The fun's over! It's time for an Easter (Sunday, March 31) Challenge!

[SillyLoocie]

Patty,

I hope your Dad gets back on track asap.

[SillyLoocie]

Well after 3 years of waiting Kiera finally met the length requirements to donate her hair to Pantene Beautiful Lengths campaign to make wigs. It takes 9 ponytails to make a wig.

It is one of the most special & caring things to do for someone who will benefit from such an act of kindness. That really touches me deeply. What an incredible daughter you have.

xxx

[SillyLoocie]

oreo party time.

[Lynn49]

I don't think I can ever eat an Oreo cookie again.....Gah!!
It looks like a tower of icing sugar and glue!!!

[walkonby]

Loocie good try at tempting us, thank goodness I am not even a fan of those cookies. Patty, I know you will plod along, best wishes for you dad's situation. Abby!! wow and congrats on the torture! ( spin classes ) , I am sure looking forward to leaving for work early tomorrow, it will be nice and chilly temps, 14 I think they said ( compared to what we've been having ).
Happy, healthy late night snack munching everyone!!

[Patty Smyth]

Same Yay!!! I thought for sure this week was going to be bad .

[Abby5]

3lbs down..but still 8lbs more then when I started
28lbs to go

[walkonby]

oh not even close this week! Up another 2 lbs! gah!! I indulged not so much in forbidden foods, just portions of anything I ate were LARGE and REPETITIVE. sigh, it is fine , really, sniff, sniff, no one made me do this. ( as I roll away! )

[Abby5]

I tried the whole 30 diet in June. It did not do well with me I think I am going back to vegan and gluten free. I think I will try flex tarian first though...lol

[toban]

I fell off the wagon lol. I did cut out sugar and gluten for almost two months and lost some weight. I didn't weigh myself but my clothes were looser.

I've noticed if I eat gluten (100 percent whole wheat bread, bagels, pasta, pizza etc), I feel a bit bloated, tired, and my stomach feels off. So I've cut it out. For the past week I've stopped eating gluten products and noticed a difference. More energy, less bloated.

My biggest weakness is sweets. Cookies, chocolate, cake etc. I've cut it out for three days now too.

I recall at least 15 years ago I rarely ate sweets and never really craved them. I also didn't bake much back then either. I would eat a few sweets at birthdays or Christmas and that is it. The rest of the year I ate none.

Today I had a tiny piece of brownie (slaps wrist) and I actually felt sick. Not sick as in punishing myself. Actually my stomach felt off, sickly from a tiny piece. I went through my cupboards and pulled out flour, white sugar, brown sugar and cookies. Phoned my neighbour up and asked if she would like these items. She was happy to receive them (she likes to bake). I figured if I don't have them I'm less tempted to bake. I kept a bit of sugar in case company would like it in coffee etc.

I found once I cut out the above, I didn't really miss it.

Plus I'm now doing cardio for 1 hour 5-6 days a week. Free weights three times a week.

[thriftygranny]

Sorry guys I missed Fridays weigh in!! I am down 1.5 this week, hope I can do a repeat performance this week.

[Granger]

Down 1, but wasn't as good the second half of vacay. We will see what this week brings.

[toban]

I've noticed a difference already with cutting out gluten (breads, pasta, bakery items) and sugar. I feel as though my energy has increased. Hmmmm..... sort of felt like Speedy Gonzalez when I was cleaning today lol. Less tired too. I haven't weighed myself (been only a week) but have felt I have lost some weight unless it's just water weight/bloat. My stomach feels smaller. So far my exercise routine is 1 hour of cardio 5-6 days a week. Although I did skip today lol.

[Patty Smyth]

[Patty Smyth]

Up 1.5 . bad week , didn't get much good sleep I think that doesn't help. Food wise I did alright. Gonna keep plugging away.