nice job Holly!! I'm reading Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition guide -- hope to change some habits that way - last night i wanted one more snack and didn't think i consumed all my calories for the day but still split a 100 cal popcorn bag with my son --- gave him half right away so it wouldn't be in front of me..............i need to get better at calorie counting tho down 1lb from last week -- need to stay on this trend now!!

This week my new food is cauliflower.

I LOVE cauliflower! I have a head of that in my fridge right now, along with some fresh broccoli. I love to cook them together with just a small amount of water, then at the last minute I put in a thin slice of Velveeta Light. When that melts I toss the mixture, for just that slight bit of cheese flavor. Nice job, Denise!

Weighed in a 139.1 this a.m., so so far I am holding steady right around 140 +/-. However, I could tell from my run this a.m. that I didn't eat enough fuel yesterday. Denise - I'm going to go look for that book. I have a very hard time getting enough carbs in my diet, and with my new training schedules I'll be getting for this running season, I'm going to have to get it right or it's going to kill me. 9 days and counting before we fly out to Australia for two weeks!! Yea haw!!!

Oops, sorry, forgot to weigh in this morning. Holly, make a little change every week. That's all it takes. One step at a time. That's what Ive done and for the first time in about 4 years I'm loosing weight. BTW, after a week of fighting the french fries craving, I caved and had french fries and a big bowl of salad for dinner. It didn't even taste as good as my cravings had me believe.

Help! I need a good low cal pick-me-up for the afternoon. I tend to tank, and did really bad today. I don't want sugar, 'cause that's short lived (although I did just eat a peppermint patty . . . ) I ate a banana at about 2:30 or so, and have been munching on some organic low cal crackers, Mary's Gone Crackers, but none of it helped. And yes, I've been drinking water. Suggestions?

2/20 - 168.5 lbs. 2/27 - 170.5 lbs. 3/06 - 170.0 lbs. 3/13 - 168.5 lbs. Down 1.5. I did a much better job managing the snacking this week. Now I just need to keep up the good work. Nice job, everyone.

Yippee! I was down .7 this week on the school BL contest. So then I promptly ate the school breakfast, 2 waffles and 2 sausage links, and I'll probably have eaten the cereal w/ milk w/in the hour Quick morale booster story: Since I'm turning the big 6-0 soon, I had to renew my driver's license. Not sure when I had to do this last, but I know it's been at least 5 years. The lady says: "It says on your last renewal that you have blonde hair, blue eyes, you're 5' 3 & 3/4" and you weigh 145." Well, I gasped and said "NO! I DO NOT weigh 145, I weigh 135! (like it was her fault for what I weighed back then). I then went on to apologize profusely for ever weighing that much.... My 2 cents worth on getting through the afternoon munchies: a fiber one bar The are delicious, filling and high in fiber, low in sugar. One bar will last me for a couple of hours at least. I highly recommend the oatmeal chocolate chip. And one more, (this one's harder).. I try not to eat anything after 5 pm. I have found that I can eat as much as I want before then, including a huge breakfast, lunch and dinner, but if I can just restrain myself after that, I can lose.