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Post by Karla on Jul 3, 2024 20:24:46 GMT
I’m thinking I need to ditch the ice cream. So hard to do when it’s blazing hot outside. I’m feeling bloated, but no weight gain. I’ve also been eating tomatoes and cucumbers a friend brought me from their garden and although I love to,altos, they tend to cause inflammation. Karla - I quit buying fresh veggies because of this type of waste. I just see money being thrown away if I don’t eat it in time before it goes bad. Rhbrand - congrats on the lost weight! Milk duds are addictive! Have you considered trying those frozen fruit popsicles? They're cool and refreshing with less calories. I fell off the diet bandwagon yesterday. There's a little restaurant that has 2 mini tacos for $3 and house margaritas for $2 on Tuesdays. The food is fresh and delicious. I promised myself that I wouldn't eat a lot of chips and salsa, but my inner chip addict won the round last night. The salsa was fresh and the chips were warm. They make their own chips and salsa. So I failed the gluten-free and binge eating goals. I did a little extra cardio today though. |
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Post by fatkat555 on Jul 5, 2024 3:23:10 GMT
I fell off the diet bandwagon yesterday. There's a little restaurant that has 2 mini tacos for $3 and house margaritas for $2 on Tuesdays. The food is fresh and delicious. I promised myself that I wouldn't eat a lot of chips and salsa, but my inner chip addict won the round last night. The salsa was fresh and the chips were warm. They make their own chips and salsa. So I failed the gluten-free and binge eating goals. I did a little extra cardio today though. ah, chips and salsa! A weak spot for sure! Add margaritas and no way you can pass that up! 😊 I think we all need a cheat day here or there. I’ve tried the fruit pops, but not a big fan. My mom used to give us kids popsicles after having stomach bug, so I’m probably associating them with illness. i am such a fan of vanilla bean ice cream. Ate more today 🙄. It somehow keeps finding its way into my grocery cart. The best is Hagen Das, second is Van Leeuwen and they have a pistachio ice cream that I like, too. |
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Post by Karla on Jul 5, 2024 23:02:50 GMT
LOL. I know the mysterious items in cart dilemma well. I usually try to hide them from my husband (just kidding -sorta.) I did pretty good today diet wise but had another migraine. I think it's either from a new Cacao Superfoods protein shake that I drank yesterday, or it could be from a powder that I recently got from Nuts.com. I added it to the shake. I recently purchased the mushroom superfood drink it on sale at Vitacost for 30% off. It's delicious so I hope it's not that. I don't think I had a migraine before getting the stuff from Nuts.com. I'm going to have to run a couple of tests when I'm willing to chance another migraine. |
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Post by fatkat555 on Jul 6, 2024 14:33:47 GMT
Karla - ugh on the migraines. I don’t normally suffer from them, but my sister does. So awful.
I’ve been doing well with my diet other than the daily ice cream. 😆
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Post by fatkat555 on Jul 9, 2024 4:11:50 GMT
I’ve been doing much better! I haven’t eaten ice cream in several days and I’ve stuck to my diet plan. I notice when I’m better about sticking to wha5 works for me, my pain level reduces, so it’s not so much about weight loss for me at this point.
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Post by Karla on Jul 9, 2024 21:12:07 GMT
I’ve been doing much better! I haven’t eaten ice cream in several days and I’ve stuck to my diet plan. I notice when I’m better about sticking to wha5 works for me, my pain level reduces, so it’s not so much about weight loss for me at this point. I'm being more careful to avoid potential migraine triggering foods. Those hazel nuts and other goodies have been calling my name though. I tried my cacao mushroom shake today, we'll see what tomorrow brings. I hope it wasn't the shake, because (even though it sounds gross) it's delicious. I'm still working on portion control. Went to Moe's last night and had a bowl. I wolfed down the whole thing! My husband wasn't nearly done with his when I finished mine lol. Tonight, I decided to skip our usual tacos & margaritas at our local Tex-Mex cafe. I'm hoping to just have a tomato sandwich tonight. Early this afternoon, I went grocery shopping at Winn-Dixie and found a couple of deep red, luscious looking maters. I like shopping at Winn-Dixie because they have an app which lets you earn money towards your groceries when you shop there. I had $13+ on it so that paid for one of my husband's fish dinners with money left over. I love a good deal :-) |
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Post by fatkat555 on Jul 10, 2024 1:52:45 GMT
Karla, our Winn-Dixie always looks like it’s trying to go out of business. I haven’t been there in a long time. When I was there, the laundry detergent had all been opened and some spilled. Things were out of stock, empty shelves. This was about 8 months ago.
I admit the mushroom shake sounds yucky, and I like mushrooms 🍄. Is your husband on board with skipping tacos and margaritas? It makes it easier if you have that support.
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Post by Karla on Jul 10, 2024 20:56:21 GMT
Karla, our Winn-Dixie always looks like it’s trying to go out of business. I haven’t been there in a long time. When I was there, the laundry detergent had all been opened and some spilled. Things were out of stock, empty shelves. This was about 8 months ago. I admit the mushroom shake sounds yucky, and I like mushrooms 🍄. Is your husband on board with skipping tacos and margaritas? It makes it easier if you have that support. Winn-Dixie does have some issues here too. I have to be careful buying produce and pay attention to expiration dates. I like the people that work there, they've always been nice to me and I appreciate them. My husband was okay about not going out for our usual Tuesday night taco & margarita special. I had to bribe him with a roasted chicken from Winn-Dixie. He loves their seafood and chicken. The shake tastes like a creamy, chocolate milk shake. I was a bit hesitant to buy it, but it was a good deal and I like to try healthy products. I was surprised at how good it is. |
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Post by fatkat555 on Jul 12, 2024 4:49:57 GMT
My husband told me I look more rested. 🤔 I’ve gained 3 lbs so maybe that’s it? It’s the ice cream… darn it, but it must be a positive in my husband’s eyes.
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Post by Karla on Jul 13, 2024 13:49:44 GMT
My husband told me I look more rested. 🤔 I’ve gained 3 lbs so maybe that’s it? It’s the ice cream… darn it, but it must be a positive in my husband’s eyes. Aww…… What a sweet guy :-) My husband also thinks I look better with more weight. He thought I was a little skinny when we met. So he fattened me up by treating me to hot fudge brownies with vanilla ice cream and other goodies I couldn't resist. I wonder if being slim is more important to women than to men? I haven't been doing too badly cutting back on calories. I slacked yesterday with too many fried foods, but I'm not going to be a dragon lady about my diet. It's the cacao shake that's triggering migraines. I've tried it twice recently and paid for it both times the next day. My husband said he would use the rest. |
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Post by fatkat555 on Jul 14, 2024 18:45:01 GMT
Karla - I’m glad you found the culprit in causing you migraines.
I do think that being skinny is definitely a female perspective. My husband has made comments before about thin women “looking like Olive Oil”. Not saying he wants obese, but definitely not skinny. Healthy, he likes healthy.
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Post by fatkat555 on Jul 16, 2024 2:18:05 GMT
So, I did pretty good today! No random sweet treats! Staying outside all day helped. Off to snooze.
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Post by Karla on Jul 16, 2024 20:05:38 GMT
So, I did pretty good today! No random sweet treats! Staying outside all day helped. Off to snooze. Yay! I did fairly good, I still made too much for dinner, but it was smaller than usual. It's amazing how a little of this and a bit of that add up so quickly. I made up for it somewhat today by having a tomato, avocado, artichoke and sliced almonds salad. |
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Post by fatkat555 on Jul 17, 2024 4:21:44 GMT
Karla - the salad sounds amazing! I think the heat got me yesterday more than I thought. I wasn’t really hungry at all and just sipped water all day. I did have snack-like stuff like Swiss cheese and a beef stick, but that was all I could eat.
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Post by Karla on Jul 17, 2024 22:02:57 GMT
Tuesday night, I totally blew my good intentions at dinner. The tacos, margaritas, fresh salsa and chips are too good to resist! At $5 for the whole enchilada/meal it's just too good of a deal to pass up. I tip the waiter the price of my meal.
Today I've been really good -maybe there's hope for me yet :-)
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