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Post by marcia7749 on May 12, 2005 7:51:45 GMT -5
Good Morning Everyone!
Well, yesterday was another Miracle......have made it through another day on CORE! Actually started CORE on Tues May 10th (after 1 week on Atkins)
I was on Atkins last year.....lost 45 lbs....down to 198 lbs....went to Arizona for the winter.....gained back to 247 lbs!!!!
I have no control when off an eating plan! So.....am now on CORE and loving it so far!
Had CORE meatloaf yesterday.....delicious!!
This is my planned menu for today:
Breakfast:
W french toast, cantaloupe
Snack:
Celery with FF cream cheese
Lunch:
CORE chili, cottage cheese w/berries
Snack:
Canadian bacon w/FF refried beans &
FF cheese, celery w/ranch dressing
Dinner:
Baked chicken, small baked potato,
ranch dressing, spinach
Snack:
Oatmeal w/skim milk
Hoping to start walking today.....if it doesn't rain. (got out my Swinger......plan to exercise on this today for sure)
Have a wonderful day everyone!!!!!!
MM
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Post by janek46 on May 12, 2005 11:24:36 GMT -5
Welcome to Core!! Don't know if you know this or not, but ff cream cheese is not Core....dang it!  And, if you know it already, and are counting points, just ignore me Have a great day... |
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Post by timber on May 12, 2005 13:07:53 GMT -5
Thanks for reading and visiting my journal. I appreciate the kind words. Sorry for the loss of your brother.  |
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Post by marcia7749 on May 12, 2005 13:47:21 GMT -5
Oh No!!!! I did not know about the fat free cream cheese not being CORE!!! Shoot.....just finished eating celery with strawberry FF cream cheese!!......
Have only been on CORE for 3 days.....so not real sure about everything yet!!
THank you so much......have added 1 point to my weekly bonus points usage.
Have a wonderful day!!!!
MM
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Post by Dmsangel on May 12, 2005 15:16:54 GMT -5
Welcome to the journal forum!
Don't forget to add points for the french toast too!
I wish I had time in the morning to make it - I love the stuff.
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Post by marcia7749 on May 13, 2005 9:15:11 GMT -5
Thanks to all for the wonderful comments and advice! Have decided to Journal my meals the day after from now on.....too confusing otherwise! Trying to figure out how to underline or do any bold letters.....any advice would be great!
Yesterday was a dreary, rainy day.....read recipes all day in several sites.....made me hungry all day!! Not a good thing to do....although I made it through the day just fine....I sure ate a lot, but all was legal and another Miracle Day!!
Breakfast
1 WW french toast w/Waldens syrup (1 WP)(delicious)
1 c. cantaloupe
Snack
2 celery stalks w/FF strawberry cream cheese (1 WP)
Lunch
Core chili with beans (no meat)
Leftover delicious Core meatloaf (delicious)
Snack
2 canadian bacon w/melted FF cheese
1 cup of leftover chili
1 apple
Dinner
Core chicken nuggets w/cornmeal (delicious)
FF ranch dressing
Broccoli slaw & onions stir fry in olive oil (delicious)
Snack
Banana split (to die for!) (1WP)
8 water, 2 half caf coffee, 1 diet soda, 3 WP
zero exercise......except for all of my computer time!!
Planning to try a couple of new recipes today .....Apple crisp.....BBQ ribs....and Tuna salad w/eggs....will let you know tomorrow if they are delicious!
Have a Great Day Today! Remember, Yesterday was history, Tomorrow is a mystery, Today is a gift...that's why they call it the Present!
God Bless!
MM
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Post by marcia7749 on May 14, 2005 7:25:58 GMT -5
Good Morning Everyone!!
Again, thank you to all of you for your wonderful advice and support. Yesterday was another Miracle of a day......day 5 on CORE ! I sure do like this program....you can eat so much healthy food and I feel so much better!
We are beginning to wonder if we are ever going to have summer here in Minnesota.....rained all day yesterday again.....and doing it again today!!!
Watched the Elvis special last night.....it was wonderful.....such a shame that he died so young....he was so terrific...
Here is my journal for yesterday:
Breakfast
2 egg omelette w/onions,mushrooms,brocslaw,FFcheese
Salsa, FF sour cream delicious
Snack none
Lunch
Healthier Tuna Salad w/hardboiled eggs Yuck!
1 c leftover CORE chili
Snack
Apple crisp pretty good
Dinner
BBQ ribs Core style delicious
Baked potato w/FF ranch
Brussel sprouts
Green Beans
Snack
FF pudding w/FF cool whip
1/2 apple
8 water, 3 half caf, 2 diet soda, 0WP, Total WP 7
Zero exercise......need to get out of this house!!
Trying a couple of new recipes today.....Sweet Corn Cakes....Tuna melts.....BBQ baked chicken...Will let you know tomorrow if they are any good!
Have a Great Day! Remember, Yesterday was history, Tomorrow is a mystery, Today is a gift....that's why they call it the Present!
God Bless!
MM
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Post by janek46 on May 14, 2005 9:16:17 GMT -5
Hi Marcia...you're doing great! Where in Mn are you? Not the address-just the general area We live about an hr. from Duluth. Just curious..... Have a great day!....jane |
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Post by marcia7749 on May 14, 2005 10:23:46 GMT -5
Hi Jane!
You are really doing terrific......such an inspiration.....congratulations on your success!!
I am about 30 min. north of St Paul......live on the lake.....opening fishing today.....might snow!! ha ha....what a crummy day!
Just printed off my journals so far to keep track.....goofed....today is day #6 .....the time has sure gone fast!!
Better get some breakfast......have a great day!
MM
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Post by janek46 on May 14, 2005 10:32:56 GMT -5
Thanks! It's a one day at a time process.....but I love the Core plan. And I love my meetings....
Yucky day here too! It looks like a WATP tape day instead of walking the trails.
My stepson is in the Brainerd area and loves all outdoor activities. He decided to wait til the weather is nicer to go fishing. Me, I am from NC and not used to the cold, cold weather, even after almost 5 years. Looking forward to going 'home' for a few weeks at the end of June.
Have a great day...
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Post by marcia7749 on May 15, 2005 7:20:34 GMT -5
Good Morning Everyone!
Wishing all of you a wonderful, blessed Sunday....thought I would do my journalling before I get ready for church.
More rain in Minnesota!!! Will summer ever come? By the time summer comes....the mosquitoes will probably come too!!
Going to our son's today after church...and taking the family out to eat....hope to find someplace that I can easily eat CORE.
Yesterday was fine....followed the program...but feel like all we do is eat, eat, eat. I think I am becoming obsessed with food! Really need to get outside.....rain or not! Hopefully, going to son's will help with the food obsession!
Tomorrow is 1 week on CORE.....hopefully I have lost something. But, I know I am eating too much.....healthy....but too much. Look at other journals and see that others are not eating this much.
Oh, well.......here is my journal for yesterday:
Breakfast Sat. 5/14 Day 6
oatmeal, skim milk, 1/2 apple
Snack
pistachio FF pudding, FF cool whip, popcorn
Lunch
Tomato soup
2 tuna melts (2WP)
FF cottage cheese w/pineapple
Snack
Leftover BBQ ribs
Salad w/FF dressing
Dinner
CORE corn cakes Delicious
Steak
Spinach
Asparagus
Snack
1/2 apple w/cinnamon & splenda
8 water, 2 half caf, 2 diet soda, 2WP, Total WP9
Zero exercise...ugh!
Not trying new recipes today....
Have a Great Day! Remember, Yesterday was history, Tomorrow is a mystery, Today is a gift....that's why they call it the present!
God Bless,
MM
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Post by KristenKP on May 15, 2005 7:57:38 GMT -5
Hey Marcia- Glad to see you're finding a method of journaling you like, and I'm doubly glad to see you're enjoying Core! Sorry to butt in, but I noticed a couple of things you might not know as a newbie. 1. I don't think ribs of any kind are a Core meat. I just checked the extensive Food List on the WW site, and didn't see any ribs listed. (Which makes sense, because they are extremely fatty.) Are you sure those were Core? The sauce might have been, but not the meat. Sorry! 2. There were also a couple of desserts I'm not sure you're counting properly: the apple crisp and the banana split. Only 1 WPA for the banana split? It was with ice cream, right? Also, what was the "crisp" for the apples -- everything I could think of that would be that in a dessert isn't Core, so I'm not sure that it wouldn't have WPAs. I'm just asking because you said you thought you were eating too much, and I would hate for you to have a surprise at the scale. You can still eat and count all those foods, and I suspect that you'll still be under your 35 WPAs, but before you think more WPAs left than you do, it might be good to re-calculate your total. Good luck and I hope you're having a lovely weekend! |
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Post by marcia7749 on May 15, 2005 8:35:08 GMT -5
Kristen,
Thank you so much for your reply!
Actually, I think I am ok.....all of the recipes are CORE style.
The BBQ ribs.....sliced strips of lean boneless pork cooked in slow cooker....then covered with CORE recipe BBQ sauce.....really was delicious....will never buy BBQ sauce again.....this truly was good.
The apple crisp was also a CORE recipe....not the greatest....but ok....apples, oatmeal, splenda, brown sugar twin, cinnamon, mashed banana.
The banana split.....sliced banana, Walden Farms choc syrup (FF and no carb and no calories), 2 T Kashi cereal, FF cool whip, pineapple in own juice, strawberry
I think that my recipes are all ok.....I am just concerned that I seem obsessed with eating all of the time....plan.....cook....eat....do dishes....over and over again....LOL.
Thanks again for you comments.....I need all of the encouragement and help that I can get.....the scale is going up.....not down....for the last couple of days....ugh!!
Have a great day!!!!!
MM
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Post by KristenKP on May 16, 2005 13:06:51 GMT -5
Ahhhhh. Oh, I gotcha! I was thinking you meant rib ribs - my mistake!
The other recipes do sound fine, now that you've explained them. Thanks for filling me in!
As for the scale going up "the last couple of days", have you been weighing yourself every day? I would STRONGLY recommend that you not -- our weight fluctuates so much day-to-day, trying to gauge it every 24 hours is extremely unreliable, and mentally, it can encourage us to self-sabotage. Just do it once a week to get a general check-in.
There was a link somewhere around here that described all the common-sense reasons why daily weighing fluctuates so much. I really loved that because it explained it so well.
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Post by marcia7749 on May 17, 2005 7:06:46 GMT -5
Good Morning all!!
Need to post my Sunday meals:
Breakfast Sun 5/15 Day 7
Veggie omelette w/ ff cheese, salsa, ff sour cream
Lunch
Salad w/ ff dressing
Chicken
Bacon Bits (2WP)
Snack
2 rice cake pks (2WP)
FF Pistachio pudding 2/ ff cool whip
Core corn cake
Dinner
Rotisserie chicken
olives
Core split pea soup
core corn cake
Snack
FF cottage cheese w/pineapple
8 water, 3 half caf, 3 diet soda, 6WP, Total WP 15
zero exercise.....ugh
Busy, busy, migraine, no fancy cooking today!
Have a great day! Remember, Yesterday was history, Tomorrow is a mystery, Today is a gift....that's why they call it the present!
God Bless,
MM
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And, if you know it already, and are counting points, just ignore me 
