Hey gals! Its unusual for me to get on over a weekend, but we got a cable modem today and it is just GREAT!! Soooo fast, and you stay logged in all the time!

DH is in my big boy's room trying to get them settled enough to go to sleep. I swear, my little one could stay up all night if you didn't force him to get still!

I'm coping with the bad health situation fairly well. It sure helps knowing that you all are sending good wishes my way. You sure are a bunch of great gals! I find myself thinking about my friends on the board more and more each day!

My "Mom" situation has really got me down the last couple of days. She has seen that "old flame" 4 nights in a row now. Last night she went to his house and they babysat his grandkids! I don't know exactly why, but that lead to a real breakdown for me. Today she asked me to pick out a DVD for them to watch tonight!!! Of course, I did, but not because I was happy about it. I really want to support her (sure don't want to upset her) but it just keeps getting harder. She said yesterday that he is going to come to church with her sometime!! His wife that died last year came to the same church as us and he NEVER came with her. I just think that is gonna look bad. Yes, she should encourage him to go, but I'm not ready to see her sitting with another man. We have always sat together, but I don't think I'll be able to if he is there - not yet anyway. As of right now, I have not really met him. In fact, if he walked up to me I would probably recognize him, because I know I've seen him before, but I wouldn't know for sure who he was. Enough rambling on that soap box now !!

Beth - We definately need to get together. We are a baseball family too! My 9 1/2 yr old is playing his second year of kid pitch this year and my little 4 yr old is playing t-ball (it's actually coach pitch, but they still call it T-ball ??). They both played fall ball last Sep/Oct and the gals here can tell you how much I enjoyed it, cause I gave them play by play many times!! My DH coaches the oldest one's team and has since the 1st year of T-ball. I get the fun job of keeping the scorebook - yuck. I've been meaning to email you from work, but I've just been really busy. I'll check in with you soon - maybe we can do lunch one day.

BusDeb - You should come up and do lunch with Beth and I when we all could get a time arranged! We can have an ALABAMA get-together and compete with that FLORIDA group !!

Deb - did you do any good at yard sales today??

Bob - I quit smoking last April myself - It feels great to be rid of that habit! I have to say, I still have cravings every now and then, but I want to stay OFF that wagon and I know if I ever took one again it would probably put me right back where I was and I DON'T WANT TO EVER HAVE TO FIGHT THAT AGAIN!!! Good for us!!

Slap - We've gone to Gatlinburg several times. You won't have any trouble finding things to do! Its a beautiful place. We got a little cabin up in the mountains there once and it was just a wonderful getaway. I want to go back there soon myself!!

NASCAR - A BABY?!?!?! My fingers are crossed for you! I wasn't supposed to be able to have the 2 I had - fooled them didn't I?? My first was the outcome of a severe sinus infection and antibiotics (Keflex 500mg to be exact). I didn't know then that antibiotics cancel the effectiveness of BC pills!! I wouldn't take anything for that illness!! My second one came after only 2 months of trying. My doctor called me "fertile Mertle". I'm glad this problem is coming after I've had my young'uns. I would be really upset if this had happened before I had either of them.

Fillise - I sure hope you are feeling better. So many folks around here have the "CRUD" lately. Get some rest and it will pass...

WOW - It is 1:30AM - I better go to bed. DH just wandered through going from the kids bed to ours, so I'm going to join him!

Hello to everyone I missed

CYA,
tv

Sorry for my absence, back at work...whew what a week! Payroll deadlines became 1st priority, which left little time for my "me" time. In addition, Michael’s asthma has come back to pay us a full fledge visit. He’s better now that we have increased his meds.

Yesterday’s weigh in was 161.5. Today’s weigh in was higher. I’m struggling with giving in to baked goods and sweets. Last night my daughters helped me and we made a book of all of your wonderful SB recipies. This morning my DH made me a total SB breakfast. Tomorrows my 1 year anniversary of adapting to the SB lifestyle.

I have to taxes, before I really get me time, so that's my focus on this SuperBowl Sunday.

Have a good one.

Good morning all! Slept late and would like to have slept even later, but have several things I want to get done before the Super Bowl. Pulling for the Rams to win but hope that Brady for the Pat's has a good game. I feel a certain sense of sadness that football season is over. I really like sports. I am glad that the Olympics are starting this week.

Am going to go to the mall today and check out the GNC store's protien supplement stuff with the info in hand that MEL gave me. I think I may also check out the scales that measure body fat %-age as well as weight.

Also hope to get some pics developed from WDW trip.

SOL - GO WALKER GIRL!!! Sorry to hear about your feet. May be just part of the toughening process. If I may ask, what type of socks are you wearing? If not moisture-wicking, may want to look into those. You may also want to conisder some with a little more cushioing, like Thorlo's, but only of these don't make your shoes too snug. You'll discover what you need through trial and error.

BOB - I gotcha down for the October beach trip and have made room in the cupboards for your dirty martini making supplies!

DEB - No Starbucks that I know of in that area, but we do have several coffee pots and I don't mind making the non-specialty stuff. Maybe BOB needs to come to your place to get some coffee/cappucino making tips from her boyfriend.

MEL - Thanks for allowing me to pick your brain!! My friend showed me a magazine article in the Jan/Feb 2002 Health magazine about BFL. A real person took the challenge and was quite successful. Overall, it was a favorable article. I'm excited. The evil side of me loves the thought of breaking out my six-pack of abs on Spewer at the beach this April and May!! On a person level, it would be good to get this last 20 or more pounds off and have the body type I've always wanted. I'll certainly keep you posted as to how it is going!

Have a happy Sunday everyone.

Peace,
FROG

Found an old cookbook of mine from La Leche League (breastfeeding support group) and it's a Whole Foods cookbook. It calls for whole wheat flour, etc.... and uses Honey or molasses to sweeten. It uses only whole foods, nothing refined or enriched, so I'm guessing - besides the potatoes, and other no-no's - that all of these recipes are SB legal.

I need to find some agave that you all are talking about, because I can't substitute splenda for honey... how the heck to you work that texture problem out..LOL

Anyone know where I can get agave in my area? I wish I could try it first... cause I'd hate to buy some in bulk online, and hate it.



Well... off to dad's for a superbowl party


Have a great Sunday!

I love all your posts they're all so interesting. Just got back from town getting my DH some superbowl goodies. And me some salad stuff and some things to help me out here. I'm a little confused about things in the SB book, maybe it stems from in the past I counted carbs. Is there a place here where you write a kind of daily menu? I'd kind of like to get an idea of what you all eat. This is only my second day and I would really like to do this right. And if you get this Agave to cook with do you get the dark or light? Guess I'll be bugging you all to death with questions. But any help you can give me would sure be appreciated.

Well, is everyone ready for football?

I am not really a fan, but you can't help but get caught up in the hipe, at least for this weekend. I would have to say that I would like the Pats to win, but only cause I am originally from Massachusetts.

This weekend has been a night mare for me. My boss told me on Friday that she needed this report done be Monday, and I have been working on it for about 12-14 hours so far. So much for the weekend, at least I can do this at home and I will get paid overtime for it.

My eating has been so out of control on Thursday and Friday, then I realized my Tom was starting Sat. Made sense then. BUt by then the damage was done. I am trying to get back in control and made up for it a little at the gym. Went both yesterday and today and swam 1/2 mile each day. Feels good when I am done and sitting in the hot tub.

Welcome to all the newbies here, great to see more and more people joining us each day. Now if I can only find my motivation again and make the extra efforts to help make the scale move.

well, I need to get back to this report, I be glad wehn the bosses meeting is over and I can get back to the work that I am already way behind on. I don't think I will ever get caught up with all this stuff. Maybe I should figure out what I can skip and just throw it out the window and forget it.

Hope everyone has a great evening and a great week.
Laurie
350/265?/170
sb since 10/27/00

Ladies, I had to post this article I found on msn.....I think you will all find it very interesting.

and, 'm sorry I've been absent - BUT I have been trying very very hard to stay OP these past few days in spite of a major mess up over the past week or so. I hope to be back soon - remember, I'm with everyone here in spirit. The job search has taken up an awful lot of my time, and I'm also trying to get things going in the house....have some proposals to write, etc.... Hugs to all....

here's the article....

Insulin Pill Fights Obesity

Anti-Fat Drug Cuts Appetite, Weight Gain in Animal Testing
By Liza Jane Maltin




Jan. 31, 2002 -- As a nation, we're getting fatter. The number of obese Americans has nearly doubled since the early 1990s, and there's no sign of a slowdown, or slimdown, in sight. We all want a quick fix, but so far, that magic bullet has eluded us. Now, researchers may have found a solution. Fat rats given a new pill that mimics insulin, a hormone naturally found in the body, ate less and lost weight.


Insulin is made by the pancreas. It regulates the body's blood sugar and helps control appetite. "Mice without [the ability to metabolize] insulin [eat too much] and are obese," write Ellen L. Air, with Merck Research Laboratories in Rahway, N.J., and colleagues in their study. Injecting insulin into these mice "reduces food intake and body weight."


But any widely available, viable option for treating human obesity would need to be available in pill form. So her team developed a synthetic compound that mimics the action of insulin but can be taken orally.


They then looked at what happened to a group of 40 insulin-resistant fat rats when half the animals received a daily dose of the new drug.


The rats that received the drug ate significantly less than the untreated rats. At the end of the experiment, about two months later, the treated rats had lost a good deal of body fat, although lean muscle mass was about the same in both groups.


The researchers conducted several tests along the way to ensure that the mice were healthy and hadn't simply lost their appetites because the drug made them feel sick.


Although the drug is still a long way from use in humans, these initial experiments "provide proof-of-principle for a novel approach for the treatment of obesity and related metabolic disorders," the researchers write.


If additional animal experiments show the compound to be safe and effective, the team can move on to human trials.



Isn't this what we've been trying to tell people???

viv

Evening All

Sorry I was MIA today, but better late than never!

Eli made plans for us to go out with Minnie and Morris (his elderly customers) today. I hadn't slept good and woke up later than normal. Didn't feel like walking, but pushed myself to go and ended up doing my usual 4.5miles. By the time I got home and we took showers, etc. found the kids wanted to go with us, it was later than we had anticipated leaving, and getting on the computer this morning was not an option. We ended up (where else) Broward and OLE OLE, which I must say, was exceptionally delicious today! Of course, the Carbolite made the day even better when I found out they have one of my fav. flavors COCONUT! YUMMY!!!! Pig-o here ate a large We also hit Penny's for the sale they had going on-what bargains we got-I didn't get a thing, but the kids, Eli and Morris made out quite well. Things were clearanced priced and we got 35% off, plus another 20% off-things like this give me a natural high!

Eli and Michael went to see AMELIE. This is Michael's 3rd time seeing it-he loves the movie and thought Eli would as well since it's in French-a reason I have the computer to myself tonight!

I have to say, for some reasons, the weekends for me, it's hard for me to get in my water. Hard enough during the weekdays, but harder on the weekends. I doubt I even had 2 cups of water in the last 2 days I REALLY have to try harder!

Anyhow, I want to take some time to respond to all the posts before it gets much later, so here I go!

TONI, if you haven't read any of my posts on agave in the recent past, in a nutshell, they aren't importing it anymore and whatever stock is out there is minimal and getting scarce. Once the agave is gone, it's gone-though they say they have a new source, supposedly, it's not the same, and it's more expensive. If you can find it, buy it, and don't contemplate finding it later on. The difference between light and dark agave is dark is not filtered and may have a slightly stronger taste, but it's hard to find now than the light and I only have the light, which is just fine. I have 4 cases, thought I had 6, so going to try and order another 2 cases-think that should last me at least 1-2 years. I have soooo many recipes that I had wanted to try using agave, but now I have to be so selective in what I use it in-hate to make something new and have it come out badly-don't want to have to waste any of this stuff! As for the daily menus-we just started doing the FOOD FOR THOUGHT BOARD where you can journal a day, or even more, of the foods you eat. It's optional, as everything is on the board, so if you want to participate in it, just post your menus on the board and you can see others menus as well. Hey, don't worry about asking questions-this is a learning experience and in order to learn, you have to ask

FROG, ask Allison what time we'd be allowed to come to the beach house on Thursday. The earlier the better I think. What do you think about doing it Wed-Sun? Also, can you get a list of what's available in the kitchen for us-like a food processor to make hummus? No STARBUCKS, well, I guess BOB will have to be making the coffee I bring!

SOL, I thought about you today. Almost had to pepper spray that stupid little Chihuahua that I sprayed in the past. I'm more pist off that she interrupted my walk! CONGRATS on your walk! You're doing great! I told Eli what you said about the falafels-he laughed!!!

BOB, want me to bring you some SHORTY'S SAUCE up next month with me? Anything else you want? Pita? LMK!

BETH, a falafel is a Middle Eastern food that's made of ground chickpeas and spices (sometimes also made with fava beans). It's shaped into a flat ball and fried. Eaten with tahini (sesamee seed sauce) and is a staple item in places like Israel in a falafel sandwich made with pita bread. Totally vegetarian and really good. I took SOL a good mix (easier and faster than doing it from scratch) and her and Vince are hooked! What's the name of that cookbook you mentioned-sounds like a good one! Ask any of the AL gals if they've been able to find agave, maybe they would know-otherwise, either Frankferd Farms, or I can get you some-it's just the shipping that's bad.

HAPPY, guess what-SOURDOUGH BREAD is just fine! There's an explanation on the FOOD INFORMATION BOARD about it. Just make sure it's not filled with preservatives. I get a really good one at WILD OATS made buy RUDY'S. I make a legal milkshake by putting 1 cup of milk, a cup of crushed ice, 1 1/2 packets of Stevia, 1 tsp of carob and a 1/2 tsp of coffee extract into the blender and wiz it around-it's filling and delicious. You can use any type of flavoring-sometimes I put a bit of cinnamon in there as well.

BIGK, the pretzels seem to look to be okay. Just remember to stay to the serving size, as it does have 3grams per serving of sugar. Wonder what the company is going to do once the agave syrup isn't around anymore though! Congrats on the new scale purchase! Just try not to get hooked on getting on it a million times a day like I do. I think after this weeks WIW I'm going to have Lauren hide it from me for the week.

MEL, just reading all the stuff you did made me tired!!!!!

TV, have you sat down and spoken with your Mother about how you are feeling? Maybe if you sit and tell her what's bothering you it will help. I can totally understand about the church situation, and I too think it would look odd if he showed up not just with your Mother, but with any other woman, when he didn't come with his own wife. I sure would love to hear that you AL gals got together-just remember, if you do a CAMERA IS A MUST!!! Yard sales sucked, but thanks for asking!

LDBLOND, glad to see you on the board A SB RECIPE BOOK? How many pages did that take to make? Did you copy ALL the recipe boards??? WOW, it's been a year come tomorrow you've been on SB? CONGRATULATIONS! I'm sure you'll get back into the swing of it all, just be patient with yourself, but not too patient

SEF, hoppin to the potty I see-hope you feel better soon and it doesn't get worse! Take it easy and relax-for once!!!!

LAMAP, maybe you need another piece of jewelry to get you motivated once again-it worked with the watch-hmmm, maybe some diamonds would help I think we all go on a feeding frenzy during those TOM, just as long as you get back OP, I don't think they are going to hinder your loss. Are you going to be able to join us next month in Orlando-hope so this time!

VIV, good to see your post. I got your e-mail, please, bare with me, will try to answer you tomorrow. As you can see, I wasn't even on the board today-have to play catch-up with all the e-mails sitting in my mailbox. Thanks for posting that article-I always like reading these things!

Well, that's it for me for tonight! I'll have the new weekly board up and running tomorrow morning. I also started a new board for our GOALS, MONTHLY WEIGH IN & WEEKLY EXERCISE BOARDS already, so got half my work done tonight!

Please remember that tomorrow is MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY so if you have any words of wisdom, quotes, etc. please try to post them tomorrow!

Have a great night!

Debbie
194/122/129
SB since 3/22/00
Reached goal 6/10/01

[b]EVENING EVERY BUDDY!!!!


Just passing thru...sitting here drooling over RHETT!!! O
I've already fought the battle of GETTYSBURG, seen ATLANTA burn, and after this....ANDERSONVILLE..but I won't be able to stay up for that one...it's on until 4:30 am....now if only it had been on Friday...I would have brewed up some STARBUCKS ESPRESSO and watched all of this from start to finish..

I cooked up twelve pounds of meat for SKEETER's food..I found TOP ROUND ROAST for $1.79 and had them grind it up...that's cheaper than hamburger!!!
I've bagged it up got it in the freezer, and now when it's time to mix, I just have to make rice..

I fixed some baked chicken cooked in fat free cream of celery, 1 tbs minced garlic, three tbs grated parm, 1/3 c lemon juice..wisked it all together and poured over the chicken breast..added some portabello's and baked at 325 until juices ran clear....YUMMY!!!

Hope everyone is enjoying there last evening of the weekend.
Debbie..we will need so much...a pan for the quiche...BIG BOWL for the HUMMUS...CREAM FOR MY STARBUCKS!! OH MY....I better start packing now!!!

Guess I better get back and help RHETT he's about to marry SCARLETT and I don't ....well....I've got to see if I can stop him!!

BOB

It's a NEW WEEK and the NEW WEEKLY BOARD is up and running!

Here's the link, just click on it:


http://64.119.161.199/forum/showthre...threadid=13167

See you there!