Okay here's a tip for the gourmands (is that a word?) out there. When I was frustrated by my constant desire for sweets, my sister said to try dark chocolate. Knowing me, she cautioned me to spend some money on it--not to get something too cheap. So I bought a smallish bar for three bucks. She said she breaks off pieces of it and eats it more like a lozenge than like a cookie. I tried it and wow oh wow how satisfying! Plus dark chocolate is good for you, right? At least a little bit?
Still drinking water. Up to 90 something ounces already today and it isn't even dark.
Seriously considering decreasing,
Aileen
Friday, April 9, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Ounces, Favorites, and a Recipe
Good suggestion by my friend because I've been drinking water like a maniac. Yay me. Yesterday I got in about 150 ounces. Today over 100. So, good for me.
I started thinking about what makes eating right easier for me. One thing is fresh fruits and veggies. I will almost always make a healthful choice if it is available. The problem is when I have no good choices available. Like, I'd always prefer an apple to a vending machine snack. But if I don't have an apple, I feel compelled to get M&M's from the machine. Sure, I could get pretzels, but if I want something sweet . . . .
So having good foods in the house and not having redlight foods (read cheetos, Captain Crunch cereal, chocolate chip cookies) helps me a lot.
What good foods you ask? Apples. Always apples. And clementines. I don't care how much they cost because they are cheaper than a lap band, thank you very much. Bananas too. Oh, and a bunch of frozen and canned fruits. These things make it possible for me to make smoothies which save me on those days when I realize it is 7:00 and I've not had any foods from the ground all day.
Sandwich thins are my new favorite bread, but I still love wraps too. Salsa is a great snack enhancer. It can turn pretzels into a real treat. (1/2 cup = 1 veggie serving too!) Popcorn is another snack stable for me.
But here's what I did today that I'm just tickled pink over. See, I have the mega sweet tooth. I want sweets all the time. In fact, I think that I could eat sweets and only sweets and I would be happy as a clam. (For those who are counting, that's two cliche's in one paragraph. . . so far.) I'd forgotten about a great sweet that saved me when I was on WW before: frozen graham cracker and coolwhip sandwiches (we call them frozen grahams). This, by the way, is not for the gourmet cook. (You folk can just skip right onto the next paragraph with my sister.) This one is for the quick, short-cut, easy recipe cooks like me. Ready? Here's what you do: You take two graham crackers (squares not the full rectangle), put a dollop of fat free coolwhip between them, freeze, and feast. Yum! They are great. I'm not even kidding.
Still loving my shape-up athletic shoes. Awesome.
That's all for today. Wanting to decrease,
Aileen
I started thinking about what makes eating right easier for me. One thing is fresh fruits and veggies. I will almost always make a healthful choice if it is available. The problem is when I have no good choices available. Like, I'd always prefer an apple to a vending machine snack. But if I don't have an apple, I feel compelled to get M&M's from the machine. Sure, I could get pretzels, but if I want something sweet . . . .
So having good foods in the house and not having redlight foods (read cheetos, Captain Crunch cereal, chocolate chip cookies) helps me a lot.
What good foods you ask? Apples. Always apples. And clementines. I don't care how much they cost because they are cheaper than a lap band, thank you very much. Bananas too. Oh, and a bunch of frozen and canned fruits. These things make it possible for me to make smoothies which save me on those days when I realize it is 7:00 and I've not had any foods from the ground all day.
Sandwich thins are my new favorite bread, but I still love wraps too. Salsa is a great snack enhancer. It can turn pretzels into a real treat. (1/2 cup = 1 veggie serving too!) Popcorn is another snack stable for me.
But here's what I did today that I'm just tickled pink over. See, I have the mega sweet tooth. I want sweets all the time. In fact, I think that I could eat sweets and only sweets and I would be happy as a clam. (For those who are counting, that's two cliche's in one paragraph. . . so far.) I'd forgotten about a great sweet that saved me when I was on WW before: frozen graham cracker and coolwhip sandwiches (we call them frozen grahams). This, by the way, is not for the gourmet cook. (You folk can just skip right onto the next paragraph with my sister.) This one is for the quick, short-cut, easy recipe cooks like me. Ready? Here's what you do: You take two graham crackers (squares not the full rectangle), put a dollop of fat free coolwhip between them, freeze, and feast. Yum! They are great. I'm not even kidding.
Still loving my shape-up athletic shoes. Awesome.
That's all for today. Wanting to decrease,
Aileen
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Tuesday for 8 more minutes
Yes! I made it before midnight.
Today's tip: Skechers Shape-ups. I bought mine because a friend recommended them. I had a cash gift and a coupon so I went for it. I can't believe how much I like them. I thought it would be a long shot that they actually worked, but after 3 days of wearing them, I feel the (not-so) familiar post-work-out soreness in my abs and lower back. Suhweet. Check them out here: http://www.skechers.com/shoes-and-clothing/brands/skechers_shape-ups_shoes/list
Today's extra tip: Water. My friend Angela told me she is drinking 100 ounces a day. That's ONE Hundred. I complimented her on her obvious weight loss and asked her what she's doing to make that happen (I crossed my fingers that she would tell me she was taking a magic pill . . . No such luck). One thing she does is drink all that water. And yes, when you drink that much water, you get to burn lots of extra calories by running back and forth to the potty. That's just an extra benefit. I'm going to try it. We'll see.
I'll be back tomorrow, trying not to increase.
Aileen
Today's tip: Skechers Shape-ups. I bought mine because a friend recommended them. I had a cash gift and a coupon so I went for it. I can't believe how much I like them. I thought it would be a long shot that they actually worked, but after 3 days of wearing them, I feel the (not-so) familiar post-work-out soreness in my abs and lower back. Suhweet. Check them out here: http://www.skechers.com/shoes-and-clothing/brands/skechers_shape-ups_shoes/list
Today's extra tip: Water. My friend Angela told me she is drinking 100 ounces a day. That's ONE Hundred. I complimented her on her obvious weight loss and asked her what she's doing to make that happen (I crossed my fingers that she would tell me she was taking a magic pill . . . No such luck). One thing she does is drink all that water. And yes, when you drink that much water, you get to burn lots of extra calories by running back and forth to the potty. That's just an extra benefit. I'm going to try it. We'll see.
I'll be back tomorrow, trying not to increase.
Aileen
Monday's posting on Tuesday
See here's the thing. I ran out of time yesterday. Mondays and Tuesdays don't really offer me any extra time. I'll shoot for two postings today. We'll see.
I'm sitting at the coffee shop and they are baking white chocolate rasberry scones. I'm certain that Heaven smells like this. Wow oh wow. Be still my nostrils.
I drank a rasberry smoothie, thinking that its sweetness would distract me. Didn't. Still would really like one of those hot, fresh, scones.
But, I'm not going to have one. Not this time. Maybe next time, but not today.
Trying to focus on decreasing,
Aileen
I'm sitting at the coffee shop and they are baking white chocolate rasberry scones. I'm certain that Heaven smells like this. Wow oh wow. Be still my nostrils.
I drank a rasberry smoothie, thinking that its sweetness would distract me. Didn't. Still would really like one of those hot, fresh, scones.
But, I'm not going to have one. Not this time. Maybe next time, but not today.
Trying to focus on decreasing,
Aileen
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Pentecost Season
Well I made it through Lent, keeping my promise to eat five fruits/veggies a day. During that time, though, my computer crashed and I lost all interest in blogging. So now I'm back, again.
And in truth, I hate to be back. I hate to be back because I have still not decreased. In fact, I've increased. I drive myself crazy. Paul said it best, "I do what I don't want to do and I don't do what I want to do." (a paraphrase)
But if I really wanted it badly enough, wouldn't I do it? Isn't that just an excuse? I don't know but I know I am back again. Trying again.
Lent is 40 days. Pentecost is 50 days. So my goal for the next 50 days is to blog every day, no matter what. Maybe it will just be a sentence. Maybe it will be even less. But for the next 50 days, I'm blogging. We'll see if that works.
Hanging in, increase or decrease,
Aileen
And in truth, I hate to be back. I hate to be back because I have still not decreased. In fact, I've increased. I drive myself crazy. Paul said it best, "I do what I don't want to do and I don't do what I want to do." (a paraphrase)
But if I really wanted it badly enough, wouldn't I do it? Isn't that just an excuse? I don't know but I know I am back again. Trying again.
Lent is 40 days. Pentecost is 50 days. So my goal for the next 50 days is to blog every day, no matter what. Maybe it will just be a sentence. Maybe it will be even less. But for the next 50 days, I'm blogging. We'll see if that works.
Hanging in, increase or decrease,
Aileen
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