Re: 3 out of 4 21dc challenges

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In a message dated 1/25/00 5:51:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, dstout5@...

writes:

<< I successfully completed the Tae Bo challenge, drinking water

challenge and sucking in my abs challenge. To be honest with all of

you, I feel that I didn't really accomplish my goal. I failed to reach

the eating better challenge, which was the BIG challenge for me >>

You can do it Debbie! Just keep trying! Congratulations on the other 21

DC's!! Yayayayaya! I only completed the water one...

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In a message dated 01/25/2000 2:52:05 AM Pacific Standard Time,

dstout5@... writes:

<< I successfully completed the Tae Bo challenge, drinking water

challenge and sucking in my abs challenge. To be honest with all of

you, I feel that I didn't really accomplish my goal. I failed to reach

the eating better challenge, which was the BIG challenge for me. >>

Debbie, you are doing great!!! Don't consider it as failing. It's just been

postponed, and that's alright because I am right there with you:) I can't

seem to eat healthy, but I do know that I am eating healthier which is a good

thing. But I like my splurges, that makes life worth living. I know that

you need to be healthy but as long as I am excercising and being active,

that's all that matters, well at least to me. But you haven't failed at

anything. look at yourself in the mirror and tell yourself one nice thing

that you see... Because I have never seen you but I know that you are a very

caring and supportive friend I have become do depend on to keep my chin up.

So thanks to you Debbie

AMY

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Thanks, Debbie. I'm on day 8 and still going strong! And that's with

my husband being away and Rudy being a mess. Next weekend will be the

real test though because Thursday is " chinese food lunch " at work (once

a year my office goes to a Chinese restaurant for a feast), Saturday day

is the land luncheon, and Saturday night is dinner at an Ethiopian

restaurant. I'm allowed to participate in all of those meals without

breaking my challenge. The problem is that getting used to eating

fattening food again may make me want to binge. Talking this out

helps. Maybe at the Chinese luncheon also just sample the things I

really like, skip the others, and concentrate on my soup.

Elena

Elena...I'm a huge Chinese Buff so I understand. Try ordering from the

Vegetarian Menu...or get something like Moo Go Gai Pan with Chicken. Another

favorite is Lovers Shrimp...but ask to only get the shrimp in the red tomatoe

sauce...it is VERY low fat. Chicken and broccoli is also low fat...skip the

eggroll if at all possible ( I love eggrolls) and try to get a clear broth soup

.......my favorite but not well known is chicken and shrimp in bamboo cup. IT is

made with a chicken broth,snow peas, shrimp water chestnuts and shitake

mushrooms. Yummy.

You can actually eat very healthy when you eat chinese if you know what to get

and limit your portions.

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Debbie Stout wrote:

>

> are history.

>

> I successfully completed the Tae Bo challenge, drinking water

> challenge and sucking in my abs challenge. To be honest with all of

> you, I feel that I didn't really accomplish my goal. I failed to reach

> the eating better challenge, which was the BIG challenge for me.

>

> I'm determined to make this goal and I will. I've made that promise to

> myself and I'm extremely motivated now.

You can do this, Debbie. Is there something concrete in your diet that

you can focus on in your challenge (e.g., desserts)? I would have a

hard time just trying to " eat healthy, " because too many things come

up. That's why I am focusing on my after dinner bingeing for my

challenge. You can use what Jenni and I am using to motivate us through

this new healthy eating challenge: the fear of having to start the 21DC

over again. Good luck.

>

> Elena-I'm really thrilled to hear that you lost the 5 lbs. that you

> gained during the holidays. In fact, I'm really proud of you. I have

> no doubt that you're going to make the 21dc eating challenge.

Thanks, Debbie. I'm on day 8 and still going strong! And that's with

my husband being away and Rudy being a mess. Next weekend will be the

real test though because Thursday is " chinese food lunch " at work (once

a year my office goes to a Chinese restaurant for a feast), Saturday day

is the land luncheon, and Saturday night is dinner at an Ethiopian

restaurant. I'm allowed to participate in all of those meals without

breaking my challenge. The problem is that getting used to eating

fattening food again may make me want to binge. Talking this out

helps. Maybe at the Chinese luncheon also just sample the things I

really like, skip the others, and concentrate on my soup.

Elena

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In a message dated 01/25/2000 4:22:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,

etcarroll@... writes:

<< Susi will have to fill you in, since she is the one who told me.

Apparently they are planned for the end of February and Susi is just

waiting for final confirmation for Taebo Queen.

Elena, who hopes Susi is not mad that I let the cat out of the bag. >>

Blame it on the cat like does

Barb

who doesn't think cats and Tae-Bo mix

AKA: POMBarb, Mad-Dame Yenta, Tae-Bo Barb

" It's hard to be a cheerleader when the kid won't be a player "

<A HREF= " http://hometown.aol.com/horsemom2/myhomepage/index.html " >Barb's

Places on the web</A>

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Thanks so much, guys! Your support means so much to me.

Overall, my eating hasn't been too bad, but I needed to get in

control. A cookie here and something else there, would eventually play

a heavy toll, weight gain wise.

Elena-I finally confronted the source of my stress and voiced it out

loud Saturday evening. My husband is leaving today (at least he's

supposed to) to Honduras on a mission trip. Even though he isn't

religious, he wanted to go. He's always wanted to work in a foreign

country, so he felt that this would be a perfect opportunity. Our

children go to the Baptist church and it's their church who is building

a church for this village. He'll be gone for 12 days with no contact

whatsoever. The village they are going to is only accessible by boat. It's a very poor village. They have no potable water and

noelectricity, which will be actually good. It will be beans, rice and

tortillas the whole time they are there, which is not good, since I'm

part Mexican. ;-D

Confronting this stress relieved the burden that I had been carrying

inside and I'm no longer grabbing something out of stress.

I went through the same stress last year when our son went on his

mission trip and I'll be going through it again when our daughter goes

in April.

I have no doubt that I will make it this time. The support that I'm

receiving from you guys are helping me a lot. After all, as Elena

said, I don't want to start the 21dc eating challenge over again. LOL. I just thought about that this morning. Gosh, I would have been darn

with the darn challenge yesterday!

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Agaw12577@... wrote:

>

> In a message dated 1/25/00 4:10:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> etcarroll@... writes:

>

> << I'm thinking that maybe I'll plan a little

> trip for myself, maybe to Los Angeles for the February tapings, >>

>

> February tapings?! Where'd you hear about those? Details! Details!

>

Susi will have to fill you in, since she is the one who told me.

Apparently they are planned for the end of February and Susi is just

waiting for final confirmation for Taebo Queen.

Elena, who hopes Susi is not mad that I let the cat out of the bag.

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Debbie, I think that is wonderful. My husband has wonderful skills that any mission trip would benefit from. I would love to see him go. I would love to go on a mission trip myself, with my kids. Someday, sigh. I think it is a wonderful thing to do. Let us know what he thought about it when he comes back!!

Re: 3 out of 4 21dc challengesThanks so much, guys! Your support means so much to me. Overall, my eating hasn't been too bad, but I needed to get in control. A cookie here and something else there, would eventually play a heavy toll, weight gain wise. Elena-I finally confronted the source of my stress and voiced it out loud Saturday evening. My husband is leaving today (at least he's supposed to) to Honduras on a mission trip. Even though he isn't religious, he wanted to go. He's always wanted to work in a foreign country, so he felt that this would be a perfect opportunity. Our children go to the Baptist church and it's their church who is building a church for this village. He'll be gone for 12 days with no contact whatsoever. The village they are going to is only accessible by boat. It's a very poor village. They have no potable water and noelectricity, which will be actually good. It will be beans, rice and tortillas the whole time they are there, which is not good, since I'm part Mexican. ;-D Confronting this stress relieved the burden that I had been carrying inside and I'm no longer grabbing something out of stress. I went through the same stress last year when our son went on his mission trip and I'll be going through it again when our daughter goes in April. I have no doubt that I will make it this time. The support that I'm receiving from you guys are helping me a lot. After all, as Elena said, I don't want to start the 21dc eating challenge over again. LOL. I just thought about that this morning. Gosh, I would have been darn with the darn challenge yesterday!

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