning that carb train around is very difficult... it sucks! Hopefully there's strength in numbers here... I know that a few times, knowing that I had to be accountable here is what has kept me on the straight and narrow. Best wishes to you, friend.

Wendy, I want a new scale too! I hate this dial thing that I have. I want a digital number to read instead of trying to line up the little line with the indicator. But my mom gave me this one, and it's just over a year old... I can't justify spending the money yet for a new one.

Elsy, 7 pounds on Induction is great! That's what I lost on my re-start last year when I was at 187.

Heidi, you're doing so well! I hope you don't get discouraged if you don't lose 5 pounds again next week. With that 7 pounds I lost on Induction last year, I lost 5 the first week, and 2 on the second. You know the drill, though... it just doesn't come off in a regular fashion. That doesn't mean that you're body isn't getting smaller, though! Remember that!! Sometimes the scale just needs some time to catch up.

Glenda, the fact that TOM is lurking, yet the scale did not go up is as good as a loss to me!

Sunny, I can't wait to try your breakfast idea. Sounds great! And I really feel for you having to make that trip so often. You are such a good sport about it... I'd be really grumpy.

Sarah, congrats on the 3 pound loss! Yep, veggies are important. Have you checked out the Semi Annual Veggie Challenge coming up? The link is in my siggie... take a look.

Blue, congrats on getting through your first day! That's the hardest one, in my opinion.

OK - here's my stuff. I worked from 9:30 till 5:30 today in the boutique.

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

Mini-meal (9:00am) - Muffin in a Minute with cream cheese

Several mini-meals throughout the day at work, including: 9 ounces of eye of round roast; 2 tbsp. mayo, 4 ounces celery; cup of jicama; ounce of cheddar cheese

Dinner: 10 ounce bag of California Slaw (Brocolli slaw with added brocolli florets) that I sauteed/fried in the bacon drippings left from some bacon I made for DH; 140g avocado

Fitday Totals:
1785 calories
30 net carbs (19 of those net veggie carbs)
64% Fat
7% Carbs
29% Protein

- Drank 64 ounces of water

- Took Supplements

- No exercise

[blue996]

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My first day back on induction is almost over. I am happy to report I had no coffee, tea, club soda, splenda, bacon or any of the other things that push me off track.

I feel so much better today and confident that the next two weeks will be great.

[Sarah*Peace]

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Down three pounds for the week...my goal for this next week is to get more veggies in my diet...

[SunnySmile501]

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I'm back to induction foods today, and I'm glad. The day started out kinda rough because I had to be out of the house at 6:45 a.m. for an appointment at the lymphedema clinic at UVA. I knew the traffic would be murder at that time of day and the trip would take over an hour, so I just gulped down two fried in butter free range eggs.

I was hungry when I got home so I had an early lunch of chicken and a delicious salad from mesclun greens, baby spinach and spring onions picked fresh out of my garden, with a sesame orange dressing that I threw together. It was major good!

For dinner I had more chicken (cluck, cluck!) and steamed asparagus with a raspberry vinaigrette sauce (made with DaVinci sf raspberry syrup).

I plan on having something besides eggs and chicken tomorrow. I don't have to make the trip to UVA tomorrow, but do on Wednesday & Thursday. It wears me out for the day. I just remembered that on Wednesday that I will be over at UVA until dinner time, then an hour drive back to Staunton, just in time to go to church for choir practice. I will leave home at 2:00 p.m. and won't get home until about 9:30 p.m. I better pack dinner!

Sunny!

[hrgillespie]

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My absolutely fav breakfast is now: some sliced chicken or turkey breast, warmed in some butter in one side of a pan, while I fry one egg hard in butter on the other side of the pan. When that is done, I put the egg on a plate and smear guacamole over it, then put the warm chicken on top and put guacamole on top of that. Leave it for a couple of minutes so the guacamole is warmed by the food, then dig in. It keeps me full for so long, I have trouble eating lunch.

Well since I have ALL those ingrediants guess what my breakfast will be tomorrow???????

[SunnySmile501]

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Sunny I am also making my avacado into guacomole( sp?) so one more new adventure for me ....... I think I will like this though!


Heidi

My absolutely fav breakfast is now: some sliced chicken or turkey breast, warmed in some butter in one side of a pan, while I fry one egg hard in butter on the other side of the pan. When that is done, I put the egg on a plate and smear guacamole over it, then put the warm chicken on top and put guacamole on top of that. Leave it for a couple of minutes so the guacamole is warmed by the food, then dig in. It keeps me full for so long, I have trouble eating lunch.

[OzLover]

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Great day for me! 1st day back to work after having the steroid injection in my knee~~~no pain, no swelling & I'm still going strong!! I can't even begin to tell you all how exciting this is for me!

TOM is lurking & my weight stayed the same @ 231 which is great as I usually show a slight gain. Had my yearly physical & doc is happy with the weight loss. My BP was 126/60. I'll have my blood work done sometime this week for glucose & cholesterol.

B) 1 oz cheese & 1/2 red pepper sliced
L) steak fajita with red & green peppers with avocado, sour cream & some cheese~~about 1 TBSP
D) cabbage & cauliflower with butter & grilled steak
S) 1/2 C pumpkin with 1 TBSP cream cheese & 1 Splenda
working on the last 32 oz of H20 to make a total of 96 oz

A sales rep came today & bought big a$$ chocolate chip cookies from one of my favorite local eatery. They smelled wonderful & that was all the interest I had in the cookie.

Again I'm having a great day!!