<p>BCEagle, freeze them in smaller batches then. Little bricks. You can even thaw them out the night before in the fridge.</p>
<p>I figure it will be a year before I reach my dream endpoint of “what I weighed when I got married”. But my plan is just to keep eating in the 1200-1500 calorie range and see where it takes me.</p>
<p>Traffic was a major *&^%@ today!!! I thought I would die during my long-ish run tonight after spending more than an hour on the bus, but, surprisingly, my run was a breeze: 8.25 miles, 8:30 pace!</p>
<p>BC: put the beans in a ziplock bag and gently flatten the bag so the beans form a monolayer (without squishing the beans), then zip the bag shut and freeze. Flat bags stack for storage well, and then it is easy to pour the contents out into a microwavable dish and reheat them.</p>
<p>We generally don’t have a lot of spare freezer space. We store frozen veggies, bottles of water, flour, grains and other stuff there. I frequently have to rearrange things in the freezer.</p>
<p>Beautiful day today - 63 degrees when I drove in. Should be high-70s to low-80s for my lunchtime tennis match. I made some mods to my frame last night at the YMCA. Added 6.5 grams of lead tape to the handle and 0.75 grams near the top of the frame. It should improve balance, provide more comfort by removing shock and vibration and add a touch more power.</p>
<p>Sounds like everyone is doing well here. idad, sounds like you’ve found your ideal weight. My exercise earlier this week involved emptying out our furnace/storage room because our hot water heater developed a leak. I am realizing that while my legs are strong, my upper body could use some work. Always been the case. H is headed off to spend some time with his mother so I figure I will rearrange the house to my liking while he is gone. If I have a designated area to do stretching, etc. I am more likely to do it. We’ll see how that goes. Not feeling a lot of hunger and having a hard time coming up with meals I actually want to eat. I think I’ll make a batch of gazpacho this weekend.</p>
<p>Back from the gym and grocery shopping. Rode the bike for 66 minutes…did intervals for 30 and then steady after that. I am exhausted! Just made some egg whites and veggie breakfast sausage patty. It tasted soooo good! I have given up my multigrain English muffin until the wedding and have to say I am not missing it now. H is out of town and it has been lovely not having to cook for him. ;)</p>
<p>NMinn, I’m going to have to try your egg white trick while H is gone. That actually sounds appealing. Do you separate whole eggs or do you purchase the cartons of egg whites one sees in the refrigerated section?</p>
<p>I buy the containers of egg whites. Some mornings I reheat leftover veggies from dinner and then pour the egg whites over them, add whatever spices I am in the mood for and voila… fast, easy and filling! I really do like the Morningstar veggie breakfast sausage patty with it if I am making a breakfast sandwich. Since I quit eating the muffin I have lost 4 more lbs! 
D1 makes an omelet with them (egg whites) and adds Canadian Bacon and Laughing Cow cheese wedges. The different cheeses give them a creamy texture and different flavor. Very versatile.</p>
<p>What’s the brand on the sausage?</p>
<p>BC…Morningstar Farms</p>
<p>Okay, thanks. Last time I tried them was about ten years ago.</p>
<p>Laughing Cow is a staple in my house. I count out the Blue Diamond nut thin crackers for a serving (you can have 16!) and scrape the cheese onto them. I find it very satisfying when I’m preparing dinner. Keeps me from overeating or “sampling” dinner. </p>
<p>I love Morningstar Farms items. All of them are really good. And congrats on the extra 4 pounds, NMinn! I know your “plateau” was really frustrating you.</p>
<p>I recently bought H some of the new Fiber One Brownies. He is trying to cut back but he does like to snack. The chocolate fudge ones are 90 calories, 3 g fat, 18 g total carb and 5g fiber. H and D2 like them! I stay away because I don’t want to lose focus but they say they are decent.</p>
<p>I think the fudgesicle icecream pops (Weight Watchers or other low cal brands) are very satisfying snacks for people who need a chocolate fix. The ice cream sandwhiches are even better, in my opinion.</p>
<p>The heat is taking a toll on me. It just makes it hard. (I’ll still complain more when it’s cold and icy out…) 6 miles this morning and no additional tenths! As soon as the Garmin buzzed mile 6 I stopped dead in my tracks and walked around the corner to the house. Clothes were soaked. Drank a red G2 and am now nearing the end of a big iced tea here at work. I need a Colorado vacation, which I don’t get until later in August.</p>
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<p>I like those two and put them in egg-white omelets with spinach, shallots, and mushrooms. Usually, I make it for lunch because I’ve got more time. The Laughing Cow wedges are only 1 point (for 2 of them).</p>
<p>Gorgeous sunshiney morning with perfect temperature. Only did a 50 minute run, I wish I would have had more time to do a long run. Then met a friend and did a relatively brisk 2 mile walk.
It was her workout for the day, and it never even occurred to me to view it that way. So all is relative indeed.</p>
<p>I amazed at the pace of the runners here. I did interval runs, so the pace that BB reports on her 8-10 milers, that are just training runs, is what I do on the intervals followed by WALKING breaks.
I hope you people know how FAST you are. Jealous, but not unhappy, because at least I am moving and nothing hurts.</p>
<p>In most cases, there’s always someone faster. Especially at our ages. My long runs (5+ miles) are usually from 10:20 to 10:40 which is a lot faster than when I started but doing them sub-10 on average would be quite nice. I can only make so much progress during tennis season though as I’m playing four to five times a week which pushes out a lot of running.</p>
<p>3 sets today: 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. The mods made last night do help the arm but some of my strokes were a bit off due to the mods. The guy I was playing was off his game today.</p>
<p>Weather was low-80s, low humidity, partly cloudy. In other words, not too stressful.</p>
<p>Yes. There are some fast runners here! But, they are probably just as amazed at some of the stuff you do in your workouts. It all evens out. For example, I can’t run for beans, but I’d probably hold my own in a side plank or rear foot elevated split squat contest. I’m just happy for the runners when they go far or fast.</p>
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<p>Hey, me too! I can run a 10 minute mile pace on my long runs, too! Of course my “long runs” are 120 seconds or 2/10ths of a mile, whichever comes first! :)</p>
<p>But at least I looks good. Heading out in a nice little ensemble of navy blue Nike running shorts and navy blue Champion C9 tech shirt. I always turn heads – mostly because I’m huffin’ and puffin’ so bad that people hear me and think the ol’ geezer is gonna keel over…</p>
<p>Did I mention I got turkey’d the other day. It’s bad enough to get geezer’d or chick’d, but I got passed by a wild turkey walking up the big hill from the old mill house. Sheesh. I think I need faster shoes for something…</p>
<p>Ol’ (formerly) fat and (still) slow guy</p>
<p>Wild Turkey’s are crazy up here. Very big Turkey Hunt recently in our area - very successful.</p>
<p>They’re fine for pedestrians but I hit one on the highway last year.</p>