Day 3 on Plexus Slim

Day 3 was good - I lose a little weight - even though I ate TOO much!

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Foods Born in St. Louis

St. Louis Originals

• Toasted Ravioli - invented in 1943 or 1944 at Oldani's on “The Hill”, a predominantly Italian neighborhood, though others also claim the invention. As the story goes, the delicacy was stumbled upon when a raviolo was accidentally dropped into the fryer by Chef Fritz. "Mickey Garagiola, older brother of Major League Baseball Hall-of-Famer, Joe Garagiola, was actually at the bar during the mishap and was the first to taste the accidental treat.
• Gooey butter cake - legend has it that in the 1930s a German baker got the proportions wrong (reversing the proportions of sugar and flour) and the rest is history - available at most area bakeries and grocery stores.  
  
  The St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission includes a recipe for the cake on its website, calling it "one of St. Louis' popular, quirky foods"; the recipe calls for a bottom layer of butter and yellow cake batter, and a top layer made from eggs, cream cheese, and, in one case, almond extract. The cake is dusted with confectioner's sugar before being served. 
• Pork Steaks - Pork butt sliced as a steak, often Bar-B-Qued - a cook at home favorite.  St. Louis is said to consume more barbecue sauce per capita than any other city in the nation. St. Louis-style barbecue sauce is described as a "very sweet, slightly acidic, sticky, tomato-based barbecue sauce.
• The Concrete - Ted Drewes Frozen Custard (Ice Cream) mixed with candy, fruit, and/or nuts. "concrete" - custard blended with any combination of dozens of ingredients, served in a large yellow cup with a spoon and straw. The mixture is so thick that a spoon inserted into the custard does not fall if the cup is inverted. A history dates back to 1929.
  
• Peanut Butter - In 1890, an unknown St. Louis physician encouraged a food products company owner, George A. Bayle Jr., to process and package ground peanut paste as a nutritious protein substitute for people with poor teeth who couldn't chew meat. Peanut paste was sold for six cents per pound.
• The Slinger -  Breakfast of champions.  The Slinger is considered to be a St. Louis late-night culinary original. It is described as "a hometown culinary invention: a mishmash of meat, hash-fried potatoes, eggs, and chili, sided with your choice of ham, sausage, bacon, hamburger patties, or an entire T-bone steak.
• Provel cheese - Developed as a shelf-stable cheese often found as topping for the next entry (St. Louis style Pizza), it's name may lead some to think it is a shorthand name for provolone.  It is in fact a processed cheese of cheddar, swiss and provolone. Provel is rarely used elsewhere.
• St. Louis style Pizza - A thin crusted pizza with Provel ™ Cheese, slices cut into rectangles instead of the pie-like wedges typical of many pizza styles.
  
• Brain Sandwich - a sandwich with sliced calves' brains on sliced bread.  Became popular in St. Louis after the rise of the city's stockyards in the late 1880s, although demand there has so dwindled that only a handful of restaurants still offer them.
• Gerber Sandwich - The Gerber sandwich originated at the locally famous Ruma's Deli.  It is an open-faced sandwich, with Italian or French bread, garlic butter, ham, and provel cheese. It is sprinkled with paprika and toasted.
• St. Paul Sandwich - an Egg Foo Young Patty served with Salad between bread. They're still available at a lot of St. Louis "Chop Suey" restaurants. 

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Lutheran Senior Services in St. Louis

Lutheran Senior Services in St. Louis was recognized by the St. Louis Business Journal as one of the "Best Places to work".   They strive to improve the quality of care for their residents.  One way they do this is by implementing a program called Electronic medical Records Software.

Using the Optimus EMR^® system for their electronic medical records saves time because the staff does not have to waste time searching for the patient information.  It is all there at their fingertips on the home page when they look at the computer.  They can access real time, up-dates on the residents, census, quality indicators, operational performance data and more.


Lutheran Senior Services utilizes the Optimus EMR system because it is the only automated system for long term care.  This system helps them achieve the goal of quality patient care.

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Isagenix - 30 day challenge

I am doing good on Isagenix - I have lost 44 pounds - but this has always been my set point.  Everytime in the past when I have dieted, I get to the 45 pound mark and then get stuck, go off the program and gain in back.

This time I am determined to break the cycle and get past the 50 pound weight loss plateau and move on forward.  So this is my plan:

30 DAY CHALLENGE
30 days of being on the plan - 2 shakes a day and sensible meal
no late night snacking
one cleanse day a week


I am very motivated and excited about breaking my weight loss barrier !!
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Isagenix - weeks 14 - Weigh In Update - Weight loss

It has been a good week - I have lost 33 pounds so far, and one pounds this week.  I am going to get back to basics and get a little stricter with the snacks.

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Isagenix - weeks 12 and 13 - Weigh In Update - Weight loss

here is the week 12 weigh in update

and here is week 13 - 32 pounds loss!!

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Isagenix - Day 50 - Weigh In Update - Weight loss

Well, it is day 50 - 7 weeks on the program - I have not been perfect on the program, but that is okay.  This is a lifestyle and I don't feel that any food items are off limits.

Looking better - feeling great.

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Isagenix - Day 43 - Weigh In Update - Weight loss

Well it is day 43 and I have lost a total of 23 pounds.  I feel energetic and slimmer from the inside out!

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Isagenix - Day 42 - The struggle to resist chocolate cravings

The weight loss is now on a steady track and I am enjoying slow steady weight loss. With this comes the urge to succumb to cravings, since I am not seeing the dramatic numbers on the scale.

I have been doing better and better at resisting the cravings - I am not hungry, just breaking the bad habit of eating sweets when I am tired, or bored, etc.


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Isagenix Day 37 Weight Loss Update

It is Day 37 and my weekly weight loss update - I has been 5 weeks and I am feeling better than ever.

I have added a little more fiber to my diet and I think that is a good thing.

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Isagenix Day 35 and feeling great.

They say that it takes 21 days to change a habit - Well, it has been 35 days and I truly feel that I have changed a lot of my bad habits.

This is going to be a lifelong way of being.  See how you can get the same benefits I am here.

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Isagenix - after one money and having tons of energy!

I am thrilled with my 20 pounds of weight loss in the first month, but I am ecstatic about the amount of energy I have.  I truly didn't know how lousey I felt, until now and I am feeling simply fabulous.

For the last 7 or 8 years, I have felt ..... just old. So it is so amazing how much lighter and younger and energetic I feel.  Gotta go.... gotta get up and move some more :)

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Isagenix - Day 7 with the Isalean shake - Very energetic

 Day 7 with the Isalean shakes and one healthy meal a day and feeling very energetic.

I lost another 1.2 pounds for a grand total in 6 days of 13.2!!!  Feeling good and really starting to notice that my clothes are feeling looser.

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Isagenix - Day 6 Not as hungry with the Isalean shake diet program

Day 6  and I am noticing that I am not as hungry as I have been on EVERY other diet or nutrition program that I have ever tried.  It is amazing that I have absolutely NO cravings and NO hunger.

The only reason I can think is that my body has been cleansed and then fed all the nutrition it needs.  After 5 days on the program I have lost 11.6 pounds!!

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Isagenix - Day 5 with the Isalean shake - cleanse nutrition program

Day 5 and feeling good - I made it through the two day cleanse and it was not as hard as I thought it would be.

I tried something new today, the chicken soup.  It was very good and a nice change from the shake on a cold and snowy day.   One tip is that it thicken up nicely as I continued to stir, so give it time.

I woke up early today, 6:30am and was so excited to be on a shake day so that I could eat.  I felt the first genuine hunger pangs that I have felt in a very long time.

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