The 2011 New Year Diet Resolution Thread

Black Diamond

Awesome D2D!!!!

Me at 12 too and your a lady so way more difficult. Got into a 36" waist jeans last night

decides2dream

Black Diamond wrote:

Awesome D2D!!!!

Me at 12 too and your a lady so way more difficult. Got into a 36" waist jeans last night

who you callin' a lady?



haha.


nice work BD!
:thumbup:


yea...i was feeling pretty damn happy this morning on the scale.
i really want to lose (at least) 3 more by march 1st. it is doable.....just have to be careful. being off all next week a total blessing, but dangerous territory for staying focused....but hey, i've got 10 days for 3 pounds....i can make that happen!

decides2dream

hey BD (or anyone)....


what kind of food are you eating?
are you still eating a lot of the packaged diet foods, or are you embracing new recipes, techniques?
i LOVE food....love everything about it, so i love to talk about it too.

i'm very, very fortunate that my husband is an excellent cook, and he cooks for us daily. he has always been the chef in our relationship, but eating out was a LOT more prominent in our not too distant past. it most definitely had contributed a lot to my expanding waistline and ass and also sucked up a LOT of our disposable income. we still love to eat out, but instead of going 1-2x a week, plus takeout .....we've been keeping ourselves to once a month. big change, but thus far...enjoying it! tho this month we'll go out 2x, b/c went out for vday and will go out once on our staycation.

hubby had a pretty decent repertoire of healthy recipes, but we've amped up the nutrition, tweaked portions to be the proper size and i have become quite the new recipe whore :P ...always researching online. it really has been excellent. when i read over my food diary, i am so pleased with my eating habits. added bonus, hubby thinks i am looking awesome .....and not just weight-loss....hair and skin, etc. i think this eating well IS really improving me, overall, inside and out.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

chicken
tuna
soup
coffee.............

QuarterToTen

I resolve to lose the 10 pounds I put on over the holidays.

So far so good, I'm about halfway there. I have been pathetically reduced to walking
in the mall since there is 2 feet of snow on the ground, not ideal but better than nothing.

Can't wait to get back outside and do it right.

decides2dream

QuarterToTen wrote:

I resolve to lose the 10 pounds I put on over the holidays.

So far so good, I'm about halfway there. I have been pathetically reduced to walking
in the mall since there is 2 feet of snow on the ground, not ideal but better than nothing.

Can't wait to get back outside and do it right.

:thumbup:
kudos quarter!
and yea....better than nothing for sure. the snow definitely puts a halt on a lot of things. i walk outside daily simply b/c i have no choice but you bet, it IS soooo much nicer being outside if/when ya can!


btw - a friend recommended these to me:
http://www.skechers.com/shoes-and-cloth ... earch-_-09

and i have to say, they are awesome. i only got to wear them to/from work for about a week before we too got buried in snow and thus boots became necessary, but i think they definitely amp up the workout of walking. feel great. (also can be had much cheaper eslewhere)

SPEEDY MCCREADY

QuarterToTen wrote:

I resolve to lose the 10 pounds I put on over the holidays.

So far so good, I'm about halfway there. I have been pathetically reduced to walking
in the mall since there is 2 feet of snow on the ground, not ideal but better than nothing.

Can't wait to get back outside and do it right.

Dont forget to wear shoes.....

And dont forget to put on a pair of pants.......
And dont forget your glasses......

Black Diamond

decides2dream wrote:

hey BD (or anyone)....


what kind of food are you eating?
are you still eating a lot of the packaged diet foods, or are you embracing new recipes, techniques?
i LOVE food....love everything about it, so i love to talk about it too.

i'm very, very fortunate that my husband is an excellent cook, and he cooks for us daily. he has always been the chef in our relationship, but eating out was a LOT more prominent in our not too distant past. it most definitely had contributed a lot to my expanding waistline and ass and also sucked up a LOT of our disposable income. we still love to eat out, but instead of going 1-2x a week, plus takeout .....we've been keeping ourselves to once a month. big change, but thus far...enjoying it! tho this month we'll go out 2x, b/c went out for vday and will go out once on our staycation.

hubby had a pretty decent repertoire of healthy recipes, but we've amped up the nutrition, tweaked portions to be the proper size and i have become quite the new recipe whore :P ...always researching online. it really has been excellent. when i read over my food diary, i am so pleased with my eating habits. added bonus, hubby thinks i am looking awesome .....and not just weight-loss....hair and skin, etc. i think this eating well IS really improving me, overall, inside and out.

Chicken Breast
Making Salad for dinner
Lots of Veggies for snacks
And a regular BD diet on the weekends

QuarterToTen

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

QuarterToTen wrote:

I resolve to lose the 10 pounds I put on over the holidays.

So far so good, I'm about halfway there. I have been pathetically reduced to walking
in the mall since there is 2 feet of snow on the ground, not ideal but better than nothing.

Can't wait to get back outside and do it right.

Dont forget to wear shoes.....

And dont forget to put on a pair of pants.......
And dont forget your glasses......

Pants? No wonder i get funny looks from the rest of the mall walkers.

And I thought it was because I was lapping them.

Thanks Speedy!

SPEEDY MCCREADY

QuarterToTen wrote:

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

QuarterToTen wrote:

I resolve to lose the 10 pounds I put on over the holidays.

So far so good, I'm about halfway there. I have been pathetically reduced to walking
in the mall since there is 2 feet of snow on the ground, not ideal but better than nothing.

Can't wait to get back outside and do it right.

Dont forget to wear shoes.....

And dont forget to put on a pair of pants.......
And dont forget your glasses......

Pants? No wonder i get funny looks from the rest of the mall walkers.

And I thought it was because I was lapping them.

Thanks Speedy!

Anytime...

And dont forget, when you go walking...

Its

LEFT FOOT
RIGHT FOOT
LEFT FOOT
RIGHT FOOT......

AND KEEP FOLLOWING THAT SAME PATTERN.....

You should be fine...But feel free to call if you have any problems...

Actually if you want, I could send you the great wiki article I read....It was titled "How to walk in a straight line"

It was fucking fascinating.......

decides2dream

Black Diamond wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

hey BD (or anyone)....


what kind of food are you eating?
are you still eating a lot of the packaged diet foods, or are you embracing new recipes, techniques?
i LOVE food....love everything about it, so i love to talk about it too.

i'm very, very fortunate that my husband is an excellent cook, and he cooks for us daily. he has always been the chef in our relationship, but eating out was a LOT more prominent in our not too distant past. it most definitely had contributed a lot to my expanding waistline and ass and also sucked up a LOT of our disposable income. we still love to eat out, but instead of going 1-2x a week, plus takeout .....we've been keeping ourselves to once a month. big change, but thus far...enjoying it! tho this month we'll go out 2x, b/c went out for vday and will go out once on our staycation.

hubby had a pretty decent repertoire of healthy recipes, but we've amped up the nutrition, tweaked portions to be the proper size and i have become quite the new recipe whore :P ...always researching online. it really has been excellent. when i read over my food diary, i am so pleased with my eating habits. added bonus, hubby thinks i am looking awesome .....and not just weight-loss....hair and skin, etc. i think this eating well IS really improving me, overall, inside and out.

Chicken Breast
Making Salad for dinner
Lots of Veggies for snacks
And a regular BD diet on the weekends

glad you gave up the lean cuisines and packaged shit. :P sure, it's good portion control, but most aren't so healthy. usually loaded with sodium. besides, who the hell would ever want to eat that stuff for life? :? so yea, temporary fix at best. nice that you are eating whatever you want on weekends and still losing. i do indulge with wine, and more caloric meals on weekends, but still try to remain pretty focused on 'healthy.' honestly, mr. dream has been cooking up some pretty damn awesome stuff, 7 days a week! flavorful and healthy.....i love spicy, spicy.....so good. and yea, i make my own breakfast/lunch/snacks M-F....really good stuff. about the only packaged foods i eat at all is my cereal, my greek yogurt and my single serve soups....all the rest, whole, fresh foods. yummmmm.

Black Diamond

Could you recommend a good healthy cook book for a COMPLETE beginner?? I think I might want to try it out.

Or you could invite me over...

QuarterToTen

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

Anytime...

And dont forget, when you go walking...

Its

LEFT FOOT
RIGHT FOOT
LEFT FOOT
RIGHT FOOT......

AND KEEP FOLLOWING THAT SAME PATTERN.....

You should be fine...But feel free to call if you have any problems...

Actually if you want, I could send you the great wiki article I read....It was titled "How to walk in a straight line"

It was fucking fascinating.......

It's that left foot, right foot thing I seem to have trouble with.

No wonder I end up walking in circles for an hour and never seem to get
any further than Victoria's Secret.

And sure, send the article. I need all the help I can get.

decides2dream

Black Diamond wrote:

Could you recommend a good healthy cook book for a COMPLETE beginner?? I think I might want to try it out.

Or you could invite me over...

hahahaha.
*I* am a complete beginner!
hubby is a self-taught cook, tho he does like to experiment with recipes, and i am the one who tells him to tweak em. i'm great at suggestions. so yea, we don't use cookbooks. however, i find a LOT of recipes online...and they few we've used, have been excellent. i get a couple of daily emails from women's health magazine, some healthy living site, etc. all have links to recipes. so, i might suggest you visit men's health, the brother publication so you don't feel like a pansy looking at a site for a women's mag . they have a TON of recipes!

also, just general reading about nutrition, portion sizes...helps with planning. know what foods you like, flavors you like...then look for ways to make those same foods, replicate the flavors...in new, healthier ways. honestly, cooking at home reins in the calories and portions big-time. we are both huge ethnic food junkies....love especially thai, mexican and italian. all are easily made healthy. a lot has to do with switching up ingredients and the rest is portions.

we've tried recently:
thai peanut noodles with shrimp & veggies
spicy shrimp with angel hair (the 'sauce' is an awesome base for a LOT of things - such as chicken/prosciutto whole wheatravioli from butoni - yum! - throw in some brocolli and healthy, healthy!)
salmon with mango salsa - fantastic!
morningstar spicy black bean burgers with pico de gallo (my own little thought up recipe....sooo easy and unbelievably delish!)

Lizardjam

decides2dream wrote:

hey BD (or anyone)....


what kind of food are you eating?
are you still eating a lot of the packaged diet foods, or are you embracing new recipes, techniques?
i LOVE food....love everything about it, so i love to talk about it too.

i'm very, very fortunate that my husband is an excellent cook, and he cooks for us daily. he has always been the chef in our relationship, but eating out was a LOT more prominent in our not too distant past. it most definitely had contributed a lot to my expanding waistline and ass and also sucked up a LOT of our disposable income. we still love to eat out, but instead of going 1-2x a week, plus takeout .....we've been keeping ourselves to once a month. big change, but thus far...enjoying it! tho this month we'll go out 2x, b/c went out for vday and will go out once on our staycation.

hubby had a pretty decent repertoire of healthy recipes, but we've amped up the nutrition, tweaked portions to be the proper size and i have become quite the new recipe whore :P ...always researching online. it really has been excellent. when i read over my food diary, i am so pleased with my eating habits. added bonus, hubby thinks i am looking awesome .....and not just weight-loss....hair and skin, etc. i think this eating well IS really improving me, overall, inside and out.

Eating out once a month eh? A few weeks before starting the SB diet we were eating out at least one meal almost DAILY. You can understand why I want to lose some weight! heheh Well, we tried to stop and in the three weeks following that nuttiness we only went out to eat 2 times. What a change. We used to drive to work and I'd be thinking...hmmmm where can i go for lunch? In the last 4 weeks i've made our lunches daily and it's really good! I don't even think about eating out. Ok once in a while I think about IN N OUT!

So, i'm on my fourth day of the SB diet and they have some really good recipes. I"m hoping to keep it up. I like this thread! That's decides for the link! I still can't wait to make that peanut noodles one!

decides2dream

Lizardjam wrote:

Eating out once a month eh? A few weeks before starting the SB diet we were eating out at least one meal almost DAILY. You can understand why I want to lose some weight! heheh Well, we tried to stop and in the three weeks following that nuttiness we only went out to eat 2 times. What a change. We used to drive to work and I'd be thinking...hmmmm where can i go for lunch? In the last 4 weeks i've made our lunches daily and it's really good! I don't even think about eating out. Ok once in a while I think about IN N OUT!

So, i'm on my fourth day of the SB diet and they have some really good recipes. I"m hoping to keep it up. I like this thread! That's decides for the link! I still can't wait to make that peanut noodles one!

yep, that's the plan!
we used to eat out 1-3x a week, plus takeout. :shock: insane!
took up a big chunk of our discretionary spending. i have a love-hate relationship with eating out. i have always loved eating out - everything about it. i still do. however, i have come to truly love eating at home. you've got to get into the 'ceremony' of it if you will. we sit down at the table, every night. we play music. light candles. use nice napkins. always eat on real plates. have actual conversation. :shock: kinda like eating out. except save a few thousand calories...keep the arteries clearer...and more than few extra bucks in our pocket. win-win. this way too, when we DO eat out....we really think where we truly want to go and savor it. like vday. man, we went to one of our most fave places and it was sooooooooooo good. we always love and enjoy it, but i think we loved and enjoyed it even more.

as for lunch, never really did eat out tho hubby used to often. now, no more. or, only very rarely. so for me, breakfast and lunch have been easy. actually, always have been. how i eat M-F, 7:30-6pm, i would weigh nothing. it's all the time outside of work that got me into trouble.

btw - i get links to women's health/men's health...with that whole eat this, not that stuff. amazing. :shock: if you really start reading up on restaurant portion sizes....and most especially calories....fat and sodium content......yeeeeeeeaaaaaa. illuminating! even things that appear 'healthy'.......! informative and really helps you figure out what to eat, where, and how much!


and yay for liz joining in!

ZiggyStar

Black Diamond wrote:

Could you recommend a good healthy cook book for a COMPLETE beginner?? I think I might want to try it out.

Or you could invite me over...

Sounds like you need to hire a personal chef! I can cook you know! *flutters eyelashes and looks straight at BD*

Black Diamond

ZiggyStar wrote:

Black Diamond wrote:

Could you recommend a good healthy cook book for a COMPLETE beginner?? I think I might want to try it out.

Or you could invite me over...

Sounds like you need to hire a personal chef! I can cook you know! *flutters eyelashes and looks straight at BD*

Invitation always open...

ZiggyStar

Black Diamond wrote:

Invitation always open...

Oh yeah, you're paying all travelling expenses too. And tell C or L to clean their bloody room up....Auntie Sus is moving in!

*starts madly throwing shit into a bag while booking a flight at the same time before BD changes his mind*

I can cook though....I eat low fat and healthy all the time.

Lizardjam

decides2dream wrote:

yep, that's the plan!
we used to eat out 1-3x a week, plus takeout. :shock: insane!
took up a big chunk of our discretionary spending. i have a love-hate relationship with eating out. i have always loved eating out - everything about it. i still do. however, i have come to truly love eating at home. you've got to get into the 'ceremony' of it if you will. we sit down at the table, every night. we play music. light candles. use nice napkins. always eat on real plates. have actual conversation. :shock: kinda like eating out. except save a few thousand calories...keep the arteries clearer...and more than few extra bucks in our pocket. win-win. this way too, when we DO eat out....we really think where we truly want to go and savor it. like vday. man, we went to one of our most fave places and it was sooooooooooo good. we always love and enjoy it, but i think we loved and enjoyed it even more.

as for lunch, never really did eat out tho hubby used to often. now, no more. or, only very rarely. so for me, breakfast and lunch have been easy. actually, always have been. how i eat M-F, 7:30-6pm, i would weigh nothing. it's all the time outside of work that got me into trouble.

btw - i get links to women's health/men's health...with that whole eat this, not that stuff. amazing. :shock: if you really start reading up on restaurant portion sizes....and most especially calories....fat and sodium content......yeeeeeeeaaaaaa. illuminating! even things that appear 'healthy'.......! informative and really helps you figure out what to eat, where, and how much!


and yay for liz joining in!

I am the opposite about the work eating. If i ate just like i ate outside work, i'd be thin. i eat ALL DAY at work. out of sheer mental boredom. The vending machine was my friend!!!