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Liz - 26 Jul 2004 18:42 GMT

Sorry if this is posted twice.... didn't show up on my news reader
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Well, I finally stepped on a scale and I am down to 132.5 When I really
started my new WOL (I no longer think of it as a diet) I was sometimes
finding the scale at 140. I've been kind of monitoring my weight in the
morning and evening throughout the past couple of days and am very happy to
see that at night I haven't been going past 133.5.

Yesterday, I had my first Krispy Kreme donut experience. I was presented
with one and was expected to eat it. First, I kinda stuck my nose up at it
(food snob, ya know ;)), but since I have never EVER eaten a KK donut I
broke off a one inch piece and tried it out. YUCK. I then had to detoxify
myself with a bottle of 100% cranberry juice. ;)

~Liz (think I'll use a sig now)
140(?)/132.5/125

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Annabel Smyth - 26 Jul 2004 19:05 GMT

>Sorry if this is posted twice.... didn't show up on my news reader
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>morning and evening throughout the past couple of days and am very happy to
>see that at night I haven't been going past 133.5.

Excellent! Well done. Do bear in mind, though, that your weight does
fluctuate during the day, and even during a week - you really ought to
weigh yourself at the same time each day, wearing the same clothes (i.e.
nothing at all!). Some say it's counter-productive to weigh yourself
more than once a week.

>Yesterday, I had my first Krispy Kreme donut experience. I was presented
>with one and was expected to eat it. First, I kinda stuck my nose up at it
>(food snob, ya know ;)), but since I have never EVER eaten a KK donut I
>broke off a one inch piece and tried it out. YUCK. I then had to detoxify
>myself with a bottle of 100% cranberry juice. ;)

Which is full of sugar! I dislike cranberry juice. I haven't tried KK,
either - we only have one outlet in this country, in Harrods, and I went
and had a look. It was very easy to walk away, they looked vile! I do
like ordinary jam doughnuts that you get in the supermarket or bakeries
here, but those looked disgusting!

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Avatar - 26 Jul 2004 19:23 GMT

>>Sorry if this is posted twice.... didn't show up on my news reader
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>Which is full of sugar! I dislike cranberry juice.

I was working in the yard this weekend and the wife thought I needed a
thirst-quencher. She brought me a tall glass of cranberry juice and I
took half a sip and almost spit it out. It was like drinking syrup.
Salty syrup. She said I needed something like Gatorade and this was
good for me To make this more like Gatorade, she had added kosher
salt. I told her I'd rather suffer until I could get some of water.

> I haven't tried KK,
>either - we only have one outlet in this country, in Harrods, and I went
>and had a look. It was very easy to walk away, they looked vile! I do
>like ordinary jam doughnuts that you get in the supermarket or bakeries
>here, but those looked disgusting!

Krispy Kreme is the work of Satan. BTW, Dick Clark (he of American
Bandstand) owns that KK in Harrods.
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Ignoramus19431 - 26 Jul 2004 19:31 GMT

> I was working in the yard this weekend and the wife thought I needed a
> thirst-quencher.

Water is a pretty good thirst quencher.

> She brought me a tall glass of cranberry juice and I took half a sip
> and almost spit it out. It was like drinking syrup.

Good choice.

I wonder if that "cranberry juice" is in fact a "CRANBERRY JUICE
cocktail" (cranberry juice in big letters and "cocktail" in small
letters. That "cocktail" contains mostly water and high fructose corn
syrup and some red dye, plus a bit of cranberry juice.

> Salty syrup. She said I needed something like Gatorade and this was
> good for me To make this more like Gatorade, she had added kosher
> salt. I told her I'd rather suffer until I could get some of water.

A wise idea.

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Annabel Smyth - 26 Jul 2004 19:46 GMT

>I wonder if that "cranberry juice" is in fact a "CRANBERRY JUICE
>cocktail" (cranberry juice in big letters and "cocktail" in small
>letters. That "cocktail" contains mostly water and high fructose corn
>syrup and some red dye, plus a bit of cranberry juice.

Here it is called "Cranberry juice drink", has to be, since it is not a
pure fruit juice, but has added sugar (not corn syrup, I think, which is
not used in this country) and water. It's too strong for me - I like to
dilute it 50:50 with water if I drink it, and I only do if I have
cystitis (and it *is* good for cystitis).

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Liz - 27 Jul 2004 01:22 GMT

>>I wonder if that "cranberry juice" is in fact a "CRANBERRY JUICE
>>cocktail" (cranberry juice in big letters and "cocktail" in small
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> - I like to dilute it 50:50 with water if I drink it, and I only do if
> I have cystitis (and it *is* good for cystitis).

This is what I do. Although I do like to drink cranberry juice on its
own (and this IS real cranberry juice, and not a sugar-laden cocktail -
I am not low-carbing, so the fact that it has naturally occurring sugars
does not bother me), I often dilute it with water.

And, to add to my original post - I actually had a fitness test tonight.
Body fat down from 35.7% (Apr/03) to 26.3%. VERY HAPPY. Overall, I
was totally impressed with all of my results-better aerobic capacity,
flexibility (went from 15" to 21"!), better everything! My BF% is still
a little high, but a major improvement. I must be do something right.
;)

~Liz
140(?)/132.5/125

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Annabel Smyth - 27 Jul 2004 13:39 GMT

>This is what I do. Although I do like to drink cranberry juice on its
>own (and this IS real cranberry juice, and not a sugar-laden cocktail -
>I am not low-carbing, so the fact that it has naturally occurring sugars
>does not bother me), I often dilute it with water.

Um - I don't think it *can* be 100% pure cranberry juice, as that would
be too sour for anybody to drink. Almost all the cranberry juice
products sold have added sugar of one sort or another, and are more
energetic than other, genuinely unsweetened, fruit juices. Not that
that matters, of course!

>And, to add to my original post - I actually had a fitness test tonight.
> Body fat down from 35.7% (Apr/03) to 26.3%. VERY HAPPY. Overall, I
>was totally impressed with all of my results-better aerobic capacity,
>flexibility (went from 15" to 21"!), better everything! My BF% is still
>a little high, but a major improvement. I must be do something right.
>;)

Yes, indeed. Well done!

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