Lunch
Foot long ham on wheat no cheese with honey mustard and a coke zero. 582 calories and 90 calories from fat.

For anyone trying pills to lose weight don't. The FDA just recalled hydroxycut because of serious health issues. We can do this the right way. No drugs no crap just lots of healthy stuff.

Breakfast
1 1/2 cups honey nut cheerios with 1 cup skim milk. 300 calories and 30 fat calories.
Looks like I got Thom to join me on the choose to lose. It will be good to have a partner.

Add ramen noodles 140 calories 0 fat calories and I'm done for the day. 1491 calories and 140 fat calories. Time to call it a night

Lets do this!!!

I have been trying to get back on track and Thank you Jaime for the extra push!! It sooooo much easier to do this together!

Ok kids I'm back and I'm still fat so here goes nothing. Back on the choose to lose since I did so well with that.
Breakfast
1 1/2 cups honey nut cheerios with 1 cup skim milk.
300 calories 30 fat calories.
Lunch half a tom turkey jimmy johns. 276 calories all can find for fat is 13 grams of fat. Dinner/snack
Ham sandwich 215 calories 40 fat calories.
Pear cup 80 calories 0 fat calories.
Jerky 60 calories 10 fat calories.
Yogurt 80 calories and 0 fat calories.
Mt dew throwback mmmmmm 340 calories 0 fat calories.
So far 1351 calories and 140 fat calories. I'm just guessing 70 fc for jimmy johns

Back on Track!

I have been fast food free since March 31st... and I can feel the difference! Down almost 10 pounds now and plan on more. Where did everyone go??

Check out this article....

Do You Really Want Fries With That?
Dietitian Department
Potato chips and French fries have become a staple of the American diet. Unfortunately, the process by which
potatoes are cooked into chips or fries alters their chemical structure and makes eating them, especially in
excess, dangerous. One chemical recently found in French fries that has garnished increasing attention is
acrylamide.
Acrylamide is a potentially toxic chemical that forms when certain carbohydrate-rich foods (potatoes, breads,
and cereals, in particular) are fried, baked or roasted at high temperatures. Just last month Health Canada
recommended that acrylamide be placed on the toxic substances list. Although previous research has found
high doses of acrylamide can cause cancer in rats, the risk to human health is relatively unknown.
In a recent study, researchers in Poland assessed the relationship between potato chips (known to contain
acrylamide) with oxidative stress and inflammation. A group of volunteers consumed 5 ½ ounces of potato
chips, containing 157 milligrams of acrylamide, every day for 4 weeks. Researchers then evaluated free
radical production and C-reactive protein, in addition to other lesser known markers of inflammation.
Significant elevation in all markers of oxidative stress and inflammation were found after 4 weeks. A distinct
increase in the number of acrylamide-hemoglobin adducts were noted, indicating increased toxicity in the
blood. These increases in inflammation are thought to cause an increased progression of atherosclerosis, or
hardening of the arteries, in addition to many other diseases and disorders.
So the next time you are tempted to splurge on French fries or potato chips, think twice. It appears that
skipping those fries and chips can do more than reduce your waistline…it might save your life!
Adapted from “Fit Bits” from Exercise ETC and Narusrewicz, M., et al (2009) “Chronic intake of potato chips
in humans increases the production of reactive oxygen radicals by leukocytes and increases plasma C-reactive
protein: a pilot study”. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 89 (3): 773-777

P.S.

Girls get ready, I'll be back on noons in a month. It will make it much easier to get back on track.

Yep it's start over day 1 again...Well I guess day 2

Thom and I have gotten the 30 day kick start book from "The Biggest Loser." We started it yesterday. Well we ate the dinner yesterday. I didn't have breakfast yesterday because I just wasn't into breakfast and for lunch I had a Lean cuisine. So today will be the first full day.

Breakfast is going to be a Jimmy Deans D-Lights Sandwiches: Turkey Sausage, Egg White & Cheese Sandwich on a Muffin Made with Whole Grain, 4 CT. I haven't had it yet so we'll see how it tastes. We went for this because it matched up with the day 1 breakfast menu. It's not as good for you as making it yourself I'm sure, but it's better than Michelle's candy bowl for breakfast.

Amount Per Serving Calories: 260, Calories From Fat: 70

Lunch will be a Lean Cuisine Orange Chicken.

Amount Per Serving:Calories 300, Calories From Fat 60

I've got my water and I'm ready to go. I don't wanna be the fluffy one any more.

So for the day I'm up to 560 Calories and 130 calories from fat leaving me with 1195 calories to go 221 calories from fat. Here's to sticking to it.

Breakfast

Today I tried a "Pumpkin Parfait" recipe for breakfast that was in Fitness magazine. Lets just say I found it unedible. Instead I had a 6oz container of yogurt and a granola bar.

For lunch I have a bag of spring mix salad, some olive oil and vinegar for dressing, a tangerine, and a snack sized cup of chocolate pudding.

Ok, ok, ok. I'm still slacking. I caught this cold last week, and I think I've finally kicked most of it. Once I stop coughing, I'm going to get a workout routine together. I got a subscription to Fitness magazine, and their website has a lot of good workouts and videos. So maybe I won't have to shell out money for a gym membership if this goes well. They also have meal ideas.

Here are my goals:
*Get a weekly meal plan together. Plan meals ahead of time and try to stick mainly to buying food for those meals (no more ice cream bars, chips, etc).
*Get a weekly work out plan together. Find workouts that I can do at home (it's too cold outside to go anywhere :) )
*Get my husband on board!

I know they may seem pretty basic, this is the first time I've actually written them down.

breakfast & lunch

Breakfast today was Quaker Instant Oatmeal Raisins and Spice 300 calories and 40 calories from fat

Lunch was Lean Cuisine potato, cheese & broccoli 230 calories 45 calories from fat.

Today's total so far is 530 calories and 95 calories from fat.

Total left for today is 1225 calories and 256 calories from fat.

Looks like I need more calories and less fat calories hmmmm.

Oh and good luck Thom, welcome to the club!

Hi, I'm Thomas

Hi I'm Thom..and i'm a fat ass..well,not neccessarily ass. I'm more gut than butt..but you get the picture.
After throwing away $50 in a weight loss competition I decided to do it on my own. I started with a Juice Fast yesterday and did 8,818 steps on the eliptical and treadmill.
Wish me luck.

Dinner

Ok for dinner I had steak and mashed taters and a coke. I'm cutting it close but I still need more calories in order be where I should be according to the book.

Steak 357 calories, 90 calories from fat
Mashed taters 110 calories, 20 calories from fat
Damn coke 140 calories, 0 calories from fat

Total for dinner 607 calories, 110 calories from fat
Total for the day 1507 calories, 295 calories from fat.

I have 248 calories at 56 fat calories left for the day.

P.S.
Welcome back Megan!! Good luck!

Hello, my name is Megan and I have a fat ass. I had McDonalds today before I went to work.

I feel like I just totally pigged out since Thanksgiving, and I am very disappointed in myself. Something's got to change! They just opened a 24-hour gym near my house, and I am seriously considering joining. I figure, if I spend money on a membership, maybe that would be incentive enough to go.

So, back to no fast food. Back to healthier meals. Back to walking on that treadmill.

Lunch

Grilled ham & cheese sandwich on whole wheat bread and a bowl of chicken noodle o's.

2 slices of bread 220 calories 20 fat calories.
2 slices of ham 60 calories 20 fat calories.
2 slices cheese 140 calories 80 fat calories.
honey mustard 10 calories 0 fat calories.
bowl of chicken noodle o's 80 calories 25 fat calories.

total for lunch. 510 calories , 145 fat calories.
total for the day so far 900 calories, 185 fat calories.

Total left for the day. 855 calories, 166 fat calories.

Ok for lunch I really could have cut it down to one piece of cheese rather than 2. That would have cut out a lot. It's all live and learn, live and learn.

Hi I'm Jaime

Hi I'm Jaime, remember me. Yeah it's been far, far too long and my ass can tell. So we'll start over. Hi I'm Jaime and I'm a fat ass. Ok here we go again. I'm going to be on this as much as humanly possible and I hope everyone comes back to it because we were all doing so well. I'm still down 12 pounds, don't ask me how because I don't deserve to be down 12 pounds at all after all the crap I've eaten the last few months. So to get back on track I'm going back to the "Choose to Lose" program because I did really well on that. To be honest I'd be happy getting to 150 pounds. That would be a great goal weight for me, it's been a long time since I've been there so we'll pick that one. According to the Choose to Lose program I'll have to eat at least 1755 calories and 351 fat calories or less to become my goal weight.

Today so far I've had:
Quaker Instant Oatmeal Raisins and Spice 300 calories and 40 calories from fat
a glass of skim milk 90 calories and 0 calories from fat.

So I need to eat 1455 more calories today and I still have 311 fat calories to eat.

I need to do this.