Thanks Krista for keeping us all on track this week - you are awesome!!

Drinking a protein shake as we speak.

I'm ready for it, down another pound this morning too! Yay!

Hugs! Patricia

Happy Friday!

Down 3.4 pounds total and feeling great! Protein shake for breakfast and pot roast for lunch.

We are doing great, ladies. Beaming proud!

Patsy - That is great!!! - "Down 3.4 pounds total and feeling great!"
Patricia - This is awsome!!! - "down another pound this morning too!"
Chris - Amazing!!!!! Good for you!!!
Krita - You da man!!! (woman!!) - :-)

How is everyone doing on our 5th day?

Hugs! Patricia

finished with this today and ready to get back to my routine, This 5 day pouch test works well and makes you very aware of your pouch. Drinking extra protein drink this evening due to my first 5K in the morning. Please say a prayer for me. I'm excited but scared too.

Thanks everyone,
Francis

Yea us ~ We did it :)
Thank you Krista for gathering us together and cheering us through the week!
I had my 6 month appointment this afternoon and got weighed... 142 pounds, down 3 1/2 pounds, woo-hoo! My pouch is feeing snug, my snacking is under control, and I am so ready for salad tomorrow! Enjoying my hamburger mushroom stroganoff and very pleased to have been a part of this adventure with all of you!

Well everyone... I did not see a post for day 6 (day after the diet)

I did horrible on day 5 I was depressed yesterday.. a lot of reasons. So I ate and ate and ate some more. And some of my choices were bad :(

Over all I lost 4.4 lbs and I believe that I conquered the carb-snacking monster so all was not lost. I will start a modified version of it on Monday. I find if I eat food at lunch I want more food all day. So protein drinks breakfast, lunch and maybe yogurt and fruit for a snack and than a dinner. Should work.

Again.. thanks for getting this started :)

Congrats to everyone that participated and posted results... very encouraging
sally

Congrats to all of you who successfully made it through the week, I'm proud of all of us for being able to hang in there! I strive to continue on a modified version of this plan.

I also kinda slipped on day 5, but not in a really bad way. I crumbled when someone brought a bunch of fresh fruit to the office - I LOOOVE fruit - so I had probably about a cup of it and some dried cranberries and chopped walnuts. Not great carb-wise, but still healthy, at least. Bad news is this morning I was back up to where I was when I started - ain't that a bitch? I was down to 168, and this morning back to 171.

I'm thinking it is because I didn't eat much of anything this week, mostly liquids and a solid dinner, but when I finally did eat all that fruit it filled up my intestines and brought it back.. I dunno.

Oh well, I'm making healthier choices anyway, and am also planning on being more carb-conscious. I'm cooking some chicken, spinach & broccoli in the crock pot as we speak - looking forward to tasting it, it sounded really yummy. I found a couple of recipes on sparkrecipes.com and merged the parts I liked to make it good for me, and here's what I came up with:

2 Cups broccoli florets (frozen)
2 Cups Spinach, chopped (frozen)
1 can 98% FF condensed cream of chicken soup
1 lb chicken boneless/skinless (frozen Winn Dixie chicken tenderloins)
1/2 c. low-fat mayo - the lowest I could find was Hellman's light.(or FF if you can find it - my store didn't have any no-fat mayo)
1/2 c. Silk Pure Almond milk unsweetened

So far I put the chicken in the crock pot, threw the veggies on top of it, mixed the soup, milk and mayo together and poured it over everything, set the crock pot on high and am letting it cook.. fingers crossed it'll turn out great!

I plugged it into my recipe calculator and came up with this:

8 servings (I'm guessing - won't know for sure til it's done and I divvy it up)

Per Serving: 112 cal, 16 protein, 7 carbs, 1g fat, 1g sugar

Eek.. I forgot to add the mayo to the recipe calculator.. here are the modified amounts:

Per Serving: 147 cal, 16 prot, 8 carb, 5g fat, 1g sugar

Dang, I'm a hot mess today.. also forgot to mention that you add a bag of fat free shredded cheddar towards the end, let it get all melty.. that is already included in the totals.. let me repost the damned thing. lol

2 Cups broccoli florets (frozen)
2 Cups Spinach, chopped (frozen)
1 can 98% FF condensed cream of chicken soup
1 lb chicken boneless/skinless (frozen Winn Dixie chicken tenderloins)
1/2 c. low-fat mayo - the lowest I could find was Hellman's light.(or FF if you can find it - my store didn't have any no-fat mayo)
1/2 c. Silk Pure Almond milk unsweetened
1 bag FF shredded cheddar cheese

So far I put the chicken in the crock pot, threw the veggies on top of it, mixed the soup, milk and mayo together and poured it over everything, set the crock pot on high and am letting it cook.. fingers crossed it'll turn out great!

I plugged it into my recipe calculator and came up with this:

8 servings (I'm guessing - won't know for sure til it's done and I divvy it up)

Per Serving: 147 cal, 16 prot, 8 carb, 5g fat, 1g sugar

Krista

Hi guys! Congrats on finishing the 5 day challenge.
I did well yesterday considering that I left the house at 8am and didn't get home until 12:30am. It was a looooong day.

I volunteered at my old elementary school carnival after work so I didn't have the best dinner. In fact, it consisted of 1/2 a hamburger and fresh pineapple. And dammit, the pineapple was delish.

I am starting the modified version of the 5dpt to keep me from the snacking. So far, so good. I had one scrambled egg and 2 pieces of bacon for breakfast and my pot roast for lunch.

I finished the 5 days 3.6 pounds down and hopefully will be able to keep it off.

Great job ladies. Continue your successes!

thanks for the recipe Krista... I am glad you left out the mayo, I will try the recipe without it and prob without the cheese too.

thanks again

sally