Accountability

October 15, 2003

On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 15:54:49 -0000, mitchandcindy wrote:

>Here is my request. I am giving myself til Friday Oct 24 to get my

>labs drawn - then Mama Jo and anyone else who likes to kick butt -

>have at me!

Lee,

I have my 6-month follow-up in a couple weeks. You don't have your labs

done by then, I'll stop by and introduce you to my Size 9 5E steel toed

boots on my way through to Delano. (I'd do it sooner but we'll be back in

the mid-West for the next couple weeks.) Enough incentive for you? LOL

Jerry

October 15, 2003

> Lee,

>

> I have my 6-month follow-up in a couple weeks. You don't have

your labs

> done by then, I'll stop by and introduce you to my Size 9 5E steel

toed

> boots on my way through to Delano. (I'd do it sooner but we'll be

back in

> the mid-West for the next couple weeks.) Enough incentive for

you? LOL

>

> Jerry

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Jerry,

She lives in Texas...lol just stop by her house and do the

butt kicking...lol

God bless

Pat

October 16, 2003

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 05:47:56 -0000, patricia {pat} wrote:

>Jerry,

>She lives in Texas...lol just stop by her house and do the

>butt kicking...lol

>God bless

>Pat

Pat,

This would be a good reason for me to get the last two flights in that I

need for a free trip on Southwest. We get Lee to have her labs done

and I get a free flight out of it. ;-))

Jerry

October 16, 2003

Jerry... if you all get as far as Lee's house, I'm only another hour and a

half via Southwest. Love to see you all. Betsy

Re: Re: accountability

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 05:47:56 -0000, patricia {pat} wrote:

>Jerry,

>She lives in Texas...lol just stop by her house and do the

>butt kicking...lol

>God bless

>Pat

Pat,

This would be a good reason for me to get the last two flights in that I

need for a free trip on Southwest. We get Lee to have her labs done

and I get a free flight out of it. ;-))

Jerry

October 17, 2003

My brain is foggy from this blasted cold so I'm going to kick your

tiny little hiney right now rather than later because I'll probably

forget. You HAVE to get your labs done!! This is a matter of LIFE

AND DEATH!!! This is nothing to screw around with! It takes no

more than 5 minutes to have your blood drawn and when I had mine

done a month ago, it was painless. You could DIE if you have a

deficiency and don't catch it in time! Please, Lee, do NOT

mess around with this! Get your labs done, sweetie! Yesterday!!!

Big hug (with a stern wagging finger!)

Tracey

> I need a little help from my friends.

>

> hugs, cindy lee

August 24, 2004

Uh... I think it's useless to post my menu for today. But I'll post

tomorrow's. Ugh. Look what I got myself into!

: )~

" Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in

a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly

used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming 'Wow - what a Ride!' "

~~ Sage (entrepreneur and speaker)

Re: Accountability (was: Chill out

part 2)

> I hate to say it... but I think maybe we need to start posting our

nutrition

> plans online for accountability. I've heard Maggie say it works

well for

> her...

It works wonders for me, especially when I'm not 100% into the

program mentally! Here's today's menu for me...and I'll fess up

that I don't have veggies on my plate today but promise to eat them

tomorrow I am going shopping after work.

Turkey, mashed potatoes

Turkey, apple

CC, 1/2 serving yogurt, 1/2 serving blackberries

Bar (BOO HISS...should have planned better but I have pt and spaced

it!)

Turkey, 1/2 serving corn, 1/2 serving beans

Oh and I'm cooking chicken tomorrow before I turn into a turkey!

Colleen

August 24, 2004

Mine today was:

Meal 1: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 4 egg whites and 1 whole egg

Meal 2: Veggie Burger on WW Pita with FF Cheese

Meal 3: EAS Low Carb MRB and 1/2 side salad from Chick-Fil-A

Meal 4: CC Shake (1/2 cup lowfat CC, 1/2 cup FF Yogurt, 1/2 cup Pink

Lemonade Crystal Light, 1/4 cup Mixed Berries)

Meal 5: Will be 3 oz chicken on a WW Tortilla with FF Cheese and FF Ranch

Dressing and the rest of the side salad

Meal 6: Will be 1/2 cup oatmeal with 1 serving of tofu and 2 oz of turkey

Re: Accountability (was: Chill out

part 2)

> I hate to say it... but I think maybe we need to start posting our

nutrition

> plans online for accountability. I've heard Maggie say it works

well for

> her...

It works wonders for me, especially when I'm not 100% into the

program mentally! Here's today's menu for me...and I'll fess up

that I don't have veggies on my plate today but promise to eat them

tomorrow I am going shopping after work.

Turkey, mashed potatoes

Turkey, apple

CC, 1/2 serving yogurt, 1/2 serving blackberries

Bar (BOO HISS...should have planned better but I have pt and spaced

it!)

Turkey, 1/2 serving corn, 1/2 serving beans

Oh and I'm cooking chicken tomorrow before I turn into a turkey!

Colleen

August 24, 2004

Here are my eats for the day:

Nutrition:

1: Chocolate banana shake

2: CC pancakes and veggies

3: Chocolate banana shake

4: Oatmeal tuna snack with apple

5: 3x1 veggie omelette

6: Chocolate strawberry/apple protein cupcakes (Sara Lake's Choco Cake recipe)

Supplements:

Multivitamin, Calcium 500+D, ~2 T. safflower oil (in shakes and used

in cooking meal 5)

Calories eaten and deficit for yesterday = 1502 / -346 (target -437)

Maggie

August 25, 2004

Today's Food

1/2 cup oatmeal, 1 whole egg and 4 egg whites

Veggie Burger with FF Cheese and Apple

MRB

Lean Cuisine Four Cheese Chicken with veggies

3 oz chicken on WW Fajita with Salsa and Spinach Leaves

1/2 cup oatmeal, 1 serving tofu and 2 oz deli turkey

Good Points: Stayed on track, did HIIT first thing in the morning and

bought Oreos for my husband and didn't eat any. ()

Bad Points: Should have had something besides a MRB and not enough

water.

August 25, 2004

Here's my food today.

meal one (post work-out) One Way Bar

meal 2 salad my mom made w/ tuna fish, lettuce tomatoes, feta cheese

and some grapes. I am not even sure what kind of dressing she used.

(I am usually stricer with my meals but was at parents and this was

better than the Burger King meal my kids were eating)

meal 3 slice of Brownberry Carb Control bread and small can of tuna

meal 4 4 or 5 oz of chicken breast, 1/2 cup oatmeal and brocolli

Meal 5 1/2 cup oatmeal and ff cottage cheese

have not had meal 6 - If I have anything will be protein shake w/ milk

Exercising: did HIIT on Eliptical and some leg and ab exercises.

work-out cut short because I had to take son to restroom a couple

times.

I just found out this week that my gym is closing sept 15. I am

pretty bummed about it. Luckily I just went back to graduate school

and will be able to use the gym at my school. I will not be able to

bring my kids, so it will take more work to arrange my work-outs

around my husband's schedule. I am more sad about the fact that I

will miss the friends I have made at my gym.

August 25, 2004

I know I'm the one who suggested it, but... I think I'll get back to the

accountability next week. I just got my Betagen & Thremodynamix from Vitaglo

(glad that package came!) but I think I'll wait 'til I take my 4 week photos

to start taking it again. Not sure if there will be any difference, since I

haven't been eating clean, but...

You guys are doing great with this thread!

: )

" Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in

a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly

used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming 'Wow - what a Ride!' "

~~ Sage (entrepreneur and speaker)

Re: Accountability

Today's Food

1/2 cup oatmeal, 1 whole egg and 4 egg whites

Veggie Burger with FF Cheese and Apple

MRB

Lean Cuisine Four Cheese Chicken with veggies

3 oz chicken on WW Fajita with Salsa and Spinach Leaves

1/2 cup oatmeal, 1 serving tofu and 2 oz deli turkey

Good Points: Stayed on track, did HIIT first thing in the morning and

bought Oreos for my husband and didn't eat any. ()

Bad Points: Should have had something besides a MRB and not enough

water.

August 26, 2004

Hi ,

Good call on staying on plan for the rest of the day despite this

morning's set backs. Here's a portion of a message I posted to

another board in response to a member's " I'm unmotivated because I'm

afraid to fail " excuse for scrapping the entire week after one

unauthorized nacho snack on Monday:

" One final observation that it took me years to figure out: Despite

what we all thought when we were growing up, none of us is the center

of the universe! If you " fail, " the world won't end, and guess what

else? No one else really cares! Yes, it's true. (It's because the

rest of the world believes that THEY are the center of the universe,

too.) So have those

nachos if you really can't stop yourself, but don't use it as an

excuse to quit. The Body For Life Nacho Police aren't going to swoop

down and slap a " Failure " sticker on your packet. Only you can do

that by quitting. "

Maggie the Ex-Perfectionist

Accountability

What I'm fighting right now is my perfectionist tendency, that part of

me that wants to say OK YOU SCREWED UP THE *ENTIRE* DAY, YOU ARE A LOSER

AND YOU ARE DOOMED TO BE FAT. Don't mean to yell, but it's yelling in my

head if you know what I mean.

Redondo

August 26, 2004

Oh Maggie! I laughed at the idea of the BFL Police. Do you know, I think

on some level I really expect that to happen??? Silly, huh? Thanks for the

perspective.

Redondo

> & quot;One final observation that it took me years to figure out: & nbsp;

> Despite what we all thought when we were growing up, none of us is the

> center of the universe! & nbsp; If you & quot;fail, & quot; the world won't

> end, and guess what else? & nbsp; No one else really cares! & nbsp; Yes,

> it's true. & nbsp; (It's because the rest of the world believes that THEY

> are the center of the universe, too.) & nbsp; So have those

> nachos if you really can't stop yourself, but don't use it as an

> excuse to quit. & nbsp; The Body For Life Nacho Police aren't going to

> swoop down and slap a & quot;Failure & quot; sticker on your packet. & nbsp;

> Only you can do that by quitting. & quot;

>

> Maggie the Ex-Perfectionist

August 26, 2004

>> OK, . It is 10:27 AM. The *entire* day is not ruined. I

remember someone on this list once said you are never more than two

hours away from being back on track. I will not be able to fit in a

workout today, but I can eat right the rest of the day, I can get in

my water, and I can be nice to myself.

>

YES YES YES! My ex used to tell me/ask me all the time, if you had

one flat tire would you slash the other four?? I know, easier said

than done. I have a hard time fighting that fight also but I think

posting like you did really helps!

Colleen

August 26, 2004

Wow. Talk about putting things in perspective! ;-) It's funny (to me

anyway). I am not a stupid person, but I persist in holding on to these

attitudes that really are stupid! Of course you wouldn't slash all your

tires! You'd fix what was wrong and move on. Why is it so difficult to

apply that same reasoning to the rest of our lives?

Redondo

> YES YES YES! My ex used to tell me/ask me all the time, if you had one

> flat tire would you slash the other four?? & nbsp; I know, easier said

> than done. I have a hard time fighting that fight also but I think

> posting like you did really helps!

>

> Colleen

August 26, 2004

It is because we can't get over that we had a flat tire in the first

place and then we mentally use it as a scape goat for what we really

to do, eat bad. Instead of bringing the tire to the junk yard and

focusing on our shiny new tire, the new me...

just my 2 cents

Stacey

> Wow. Talk about putting things in perspective! ;-) It's funny (to

me

> anyway). I am not a stupid person, but I persist in holding on to

these

> attitudes that really are stupid! Of course you wouldn't slash all

your

> tires! You'd fix what was wrong and move on. Why is it so

difficult to

> apply that same reasoning to the rest of our lives?

>

> Redondo

August 27, 2004

Yesterday was not that good in the evening:

1/2 cup oatmeal, 4 egg white and 1 whole egg

Veggie burger, ff cheese and 1 apple

Dexatrim All In One MRB

CC and Kashi Mix (posted recipe earlier)

Chicken Fajita and 1/2 bowl of Fat Free Jell-O Pudding (OOPPS!)

The other half of the Fat Free Jell-O Pudding (Double OOPPS!)

Good Points:

Still didn't eat the Oreo's.

Bad Points:

Ate a whole box of FF Jell-O Pudding. I really had good intentions and made

it for my daughter. At least it was ff milk and I did get some protein

from it.

Missed my cardio because I had two many conflicts during the day. First

missed workout since I started 4 weeks ago. I did it this morning though

and am caught up now. )

August 27, 2004

I think part of what happens to me when I get off track is that I have no

clue how much what I've eaten will impact my daily total. (Since I utterly

refuse to count calories...)

So once I have a slice of pizza or a donut... I give up on eating clean for

the whole day. I know that's stupid...

" Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in

a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly

used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming 'Wow - what a Ride!' "

~~ Sage (entrepreneur and speaker)

Accountability

Well, after my splendid start yesterday, I ran right into my brick wall

today. Even though I went to bed on time yesterday, I could NOT get out of

bed this morning. Got into work late. I've had one meal - whole wheat

toast with breakfast patties plus one string cheese. I did not pack up the

tower of food.

What I'm fighting right now is my perfectionist tendency, that part of me

that wants to say OK YOU SCREWED UP THE *ENTIRE* DAY, YOU ARE A LOSER AND

YOU ARE DOOMED TO BE FAT. Don't mean to yell, but it's yelling in my head

if you know what I mean.

OK, . It is 10:27 AM. The *entire* day is not ruined. I remember

someone on this list once said you are never more than two hours away from

being back on track. I will not be able to fit in a workout today, but I

can eat right the rest of the day, I can get in my water, and I can be

nice to myself.

I know that was sort of stream of consciousness rambling, but it makes me

accountable to myself if I tell y'all my plans.

Redondo

August 27, 2004

For future reference:

Slice of pizza = 250-400 calories, mostly carb and fat depending on

what kind you have

Glazed regular doughnut ~ 200 calories, again mostly carbs and fat

Cake doughnuts ~ 250+ calories

So if you have slice of pizza, you can pretty much count that as

sucking up the calories that should have gone to TWO BFL meals. A

doughnut...maybe just one.

I find it best just to have a variety of authorized foods on hand that

are taste substitutes for the bad foods I normally crave, including

those microwave muffins (good doughnut substitute), BFL chocolate

mousse, and frozen BFL chicken pita pizzas. That way I KNOW each one

is 200-275 calories and balanced.

And if I MUST have some M & Ms, I make sure I just grab a set number

like 5 of them, and once they finished, I don't have any more. I

can't let myself just grab one or two every time I pass the candy dish

or it's all over.

Maggie

RE: Accountability

I think part of what happens to me when I get off track is that I have no

clue how much what I've eaten will impact my daily total. (Since I utterly

refuse to count calories...)

So once I have a slice of pizza or a donut... I give up on eating clean for

the whole day. I know that's stupid...

August 27, 2004

> I think part of what happens to me when I get off track is that I have no

> clue how much what I've eaten will impact my daily total. (Since I utterly

> refuse to count calories...)

>

> So once I have a slice of pizza or a donut... I give up on eating clean for

> the whole day. I know that's stupid...

>

Hi lydia, Don't beat yourself up. Cut yourself some slack, but a little bfl is

better

than none! I'm hearing you that you don't want to count calories, but I was

curious....

I've been known to stop by krispy kreme on a free day ..... So I wanted to know

just

how bad they are. after checking out their nutritional info, - of course they

are just

pure crap, but at least, I know just how bad they are and realized that if I

just kept it

to one " original glazed " its much better than some of those creme filled ones,

(and a

TON better than having say THREE......) plus then I realized I should maybe have

that

glass of milk with it for the proteins sake! (bad jojo!)

original glazed: 200 calories, 100 cal from fat, 12g fat, 3g sat fat, 5mg

cholesterol

22 carbs, 2g protein------ that's a lot of carbs and calories for one measly

doughnut. but oh so delectable. and if it makes me feel like I'm not missing out

on

the joys of being alive, its definately worth it. A typical BFL meal for me ends

up being

between 250-350 calories, (without counting.......)

I guess the point is, one doughnut isn't as bad as more than one donut! and

knowledge is power! That being said, bad carbs make me crave more bad carbs. So

if

I start my day with krispy kreme its pretty much downhill from there for me as

well.

August 28, 2004

Reply at bottom:

Re: Accountability

> I think part of what happens to me when I get off track is that I have no

> clue how much what I've eaten will impact my daily total. (Since I utterly

> refuse to count calories...)

>

> So once I have a slice of pizza or a donut... I give up on eating clean

for

> the whole day. I know that's stupid...

>

Hi lydia, Don't beat yourself up. Cut yourself some slack, but a little

bfl is better

than none! I'm hearing you that you don't want to count calories, but I was

curious....

I've been known to stop by krispy kreme on a free day ..... So I wanted to

know just

how bad they are. after checking out their nutritional info, - of course

they are just

pure crap, but at least, I know just how bad they are and realized that if I

just kept it

to one " original glazed " its much better than some of those creme filled

ones, (and a

TON better than having say THREE......) plus then I realized I should maybe

have that

glass of milk with it for the proteins sake! (bad jojo!)

original glazed: 200 calories, 100 cal from fat, 12g fat, 3g sat fat, 5mg

cholesterol

22 carbs, 2g protein------ that's a lot of carbs and calories for one measly

doughnut. but oh so delectable. and if it makes me feel like I'm not missing

out on

the joys of being alive, its definately worth it. A typical BFL meal for me

ends up being

between 250-350 calories, (without counting.......)

I guess the point is, one doughnut isn't as bad as more than one donut! and

knowledge is power! That being said, bad carbs make me crave more bad carbs.

So if

I start my day with krispy kreme its pretty much downhill from there for me

as well.

Thanks, Jodi!

I DID eat clean for my first two meals today... then it was Coca Cola,

Oreos, a slice of pizza, a Stouffer's, and more Coca Cola.

At least I had a kickass w/o this morning!

; )

September 18, 2005

I start tomorrow morning. Good luck with your journey.

-- Accountability

My next challenge starts today. Today I weighed in at 201. My goal is 180,

a 21 pound weight loss, sort of, I'm up a little from relaxing for four days

after the last challenge, but it's probably nonsense weight that'll be off

by Tuesday. I really didn't get off the program too much, I just didn't go

to the gym yesterday and had a big steak last night. I'm hoping to start

benching again tomorrow, it's been five weeks since my shoulder injury and I

have followed the Doc's orders to a T. I have taken 55 pounds off of my

target bench for the first 4 week cycle so I hope to come back strong. My

next competition is the first weekend in December, and I have to behave

through 5 days in Maui in November, but I'm focused and ready to go.

September 19, 2005

Yeah, I'm starting my second one. I didn't do too great with the first one,

but I hung in there and finished. I WILL do better with this one!