[donnyandcathy]

Exercise:
1.Walked down the dirt road 1 mile.
2.Did a 4 mile boosted walk with weights and strength band with the Leslie Sansone DVD.
3.Strength Training DVD with Denise Austin, Upper Body, 20 min.

I decided not to count my carbs in non-starchy veggies. I will see how this goes and if I gain or do not loose then I will start counting everything.
So for right now everything else that has carbs I will count those, including the starchy veggies. Anyone have any opinions on this?
Please let me know any suggestions on my daily menus, I like input and I like to do things right


Saturday June 7th

B- Fillet of Wild Alaskan Salmon
Broccoli, Cauliflower
Homemade Olive Oil Spray

S- Fage Total 0% Yogurt (6 carbs)

L- Packet of Wild Alaskan Flaked Salmon
Veganase, Mustard

D- Green Leaf Lettuce
Celery, Cucumber
Vegan Ranch Dressing (1 carb)
Cauliflower stir fry
Mushrooms Baby Portabella
Ground White Turkey made into a hamburger patty
1 oz Almond Mozz. Cheese (2 carbs)

Drank all of my water and then some And also had Decaf Green Tea sweetened with Stevia.

I take 4 bags of decaf green tea and 4 bags of white tea, add them to my ice tea maker and make 3 quarts of tea. It's like ice tea and then I add my stevia after I pour my cup. Sure, it's not good 'ol southern tea with lots of sugar, but I sure like it

[OceanDreaming]

Cathy,

Why not full fat Fage?

Angie
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Angie

[donnyandcathy]

You know me, and my mentality I have to get my mind out of the "low fat" way of thinking. I will check out the full fat Fage and see what the carb count is, if it is lower I will get that one. This was the first time trying this yogurt and I LOVED it I mixed it with a little bit of the Walden Farms Sugar Free,(carb,calorie,fat,everything free) chocolate dip. Just enough to give it that creamy chocolate taste YUMMY!!!!
It will be like a dessert for me!!
Thanks
Cathy

[OceanDreaming]

I absolutely LOVE the Fage yogurt. I used to get the 2% (yup, I had the same mentality) because it was so thick and delicious. Then one day I picked up the full fat version and it was just heavenly. And believe me, it sticks to your ribs. It's super filling. Try adding some walnuts and some SF maple flavored syrup...OH BOY YUM!

FYI, I found that if I buy the quart-sized full fat yogurts (Stoneyfield Farm or Pavell's are the best ones, IMO) and strain it with cheesecloth for a few hours you end up with wonderful, thick, Greek yogurt. It's a lot less expensive too.

My only suggestion is to not be afraid of or avoid the fat. It's that wonderful fat that will fill you up and keep you from being hungry all the time. Low-fat is for the birds!

Angie
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Angie

[donnyandcathy]

Why couldn't you live in Georgia and then we could hang out

I could use a friend like you to buddy around with. In fact my husband and I were talking about that the other night. He said I needed a friend I could go out with and talk "girl" stuff.

We have 4 kids and I homeschool all of them so they are always with me (which is great) but it would be nice to hang with a friend every once in a while.

SO, if you ever get down to Georgia to see us "rebels" please let me know and I will let you know where we live.
Or if I ever go up to see y'all "Yanks" I'll look ya up.

Thanks for chatting!!
Cathy

[donnyandcathy]

Exercise:
1. Four Mile Boosted Walk with Weights and Strength Band (Leslie Sansone)
2. Played in a church softball game, and sure did sweat in this 100* Georgia weather.

B- Wild Alaskan Salmon Fillet
Broccoli, Cauliflower

L- Ground White Turkey Hamburger
1 oz Almond Mozz Cheese (2 Carbs)
Green Leaf Lettuce
Stir fry Mushrooms
Vegan Ranch (1 Carb)

S- Finished daughters Flaked Wild Alaskan Salmon Packet it was about
1/4 of the packet. Veganase and Mustard mixed in with it.

D- A yummy concoction I made up 3 Egg Whites, 1 Yolk, some
diced up Avocado, Celery, A little bit of an apple diced up, lemon
juice, a little bit of Veganase, Sea Salt. (5 Carbs)
Chicken Breast baked in oven

[donnyandcathy]

Didn't get to exercise today, still sore from yesterday, and really busy.

B- 2 Eggs plus 2 egg whites
2 1/2 strips of Organic Turkey Bacon

L- Packet of Flaked Wild Alaskan Salmon
Veganase, Mustard
Green Leaf Lettuce
Broccoli Slaw on top of Salad
Vegan Ranch (1 carb)

S- Dry Roasted Edamame (1 carb)

D- Lean Ground Hamburger Patty (ate 2 of them )
1 oz Almond Cheese melted on top (2 carbs)
Green Leaf Lettuce
1 Boiled Egg
Vegan Ranch (1 carb)
8 oz Unsweetened Choc. Soymilk (1 carb)

S- Fage Yogurt (6 carbs)
Small handful of raw walnuts (? carbs)
Small handful of Sunflower Seeds (? carbs)

I'm having a hard time today, I feel really hungry and I can't seem to get satisfied, especially my taste buds, I'm really craving foods from the
no-no list.
I noticed when I ate the nuts and seeds, I got really hungry and I could easily go in the fridge and grab my daughters ice cream They seemed like they acted as a trigger food. I will not go to the ice cream I promise I would love more people to post their daily menus so I can get some ideas on what others eat and how much. I know I eat a lot more than Angie does I just have a big appetite, and I enjoy food

[Dingie_Dinah]

hey, punkin, try getting some fat in ya. that seems to stave off those intense cravings..... you are doing good with everything! sometimes ya just have "those" days....

HUGZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz
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Dingie Dinah
Stella Style since 5/2003

May you always have
Love to Share,
Health to Spare,
And Friends Who Care

"Nothing Tastes as Good as Thin and Healthy Feels"

'Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.'

[donnyandcathy]

Thanks Dinah, I think I got a lot of fat in today though. My veganase alone has 9 grams of fat per TBSP and I think I had a few TBSP and I had 2 hamburger patties, plus 3 whole eggs, walnuts, sunflower seeds, my ranch has 13 fat grams per 2 TBSP and I had 4 TBSP total today. I did use my homemade olive oil spray for my pans. I'm not used to eating "fat" so it is a big adjustment for me. The kind of fat that I REALLY want right now is the "fat" that is in the Bryers Ice Cream
Thanks
Cathy

[TammyPaul]

Cathy,

When I have ice cream cravings, I make ricotta creme. Not exactly the same in tecture or temp but it comes close. This is if you can have ricotta. This is a single serving.

I mix in 1/4 c. ricotta
Vanilla SF syrup (or t. vanilla with 1 packet sweetner)
cream (varies, I use a little more if not using the syrup)
cinnamon
cocoa powder (if I want chocolate flavor, sometimes I leave this out)
I don't really measure anything I just throw it all together and mix really good. If I want it really creamy, I use the mixer.

If you can't have ricotta, I think there is actually an ice cream recipe in my Atkins book I would share if interested. I haven't tried it, but I plan to, it looks good.

Tammy

[Dingie_Dinah]

why didn't I think of that.... George has a recipe for Strawberry (or any berry) "ice cream" in the on demand section. Frozen strawberry's, ricotta and splenda. My family was super duper skeptical, but they absolutely LOVED it!

Good luck sweetie!
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Dingie Dinah
Stella Style since 5/2003

May you always have
Love to Share,
Health to Spare,
And Friends Who Care

"Nothing Tastes as Good as Thin and Healthy Feels"

'Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.'

[OceanDreaming]

Cathy,

That's too funny. I think every one of us who post our menus think that we eat more than everybody else, LOL.

Like Dinah said, some days you just want to eat a lot. When I get like that it usually means two things: 1) Aunt Flo is coming to visit or 2) I'm getting ready to drop poundage.

My suggestion is just stick to the allowed, low carb foods and eat as much as you need to. I don't know about you but what helps me is eating a couple of TBS of peanut butter right out of the jar. I know you use the soy nut butter. For some reason, peanut butter is super filling for me and after I eat it I don't feel like munching anymore.

Anyhow, hang in there and stay out of that evil ice cream.

Angie
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Angie

[donnyandcathy]

First of all I have a confession to make

Last night I was doing so good about staying away from the ice cream, I came here typed in my day and was going to go to bed, WHEN all of a sudden the freezer flew open, Bryers ice cream jumped out and wrestled me to the floor, opened his top and threw several bites of himself into my mouth!!!!! Can you believe the nerve of him!! He wouldn't stop, THEN the bag of chocolate chips came to rescue me and was trying to pull the ice cream off of me when all of a sudden the bag of chocolate chips ripped during the struggle and spilled out all into my mouth And trust me all night long I could feel the ice cream and chocolate chips continue to fight and wrestle in my stomach all night long At least the cookies stayed out of the fight

[donnyandcathy]

Exercise: 4 mile walk with Leslie Sansone (used weights and band)
10 min of upper body strength training

B- 2 eggs 3 egg whites
3 strips of turkey bacon

L- Wild Alaskan Salmon Fillet
Broccoli, Cauliflower
Earth Balance Butter (too much of it, I was craving it and was just sitting there eating it out of the container like some crazy woman)

D- Ground White Turkey
Veganase (eating this out of the jar too)
Shiritaki Tofu Noodles
Green Leaf Lettuce
Mushrooms, Broccoli Slaw, Olive Oil (stir-fry, then put on top of salad)
Vegan Ranch

S- Fage Yogurt
Walden Farms SF Choc. Dip

Here it is night again and why do the stinkin cravings always happen at night?? I can do good all day long and then I want to blow it at night?
No I'm not going for the ice cream (we don't have anymore in the house)
My husband finished it off tonight (how sweet of him to make that sacrifice)
I'm going to go to bed and look forward to breakfast with a clear conscience. So you will not have to worry about more confessions tomorrow

[donnyandcathy]

No confessions today I've dun good

Walked 4 miles with the boosted walk dvd using band and weights

B- Unsweet Almond Milk 8oz (1 carb)

Brunch- Salmon Fillet
Broccoli, Cauliflower, Asparagus
Olive Oil Spray

L- Packet of Flaked Salmon
Veganase, Mustard
All natural no sugar/junk added Dill Pickle

S- Celery Stalks

D- Grilled Chicken Breast
Stir Fry Cauliflower
Green Beans