Frustrated New Year's Dieter!

Actually, I've been on and off diets for a while, with my worst being
at 150. (This was on my wedding day a few years back.) It might come
off as not that big of a deal, but I'm 5'3" and I should be weighing
somewhere between 121-135 for my height. (Goal is now 125.)

I'm currently now at 144 and have been very frustrated last year b/c
I am very active at the gym (3 or 4 times a week and each time about
35 minutes on cardio (hard to very hard), an hour on weights and
crunches, reverse sit up, etc and I'm a 8 hour a week figure skater!)
I'm probably not as good about the calories as, say Chris, is. (i.e.
I didn't go for the f/f stuff, but at least I don't go overboard and
go for the Double Whopper w/loads of cheese either.) Yet, I steadily
GAINED from 133 this time last year to 144!!! =:-O

My reasons for losing is simply b/c I want to look good in those
skippy skating dresses. I was in a competition back in Oct and, well,
I got my pictures back... me sporting a ponch in the skating dress!
YUCK!!!

What I have done differently as of late:

Back in Sept of last year, I started gradually increase my cardio time
from 35 to 40 to (now) 45 minutes. During that time, I've CONTINUED
to gain to my current weight!!! So this forces me to start counting
calories. (I'm not on Atkins or any fad diets. I'm more on the
good ol' fashioned try to stay around 1500 calories per day but not
go below 1200 or above 1700.) I also started tracking my foods and
activity on FitDay.com. Didn't know sitting and working on the
computer burns that much calories.

Wish me luck!

Cheers,
Joanna
144/144/125

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Dally wrote:
Pounds of what? You need to get a caliper test done at your gym to find
out how many pounds of fat you have and how many pounds of lean. You
want to lose the fat and keep the lean.
I did... and the trainers are the ones who delieved the bad news to me!
:-P She also said that I have to up my cardio to 5 days a week!!! =:-O

I'm afraid you know the answer is going to come down to calories,
though, to lose your pooch. Sorry! Charting at www.Fitday.com is an
excellent, excellent way to keep a focus on what's coming in.
*sigh* Yeah, I know I have to watch the calories (which is why I'm
on Fitday.com now.) But at times it's really hard b/c I'm ALWAYS hungry
....especially after my workout at night or Monday night skating session.

Want to offer up a typical daily menu so we can pick you apart until you
cry? (just kidding... sort of...) :-)
Sure! Fire away! I have my box of Kleenex next to me! :-P

Here's my best attempt. It's still being changed around as of now:

Breakfast: (choice of one of these...need more variety for this one,
preferably something I can eat in the car after skating...)
1) On the early morning days that I skate, I used to go to McD's for
Egg McMuffin or Sausage burrito (no hash!) and OJ afterwards. BUT...
a Whole Foods Market JUST opened a block from the ice rink!!! Now
I have to rethink what I'm going to grab on the way to work.
2) Muesli with Soy Milk (sometimes I throw in the bananas too)

Lunch: (choice of one of these)
1) Lean Cuisine - I'm unfortunately not that much of a cook.
2) Subway turkey sandwich, tomato, olives, with their vinegar
and oil dressing. (I always mention "light on the oil. Heavy on the
vinegar.")
3) Chicken Vietnamese Pho.
4) Leftover from dinner. Usually leftover sushi from the night before.
Sometimes when I go out for a big dinner, I pack half and eat it the
next day for lunch.

Dinner: (choice of one of these)
1) Lean Cuisine - on the weeknights that I do work out. Unfortunately,
so far it's not that filling, especially on the nights that I go to the
gym or skate. (See snack)
2) Pasta Pomodoro (a small pasta chain restaurant) - I went for their
"Healthy Chicken" pasta with zucchini, basil, tomato pieces in a
tomato chucks and broth type of sauce. No cheese. They claim to use
very little oil and butter in this dish. Sounds good to me....
3) Chicken Pasta with bits of ham, mixed veggies and broth (I go to this
Chinese restaurant where they serve this stuff.) Not that huge bowl...
it's about the same size as a small bowl of pho. I usually have it with
milk tea and two packets of sugar (used to be 3 packets!)
4) Boston Market roast chicken 1/4 dark - I cut out the
skin...especially
after reading how many calories I saved from Fitday.com. =:-O I've
switched from the sweet potato casserole to the garlic dill potatoes
(which has a lot less calories. I
5) Japanese restaurant - I'm switched from having Tempura Udon and a
small sushi to having ALL sushi! Not a problem for me!!! (I have this
one special where they have 6 small California rolls, 6 small tuna rolls
and 6 avacado rolls, washed down with bowl of miso soup. I usually end
up packing half of it though for lunch the next day...
6) I have the occasionally once a month small piece of steak (about
6-8oz) too with tomato broth veggie w/small pieces of beef. (I get this
for extra iron boost! I'll let you figure out why I order this once a
month....) Of course, whatever I can't finished goes to lunch the next
day!

Late night snack: (One of these...)
1) Starbucks Soy Mochas (in place of milk... I shouldn't be eating
dairy,
b/c I have a slight allergy to milk...reality is that I could have a
little bit of it.) My BIG CULPRIT!!! Not b/c of the mocha, but b/c
of the size and the whipped cream. I now order Tall (12 oz) and no
whipped cream. (Down from Grande (16oz) and whipped cream...) Thank
goodness they switched to the Silk Milk...which are fortified with
Calcium.

2) Pria bars - A God send!!! It's only 110 calories chocolate and
TONS of vitamins! Also, easy to carry and keeps my blood sugar from
shooting down too far after a gym workout.

3) Another Lean Cuisine... Sometimes one is just not enough.

On weekends I have "brunch" (not breakfast or lunch) b/c I'm usually
SLEEPING in then! :-D I would have Baker's Square's Garden Skillet
-- this consist of some potatoes, LOTS of grilled peppers, onion,
tomatoes, with 2 eggs (sunnyside). (No cheese but I have the eggs
sunnyside to still have some flavor from the yolks.) It comes
with a whole assortment of toast, biscuit, English muffin...or
a small side of fruit. (No contest which one I should get,
right?) ;-)

Snack:
1) Pria,
2) get a small half sandwich with two slices of turkey or deli
ham, cheese, and mustard and veggie or minestrone soup at IKEA
3) Kid sized Swedish meatball and a diet coke (IKEA again.)
4) A cup of pasta salad with tuna, celery, red pepper and (they
claim anyway) low fat mayo at my gym.

Weekend dinner
1) going out with hubby to any of the choices for dinner above (minus
#1...)

HELP!!! I'm not that much of a salad person (except fruit salads.) I
don't like the veggies that are really good for me either and I end up
taking a daily vitamin pill at the end of the night to make sure I get
my vitamins in.

Cheers,
Joanna

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Hi Joanna,

In my opinion, you need to eat a lot more fresh veggies, fruit and fiber
rich foods. You seem to like too many high carb foods (pasta, potatots,
bread, rice with chinese food, the sushi rolls have a lot of rice as well...
etc).

Try to substitue some of the things you eat with more veggies or fruit. If
you don't like veggies, you can make mini goal of adding 1 a day, and
increasing that number every week until you hit 3 or more. There are a ton
of veggies out there for you to try. I couldn't picture not like salad,
etc..... In your case, I would try different ones to see which you like
better.

I would also cut out the late nite snacks. According to
http://www.dottisweightlosszone.com/...starbucks.html
12 oz of Silk soymilk has 200 calories. Mocha syrup adds up to 130
calories to that (the site lists 1-5 pumps and I don't know how many it
takes. You are adding too many empty calories late at night, when they
will most likely be turned to fat.

I like boston market too for the occassional meal. However, the chicken is
very greasy there.... I also remove the skin, but then I also pat the
chicken on paper towel to help remove some of the oil.

I highly suggest you log the food you normaly eat every day for a week. You
will be surprised at how many calories you are taking in, as much of the
food you are eating is calorie dense. I would also work on the
modifications to your daily eating after reviewing the log and look at
places where I could make modifications.


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Breakfast: (choice of one of these...need more variety for this one,
preferably something I can eat in the car after skating...)
1) On the early morning days that I skate, I used to go to McD's for
Egg McMuffin or Sausage burrito (no hash!) and OJ afterwards. BUT...
a Whole Foods Market JUST opened a block from the ice rink!!! Now
I have to rethink what I'm going to grab on the way to work.
2) Muesli with Soy Milk (sometimes I throw in the bananas too)

Lunch: (choice of one of these)
1) Lean Cuisine - I'm unfortunately not that much of a cook.
2) Subway turkey sandwich, tomato, olives, with their vinegar
and oil dressing. (I always mention "light on the oil. Heavy on the
vinegar.")
3) Chicken Vietnamese Pho.
4) Leftover from dinner. Usually leftover sushi from the night before.
Sometimes when I go out for a big dinner, I pack half and eat it the
next day for lunch.

Dinner: (choice of one of these)
1) Lean Cuisine - on the weeknights that I do work out. Unfortunately,
so far it's not that filling, especially on the nights that I go to the
gym or skate. (See snack)
2) Pasta Pomodoro (a small pasta chain restaurant) - I went for their
"Healthy Chicken" pasta with zucchini, basil, tomato pieces in a
tomato chucks and broth type of sauce. No cheese. They claim to use
very little oil and butter in this dish. Sounds good to me....
3) Chicken Pasta with bits of ham, mixed veggies and broth (I go to this
Chinese restaurant where they serve this stuff.) Not that huge bowl...
it's about the same size as a small bowl of pho. I usually have it with
milk tea and two packets of sugar (used to be 3 packets!)
4) Boston Market roast chicken 1/4 dark - I cut out the
skin...especially
after reading how many calories I saved from Fitday.com. =:-O I've
switched from the sweet potato casserole to the garlic dill potatoes
(which has a lot less calories. I
5) Japanese restaurant - I'm switched from having Tempura Udon and a
small sushi to having ALL sushi! Not a problem for me!!! (I have this
one special where they have 6 small California rolls, 6 small tuna rolls
and 6 avacado rolls, washed down with bowl of miso soup. I usually end
up packing half of it though for lunch the next day...
6) I have the occasionally once a month small piece of steak (about
6-8oz) too with tomato broth veggie w/small pieces of beef. (I get this
for extra iron boost! I'll let you figure out why I order this once a
month....) Of course, whatever I can't finished goes to lunch the next
day!

Late night snack: (One of these...)
1) Starbucks Soy Mochas (in place of milk... I shouldn't be eating
dairy,
b/c I have a slight allergy to milk...reality is that I could have a
little bit of it.) My BIG CULPRIT!!! Not b/c of the mocha, but b/c
of the size and the whipped cream. I now order Tall (12 oz) and no
whipped cream. (Down from Grande (16oz) and whipped cream...) Thank
goodness they switched to the Silk Milk...which are fortified with
Calcium.

2) Pria bars - A God send!!! It's only 110 calories chocolate and
TONS of vitamins! Also, easy to carry and keeps my blood sugar from
shooting down too far after a gym workout.

3) Another Lean Cuisine... Sometimes one is just not enough.

On weekends I have "brunch" (not breakfast or lunch) b/c I'm usually
SLEEPING in then! :-D I would have Baker's Square's Garden Skillet
-- this consist of some potatoes, LOTS of grilled peppers, onion,
tomatoes, with 2 eggs (sunnyside). (No cheese but I have the eggs
sunnyside to still have some flavor from the yolks.) It comes
with a whole assortment of toast, biscuit, English muffin...or
a small side of fruit. (No contest which one I should get,
right?) ;-)

Snack:
1) Pria,
2) get a small half sandwich with two slices of turkey or deli
ham, cheese, and mustard and veggie or minestrone soup at IKEA
3) Kid sized Swedish meatball and a diet coke (IKEA again.)
4) A cup of pasta salad with tuna, celery, red pepper and (they
claim anyway) low fat mayo at my gym.

Weekend dinner
1) going out with hubby to any of the choices for dinner above (minus
#1...)

HELP!!! I'm not that much of a salad person (except fruit salads.) I
don't like the veggies that are really good for me either and I end up
taking a daily vitamin pill at the end of the night to make sure I get
my vitamins in.

Cheers,
Joanna

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Joanna Tsang Ramberg wrote:

Dally wrote:

*sigh* Yeah, I know I have to watch the calories (which is why I'm
on Fitday.com now.) But at times it's really hard b/c I'm ALWAYS hungry
...especially after my workout at night or Monday night skating session.


Want to offer up a typical daily menu so we can pick you apart until you
cry? (just kidding... sort of...) :-)

Sure! Fire away! I have my box of Kleenex next to me! :-P

Here's my best attempt. It's still being changed around as of now:

Breakfast: (choice of one of these...need more variety for this one,
preferably something I can eat in the car after skating...)
1) On the early morning days that I skate, I used to go to McD's for
Egg McMuffin or Sausage burrito (no hash!) and OJ afterwards. BUT...
a Whole Foods Market JUST opened a block from the ice rink!!! Now
I have to rethink what I'm going to grab on the way to work.
2) Muesli with Soy Milk (sometimes I throw in the bananas too)

My two breakfast mainstays are whole wheat bagel with lox or oatmeal
with protein powder: neither are very portable.

So how about drinking a meal replacement drink? Cappacino Ice Myoplex
Lite from www.vitago.com is a good choice mixed with some skim milk in a
Tupperware shaker bottle. It's sort of like a Slim-Fast drink with high
quality protein instead of sugar. :-) (I also like all of the tropical
fruit flavors and most of the chocolate lover's flavors. The ones I
don't love I intended to sell on ebay, but it turns out my kids like them.)

Lunch: (choice of one of these)
1) Lean Cuisine - I'm unfortunately not that much of a cook.
2) Subway turkey sandwich, tomato, olives, with their vinegar
and oil dressing. (I always mention "light on the oil. Heavy on the
vinegar.")
3) Chicken Vietnamese Pho.
4) Leftover from dinner. Usually leftover sushi from the night before.
Sometimes when I go out for a big dinner, I pack half and eat it the
next day for lunch.

Left-over dinner works for me! I usually eat left-over grilled meat and
left-over steamed veggies (or salad in the summer) maybe with some brown
rice.

One of my favorites lately are frozen chicken fajitas with Taco Bell
sauce smeared on top.

Dinner: (choice of one of these)
1) Lean Cuisine - on the weeknights that I do work out. Unfortunately,
so far it's not that filling, especially on the nights that I go to the
gym or skate. (See snack)
2) Pasta Pomodoro (a small pasta chain restaurant) - I went for their
"Healthy Chicken" pasta with zucchini, basil, tomato pieces in a
tomato chucks and broth type of sauce. No cheese. They claim to use
very little oil and butter in this dish. Sounds good to me....
3) Chicken Pasta with bits of ham, mixed veggies and broth (I go to this
Chinese restaurant where they serve this stuff.) Not that huge bowl...
it's about the same size as a small bowl of pho. I usually have it with
milk tea and two packets of sugar (used to be 3 packets!)
4) Boston Market roast chicken 1/4 dark - I cut out the
skin...especially
after reading how many calories I saved from Fitday.com. =:-O I've
switched from the sweet potato casserole to the garlic dill potatoes
(which has a lot less calories. I
5) Japanese restaurant - I'm switched from having Tempura Udon and a
small sushi to having ALL sushi! Not a problem for me!!! (I have this
one special where they have 6 small California rolls, 6 small tuna rolls
and 6 avacado rolls, washed down with bowl of miso soup. I usually end
up packing half of it though for lunch the next day...
6) I have the occasionally once a month small piece of steak (about
6-8oz) too with tomato broth veggie w/small pieces of beef. (I get this
for extra iron boost! I'll let you figure out why I order this once a
month....) Of course, whatever I can't finished goes to lunch the next
day!

I'm a bit at a loss as to where to begin with this. Eating out is
nearly ALWAYS fattening. The first step is to cook at home more. At
the very least you should order a take-out container WITH YOUR MEAL and
immediately put half in the container to take home.

I was particularly shaken by your move AWAY from sweet potatoes towards
mashed potatoes. Bad girl! I frequently boil sweet potatoes and mash
them and add a glug of bourbon to them - no fat, no sugar, they are
delicious! That's the problem with eating in restaurants: they can turn
something wonderful into something hideous without you hardly noticing.

Late night snack: (One of these...)
1) Starbucks Soy Mochas (in place of milk... I shouldn't be eating
dairy,
b/c I have a slight allergy to milk...reality is that I could have a
little bit of it.) My BIG CULPRIT!!! Not b/c of the mocha, but b/c
of the size and the whipped cream. I now order Tall (12 oz) and no
whipped cream. (Down from Grande (16oz) and whipped cream...) Thank
goodness they switched to the Silk Milk...which are fortified with
Calcium.

2) Pria bars - A God send!!! It's only 110 calories chocolate and
TONS of vitamins! Also, easy to carry and keeps my blood sugar from
shooting down too far after a gym workout.

3) Another Lean Cuisine... Sometimes one is just not enough.

I think that snacking at night is perfectly fine as long as you plan for
it. Have a healthy, balanced protein/carb snack at a pre-determined
time (more or less) and just plan for it in your dinner calories.

In fact, I think you might need a mid-afternoon snack, too. You've got
a lousy breakfast, a not-great lunch... I bet you ARE hungry sometimes.
Choose foods that do a better job of fueling your body, eat less of
them more often and you'll conquer the hunger issue! (You might still
have emotional eating issues, but that's for another thread.)

On weekends I have "brunch" (not breakfast or lunch) b/c I'm usually
SLEEPING in then! :-D I would have Baker's Square's Garden Skillet
-- this consist of some potatoes, LOTS of grilled peppers, onion,
tomatoes, with 2 eggs (sunnyside). (No cheese but I have the eggs
sunnyside to still have some flavor from the yolks.) It comes
with a whole assortment of toast, biscuit, English muffin...or
a small side of fruit. (No contest which one I should get,
right?) ;-)

Skip the fried potatoes, have one slice of whole wheat toast... I'm
startled by your portion sizes of frequent restaurant. You're eating
way over 2000 calories a day, aren't you? It may well be over 2600
calories, depending on whether you stave yourself in between your 1800
calorie meals.

Snack:
1) Pria,
2) get a small half sandwich with two slices of turkey or deli
ham, cheese, and mustard and veggie or minestrone soup at IKEA
3) Kid sized Swedish meatball and a diet coke (IKEA again.)
4) A cup of pasta salad with tuna, celery, red pepper and (they
claim anyway) low fat mayo at my gym.

Any of these things would be an entire meal for a normal weight woman.
Almost all of my meals are between 300 and 450 calories.

Weekend dinner
1) going out with hubby to any of the choices for dinner above (minus
#1...)

HELP!!! I'm not that much of a salad person (except fruit salads.) I
don't like the veggies that are really good for me either and I end up
taking a daily vitamin pill at the end of the night to make sure I get
my vitamins in.

How about fiber? I don't see much of that. It's filling, it cleans out
toxins and cholesterol and carries out fat... eating lots of fiber and
drinking lots of fiber allows your body to move OUT that fat that wants
to leave.

The way to add fiber is to replace some low-vfiber carbs with high fiber
ones. Instead of drinking orange juice, eat an orange. Instead of
having an english muffin have a slice of sprouted wheat bread. Instead
of having sushi with white rice broil some fish and eat it with half a
cup of brown basmati rice. Instead of have pasta have, well, just cut
out the pasta!

Anyone else ready to weigh in on how to fix Joanna's diet? I feel like
I couldn't be terribly helpful because I hardly ever eat out and can't
quite understand why you'd want to do that to yourself!

Dally

I love to eat out... but now I do order steamed veggies with my meal...
which is usually grilled chicken or steak. I cut the meat portion in 1/2
and bring it home for a meal the next day. For instance, I went out to eat
last weekend with my sister. I ordered an 8 oz sirloin steak and grilled
broc. I ate 1/2 of the steak and all of the broc (about 1.5 cups). For the
next 3 mornings, I added a little of the steak chopped up on top of my eggs
for extra protein. I love steak and sirloin is one of the leanest. I
still enjoy eating out with my new WOL... I just make smarter food choices
and log everything I can when I get home. Some restaurants give you a
calorie count on their website, some don't. I frequently have to just
guesstimate.

Joanna also needs to eat more fruit and veggies.... Even though she is
getting a lot of exercise, if she is eating more then she is burning, she'll
gain weight.

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Anyone else ready to weigh in on how to fix Joanna's diet? I feel like
I couldn't be terribly helpful because I hardly ever eat out and can't
quite understand why you'd want to do that to yourself!

Dally

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Joanna Tsang Ramberg wrote:

Dally wrote:

Anyone else ready to weigh in on how to fix Joanna's diet? I feel like
I couldn't be terribly helpful because I hardly ever eat out and can't
quite understand why you'd want to do that to yourself!

Dally

Eating out doesn't have to be a high calorie event. My daughter and I eat
out often as I don't like to cook. We ate out last night and here was my
choice:

Grilled cod, grilled veggies (yellow squash, peppers and onions) and a salad
with blue cheese dressing. I skipped the bread and limited the salad
dressing to less than 2 tablespoons. I normally drink water but sometimes
order iced tea and sweeten with Equal.

We ate at Ruby Tuesday's Friday afternoon and I chose from their new
low-carb menu. A Cajun seasoned grilled chicken breast, mashed cauliflower
and small spring greens salad with 1 tablespoon ranch dressing.

I've never cared too much for most of the low/fat free dressings so I simply
limit the regular dressing. I have a few favorites I use at home or take to
work for lunch.

Even most of the fast food establishments have healthy choices. A mandarin
orange chicken salad from Wendy's - just don't use all the dressing they
serve. Subway has many healthy choices.

BTW, the Pria bars have 110 calories and aren't too bad. I sometimes have
one on my way to the gym if I'm hungry knowing it will be 2 hours before I
have a chance to eat dinner.

Eating out doesn't have to be a diet disaster if you make sensible choices.

Beverly

"Dally" wrote in message
...

So how about drinking a meal replacement drink? Cappacino Ice Myoplex
Lite from www.vitago.com is a good choice mixed with some skim milk in a
Tupperware shaker bottle. It's sort of like a Slim-Fast drink with high
quality protein instead of sugar. :-) (I also like all of the tropical
fruit flavors and most of the chocolate lover's flavors. The ones I
don't love I intended to sell on ebay, but it turns out my kids like
them.)

Meal replacements are great ways to make sure you don't skip a meal when
you're in a hurry. If they're conveniently packaged, you can also use them
when you are out and your choices are limited to crap and crappier.

BTW Dally, your link didn't work. The domain name is for sale.

Jenn

JMA wrote:

BTW Dally, your link didn't work. The domain name is for sale.

Sorry for the typo, I buy the Myoplex Lite shakes at www.vitaglo.com.

Dally

WOW!!! What response!!! Keep 'em coming!!! But just to
reply to a few people: (Warning... this email's long... skip if you
don't have the time or patience...)

1) Yes, I know I need to eat more veggies. The problem comes with WHICH
veggies. Unfortunately, the veggies that I CAN tolerate (corn, carrot,
a couple of others I can't think of right now.) all have high carb
counts. The veggies that are good for me, I usually don't like them
unless they're cooked a certain way. I tried, believe me. I just
can't get myself to eat spinach steamed.

2) and this is a question/comment to Dally
I'm a bit at a loss as to where to begin with this. Eating out is
nearly ALWAYS fattening. The first step is to cook at home more. At
the very least you should order a take-out container WITH YOUR MEAL and
immediately put half in the container to take home.
I already do that when I eat out. Yes, the portions are so huge that
you can easily pack half and it's still over the daily requirements for
calories. LOL!!! I do automatically pack half my food away when I
eat out. (Unless it's sushi, then I order what I could eat...) :P
The other option I do is kid's portion. But even here, there are
cases where even the kid's portion's are too big for this grown-up.
(And they're KID SIZED portions!!!) I wish I could eat in more, but
the fact is that I'm very busy person who just doesn't have the time
to cook.

3) Sweet pototoes vs. dill potatoes:
The garlic dill potatoes ARE actually boiled potatoes. They're NOT
the mashed powdered milk potato type of thing that most people eat.
(I have a mild allergy to dairy so I try to avoid the mashed
potatoes.) Also, the marshmallows they put on top of the sweat potato
casseroles adds up to extra empty cals that I don't need. (This is
from http://www.bostonmarket.com/pdfs/hotSides.pdf. See "Sweet Potato
Casserole vs. Garlic Dill New Potatoes.") EGADS!!!!

Of course, in this case, I can just bake a sweet potato in the
oven for 45 minutes and just eat as is, since hubby and I eat Boston
Market stuff at home usually anyway. You won't get any arguments out
of me! I LOVE sweet potatoes!!! :-P~~

4) Starbuck's mocha. I don't take any (additional) pumps.
Actually, according to the Starbuck's website, it says 200 calories
for a tall Soy Milk Mocha w/no whip. Also, according to the Silk
milk package I have in my fridge, an 8 oz. cup of milk is about
100 calories. 12 oz. is 150 and two pumps of mocha plus coffee
definitely comes out to about 200 calories.

http://www.starbucks.com/retail/nutrition_beverages.asp

5) I would love to cut out the late night snacks, but as it is, I'm
very hungry after I workout (which is usually AFTER a light dinner.)
But, thanks to Whole Foods, I gonna go for grilled veggies and any
type of bean soup. (It might be high in carb but high in fiber too!)

6) EGADS... My weekend brunch is not great here...

According to Fitday.com, this is roughly the equivalent or my "Garden
Skillet."
- Egg omelet or scrambled egg, w/onions, peppers, tomatoes & mushrooms
(assuming 2 large eggs) is 354.13 calories (Cholestorol and sodium
is what's gonna kill me here though.)
- 1 cup white potato, home fries is 268.34. (Sodium is getting high
there, though not THAT bad.) (The veggie and potatoes are mixed
together in this case and the eggs are on top.)

I'll have to see if I could just get a veggie omelet and ask for egg
whites only instead.

WHEW!!! (And today's calorie count is 1552! Slightly over, but not
by much.)

Cheers,
Joanna

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Don't want no scrubs (or SPAM!!!) :-)

"Joanna Tsang Ramberg" wrote in message
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WOW!!! What response!!! Keep 'em coming!!! But just to
reply to a few people: (Warning... this email's long... skip if you
don't have the time or patience...)

1) Yes, I know I need to eat more veggies. The problem comes with WHICH
veggies. Unfortunately, the veggies that I CAN tolerate (corn, carrot,
a couple of others I can't think of right now.) all have high carb
counts. The veggies that are good for me, I usually don't like them
unless they're cooked a certain way. I tried, believe me. I just
can't get myself to eat spinach steamed.

I like fresh spinach in my salads instead of lettuce. I've never cared too
much for cooked spinach but it does taste okay if I add a chopped hard
boiled egg and vinegar. The vinegar hides the taste of the cooked
spinachg
WHEW!!! (And today's calorie count is 1552! Slightly over, but not
by much.)

Cheers,
Joanna

WTG on the 1552 calories for the day. I'm sure you'll be able to fine tune
your food and get it where you want it!

Beverly