 playbyte 12 years ago | Hi. Just starting out on the trail again after having put back on most of the 42lbs I lost last year. I completed a fund raising challenge in Sept last year of walking a marathon only to find the next day that I had broken a small bone in my foot. The injury took me out of training for 4 months and then it was all too easy to just sit back and find excuses not to go out. My training consists of walking most days of the week using a fitness training schedule I found online to get ready for the marathon. I had my first major walk yesterday of 4.5 miles and found that my fitness level was still high despite having put the weight back on. My aim this time is to lose what I have put back on and then lose a further 42lbs by Christmas 2014 which works out at an average of 1.5lbs a week. Motivational support is vital to my journey so please follow me and encourage me when I appear to be slacking! My greatest motivator is to have my wife with me when I go out on my long walks so it is a win win situation for us both.
I anyone else would like me to encourage them directly through the forum please let me know, as I found out lots of useful stuff about eating and walking as a diet when doing the training last time round |
 Delightful644 12 years ago | After it\’s cook you can weight it then |
 apensa 12 years ago | Ahhh, Jackiee. The bonnie Scott in you is showing. Aren’t the Scottish known to be thrifty? I too use a lot of leftovers in my salads the next day. Good to see you posting here. Hope all is well. |
 Crazysandi 12 years ago | We have traded lettuce for spinach in all our salads much healthier for you and it doesn’t spoil as fast as lettuce. |
 Montgom 12 years ago | Hi Ossie – I have a question about my breakfast smoothie. I have noticed a difference in my fingernails since I switched to my daily TDC breakfast menu. My breakfast smoothie consisted of: 1 small banana, 1/2c lactose free skim milk, 1/2c sugar-free yogurt, 1/2+ frozen blueberries, and one scoop of protein powder. I notice a big difference when I take the protein powder and would really like to continue. How would this fit into my daily menus? I’m not sure how to co-ordinate the nutrients and don’t want to disturb the ratios. |
| Montgom 12 years ago | Hi everyone – I have a question about the ‘Fast Food Chefs Salad’. I found this in my menu but I don’t know what it is made up of so I tried for a substitute and all I got was Tuna. Can anyone tell me what a fast food chefs salad is – whenever I get a salad at a fast food place it’s just greens, tomatoes, radish & shredded carrot and I can’t see just Tuna being a substitute for that.
tks |
| Montgom 12 years ago | Sorry if I’m a pest; just trying to figure this whole thing out. Have been working on it for a little over a week and nothing. I work full time and my lunch hour is spent at the gym so I must have something ‘packable’ for my lunch bag. I also noticed one of my snacks was pretzels, veg, and jam??? What do I put the jam on? I have also noticed that others have problems with cooking – have you been able to simplify it; my husband doesn’t need to lost weight and his doctor says he is very fit and healthy despite his eating habits so I would be cooking two meals. I need some help and don’t know how to fit this into my life. I’ve almost given up on being slender again. My BP is 110/75. My resting heart rate is 55. My blood sugar is normal. My cholesterol is in the normal range. However, my BMI puts me at the cusp of obese. But I just can’t drop the weight even though I exercise almost daily. Lots of problems, I know but I can’t be the only one out there who finds this difficult. Any suggestions? tks a bunch, |
 Ossie-Sharon 12 years ago | Hi, Montgom. No, usually 4 oz is equal to a fruit serving |
 Cajohn 12 years ago | Hi Deb thanks for thinking of me.
I fell off the wagon already , i had a bout of flu the real one with temperature aches and pains and sick leave , for some reason i was not able to concentrate properly so i just ate whatever was available . Ruined all my previous efforts as i was not able to go to the gym or walk as much as usual. But on a brighter note i’m all better and ready to start again and tomorrow i plan to go do my water aerobics which i missed heaps. That’s where i actually cought the flu from warm water to freezing outside. I will rug up better tomorrow. |
| apensa 12 years ago | Hi, All. Just thought I’d stick my two cents in here….if it is even worth that. I just wanted to pat all the new folks on the back, since patting you elsewhere would really get me into trouble….LOL. My hat is really off to you for the effort you make towards your goals of a healthier way of eating and a more active lifestyle. As you can all see, the support you get here is second to none. I’m one of those people that just cannot bring themselves to stick to the program as I would like to, but just the information regarding healthy eating has helped me maintain a healthier way of looking at eating. I’m fortunate that I am not necessarily overweight although my body looks like……well never mind. You people stick to it and it WILL work for you. You can depend on Ossie for great advice and I’ll be on the sidelines cheering you on with a Diet Coke and a bag of chips……just kidding. |
 Deborahjjhayes 12 years ago | Did that help? I hope so!!!Good luck and God bless! Anytime!! |
| Deborahjjhayes 12 years ago | Go to your menu planner and find Monday’s menu. There is a little button out beside each entry that is made of 2 little arrows. That is the exchange button. you can hit that and it will give you a list of everything that equals the entry.
Or you can go back to the beginning and hit only the bare bones foods you love. take out all the recipes and when you get the hang of the menu start adding them one at a time. That’s what I finally did after two weeks of not eating it because I didn’t want to make it. I made a big pot of vegetable soup to eat for one of the 5! I made a cauliflower pea salad for another of the 5. I made little frozen fruit cups for one of the fruits. I made chili so I would have it on hand.I madethe butternut muffins and doubled the recipe to have in the freezer.I bought a bunch of broccoli to roast with olive oil and salt and pepper until very brown and crunchy!! I could eat this every day.I boiled eggs to have on hand. Having all this made ahead made it much easier and more fun to “cook” for the other meals. Debbie |
 cbell 12 years ago | I find that if I drink wine at night (a couple of glasses) I\’m more inclined to eat junk food (lots of carbs)until I go to sleep.
Heck,I will undue all the good food choices that I made throughout the day. Solution leave the wine alone… |
| Deborahjjhayes 12 years ago | Oh man, 6 months ago I gave up coke and Dr.Pepper. aaggggahhhh It was so hard!! No diet soda ever. I switched to tea. now I’ve switched to tea and water ever other glass. Making changes is so hard, but if we take baby steps every day pretty soon it is much easier. I LOVE this plan. I’ve never been this healthy. |
