Sweetness thanks. I meant cottage cheese as a snack. I'm starting to get tired of the same ol foods. I might actually have to explore cooking.

2/17/2007 7:45:58 PM

just bake some tofu. it makes a good snack warm or cold. just dip it in a low sodium soy sauce, or another low cal sauce.

2/17/2007 7:47:47 PM

What does tofu taste like? I don't think I've ever tried it.

2/17/2007 7:48:18 PM

tofu tastes like a million different things. it takes on different tastes depending on which type you use, how you cook it, and how you serve it. it can be used as a substitute to scrambled eggs, meat, as smoothies, etc etc.

2/17/2007 7:51:05 PM

Crazy.

2/17/2007 7:53:19 PM

i like to cut em up to look like french fries and bake them. a full pound is only 400 calories. and thats regular tofu, theres light tofu as well. and usually you can get 2-4 servings out of a pound depending how youre serving it.

2/17/2007 8:03:30 PM

Interesting, I'll have to try some.

2/17/2007 8:05:28 PM

So week 7 has come to an end.
-28.2 pounds.

2/19/2007 9:28:56 AM

My trainer made me do the Jacob's Ladder for ten minutes today with a few 30 second breaks. I hate that machine but I'm growing to love it because it works. I know it's that machine that will help me get into shape the best, since it's the hardest for me to do.

Lately, I've been feeling bummed because I don't feel like I'm seeing results fast enough. What are ..your thoughts on taking a diet pill as a supplement for a little bit, like a week, to see something, then quit, all the while dieting and exercising? And which one is the least deadly... I DUNNO i WANT TO SEE THIS FAT GO AWAY!!!1

2/20/2007 10:53:01 AM

Absolutely no pills, woman, keep to the regime! You're paying them good money, they'll put you through what works.

I'm not seeing much change either, but my mom always told me the slower it takes to loose the weight, the more permanent the loss (so long as we can keep to the diet, which fucking blows...)

2/20/2007 10:59:15 AM

Yeah I pretty much hate dieting. I should be doing bette but blah.

Ok no pills, more patience.

2/20/2007 11:05:06 AM

I can't afford it right now, but Dieting can be fun if you have the money to get all those fancy ingredients in lean cooking.

[Edited on February 20, 2007 at 11:07 AM. Reason : .]

2/20/2007 11:06:36 AM

If only I could cook!

2/20/2007 11:13:34 AM

Lol.

Cooking isn't the hard part! Just google the recipes, print 'em out and keep them next to the cooking area (my mom used to prop up her giant cookbook on a stand). But I can't afford the ingredients, they're always so exotic.

2/20/2007 11:16:10 AM

Cooking is like anything... practice makes perfect. You gotta start somewhere.

2/20/2007 11:16:34 AM

Fucking IHOP free pancake day today.

2/20/2007 11:17:59 AM

Well it seems I barely have ANYTHING to cook with. Someone make a recipe out of these items. I have chicken, and romaine, and srawberries. Hummus, milk, some eggs. Rice cakes, 90 calorie granola bars, nutri grain bars, carrots-no I left those at work, tomato, some cheapo spices, whole grain bread, wheat cracker. Ok go!

I'm trying not to spend any money....

2/20/2007 12:13:27 PM

Spice the chicken, then put it in the ovenz, cut up the romaine and put it in a bowl. Cut up cooked chicken and tomato and whatever else and put in the bowl with the chicken and you've got a salad!

2/20/2007 12:16:43 PM

Omgz! Someone did it~! ha

Ialso have tuna, pre sliced ham, uh I think everything else is unhealthy. My bf eats normally.

2/20/2007 12:18:12 PM

Mmmm, tuna salad? You'll fart alot, though.

2/20/2007 12:48:28 PM

I'd make a tuna sammich on the rice cakes or bread, put some tomatoes and lettuce on there YUM

also you should crumble up the crackers and put it in the tuna to give it a little crunch

2/20/2007 12:52:57 PM

The boyfriends eating normally part is always what screws me over.

2/20/2007 12:54:41 PM

it's kinda sad that chips and frozen pizzas are "normal"

2/20/2007 12:55:41 PM

My dad raised me on tuna and mayo, do you use mayo NC or just tuna and crackers?

2/20/2007 1:02:20 PM

usually mayo but a healthy and tasty alternative is mashed avocado

2/20/2007 1:03:38 PM

See, that's my point right there, smashing avocados takes time and energy. It's like they're catering to fatties by making fat food easier to prepare...

Course, it does sound tasty...

2/20/2007 1:09:55 PM

What I'm trying to do is only purchase healthy foods so I can't have anything bad because bad foods are so much easier to prepare than good foods. But then I go to the grocery store when I'm hungry and with the bf and get some bad stuff mingled in.

Tuna sandwiches are delish with mayo...and mayo is BAD.

The rice cakes are cinnamon, ew w/ tuna. ha

Snackwell's cookies taste like ass.

2/20/2007 3:10:56 PM

there's sundried tomato/basil tuna thats like 2 bucks at some grocery stores. i had it for lunch today. it's good as hell, but it looks like cat food.

2/20/2007 4:34:15 PM

^is that the stuff in the can with the crackers with it? I bought some of that from walmart for my lunches on the days I have school but I haven't tried it yet.


I should be losing some weight now, I'm giving up sweets for lent. So with a reason not to eat candy bars and stuff all the time during my breaks at work I should be a little slimmer.

2/20/2007 4:35:41 PM

nah no crackers, it's just a straight up can with a removable top.


i'm also a big fan of the marinated tuna filets they sell these days.

2/20/2007 4:36:51 PM

Sounds good actually.

I'm getting pretty discouraged from not seeing any significant loss. My work scale says I've lost five piunds but in four weeks? Come on! It's causing me to get off my diet more frequently. My workouts are becoming more intense and I am gaining muscle mass but shit I am desperate for any sign of change! Now don't get me wrong, I am stronger, I certainly feel lighter, you know not suffering from the same issue I had when I was heavy in fat content. I look the same though!

I dropped a pant size according to Target but that's iffy, could be from a different brand. ha. Fact is, I'd like to see some thinning, like fast.

2/20/2007 4:48:45 PM

if you're trying to lose weight, stop lifting weights and focus on intense cardio training. elliptical may not be enough - go for jogs, or walks too. keep adjusting your diet, and stay away from bad carbs (like those rice cakes you were eating, they're worthless).

don't stay motivated

stay determined.

learn the difference and appreciate it.

and even if you don't make it by July, keep at it.

2/20/2007 4:52:03 PM

I second the rice cake comment. those things are horrible choices for someone who is dieting.

2/20/2007 4:55:12 PM

Eat all the peanut butter you can preferably with a serial number starting w/ 211
Then you'll get E. coli, lose the weight, sue get the money...

its a double whammy

2/20/2007 4:56:52 PM

Well I'm trying to get in shape. The weightlifting is awesome, I want to be stronger, need to be for my job. I'd just like to lose weight more. Hey if you tell me it's a guaranteed fact I will see results then I'll be cool to work with it, right now I feel like I'm gonna weight this much forever.

I do elliptical for 30 mins. on my off days, anything else I should do? Slowly, I've been doing Jacob's ladder on my own, maybe I should start with five minutes of that and increase each time. My diet has been better this week, I'm not looking for super strict because my old diet consisted of fast food and sweet junky stuff, now I'm looking for healthier alternatives while still eating tasty things. At work I am moving constantly from 9 am to 8pm, so my workout at night is jsut to get my heartrate up for a steady thirty minutes. But on Wednesdays I'm free.

Maybe I should go back to the gym on Tues. and Thurs. after my personal trainer sessions to workout MORE? Running sucks on my joints. They have an arch trainer thing thats cool. I haven't tried swimming laps yet but I look horrid in a swimsuit still.

2/20/2007 4:56:54 PM

well i've been making substantial gains lately in the weight room, but it's adversely affected my weight. my body shape is changing, but my weight has actually gone up 2 or 3 lbs. Regardless, i'm down from a 46 waist to a 42, and these are starting drag off my ass.

i'm eating regularly, mostly fruits, vegetables, and proteins (chicken, beef, tuna), with an occasional off-day where i'll have like a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich for breakfast and chinese food for lunch/dinner.

i dont know what to tell ya. i'm not really aiming for a goal other than a general idea of being around a 36 inch waist by August, and preferably around 220 lbs... but it's a life changing sort of thing, not a "drop it and go back to how i used to live" thing.

anyways, just keep at it. i promise you'll see results. stay active, keep your calorie intake down, and eat wisely.

2/20/2007 5:10:35 PM

Word, this is alife change too, I jsut know if I saw more results I'd be more willing to stick to it! This is jsut a down roll I guess. I won't ever go back to eating the way I did, no thanks. In fact fast food makes me feel awful when I do eat it, no matter what it is. I've got a sweet tooth though.

Doesn't seem like I'll be as small as I want to be come July. Who knows.

2/20/2007 5:12:57 PM

Quote :

"I second the rice cake comment. those things are horrible choices for someone who is dieting."

Why would you say that?

2/20/2007 5:17:40 PM

the carbohydrates in rice cakes are so finely milled that the body can digest them as fast as sugar. they rapidly spike insulin and subsequently make blood sugar levels crash soon after eating them, which results in hunger cravings.

they also have little to no nutritional value compared to other smarter food choices, such as celery or broccoli or a handful of nuts.

2/20/2007 5:19:50 PM

I have celery.

Seriously what site can I go to that will lsit good snack foods, foods that fill you up, healthy and easy lunches for work, and light dinners for the cooking uninclined.

allrecipes has hard shit that I don't have all the ingredients for. Start off simple and go to difficult..

2/20/2007 5:23:34 PM

i don't know of any websites


but the prepackaged salads with tuna or chicken are usually my lunch.

i also allow myself any type of dressing i want other than ranch or blue cheese. right now my favorites are a garlic vinaigrette and a peppercorn/vidalia onion gourmet sauce.

i stopped snacking though. if i need a snack, i go ahead and eat a small meal, either chicken breast, or mixed vegetables, or green beans, or whatever.

campbell's chunky has some pretty good soups that aren't terrible for you. beef vegetable and cajun sausage/chicken are my favs.

2/20/2007 5:26:28 PM

you can't get much easier than a grilled chicken salad with some sort of balsamic dressing.

2/20/2007 5:27:48 PM

That sounds lieka diet that is tasty, easy to make, and something I could stick to.

I found a site with questionnaire and this is funnay;



What's odd about that thar question? lollers I did.

2/20/2007 5:27:53 PM

a grilled steak or fish and green beans is also a tasty and simple dinner. you can also make your meals much more interesting by learning how to cook with different spices. lemon, garlic, pepper, etc all make good flavor additives.

2/20/2007 5:30:56 PM

The fact is, I need to learn to cook, and we need to purchase more veggies and more meats that aren't pre..whatevered. This site is actually pretty interesting. I should make a grocery list and stick to only it when I go out to shop.

2/20/2007 5:34:24 PM

AxlBonBach, congrats on the 4 inches!

Kiwi, you've only been working out for 1 month now. 5lbs and one pants size is awesome! July is 4 months away. You have time. Just stay determined....

Why do you want to lose 50lbs anyway?

2/20/2007 5:39:36 PM

haha 5 and a half, the 46's were tight, and now the 42's are falling off my behind

and thanks

2/20/2007 5:50:15 PM

I feel I have about 50ish lbs. to lose. I want to be thin and fit, I don't really care about the number as much as what I look like. I want to look cute in clothes and a bathing suit this summer.

2/20/2007 6:10:13 PM

do you mind me asking what you weigh now? you dont look fat.

2/20/2007 6:12:28 PM

I WON'T TELL. Maybe in a PM is you promise it'll remain PRIVATE.

I'm lrg and in chrg.

2/20/2007 6:13:49 PM