Weigh-In (Noodlebean): Week 66

Ugh…

Weight: 191.5 (up 1/2 # from 5/2)

Gross.

My Weight Chart:

Weigh-In (Mr Peanut): Week 31

I’ve officially lost over 40 lbs now from my original weight!

Weight: 201

Still teetering on the north edge of 200 (or better yet, 199) but that’s okay. I’m happy to see continued progress and I’m so excited to eventually break the 200 mark. As Noodlebean mentioned, the challenge is going to be to maintain this during our trip. I’m sure we can do it. Wish us luck!

Since Meal Delivery:

All time:

Weigh-In (Mr Peanut): Week 21

As Noodlebean said, this is a short week for us, so I’m was super happy/surprised to see that I had lost another 2lbs.  PFFS is like magic! I’m so happy to be back on it and losing weight again.

Weight: 204

I’m coming up on 2 pretty big milestones: 40 lbs. down for all time, and the 200 lb. mark! Both of those will be pretty amazing. Thanks for all the support!

Since Meal Delivery:

All Time:

Today’s Breakfast & Lunch

This is breakfast & lunch for Friday, Week 1, Diet to Go!:

Breakfast: Ratatouille Omelet, Asparagus Spears

Lunch: Szechuan Turkey Burger on a Multi-Grain Roll, Sesame Noodle Salad

The 1600-calorie version is mostly the same:

The only difference is more food — and lunch includes a small “black bean salad.”

Today’s Menus

Here’s Mr. Peanut’s 3-Hour Diet food for today:

Breakfast: Apple Cinnamon Muffin and Orange

Snack: Pecans

Lunch: Roasted Pork Loin with Barley Pilaf and Green Beans – the 3HD version of this actually put the barley pilaf right overtop of the pork loin so it looks a bit different from the photo

Snack: Ritz Chips – Sour Cream & Onion

Dinner: Turkey Bolognese served over Rice Noodles

Treat: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup

And here’s my Pure Foods Fresh Start food for today:

Breakfast: Banana-Chocolate Almond-Butter Smoothie with pack of Pumpkin Seeds

Snack: Ranch Soy Nuts

Lunch: Roast Beef, Swiss Cheese and Vegetable Wrap

Dinner: Turkey Bolognese served over Rice Noodles

Treat: Extra Dark Chocolate with Mint

I’m looking forward to tonight’s dinner… we’ve never had that dish before and it sounds and looks very yummy!

Weigh-In (Mr Peanut)

So this is pretty cool. I’m exactly halfway between my largest weight and my goal weight. It feels like a milestone! Keep up the good work everybody, it’s totally paying off!! Here’s the updated stats. I decided to update my belly measurements too.

Weight: 213.5

Gut: 41 ½” (from 44″)

Waist: 39 ¾” (from 41 ¼”)

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Tomorrow’s Menu (3HD/Mr. Peanut)

Here is Mr. Peanut’s menu for tomorrow!

Breakfast: Strawberry Orange Muffin with Fresh Orange

Snack: Gelatin

Lunch: Taco Salad (I am totally jealous of this!!)

Snack: Oreo – 100 Cal. Pack

Dinner: Turkey Meatballs with Spaghetti Squash, Marinara Sauce, Roll and Margarine (roll & margarine not pictured — sorry! We’ll get photos of these tomorrow when he actually eats it, though)

Treat: Animal Crackers

Tiny Peanut Butters

I mentioned before that I wanted to try these tiny peanut butters from Minimus. Well, I got them:

I’m really excited about this because I love the convenience of the tiny Smuckers peanut butters that are provided on these diets, but I’m deeply disturbed that they involve hydrogenated oils. My new peanut butters are organic and free of trans fats. Hooray!

Now, the Smuckers pbs are 3/4 oz each. These pbs are 1.15 oz. So it gets a little confusing here. An ounce of peanut butter is 2 tablespoons. So the Smuckers pbs are like 1.5 T, and the new pbs are about 2 1/3 T (someone please tell me if that math is wrong). Usually if we add peanut butter as a snack, we try to add about 1 tablespoon so it’s around 100 cals (1 T pb = about 95 cals).

Good heavens. Okay. So I think most likely what I will do is replace the Smuckers pbs (when they show up with the PFFS or 3HD meals, which is not all that often) with these Justin’s pbs and not worry about the extra 50 calories or so. But if we have a pb snack, I will probably divide the packets of Justin’s in half to make it closer to a tablespoon.

Special Day

Hey friends, I just wanted to share with you all that today is Noodlebean’s birthday!! Hooray! I know that some of you have spoken with her quite a bit and might want to wish her a happy birthday. I think the best gift of all this year is finally getting on a weight loss program that actually works (and finally getting clear of the eDiets mess!). Anyway, drop her a quick note if you get a chance!

-Mr Peanut

Weigh-In (Noodlebean)

HOLLA! After all the various derailments over the last few weeks, I really did not know what to expect when I got on the scale this morning (I started my period yesterday, too, which usually means some weight fluctuation). But it was good news!

Weight: 187.5

That’s down 1/2 pound since my last official weigh-in, and I will take it. I’m happy as long as the trend is in the downward direction (even if occasionally it goes up a slight bit). Hooray!