June 28, 2013

It's over 100 and more humid than normal...I was sweating  like crazy just from walking to the mailbox....I wanted to go out for strawberries but it was just too hot. Hopefully, they will still have them tomorrow....it's getting close to the end of the season....

I also wanted to go to Subway but didn't.....just bored with the food I had here at home....I pulled a serving of Mexican casserole from the freezer so that was lunch...I made some yummy salmon last night...so am staying on my program. I'm tired today.....stayed up til 4 am last night....sigh...hopefully will be able to go to bed earlier tonight....

June 27, 2013

A quiet day...my knee is hurting a lot so I laid in bed for a while after waking up to try and get it stretched out a bit. It's over 90 and is supposed to be over 100 all weekend....so staying inside with the AC and fans running is a blessing...

It's a quiet day on the dieting/food front...I ate my first meal (cottage cheese and strawberries) at about 2 pm....dinner will be baked salmon with some rice and baby squash...the Cal Poly Farm Store has the most adorable little baby squash, about 4-5 different varieties, and they sell then for 10 cents each....I eat 2-3 of them at one serving...microwaved with some herbs...yum

One thing I've really noticed is that I'm not using nearly as much butter as I used to.....the only thing I use it for is to put on cooked veges or to cook eggs in. I haven't had eggs since Phase One....Before, I would use butter on toast/bagels/bread and rice/potatoes....now, in theory, butter shouldn't have been an issue in my weight problem since I don't digest the excess fat that I eat....just interesting since it points out that I was eating a lot of bread/etc. to be using the butter like that in the past...

Now if my knee would stop hurting....

June 26, 2013

Today, I went to Hometown Buffet...have been having a craving....and, it's the weirdest thing, I didn't even really enjoy it. Stuff had no taste to it and wasn't even appealing...hmm....maybe I wasn't really hungry?? Maybe my tastes have changed??? I ate a couple pieces of chicken, as I always have, took off all the skin and fat. I had a small serving of fried shrimp and a spoonful of mac and cheese....then a plate of salad with broccoli salad and carrot salad and a bunch of green stuff....for dessert, I ate a few bites of cheesecake and some vanilla ice cream...the ice cream  was good but hasn't sent me off into a manic sugar craving phase....interesting..

I was very full when I finished lunch which was about 3 pm...I know I'll need to eat something before bedtime...I have nice fresh salad makings in the fridge or could make some eggs....or soup from the freezer....

I am really surprised at how easy this change has been for me emotionally...I had expected to deal with a lot of depression and anxiety/crankiness but so far that hasn't happened. If anything, I am feeling more relaxed and less anxious........and content with myself instead of beating myself up about not moving forward with my life. This feels good....

June 25, 2013

Is is possible that the bakery department isn't calling my name any more?? Today, I walked though the to-die-for bakery at Vons on the way to the cat food aisle....and those yummy frosted chocolate eclairs and chewy bagels didn't even look good!! It made me realize how much of my bad eating habits were just that...a habit....once the habit is broken, it seems hard to remember how it was "before"....

I got some of the best strawberries at the Cal Poly Farm Store...it's close to the end of the season for the locally grown berries and I will miss them...I got some marked down stew meat and am cooking it now....I got one russet potato to put in the pot along with carrots later....that will be the first potato I've had since starting my new way of eating. I am in this for the long haul...and it's just not reasonable to NEVER eat a potato or corn on the cob, especially in the summer....so maybe once a month, those will be something to enjoy as an occasional treat....

I can definitely tell a difference in the way  my clothes fit and my face looks a little thinner...not so that anyone else would notice...I don't expect anyone else to notice til I've lost 40-50 lbs...My legs are still weak, though, and I am getting impatient to see some improvement in my physical stamina...definitely on the agenda to talk to Dr. Starr about on 7-12...

June 24, 2013

Drum roll, trumpet fanfare, fireworks and choirs singing "Hallelujah".....the scale today read 298.5....finally under 300....yippee, skippy....feels good....especially since I am not suffering and depriving myself...I'm just making changes that I can live with which feels good.

So, my total loss since 5-16 is 17.5 lbs in about 5 weeks...not too shabby. Next "milestone" will to hit a total loss of 20 lbs....if I apply myself, I could probably do that this week. I have a doctor's appointment on 7-12 and would LOVE to be under 290 for that....

Today, I ran around running errands. I ended up getting a tostada and small taco at Del Taco to eat in the car...but I didn't eat that til 5 pm so probably won't eat a real dinner...maybe just some soup or a salad. There isn't anything on my calendar this week, unlike last week, so it should be easier for me to eat like I should. I didn't make it to the pool last week so will restate that goal for this week....I love being in the water, there is no stress on my joints and that feeling of weightlessness is so refreshing....

Moving forward and in a positive direction feels so good....I feel so much more centered and at peace knowing I'm making changes that are good for me....feels good...

June 22, 2013

Not much happening today... yesterday was super busy....went to a scrapbook manufacturer's warehouse store, then to lunch with a friend and finally to Michael's for scrapbooking from 2-9 pm.My friend and I went to lunch at Chili's....I ordered the mushroom Swiss burger with no bun and extra lettuce...and black beans for the side instead of fries....other than the fact we had to wait a half hour for our food and my meat was pink (I had ordered it well done!!), that was a good choice...then at dinner time, I went to the Chinese restaurant and got Mu Sho Pork with brown rice....I know the "pancake" isn't whole grain but I enjoyed it!!

Today I've just been sticking close to home. I need to work on some craft projects for a couple of upcoming weddings. I am still so tired...my legs were killing me last night...and I could barely walk to the mailbox, that muscle on the side of my hips just doesn't want to work....I will be curious to see what my lab work shows, I have an appt in a couple weeks...

I'm trying a tomato pie recipe recipe tonight...it is crustless and has ricotta cheese and fresh basil in it which sounds good.I have some asparagus to make and might have a small salad too...I've eaten out more than normal this week and am hoping the scale will drop when I weigh Monday...

June 20, 2013

Almost "officially"summer.....is warm enough, for sure, has been over 90 all week....

Last night was a big family get together to celebrate several graduations....foodwise it was a challenge....I knew they were having lasagna and a green salad...and I took a gigantic fresh fruit platter...but it turned out the lasagna had sausage in it which upsets my stomach so I only  ate a little bit....and the salad was loaded with raw onions and cilantro,neither of which I can eat....so I ate a lot of fruit...a couple pieces of sourdough cheese toast....and I had dessert- cheesecake and ice cream, weird combination but they always have ice cream with cheesecake....now, this was the first sugary dessert I've had since starting this program a month ago...and, honestly,could have done without it. It tasted OK but nothing special....I probably could have easily passed it up but I was hungry since I couldn't fill up on salad....I had planned on eating lots of salad. Had I known what it was going to be, I would have eaten salad here at home first...oh,well....I don't eat many meals away from home so luckily problems like I had last night don't happen very often..

Having dessert hasn't really affected me that much today...I have been a little hungrier than normal but not too bad....and don't have any crazy urge to binge or eat everything in sight...just right back on track, eating my healthy food....tomorrow, I'm going scrapbooking from 2-9 pm and will go for Chinese food for dinner...that will be a treat...

June 19, 2013

Yesterday, my car wouldn't start again...despite the new battery that was put in a week ago...so, I had to call road service, get it jump started then went to an auto electric repair shop....luckily, it was just a module in the computer that was causing the battery to drain...so $140 repair bill and a couple hours sitting in the place waiting...sigh...it was hot but I had a Diet Coke and puzzles to do so not too bad.

Today, I was running errands and needed lunch...so drove through In'N'Out and got a cheeseburger "protein style"....love how they do that...they just put the burger and fixings between two big iceberg lettuce leaves....wrapped like a regular burger so you can pick it up and eat it like you would a burger in a bun...I brought mine home and used a knife and fork...tonight is a big family dinner/party to celebrate graduations....both of my nephews and their cousin...so proud of all these young people...they are having lasagna and salad so I should be fine on my program....will fill up on salad!!

June 17, 2013

Weigh in Monday.....300.5.....Really??? The scale couldn't move just one pound lower so I could be under 300???? I had to laugh....but at least it's going in the right direction.....

I made some really good brown/wild rice pilaf last night...used the bulk rice from Sprouts which has 3-4 different brown/wild grains....I sauteed some onions/celery/mushrooms then browned the rice before adding chicken broth to cook it in....it was really good....I made a big batch so I can freeze it which will come in handy....then I got some baby summer squash, about 4 different types, at the farm store and microwaved those last night....I am grateful that I like whole grains and veges....I can't imagine how hard it would be to try to lose weight if I didn't like all the healthy food...

I continue to be "in the groove"....just a couple cranky moments when I get impatient with how slow the scale moves....but I'm just impatient!!! I know I'm in this for the long term, it isn't a program I'll go on and off of....but a permanent change that I can live with for the rest of my life. Once I got used to it, I haven't missed sugar or white flour that much...elimintating those entire categories is easier for me than trying to eat those things in moderation....that was something I could never do...I would obsess over the cookeis or ice cream til it was gone...so, no sugar/no white flour....easy to say no to that stuff.....so far, anyway....

June 16, 2013

 Father's Day...I called Dad .. sister Pam is there for the weekend so he's enjoyed having some family around.

I haven't written for a couple days, no real reason...I've definitely settled into my new eating pattern and am not having any real issued. Yesterday, I stopped at the Cal Poly Farm Store for their to-die-for strawberries...locally grown and so ripe and juicy. I bought some Breyer's no-sugar-added vanilla ice cream and had 1/2 cup (90 calories) with strawberries after dinner and it was absolutely delicious...I bought some  4 oz plastic sauce containers with lids at Smart and Final and put the ice cream in those in the freezer so I have 1/2 cup portions already measured out. And, interestingly, that ice cream isn't even calling to me!!

On Thursday, I got stuck in horrible LA freeway traffic, 80 minutes to go15 miles, which threw me off schedule for eating...I really had no choice but to eat in the car so got a Subway sandwich....they don't have a 100% whole grain option so I got their flatbread...I can't think of an acceptable fast food option to eat while driving...I know, "Don't eat while you drive" and I try not to but sometimes it's the only option...I remember many years ago one of the burger chains had a salad that they put in a big cup like container that was advertised as salad to eat on the go. Maybe I'll put some of those 32 oz plastic cups in the car and try dumping a fast food salad in to it and "chugging" it without a fork...that might work!!

I will weigh tomorrow and am hoping to see the scale go under 300...that would be great...I have been watching portion sizes of protein and fat and not snacking on cheese so hopefully that will get the scale moving...I hope so!!

June 11, 2013

I woke up again today with eyes stuck shut and my nose was hurting....I could feel plugs of mucus way back high up in my nose....so, have been blowing junk out all day!! But at least my headache is gone....and eyes aren't as bad today. Yesterday, they were irritated and itchy all day.....

I'm feeling good today..although a little tired from all the walking yesterday at Walmart waiting for my car to be worked on.....back and forth across the store multiple times made my feet hurt. And my left foot (which is the plantar fascitis one) was really swollen and painful....just too much walking.

On "The Talk" today, Jorge Cruz was promoting his new book about limiting sugar calories to only 100 a day.....which sounds good on the face of it until you learn what he considers to be "sugar"....he actually had labels from whole wheat bread, no sugar added....but he told the audience that the "carbohydrate" grams were really sugar....and since carbohydrate has 4 calories per gram, to multiply the number of grams by 4 and that was how to count "sugar" calories.....is he serious??? He considers all carbs to be "sugar"  including whole grain products....but it's OK to eat anything without sugar, including butter, cheese, bacon, etc....in other words, this is the old Atkins low to no carb diet...but I've never heard any reputable person say that complex/unrefined carbs are the same as eating sugar..and allowing only 100 calories means only about 25 grams of carbohydrate...which is Atkins all over...He was telling people that even if a label says there are zero sugar calories, to multiply the carbohydrate grams by 4 and those are "sugar" calories...that the labels aren't true...really??? Interesting that he didn't just call it a low carb diet and not a "limited sugar" diet...

I read Howie Mandel's book "Don't Touch Me"....he wrote a lot about his OCD which is about being a germaphobe...but it was interesting what he wrote about what obsessions are like.... he wrote "It's debilitating to know I'm not in control of my mind. It goes paces and I cannot bring it back.  The best description is that I feel incredibly busy in my own mind and that busyness is sometimes torturous."....I loved that...it's exactly how it feels to have all the "STUFF" running around in my head all the time, it can be just exhausting....even if I am getting better at controlling the compulsions the thoughts are still there...running around in my brain like having a bunch of tapes all going on at the same time...makes it hard to focus sometimes....like a race going in in my brain to see which thoughts "make it" into action!!

June 10, 2013

Monday weigh in day...and the scale didn't budge!! Still 302.....but I'm Ok with that....I know I've made major changes in the past 3.5 weeks....I'm OFF sugar, white flour and white pasta/rice which is major for me.      Especially the sugar/flour.....

Today I spent 5-6 hours at Walmart waiting for car battery to be tested/exchanged/replaced...I hung out at McDonalds...where, in the past, I would have eaten burgers/fries....and oatmeal cookies...theirs are the best....but instead had a chicken salad, and a couple hours later, still hungry, ate two side salads......even more impressive, I spent part of the time walking through the store shopping..and passing up all the snack-y stuff I would have gone to immediately in the past....

My nephews are going to Oregon in a week or so with my brother for their annual trip....they have been making this car trip since the kids were born. Back then, my brother was broke and I started sending up a "snack box" with all the kids' favorite road trip snacks....a tradition which has continued even now the "kids" are 31, 25 and 23....he-he-.....so, I shopped for "snack box" stuff at WM, mostly individually wrapped items like Little Debbie oatmeal cakes, the little packs of Oreos/Nutter Butter cookies, chips, etc.....and invariably, a few of those would end up in my pantry for my snacks...not this time!! I didn't get anything that I thought would tempt me....and I don't think there will be any problem with those boxes and bags of snacks sitting here ready to be delivered for the trip.

The fact that I was able to handle a day that was out-of-whack like today---car battery dead but luckily here at home, called road service, spent the entire day at Walmart whilc they did their thing....without eating/snacking/pigging out is something of a milestone. Usually, I handle stress by snacking...but I didn't do that today and I feel good about that.

So, new plan...Obviously, I am eating enough to absorb enough calories to maintain my weigh at 302  for the past week or so...and, obviously, veges won't do that!! I'm limiting fruit to 2 servings a day of berries/cantaloupe which are so low in calories I can't believe that's making the scale stay put...I'm also limiting grains to no more than 2 a day...Kashi cereal in the morning and brown rice or whole wheat pasta/tortilla.at one other meal....hard to think that is slowing things down when I still have so much to lose.  I need to look at the protein and fat again...so, the plan this week is to cut those serving sizes roughly in half and not snack on cheese....that should cut out enough to hopefully get the scale moving.

My other goal for this week is to move more....my feet and legs are still hurting so I'm not sure how much I can walk...but it's nice and warm out and the pool is right here for me to walk in or paddle around in....so, I want to make it to the pool at least twice this week....and continue to make good choices and learn new ways to deal with life without snacking on salty/sweet stuff....

June 9,  2013

I'm having a sinus attack and not feeling very good...headache, chest is tight, eyes hurt, etc...sure don't feel like doing very much, that's for sure. Tomorrow is weigh in day and I am trying to low key it.....I am hoping to be down a few pounds, if not I'll need to tweak my portion sizes. I know I need to start moving a bit but that still hard when I'm weighing 300 lbs and have foot/knee pain, etc.  but now that the weather is warming up, I can go to the pool and walk/swim a bit which would feel good on my joints.

I still want to buy a bike but feel like I should lose about 20 lbs more before I start riding around....I can also join the Y, memberships are free with my medical insurance....I can also start going to the Silver Sneakers exercise class once I start feeling a bit better. I need to have my labs checked now that I've been on a high prescription dose of Vit D for 3 months...I'm sure not feeling much different still tired a lot. I'll make the lab and doctor appts this week and see if my levels have come up.

The last test I had done in February showed severe Vit D deficiency and mild anemia. Also, the sinus problems make it hard to sleep with CPAP so I don't get good quality sleep....these three things combine so that I'm tired a lot...when I go to the doctor, I will ask for a referral to an ENT, about time to get to the bottom of the sinus/sleep issues....I had hoped the Vit D supplementation would do the trick with the fatigue but am not feeling it so far...

I'm definitely over the honeymoon period!! Now am getting a little bored, still not really hungry but am feeling like I want to just go eat bread/fries, etc....interesting, I know that's coming from my head and not my body....probably will always have to deal with that. It's hard for me to be patient....but I've got a long ways to go and will just keep hanging in there....

June 8, 2013

I ended up sleeping most of the day yesterday....I had fallen asleep in my chair about 2 am night before last, woke up at 5:30 am, went upstairs and took contacts off and got in bed.....and woke up at 3:30 pm yesterday....felt groggy and not awake most of the day...

The only good thing about sleeping like that is fewer hours to eat and/or think about food and dieting!!! I ate my "morning" meal of cottage cheese and cantaloupe about 4:30 pm....then had "dinner" about 9 pm.....I managed to go to bed at 4 am today and luckily, was awake at 10 am so at least today is a more normal eating day...

Yesterday I made a couple of casseroles for my brother to freeze...Baked Spaghetti and Mexican Casserole....I make these all the time and they are a couple of my favorites....so I made half the recipe for myself using whole wheat tortillas and the Barilla Plus spaghetti. I had the spaghetti for dinner last night and it was yummy....so that was a nice change from the veges plus protein I've been pretty much living on. I only used 4 tortillas for the Mexican casserole and it made 6 servings so not a lot of the tortilla in each serving....otherwise just meat/veges/cheese so a good meal for my program.

Tonight I'll stir fry some beef strips and a bunch of veges....I got some bok choy and really good sugar snap peas which will ad a lot to the stir fry...I have a cup of brown rice leftover from Panda Express and will enjoy that with dinner....so far so good..will keep on keeping on...

June 5, 2013

Today marks 3 weeks since starting my new program. I wasn't planning on weighing til Monday but caved into the temptation to see what the scale said...especially since it didn't move last week....for sure expected to see it go down...NOT....still stuck on 302...interesting, since I honestly have not deviated from the eating program...so, we'll see what happens when I weigh in Monday. If I'm still stuck then I'll have to adjust portion sizes. I know I'm not eating too much fruit or grains. I'm limiting fruit to 2 servings a day. And grains to 2 servings a day....so, if I have a portion size problem, it's with protein and fat...

Which makes no logical sense to me given my re-engineered digestive tract not digesting fats!!! I let the number on the scale do a number on my head!! I was cranky and irritable all day and had the temptation to just "FORGET IT"...and go eat a footlong Subway and then get ice cream!!! But, I didn't....I soldiered through....

I was out running errands, buying more VEGETABLES.....how can one person eat so many veges in one week??? I'd eaten "meal one" at about noon, cantaloupe and cottage cheese, so by 4 pm was getting hungry and finishing up my last errand. I drove through Pollo Loco and got a Pollo Bowl with no rice, extra chicken and a side salad. When I got home, dumped it all in a bowl and scarfed it down. So, it wasn't a foot long from Subway....sigh....instead of ice cream, I treated myself to Rainer Cherries which were $4.99 lb....a sweet treat but still on program.   

I wish I wasn't so impatient.....I want to get this weight off NOW....but I know there is no magic answer, I just have to be patient and hang in there, eating healthy in a good way for my health and the numbers will eventually change....I guess the honeymoon phase is coming to an end....ahh...

June 5, 2013

Things are pretty quiet, settling into my new food routine...yesterday I had bread for the first time since I started this...I was afraid to buy my fav Dave's Killer Bread since I knew it would be "calling" to me...so just got a loaf of Oroweat 100% whole wheat....which I plan to dry and make into bread crumbs......I had made chicken salad and, as long as  I had bread, made an open faced melt sandwich....it was very good. And, I have to admit, knowing that loaf of bread was out there was tempting. I found myself at 10 pm thinking "hmmm, peanut butter on toast??"...but resisted. Instead, I drank a bottle of Bret's Trop-a-Rocka Diet Snapple which I save for when I want something special..

It wasn't really that hard to resist the bread. And, more interestingly, I am not obsessing over it today...the loaf of bread is just sitting on the counter....not calling to me at all!! Tomorrow will be 3 weeks on the new program. It takes 3 weeks for new habits to become ingrained and I am definitely feeling that. It helps to have no real cravings. I still find myself wanting to EAT but I know that's coming from emotions and not hunger.

Settling into my new habits...now for the long haul....seems do-able and I'm doing OK....

June 3, 2013

Monday weigh in, 302, hmmm...only lost one pound this week but am not freaking out about it. I know I'm not overeating and the numbers on the scale will eventually start falling....my body is just holding on to every ounce, fighting me all the way!!

It's funny how easy it is to get focused on the number on the scale and let that control our moods....if the number is up, we get upset/depressed/angry...if the number is down, we are tempted to celebrate and overeat!! There's something to be said for just not weighing at all....I did that one when I was dieting...it was interesting...I definitely got in touch with my body and was more aware of how it changed....but I think it's good to weigh once a week just to have that touchstone....

I went grocery shopping for ad items on ads that expire tomorrow.....and got lunch at Panda Express....a double order of mushroom chicken (zucchini/mushrooms/chicken/sauce) and their fried rice which is now made with brown rice. I ate half the rice and froze the other half for another meal....I went to Vons and stayed out of the bakery department, not that it was even tempting but I didn't even want to look at all the goodies. I was looking for whole wheat bread crumbs to use for meat loaf....they didn't have any.....I know Sprouts has them but I didn't want to stop just for that...so I got a loaf of whole wheat bread and will make some bread crumbs. I will probably mix them half and half with the regular Italian seasoned crumbs in the pantry so I can use them up....I'm not going to be a nut case about a half cup or white bread crumbs in a 1.5 lb meatloaf!!!

I've been enjoying fruit....I'm having two servings a day with yogurt..I mix Kashi Go Lean with it in the morning. The fruit and yogurt is good after dinner too....

I definitely feel better in all ways, physically and mentally/emotionally. I feel more "in control" and less anxious...just calmer and more centered somehow. Being able to stick to a program has given my self confidence a great boost, which it really needed...I can do this!!

June 2, 2013

Yesterday was the first Scrap In day since I started my new program....I was at Michael's scrapbooking from 3-9 pm.....and left here about noon to run a bunch of errands first. I usually go out for dinner when I'm at the Scrap In. There are several places in the same shopping center as Michael's that are easy to stay on with my new program----Pollo Loco, Chipotle Grill, Applebee's, Subway are all just a short walk across the parking lot. However, I was in the kitchen all day Friday making stuff for my brother, including some pasta salad...aha!! Lightbulb moment.....cooked up some whole wheat penne for my dinner Friday so cooked a little extra and made some pasta salad for myself, added some cooked chicken and mozzarella cheese and-- "voila" dinner to eat while scrapbooking......

I had even planned on stopping for a salad at Subway for lunch but ended up running too late to sit and eat it.....so instead ate two of the "value menu" tostados from Del Taco while driving....so, techincally, the two small corn tortillas aren't "on" but they are still whole grain and not refined flour so OK in a pinch. Del Taco actually makes their refied and pinto beans from scratch/soaking dry beans and cooking them in each location...they are the only fast food place that does that and it shows in the taste. The small tostados just have a regular taco size corn tortilla with beans, cheese and lettuce...and two ot them filled me up....I was starting to get hungry while I was getting coffee at 3 so I got two side salads from McD's to take with me to Michaels. Should have packed some cut up raw veges..I had an ice chest in the car since it was a hot day...

I had packed some cheese and pistacios for a snack and did fine....about 7 pm started getting hungry so dumped my pasta salad on a plate I had brought for that purpose....and, oh dear, the dressing was too spicy and gave me heartburn immediately.....irritating!!! I used the same bottled Kraft Tucsan House dressing I always use for that...but a new bottle.... I noticed it looked different...the old one needed to be shaken before using, this one was already "blended" and it looked like it had  balsamic vinegar, was a darker color....and really spicy....burned my mouth. I picked out the chicken and cheese....by that time it was 7 pm and I didn't want to "waste" my scrapbooking time since I had to pack up about 8:30ish...satisfied my immediate hunger with the chicken and cheese. But,when I left at 9ish, I was getting hungry....

It was tempting to stop at a drive through but I didn't really want to eat a big salad that late in the day so I just came home.....I had bought perfect, ripe, locally grown strawberries at the farm store on my way to Michael's so sliced up some of those and ate them with cottage cheese.....not what I had planned, but I stayed "on"....well, except for the two tortillas....

I was really excited to discover Starbuck's sugar free frappaccino.....it was 100 degrees yesterday and I didn't want hot coffee. I only get frappiccinos once a month or so when I'm scrapbooking in the summer and not home for my afternoon coffee.  I got a Grande Mocha Frappaccino with sugar free base AND sugar free syrup.....extra shots of espresson, of course, and regular milk....since I don't need to watch my fat grams....yum,yum,yum....the menu says the Grande Mocha Frappaccino Light is 130 calories but I think that's with skim milk, so probably about 250 calories but all of those from fat/milk and no added sugar. When I drove through McDs after going to Starbuck's.I asked if they had a no-sugar-added option for their frappes...I had researched online and it didn't look like they had a sugar free base....they confirmed they don't have a no-sugar added frappe...so, I guess if I want a cold coffee blended drink in the summer, Starbuck's is my place...it's so fun to find options that allow for a treat and are on my program....

Tomorrow is weigh in day....two and a half weeks since starting. my Monday to Monday week will be half Phase One and half Phase Two....I was 303 last Thursday and am really hoping to be under 300 soon...if not tomorrow, next Monday. I'm feeling very settled in with my new way of eating...not deprived and have no cravings at all, which is wonderful....