Sugar Busters Weekly Support Board 10/6-10/12

[Debelli]

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This is the
SUGAR BUSTERS WEEKLY SUPPORT BOARD where all of you who are following this WOE, or are thinking about doing so, are welcome to come join in and be a part of our wonderful group.

Other than finding support and friendship on this board, we also try to do something during the the week to add a little difference to our board.

MONDAY-MOTIVIATIONAL MONDAY
TUESDAY-TUESDAYS TIPS & FACTS & CHAT AT 9:15PM EST
WEDNESDAY-WEIGH-IN WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY-THURSDAY RECIPE DAY
FRIDAY-FRIDAY FUNNIES


Please take some time to check out our extensive recipe boards. Our RECIPE BOARDS can be located at the link below:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?forumid=89

Look for our QUARTERLY RECIPE BOARDS to post your favorite recipes and to see the most recently posted recipes. Recipes from the quarterly boards will be archived in proper categories at some point.


We have SEVEN INFORMATIVE BOARDS!!!! Please take a few minutes to visit them! New information is continually being posted, so please make sure you visit them often!!! The boards are listed below as well as the link that will take you to the boards:

THE RECOMMENDED READING BOARD
THE TOOLS & TIPS BOARD
THE FOOD INFORMATION BOARD
MOTIVATIONAL & INSPIRING THOUGHTS BOARD
MY FAVORITE SB LEGAL FOODS
SB 2002 BIO BOARD
SB 2001/2002 PHOTO ALBUM BOARD

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?forumid=87

We also have a SB WEEKLY EXERCISE BOARD that you can log your daily/weekly exercises on which is located on our weekly support board:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32835

Then there's our latest addition to the SB BOARDS which is called OFF THE EATEN PATH This board is for everything NOT related to SB. You can use this board to post questions or comments on just about anything (okay, within reason). A book you recommend, a cleaning tip, a great website deal, etc. etc. Here's the link:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?forumid=90


NEWBIES! (aka new members) If you would like to REPLY to any of our threads, please hit POST REPLY not NEW THREAD, then type your message in and hit SUBMIT REPLY. If you need to edit your reply, just click on edit located in the body of your post and make changes as you need to, then hit SUBMIT NOW.


WELCOME! :D

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[Debelli]

GOOD MONDAY MORNING EVERYONE!

Will post my usual morning post sometime later, but wanted to make sure I got our
MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY done early in the morning, so here's my contribution for MM, there's 2 of them to read today:


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A MOMENT LIKE NO OTHER

This is truly your lucky day. For you are here to live it. This is a moment that is like no other. And it is here now, ready to be lived with all the fullness, all the richness you can imagine.

What is the most beautiful, wonderful, positive and fulfilling thing that you can imagine? Dare to imagine it, and dare to begin living the reality of it. For today, your most treasured dream is not only a real possibility for you, it will truly begin to take shape. Today you can imagine the best, and today is the day to start living it.

Though all sorts of obstacles may stand in your way, today there is nothing that can hold you back. For today you're able to fully experience the wondrous gift of life, with which anything is truly possible.

Look deep inside, and you'll have no doubt that this is most certainly a moment like no other, filled with extraordinary possibilities. You'll surely find what it takes to live this moment for all it's worth.

-- Ralph Marston
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SOONER

The sooner you deal with a problem, the less of a problem it will be. The sooner you act on an opportunity, the more value that opportunity can bring. The time to act is now. The longer you wait, the more you put yourself at a disadvantage.

No matter how far ahead or how far behind you may be, there is always something you can do. Be willing to act sooner rather than later, and your actions will be all the more effective. Stop waiting for conditions to be perfect. Regardless of what the conditions may be, there is some way to start moving positively ahead right now.

Sure, there are plenty of good excuses for failing to act. Yet they all pale in comparison to the advantage you'll gain by going ahead and getting started. The sooner you act, the better it will be.

-- Ralph Marston
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Have a wonderful day, and a fabulous week!!!!!

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

[GatorGal]

I always wear my wedding ring, of course, and always wear earrings. So the poll was hard to pick one. I have a nice collection of unusual necklaces, though, so I checked that.

Monet--No, I don't know if I had posted that I had Hashimoto's.
I suspect that UGA's rivalry with Ga Tech is like ours with FSU--very heated and "hated." However, FSU is not in the SEC, so the end result is just a state rivalry and it doesn't make any difference for the SEC championship. UGA, I would guess would win the most votes if you took a poll at U. of Florida as to who is the most hated. The game at Jacksonville is still billed as "the world's largest outdoor cocktail party." The Gator Bowl is now a new stadium, where the Jaguars play. It is in the same spot as the old place, right there on the river.

Gotta go. I'm gonna play golf this morning. Had my blood drawn to see how the thyroid is doing. So just have enough time to eat and get going.

BYE.

[CountryMom4Him]

Well, let's just say I lost my mind this weekend and leave it at that. :) Back on track this morning. Get to relose those pounds I picked up when I had my temporary insanity.

I learned something new with my graphics this weekend so I'm gonna post my newest graphic for ya'll in case you want to snag it.

Believe it or not I even have a MM to today:

YOUR DAILY MOTIVATION
EVERYTHING HAS A PRICE.
Motto:
Small, gradual changes can have amazing results when you look at "The Big Picture"
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No one has a corner on success.
Pay the price for it and it's yours.
No matter what you want from life
you've got to give up something to get it.

Nothing worthwhile will come easily to you.
Hard work will accomplish results that last.
There is no easy road to success.
You've got to work a great deal harder than most people to get it.

There is no success at bargain basement prices.
The highway to success is a toll road.
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©2003 Written by:MotivationMentor@aol.com
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Off to get the kids up and moving. It's back to school today. Plus Jess makes the best coffee.

Love and hugs,
Crystle

[Fillise]

Morning all!

After a big Saturday, yesterday I went to Birmingham to see a production of The Starlight Express. What at strange show! It premiered in the early 80's when disco/rollerskating was the rage and um, let's just say that the fad hasn't aged particurlarly well! I did have a good time with my friends--and that's what counts!

Country--We all lose our minds from time to time so just get right back OP and you will be no worse for the wear!

Gator--the question was hard for me too. I love jewlery--all kinds, but I picked rings since that's what I look at first in a Jewlery store. When I was at UGA (84 & 85) the UF game was a very big deal. They told us not to cancel classes the Friday before, but that was useless since NO ONE was in class! I think the SEC is going to be wide open this year. When AU is good they can beat anyone in the conference, but then they are bad--they are awful. One never really knows which team will show up on any given Saturday. Thank goodness the "good" team showed up against UT!!!!!:lol:

BOB--You are very gracious and as you can read above--our horrid team could have just as easily shown up on Sat! Ummm,,, your Sunday dinner sounds good!

Monet--Will you share your recipe for WW pie crust? I have a couple but am still looking for a better one. I always make a legal pie for Thanksgiving.

Welcome newcomers!!!! Jump right in and ask any question! We try to be here for one another!

Have a great week everyone!

Susan

[jackieO]

Good Morning to Everyone!!! Hope your weekend was fun and well rested. Sorry to report that I ate sugar last night for the first time in over a year. I literally felt drugged a

[jackieO]

sorry about that, my finger hit submit...anyway, I felt drugged and lethargic. So maybe that will keep me from craving sugar for a while (since I recently started having issues with that). I will just remember the way I felt after eating the sugar, and hopefully it will prevent me from giving in to the cravings. I did, however, mange to do much better eating out at restaurants.

GatorGal- Have a good golf game, and check in with us to let us know how the old thyroid is....

CountryMom- Just get back on track today. I am sure you will!!

Susan- Yes, Starlight Express is not one of Andrew Lloyd Weber's better productions. I agree it's outdated and kind of 1983 like!

Hello to the late comers and Superdave, heartmom, deb, Jackie, bob, Fruit, jecrites, talitha,monet, sef, pancho, chrisD, and all the other peeps I missed!

[Solly]

Good Monday Morning,

Hope everyone had a great weekend and is ready to start this new week with great resolve.

I see this sign everyday and thought I would post it for a MM:

"The door to opportunity will not open, unless you give it a push".

We had a good time at the track. Won a couple races, but didn't gome out a winner for the day. It was fun though. Yeterday was spent shopping and watching ballgames.

Got my shot (2 of them) but it has not seemed to help. I can hardly sit now.So I am on the heating pad. Don't know how I am going to walk around New Orleans all week.

You all were quite busy this weekend on the board. I quickly skimmed the posts and tried to make a few replies.

Monet, send some of that apple pie, brown betty, ext. my way. Sounds delish.

Pancho, How horrible about the camcorder. You are right, those memories cannot be replaced. Hope someone has the decency to return the tapes. Hate that Delany has HFM disease. Sounds like Dominic passed it on thru the computer. Try popcicles.

Emma, Welcome to our group. It sounds like you have had a rough couple of years. Yes, we all turn to comfort food in time like that. Sorry about the loss of your mother. She does sound like a trooper. But you have realized that you cannot do this alone and have come to the right place for support. We look forward to getting to know you. Welcome.

Fillise, sure hope that man at the game is ok. Yes, we have to remember it's only a game. It's over the next morning. Hope that water pipe didn't ruin your floor or anything else.

Tranquil, next time you want chips and salsa, make some out of ww tortillas. They are really good and satify the chip craving. Since Serene isn't planning on coming back soon, tell her I said hello and miss her.

Beach, glad your money problems did not forceyou to eat. That is a silver linging. At least you have a Peter to rob.

Bob, Sorry there wasn't a horse for you. Great game tonight, Payton vs the Bucs.

Deb, there was a horse at the track named Ellie something, but when I first glanced at the program, I thought it said Eli... Then I realized it wasn't but I had to bet it I felt like it was a sign. No winner.

Country, cool graphics. I wish I knew more about that stuff. Glad you found your sanity. Maybe there won't be a gain to go with it.

JackieO, Sorry the sugar made you feel bad, but if it prevents another fall, it is a good thing.

I need to get started here. Lots to do in a short week. Be back later.

Jackie

[Trishaloo]

I just wanted to post a quickie here, I made it through the week-end staying On Plan!!! Had too many starchy carbs yesterday, but they were all legal. Thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown during the Texas game but we made it through. I'll post more later, but gotta run now. Have a great day everyone!!!

Trish

[chrisd]

hey everyone. Glad to see everyone had a good weekend. Well most of us anyway! I had a good eating weekend. Went to dinner with friends Friday night. i had an order of chicken wings and broccoli cheese soup. Not sure if the soup was legal or not...but since I had a few drinks (for the first time in 2 months) I figured it didnt really matter at that point. Heres to a good week for everyone. GO BUCS! :)

Pancho _ I am so sorry to hear about your cam. How horrible. I hope by now maybe someone turned it in somewhere. I cant believe Delaney has HFM. Does she have anything on her hands and feet also? Obviously I know exactly what you are going through. Its gonna be a horrible couple of days, I hate to say! I know they say try ice pops, ice cream, jello. But nothing worked for Dominic. He literally went 6 days with NO food at all. He wanted it, but it hurt too much. Hang in there, it will be over soon! Im sorry you have to go through that! There is a light at the end though, you just have to hold on until you get there.

JACKIE - 2 shots and it didnt work?? Im so sorry! You must feel like crap. I hope you get better before NO.

EMMA - Welcome to the board. These people on here are wonderful and will answer any question you have. They are the most supportive group around.

BOB - Soooooooo whats it gonna be tonight?? Peyton or Sapp??? lol. Decisions, decisions....!!!

Have a good monday!
Chris

and again....GO BUCS!!!!!!!!! :)

[Pancho]

Wow...I went to get caught up on posts from the weekend, and there were A LOT! I haven't seen such a busy weekend in awhile.

My weekend was pretty rotten as I posted earlier, and I did not eat very well either. I ate on-plan Saturday, but way, way too much....seems like I was grazing all day, and portions were way tooo big. Yesterday, I did bad. I had one slice of pizza and a cinnamon sugary dot (from Dominoes). The pizza wasn't even good. They were way too skimply on toppings, so I couldn't eat just the topping (usually I can do this with a few slices, and it fills me up). Oh well, I hope to do better today and this week. I am going to get ripped off on exercise this week. My DD is still sick so I can't go to the gym today. I will plan to go Wed. morning with DH is home, but will miss Friday and Saturday since we will be having a garage sale those days.

I am going to go to Whole Foods or Wild Oats today to do some shopping; we need a few things, and I am going to try some new recipes, and that apple walnut loaf.

Teensy: You posted the recipe for the apple walnut loaf, right? Do you need to add yeast at all?

Deb: I don't think you'd have enough changes to qualify for EM; not according to the picture I saw of you, but then again, I didn't see you naked:lol: . The ingredients in the sourdough pretzels are: unbleached wheat flour, water, salt, yeast, natural flavor, vitamin E.

Jack-K: Way to pass up on those Krispy Kreme donuts!!! We do expect to get a picture of you in those leather pants, you know that..... right? I know what you mean about toning that skin when you are young. I have never been more than 35-40 pounds overweight, but can see where losing massive amounts of weight could wreak havoc on one's body. I'm going to be 36 in a few months, but when pregnant with DD#2, my stomach got very large. People would say, "you are all baby," or "are you having twins?" I know that I will never be able to tone up that area like it once was. It is baggy and loose, and it will probably always be that way (but not noticeable when staning, just when I bend over a bit). I was talking to my doctor about any creams, lotions or potions for it, and he said that unfortunately the only thing that can be done is "nip and tuck." Luckily it is an area that not too many people see, especially when bending over ;) . Like Dominic, Delaney is not too interested in popsicles. I can get her to drink ice water, which I'm sure feels pretty good.

heart: I totally respect your feelings about plastic surgery, but I really think that if it helps someone healthwise, or even to boost their self-esteem then I am for it. Here goes....confession time. I have always been very big-busted on a small frame. After having DD#1, I was a size 40DD (squeezing them in). I had chronic neck, back and shoulder pain to the point of being miserable 85% of the time. I ended up going in for a breast reduction (which is considered plastic surgery) and it is the best thing I have ever done for myself, and would do it again in a heartbeat. I have not had any pain since the surgery, and have been able to do exercises that I couldn't do before. We come from a family of large boobies, and my younger sister has also had a reduction. It was considered medically necessary for both of us, and was covered by insurance. That being said, there are many people who have the money to totally change their appearances for no other reasons than vanity, and there I draw the line. However, if I had a 10# nose and knew that having it reduced would make me less aware of my appearance and a happier individual, than I probably would do it. Anyway, as you say, I'll get off my soapbox now;) . Thanks for the articles on SB; they were very interesting. Are you in the 170's yet????

Monet: The surgery was the laser surgery to correct my husband's vision. He has worn glasses/contacts for over 20 years. He is really pleased with one eye, but not too happy with the results on his right eye yet. You did a great job at dinner. You are making me hungry for those pies, yum! What is blue Agave syrup? I have only seen light and dark.

Fillise: So sorry to hear about the pipe; what a bummer. It sounds as if your week got better, as they usually always do. There is so much more good out there than bad!!

beach: What a bummer of a week. That's a lot of money to dole out. Thanks for the nice words. I know I should be happy that it was only 3 months of memories, but they were such important milestones.

Melf: Do you breed shelties? Or just love them?

Talitha: Good luck with your medical tests. Sorry you are being sent to the old Chick-Fil-A location. How long will you be there?

Faith: Welcome. I was an observer for at least a month before I started posting. Hop on anytime you have a question.

Emma: Welcome: So sorry to hear about your DM, as well as your weight gain. I hope you find the support you need here to meet and maintain your goal. God Bless!

Country: I'm with you on that weekend mind-losing eating fiasco. I was not a good doobie over the weekend. I need to get out more on the weekends and away from the darn kitchen. Hope you are enjoying your "vacation" time.

JackieO: Wow, over a year without sugar? If we could only bottle that feeling up and release it whenever we feel the need to binge on sugar.

chrisd: Delaney does not have any blisters on hands & feet (Thank God). My sister's kids got that earlier this year and were miserable. Apparently there are many different strains of the coxsackie virus, and this is the milder of many. She, like Dominic, doesn't want the popsickles either. I have been able to get ice water down her, and some food here and there (she loves to eat). BUT, overall she is miserable. The fever did break though, and I think we are on our way!

I'm sure by the time I hit the send button, there were be several more posts, but I will jump on later to catch up again.

Have a great OP Monday everyone!

Hugs,
Nat

[CountryMom4Him]

I am soooooooooo out of shape. Instead of walking this week I am going back to my first love...Richard...LOL :) I did the easier of the sweatin' to the oldies and boy did I get my heart rate up. My muscles were just a shakin' when I got done. But it felt great.

Deb...do you still have a copy of the phone tree? I lost mine with the other computer or I never got it. Thank you for all you do for us.

Jack-K...I am so sorry that you are still hurting. I hope they find the root of your pain soon and get you back up and feeling good.

Poncho....thank you.. Vacation really was kinda of a let down..ie the food fest. We didn't go any where and I got kinda down..then had bad allergies. So yesterday I just ate my boo hoos away. :) The good news if there is any, is that I was totally aware and made a decision to be bad versus doing it and then going....did I do that? :D Back on track today. Praying for your little one.

JakcieO..thank you for the vote of confidience. It's amazing how bad sugar makes ya feel when you've been away from it for so long.

Susan..glad you had a good time with your friends. Sorry you didn't care for the show so much.

ChrisD...doesn't sound like you did that bad at the resturant. I love chicken wings. This man made them on tv the other night and fried them without the flour...then put no the sauce. I can't wait to give it a try.

Trish...wtg staying OP.

Well I need to check my email...I am an email junkie.

:)

Love,
Crystle

[Ellen]

Howdy everyone! I got in from work a little while ago, and am now trying to catch up with the posts.

I am drinking hot tea, instead of coffee, and so far, so good. Coffee has bothered my stomach in the past, so I feel sure a short vacation from it will help.

The wicked witch of the bakery was Mrs. Jekyl this morning. She was all sweetness and kindness. Its obvious the manager said something. In fact, she acted almost afraid of me. The manager was off today..he was sick with a migraine. I have to work with the woman tomorrow too, since he changed the schedule since he first posted it. :mad: I don't know why he does that.... At any rate, I can deal with things as they were this morning. She left me alone to do what I needed to get done, and it was nice.

FILLISE: You want my ww pie crust recipe? You got it...
for a 2 crust pie: 2 1/2 cups ww pastry flour, 2 sticks butter, 1 t salt, about 1/2 cup ice water. Cut the butter into the flour and salt until it resembles coarse meal. Add just enough water for it to stick together. Press together. Divide in half. Roll out on floured board, ease into pie plate and fill. Roll out second piece, moisten edges of bottom crust with water, and lay second piece on top, press to seal, roll edges and crimp. Bake. Eat! :)

JACKIEO: That is good that sugar made you feel bad. Keep telling yourself that! If I get eating sugar, I seem to fall flat on my face! Its so humiliating to find you can't control the cravings!

PANCHO: The blue agave is a type of agave plant. Most of the agave available is from the wild agave plant. The GI is lower on the blue, but it is not available anymore. I happened to get some from St. Pat's Brewing supplies before they sold out. I wish now, I had gotten more. It was old stock, but has done just fine! Hmm, Apple Walnut loaf...I am going to look for that one! With all these apples, I want to try some different legal stuff!

CHRISD: The soup probably had cornstarch or flour in it, but not much. I would not sweat it, if you don't eat that kind of stuff often. It was probably a better choice than some other stuff...

TRISH: I had too many starches too...all in ww pie crust! ;)

JACK: I am so sorry the second shot has not helped! What is the doctor saying now? I remember driving to Texas from Georgia when my hip was really bad, and it was torture. I hope you have some improvement before you head to NO, so you can enjoy yourself!

COUNTRY: At least you stopped after a weekend...when I do that, I go on and on and on.... Its like something gets stuck in the on position or something....

GATOR: When did you find out about the Hashimotos? Fill me in...its considered autoimmune isn't it? I know my doctor thinks my autoimmune problems with lupus play in with my thyroid problems, but he has never been able to find anything in lab results to show that conclusively. I too wear my wedding rings all the time, or at least I did until I got some kind of chemical reaction that burned my finger around my rings. I think it was from the detergent we use at work...another good reason to quit my job! ;)

I am going to get this posted. I started it hours ago, and got interrupted by the doorbell, then the phone, and then I just plain forgot! Will get back on later to check on new posts I may have missed!

Have a great day!

[Solly]

Good afternoon,

Thank goodness the board slowed down a little from the weekend, whew!

Sneaking out a few minutes early. Have a nail appt at 5:30 and then one of the girls at the salon had the cutest haircut, so I am going to let her cut mine after my nails. Of course, she is tall, about 120 pounds at the most, beautiful and very young. Somehow I thinkt he cut will look different on me. Oh well, going to give it a shot. Plus they never look like they style them the next day. I am so inept when it comes to fixing hair.

Trish, WTG on making it a legal Weekend! :bravo:

Chris, I'm sorry, but I'm pulling for Peyton. He is too cute. The Bucs will probably win, but I'll be cheering for the Colts.

Pancho, this is a new week, just jump right back on track. Glad DD's fever broke, hope she starts to get better.

Country, I can't beleive you are out of shape, just have some muscles you haven't used in a while. I love Richard. It's hard not to feel good with him he is so uplifting.

Monet, glad the asst manager was better today. He surely said something to her. Hope tomorrow is just as good. I guess when I return from NO I will get that MRI and just see what is going on with me.

I just realized that my 2 yr SB anniversay will be Friday. I won't be on board, but I have loved every minute of it especially with you all. I was hoping to be at goal, but that's what happens when you cheat and go off plan. Words to the wise here. It will come one day soon. My next goal is by Christmas.



Have a grat OP evening.

Jackie
257/153/145
10-10-01

[SuperDave]

I am having a real hard time choosing my favorite jewerly. Could it be my one ring or maybe a watch, but it has to be one or the other.

Now my wife has so much jewerly , it would be impossible for her to pick one or two, some times I ask when did you get that and she'll say you got that 3 yrs ago or whatever.

My xrays shows signs of a ruptured or compressed disk, so I am off to the wiizzard for a MRI as soon as the great medical proffession can get my medical provider to approve the action, and then they can find time to do it. You guessed it I am not too happy with how long it takes to get help.

Got to go and take my Daughter to the Auto repair shop to pick up her car.

have a Super Day

SUPERDAVE

[Debelli]

Whoa! I can't believe it's taken me this long to FINALLY be able to get on the computer! We're lucky I was able to even start the board this morning. Woke up around 7:30am to find MICHAEL was up and working on the computer, BUT, as luck would have it, he was in the bathroom. So I snuck on and was able to get the first part of the board done before he came in ranting and raving. I asked for 5 minutes to do the rest and the loving boy of mine:rolleyes:: allowed it. He'd been up since 5:30am working on a project that's due tomorrow that is being done on Adobe on the computer. Not til now did I have a minute to get on here. I finally got rid of him by taking him to his friends house and LAUREN just left with her father to go to Temple (at least there's one Yom Kippur Jew in our home). ELI'S at work, or at a meeting for work, not sure which and I'm all alone and THRILLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Saturday sucked. Won't go in to it, nothing to do with eating though, thankfully. Yesterday I went out with my sister for the day. We went all over and then she took me out to lunch at OLE OLE. She loves it just as much as I do but hardly ever gets to go there unless she can break loose from her DH and 5 kids which isn't easy to do.

Other than that, not much else to tell so I'm going to jump right in here with some replies...gosh knows who and when someone will be coming through that door!

TRANQUIL, glad you liked the movie. ELI, his friend and I didn't. That means MICHAEL would probably like it. :shrug: That would be great if you could find that cologne for me just in case I don't make it for some reason with MICHAEL for his graduation.

FILLISE, I'm sure when you said a DEBBIE DAY and that you love it, it was just a figure of speech, no one could ever love having a DEBBIE DAY unless they're masochists!:devil:

MELF, mosquitos are bad here too. Have to get back in to the habit of spraying the Skin so Soft around the front door. Did the trailer get moved and positioned in? If so, how'd everything go?

BOB, of course I don't forget anything, ummm, forget what? :lol: Things like that I don't forget, it's the important stuff I have a problem with! Will look to find BOAT TRIP at the library since you liked it. I could use a pee-in-my-pants laugh!

MONET, I think there's only one brand of baked beans without sugar and unfortunately, it's only available in the UK. Here's a link to one recipe, though I haven't made this particular one:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=325877&highlight=baked+beans#post325877 I'll have to see if I can find the one I made-it was so long ago but I do remember it was delish! One good thing about doing a fast search on the recipe boards, I found some old recipes I made that were awesome and it reminde me to try them again one day, maybe not too soon, but soon enough;) Glad you suckered TOM into going to get some apples. I got a new book today that has a few recipes in it that may be good for apples, I remember one calling for tart apples. Hey, do you know any place in your area that carries diastatic malt for baking? I need to get some, it's cheap, but then the shipping costs kill you because the companies ship UPS whereas through the PO it would only be a couple bucks. Know of any sources? Glad to hear you had a good day at work today and the WW behaved herself!

GREEN, I just loved your FF you posted! Thanks for sharing!!! That ice cream sounds delish - is Braums an ice cream place?

TALITHA, as I said, I can understand about the fasting, esp. today when all good Jews should of fasted due to religious purproses, that I can understand. BUT, you aren't eating enough on a daily basis, this being said from what you've been posting and you are just being counter productive. This isn't going to help you lose weight and all the effort you are putting forward isn't going to help. You'll lose water and lean muscle but not fat. I not only want you to not get discouraged when you don't lose, but I want you to be healthy why you try to lose the weight.

FAITH, http://members.aol.com/eldemila/sb_sign1.jpg Glad you've decided to join us and thank you for posting your BIO on the BIO BOARD so we could learn more about you:) Thanks for the kudos as well:D Please don't hesitate to ask any and all questions you may have. As you've probably seen, we're all more than happy to throw in our 2 cents worth of advice.

PANCHO, sorry to head DELANEY isn't feeling well - is that the same thing that DOMINIC had? Hope DH'S eyes improve, hopefully the Dr.'s know what they say to be true. Oye, the camcorder. Maybe if you put up some signs, a ad in the paper pleaing to whoever found it if they won't return the camcorder to at least send you the tape somehow? Someone may be looking for it's owner, esp. if some decent person found it. Oh girl, trust me, there's too much for them to do for me on EM, really. Ask anyone who's met me, I don't lie. The pretzels sound fine - just remember what a serving is.

EMMA,http://members.aol.com/eldemila/sb_sign3.jpg Glad you have decided to join us! I have to say, I REALLY enjoyed reading your BIO on the BIO BOARD! Thanks for sharing so much about yourself in your bio as well as your post. I told my DS about you, as much of what you put in your bio made me think of him. He, as well as myself, wants to know what kind of scientist you are. I think it's the best bio I've read yet! I think you have come to see from lurking that if support it what you are looking for, this is it. If you want to make some true friendships, this can be the place as well. You will find you'll feel like you've known these people forever and can tell them just about anything. If you are one day lucky enough to meet others on this board, that will even solidify this fact even moreso. Even chatting on the phone or e-mailing people brings you even closer. Since you already know about SB having been on it in the past you know all the important things to do but we're here to help you brush up on anything you may have forgotten, so don't hesitate to ask:) Again, WELCOME!

GATOR, we may be heading up to Gainsville next week if MICHAEL is free to check out the school. Looking forward to hitting the HFS up there! I guess, living in Miami I couldn't imagine Cuba being the most interesting place you've been to as it seems I live in it on a daily basis. Now China, that would be a cool place to go. I use to want to go to Israel when I was younger but not anymore, not with what's happening there these days and after hearing what my cousin went through recently when he had to go on business (like having a machine gun held to his head). ELI would love for me to go with him to Lebanon but I know, if he thinks I'm *****y now, boy, with no a/c there, no traffic lights and people smoking wherever they want, he'd think a slow death would be an easier option after a trip with me there!

COUNTRY, I'm sure the small indiscretions you had over the weekend won't post you any problems. If you see a gain just figure it's from sodium and that if you just down that water and eat OP it will go away as quicky as it came. That's IF you have a gain! Love the new graphic! Thanks for the MM! Did I ever tell you that I met RS, I mean, I met him once at his insane asylum (or whatever they use to call it where you worked out-which has since closed) but that I was on the Sally Show and he was there too? I sent you the tree list, so you should have it now.

JACKIEO, if you have trouble with your post like that again, you know, you can hit the EDIT button and continue on:) Hope you are feeling more bright eyed and bushy tailed now - I'm feeling like you are, all day long. If I hadn't had to take MICHAEL to his friends house I'd still be in my nightie!:fr:

JACKK, loved that MM - short, and to the point! Gosh, I sure hope your butt gets some type of relief, esp. before you hit NO! Want me to ship you some 222's? I'll have to mention to ELI you thought about him when you saw the horse - of course I'll have to through in some goodies along with telling him this:s: Glad you won a few $$$, though not on the horse with a similar name. WOW, almost 2 years on SB - that's awesome! :bravo:

TRISH, good for you girlfriend:bravo: I bet you felt good about posting that this morning:D

CHRIS, I sent you 2 recipes, hopefully you got them. Both are good ones to try, or did I send you 3-oye, the brain's going! :shrug: I'll let you know as soon as I find out if we are going to take MICHAEL to Gainsville the weekend I told you about. Should know this week, before ELI makes his work schedule.

DAVE, I hope the Dr.'s are able to come up with a plan of action to help you feel better. How were the ladies on Friday? I myself chose ring:)

WOW! Caught up and just in time. I'm making pita bread and it's ready to go in the oven, so I have to skiddadle.

Will try to check in later, otherwise, tomorrow morning.

Toodles

Debbie

[Debelli]

WOO HOO!!!!

Okay, really, it doesn't make much to make me happy, esp. when it comes to cooking or baking!

I made my pita bread, this is my 3rd time and it came out EXACTLY as I was hoping it would. This time all the pieces puffed all the way up like pillows!! OMG, they are perfect!!

I did forget to mention that I p/u a brand new, never used, in the box FARBERWARE 15" pizza stone with rack, pizza cutter and cheese grater for $2.50 this weekend (wasn't anything else worth remembering) and I used that stone for the pita and it worked perfectly>spin:

Okay, here's my recipe that I use in my bread maker on the dough cycle:

PITA BREAD

2 c WW flour
1 TBL wheat gluten
1tsp honey (I used agave)
1 tsp yeast (I use the dry active)
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 c + 2 tsp water

Combine everyting in the machines bread pan. (I put the yeast in last, on top of the other dry ingredients) Turn the machine on th rise (dough) setting so that it will mix, knead, and allow the dough to rise once. Make sure the dough is properly hydrated; it should form a smooth ball. Adjust the liquid or flour as needed.

When the dough has risen, shape it into eight balls (I do 4 balls that are approx. 4oz each). Roll each ball into a 5 circle (bigger if you are doing less balls); Cover them and let them rise for 30 mintes. Polace the bread directly on the racks in a 475 oven (I tried putting it right on my racks the first time, and I wouldn't do it again, instead, if you don't have a stone, put them on cookies sheets instead).

Bake for 2 to 4 minutes, until puffed up. Cool them on racks.

Viola! That's all folks;)

[Debelli]

We've got a birthday to celebrate this week!!!!:hat:

IT'S SEF'S BIRTHDAY
THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10TH!!!

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[Fillise]

I'm going to try to see if I can keep up this week! Hah!

Deb--Thanks for posting the Pita recipe--I'll have to try it! I've also been working on a project in Adobe that is due tomorrow. Tell Michael I can sympathize!!!!!

SuperDave--I'm so sorry to hear about the rupture! It's no fun--I've been there and can sympathize. I was fortunate in that mine got better after a round of steriods. They were talking about shots into the back of my neck--have you done those? I hear you can get a lot of relief from them. I hope you find some relief soon!

Jackie--Do you have acrylic nails? I get my natural nails done every two weeks, but they are so weak that I cannot grow them. I'm thinking about getting acrylics.

Monet--Thanks for the crust recipe--I'll give it a whirl! I'd love to have you and your DD come to visit and look at the campus. Finding a weekend will be the key. Unless you want to go to a game home football game weekends are out--if you want a really good campus tour, I'd suggest a non football weekend anyway. The 24th and 25th of October might be a possibility (although there is this nagging thought int he back of my mind that something is going on that weekend.)

Country--I have a couple of those Richard tapes lying around--I should get them out of moth balls and get my butt in gear along with you!

Pancho--Pizza is one of my weaknesses too! We have a restaurant in town that serves a WW crust, but still, I tend to eat way to many slices. WTG for only having one!

Chris D, Trishaloo, and Jackie0--Have a good week! I'm hoping everyone can stay OP this week.

It's a little after 5 and this is the hard part of the day for me. This is when I could eat my way through the house. I have some errands to run and a steak thawing for dinner so if I do the errands and come right home and start supper, I should be OK!

Have a great evening everyone!

Susan

[heartmom]

Hey, guys! Finally able to get on the computer. Okay, let me clear one thing up-about the PS- I'm not condeming anyone. Just speaking what I personally felt about it. I know several people who have went under the knife. Robby's aunt and cousin had boob jobs one week apart(they're mom and daughter) and a friend of mine had a boob reduction. Oh, and Robby's mom HAD a boob job also- I'll tell you the story behind that one some other time...hehe. Okay, anyway Saturday I went yard saling and did pretty good. Got Ashley several pairs of jeans with the flared legs(the only way she'll wear them) for a buck each. Got a couple windbreakers for myself around $2 each. Got 3 pieces of corningwear with the lids for $9 and got Boogie a whole box of hotwheels birthday decor(plates, hats, invitations, etc) for $1.50! Needless to say, his bday theme next year will be hotwheels. I splurged and bought be a $40 pair of boots/dress shoes. I have been soooo sore from the workout Thursday. I'm just now about over it. I needed to exercise today, but spent the majority of the day cleaning- the house was a wreck. The exercise class is tomorrow- I hope it doesn't leave me sore like last time. Well, I WAS down to 178- then TOM showed up and I'm a beached whale at the moment. I'm retaining fluid big time. I hope it will be off by WIW. Well, I'm hungry and everyone is pestering me about supper so gotta go.

JECRITES- Let me know how the baby's PC appt turns out tomorrow,k?

[Ellen]

Just popping in to see whats happenin'! I have two loaves of apple bread in the oven, made with ww and agave, and a chicken roasting on the grill.

DAVE: A young friend of ours has a herniated disc, and they have her doing physical therapy to see if they can improve it without surgery. There is also some kind of injection they can give to help shrink it. I hope you can use a non invasive treatment to get yours healed!

DEB: I will check on the diastatic malt and see if I can find it for you. I am willing to bet it is available somewhere around here. Thanks for the pita bread recipe. I would LOVE a stone. I don't want to pay Pampered Chef prices for it...and I have seen one at Big Lots for about $10, but I would love to find one for $2.50!

Ok, better check the chicken! Later all!

[Ellen]

DEB: Did you check home brewing supply stores for the diastatic malt? I thought it was used in brewing beer, and checked it...it is. A home brew supply place ought to have it. Let me know if you find it. If not, I will check the places up here. ;)

[Teensybean]

Hello everyone!
Been busy today, cleaning house and doing laundry. Was going to clean yesteday, but had to go into town for some stuff for dh. And then did some baking. And froze it!!

Got ouside and got some fall pruning and clean up done also. I have alot more to get started on, but I think it is supposed to rain tomorrow. If not I am going back out. Hopefully I can get the majority of it done before it gets too cold. I hate it when I wait too long and have to do it in the freezing weather!

Gator-- My wedding ring IS my favorite piece too. My husband picked out a beautiful wedding set. I have never seen another one like it. And I get alot of compliments when people see it.

Country-- Whoops! Climb back up on that ole wagon! The new graphic at the bottom is cool.

Fillise-- Good morning to you and Miss Belle!!

JackieO-- I have read soooo many bad things about sugar since starting my weight loss journey.....that it just plain scares me to death. So I don't think I will ever do that. But I have been known to have more of the sugar substituted things than I should, and I think that is just as bad. If you really felt icky....maybe that was a good thing. Now you might not be tempted again.

Jack-k-- What kind of races did you go to? We used to go to the horse races every once in awhile. Always had fun! Never came out winners!! I even went to the dog races once. Glad they stopped those. I didn't enjoy those at all. Hope the hip starts feeling better. It is no fun to be hurting while on vacation. (I am taking it that you are going on vacation!)

Trish-- Congrats!! Staying on plan is awesome!

Chrisd-- The soup was probably okay, unless they used flour to thicken it with. I have a recipe for a broccoli chowder that I make leaving out they potatoes. It is really good during cold weather.

Monet-- Glad the day was okay with the WW. Hope tomorrow goes just as well. I have been thinking Apple pie too. I just may have to give in and do it. But when I do, I know I will want to have a piece every night until it is gone, But I guess this would be okay if I don't have my second starchy carb at lunch huh??

Pancho-- No yeast....it is a quick bread, like banana bread, or zucchini bread. I made some yesterday to freeze and did not use the bread machine. I only used 1 T oil, and added 1/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce. (Trying to cut down on the fat for me.) Also I used liquid stevia instead of Splenda, so this went in with the wet ingredients instead of the dry. I baked it at 350* for 1hour. It was very good, we had a slice with dinner last night. Now I need to freeze it ASAP or I will be tempted to eat it.

Superdave-- I am sympathetic....my dh just went through all of that. It took them over 5 months to get to the surgery that they did. First it was the MRI, then they wanted to do a Mylogram and Catscan. Then the day of the first surgery, he came down with a gout attack, (because someone made a mistake and told him to discontinue his meds 2 weeks before the surgery!) so they had to postpone it for another 2 weeks. He was in alot of pain for a long time! Hope that you don't have to go through all of that.

Deb-- Maybe you need to find a new computer at one of your garage sales, lol. Then you could have your very own!!

Sef-- Happy Birthday to you....happy birthday to you.....happy birthday dear Sef, happy birthday to you..... and many more!!

Heart-- Sounds like you did a great job at the yard sales. I want to get into town sometime soon to the thrift stores and see what is available. Love to browse through them. I am going to be looking for some canning things. Large stock pots and such. I also like to look at all the denim jumpers and skirts! Now is a fun time for the thrift stores because they have alot of gaudy stuff out for Halloween costumes. I love to see what I could put together. Only dh doesn't get into Halloween like I do, so we end up staying home!!

Well gang thats about it for now. Everyone enjoy the week, and hope we have lots of losers on WIW!!

[THE BIG ORANGE BABE]

GOOD EVENING EVERY BUDDY!!


Skeeter had to be put to sleep this afternoon. He went peacefully, and had no pain during the process. It was remarkably fast, and he was gone before I could blink my eyes.
The Dr discovered a rapidly progressing skin cancer and told me that it would only get worse really quick. Skeeter was one of his first patients 14yrs ago, and I completely trust his judgement.
Skeeter managed a final kiss and nudge with his little nose, so I think he was ready too.
They gave me the option of taking him home and bringing him back another day, but I knew if I didn't do it while I was prepared, I would bring him back.
This was one of the hardest decesions that I've ever had to make, and I'm really having a hard time with it. Kate on the other hand thought of course that he would be coming back home with me and it really blasted her. They were best buddys!
SO...PLEASE FORGIVE me if I'm not around much this week.

I'm having Skeeter cremated and they will call me when he's ready to be picked up. I'll have him put in a really nice box and keep him with me always.

Keep us in your thoughts and prayers


BOB

[Debelli]

Hey All:wave:

No one's home yet and I haven't heard a thing from ELI all day. Finally figured I'd call him and he's in a meeting. It's been over 12 hours since he left the house to go to work:rolleyes:

FILLISE, hoping MICHAEL won't be staying up all night working on this project on Adobe. He actually had something he did sent out to Adobe headquarters but I haven't heard whatever became of it. :shrug: It amazes me how he could learn this stuff -it's mind boggling!

HEART, sounds like you got lots of bargains this weekend. It was slim pickin's out my way. Enjoy your class tomorrow!!!

MONET, I have read that the DM at brew stores isn't the same. I read one thing, and then I read another. I may just try to make my own since I can find hulled barley down here, but if I didn't have to go through the trouble it would be better as I really don't need all that much. In this book some recipes call for WW flour AND ww bread flour as well, in the same recipe. The book gives a recipe to making your own ww bread flour which includes vitamin C powder and the diastatic malt. Let me know if you find it there. I can't find any brew shops in my area on the web yellow pages, will look in the phone book and see what they say, if we have any places like that.

TEENSY, we do have another computer! It's the problem of hooking in to our main phone line AND with AOL, you can't have 2 people on the same account at the same time, so it would do no good. I just have to be patient:shrug:

BOB, OMG, I have tears in my eyes!:cry: I'm so sorry to hear about SKEETER! My heart goes out to you. I so understand how hard this was for you, my MARLO had to be put to sleep as well at the age of 8 and I still haven't gotten over it, 22 years later. I know this was so hard for you but you did it out of love. Our hearts, thoughts and prayers are with you. Anyone who loves a pet totally understands what you are going through at this time {{{{HUGS}}}}:grouphug: I hope KATE will be okay as well.

I'm outta here.

Deb

[Pancho]

Good afternoon! I did get to Whole Foods today and am going to be trying some new recipes this week. I can't wait. I also bought 3 zucchinis to make three loaves of zucchini bread to freeze. They had 2 pints strawberries for $4. I haven't found any that look or smell any good lately. These smell and taste delicius. My DD likes to take them in her lunch for school. I also found whole wheat frozen pie crusts with no hydrogenated oils or anything. I am pumped about this, as I don't want to make my own if I can find them pre-made; lazy...I know, but I'm busy! Also found whole wheat bread crumbs and picked up some more agave syrup (I go through that like crazy).

No news on the camcorder; I'm afraid those memories are gone forever. AND, not to mention the cost of replacing the camcorder before the holidays.

Country: Thanks for the prayers; Delaney seems to be feeling a bit better already. Well, at least you were aware of the bad eating, and now you are working out with Richard; things are looking up;) .

Monet: Maybe the manager got his migraine from the assistant;) .

SuperDave: Do you take credit for your wife's overflowing jewelry wardrobe? What a lucky lady, eh?

Deb: I have put up posters with a post office box, so someone could mail the tape to me, but am not holding out much hope. There are, unfortunately, a lot of bad apples out there, and don't care much about such things. Thanks so much for the recipe; I cannot wait to try it.

Sef: Happy Birthday week. Celebrate all week!

Fillise: Whole wheat pizza crust at a pizza restaurant???? Hold me back!

heart: You are such a bargain shopper. WOW, 178...you got there, and will see it again once your bloating goes down.

Teensy: Thanks for the clarification on the bread recipe. I will experiment with it as you have to find what I like best.

BOB: Your post made me very sad. I have tears in my eyes right now for you. We had to put down two dogs within 4 months of one another, and it was very difficult for the entire family. We held them both as they took their last breaths, and then had to leave them. We did have them both cremated, and their ashes are in our bedroom. I feel like they are still with us sometimes. I read a lot of things like, "The Rainbow Bridge" and other things to help me heal. To some people, animals are just that....to us, they have always been one of the family. I will pray for you to have the strength to get through this difficult time!

Well, better go get dinner started!!

Have a great evening, and I will check in tomorrow a.m.

Nat'

[jecrites]

Hello everyone.

I've been busy today cleaning up in the kitchen and doing laundry. Yesterday the kids found ants coming in the house from the window in the living room. They were weird looking suckers at that. Just plain old ants, but some of them had wings. I had to spray everything down and wash my curtains. The really weird thing is that I know they go for food, but there is no food in the living room, now the kitchen I could understand, but I haven't seen a single ant in there since we moved in here. The neighbor told me that the people in here before us said they had problems with ants in the kitchen.

Heart, You bet. I'll make sure to pop on here and let you and everyone else know how things go as soon as I find out.

BOB, Sorry to hear about Skeeter. You and Kate are in my thoughts and prayers. Pets are like family and it's hard to see them go.

Sef, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!! I know it's early, but I may end up forgetting.

Deb, There is some program for a computer that will let 2 people on the same thing get on at the same time. Our neighbors have theirs set up where they can be online on both of their computers at the same time. Of course I'm not a computer person so I have no clue as to how it works, but they do it. Just thought I'd tell you that it can be done, somehow.

Monet, Glad to hear your day at work was better! Maybe the manager should run the WW off like you said he's done all the other asst. managers.

JackieO, Hello back to you!!!

Jack-k, I hope you find some relief soon.

SuperDave, I hope you find relief soon too

Well I'm off, I'll talk to y'all later.

Jenn

[GatorGal]

BOB--I'm sorry to hear the sad news about your little Skeeter. I hope your heart will heal fast.

Debbie--I went to Israel in the 80's. It was a very interesting trip. We studied several months before we went, and then when we got there we got to see with our own eyes some of the things that Scripture talks about. Like the wall around Jerusalem, where Abraham was buried, and lots of stuff in the TaNaK and also the New Testament. I had friends living there at the time, in Galillee and so I left our group and took the bus up to their home and spent several days there with them. I thought Cuba and China were "more different" than Israel, but lately, perhaps not. I wouldn't want to go there right now either. God's Chosen People are under so much attack, and it must be so frightening to live there now.

Well, I'm having my midterm tomorrow, so gotta study. Bye for now.

[GatorGal]

Monet--I found out about the Hashimoto's after I went to the new doctor (holistic) who had some tests done--Free T3, Thyroid antibodies, T3, T4. My internist just did the TSH and T4 and was happy with the numbers. Little did he know that my T3 was low, even with the synthroid and that my thyroid antibody levels were >90. I was off the chart! So right now the doctor is trying to find out what might be "aggrevating this condition" and see if there might be something to reverse this. Should be interesting! Is it possible to lose any weight with Hashimoto's?

[Ellen]

BOB: I am so sorry to hear about Skeeter. I know your heart is breaking. Just know you and Kate are in my prayers.

GATOR: Any thyroid condition makes it a challenge to lose. Auto immune problems will exacerbate it though. Not sure what causes flares in Hashimotos, but some things I have found important to stay away from include: chemicals...especially cosmetic ones like hair dye, and perm solutions, Alfalfa- it seems to stimulate ANA antibody production, stress and lack of rest, high carb and sugar diet (you ought to be ok there! ). The weird thing about autoimmune problems are that they are so individual. What bothers one, may not bother another. I also found using mono saturated fats, and ones low in arachadonic fatty acids especially, helps. Some people find avoiding the nightshade family of veggies (tomatoes, eggplants, peppers) helpful. Just some thoughts.... Hang in there. At least you are making some progress...now you KNOW what is wrong! Before, you just thought the thyroid was slow...


TEENSY: Can you post your walnut quick bread recipe? I made one tonight that was not quite what I wanted. I can play with it, but maybe I could add apples to yours???? Whaddya think?

FILLISE: Perhaps the weekend of the 25th...or maybe we ought to wait until November, though I keep telling her it is important to get her applications in before Thanksgiving. She doesn't believe me, I am afraid. She suggested I take her out of school for a day! Doesn't that sound just like her? :lol:

JECRITES: One can hope he will! :s: She was actually acting rather nice today. We will see how it goes tomorrow. I think the manager is off...but my daughter works tomorrow which is always fun!

Ok, everybody...I boiled two chickens, and have to go bone them. Tomorrow is trash day, and I want to get those bones OUT of the house before the trash men come in the morning...besides, I have to work in the morning!

Sweet dreams! :wave:

[heartmom]

Narda- I'm so sorry about you losing Skeeter. When I was 17, I had to put my german shepard, Pup, to sleep. I bawled and bawled. He was the most gentle and loving dog. A true gentlemen. The way he would look at you with his eyes- almost like his spirit was really human. Anyway, I know that you are hurting now, but you made the best choice for Skeeter.

Jecrites- Ants with wings? Aren't those termites?

I've had way too many starches today-lost count. Darn TOM! It defintely has my appetite up this time. Got to do better tomorrow. Actually looking forward to my class tomorrow. I'm trying to get my friend to go with me, but I doubt she will. She wants to lose weight but doesn't want to do the work or discipline that goes along with it. I've tried to tell her about SB several times. She thinks if she skips meals or drastically cuts her portions, she'll lose weight that way. I've tried to tell her that it won't last that way. With SB, you can eat 3 meals and snacks a day and lose. Guess I'll just shut my mouth and maybe she'll figure it out on her own.

I have all these sweaters from last year that are way to big now. I tried to give them away to my friends but they say they are too big for them- they're not. They just don't want to admit that they would fit. I don't understand that. I'm not trying to give them away to be rude- just the opposite. Even when I was a size 24, I never lied about it. And I would have been grateful to receive clothes in excellent condition for free. I think I will have a mini yard sale and see if I can sell them for a couple bucks each. My Mom is on vacation this week, so we're going to the "new" thrift store I found tomorrow. She's always working, so she doesn't have time to yard sale and shop at the thrift shops. My grandmother is going along with us. She has some flowers she bought for my pawpaw's grave, so we'll go there also. He died on Halloween morning, 2 years ago. I miss him alot. I think about him almost everyday. We were really close and he always gave the best advice. Funny how it was always the opposite of my parents, lol. Well, goodnite all...

[beachfan37]

:cry: :cry: :cry: BOB my heart breaks for you. Last year we had to have my 19 year old shi-tzu put to sleep. I couldn't even go in the room. I was crying so hard that I had to leave him with them and I ran out of the office. You were much braver than I was. There is just a very special bond you have with your best friend. I know it was a big shock for Kate.

We knew Bingo's time was coming and had gotten a puppy about 3 months before. That softened the blow some for my kids but just like with people it doesn't make the hurt go away. Hang in there...we're here for you.

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I will be gone the rest of the week. My uncle who had been ill for years passed away and I will be going to the funeral tomorrow. Then Wednesday - Saturday I am out of town for work. I'll miss ya'll take care.

Monet...what age is your daughter? My daughter is a junior and will be going to Auburn when she graduates. It's a great school. I would highly recommend a visit and like Susan said, go on a non football weekend. We went last year for a basketball game and had a great time. Also, DS is going tomorrow to interview at Publix for a part-time job. They are a good company to work for...excluding you boss and horrible co-worker! My DH really likes what he does...

Susan...I'll let you know the next time we are coming down. I sometimes go for work but not as often as I did in the past. Glad you had fun with your friends. I had heard Starlight Express was a little outdated but still fun. Did you catch the Southern Women's Show while you were here. I LOVE to see all the booths but missed it this year. This week I'll be in Mobile. I'm hoping to get away some and go over to Gulf Shores for the Shrimp festival.

Debbie...2 teens keep us busy don't they! Mainly I don't get the computer time I used to.

Weight wise I stayed the same this week. I ate right but just didn't lose...oh well. I picked up on the excercising and maybe it is the muscle weighing more!

See ya'll.

[Teensybean]

Good Evening all-- actually it's late again. Most of you are in bed and having sweet dreams by now.

I have a question regarding hydrogenated oils......I was reading in my PP book, and it says that hydrogenated is not the problem. That the Partially hydrogenated is the villian. So would that mean that we can eat the hydrogenated??



Wanted to get in some replies, because I seem to get behind very quickly......


BOB-- I am so very sorry to hear about Skeeter. As a Mommy of three dogs, I know what you must be going through. Just know that he truly loved you as much as you loved him. And that he will not suffer now. God bless you and Kate.

Deb--Guess the second computer idea won't work at your house!! And I agree that school work should come first. We will be patient and wait for your posts!

Pancho-- Sure wish we had more of a selection around here for WW products. I really am going to have to bite the bullet and go to the mall that has the big HS and see what they have.

Jec-- Yuck...I hate ants. We get a few around here in the early spring, but not in the house. Or I haven't found any in the house anyway!

Monet-- It IS an Apple Walnut Loaf...... Here you go.

Apple Walnut Loaf

(1) Ingredients

2 Tbl Butter
1 Tbl milk
1 C Grated peeled Granny Smith Apple
1 egg
1/2 C Chopped Walnuts

(2) Ingredients

1 1/2 C WW Flour
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 C Splenda
1/4 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Nutmeg

Measure and place ingredients from group 1 in bread machine baking pan. Measure and sift together ingredients in group 2. Then place in bread machine baking pan. Select Quick Bread setting, press start.

Per loaf= (Using my ingredients, and using fitday.)

1382 calories
69 fat
18 Sfat
28 poly
5 mono
166 carbs
26 fiber
46 protein

I just made some using the oven instead, and I liked it better. The changes I made are as follows;

1 T oil, and 1/4 cup SF Applesauce, and 1/4 c egg beaters instead of 1 egg. I used liquid stevia instead of Splenda, and put it in with the wet ingredients instead of sifting with the dry.
I put into a loaf pan and baked at 350* for one hour.

Heart-- Enjoy your class tomorrow. I would like to have something like that close to me. But don't so I will continue in my bedroom on my TBT.

Beach-- Sorry for your loss. My prayers are with you and your family in your time of sorrow.

Well I guess that is it for the day......see you all tomorrow sometime.

[Fillise]

BOB--I'm so sorry to hear about Skeeter. I know your heart is broken, but I hope you can take some comfort from the fact that he gave you a "thank you" and a last "I love you" to let you know he was ready. He knew you loved him at the end--so much that you would break your own heart so that he wouldn't suffer. That kind of love is powerful and it will reach across the distance so that, in time, as your heart heals, thoughts of Skeeter will bring a smile to your face and a warmth into your heart. Until then, we'll be here to help you through!:grouphug:

Susan

[Debelli]

Yes, another sleepless night! Been up since 3am, lied in bed listening to ELI snore away and finally decided to get up and go on the computer. So here it is, 4am as I start this post!:mad: I'm tired, my eyes hurt, I need a good nights rest but it just doesn't seem like it's in the cards for me!:shrug:

I was having a weird dream, about going to my HS reunion. Mind you, I've never been to a single one of them and there's none in the future that I know of, so whatever prompted me to dream about THAT, I haven't a clue!:shrug: Tried to go back to sleep but just couldn't.

My sister is bringing over my youngest niece this morning so I can bbsit her while my sister goes to her Dr. appt for the bb2b (baby to be). She still hasn't chosen a name, which I guess is good because all the ones she's picked thus far are weirder than weird. With each kid she has the names get more bizarre!

PANCHO, sounds like you had a good time at the HFS yesterday! FYI, when you go, sometimes they'll have day old breads really cheap, at least they do down here. I bought a loaf, cut it, dried it and threw it in my food processor and made my own bread crumbs. Maybe someone will return the tape, if they take the time to see what's on the tape maybe they will. Did you file a report with the police? Not sure about your area, but if you have any pawn shops around there and the person didn't need a camcorder they may try to pawn it? Who knows, maybe when it fell off the car it broke? Hope you get something back!

JEC, hope you get your ant problem licked. One time I got those crazy ants, haven't a clue where they came from, drove me bonkers!!! If you have a chance, ask your neighbor what they have hooked up that allows them to have 2 computers on line on the same account. I have regular dial up service.

GATOR, it's sad to see a country such as Israel under constant attack. I doubt there will ever be peace in that region of the Middle East. I doubt I'd ever go there.

HEART, in the past I've posted about TOM and increased appetite, it's normal and your body also used up more calories during this time. If nothing seems to satisfy you EAT, but do make sure that it's OP. You may want to try to increase your proteins at this time.

BEACH, sorry to hear about the loss of your uncle. My condolences to you and your family. I don't think I've ever heard of a dog living to be 19 years old - isn't that unusually old for a dog?

TEESNY, the Apple Walnut Bread sounds delish!! Is it moist or a dried bread? Here's what I found in regards to the hydro. and partially hydro oil:

Hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated fats: These are unsaturated fats that have become hardened through a hydrogenation process. This is done to help snack foods stay fresh on the grocery shelf. But as a result, they contain high levels of trans fatty acids, which are linked to heart disease. They are found in fried foods, commercial baked goods (donuts and cookies), and almost all factory prepared foods (snack foods and chips, dips, dressings, etc.) and margarine. Read the ingredients list on food labels to tell if they contain hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats or trans fatty acids.

Well, that's it, I'm caught up and pooped It's only 4:30am now - still have 1 1/2 hours before the kids should start getting up and get ready for school.

Will check in later!

Toodles

Deb

[Ellen]

I have no idea what time it is...about five am I think. I couldn't sleep either. Was just wide awake! I tried laying there, resting, but was too fidgety, and was afraid I would wake up Tom, so I got up and came down to use his computer.

DEB: Too bad I did not know you were up...we could have IMed or something! ;)

TEENSY: Thanks for the recipe! I will try it when I get home from work this afternoon!

Ok, I think I hear Mr. Tom sneaking around looking for me...better go! Its nice that he misses me when I get up like this!

[Emma3Jane]

Hello Everyone,

Thanks for the welcome, I look forward to getting to know people here too! Just the decision to post, both on the weekly support board and the bio board, has significantly decreased my feeing of isolation. :) Probaly another long postie....

I made a rather momentous decision on Sunday-- I purchased a scale to weigh myself. Bill, my SO, simply stared at me in shock & consternation when I returned home with the scale. He has suggested in the past that we purchase a scale, but I wouldn't permit it.

See, I have issues with scales, with scales being in the house, with me being on a scale. I even get upset when the vet weighs Jabba the Cat! 21 lbs is NOT that large. (side note: Poor Jabba was put on a diet a few years ago; he responded with a all-out peeing campaign, beds, futon, Bill, coats, chairs, anything he could squat on! :mad: I surrendered after the down comforter was slaughtered and he ate whatever he wanted! *sigh* www.meankitty.com :lol: )

I guess these are all scars of being an overweight teen whose family was fixated on dieting and image, so that other issues wouldn't be acknowldged. *sigh* Or that other terrible pit, HS girls gym class ...... Somtimes I think I am only sane because I went early to college.

Well, enough of my neurosis..... or not........

Bill just promptly jumped right onto the scale, took the average of three readings (he's a geek too. . .) and recorded his weight in his Excel spreadsheet that he had prepared. He offered to leave the room to let me try the scale, when I realized that immense shame was the motivation for avoiding that scale. So I jumped right on the scale and recorded the average of three readings (I am a geek scientist) in my own spreadsheet.

Et voila! I weigh (with all the usual disclaimers about home scales...) 224 lbs. Interestingly, just 224 lbs... not !224 lbs! OMG! Bill knows oh I am dying the world is ending people hate me I am worthless unlovable ugly plain disgusting Don't tell anyone I'll never be pretty wanted loved....... the downward spiral.

None of the above - just 224 lbs, which means only 60-80 lbs till my goal of either 160 or 140 lbs (I did the arithmetic, not the litany in head while on the scale). What a liberating sense of self worth!

I have struggled with shame my entire life. Through 12 step programs, I have learned that examining these debilitating (untested) feelings in the light of facts releases their hold on me and my actions. So WHY not a scale to give facts about my weight? I am unsettled that after alot of hard work and self-introspection, that this shame, attached so obviously to my body, went undetected. Hmmn... maybe it's the original one.....

So, I have a scale, a spreadsheet and calm motivation. Life is Good!

Now I have to walk the dog, and go to the lab. Work on those pesky job applications and stay legal for lunch.

Jack-K's motivation
"The door to opportunity will not open, unless you give it a push" is a perfect motivation for my job search. Thanks!

Debelli's MM is perfect for my week:
"The sooner you deal with a problem, the less of a problem it will be. The sooner you act on an opportunity, the more value that opportunity can bring. The time to act is now. The longer you wait, the more you put yourself at a disadvantage."


Thanks for being here!

Emma

PS Jabba was put on cat prozac, which calmed his peeing campaign, and has reached and maintained his healthy weight of 16 lbs. He, however, maintains his dislike of scales....:lol:

[Solly]

Good Tuesday morning.

Sounds like no one could sleep last night. Maybe it is the moon!

Got my nails done, got white tips and they are already yeloow this morning. Anyone else have acrylics ahve this problem? Also got my hair cut. More layered than short. It is short but she didn't take anything off the length. Eaiser to fix.


Back seems a little better today. Last night, I went to finally sit down on the heating pad. Boy I came off of it quickly. Pains were shooting through my back and hip. Switched to ice and that seemed to help some. We will see as the day goes on. I am foregoing the walking this week. But still doing my wts.

Chris, What a ballgame. I'm sure you are not happy with the outcome, but it turned into a heck of a game. I went to bed after half thinking it was going to be a blow out.

Bob, Payton is the Man!

Dave, Ooh, a disk problem does not sound like a good thing. Hope it is treatable.

Deb, sounds like you are turning into Martha Stewart in the kitchen. Watch out, it could become habit forming. Hope you can get some rest. I was up at 4:45 this morning and couldn't go back to sleep. My 2 nieces just had babies and the names they chose are weird too.

Fillise, yes I have acrylics. Have had them for probably 4 or 5 years. Would never go w/o them. Jut don't have time to repaint my nails everyother day. These last at least 2 weeks. Best thing I ever did.

Heart, you are getting as good as Deb with those bargains. Congrats for getting into the 170's. At least you know it's TOM and why you are bloated.

Teensy, yes we went to the horse races. I have been to the dog races in Fla. once. I swear they use the same dogs in each race. I didn't like that either. Yes we are going on vacation to New Orleans.

Bob, I am so sorry about Skeeter. My heart is breaking for you and Kate. It is as hard to lose a pet as a relative. I know you both will miss him terribly. He is lucky that he didn't suffer. You gave him a wonderful home and life. Sending hugs and prayers for you both. :grouphug:

Pancho, Lucky you finding a ww pie crust. I would love to find an already made one. We are supposed to get a Whole Foods this Spring.

Monet, you are a baking fool. How sweet that Tom is looking for you. Dennis would never know I was gone.

Sef, have a great birthday on Friday. I won't be on board so I will send wishes now. :hb: :hat: :balloons:

Gator, good luck on the mid term. You will do fine.

Beach, sorry about your uncle. We will miss you.

Got to get started on this day. Hope to be back later.

Jackie.

[jecrites]

Hi everybody.

Here's a few replies, then I'm off to shower and start working on all this clean laundry I've got still in the baskets, or maybe cleaning the floors, don't know yet which I'll tackle.

Heart, That's exactly what I thought since the neighbor told me that they had/have termites. I asked hubby and he said they were ants and that sometimes the female will have wings. Honestly I have no idea, guess I should call housing and get someone out here, but since I sprayed it down with Raid, they haven't been back. Have fun at the thrift store, wish there was one around here. There was a couple of them in Windsor where we used to live, but I refuse to drive all that way and go back to that place.

Teensy, I hate ants too, but at least here the majority of them aren't those darned fire ants we had in Louisiana. I can deal with the ants easily, it's the darn roaches and spiders I REALLY hate!!! In La. we had huge waterbugs, which I still considered a roach only bigger, and it's hard to get rid of them things!

Deb, Didn't you say your sis has 5 kids already? Heck, it's a miracle that she found names for them at all. When Autumn was born, we didn't have a name for her, mainly because hubby didn't like any I liked and I didn't like his choices. His mom thought we'd be bringing her home calling her baby girl! The nieghbors probably have a cable hook up. That's pretty much what everyone in this area has. I don't even know if there's a regular dial up service in this area. It's pretty weird because this is such a tiny place but we can get cable and dsl hook up, but FIL can't and he's in a bigger place!

Ok, now to decide what I am going to do. I'll talk to y'all later.

Jenn

[angehaley]

Hello to all my SBing FRIENDS.....

Sorry for being MIA.... I am quite the busy one with the house being on the market..... We have had the same couple look at it FOUR times...... and still no contract..... makes you go hum...... ! It has just been CRAZY trying to keep the house spotless and 100% tidy ALL THE TIME (I am anal like that..... NOT gonna have strangers trapesing thru my house... with it a mess........)
Anyway, I think about you all daily... and wonder how everyone is and how they are doing..... but just don't really have the time... to read &/or post.....! :(

Gosh, I sure have missed you..... I am staying OP... but probably a bit on the overindulging side......! It is TOM... and still holding at 150 scale does not want to budge below that mark.... (I keep coaxing it... and telling it... that It will be ok.... and that it is gonna be sorry it waited so long to do it... once it does!!!) LOL!!!

Deb, thanks for sending the e-mail about BoB..... I TOO have tears in my eyes for her...as I know too well what she is going thru..... it is the worst.....!

Sorry can't post to each individually.....

do, want to share a pic of Lilybug in her halloween costume... (had to try it on for size....... it is a 3 month size......... (SHE IS 8 MONTHS......) SHE IS A LITTLE ****........!!!!!;) HOPE THAT SHE STAYS THAT WAY FOR HER WHOLE LIFE... AND DOES NOT FOLLOW IN HER MOMMA'S FOOTSTEPS......!!!!:s:

Take care everyone...... and good luck staying OP...! Hopefully the house will sale soon... and then I will have moving to look forward to..... Thank goodness we are gonna have a moving service come and pack up everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!:dizzy:

take care....
love,
ange.

p.s. welcome to all the newbies!!!!!!!!!!!

[angehaley]

Forgot to add pic....!!!! :dizzy:

[jackieO]

This board is hopping this morning!!!! Good Morning everyone in Sugarbusters land!!!!!!

Ange- good luck selling the house!

Bob- You are definitely in my thoughts and prayers . Your story also brought tears to my eyes.

Jecrites- In what part of Louisiana did you live?

jackK- you might want to unpack those shorts. Hot here again!!!

Emma- I am still cracking up laughing over your post about the scale. My sentiments exactly. I am looking forward to getting to know you better on this board!!

Deb- Have fun babysitting. Maybe you can take a nap when she goes to sleep. I was looking at the SB photo album yesterday, and your two children are WAY CUTE. I don't own a scanner and only use the computer at my office, but eventually I will try and post a pic!

Hello to Superdave, Beachfan, Susan, Colleen, heartmom, countrymom,pancho,sef, monet, gatorgal, and everyone else. Talk to you soon.

[Trishaloo]

Good morning everybody. I'm sitting here enjoying an apple and cheese for breakfast. I made taco soup in the crockpot yesterday. It wasn't the greatest I've made, but at least it was done when I got home from work and I didn't have to do anything. I'm a nervous wreck with worrying about Jordan. Apparently several boys in their Company have gotten sick with pneumonia. If they get sick and can't train, then it pushes their graduation date back. Oh well, in this situation, no news is good news. Supposedly if he did get sick and put in the "sick platoon" he would get to call us.

I forgot to mention my take on the post. My favorite is a ring, actually 2 of them. My wedding set: Joe and I had them made from our high school class rings; and an antique ruby ring that he got me one year for Christmas.

Crystle - Loved your motivational for this week.

Fillise - Sorry the show wasn't too good. Hope the tickets weren't expensive. If you decide to start getting fake nails, make sure you go to someone that is reputable and uses good quality stuff. I've had mine done for 15 years by the same girl and have never gotten an infection or a fungus of any type. She's not cheap, but she's worth it. I go every 2 weeks and it's my "me time." In fact, I have an appt this afternoon.

JackieO - Sugar will do that to you. Why do you think all those years all we wanted to do after a big Thanksgiving dinner was power nap?

ChrisD - Sorry about your Bucs. I went to bed and the Bucs were ahead by like 21-0 or something like that. I had no idea until I saw Jackie's post this morning. I had to go see for myself. What a game that must have been.

Pancho - Where in Arizona are you? We have a friend that spends the summers in Alpine. I'm not sure where that is, but I think it's on the Eastern side. We may end up driving out for Jordan's graduation from boot camp and will be going through the southern part of Arizona. I'll send you a wave as we go through. I'm so sorry about your camcorder. I hate it when things get stolen. Seth's bike was stolen from the pool this summer (forgot to lock it up). Fortunately, 2 of his friends saw it at the local rec center and had the counselor call the police. It had been registered and they called us. We hadn't even reported it because we thought it was gone forever. Deb's right, file a report and if something turns up, you never know.

Jack-K - I have sculptured nails and have been having them done for about 15 years by the same girl. I always have them painted though.

SuperDave - Sorry about the back. Good luck with the MRI.

Deb - I wish I had some of those pitas. Those sound yummy. I'm not much of a baker, but those sound pretty easy. We have several home brew places around here. Let me know if you need me to look for that diastatic malt for you, whatever that is.

Heartmom - I don't think what you said or the way you said it would have offended anyone. You were simply voicing your opinion to friends. That's what is so great about this board. We're all friends and should feel comfortable enough to talk and share about most anything without someone being offended (as long as we put it nicely, of course). Way to go on the yard sale finds.

BOB - I am so sorry to hear about Skeeter. I know what a joy he was to both you and your mom. Please know that we're thinking about you.

Jecrites - I hate those flying ants. We used to get them when we had our pool. Make sure you treat your yard and then you can usually keep them out of the house easier. Sometimes they're going after water or if it's rained a lot, they're getting away from the water. Yes, in Texas we have lots of ants.

Beachfan - Sorry to hear about your uncle.

Emma - I love your name. Welcome aboard. If you haven't figured out yet, this board is great. It's a totally supportive, nonjudgmental place to come where everyone understands exactly what you're going through.

Angehaley - I must have missed it, where are you moving?

Whew, ok I think I'm caught up. Sorry if I missed anyone. Have a great day everyone.

Trish

[Trishaloo]

OK, I posted before I saw the pic, Ange, that baby is tooooo cute!!

[jecrites]

Man I swear if it ain't one thing it's another!!! My stupid dryer is either dead or acting like it. My towels have been turned on in that thing 2 times now and they are still just as wet as they were when they first went in there. I don't know how I'm supposed to dry anything now, I have no clothes line to put them on, and even if I did they probably wouldn't dry out there today, not raining but extremely foggy and cool. Hubby is supposed to come home at lunch and "take a look at it," yeah right, like he's done anything around here the last month or so. Sorry about the complaining, I'm PMSing.

I forgot to tell y'all how the family liked/disliked the cauliflower "mashed potatoes." Well, Katie and hubby liked them pretty good, but Kerri and Autumn took one bite and said yuck. Myself, I could eat them, but would rather have the broccoli. If I get to wanting mashed potatoes really bad I'll eat them, but really haven't wanted the taters too badly. I'll have to make them when hubby's parents come up here just to see what they think. They eat cauliflower some, so they may like it like hubby did, who knows?

JackieO, We were in Bossier City/Shreveport for 4 years at Barksdale AFB. I hated it, but after moving up here, I'd go back there any day!

Gotta go for now talk to y'all later.

Jenn
Ange, OOOOOOO, what a thing to say about your baby! No really, I've said that same thing before about all 3 of mine, and sometimes still do. :o

[Pancho]

Good Tuesday morning all:

I went to see "Under the Tuscan Sun" last night with some "mom" friends of mine, and YES I did have popcorn. hadn't seen some of these moms in 3-4 months, and they were shocked with my weight loss. One of them said, "you are too pretty to hang out with us now....we won't invite you anymore (ha)." Boy, you know who your friends really are :lol: . I really enjoyed the movie. It is worth the cost of admission just for the absolutely breathtaking scenery. The movie had some serious/funny moments, and was a nice break to get out of the house for a little while.

Trishaloo: I live in the Cave Creek/Anthem area (this is about 30 miles north of downtown area). I hope Jordan doesn't get sick.

Deb: I will call the police department to see if they can even file a report for something like that; I have no identifying info. on the camcorder at all. Who thinks they would ever lose their camcorder???? Gheez! Never thought about making your own bread crumbs; should be easy enough. Sorry you had a difficult time sleeping.

Ange: Good luck selling your house; it's a pain to have to keep showing it. Your DD is precious. I have the opposite problem.... Delaney is almost 15 months and weighs 27 pounds. She is in a 24 mo/2T size already. She has been big from birth (7 lbs 11 oz), being born 1 month early. My oldest has always been long & lean. It took her over a year to hit 20# to turn her carseat around. Britt is going to be Snow White, and Delaney Blue (from Blue's Clue) this year for Halloween.

jecrites: Those could be termites! Have you had a lot of rain lately? They probably are not in your walls, but just came in from the rain. We had the same problem last year after the monsoon season. The females have wings and lay eggs in bedding, clothing, boxes, etc... We had to tear the room apart that they were in and had an exterminator out to spray that room only. There were probably 100 of them. The tore up the carpet and checked around and determined that they were not in the walls; they were just in from all the rain. Sorry to hear about the dryer.

Jack-K: I stopped getting my nails down after getting married (nearly 10 years ago) to save money, and haven't had them done since. I never got the French manicure though because the same thing happened to my nails; they would turn yellow within a few days. I'm sure you will enjoy your easy hair-do. I keep threatening to cut all of Britt's hair off; it is such a hassle to brush through those knots daily.

Emma: Having a scale and Weigh-in-Wed will help keep you accountable. Don't get obsessed with it, and you will be fine. I should take my own advice there;) . I weigh every day because I am in the maintenance stage, and want to make sure not to get out of that stage. If the scale goes up, then I make adjustments to my diet for the day and see if it is back down the next day. When I was in the process of losing, I tried to weigh only once a week since weight fluctuates so much. Always weigh first thing in the morning without any clothes on, after you go to the bathroom;)

beach: So sorry to hear about your uncle. We will miss you and look forward to your return.

heart: You are being a good friend, and your advice is falling on deaf ears. Way too many people feel that skipping meals or not eating much is the way to lose weight.....they have no idea how wrong they are. I would have never thought that eating as often as I do would allow me to lose/maintain weight. That is what we have been taught for so many years, and it is difficult to change the frame of mind of so many. She should know just from your awesome success how well it works. You tried! Enjoy your class!

Well, we are expecting rain today; hope it pours!!!

I'll check in later. Everyone have a great OP day!!!

Nat

[Solly]

Trying to keep caught up.


Emma, we were posting at the same time. What an interesting post. Since you have so many issues with the scale, I might warn you not to weigh everyday. The shock may kill you. :lol: The daily flucuations for no reason are hard to handle. I suggest weighing on WIW only.

Ange, what a cutie, she will get lots of treats. Sorry you can't be with us much, but we understand. Drop in when you can.

JackieO, I plan on bringing shorts. THe hotter the better.

Trish, sure hope Jordon doesn't get sick. Keep your fingers crossed. Your ring sounds lovely. Good idea to use those high school rings that just lay in the jewelry box.

Jecrites, Do you all have a laundry mat close by? That may be your only option for a while.

Jackie

[chrisd]

Hey everyone! Very sad day around here. But, its just a game right? Blah, blah, blah! Just a quick post...I have to go get ready to take Dominic to my moms for the day! She is on vacation and wants him for the day! Gotta love that!

BOB - Im so sorry to hear about Skeeter. You are in my thoughts.

DEB - Thank you so much for taking the time out to get me those PB cookie recipes. You are tooo too good to me. You need some sleeping pills or something. you dont get enough sleep.

PANCHO - How is Delaney doing? Any better today? I go through Agave like crazy too. I cant even tell you how many bottles I have been through in 2 months. I wish it wasnt so expensive. Isnt it nice to get compliments like that...I love it! Gives you such a boost!

ANGE - can she be any cuter?? What a doll baby in that costume. Welcome back...Ive been wondering where you've been!

JACKIE - Yep..yep..yep. I cant even believe it. Im so disgusted really. I wish I would of went to bed instead of staying up until 130am....watching that crap. They got so cockey and lazy in the 4th quarter. Im really ashamed of them. I have to stop dwelling on it. When I woke up this morning its the first thing i thought about. Im embarrassed for them. But again, I must stop dwelling and stop taking it so damn personally. I have a problem with stupid losses like that! But, good for Dungy and Happy Birthday to him. And good for Manning, he shined in the 4th q. They deserved to win...as much as I hate saying that. See Im getting pissed again just talking about it...so on that note Im done. Hows the hip???

TRISH - Im sorry too..and thank you. Im sick over it. I wish I would of went to bed too!

have a good day guys!

Chris

[Emma3Jane]

Hi Everyone,

BOB—I am so sorry for your loss. I will keep your family in my prayers this week. I think the burden of ‘making the decision’ also magnifies the pain. You are lucky that you had a trusting relationship with your vet. That is priceless.
My older DS Lois had to have her Garfield (18 yo) put down this past spring. I was in with her, since it seemed extra difficult to lose your cat to cancer just like our Mom. Her vet is a smart and caring person. I even drive 5.5 hours to have him care for my ‘geriatric’ cats! :lol:

Even Mom lost her two cats (her snuggle companion Emmie, only 3 yrs and Pumpkin, only 8 yrs) the summer before she died. It was just awful, and it was an ‘unknown’ wasting disease. In contrast to Lois, Mom’s vet was a quack. Well, it turned out that the cats caught the ‘disease’ at the (sub-standard) quack vet office that tried to take advantage of the fear/grief to charge over $1000. Lucky for Mom, I have friends who are vets, and I ‘negotiated’ with the quack. The quack even called Mom while she was in the hospital recuperating from surgery to tell her that Emmie had died. :mad: I went with my younger ‘pod’ sister Carol (I suppose I’ll have to explain that in a later post. :) ) to help and support her while she took Emmie to another vet for the cremation. The difference the vet’s attitude makes in the whole process is absolutely clear because while Lois grieved, Mom & Carol felt guilt over the experience which exacerbated the grief.

Debelli- Thanks for the compliments on my writing! :o I am technically a biochemist, with a PhD in biochemistry. However, have degree, will study whatever you want & can get funded! (read: I beg for my living…..) I currently study how neurons die in the central nervous system. As a model, I use a retrovirus that infects rats (only-- I did my lab stint with human pathogens like HIV during my two years at Institut Pasteur in Paris France :) ), and study how the different cell populations respond to the infections and how these responses kill neurons. What is learned from this model is relevant to HIV dementia, MS, ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and even Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. As a geek, I am compelled to confess that my favorite equipment are my way cool fluorescent microscope rig and a workhorse 1960’s vintage microtome!

All Thrift Shoppers: I too love to thrift shop. I am a sucker for vintage clothes and HATS! HATS! & more HATS! Here in Tarrytown, yard sales are called ‘tag sales’ & are usually IN someone’s house. :?: So all nosy busybodies go to ‘tag sales’ often just to see someone’s house?? Weird sorta—I just live here. :smug:

Well, I am just about finished with my lunch. Leftover chicken over Caesar salad with grated parmesan cheese. Must return to work. But speaking of food reminds me that I am looking forward to experimenting with the tempting recipes posted by everyone. The first attempt will be apple-walnut loaf, since I drooled on the keyboard reading that post.

Thanks everyone!

Emma

[THE BIG ORANGE BABE]

AFTERNOON EVERY BUDDY!!

I just wanted to drop by and thank everyone for their kind and warm thoughts for Skeeter. I went to work today, but my boss had to send me home...I just couldn't function...I'm about to climb up in the four poster for the afternoon, but before I do, I wanted to share this little ditty with you...I needed a laugh, and it came along just in time.

GARDEN SNAKES ARE DANGEROUS!


Green garden grass snakes can be dangerous. Yes, grass snakes, not just rattlesnakes.

A couple in Sweetwater, Texas had a lot of potted plants, and during a recent cold spell, the wife was bringing a lot of them indoors to protect them from a possible freeze.

It turned out that a little green garden grass snake was hidden in one of the plants and when it had warmed up, it slithered out and the wife saw it go under the sofa. She let out a very loud scream.

The husband, who was taking a shower, ran out into the living room naked to see what the problem was.

She told him there was a snake under the sofa. He got down on the floor on his hands and knees to look for it. About that time the family dog came and cold nosed him on the rear. He thought the snake had bitten him and he fainted.

His wife thought he had a heart attack, so she called an ambulance. The attendants rushed in and loaded him on the stretcher and started carrying him out. About that time the snake came out from under the sofa and one of the Emergency Medical Technicians saw it and dropped his end of the stretcher.

That's when the man broke his leg and why he is still in the hospital.

The wife still had the problem of the snake in the house, so she called on a neighbor man. He volunteered to capture the snake. He armed himself with a rolled-up newspaper and began poking under the couch. Soon he decided it was gone and told the woman, who sat down on the sofa in relief.

But in relaxing, her hand dangled in between the cushion where she felt the snake wriggling around. She screamed and fainted, the snake rushed back under the sofa, and the neighbor man, seeing her laying there passed out tried to use CPR to revive her.

The neighbor's wife, who had just returned from shopping at the grocery store, saw her husband's mouth on the woman's mouth and slammed her husband on the back of the head with a bag of canned goods, knocking him out and cutting his scalp to a point where it needed stitches.

An ambulance was again called when it was determined that the injury required hospitalization.

The noise woke the woman from her dead faint and she saw her neighbor lying on the floor with his wife bending over him, so she assumed he had been bitten by the snake. She went to the kitchen, brought back a small bottle of whiskey, and began pouring it down the man's throat.

By now the police had arrived. They saw the unconscious man, smelled the whiskey, and assumed that a drunken fight had occurred. They were about to arrest them all, when the two women tried to explain how it all happened over a little green snake.

The ambulance arrived and took away the neighbor and his sobbing wife.

Just then the little snake crawled out from under the couch. One of the policemen drew his gun and fired at it. He missed the snake and hit the leg of the end table that was on one side of the sofa. The table fell over and the lamp on it shattered and as the bulb broke, it started a fire in the drapes.

Another policeman tried to beat out the flames and fell through the window into the yard on top of the family dog. The startled dog jumped up and raced out into the street, where an oncoming car swerved to avoid it and smashed into the parked police car and set it on fire.

Meanwhile, the burning drapes had spread to the walls and the entire house was blazing. Neighbors had called the fire department and the arriving fire truck had started raising his ladder when they were halfway down the street. The rising ladder tore out the overhead wires and pulled out the electricity and disconnected telephones in a ten-square city block area.

Time passed...

Both men were discharged from the hospital. The house was rebuilt. The police acquired a new car, and all was right with the world.

About a year later the original couple were watching TV and the weatherman announced a cold snap for that night. The husband asked his wife if she thought they should bring in their plants for the night.

She shot him.


Thanks again for all you're kind thoughts...



BOB

[CountryMom4Him]

Today is one of those do nothing kinda days. I should be doing chores but naaaaaa they'll be there later. :) I had to take Britt to work at 8 and BJ to work at 11. That boy has to learn to drive.

Emma....loved your thoughts on the scales. I have a love hate relationship with mine. Your work sounds very exciting and way over my head. :)

Jack-K...Britt gets the white tips but pays a little extra to get something done that keeps them white but I can't remember what it's called. I will ask her when I pick her up this afternoon.

JackieO...thank you for the howdy today.

Ange...can you say too cute! She is adorable.

Poncho....hey skinny. What a compliment from your friends. ((hugzz))

(((((Bob))))) Thanks for the funny. I love it.

ChrisD...enjoy your down time. With five of them it's not often that I'm away from them. But sometimes my daughter watches them and I sneak out for a bit..love it.

Jenn...is the dryer tumbling? If not its probably just the belt. Very easy to change. Robert just had to fix ours. If it's the heating element I bet those are pretty easy also. There wasn't a lot going on in the dryer when we took it apart.

Trish...praying for Jordan. I know you can't wait to get to see him again.

Monet and Deb....I hope ya'll get some rest this evening. I've been waking up a lot at night and I am wiped out.

Tammy....if you are lurking..howdy!

It's that time. The children think it's time to eat.

Love and hugs,
Crystle

235/153/140-135 maybe maybe

[Fillise]

Morning all!

I'm back from teaching my class and ready to tackle the pile of work at the home office. But first I wanted to stop and visit with my friend here for aminute.

Last night I had dinner with Michael Gorbechev. OK, techinically he wasn't at my table, but he was at the next table over. He was here to give a lecture last night. So that was my brush with fame for yesterday!

Heart--Don't you just HATE the TOM weight gain????? Oh well, at least you know it will go away in a few days.

Monet--Sounds like yesterday wasn't too bad--hope today goes well too. November might be better for me--a lot depends on when I decide to have this surgery. If I do it the first of Dec (like I want to) then I have to get everything for Christmas done by Thanksgiving. I'll probably know more about that by the end of mext week. Actually, it wouldn't be a bad idea for y'all to be here on a school day. We could arrange for Laura to sit in on a class if there is something she in interested in!

Deb--Get some sleep girl! I hope Michael's project goes ok--I'm shipping mine off to the publisher in a few minutes--Wheew!

Pancho--So sorry to hear about the camcorder--at least you have the real memories--the ones in your mind!!!! So as long as you don't lose your mind you will be OK! (Some of on the board would be in BIG trouble!!!!HAH!)

Jenn--Ick, ants. I have problems from time to time. They are also attracted to water--so they are getting either food or water somewhere.

Anna--So sorry to hear about your uncle. I'll keep you and your family in my prayers. Please do let me know when you get down this way. I'd love to visit with you.
Colleen--mmmm, that apple walnut loaf sounds good! I'll have to try it.

Emma--Welcome aboard! I am glad/sorry that you now have a scale in your house. It's a usefull tool, but I am the woman that beat her scale to death with a hair brush when it registered an unexpected (and unwarrented) spike in weight after weeks and weeks and weeks of being good. I hope you will have more self control. I can sympathize with Jabba because if someone else puts me on a diet I react exactly the same way. Shreddind and eating everything in sight is a perfectly appropriate response to forced starvation. That's why we all know you gotta make the decision yourself. And it sounds like you are learning to accept the "facts" without the emotional baggage. That's a HUGE step--congrats!

Jackie--I think I'm going to have to break down and get the nails. I have a friend that does my manicures and I will hate to tell her that I will stop coming, but the nails are splitting and peeling and just will not grow!!!! I want pretty nails!

Ange--What a sweeiie!!! Thanks for sharing the picture!

Trish--I've been asking round town and think I've found someone that is good for the nails--so now all I have to do is take the plunge.

Jenn--My DM's dryer wouldn't dry clothes and my Dad and I unhooked the hose and cleaned all the lint out--even got it from the hose to the vent under the house. She says her dryer works like a charm now!

Nat--I'd like to see Under the Tuscan Sun. But I read the book and the woman in the book is older. I can't stand the way Hollywood only has use for the young and the beautiful. The real woman that wrote that book is interesting enough for a movie. I don't know if I can get past that.

Chris--Let it go!!!!! It's not SEC football, after all. heh heh heh.

BOB--I hope you get some rest today--we are here for you when you need us.

Have a good day everyone!

Susan

[Fillise]

CRystle--we were posting at the same time! I hope you have a great day and I think you deserve some down time!

Susan

[jecrites]

Fillise, I had to laugh at your post to Emma about beating your scales with a hairbrush. That is too funny. Knowing my luck with hair brushes, I'd end up breaking it. Although I did beat my dryer one time because the kids have used the door for a climbing tool and it won't stay shut unless you prop it, now with it being on a slick concrete basement floor the stick won't stay in place very good and it made me mad one day so I wacked it a good one, not that it helped any, but made me feel a little better.

Country, I think it's tumbling. All I know is it was turned on 2 times and ran the full cycle and went off like normal but my towels are still just as wet as they were to start with. Hubby looked at it, but I don't know if he found out anything useful, and of course his lunch break isn't enough time to take it apart and look at it. I may have to see if I can "borrow" the neighbors dryer and get my 2 loads dried, the one in the dryer now and the one in the wash waiting to dry. I just went down there to get the stuff out and he's got it running and it's actually warm, I hope it works!

[Debelli]

Hey All!

My sister came at 11:45pm to p/u BAILEY. She was a bit miserable this morning, on and off crying. She finally fell asleep in my lap as I rocked her. I tried to put her on the floor as it wasn't so comfortable for me but she woke up so I had this little log on my chest sleeping for 1 1/2 hours! At least she woke u happy, and only 5 minutes before my DS showed up.

Had some things to do so wasn't able to get in a nap. May try aftr I p/u MICHAEL from school before I have to run back and get LAUREN at 6:430pm

MONET, is your arse dragging like mine today? Looks like a few of us were up before the crack of dawn. Here's hoping to get in a nap after I get MICHAEL.

EMMA, first, PLEASE, don't become a scale-a-holic like me. It's a tough addiction to break-worse than chocolate I think! It can make or break some people. You should read WHY THE SCALE LIES which I do believe is on the RECOMMENDED READING BOARD. Okay, now to the family and weight. Are we related? Girl, we should talk! If your Grandmother's name is Gertrude (get the RUDE at the end of her name) then we're in BIG trouble! Really, if we could talk you'd see there are other families that are like yours and I think my GM was the head of the conspiracy!!!! Umm, if it becomes to much, chuck the spreadsheet and have BILL hide the scale! You really sound like you have an interesting profession. I've copied what you wrote to me to show MICHAEL, my DS, who's a senior in HS this year who wants to be a pediatric surgeon. He would LOVE to go to France to study, he took 5 years of French and loves the language and speaks it with ELI at home quite often. Loves some of the same movies you do! Everyone things IB students are geeks too, but you're not geeks, just too smart for the rest of us stupid people to understand;) I swear, MICHAEL lost me in 3rd grade - I feel so stupid most of the time!!! Garage sales, tag sales, etc. - love them all!!! I like going in houses too when given the chance, some are beautiful and others you think you better go and see if you have some sort of protective gear in your car to pull out and wear!

JACKK, Martha Steward, not in a million years! Just found something I haven't screwed up on but was able to perfect before I gave up! What names did they chose - maybe I'll pass them over to my sister, the weirder the better she says! Her latest idea was ASHTON, not a weird name per se, but one associated with a BOY! Hope you get some butt relief, this can't be good for you mentally!

JEC, yes, DS has 5 and this is #6. My BIL doesn't seem to have a say in the name per se, he just says no to what he doesn't like and she continues looking but he doesn't say what names he does like because he couldn't come up with anything weird enough off the top of his head and he's surely not in to reading baby name books or hitting the websites out there. Hope DH can figure out what's wrong with the dryer, hopefully something easy. Oh, don't I know if it's not one thing it's another, I'm just waiting for "the other" to come next!

ANGE, first off ADORABLE!!! Second, hope you get that house sold. Heck, I'd ask the couple who's come 4 times why they keep coming, nothings going to change, rooms aren't going to get bigger. I could understand 2 times, 3rd time to make a decision, but 4? Hope things settle down before long so we can have you back full force:D

JACKIE, don't I wish I could of taken a nap when my niece was here, that was impossible though. I was so uncomfortable on the couch with her lying on top of me. This one weighs what seems to be a ton (she's almost 1 1/2yrs old). Thanks for the compliments on my two, they'll do in a pinch;) Looking forward to seeing a pic soon-if you can get it scanned and e-mail me with it I can get it up there for you, or at least try!!!:)

TRISH, thanks for the offer on the malt and brewing places, MONET mentioned the same thing. I need to find out if the malts are the same for baking, I've read they aren't and with me not knowing diddly, have to look in to it because if I screw it up once I'm done with it!!! Hey, I can always ship you some pita from DAILY BREAD!!!! TRISH, you KNOW me, I can't cook, much less bake-if I can make this you can too!!!!

PANCHO, that's nice that you had a nice evening out with some friends, enjoyed the movie, yourself AND gained some well deserved compliments!! :D I'm planning on seeing that movie as well. Do you have the model # of the camera, from the book? Did you ever register it, have the number written somewhere?

CHRIS, so what did you do today with having a free day? In the kitchen baking maybe? Maybe you need to bake me something and lace it with sleeping pills?!? I will know by tonight about next week. ELI has to make his schedule if I want him to go, so now I have to corner MICHAEL and get an answer.

Gotta run, will try and get on the computer later if I can to p/u where I've left off.

Toodles

Deb

[GatorGal]

Emma--You say you were in France studying at the Institut Pasteur. Do you speak French?

Monet--Thanks for the info re. Hashimoto's. Actually, the only manifestation is my weight gain and the difficulty losing anything. I feel great; I have lots of energy, have thick hair, etc. etc. Actually, there are a few minor other things, but nothing really very noticeable, except for the weight. The doctor is running tests to see what might be causing it, such as heavy metals in my body, etc. I am trying this week to have zero carbs, except for veggies. I have not had any fruit, but have had broccoli, squash, spinach, tomatoes, peppers, and lots of lettuce. Maybe this will jump start me into losing. If not, maybe I should shoot myself. Either that or go out to Cold Stone and get a giant sundae!!

[YellowRose]

Hi,

The fall weather is starting to show up around here with pretty foliage and cool weather. I will enjoy it while I can.


Monet: Thanks for posting the recipe for the WW crust. I have tried several times to make one and it has failed me. They always seem to break apart too easily. I will try your recipe and I bet I will have better luck. I wonder if spelt flour would work?

Trish: I wrote late Friday on the board....did you get my message about the Aunt Gussie's, etc? When the time gets closer for you to go to Galveston, let me know and I can get you the names of non-tourist places to eat since my daughter lives near there. Or good tourist places to eat if you'd rather. SB legal, of course!

BOB: Oh, Bob, I was so sorry to hear about the loss of your good friend Skeeter. It seemed like he was a member of the board also.

Debbie: Thanks for posting the pita bread recipe. Ray and I love to use pita bread instead of other breads for our sandwiches. On the pantry...I guess my spell check failed me on that one. I bought two Sheldon chicken pot pies at Feelin Great HFS which is now located near Harris Teeter on Old Spartanberg Hwy. in Hendersonville. They cost $2.20. Is that a fairly good price? I think everything around here costs more because we are in a tourist area.

Okay, on to think about a walk.

[chrisd]

Hello everyone. getting ready to go pick up the little man. He ha been at my moms since 12pm. She wouldnt let me come pick him up, he is being a very good boy! Thats because I am not there! lol.

DEB - Didnt bake today, but I did shop! I went and bought a new shirt for Saturday night and a nice pair of boots (low ones). Also went to Walmart and wound up spending $60.00. I have no idea how that happened. I bought mostly food, but its not like I didnt go grocery shopping over the weekend. uggghhh, it never ends!

FILLISE - Im trying to let it go, but its been haunting me all day! Im just so mad at them!

COUNTRY - first of all, I had no idea that you had 5 kids. You go girl...how do you do it? I can see why you tend to sneak out every once in a while. :)

Gotta run....

Chris

[chrisd]

DEB - ps... I just went to my sisters house for a minute. I thought of you because her sister in law and bro-in law are here from NY. Her SIL made hummus...it was sooo good. The reason it was so good is because her husband is lebanese(sp?). Thats why I thought of you! :) I know you make a good one too, because of the same reason! lol!
C-ya
Chris

[maables]

hello all!

I guess it has been about a year or so since I've posted. I fell off the wagon but I'm back...its been about 6 weeks. I just love this life and don't really know why I stop eating this way. It seems like the minute I stop and have a piece of cake at a birthday party.....or pie at christmas...I just can't stop. Anyway, I am trying to make a new start and I feel great! It's going pretty slow since I only had about 20lbs to lose.

I have been out checking new GI lists. There are several that list Uncle Ben's Converted Rice as being low GI (mid 40's). That really confuses me. I don't really care for brown rice, so it would be nice to have the Uncle Ben's on occasion. Does anyone have any info on this?

Thanks a bunch!

Mel

140/120/130 ??? (estimated!)

[maables]

got it backwards....see it has been a long time!!!

140/130/120

[heartmom]

Stupid me decided to step on the scale today, considering my stomach wasn't that bloated anymore. I tell ya, if I had a sledgehammer nearby, there wouldn't be a scale anymore! I'll give it another day before I go postal. The thrift stores weren't that great for me. Got Boogie a hunting outfit for $2. Didn't find anything else. My Mom loaded up- spent $50! Like I said, she never gets to bargain shop or hardly buy anything new for that matter. The day is dreary, foggy, and rainy. Still going to my exercise class though.

Ange- the good thing about babies being small is that you can use their clothes again the next year. Boogie is also a little sh*t. He weighs 30#'s and wears 24 month to 2T clothing and is 3 1/2. He has NO butt- zip, nada, it's gone. I'm having problems finding a costume that isn't too big or too small. He's a little big for the 1-2 year costume and then it seems to skip to the 4-6(way too big) size. For some reason I can't find the 2T-3T size. Probably will have to get one at Geoffrey's where they will be overpriced.

Jecrites- Have you heard anything about the baby's appt today?

Gotta go...

[Pancho]

Just a quickie here. I am home for a quick lunch and then will be going to pickup dd from school in a few minutes. I just had a hamburger patty with onion and peppers mixed in with some jalapeno seasoning and a tad of worcestershire sauce; had a large salad with it. It really hit the spot.

chrisd: Wow, a day to yourself; how fun is that? Delaney seems to be feeling quite a bit better. She has slept the past few nights so that's a good sign. I'll take those compliments anyday...that's what keeps me going.

Country: Sounds like a great day to me;) . Enjoy!!!

Fillise: I'm already losing my mind....at least I have some still pictures (ha). Sounds like you had a fun night last night.

Maables: Welcome back; I look forward to getting to know you.

Sorry if I missed anyone, but I gotta run!

I'll check in a bit later,
Nat

[Solly]

Heading home.

Have a few errands to run, and start packing. Need to wash a few things too.

Having burgers and slaw with sweet pot french fries. Hopefully DH will have it all ready when I get home.

Pancho, what a nice compliment the moms gave you. I'm sure they will let you join them.

Chris, I will say the Bucs looked good in the first half. They seemed so much stronger and bigger. I was impressed. I'm surprised you could even sleep last night. Hey, it's just a game remember.

Emma, I love reading your posts. I guess I yearn for knowledge. I have to admit some things are over my head. :o

Country, glad I'm not alone in Emma's post over my head.

Fillise, can we get your autograph? Did you at least get his? Get the nails, it is worth every penny, especially in time saved.

Deb, my new nephew is Mathias and new niece is Rae which is my dad's anme and DS's middle name. It's the middle name they put with it. Soleil (sp) (So-Lay) Means ray of sunshine in French I think. So Rae So-lay. uck! At least they don't have to use the middle name.

Yellow, enjoy your walk.

Chris, kids are always good for someone else. Just be glad they are.

Maables, welcome back. Sounds like you haven't done too bad with only 20 lbs to lose. This is a great WOE>

Heart, be kind to that scale, it will be kind to you soon.

Have a great evening. Good luck with the scale tomorrow.

Jackie

[jecrites]

Heart, No nothing yet. I told hubby this morning before he left for work that if he talks to the baby's dad to tell him that I want to know how things went. I'm hoping and praying that all went well or is going well, have no idea what time the appt. was.

[Debelli]

In between kids, MICHAEL working in the kitchen, what a shocker, eh? Me, sitting here scarfing down ice cream, yes, you read right, ice cream! I was dying for some so bought the Breyers Vanilla lactose free. If you are unaware, it has less calories, fat and 1 less gram of carb than regular vanilla, not that it really matters all that much. I think my body was craving calcium, not in this for per se, but hey, it won't kill me and hopefully I'll get my fill and be back on track tomorrow - at least I confess quickly-as I'm commiting the crime:s:

COUNTRY, MICHAEL drove home from school today and yesterday to the library, which is by his school and then to his friends. He's doing better each day but I tell him not to be over confident. He really has to work on parking though, that he hasn't done and when he tries I panic. I'm definitely going to be buying one of the new driver stickers-going to do it this week, he doesn't mind that I'll be sticking it on the car, not that it would matter if he did-I have him and LAUREN to teach!

FILLISE, what was Gorby there for? MICHAEL'S thing for Adobe was shown to some teachers conference in Seattle I believe he said. In return he's suppose to receive some sort of Adobe software. He said he showed the class his production and they gave his group a standing ovation and the teacher loved it. Hopefully he loved it to the tune of 4 "A's"!

ROSE, I was thinking about you on Sunday when my DS and I went up to Broward and I found the Aunt Gussies at one place for $3.69, the price I used to pay at the other HFS where I went. THEN, we went in to the farmers market and they had 1 SF variety there that I had never bought before for $2.99. What a bargin! That's about what I pay for the pot pies - $2.19, so it's fare. The HFS you spoke of, how far from the co-op is it? How are things up at the tree house? Have you fired up the fireplace yet? When exactly are you staying til. You tell my friend RAY that whenever it is that we get avocados I have a box all ready to send them in-but tell him not to hold his breath, we haven't even gotten a blossom yet!!!!

CHRIS, I can go in to Publix to get 1 item and walk out with $30 easy and wonder how the heck that happened. It's inevitable I think. You'll be all decked out this weekend, won't you!! I'm sure DS had a great time with your DM!! A true Lebanese, I hope they make real hummus!! Ask him where he's from there - tell him ELI is from SAIDA. He still has family in Beirut though.:)

MAABLES, have to confess I don't remember you so I had to look back a bit to refresh my ever failing memory:shrug: Welcome back. The Uncle Bens, withouth looking into it more at this moment, if the GI is that low than I would say no problem. Esp. if you are pairing it up with some other food, like beans for instance, you'd average the GI out. Just remember, portion control. If you find something seems to hamper your weight loss you can always cut it out, but if it's once in a while I wouldn't worry about it. I rarely eat rice but when I do it doesn't seem to be a problem. I do think that ROSALIE posted something on the information boards long ago about rices, so you may want to look there.

HEART, don't go postal, you know that it's temporary. I'm bloated and feel like the Michelin Man today. The ice cream I'm scarfing down probably won't help matters either:rolleyes:

JACKK, hope you get everything done before you have to skiddadle! How long will you be gone????

EMMA, MICHAEL read not only your post, but your BIO as well. When I told him you were a BIOCHEMIST he was really hyped, said that's what he wanted to major in-geez, nice that he tells his DM this stuff! He wrote me this e-mail which I post for you to read:

Wow. You meet a massive horde of interesting personalities, mum. She said she liked reading "beginning writers." Don't know if that has a specific connotation, but maybe I have a future critic when I become published (I'm 1/20 of the way there; only 19/20 of the way to go). Anyhow, fellow geeks unite! Biochemistry is one of my main choices for a major. Can't wait. Biochem... *drool* Maybe I can analyze some of this salivary amylase! *Chuckle* Us geeks can humor ourselves, if necessary. Anyway, tell your new friend she should get to know some of the lesser known Ang Lees of our age. Jeunet et Caro (although if she lived in France, maybe she has already seen some of their work), Aronofsky, Christopher Nolan, Tom Tykwer, Pedro Almodovar, and the list goes on... and on... Anyway, keep me posted as to any interesting happenings around the sugar-free globe...-- Geek

I'm going to go to the library to p/u 2 videos waiting for me, RABBIT PROOF FENCE & ANTWONE FISHER and return ADAPTATION which I thought went back yesterday with the others but didn't so now I owe a $1 late fee. Then I'll go p/u LAUREN at school. I thought once this production was over (this week) that it would settle down:nono: Now her teacher wants her to help wtih another project! And another teacher after that wants help. One thing about LAUREN, her teachers know she'll be there each and every day and that they can count on her.

Well, that's it for me for now. I'm going to have another bowl of ice cream, 1 just didn't do it, now, 1 gallon would be enough I think, but 1 bowl:nono: Hey, at least I'm honest! Can't say I'm not!:nono:

Here's hoping we all get a good nights rest tonight - I for one need it desperately!!:yawn:

Oh, tomorrow, ELI is off so if I don't get in a post in the AM, don't worry that I've lost my way to the board;) I will try to check in later if the computer is free.

{{{HUGS}}}:grouphug:

Debbie

[Teensybean]

Good afternoon Sugar Buster's--

Hope you all are having a great and OP day......Oops, sorry Deb.
Cold and wet, and rainy here. I can't believe how cold it is today compared to yesterday. I was sweating while working in the yard. Today I am wrapped up!

Don't know what got into me, but started washing walls. Hope I can count that as extra exercise, as my shoulders are aching now.

We are going to get the fish canned tomorrow. Dh had to go somewhere this morning so didn't get at them. Hope we have enough jars and lids.

Deb-- Thanks for the info.....think I will just try to avoid both. What is going on in your head that is keeping you from sleeping?? Too much on your mind maybe? Hope that you can get some rest soon or you will be totally wore out. I would say that the bread is more of a dry bread. And my hubby eats his with Ice Cream!!

Monet-- It is nice to be missed isn't it? My hubby would just holler out, "What are you doing now?"

Emma-- Love reading your post....you won't believe the mind images your writing conjures up!! I almost wet myself laughing so hard!!

Jack-k-- I slept like a baby.....didn't even hear it raining. But it must have come down pretty good. It is cold and rainy here!! Would love to see a pic of the new "do". I hope that you will be able to enjoy your vacation, and not have too much trouble with your back end, or hip.

Jec-- I ended up doing wall today! Don't know what got into me....but I hope it isn't catching!! No kidding....check to make sure that the dryer heat didn't get turned off......Air Fluff?? That has happened to a couple of people I know. Only the repairmen thought to look!!

Ange-- Sounds like you have been a busy beaver!! Your daughter is adorable! What a smile.

JackieO-- Good morning to you too!

Trish-- Try not to worry. I know that is easier said than done, but I am sure he is fine. We haven't heard anything from Bill since he left either!!

Pancho-- They were probably just complimenting you in their own way!! You know they will still invite you out with them.

Chrisd-- Enjoy your day. Bet your Mom is in heaven with her GS.

BOB-- :lol: Cute funny!

Fillise-- Wow !!

Yellowrose-- Fall is definitely here too. In fact it is cold today. I am sitting here with an afagan (sp) wrapped around me.

Catch you all later!

[SuperDave]

BigOrange Babe: I am truly sorry about losing your beloved dog. I have to tell you for me it was like losing a child, They become such a part of your life and family's. I'm a Catholic and we bless animals every year at our church, I believe their is a heaven for animals also, to some sounds crazy but not to me. SORRY>>>>

Debelli, I also hope the dr finds answers soon, I looked it up on the internet and got a lot of info, 85% do not have to get operated on.

Monet,Teensbean,pancho,Jackk,,jeocrilen,trishaloo
I want to thank you for the support, thats one thing this board gets is A+'s for support and people who care and have a real heart. I am sure I will get through this and with time it will heal, I had this about 6 years ago, just forgot what a pain in the ......it is. literally.

Superdave is not so super, he went off his way of life and cheated on 2 yes 2 meals today, dam fast food anyway. Well had too make too many appointments with no time in between and it was not real bad , but does upset me I let it happen ok, enought crying on my crying towel .

Make sure everyone tries their best and has a super day and week. Life is short go take each day at a time , as we spent yesterday and tommorow is not here yet.

SUPERDAVE
:^:

[jecrites]

Heart and everyone else. News about the baby. They said it's just a little tiny innocent murmur and that it will correct itself! The doc said that she doesn't have to go back for a follow-up appointment. They did all the tests and everything, the mom said that they didn't tell them that the appt was going to be an all day thing either. I promised I'd let you know as soon as I found something out, and I just now got off the phone with her, so that's about as fast as I could be.

Gotta go for now, kids are running wild and driving me crazy. Talk to y'all later.

Jenn

[sef]

HiedieHo All!

Well, it was a rough week. Seems like a funeral of someone's husband brings back memories. I feel so bad for my friend and I know that time will help. But when you are going through all the pain you know nothing will help. Then gradually you realize you are making a new life for yourself, then you feel guilty because it seems selfish, etc. There is so much you go through. All a friend can do is be there and listen and hope you say the right things.

I am still going to the water class, really look forward to it. It's my time.

Am tired as I was out most all day. Just wanted to check in, trying to establish a good habit here again.

Will start answering posts tomorrow. This is just an "I am here" post.

Take care, Shirley

[fruitloupe]

Hey kids

Just a quickie!

FILLISE: We dressed as Starlight Express 2 years ago for Mardi Gras. The theme was something about Broadway plays - not sure. Needless to say, none of us had ever heard of it! HAHA!

JACK-K: Hope you are feeling better soon! How are you gonna par-tay on Bourbon with a bad butt? I'm still planning on coming on Sunday. I'll probably bring my hubby so that we can walk the Quarter that day if it is nice. Did you want to eat someplace SB friendly? If so, I'll have to ask around or JACKIEO can tell us a place. I usually splurge terribly when I go there! haha! I do have your cell number so I'll call you either Friday or Saturday. I'm still battling the cold/sinus infection so hopefully I'll be feeling better by then. If you do some shopping, my aunt has a gallery on Royal Street - in the 300 block - called Royal Cameo Glass. Go check it out - very pricy but interesting stuff.

JACKIEO: You planning on meeting us Sunday? I saw you mentioned that you are a therapist in one of your posts a while back. Are you a physical therapist? My sister is a PT - she works for Ochsner.

See y'all later

Missy

[Talitha]

I am such a dork. I have been trying to past since sunday morning, and couldn't figure out why I couldn't. It's b/c I changed my email address! Anyway, here I am.
Sunday was a good day. It was our church's first aniversary/birthday so we had a party and they let me head it up. It was so much fun!! I didn't realize how much I hve missed the party planning business. I spoke w/ the assistant pastor today, and they want me to help with special event planning on a regular basis. Yippie!!! I've already got my plan for the christmas party ready, and they just asked this afternoon.

Mondays tests went pretty well. They had to take 6 vials of blood after I'd been fasting. I misunderstood my fasting rules, and hadn't had aything to drink all day, either. I have an appointment the end of next week to discuss the results of the blood tests and the sonogram (Thyroid)We'll see.

I've been eating pretty well, although I may have had too many starches the lst 2 days.

Deb - I really am trying to eat every time that I get a chance. I think my portions are larger than you are immagining. Anyway, I'll work on more snacks

[Teensybean]

Hey all-- Just thought I'd pop on for a minutes and see what is happening. Not too much so will get in a few replies.......




Superdave-- Don't beat yourself up. This is life, and sometimes we stumble. Get back on plan and you will be fine.

Jec-- Thanks for the update on the baby. So glad that it will correct itself. The parents must be very relieved.

Sef-- Sorry it was so hard on you. But being there is what is important. I am sure you will say all the right things. Prayers for your dear friend! See you tomorrow.

Talitha-- Party planner sounds great! It can be so much fun. Hope those test results are A-okay!!

Sweet dreams to you all.............nighty, night.

[Debelli]

Serves me right....Has anyone seen my brain?:?:

So here I sit, awake, dead tired and not being able to go to sleep! WHY again, you may ask? Well, this is what happens when you devoure an entire large candy bar!:fr: It's not enough that it's dark chocolate = more caffeine, BUT, on top of that, it was a coffee chocolate bar! Trying to go to bed didn't happen:nono: my hearts racing! Probably will come down sometime tomorrow morning. Serves me right-will I learn anything? Why do I do this and then when I do it it's a free-for-all? Hopefully I'll remember this in the morning!!! Oh, failed to mention that I'm hotter than heck too!

I was fine for almost 2 weeks, not a cheat and then whamo-I make up for lost time. I know what started it and usually, if you know me, it doesn't stop with one day but spirals into a downward trend til I catch myself somewhere along the way. Somehow the wagon never gets down this far south and I have to go searching for it!:shrug:

MICHAEL just went to sleep, would of been on beforehand but he was on here. Actually, I should say MICHAEL just got off the computer, he's not asleep yet!
ELI isn't home from work yet either and I don't know when he will be.

TEENSY, what's going through my head? More like, what's going through my body tonight!

DAVE, I'm sure the 2 indiscretions don't compare to what I did and you'll easily recover from them without doing any harm. Me, on the other hand...

JEC, that's great news!!!!:D

SEF, thanks for checking in:)

TALITHA, that's great that they want you to help with special events at church, esp. if you enjoy stuff like that. Don't forget to e-mail me with your new e-mail address if I have your old one so I can change it in my files. You can always e-mail me your menu to look at, if you want:)

WOW, board was slow tonight! Where was everyone? Oh, I watched RABBIT PROOF FENCE. I liked it, true story, but could sum the story up in 2-3 sentences.

Good luck to everyone for WIW tomorrow, I mean today;)

Nite!

Debbie

[Debelli]

Still up!:tired: ELI just got home, MICHAEL is still up - will this ever end?????????

[Talitha]

I tried to get on the chat again last night, but the page will never load. Is something wrong with the page? DId anyone else get on

I'm on my way to take Trav to work, the I have to catch up on paperwork for the salon. I pick up the boys this afternoon and have kinship her tonight. So much for a restful day off! At least it's all mostly easy stuff

MY WIW was at 184!! That's 3 more lbs!!!!! So I am calling to make an appointment for my contact lenses. I'm so Excited!!!!!!

I'll post again later

Deb-Do you EVER sleep?????

Have a good day, all!!

[Ellen]

Morning! I actually slept last night. I did wake up at 3:30, but went back to sleep. I was wakeful the rest of the night, but it was ok. Sorry Deb, that you did not sleep better!

Off to work! Have a wonderful day all my friends!

[Debelli]

Fell alseep around 5amish, up to take the kids to school in a few minutes, hoping to fall in bed when I get back and go unconscience for a few hours.:tired:

[Talitha]

I'm back and trying to use the new journal. It's a bit confusing, but I'm sure I'll get it.

[Emma3Jane]

Good Morning Everyone!

My first WIW! I *even* have a scale for this! :lol:

My weight is 221.5 A rough loss of 2.5 pounds.

Motivation to stay OP!

I have balsamic chicken over a green salad for lunch today. In addition to my giant water glass, I have been enjoying a particulry fine Earl Grey blend, with half-n-half of course. (Not the fake cremora cr*p--which is all corn sugar anyway) Yumm! And 2 gala apples. And tonights dinner will be Filet with Blue Cheese, steamed aspargus with lemon grass and a small mixed green salad.

Oh! Have I mentioned that I obsess about food? Or That I was voted an honorary Parisian for my ability to describe in detail
1) the best meal I ever ate & the 3 runners-up,
2) the best meal I ever cooked and
3) what I ate for dinner the last three days (whether complementary or not!). Bonus points were added for my ability to navigate Paris using only cafes and brassieres for landmarks! :)

Gotta run -- walk the dog and get to the lab! :D

More later!

Emma

[The Quilter]

Hello Everyone!

I just have a few minutes before work and wanted to get on here and send out a shout and a bunch of hugs to you all. DEB, thanks for giving me a call this weekend. I knew I was about due for one from you. You are the best at herding us waywards back into the corral.

Well, today is WIW and I am wishing each of you some GREAT RESULTS!!! My time has been rather busy, so I know I've missed a lot of news. Can't wait to read all of this weeks and find out where everyone is. I had a good weigh in last night at the old ww meeting. I was at 176 which puts me at minus 28 pounds since January 23. It's at this point that I can really notice a difference in my clothes. Oh well, I don't want to seem like I'm bragging, because I'm not. Just excited and wanting all my inspirations to know the tremendous effect they've had on my life. THANK YOU ALL!!!

Take care.
Kim
204/140/176

[Solly]

Happy WIW

Hope the scale is good to everyone today.

I am back to 153. It has stayed there every day this week. So I guess it is good. Of course I was at 152 before the last vacation and it has taken me this long to get back almost there and now I am going on another one. Eating shouldn't be a problem. I am taking my exercise routine and will be at the gym everyday. I am sure we will walk a bunch. Now if I can only counteract the alcohol. ;)

My meals have been large this week, and the scale has moved nicely. There is something to that "eating enough" stuff. (Talitha take note).

Deb, 1 bowl of ice cream is never enough. I almost always have 2, even though it's SF I know it is too much. Those last couple bites taste so wonderful. Now Michael's and Emma's posts are over my head. How do you survive in that house? You have lost your mind. You are being punchised for eating that chocolate. Now you have it out of your system, so get right back on track. Have fun with Eli today. I will be back on Thursday the 16th.

Teensy, you bring back dear memories of my mom. He washed walls on a regular basis. She also scrubbed her driveway. SHe was a clean freak. I need to do some deep cleaning myself. Maybe later.

Dave, I truly hope that surgery is not in the picture for you. Hope you are in that 85%. Put yesterday behind you and get right back on track and it won't bother you. How is your wife doing? Isn't she doing SB also?

Jecrites, that's great news about the baby. Prayers do get answered.

Sef, You are a good friend and I'm sure your firend appreciates you being there for her. Sorry it brought back some bad memories. Just try to think about the good ones.

Missy, I'm hoping th alcohol will dull the pain. ;). It is some better today. It really doesn't matter where we go for lunch. SOmething in walking distance since we will not have a car. Not sure if my DH will join us. He wants to watch the Bears/Saints game somewhere.

Talitha, hope all goes well with the Dr. tomorrow. I'll keep my :crossed: for you. I bet you are great at planning parties. Congrats on the 3 lbs. :dance: you are doing great.

Emma, Wow 2.5 lbs is awesome. Hang in there. Your posts crack me up.

Kim, How wonderful to hear from you. I am always hoping to see a post. Youa re doing great even though you are not here with us. You are almost at that 30 lb mark. :dance: Hope you are planning to stay on here now.

Probably won't be on here much more today. Have a meeting and lots of things to do before I leave. I will miss you all terribly. I don't know if I can go 7 days w/o you all. I will be back next Thursday.

Congrats to all the losers today. Everyone else, hang in there, be patient, this does work.

Jackie
257/153/145
10-10-01

[jackieO]

Good Wednesday morning all. Things are crazy here at work, so I don't have much time to post...I hope WIW is good to everyone. The scale stayed the exact same for me. Not even 1 ounce lost. But at least I did not gain, I guess. I went to the gym this morning for an hour of cardio and I am whooped.

Missy and Jack-k- I am very much looking forward to meeting you. Sunday is still good for me. I was planning on going downtown anyway for the New Orleans film festival. My suggestion for lunch (if neither of you already have one), is Louisiana Pizza Kitchen. It is in the quarter, is reasonable, and has the best ww pizza. Let me know if you think of a good time to meet...
Missy- My sister is a nurse at Ochsner. I am not a physical therapist...I'm the shrink kind.....
Everyone else, have a great day. I will try to respond personally to everyone when things settle down a bit over here!!!!

[Trishaloo]

Morning everyone. WIW, down a pound to 229, hooray. Hoping next week will be more because TOM has been here this week. I had to leave work yesterday to pick up Seth from school, some kind of tummy thing that's going around. Joe's staying home with him today. Okay, I just noticed something on the board. What are the little eggie things next to the "profile" button. I never noticed them before.

Jecrites - Sorry about the dryer. I'm not sure my family would like the mashed cauliflower either. Although, I did try baking the frozen cauliflower with the lowfat mushroom soup and a little grated cheese on top. It was pretty yummy. Would probably have been better with fresh, but I'm a lazy cook. That's wonderful about the baby.

Pancho - What a fun night at the movies. I want to see that movie also but will probably have to wait for the video. Italy is one place I've never been but would love to visit.

Emma - Wow, not only are you smart, but you cook too!! I have to tell you your meals sounded wonderful yesterday. Want to come visit??? Way to go on the loss.
BOB - Hope you're feeling better, here's a hug for you.

Deb - Girl, you have got to get some sleep. You should have napped with Bailey yesterday. Seriously, I was having problems sleeping, just the getting older, waking up in the middle of the night thing, and I started taking melatonin. It's a natural supplement and really has helped me. I don't wake up in the night like I was and it doesn't leave me all grogged out feeling in the morning.

Lyn - Yes, I saw your post. I haven't found them at all around here. Probably just as well. I had forgotten about your daughter living in Galveston. I'll definitely need the hook-up. We're going down a day early and staying at the Stacia Leigh B&B right by the pier. I can't wait.

ChrisD - Sounds like you had a fun day. Girl, you should taste Deb's world famous hummus!

Maables - Hi there, welcome back to another Texas gal. You must have been posting when I was AWOL. Where in W Tx are you? I went to school in Abilene and my husband's family is from San Angelo.

Teensy - Ok, I missed something somewhere, canning fish????

Superdave - Honk, Honk, that's the wagon honking it's horn. Jump back on with us.

Sef - Hi, there.

Talitha - Woohoo on the 3 pounds!!

Quilter - Congrats on the loss. Isn't it great when our clothes start looking better and looser.

Jack-K - Have fun on your trip!! Give Missy and JackieO a big hug for us.

Missy & JackieO - You guys have a great time with Jack-K. I'm not sure if any of you have met others from the board yet or not, but I have to tell you, it's the greatest thing. When we had the get-together in January in Orlando, we all had the best time and you would have thought we'd known each other for years. Have fun.

Have a great day everyone.

Trish

[Debelli]

No sleep! This is what I look like today!!!!:fr:

[Debelli]

This is BAILEY, my niece. You'd think my sister would bring her with a clean face and dressed:nono: Cute little bugger though:D

[maables]

I think that I am also a victim of not eating enough. I had more to eat yesterday than normal .... and this morning I am down a pound ...finally below that 130 mark!! My father-in-law is loosely following The Zone and he told me one time that he completely goes off plan every few weeks to keep him losing. Now I guess I could tell him he might be stalling because he isn't eating enough! He will like hearing that!

I did have about a half a cup of the Uncle Ben's rice with a chicken breast cooked with cream of mushroom soup and peppers, onions, mushrooms cooked in butter. Probably too much fat ... but it was really good!

Trish-- I am originally from a small town by Amarillo. I've been in Lubbock now for 8 years. I started college in San Angelo!! It's a really nice place... not too hot or cold! I know several people from Abilene...been there a time or two also.

Hope WIW was good to everyone!

Mel

[Fillise]

Morning all!

Raining here--but the sun looks like it is trying to come out.

Jecrites--I'm all for whacking uncoperative appliances!

Yellow--It's good to hear from you! How's life in the tree house?

Chris--That's ok, they will get an opportunity to redemm themselves next week! It's amazing how we let our selves get wrapped up in football!

Mel--Good to hear from you. Welcome back!

Heart--you don't need a sledghammer--trust me--a heairbrush works just fine.

Nat--Uh-oh, well it's a good thing you have pictures! Da on the fun! That hamburger patty sounds good.

Jackie--Can you send DH down here to cook my supper? For some reason Belle just refuses to cook! Do I need to wait until after my surgery to get the nail? For some reason I'm thinking they like to check the color of your nails while in OR.

Deb--Wow--sounds like Micheal is really doing some excellent work! Is he doing video production? I've been doing some ad work. I'm not an "ad agency" but this was a unique opportunity for a client so I picked up a new skill. I don't think the ice cream will hurt as long as it doesn't become an excuse for a lerger binge.

Colleen--washing walls? You are a better woman than I!

Superdave--fast food is a pitfall for me too. More and more places are doing salads, but they are awfully hard to eat in the car! Here's hoping you can get back ont track today.

Shirely--I'm glad you are here!

Missy--Did you wear the roller skates?

Talitha--Even planning is fun. You can start a little business doing it for churches or other organizations--heck even busy moms that need help with b-day parties!

Emma--How funny on being an honorary Parisian! Your dinner sounds delish!

Kim--WTG on the loss!!!!!

Jackie0--WTG on getting to the gym!

BOB--Still thinking about you!

Time to get to work. Have a great OP day everyone!!!!!

Susan

[Pancho]

Good WIW; I am holding steady at 123# still. I did get to the gym this morning while DH home with the girls. It will be the only day this week I will get there though since I have missed from Delaney being sick, and will be having a yard sale Friday & Saturday.

I baked last night; made Teensy's Apple Walnut Loaf, and Deb's crustless cheesecake (with a crust - chocolate almond recipe). It turned out pretty good, but think I may have cooked it a little too long...got busy! I hope to make a few loaves of zucchini bread tonight.

Deb: Hope you enjoyed your ice cream (makes me want some now). Sorry the candy bar did you in; hope you enjoyed it while scarfing it down. I love the attached image; that's not really you, is it?:lol: . Bailey is precious. I made the cheesecake (doubled the recipe, and think I will add a little more agave next time than the 3/4 cup. Overall, it turned out well, but think I overcooked a bit. I doubled the recipe and used a crust, so ended up cooking it nearly 90 minutes.

Teensy: I made the apple walnut loaf, and overall it turned out well. I am going to try the recipe in the oven next; I think the applesauce will give it some extra moistness. When replacing splenda with liquid stevia; how much? How much stevia is the same as 1/2 cup splenda? Have a great day!

SuperDave: At least you admitted your downfall; who needs therapy when you have us? Just jump back on and forget about it.

jecrites: So glad to hear about DF's DD's heart condition being not serious.

Sef: Glad you are taking the time to enjoy your water class; this is time for you!

Talitha: Congrats on the party planning position; you will have a lot of fun. Way to go on the weight loss; you are doing well. Those mini goals are paying off.

Emma: Congrate on teh 2.5 pounds...you are on your way!

Quilter: BRAG, BRAG, BRAG!!!! We want to hear all about it. You deserve to brag all you want; you have done fantastic, and that is what gives everyone here the inspiration to stick with it and do well.

Jack-K: Way to maintain that weight!!

Trishaloo: Congrats on the 1#.

Maables: Congrats on getting below 130; that is awesome. I remember the first time I broke the 130 mark....I was stoked for a long time. Definately kept me motivated to keep it going down.

Fillise: Have a nice, rainy day....send some our way! It is so dry here, we could use some rain.

Have a great day, and I hope to check in later. That is my goal...checking in a.m. & late afternoon.

Take care,
Nat

[GatorGal]

Emma--Lol, I can really identify about the obsessing about food--and especially the remembering in detail fine meals that you have enjoyed. In my next life I think I will be a food writer. Just to let the remembrance of a particularly fine dish roll around in my brain and then to let it roll around in some "delicious" adjectives that I would use to describe it--sounds like fun! I'm assuming, then, that you DO speak French. N'est-ce pas?

I've been trying to be even stricter regarding the carbs. This week, as I mentioned earlier, I am sticking to meat and veggies. But it has been fun to be creative. Tonight I am fixing tilapia in a tequila-lime-jalapeno marinade. Grilled, of course. Then some fresh yellow squash lightly sautéed, and finished with a salad of mixed greens, goat cheese, sun dried tomatoes and just a few walnuts. Have to keep the salad acoutrements low so I don't add too many calories. Those walnuts add up!

L'examen français est fini, merci Dieu. I think that I did OK. I was hoping to ace it, and win one for the Gipper (translation--the old person in the class!! :) ) but I can think of at least one mistake that I made. :(

My DH is leading a class here tonight so I've gotta go and pick up stuff so we look like we live like humans rather than animals. :)

A bientôt---See you later.

[CountryMom4Him]

Congrats to all this weeks losers and those who are keeping on keeping on. :)

I had a really good workout this afternoon. Not so much that the workout itself was good but some of the realizations that came to me while I was sweatin' to the oldies. Let me see if I can say this without sound like a goober...I've battled weight most of my life. Never happy always wanting a little more. Even when I was a 118 size 3 skinny minnie. The last two years I haven't lost anything more or less. That five pounds up and down over and over. I'm not changing my goal yet but I am re-thinking of what I'm expecting of my body. I'm almost 39...not that that is old but it's not 18...and it's not 29 (my skinny time of life). I think too often it's easy to see the negative and not the positives. I know every area I think needs to trim down or tone up. Today I'm trying to acknowledge some of the positives. Trying to find that place of acceptance without giving up. :)

I hope this makes a little sense.

Gator....WTG on doing so well in your lessons. The only french I know is not nice...LOL My grandparents spoke french and didn't teach their kids because they wanted to fuss in private...LOL

Poncho...all this take of cheese cake is making me hungry. It's past time to eat. Good luck with your yard sale. I love going but can't stand to work one. We usually all get together and buy each others stuff. :)

Hi Susan..hope the rain has stopped and you are getting some sunshine this afternoon.

WTG Mel getting below 130.

Trish...hope your guy feels better soon.

SuperDave....those fast food places can be such a temptation. That's one good thing about living in the middle of no where..we have one subway and that's it. Jump right back on the wagon...one day won't set you back too bad. Its when we let one day of slip ups turn into many days of slip ups.

Deb...your neice is a little cutie.

(((Everybody)))

Love,
Crystle

235/153/140-135

[Solly]

Quick post before I head out. It's getting crazy. All the last minute things befor I leave. Everyone wants something done.

JackieO, The pizza place sounds great to me. I was thinking around noon or so. I will page you when I hear from Missy. Ifyou have a digital camera, please bring it along.

Deb, get some sleep, please. Niece is adorable. Looks like you.

Trish, congrats on the 1 lb. You're on your way.

maables, congrats on getting under that 130 mark. A new set of numbers is always exciting.

Fillise, no you don't have to wait on the nails. I think now they use the thing on your finger tip to monitor it. I never removed mine or the polish.

Pancho, You are Betty Crocker with all that baking. Sounds delish.

I will miss you guys. I can't wait to meet JackieO and Missy. I hope we can get pictures to post. See ya in a week.


Jackie

[Ellen]

Wednesday afternoon....

Did not even think to get on the metal monster this morning. Will try and remember tomorrow. Then I can WITH it! tee hee!

Eating has been ok today. Yesterday, I did eat some sushi, as I was making it for my massage therapist. I figure I probably had less than 1/2 cup of rice all tolled. I will be interested to see if I have lost anything....

I got a call at work today that was a bit upsetting. My daughter was in a car wreck this morning on her way to school. The boy driving is the younger brother of Laura's dear friend who was killed in a car accident three years ago. I know his parents were terribly upset. Thankfully, no one was hurt, but the car will probably be totalled.

Work today was same old same old. There was not much to do, so I did a bunch of small things. I kept asking the other decorator, who was doing the special orders, if she needed some help, but she kept telling me no. I did end up doing two or three orders for her, but she was in a crabby mood, and everyone was stepping lightly around her. Then, about 11, the WWoB came in an hour or two early! I decided to leave 30 minutes early since there was really nothing for me to do. She made some snide comment about her and the other decorator having orders to do...like I would not help the decorator or something. I was ticked. I don't have to go back until Tuesday so I will get a nice break from her. Too bad, since she had been rather nice the last two days.

Tomorrow morning is my cake class. I am going to be teaching them cupcake decorations...so I am baking cupcakes. They smell yummy, unfortunately! :(

Tonight is our small group meeting, but I will try and check in later!

Hope everyone is doing well!

[heartmom]

Gotta make this quick- Boogie and Ashley are in the tub and I gotta get Boogie out before the water gets cool and he starts to turn blue. Hope WIW was better than mine. The bloat is gone and I'm still stuck at 180!! I was down to 178 for a couple of days and of course, it didn't last. Oh, well it's not the end of the world, just pisses me off. Especially with the workout I did yesterday. I think it was the mood I was in, but I devoured the whole box(4 servings) of SF chocolate fudge pudding. Ah, well, life goes on.

JECRITES- that's great news about the baby!! So glad it wasn't a CHD.

Okay, gotta get the Boog man out of the tub and go take the stinky garbage off. I've asked DH to take it off for 3 days now, really irritates me.

[THE BIG ORANGE BABE]

EVENING EVERY BUDDY!


Just wanted to check in. I'm not ready yet to come back full blast, but I need my buds and I know I'll get the support that I need here.
I want to thank each and every one of you for your very kind words about my LITTLE SKEETER . I talked to the Vet today and I can probably pick him up tomorrow after work. I've decided not to bury him, because he never liked to be alone. I'll keep him here in the house with us where he will be safe.

I talked to SOL last night and she said for me to tell everyone hello, and she will eventually be back on the board. She has pulled a KIMMY and decided that since she was doing poorly, she didn't deserve to be on here! I poo poo'd that and told her to het her butt back on the board!

I'm not going to get to everyone, but I want to tell JACKIE....JACKIEO and MISSY to have a good time and GET THOSE PICTURES ON THE BOARD!!!!

Thanks again, and I've got each and every one of you deep in my heart!

BOB

[Talitha]

Ok, so almost everyone has said something about my 'undereating' . You have to take into account that I am ont he run so much that I haven't had the chance to grab food. Also, I haven't been listing the ingerdients of my salads. I usually make sure that they have nuts and/or cheese for Xtra protein, and I am keeping peanuts in the car for snacks. I feel like I am eating all of the time, and I am certainly drinking enough water. Now that work has slowed down, I will start planning my meny better, starting tomorrow. I want to be sure that I'm getting enough, especially since I did have an eating disorder as a teenager.

Next week I get to meet with the pastor, so I need to come up with a proposal for the events at the church, and I am working on a standard contract with rules and pricing for people who want to rent the church. Did I mention to you all that I planned wedding and special events? I had my own business for 2 1/2 years before Selah was born. I backed off during my pregnancy, and just don't have the money to advertise again. I would much rather just do it for the church. I'm not looking for a career right now.

Trading Spaces is doing a house a few miles away and tomorrow they are going to Home Depot corporate for a big promo meeting. Travis is running the A/V for the meeting, of course, so I get to go meet them all and get some autographs. They actually are going to limit the number of autographs you are allowed to get. Doesn't that suck? Only one per person, from ONE of the stars (not each). Since Trav is doing the meeting, we should be able to get them all. Here's to hoping!!

heartmom - don't worry, you'll get back down there.

Monet - Keep my phone number on hand if you get into a situation you can't handle with the cupcakes. I've got your back, babe. Hope Laura isn't too spoked. Is she sore at all?

Jack - Life is crazy, candy baby....I lvoe 80's music. THere's a song for every situation.

Country - I know what you mean. I am suddenly realizing that I don't have to set my goal at 125. I know that I could never get that thin and stay that way. Now I jsut want to get to the point that I feel healthy and look good. I'm expectiong it to be more like 135-140. I just want to be healthy and happy, not skinny and miserable.

Gator- The tillapia sounds good. That's what we are having, too, but in a red pepper spicy marinade. YUM!!!

Panch - You've inspired me. I think I may make some pumpkin bread to take camping. Hmmmm....

Congrats to all us losers!!!!!!!

[fruitloupe]

JACK-K & JACKIEO: Pizza Kitchen sounds great! We love pizza. Like I said Jackie - I will call you Saturday - probably after the LSU/FLA game and we can make some arrangements. Can't wait - don't worry - I'll have my camera!!!

FILLISE: Girl ..... don't think I would have made it on roller skates! haha! I would have killed myself!

Missy

[fruitloupe]

JACK-K & JACKIEO: Oh yeah, there are pics of me and my hubby on page 3 & 4 of the photo board so that you know what I look like so that you don't talk to any strangers!! :)

FILLISE: One of them on page 3 is from our ride on Starlight Express! :)

later
mis

[Debelli]

Just a quickie, snuck in while MICHAEL is in the bathroom, just to say HI!!!!:wave:


Be back tomorrow! Wish me a good sleep, I'm like the walking dead!!!!

Deb

[Pancho]

Good afternoon all:

Woke up to a screw in the tire. I took my DD to school and then went over to Discount Tire. They said it would be 45 minutes to fix it. I went over to Arriba's to order some Fajitas. While waiting, I did eat about 8-10 chips....naughty, I know. Delaney was a total pain in the a--. She was screaming at the top of her lungs. I asked the waiter to bring her burger and fries first to quiet her down. Well they bring them out piping hot, so she now sees the food and can't eat it. She was really screaming by now. I had to ask the waiter to package everything to go, and sat outside the restaurant on a rock to eat it (my vehicle wasn't even accesible). What a terrible way to "enjoy" a lunch I spent $14 for. The tire is now fixed and we are home for the day; thank goodness.

Country: I can totally relate to what you are saying. I, too, was a skinny minnie....114-118 pounds, and toned to the hilt, but couldn't see it. I remember working out with a friend and commenting on the aerobics instructor. I said, "man...what I'd give to look like that." My friend said, "YOU DO!" I was always wanting to be skinnier. I am totally past that now. I set my goal at 130, and have surpassed that by far. I am happy with my weight, but would like to see my body fat percentage go down, and muscle tone go up. My goal now is to tone up! As soon as I make any money from my yard sale, I go to any others in the area to spend what I made; not very lucrative, eh?:lol:

Jack-K: I'm sure Betty Crocker's food would be more edible than mine. It is fun to experiment though. I also made the ww biscuits, but made them too thin and cooked a little too long. They were also a bit dry...have to try to revamp that recipe a bit.

Monet: So sorry to hear about DD. Thank God no-one was injured.

heart: You'll be back into the 170's soon....I know it!

Talitha: If you find a good pumpkin bread recipe, please share.

Well, better run!!

I'll check in tomorrow a.m.

Have a good evening!
Nat

[The Quilter]

Wednesday Night

Twice in one day . . . perhaps I'll get the hang of this again yet! Ha!!!

JACKK---It's good to hear what's going on with you. Well, summer is long gone and we didn't get to meet. I am seriously bummed out. There's a really cool furniture store somewhere between you and me. They have a bunch of buildings and it's kind of out in the country. And they always have beautiful holiday decorations. Do you know the name of the place? I can't think of it. Possibly cherry something. That would be a fun place to meet.

TRISH---Congrats on the loss. Keep going, girl!!! You are doing GREAT!!!

PANCHO---You are so funny. I was afraid some newbies who don't know me would think I was bragging. I should have known you would get after me for it. LOL

DEB---what a cute picture! She's a doll. Her face might have been dirty, but she had her earrings in. One prepared little lady!

GATOR---I could read your french. Wow, you are good. Of course, that's about all I could read. Two years of it in college and not much to show for it.

CRYSTLE---It's good to read what you were saying about never being satisfied. In high school when I was 140, I felt so fat. Now, if I was 140, I'd be doing cartwheels out on the front lawn. Hang in there. I have definitely heard that some people think our bodies have a "place" that they want to stay at. Not a plateau, but a weight that works for the body.

BOB---I'm glad you will keep Skeeter inside. My boss has her dog's ashes in a beautiful urn in her house. I would feel bad burying the ashes and then moving and leaving him there. Do you remember when we were together in Naples? Your friend, Ann, told me that her son had just lost a dog and she was looking for a good urn. Don't ask me why I remember that. Just one of those things that stuck with me.

Okay, girls . . . mr. sandman is knocking at my door. Paul's already asleep on the couch. We live such an exciting life. Ha!!!

Later you lovelies!
Kim
204/176/140

[Ellen]

Just getting ready to hit the pillow..... I am SO exhausted! Small group was supposed to go to Piccadilly Cafeteria, but it was closed, so they made the decision to eat at the Coyote bar and grill before we got there to give input. I did not do TOO badly, with chili rellenos, guacamole salad, and beans. I did have a few chips though... I am beginning to feel a bit frustrated. :( Class is tomorrow morning...I really need a Mono day! That and a good new book to read!


Good night all!

[heartmom]

hmmm... board is slow tonight. I couldn't sleep so I started pricing everything for my "yard" sale. Actually, I'm going to a place where several people just pull their cars up and place the stuff on the cars or on the ground. I don't have a whole lot, so it's perfect. I'm selling my sweaters for $2 a piece, they're in great shape, just too big now. I have a nice coat for $5, shoes $1 a pair, Boogie's play clothes arranging 25 cents to 75 cents. And I have a few what nots,etc...The main thing is my clothes. I really hope they sell. Over the past year, I've literally given big garbage bags full of my clothes away. I simply can't afford to keep doing that, money's too tight right now. Okay, CONFESSION TIME-- I really messed up BIG TIME!! I was in a funk about being back at 180 and guess what I did? I asked hubby to bring me home some chocolate and he did...a pint of blue bell dutch chocolate ice cream. And of course, I ate the whole darn thing at one sitting!! About 10 minutes after eating, I felt my stomach cramp and off to the bathroom I went. I don't know if that was coincendental or not. Was my body rejecting the sugarload or maybe it would have been upset anyway? Don't know, but I no longer crave chocolate,lol. Maybe I didn't do too much damage(maybe..fingers crossed). So tomorrow will be a test of willpower. Always is after a "sugar" attack. Remind me not to eat the potatoes in the stew I'm making tomorrow! I'm watching Ripley's Believe It or Not, and it's gross- this boy is infested(internally) with flies and they're coming out of his penis-ewww!!

[Teensybean]

Good night everyone--

It is past evening so I am sure you all are sleeping. Just don't have the time to get on any earlier some days. We spent the whole day out in the shop canning the fish. We got 35 pints, and ran out of jars. I will have to get back to town and pick some more up. We still have about 80 Silvers to do.

The sauerkraut is ready to be canned also. It has been fermenting in a crock for the past 6 weeks. I hope this turns out. Next year I am doing it in the jars. This was a pain in the neck. Everyday you have to take a clean rag and wipe around the sides of the crock, and take off the cloth laid over the kraut and scald it. (Hubby decided to do it this way.......so if he wants to do it like this he can tend to the daily upkeep!)

WIW was the same for me, not up or not down. Which is okay considering that this has been TOM for me. And what a time I had this time! So I am happy to stay the same. Hoping for a WHOOSH next weigh in.

Okay, on to the replies.........

Deb-- My goodness--what is going on with you?? What can we do to help?? I am all yours if there is anything I can do! Maybe we should think about locking you in your own Detox Dungeon??

Talitha-- Congrats on the 3 pounds! Your doing terrific.

Emma--WTG! Congrats on the loss! Seeing the scales (even new ones, lol) move downwards is definitely motivation.

Quilter-- 28 pounds is awesome. You are doing great! You have every reason to be excited, you have worked hard!! WTG!

Jack-k-- You probably won't see this....Have a great time on your vacation!!

JackieO-- Staying the same is better than a gain. I am with you this week, stayed the same!!

Trish-- A pound is a pound, is a pound!! WTG! The little eggie things show when you are active on the board! When you are not, it shows an egg in the shell, when you are on the board it show an egg with the yolk!! My husband and I love to fish, and we do it all summer on our boat. Then we can the trout. It is alot like canned Salmon. We can use it to make a tuna like spread, or even a fish loaf, (like a salmon loaf) and I have a great recipe for a fish dip made with cream cheese, grated onion, and a bit of horseradish. Yummy!!

Fillise-- Don't know what got into me. Sure didn't happen today, lol.

Pancho-- I was nice to meet you on the exercise board!! I buy the stevia extract, and then mix 2 TBL water with 2 tsp extract. The information I have says that 1 tsp of this mix sweetens like 3/4 of sugar. Or 1/8 of a tsp= 1 packet of sweetner. I used 3/4 tsp of the liquid in the Apple Walnut loaf.

Country-- You know, you may be right. Your body may be telling you that it is at the weight it wants to be. Have you been at that weight before in your life. I had read somewhere that sometimes if you have been at one weight for sometime, previous to gaining. That when you lose, your body recalls a certain weight and will stick there. Don't know .....just something I read somewhere!

Monet-- Chin up...don't let her get to you! Glad that dd wasn't hurt.

Heart-- I am sure the 178 will be back. Probably water, try drinking more to flush it out.

BOB--((((Hugs)))

[Ellen]

Morning!

I decided to do my WITH as soon as I got up. BIG mistake! I am up about five more pounds! I am sure it is due to the meal I ate last night, so I will wait a while and see if I can get rid of some 'stuff' later this morning, then weigh again. ;) I do feel bloated, so I am sure it is water weight. I am just so tired of not making any real progress. Some days, its almost like, why bother?

TEENSY: My grandmother used to make sauerkraut in a crock. Mom always was going to try it, but never did. She told stories of when she was a kid, and all the crocks of kraut and pickles they had in the pantry. I bet yours will be really good, and all the work will be worthwhile!

HEART: Hope all your clothing sells! I had a garage sale once, and a lady I kind of knew came to it. She specifically asked if I was selling any clothes, since we were about the same size, and she ended up buying everything I put out. I hope someone comes along like that for you, and buys it all!

PANCHO: What a bummer about the tire! And the al fresco meal sounds like a stressmaker! Hope today is better!

QUILTER: Its nice to see you back.

TALITHA: Hope the meeting goes well! I think I am becoming the official caterer for our church. I have another dinner to do on Monday. How does your week look? Are we going to be able to get together?

Ok, I have got to get moving here...have a good day! I have to go get Laura up and drive her to school.

:wave:

[Debelli]

EEK!:eek: I have a long post already written up and my computer is locked where I can't copy it to at least save it. Why I can post on here is weird but I can't do anything else! I may lose the entire thing, don't want to shut down the computer - just wanted to let you know that I"m working on a post!!!

Deb

[Debelli]

Good Thursday Morning Everyone:wave:

Whew! I thought I lost this post there. Thank goodness I was patient, to the tune of about 15 minutes. I thought this post was a goner and I wasn't going to be able to do it all over again if I had to.

ELI just left for work, had a nice, but short day out yesterday. We got a late start yesterday so really didn't have time to do all that much. Ate enough junk for the time out there, so maybe it was good that there wasn't more time, I would of eaten more. I'm looking forward to being back OP today though-here's hoping!


Gonna get in some replies before the day wears on...

EMMA, CONGRATS on your 2.5lb loss this week. I too can obsess about food, the scale, my weight, my saggy skin-the list goes on. You've got one over on me (okay, you have more than one) when it comes to best meal ever, I can't remember my name some days!

QUILTER, so good to see you! Thought maybe we had been among the forgotten here.;) Sorry I missed you too, but hey, at least the phone call did some good by getting your butt back on the board! You are doing awesome and I'm thrilled to see you doing so well:bravo: Doesn't surprise me that you noticed DN's earrings:)

JACKK, there's probably a big difference between your bowl and my bowl of ice cream in reference to size. Sorta like the serving of half a sweet potato, the sizes of sweet potatoes can very tremendously! MICHAEL'S mind works mysteriously, I've given up trying to understand half of what he says. I do wish "GEEKS" as proudly proclaims to be at times, I wish a title such as that came with one of CLEAN FREAK:nonoL Have a fantabulous time on your trip and I hope you, JACKIEO & FRUIT get to meet up.

JACKIE, I hope you all can meet up. It's so wonderful to meet others from the board. Take pictures PLEASE!!!! Of course, we'll want to hear all the details as well as see pics.

TRISH, good job being down a pound, CONGRATS! The little egg? Hmmm, usually when it's highlighted it means there's something new added that you haven't read, but not sure if it holds true on that line, or not.

MAABLES, it's very common for people to fall in the trap of not eating enough, esp. at the beginning of a program. If you are journaling and/or measuring your food this is very easy to identify as the problem.

FILLISE, yes, MICHAEL works on Adobe Premier and it was a history project that he did. The ice cream IS a major binge, it wouldn't be if I didn't eat the whole half-gallon, but then again, I'm no quitter and anything less than that would be a let down to all true ice cream lovers;)

PANCHO, I think that picture of "me" was close enough to what I was looking and feeling like! Scarey. One good thing about that cheesecake recipe, you can add or delete a little more agave as you wish and it shouldn't really change the outcome too much, if any. Just have to watch it carefully for the baking time since each change will give you different times.

GATOR, have you ever tried BASA fillets? To me it's far better than tilapia, which I know think I will take out and make for lunch. I use the vingeratte salad dressing from OLE OLE, drained of the oil, only leaving the spices and put that on it after putting salt, pepper, garlic powder and paprika and then top it with grated pecorino romano cheese and bake it in my jet stream oven - wonderful. I think it's wonderful you are able to p/u another language. MICHAEL has read some of your French and thinks you do very well:)

COUNTRY, how tall are you? Maybe you are at a weight that your body is okay with at this age possibly? I know my problem is I liked what the scale said but not what the body looked like. Now that I've gained back some weight, I hate both!!!!

MONET, sorry to hear about LAURA'S accident, but thank goodness she's okay and didn't get injured. Those poor parents of the boy must of felt like deja vu! I would of set the record straight with the WWotB with her inuendo! How'd todays class go?

HEART, yes, life does go on, here's to us both having a better day today:D You should tell DH NOT to give in to you when you ask for something like that, that it's temporary insanity and it will go away (after you probably chew his arse off for saying no to you). Hope you sell your stuff at the sale-no one can complain about your prices, that's for sure! WHAT? Ripley's has a story like that? EWWW!

BOB, were you able to p/u SKEETER today at the vet? What do they actually put him in to bring home? Glad you heard from SOLSHINE, she should get her butt back on the board! I hope you get to see her when they come in your area, that would be great. Maybe you should paste a picture of me and THE LOOK on a big poster and greet her with it and have the words coming out of my mouth of "GET YOUR BUTT BACK TO YOUR FRIENDS ON THE BOARD!!!"

TEENSY, okay, you got me. I've heard about canning many items but NEVER have I heard about anyone canning their own fish! I've heard it all, at least in the canning I think! I think I could use a good dose of a good DD, mine is too liberal though, I think I need a stricter one!

Okay, I'm going to get this posted before I have any more troubles on here that I can't figure out. I will check in a bit later, before I go get MICHAEL from school at least. Anyone else watching SURVIVOR tonight?

Toodles

Deb

[jecrites]

Hello everyone.

Yesterday was library day for Autumn. She really loves going there and hearing the different stories and then making a little craft. Since it's fire prevention week this week, they read a book about firemen and made little hats to wear. She made 2 of them because she's so dang fast and normally is the first kid done with it. Then we went and got Halloween costumes for all 3 girls. Autumn's is Minnie Mouse, Kerri's is a devil girl, and Katie's is called an enchantress, it actually looks like a fortune teller type of thing. The best part of it all is I found them at the BX for $3.95 each, and that was regular price not clearance or sale! I've never seen anything in there before for Halloween that cheap, so I was shocked and couldn't pass it up.

Today Katie has computer lab so I'll have to go pick her up from school at 5 this evening. She's basically learning to type in there. I can't believe the things they have kids doing now days, I didn't learn to type till I was in 10th grade or was it 11th?! Doesn't matter, I just know I was way way older then just 4th grade.

Monet, I found 3 more Wilton cake decorating books in the library yesterday and checked all of them out. One of them has some really good detailed instructions on making roses. I think after looking at the pictures for a long long time and reading how it's done over and over that I may just understand how it's done now. All the other instructions I've seen haven't explained it all that good.

Gotta go for now, I'll talk to y'all later.

Jenn

[tysgrammy]

Hi everyone....I have been off the board for awhile due to computer problems and family problems. Everything is great now and I have a new computer. Due to the stress of the family situation I fell of SB, but I am ready to start over again. I hope everyone has a great day.

Cindy
268/200 first goal

[Debelli]

Okay, geeky, DEFINITELY, here's 3 out of the 4 loaves of pita I made last night!!!

[Debelli]

And of course, ELI pigging out on a piece!

[Debelli]

Okay, the picture qualities suck, but it took me forever to figure out how to make them smaller to get on the board and this is the best you're gonna get;)

[Pancho]

Alright, now I'm pissed off! Can I say that on this board? I just had most of my post done, and lost it somehow, somewhere:mad:

Anyway. I am truly addicted.....to you all. I come on here now before I even check my personal e-mail.

It seems that I am saying this more often than not these days.....I was bad, again. My dd made cookies to sell at her little table at the yard sale (they were those break apart frozen jobbies that aren't really very good). Well, I managed to eat 3! I also popped a snack size popcorn and ate the entire bag myself. The scale didn't show it this morning, but I'm sure it will eventually catch up and find me.

We are meeting a friend of ours from Seattle area today. She is in town since her sister is getting married. We have to leave here in about an hour, so I better get going with my posts since my hair is wet, I am still in my robe, and still need to get kids dressed and one fed.

Teensy: WOW, sounds as if you've been busy! How productive, though! Thanks for the info. on the stevia; I will try that this next time.

Monet: I hope that weight finds somewhere elso to go before next WIW.

heart: at least you confessed to us; what great therapy, eh? We've both been bad; let's jump on the wagon together and see who falls off first:lol:

Deb: It is funny how one little indescretion with food leads to another. It started with your ice cream and then that chocolate bar that made you feel like crap, and then there was yesterday. Welcome back on board with me and heart. Your pitas look really yummy...almost like soapapillas. How do you eat them...plain, topped, filled???? They also look huge!

jecrites: That's funny about Autumn; Britt is the same way. Her teacher's told me that she is really smart and retain things well, and is a great student, overall. BUT, she is always the first one done and seems to rush through her work.

tysgrammy: Welcome back; sorry to hear you fell off, but are welcome to jump on with the rest of us who have been naughty.

Delaney just woke up....I better run!!!

Take care!
Nat

[woodfrogs]

Good Morning everyone,
I haven't had time to post very much lately, but will try to make up for it now...
WIW went pretty well, 230, 40 pounds gone. I'm hoping that it will dip below 230 soon, I've hovered around there for a couple of weeks now. I've actually been eating pretty much OP.
It sounds like everyone has been so busy, teensy with her canning everything in sight! And what seems like mass confessions of poor eating :) the important thing to remember that one poor decision doesn' mean that the whole day, or the whole WOE is shot, just go right back on the wagon and feel proud that the right decisions are being made *now*.
I tried to give platelets last week, but somehow the machine spazed out and I've got this HUGE bruise inside my elbow. Hopefully next time it'll go better.
I had to sit down last night and decide which proof was good enough to go in the yearbook for both of my kids. It's hard to believe that they're seniors this year! We've been looking at colleges and I hope to get them applying by the holidays. And of course I had to order pictures too. Not cheap, but how often do your kids graduate from high school?
I hope that everyone is having a great day, the weather here is beautiful and I'm going to take some work outside after lunch and enjoy the sunshine!
Take care,
Barbara
270/230/135

[jackieO]

I am so cravings carbs right now, that I can't tolerate the sight of Deb's husband eating that yummy pita bread. I lifted weights this morning so that is probably the culprit. I find myself becoming increasingly more frustrated as it seems the scale refuses to budge. I wonder if my body has become too adjusted to sugarbusters, if that's possible. I am not going to give it up just because I am frustrated, this is definitely a lifestyle change for me. I guess I just need to find some new ways to shake up my program to lose these last 20 pounds. Any ideas?????

Nat- here's hoping that the popcorn doesn't find you.

Hello to everyone. I will be back to post later, if today is not like yesterday work-wise!

[chrisd]

Hey guys, just a quick note to say hello! I havent read all the posts...there are so many, I dont have time. I wasnt on yesterday so I am way backed up! So I go to my moms yesterday at like 4pm and decided too jump on the scale..I shouldnt of because I NEVER weigh in the afternoon...not too mention TOM is here. Sooooo I go on and I am down another 2 lbs. Can it be? Im gonna go on Saturday morning just to be sure...if i am down another 2lbs I will be soooo excited. My christmas goal is getting less and less. I set my christmas goal to 199lbs. If the scale was right yesterday than I am at 212. So thats 13lbs left. Ya think I can do it???

PANCHO - I know what you mean about the cookies. Dominic had a chocolate chip cookie last night and I took a bite...it didnt even really taste that good, but I took another bite anyway. But like i said its TOM's fault! lol Is Delaney all better now? Sorry about your lunch yesterday! I see Dominic and Delaney have something in common...he loves to do that to me in a restaurant.

DEB - Since I wasnt around yesterday I just read your post! 2 bowls of ice cream??? AND a candy bar?? Do I need to come down there and snap you out of it?? Are you done now??? Thank you for the ebay stuff...like I said you're always thinkin of me! :) Thank you! Oh yeah, and I cant make those peanut butter cookie. I mean I can but I will be the only one eating them and that is NOT a good thing. Mike doesnt like PB cookies. I dont know how he doesnt like them, but he doesnt. Maybe I will make them anyway and give 1/2 to my sister. Very cute niece. And those pitas look MASSIVE, but very good! Maybe I should try that next! Im afraid of yeast! :) I feel like its gonna blow up in my oven...Im a horrible baker..remember! :)

Gotta run, Dominic just tore apart his closet! Fun,fun!

Chris

[Debelli]

I've always threatened MICHAEL that I'd put his bedroom on the web for all the world to see!!!

[Debelli]

One more while I'm on a roll...

[Debelli]

Ahhh,

As you can see, I've been experimenting with the digital. Haven't quite figured it all out yet, but I'm getting there at a snails pace:snail: Don't you just LOVE seeing my son's room?? See what I've been talking about!!!!:fr:

Going to get in responses before I have to go. Want to stop at the HFS and get a couple things before I get MICHAEL. LAUREN isn't due home til around 11pm, they have their production of CHARLOTTES WEB tonight, tomorrow and Saturday so she's staying later than she has been and is getting a ride home-I p/u tomorrow.

PANCHO, enjoy your time with your friend. I think that since you are at your goal weight you should be able to enjoy yourself without worry. When you see the scale go up and stay up a x amount of pounds, then you batten down the hatch, something I didn't do at the time but should of known to do. You can't feel bad about every little thing you put in your mouth, you'll drive yourself batty! The pitas puff up like pillows. I made them bigger than the recipe says, so instead of 8 I made 4, about 4 ounces of dough each. I roll them as thinly as I can and then threw them on the new stone I bought and it takes about 3-4 minutes to cook each one (do them individually). We tear them apart and use pieces to scoop or wrap food in (hummus, baba ganoush, feta cheese, etc).

WOOD, CONGRATS on your overall losses thus far:cp: I'm in the same boat with MICHAEL and looking at colleges. We've already done the senior picture thing, just waiting for them to call to be picked up, sorta reminded me to call and see what's going on. They had a dead line in August to get it done.

JACKIE, patience, that's the key. If you are doing everything right and the goal you set is feasible for someone of your height, bone structure, etc. then it will come. It took me from Feb to June to lose my last 10lbs. Now that I've gained some back, it will take me longer than that to do the same.

CHRIS, it's ALL your fault! Every bite! See what happens when you aren't around!:s: Is it over, nope, thought it was, but nope. See, the ice cream wasn't over, so it's not over til the fat lady sings, I mean there's no more ice cream. It will be over tomorrow though:^: Yeah, come on down, kick my butt, I could use some TLC! That stands for TOUGH LICKS a COMING I think! Okay, what do you want on a splits second thought? Now come on, have you screwed up ANY of Debbie's Favorite's yet? Trust me, if I make it, a one-eyed, handless blind man can make it, so there's hope for you too;)

Okay, time to go!!!

Deb

[kengjw]

Hi everyone,

I just started SB last Monday because I was diagnosed with Glucose Intolerance. Dr put me on Sugar Buster diet/lifestyle and he thinks that my GI is reversable. I have never heard of Sugar Buster until now :)

I finished reading the new SB book last week and have a greater understanding of what SB is all about. Before that, I was lurking around here and Sweetalk to get an idea of how and what everyone is eating. It feels very positive and healthy to me
and I don't feel like I am missing out a lot. Infact, I feel so much better now that I have been on the diet for over a week. I *think* I have lost weight, although I can't be sure until I weigh myself. I will have to get a scale soon.

The hardest thing about this change is not being able to eat my "white jasmine rice" everyday. I grew up with rice, rice and rice. I can eat rice for breakfast, snack and just about any occassions...lol. Well, I grew up in asia and asians are made of "rice", it is pretty much who we are :) I have been eating brown rice since last week although not everyday. Can't say I like it a lot but hey, better than nothing :)

I am still trying to figure out how to use the features on this board so please bear with me. I love the smilies and some of the graphics I seen on messages, very cute!

I look forward to know all of you.

Julia (SAHM to 2 1/2 year old, Jess)

[Ellen]

Quick afternoon post.

Class was good this morning. We did cupcakes. I took 29, and decorated 24 of them in different ways. They loved it. Its amazing what you can do with cupcakes! :) They brought up the subject of paying me for the class. I made a suggested amount, which one of the ladies promptly doubled, and wrote a check to me for. The others followed suit.... SO, I got twice what I really wanted to get for teaching the class! We will continue in a few weeks, but are taking a short break. I am pleased! Next we are going to do rolled fondant and marzipan. I need a few weeks to get back on track...this working with sugar all the time is killing me!

Here is my now daily confession: I ate a cupcake at class. I came home and ate too much of a SB legal apple cake I made this morning to try. Yes, it was good. TOO good. I think I must have eaten half of it! :o

KENGJW: Welcome to SB and the board! I am glad you joined us! I hope you find all the support you need here to reach your goal!

WOOD: My daughter is a senior too! We sent her proofs off for the yearbook selection without buying any of them for pictures. They were too expensive, and while fairly good, not good enough. I am going to take her to a local photographer and have pictures done, or send her to Glamour Shots.... And colleges...oh, my! In Georgia, the HOPE grant pays all mandatory tuition and fees if the student maintains a gradepoint average of a 3.0 in high school and college, so we are pushing very hard for an instate school. She would like to go to UGA, but is interested in Auburn as well, and the $$ worries me....:( Do I remember correctly that you have twins?

DEB: I ought to post a picture of Laura's room to make you feel better. Michael would be right at home here...I have three messy kids. Thankfully, two live on their own now and can clean up after themselves! ;)

Ok, off to get something done around here!

[GatorGal]

Debbie--I have never heard of Basa. What kind of fish is that, exactly? WhIte? Mild? Red like salmon? I’ve never seen it in the market. LOL re. Michael’s room. I remember when my DS lived at home. Same scene. It was nice to claim that room for my study when he left home. No more mess. Even he has gotten a little neater. The pita bread is really impressive!!!

Well, I've actually lost another pound. I have been pretty strict with my eating, but I do miss my bread and fruit. Not badly enough to eat any this week. Maybe next week. I'm eating a ton of veggies, though, so all those vitamins, minerals, and fiber should help me be even healthier. I did have one failing: last night at a class I attend every Wednesday night, there was a big sheet cake for several birthdays. There was also a plate of homemade chocolate chip cookies. So I had one cookie. It was pretty good, but actually not good enough for the "sin." And to top it off, we had a really good lesson that kinda hit home regarding facing temptation and being victorious over it. They should have waited to put the cookies out. If they had served them at the end of class, I could have passed them up.
The lesson was from the book of Joshua in the Bible--a book about the apex of Israel's history--when they actually took the land God had been promising them all those years, beginning with Abraham. The lesson covered the chapters detailing Israel's conquest of all the towns in the land of Canaan, (now Israel) and how they "utterly destroyed" everything, leaving no survivors. One of the points of the lesson was that to be successful, like the Isrealites were successful in taking the land, we must "utterly destroy" the things that would cause us to give up or be half-hearted in our quest, or that would allow the "enemy" to defeat us, etc. etc. In my case, that would mean that I should "utterly destroy" my flippant attitude toward "one little cookie." That cookie is like an enemy, and, right now, I can no more live with it than the Israelites could live with the Canaanites in the land. Of course, for me, it is more than just one cookie. It is my entire attitude, and so I need to "conquer" my attitude of feeling deprived, or jumping off and on the "wagon," or all those other little indiscretions that I allow to exist in my thinking and actions that lead to my lack of success. Of course, with the thyroid thing, it will be a little harder, but I think a correct attitude will make it easier on me.

Hope that wasn't too long winded.

Well, I did really well on the French mid-term. 198 points out of 200!! :)
I was hoping to set the curve. Since I don't feel the pressure over a grade since I don't have to worry about credit hours,
GPA, getting my degree, etc., it is quite freeing to do things in class and on assignments that I might not do otherwise. I remember those days back in '06 (LOL) when my stomach would get knotted up before a big test. It's great to have all that college degree stuff behind me and just enjoy the class.

Well, I'm not replying to anyone, am I. So, "hi" everyone. Y'all are great and, like one of the posts on page 8, I do try to check the board just as often as my e-mail. (Some days get so hectic that I'm lucky if I even get to my e-mail.) Thanks for your encouragement and interest in my meager progress.

FRUIT, Jackie and Jackie--Have a great time together and send pictures!!

I had a sautéed chicken breast for breakfast, along with some spinach and fresh tomato. I was tired of eggs.
Lunch--a wonderful salad with mixed lettuce, nuts, cheese, fresh and sun dried tomatoes, chicken, etc. And herbal tea with key lime.

Dinner--It will be marinated flank steak--london broil---and some veggies. Haven't decided yet.

Well, gotta go finish the laundry.

[Teensybean]

Good Afternoon gang!

Hubby decided at the last minute to go with some friends on opening day of hunting season so I am trying to get some foods gather up and made for them. He went last year, but had said he didn't think he would this year, but has changed his mind. It will be nice to have a night or two alone. And I get so much more done when he is gone. But I will miss him too!!

I had to laugh, I went out to the shop to get in the freezer and found 3 more bags of fish that we missed yesterday. Yep, I better get to town and get jars! I am hoping he will smoke a few. I love smoked fish!

Monet-- Please don't feel so discouraged. It is definitely worth it. Just think of how good you feel when you are totally OP, and the scale is moving down. You have seen lots of great progress, don't give up now.

Deb-- If only you could taste this fish.....you would never buy another can of Tuna, or Salmon. It is soooo gooood!! We take it out of the freezer and when it is partially thawed, we skin it, and then put it into pint jars with 1/2 tsp salt. Then it goes into a pressure cooker for 90 minutes. Absolutely Yummy!! Hope that you have a great OP day today. I don't know why, but sometimes the digital pictures end up looking fuzzy in places. I have tried everything I know of (which isn't alot!) to try and get them so they don't look fuzzy. I give up!! Nice job though on the pita's!!

Jec-- Great buys! I didn't get typing until sophmore year either, but both boys were on computers in grade school. I didn't get one one until a couple of years ago!!

Tys-- Welcome back....we are waiting for you, just jump back on board!!

Pancho-- I lost a long post awhile back when my computer froze up. Now I hit the save button lots!!

Wood-- Wooo Hooo 40 pounds gone forever!! WTG!

Jackie-O-- Hang in there, I was stalled for over 6 months! But then I switched from PP to SBer's and started losing again. Lifting weights addes muscle and muscle weighs more than fat, so you could be losing inches and staying the same in the weight department. And sometimes your body just needs time to become accustomed to its new weight, and you will start losing again soon.

Chrisd-- WTG, you are melting away!! Good job.

Kengjw-- Welcome to Sugar Buster's! You have come to a great place for advice and support. These gals, (and Superdave) are very knowlegeable.

Well, I will see you all later.....I am making goulash for Dh to take, and he just got back with the pasta!!

[Trishaloo]

Wow, the day has gotten away from me already. Well, thank goodness Seth was well enough to go to school today. He's usually not sick often and I hated for him to miss yesterday. We're planning on taking him out of school for a few days for Jordan's graduation in early December so he really can't afford any more. It's rainy here today and supposed to rain off and on for the next couple of days. Sure wish I were curled up on the couch right now. Plus it turns a 20-30 minute commute on a good day into a 45-60 minute minimum commute. Why do people forget how to drive when it rains a little???

For you Texas folks on the board, do you have a HEB supermarket in your area? They have the greatest pre-marinated meats, vacuum packed. All you have to do is cook them. They started with premarinated fajitas, chicken, beef and pork, and have branched out into others. Last night for dinner I had their Italian marinated chicken breasts, sauteed them in a little olive oil, poured some spaghetti sauce over them, added a little grated cheese and voila, breadless chicken parmesan. Had that with a little whole wheat pasta and salad. Yummy.

BOB, Tell Sol to get her booty back on the board (I know, easy for me to say, huh). We miss her.

Julia (or was it Julie, I don't remember now and I don't want to lose this post) - Welcome. If you've been lurking about, I hope you realize what a great group this is. Just jump on in and ask any questions you might have.

I don't have time to get to everyone today. Have a terrific day everyone.

Hook 'em Horns!!! Beat OU (sorry Green)!!!!

Trish

[heartmom]

I had this long post and lost my connection,ugh! Okay, I've been OP today, but it's a struggle and have eaten too much fat. I had a 2 egg ham n cheese omelette this morning, snack was a nsa yogurt, lunch was a HUGE chef salad with too much dressing. Still hungry and just ate 2 big spoons of Smucker's PB. I got a stew in the oven right now for supper later. Today is my exercise class, so I cook earlier. I coated the stew meat in ww flour and browned it in olive oil, alot of oil(too much fat) then I added carrots, celery, and those darned potatoes. I WILL NOT EAT THE POTATOES!! Okay, just had to put that in writing. I am obsessed with food today. Geez, think that pint of sugarloaded ice cream last night had anything to do with it? I'm already looking forward to Thanksgiving and it's not even Halloween yet- thanks to Woman's Day recipe for Chocolate CHunk Pecan Pie. I was reading to get my mind off food, so much for that. Well, not much going on today. Boogie is being a little tyrant. He's been into everything today. Flushing the toilet, playing in water, spraying hairspray, and while I was posting this, he decided to put my moisturizer all over him including in his hair. I caught him doing it and said what are u doing? Me do noth(ing)! was his reply. Then I scolded him and there he went with the tears and "me sorry", me not do it again. Guilt trip. He's so sensitive. When Ashley was that age, you could scold her and she wouldn't care at all. Okay, he's too quiet, gotta go see what he's into now...

[THE BIG ORANGE BABE]

A friend passed this along to me today, and I wanted to share with y'all!

We are truly wonderful!

Women....

By the time the Lord made woman, he was into *His sixth day of working overtime. An angel appeared and said, "Why are you spending so much time on this one?"

And the Lord answered, "Have you seen My spec sheet on her? *She has to be completely washable, but not plastic, have over
200 movable parts, all replaceable and able to run on diet coke and leftovers, have a lap that can hold four children at one
time, have a kiss that can cure anything from a scraped knee to a broken heart and she will do everything with only two hands."

The angel was astounded at the requirements. "Only two hands! No way!
And that's just on the standard model? That's too much work for one day.

Wait until tomorrow to finish."

"But I can't," the Lord protested. "I am so close to finishing this creation that is so close to My own heart. She already
heals herself when she is sick AND can work 18 hour days."

The angel moved closer and touched the woman. "But you have made her so soft, Lord."

"She is soft," the Lord agreed, "but I have also made her tough. You have no idea what she can endure or accomplish."

"Will she be able to think?", asked the angel.

The Lord replied, "Not only will she be able to think, she will be able to reason and negotiate."

The angel then noticed something, and reaching out, touched the woman's cheek. Oops, it looks like you have a leak in this
model. I told you that you were trying to put too much into this one."

"That's not a leak," the Lord corrected, "that's a tear!"

"What's the tear for?" the angel asked.

The Lord said, "The tear is her way of expressing her joy, her sorrow, her pain, her disappointment, her love, her loneliness,
her grief and her pride."

The angel was impressed. "You are a genius, Lord. You thought of everything!

Woman is truly amazing."

And she is! Women have strengths that amaze men. They bear hardships and they carry burdens, but they hold happiness,
love and joy. They smile when they want to scream. They sing when they want to cry. They cry when they are happy and
laugh when they are nervous. They fight for what they believe in.

They stand up to injustice. They don't take "no" for an answer when they believe there is a better solution. They go
without so their family can have. They go to the doctor with a frightened friend. They love unconditionally. They cry
when their children excel and cheer when their friends get awards. They are happy when they hear about a birth or
a wedding. Their hearts break when a friend dies. They grieve at the loss of a family member, yet they are strong when
they think there is no strength left. They know that a hug and a kiss can help to heal a broken heart.

Women come in all sizes, in all colors and shapes. They'll drive, fly, walk, run or e mail you to show how much they care about you. The heart of a woman is what makes the world keep turning!
They bring joy and hope.

They have compassion and ideals. They give moral support to their family and friends.

Women have vital things to say and everything to give.

However, if there is one flaw in women, it is that they tend to forget their worth. Pass this along to your women
friends to remind them how amazing they are.

BOB

[THE BIG ORANGE BABE]

AFTERNOON EVERY BUDDY!!! :wave:

Not a good day....balancing my checkbook thru the bank website and noticed that my medicine that I picked up on Monday which is usually a $10 co-pay was $43 :fr: I called Walgreens and questioned it and they told me that I needed to show my new insurance card! My question to them was "WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE ASK ME MONDAY!!!!" I came all the way home and tore my desk apart looking for my new cards, and then remembered that I had taken them to work because they had put the wrong DOC on them and I had to call to get that changed! WELL...I trudged across the street to the drug store and finally got the manager to credit the $33 back into my bank account! WHEW!!! STUPID PEOPLE!!!!

THEN....I remembered that the Vets office is closed on Thursday afternoon, and I wouldn't be able to pick up Skeeter...I sure hope he's not sitting in front of the door waiting for someone to let him in! :stress: :chin:

PANCHO....If you can say piss, I'm sure gonna tell you that your other post about "waking up to a screw in the tire" really had me rattled...I've heard of strange places to have sex, but never in a tire :s:

MONET...so sorry to hear about the accident, but more glad to hear that the DD is OK...

LAURIE...I'm not an icecream eater, so it's really hard for me to understand how y'all eat so much! BUT...I guess I can relate...my weakness is bread....I can eat a whole loaf if it's fresh and good to boot! :dizzy:

TRISH...I told SOL in those exact words...she promised, but as you can see.....she's not been here yet!

WHERE'S ROSALIE??????? SHE'S BEEN MIA FOR A WHILE NOW?????

TEENSY...tell me more about this fish that you cook in the pressure pot....doesn't it stink it up? Do you sit the jar in a little water?

GATOR....:bravo: :bravo: I'm so happy for you ...I know you were stressed about the test...and like you said, now you're free to move on with the class...
How long do you marinate your flank steak? Do you beat it before putting it in the liquid?

KENTUCKY vs SOUTH CAROLINA tonight on ESPN....should be a good one!

KENGJW....{{{{{{{{{{{{{WELCOME}}}}}}}}}}} to our little corner of the board...good to have you!

CHRIS...can you believe that DOC in PA said that ALSCOT was ok to play and then this happens???? I'd have my attorney contacting him in a heartbeat! I sure hope he does ok with the surgery...he was so pitiful in the news conference...did you get to see that?

HEY WOOD...AND JACKIEO....:wave:

I've got to run...got to start supper...

OH...KIMMY...how could I forget you? Yes, Ann found an urn, and her son has a new dog, and a new daughter....ANN IS A GRANDMAW!!!! Did you get the pictures that Cathy sent? I gave her your address...

LATER

BOB

[Pancho]

Wow....busy board this afternoon. We enjoyed our time with my friend. She has two dd's ages 4 & 2. We met at a mall with a play area, and then had lunch and did a little shopping.

My eating has been pretty good. I had a bowl of oatmeal with agave and flax seed meal this morning, and then had a slice of walnut apple bread. At the mall I had a chicken caesar salad, and one small soft pretzel bite of my dd's and a small slice of other dd's cheescrisp. I did get an iced sf latte at Starbucks. They made it with skim milk, but still topped with whipped cream. it was yummy! No idea what's for dinner yet, but it will be OP.

I have to get up at 4:30 tomorrow morning to get signs up and get to my mom's house for the yard sale (yuck)!

Wood: Both of your children are seniors? By the time ours get to be seniors, we'll have to take out a second mortgage on our home to pay for pictures. Mine were expensive, and that was nearly 20 years ago. Sorry to hear about your bruised arm.

jackieO: That pita bread you are salivating over is legal; I cannot wait to try it. As far as plateauing....I tried a lot of experimental things when that happened to me. I actually found that when I threw a few more starchy carbs in, I'd lose more. Go figure!

chrisd: I think you can lose that 13# by the end of December; that's 3 months. Congrats on weighing 2# less in the afternoon; maybe it will be more if you weigh in the a.m. Delaney is all better; Thank God!!

Deb: All I can say about Micheal's room is "OH MY GAWD!!!!" I don't feel so bad about splurging, as long as it doesn't get out of control. That is why I weigh myself everyday; it allows me to keep a good eye on it. I was at 122.5 today, even after splurging yesterday. Usually when I have something(s) off plan, I really buckle down the next few days, and it all evens out. I can't wait to try to pitas....guess I better get a stone to cook them on.

ken: Welcome. We weigh once a week on Wed. and post it here; helps keep some of us accountable. You'll probably acquire a taste for brown rice after awhile; your tastes begin to change a bit. I can't drink a regular soda for anything now.....far too sweet for me. I used to be a 1 Dr. Pepper a day gal. We are glad to have you and look forward to getting to know you better.

Gator: You've done so well....surely one cookie won't do any harm. Glad you dropped another #. Fantastic job on your mid-term; you must be soo smart.

Trish: send some rain our way! They keep promising rain, but still nothing!

BOB: "Screw in the tire".....you just wait where I might show up now that I've lost this weight...you think a tire is small....maybe next week, we'll try something different!! Know that Skeeter is with you right now even though you haven't been able to pick up the ashes yet.

Well, better go get zucc. bread out of oven.

Have a great evening!

Nat

[CountryMom4Him]

I almost feel like a cheat not walking everyday but the muscles in my legs and tummy tell me other wise. :) It feels good to use some new muscles. Three different Richard Simmons videos this week.

Welcome Julia! The brown rice will grow on ya. :)

Bob...sorry you couldn't go get Sketter today.

Heartmom....I can just see his cute little face. Isn't it great that he is here to drive you batty. I made a stew also. It's venison and has pableno peppers in it. It's very good if I say so myself.

Trish...I love the marinated chicken leg quarters. We bought them once when they had them on sale. Glad your guy is feeling better.

Monet...WTG on the classes. When I have a little extra time I'm gonna make a "step away from the sugar" blinkie for ya. :) It's the chip that keep jumping in my face.

Deb....now I don't feel so bad about Britts room. The pita looked great!

Kim...((hugzz))

Teensy...I think it's so cool you can put up fish. I would have never thought of canning meat. We've only done veggies.

Gator...WTG on the grade! One smart cookie. Sugarfree of course.


I need to finish calling out these spelling words. Have a super evening.

Love,
Crystle

[woodfrogs]

What a busy board this afternoon!
Monet - the SUNY system has pretty reasonable tuition, but nothing like what you're talking about I'll probably be in debt for the rest of my life! But I figured, what the heck! The pics actually came out pretty good, and we can always scan them and get more printed from that :) And yes, they're twins! Fraternal at that...
And now we're off for sushi!
Have a great night everyone!

[Teensybean]

Hello all, I am back.... Got dh Goulash made, and his clothes packed. He isn't leaving until noon tomorrow, so will have plenty of time to load the pickup in the morning. I love hunting season, for more reasons than just one!!

I have been rereading the Sugar Buster book. I get more out of it each time that I read it. What is the difference between the old book (that I have) and the newer one? Should I pick that one up too??



Deb-- That looks like my extra bedroom when Bill is home!! I thought it was just my son that lived in messes like that!! I am really curious what his quarter of the room looks like on the boat. They have 4 guys to a room. I hope he is not the only one that likes to live like a pig.

Trish-- The marinated meats sound good. We have a few here in Washington, mostly porkloin. There is also some whole chickens that are seasoned.

Heart-- I struggle more with the fat than I do with the sugar. Don't know why because I really try. I have switched to Egg Beaters, Turkey Bacon, and eat lots of Turkey Burger, and boneless skinless chicken breasts. But when I journal in fitday, I am usually not happy with the totals.

Bob-- We pack the jars as full of fish as we can get them. Then they go into the pressure cooker. We add 3 quarts of water, and a couple of Tablespoons white vinegar to the cooker. Yes, the fish does settle and shrink some, but it is soooo worth it. Dh is leaving to go hunting for the weekend. I am going to make me a fish loaf for dinner tomorrow night!! Can't wait.

Pancho-- Glad you like the bread. I have to really hold myself back. But I have only had 1 piece this week!!

Country--Maybe this is just the shake up that your body needs! My sister in law is the one that got us into canning the fish. We just wouldn't have enough room in the freezers to keep all of them. We have two big freezers, but we buy a half of a beef every year, and a pig (if we can find a good deal.) Then I buy lots of chicken breast when it is on sale, and bags of Turkey Burger from Costco. So we needed to do something with all those fish. And it really is good. We also can vension. Ohhh that is so good, dh loves to have venison gravy on his hot cakes!! No kidding it is wonderful.

Well gang will be back later!

[Ellen]

Evening everyone!

Dinner tonight was a chicken and broccoli cheese chowder. It turned out rather well. I did not use a thickener, but just revved some up in the blender to make it thicker, then stirred it back in. I had some Sharfenberger 70% chocolate too. I mean, like I deserved some treat! Tomorrow has to be a new start...

I am totally exhausted, so its off to beddie bye! I hope I can get in replies in the morning!

Sweet dreams, everyone!

[kengjw]

Thank you all for such a warm welcome.

Countrymom : I learnt that I need to put some seasoning to spice up my brown rice since I didn't use to do that with white rice. I can definitely live with it :)

Pancho : I have never own a scale but intend to get one soon. I definitely feel the "stubborn" :lol: fats are coming off. I would love to join the weigh in after I get the scale. I didn't grow up with sweet stuff so I don't crave for them except my white rice but I have noticed a change in my cravings, which is much less. I also noticed that I don't like to fill myself up to my neck anymore. It is getting rather uncomfortable (not like I didn't know before :lol: )

Big Orange Babe : Thanks for your warm welcome. I am glad to be here too.

Trishaloo : You are right, the people here is great and I look forward to know everyone of you.

Teensybean : Thanks. I have learnt quite a bit just by lurking and will not hesitate to ask any questions.

Monet : Thanks. I feel a great deal of support here already:)

Julia

[sef]

HiedieHo All!

Sorry I haven't been here. I was fine yesterday morning. Went swimming, came home and got ready to go out with a couple of friends to AARP meeting. While there I developed a HORRIBLE headache. I don't know why just did. By the time we got home I was fagged. I did fix supper, left it on the counter and came up and went to bed. I woke up 4 1/2 hours later to screaming and laughter. Last night was White Wednesday and the house next door and across the street were being "decorated" with toilet paper. All in all about 10 houses in the immediate neighborhood.

My head felt a little better and I got up to sit a while, big mistake! Head started hurting again and I fell asleep in chair. Woke up took large dose of Tylenol and went to bed. Still felt miserable this a.m. but went to nursing home. Then since it's DS's birthday went to WD to get him a cake. I don't know about y'all but I never seem to be able to buy one thingso..............$80 later I came home with headache worse again. DS had takrn day off so he put away groceries. I came upstairs took 2000 mg of Tylenol and went to bed. Five hours later I woke up fine. Shhhhhhhhhh don't want to jinx it!

For his birthday I took DS and of DIL to the Imperial Chopsticks for dinner. Let's just say that everything was very good......including the birthday cake we had for dessert when we got home!!!!

Tomorrow I have swimming and then I must clean up here! In the evening the YAH group is going to the park for a concert by the Little Theater called "That's Entertainment!" which should be fun.

Letter from my niece telling me about the wonderful time she had visiting my DD and they went to PA visiting and doing genealogy research. Said she had a blast and would let DD fill in all the details. She doesn't know that could or could not happen! She had written to me before she went, she was so excited as she hadn't been back home in eight years. Apparently DD didn't have to think about her visiting!

Will be here tomorrow, I miss not reading about all your doings.

Take care, Shirley

[Debelli]

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEF!!!!

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[Ellen]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEF! I wanted to get you a cake, :hb: but decided a :gift: would be better, since :hb: is not legal! ;) So here I am to celebrate with you! :hat: I even got my magical friend here :wizard: to conjur up some birthday surprise for you! :balloons: (they are cute, but I was a little disappointed he did not think of something more creative!) To top it off, I wrote :write: to a special place I heard about for a special present for you. I specified he should be tall dark and handsome!! Hope you like him! :sumo:

[Ellen]

I had to run Laura to school this morning. Tom was going to, but she was not ready in time. I was very disappointed, since I was looking forward to having one day where I did not have to run out and sit in traffic! I swear I am going to move to the country! I HATE traffic!

I am determined to make it through the day OP. So far, I had three eggs, and two pieces of toast, and tea. Yes, it was a big breakfast, but I find if I eat a very hearty breakfast, I do better. Generally, lunch is moderate, and supper small. When I follow this plan, I seem to do very well. I may try and avoid grains for the rest of the day. It shouldn't be too hard. I can have leftover chicken/broccoli chowder for lunch, and meat and veggies for dinner. That is all Tom wants anyway. He does not eat any grains anymore.

KENG: Where in Georgia do you live? I am in the northeast Atlanta area. Do you like Basmati rice? You can have that. Its amazing how the cravings go away once you start eating right!

TEENSY: Enjoy your alone time! ;) Don't spend it all cleaning and stuff....sit down and read a book or something. I love having the house to myself! It doesn't happen too much these days.

WOOD: Oh! Sushi! I made sushi for my massage therapist the other night. I am not crazy about the shashimi, but I love California rolls and the Ebi shrimp ones. I have made it with brown rice, and it turned out pretty good. Have you ever tried making your own?

COUNTRY: Done any archery lately? I have not touched my bow in months! I will probably have a hard time pulling it! I need something to keep me away from sugar...a trip wire, or electric shocker would probably be effective...once or twice! :lol:

PANCHO: Glad you enjoyed the time with your friend. Your eating sounds great! You need to come and rub off on me! Hope the yard sale goes well!

BOB: Whoa! Good thing you caught that mistake with your meds! Is it just me, or does it seem the world is becoming more and more incompetent?

HEART: Where did you find Boogie? That age is such a riot! Into everything! Do tell...did you avoid the potatoes?

TRISH: Glad Seth is better. My daughter was making noises about staying home today, but she has enough absences for the semester in my opinion! I ignored her and she went on to school. I know what you mean about rain and drivers...here it is the same thing! I little drizzle and all the good driving habits seem to go right out the window!

GATOR: Hooray on that pound lost! I KNOW how hard it is for you, and I am so happy for you when you see some results! I guess we have to view the thyroid issues as 'our cross to bear'. I would rather not, but, God willing, we can succeed with His help! Some days, I just keep repeating Philippians 4:13 to myself.


DEB: Your pitas were beautiful! Makes me want to make a batch, but I am afraid in my state of mind, I would eat all of them as they came out of the oven! Is it the pitas you want the diastatic malt for?

I hope everyone has a great on program day! Will check in later!

:wave:

[Debelli]

Good Friday Morning:wave:

My arse is dragging this morning - tired, tired, tired:tired: I'm so sick of being tired! I'd love to crawl back in bed and go to sleep, which I may do after I get in this post. Forget about walking, I don't even have enough energy to stay awake:fr:

Well, I'm definitely back on track today, I can feel it. I guess that's hard to explain. What I've found is one of the many problems I have is that if something is open, it continues to call my name. Once it's gone, it's so much easier for me. I scarfed down the rest of the Breyers yesterday, so ate the half-gallon all by myself in 2 days, not bad, but not a record breaking feat! I had to finish up anything that was open and not nailed done - task completed, unfortunately. Of course, I feel like crap today, but I deserve that!

I think come Monday I may take the plunge, literally! My sister got a new pool and though this body hasn't seen the inside of a pool in over 20 years:eek: nor the inside of a bathing suit in the same amount of time, I may try to go over there 3 times a week and swim laps to get in some exercise-the other 3 days I'd walk. I won't be looking for a bathing suit:nono: Nope, they have my picture in all the stores with a big slash through it in the bathing suit area for me NOT to be able to buy one. I have a unitard type thing that are right above the knee:fr: which I'll wear with a shirt to cover. It's going to be VERY hard for me to be comfortable in this, even though it's just at my sisters-I don't like it and it may not even happen once I get this thing on me (if I can, haven't tried it on even). So, we'll see, but this is my intention.

I posted a couple recipes on the new quarterly recipe board and will add more as time permits.

KENG, hope you don't me me shortening your name, otherwise, I'm afraid, I won't be able to remember the whole thing;)http://members.aol.com/eldemila/sb_sign3.jpg Glad you decided to join in. Not sure if anyone's mentioned it, but we have two other Georgia Peaches on the board, so you're in good company. Maybe you live near them? MONET & TALITHA! Please don't hesitate to ask any questions you may have, we're all more than happy to help answer any that you do!:)

MONET, I think it's wonderful that you were doing these classes for free and now that you are being paid double what you'd even thought of! I wish I were there, I would love to take a class like yours. I really would like to take a bread making class to learn all the ins and outs about baking bread without a ABM. There was one at the community school last month but it's just 1 time and $39, a bit pricey I think. I may try to see if they have any videos at the library, that may help. I'd like to learn more about shaping and kneading. Thanks for assuring me I don't have the only slob in the USA!!! I have to say, the studio that did the senior pics did a wonderful job on all I've seen. The guy who took MICHAEL'S pics actually took pics of LAUREN when he worked at GS. Nope, the pitas don't have the malt in them. Oh, got the new phone books, would you believe, no brew supply stores listed!

GATOR, basa is a very white fish, whereas, to me, tilapia is pink, this is white, white and doesn't taste fishy one iota! Thanks for letting me know from your experience with your DS that there's hope for MICHAEL! CONGRATS on the 1lb loss:bravo:

TEENSY, I mentioned the fish to ELI and even he couldn't imagine it. What kind of fish is it that you can? You'll have to take a pic of all your canning one day to post, I'm impressed without even seeing it!! I can't imagine your DS living with 4 others and his 25% of the room being as such. I'm hoping once he goes to college he gets better-they better hope the same or whoever he gets as a roommate will NOT be happy!:nono:

TRISH, glad to hear SETH is feeling better. What's a HEB store? Never heard about them.

HEART, I can just imagine BOOGIES face as he got caught in the act!:lol: Hope you enjoy your class today. I think we must of had the same devil-laced ice cream - mine jumped right in my stomach! Better luck for us today!!!:D

BOB, will talk to you tomorrow. Sent an APB out to ROSALIE for you!:)

PANCHO, good luck with the garage sale - hope you sell it all. Let us know how it went! Make your kids neat freaks while you can, otherwise you may end up with the reality of my pictures of MICHAEL'S room in your own home!:fr:

COUNTRY, glad MICHAEL'S room made you feel a bit better about BRITT'S room;) See, we always think the grass is greener on the other side:nono:

SEF, I hope you're feeling better today and have a wonderful birthday! What are your plans? That's great that you have DS's birthday so close to your own.
Here's a birthday hug!!!!{{{{:grouphug:}}}}}

Okay, I'm outta here for a few. Will check in later!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Debbie

[Trishaloo]

Friday is finally here!!!! Seems like it's been a long week. No huge plans, just watching the Red River Shootout tomorrow (that would be the Texas/OU football game) or at least until it gets too ugly to stand. OU is #1 and we're #11, what does that tell you? I think I may make that layered Mediterranean dip that I made for the get together. Deb, do you think you can have those pitas here by tomorrow at 2??? Just kidding, I'll probably use WW tortilla chips.

I made it through last week-end staying legal. I really am going to try for 2 in a row. At boot camp, Jordan says they have a saying, "Chow to Chow, Sunday to Sunday". Hey, whatever gets you through.

Gotta run. Jordan said we could send cough drops and stamps, so I'm off to get that mailed. I have to send enough cough crops for 60-80 boys so I bought 6 large bags this morning at Wal-Mart on my way to work. This should be interesting.

I'll try to check in later, if not, have a great week-end everybody!!!

Go Texas, Beat OU!!!!!!

Trish

[CountryMom4Him]

I have a few minutes before I have to take BJ to work so I thought I would pop in and say howdy! It's blah outside. Better than all the rain we got yesterday. :)

Monet...I have not picked up my bow in a while. I really need to. Every time I think I might something comes up. I'm gonna attach a little tag for you and all of us at the bottom of this post....LOL

Deb...when Britt saw your son's room, she was like see mom its a kid thing. :) WTG getting all the temptations out of the house. I feed the chips to Zachary last night so I would stay out of them...Bad I know...I had to have just a few first.

Trish...you can do it! Two legal weekends coming up.

Happy Birthday Sef!!!! I hope your headache is long gone!

Julia...when I first used to make the brown rice I had to use chicken broth. But now it's okay just to cook it. I LOVE the bastmati rice. Krogers sells a 10 pound bag for like 5 something. It's the only place in my neck of the woods I can find it. I know there is a brown one also but I haven't found that one yet.

Teensy....I sure hope so. It's like most of me is a good size...it's just those few areas that drive me batty and let me know that there is still some I could lose.

That boy of mine refuses to wake up...agh...he's gonna find himself calling in if he doesn't get to moving.

Love,
Crystle

[Pancho]

Good Friday morning:

Why am I here instead of at my yard sale, you may ask????? Well, the weather people have been calling for a chance of rain for the past week, and every day it has been sunny. Well today, of all days, I wake up to pouring rain. If we didn't need the rain so terribly bad, I'd probably be upset, but we do. We will probably have the sale tomorrow & Sunday or maybe even next weekend if it rains tomorrow (which they say is a possibility in the afternoon). My DD is off school today (some sort of teacher's convention), so we will probably sit around and be lazy today....ahhh, that sounds good!

If I had a stone, I may even attempt to make those pitas. I did manage to make 4 loaves of zucchini bread to freeze though.

Teensy: What is DH hunting for; what season is it? I only have the new book. From what I understand, the old book is mostly a recipe book with some SB info. in it. I learned more from this site and Rizza's (sp?) site than I did the book. I have so many books about the bad effects of sugar that I read whenever I can to remind me how bad it is. It can suppress the immune system and cause you to be sick more. That s/b incentive enough for me this time of year when I am bound to be taking care of my share of sick kids. Oh, a question for you....when a recipe (such as your walnut, apple bread) calls for sifted flour, how important is it to sift it? I don't have a flour sifter, so I never do. Could that drastically change the outcome of the recipe. I tend to take a lot of shortcuts when I cook, and don't claim to be the best cook at that;) .

Ken: I think it was Gator that posted a really quick and simple way to eat the brown rice. I am keeping it in the back of my head for a cold day when I have nothing planned for lunch. She said to mix some cream of chicken, chicken broth and white meat chicken (she said canned)....I think I'd use fresh shredded and mix it with the rice. I think I'd cook the rice with the broth vs water, and then add the soup, chicken and maybe some cheese. I think this would be quick and yummy, and you'd almost always have those ingredients at hand. If someone else posted this...sorry. I thought it was Gator since she is always so darn busy.....how could she possibly find time to eat?

Sef: HAPPY BIRTHDAY....what a terrible way to welcome it with that stubborn headache. I'm glad it is finally on its way out of there. Have a great day.

Monet: Have a great OP day;) .

Deb: Can you swim year round there, or is your sister's pool heated? I'd be a nervous wreck having a pool with all those kids. I'm sure it is gated and all, but I tend to worry about that. You hear of kids drowning, almost on a daily basis here in Phoenix. Have you made those pitas prior to having a stone to cook them on; how much does it change the outcome???

Well, better go spend some time with the kiddos!

Have a great day. You'll probably see me pop in a few times today since we are home!

Nat

[Pancho]

OOOOOPS, forgot to ask a question: You can probably answer this, Deb.

Isn't corn starch a no-no? I thought I read or heard somewhere to avoid it when you can. I have seen a few recipes that I could alter but they call for powdered sugar. My mom told me that she saw a recipe that you can mix splenda with corn starch in a blender to make powdered sugar! Please let me know what the rule is for it.

Thanks gals!

Nat

[YellowRose]

Happy, Happy Birthday, Sef:bravo: Hope your have a marvelous day.:gift: :queen:

[Fillise]

Hello all!

This will be a quickie today. I did want to pop in to send a big
Happy Birthday to SEF!:hb: :gift: :balloons: I hope you have a wonderful day!!!!!

Deb--Go swimming and enjoy!!!!!! I mean why bother to lose all the weight if we are going to still "see" ourselves as unacceptable. There is no law that says a woman must have a flawless body. You are beautiful as you are! The hardest thing is learning to be comfortable in our own bodies!!!!!

OK--enough pontificating for today!

Have a great day everyone!

Susan

[sef]

HiedieHo All!

Miserbale rainy day. Did go swimming though. They hold class rain or shine, except lightning. Also had a meeting with trainer. There are many things that at this point I can't do. She recommneded the recliner bike and (I can't remember what it's called) a thing that you stand on and sort of pedal away. I can't use the treadmill with my neuropathy I'm liable to be sent sailing across the room! Also going to do the sit to be fit group. I'll be a lean mean fighting wreck! Could not do much even in swimming as I am really aching! Probably the weather and the nature of the beast.

When I came home there was a lovely oink and lavender bouquet for me. DS got it for me in my favorite colors. Also got a card from DD, she'll probably call later.

MONET: How original you are. Thank you!

DEB: Thanks for good wishes. Plans? Swim, make supper, and supposed to go to concert in the park. But it is raining so guess we'll cross that off. Take some of your own advice. You are what you set in your mind. Just think "I look pretty good for a broad that's lost a lot of weight!" Get out there and swim!!!! Once you're in the water no one can tell what you look like!

COUNTRY: If you miss the rain I know where it is!!! Thanks for wishes.

PANCHO: Thank you. Headache was gone but keeps coming back, right now just nagging nothing to write home about.

YELLOWROSE & FILLISE: Thank you!

Going to get the roast in the oven. I love pork roast and there was a .99 sale.

Will try to check in later.

Take care, Shirley

[heartmom]

For those wondering, I didn't eat the potatoes! Man, the exercise class yesterday was intense! I was drenched in sweat and could feel it working. I just knew I would be sore today, but I'm not. I WAS going to do my WATP tape, but decided against it. The last time I did the 3 mile after an intense workout, I ended up getting so sore I could hardly walk. So taking the day off. I'm putting my yard sale off until next week. Me and hubby are going to fix the kitchen this weekend. But since I'm not doing the yard sale early, I'm going to my exercise class at 8 am. I love the way the girl does the class, you do aerobics, step, weights, and you mix it all up so that you're constantly doing something. Then you do some floor exercises at the end. I got my friend to go with me yesterday. She couldn't quite keep up with the step and a couple of moves, but I told her the more she does it, the better her endurance will get. So I'm glad to get a buddy to go with me. Who knows, maybe she'll eventually give SB a try. She's the one I told you about- thinks hardly eating will make her lose alot of weight. Okay, well I stepped on the scale, thinking it might slightly be off 180 because of the intense workout and I stayed OP- it was! I'm at 179 this morning. 1 more to go before I'm back at my low. With us doing the kitchen, we're not going to be able to cook. I will stay OP this weekend, I can do this. Why are the weekends always the hardest?

BOB- everyone has a weakness. I love chocolate, cake, ice cream, pies-you get the pic. Hubby can eat a 13.5 oz bag of Doritos at one sitting! They don't phase me. But bring in some of the above, and I'm like a vulture!

[Teensybean]

Good Morning!

Well, dh got off about 30 minutes ago. They will get up there in about 3 hours. Deer season doesn't open until morning so they will just set up camp today. Turned cold last night, so hope they stay warm. The cooler weather is better for the hunting too. Especially if they get one. The heat can spoil the meat, so it is nice to have cold days and nights.

Not doing much, I feel sort of at a loss....don't have anything planned. Had an intense work out this morning. Put a new #25 resistance band on, and my arms are really feeling it. Hope it will get some more weight off. Got in 5 days this week, so I am happy with that. Would like to hit my goal by Christmas, that is 12 pounds more to go. But it has really slowed down, so I don't know.

I should get busy and get my Christmas loafs made and froze. I had to pick all of the squash this morning since all of the plants froze last night. I am going to make individual Zucchini Loafs, and Apple Walnut Loafs for my "Goodie Bags." We do these for the family members that we don't buy gifts for. Aunt's, Uncle's, Neighbor's, and Friend's. Just a little something.

On to replies............

Monet-- I have a recipe for Broccoli Chowder, and that is what I do too. It really helps to thicken it up. I could use some of that today, it froze here this morning. Lost my zucchini, and summer squash. Had the tomatoes covered, so they survived. Nope, I am not going to clean at all today.....I am playing on the computer for awhile. It's too cold out to do anything out side.

Sef-- Happy Birthday. Hope your headache is gone so you may enjoy your special day!! :gift:

Deb--What we can is Rainbow Trout and Silver's, (Bluebacks, some people call them.) My son made foreman on his boat, hope that he tries a little harder to be neater, since he is going to be in charge!!

Trish-- Glad you finally heard from Jordan. Glad everything is okay.

County-- I think that we probably will always have areas that we are not happy with. I still have 12 pounds to go, but I know that the areas that are bothering me will not be affected by 12 pounds!!

Pancho-- Deer season opens tomorrow morning. They left this morning to get camp set up.It is open for one week, then it closes for one week for Elk season, then deer is open for another week. It turned cold here last night, so it might be good hunting for them. I know personally how sugar can affect a person. I haven't had any allergy symptoms or had a cold since I started PP over two years ago. As for the flour, I really don't know. I wouldn't worry about it too much for the Apple Walnut Loaf. It is not like it is supposed to be light and fluffy. I think it will be fine. Just give your dry ingredients a mixing before you put them with the wet ingredients.

Heart-- WTG, sound like fun. Wish I had some classes somewhere close to me. We are out in the boonies so nothing is close. Just keep encouraging your friend. That's a definite help to us all. And yes, you can stay OP again this weekend.


Tootles.......

[Rosalie]

Howdy Everyone

Sorry that I have been MIA for so long. I've been busy, busy, busy. For the whole of September I was working out of town and staying in a hotel. I would just come home for weekends, unpack, do laundry and a few chores and some running around then it was time to take off again. I would leave Sunday afternoon and come home Friday evenings. For this month I am staying at home but have to travel for about an hour each way each day. I'm usually ready to hit the sack about 9-10 p.m. which is very early for me as I usually like to be up until after midnight. I didn't realize that sitting at a desk all day could be so tiring. It must be all that brain power that I am using! It's just not used to all this work. :lol:. The eating has been bad. I started off with good intentions but lost the will power fairly quickly after eating almost all meals in restaurants. The first few weeks I didn't gain anything although I deserved to but this last week I am up about four pounds from my lowest. It's too darn bad as I was just beginning to lose again after being stalled for so long. I am home early to-day and it is a long weekend (Thangsgiving up in this neck of the woods) and will do my best to stay op. I'll be going to my daughter's on Sunday for turkey dinner. The bird is in my fridge defrosting and I have to get it up to my dd Sunday morning. She is away for a couple of days and won't be home until Sunday morning but she wanted to have the dinner at her place and that is fine with me. I'll be making a cole-slaw salad and I plan on preparing some squash for baking and take that with me and pop it in the oven when I get there. We will be having a spiced rice with it but I will probably not eat any. I need to keep away from those starchy carbs as much as possible. Had darn too many lately.

I do skim the posts once in a while but haven't had the time to get on here and post. I see that the board is really hopping and that we have quite a few new members. Hopefully I can get to know more of you sometime soon. I've been doing SB for about 4 years. I've lost a total of 45 pounds. It's been a slow process but even when I haven't been losing I have usually been able to maintain. So I just have to watch that things don't get out of hand now.

BOB - So sorry to hear about Skeeter. I know you must be really suffering through the loss and I feel for you. Thanks for thinking of me.

Deb - How the heck did you get those pitas to raise up like that? And I thought you couldn't cook. I think you have been holding out on us. ;).

Sef - HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Hope your headache is better.

Sorry I can't 'talk' to you all. There's so many posts to read but it is good to see the board is busy. I've got about another 6 weeks at this job then I will be retiring again and then hopefully will have more time.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Bye for now.

Marie.

[Pancho]

I'm baaaaaack. Just thought I'd check in while youngest DD is down for a nap. She is screaming at the top of her lungs right now, but I'm sure she will fall off to sleep soon.

The rain stopped, but it is still very wet out there.

I made the basic brown rice, chicken broth, cream of chicken and shredded chicken soup for lunch this afternoon, and it turned out great. I thought for it being such a basic recipe, it wouldn't be very tasty. Both of my dd's liked it too. I will definately make it again. I cooked the rice with 1 cup of chicken broth and 1 cup of water for 45 minutes. I then added the rest of the can of chicken broth and the cream of chicken and chicken and added some salt & pepper. It hit the spot!

I have two more chicken breast that I will saute with peppers, onions & tomatoes for dinner and eat in tortillas or pitas.

Nothing else new to report!

Sef: I assume you meant pink & lavender roses....I thought for a moment that your ds sent you a pig bouquet:lol: Glad your headache cleared up for your special day.

heart: Glad you are enjoying your exercise class. It's nice to have someone to work out with and someone to teach the class that is motivating. I'm sure you will be down to 178 for WIW.

Teensy: If you are already "hurting so good" from your workout, you are going to be one sore puppy tomorrow. "They" say you really shouldn't feel sore from a workout until 24 hours later. That is impressive about your allergy and cold symptoms disappearing once you learned how to treat your body. I am anxious to see how I do this fall/winter. I have only been on SB since May, but did Atkins for March & April.

Rosalie: Welcome back. Enjoy your dinner with DD on Sunday. We look forward to seeing your posts again.

I am sure I will be back in a few hours!!

Have a great afternoon!

[THE BIG ORANGE BABE]

AFTERNOON EVERY BUDDY!! :wave:





HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEF!!!! :hb: :gift: :balloons: Not many people get to go to an AARP meeting for their birthday....you're special!

PANCHO...You can bet that I'll be watching the video shows for you and your escapades!

CRYSTLE...Good going on the RS videos...I've got them all....that's it...don't expect more...I've got them and they are all safe in the original plastic just like I bought them.....years ago!

ROSALIE..... I WAS STARTING TO WORRY ABOUT YOU!!! Good to see you back...NOW STAY HERE!! :s:

TEENSY...what kind of fish do you put in there? Would salmon work?

LAURIE...I'm right there with you on the habits....you know...the bad ones...I'm totally hooked on CHEESEITS and GOLDFISH!
I can really do some damage on those!

TRISH...I'll be watching the game and pulling for your team...SUSAN says that I always have to pull for the team that plays AUBURN, cause when I pull for AUBURN, THEY LOSE!
SO...:s:

DEB....I've got this visual of you in one of those early 1900's bathing suits....You know the ones.....complete with stockings and a hat! :p

I think I've got everyone...if I did miss anyone... :wave:

GO VOLS~~~~~~ BEAT THEM DAWGS!!!!


BOB

[Teensybean]

Hello, I am back too....can't seem to find anything to occupy my time for very long. Am getting ready to dig out the vacuum cleaner.....oh no!!

Made a couple of mini pizza's for lunch using the WW tortillas. They were alot easier than making my own crust. But not nearly as good!!

I haven't thought of anything to take to my Mom's tomorrow for our pot luck. I am thawing out some chicken tenders.....any idea's??



Rosalie-- Good to see you again. Sounds like they are keeping you hopping. Hope that you have a great Thanksgiving.

Pancho-- It is not a sore muscle hurt, just a good hurt.....like I really worked the muscles. My arms were a little shaky when I was done. New band, so it was harder to push and pull, but don't expect to be hurting!!

BOB-- We use Rainbow Trout......Salmon would be fabulous!! Ever had canned salmon?? Try this;

Salmon Party Log

1--1 pound can (2 cups) salmon
1--8 oz package cream cheese softened
1 Tbl lemon juice
2 tsp grated onion
1 tsp prepared horseradish
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp liquid smoke
1/2 c chopped pecans
3 Tbl snipped parsley

Drain and flake salmon, removing skin and bones. Combine salmon with next 6 ingredients; mix thoroughly. Chill several hours. Combine pecans and parsley. Shape salmon mixture in 8X2 in log; roll in nut mixture.; chill well.
Pass the triscuits!!
I get lazy and just put this in a bowl and forget about the pecans and parsley, just sprinkle the top with shelled sunflower seeds! THis is a great dish to take anywhere, or to eat as you are watching the games!

[Debelli]

Evening All:wave:

Got a few minutes before I have to get off the computer for MICHAEL to use. ELI is on his way home, sick with a killer sore throat. Have to p/u LAUREN from school at 10pm. Didn't do squat today but feel like I ran a marathon I'm so tired! Even took a nap and STILL tired. :tired: Can't wait to hit the bed tonight!

TRISH, geez, if I had read your post sooner I'd of gotten a batch of pita baked up and FEDEXED out to you pronto. I'm sure you'll stay OP this weekend. I plan to follow in your footsteps!

COUNTRY, BRITT says that I bet because it gives her and the other slob children an excuse. You'd think they'd want things to stay neat and tidy:nono: MICHAEL claims he knows where everything is when it's a mess and yells when he cleans up that he can't find anything. I'll remind him about me having to look for his book and finding it yesterday when it was a pig sty!

PANCHO, basically you can swim year round. There's only a few days that you can't down here, or at least it feels like a few. Trust me, I'll be *****ing about the cold soon enough! My sister had taken down the pool fence while they had the cool deck and one of the girls opened the door and the baby got out and my sister found her hanging on the side of the pool. If my DM found out about this she'd really lay into her. Of course, I said something, but more nicely though I'd like to have shaken the crap out of her! When I made the pitas right on the rack the first time it was hard because the dough falls in the cracks. I'd use a cookie sheet if you don't have a stone, it's just as good. No cornstarch. How about taking agave, make it hard and then put in a food processor and grind fine? I have heard about making fake powdered sugar with coconut.

FILLISE, don't think I'll ever feel that comfort:shrug:

SEF, you had me laughing When I came home there was a lovely oink and lavender bouquet for me :lol: All I could imagine was a pig stuck in some lavender bouquet! Enjoy your birthday - you deserve the best!

HEART, you'll be below your low before you know it. Sounds like you are really enjoying your classes:D

TEENSY, sounds like you're a baking feind! Wish I was one of your neighbors, sounds like you spoil them with such wonderful yummies!

ROSALIE, glad to see your post and to hear all that's going on with you these days. We've really missed you! I can't believe it's Thanksgiving up there already! Hey, don't think I'm all that and a bag of chips with the pitas, just found something I wasn't able to screw up. Really, they are very simple to make:D

BOB, if I could find one of those suits I'd probably wear it, minus the cap! It's going to be a big step for me to even dip a toe in the water. It remains to be seen!

Okay, I'm a gonner - will check in tomorrow!

Toodles

Deb

[THE BIG ORANGE BABE]

DEB...I've already called Les and asked her to take a picture...
It WILL be on the front page of the Miami Herald!
BOB

[THE BIG ORANGE BABE]

TEENSY,

here comes the stupid question...drain the salmon???
Is this coming out of the jar? or do you bake it first?
BOB

[fruitloupe]

Hey Kiddos!

Just popping in quickly to say hello!

SEF: Happy Happy Birthday! Are you 29 AGAIN!?

JACKIEO: Will see you Sunday - can't wait to meet!

GATOR: Girl...wish you were here for the game! It will be a good one! I'll get online when I get home tomorrow night so we can talk about the outcome! GEAUX TIGERS!

Love yall
missy

[Ellen]

Evening everyone!

Its been a busy day. Went to the church office this morning to do my usual volunteer work of putting together the worship guide. It took longer today, as there was a sheet that had to be folded and stuffed into the guides. I ran a few errands afterwards, and then came home. Laura of course wanted the car. Tom and I decided to go out to dinner, and tried a new place that specializes in seafood, and with a Columbian flare. The food was wonderful, but I had fried oysters, and crab cakes. I did pass on the baked potato and rice, and had green beans and salad. I will definitely want to go back there. The food was very good! Tom of course was very good, and got his seafood grilled. :rolleyes:

When I got home, I dug into a tub of Blue Bunny NSA ice cream. It has been in the freezer too long and is freezer burned. It still tasted ok. I hope it doesn't have the laxative effect too badly! :eek:

Tom wanted to watch the Two Towers tonight, but I have a headache and am too tired. Tomorrow night....

I am heading for bed now! Sweet dreams, everyone!

[GatorGal]

Missy--If the Gators show up, the outcome will have been determined!!! LOL Congratulations in advance. It's amazing how fast a team can fall. You wouldn't believe the press in this state. The "best" or "worst" depending on how much you love or hate Zook, was in a paper that BOB probably can get, the St. Pete Times. They have us questionable against Vandy. :(
I would enjoy being there with you, though. LA is a great state to visit, and especially NO.

[GatorGal]

Monet--I spent about 3 hours at the doctors office today. I was exhausted when I finally got home. She is upping my Thyrolar because the numbers were worse than when on the Armour, although she likes Thyrolar better and the electrodermal test showed it was more compatible with my body. (thats the holistic part of medicine!) Anyway, she did another test on me last month and got the results and we spent a lot of time talking about them. I'm gonna be doing some vitamin therapy and some other stuff to fine tune my body. She is hoping that by Feb. or March I should be seeing some results. I'll be on Thyrolar 1/2 twice a day which is an increase of 30% or 1/2 of a tablet. She also said that most of the time the antibody problem is not correctable. Occasionally when someone has heavy metals in their body it triggers an autoimmune response and, so, if the metals are removed the autoimmune problem clears up. This is not the norm, though. The problem with the antibodies is that eventually they will "attack" the Thyrolar or whatever I'm taking, and so it is a constant switching from one med to another to keep ahead of the problem. Definitely a downer. She was also very happy about how I've been eating and is encouraging me to keep majorly to meats and veggies. One of the tests show that I have a slight allergy to eggs, wheat, oats and dairy (milk) but that I can eat cheese. I'm having another allergy test done that will check on 100 foods. Should get that back in a month or so.
Of all the people to have something like this--me--the one that can remember a meal from 2 years ago. The one that can recreate a recipe from something delicious I ate in a restaurant. Me, who loves to cook--and to eat. I guess this eating problem is not gonna be temporary. :(

[chrisd]

Hey guys, just a quick hello! Im tired and going to bed. Nver got a chance to post today! Im gonna go weigh in tomorrow to see if it really is 2 lbs or not. I made PB cookies today....HORRIBLE. Didnt stop me from eating them, but they really werent good. DH only ate one and couldnt go any further. I have about 15 more. Dominic seemed to like them a little, so i will give them to him. Im sure I will have a few tomorrow. Going out tomorrow night for my anniversary...we are going to Outback and then out with a bunch of friends. Looking forward to it.

DEB - Still tired?? :dizzy: Sorry I missed your call tonight. I was at my moms cleaning up glass...I will explain tomorrow. Too late to call you back, so I just figured I would talk to you in the morning. If no answer that means I am sleepin in and hubby is taking care of the little man. Did you eat good today? I will be more than happy to give you some TLC... :s: . If Dominics room lever looks like that, I think I will have a heart attack. Im a neat freak and I think he already knows that! lol

BOB - Yes I was able to see the press conf....for Alstott. I felt so bad for him...I cant believe he cried. We have sooooo many injured people for Sunday's game. I have to say, Im a little nervous.

PANCHO - Hope you get to do your yard sale. I hope you're right about losing the 13lbs...we'll see. I have been meaning to ask you...what part of Az do you live in. My uncle lives there..used to live in Scottsdale..now lives in Cave Creek. I used to spend 1/2 my summers there...when he lived in Scottsdale.

Well guys, have a great weekend.

Chris

[kengjw]

I made my first meatloaf today and came out quite good. I am definitely trying to learn more ways to cook, besides stir-frying, which I am used to. Before, it was rice as the main dish, then the veges, meat/seafood are the side dishes. Now, I have to switch gear to more protein, and less starchy carbs, although I am used to lotsa veges. I also made some baked sweet potatoes today but didn't eat mine at lunch because there were WW bread slices in the meatloaf. I was proud of myself :) I ended up eating it at dinner, with fish and cucumber salad.

Have anyone ever burnt your pot of rice? lol. I was on another site yesterday and forgot that I had my rice cooking on the stove. Gosh....my memory is fading and I am only 29...sighh.

Sef : I am new here and I know we have not met yet but would like to wish you a very Happy Birthday!

Monet : I live in south of Atlanta, Fayetteville, to be exact. I love it here, quiet and a little country :). Yes, I like Basmati rice. From Sweetalk, I gathered that white Basmati rice is legal, am I right? I will have to get it this weekend when I go grocery shopping. I plan to alternate it with brown rice.

Debelli : Thanks for your "colourful" warm welcome :) . Yes, I just found out that Monet lives in GA and you just told me about Talitha. That is great! I saw the pics of the pita bread you made. It looked like one of the breads I have eaten at an indian restaurant. I wonder if that is the same kind? Oh, I LOVE Basa fish, infact, that was what I had for dinner tonight. I buy it from Publix, come frozen and vacuumed packed. I have to have it every week, my fav!

Countrymom : Yes, I like Basmati rice. I was surprised to know that I can have the white basmati rice which is a plus. 10 lb bag would be great. I saw brown basmati rice sold in Publix under Texmati, in a container. That small container costs about $5+. I will have to check out Kroger for that 10lbs bag. Fyi, I still have my 25lbs of white Jasmine rice sitting in my pantry and I refused to give it away:lol: .

Pancho : Thanks for the brown rice recipe. That sounds very tasty, definitely better than just plain old brown rice. I know my dd would love it.

Questions for anyone :

What is a serving of pasta or rice? 1/2 cup or 1 cup? I know SB doesn't ask us to measure but with the one full plate rule. (Dh laughed and said, what if you pile the food high up?:lol:) How much do you actually eat? What about bread? Is 1 slice 1 serving? Thanks.

Julia

[Teensybean]

BOB-- The recipe calls for canned salmon......it has fish brine in it. I have never made it with fresh cooked salmon...give it a try!

Keng-- Check your nutrition info.....my bread is sliced very thin and are small loaves, a serving is 2 slices. My pasta says 2 oz dry is a serving.

[CountryMom4Him]

If you take out the horseradish...we've made that for every shower or wedding reception we've ever had..LOL I LOVE it. Thanks for reminding me of it. It's been years and there's no reason not to make it just because. It's simple and delicious.

Love,
Crystle

[Emma3Jane]

Hi Everyone!

I was busy this week, with a grant deadline looming and preparations for the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in New Orleans this year. I might post infrequently on the boards. But your support has helped tremendously.

After deliberation, I decided to pass on this upcoming grant submission. Of course, this decision isn’t popular with colleagues and supervisors. I choose instead to focus on getting some manuscripts out, which will strengthen my future competitiveness. And to continue working on job applications in the evenings and weekends, not this grant which has little hope of funding. Rant over.

I have to say that staying OP was easy because I work in an isolated hospital building (you can’t eat the food here!), so I am forced to bring my lunch. I usually cook 3-4 portions of something legal for dinner, and store 1-2 portions for lunch the next day. (that little bit about not eating enough per day will never apply to me! :) ) I do find that drinking enough water has improved my drowsiness, and the nagging headache. I tested it (Scientists can’t really resist testing hypotheses.) by not drinking the water for 2 days, and those symptoms returned. I have banned all diet sodas—there is something weird going on in my body when I drink them. Now they are reserved for movie going which is only a few times a month.

So what’s the deal with Basmati rice? White Basmati rice? Legal or not?

Lastly, as if my week weren’t full enough. The garage flooded on Wednesday, the all-in-one office jet stopped working, the H*llish Dell stopped recognizing the CDRW and a furry monster peed on the brandnew, sumptuous down comforter. Everything is now (crosses fingers) back to working order, but what a frenzy.

I am proud of my foresight to purchase the down comforter and duvet cover that are MACHINE WASHABLE! The washed comforter is just like NEW, and dried in an amazingly short time period. I purchased this gem from Overstock.com: a wonderful site with amazingly low prices and only $2.95 shipping on any order. I used an internet coupon for 10% off purchases. I saw the same comforter and duvet in local stores for 5-8 times the price I paid. Bragging! I have created such a comfortable bed that I can’t wait to go to sleep!

Assorted replies:

Debelli Those pitas look so tasty. I might have to try this recipe myself. My cracked pizza stone should be fine for this project.

For your son Michael I have seen works by most of those ‘lesser known’ Ang Lee’s. Memento was brilliant. Another lesser known is Guillermo del Torro, for “Espinazo del Diablo” I met the director/author after a screening at the 2001 Toronto film festival. He is brilliant. Another brilliant documentary is “Shalom Y’all” -- you just have to see it.

And Deb—you can’t be Gollum unless you start carrying the ice cream around muttering ‘my precious… my precciouuusss…”

Gator Gal Way to go on the French exam!
Sorry to hear about your health problems. But your cooking skills will help tremendously in following any diet changes necessary since you will have less stress and anxiety about managing this important aspect of your health.

Oui! Vous supposez correctement Je parle français. Je suis allé à Paris avec 12 semaines de formation de Berlitz sous ma ceinture. Mes collègues à l'institut Pasteur tutored me plus loin. Berlitz concentré sur la langue parlée, ainsi mes qualifications de lecture et d'écriture étaient minimaux. Mais, j'ai parlé assez bien pour obtenir mon carte de sejour, trouve un appartement (la plupart des conversations au téléphone!) et magasin. Une fois que mon manque de qualifications d'écriture devenait évident -- le commis de ventes a dû écrire mon chèque pour moi! J'ai signé vers le haut pour les leçons libres de langue fournies par le gouvernement parisien de ville dans mon arrondissment.

Yes! You assume correctly. I speak French. I went to Paris with 12 weeks of Berlitz training under my belt. My colleagues at the Pasteur Institute tutored me further. Berlitz focused on spoken language, so my reading and writing skills were minimal. But, I spoke well enough to obtain my carte de sejour, find an apartment (most conversations on the phone!) and shop. Once my lack of writing skills became apparent--the sales clerk had to write my check for me! I signed up for the free language lessons provided by the Parisian city government in my neighborhood.

Heatmom I too give away lots of clothes, and sundry items to the Goodwill etc. I get a receipt for my donations, use the program “It’s Deductible” (or my common sense & thrift shopping experience) to determine fair market value for the items (your 2-3$ per sweater in fine condition is an example) and deduct this as a charitable contribution. Over 12 months, it ADDS up! The charitable contribution category is a lifesaver for me, as it always lowers final tax bill. I have three separate loads to go this weekend. As mentioned above, the garage flooded for the third time in 6 months at my townhouse. During the cleanup I found dry items I haven’t touched in over three years—my limit! Out they go, and now we can park both cars in the garage. YES! Before winter too!

Monet ! What a wonderful compliment that your class doubled your suggested payment! People really can be very generous. You were right to pass on the “Two Towers” with a headache, it’s an intense movie in places.

Rant alert!! New Line Cinema is releasing the extended versions of “Fellowship of the Ring” & “Two Towers” to theaters in early December before the release of “Return of the King”. In fact, there will be back-to-back screenings of “Fellowship” & “Towers” leading into the 12:01 am release of “King”. Why the drool? I’m a Tolkien geek—it’s in my bio. My dear Bill’s comment about the marathon screening of all three LOTR movies was “I love you, but my head would explode… so no.” But he will see them separately with me before seeing ROTK. 73 days and counting……

Well, I must end the marathon post. Have a great weekend everyone! I have set a goal to have 10 job applications done and mailed by Monday. All the creative writing…. Cover letters, past accomplishments, current and future research goals, teaching philosophy etc… AARRGGHHH!! I struggle most with not minimizing my accomplishments or credentials. Long standing problem, connected to body image, self-image, and shame. I might be on the boards over the weekend… ranting!

Ciao!

Emma

[THE BIG ORANGE BABE]

GOOD FOOTBALL SATURDAY TO EVERYONE!!! :cb:


I just lost a whole post to the wind!!! :mad:


SO...here's my picks for today's games!

GEAUX TIGERS!!! beat FLA!!

GO AUBURN!!! beat THEM HOGS!!!

I would be saying GO CATS!!! But they've already showed their *** this week and lost!

THE GAME OF THE DAY!!! FOR THE LEAD IN THE SEC EAST!!!

GO BIG ORANGE!!! beat THEM DAWGS!!!


BOB

[GatorGal]

BOB, I think I can outdo your image, even though the Gators will not be able to outdo the Tigers this afternoon.

Emma--LOL, I was able to read virtually all your message without resorting to the translation. Some things, like "shopping" translated, "le magasin" were new to me. I would have though "faire le magasin," "faire des achats" or something similar. But I'm really new at this and only have been to France on vacation. To use the telephone and have to actually SPEAK IN FRENCH sounds scary. You rock!

I'm just taking a break from working outside in the butterfly garden. The zinnias have gone to seed and the bog plant I have out there to attract White Peacock butterflies is going wild. I do have a lot of beautiful yellow caterpillars from the Sulphurs, and the cassias are blooming beautiful yellow so it's very pretty there. Maybe I'll post some pictures.

[GatorGal]

Here's a picture of some baby caterpillars. They will end up being gold rim swallowtail butterflies, if the wasps don't eat them first. :( They are on a vine that is growing over an arbor to enter the garden. I tried to attach a picture of the garden, which is really pretty, but even though it is the smallest size and low resolution, the board limits wouldn't accept it.

[Debelli]

Hey All:wave:

Another week, another sucky garage sale day. Not sure why but boy, do they suck! I got a few things, nothing exciting at all. Did get 1 more book for my collection, going to go lie down and read for a bit.

ELI just called, he's going to be home around 5pm, will believe it when I see it. To him, it's early, to me, it's a 13 hour day already for him. Going to make a batch of pita bread:)

Eating was good yesterday and so far today. If I can just get through tomorrow I'll be okay:)

MISSY, JACKIEO & JACKK - ENJOY YOURSELVES TOMORROW! I wish I could be there too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D


TEENSY, you've gotten some of us so curious about this fish! Maybe you should send out some samples;)

BOB, glad I got to talk to you today. I guess if I start cleaning now the house should be clean when you decide to come:lol:

MONET, you are too funny with the ice cream! Desperate people will scrape off the "PROTECTIVE ICE" and eat what's underneath it - I'm guilty of doing it in the past. Parents said they won't be going through Atlanta :( Oh well, if we have another get together and you come, I'll place my order with you:)

CHRIS, glad to chat with you today. Did you check out the other PB RECIPE? Just have to find one you like. Sometimes I won't like a cookie, but after I freeze it and let it sit, I love them. I had a cookie I made long ago like that and didn't care for it at first and the next day, scarfed the entire batch down. I have no self control:shrug: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! How many years? Enjoy Outback!:D

KEN, sounds like you are adapting slowly but surely. Burnt rice? Why stop at just rice? I almost burnt the house down one New Years Day with a blintz souffle I was trying to make. Glad to know I'm not the only one who likes basa. There's a little market that has it on sale from time-to-time for $3.99 and it's already frozen fillets. I just put a bunch in my vacuum bags and seal them, and take them out when I want and reseal! If you ever get in MONET'S area you should meet, she's a doll! I've never met TALITHA but maybe you 3 GA PEACHES could meet up one day! I have posted in the past "WHAT IS A SERVING" I guess it depends on what site you look at, one will say 1/3 cup rice is a serving, others 1/2. Here's a site that may help a bit: http://www.shs.unc.edu/library/articles/std_serve_size.html A serving of carbs is approx 80 calories 15 grams of carbs. Hope this helps a bit:)

EMMA, don't worry about how much you post, you do what you can, we all understand that there is life off this board:) Here's a site that has the sweet potato flour: http://www.specialfoods.com/flours.html It's the only one I could find. Not cheap either. I know those effects of not drinking water, among others (like do you see you get more constipated?) and still, I have trouble drinking. You'd think knowing how it helps you lose weight I'd be downing gallons:nono: MICHAEL said he saw that Diablo movie. He had to explain the GOLLUM thing for me though, I had no clue-oh, I've been known to not only do that, but look like that too! MICHAEL has a friend named Curtis who's ranked #1 in the school (MICHAEL is #5 but hoping to be #4 before graduating) and he morphed Curtis' head onto Gollums body! Hysterical! MICHAEL also speaks French and looks forward to a trip to France for granduation. Really, it sounds like you two have a lot in common! He's a foreign film lover too - are you?

GATOR, cool pics.

Okay, I'm off to look over my new used book!

Have a great weekend!

Deb

[dobelover]

Hi Everyone
I am new to the SBD I started Oct 6th. I am also new to computers so this is a little scary. I am really looking for people to communicate with. I tried the prevention board but they seem so negative and CRABBY!!! I hope I can Join in with you.
HEIDI

[GatorGal]

Missy--don't worry, the Gators still have the second half, and they haven't done very well at scoring in the second half this year, except against Ky.

OK, I'm gonna try another garden picture. It is the worst of the bunch, but may fit under the bytes allowed.

Nope, it was still too large. The picture is 92 Kb. How many bytes in one kilobyte? I'm allowed up to 51200 bytes. Is a megabyte 100 bytes and a kilobyte 1000 bytes? Anybody??

[GatorGal]

OK, I cropped the picture, so it's pretty small. After I cropped it, the bytes amount changed and it now shows that the smaller picture is 444Kb. How can that be? If I crop it to almost nothing will it be this huge file? Debbie, ask your son, or someone that is a computer nerd.

[THE BIG ORANGE BABE]

OH MY GAWD....DID ANYONE SEE THAT AUBURN GAME!!!!!!!!???????????????????????

CONGRATS TO SUSAN!!!!

GATOR...might want to rethink that statement about the TIGERS
taking the GATORS....I know...there's still 14 min left, but there is still hope!!!! GEAUX TIGERS!!!


Conversed with KIMMY this morning...they were off to INDIANA
to see her parents. Said to tell everyone hello!!!

DEB...ALAS GIRLFRIEND....YOU KNOW ME WELL!!! Take your time, but never fear.....I'll be there....just don't know when~!

GATOR...I don't think Ive ever seen a baby cat before...they're kinda cute...but kinda black!

BACK TO THE GAME...Halftime is over...

GO BIG ORANGE!!!!! beat THEM DAWGS!!!


BOB

[Ellen]

GATOR: It is weird, but sometimes when you crop it saves the picture with more bytes. You need to get the picture to less than 51kb. You can do that by reducing the size, and not cropping, or by going in and reducing the quality a little. I reduce the size, and that usually does it.

DOBELOVER: Welcome to the board! We are glad you are here! Sometimes one of us can be crabby, but not very often! You will love it here! I hope you find all the support you need to succeed! The weekends tend to be the slowest time, so don't judge the activity by it. During the week, this place is hopping! :)

[CountryMom4Him]

Gator...if you like you can email me the picture and I can try to size it for you. rseven@txucom.net

Welcome Heidi! These ladies and gent are some of the best on the net.

Today is one of those boring days. Robert had to work and is now hunting. But I did organize over half of the recipes I'll collected in the email. Maybe next weekend I can finish up. :)

Hope everyone is having a fantastic OP weekend!!!!


Love and hugs,
Crystle

[THE BIG ORANGE BABE]

GATOR....CONGRATS ON YOUR WIN!!! IT WAS A REALLY EXCITING GAME!!


MISSY, SO SORRY ON YOUR LOSS....YOUR QUARTERBACK PLAYED HIS HEART OUT, BUT JUST COULDN'T GET A BREAK!


45 MINUTES TILL KICKOFF!!!!


GO BIG ORANGE!!!!!! BEAT THEM DAWGS!!!


BOB

[GatorGal]

Well, I have to say that I'm really surprised. Maybe the Zooker finally let his offensive coach call plays without micromanaging.
I'm very happy to see something different from the Gators. I didn't expect it.
The one thing I will enjoy the most, besides the win, will be the LSU Tigertown board, that challenged the Gator board to a bet. I definitely will be checking in.
http://www.tigerroar.com/tigertown/

I've had the "munchies" today and although I have a wonderful cornish hen that I was planning to fix, along with a bunch of whole garlic baked with it, I now am not that hungry. I know my DH will be hungry, though, so guess I'll have to cook.
I had chicken breast and stirfried veggies for breakfast.
Lunch--1 scoop of P-nut butter and some hummus on raw broccoli.
Snack-a scoop of tuna salad and 2 tomato slices. Several bites of 71% chocolate Probably a cheat! (Vahlrona-ummmm, good)
Dinner, I guess, will be roasted cornish game hen with garlic and salad.

[Debelli]

Hey All:wave:

Just a quickie before my so-called WHITE TRASH show (COPS) begins-kids hate that I watch it!

Made my pita bread today. ELI made a sorta pizza with one and it's definitely easy to use as a pizza crust. I made 5 smaller pitas with only one not fully opening around the edges:shrug:

Speaking of ELI - he didn't waltz in til 7pm - did I know or what:rolleyes:

DOBE, http://members.aol.com/eldemila/sb_sign1.jpg Glad you are joining us and glad you were able to mosey your way over on to the weekly board:) If I can figure out a computer, I think anyone can. I think my computer skills are almost as bad as my cooking skills;) When you get a chance, tell us a bit more about yourself. Don't hesitate to ask any questions you may have, we're all more than happy to help answer any. We are definitely NOT like the Prevention board you visited, well, not unless our DH's (darling hubby's) or kids piss us off or TOM shows up. We can then be crabby but not to others, we just come and piss and moan about it and the rest of us understands:)

GATOR, you lost me with the bytes! Send it over and I'll see if I can help. I like the Vahlrona chocolate - heck, I haven't found a chocolate I don't like!

COUNTRY, BOB, MONET and everyone else:wave:

Toodles

Deb

[Debelli]

Copying this from the main board

mom2jared


Just bought the book today!

Hi! I am a type two diabetic and after reading all of the posts here, I decided to give this plan a try. I am currently seeing a nutritionist but she wanted me to do the Diabetics Diet using the food pyramid. I find this very difficult to follow and after being on it for two weeks, I have gained weight. The Nutritionist is against the low carb diets because she feels they are a temporary fix and not a lifestyle change. I do not agree with her on that. Anyway, against her advice I decided to buy the SB book today since it looks like it is a safe diet for diabetics.

Any other Diabetics on this plan and have you been able to control your blood sugar levels?

Thanks!

[Ellen]

MOM2JARED: My doctor is on the diabetes board here in Atlanta, and recommends SB to his patients. I am not a diabetic, yet, but have too much insulin and could easily go into type 2 diabetes if I don't watch it. Your nutritionalist doesn't know much if she thinks this is not a lifestyle change! I have been doing low carb, and SB for over 5 years. (I also have thyroid problems, so I have only lost about 45 pounds, but at least I am losing!) The food pyramid is on the way out. Studies have shown it is not the healthiest way to eat. Eating the SB way keeps my insulin levels down, which in turn would help with sugar levels as well. I hope you stick to the plan, and it works so well the nutritionist will learn from it! ;)

[fruitloupe]

Hello friends!

HOLY ****BALLS! Did y'all see that LSU/FLA game? The tigers didn't even bother to show up! it was so bad that I had to call BOB tonight to vent! haha!

GATOR: Congrats to your team. I guess our boys thought they had it in the bag. You know, our coach has been saying all week not to take this game lightly because Florida is a good football team. On the post game show he came on and said that obviously his boys didn't listen to his words of wisdom and they got what they deserved! HAHA! Oh well, there's always next year!

I talked to JACK-K tonight and they were eating at HOOTERS! She was like - I come all the way to New Orleans and I'm eating at HOOTERS! Oh well! Looks like we will be meeting for lunch tomorrow! I'll bring my camera! See y'all later!

Missy

[mom2jared]

Thanks for the introduction deb (if I may call you that). We look like we are neighbors. I live in Ft. Lauderdale. Looking forward to meeting all of you as I go through this journey.

Ilana

[GatorGal]

Missy--The joke around here is that the Gators might go 4-8, and that would only be if Vandy doesn't take the Gators seriously!! There is some element of truth in that. Now we have a little breathing room and maybe we'll go 5-7. :)

[kengjw]

Teensybean : What was I thinking? I checked my bread and mine is 1 slice for 1 serving since it is the regular size bread. Thanks for your help.

mom2jared : First of all, welcome! I am new here myself. I was recently diagnosed with Glucose Intolerance. Dr said, it is the stage before diabetes. He put me on SB diet and said that his office started to adopt SB to treat patients with glucose problems 18 months ago. I was so glad to hear that I don't have to follow the diabetes diet because I didn't like having to measure all the time. I had Gestational Diabetes when I was pregnant with dd so I had experience with the diabetes diet. SB diet is so much easier to follow and make a lot of sense. I am still learning to adapt to the new change but am getting the hang of it. The best thing is I don't feel that I am missing out a lot. Today, for lunch I had spaghetti with meatballs, just a smaller portion but enough to satisfied me. I tested my sugar one hour later and it was in good range. So far my sugars are doing well. Btw, SB is not a low-carb diet, just eating the right carbs. Oh, I love the SB book and have lotsa great info on how our body works. It is especially motivating for me to know that my Glucose Intolerance might be reversable. I know you will have a great support here just like I have. Hope to see you around.

dovelover : Welcome! I am new here myself and the people here is great. Haven't seen a crabby person here yet...:lol: Hope to see you around.

Debbie : Thanks for the "servings" info. Fortunately, I remembered my rice early otherwise, I might need to renovate my house. I recently met a friend (and his wife) that I know from another online site and had a great time. I am certainly open to the idea of meeting friends here.

Dh and I will leave for Panama City, FL tomorrow for a 3 days vacation (supposed summer vacation). I am just so happy that we are finally going. Jess will be so thrill as this is her first time at the beach and our first time at Panama City. I hope I don't cheat too much;)

Will check in when I come back and have a great weekend everyone!

Julia

[SuperDave]

well been real busy, and did those ok's beat up on uta or what. Weird football this weekend. I had my MRI today will get results tuesday, I hope as my pain is no...better. I have not lost any weight this week but have not really made much of an effort either, my fault. Welcome to the new members and hope we can be of some good support, a great bunch of ladies on this board and very helpful.
Grandson scored two goals in soccer and he is on cloud 9. Rain today and kind of glummy.today. Hope the Cowboys whip the Eagles tommorow, but that is a tall order. Ladies keep a smile on your face and you will receive one back. Have a good weekend . Have A SuperDay.

SUPERDAVE

[Ellen]

I was good today. I had a bowl of shredded wheat for breakfast, eggs and toast for lunch, and salad, steak and a baked sweet potato for dinner. I did eat some apple cake, but it is SB legal, made with ww flour and agave. It turned out pretty good, and I ate too much of it! It was nervous eating though, during the Two Towers. I should have known better. I had to leave the room during the some of the war scenes. I really don't like blood and guts. :(

Its very late and time for bed. Sweet dreams everyone!



BOB: I know you are disappointed... But how 'bout them dawgs!? I sure hope you and Gator will still be my friends...:^:

[Debelli]

Good Sunday Morning!:wave:

I had another sleepless night:tired: All ELI'S fault. When he doesn't feel well and is so overtired he tosses and turns all across the bed and it kept me up all but about an hour and I'm exhausted! Didn't help that his store called a bit after 7am either:shrug: Oh well, maybe I'll sleep good tonight!

MOM, http://members.aol.com/eldemila/sb_sign2.jpg Great! Another Floridian! Those Texans girls have taken over rank on the board - use to be us Floridians-have to get our title back! I am in your neck of the woods at least once a week. Ask any of the gals on the board, and esp. those who've visited me where our favorite place to go to lunch is - they can all tell you OLE OLE up on Broward & University! As you can see from what MONET says, many Dr.'s recommend this WOE to their patients, including my uncle who's an internist in WPB. I've heard of people being able to go off their diabetic pills after following SB. If you ever want to talk live, e-mail me with your phone number, or I can send you mine:) And don't hesitate to ask any questions you may have, we're all more than happy to help! You may literally meet us, we have get togethers and a few gals have come and stayed with me-they're the best!!!! Whereabouts in FtLdl are you? I'm down in W. Kendall.

FRUIT, can't wait to hear all the details of the SB meeting you'll have with JACKK & JACKIE today - I'm jealous! Can't wait to see the pictures. JACKK went to Hooters???? Must of been her DH's choosing!?!

KEN, have a wonderful time in Panama City. Hope you have good weather. I'm sure you'll be fine - just think of us and how you'll be able to come back and tell us how well you did!:D One book that is also helpful to read it MICHEL MONTIGNAC'S EAT YOURSELF SLIM. See if your library has a copy as it's OOP and hard to find used copies, but not impossible.

DAVE, hope you find some relief soon. Between you and JACKK's butt, both not being able to find relief, it doesn't sound like I'd be too motivated to do much either. Congrats to your GS!

MONET, is the apple cake on the board?

EMMA, MICHAEL said:

I would've loved meeting Guillermo del Torro (was Almodóvar there, too?)! I saw "El Espinazo" and loved it! I was found on the edge of my seat, screaming one moment and crying the next. Brilliant! Haven't seen the documentary, though. Sounds like something to check out. If you haven't seen "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" and want to see a very quirky movie with actual depth to it, there's a late-night endeavor for you.
_
Oh, and if you ever go back to the Toronto Film Festival, be sure to save some luggage space for me, d'accord? :)
_
--Michael

and, without waking him. I don't know if he typed this to you or GATOR GAL:
or both:


Je suis très different avec le français et, en conséquence, jaloux aussi! J’avais appris le français depuis 5 ans, je crois, et tous mes capabilités sont dans la catégorie de l’écriture et de la grammaire. Donc, je peux parler la langue, mais j’ai besoin de l’écrire avant dans mon cerveau, et après je lis les mots de ma tête… :) Très bizarre, mais ça, c’est la raison que j’ai pu réussir mes examens l’année passée. :-P --Michel

Heck, I don't even know what it says beyond that there's a number 5 in there!!!!!!:shrug:

ELI is off today so we'll be making our usual trek up to Broward:D

Will check in later if the computer is free!

Oh, two things before I forget - MICHAEL has been sleeping on the couch - anyone care to wonder why he doesn't sleep in his own bed? And, the pita breads, I guess I have to clarify something as it seems BOB & CHRISD both thought the same thing. When you take them out of the oven they are puffed up like pillows but once the steam escapes they go down and flatten:)

Toodles

Deb

[THE BIG ORANGE BABE]

GOOD MORNING EVERY BUDDY!!! I HAVE BUT THREE WORDS TO SAY ABOUT MY GAME LAST NIGHT!


OH......MY.......GAWD!!!! :rollpin:


MISSY called me last night and we :censored: and moaned together...when she hung up, she was going to yell for my VOLS , but it didn't do any good....I am SO EMBARRASSED this morning that I'm staying indoors all day...

MONET....CONGRATS....I know you only claim THEM DAWGS when they win, but fair weathered fans are better than none :s:

Can't wait to see the pictures from the get together today in New Orleans...should be a hoot!

Well, I'm off to hide my head in the sand!

BOB

[Ellen]

Morning! Sunday mornings are usually lazy around here. We have church services at 6pm, so we get to sleep in. :) After years of running a childrens program at our old church, and having to be there at 7:30 for set up, I really love the stress free feeling I have on Sundays now!

Breakfast was a more than ample serving of the apple cake I made last night. With a glass of milk, it was like having a bowl of oatmeal with apples... ;) I am going to post the recipe on the recipe board. There is two ways to make it, and both are pretty good. I will put both on there.

Yesterday, Laura cut a cartoon out of an old magazine and put it on my computer for me. Its pretty funny. It has the title: What Exercise Equipment Should REALLY Be Called... The drawings are cute, but the names are: Dreadmill, Swearmaster, Nordic Trick and Personal Drainer.... The Nordic Trick pic is pretty funny...the girl is all wrapped up in the lines trying to read the owners manual. I can relate. I have never been able to get the hang of using one!

Ok, off to post the recipe!

[Grant44]

Found this board while looking for new SB resources - I have already bookmarked it because it look to be an excellent source of information.

I've been on SB for nearly 4 months now and converted from Atkins (I love steak but just how much dead cow can a man eat?). SB gives me far more choices - I was craving for a simple piece of bread & butter and SB lets me have it, in moderation.

As a first time poster, I just wanted to share my story so far. After quitting smoking, I piled on the pounds - nearly 50 to be precise. I am lucky to have such an understanding wife who kept reassuring me that it was more important to rid my self of tobacco and not worry about weight.

It is now 3 years on and I am still smoke-free, but now it's time to get my weight under control. In 4 months I have lost 35pounds and feel a lot better, apart from a ridiculously painful herniated disc. Never thought having a bad back could be so debilitating - this explains my message title empathisng with SuperDave. I sincerely hope the MRI gives you some good news Dave.

I am a few weeks ahead of you - I'm now having Physical Therapy and awaiting a surgical consult. This process is proving that I might have a little willpower after all - even during those sleepless nights, laying on the family room floor (our bed is too soft now) I have been able to resist the carbs. If nothing else, losing more weight will help my back - 35 pounds down, 17 more to go!

Cheers,

Grant

[Ellen]

GRANT: Welcome! Boy are we pleased! Two men at once! I hope you don't mind a lot of women! :) I hope the physical therapy will help, and you don't have to have surgery! A friend of mine is having therapy to help her two herniated discs. They are hoping to avoid surgery, and so far, it seems to be helping, albeit slowly. Way to go on your 35 pound loss! You will be at goal before you know it!

[fruitloupe]

Hey Everyone!

I'm back from lunch with JACK-K and JACKIEO! We had a great time. We went to the Louisiana Pizza Kitchen and had some really good pizza. Whole wheat crust of course - that went great with the cookie cake I had for breakfast!:o I had a wonderful time visiting with Ashley and Jackie. They are both sooo very nice and funny! We didn't do any partying so I won't have any wild pictures to show you BOB! Actually, we only took 2 pics with my camera! I'll finish the roll at school tomorrow and bring them to get developed. We went into Pat O'Briens and took a picture in front of the fountain inside the patio bar. We had a nice visit over lunch, we walked around for a short while and then Terry(my terribly shy hubby) and I had to run. I've got some things to do around here and some school work.

I probably would have stayed longer had I been by myself. I had to bring my chaperone with me. He was scared that they would take me away and kill me! He's not to hip on meeting people that I talk to on the net! He doesn't trust anyone! I think he was pleasantly surprised at how wonderful they both were - eventhough he would NEVER admit it! Also, he was all about getting home and watching football! If I would have stayed on Bourbon street any longer I probably would have had to have a drink. Then we would have had some really good pictures!

Well, I'll get those pics up as soon as I get them! Let me get to work over here!

Bye
Missy

[GatorGal]

Alors, Michael, vous "parlez" français différent des autres étudiants. Mais, quand vous voulez parler très vite ou si vous n'avez pas de stylo, c'est difficile pour écrire ou lire des mots. Enfin, le français est une LANGUE--pour parlant aux amis, parlant au téléphone, etc. etc. C'est bon pour réussir à vos examens, mais parlant français est plus de réussir aux examens. N'est-ce pas?

BOB--Know how you are feeling. Especially the last play of the first half. I know EXACTLY how you feel, because some team did that to us several weeks ago. Hope UGA's quarterback did not lead the Ga band in a victory song at the end of the game. That makes it worse. You'll feel better on Tuesday after it wears off. Thank goodness, our happiness does not hang on the antics of 19 and 20 year old boys running around on a big field on Saturdays.

I keep waiting for the LSU board to keep their end of the bet they made with the Gator board. So far, they haven’t come through. Orange and blue should go nicely with purple and gold.

Am doing great today so far. Had salad for breakfast with fresh grilled salmon on it. Then for lunch another salad with turkey, egg, bacon, etc. It was a cobb salad and quite large. Ice tea topped off a good meal. I have my small group tonight, as every sunday. That has been my downfall. Usually there are 2 or 3 desserts. Last week someone brought fresh corn and someone else potato skins. You get the idea. Often the only meat is fried chicken. My DH is not going tonight as he has to work. So I probably won't take anything and hope for the best. Maybe someone will bring devilled eggs. I can have those. I’ll check back in tonight about 8:30 and let you know how I did.

Played, actually practiced, golf this afternoon. After 6 months of not playing I did better than I thought. I've been out the last 2 Mondays after the 6 month layoff, and am hoping to hit the ball a little better tomorrow.

Hi Grant, welcome. You and superDave will make a good team. Hope you both get your backs fixed up with no surgery. Losing that weight should help a ton.

[Debelli]

Hey All:wave:

Just going to hop right in to posting while the computer is free...

BOB, you're sweetie wanted to say hello to you today but all we got was a BUSY signal. I told him you were screwed to your computer and he'd just have to wait. Too bad about those VOLS, but how bout those CANES?:lol:

MONET, can you scan that cartoon - would love to see it! Can't wait to check out the recipe!

GRANT, http://members.aol.com/eldemila/sb_sign4.jpg Glad you've decided to jump on board and join in. Whereabouts in SOFLA are you? I'm in MIAMI and MOM2JARED I just found out is in Ft. Lauderdale. We also have members from the Orlando, Jax, Tampa & Sarasota areas, so the Sunshine State is nicely represented, as is the state of Texas with multiple members - oh, can't forget our Georgia Peaches, there's 3 of them now. :D Congrats on giving up smoking:bravo: and for doing so fantastic thus far on SB:cp: Goal seems to be just around the corner for you - WTG!!!! I hope your back gets better. Surely getting off the weight has helped some:)

FRUIT, thanks for letting us know about your visit with JACKK & JACIEO! Okay, if DH isn't too hip on having you meet people on the net than how the heck do you think he's going to agree on our idea????:shrug: Pleas assure him we are not a bunch of pyschos (okay, maybe BOB is, but that shouldn't reflect on the rest of us!) and we are harmless:s: Can't wait to see the pics!!!!!! Did anyone else take any, or just you?

GATOR, I e-mailed your message to MICHAEL. Haven't a clue what you two are talking about - he likes that too:)

If I can get on later this evening I will, otherwise I'll have the new board up and running tomorrow:D

Toodles

Deb

[SuperDave]

GRANT WELCOME ABOARD, MAYBE WE CAN GET A FEW MORE MALES ON THE BOARD, ACTUALLY THESE LADIES ARE VERY HELPFUL AND VERY NICE, THEY HAVE MADE ME FEEL RIGHT AT HOME.

I WILL GET THE RESULTS NEXT WEEK ON THE mri AND READY FOR ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.

ICANNOT BELIEVE THE COWBOYS ARE 4 AND 1 .

SUPERDAVE

[Grant44]

Thanks for the welcome!

I live in Weston, about 12 miles outside Ft Lauderdale, but work in Kendall.

My family and I have lived in the States for nearly 6 years - I transferred to Florida from the UK ( I am from London) and hopefully, will be living here for good. The only problem with the USA? too much food!!!

Best regards,

Grant

A fairweather Marlins supporter, keeping his fingers crossed

[fruitloupe]

WOW check out the dudes on this board! It's about time! Welcome GRANT! Yes there is entirely too much food here in the USA! You should come to South Louisiana - I think you gain 10 pounds just by crossing the state line!

DEB: I think he is warming up to the idea - put it this way - he hasn't said NO yet! He just hasn't actually said YES yet either! HAHAHAHAH! Oh well, I'll keep pestering - I'm good at that! I'll win I just know it! No need to worry. JACK-K had her camera too but Terry took the same pic with her camera that he took with mine. Now they may have taken some after we left them - so who knows!

Well, I just got on the scale and I'm miserable! SO, back to the drawing board tomorrow. I hope I can stick to it this time - I know y'all are tired of hearing me say that! maybe one time, I might be serious!

Talk to y'all tomorrow!

Missy
too fat to post!

[GatorGal]

OK, here's what I had at our Sunday small group meeting:
1 slice meat loaf, 2 small 1" X 3"pieces pot roast, and 2 small pieces (about the size of 1/4 of a CD) chicken marsala, and 2 wedges fresh tomato, and iced tea to drink. Herbal tea, iced, that is. Not too bad. Whaddya think?

Debbie--Basically, I told Michael that French is a language to be spoken rather than just written. And that actually SPEAKING French is better than just getting "A's" on the exams. At least, I hope that's what I said. Emma, is that what I said?

[mom2jared]

Grant, I used to live in Weston. How small of a world is this. Before I was divorced a couple of months ago I lived in the Savanna subdivision off of Arvida Parkway. I now live in Margate. This is too cool!!! I am new to SB too. Just bought the book yesterday. Welcome!

Ilana

[Ellen]

Just got in from church. We went to a new restaurant afterwards with the group for dinner. It was a combination Chinese/Indian/Thai place. They have merged the cuisines, and the results are very interesting. Tom and I got soup and shared an entree of curry chicken. I did eat a bit of rice, but everything else seemed to be ok. Nothing was too sweet, which was good!

There is no school tomorrow, and I don't have to work either. I do have a catering job doing a dinner for church, so I will be busy all day cooking!

Sweet dreams everyone!

[maggiesue]

I am new to the SB way of eating. I have been on for two weeks. I lost 11 pounds so far. I started 2 Saturdays ago. I thought I wouldnt go with my usual "I'll start on Monday line." I am 48 and started at 223. I am now 212. Can anyone out there tell me if I am doing the right thing. I am not counting the carbs. I just cut out all what was instructed in book to cut out such as, carrots, bananas, white bread, potatoes, rice, etc. I eat 100 percent whole wheat bread, no sugar added, and whole wheat tortillas and saltine crackers in addition to all the other allowables. Am I eating the right wheat products. Wheat pasta also, but none of the wheat products say stone ground. Is it ok? Guess what yall, just in case yall do not know this already. I
went to cici's pizza for lunch after church today and I asked if they could make me the pizza, minus the crust. They said "Oh your on the atkins diet, sure we can." I didn't correct them that I was on SB. So they prob do that often if only we ask. They put the cheese, pepperoni, and sausage in an aluminum pan for me and put it through the oven till it was all melted together. Ate it with my salad and it was great!! I thought that was so nice
that they would do that. I guess it beats someone taking the regular pizzas and then throwing all the bread part away.
Thank you to all of you in advance and I wish you all well.
Maggie