The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[JKSRN]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROBIN, HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND CELEBRATE THE NEW ROBIN!!!!! BEST WISHES TODAY AND ALWAYS!!
Joan

[DogMa]

Thanks, you guys. I had a MUCH better "free" dinner tonight. I'm trying not to feel guilty about it, since it's totally allowed and I know I'll be back to normal tomorrow. But it was soooooo good.

We also hit Kohl's before dinner, since my friend came over too early to go to the restaurant. Got two skirt outfits for the photos and Rosh Hashana, plus a couple more tops and a pair of jeans. Yay. Which reminds me, I need to find that cable for my camera and get that picture to Unca.

[DogMa]

OK, I e-mailed 'em to Tim. They're odd, with weird stripes, for some reason. My cousin usually does a better job than that, but they'll have to do till I go to Glamour Shots.

[DogMa]

Hey, the stripes are gone! Must've just been my computer.

131.2, which was expected. I also learned to make my exercise-free day the day after my free food day. I only got through half an hour or so of Burn It Up. Better than nothing, and I'll try to do a little something later on, at work.

Today's food:
Omelet with 1/2 cup egg substitute, 1/2 cup peppers and onions, 1 ounce low-fat ham, a tablespoon of low-fat Cheddar and 2 low-carb tortillas
Medifast oatmeal with 1/2 cup blueberries
Nonplan soy crisps
Salad with about 4 ounces chicken, 2 tablespoons low-fat feta, 1 low-carb tortilla and 1/2 cup raspberries
Body For Life bar
RTD

1,034 calories, 41% protein, 37% carb, 22% fat

[DogMa]

Ugh. Another lesson. Breakfast was WAY too much. Tomorrow I'll cut way back on the meat and possibly the eggs. Half would have been perfect.

And now my totals are off for the day because I forgot to bring a low-carb tortilla with me. So I'm below 1000 calories for the day unless I can figure out something to have that'll work. Maybe a packet of soy crisps I keep in my desk. I'll have to check FitDay.

[JKSRN]

Oh my goodness, Robin!!!! So GORGEOUS! So BEAUTIFUL! So, THIN!!

Thank you sooo much for posting your lovely new pictures!! Such a testament to a job well done, and a lot of effort and resolve!! Bless you!!



Joan

[Prancer]

I just saw your pictures. DANG, what a difference!!

[DogMa]

Thanks, you guys. I still hate pictures of me. The body's much improved, but it's still my face. Sigh.

Anyway, turns out the soy crisps will help fix things. I'm going to have two bags of crisps later on, then skip the berries I was going to have with my oatmeal. New totals:

1,067 calories, 41% protein, 37% carbs, 21% fat. Which is actually pretty darn perfect for Body For Life.

[Arklahoma]

WTG, Robin ~ You look completely amazing. You have done such a wonderful job and are totally hot!!! I know it will take time, but I think you will get comfortable in your own skin. KUTGW!!!

[DogMa]

Thanks, Ark. Right now I'm coming to terms with the fact that the body has improved but the face is still the same. I've never been terribly fond of it. Sigh.

Anyway, 130.6 today. Did Burn It Up. Yesterday's menu got tampered with some, because I left the tortilla at home. Had two bags of soy crisps, and then my late snack was an RTD instead of oatmeal and berries. Worked out better on calories and the ratio.

Today someone's bringing birthday cake for me at work so it's supposed to be my free day, but I really don't want to do a free day now. It's too soon after the last one AND I'm supposed to be meeting an old friend Wednesday who's in from Hong Kong, so I'd rather be free to eat what I want then. So I'm not sure what I'm going to do. Besides, most of the places downtown near work will be closed for the holiday, so I'm going to wind up eating something I don't especially want and that isn't particularly good, which is a waste of a free day.

I'm thinking maybe I can take a small slice, eat a bite of it and set it aside, then toss it when she's not around. Sigh.

So if that happens, here's today's plan:
Scrambled Egg Beaters (1/2 cup) with about 1/2 cup chopped peppers and onions, half an ounce of shaved low-fat ham and a tablespoon of low-fat Cheddar, on 2 low-carb tortillas
RTD and half a cup of raspberries
Soy tortilla chips
Salad with half a chicken breast and a quarter-cup low-fat feta, plus a bite of cake
RTD
Oatmeal with 1/2 cup of blueberries

Totals not counting the cake (I'm keeping calories low to make up for it):
891 calories, 47% protein, 31% carbs, 22% fat

[DogMa]

OK, back with a decision. I don't want to set a precedent by having even a little cake on a non-free day (slippery slope and all that), so today will be a free day and I'll just have to watch what I eat on Wednesday (and not have a free day for basically two weeks so I can get back to having 'em on the weekend).

But this time I'm going to make sure I eat all my meals, at least up until dinner, so that I'm not so hungry at dinnertime. So then I can eat WHAT I want, but I'll be less likely to go overboard.

Edited to add what I actually ate, which was awful (but the BFL guy says it's OK on free day). Don't read if you'll be tempted (but actually, it made me feel kinda gross, so don't be tempted):
Breakfast as planned
RTD as planned
Soy chips as planned
Cookie and one bite of brownie
Pasta with tomato-basil and chicken (except the chicken wasn't very good so I only had a piece) and two small pieces of garlic bread
Small piece of birthday cake, small brownie, bite of cookie (which now tasted too sweet)
Small brownie
A couple of bites of a South Beach bar
Peanut butter cup

[DogMa]

I don't even want to put my weight today. Yesterday's free day was a carb/sugar fest. Which is supposed to be fine, but I know it means plenty of bloat today. And, of course, my energy was a bit lacking and my tummy hurts some this morning, so I did a few minutes of Burn It Up and then switched to Tae Bo Abs. I'm proud of myself for at least doing SOMEthing this morning.

Anyway, no more free days till Sunday or later, so today's plan:
1/3 cup Eggbeaters with 1/2 cup peppers and onions, 1/2 ounce lean ham, 1 tablespoon low-fat Cheddar, 2 low-carb tortillas, 1/2 cup blueberries
2 RTDs
Non-plan soy crisps
Salad with half a chicken breast and 2 tablespoons low-fat feta, 10 strawberries
BFL bar
RTD or pudding

Totals: 1,023 calories, 41% protein, 39% carb, 20% fat. Spot-on.

[Sarya]

that breakfast sounds like so much food! Does it make you terribly full or are you getting used to the extra stuff?

How big are the tortillas? do they taste good? I've seen them in a health food store here but they're like the size of a pizza each. crazy huge.

[DogMa]

Mine are the smaller ones. Mission makes a couple of sizes, and I like the little ones; they're "fajita size," but they seem like the size of a taco. And the breakfast still seems huge to me; half would be perfect. I'm not quite sure what to do about that, but that's why my second meal is usually just an RTD (or today, two). I can't eat more than that. Sigh. I think I need to pick higher-calorie, less-filling foods. But that doesn't seem like a good idea, either.

I still haven't had the blueberries, even though I'm done with breakfast. I'm going to try having them later on instead.

It's weird, though. It's a HUGE amount of food for me, but it's really low in calories - somewhere around 200 (there's a discrepancy on the tortilla package, so it's hard to say exactly). My other choice is to have some potatoes with the eggs, but that seems even more filling. And the tortillas have a ton of fiber, which I like.

[Sarya]

argh so difficult! I don't have any good suggestions, but yeah it sounds huge to me too My omelette the other day was like the size of my plate. it was scary. and way overfilling.