No Sugar New Year Challenge (Page 22)

I wonder if people would believe me if I showed them that picture and said it was me.  Probably not.  I now have a new goal to work toward.  I want to be AbbieR.  You look terrific, Abbie.

Funny story Abbie!

I got another ding yesterday.  I was in the middle of another all day meeting, and all of a sudden a BIG plate of cookies and pop walked in the door.  I shouldn't have, but I gave in...

Congrats to everyone without any dings - excellent work!

Thank you!

Uggg, I hate those sugar-filled meetings!!  They trap you in there with nothing else!!  Evil, pure evil!

I LOVE All-natural PB!  The last time I had the sweetened kind it did not even taste like peanuts to me!  Oh, almond is amazing as well, yum!

I"m needing some quick and easy breakfast ideas....

right now I'm just thinking of hardboiled eggs, but that can only last so long before I get bored!

Any more ideas?

By the way, I just had an a-ha moment!

I love the basil-pesto flat bread pizza from Trader Joes. Normally I eat the entire thing. Well, today I cut it into 6 pieces and took 4 with me upstairs to my bed to eat, and I didn't have to finish the other two. Yay!  I need to keep trying not to "finish my plate".

Sheesh. My parents and their "starving children in Ethiopia" still sticks with me...

anyone else have this problem??

Almond butter sounds delicious, but I am horribly allergic. 

I can see how regular PB wouldn't taste like peanuts after the all-natural version.  The all natural was delightfully peanutty for a change. 

Homemade breakfast burritos - scrambled eggs (I usually buy the egg white containers), salsa, little cheese in a tortilla. 

How quick?

I do Canadian Bacon with scrambled egg whites..takes about 4 minutes to make.

Are you eating process foods? If so whole wheat english muffins with something on it...could add egg and Canadian bacon.

Lookin great Abbie!

This has been an absolute struggle for me so far but I am not giving in. I have been dinged more than a drivers training car but am still standing.

Missed weigh in I think the other day but was down a bit to 222.6 so a little positive at least

All the time.  Growing up, my parents wouldn't let us leave the table until everything on our plates was gone.  It's ingrained in me, but I am trying to teach myself that it is okay to not eat all of the food and that the world is not going to end if I throw away any food.

KathyG - 2009-01-07 11:10 PM In July before my IM my husband commented he could see my abs....and at times at certain angle I could see them.  I want to be like Abbie too

I had visible abs about 7 years ago.  I'm hoping 2009 will be the year that I see my abs again.

Abbie's look awesome!

Just as I suspected... I am out of the challenge. The 8 day vacation to Florida did me in..

Though, I am back on this morning. But with probably 20+ "x's", I am officially done

Has anybody started thinking about the changes they will make on March 1?  I sure don't want to give up what I have achieved here, but I really want Diet Coke and ice cream (not at the same time necessarily).  I think I will go back to Diet Coke - I had already cut back on that and was not even having one every day at the start of the challenge (from a one-time six-pack a day habit). 

The ice cream is trickier because that does have calories, unlike the Diet Coke.  I am kinda thinking that I will get to have ice cream on the days that I go running or walking in the evening as an after-workout treat.  The ice cream will either be strict portion control Dreyers Slow Churned or the Weight Watchers brand which is already portion controlled. 

Not sure about the rest of the sugar universe.  I don't want to go back to just mindlessly, indiscriminately eating it, but I am not good at having "just a little."  I am much better at having none or having all.  I need parameters. 

What about you?

I buy a carton of egg-whites and some frozen veggies.....throw it in the microwave for an instant omlette! 

THANK YOU everyone for the abs comments, it really lifted my mood this morning!  And of course helps keep me motivated.

I haven't thought about what I will do after the challenge.  I have been so focused on making it through the challenge for right now.

I think I'm in the same boat as you - I miss diet pepsi and ice cream.  But, I am NOT good at having a little sugar.  I easily sit down and eat an entire bag of candy.  I don't really want to go back to that.

I'm in the same boat, All or Nothing seems to suit me well.  I LOVE candy, but over the past few weeks, I dont miss it.  I know if I go back to it, I will start to crave it again.  As my IM training picks up I'll start having more sugar in my diet from Gu and other assorted sports nutrition stuff...ugg (last year sports nutrition products became new food group for me).  For now, my plan is to stick to the Sugar-free challenge even after it ends and adjust accordingly depending on my training.