You are in Lindy!!! 6 of us now to support each other (you snuck in while I was posting!!)

Cori...
Start a journal! Then we can come visit you - and it is a place for you to be able to vent and say whatever you want. It is a great thing!
~Michelle

Looking forward to kicking butt tomorrow


... and yes, I will be exercising and KISSing at the same time




Hi Lindy - nice to see you here

Excellent ... have just looked in the freezer and there are a load of food-stuffs that I can use to have a full KISS menu for the coming week.

I might post a menu for next week as I really need to be organised, I am a sucker for getting distracted!!!

Is it OK to have garlic/chilli powder on KISS? I can add this to meats etc to give them a much needed zing!!!!

Thanks - Lindyxx

PS - it is also great to meet new folks on the forum!!!!

I am going to be exercising while KISSing too...just 30 min cardio each day, but it is something ...

LC seasonings are fine Lindy I am going to be posting my menu each day too...keep me accountable and get feedback. If anyone has any good recipes feel free to post them here. I have one I am going to try, I will post later for pork chops.

It IS great to meet new people - I love it!!

~Michelle

OK, have just compiled a food menu that I will follow for next week - this is based on food that I already have in the fridge/freezer/store cupboard:

Monday

brekkie: small tin of tuna (in oil which I will drain) with sweetcorn, a chopped spring onion and 3 chopped cherry tomatoes.
lunch: 2 pork chops with green salad and tomato
dinner: steak with brocolli and spinach

Tuesday

brekkie: 2 warm hard boiled eggs mashed with a chopped spring onion and a teaspoon of butter
lunch: 1 chicken breast with green salad and tomato
dinner: roast pork with cabbage and roasted peppers

Wednesday

brekkie: as Monday
lunch: left over roast pork with salad
dinner: lamb chops with brocolli and roasted peppers

Thursday

brekkie: as Tuesday
lunch: 2 pork chops with cabbage
dinner: prawn cocktail on green salad (as a starter, will use about 2 teaspoons of mayo in the dressing), then chicken breasts with roasted peppers and turnip

Friday

brekkie: as Monday
lunch: as Tuesday's breakfast
dinner: lamb chops with brocolli and cauliflower

The guy that I live with also follows a low-carb'ish WOE, so he wont whinge about the menu ... although he will probably bulk up with cheese and nuts which i will steer clear of (they are not really temptations to me - although will instruct Peter NOT to bring any wine into the house - that would be carb carnage!!!) ...

I will drop in everyday to log the days food/vent/get any temptations off my chest ... I love starting challenges as they are a good way for me to stay motivated ... especially when others are really enthusiastic too!!!

Will also drink 3-4 litres of water and do a daily ketosis check!!!

Lindyx

Good Morning All,

Thank you Michelle.

Welcome aboard Nitwit.

Michelle, I do Curves 3 days a week plus I ride my bike back to work after lunch, which is almost a mile. I only ride the bike when weather permits, there aren't any fenders on mountain bikes and you end up with a streak of mud up your back when you ride in the rain. Livingston is known for its wind, that is also a challenge when riding a bike, many times I have come to a complete standstill when the wind hits me head on.

Catch you all later.

Carol

Wow nitwit, your menu is like one you would see in a fine restaurant, very appetizing sounding. I don't do well with menus, I have a refrigerator full of fresh veggies and a freezer full of meat. I usually decide at meal time what sounds great, fish, chicken, pork or beef. Your menu gave me some ideas, thank you.

Will catch you all later.

Carol

I'm drinking my coffee today, Rain Forrest Nut with cream and sf amaretto syrup. I've had 2 cups today, and that's the end of my cream. I'm going to miss it(the cream and the coffee). Oh well, I'll miss it a lot less than the lbs!
I'm also going to the grocery today to stock up my veggies. I'm going to get more than I usually do. VARIETY! That should keep me on track. I'm thinking chicken breast with sauted fennel tomorrow night. I'm hoping that eating all these extra veggies will really work. Veggies are what I've missed the most on those horrid Fat/Meat fasts. I can't believe I ate 1200cal/day of pure meat/fat, and didn't lose a lb. And I honestly felt awful. Some ppl swear they work, just not for me.
I started walking 2 mi. again today. I haven't been exercising(bad me). I went out of town for a week at X-mas, then had a flare up of my nerve disease(RSD) from the traveling. Then there was the cool weather(excuses, excuses). I let it knock me right off the exercise wagon. Time to re-establish old habits!

A couple of questions... do you consider Stevia powder to be an AS? It only takes the tiniest ammount and has zero cal/zero carbs. I like to eat a small portion of pumpkin with ginger/nutmeg/stevia as a sort of dessert. I usually use whipped cream, but it's good without too.
And can I use coconut oil... I adore it.
And green tea, I honestly don't know how long I'll last without having a cup of jasmine pearl... anyone who hasn't ever had this should not try it, totally addicting. I'll see how long I can hold out, but if I'm in real need of a treat the green tea will win, and it'll keep me away from worse things.


=)
Cori

Hey Girls!
Sitting here sipping my last cup of coffee for a while (hazelnut ) Getting ready for tomorrow...

Here is what I have planned for meals for tomorrow:
Breakfast: Hard boiled eggs
Lunch: Salad
Dinner: Chicken and cauliflour

Do any of you plan on having snacks? If so what? I am just wondering if I am going to be hungry...

Cori-
As for your questions....I am a purist (or maybe a perfectionist) when I am trying something like this - I follow the rules as is, I would consider stevia a sweetener, but I am not 100% sure on that, if anyone else has thoughts please share. I couldn't find anything on the websites about it. Same thing as the oil. I have heard olive oil and flax seed oil are acceptable. Possibly butter or mayo. I would try to do without for at least a week or 2 and then add it back in and see if anything changes. And the green tea...i love it too, you can have the decaffinated tea on KISS, just use that. You cant use caffeinated products on KISS. Hope that answers your questions a little bit...


Ok girls...good luck!! Here we go..................................................

~Michelle

OK, Day 1 of the KISS Challenge begins for me


I got on the scales this morning so that I could record my pre-KISS challenge weight and was absolutely horrified - see explanation as to why in my journal - I have now changed my stats accordingly.

Anyway, it can only get better from here - onward and downward



I spent some time yesterday sorting out KISS menus, recipes etc and thought I'd share these with everyone:

KISS rules
A previous KISS challenge - lots of good info here
Some great KISS recipes - also Meatballs and Devilled Eggs


These are also some of my daily menus from last time:

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with mushrooms sauteed in olive oil
Lunch: Chicken stir fried in olive oil with a green salad and cherry tomatoes
Dinner: Tuna with mayonnaise, spring onions and cherry tomatoes on a bed of lambs lettuce.

Breakfast: 2 homemade burgers (100% beef) with a fried egg, mushrooms and cherry tomatoes
Lunch: Chicken drumsticks with a green salad
Dinner: Meatballs with stir-fried shredded cabbage and 2 chopped tomatoes

Breakfast: Mushrooms sauteed in olive oil with scrambled eggs
Lunch: Sliced grilled chicken with romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes and some fresh mayo
Dinner: Roast lamb with stir fried courgettes

Breakfast: 2 burgers made with ground beef and some italian seasoning, with 2 fried eggs and cherry tomatoes
Lunch: tuna mixed with mayo, spring onions and cherry tomatoes
Dinner: Chicken (cooked in the crockpot in it's own juices and some seasoning for the day), with pak choy stir fried in olive oil.

Breakfast: Meatballs
Lunch: Tuna mixed with mayo, spring onions, cherry tomatoes and green pepper
Dinner: Roast lamb fillet with pak choy and mushrooms stir-fried in olive oil

Breakfast: 2 fried eggs with mushrooms and tomatoes
Lunch: Meatballs with a green salad
Dinner: Tuna with mayo (a tiny bit), chopped green peppers, spring onion and tomato, served on a bed of rocket.

Breakfast: 2 burgers, 2 fried eggs, mushrooms and tomatoes
Lunch: Tuna patties
Dinner: Lamb chops with courgettes stir-fried in olive oil




Good luck everyone

Hi Demi and the rest of the gang-
Had a rude awakening myself today. Needed this very bad! Feel good about getting started, hope you all do too.
~Michelle

Hi guys!!!

Demi - your menu sounds gorgeous!!! Sorry about the extra weight - although will go in your journal next to see what is happening ...

Well, it is the first morning of KISS for me ... had my breakfast around 10 am'ish (tuna, spring onion, sweetcorn and cherry tomatoes) and will have my lunch around 2'ish although dont feel remotely hungry yet!!!

Stepped on the scales and I have been visited by the evil twin sister of the whoosh fairy and have put on 8 pounds ... overnight!!! ... I think it is a combination of drinking too much cider (I cant help it, it is the Wurzel in me!) and TOM looming ... anyways ... I now weigh 208 ... like Demi says ... onwards and downwards ... although with the best will in the worl I dont think I can hit my F1 target challenge for next Sunday!!! But hopefully I can play catch-up during this next month!!!

Drinking my water!!! Will aim to have drunk 4 litres of water by the end of the day ... I find it easy to drink heaps of water if it is carbonated ... although with 4 litres the gas is spectaular and I can give out buffalo-like mating calls if I am not careful!!!

Anyways! too much imformation I suspect!!!

Looking forward to seeing how everyone is getting on!!!

Lindyx

Ok, so I started a journal page today. I'll be keeping all of my meal info there. I'll come here for my wooohooos and yeehas though.
Are we posting weight once a week? On the 26th I'll assume.
I'd love to see 195 again SOON! I've seen it once before, though only briefly. I tend to always goal in 5lb increments. Easier to read on the scale. LOL
GL ladies! I know we'll all shed some pounds.

=)
Cori

Couldnt face the thought of pork chops for lunch, so instead I had 2 hard boiled eggs ....

Am looking forward to my steak tonight though ... Peter came home with a load of nice veggies, so I will use the fresh before going into my veggie stash in the freezer!!!

Hope that everyone is doing well and enjoying their first day of KISS ....

Lindy