AHH I am Finally Back!

I am so sorry ladies, my computer was at the doctor's forever. But we now have it back. You are doing so awesome here on our blog!

I have not kept track of my eating and exercise while computerless, but suffice to say, I have not gained or lost weight!

Today's list for me bjw:
2 pieces toast and tea
cookie (coffee table at work usually has something)
bowl of homemade chicken noodle soup
3 Dad's cookies
one mini hamburger (no bun) with ketchup
one serving mashed potatoes with gravy
cream corn
THREE pieces homemade cinnamon bread (yikes)

positive for today is that I haven't had pop (all week)
Just by typing this I can see that I just don't stop to think before popping things in the hole! This will be great for me.
Exercise this week is also pathetic. This will change!!

kgn - I'm back!

I haven't had time to post my food diary, but I have been keeping track, so here goes:

Sunday, April 27: (I did really, really badly)
Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal with 1% milk
1 bowl chicken noodle soup
small piece of chocolate cake
2 cups coffee
3 cups iced tea
1 bun with ham
layered lettuce salad
some kind of whipped salad
3 slices cheese
3 Nanaimo bars :(
1 lemon square
1 butter tart bar

(Note: After the weekend, I'd found 2 1/2 of the 4 pounds I'd lost. Three steps forward, two steps back, I guess.)

Monday, April 28: (My Mom's birthday - supper with my family.)
I actually went for a 20 minute walk. :)
2 oranges
2 fried eggs
2 slices whole wheat toast
hash browns
ham
chocolate milk
small chocolate Easter treat
Chinese food
cupcake
some other whipped dessert thing
Mountain Dew
iced tea
2 Riesens

Tuesday, April 29:
porridge & toast
2 cups coffee
2 oatmeal raisin cookies
1 orange
2 salmon sandwiches
lettuce salad with Ranch dressing
farmer sausage on a bun with bbq sauce
macaroni with cream gravy & fried onions (mmmm! good, but oh, so bad!)
1 piece chocolate cake
1 cup milk
2 Riesens

Wednesday, April 30:
porridge & toast
2 cups coffee
2 salmon sandwiches
lettuce salad with Ranch dressing
yogurt granola bar
shepherd's pie
whole wheat bun
1 cups milk
4 Riesens

I'm really struggling with willpower. I'm going thru serious chocolate cravings lately. But. I. Am. Not. Going. To. Give. Up.

I'm glad to hear it's working for you, Kathy. You know, even if all it does at first is make us feel better about ourselves, it's totally worth it.

I've been forgetting to pray about it. We can't expect to be able to do this without God's help.

kmn Did two of you fall off the band wagon?

Breakfast:
Kellog's all bran bar
3/4 cup grapes

Lunch:
half a triangle bun with egg salad

Snack:
fresh pineapple (1 cup)

Supper:
1 ladle deer stew (meat, carrots, peas & potatoes)
1 piece of garlic bread

1 coffee


*This has been soooo good for me. I haven't seen much of a decrease on the weigh scale, but my clothes are fitting a bit looser. Lindsay said that he weighed the other day and was surprised at how much he weighed, so he is faithfully walking with me. We've rarely missed a day lately, so eating less combined with excercise has got to pay off soon.

kmn-April 29

Breakfast:
3/4 cup grapes
Kellog's all bran bar

Lunch:
Pasta salad
Apple

Supper:
Big Mac
Small fries
Large coke

kmn - April 28

Breakfast:
bowl of cream of wheat with strawberries

Dinner:
half a triangle bun with egg salad

Snack:
green grapes

Supper:
1 cup weiner stew
2 baking powder biscuits
2 pieces of rolo bar

one coffee

kmn-April 27

Kellog's All Bran bar with a glass of milk

one piece of shake & bake chicken
small scoop of potatoes with gravy
cauliflower and broccoli salad
one piece of garlic bread
coleslaw
glass of chocolate milk & a piece of vanilla cake with whipping cream and fresh strawberries

Faspa:
one Easter bun with butter
4 fresh strawberries
date sqaure

a cup of coffee

kgn - 25th & 26th

No time to be on the computer the last couple days - so I'm gonna try to remember what I ate on the 25th.

porridge, buttered toast & milk
2 cups coffee
2 salmon & cucumber bunwiches
medium iced capp
carbonara chicken sub at Quizno's
Coke
handful of raspberry ju-jubes
Mountain Dew

As for exercise, I think I should be able to count the umpteen trips up and down the stairs loading Brendan's stuff into his Jimmy and our van. Also, I exercised incredible willpower. On the way home from Moose Jaw we stopped in Chamberlain for candy for the trip home. Glen bought me a Skor bar (which I hadn't asked for), and I kindly told him that he could have it. It's Sunday after noon right now, and the thing is sitting on our dresser. I really wish he'd just eat it. If he doesn't eat it today, it's going in his lunch tomorrow. I don't want it around in a moment of weakness.


Saturday the 26th was not so good a day for recording what I ate, but here goes:

Cinnamon Toast crunch cereal with 1% milk
donut (only 1 - not as many as some had...)
4 two-bite brownies
2 (or 3) chocolate chip squares
2 cups coffee with sugar and cream
(lots of) multi-grain tostitos with spinach dip
cucumbers, carrots, mushrooms, celery with dip
canteloupe and pineapple
Chinese food - lemon chicken, s & s pork, chicken balls, chow mein, almond gai ding, chop suey, egg roll

What I ate probably isn't so bad, but I know I ate too much. For the record though, as of Saturday morning I'd lost 4 pounds! I probably gained a couple back already, but I'm not giving up this time. It's really seeming to help me that I'm accountable to you two. Whenever I'm eating I think, "I'm gonna have to record this..."

kmn

Breakfast:
half a Costco triangle bun with cream cheese and strawberry jam

Dinner:
apple and orange

Supper:
3 beer sticks

kmn

Breakfast:
cream of wheat with strawberries

Dinner:
1 chicken finger with honey mustard
broccoli, cauliflower and carrots with creamy ceaser & garlic dressing

Supper:
poutine and deer steak
1 glass iced tea

Snack:
a very few nacho chips and salsa
6 chocolate covered almonds
1 glass iced tea

*this is my April 25 entry

Karen

my regular breakfast - porridge and buttered toast, 1/2 cup milk

2 cups coffee with fat free Hazelnut cream

1 salmon & cucumber bunwich
1 cup canteloupe

supper at Tim Horton's - roast beef sandwich
small chocolate brownie iced capp supreme - mmm!

small piece of chocolate cake with icing
1 cup milk

I'm realizing that although this blog is supposed to be losing weight and praising God, I've been concentrating on the first one, and forgetting about the second one. But just so you know, I really do praise God for you two wonderful friends. God has blessed me big time with you!

Kathy's April 24th

cream of wheat (one bowl)


chicken salad (tomato, lettuce & chicken finger bites with honey mustard dressing)


1 cup grapes


1 orange


tin of spaghetti and raw cauliflower and broccoli with creamy ceaser and garlic dressing


lots of water and 1 cup of coffee

Kathy's intake

blueberry yogurt
apple


ham, cheese and lettuce bunwhich(brown)
with garlic mayo and mustard

snack:
1 cup grapes
apple

chinese food:
lemon chicken (3 pcs)
fried rice
almond guy ding
cantonese noodles

water, herbal tea and more water

Karen's Wednesday

Today I wasn't too bad, except I forgot that I had plans to go out for supper with friends. So when they arrived to pick me up, I'd already eaten supper. I sorta had a second supper. :(

porridge & buttered toast
1/2 cup 1% milk

1 bunwich
fresh pineapple and canteloupe
lemon tart
butter tart (the St. Andrew's Women's League met this morning, and they provided lunch)
3 cups coffee

chicken pot pie
bun
(small) piece of chocolate cake
1 cup milk

My second supper was Chinese food - very, very small portions - I tried to be verrrry good.

My goal

I got on the weigh scale the Monday after the Women's Retreat, and oh boy do I have weight to lose. I'd love to lose 25, but I'm thinking if I divide that into smaller goals, I might find it not so daunting. So... right now I'm aiming for 10 pounds. And, just like Bonnie, I'll keep you "posted". (Get it? "Posted"!)

consumed by karen

Okay, it's a good thing I wasn't too terribly bad today. Here's what I ate:

porridge with 2 tsp. sugar and 1% milk
1 slice of white toast with butter (I'm all out of brown bread, okay?!)
1/2 cup 1% milk

2 cups of coffee with no-fat Hazelnut cream

1 whole wheat bun with salmon (mixed with Miracle Whip LIGHT, celery & onions - mmmm!) and cucumber slices
tossed salad with Ranch dressing

chicken noodle soup
granola bar
1 cup 1% milk

(If I'da realized we were starting this today I'da only had 1 bowl of soup...) That's it for today. No more by mouth for me.

Today's Food for Bonnie

Breakfast: a bowl of strawberries with milk/cream and sugar
a cup of tea

snack: a bit of chocolate while delivering mail

lunch: Chef Boyardee Mini Ravioli
3 small pickles

snack: Mars bar
tea

To Begin

Alright, so here we are at the beginning of this blog.

We have agreed to have this blog to be an engouragement to one another and to keep ourselves accountable.

My goals here are to keep track of my eating by letting you know EVERYTHING that I eat as well as to keep track of my exercise. My ultimate goal by doing these things is to be motivated to lose 15 pounds by the end of May 2008. I won't put down my actual weight, as that is scary, but I will let you know how I am doing each week in that regard.

I would also like this to be a place of sharing God's goodness in our lives and Bible verses that could encourage us.