I really didn't want to title this "struggling"...but on the main April Avengers thread a few of us have found we have something in common. We are in a rut. Things we used to do habitually: Journaling, remembering and following the bandster rules, exercising, Water intake, etc.; are slowly being dropped. Six months has passed and we are satisfied with our progress so far, but something is missing. Is it the drive? The newness is gone? Why have we stopped doing things that five months ago were priority?...

So we decided to start a journal of sorts:

Date:

What Did You Eat Today?:

Protein:

Water Intake:

Exercise:

Anything to add:

Playing Catch up tonight!

Date: 10/17/08

What Did You Eat Today?

Breakfast: Starbuck's pumpkin Latte

Lunch: 2 Green Chili chicken soft tacos (lettuce, tom, onion, f/f sour cream, light catalina)

Snack:Peach

Dinner: Spicy Red curry, Fragrant Jasmine Rice, Red lentil Dal with cauliflower

Snack: f/f, s/f peach yogurt

Protein: 79g (approx 1025 cals)

Water Intake: 3 liters

Exercise: Ran 3 miles (475 cals burned)

Anything to add: Exercise break is over, it felt great to get back to my exercise routine. Could have eaten a few more calories today...ooops!

Date: 10/18/08

What Did You Eat Today?

Breakfast: coffee only, slept really late :biggrin:

Snack: f/f yogurt

Lunch: Melba toast, 1 wedge lite laughing cow, 1/2 Luna bar

Dinner: Corned beef, cabbage, and poatoes

Cocktails: 3 - 4 oz frozen drinks (pink lemonade and cabernet, roughly equal to 3 - 4 oz glasses of wine plus a lot of sugar!!)

Protein: 31 g (1137 cals)

Water Intake: 1 L

Exercise: None

Anything to add: didn't do well today.

Date: 10/19/08

What Did You Eat Today?

Breakfast: coffee

Lunch: Left overs: 1/2 c curry and 1/2 c jasmine rice

Snack: f/f yogurt, 1 T almonds, 1/4 oz bran flakes

Dinner: 1/2 breaded chicken patty (baked), 1/4 hamburger bun, 6 tator tots, lettuce tomato, light mayo, pickles

Snack: 2 c Avgolemono soup, 1/2 c rice

Anything to add: I PB'd most of the tator tots and probably some of the other stuff, but mostly tator tots. I know better, but I still try. I love them, but just can't tolerate them anymore. The first two went down okay and that's when I should have stopped. Will I ever learn?

Protein: 51 g (1105 cals / it's less than this because of the PB, but I left it in)

Water Intake: 1 L

Exercise: Played basketball this evening with my family. It was so much fun! (burned 200 cals)

Anything to add: Cleaned out my entire closet today in my underwear so I could try on everything. Have two giant boxes to give away to other family and friends. 2 boxes of "skinny" clothes for next summer. Row, after row of clothes that will fit shortly, mostly 12's and 14's. Can't wait!!

Wow Bea...I wanna eat at your house! You do a really good job of getting a diverse diet! I love all the stuff you post!

And congrats on the closet! I need to do that too...you've inspired me. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow!

~C

Well - since we are now logging (yes that's you too Turler) on dailyplate thought we could end this thread.

-The End-

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Goodbye thread!