Inert Ramblings

• Grilled roast beef with jack cheese, lettuce, onion and pickles on low carb bread with bleu cheese dressing (8 carbs)

• Side of egg salad (2 carbs)

Although it’s taken me over five years to lose a total of 100 pounds from my highest weight of 330 pounds, the last 70 pounds were lost quite rapidly over the past 6 months! This is my first major milestone and, luckily, I only have 30 pounds to go before I reach my ultimate goal weight. I’m sure I’ll probably keep losing once I reach my goal weight but I’ll probably move into the maintenance phase of Atkins.

• Nothing…so…hungry…

• Steak

• Side salad with cheese, bacon bits and bleu cheese dressing

• Salad with greens, cheese, turkey, chicken, sesame seeds and vinegar

• Handful Planters Cocktail Peanuts

Maybe I’m just utterly bitter because I haven’t been able to enjoy a good Subway sub for quite a while, but I find this photo completely hilarious! Seriously, though, Jared has been an incredible inspiration for quite a few of us. I have to admit that, the first time I saw the Jared ad, I was quite impressed. After reading the article about Jared’s weight loss that was photocopied and posted at the local Subway I did some research and found out some more information. Shortly thereafter, Jared’s ads started showing up on TV displaying his progress.

I had always been a Subway fan and that just gave me more of an excuse to fold it into my meal plan. On my first weight loss stint with Weight Watchers I had Subway almost every day and that helped me drop around 30 pounds. Unfortunately, I slacked off about three years ago and stopped losing weight. Now, with Atkins, I’m down another 65 pounds. The meal planning is so much easier, but I’m dying for a 12″ turkey on hearty italian with lettuce, onions, pickles, black olives, jalapeños, american cheese, oil, vinegar and oregano!

How many operating systems have you used for at least one hour?

Slashdot posed the above question so I rattled my brain for a few minutes to come up with a quick and dirty list. I’m sure there’s more…
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• 2 chicken hot dogs with mustard and ketchup (9 carbs)

• 3 small sausage links (4 carbs)
• 2 slices american cheese (1 carb)