Thread: Greeky's Baby Steps

Today:

M1: 1/2c oat bran, tsp lite syrup, lc yogurt, coffee w/ milk
M2: ~4oz deli turkey, salad, mustard
M3: 1c oat bran, small bag soy crisps, a lot of cherries, sf popsicle, a few flakes of cereal
M4: chicken, salad, 2 sf fudgesicles, 1 small piece of sour candy (14cal)
M5: too much watermelon, coffee w/ milk

Baby steps is a great name hon, glad you started a new journal. The best thing is to just take things one day at a time, you will achieve all your goals, as long as you set your mind to it. I promise.

What is oat bran and why dont you have any protein in meal 1???

Good luck Greeky!

good luck sweet greek(ie)

Hey Monolith!

TY Jillybilly! I am just gonna work slowly to get back to where I was. Slow progress is better than no progress. Over the past few years, I was slowly shrinking over time. And even in the winter, I didn't add back much weight.. until I jacked up my calories too quickly on carb cycling. So eventually my weight will come down and even out.
Oat bran is kinda like ground up oatmeal I guess.. I find 1/2c oat bran to be MORE filling and satisfying than 3/4c oatmeal, but I can only make it w/ cinnamon and splenda..it doesn't taste right w/ cocoa (well I only tried it once) I am addicted to it!!!!
The low carb yogurt has protein! http://hphood.com/products/products.detail.asp?id=594 Great stuff! and MUCH more filling/satisfying than the carb control yogurts!!! I find it nice and convenient, plus it's a cool food to eat on hot days.. egg whites r hot! and I just don't do the protein powders anymore (well for now)

Thanks rock! Come back in more often!

Thanks lil bro.. that's an adorable smiley!


Observations for today: Undereating at meal 2 led to me overeating later in the day. I seem to have a portion control problem when it comes to cherries and watermelon. Being too hungry also kept me from going to the gym (cuz it closes early and I needed to eat! GRR) So next time I will eat some more so I don't chicken out.

Lately I am sooo tired. I don't do anything and yet I am tired. Fuzzy thinking, dizziness. I hate that shit. Why can't I just be normal and healthy? I didn't do anything Friday night except rent a movie, and tonight (Saturday) I stayed home when I could've went to a party.. that is SO unlike me. Am I just lazy? I dunno.. It's not that I dont WANT to do anything.. I don't have the energy to do the things I want to do! Yuck. Oh and bloated like a pregnant lady.. I am jiggling in new places

I'll hang out in here with you Viv! I miss the old days So why do you think your so tired and "fuzzy"? are you getting enough vitamins? Normally I'd think your not getting enough carbs but it looks like your carb intake is alright. Good luck!

well viv
Things i have learned through my expereince over past 7 months

1. Dr's are fucken idiots
2. Lacking any vitamin or mineral can through your whole body off track
3. knowing that caffine can block 50-75% absorption of several vitamins and minerals causing a deficency and a chain reaction. IE. 600 mgs of caffine a day, on top of green tea blocks iron. Iron is needed to produce thyroid hormones and technically athetes and women are prone to be amemic. And if you are anemic and don;t know it you can tecnhically be hypothyroid and never even know it. Do your self a favor and run your eating through usrda data base and see if you come out with 15 mgs of iron content. By the way veggies only absorb about 10% so techincally they do not count. and the iron that the drs suggest is not very absorbent and can cause severe Gi distress. So I am going back to regular good old liver tabs and back to the basics.

4. Dr's give medications just to appease you. No matter what medications are given if nutrients are not ther to back things up then they are useless.

5. Dr's need to stop looking at sypmtoms and start treating causes.

No wonder women at work are cranky all the time complaining about "I can't lose weight" take look at how much coffee they drink, what they eat and wonder why they are feeling like shit. They only put more stress on them selves and the more stress you have more you depelte your body of its minerals. Now add exercise on top of that which also depletes your minerals even more. Some time people just need to think out side the box. This is why i have all my cleints get blood done before even working with them. Just a simple CBC and metabolic, hormone tests can tell you alot of things.

The yogurt looks sorta like the one I eat-Mine is sweetened with splenda, has 80cals, 13C, and 6P. Im glad your back Greeky.

Good luck with the new journal! I absolutely agree that "baby steps" is a great name, because that's what it takes. Little tiny steps on a daily basis.

Hey rock! Yeah.. this time I Can't blame it on the carbs.. I dunno what it is!

Jilly, mine has more protein and less carbs.. it's a pretty good protein source!

HAN, I am just gonna keep on tryin and I really don't know what else to do. I am still thinking of going to a holistic doc or something like that.

Hey monstar, long time no see baby boy ! Yeah, I am done expecting quick results. That works for some people here but not for me.

Today:

M1: 1/2c oat bran, lc yogurt, coffee w/ milk, sf fudgesicle
M2: deli turkey, reduced carb granola bar
M3: 2/3 uturn bar, coffee w/ milk, a tiny bit of cheesecake
M4: chicken salad, 1/4c oat bran coffee w milk,
M5: deli chicken, lc yogurt (im so hungry! WTF!)

the cheesecake was for this guy at work's bday. they gave me a small piece and i barely ate any of it, which i am happy about. i just picked at/scraped the sides.

Greece won the Euro 2004 World Cup (Soccer)

Good job for only eating a tiny bit of cheese cake. Last week I watched my co-workers eat cupcakes for a birthday, while I ate veggies.

Glad you are done expecting quick results, we know It takes time hon, patitience is the key.

How do you eat this oat bran? Is it like a dry cereal? WHy dont you try my p pancakes? I microwave the fruit and it turns all surpey-I also dont cook the pancakes all the way through, I like em kinda raw in the middle. I could eat these pancakes at every meal I sware!

Jilly, the oat bran is a hot cereal, u add water and cook in the microwave.. for like 2 and a half min, then i stir in cinnamon splenda and a tsp of lite syrup.. SOOO GOOD!

As for p pancakes, i dont usually have the patience to cook! lol!

Go Greeky, you can acheive whatever your heart desires

baby steps is good, but you have to want the change. Otherwise you won't be happy and life is way too short not to be happy.

Greeky, you are awesome no matter what!!!

Viv ,
i am just trying to educate you on things that possible may be holding you back from reaching your goal. My personal / professional opinion why you are spinning your wheels is your mineral deficient and may be slightly anemic.


Caffeine isn’t the only element in coffee that plays havoc with the body. A study detailed. in the Tufts University Diet and Nutrition Letter shows that coffee can inhibit iron absorption by 39 percent, or as much as 87 percent when coffee or tea is consumed with or up to one hour after a meal. (Drinking coffee or tea before the meal did not have the same effect.)

Love the new journal sweetie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good Luck hon

TY Rissy! LTNS!

NT.. r u suggesting that I don't want to change?

Ty Sawheet!

HAN, I have been getting dizzy a lot and my pre-med friend keeps saying I might be anemic too.

Thanks Stacey. good to see u in here babe!

Hey Sara! Stop disappearing on us!

Todays meals were really weird due to working 10hrs..

M1: 3/4c oat bran, lc yogurt, coffee w. milk
M2: 1/3 uturn bar, coffee w. milk
M3: chicken salad w blue cheese dressing on side
M4: tiny tastes of desserts crumbs that got on my hands while cutting, more coffee w milk
M5: chicken salad w balsamic, coffee w/ halfhalf
Cheat: small (i mean small! not just a taste..but not big. piece of strw cheesecake w/ a dop (lol whats a dop) of whipped cream. yesterday when I had cheesecake, I barely tried it.. so this was like a real cheat. I am trying to incorporate planned small cheats instead of having unplanned binges. I really wanted it, and it was very satisfying, I feel in control.
M6: lc yogurt, watermelon, sf fudgesicle (im hungry.. i try to eat when i am hungry instead of trying to ignore it and then binging on bad foods later!)

Nice job today lady!!!

Morning GBC!!

Good work Sweetie! Keep it going!!!!!!!

Yum strawberry cheescake I had some (small like you) Chocmint ice cream tonight

Originally Posted by greekblondechic

Greece won the Euro 2004 World Cup (Soccer)

Im Portuguese and I have to say Greece deserved to win it, they played their hearts out. Congrats

Hey Greeky glad to see a new journal started, best of luck to ya.

good morning greekie
have a good day when you wake up

hi Greeky!!

good morning everyone.. thanks db

update: trouble sleeping = no workouts

yesterdays meals = so so, too much coffee

PMSing. blah. Ate two popsicles with sugar yesterday. Bought one of those cute crocheted ponchos.

M1: just over 3/4c oat bran w lite syrup, coffee w milk
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M5: