I continue to fight with sinus and ear infections and an aching back so I am still spending most of my time in bed. The good news - I am still sticking with my diet and have lost another 8 pounds. I am now at 352.
I have to admit that I was stunned when I got on the scales this morning. I expected the first 20 lbs to be easy. We always have that initial big drop. However I figured things would slow down to about 2lbs per week but evidently not yet.
Using Dr. Oz's advice of setting a small one or two day menu so you always know what you will be eating - I have narrowed breakfast down. I think I mentioned before I have 2 slices whole wheat toast (50x2), 2 slices precooked bacon (90) and 3 eggs overlight (240). I also sometimes add a small dash of maple syrup over the toast for a different flavor. I was using SF syrup but ran out and now use a light brand. I have to add a few extra calories but I am trying to get away from all fake sugars in my food by the first of Jan 2011.
For midmorning snacks I was eating trail mix or granola bars last month. This month I have been able to replace those with sliced oranges, carrot sticks or yogurt cups. I do think it might be because the weather has warmed up and I am enjoying the cool foods. I had some of those items last month and didn't eat them. Plus we had a cold spell today and I couldn't get myself to eat any of the cold stuff. I will have to work on some ideas for something warm - maybe toast and hot tea or instant oatmeal.
For lunch and dinner - about 4 days a week I am boiling a chicken breast and several potatoes. I drain them and add some cream of mushroom soup or one of the Ragu cream sauces. I usually drain some type of canned veggie and stir that in too. This meal gets divided into 2 so I eat about 2/3 of it early and then have the rest as a late evening snack/dinner.
The other 3 days I have my chicken and potato fry although I am going to be trying something different tomorrow. I got a great deal on catfish so I am going to try to saute some fish with my potatoes. If that isn't edible I have a recipe for fish croquettes that uses mashed potatoes for filler and no flour.
Here's a lesson for you - always check the calories when you change brands. I was using cream of mushroom soups that said 60 calories per serving and 2.5 servings per can. I picked up a different brand last month but never checked it - I just assumed it was the same. I looked a few days ago. The WM brand is 110 per serving but still 2.5 servings per can. So I went from 150 calories to 275!!!! Luckily I have been staying low on my calories most days so it didn't affect my overall count too much. My weight maintenance is over 3500, weight loss 2500 and I am averaging around 1900-2200 per day so we're still good :) Now here's the irony, I can't for the life of me remember the brand of that other COM soup LOLOL.
I haven't formally added any exercise yet. I was trying to reach 300 first. However I have been washing clothes each day. I don't have a washer, dryer or hot water so this is not an easy job. I had piles of clothes stacked up because of all the rain, snow and ice this past winter. For the past three weeks I try to wash two small buckets of clothes each day and get them on the line so this is my unofficial exercise LOL.
Happy dieting,
Linda B in TN @ 352:)
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