Slow Losers Club Christmas Challenge

[adreliluc]

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Hi guys,
Sorry to hear about all your troubles Sunny! I need to stop by more often! I just get sooo unmotivated and coming here reminds me how badly I'm doing!

#1 - Cut out all nuts **0/7
#2 - All fruit except for berries and an occasional apple. **4/7
#3 - No more than 4 oz of cheese a day - this includes cream cheese! lol **4/7
#4 - I'll exercise at least 4 days a week for 60 minutes **1/7
#5 - To track my food into fit-day daily **0/7
#7 - I'll drink at least 80 oz of water a day **0/7
#9 - No more beans!! **4/7

Not doing great. Every week I tell myself I'm going to do better but don't. I tried just cutting out the stuff that's keeping me down (or in this case up lol). Seriously considering going back on induction for a few weeks. Just go back to the basics and remember the principles!

Hope ya'll are doing well.
xo

[Purple Rain]

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MONDAY STATS CHECK

I've had a pretty good week. I still haven't gotten all my running done. I have a plan that I hope I can keep. I've run once already and will run again in the morning and then again on Saturday or Sunday.


Sunny, I hope you and you're family are well soon. You're in my prayers.

Adreliluc, It's hard to get refocused sometimes, but that's what this challenge is all about! So, please don't stop posting! We're here to support each other!


My pledges are:
1. I will only eat 3 oz of cheese a day. 7/7
2. I will use Fitday everyday. 7/7
3. I will finish the C25K challenge, running 3x/week. 1/3
4. I will start gradually adding decaf to my regular coffee until I'm only drinking decaf. 7/7

5 I will drink 100+ oz of water every day. 6/7
6 I will take a multi-vitamin and a calcium supplement every day. 1/7
7. I will not cheat and that includes sugar free candy. 7/7
8. I will post at least twice a week in Journal Stats. 2/2


Signed: Purple Rain

[SunnySmile501]

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Purple Rain is exactly right! That's why we are here! If we all were able to do everything just right, each and every day, we would already be at goal. All of us are trying to maintain our focus and it is a struggle most days. Life is never easy, and sometimes it is next to impossible, but I won't let it defeat me. We've come too far to give up now. Giving up is NOT an option!

"Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before."
~~Herodotus

That's my sermon for today. Now I have to go to church for choir practice. Wish I had a clue which performance we are practicing for tonight.

I hate to be gone from home for long. They are deciding whether to do surgery on my brother or not. My youngest brother is a friend of Dr. John Jane, Sr., the neurosurgeon that operated on Christopher Reeve (Superman) when he fell off his horse outside Charlottesville. He is examining my brother right now.

Sunny!

[Purple Rain]

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Extra Credit Assignment Week 4 (11-05-07)

Thanksgiving is almost here in the USA—can you believe it? We all know that the holidays are hard to get through, but there are many delicious low carb dishes that don’t leave us feeling deprived. The assignment this week is to post your favorite holiday recipe.

I haven't tried this recipe yet, but I've had it a while and am planning on making it for Thanksgiving.

Scooter's Low Carb New York Pumpkin Cheesecake
Recipe courtesy George Stella / Edited and Changed by Scooter!!

24 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 cup pumpkin (Not pie mix, straight pumpkin NSA)
1/2 cup sour cream
3/4 cups sugar substitute (recommended: Splenda)
1/3 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 eggs
3 egg yolks

Special Equipment: 1 (8-inch) springform cake pan

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Spray the springform pan with nonstick vegetable oil cooking spray. Set aside. In a shallow roasting pan big enough to fit the cake pan, pour about 1-inch of water and place it on the center rack of the oven to preheat.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat softened cream cheese, pumpkin, sour cream and sugar substitute on low speed for about 1 minute until well blended.
In a separate bowl, using a wire whisk, mix heavy cream, lemon juice, eggs, and egg yolks until blended.

Turn the mixer on medium speed, and slowly pour the egg mixture into the cream cheese mixture. Beat just until blended and then turn off; be careful not to over-whip.

Pour batter into the greased springform pan. Place pan into the heated water bath. Bake for 15 minutes, and then lower the oven temperature to 275 degrees F. Continue baking for 1 1/2 hours, or until top is light golden brown and cake is pulling away from the sides of the pan. Turn the oven off when finished cooking and leave the cake in the oven to cool for 3 more hours. (This will keep the cake nice and tall.) Then remove cake and refrigerate before serving. Serve chilled

I entered everything in Fitday and came up with 12 servings =
282 Calories
27g = Fat
5.3 = net carbs

[bradybunch]

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MY goals for this week are as follows.
stay cheat free
walk at least one mile a day
no cheese
limit my intake of peanuts
no diet coke, water only.

Sorry, i havn't been around to report as much as I should. I have been doing well with all of my previous pledges. Just got a lot on my plate right now.
You girls are doing great. thanks for the pm Sunny, a challenge leader you are. ttyl, brady

[SunnySmile501]

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Just checking in. Been at UVA all day with my brother. They are now doing brain surgery with gamma knife at the first of the week. The lung cancer was also confirmed--he's never smoked in his life. I have to see my surgeon at UVA on Monday and I have to have another nerve block on Friday. I can't keep up.

Sunny!

[TitianWasp]

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Hey everyone, POST! Post if you feel unmotivated. Post if you are taking hits from all sides. Post if you have stuck with your goals and post if your goals went out the window for the week. This board and this challenge keep us all on track and all focused on our weight loss goals. When we get busy with other things, or just distracted, we see the results in our losses (or lack thereof).

A lot of us have had some tumultuous times recently. We can, and should, come to this board for support and a morale boost. It's good for more than just the diet, y'all.

[TitianWasp]

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In my own life, I took a funny sort of hit today that affected me much more than I would have predicted. My coworker, who's been doing Atkins along with me and has now lost more than twice what I have, decided to go off the diet for the rest of the year until January. I was kinda devastated. It was great to have a partner in crime, and her losses were so good and inspirational. Of course it is her choice and you have to do what's right for yourself, but I am just bummed. (big sigh). I genuinely worry that she's not going to be able to get back on the wagon when the time comes, or that she'll begin gaining back some of her awesome losses.

[SunnySmile501]

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Okay, I'm here and I'm taking hits from all sides. Good thing I don't have anything illegal in the house, 'cause I haven't been able to stop nibbling all day. I'm coming close to having nothing LEGAL left in the house, if I don't thaw and cook.

I've mentioned that I'm the youngest of 10 living siblings and one of only three girls. Despite that fact, I am the head of the family. They are all leaning heavily on me to make the decisions on my brother's brain and lung cancer. I know zip about gamma knife surgery, but the more I learn, the less I feel able to lead the family. They know I know my way around the place (I am treated in nearly every department in the whole hospital) and know many of the doctors, so they think I will be the best to represent them.

I had it all thrust onto my shoulders during my/our mother's last two years and it's not fun. I couldn't even go get a bite to eat without someone running to get me, because they all said they didn't know how to talk to the doctor that just walked into the room.

This brother is old enough to be my father and has a daughter older than me. She's part of the problem and my brother wants me to control her, too. Can't be done. My other sister suggested big rolls of duct tape for her mouth!

It's all weighing heavily on me today and I'm eating to have something to do with my hands and mind. Of course, I'm doing the research, but I'm not liking what I'm finding out. And, they will expect little sis to pull out a miracle.

I'm far from recovered from my own surgery and this is not helping. Well, thanks for listening. I'm gonna make another pot of green tea to keep me occupied as I read statistics on life expectancy after gamma knife radiosurgery on patients with brain metastases from lung adenocarcinoma.

Sunny!

[NavyWife3]

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Aww Sunny...im sorry to hear all this, you and your famiy will be in my prayers! ((((HUGS))))

[Aya]

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Sunny, just take it step-by-step, hour-by-hour and do the best you can. That's all you can do. You're such a strong and amazing woman - if anyone can get through this, you can. Keep posting - it will help you look at things more clearly and hopefully you'll panic less. We're all here for you and listening!

[SunnySmile501]

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Thanks, everyone, for your support. It didn't get any better last night, so I'm starting over this morning. I ate right up to past bedtime. How I wish I was one of those people that quit eating when stressed out.

All I know different today is that the surgery will happen some time Monday--we don't know the surgeon or the time.

I've got so much on my plate already for today and tomorrow, I don't know how I will get it all done. I will find a way--I always do.

Today, I will keep in mind that nothing at all is made better by eating any kind of food. I have a church function this evening and have not a clue what is being served, so don't know how to prepare. Instead of us bringing food, the hostess is cooking everything. She owns a big restaurant. We will be far from civilization at their cabin over near West Virginia.

I am staying strong, today! Thanks for being here!

Sunny!

[LooseShoes]

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Sunny, it seems you really have had way too much thrown at you lately. Just recovering from your surgery is enough, all this extra grief is nearly too much. I respect your strength through this time and my prayers will continue for you and your family.

I know it's hard, but you may have to tell your family you CAN'T do it all. You do need to take care of yourself and let yourself heal. But, only you can make the choices, and I would never judge whatever you choose to do. I know I would feel a responsibility to my brother to do all I could, too. I know I also overload myself with things that others could do if I would just step back and let them. My heart is with you and I hope your family situations ease for you. You are absolutely right that eating wrong will only make more problems. It's sometimes hard in the moment to realize that, though. You can make it through this, you are an incredibly strong woman.


Titian, thanks for the reminder to post. I've been out of town away from computers for a couple of days. I'm sorry your co-worker is bailing on you. That's hard emotionally for you. Maybe she'll decide it's not worth it after a couple of days. Going back to eating some of the stuff you ate before Atkins can give some pretty bad side effects. Stay strong with us, we're still sticking to it best we can.

I did well on our out of town trip eating-wise. Probably not as many veggies as I needed, but I'll make a double effort now I'm back. Need to hit the grocery store, the refrigerator is getting pretty scary empty.

[SunnySmile501]

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Hey, Fellow Challengers! I'm gonna post my sad Monday check-in a day early. Will be heading out too early in the morning and will be gone all day. My brother's surgery begins at 9:00 a.m., and I need to be there a couple of hours early. It's an hour drive at that time of the morning and I'm sure the mountain I have to cross over will be fogged in.

It's Muffy's turn to post the extra credit question this week, so look for it soon!


MONDAY CHECK-IN!

1. I will eat three well balanced meals a day and nothing in between. I will not eat anything after 7:00 p.m. each night. 4/7 ZERO POINTS


2. I will eat no nuts and no peanut butter. 5/7 ZERO POINTS



3 I will be cheat free for the duration. 4/7 ZERO POINTS



4. If I have to be away from home, I will have legal food with me at all times, so I don't get too hungry. 7/7 100% 10 POINTS
10 of 40 possible points

5. I will post on the challenge a minimum of four times a week, reporting my progress. (except during and the week after surgery (Oct. 17) check ü





6. I will weigh in on Friday and Monday without fail. X

7. I will continue to drink 128 ounces of water per day. check ü





8. On November 28, or sooner if released by my docs, I will begin my exercise program once again, starting slowly and increasing as health permits.

a. Walk Away the Pounds video 3x per week (warm-up only first week)
b. lift 3x per week. (start again with 2-pound weights)
c. recumbent stepper 3x per week (start w/ 5 min., increase by 5 min. each week)
d. Walk outside, weather permitting, several days per week.

9. I will fit into my winter white wool suit and awesome red dress by the end of this challenge. N/A



Signed: Sunny Smile

[hopejoy]

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Hi,
Well... wasn't going to post, but then I read Titianwasp's post so I thought... okay! here goes nothing.
Nothing on the scale... same ole same ole... 174. Big ole whooptidoo nothing.
Went for a 3 mile walk today, pushing the water, secretly I'm afraid I'm never gonna lose again... even though I'm not cheating. It's dumb. But I've had those thoughts all along so I know they are rediculous... so I'm saying them out loud so I can see how dumb it looks. yup. pretty dumb. Of course I'll lose again! Patience, patience.
Sorry about your brother Sunny. That sounds like a ton of stress. And sorry you lost your Atkins buddy Titianwasp. That's just sad and crazy. I hope she doesn't regret her decision. but it's her decision, not yours. Hang in there!
The sermon today was on complaining... so I'd better start counting my blessings. Maybe I'll go write them all down so I stop this negetivity... certainly doesn't help that's for sure.
Have a great week everyone.
liz