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Justina - all your food posts always just like a very tempting cookery book... You are a real gourmet... I never put anything like the amount of effort into meals that you put into things... I dont know whether you ever chatted to my pal Kara (KaraCooks here) - you would get on like a house on fire you are so similar in that respect... Well done on getting 6 points so far.

Well thanks!! To be honest I don't spend much time cooking. tops 30 mins a day. Everything I prepare is very simple. :) I just like to make (as much as possible) everything from scratch. I love fresh food.

You are doing great. I hope you can get more steps the next few days as you planned ( i think you are already doing amazingly as it is :) )

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Allrighty, here I go for another 2 points:

Food today:
B: Pam amb tomaquet (this is a type catalan breakfast (Barcelona & region in Spain)) - toast with tomato sauce (not ketchup) and olive oil + latte
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S: Persimmon (fruit)
L: Homemade basil pesto & pasta
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S: 1 portion of mocca almond fudge ice cream
D: Fresh veggie juice (beetroot, carrot, celery, cucumber, ginger, apple, orange, lemon, beetroot leaf)

E: 1 hr 40 mins walking :D

THAT MEANS I HAVE 10 CHALLENGE POINTS (Well 11 - but we can't have more than 10)
Two food logs: 2+2
Trying a new fruit: 1
Extra excercising: 3+3

Hope y'all had a great weekend!
 
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I had a pepino melon, a sunchoke, and an opal apple this weekend.
 
Well done for eating some food and earning some points.

Yesterday I didnt manage to get any extra steps done compared to last Sunday. I did 17,095 steps (so over 8 miles) - but it wasn't more than last weekend... Some was outdoors in the snow and some was on the treadmill... Naturally - my exercise points are a given as I cannot walk 8 miles in less than an hour...
 
I am claiming three more points for my walking today (Monday).

Last Monday - my pedometer got up to 25,648 steps... Now that is pretty good in most people's terms...

I have done a lot of walking and a lot of other exercise today and my pedometer is currently at 31,454 steps for today... I am not planning on doing many more steps today - but that certainly qualifies as extra exercise compared to the equivalent day last week.

So far that is 7 points that I can claim...
1 day extra walking = 3 points
2 days of food log = 2 * 2 points
 
Hi guys, how is everyone doing,

just checking in to log in my food today. Today was a stay at home and do chores day, so my meals today were to say the least whatever was in the house that did not require much energy to fix.

Breakfast
Post Raisin Brain with Almond Breeze Almond/Coconut Milk

Lunch
Jack Mackerel in Tomato Sauce with White Rice

Snack
100% Vegetable Fruit Juice

Dinner
Jack Mackerel in Tomato Sauce with White Rice
100% Vegetable Fruit Juice

Calories: 1358

As I said uninspiring, figured if there was left-overs from lunch, I might as well have it...

So that's the total 4 points that I can get from logging, along with the one day walk that's 7pts. Now to find a fruit or vegetable I have never eaten to get my other 3pts, or its walking for me....:leaving:
 
Okay food log time:
Breakfast: lowfat greek yogurt with blueberries, granola, and almond slivers 350 cals
1 cup black coffee

Lunch: Pimento cheese sandwich 300 calories
Lots of water

Dinner: turkey breast sandwich with cheese 300 calories

snack: beek jerky 130 calories
snack bar 120 calories

diet ginger ale
 
And here is a food log for today from me too.

B weetbix w milk and sugar and coffee
L eggplant and vege lasagne
S tomato and cucumber salad coffee
D mince and pasta
S lemon yoghurt and green tea
 
I also had 2 new veges this week. Curly kale from the garden , which I cooked in a pie on the weekend, and today yellow small round courgettes. I've often had the green long courgettes, but not the little yellow ones. It was the only new thing I could find at the grocery store. They are very yummy.
 
It isnt really something for weight loss - but a lot of people have never eaten courgette flowers... they are absolutely yummy... they don't have to be deep fried... it may be an idea for someone wondering what to have.

My step count actually went up to 33,760 yesterday by the end of the day (despite me not planning to do much more when I posted) because Rod suddenly wanted to do a little salsa practice of the routine that we will be doing in one of our classes tonight.

Transparent - you are doing great. I think that you need three new veg to get three points...

Quercus - great logging - that is 2 points earned

Anna - great logging and new veg poins.
 
LOL I've been checking and I logged over 27,000 steps both last Tuesday and last Wednesday... That would mean that I have to log over 29,000 steps today or tomorrow to get the three points I need using that route... That's nearly 15 miles...

I must admit that I am not keen on messing around with my food plan while it is working...

I am trying to load up a current photo of me but am having difficulties connecting the camera to the computer.

I am not sure how I will get the extra points - but I am determined to get them one way or another...
:willy_nilly::svengo::willy_nilly::svengo::willy_nilly:
 
It isnt really something for weight loss - but a lot of people have never eaten courgette flowers... they are absolutely yummy... they don't have to be deep fried... it may be an idea for someone wondering what to have.

I love zucchini flowers! I used to have them on pizza when I lived in Italy!! pizza con fiori di zucchini - yummmy!
 
PICTURES - Before - after...

Hey you guys, someone just commented on my pix I posted two years ago in the before and after section of the forum (i complete;y forgotten about them)- if anyone is interested, have a look - it's part of the challenge this week to post them here - but I cannot post them again (they were on my other computer)
My posting title is :"Justina before and inbetween - hopefully after soon"
 
Well Tuesday has just finished and I have done enough steps to claim the three points for additional walking today.

I did a lot of walking and then the 2.5 hours of salsa tonight.

My final stepcount for the day is 35,733 steps. Last Tuesday I walked 27,162 steps.

That means that I can claim 10 points.

they are as follows:

2 points for posting my Friday food log
2 points for posting my Saturday food log
3 points for walking more steps on Monday than Monday last week
3 points for walking more steps on Tuesday than Tuesday last week
 
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Justine - I thought that the pictures had to include one at our current weight. Is your weight still the same as on those pictures.

Posting old pictures would not have been a problem for me - but I don't have a picture of me at this size on this computer.
 
Justine - I thought that the pictures had to include one at our current weight. Is your weight still the same as on those pictures.

Posting old pictures would not have been a problem for me - but I don't have a picture of me at this size on this computer.

Yes I know, it's no biggie, I already have 11 points (I know max is 10) :) - I just thought someone might be interested, that's all.
 
I'm sure that we are all interested. Well done for getting those 11 points.

I just didn't want the other teams shouting out and taking points off us that we had thought were earned at the end of the week... that sometimes happens in challenges so it always makes sense to keep on top of things and ensure that there is no misunderstandings going on...
 
Hey all, here is my food for today, trying for some extra points. I'm also working out a way to add exercise to my day that's wouldn't normally, which I think is the idea of the mini challenge? I'm thinking that some kind of exercise while on night shift tomorrow night would cover it. Normally I just sit in a chair all night. What do you all think? I could go up and down the stairs some number of times?

B weetbix w milk and sugar, coffee
S latte
L leftover eggplant casserole thingy and a chicken drumstick
S rice crackers w cottage cheese
D fish pie
S dreamy lemon yoghurt yum yum
 
Hey all, here is my food for today, trying for some extra points. I'm also working out a way to add exercise to my day that's wouldn't normally, which I think is the idea of the mini challenge? I'm thinking that some kind of exercise while on night shift tomorrow night would cover it. Normally I just sit in a chair all night. What do you all think? I could go up and down the stairs some number of times?

As long as it's not part of your "standard" days it's all good! :)

Steve
 
Hi guys, I need help here... I have hit the dreaded plateau.:reddevil:

I was getting frustrated with the inconsistent weight loss, then unexplained weight gain. So I went back and looked at my previous diaries from years past and I realized that this is the weight that I am at now that usually I stop dieting because dumb me, I never realized that this is my plateau and I would get upset and stop dieting and exercising, but when I start again, the weight will gradually fall of until I am back at this point.:banghead:

It was suggested that I change my eating habits, but most days I am between 1200-1700 calories, one or two days I may go above 1700 but for the most part that is where I am. I already exercise at least a minimum of an hour a day, except my rest day(s) when I don't do anything at all, sorry guys, I tried exercising all 7 days, used to be too tired to do anything, so I usually have one rest day per week, usually Sunday or another day if I have somewhere to be on Sunday...

Anyway, back to my dilema, how can I crush this plateau? Should I up my caloric intake for a few days to trick my metabolism, I don't know if I can consistently exercise for more than an hour or maybe an hour and a half in a day. Should I change my exercise routine, because seriously I am getting completely pissed off:cuss: with the up one week, down one week, can't get below 269, when I am trying and counting calories and exercising, it is frustrating as hell....:cuss:

so HELP!!!!

ps. went on the scale, its back up again (274.4) and I know if the past is anything to go by, it'll be down next week but still withing the 269-275 range...
 
I've broken plateaus in the past by tinkering with the food plan...

You write that you have counted calories. Have you checked the rest of your nutrition and are you looking for targets to be hit with things like sodium, protein, fibre, calcium, water. These all have a bearing on how we lose weight.

I know that I spent months and months on the way down trying to lose the last 12 pounds... I spent 13 months losing the last 20 pounds after losing 147 pounds in the first 13 months... I really got stuck... I had lost an absolute ton of weight and was good at getting results - but couldnt get it to shift. I had continued working hard... I didnt know what was happening... I analysed my food and suddenly realised that a couple of things had crept into my food plan and I was going high sodium... the high sodium days were totally cancelling out my hard work. I brought my sodium levels back into line and ensured that I drank the water and the elusive 12 pounds fell away in five weeks.
 
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