Sugar Shakers - Sugar Busters Weekly Support Board 4/22-4/28

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 visit our NEW 2002 BIO BOARD where you can learn more about everyone who is on this board:

http://64.119.161.199/forum/showthread.php?threadid=3773

Please make sure you post your BIO on the LATEST VERSION of our BIO BOARD everyone!!!!

Our APRIL/MAY/JUNE 2002-SECOND QUARTER RECIPE BOARD can be located at the link below:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=14779

We have NINE 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 RECOMMENDED READING BOARD:

http://64.119.161.199/forum/showthread.php?threadid=2342

THE TOOLS & TIPS BOARD:

http://64.119.161.199/forum/showthread.php?threadid=2344

THE FOOD INFORMATION BOARD:

http://64.119.161.199/forum/showthread.php?threadid=2365

MOTIVATIONAL & INSPIRING THOUGHTS BOARD

http://64.119.161.199/forum/showthread.php?threadid=2359

and our newest board MY FAVORITE SB LEGAL FOODS

http://64.119.161.199/forum/showthread.php?threadid=5005

Want to post your weigh in results, we have a MONTHLY WEIGH IN BOARD at the link below:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=14778

We also now have a SB WEEKLY EXERCISE BOARD that you can log your daily/weekly exercises on:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=15524

DO YOU HAVE A MONTHLY GOAL? Post your End of Month Goal on our new GOAL BOARD at the link below:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=14781

VISIT OUR NEW SUGAR BUSTERS 2001/2002 PICTURE GALLERY at the link below. You can upload pictures or post links to pictures on this board:)

http://64.119.161.199/forum/showthread.php?threadid=7954

Visit our monthly FOOD FOR THOUGHT BOARD were you can post a daily menu and see other board members menus!

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=14780

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WELCOME! :D

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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, I think it says a lot:

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FILL THE DAYS TO COME


No matter how difficult an effort may be, that difficulty is only temporary. And it is more than compensated for by the achievement that effort produces, an achievement which can remain long after the effort is over and done.

It's easy to think of perfectly good excuses for not taking action. The time will come, however, when those excuses will look trivial and silly next to your regret for missed possibilities. If you're reluctant to take action, ask yourself this question. Would you rather invest your precious time creating regrets or creating value?

Would you rather live with the temporary discomfort of taking action, or with the permanent regret for not doing so? The opportunities of today must be acted on today if they are to be fulfilled.

The sooner you take action, the more of a positive difference you can make. The earlier you get started, the more time you put on your side.

Before this day is over, make the effort, accept the challenge, seize the opportunity. Fill the days to come with value and accomplishment by being willing to take action right here and now.

-- Ralph Marston

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Have a wonderful day, a fabulous week!!!!!

Debbie
194/12?/129
SB since 3/22/00
Reached goal 6/10/01

We have 2 birthdays to celebrate this week!!!


TODAY, APRIL 22ND, IS HEARTMOM'S BIRTHDAY!!!

and

SEMMENS BIRTHDAY IS SUNDAY, APRIL 28th

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU BOTH!!!

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Thanks Debbie! :)

I logged on early today in an effort to try and keep up better this week.

Happy Birthday, Heartmom!

Hope everyone has a great week.

Laura

Good Monday Morning to all! I am feeling better and am so happy about that. DD is also recovered and off to school. It was obviously one of those 24 hour cootie deals and that is better than another dreadful week of illness.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HEARTMOM!!!

So many of you Southern Americans are talking about how hot it is for you. We have had very cool weather. All last week was overcast and the weekend was sunny but chilly. It *looks* like spring but doesn't *feel* like it yet. My mom in Ontario said they had 39 degrees Celsius on the humidex (uhmm...imperial that would approx. be about 108 F ) When she told me that I was very thankful for the chill in the air and my roaring fire here in the in woodstove!

Question for the Moms out there- Summer Camp brochures are flying around now and I am looking at them with curiousity. I never went to camp as a kid because we always had cottages we went to. Hubby did go every year but there were 7 kids in his family and there were siblings with him. My daughter just turned 8 and most camps take 8 year olds. I wonder if anyone sent their kids to camp at that young age. I am more scared of it than she would ever be because I have never sent her away for anything before. The Moms who have sent their kids to camps...what age is a good age to start? Did you find 8 years old too young? Advice about this would be appreciated since I am in the dark, not having ever gone to camp myself.

Happy Birthday HeartMom!!!!

Awoke to a cool morning today.... Brrrr. I just shut the air off and turned the heater on. Spring is wild and I love it. Beat my husband and little dog out of the bed this morning so I'm sitting here with a big cup of nice hot coffee..

Gracious- I'm so happy you're feeling better this morning...... I only got to go once when I was a kid and just loved it. But I sure would see how hard it would be to let your little one go....

Semmens-I had the same idea, start early....

Debili- Thanks for the good morning boost.

Oh only two more days till weigh in!!!! Time to get it well under control and today is a brand new day. I think I can, I think I can!!

213/196/130

Our heatwave has broken, and it's been cool and rainy the last few days, and will be the rest of the week. So I can put off spending $$ on the air-conditioner, don't need it for a while.

I REALLY disagree with today's Motivational quote: (apologies to Deb)I think it's much easier to start than to keep at it, and the effort is NEVER over! Making a WOL a habit and approaching it with enthusiasm EVERY DAY no matter how you feel, is a lot harder than the initial effort which shows pretty immediate results. To me, this is the trap of having met some goals. Keeping going, when the results become more subtle and the effort invovled in producing them becomes harder, is tough. That's where habit must replace motivation. I'm finding that even after almost 10 months, the habits are all to easy to break eating wise, and over 20 years of exercising still doesn't make it fun some days to go face piles of metal and the forces of gravity. I just have to keep focusing on more subtle goals which I haven't met. Othwise the pants get tighter, and I'm back where I started mentally.

Gracious: I went to camp as a kid because my mother forced me to. I was a real loner, and she thought it would be good for me. I HATED it! My kids, on the other hand, are very social and adaptable, go figure! DD went to camp for 1 week when she was 8, loved it, and went for 2 weeks for the next few years. She would have happily stayed all summer if we could have afforded it. My son has been going to cub scout and now boy scout camp since he was 9 and loves it. This year (he is 11) he will be going to an international camp in Italy for a month, and can't wait. I'm very closely watching the international geopolitics, and getting more worried daily! I think it really depends on your child's personality, and the "personality" of the camp. I would never force a kid to go, remembering my own experience.

OK- gotta go. Today the teachers have an in-service, so I'm home trying to lash my son into completing a large science project, and trying to get in a workout without him running and turning on the TV.

mel

Whew--survived the spaghetti cooking marathon yesterday! it was a hit and the kids made close to $2,000 for their summer conference at Montreat! For anyone that might want to know how to make spaghettie for 200 here goes:

15 pounds ground beef
8 insititutional size cans of tomato sauce
8 12 oz cans tomato paste
1 bag onions
1 bunch celery
5 carrots
1 head garlic
1 large (like the big Tone's or Kroger jug) Italian seasoning.

Cut off the tops of the celery (make sure you get all the leaves--that's the part you want). Chop celery and leaves, onions and garlic in food processor. Divide into 2 large stock pots and brown 1/2 the meat in each pot. After the meat is browned you can add 4 cans of tomato sauce to each pot and 4 cans of tomato paste. Add 2 1/2 cans of water (in tomoto paste cans for each can of tomato paste used--that would be 10 cans per pot). Stir well throughout the cooking process. Cover the top of the sauce three times with Italian Seasoning and stir in well. Add 1-2 tbl salt to each pot. Chop carrots finely in food chopper and add to each pot (it cuts the acid in the tomotos and is a healthier addition than sugar). Let simmer for two hours and serve over 30 lbs spaghetti.

Nothing to it!

BTW--if you want to make this in a family size serving--use 2 lbs ground beef, 1 institutional size can of TS (or 3-24 oz cans) 1, 12 oz can tomato paste, 2 1/2 tomato paste cans of water, 1-2 onions, a handfull of celery leaves (they tenderize the meat as it cooks), 3-4 cloves garlic and 1 or 2 carrots. Season the same way--you will be using a smaller pot so you can still cover the top of the sauce 3 times with seasoning--salt to taste. This will make 4 quarts of sauce, which will feed a family fo 4-6 with enough to freeze for 2-3 more meals!

OK but I was exhausted when I got home yesterday. I couldn't face cooking anything else--so I grabbed a couple of hotdogs last night--not on program, but I was too tired to do anything else.

Mom and Dad got home OK--but they had a small accident. A truck threw part of a tire that was in the road and it landed on the hood of their car. They were doing 70 at the time, so it could have been really disasterous--but all they got was a dent on the hood and a good scare. I'm so thankful that they made it home safely!

OK I have meetings this morning. This week--at least the first part of it will be a bear since I have to catch up on all the work I missed last week at the funeral and while Mom and Dad were here.

Have a good day everyone and a good week!

Susan
300/230/150

Gracious,

My nine-year old niece (and she had just turned 9) went to sleep away camp last summer. We were worried about her staying because she doesn't like to spend the night away from home. But she had a ball and is going again this year. For her first came I think it was only 3 or 4 nights away from home. This year she is going for an entire week.

I went to basketball camp as a child. Camps arounds specific activities can be great because it brings together kids with similar interests.

Susan

HiedieHo All!!!

Thought I'd check mail and one thing leads to another so here I am!!

HEARTMOM - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! :hb:

GRACIOUS: Glad you are feeling better. I have a hard time with woe when I am not feeling well. Seems like I want to pamper myself because I think I need a boost and then overindulge.

MEL: I agree with you on the motivation thing. All of us have made the decision many times to lose weight and have started some plan. The hard part is to keep going with the plan. It is so easy to get discouraged when the results are not as quick as we would like! I, for one, need sticktoittiveness!!!!

FILLISE: Our kids have fund raisers for Montreat all the time. I never remember hearing of it back east, but there is a long tradition of participation here. Don't you just love reading the amounts for large cooking? And all the energy it takes to do it? Hooray for you!

Well I gotta get some breakfast, get dressed and start my ADLs, NH, gym and grocery for milk.

Talk to you all later.

My inspiration is all of you. I am in a slump and would have given up a long time ago if it hadn't been for this Board and learning coping mechanisms from you all.

Take care Shirley :wave:

Happy birthday Heartmom!!

BOB - I had a dirty martini on Saturday night just for you. First one I've had in a while and it was wonderful!!!!

Well, the son's car is history. We've decided to get a new pickup to replace it and next year after he graduates, he can pick up the payments and insurance if he wants to keep it. He doesn't know yet. We've been telling him that we couldn't afford anything new right now and we're just going to have to keep looking for something old. He'll get it this afternoon. I hope he's surprised. It's pretty hard to get a 16 y/o old excited about anything but this just might do it.

Hooray, I'm down a pound this morning. I hadn't been exercising and started back with a vengeance this week-end. Walked Saturday and Sunday morning, 3.45 miles. The week-ends are the hardest time of the week for me to stay OP. I think I probably did a better job this week-end than I normally do. Probably didn't eat enough but I feel pretty good about it over all.

Gracious - I really think it depends on the kid. Is she excited about the prospect or dreading it. I think both of my kids at 8 would have loved it but my younger son has a good friend that would have been miserable going at that age. I think my older son was 11 when he went to Boy Scout camp for the first time. I really think, though, in most cases, it's way more traumatic for us Moms than for the kids, no matter what the age.

Toni - The heater??!! Send some of it our way.

Fillise - So, I'm guessing you're not going out for Italian anytime soon!!

Gotta run now. Physical therapy this morning.

Trish

Good Monday Morning!!!:wave:

Sitting here, with my water, my raspberries and my good intentions of getting my morning post on here:)

Got my butt up and out this morning and did my 4.5 miles. I wasn't keen on going out this morning, a moment of brainlessness that I overcame quickly. It's MONDAY, I never miss going on Monday's-so out I went. Even had a better than I thought time of 45:38:D

ELI and I went up to Broward late yesterday. He didn't get home from the AIDS WALK until about 2:15pm. Went for lunch at (where else) OLE OLE, went for Carbolite (Cheesecake and Vanilla) and went to see SWEETEST THING with Cameron Diaz-it was okay, not as good as I had thought it would be. Ran to SUPER WALMART wheree I continue to corner the market on raspberries since they are $1.49 there ($3.49 at Publix). By the time we got home, I was pooped!!!

Scale seems to be stuck UP at 124, been this way for the last 4 days and I DON'T LIKE IT!!!

TRANQUIL, CONGRATS on reaching a new low and getting below the 260 mark. Just wait until you get under the 250 mark, you'll be doing a double happy dance, and it's not far away! Your quiche sounds delicious-will you post the recipe for it on the board, PLEASE??? As for the CARBOLITE, you can call the company, their phone number is on the FOOD INFORMATION BOARD and ask them if anyone in your area sells it, they will know. BUT, would love to have you come for a visit and take you to all my favorite joints-just let me know-have the room!!!!

JRED, don't have the weather channel, but I'd probably be addicted to it if there were hurricanes coming-when they are out there, we defintely pay lots of attention to the weather on the TV. Otherwise, I'd say no, I wouldn't be watching that. We haven't been able to determine if the scanner is going to work or not. Michael didn't get to do the entire download yet, he's going to burn a CD at his Fathers house in hopes that will take less time and he didn't get to finish it. We need to find out if the instructions are on line, I think that would definitely help. If it doesn't work, it's only $2, not that I like throwing good money out the door, but I've done worse.

NANCE, sorry I missed your call-what was that all about??? Michael wasn't very good at telling me why you called, something about making food for people coming?? Glad to hear you and DAN got away without the kids, well, sorta of. I know how that cell phone can be helpful at times, annoying at others. Scenic route?? Junk cars, old tires-what the heck did you drive through, a trailer park???????? Did we get to fix NADIA'S hair? Hopefully it didn't go from bad to worse. Hey, I love your hair and I think it fits you beautifully. Send a pic of the new doo, would love to see it (and you).

GRACIOUS, glad to hear you're feeling better, esp. after the way you described how you felt yesterday! I can definitely give you insight on sending kids to camp. My kids started going to camp years ago. Lauren was 8 years old the first year she went, Michael, almost 10yrs. old. I sent them for 8 weeks and we got to see them for about a 24 hour period after 4 weeks. I sent them to a camp here in FL, about 6 hours from home. It was the same camp that I went to when I was a kid, and believe it or not, the same people still own it, and the same cook is still there as well (I kid around and say that he's still using the same grease for the food!), so I felt quite comfortable sending them there. My nephew went as well. They absolutely loved each and every summer and I have to admit, having both of them away for 8 weeks was wonderful!!!! No cooking, no cleaning up, no yelling, going on vacation-it does have it's benefits!! Also, it was a small camp and the ratio of kids to counselors was great-very important (only 160 kids at this camp). Michael didn't go last year, he chose summer school instead. Doesn't seem like Lauren will go this year since she's required to take summer school for PE, and she's not happy about it, she really wants to go back. They had times of their life that they will never forget and made friends with people from all over the state and a few out of state-it's an experience that they'd treasure forever. It's not for every kid, but if your DD is friendly and outgoing and really wants to go, she'll probably love it and have a wonderful time. So, that's my 2 cents :)

MONET, sounds like you had a nice peaceful Sunday all to yourself yesterday. It's always nice to have some ME time where you can do whatever you want, or nothing at all. Thanks for the exercise suggestion, but for me, I'm just no good at following tapes on the TV. I have quite a few, most I've never even bothered to stick into the tape deck, it's just not ME. I think I'm going to go for the weight training class at the school-just hope I'm motivated enough to get my but there twice a week!!!

SEF, your posts NEVER bore me-I always find all you do amazing and inspiring and wonder, as I have before, if I will be as active as you (and ROSALIE) are when I get to that fine age you are at-I sure hope so!!!!

BETH, that sorta stinks that you don't have regular hours to work. Hard for the body to adjust to different times on different days. Will it always be different hours, or after a while will they put you on just one shift, which I would think would be better. Sounds like you planned ahead with your eating superbly, I commend you!

TONI, regarding eggs-have you ever tried the EGG BEATERS? If you don't like them, you could always use 1 real egg and mix a 1/4 cup of egg beaters to that and use it and still have that richer egg taste. I like the egg beaters but found they have a funky taste if I use a non-stick pan vs a stainless steel pan. I actually got rid of most of my
non-stick pans and bought new ss pans a while back-love them. LOL! I don't think I've seen anyone so excited to have WIW coming in two days-good luck!!!!!

HEART, once again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I hope you enjoy your special day today!!! Okay, not sure if you explained this before or not, but how did BOOGIE get that nickname? I have images of a little one munching on little boogers as many kids do:eek: (yes, I do have a vivid mind, at times), so please, let inquiring minds know how that name was chosen. Hope he's feeling better today! Many people who eat off plan get sick, you are definitely not the first to find this out first hand. I always think it's great when someone has a lapse and lets us know how it made them feel physically, as well as emotionally. It keeps those who may contemplate eating off plan more in line-who likes getting sick to their stomach-NOT I!!!!! So, thanks for sharing:)

SEMMENS, so, what's on your agenda for you birthday week???

MEL, you made me go back to read the MM today. You don't need to apologize to me, how you feel is how you feel-plus, I didn't write it, just chose it;) I personally think things get easier as you go on, as it becomes a WOL instead of something you look forward to finishing and not ever having to do again. For me, I think it's harder to start something. I can't say I find joy in exercising, well, at least not in the summer time, but do enjoy it more in the winter!!

FILLISE, WOW, you helped raise a lot of funds!! I couldn't imagine making spaghetti for 200, it's hard enough for me to make it for 2! One kids likes sauce, the other one doesn't. It's always something!!! OMG, thank goodness your parents weren't hurt from the tire-surely they must of had the heck scared out of them. Here in Miami, we are always hearing of things impalying windows, it's very scarey.

TRISH, CONGRATS on being down a pound today-your persistence pays off! How old do the kids need to be to drive where you are?? My kid would die if he got a new car, my gosh, he'd be thrilled if I let him get his restricted, to heck with the car. They can get their restricted at 15 here, license at 16, but Michael, and Lauren, know I have strong reservations about kids and cars. Living in a very large city where the majority of people can't drive as far as I'm concerned, as well as there being no need for Michael to be driving, much less thinking about getting a car (and causing me to have sleepless nights and days of anguish wondering), he knows that this is NOT going to be anything in the future for him. Terrible Mom, aren't I??? What are you going to buy??

Well gals, I'm outta here-going to try to tydie up my un-tydie home. Have to run to the bank for ELI later-nothing exciting planned for the day, that's for sure.

Hope you all have a wonderful week-will check in later!

Debbie
194/124/129
SB since 3/22/00
Reached goal 6/10/01

MORNING EVERY BUDDY!! It's me BOB checking in from work...I've survived the weekend, got up this morning and LO AND BEHOLD...I'M STILL 50!!! :eek:

TRISH...so glad you tried it and SO GLAD you liked it!!! They are very tasty and if I were still in my 20's and out every night, I'm sure I could become VERY ADDICTED to them ;)

HAPPY...BIRTHDAY.....HEART!!!!! have a great day...I did....get on out there and spend some $$$$$$ ...I did....:lol:

I just wanted to drop by and leave everyone a little chuckle to start your week off...I'll be checking in when I get home from work


If you think life is bad.....


If you think life is bad.....How would you like to be an egg?

You only get laid once.
You only get eaten once.
It takes four minutes to get hard.
Only two minutes to get soft.
You share your box with 11 other guys.

So cheer up, Your life ain't that bad!!!!


HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!!!!



BOB

Good Morning Feloow SB'ers!!!!

Had a fun day out in the kitchen torchering my family with SB recipes from last years board!! What a crack up!!!! I made some SF Oatmeal cookies, and the only thing in them to sweeten them was SF applesauce. Needless to say after adding about 10 packets of Nutrasweet, they still tasted horrible. I made Debs crustless quiche which was DELICIOUS!!!! There's only a few of those left and their mine, all mine. I made FROGS cheesecake recipe with the Special K crust and SF Smuckers Strawberry jam with fresh strawberries and everyone liked that!!! So two out of three ain't bad, but after the cookies, I didn't think I'd get anyone to try the GOOD recipes. I think their ought to be a rule that you can't post a recipe unless you've actually MADE IT (Deb I know that will exclude ALL your entries since we know you DON'T COOK:lol: )

Fruit-What night is the Scrap book party? I want to come!!! You'll have to let me know how you did, and I have a directory for Scrapbook supply stores across the USA if you need to find a retail store near you for STUFF and you will want to get moe STUFF!!!! My fingers and legs and toes are crossed that you see 249 in the NEAR future!!!!:D

Monet-Laughing about the kid stories....I'm with you all the way, if I was at home, they could careless, but Dan the Man aka DH, and I make it a priority for time just for us. We also make the kids a priority and have Family night as well.

Sef-I DID leave a note...explaining everything, and I still got 20 cell phone calls. Mainly they wwanted to know when I would be home so I could take them to buy things that they both WANTED (not needed) that was the major crises at hand!!! Tried the Smuckers 100% fruit....much much better! Made Frog cheeesecake recipe and put some on top with fresh fruit and it was delicious!

Toni-Where about in Missouri do you live? My husband is from Kansas and we got engaged down at "The Plaza", which I understand to be on the Missouri side of the border.....He had reserved a carriage ride for us when he popped the question, it was VERY romantic!

Tranquil-There is only 2 quiches left, and their MINE!!!!! I didn't have green onion like Deb said to put in so I just made it with a yellow onion, but had the bell peppers and boy are they good!
I am an admitted scrap-book-aholic, so we'll have to share info.with each other!

HeartsMom-I remeber all too well they days of going off plan after being OP, and let me tell you IT DOES NOT PAY!!!! Seems the system gets used to all the good stuff, and then when you put in the bad stuff you end up worshiping the porcelain goddess one way or the other! It's the SB pixie fairy telling you "STAY ON PLAN" :)

Gracious-I think when the kids start ASKING to go to camp, that's a pretty good indication that they'll have a good time. My Mom shipped me off in 6th grade, and I was HOMESICK.....my daughter on the other hand just got back from a winter camp and LOVED it, but she was dying to go. Hope that helps!

Well....as usual too much time on the board, not enough time in the shower! Must get ready for work. I do have this new-"DO" that requires fluff-n-fold each morning now, so gotta run. Catch up later with the rest of you and love to all!!!

Zippy Bubblebutt
241/237/146

Hello all!

Thanks for all the weight achievement, pottery, and new puppy encouragement. I am really very happy to get your suggestions and also, if you have one, critique.

I didn't have the best of weekends - food wise, but I am still at 155, so it is aaaaalll good.

I am in the process of cleaning out my back yard and getting rid of the Florida sand dunes (oh YEAH!), so I had to attack a couple of stumps hampering my progress. I could've had a friend do it for a small charge, but being broke as i am, I decided to hack up those roots myself. 4 hours later, sore and much wiser, I took up my DBF's suggestion to go ahead and pay someone anyway. At least for the bigger stumps.
If you haven't seen it, you would never believe how spidery and cunniving crepe myrtle roots are! At least I dug out and hacked to pieces a citrus stump. I felt like an amazon, wielding that 20 lb axe!!!

THUNDERWOMAN – That’s great news for your baby! And that she is healthy too. Do you talk to her? I watched a TV special on Discovery how important it is for a fetus to hear pleasing sounds, and also be called by name. Something about connecting those brain circuits better. Also, when she is Ashley is born, she will only move from being an observer, to an active participant in your family. He he – I am sure you think she’s pretty active right now!

J RED – Does your son have any work posted on the net? It is very easy to upload pictures. I am always interested in other people’s work, especially if the are related to the SB board members!! Sorry to hear about your throat. I always attack colds and throat aches with a plantain tea (or extract), chamomile (to relax the internal organs) and Propolis (to disinfect the throat). Since honey is out of the question for you (being on OP), you’ll probably be exploring the alternative ways. Good luck!

FILISE – Oopf! Can you believe those people? (no offense our health workers, please) You tell them you are breaking up in rash all over, and they tell you to come sometime later. At least they are always good at taking walk-ins. I hope your skin clears out, and that you don’t spring any extra hair. Get well. It is nice that you can look at the cycle of life so open heartedly. Your aunt must’ve had a great life. Congrats on the new family member!

TONI48 – Thank you for the encouragement. The red and white pot was sold! And I had to re-list the pit fired pot. However, it already has 6 bids just after 1 day! How very strange. You can never tell how something’s going to sell. All the proceeds from these sales are going into my “get out of debt” funds. I have been trying to get in touch with the people who are keeping the puppy girl, but I haven’t been successful. We’ll see.

TRANQUIL – You got it girl. I haven’t been able to get my paws on the puppy yet, so I am waiting to see what will be. I think Ricky knows something’s going on, because he is eyeing me suspiciously. J

JACK –K – Thanks for the congrats. I feel like I literally worked my butt off! Lol! Now I am zoning into the home stretch for the 150lb mark.

MELIRIS – I know, I know. Pottery supplies have some kind of investment option, whereas the dogs…well, from the financial stand point, a bottomless well (just like my house). But you gotta love them!

FRUIT – I always wanted to be successful bird owner, however, 1 dead and 2 almost abandoned parakeets later, I realized (FINALLY) that birds for me are best happily frolicking amongst the trees. I am learning the cardinal songs, and you can get those little red ones quite ticked off…

DEBBIE – I haven’t made any butter bells yet. Actually, I haven’t made much of anything lately, but thanks for the butt kick. I needed it. I will post the pics of my teapots as soon as I get some. I should just waltz down to Orlando City Hall and take the pictures of the exhibits. Wouldn’t you love that? But than, all of you will be saying how the heck did she win the first place….

BETH – I used to work the graveyard shift, and it is the worst! I never thought I was a morning person, until I had to stay awake during the night. After the work, I always felt like I was having a jet lag from China. I keep thinking about you and your family, wishing a speedy ending to all your trials.

HEARTMOM – HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

To those I have missed - have the greatest Monday!

Vesna

Good golly, we like to talk. Didn't get to read the boards all weekend. I was 4 pages behind and it has taken me 2 hours to read them. Made some notes, but the further I read my posts were outdated. Then I go involved in reading and would forget to make notes. Sorry. Try to do better this week. In fact posting this before I read todays posts.

Yellowrose, How ttall are you? I was wondering because you're starting weight is where I am now and my goal is 145 and you are at 141 with a goal of 131. I was thinking maybe my goal was too high.

Red1, enjoy yur visist with your parents. It wil be nice for you to have them close.

Bob, Hope you had a great bd. Nice gift from your office.

Jred, Hope your voice is back. Try to rest it, talking only makes it worse.

Thunderwoman. COngrats on having a new baby, and a girl. I love girls. I have 2. My youngest is Ashley too. How many other children do you have?

Pooch, How was your horsebak ride? Are you sore?

Countrymom, Sorry to hear about your great aunt.

Monet, I'm so jealous. (I think) Our wedding plans haven't gotten off the ground yet. Going to visit a florist this Friday. I may be sorry I wished for excitement. I guess you all are really getting down to the heart of the planning. I'm sure it will be beautiful.

Fruit, Boy am I jealous, I think the biggest thing I miss is my daqueries (sp?) and margariettas. I can wait though (it's getting harder). Next time, have one for me (strawberry)

Mel, Congrats, 4 days OP. It gets easier. Hang in there.

Have a good day all. Be back later.

Jackie


Fillise, Watch those steroids. You will want to eat everything that isn't nailed down. Hope your rash is better.

Gracious, SOunds lie you run a mini farm with all those animals.

Sheann. You must be scared to death about your son. Hope you get some answers from the Dr Tuesday.

Bob, what a haul you made shopping. Sounds like you got some big bargains.

Den, maybe you should "psot" your pep talk to Fruit. It could help us all.

Happy birthday, Heartmom! I hope you have a special day with lots of friends and family treating you like a queen!

Karen

Well, I got up to run to the school for a teacher conference to find out she forgot she had a teachers faculty meeting - so that was time wasted - oh well.....then there is boss made a big mistake and of course, I get paid as well as associate attorney to be the fall guys....so there is some stress involved with today and high emotions....and I am not going eat my way through it!!! Instead I am going to peacefully do my work, slow my pace down to not stress further, and at lunch I am going to shop instead of eat :) the stress away - hahaha - and tonight will walk whatever stress is left off. Then tomorrow will be a whole new sunshiny day and hopefully the cool weather has climbed a little farther South????

Deb - Good morning!!! Raspberries, yummy!!!!! I had my ½ grapefruit for breakfast.... I will check on that Carbolite - I was telling a friend and she said that she wants some too - as I have put her on Sbers as well - hahaha - she went to the doctor who asked what she was doing to lose the 7 lbs she recently loss and was very happy with her choice of SB WOE! I am just going to have to find the time to take you up on your offer! I miss South Florida! You also have my favorite store down there! Sephora.... I don’t know what mall it is in though - prob Aventura (isnt that the nice one in N. Miami)? I am working hard on getting fit for that double happy dance when I hit below the next zero mark! I will make sure to post my recipe when I get home :)

Heartmom - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!

Semmens - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!

Gracious - Glad the cooties went away... Weather: It is supposed to be in the low 90's here and I want that cooler air to come this way - I would rather it still be in high 70s and low 80s - Spring time weather that I love so much in Florida.

Toni - Sounds like you are having a good morning!

Mel - That is such an incredible opportunity for your son about the International Camp! How fantastic!!! I know the worry of the International events and happenings, I flew overseas to England in November when things were still so new and fresh. It was a
wonderful experience with no mishaps.....and I am doing it again.

Fillise - That is incredible that you had to cook Spaghetti for that many people - wow! Sounds delicious. Thank Goodness your parents were okay!!! How terrifying!!!

Sef - Good Morning!!!

Trish - Congrats on the Pound and the exercising!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bob - Thanks for the laugh!!!!

Nance - Quiche sounds yummy!!! We have a wonderful scrapbook store here and they have meetings and seminar type things every month. A friend introduced me to it, and that was it....

Ves - Whoa, that is some job you took on in the back yard! Hahahaha, I have such a bug phobia I have a hard time enough going out there to water the plants, hahaha :) Power to ya! Keep us posted about the pupper thing, and the pottery was gorgeous!

Jack-K - Good Morning!

Okay I have read and finished my notes for the morning....now time to be productive and to stop sulking - hahahaha.....

Sabrina

Hi everyone! All last week it was gorgeous and then I got rain all weekend. Bummer!! My friend and I had a fun BBQ and I have to admit I had a few too many beers, but we got silly and had a good time. I still managed to lose another pound since last wednesday. It seems like I'm on a roll and I'm afraid at some point it's going to end. Ever since I started eating a few more calories I noticed that I started losing more. Upping the exercise really seems to help too. Fran is back in town and we're both ready to hit this week SB style. I only have a month until Florida, when I have to wear a swimsuit...:( I am excited about the swimsuit I bought however. Went to Filene's basement and found a brown, strapless Donna Karan suit. It looks very 50's in that it has gathered fabric and two seams down the front. Maybe one day I'll be confident enough to post a picture of myself wearing it;)

Deb- Glad to see you back. I've been so busy as well. Had a dream I met you and that you didn't like me at all. Funny huh? I had a lot of strange dreams last night. Must be the weather :)

Toni-Same deal here! It was hot on friday and last night the heat was on. Although there is something really appealing about spring. Maybe it's the element of surprise.

Fillise- yeah but can you cook for one without having leftovers? Now THAT's a challenge!!

Trish- you are much better off buying a kid a used car. All my friends got into accidents in high school b/c they were so nervous driving their new cars. I had a clunker and wasn't nervous about dents or nicks b/c my car was so darn ugly anyway! Turns out I was the only one who didn't get into any car accident! If, at some point, you want to get a new car, you should proabably still get a car that was used for 6 months to a year. SO much cheaper and still in like new condition.

BOB- :lol:

Nance- you are a goddess...how do you find time to make all those goodies? It's a nightmare for me just to figure out what's for dinner!

Vesnoid- Impressed with your ability to handle that axe! How tall are you by the way? We seem to have similar weight/goal weight.

Tranquil-Looks like someone has a case of the "mund"-days!! Cheer up there is always tomorrow. This coming from someone who commute is more stressful than the workday itself! The subway at rush hour is something I wouldn't wish upon anyone. I'm getting stressed just thinking about it.

Happy birthday Heartmom and semmens!!

:hb:

Good morning all! After we had such a nice stretch of good weather, it has been down hill for several days now.:( It just does not want to stop raining.
Thanks to all who answered about "OP"...I do feel like a dork now...I remember when I did not know what LOL ment and when I found out, everyone was LOL at me!
My daughter did great yesterday at her baptism! she even said a few words! She almost did not. So I told her to write it out and that I would say it for her...but to pray first. she did and when she came out of her room, she had a paper with some words on it and said...I did it, but I am going to say it! I was so happy. It takes courage for a 8 y/o to speak in public....heck, it takes courage for me to!

My parents and grandma came for the babptis and they had not seem me in a while. My step-dad said I needed to stop losing weight and my grandma said...Have you lost weight?...So I guess I will take those as compliments....?????

CAMP...
I have only let my oldest go to camp with our church. BUT, my daughter wants to go so bad. I will probably let her go next year. My 10 y/o has no desire. I see what you mean about having a break! I probably would let my daughter go if I had planned a head...she is very mature.

Fruit....
I am so sad to hear about your troubles getting pregnant! I really could not imagine having troubles. I really do feel so bad for you and your hubby! I am so blessed, but getting pregnant so easy, I guess makes me appriciate it less?!?
Actually, my aunt could not have kids and I did offer to have one for her when I was about 25. They thought about it and then they divorced... I could start my own business...get myself out of debt. I really have easy pegnancies, but very bad indegestion...very bad. Plus I have a bad leg and it acts up when I am pregos...but my births are easy and I do not gain much, nor do I keep it on. 6 pregnancies is plenty for me. I do hope and pray for you that God will bless your family with a child! I pray that you will have the strength and courage to not giving up hope!

I am ready for TOM to stop!!! I do not like it! I feel like eating everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi everybody. Hope everybody had a good weekend. Didn't have much time to check out the board over the weekend, but did get a lot of work done around the house. :) MIL and SIL and her DH came yesterday after church and met us for lunch. Went to El Chico for some wonderful TexMex.:T I didn't have any chips and sauce, but really chowed down on the chicken fajita salad. YUM! Their visit was last a last minute decision, so I spent Sat nite doing some last minute cleaning and vacuuming.

After my cleaning spree, I had a very scary thing happen. I was not feeling well and started to the bathroom and got very faint. I ended up passed out on the LR floor. Dennis described to my MIL (who is a nurse) what I did and she seems convinced that I had a seizure. If you recall, I passed out a couple of months ago, but everything checked out OK. I'm going to the dr. tomorrow afternoon. So, prayers would be appreciated.

SHEANN: Your son has been in my prayers, but after my episode he has really been on my mind. I hope the dr. can tell you something tomorrow.

HEARTMOM: Happy Birthday to you! :hb: I'm interested in the background of Boogie's nickname too. It conjures up all sorts of images.:eek:

GRACIOUS: Glad to hear both you and DD are better. It has been very warm here too, but it's perfect weather to me. 60's at nite and mid 80's during the day. About camp, hmmm….I'm not sure what I'd do. Sarah is 8 and is going to church camp for the first time this summer. Of course, I'm going as a sponsor. I didn't want to send her to camp the first time without me. This is the same church camp I went to as a kid and always loved it. My sister, though, never was that crazy about it. I agree with the others that have said that it has a lot to do with personality.

FILLISE: I don't think I could deal with that much spaghetti. :dizzy: Our youth group has several fund raisers throughout the year. One is an auction. Businesses and individuals around town donate items and services. They always make 2 - 3 thousand $$. The other big fund raiser is selling rose bushes. They make megabucks from that one too. Their big trip each summer is to work at Camp Barnabas, a camp for kids of all sorts of disabilities. Last summer they worked with deaf and blind children. Our kids love it.

TRISH: Sorry to hear about your son's car.

JRED: How's it going over your way? Hope your voice is better. I've kind of been in the same boat. It's hard to teach music when you're croaking. That's when you pull out the trusty composer videos. I love the weather channel too, but right now we are cableless. We get two whole channels with an antenna, so there's not much TV watching at our house.

VESNA: Took a look at your pots. They're really nice. I've thought about posting some crochet work, afghans and such, but didn't know how that all works.

Guess I'll get back to my class now.

168/149.5/140

I'm not doing anythibg special this week for my bday; just enjoying the last few days of being 41 I guess ;)

Re: Egg Beaters; I used to use them fairly often ( now I just use whites I separate on my own--my dogs adore me too!). My problem was that even if I tried to rinse my silverware and utensils quickly, that stuff just STICKS! It would NOT come off in my dishwasher; I always had to scub anything that came near it. Even after I bought new, really nice flatware. So I gave up.

Laura

Hello!

I was reading the new posts, especially the ones when your doctors are happy with your WOE - check this out. My ENDOCRINOLOGIST did not think much of the Sugar Busters. He even gave me a raised eyebrow! And this is the guy, who treats people with diabetes! I must say that after that incident, his approval raiting hit the bottom.


QUIVONDRA - I am about 5'10". Right now I am 5 lb above my so-called ideal weight (according to my Endocrinologist, who doesn't beleive in SB). I am hoping to get to 145, but if it takes me until September, I don't really mind. Just being 155 again is a breath of fresh air! Where are you going to be in Florida? Anywhere close to Orlando? I would like to meet you, but beware - I can be quite unhinged if provoked!

MUSIC TEACH - selling on ebay is really easy, and you should try to sell your work, if you do enough of it (or don't want to horde it for yourself). I have only just started doing it, but Debbie is addicted to ebay (or was!), and she can probably give really good tips on how to go about it. The important thing to remember is that you've got to keep optimistic, and look at every dollar as a dollar who normally wouldn't have earned. That goes especially for those items, who personally feel should sell higher. Well, let's face it. If it is the product of our love and sweat, it is tough to put a price on it.

KIMMIE - From your story about your aunt, I wasn't able to discern if you had that baby for her or not? What a selfless gesture!

TRANQUIL - That was funny about your parent-teacher conference. At my school, the parents come first and it is a very strict rule!! When I was a first year teacher I once attempted to skip a conference due to tutoring. Not a good idea! Haven't tried that one since. Parents definitely come first at my school, too much sometimes....


Vesna

VES...
No, I did not. She never took me up on my offer. I think it was because they were having troubles. Thank you. I feel I had, and have, been so blessed that I wanted to share and to do do something of another that could not experience the joy of having kids. She never did have any kids.

Well because of Music Teacher, I am calling Chili's and asking them to make me a Chicken Fajita Salad - without the corn and chips and to keep the dressing on the side, but add guacamole! Ooooh La La!!!! Ole!!!!!!

Quiv - Thanks - You are right, stress is the traffic where you are, hahaha, I have a heart attack getting to the airport when I visit my parents up in your neck of the woods, always stuck in a jam!Donna Karan Bathing Suit sounds great! Cannot find anything so fun here in Jax...great thing about being in NYC area - SOHO is my favorite!!!! fantastic shopping, even in NJ for the no- taxes :) Congrats on your loss!!!

Kimmy - that is great that your daughter found the courage to speak out :) Once you get over that fear of speaking in public the easier it gets in the future :)

Music - Hope the doctor helps you with that passing out business!!!

Vesna - That is nice that your school’s policy is that way, though I am sure there are many parents who abuse it... But this has happened before, so it was not too much of a shock .... his teacher cares a lot about his progress, and I will leave it as the school's fault for not telling her she had a meeting :)

Monday is evening out and not such a terror as this a.m.

Sabrina

TRANQUIL: Glad I could inspire you!:lol:

Senior Citizens

Senior citizens are constantly being criticized for every
conceivable deficiency of the modern world, real or imaginary.

We know we take responsibility for all we have done
and do not blame others. BUT, upon reflection, we would like to point out that it was NOT the senior citizens who took:

The melody out of music,
The pride out of appearance,
The romance out of love,
The commitment out of marriage,
The responsibility out of parenthood,
The togetherness out of the family,
The learning out of education,
The service out of patriotism,
The Golden Rule from rulers,
The civility out of behavior,
The refinement out of language,
The dedication out of employment,
The prudence out of spending, or
The ambition out of achievement,


And we certainly are NOT the ones who eliminated patience and
tolerance from personal relationships and interactions with others!!

Does anyone under the age of 50 know the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner? Just look at the Seniors with tears in their eyes and pride in their hearts as they stand at attention with their hand over their hearts!

Remember.......Inside every older person is a younger person
wondering what the heck happened!

YES, I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN!

I'm the life of the party...even if it lasts until 8 p.m.

I'm very good at opening childproof caps with a hammer.
I'm usually interested in going home before I get to where I am
going.

I'm awake many hours before my body allows me to get up.
I'm smiling all the time because I can't hear a thing you're
saying.
I'm very good at telling stories; over and over and over and
over...
I'm aware that other people's grandchildren are not as cute as
mine.
I'm so cared for -- long term care, eye care, private care,
dental care.
I'm not grouchy, I just don't like traffic, waiting, crowds, politicians.
I'm sure everything I can't find is in a secure place.
I'm wrinkled, saggy, lumpy, and that's just my left leg.
I'm having trouble remembering simple words like...
I'm realizing that aging is not for wimps.
I'm sure they are making adults much younger these days, and when did they let kids become policemen.
I'm wondering, if you're only as old as you feel, how could I be alive at 150?
I'm a walking storeroom of facts.....I've just lost the key to the
storeroom door.
Yes, I'm a SENIOR CITIZEN and I think I am having the time of my life!

Now if I could only remember who shared this with me, I could
thank them! Have I already sent this to you?



NOW, TAKE CARE & HAVE FUN!


BOB

the newest member of the SENIOR CLUB!! ;)

What is all this "senior" talk? In 10 years, maybe, but for now, you just go on and try to get a senior discount being a young and springy 50 year old!!!

V

Fillise--when I was in college I was a summer counselor at a girl's camp at Montreat. I don't think the camp is there anymore, though. Small world.

You two birthday girls have a wonderful time celebrating the SB way!!! :lol:

Hey Gang,

I can't say HappyMonday. I'm in a funk today. Woke up dizzy (more so than ususal LOL) and now have a tremendous headache.
Did lower body exercises at lunch hoping I would create some endorphins to help my head, but the situps killed me. Oh well, there over with now. Thunder over Lou was nice. Went to the ballgame first and then hung around the park until 9:00 for Thunder. The theme this year was all patriotic. LeeAnn Rhimes actually floated down the river singing on a barge. Half an hour of brilliant fireworks then major traffic jams getting home. Went to U of K and brought back a lot of my DD "stuff" so they won't have so much in a couple of weeks. How can I child have soo much stuff in such a little space?

Feeling weepy today and yesterday. Must be mid cycle or menopause. DId you notice that word starts with the word "men" any coincidence? Don't really feel like eating. Now that I have cried the blues, I'll get on with life. :(

Happy Birthday Heartmom. Hope it is a good one!

Gracious, can't help on the summer camp thing. Never went and my kids never wend. Maybe she could go with a friend.

Toni, Brrr!!! It's cold here too. Guess you sent it my way. Supposted to be cool all week and really cold 36-39 at nite. What happened to SPring??? had to turn off my A/C too. Finally broek down and turned it on Sat. and turned it off Sat nite.

Fillise, Glad to hear your parents didn't get hurt. It could have been serious.

Mel, you have a good point on the MM. It is hard to stick to a diet. I know I have started and restarted all my life. I don't know what got a hold of me this time, but I sure hope it never lets go.

Sef, I agree with you. This board really helps keep you going. I couldn't read the posts all weekend and couldn't wait to get to work to read them. I really needed a boost today.

Trish, Way to walk off that pound. Keep up the good work. Weekends are bad for me too. I don't cheat, but just can't get my fruits and water in as much as I do during the week. I need a schedule I guess.

Deb, seems like you and Eli had a nice time together. I wanted to see that movie, maybe I will wait for the video. I am turn between you and Mel on the MM. I It is hard to stick to a diet. I know I have started and restarted all my life. I don't know what got a hold of me this time, but I sure hope it never lets go. But I will agree with you on one point. Since being on SB the longer I go, the easier it gets. I guess it gets easier after a certain point. Who knows.

Beth, Glad you like your job. But those hours. I could never get my sleep adjusted. You did great on taking your legal foods. Proud of you. That's the key, PLANNING. Keep up the good work.

Bob, I'm glad you're still 50 today too. Guess what the alternative would be, not 49. LOL

Nance, sounds like you had a busy weekend cooking and eating. You must like to cook. Wish I did. Let's see that new Do! Bet it is cute.

Vesnoid, You and Debbie will have to get together. Doing all that "men" work. You're giving us lazy women a bad name.

Tranquil. What an attitude!. What a great way to look at a bad situation. SHopping is much more fun than eating and you don't have to worry about gaining weight. WTG!

Quiv, Bathing suit sounds cute. You can do a lkot ina month. Just put your mind to it. You'll be turning all the heads onthe beach.

Kimmy, Congrats to your DD> You must be proud. Take all those backhanded compliments. You deserve any and all you can get.

Music Teach, Your accident sounds scary. I hope the Dr can tell you something. Your in my thoughts.

Semmens. Have a great birthday week.

Vesnoid. What a drA!! Did you give you any specific reasons he didn't like SB.


Have a great day everyone!

Jackie
257/196/145
10-10-01
:p

Happy Birthday Heartmom :hb:

Can't chat long just wanted to tell everyone about my weekend. I think I did much better on the SB WOE. I didn't mess up but once. I am so proud! :lol: I have survived without a single potato. That is truly my downfall.

Madison is crawling everywhere! I mean everywhere. :^: It took her all but one day to realize 'Oh I can crawl' Now she is like the energizer bunny -- Keep going and going and going . . . I really think that she might have a small case of ADD. Mainly because I think that I do! Seriously! I can't be still, I'm always on the go, I get bored easily and had trouble in school for the same reason (b/c of having to be still and be bored!) I don't mind being label that. I don't take anything, I think I don't have a extreme case or anything. I guess there are levels. Not really sure. My parents thought I was an extremly active child. They still do!

Sorry can't chat longer. Be at the chat room tomorrow at 9:15am

Hi All

I'm just checking in. Haven't been really keeping up with the boards. I'm in a funky mood and don't really spend too much time at the computer these days. I fell off my exercise wagon and still haven't gotten back up and I also fell off the SB wagon BIG time. Ate 1 kilo (2.2 lbs) of oatmeal cookies in 2 days, amongst other really bad stuff. Then continued to eat poorly. Felt crappy for it too:(

I did get to spend most of my time out in the garden last week. It was around 85-90F and gorgeous. Had to have the A/C on for 2 days. This morning we woke up to SNOW:eek: So much for gardening this week. DS is sick and I feel like I'm getting something too.

Anyway, I resolved to make today a new start. So far I've stayed OP--even made my own hot lemon drink with agave instead of sugar. Just need to get in more water (I've got some with me now). I've told DH to keep pestering me to do my exercises. I'm hoping to lose a few pounds quickly cause I've been hovering around 165 for quite some time, even with lack of exercise and poor eating. Usually I balloon right up.

I've hardly been on in the past several weeks, but think of you all often.

:hb: Happy Birthday to all the birthday girls! Have a wonderful day

Belated Birthday wishes to those I've missed. Hope you all had great days!:hb:

I hope everyone is doing ok.

:wave:

Hello everyone!

Hope you all had a good weekend. Mine was OK – Had a ballgame Sat. morning and it really stunk! We should have won it, but lost by 1 run. It was one of those “buy the umpire some new glasses so he can see the ball and read the rulebook” games!! Oh well, nothing you can do except make a fool of yourself and thankfully, I was able to bite my lip. My heart was really pumping though, kinda like a good cardio workout!!

Sunday it was church and shopping and bed. We have a new Kohl’s and its GREAT! I could do some serious damage in that place (pretty much already did)! I had a headache that lasted most of the day and drifted off into a nap about 6:30pm and the next thing I knew my DH woke me up to tell me to go to bed – it was 10:15!! I do feel better today, so maybe the extra sleep is what I needed.

Deb – I would be glad to come up with a name, if you will tell me what WDW stands for??? I think the drugs from the surgery fried too many brain cells!! Glad to see you are still doing well. I didn’t do too bad while I was recovering. I’m several lbs up, but < 10, from my low before x-mas, so I decided that I’m not gonna post any numbers until I’m back there. I’m working really hard on the water and exercise and I think I’ll be back down in a couple of weeks.

Sef – I just love your “hiedieho” – it puts a big smile on my face!

Toni – Yes, I do love my mom very much. She is part of my everyday life (we live 2 houses away) and is one of my very best friends. We do, however, have 2 very different personalities. She speaks her mind no matter what or who doesn’t like it and I try to keep the peace and remain neutral, calm and quiet. I’m sure we’ll get through it somehow. I might try that letter idea the next time my pot is boiling over. I seem to have reached a peak the other day and I’m more calm about it all now. Thanks for listening…..

J Red – It stinks to hold those feelings in, doesn’t it!! Sometimes I wish I could really tell someone off good, but I know that my lip will start to turn upside down and the tears follow directly after that…. It kinda takes away from your credibility when you start to cry in the middle of a confrontation, so I avoid it at all costs!!! I guess that’s why I had a stomach ulcer when I was only 12 years old. I have learned to let go a little bit (enough to keep my sanity and health in check), but I still hold back A LOT!! My preacher has a saying about those times when you want to explode, he says “go outside and shake a tree”!!

I better run – cya all later!
tv

:hb: Happy Birthday, Heartmom!! :hb:

Just a quick post. It is DMS time for me. ( I don't use the acronym TOM for it, cause that is my hubby's name, and I hate to associate something so wonderful i.e. him, with something I hate, i.e. THAT...so I call it PMS, for pre, TMS for transitional, and DMS for during...hope no one minds my quirkiness)

I made a terrible discovery. Russell Stover's makes SF toffee bars. And are they GOOD! I am going to have to be really careful, cause Heath bars used to be my favorite, and these are remarkably like them!

The weather turned cold here too. It is so much better than the hot temps yesterday, but my poor body is trying to figure it out, and my joints are aching from the changes. (Lupus)

I feel buried in stuff I have to do. The invitations are probably ready to mail, so I am going to have to get stamps, seal the envelopes and stamp them. I am trying to decide what color dress to get for the wedding. The girls are wearing a very deep rose plum color, and the guys are all in black tuxes. It is a early June, morning wedding. Anyone got any opinions they would like to share? The groom's mom asked me on Saturday, and I could not tell her since I have no idea. She said we couldn't wear the same color, and tho I did not agree with her, I did not say so.

Gotta go and pick my daughter up from play practice!



I'll be back!

I have a lot of experience with that. My oldest has it and has it bad! I knew it from very early on. It runs in the family, so I just knew. I have ADHD tendencies, as does my dad, but if I have it, it is not as bad. I had problems concentrating all my life, but as I grew older, was able to control myself...like in college...even now, like in church. Lucky for me, out pastor is very good and funny...unlike so many of my teachers!
Good luck! Actually, my younger two are very active as well, but not quite like my oldest.....

My son has his friend staying here for a few days while his mom and dad look for a new home in Detroit....:( My DS 10 is so very close with this boy and his family. It really is going to be so hard for him. Detroit is about 4+ hours from here. His dad is a coach and after several years of coaching the Bengals, he up and quit....now he is with the Lions. We have less than 2 months and they will be gone. It makes me tear up just to think about it! My son is so sensitive and loving...it breaks my heart.

BOOGIE'S NAME- It was just one of those things- my hubby was holding him and called him boogie, and it stuck. Even his bday cake said Boogie instead of Joseph. Thank you all for the bday wishes. Unfortunately, Boogie is still sick and now has diarreha(sp?). I am worried about him- just hope it is a virus. If he's not getting better by tomorrow then I will take him to the doctor. So I have just been hanging around the house today. BTW- what does OP stand for? Also, Kraft makes a good salad dressing,Ceaser Ranch, it has only 1 carb and no sugars per serving.

KIMMY- It says you are still online and I hope you see this. That book we were talking about "Mom I feel fat" by the author Sharon Hersh....there is a radio program by FamilyLife on now with her. It is online at www.oneplace.com so you can listen to it there. They do it daily and all this week it is about eating disorders.
Perhaps you might want to check it out. Thought I would let you know since you showed an interest.

Gracious...
What do I hit after I go to the site?

Afternoon All:wave:

Thought I better get in a post before things got away from me as Monday always is a busy posting day.

Feeling very barfy since I ate some spagti with sauce as my early lunch. Tired too, can't keep from yawning. Would love if something would back up on me and down the porcelain Goddess, I know I'd feel better once that took place. Don't mind getting sick if it means that darn scale will go down tomorrow!

Got nothing much done today. MOM came over and we farted around, played a game of SCRABBLE and put a painting Michael bought this past weekend into a frame.

NANCE, you have me pegged 100% when it comes to cooking for the most part, but hey, I have made SOME of those recipes that I've posted-and if I've made them in posted them, you can be assured I found them to be good-can't say that would hold true for the rest of my family's thinking though.

VES, you really need to get some of those butter bells made, I swear you'll be able to sell them and make a ton of money. Do a art show with some of those and I guarantee a sell out!!! I bet if I saw a pic of your teapot I'd know why you won that award-your stuff is good-why don't you think it's good enough to win??? Sounds like you had a busy weekend in the yard. I myself pressure washed the front porch-ELI was surprised! Definitely not as strenous as what you did, but good enough for me:)

JACKK, can you imagine all of us in one room!!! We'd probably be louder than a hens roost! Basically I told FRUIT what she already knows, what everyone knows-that they can do this if it's truly in their minds and hearts, not to do this half-assed and what do you want more, (in her case) the Daquiri/White Russian, or weight loss? Really, that's about it!;) Okay, just read your 2nd post today-what's with this funk you're in-girl, snap out of it!!!!!

BOB, sorry, I think you're jumping the gun with this whole SENIOR CITIZEN thing. Until you get great discounts for being old you can't be a true senior citizen. Get off that bandwagon and don't get back on until you're in your 60's! ELI sure as heck isn't ready to be considered a S.C. come July and I'm sure as heck not ready to say I have a S.C.!!!!

TRANQUIL, hope whatever happened at work doesn't stress you out all that much-sounds like you are ready to handle it anyhow! Many Dr.'s don't have a clue about "diets" and think since one has a name such as SB they think it's a fad diet. If they REALLY knew about this WOE as so many other Dr.'s do, he'd be singing a different song. Many of the gals on this board were suggested to do SB by their Dr.'s. Even my Uncle who's a very well-known internist suggests this WOE to many of his patients. So, don't let his poo-pooing deter you, unless there's a medical reason you can't do SB, keep on truckin! SEPHORA, there's one near me in THE FALLS, closer than Aventura, which is def. a nice mall! You do know SEPHORA is also on line, don't you??

QUIV, CONGRATS on being down yet another pound, WTG!!! A dream I didn't like you, that's more like a nightmare if I didn't like you. There's very few people I don't like, and trust me, if I don't like someone they know it, I don't pretend, it's not me. I highly doubt that would ever be the case with you-I like you even before I've met you!!:D

KIMMY, stupid question, but don't kids get Baptized when they are little?? Sounds like you definitely don't have a shy one on your hands!

MUSIC, sorry to hear that you had another one of these spells. Can you put your finger on anything that would cause you to have this happen again? I hope it's nothing-def. let us know what the Dr. says when you go.

SEMMENS, I only have that egg beater trouble when it sits on the stuff for too long, but if I throw them in the sink in some soaking water, don't have that trouble.

SHMILY, sounds like you had a great SB weekend, congrats! With being OP 100% and running after Madison, that scale should show a loss soon!!!

ZANNE, glad to see your post. Sorry to hear you fell off the wagon, but I see you are climbing back on-hold on tight this time!!!!!

TV, I believe I went to KOHL'S, in Atlanta, liked the store, found a few items to spend some money on there. LOL! WDW is WALT DISNEY WORLD. The marathon in in January and there's a few SB GALS going to run/walk it and I thought a good name on our T-shirts would be great-something catchy that says what we're about. I know that brain of your works wonders!

MONET, don't indulge in those RS TOFFEE's too much, I do believe they may have a dookie effect if eaten too much! I can't touch them because, even with the dookie effect possibility, the possibility, or should I say, more than certain likelyhood of me eating just one is NIL!
Hmmm, dress colors-thought first of a champagne, then though seafoam green, or a hunter green, dark green color of some type. I think the later would bring out your eyes and I think would be a stunning color with your hair-I don't think that would clash with their dresses. Why couldn't you wear a similar color as the MOTG? As long as it's not exact I can't see why you couldn't wear green and she couldn't wear another tone of it.

HEART, thanks for Boogie's name explanation. I have a nephew named SEAN that I call SHLO. He was born in the UK and when I first saw him in person I just said he looked like a SHLOMO and SHLO just stuck, and that's my nickname for him. I hope he feels better-I'd definitely take him to the Dr. if you don't see improvement soon. OP-stands for on plan.

Okay, I'm hitting the couch, I really feel icky!!! Will try to check in later.

Toodles

Debbie
194/124/129
SB since 3/22/00
Reached goal 6/10/01

Vesna- I'm 5'6 and 154lbs. My goal weight is also 145 but I'm not settling on that until I get there! 140 would be great however I don't know how difficult it would be to maintain once I got there. I'd like to be a little thinner for Florida but after that, I'll take the losing a bit slower..so that it's less a diet and more a way of life.

Funny that your doctor doesn't seem to believe in it. When I bring up my "new" discoveries to doctors, they seem to brush it off too. Maybe it's an ego thing..who knows!?!

I'm going to be in the St. Pete area for an entire week! I'm excited but I'm also apprehensive about the whole thing since it's visiting in-laws, among other people I don't necessarily want to see on MY VACATION!! I'm such a self-absorbed New Yorker. I apologize in advanced.

Whew hello everyone! I am resigned to trying to read and keep motivated. I simply can not respond to everyones posts :(I am still hanging in there! Not losing any weight but that is my fault. I have GOT to get moving, I have never in my life had such a mental block about exercising before. Someone come give me a swift kick in the arse LOL. I am here, reading and getting motivation from you all :) Love,Liz

Sunday's Notes:
The weather is fabulous and I have the windows open. Now, the problem with the windows open is the dust factor. I will need to close them soon because the trees are leafing out and that will mean green dust. (actually, pollen) Not a pretty sight on the white sofa or on the tables.

I was on my way to plant this morning but I had to clean the pine needles off that I put on last year to keep out the weeds and then I needed to fork the garden to loosen the soil. After that, I was exhausted and my husband rescued me and did the smoothing out. I am glad that it is a little garden, 20'X 10' at the widest point. It is an ameba shape and I do a free form design with the plants. I plant vegetables, flowers and herbs. It looks beautiful. I will put the lettuce and the spinach seed in this evening and wait until after the last frost to put in more. I know you who are experts at gardening, must be laughing at me about this time. I think that it must have been good exercise because my legs and arms are already sore…neck, too.

Deb: The applesauce was put up in Oct. 2001 and I think that it should keep at least a year. Maybe the people in the know about canning can tell us. I hope you find that cookbook. Yes, I did go to the coop and I thank you for leaving me some agave….I bought all the jars. They also had kept the ones from the Feelin Great HFS so, I now have a total of 24 jars. Life is good!

Toni: I did post the recipe for the Cornish Game Hen. If you have any question, let me know.

Tranquil: Many congrats!

Monday's Notes:
Monet: I didn't move, just on a nice vacation. Now, I am the one confused….did you skip your thyroid pill on purpose? That Russell Stover is a devil. I recently discovered that they make SF mint and SF Almond Clusters. I have only been able to find them in Terrell, Texas (This is very close to Jred…don't do it JRed) at their outlet. I gave all I had to a friend to save myself.

Jack-K: I am 5' 2" so that would account for the lower weight goal. How tall are you?

Monet: Zanne: Welcome back onboard.

Lizery: Come get back onboard!

Hope we all have a great week!

Hey girls!

I haven't read any posts yet - I hope to catch up tonight! But, just wanted to pop in and tell y'all that this morning the scale was right under 251 - it was like 250.75! I have a doctors scale so I can look at each little notch! So, I think breaking the 250 is possible this week! Keep your fingers crossed!!!

My day was ok - school is school! But, after work today I had to go to the college here to the speech pathology department for my first evaluation! They offer free speech therapy to people so that the students can work on real people before they graduate! So, I hopped on that wagon!! They were actually very happy to have me - they told me that I'm the CLASSIC over zealous teacher that has developed a polyp and a nodule from teaching and talking all day. So, they were very happy to have me cause I'm a "voice" patient with the hoarseness. They don't get many voice patients - mostly articulation problems like stuttering and not pronouncing sounds correctly, etc. They want to expose me to many of the students since not many voice patients go through. It was funny - all of these little kids were in there for speech and then there was me! HAHA! Oh well - I need it - so I'm going!

I'm cooking supper and then heading out for my walk. So, I'll be on later to read the 3 pages of posts!!

Missy aka Snotty Bubblebiscuit
284/250.75(I'm taking it)haha/170

EVENING EVERY BUDDY!!! :p


Just passing through...OH...MY...GAWD....did the measuring up and sizing up thingy today and my body fat is 50% :eek: BOB has really got to buckle down and get to work....I can smell that money....;)

DEBBIE..do you think I should stick to that equation that you worked up for me or should I lower it????

Ok...gotta get the trash out....new bags in the cans...get propped up and recline....my shows start at 8pm

Sorry I couldn't get to everyone tonight...SUSAN I'm so glad your parents were spared from hurt...they were just flat out lucky!


:wave: everyone else....BOB loves you all...

oh..oh...this can't be good....BOB being good and loving????? Must be an OLD FART thing... :s:

Pssssssssst...MISSY ...talking to Debbie whether it be in person or on the phone is not always a good thing.....GET AWAY FROM THAT SCALE!!!! ONCE A WEEK IS PLENTY!!!! :eek: :lol:

BOB

My cousin is a pharmacist and sent this to me today...Couldn't resist passing it along to all of you!!!


They finally released the ingredients in Viagra
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> > 3% Vitamin E
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> > 2% Aspirin
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> > 2% Ibuprofen
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> > 1% Vitamin C
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> > 5% Spray Starch
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> > 87% Fix-A-Flat > > ;)


BOB

CHECK IT OUT....BOB is FAMOUS!!

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SATELLITE IMAGERY SUGGESTS THAT NARDA IS BEING SHEARED BY UPPER- LEVEL WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW...AS THE CIRRUS CANOPY OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE HAS A RATHER SHARP EDGE OVER THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT. IT APPEARS THAT THE HURRICANES MID-LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER IS DISPLACED TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE SURFACE CENTER. THE INITIAL INTENSITY ESTIMATE IS A COMPROMISE OF DVORAK CURRENT INTENSITY NUMBERS...WHICH MAINTAIN THE STRENGTH OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE FOR A WHILE AFTER THE INITIAL SIGNS OF WEAKENING ARE EVIDENT...AND THE LATEST DATA T NUMBERS. WITH NARDA LIKELY TO CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENT OF STRONG...AND INCREASING...VERTICAL SHEAR... WEAKENING IS FORECAST. THE OFFICIAL WIND SPEED FORECAST SHOWS THE SYSTEM DOWN TO DEPRESSION STATUS BY THE END OF THE PERIOD... HOWEVER THE NUMERICAL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT NARDA MAY DISSIPATE BY THAT TIME.

SINCE THE LOW LEVEL CENTER IS NOW ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR THE SOUTHWESTERN EDGE OF THE DEEP CONVECTION...THE INITIAL MOTION AND FORECAST TRACK HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT OF THE PREVIOUS ONES. A MID-LEVEL ANTICYCLONE TO THE NORTH OF NARDA SHOULD STEER THE SYSTEM IN A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE OFFICIAL TRACK FORECAST IS A LITTLE NORTH OF THE GLOBAL MODEL CONSENSUS...BUT SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF THE LATEST GFDL RUN.

Howdy ya'll! Just sitting here being kinda lazy. Had a good walk and came in to the puter and huge plate of stir fry. It was wonderful. I wonder...am I the only one that tends to eat large portions? Portion control is important but I still tend to eat foods where I can eat a larger portion..ie...salads and stir fry.

Here's a little thought I would like to share...sometimes when you are waiting to lose the weight you "feel" like you just can't do it any more. That is when you have to go by what you "know" and not what you feel. You can and will get there. And one of the greatest things when you look back will be the journey getting there. ((hugzz))

I need that reminder myself...seems like I've been stuck in this weight range forever...almost 4 months. Just got lazy and need to get back motivated physically.

Love,
Crystle

235/153/135

Holy Smokes!!!!

I can't believe all the post. Everyone must be in a chatty Cathy mood! All I did was go to work, and we're already on page 2 and it's MONDAY!!! GEEEEEEEZ! I love it, but spend alot of time reading!

Just wanted to touchbase and let my fellow SB'ers I'm alive and kickin'. Heading off to play my flute. Have practice tonight and am just LOVING IT!!!

Lizery-So cool to see you post. I remember you had just joined the board when I started FLAKING out and glad to see both of our post on line! I always liked seeing the avatar of your beautiful smile!

Jack-k.....I'm not that much of a kitchen goddess. Dan the Man usually cooks M-F, so on the weekends it's my shift. God love him, I don't know how i lucked out!

Debs-Got Nadia's hair back to normal....what a drama! Wish I could have taken a before picture, but that wasn't going to happen, no way, no how. I was CALLING.....to get your cheesecake recipe, but ended up making Frogs instead. (Which was delicious) but I would still like to get yours.;)

Gotta run...thinking about everyone and wish you all a good night.
Hugs and kisses.....Zippy Bubblebutt

My tongue feels weird... I just licked about 80 invitations shut. :p Tomorrow I get the stamps, and send them on their way! Hooray!

You know, back in November, when my daughter got engaged, I thought this would be fun! Now it is looking more and more like work. If I had known this back in November, I would have told her to elope! :s: Too late now! :lol:

DEB: Lucky for me my daughter was with me when I got the Russell Stover toffee things. She tasted one, and liked it. Eight sticks later, I decided she had had enough, and hid the box. I know what you mean about not being able to eat just one. I have a sneaking suspicion the box will be toast by the time I go to bed. It being DMS time, I am craving chocolate already!

BOB: Have you heard of the new drug they are going to introduce soon? It is a combination of Ginko Biloba and Viagra. I hear it helps you remember what the *@%#& you are doing!

Gotta go! Too many people IMing me...I can't keep up with everything! Be back later!

Hey girls!

Now I have a little more time to post! I'm sure this will take me an hour but here it goes!

DEB: Was that motivational Monday directed to me? It sure sounds like what we talked about on Saturday!!! HAHA! It's true! I've been on track and extra motivated since our talk! At school today we got 3 different candy bars in our box - they are sitting on my desk as a reminder that one day - I'll be able to enjoy them - but not now! Each day that I can pass them by is a successful day! I know that I should give them away, but I like the challenge! I like looking at them each day and telling myself NO!

HEARTMOM: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope you had a wonderful day!

GRACIOUS: Glad to hear that you are feeling better! Got that little bounce back in your step again! As for the camp situation - as you know I don't have kids - but my nieces went to camp in Branson or right outside of Branson and they loved it. Now - we live in Louisiana and they went to Branson for 4 summers in a row. They probably went when they were about 8 years old or maybe 9. If you want info on that camp - let me know. It was a Christian camp but not major religious if you get my drift. They were more a motivational thing where they made everyone at that camp feel like they were the best kid in the world!!! They did many activities - there is actually a video for the camp - I can send it to you if you would like.

JRED: As for the weather channel, I LOVE IT! If I could do my profession over again, I would be a meteorologist! I would love to go on a storm chase too! Basically, I'm a weather geek! The worst for me is hurricane season cause I'm glued!

NANCE: Don't have the party booked yet. My friend is just starting this and she got all of her supplies in the other night. Once she gets settled and ready to present I'm gonna book the party! I'll let you know how it all turns out! I hope to see 249 soon too!!!!

VES: You are too funny! I can picture you out in your yard pissing off cardinals! Glad you realized that being a bird owner wasn't for you before you killed anymore birds!! LOL! I'll be sure to ask everyone in the book to bird sit for me before I call you OK?!? HAHA! By the way - I checked out your pots and I love them!!! You are very talented my friend!!

JACK-K: Girl - I'm trying real hard to stay away from the daiquiris! I think that I'll have to pass on a strawberry one if I do decide to have one - they make me have the runs!! HAHA! So, I'll have to stick to the White Russians!

QUIV: Looks like we can call you BEER LUSH now!! Welcome to the club!!!

KIMMY: Thanks for the sweet wonderful words - you are so nice!! You know - we'd take really good care of you while you were pregnant if you had one for us!! HAHA! Just kidding! I know that things will work out and that one day I'll have a child to love whether I have one of my own or adopt! One day……..

MUSIC: Girl - you could be having a seizure! I'm glad you are checking things out again! A friend of mine just recently found out that he has epilepsy. He was having mild seizures and didn't know it and then one day at an LSU football game he had a really bad one…come to find out - epilepsy! So, take care of yourself!!

BOB: PUUULLLLEEEEEZZZZZZZZ - you are by no means a senior citizen!!! Come on now!!! You are just THE BIG 50! I wish I could only weigh one day a week! I'm addicted to the scale - I weigh morning and night!! She was a great motivation for me Saturday - I've got to give her that!!!

ZANNE: We all fall down….the most important part is that you start back up again! I'm the queen of falling off plan - but I'm trying my best to stay on these days!!! You can do it!!!

OK - gotta run - I've been on the computer too long now!! Hope you all have a wonderful day tomorrow! Eat well!!

Missy aka Snotty Bubblebiscuit
284/250.75/170

BOB--Re. your Viagra joke, they are coming out with a new medicine. Its called mydyxadud. Works like viagra but instead of being a pill, it comes in liquid form. Now men will be able to pour themselves a stiff one. ;)

BTW, I've misplaced that web address you asked for re Rocky Top, but I've posted a request on the Gator Board. Hopefully someone will answer it with the info I want.

Fruitloupe--Congratulations on your losses. Keep on going girl. You'll make it.

Monet--Toffee is just about my favorite candy. Mmmm, chocolate, buttery crunchy stuff, mmmm. Good thing I don't do the candy aisle in the store. I've always wondered if that stuff they sweeten SF candy and ice cream does the same stuff that sugar does. Debbie, do you know the answer to this one. I remember that on the SB board they were always knocking the sugar substitutes, especially maltodextrin.

Gotta go. Bed is calling.

Hey Y’all: They messed up on my salad order so I had really not much for lunch but a few little bits of chicken from the “illegal” salad they did give me – so they are giving me a free “legal” lunch tomorrow ;) I did the shopping – I went to the pet supply store and got all kinds of goodies for my precious furry kids. Had some more quiche for dinner, and then I walked 2 miles tonight - it was hot but gorgeous. Walked across an old drawbridge built in the 20s - saw the pretty skyline - very motivating and exhilerating walk - my dog has collapsed. Well got fingers crossed that I have lost another pound - doctor tomorrow for follow up - cannot wait to see his reaction!!! I will let you know what his reaction is...hahaha

Jack-K – Thunder over Lou sounds like a blast!!! Hope the headache went away!

Shmilly – My DS was tested for ADD – he was “borderline” – he does not take anything – we just have to work with him to teach him to realize the problem and concentrate and find ways to help him from bouncing from subject to subject….people with ADD – ADHD – are normally very intelligent J and score high on testing in certain areas…. So there is a plus to it….

Zanne – WOW SNOW!!!! Well hope your son gets better, and you too….

TV – Shame about your game, good luck next one!

Monet – The wedding colors sounds pretty….and hope your joints stop aching! And, I will do my best to remember DMS

Deb – I am LOL over Schlomo!!!! I can picture little Boogie – but your Schlomo, has me rolling!!! I am a Sephora online shopaholic!!!

Liz – I always have a horrible mental block about exercise – but my Mom told me there was no excuse not too long ago, and so – I get out and walk every night that I can – weather permitting. You can do it too! Or get an exercise tape?

Yellow Rose – You sound like you have such a wonderful Green Thumb! We have the green dust here too -

Fruit – that is so weird about the polyp/nodule thing!! Great news about your weight!!

BOB – your funnies are funny ;)

Country Mom – Liked your post – very well put J

Nance – I used to have a Chatty Cathy doll !!!


I am tired, bedtime - sorry if I missed anyone - love reading everything though!!!

Sabrina

I can't keep up. :o I only had a chance to read at lunch and there were two pages then and now there is four. I wish I could post from work. It would make it easier.

It was a sad day today. I work for the naval command that had the jet accident over the weekend. The one at the air show. It is the second accident this year for our command. It is very hard to loose our service members whether you know them personnally or not.

My visit with my parents was good. They looked at many houses. So many they can't remember which one s are good or bad. It is fun though to look at all the new things they are putting in home these days.

I want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Heartmom. By the time you see this you will be one day closer to your next birthday. It is early here only 9:00pm.
:hb: I hope you had a very nice day one that you will remember for a long time. Birthday hugzzz!!

Well I have got to go to bed. I will try to post early tomorrow. Oh ya and I'll be at chat. WOW! two weeks in a row.

Nite all :yawn:

Cyndi

I can't read all 4 pages this morning but will try to read them this evening.

Last night was Keeno night. I made a double cheesecake using Deb's recipe (now that I have some agave) and it was great!! You have to try it if you haven't already!

Won an award for best "parrot-head" hat (Jimmy Buffet). I pinned a large talking parrot to my shoulder and named him "Salty." The prize was a great gift back of Margarita lotion, body wash and soap! CUTE!!!

Got on the scale yesterday and my body-fat percentage is donw again to 26.8. Gotta have it done at the gym with the calipers for me to really count it though. Will have that done again soon.

Will try to come to chat tonight. Have a great day all!

Peace,
FROG

I am still a bit sick from this weekend, when I ate too much sugar. On Monday morning I had a burning reminder why sugar is BAD, BAD, BAD!!!!! My body is a very finely tuned machine, which tells me immediately, without any fooling around that something is not as it is supposed to be.

Yesterday (Monday) I was bored in the afternoon, or perhaps over zealous, so I attached the big Crepe Myrtle stump (about 1.5 feet across). That was a big momma tree! It took me about 2 hours to get the sucker out, but I done did it!! He he. Vesna is a big girl after all. I am telling you girls, after you heck out a stump from the ground with an axe, the whole out look on life changes! Now I have all sorts of “manly” projects in mind. My back yard will be looking good in no time!

After I was done with all the chopping, I decided to eat some cereal. Oh, boy. I was sick as a dog afer that! So nauseated. And I couldn't sleep worth of $#%^@&. 6 hours of sleep for me... hopefully I'll catch up today.

DEBBIE – I will try to get those pics. As you can see, I’ve been sort of occupied with my back yard, and loving it. I really have to get my act together and do some pottery. However, doing yard work is so much fun for me, exactly because I don’t have to do it, and also, it is an awesome exercise. I am developing some mad muscles on my upper body – next week I am going for a fat count check up. That should be interesting.

YELLOW ROSE – I love to garden too, and I mix my vegetables with flowers and herbs. Marigolds are good because they repel certain insects. In my language the common name for Marigolds is “little stinkers”. About pine needles – I heard they were good for covering the top soil, but that you can also mix them into the dirt when you are ready to prepare the garden for the next year. I am currently on the look out for pine needles, and I think I’ll go scouting for some this afternoon.

FRUIT – You know, I never murdered my last two birds (very resilient little featherlies); I gave them to a friend, cage, food, and all. Cockateels might be more fun than parakeets, because they are interactive. For me to take good care of an animal, it has to literally be in my face, be able to rub against me, and/or have a loud complaining voice. The cuddling tends to work better. Also, I don’t like being bitten or scratched. Thus my dog makes a perfect companion. I am glad you like my pots. I will try to post some more pictures in the future. Congrats for your loss!!

RED1 - when I was buying a house, my mom and I took instant pictures and made a special form to document things we liked or disliked about each house. It made everything much easier.

FROG – congrats for the win! You are a cookie one, ay? Way to go on the low body fat! I am going to get one done next Wednesday. I am soooooo …… excited? Hopefully the news won’t be too bad.

QUIVONDRA – St. Pete is nice, but you haven’t said anything about WHEN you are coming. Would you have a chance for a speedy get together? Do you watch baseball?

That’s it for the morning. See you later ladies.

Vesna

Sorry I didn't see your post last night, Kimmy. I listened to it and got offline. I know they are putting the new one on each day. It was good. Go to that website www.oneplace.com then on the left side of the page there was a listing for Dennis Rainey and FamilyLife Ministries...that is where it is. Hope this helps..sorry for being a twit.

ACK!! I just went there and it seems they have changed it. I will try and see if I can find it for you. It said that it is a special all week long, yet they have a different taping for today by a different person...I will try to sort this out. But you can look at the FamilyLife section there and their website.

http://www.familylifecanada.com/index.php?UID=34857dcb4258957e4968f9efce96e3f0

That is the address for the FamilyLife Canada. They have the American branch and perhaps it can be found on that one too. Sheesh, I am having a hard time!

LOL...you are no twit! I found it but could not listen to it. My computer is acting up in ways you don't want to know!

It looks like it will be a great day! There is not one cloud in the sky. It has rained for days so the sun is a blessing!

Deb.....
You asked about Baptism.
Many baptise infants. That is what I did as well w/y first 3 kids. I went along w/ the traditions of my church w/o question. Figured they knew what they were doing. Well, several years ago, I started reading the Bible and going to studies and discovered that in the NT, infants were not baptised. It was a decision made by people that had realizes their sins and repented, then baptised. Granted, it does say a few times that households were baptised...but never once does it have a parent bringing a baby to be baptised. So....to make a long story short, I had to re-learn my old ways of thinking. My daughter studies the Bible and understands and asked to be baptised.
Some may not agree. This is my opinion.........;)

Missy....
Thank you for your kind words. It sounds like you have a good man and God willing, your family will be whole.
I have been blessed with kids, but....letting you all in on a dark secret......my marriage is really bad. My husband is, lets just say, very cruel. I pray for God to take away his black, hard heart...but his heart may already be too hard. That is why I said...you get me out of debt...;)

I hope that WIW will treat us all fair! Actually, this TOM has been different. I never gained, which means I will not lose. I have been weighing the same for a week now....but will wait until the official WIW to see.

I will try really hard to make it to the CHAT!!! I really like it because it allows us to be more personal...like IM eachother.

The Osbournes are on tonight!!! I need diapers when I watch that show! Having 5 kids has really played a number on my bladder!:o

Gracious....maybe that is why I could not get it....it was not an American site....I will look and try for on here! My youngest is really sick so I have been unable to leave. He is going to the doctors today!

Everyone I missed......have a great day.....I will check in later!

Good Tuesday morning all. Wow I turn my back for one afternoon and you all go crazy writing without me!! Got hooked over there at the doll-fan line. I tell you I 53 and started collecting dolls last year and I love it. I do vinyl baby dolls like Lee Middletons. I also make reborn dolls and sell them on e-bay and at craft fairs. My house is filled with little people.... Haven't even stuck my head outside but I know its cool. I got up at 4 this morning and turned on the heater to keep my DH from hogging all the covers. Even my little Boston Terrier Bullet had went for the feet! Gee one more day till weigh in. I can't believe my husband walked at a campground with me yesterday evening before dinner. I was so pleased!! Well I'd better sit back with my coffee and start replying to these posts or I'll be yacking till noon.

Kimmy- don't know what you were trying to listen to but I live with my computer acting up. And my DH can fix them!! Hows your SD and are you getting enough rest?

Vesnoid-I'm so silly I thought at first you had cooked a crepe that was 1.5 feet across. And I thought now how the H-LL did she do that? Maybe I need to go back to bed and start over. I can't believe you pulled a stump out that big... Wow you are good!!! Ut oh you over did it. Maybe it should have took you a little longer.... I love gardens to. I made a place I call my peace garden a few years ago. I put potted plants all around. Have a bleeding heart and some things growing in. And an old wash tub filled with herbs. I planted a chinese wistera tree a couple of years ago and the little skinny thing has bloom all along its stem this year. I'm so pleased... I had two matching white turtle doves and they would hatch babies often but I felt the same way and gave the whole bunch away....

Frog-Yummy the cheesecake sounds good.

Just got a call from my sis and shes on her way over with her broken computer...So I'll be back later to finish

Good morning, all.

Some days I just love coming to work. This morning I had 2 people going on about how slim I'm looking. Well, I definately wouldn't go that far, but it is nice to have people notice. Also, my physical therapist commented and asked what I had been doing. When I told her, she thought it was a great thing. She's also a certified personal trainer and mentioned that she hates to hear when people are completely eliminating entire food groups from their diets. She agrees that this is not only good for weight loss but just a really healthy way to eat.

I made the greatest chicken tenders last night using shredded wheat to "bread" it. I'll try to post the recipe later.

Deb - Jordan will be 17 next month. The age restrictions are the same, license at 16 with driver training, so he's been driving for about a year. Since we live in the 'burbs, the traffic is not near as bad as it probably is where you are. He's only allowed to drive in Austin on certain circumstances. Mainly he just stays in Pflugerville and is allowed to venture into the next couple of suburbs also. He's a pretty responsible kid and the first thing we did was get a cell phone when he started driving. With Joe and I both working, and Jordan's afterschool stuff, transportation was pretty necessary (no public transit here), but yes we do worry. When you're a mom does it ever stop? I don't think so. We ended up buying a small Chevy pick-up. He was thrilled. Just grinned all night long.

Tranquil - Hope your day got better. What did you buy?

Quiv - We tried the used car thing first. Got it from our mechanic and seemed like a really good deal. Well, 4 visits by the tow truck later, it's back with the mechanic. Believe me we went round and round on the decision. The reliability factor at this point is just more important to us than the cost factor. And since he graduates next year, it will be something that he can take with him when he leaves (gawd, I hate the sound of that).

Tina - Hope things go well at the doctor's office. That really is very scary and there are so many things it could be.

Ves - Did your doctor really know what SB was? So many people hear it and think it's like Atkins, but IMHO it's so much healthier. What could he not like about whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and lean meats and fish?

Jack-K - Feeling better yet? You know I've decided that some days I'm just going to be in a funk, I get it over it and then move on from there.

Shmily - Way to go on the week-end. They are the hardest for me. I know what you mean about the potato thing. I kept channel surfing to the food channel and they were having potato week-end or something. Yikes. How old is your daughter, I forgot. They are so cute when they figure out they're mobile.

Zanne - How did you do yesterday staying OP. Snow?? I can't even imagine.

TV - Don't you just love Kohl's. We got our first ones around here about 5 months ago. Joe is very tall (6'8") and is hard to fit. I actually found a leather jacket in a tall guys size for less than an arm and a leg. I was thrilled. They also have great prices on kid's clothes.

Kimmy - My oldest son has ADD, (not ADHD) also. How old is your oldest? Jordan was diagnosed in 3rd grade, although he had symptoms in 1st and 2nd; we were just clueless. He was on a very mild dose of Ritalin in middle school and it helped but he wanted off of it when he went to high school. Nothing worse for a teenager than being different. He's had to learn coping skills that he will use all his life.

Heartmom - How is Boogie (I love that name)? Hope he's feeling better.

Lizery - Hello, hello, hello right back at ya.

Well, gotta run now. Everyone have a great day.

AHHHHHH!! Sheesh I am so blooming frustrated. I have tried to post a real post 3 times now. The first time the kids got me for something, the second time the hydro truck drove in and I closed the page by accident when I went to look then finally my creepy computer froze. I am doing this in Word now and hoping for the best but I don’t have any of the posts open so I am limited to what I remember reading.

TOM arrived this morning unexpectantly. He often does that to me. I kinda notice sometimes he is coming when I start bawling my eyes out for no good reason. More often though he is just there one morning and I think, “ Ohhh yeah, I forgot about you!” The good news is I am back down to 165. I have been riding up and down 3 pounds worth for a couple of weeks now. It was driving me nuts.

During my pneumonia and this past weekend I know I didn’t drink barely any water at all and didn’t eat the best either…not atrocious, just not the best. Yesterday I really got serious with my water and my eating. I cut down to only 1 starchy carb a day and it seems to be a good thing for me. I limit myself to one SGWW large tortilla which I make into a very yummy sandwich with roast beef, swiss cheese some lettuce and some salsa. I will see how that goes this week.

Oh…My hubby is working on his third degree and has his Greek final tomorrow. He has been studying like crazy for this exam and wants to do well. Last semester he got a 96 so he wants to reach that again, if possible. He will be away all day until about 10 pm tonight going over his Greek…poor guy. Better him than me though!

Camping responses –Thanks to everyone who responded to my camping inquiry. I will have to wait and see what we will do. My daughter is a very smart but a somewhat shy little girl. She is very friendly though and often picks out another shy looking girl to befriend at events or places then off she goes, happy as a clam. I think that would be true regarding camp as well. FRUIT Thank you for the offer of sending the info on the camp but if we do send her it will be somewhere much closer…like in our own country! ;) There are quite a few good Bible Camps right around the area (within 1-2 hours away) and that suits me just fine…not too close, not too far. I would also make it the one week rather than a whole summer..that would kill me!

KIMMY- I think we got ourselves in order even if neither of us can listen to the supposed weekly series on it! Too bad though because the first one was wonderful and they were pushing the rest of the weeks shows which also sounded good. I was so happy to read that your little girl spoke at her baptism and that she had determined to do that herself. How marvelous for her to testify to the change in her life! I am sorry to hear about the situation with your hubby. Obviously he is not a believer but, as you know, God is even more powerful than his hardened heart. Think of Paul when he was Saul…he had a hard heart and look at how God reached out in His mercy and saved him then used him so mightily. I just want to encourage your heart. {hugs} I shall pray for your hubby.

SHEANN- How did your sons visit to the neurologist go?

Going to call it quits because without the posts before my eyes, I can’t remember anything else!

It is a gorgeous day here! Nice and cool--feels like April for a change! I have a nice pot of flowers on the table on my terrace--I think this weekend I shall have to get the planters all colorful!--The next Saturday is Derby Day--so that is the grand opening of the terrace for the season!

One thing I didn't mention yesterday. When Mom and Dad left they took my SB book with them. They are going to give it a try after seeing me stick with it for more than a year and a half. Yeah for them!


Kimmy--I don't know what to tell you except that I will keep you and your kids in my heart. I'm also hoping that you are not in physical danger. Emotional cruelness is bad enough--but I hope it is not physical as well. Please take care of yourself!

Gracious--good luck with the camp decision! Congrats on being back down to 165!

Toni--Sounds like you are doing well--especially with all your "little people."

Trish--Hey it's great that people are noticing how good you are looking! That's the best motivation for sticking with the program--to keep those compliments comming!

Vesnoid--Isn't it amazing how our bodies can tell when we get sugar now? I respond the same way--sick, sick, sick! I saw your pictures on the picture board--have you ever modeled? You are gorgeous--you look like Julia Roberts in the boat picture! I missed the link to your pots and would love to see them!

Frog--WTG on the body fat loss! I think that's the best measure of all--certainly better than the scale--which can't distinguish among fat and muscle! Keeno sounds like fun! All your friends sound like fun (well, all excpet for you know who)--I think I'm gonna move to your town!

OK--these are all the responses I have time for this morning. I'm speaking at a luncheon today so must go think of something to day!

Have a good day everyone!

Susan
300/230/150

Good morning everyone

It's a nice sunny day here to-day, although a little cool, but much better than the snow I woke up to yesterday. I had a couple of inches to scrape off of the car before going to work.

Everything is much the same here, up and down, weight wise, as usual. I really blew it on Saturday. I went out shopping straight from work then to a movie. Had a pumpernickel bagel and cream cheese before the movie, which wasn't too bad although I don't know how legal the bagel was, probably had mainly refined flour - I always wonder how they get such a dark color, it must be something added to make them dark. I don't think it is the flour but they just look more legal than the regular bagels.:). Had popcorn at the movie, just couldn't resist. When I got home about 7.30 I was hungry of course and took the easy way out and cooked some breaded chicken nuggets. I couldn't believe when I went to enter them in Fitday how much fat was in them. Much more fat than protein. Yuck. I don't think I will be buying any more of them. The only reason I had them in the house was for the gc's. It was a quick meal if I was doing babysitting duties and something they like. I'll have to find something healthier for them. Anyway needless to say the scale was up the following morning but thankfully it was back to my usual this morning. I must say, though, that that was the worst eating day I have had for a long time.

The last couple of days I've been o.p. Sunday I made Zucchini Pie for dinner and had left overs for lunch yesterday. Probably will be having the same for lunch to-day with some veggies. I've just been fixing up something to take to work for dinner this evening. I'm having homemade chili (from the freezer) with a green salad, cucumber and tomato. I've made a couple of the recipes from the Lebanese site that Deb posted for us. Both of them were good. The first one I made was called MAKMOORA. This was made with savoy cabbage, onion, leeks, spices and bulgur. It was delicious. Yesterday I made LAMB SHAWARMA. This was lamb marinated in malt vinegar, yogurt and spices. It was so tender and yummy. Too bad I don't have any leftovers. The recipe called for boneless lamb, sliced before marinating. The only lamb I could find had the bone in so I just sliced off as much as I could - just enough for one meal. O.K. so it was still partly frozen otherwise I could have sliced off more. :D I have these recipes printed out so if anyone is interested I could post them on the recipe board. I made rice pudding yesterday evening with leftover brown rice which turned out good - I had some for breakfast this morning with raspberries added. It was yummy. I made the Almond Granola this morning - now if I can just keep my hands out of it and not eat half of it before it cools and gets put in the jar. :lol:

Deb - Thanks for the info about the Broad Beans/Fava Beans. The recipe I was interested in that used them was the falafels which used both fava beans and chick peas. I guess I'd better stick to the chick pea recipe. I would be interested in checking out some of the other Lebanese recipe sites you have if you don't mind posting them.

Sol - I wish my scale was lying about my weight - if it is lying it is in the other direction. The new digital scale that my son has weighs me about 5 pounds more than my mechanical scale. I am still fluctuating between 195-197# so we are still neck and neck it looks like.

Beth - Glad you are settling into your new job but too bad you have such lousy shifts to work. I haven't worked nights for a long time but I got stuck with one night about a year ago when someone didn't show up for work. It took me about a week to get over it. It was worse than jet-lag. I know when I did work lots of night years ago that about 4 a.m. was always the worse time - so hard to keep your eyes open at that time. But sounds like you are well prepared food-wise. It's good to have lots of legal snacks on hand.

Sheann - How is your son doing. How did the appointment go with the neurologist?

HeartMom - Hope Boogie has got over his sickness and is feeling better.

Here's a few comments I had typed the other day but never got posted.

Nance - Howdy. Nothing very exciting going on in my life right now. Had a vaction last month though and got to meet some of the Florida SBers. I was down to Orlando with my dd, ds and grandkids. I'm still playing badminton two or three times a week unless work interferes with my schedule. ;). That's about all the exercise I am getting these days although may start swimming again soon. Glad to see you back on the wagon again.

Sef - I enjoyed the hymns.

Pooch - I liked the household tips list but be careful if cleaning clothes with peroxide - it acts like bleach and may take the color out.

There's no way I can catch up on all the posts. Hope to be able to read to-day's posts when I am at work this evening. To all the birthday gals I missed HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY.

Gotta run. Have to clean up the mess in the kitchen and hope to get out for a swim before heading off to work.

Bye for now.

Marie :wave:

Hello!

It is the extremes for me. I am either here a lot, or not at all.

TRISH – My Dr. first looked at me apprehensively, and then dismissively, and then he told me (after I described our WOE to him) it just sounds like ANY sensible type of eating. I did not want to go into elaborating it for him that yes, it was, but more than that, it gives us straightforward guidelines and TEACHES us sensible eating. You know, being a health food nut all my life, I thought I knew what was what! Nope, not completely. Especially when it comes to sugar and starches, SB really rubs it in raw, how bad they can be for you. That’s primarily what I needed to be constantly reminded of.

FILISE – You make me blush, girl. I have always been too heavy to do any modeling, and NOT good looking enough. I always tried to excel at academics instead. If you would like to see my pots, you can go to:
http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=vpottery&include=0&since=-1&sort=2&rows=25

OR
http://home.cfl.rr.com/vesna/pf1.jpg

I can’t find the link to my White Crackle Pot right now. It’s somewhere in last week’s posts.

TONI - I guess you don't have many of Crepe Myrtles out on the cold side, huh? Are you going to post any pictures of your yard? How are your dolls selling?

Vesna

Good Tuesday Morning Everyone:wave:

Don't have time to post right now, will be back on sometime later, but just wanted to remind you all:

CHAT TONIGHT AT 9:15PM EST!!!!

Hope to see you all there!!!!!!

Have a wonderful day!!!

Debbie
194/12?/129
SB since 3/22/00
Reached goal 6/10/01

http://members.aol.com/eldemila/heres_a-hug.jpg

Got a weeks pass to the New York Sports Club accross the street. My co-workers are going to join me during lunch! Made Fran lunch today, since she made me lunch a few weeks ago. I hope it doesn't make her sick ;)

Beautiful today, but darn chilly. Guess I picked a bad day to go without socks.

Deb-I know your the gentille type, I must've eaten too many carbs the night before! Last night I had too many carbs and I kept having weird dreams about chicken. I won't go into that one though. The true test, however, would be for you to meet me right before TOM. If you still like me then...:)

Liz-Get your bum off that couch and get moving. I read while I bike at the gym. Or I do squats in front of the TV. DO SOMETHING!!! You'll appreciate this later I promise..

YellowRose-I'm trying to garden (i have a deck) and having a heck of a time. I find myself outside a night re-pooting since I have so little time. It's funny..my plants DID almost die, but I brought them back. People still assume I can't cook and that I have a purple thumb. As long as I don't make myself or my boyfriend sick and as long as my plants have the slightest bit of greenery showing, I think I'm doing alright.

Fruit-I know what that's like. I'm all "yeah, I weigh 153.75, NOT 154 okaaaaaaaaay?" Good luck and congrats on the loss! As for the lush part, it's genetic. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

CountryMOM- You too, get off your bum!! I should be a drill sergeant.

Monet- Next time wet a paper towel and seal the envelopes with that. Little tip from when I was an intern. Was no way I was going to like 1000 envelopes shut ;)

Vesna-Frankly, I'm afraid of you right now. You ARE an amazon woman! I'm going to St. Pete from the 18th-25th. As for baseball. I'm a Mets fan...I haven't been to a game in many years but I'd go for the hot dogs and beer (shh don't tell deb)

Hi All: I got a quick glance at posts and seems the consensus is that you all are having good days - good weather - it has cooled off some here leaving it to be a beautiful dry summer day :) I just finished eating a salad and I am enjoying a day that is the complete opposite of yesterday - moods at work are a complete turn around - brighter day..... I leave for the doctors right before 3 p.m. so have lots to do here before I go.... then home and I want to get ready for a big walk tonight - then I plan to get kidlet in bed at 9:00 so I can chat on line with the group - and after that - I plan to watch the Osbournes!!!

I am anxious about the docs because I want to see his reaction - I am so excited, but I hope that salad and tea did not weigh too much - hehehehehe - I want to weigh as little as possible for a 3:00 p.m. appointment - wish it was in a.m. when I weigh the least!

So, looking forward to learning how to chat tonight....

Sabrina

Such a beautiful day! I worked in my little garden and it was so nice to be outside.

I have been maintaining for some time now and have decided that we are going to try to eat dinner a little earlier, say around 6:30 to 7:00 pm.to help me start on a downward trend again. It seems that we have been getting later and later with dinner (the time change didn’t help) and I start to snack around 5:00pm and continue to snack until we eat around 9:00pm. (Legal, but still!) I am hoping that by getting a full meal in earlier, I will be through with food for the day. I am not a late night snacker, so, maybe this will work. I will keep you posted.

Deb: I hope you are feeling better. Does the barfy feeling usually signal a weight loss?

Vesnoid: A tree! My goodness girl! I wish you were close, I would be glad to share the pine needles. I saved the ones I took off the garden and will put them around the plants once they come up. I really like the look of my little garden without them but I can’t keep up with the weeds if I don’t put the pine needles around. When my garden is up, I will take a picture of it from the deck and let everyone see it. It is so cute. Marigolds are a good idea but I, too, don’t like the smell and the colors don’t go with my pinkish theme. Ha!

Quivondra: If your brought plants out of a near death experience, then you are a good gardener. I also have a deck and I have some large and small pots that I will plant with flowers and make a pretty arrangement. I also have a cart where I have 6” pots that I plant with herbs. It is such fun to just walk outside and add herbs to the cooking dish.

Bye for now,

Happy Tuesday Gang,

In a better mood today. don't know what was wrong with me yestrday, probably hormones. Went to a Pre-Derby lunch for the boys scouts today at the race track. It is always fun, a good lead in to Derby activities. Lunch was difficult. This year they had BBQ and BBQ chicken. I did eat the salad and a dab of slaw, (didn't taste any sugar), but boy oh boy did the BBQ taste like pure sugar. I did eat a little, but passed on the potatoe salad and cookies. My boss asked if I would go into some type of sugar shock. Probably will have a headache. Pounding down the water and will have to walk extra tonite. It's amazing how sweet things taste when you haven't had any sugar for 10 months. Going to the track 3 times next week. Will be tough with the food. Most food they have is "fast food" and now due to security reasons, you can't hardly take food in with you.
Got to do the best I can each day.

Shmily, WTG on making the weekend legal. Your DD sounds so cute. That is the age that I think they are the cutest. Cherish every moment.

Zanne, Come on up on this wagon. We willhelp you up and fasten you in. You made the first step, yu can do it. We're here to help. Welcome back.

TV, We have Kohl's here in Lou too. I love them. They have some great sells. Glad your back.

Monet, Oh My Gosh, I love heath bars. I need to stay away though. I'm not a big chocolate person to begin with, but I could do so damage to them. The bride's mom gets to pick the dress color first. I guess you could wear the same color, but I wouldn't want to. She might look better than me in it. LOL. How about a buttercup yellow or any pastel color would match the girls.

Kimmy, It's hard for a child to lose his best friend, but remind him in today's world of email and cell phones he can still keep in touch with him.

Heartmom, hope Boogie gets feeling better soon.

Debbie, Hope your feeling better today. Yes, I do feel better today, but I tried one of your techniques, weighing before WIW, I was up 3 lbs. Now I'm really in a funk. I don't see how you all weigh all the time. I would be up and down and miserable and be making everyone else miserable too. I'll stick to once a week on WIW.

Lizery, Don't feel you have to post to everyone. We all know people are busy and sometimes it's impossible. Just pop in to say hi. It definately helps to be here Good luck

Yellowrose, I am 5'6". Your garden sounds so nice. I do not have a green thumb at all. My DH fools with all the plants and flowers.

Fruit, Keepinhg my fingers crossed for you to reach under th 250 mark. That's how I was with 200. It's such a motivator. Good luck

Bob, You are going to win, I just know it. Maybe you should have to share with us since we are keeping you going. LOL I loved the Viagra thing. Too cute.

Country, on portion sizes, I tend to do that with steak. I liked your motivational thought, so true.

Nance, you are very lucky that your Dh likes to cook. I wish mine did

Fruit, WTG on the candy bars. I hope the temptation doesn't get too much for you. Let's make a deal, no more white russians and daquiries until we reach goal. Somethign to strive for yeah?

Gator, your viagra joke brought a chuckle, thanks

Red1, So sad about the accident. You don't have to know someone to grieve for them.

Frog, We have Parrot Head night here too. We have never been, though we keep talking about it. WTG on winning the prize.

Kimmy, hope your DS is feeling better soon.

Toni, 2 of the girls here buy baby dolls off of EBay all the time. I will tell them about yours.

Trish. Don't compliments make you feel so good. One of the girls here at work is my biggest cheerleader. She tells me everyday that I am HOT!. I don't think 196 lbs is HOT, but I love the compliments. WTG. Yes, I am better today, probably hormones, YUK. I'm with you on the car thing. I'd rather have a new one than fight with car trouble. When I get a flat, I want to buy a new car. LOL

Gracious, Howdy. Hope yu are having a good day and an even better WIW after being so sick.

Fillise, What a good influence you must be on your parents for wanting to give SB a try. Tell them we are behind them.

Rosalie, You sound like a junior Betty Crocker. You must have been cooking forever.


Ves, Man you are one determined woman. No stump is safe around you.

Quiv, Enjoy your week at the sports club. I think it would be fun to use the machines. I dream about food too. Isn't that strange. One night I dreamed I ate tons and tons fof potatoe chips. Boy was I relieved when I woke up and realized is was only a dream.

Tranquil, let us know at chat about your Dr appt.

Have a good day everyone, Hope to make it to chat tonite.:o

Jackie
257/196/145
10-10-01

HI everyone!

Just a quick post. I haven't read all the posts yet. I can't believe there are already 4 pages. I hope that everyone is doing well and that you have a wonderful day. Also, hope WIW is great for all of you.

My Son just returned from the Neurologist in Kalamazoo. He gave him an extensive exam (1.5 hours worth). He said that there is definite weakness on the left side of his body and that this plus the seizures could be caused by the abnormality on this brain seen on the MRI. He also said that with the Dilantin (700 mg) that he is taking, he should not still be having seizures. He had another one last night. They keep getting stronger and closer together. At Kalamazoo they have a specialist in Nueroimaging that will study the MRIs and CT scans this week. Jason is supposed to go back next week. Thanks again for all of the kind thoughts and Prayers.

Hope everyone that was ill is now feeling better.

Sheann

LOL... I don't know if I'm coming or going the past few days... This schedule is killing me... :) I got off work at 8am this morning, and I'm off until 4pm Thursday. DH woke me up at 2:30 so I could sleep with the normal people tonight...lol. He doesn't want me up watching TV while the rest of them are trying to sleep I guess :)

Work is fun... I'm catching on quickly, and they're putting me on night shift alone starting Sunday. I'm taking my lunch every day... usually the same things, either PBJ, or Ham and cheese on legal bread, some fruit of some sort, and some veggies... and water, and the last 2 days... some cranberry juice cause I'm fighting a bladder infection. Probably not the best thing to drink for my weight, but has helped tremendously with the pain!! I'm back to water today.

SHMILY and KIMMY - Both of my boys have ADHD and take medication for it. They were both tested and classified severe. I have ADHD tendencies, and also have OCD. I'm a compulsive list maker, plus I do weird things like... if I go somewhere often, I have to park in the same place/read the same signs on the door before I go in... weird stuff like that. My oldest has OCD traits also, we're getting him seen soon to see if it's severe enough for treatment. I had them both tested, and we tried behavioral therapy first because I hate to see kids who are just medicated without trying all the options first. I think a LOT of kids are given meds who don't need anything but a good butt whipping... but I digress... Anyway, my children do behavior modification therapy, plus they take their meds... and they are amazingly different children now. It took a lot of 'tweaking' to get the dose correct, because I refused to give a dose that made them act all groggy. They're still more active than most children, but they can now concentrate better on the tasks at hand.

Well ... I'm off to find something to eat, and to try and stay up till chat time... and I'll stop in and say HI! I hope...LOL. See you all later :)

Thanks for the encouragment guys! I dug out some old ( and dusty ) exercise tapes last night. One is Richard Simmons Stretching to the Classics LOL. I don't even know where it came from! I went on a field trip with my Kindergartener today and we walked all over so I think I got my exercise in today!!! Tomorrow I will so one of the tapes. I am just gonna do it! I want a firm butt again! Claygirl I love your pottery it is just beautiful :) Later gator.Liz

whew--what an afternoon! I thought I'd be back from lunch by 1:30--and didn't get back till 3:30.

Vesna--Thanks for the links--I took a look and your pots are gorgeous! You are very talented. I'm alos not taking back anything I said about you being a model--with your height and bones--girl--you've got those model looks. And you DO look slim to me! Flaunt it girlfriend!

Liz--It's great to see you back on the board. I hope all the kiddies are well --it sounds like you have your hands full. I bet the field trip was fun!

Beth--it's Tuesday. I guess the times are confusing. I hope it gets better when you get on straight nights.

Sheann--Well, I guess you learned something--but not why he is still having siezures. Thoughts and prayers remain with you. I know this has got to be hard on you.

Jack-K--do you go to the Derby? I have a big Derby day party every year. I make mint juleps and we have our selves a good ole time. I'm looking forward to the 4th!

Tranquil--this is the type of weather you want to bottle--clear, pleasant temp, no pollen, just perfect!

Yellow--I think eating earlier will help. It has sure helped me to get the scale moving again. I try to eat between 6 and 7 and then have a cup of green tea sometime during the evening.

That's all for now. Have a good evening everyone!

Susan

Well I'm back again!!! We're going to walk again. Can't believe I'm getting my hubby for the second night in a row...

Lizery- You made me think I have a Richard Simmons tape somewhere.... You probably got two days worth of exercise if you walked all over with the kindergarden class.

Beth- OH my goodness you have a rough schedule!!! What kind of work do you do? Sounds like my sister when she worked for the sheriff's office here as a dispatcher. Hope that bladder infection is lots better.

Sheann-Still praying for your son. I sure hope they can find whats wrong soon....

Jack-K- My grandsons just had their derby race in Colo. boy scouts. They were sure excited. I'm afraid if I got one bite of sugar it would make me go crazy!!! I'd go on another 50 year binge!!!! Thanks for telling the girls about my dolls. Maybe they have bought off me. wouldn't that be funny!?

Yellowrose-Lucky you got to work outside. I may try that a little tomorrow morning... I like to eat early cause I'm hungry all evening if I don't......

Tranquil-Hope everything goes good at the doctor's. I'll bet he'll be pleased as punch... I can't wait to see my heartdoctor next month. The lady that owns the beauty shop and turned me on to SB was so shocked and excited to see I'd lost so good. Sure makes ya feel like a million.

Quivondra-Wow a sports club, great and what a boost. Wish someone would make me lunch....

Debilli-Good afternoon.... Hope I remember the chat.... OOOO tomorrow is weigh in.... Love your hug.....

Vesnoid- I do know what a crepe myrtle is but I'm really dumb in the morning before coffee... Takes a while to register in my brain.... My dolls are doing good. I love your pots....

Rosalie-Oh my gosh snow yesterday!!!! Yuck... bad word here.... Wow I didn't know they even made pumpernickel bagels.. Boy do I live back in the sticks.... But I'll bet ya I'd love them especially with cream cheese.... But maybe they aren't to bad.... One of my bread recipes for german pumpernickel has a little chocolate in it....

Fillise-Good for your Mom and Dad... Your terrace sounds wonderful. Good luck at your luncheon today....

Gracious- I hate when you don't finish something!!!! I was all fired up this morning and ready to post then got interuped.... Wow good luck for your hubby on his final.

Trishloo-Good for you lady..... It feels so good when people are noticeing your hard work on yourself.... Wow I'd love the recipe for the chicken tenders....

Finally made it without having to stop now its time to walk before hubby loses interest......

213/196/130

Whew! What a day!!!!

I woke up this morning, threw on my "walking clothes" and took Michael to school. Felt tired the minute I woke up. Came home and stripped off my clothes, threw on the nightie, and climbed back in bed for a few minutes before having to run Lauren to school. Still tired, decided to go back to sleep-fell into a very deep sleep for about an hour or so, waking up around 10:40am. ELI was getting ready to run to a Dr. appt. he had scheduled for 11am. I felt so out of it, but in my fog decided to get up at go for my walk-I must be nuts! It's the hottest part of the day, but up and out I went!!! I was going to do 3.5 miles, ended up doing 4.5 though I did about 2 miles of that walking. Interestingly so, my time with walking wasn't all that bad, made it in 47:38-better than some of my recent running times. I was disgustingly proud of myself for getting out there. Figured I better since tomorrow is WIW and last night I was just plain disgusted with myself...

ELI was due home last night at 7pm-called at 7:30pm and said he had to close the store, made a mistake in the scheduling. I didn't have anything planned for dinner, y'all know that's just not my dept. these days (or this life, should I say). I had been excellent with my eating all day long-it was wonderful, but then, this fierce demon came over me and took over what sense I had in my brain and I ate junk for dinner. SB LEGAL COOKIES (1 serving), SB LEGAL CHOCOLATE (2 small squares if quantity makes any difference), BREYERS ICE CREAM (okay, so this I threw up, does it still count??) and some CHOCOLATE COVERED COFFEE BEANS, dark chocolate but probably not SB LEGAL and definitely NOT in the quantity I ate-this was the worst of it. Nothing nutritious at all, that would of been too darn easy!!!

Come this morning when I woke up, the scale said 124, same as the last few days. After my nap, I was at 123-figured it would of been better today if I hadn't eaten all that crap. Who the heck do I think I'm fooling once again?? Determined to stop this INSANITY for now, at least, I gave me chocolate stash and anything else enticing to Michael to hide from me-and NO, I didn't give him the scale, though I may in the near future! I just have to realize once and for all that I just can't have this around at my disposal, that I have no self control. It's funny, when something is sealed up, brand new, it doesn't bother me in the least, but when it's open, I want to eat it ALL, right now, all in one sitting!!!:eek: I'm foregoing all the crap for the new few weeks as I did before a few months ago, feeling better when I did and THEN if I feel I want a piece of chocolate, I'll take a small piece and give it back to Michael to hide once again-I think outta sight outta mind holds true for me. I really would like to have the self control in this area, but lately it doesn't seem to be happening and after the fact, it drives me batty!!!!! So, today, I'm back on the straight and narrow, no more legal goodies, at least for now.

Anyhow, that's one of the reasons even at 11am and hotter than **** out there, that I went out and walked. With WEIGH IN WEDNESDAY TOMORROW looming over my head and last nights indiscretions, I figured I just HAD to do something to try to be counterproductive and try to right last nights wrong! Plus, I'm not going to be able to go walk tomorrow mornign, have a board meeting at 8am.

Went to SHORTY'S for lunch with the old coffee fart today-BOB, we thought of you!!!!!!!!!

QUIV, as long as you are shooting for a healthy weight for your height, age and bone structure, then go for it. Sometimes though, our bodies have other ideas than we do. Personally, I have a 5lb cushion I try to mantain, so make sure you give yourself some play room for those lovely fluctuations we tend to have.;) GIRL, be prepared, it's hotter than normal here already! It was 91 degrees today-rarely gets in the 90's in the dead of summer down here-it's going to be a bad one all around this year, I believe! Hey, if you think about taking a side trip to Miami while in FL, let me know!!! Hey, being women, we all go through that TOM and the ups and downs and bouts of insanity that goes with it-it wouldn't phase me!!!! LOL! When I read your post and you said I was the gentille type, I had to read it again. My first impression was you were saying I was GENTILE!!! I was going to refute that and say, no, I'm JEWISH!!! I had to laugh when I realized you meant GENTLE!!!!

LIZ, surprised to see your post-didn't think you were still with us, but then again, I konw there are many people who use to be on the board that still lurk and read the posts. Hope you jump back on the wagon with us!!!

ROSE, sounds like you are having perfect weather up there! I never did ask you, do you have a house, or a trailer up there? My parents bought a trailer-I tell them they are mountain trailer trash now! LOL!! Don't know a hill of beans about canning, but I would think that applesauce would be good for a while. How about making some apple butter and using that on your toast?? What did you think of the COOP? I should of told you to stop at the GO and the CURBSIDE MKT while you were there. Yes, usually barfy = scale goes down, but not always-hope this time it does!

FRUIT, congrats on seeing those lower numbers on the scale!!! Heck if one call motivated you as it did, I'll call you every weekend!!!:eek: Get rid of that evil candy-no reason to tempt yourself, is there???

BOB, so you took the plunge and joined the challenge, I see! Good for you and GOOD LUCK! I know you can take the money and run (to Miami, run all the way here!!!!) Just how many people signed up to do this-how much $$$$ are we talking about??? I think you should stick with the equation as long as you are in the same general area, otherwise we have to tweak it, so if you want to, just send me the most recent info you have.

COUNTRY, I don't eat large portions, with the exception of something like ELI'S eggplant dish, or eggplant parmigiana. I can't, had my stomach stapled 18yrs ago and it's still small, so if I overeat, I get sick. BUT, I can tell you large portions of ice cream and candy use to slide down really easy way back when!!!! I don't think eating large portions of veggies is bad-wish I could get down small portions-hate making them, would eat them if someone else made them though:^: Thanks for sharing your thoughts-the scale will move, trust me on that one-patience will pay off!!!

NANCE, the recipe for my cheesecake is on the 2002 FIRST QUARTER RECIPE BOARD, like the 4th or 5th recipe on there. LMK if you want me to e-mail it to you directly. Glad to hear Nad's hair is back to a normal color!!!

MONET, ever heard of a sponge?? Hopefully, when you buy stamps tomorrow, they'll be those that already have the adhesive on them!!! Yuck, must of tasted awful! I know from doing Michael's Bar Mitzvah on my own how much work goes into planning an event like this, so I can sympathize on all you are doing and still have to do. The MOTG gets away easy!!!

TRANQUIL, good going on keeping legal with that unlegal salad they sent. They should send you 2 freebies!!! Good luck at the Dr. tomorrow and def. let us know what he says!!!

RED, I saw that air show accident on the TV, very tragic, though it seems to happen quite often from what I see.

FROG, glad to hear the cheesecake was a hit-anyone not liking it should have their head examined, or maybe that should be their taste buds!!! I got the pictures back, just need to find some time to post them now-some are too funny!!!!:lol: Did you take a pic with the parrot?? Congrats on being the winner-the QUEEN OF SOLE and now a PARROT HEAD!!!! You are just full of wonder!!!

VES, now I know, when you come down here, do I have some stuff for you to do in the garden!!! LOL!!! You could spend days fixing it up for me since you like tackeling this type of job. I'll just sit in my lounge chair, with an SB LEGAL DRINK and watch. As YOU said "However, doing yard work is so much fun for me, exactly because I don’t have to do it, and also, it is an awesome exercise." I'll remind you of this when you come down!!! LOL!!

KIMMY, thanks for that explanation about Baptism. I had to laugh, took me a little time to figure out what the NT was! I'm sorry to read that your marriage is not a good one. I hope this is not an abusive relationship to either you or the kids in any way. If you EVER need to talk, you know we are all here for you and if ever you need to talk one-to-one, you just let me know!!!!

TRISH, kudos on receiving those compliments today!!! I know that makes one feel wonderful! Chicken recipe sounds yummy. I was reading a recipe today that uses shredded wheat for making a pie crust. How does that stuff taste anyhow-never bought it. Tell JORDAN congrats on the new wheels and to drive it in good health. I'd probably be more at ease having Michael drive in an area like you are, but down here, no way!!!!! Every siren I'd hear would have me going crazy!!!!!

GRACIOUS, hydro truck??? Good luck to DH on his GREEK test! What does he plan on using that language for??

FILLISE, good luck to your parent's with SB-I'm sure your wonderful results have not only motivated them, but inspired them as well. I know they have to be proud of your achievments!!!

ROSALIE, snow yesterday??? How I'd give anything just to have the coolness that allows it to snow up there!!! It's soooo hot here!! I'm already whining and it's not summer yet!!! Pumpernickle bagels get their coloring by either coffee, chocolate or molasses, or a combo of any of those, usually. ELI would be proud, LAMB SHWARMA??? He loves SHWARMA!!! Actually, I like it too. YUM!! The beans you asked about for falafel would be the green ones, the big ones, not the small brown ones. Did you ever use the falafel mix I brought you?? It's a whole lot easier than making it from scratch!! Will try to search for the other sites of Lebanese recipes I have when I get a chance-if I don't do it soon, just remind me.

JACKK, I'm sure you'll do fine with the food at the track next week. You did great today, tasting bits of things isn't going to pack on the pounds. Many things I make I think are really sweet and those who aren't on SB that try them say they aren't sweet at all-they have baaad taste buds for sure!!! Hey, did I say for you to weigh in like me???? Oh no, don't want anyone to be as compulsive and obsessive as I am with that metal monster!! I only recommend it once a week and wish I was able to follow my own advice. For me though, when I intentionally stay off the scale, it's usually because I know I won't like what I see. I feel, for me, seeing what's going on with my body on a daily basis helps me understand my body a bit better. Esp. now that I'm at goal, if I only weighed in on WIW and each WIW saw the same numbers, it would be boring and maybe disheartening. I like to see it go down!!! Lately though, it's been going up:(

SHEANN, thanks for the update on JASON. I take it there is no news of any kind until this next appt?? Do they have any idea what this "abnormality" in the brain is??? Please, keep us informed!!!

BETH, glad to hear the new job is going well and you are enjoying it! I bought LAKEWOOD brand pure cranberry juice. It's very concentrated and very low in sugar. I take a tbl of it and mix it with water and add a little sweetener-yummy and only a few grams of natural sugar in it. Not sure if you can find it in your area though. It's not cheap, but considering that you mix it with water, it turns out to be very cheap in the long run.

TONI, enjoy your walk tonight with DH. ELI and I use to walk together, not any more, and I do miss those times!!!! Hope you make it to chat tonight!!!

Well, I do believe I'm all caught up!!! YEAH!!!!!

A reminder, least you forgot:s: TOMORROW IS WEIGH IN WEDNESDAY!!!! I wish all of you, as well as myself, good luck with the scales tomorrow!!!

Hope to see you all at CHAT AT 9:15PM EST!!!!

Toodles

Debbie
194/124/129
SB since 3/22/00
Reached goal 6/10/01

EVENING EVERY BUDDY!!!!! :p



BOB did really good with her eating today!!! :D

BREAKFAST
4oz BOAR'S HEAD SKINLESS CHICKEN BREAST
2 slices GERMAN DARK WHOLE WHEAT BREAD
low fat swiss cheese slice
low fat mayo

LUNCH
6 oz baked turkey thigh
1 c fresh green beans

SNACK
organic tangelo

SUPPER

1 tandori
1 tbs sugarfree ROSELLI'S pizza sauce
1 good hand full of low fat pizza cheese (combo chedder & prov)

VERY FULL RIGHT NOW...can't even imagine being hungry after while...

32 people signed up...non refundable $20 per person

$320 1st place
$ 96 2nd place
$ 64 3rd place

I also ordered a weight loss diary, food counts, graphs, combo like things from www.weightlosssoftware.com check it out..
pretty cool.. I'm downloading right now, but they are sending a CD also for back up...$39 one time fee...

REMEMBER......if BOB WINS THE $$$$$$ DIRTY MARTINI'S and dinner at the beach house on me!!!! I'll cook!!!!
We'll get some fresh beans....grill some chicken breast...back a sweet potato.....fix a good salad...maybe a GREEK VILLAGE SALAD!! Mmmmmmmmm Mmmmmmmmmmmm Mmmmmmmmm

SUSAN....maybe we need to all come to your house next year for DERBY....I ABSOLUTELY LOVE DERBY PARTIES!!!! I've already got my hat...I'll be thinking about you while I'm rocking my new namesake (fingers crossed for a girl)

JACKIE...my Niece's husband works for BROWN & WILLIAMSON and they do the beer tent in the infield every year...They have been told to brace themselves...NO COOLERS WILL BE ALLOWED THIS YEAR AT ALL!!!!! Myself...I prefer the
OAKS ....love to watch the fillys run....

DEB...MARK IT DOWN!!!! I'll be down to mark my seat in the SB BUTT BUS.... AND I WILL BE GOING TO SHORTY'S WHEN I GET THERE AND BEFORE I LEAVE TO COME HOME!!!!

Talked to Kim (QUILTER) tonight and she said to let everyone know that she's thinking about them, and will try to get on the board in a few days.

:wave: EVERYONE!!!!! I'm off to get ready for a busy night of TV..
Will try my best to get on for CHAT tonight...

BOB

Bob I'm so excited for you and the contest.... I just know you can do it.......Your menu sounds great!!!! Good luck I'm sure going to be rooting for you....

Is there a trick to getting into the chat room? I have been trying for 10 to 15 minutes, and nothing happens.

Hey y'all!

No time at all to read posts at length - so I really skimmed! Today I was at 250.25 so I'm hoping for a super good WIW with the scale being under that 250 mark. I'll try to post in the morning if I don't have a chance I'll post on Thursday - I've got something at school tomorrow night and there will be no time to post!


KIMMY: It saddens me to hear of your "secret" I hope that things aren't too bad for you and your children. Didn't you say you were married to a doctor? Was that you? If so - how can he have such a hard heart and be in that profession? Just know that you can always talk to us about anything! My husband is wonderful and loves me so much - I am very lucky to have that - being that we have been through so much! Take care!!!

OK - good luck to everyone tomorrow!!

Missy
284/250.25 - I count every little notch!/170

You guys are KILLING ME with the post....I checked in at lunch it was two pages, got home late tonight and we're on page 6!!!!!!!

I near dead, and the bed is only inches away from me, with an attractive man with limited clothing on, BUT I PROMISED myself I would post, even if it's just to mark where I'm at, so I can keep up with everyone!

Monet-When is your daughters wedding? Have you found something to wear yet? I was in J.C.Penny's the other day and they have alot of dresses in stock FYI.

Fruit-I can feel the vibes of your scale saying 249...249....249. It is soooooo going to happen!!!

Tranquil-Wasn't looking, but found another recipe for quiche! Was a little sophisticated for my taste, but made me think of you!
Called for some type of cheese that they probably only sale in those gournmet stores!

Red1-Sorry to hear about the naval accident. My husband is in the
army reserve, and I hate hearing about those types of things! I'm sure everyone will be affected that you work with by the loss. Prayers going out to those who suffered a loss!

Rosalie-DID I HEAR LAMB SHAWRMA????? YUMMY!!! I don't even like lamb, but I like that. We have a Jewish restaurant that serves it, and me a my girldfriend get cravings for it and MUST HAVE IT! Would love for you to post the recipe!

Vesnoid-I work as an Office Manager in a doctors office and am a
certified medical assistant and you would be SURPRISED how many Dr.'s don't even read ANY of the books that are out. Worse off, they think they know the gists of these plans out and haven't read A THING!!!!! Don't get me started!

Jack-K...If I can get my hubby SB LEGAL food, that would be even better. Tonight he made spagetti with meat sauce, and caesar salad...I had the salad sans the croutons and am hungry right now!!! But I am lucky, no doubt about it!

Sheann-Sorry to hear about your sons condition. There is an alternative medication I believe other than Dilantin! I'll check into that, all though I'm sure he's going to some great Doctors! Prayers especially for you both!

Beth-Girlfriend, do yourself a favor and get a prescription for an
antibiotic....Trust nurse Nancy when I say....Cranberry juice is great for filtering out the kidneys and it can lessen the symptoms, but it's a bacterial infection and doesn't usually resolve unless you get some medication. Your Dr. should be nice enough to call some in to the pharmacy without having to actually go in for an office visit! Keep up the fluids though! Glad to hear you're doing so good a work! I'm so proud that your planning ahead and not setting yourself up for failure. I really have to think before I walk out the door, "Do I have all the snacks,etc. I need?" You're doing AWESOME all the way around!!!

BOB- Was that Madori or Tandori??? I thought you were chugging down a melonball there for a second with all that dirty martini talk.
Did I hear someone say they would ride in the van???????

OKAY!!!!!!! I'm officially pooped, Dan the Man is now ASLEEP, and I missed all opportuntities that could have been available! Time to take out the contacts, swig some water and go sleepytime!


Zippy Bubblebutt

Went to the gym last night and came home to make muffins for Admin Prof's day, so no chat for me. Sorry I missed you.

Have something I couldn't wait to share with you. Had body fat percentage done at the gym with the calipers and...

GOOD NEWS!! :spin: Since February 19th I've lost 5 1/2 pounds of fat and gained 7 1/2 pounds of mean, lean muscle!! :strong:

This officially puts my BF% in the healthy range! :D

Not that it matters a whole lot to me, but I weighed 147.8 this morning. I've lost just over 2 pounds in the last two weeks. What does matter is that I am willing to bet those 2 pounds were FAT! Ciao blubber! :wave:

I feel a happy dance coming on! :cool:

Gotta go get ready for work!

Peace,
FROG

Can you hear the music to that old disco song playing?
Cel-e-bra-tion Time Come On! Let's Celebrate!!

I am stoked!!! Okay Okay, I am back to my all time low...and it is about blooming time...I weighed in at 164 this morning..and on Day 2 of TOM. Now that has to be good news for me.
I really think that going down to 1 starchy carb a day is the key for me. I am still not vigilant on the fat intake but I am certainly grooving on the carbs and protein. I am glad it is working for me.

FROG - You are doing awesome! Way to go! I wish I could get my BF% taken properly. I have used various websites but it varies from site to site so you know they are not even close to being accurate. I tried measuring myself but that was a joke without calipers. One of them even said I was in the healthy range and how possible is that? The jiggle factor says otherwise!

SHEANN- Sorry to hear Jason is still having the seizures but at least they took a good long time to look him over. Perhaps these doctors looking at his MRI and catscans will have some more information. Still praying for you all.

DEBELLI- I thought she was calling you a gentile too and was laughing away here until I figured out she meant *genteel* and not *gentile* The hydro truck is the dude that drives in and reads your metre then drives out. My Hubby is a Pastor and already holds 2 degrees. This is another degree he is working on..a Classics degree. Greek...the NT ( I know you know what that means now! lol ) was written in Greek and so my husband knows Hebrew (OT) and Greek (NT) from his previous degree...he is just specializing even more now. He likes to be able to read and study the Sciptures in the original languages. Me...I am just happy to be able to read and understand it in English!

Jack-K - Wow...you rival Debelli in that last post of yours. I think you got all of us..impressive!

Toni- Hubby starts writing that exam in 7 minutes from now. He usually aces this stuff but I know he said there was so much to study. Professor said, "Know everything." Doesn't leave a guy with a break on his studying, eh? ;)

VESNOID- I checked out your pots and I think they are beautiful too! Must be wonderful to have such a talent. I hope you do well on your sales.

Okay....that is it for me it seems. Brain came to an end. Have a fantastic WIW everyone!

GOOD MORNING! :D

Can someone cheer out 249?!?!?!? Cause that's where I was this morning!! It was so nice to move the bottom weight on my scale to the 200 instead of the 250!!!! Now - I just have to slide that top weight all the way across - BUT THAT'S OK!!!

So, last WIW I was at 252.5 and this one 249 so that's a loss of 3.5 pounds!!!

See you ladies on the board tomorrow cause I'll be MIA tonight - I have a function at school to attend. Hope you all have a great WIW!

Missy
284/249 :D/170

Good job, ladies! I'm happy for you!

Unfortunately, dh put the scale back in the bathroom and I'm up 3 pounds from my low, back to 138. Above goal again :( . I'm willing to bet that about 1 pound is new muscle, given the huge increase in weight I'm lifting, but my pants tell me that not all of it is muscle. Got to really buckle down.

Sorry the posts are short and infrequent these days, I think of you all.

mel

175/138:( /135 originally, now 130

Good Morning everybody!

DEB - Good job girl! Determined, aren't you? Perhaps you need to figure out just how much chocolate is going to cost you in walking and sweating. Me, I get sick as a dog if I eat too much sugar, so right now, I just remind myself of Monday, and....not tempted.

FROG - Congratulations!!! What an increadible feat! I am getting my fat count done for the first time next Wednesday, and I am really curious. OF course I have nothing to compare it with, but at least it will give me a starting point. What fat % should I shoot for, do you think?

BOB - Well, well. Knowing how much you like'em martinis, I know you will put up a big fight towards this competition. Way to go!

FRUIT - Good job on that scale! That's not just a little pat on the back, that's a swing, girl!

GRACIOUS - Must be nice to be somewhere, you'be never been before. I'm glad WIW was good to you. All that persistence paid off, right?

O.k. Will check back in later.

Vesna

MORNING EVERY BUDDY!!! :p

This was passed along to me this morning and I thought I would share...didn't realize how easy it is to make this yummy condiment!

MUSTARD

Making mustard is easy to do. It is best to mix small quantities to keep flavors fresh. Temperature of the mustard will vary according to the proportions and variety of mustard seed.
To Prepare:* mix 2 – 3 Tbsp.*liquid with ¼ cup ground mustard seed. For the French Dijon flavor, use champagne for the liquid, English style use vinegar, and for a spicy mustard use white wine. The Chinese variety uses flat beer and for the hottest of all, use black mustard seed and water.
To mellow the mustard, add a little milk, mayonnaise or olive oil. Sugar, garlic, tarragon or other hers can to added to vary the flavor.

Of course you ALL know to substitute the sugar for your favorite
A.S.!!!!!! I use SPLENDA because you measure just like sugar

Guess I will do a little work.....;)

BOB

Well I am at 244. That is a 1 pound. I guess that's okay. Oh well! Sorry I can't chat long. I'm still trying to caught up at work for being on vacation.

Good morning ladies! Once again, it is so beautiful here in Cinci! When days start off like this, I know it is gonna be good!
I missed that chat last night. I did not forget, but my hubby showed up and was on the computer:( ...great timing!
My sons friend had spent the past few days here and now his mom is home. It was really nice for my Kaleb, but it will be nice to get back to our normal family routine.
Tonight we have a party at church. The head of music is leaving and moving back home to PA. They are so home sick, and their parents have been ill so they are anxious to move back home. It will be sad, again for my child....Whitney. She is very close to one of their daughters.....but Whit is a survivor and she will be ok. Anyway......I hope the food there is legal. I am bringing some stuff like vegies. I just have a feeling that there will be some yummy food that calls my name.


Frog..
Way to go girl! Fat for muscle is AWESOME!!! How is it that you measure? I have seen scales that says it measures fat%...but figured it was not correct. Keep up the hard work!

Gracious...
Congrats on your weight! That is so funny...this time around, my TOM did not cause me to go up either. I thought...maybe I am wrong...that Debs TOM did not cause her to go up either...at least in the beginning. Sounds like your hubby is into learning! Where did he go to (see if I can spell this) seminary? I know they learn Greek there...but not a degree in it. Sounds so exciting! I would love to be able to read both Greek and Hebrew...but like you, English seems hard enough sometimes. Thank you for your kind words as well. I know that ALL things are totally possible with God. I gave it to Him a while ago and we shall see. Dan, my hubby, is very hard. The best way to describe him is....black heart, angry, spiteful, prideful, oh...the list could go on. I am such a positive person...it is draining. I know God will take care of us...me and the kids. He has a REAL anger management problem. No, he is not saved, as far as I know...and they say you know them by their fruits. Thank you for your prayers.

Fruit...
WTG!!!!! What an awesome feeling to get to use another part of the scale! Keep up the hard work and the positive attitude! In no time flat you will be going down more and more! Thank you too for your kind words. What a blessing to be with a man that loves you. I will keep on praying for you two and for a junior!

For the others who had such kind words about my "situation"......
Thank you! . He is a doctor...a cardioligist....and he is great at breaking hearts:^: He was brought up in a bad home and he does not know how to act...at 36 you would think he was mature. I know I have a place here if I ever need to type-! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Ok..
..now for WIW....
TOM had no effect on me this time. Pretty weird as I usually gain about 2 pounds. I had been weighing 127-126...more 126. So today, I will offically say 126. It is soild (I have a digital). So that makes 1 pound from my goal.
My problem is not losing....it is keeping off. That is where I fall down. I think working out has really helped too!

OK....anyone watch the OSBOURNES....
That Jason guy...too weird! Ozzy looked like a total dummy trying to open that DVD and play it. That show cracks me up, even though it is half bleeped out!

I hope the scales do good for everyone!:)

Good morning everyone.... We had a giant storm last night with a lightening show and everything...I couldn't sleep so got up and read a bit..Sorry I jumped off the chat line so fast. My little grandson called from Colorado to thank me for his birthday gift. He just turned 10 and doesn't call to often!!! LOL... But I did come back on and you guys had ran away.....Jumped up this morning and headed right for the scales. Flashlight in hand. So I can be sure and see the numbers right!! And I've lost 2 lbs. this week. I thought with all the walking I've been doing etc. it might be a hugh loss. But I'll sure take two lbs. I need to get more vegetables in my diet and will try this week.

Kimmythekid-Hope you make it through the party okay. And dodge those yummy things not OP!! Hows your SD doing? Glad you held steady and solid on the weight...

Bob-Thats wild about mustard and a good thing to keep in your recipe book. Thank you!!

Vesnoid-Good talking to you last night.

Meliris-Back to the grind Mel, but getting that muscle is great....

Fruitloupe-OH MY GOSH what a absolutly fab weight loss........... That is great. I'm clapping for you...... You just made my day!!!!

Gracious-OH MY GOSH you too.... This is great and I would be celebrateing big time. That must be a great feeling........ Congradulations. This board is hopping with great news.. Keep up the good work....

Frog-Sorry you didn't make it to the chat...Good for you Frog. You must be looking and feeling great. Wow! That sounds great... I'll bet that was plain ole yucky fat too!!

Nance-You are cracking me up!! Sorry you missed your chance!!!

I'll check back in after while... Hope everyone has a great day!!!

213/194/130

Just checking in on my coffee break to see what everyone's WIW is looking like...so far so good for most!

KIMMY-Hubby has a BRS-Bachelor of Religious Studies, MTS-Master of Theological Studies and is working on his BA in Classics at University of New Brunswick..the seminaries that he went to were accredited so they have degree programs.

Ooops..the lady I am counselling with just came..gotta go.

Well, I thought I would maybe have some good news for WIW. Yesterday, I was at my lowest point yet, and that was in the afternoon! And it being DMS week! I thought wow! I am set! WRONG! I got on the scale today, and it says I gained six pounds. That was when I got on it really carefully...when I re-weighed with out being careful, it said I had gained NINE pounds! It was so ridiculous, I laughed. I think my hubby must have knocked the scale around trying to kill a bug that came in the crack between the screen and the window last night. I am sure there is no way that I gained nine pounds in one day! hehe!

So, if you have lost, congratulations! Way to go! If you didn't, don't sweat it... just get back on track if you are off, and persevere!

I found something at the store yesterday that I had forgotten existed. Mini shredded wheats! I had a bowl with strawberries on it for breakfast! They were my favorites when I was a kid. Maybe that is why I love triscuits so much!

I hope everyone has a great day!

Booger Gigglehiney
267/245/170
SB-1/21/02

WIW

Down another pound to 244, that's 24 total.

Gracious - I don't know what is wrong with you. Sending your daughter to camp in the same country? I nearly cracked up when I read your post.

Fillise - Send some of the cool weather back to Texas. It's almost 90 hear and muggy as all get out. Can I come to your Derby party?

Rosalie - Please post the recipes. Do you think you could do the lamb thing with pork or chicken? We're not big lamb eaters.

Quiv - Did Fran survive the lunch? That's cool that you guys have each other to support you face to face.

Tranquil - How was the doc visit? Isn't it great when you actually look forward to stepping on that big monster scale? Who'da thunk?

Jack-K - Sounds like you are really busy with the Derby thing. Sounds like a lot of fun, though.

Sheann - So glad you seem to be on the track to finding out what's going on with your son. Keep us posted. We're still sending out good thoughts to you and your family.

Liz - Welcome back.

Deb - I know what you mean about the weather. We were talking the other night that it's going to be a hot one in Texas too. We're down about 3 or 4 inches of rain for the year and that's never a good sign. We usually end up on some sort of water rationing before the end of the summer. Thank goodness our yard has a programmable sprinkler system or it would be dead by now. Shredded wheat really doesn't have much flavor to me. Kinda like a bland Triscuit. Actually that's what gave me the idea to use them. I had used Triscuit crumbs before but was out and wasn't about to venture out to the grocery store.

BOB - Way to go on the eating. I know that money is in your pocket.

Nance - Girl, you're going to have to rearrange your priorities or move the computer to another room. Attractive man? Limited clothing? Girl, this board is not THAT important, LOL!!

Frog - Way to go Amazon Woman!!

Fruit - Woohoo. I love getting to move that scale down to the next notch.

Shmily - Hey in my book a pound is a pound. Pick up a pound of hamburger meat next time you're at the grocery store. That's what was on the old bod before.

Kimmy - We're all keeping you in our hearts. If you need to talk, just holler. Osbournes - watched it last night, didn't think it was one of the best ones. Although, I agree that the scene with him opening the DVD was pretty funny.

Monet - Nine pounds. Shame on you, LOL! Throwing the scale at the bug sounds like something Joe would do. Only difference is he would actually have to get out of bed to do that and that will never happen. He would, however, throw a lamp.

Everybody have a great day!! P.S. Survivor is on TONIGHT along with a 2 hour Amazing Race!!

Good Morning Gals....and Daramus if he ever posts and says "Hi"!!

The Nancemeister is down 2.5 pounds!!!!! Yes, your heard right. the scale is moving DOWN!!!! So easy to loose when you are compliant! Imagine if I threw in EXERCISE
(Oh....I'm going to hear it from Deb now!)

Gracious-Did I hear 164???? COOL!!!!! I'll take a pound loss over a pound gain anytime!!!

Fruit-Girlfriend, I KNEW that that is what your scale was going to say today!!!!! What a victory to finally move that bar to the "new" category. Before you know it, you will be moving it again....to the 199 and below category, won't that be a hoot!

Frog-You sound like a lean mean running machine! Awesome job. I have a Tanita scale at home that tells you your body fat on it as well as your weight. They sell an even more sophisticated one that is for if your an "athlete" or regular-unleaded person. Great job!

BOB-So what are you going to do with all the money you win at work Princess???? What's a tandori? 1/2 tangerine and 1/2 ?
You guys have the weirdest fruit things over threre in your neck of the woods!

Shmily777-DOWN A POUND?!?!?!?!?!? AWESOME!!!!! Are you exercising? Are you flooding you body with water???? Me neither, but each day is a new challenge!

Kimmy-ONE POUND AWAY FROM GOAL!!!!!! I think a major celebration will be happening sooner than later! Great job!

Monet(aka Booger Gigglehiney) What's the skinny with that scale of yours???? You better invest on a new one! There's some great deals on E-Bay....check it out....you can get Tanita's for like $39 and sometimes less!

Trish-WHOO HOO 1 pound gone! I agree with your observation....I blew it! I can't help it though....If I don't check the board like three times a day, eight pages are written and I feel like I never can catch you. You gals are high maintenance, and I LOVE every minute of it!!!!

Okay........I might be able to get to work on time if I sign off NOW!

Love to everyone......have a wonderful day, don't forget to take a bubblebath, spray some perfume on, drink a nice big glass of water with a fresh twist of lemon and read a little Jane Austen before going to bed at night :)

Happy WIW

Hope WIW is good for everyone. Not to good for me:( I was up 1 pound. To much late eating and too much sf icecream I think. Oh well, will have to kick it up a little bit and really watch closer. Hope it's gone next week. Chat was fun last nite, sorry I had to cut out early. DD calling from college. I need to tell her not to call at that time. Got up early and got my walk in but the scale said the same thing before and after the walk. Guess it knew what I was up to.:s:

Sheann, Hope you find out soemthing soon about your son. That is so scary. Your in my prayers.

Beth, You poor thing, you will never get on a schedule. I'm proud that you are taking such legal foods with you and staying on OP.

Fillise, Normally we go to the Ky Oaks on Friday and not the Derby. The Oaks is the local people's Derby Day and it is packed. But more of a family day. But this year we may not be going since all the security tactics they have put in place, You have to buy all your food and drinks out there.We are going with a friend to the Derby this year. They had 2 extra tickets and my DH thinks we are made of money (so against my better judgement, we are going) And now since it is getting closer, he is talking about going to the Oaks. It's going to be tough finding something to eat out there that is legal. Have fun at your party. Do you place bets on the horses too? I don't like mint juleps though.

Deb, Like your determination. Sometimes you just have to play those head games. Just don't let the stomach win. Way to get out there and exercise in the heat. You probably sweated off a few more pounds.

Bob, There are many beer tents in the infield. Beer is $7 a 24oz cup. Glad I don't like the stuff. (sorry Fruit), but my DH does. Not only can't you take coolers, you can only take food in a clear plastic bag 18". The food will be spoiled by lunch time. Of course they want you to buy the food and coolers out there. You can't even take sun tan lotion. Go figure. Just a tip, bet Take Charge Lady in the Oaks. BTW, $320 is wonderful and $64 is nothing to sneeze at. You go girl, bring home 1st place.

Nance, You passed up a man with limited clothing to post on the baord? Boy are you dedicated.

Frog, WTG Girlfriend Get rid of all the body fat. You are going to be one lean machine. Keep up the good work.

Gracious, Congrats are being at your all time low. I try to stay at 2 carbs. Glad you found your niche.

Fruit, Happy Days Are Here Again. WTG on 3.5 and 249. Makes you feel sooo good doesn't it?

Mel, You probably are gaining muscle. Hang in there, those pants will fall off soon.

Shmily, WTG on the 1 pounds. It's a stick of butter that's gone. Keep up the good work.

Kimmy, 1 pound from goal WTG girl. Hope things are getting better for you.

Congrats to all the losers today, and for all of us who didn't, Hang In There. Next week is a new week. :T

Jackie
257/197/145
10-10-01

Hootie Hoo!

Holding steady at 230 here today--but for some reason my scale NEVER goes down on Wednesday!

Nance==Congrats on the 2.5 lbs--a good loss for any week!

Trish--and a pound for you! WTG! You can't have my cool air because the weatheman says you are sending HOT air my way!

Monet--my scale would have been out the window by now! Is it digital? Those batteries can play havoc. You know your eating right so don't let the stupid scale get you down!

Gracious--I applaud hubby's efforts to contune his education (that's the ex-college prof. in me talking). I learned just enough Greek in graduate school to get me in trouble. I have always wanted to learn Greek. My minister is trying to talk me into going to seminary--but 10 years of grad school was ENOUGH! I could be talked into a summer Greek seminar though. Besides I think the seminary talk will subside when he learns that I went to the hospital yesterday to tell two elderly church members--not expected to live out the day--that they had to wait until he got back into town! Not really, but I wanted to--I'm the DCE with no pastoral training whatsoever. They both, however, had rallies and are doing much better now. I will be very glad when we hire an associate pastor and I can go back to organizing Sunday School and Bible school! LOL!

Toni--WTG on the 2 lb loss! You are doing fantastic!

Kimmie-Only one pound from goal--you'll be there soon! Then we will be looking to you, Deb and Mel as examples for maintenance! You WILL keep it off--you have learned new habits that are lifetime habits! Get you a little cushion so you won't worry so much about the normal fluctuations. As for the "situation," we're here anytime you need us. Feel free to vent or rant anytime. Send a rant via my private email anytime you need to if you don't want it on the board.

Fruit--WOOOOHOOOO on moving the scale under the 200 notch!!! That's a huge achievement--and I'm so pround of you! :D

Frog--a big WOOOHOOO to you too on the great BF loss!!!!! You lost fat, you lost pounds, you gained lean muscle mass--which is turning your metabolism up another notch--you go girl!

Deb--I'm proud of you for getting out there and walking--even when you don't feel like it! I need to get my butt onto the treadmill today--so you are my inspiration!

BOB--Great day yesterday--keep it up! My money is on you to be the first place winner!

I hope the scale is kind to everyone this morning.

Susan
300/230/150

Good morning All! Well I was up early this morning, my hound got sick all over my cream colored bedroom carpet!!! Not a pretty sight to wake up out of a deep sleep to - yuch! Well, weighed - and I weighed 258.5. I am ½ a pound from my goal :) I have lost
½ a pound..... But strangely enough I am getting crampy and bloated feeling - so does that mean TOM is coming to visit a few weeks early, I hope not, I have such a fun weekend coming up soon!!! Nice chatting last night - had to sign off because ds had
been eaten up on his bike ride by mosquitoes and he could not sleep because they itched so badly - I told him that next time he better spray with the kid’s off I bought! Seems like the buggies are out in full force this Spring.... Mosquito control needs to
drive around and fly by again!

The doctor’s visit was a success - he shook my hand and said that I was an inspiration to him to lose weight too! He said I needed to cut down on drinking fluids - he wants me to drink 1 ½ quarts of fluid a day because I am retaining so much....that is such a little amount of fluid - but I guess I am just going to have to bite the bullet and do what he says! I have lost 13 pounds on his scale..... that is encouragement! What really is great is that I have gotten over that hard part of the new woe - I now don’t have those miserable cravings for starches.....

Kimmy: I am catching up on the posts as best I can, and I just wanted to say that I hope that for you and your children that life gets brighter.....second, good going on your being 1 pound from the goal! I watched Ozzy last night - I think that Jason guy should have been out of there a lot earlier than when they threw him out, since it was just so he could be on tv!! I thought the boy and his dog thing was funny though.

Sheann - Kind thoughts and prayers your son’s way!

BOB - Hope you win some money!!!

Nance - Way to GO on the 2 LBS!!!!! would love to know more about that quiche, I have a gourmet grocer near to work that has every kind of cheese imaginable :)

Frog - Great Going!!!!!!!!

Gracious - Wonderful!!!!

Fruit - Yahoo!!!!!

Mel - Well good for you for building muscle - that is healthy!!!

Schmilly - A pound lost is definitely a good thing!!!

Toni - CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!

Monet - Maybe the scale is completely off and you have been losing!!!!

Trish - Yeah!!!!!!!!!!

Jack-K - I had to quit the whole wheat to see a good loss myself - and I am trying to stay away from that SF Ice Cream too!!!

Fillise - Gosh, even if it is holding, you sure have lost a lot of weight :)

Well, after work tonight I am headed for the mall to get a new outfit for my birthday trip... wish me luck in finding something really snazzy! When I am looking I never find anything, when I am not looking there is just too much to choose from.....

Sabrina

272/258.5/150

I was thinking about what I weighed the other day - not last WIW when I weighed 260.5 - so actually I lost 2 pounds this past week - sounds much better than 1/2 a pound - though I am not going to quibble if it was just 1/2 a pound :) Sooner or later I am going to have to get rid of the scale so I can stop confusing myself!!!!

Sabrina

Hi Everyone

It's a beautiful sunny day here to-day. I was just outside to start on cleaning up the yard. Lots of twigs and stuff to clean up and sweeping of the patio and driveway. Haven't got too much time to be out there to-day but I was determined to get started. I've been thinking about it for the last couple of weeks then the snow came again so I had a good excuse to not get out there. I was late starting as I was feeling tired and funky this morning and sat drinking coffee, having breakfast, and reading the paper for over an hour. Now I have to jump in the shower and get out to do some grocery and other shopping and the day is almost over.

Nance - I will try and post the Shawarma recipe later to-day, if not tomorrow sometime.

Frog - Congrats on getting down the body fat and upping the muscle. And losing pounds too. WTG girl.

Gracious - Glad to hear that you have found what works for you. I know that I have to pay more atention to the starchy carbs than the fat intake to lose. (O.K. so why aren't I losing :( )

Monet - Have you tried the mini Shredded Wheat and Bran. I believe these are more sb legal than the regular kind as they have more fibre. I eat them often and they taste similar to triscuits. I'll even grab a few for snacking on sometimes.

Deb - Hope you are feeling better to-day. I have tried the falafel mix you got for me. I like it but did find that I needed to add a little salt. I still have a packet left but I do like to make my own sometime using canned chick peas, when I am feeling ambitious and in the mood for cooking. That doesn't happen too often these days. :)

Trishaloo - I will post the recipes. I am not sure how it would work with pork or chicken but may be worth a try. I would use a different vinegar though. The recipe calls for malt vinegar but if making it with chicken or pork I would suggest white wine vinegar. I plan on using the recipe for beef sometime, then I will try it with red wine vinegar. It's really just a simple marinade recipe with some spices added.

Gotta run. Will try to get back to read more of to-day's posts later. I just skimmed through some of them this morning.

Have a good day everyone and congrats to all the losers this week. The rest of us just hang in there.

Marie.

This is short because I'm at school and it's my lunch 30 minutes.

WIW: On Monday I was at 162 (whoo- hoo). Today I'm at 164, with a yucky feeling tummy so I say it's TOM. I'll take Monday's weight, thank you very much.

Last night's chat: Couldn't even get the site to come up much less the chat room. Had to watch "24" anyway.

Congratulations to all the losers out there. Keep being losers!!!!

Gotta run and try to eat. Don't want to eat anything but have left-over steak, half a nuked swt potato and a salad. Too bad I won't enjoy it.

Later,
Jeanie

Went to the gym this afternoon with Fran who seems to be MIA from the message board. She has a short attention span ;)

Going back to exercise this eveing at the same gym...weight training and pilates. I had some guy do my body fat and he came up with 17%...there is no way that I'm that thin (trust me I've read the charts, there is NO way). I could see the guy struggling with the math. First he came up with 55% :lol:

I'm at 154, a pound down from last week. I cheated a bit this weekend so if I exercise super hard and eat op this weekend, I know I can lose 2 by next WIW. Working hard guys!!

WIW :D

WIW is good to me today! Down another pound to 158.5 :) That's one pound down from last week. Happy Dance Time!

I went to the dr. yesterday. No verdict yet. The only thing I found out yesterday was that I'm anemic, but he didn't seem to think that had anything to do with it. I had an MRI this morning, but don't have a clue what it showed. I'm scheduled for an EEG and an echocardiogram tomorrow morning. Maybe I'll know something in a few days.

KIMMY: I'm so sorry to hear about what you're going through. I pray that God will change his heart.

HI LIZ :)

SHEANN: What did the neurologist have to say?

FRUIT: 3.5 #'s WTG :D

Oops. Time for class. Check in later.

Well, I was at 236 when I started last Monday and now I am at 230. But, I have been at 230 since Sunday, so I lost the 6 pounds last week and none so far this week:?: I know it's because I am sooooo hungry all the time. I haven't lost any inches so I am sure that it was water weight. Guess it's better than nothing.






236/230/175
mini goal is to be at 220

Beth2374 - this may be a little late, but for a bladder infection, get the antibiotics, but while you're waiting for them to work, get some AZO-? or Prodium (it's a pill that numbs the pain - turns your pee blue or orange depending on the brand). It's now available over the counter, the pharmacist can help you if you can't find it. Most docs forget to tell you about it, or forget to prescribe it with the antibiotics. I tell you I stocked up on it, before I got those pesky bladder infections under control!

Ok, I must have a goal! Ok, not just the ultimate goal of 115-120#.... :D I'll be going to Las Vegas in August, where I'll meet up with one of my oldest friends. She hasn't seen me since I lost the 20#. She's pretty fit (as well as blonde, blue-eyed, and 5'10" :p ), so my goal is to EXERCISE! :strong:
I know, I know, everybody else DOES exercise, but I've been getting away with (out) it, and either losing (very slowly though). or at least maintaining the weight. Now it's time to buckle down, and <<shudder>> EXERCISE! Wish me luck!

Hey all! Congrats on the losses, and for the ones who hang in there despite not being losers.... :)

For WIW - I'm between 129-131 right now. As usual, no decrease that stayed, but no real gains either!

First off.... NANCY and TREE - Thanks for the heads up, but I"m an OLD PRO at these things and I ALWAYS have antibiotics :) I have recurring UTI's and should really probably have surgery, but won't. I get about 1 UTI every 2 months or so. At least 4 a year. It's not pretty. I call the doc, and she calls me in a round of antibiotics, perdium, and diflucan because the yeastie monster loves me any time I take antibiotics. She's the best :) But if I don't down some cranberry juice with my water during that time, it gets better slower... so that's why I drank a gallon those 3 days :)

My stepdad is getting worse. He's been unresponsive for the last week, and at 4am his lung collapsed... he's been on a ventilator for almost 2 weeks, and is still depending on it. He now has a staph infection in his lungs... somehow the drain from his colon slipped and drained into a pocket under the skin in his abdomen, so he has a drain there now getting the infection out... he has the reversible colostomy that they're now looking at making a full one, because he's not healing... but they need him to get stronger for surgery and he's not getting there. I went today to see my mom... and I didn't know about the lung.. and when she saw me she just about collapsed and cried and cried... she told me about it, and told me that she called my house and I wasn't home and she just kept praying that I was coming to see her... It is so hard. Their church family is still passing around the kids, and they've all been wonderful... I don't know how much longer they can do it though... and my mom doesn't want to leave her husband 2 hours away when he's touch and go. I can't blame her. I took her some clean clothes, and brought hers home to wash... isn't that supposed to be the other way around? LOL.. She's hanging in there... but barely... and she needs all the good thoughts and prayers you guys can send. It's hard seeing parents go through this... if yours are still with you... tell them you love them. You'll be glad you did :)

Just wanted to post before I head home. Sounds like the sale was good to most people today. Congrats. To all the non-losers (I'm included), Hang in there, It will move in the right direction. Just more reason to stay OP>

Toni, WTG on 2#s. I think we always want more that we get, but at least you got 2. Keep up the good work.

Monet, 9#'s. What did you eat? a horse? I bet I could gain 9 #'s in one day. I'm sure your scale is out of kilter.

Trish, Congrats to you to. 1 lb. One pound at a time. If will get there. Hang in there.

Nance, Did you cut off a body part for that 2.5 #'s? WTG girl.

Fillise, You sound like a good fill-in for your DH. I'm sure he was glad you helped out.

Tranquil. Congrats on the 2lbs. Glad Dr visist was good, but I alsways herad if you are retaining water, you should drink for water. Anyone else heard that.

Rosalie, Now that was just a little too much info. LOL. Hope you have a good day.

Quiv, Congrats on the 1 pound. Keep on exercising. Tell Fran hi!

Tree, It's good motivation to have a goal. Exercise can be fun (LOL) ok, maybe tolerable. It really is a must, especially for those of us who have a lot to lose. 30 pounds you might get away without it, but think how much better you will look and feel. Get out there girl.

Heartmom. I lost 8 lbs my 1st week. I know it was water, but 8 lbs is 8 lbs off the scale. Plus it is great motivation. Maybe you aren't eating enough if you are hungry all the time. Posts some menus and get some help with them. Good luck

Music, WTG on 1 lb loss. Hope you get some good news from the Dr. soon.

Beth, How horrible about your SD. I must be so hard on your mom and the kids. They haven't even seen their dad in awhile. Glad the church is taking care of them. Just be there for her, that's what she needs. Praying for all of you.

Have agood night all. See yoy later.

Jackie
257/197/145
10-10-01

Hiedie Ho All!!!

Although I feel more like "downdehole"!!! Just feel miserable. Did not go to church to do usual choir work, nor did I go to gym. Just went back to bed after trying to move around. Did some wash and that had been it! Am not going to practice tonight.

Will fix supper, but just warming up leftovers to go with fish, There seem to be small dishes of rice, mashed potatoes and noodles, so they can clean those out. Salad should complete things. Did read the posts off and on throughout the day. Too pooped to reply, altho I do have one question.

I may be old but I'm not dead!!! A half naked man lolling in bed and Nance is doing the posts?? Have you ever heard of therapy?? In my prime I would never have been on the computer I can assure you!! Unless it ws to have sex, remember in the stone age computers were bigger!!

:joker:

Take care all!! Shirley

We're having horrible storms in Missouri. We had hail and pouring rain here and about an hour from here a tornado touched down. I had replied to almost all the posts when the power went off and shut my computer down so CRAP it took my word pad with it... So I'll just say congradulations to all the losers!!! ;) And Beth my prayer and thoughts are with your Mother and SD.










213/194/130

So far, three family members are sick tonight. I am afraid it might have been something I served at dinner! My one daughter and I are ok... I am trying to figure out what they all ate that we did not. Tho, I feel a bit icky...so maybe I will get sick eventually too.

Too bad, cause the dinner actually was pretty good! I made Chinese.

My younger daughter remembered she has to take cookies to her chemistry class tomorrow...so we are now baking chocolate chip cookies. I hope I can leave them alone!

Better go and check to make sure she is not burning the kitchen down!

Night all! Sweet dreams!

Hi everyone. I am going to try something different. I am writing this in Word and then I am going to cut and paste. Hope it works. It has been so busy at work that by the time I get home I don't want to do anything. My DH is still on travel so I don't have to do anything when I get home. We had rain today.Yahoo!!!Yes we were all jumping up and down. There were some folks that went outside and just stood in it. You must understand, that it hasn't rained here for at least 6 months. It was great. It didn't last long but that is ok. I was down 2 lbs this week. Finally under 160. I hope it continues to go down.
I don't know where to start on the posts so here goes….
Monet - I hope everyone in the fam feels better soon. I had samanilla poison once. Not a fun thing.

Toni48 - I'll take my little rain over the storms you are having. Great on your loss this week.

Sef - Hope you feel better soon. I've been meaning to tell you that I am coming to visit friends in St Amand, it is between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, in September. We are going alligator hunting and some other sight seeing. Perhaps we can get together for lunch in New Orleans?? I'll keep you posted.

Lizery - Sounds like you had a great time on the field trip.

Frog - That is great two pounds. I wish I could be so diligent in exercising. I had visitors yesterday and probably walked 5 miles touring them around work. So by the time I got home my poor feet were soar.

Gracious - You should be celebrating. 1 carb though. That is the hardest for me to cut down on carbs. 2 is a strech. Way to go. Keep it up.

Fruitloupe - Way to go girl. You keep it up and in no time you'll be under that 200 mark. Yahoo for you!!!!

Meliris - Hang in there.

SHMILY777 - Good for you!!!

Trishaloo - Way to go!!

Nance - Way to go girl!! 2.5 lbs. I know what you mean about the exercise. If I walked everyday I would probably see the scale go down faster. What do I mean faster, go down period. This is the first loss I have had in several weeks.

Jack-k - Wouldn't be nice if the weight disappeared that fast. A few walks around the block and POOF the pounds fell off. To good to be true. I'd be out there walking for sure.

Fillise - Hang in there. Next it will be you doing the celebration dance.
Tranquil - 13 lbs total way to go.!!!!

Rosalie - Sounds like you didn't have to bad of a start this morning.Coffee, breakfast and just relaxing.

Beth2374 - God knows best. He'll give you mom the strength she needs, you too. My prayers are with you and your family.

It worked. :)

Have a great Thursday.
Cyndi

Gettin' in the coffee before Double Step class. :yawn:

Will be going to the beach this weekend and will probably not post after this morning, but I will check the boards when I get home on Sun.

Thanks to all for the kind comments regarding fat loss/muscle gain. You guys are the best!

Some of you asked how I'm getting my BF% checked... Two ways. 1) I have a Taylor brand scale at home, but I found that it reads 4% off (higher) that actual percentage. Gym mgr said the scales and other bioelectrical impedance tests are very reliant on your level of hydration and other factors and aren't too factual. To further prove his point they received a hand held version of the scale and he checks me on that every time he does the skinfold tests and it had me at 30%!!! 2) The most reliable source that I can afford is the skinfold test that gym guy does for me. He always checks me the same time of day, before a work out and pinches in 3 places (back of the arm, top of the quadripcep, and waist blubber). He caluclates the bf% using those three pinches combined. He pinches me so hard on my quad that I have a little bruise there, but I know he is getting an accurate measurement.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL!

Congrats to all you losers and maintainers, and especially to those who are fighting with the metal monster and still hanging in there.

I am always sorry to read when we have friends here who are sick or have family members who're ailing. My heart goes out to you all! I'm thinking of you and sending good thoughts. {{{HUGS}}}

CANES WIN! CANES WIN! So happy that my Carolina Hurricanes are up 3-2 over the NJ Devils. Watched another OT game last night, it was on tv. Won tickets to go but it's an hour to the arena and we figured they were probably nose-bleed seats. All that combined with Mr. Frog and I both going out of town this weekend we said, "No thanky!" Would've been a great game to go to though!

Time to slip on the gym togs and boogie on outta here!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Peace,
FROG :wave:

I love having my morning coffee and sitting here reading the posts too! I kept my 164 this morning so I was happy to see that it wasn't a one day trick played by that evil demon scale of mine. I did end up having 2 starchy carbs yesterday so I was scared it might show up today. I am going to make sure I only have one today though and it was for breakfast...had Kashi with some brown SugarTwin. I have never used that SugarTwin before but bought it when I saw a recipe somewhere. It was tasty, made the Kashi taste like SugarCrisp!

Red1 - Cutting down to 1 starchy carb a day is a drag, I must confess. Afterall, the carbs were one of the bonuses that SB had over Atkins for me when I made the switch. I am going to try hard the rest of the week to keep it at the 1 and it will be interesting to see what happens.

Monet- Hope the family gets better soon and it isn't food poisoning. That can be really hard to get through. My hubby had it once and it wasn't pretty. With all the work you have on the go with your decorating and the wedding that is the last thing you need! Sending up some prayers for you.

Toni- I have never been in weather like that (tornado) but I am hoping it stays away from you, Toni.

sef- Hope you are feeling better, I know how wretched everything seems to be when you are sick.

Jack-K- Don't get discouraged because you didn't lose this time around, you are doing great and remember it is better to maintain than gain!

Beth- Sorry to hear that your step father is getting worse, this must be so very hard on your mom. It is nice you can do something for her because you are right, the roles are reversed sometimes when we get older.

musicteach-How did the cardiogram go this morning? Were they able to tell you anything or do you have to wait for the results of that too?

Fillise- Yes, we are both into learning, hubby and I. I think it is a very good thing. He is working on his 3rd degree and I am working on my 2nd. I have a BSc in Biology from University of Toronto and am presently 1/3 of the way through my Masters degree. I had to put it on hold between babies and now that we have moved from Ontario my choices of schools is very limited here in New Brunswick. I am working on a Master of Theological Studies and have enjoyed what I have taken so far. What did you teach in college?

The baby is crying so I gotta boot it. Have a great day and I know I'll check in on my next *coffee break* :s:

Good Morning: I have been so busy with work and home, I have not had time to myself! I did my shopping - and I found some great capri cotton pants with a flower print to go with some linen camp shirts I have.... will be a nice outfit for when I go away next
weekend. I walked the mall (Back and Forth) last night, and then I went home and grabbed my Gram and my Dog and we went for a mile and ½ walk along the St. Johns River - it was beautiful.....the weather is absolutely gorgeous lately now that it is out of the 90s and back down to 80s. I have eaten nothing but legal foods, no carbs.... Survivor night - tonight I am just making Bubba Burgers - no buns, with a salad on the side... I have pickles and cheese to make the faux burgers!

Frog - My team is the NJ Devils :(

Red1 - Congrats on your weight and rain :)

Gracious - Your breakfast sounds good.

Toni - Hope the storms have cleared up!!!

Jack-K - Yes, normal people when swelling drink lots of water to flush....”Abby”normal, myself ;), drinks all that water and stores it in that hollow leg of mine which swells so big it looks like the elephant leg - then my face starts itching because all the tissues in my body absorb the water and my skin starts stretching and my kidneys don’t process it....they are idiot kidneys = as I have “Idiopathic Edema” :D So I have to limit the intake
because my out take is so little! I am like a camel.....I would be great to have around in the desert!

I have to get back to work - ughhhh.....

Sabrina
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good morning, it's raining here too. Of course, since we were supposed to have the driveway sealed today. I'm leaving early tomorow am for Columbus, so am trying to figure out food that wil keep in a cooler for 2 days. I've a feeling I'm going to be eating a lot of hard-boiled egg whites and apples. Yuck! I just don't want to give in to turnpike food. Still can't shake those 3 pounds above goal. VERY FRUSTRATING having gotten below goal, and now can't get back. So whovever was looking at me as a role model for maintaining- Forget it!

Toni- are you there? Heard there were huge tornados and flooding in your part of the country. Everything OK?

Frog- I (actually, the trainer at the gym) get a 10% (!!!!) difference in body fat readings between and 3 site skinfold pinch and a 7 site pinch. Like the 3 site much better, but I know it's wrong. The mirror tells me the 7 point is much more accurate, depressing at that is. I think it really depends on where your fat is tho. I hae a permanent bruise on my quad, too. Have fun at the beach.

Monet- hope everyone is feeling better and you escaped the ickies. Gosh- Deb's the one who says she can kill people with her cooking, turns out its you:D

Beth- Hugs to you and your family.

Sef- Hope your day is brighter.

Hello to everyone! Time to go.

mel

Hello, Just finished a breakfast of turkey bacon and eggs now having some decaf coffee. I'm trying to limit my coffee to regular 2 cups and so I can get my acid reflux under control... It got down to thirty something here last night. Brrrr. So we went to bed with the air on and I jumped up and put the heater on this morning.... Gosh I love spring.

Gracious-What is Kashi and how does it taste? I'm having my 2/3 carbs a day because I've got so far to go thought I needed to have them now and cut them when I get closer to my goal... Rock that BABY!!!!

Frog-Oh lucky you! The beach I haven't been in years. I was born and raised out in Calif. and grew up going to the beach. I'd love to stand and let the waves tickle my toes.... It sounds confusing to get your BF checked. Boy could they pinch and inch on me...... Have a great day working out!!

Red1-I write mine in word and then paste it. It works so good. You're doing just great on your weight, congradulations on the 2 lb. loss.

Monet- Hope your family is fine. And chocolate chip cookies sound good!!

Well I guess thats all for now.... Slyvia Browne is going to be on Montel this morning so I'll go get my stuff done so I can watch her.... Have a great day.....

213/194/130

Good Morning Everyone!!!!

Well I survived celebrating my daughters B-day yesterday...BBQ some meat on the grill, and broke out my trusty vegetable steamer that Deb brought out for me and had some brocolli and zucchini. I PASSED on the baked potato, I PASSED on the cake, I PASSED on the ice cream, and later that night went ot go get a cup of my SF jello....only to find it hadn't had enough time to set....
AND the kids ate ALL the cool-whip. Went to bed with my ice water, and read all of the good recipes submitted from the 1st quarter recipe board!!! Yummy, can't wait to try them out!

Debs-Thanks for helping me find the recipes....I can tell there are some keepers! Where are you this morning????

Tranquil-I want you to know girlfriend that I rummaged through not one, not two, but three trash cans at work trying to find that darn quiche recipe and had NO LUCK!!!! Humph!:mad: By the way saw your beautiful smile on the photo board, thanks for scanning a picture! Your name fits your face! You "look" tranquil!
Congrats on going down 2 lbs! AWESOME!!!!

MusicTeach-Hope all your studies go well at the cardiologist office. What symptoms are you suffering from ask Nurse Nancy???

HeartMom-Sometimes when you aren't loosing pounds, you are actually loosing inches. It always helps me not to get bumbed out when I bust out the measuring tape and can see results, if the metal monster doesn't produce results!

Beth-Has your Dr. every sent you to see a Urologist or have an IVP study done??? If you are having UTI's that frequently you should do both! Prayers are being said and coming out your way to the family during these trying times. Hang in there :angel:

Jack-K....I've just been sticking to being OP 100% with NO SLIP UP's...that's why it's coming off. Plus when you are as big as I am, I think it comes off quicker....when people get closer to goal, the weight loss process slows down a little bit, but when you can actually shop in the regular size clothes dept. instead of the LARGE MARGE sizesWHO CARES!!!!:smug:

Sef-I'm getting grief from everybody for not jumping off line and jumping in bed with Dan the Man.....I am VERY motivated about my SB right now, and sometimes priorities...well....what can I say :)

BOB-Girl, you are cracking me up!!!! E.mail and post both hilarious! I pulled up the 1st quarter recipe board and want to kiss your feet! Looks like you spent several hours on 2/3/02 posting your heart out on recipe and each and everyone looks DELICIOUS!!!!! Can't wait to try them out, and Dan the Man is quit impressed as well I might mention

Red1-I know EXACTLY what you mean about the rain, and we got some too! Too bad I couldn't get OUT OF WORK to actually enjoy it while it was happening! Congratulations on being down 2! Are you drinking your water?????? Where's your hubby at right now?
Is he in the service?

OKAY.....Nancemeister is no doubt going to be LATE to work. I wish you could see my hair right now after going to bed with it wet last night, and can appreciate that I have to do in less than ten minutes to look presentable. Watch out on the roads for a Mazda doing 70mph with a lady applying mascara!:s:


Zippy Bubblebutt
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Happy Thursday SB's!!

Been reading al lthe posts since last nite and watned to get these on before I lose them. I finally posted the recipes for the Strawberry Jell-O salad and Oven-Fried Chicken. We had some bad storms last nite here to, but only tornado watches. I'll be glad when this type of weather is over.


Sef, Hope you are feeling better today. Think it is just a 24 hr. bug?

Toni, Are you still with us?? Heard they had tornadoes in Mo last nite.

Monet, Did you resist the cookies? I know you did.Hope everyone is feeling better today.

Red1, Congrats on the 1 lb. No rain for 6 months, WOW. We have it every other day here. I'll send you some.

Frog, Have fun at the beach. I'm jealous.

Gracious, I have never tried the sugar twin (bought some though), but heard somewhere tht it was nasty tasting. Glad to hear you liked it. I will have to try it. I didn't like the Kashi cereal though.

Tranquil, Thanks for the explanation on the water. I hope they can give you something to help. Seems like you are gearing up for your trip. Sounds wonderful.

Mel, you got to goal once, you can do it again. Only 3 pounds, It will come off soon. Hang in there.

Have a great day everyone!

Jackie
257/197/145
10-10-01

Not in such a great mood. My job is driving me nuts!! I'm trying to find something else but it's slim pickins in New York right now. I'm trying to relax and just enjoy my paycheck, but my boss aggravates me to no end! :mad:

Going to the gym for lunch and after work today. I'm powering up because I need to lose at least 5 more pounds before 5/18. Wish me luck!

I got this in an email and thought it was fitting. Will post more later, sick kiddo today.



>A great life lesson...
>
>One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well.
>The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to
>figure out what to do.
>Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to
>be covered up anyway. It just wasn't worth it to retrieve the
>donkey.
>He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him.
>They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well.
>At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly.
>Then, to everyone's amazement, he quieted down.
>A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well
>and was astonished at what he saw.
>With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing
>something amazing.
>He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer's
>neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal,
>he would shake it off and take a step up.
>Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up
>over the edge of the well and trotted off!
>
>Now, the Moral of the Story:
>Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to
>getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up.
>Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the
>deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up!
>Shake it off and take a step up!
>
>Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
>1. Free your heart from hatred.
>2. Free your mind from worries.
>3. Live simply.
>4. Give more.
>5. Expect less.
>
>P.S.: The donkey later came back and kicked the **** out of the
>owner that tried burying him.
>
>Moral: When you try to cover your ***, it always comes back to
>get you.
>
>

Loved the life lesson!! I exercised today!!!! YAY! Did the whole workout too. I wanted to do the Richard Simmons ( whatever happened to him anyway?) too but baby girl wanted a "piggy ride" LOL. I feel great and I am going to start my day earlier so as I can work out by myself :) Liz

Late getting on today--my internet connection at home wasn't working, so I'm on the computer in my church office now.

Holding steady at 230--ready to see some movement into the 220s, but I know I stall for a week to ten days and then I'll have a good spurt of losses. So must just be patient and stay OP!

I have a lot of work to do here today so I can't reply to everyone--will try to do a longer post tonight. I just wanted to check in and wish everyone a great OP day!

Susan
300/230/150

Hi everybody. Well, I survived my echocardiogram and EEG this morning. Thank goodness I had time to go home and wash my hair before going back to school. Extreme goo.:dz: I don't know when I'll find out anything about the tests.

TRISH: Loved your post about the donkey. Soooo true. Hope little one gets well soon. Maggie is home with Dennis today. She has tonsillitis.

NANCE: WTG on passing up the goodies at the bday party. :) I have not been so good lately. Giving in to the stress eating. As for my symptoms….Seems I had a seizure Sat. nite. This is the second one I've had. The first was a couple of months ago, but I thought it was due to a bug or something. Anyway, we've completed all the tests that he ordered. I don't know when I'll hear from them and don't have a clue what comes next. We'll see.

MONET: Hope everybody's OK now. No fun having the sickies.

BOB: Loved that "Perfect Day" posts.:lol:

SEF: Hope you're feeling better today.

BETH: I'm so sorry to hear your SD is not better. It is so hard to go through something like this. Been there, done that. I think it was harder to see my mother have to go through it than to let Daddy go. I'm praying for y'all.

Has anyone got the SB Shopper's Guide Booklet? I was just wondering. It's really good!

TOM is here. Yuck! I'm still hanging in there on my new WOE. Sometimes it's hard. For instance, we had breakfast at the bank this morning for someone having a baby and not any legal's. Oh well!

Nance:Congratulations on the 2.5 pound loss. Thank you for your concern about Jason and for looking up the alternative to Dilantin.

Frog: Way to Go!

Gracious: Congratulations on being at your all time low! My son Jason (the one who is sick) is going to University to become a Pastor. He is studying Theology and Greek among some other things, but he has not been able to go to school since February.

Fruit: Congratulations on the loss! 3.4 pounds. You're doing awsome.

Shmily777: Congratulations on your loss. 1 pound is awsome.

Kimmythekid-Hope you make it through the party without partaking of the yummy things that are not OP.

Trish: 1 pound gone. Great!

Jack-K: Sorry about your 1 pound gain. Just keep OP and soon you'll step on the scale and get a great suprise!

Tranquil: Congratulations on being .5 pounds from your goal.

Quiv: Congratulations on your 1 pound loss.

MusicTeach: Congratulations on your 1 pound loss. I hope that all of your tests are ok. At least I hope they will be able to tell you why you are feeling the way you are. Sometimes not knowing the problem is the worse part. The Neurologist is having a specialist in Neuroimaging look at Jason's head CTs and MRIs. He has another appointment on May 7. The Dr. also increased his Dilantin. Maybe his seizures will be under control now. I hope.

Beth2374: I'm sorry that your SD is worse. He, as well as you and your family are in my prayers.

Sef: I hope that you feel better soon.

Monet 320: I hope that your family feels well soon. I certainly hope that it's not food poisoning.

BOB: You are so funny. I loved the "Perfect Day for Woman/Man" that you posted.

Red1: Congratulations on your 2 pound loss.

Meliris - Hang in there.

Lizery: I have some of the Richard Simmons tapes too. It's a lot of fun, unfortunately I haven't done any of them in a while.

Deb: I only saw one post from you this afternoon when I started reading? Are you ok? or did I just miss some posts? Hope everything is great with you and yours.

Sheann
287/275/150

Still gaining and losing. I think I'm just happy that I'm holding pretty much the same. After all this stress is over with Jason, maybe I can concentrate on me and this weightloss. Right now I'm just taking it day by day.

Just a quick post before my lunch ends....

MusicTeach-Did you say all your blood work came out okay? You'll hear back on those results as soon as the cardiologist gets it dictated! Call your primamry care and bug them in a couple of days to call the cardiologist and get the results faxed over. Squeaky wheel gets the grease. Did your primary discuss and medications, or wanted to wait until the studies come back.

Sheann-Spoke with the Doc I work for and said if he's a child....should probably add Phenobarbital to take along with the
Dilantin...since you mentioned they keep increasing the Dilantin.
That should help get a better control on things. I also wrote down some alternative meds., but we'll just hang on to that info. for now. Hope all is well (((((((HUGS))))))))

I succumbed to a few cookies. Shame on me! The family is back to somewhat normal, and I have no idea what made the three of them sick! The other four of us were fine! Weird, huh?

Gotta go and get my younger daughter from play practice! I have been working on this post for over an hour! Whew!

Take care all!

NANCE: I took your advice and went and looked on
ebay at Tanita scales. I bid on one. Not sure how
high to go tho! What other brands are good? As for
everyone getting on to you about hopping in bed with Dan
the Man...well, just let them know how much more FUN
it will be once you stick to SB for a while! And how
impressive to pass up cake and ice cream and all that
stuff! Enjoy the recipes, and let me know which ones
I need to try!


FILLISE: I am sure you will get into the 20's real soon!
I lose in spurts too. I sure wish it was steady..like
10 pounds a week! haha! No, I would be happy with two
pounds a week, actually. Heck, I would be happy with one
pound a week!

TRANQUIL: I too would have thought more fluids would
be the answer! Can they give you something for
that? I take a diuretic...it sure helps my edema
a lot! Congrats on the loss! Bubba burgers for supper
huh? Walking along the St. Johns River sounds nice.
Is there a trail? I like scenic walking, otherwise,
I prefer the treadmill!

ROSALIE: I will look for the shredded wheat with fibre.
I love the plain ones, and they do have like 6 grams of fiber
in them. It like having a slice of my childhood!

JRED: Hope you are feeling better today. I know
how frustrating it is to bounce up and down
weight wise! Hope you enjoyed your lunch! It
sounded good to me!

QUIV: I had a giggle thinking about the guy at the gym
struggling with the math on your bf comp. Poor
thing needs a calculator..or was he using one? Tell
Fran we miss her...and to get her butt back on!

MUSIC: Hope you find out something for sure from the
doctor soon. You could have had fun with that goo..
you know, put your hair in a mohawk, or something?
The kids would have loved it!

HEART: Six pounds in a week!? Good going, girl!
I tend to go down in steps. Just hang in there!

TREE: Remember it takes about 40 days to make a habit!
Once past that point, maybe the exercise will be
easier! I know, I can skip a week here and there,
but now I miss it! I used to HATE to exercise!

BETH: I am so sorry to hear your stepdad is not getting
better. I hope and pray he gets stronger, so they
can fix the colonoscopy, and his lung does not collapse
again. I am sure it is hard on your mom, the kids, and
on you with your new job and all. Hang in there!

JACK: No, I did not eat a horse! I am sure the scale
was messed up. I am going to push for a new one. I
think I need it! Mine is about 18 pounds lighter than
the doctor's scale!

SEF: Hope you are feeling better!

BOB:

TONI: Hope you are ok! We had a tornado come through
here about four years ago, and it was an experience
I never want to go through again! The clean up
afterwards was awful! The weather is going back and forth
here too! I am glad it cooled off some, since it was
like record breakingly hot here! Do you eat small meals
for the acid reflux? That helped me when I had problems
with it. Since I started low carbing four years ago, I have
had very little problem. Even now on SB, it seems to be ok.
Hope you can get yours under control!


FROG: Have fun at the beach!

GRACIOUS: Congrats on hitting 164! I admire you for
sticking to one starch serving a day! I love my
triscuits and shredded wheat...maybe I need to try
going with only one, but it sure would be hard! I know
what you mean about food poisoning...I had a very serious
case of it in high school the day after Thanksgiving
eating leftover turkey. To this day, I hate turkey!


MEL: Oh dear! I have ruined my reputation as a good
cook! Everyone is back to normal, and I can't figure
out what it was! Only three of seven got sick, and we
all ate the same things! Weird huh? Don't worry about
the three pounds! Just keep working out and getting
fitter. It may be muscle! Eventually, the muscle
will burn off the fat!

LIZ: Richard Simmons is alive and well, and keeps
making new videos I think! I understand he is great
friends with David Letterman, cause he is often on
his show. I hope you stick with getting up early, so
you can get your workout in! Playing horsey does
burn some calories!

SHMILY: I have been wanting to get that shoppers guide.
I will have to look into it! I have a big gift card for
Border's books, I got for Christmas, I will look into
using part of it for that!

SHEANN: Hang in there! I sure hope you get some good
news soon! And just taking it day by day is going to
help the stress..so don't worry! Thanks for keeping
us up to date!

Quick post before I head home. Going to the gambling boat tonite in Indiana, not to gamble though. They have a hypnotist that is supposed to be haliarious. Friends idea. Going to the buffet for dinner. Guess I will be eating salad.

Nance, Congrats on passing on the goodies at the BD party. Don't you feel so good when you do something like that. With me, I would be afraid to eat anything illegal since so many people know I'm doing SB and I would be embarrassed. So if I am going to cheatI'm going do to it in private.

Quiv, I have a boss like that. Mine is a procrastinator.Actually I have 3 bosses. The one never finishes anything. Always late for everything. I really like my job though, guess I better, been here 30 years.

Trish, Liked your story. Someone sent me that no long ago. Good moral.

Lizery, Good for you today. Exercise does get better. Keep up the good work.

Fillise, Holding is good. Better than going up (which is what I did) Hang in there.

Music Teach, Glad you made it thru the tests. Hope the results are good and soon. Nothing worse than waiting.

Shmily, I Have not purchased the shopper's guide. Thought about it. Maybe I will now. I want to go back and re-read the book. Next time there is a breakfast at work, eat before you go and enjoy your coffee or other drink. You will be so proud of yourself.

Sheann, Hope Jason is doing ok. May 7th probably seems like an eternity. Praying for him.

Monet, glad the family is feeling better. Glad is wasn't your coooking, or maybe if it had been, you wouldn't have to cook anymore (I might try that) :lol:

Have a good night everyone. See you tomorrow.

Jackie

Evening All:wave:

Didn't mean to be MIA for yesterday and today, but somehow, that seems to be what happened.

Yesterday after the meeting in the morning my Mom met me at my house and we hit Broward together, came home, had things to do, kids to cart places, and I was pooped.

Today, I woke up, took Michael to school and Lauren to an early meeting at school then had to pick her up 45 minutes later. Today was TAKE YOUR DAUGHTER TO WORK DAY down here, so she went to STARBUCKS to spend a few hours with ELI. After she got home from school I went back to sleep. Two days in a row no walking-not good, but I had no energy. Thought Lauren was going to SB at Noon so woke up around 11am, but she took her sweet time to get ready and we didn't leave until 1ish. Came home and went back to sleep agan!!!:eek: Can't believe that I am still tired!!!!

Not sure what's going on with me-felt tired yesterday and really tired today. Not going to bed THAT late so that can't be it. Part of me says I should go to the Dr. to find out why I'm feeling this way, though I'm not sure they could even say, or even if there is a reason I'm feeling like this. BUT, I'm very bad with going to Dr.'s and will put it off and put it off. Heck, I broke a tooth while in NC and my Mom still keeps asking me when I'm going to make a Dentist appt! With feeling so tired AND feeling nauseous every day for over a week I know I should go but don't WANT to go. UGH!!!!!

WIW wasn't good for me yesterday, was at 123.5. I have no explanation for why the scales are so far up, maybe all the bad eating I did in NC and following finally caught up with me. Today wasn't any better at 124. 5-the highest on my cushion:eek: Eating has been stellar, though it sure doesn't seem to be helping. Today, I'd just LOVE to dig in to some of my major chocolate stash, but I'm not going to do it-I'll just feel worse.

Well, I'm so far behind on posts and I really don't have much time right now to play catch up. I haven't even read them-so can't respond to them. I have to go over to Michael's school in about a hour and sign up for the WEIGHT TRAINING night course they are offering starting next Tuesday. I'm hoping there's not too many people in that class and that there's even still some openings.

If anyone addressed a question to me that I didn't answer from yesterday/today-would you please post it again, or e-mail it to me so I can reply. I'll be back to normal, or at least I hope to be, after this post. I don't think I'll get back on here tonight, going to veg out on the couch and watch the boob tube tonight-will be flipping channels between THE BACHELOR and SURVIVOR and then I'm going to bed right after. You'd think I'd be feeling rested by now, unfortunately NOT.

Sorry I haven't replied to anyone individually in this post, hope you will all forgive me-it doesn't happen often, so I hope you'll give me a break this time 'round:^:

{{{HUGS}}}

Debbie
194/124.5/129
SB since 3/22/00
Reached goal 6/10/01

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DEB: Hope you figure out why you are so tired. I have been tired a lot this week too. I am blaming it on the weather... Not sure what else it could be?!

BOB: I lost what I wrote to you above... Hope you are staying strong, and on track to win that competition! Wish I could be there for the dirty martinis...

Gosh it has been so quiet all of a sudden, not so many posts - well, I got home from work just now - and I am in the same boat with you, Quiv - boss irritates the heck out of me, I could have really said Adios today, but I did not :) instead I snapped at him like a terrier!! How scared everyone in NYC must have been today when there was that explosion in that building in Chelsea - glad that it was something mechanical rather than terrorist.... but still sad for those injured and scared.

Nance - thank you for looking for the quiche recipe, sorry that it was gone....but that is ok - it was just not meant to be - hahaha - and thank you for your compliment!

Jack-K - Sounds like a lot of fun - I have never seen one of those shows, but heard so much about them - good things of course...how hilarious they are....

Monet - I had been on diuretics for almost 10 years - and the doctor said NO more.....just this diet and exercise - and limit the intake... I walked along a road that runs along the river and crosses over a gorgeous little drawbridge into a neighborhood of huge mansions and historic homes - very Florida - Spanish Moss, Live Oaks, the whole nine yards....just love walking along there - smell of the river, the sailboats clanking, the egrets and gulls, and you can see the beautiful Jax skyline, it just makes me appreciate where I live so much.....

Sheann - No gain is good - the same is good - I bet it is hard with all that stress! Sorry that you are going through all this worry with Jason - I hope you get some positive answers soon!

Schmily - Just think positive while going through TOM - and WIW may be really good to you with TOM gone!!

Deb - Nauseated and Tired - hmmmmm, hahaha - has TOM been missing? just kidding.... Hope you feel better soon - and do go to the dentist - the longer you wait, the worse the problem when it comes to teeth! Starbucks - what a dream day!!! Love Starbucks - I had to break myself from the Iced Cafe Latte's with Sweet n Low and sprinkle of cinnamon!

Hello to those I missed - and to those not posting - hello!!! and I have to go cook those Bubba Burgers - sounds so redneck!!!

Sabrina:dizzy:

GOOD EVENING :mad:

Just wanted to pop in and let everyone know that I won't be on the board for a while...SOMEONE reported me to the TEACHER for my joke I posted yesterday. And that's all it was...A JOKE!
BOB is quite mad at the moment and needs to calm down. I just wish that whenever anyone has a problem with something that one of us does here on the board that they have the courtesy to address it as a group.

NANCY, BUS, and SHEANN Thanks for your comments, but from now on, I'll include you in email with
my jokes ;)

Thanks to all who have inquired about my challenge..It's going quite well and I'm not having any problem with my eating yet :eek: I'm going to succeed with this and you all will be the first to see and hear...:D

LATER

BOB

Okay - I admit it, I switched to Atkins to stop the hunger. I realize I cannot live that way. I've got to lose 33 more pounds and I need help. Please check my menu and advise "wise buddies"

Thanks :)

B - Apple w/2 tb sf peanut butter and 3 slices of bacon
Snack - 1 oz macadamia nuts
L - small salad w/ranch (2-3 tb) and 4 oz meat (usually chicken breast or beef)
snack - slim jim
D - larger salad w/ranch, 1 cup green veggie w/butter and 4-8 oz beef (usually)
snack - sf jello w/whipped creme made with Splenda

Thanks again

BARBARA: I did Atkins for almost four years, then switched to SB, and while I did not lose but about five pounds on Atkins, which I would actually lose and regain constantly, I have lost 22 pounds on SB. Here is my opinion on your menu. First: you are eating too much fat! On SB you don't have to worry about carbs..so if you are hungry, you need to eat more. Don't worry about the amounts of carbs, just worry about eating the healthy foods, and watching your fat intake. Second: You are not eating enough! Drop the macadamia nuts. They may be fine for Atkins, but they are mainly fat, and not much else. Go for something with more nutrition for your calories. For snacks, try vegetables and a low fat ranch dip. I often will eat a whole cucumber for a snack. A typical days menu for me might be something like this:

Breakfast: 3 egg whites, 1 egg, fried in butter flavored cook spray, one piece of ww toast with Polaner all fruit, tea.

Snack: Apple

Lunch: large salad with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and no sugar salad dressing, a grilled chicken breast or can of tuna

Snack: Triscuits with low fat swiss cheese, celery sticks

Dinner: 4-6 oz. steak, or other lean meat, two green vegetables like green beans, broccoli, or yellow squash sauteed with onions. If I am hungry, maybe ww couscous, or half a baked sweet potato.

I try to keep my starch carb servings at three, or less, but somedays, I may eat four. I am sure this slows my weight loss, and as I lose more, I will have to be more careful, but for right now, I want to keep my calories up to keep my metabolism stoked.

Many days, I use Designer Whey protein in milk to increase my protein. I like to keep my protein at 40%, carbs and fats at 30%. I know SB book says 30% protein and 40% carbs, but I feel better with slightly higher protein due to autoimmune disease and other health problems.

I hope you are drinking a lot of water too! You need about an ounce per pound of body weight per day.

Hope this helps!

Good evening everyone!

This day has been busy--but I seem to have a little time to breath before ER comes on.

Monet--Cookies--usually I'm ok--but every now and then I really miss cookies. All the SF cookies at Kroger are made with refined flour and often cane juice. Sigh. I like losing weight better than I like cookies--keep telling yourself that!

Barbara--I'm with Monet--you need (1) to eat more and (2) to add carbs and lower the fat. SB is based on low glycemic carbs and is not a no carb or low carb diet. I think SB is much more conpatable with a lifetime change in nutritional habits. I try to go for 40% carbs, 30% protein and 30% fat. I've lost 70 pounds--so something must be working.

BOB--Don't stay away from us! I look forward to your posts every day. Besides you need to keep us up to date on your challenge--and we need to be here to support you in it! Oh yes--and we want to hear all about that little baby you'll see in the next week or so.

Tranquil and Quiv--Try being self-employed! Everyone thinks you can do anything at any time, so I've gotten in the habit of saying that I have to work cauuse my boss is a real b***h! :lol: The truth is I have more work to do than ever--cause I'm the one that has to do it all! Oh yeah and then there is my work at the church where I have 500 bosses. Uh-oh don't get me started on that one!

Quiv--I hope you and Fran wern't anywhere near the building that exploded today You are doing great so keep working towards your goal!

Deb--nausous, tired. hmmmmmmmmm. No it couldn't be THAT! But you better get your butt to the Dr to see what it is--and then the dentist. We need you to take care of yourself--because we need you!

Jack-K--have fun at the boat tonight. You'll do fine at the buffet, I'm sure. You can ususally find some meat and some veggie that works--just close your eyes when you go past the desert!

Sheann--I think you are doing well to be hanging in there! You do the best you can and don't worry about the rest--your first priority is your son right now. That's not permission to go off program--but does acknowledge that you have a LOT on your mind right now.

Music teach--I hope your tests come back OK. Please let us know. You are in my thoughts and prayers as you and the Dr. try to figure out what is happening.

My stomach has really been bothering me this week--heartburn and like I have a rock in my stomach. I was a little worried because I no longer have heartburn on this WOE--so I thought I was getting food I shouldn't. I went back to the Dr for follow up on my rash and neck today and he said it was the prednisone. That makes me feel better because I know it isn't me! I cut the dose in half tomorrow and only have four more days anyway--so this won't last much longer. The rash seems to be receeding--I have no idea what was causing it.

I was also bothered today by the fact that every time I sat down my pants bunched up in front making it look like I had, um, a part a girl isn't supposed to have. I REALLY must go shopping for smaller sizes. I went two weeks ago and was smack inbetween sizes. I didn't want to buy the larger size that was already almost too big--but the next size down was still a tad too tight. I should try to go back this weekend to see if there is any difference.

Time for ER--have a good evening everyone!

Susan
300/230/150

Well almost time to go to bed. And think I'm ready. I do want to ask something, would you all name some snacks that you can have. I'm hungry and besides the 2 fruits and some triscuits or a handful of nuts what can you have?

Fillise-I know what you mean. I think tonight I could kill for a cookie... I'm so tickled and proud that you need new pants. LOL....... Bet you can get in that next size now....

Monet-Thanks for posting your menu's it sure helps me to see what other people eat... This helps with my acid reflux (SB WOE) I'm finding its to much caffine thats setting it off...

Barbara-I'm having a bit of trouble with the hungries tonight. I keep thinking low carb cause thats what I was on for so long.

Bob- Oh shoot Bob I look so forward to your posts. I'm so sorry you're mad and something has happened. I'm cheering for you on the contest.... Oh Bob don't goooooooo.....

Tranquil-Hadn't heard about the explosion today haven't had the news on. How awful and I better they were scared...

Debilli- Hope you're feeling a little better tomorrow....

Jack-K-Lucky you I hope you have a great time at the buffet and on the river boat....

Nance-Congrads on your 2 1/2 lb. loss. Thats great....

Sheann- Hang in there it will click!!

SHMILY-I may need to get the shoppers guide if it will help!! Thanks for mentioning it..

Music Teach- Glad your tests are done and sure hope it all comes out all right...

Lizery- Sounds like you're busy busy.... Yea where is Richard Simmons.

Time to hit the sack.... See ya in the morning.....

Just getting home from work. Well sorta. I went by my daughters to help her get ready for her yard sale tomorrow and then we decided to go have dinner. But it was after 6 when I left work. I had to get an agenda out tonight since we don't work tomorrow. It is real nice. Every other week we only work four days. It is one of the ways that our naval base saves money. We have cut back on the workforce so much though that there are a lot of employees that still come into work for part of the day just to catch up. I could have gone in tomorrow to go on a tour to the petroglyphs but I am helping my DD with her yard sale. We have one of the largest excavated areas here of indian drawings. We are having a hot air balloon festival the weekend. It should be busy around here. Hope the wind doesn't blow. Those balloons will be in the next state before they know it.

Tranquil - I wish I had a mall to walk around it is better than a treadmill and out of the weather.

Toni48 - Kashi is good stuff. I have had it dry for a snack before.

Nancemeister - Good for you passing up on all that bad, bad, bad food. I am proud of you. I love cake and it is always hard for me to pass up. My daughter just told me about a scrapbook workshop in San Diego in June. Any chance you'd be interested in going? Here is the url for it. http://www.scrapbookexpo.com/forum/index.html let me know. My DH is the fire chief for the chemical plant in Trona, a small town east of ridgecrest. He is at a confind space class in Wisconcin. He'll be back Saturday. I can't wait.

Jack-K - I think I'll take the earthquakes that we have over your weather you are having now. I never know when they are going to happen. We may goe years without a big one.

Quivondra - Hang in there. The right job will come around soon. You should be able to make your goal by 5/18. You go girl!!!

Musicteach - I sure hope they find out something soon. Not knowing is hard. I'll pray that the results will be fast and what you want to hear.

Sheann - Not sure what to say. I will just pray that everything with Jason will be great soon. You hang in there.

Deb - I hope you feel better tomorrow. I have been very tired this week. Probably because I don't sleep very well when my DH is gone. Glad he doesn't travel much.

Everyone have a great Friday.

Cyndi

Evening Ladies! (Daramus...when I see you post I'll change my address :)

Been running around all evening long, and am happy to finally be in my nightgown and reading the board!

Monet- How much did you bid on the Tanita scale? I can't think of another brand off the top of my head, because that's the only brand we've used at the Doctors office, except for the new MONSTER one that weighs up to 500lbs! I can tell you right now, BOB, posted some awesome recipes that I know are going to be good before I even make them! I'll be your personal taste taster though and keep you posted!

Jack-k Sounds like you have a fun evening planned and this is on a THURSDAY????? None of this nonsense about if your going to cheat you'll do it alone......that's the worst kind of cheating, because then you really feel sneaky and mentally beat yourself up! It's a viscious battle we put ourselves through, and everyone has their time when they just want to do the right thing, and get on track 100%. For me, I'm better off if I don't even taste something, because that could trigger something off that could get UGLY:o

Debbie Tired, nauseated, can't figure out why????? I don't think your knocked up....I know your not, but I think you've been not eating as well as you usually do, and not exercising which always makes you feel more energetic. I think you're just in a funk...AND THAT'S O.K!!!!! You don't have to write 3 post a day, we know you're there and deserve a break!

Barbara-Ditto what Monet said!!! Plus you're eating no fruit, and how much water are you drinking????? Switch over to SB for good, it's something normal that you can do for LIFE!!!

Toni I am going to put on my thinking cap about snacks....I have a tendency to be repeatative myself. How about celery with SF P-nut butter, cottage cheese, Debbie's crustless mini quiches,
ham with cream cheese rolled up with a green onion ( of course with mints nearby:^:...a fruit smoothie, Yogurt, SF Frozen yogurt,
munchable cereal....I find that if I drink ENOUGH WATER between meals, and snacks, it decreases my food cravings too!

BOB We got people talking about their love of Christ and blow job jokes all on the same board......it's called diversity. My belief has always been read what you want, and through away the rest. We're all grown ups, Debbie's not our "Manager" and this stuff pops up once in a while, so be it. Pretty soon someone will be complaining about me and my incessant chatter about Scrap booking, I've had someone complain about thinking they were going to have to go on a 12 hour van ride with me right by their side to NC....Do you think that bothered me??? NO CAN DO!!!
I'm like a duck with water rolling right off my back, cause the bottom line is the van ride is going down and we will be sitting side by side, yes we will!!!! So if I were you, I'd be concentrating on how well I am or am not doing on loosing my love handles so you can have more space on your half of the seat sister! XOXO

Nancemeister is not going to blow getting in to bed TONIGHT while Dan the Man is still awake.....the woman, the myth, the legend!

aka Zippy Bubblebutt
241/235/146...and maybe even 140 if I feel like it!

Hey girls!

Sorry I've been MIA but I've been very busy! I can't post to everyone but I just wanted to say hello!

Yesterday I went to the OBGYN cause I've been having some pain that felt like I would have a cyst like I've had in the past. Well, he did an ultrasound and everything was normal. BUT he said it sounds like it could be something urinary/kidney related. So, he took a urine sample and my test came back +3 on the blood part. So I have blood in my urine which isn't good. I've got to go to the urologist today. So, who knows! I'll let you know what happens!

JRED or RED1: Don't remember which one of you said you were coming to St. Amant - but I live very close to there too! I would love you have lunch with you and SEF and MELF could probably come too! Let me know the plans! Yes - I'm inviting myself!!

Well, I've got to get off the computer just in case the doctors office calls..... I'll let you know how things go!

missy
284/249/170

It feels like I was just here!--and I was!

I wanted to pop in this morning and share some "diet" advice that is in the current Woman's Day:

"Aim for 30-40-30. A University of Illinois study revealed that overweight women who ate 1,700 calories comprised of 30 percent protein, 40 percent carbohydrates, and 30 percent fat lost 18 percent more body fat than those who ate the same number of calories but a higher percentage of carbs."

Sound familiar anyone?

Deb--this one is for you:

"Stow the scale. 'I don't have a scale in the house, and when I go to the doctor, I get on backward so I don't see the number,' says Aurora Johnson, 36, a marketing consultant in Pasadena California, who has lost 15 pounds in the last 10 months. 'Now I'm able to focus on doing healthy things like eating right and exercising for the right reasons--because it's good for me. I don't need the number to know what I'm doing is effective."

Ok--that's my bit for the day. Got a meeting to get ready for--so I'll try to check in later this afternoon or evening.

Have a good day everyone!

Susan
300/230/150

Hello all! It has been one busy week. I'm not even sure where all the time has gone. But I've been reading and enjoying all your post. The scales are still at the same ole spot...oh well. *smile*

This week I made some really good SB legal dinners for my family. Well, mostly SB legal. The main courses were and they got to have other things I don't eat. The stuffed bell peppers were my favorite. I ate more than my share but it was worth every bite...yum yum The catfish and shrimp stew last night was pretty close.

Fruit I hope you get to feeling better soon.

Fillise Thanks for the tips this morning.

Nance As always your wisdom and humor made me smile this morning. *smile*

Red 1 I LOVE garage sales. I hope your daughters sale is a great success.

Deb ((hugzz)) Sure hope you are feeling better today.

Music Praying you get good test results back from your test.

Shmily Hange in there. I know what you mean about no legal eats. We have a company BBQ this weekend. Think I will snack before we go so I'm not sucked right in. *smile*

Quiv Thanks for the drill segant stuff the other day. It was funny and modivational.

Hugz to everybody! Have a great day.

Love,
Crystle

235/153/135

It's Friday!!!!! YIPEE!!!!!!!

Man...there are hardly any post since I was on last night, and most of you are on central or EST!

I'm felling especially happy that it's Friday, a short day for us in the office and "Date NIGHT" for me and Dan the Man. By the way, it paid off to get off the computer last night :)

Fruit Blood in the urine usually means one of two things...You have a UTI becuase your bladder sheds some it's it's lining trying to get rid of the cooties, or you might have some small kidneys stones, rumbling around in there causing the bleeding. Only way to find out on #2 is to get an IVP study done.
Drink alot of fluids to helps clear things out and let me know how things go!

CountryMom Did I hear that you were going to be posting the recipe for your Stuffed Bell Peppers on the recipe board. Yeah, that's what I thought!!! YIPEE!!!!!

Well, I am going to run out to the kitchen and whip up a quick batch of Debs crustless quiche cause I'm craving it!!!!

Will check back when you ladies have had your coffee and have posted more!

TGIF!!:) I called the dr's office and they said the MRI was fine. Nothing there that shouldn't be. As for brain activity...:dz:Maybe we'll know something on that on Monday. Even tho I got a good report I'm in a bit of a funk today. Don't know why. Maybe it's the weather. It has been beautiful here the last week. We woke up this morning to temps 20 degrees cooler that they have been and rain.

NANCE: Hope you and Dan the Man have a good time on your date. ;)

FRUIT: Sorry to hear you're having trouble. Hope eveything is OK.

RED1: Hope you and DD have a successful yard sale.

FILLISE: WTG on theose baggy pants. It's so nice to go shopping for smaller clothes.

BOB: Come back.....We need you.

Well, I am NOT weighing in until WIW - I put the scale away because I am puffy and I know I will get discouraged if I were to see what the scale said today - my ankles are rolling over my shoes... ugghhhhhhh!!!

Had to share this morning's radio show - I listen to Bob & Sheri on the way to work and they were discussing Obsessions with callers..... Sheri said her obsession is carbs (sugar and starch) - telling people how bad they are for you - said she worries and obsesses all the time about it - she was a great inspiration to ME - when she said French Fries and Sugar are nothing but Poisonous Fat Mongers!! That is my kind of talk - hahahaha.....

Work is crazy - Survivor was really wonderful last night - dinner may have had more fat than liked because I had bacon cheese burgers - without ketchup or bread - but it was filling and yummy...with Kosher Garlic Pickles on the side - no wonder I am swelling :( CSI was gruesome with the cats feeding off the deceased lady - yuchy poohey!!!!

This weekend I will remain as always 100% OP - and loving it - I cannot tell you how good I feel! I may be Puff Mommy, but....my favorite black lined skirt is falling down mid hip! So even if the scale says yuchy weight because of swelling, my body is shrinking.... I have 4 more days to lose that last 1/2 pound to reach my 1st mini goal!!! I am going to take my son and dog to the park - he is going to go blading in the rink they have outside or on the blading paths - and I am going to play with my greythound in the dog park area....where she can run free with others - she loves it! The last time we went I have to say she was the prettiest girl there ;)

Fruit - good luck at the docs - probably some good ole antibiotics and you will be back to norm!

Music - Great going on a good MRI - something positive in that !!! It's the rain! Cheer UP!!!!!

Country - those peppers sound yummy!!!! :) Since I have been eating SB, so does my DS and he got out of the car today and his pants just about fell to his knees!!!

Fillise - Good Morning - thanks for sharing :)

Nance - you crack me up :D Your great character shines through!

Well, hope you all are doing well and staying OP -

Sabrina

I am so happy it is Friday! I can't post big time here because I have been busy all morning, just wanted to pop in and catch up reading the posts. I am still at 164, TOM is still hanging around and all is well in the world of SB for me.


Have a glorious weekend, everyone...actually, weather wise, it is snowing outside!!!:?: It is April 26th, what on earth is that all about? I never seen it that late in my life. Oh, heading to the movies with a young college girl that I disciple and am hoping to not be tempted by that yummy theatre popcorn. I think I will bring some nuts and SF chocolate for myself...better that than popcorn! ciao!

Good morning everyone, here I come dragging in at 10:00 like I'm not late for class!! LOL! I've had such an exciteing morning. I finally made it to 1 mile on the treadmill this morning. Thats big for me. At two miles an hour and 30 min. When I start SB I couldn't do 2 min. with out chest pains. Just wait till my cardiologist sees me next month... OOO eee he better be one happy Dr. Its gloomy looking out this morning and I think it might want to rain. I plan to stay in and get some stuff put on e-bay today and mop my kitchen and a few things like that... So I'm staying right in these floopy p.j.'s I've got on....

Tranquil-Good for you Tranquil. It can sure mess up and sometimes throw you off this WOE if the scale is off. I have to keep off it because of that reason.... Now I would love to have heard that radio station... I'm laughing inside cause every once in awhile I hear my husband say potatoes are bad for you. He sure wouldn't have said that before. I just loved survivor last night to. But missed CSI because I had to switch it over and see who the "Bachlor" picked on that show. Yea for your son!!! I would love someone to go on SB with me....

Music Teach-Glad to hear about your MRI!! Thats one hurdle down. Maybe its just after being keyed up about the tests and now they're over its kind of a let down to your system.

Nance-OOOO EEEEE you have a really nice life going on there gal!!! Yep sometimes the puter just ain't worth it!! Hope you have a good time on your date night. Save me a piece of that quiche cause that does sound good. Might have to make me some for lunch and then leftovers for dinner...

CountryMom-I've heard it said that people do better that try new things and do what you're doing. I do personaly. If I'm doing some new recipes and trying to incorparate them into my life style. I'm sure its getting harder the closer you get to your goal... Hows all the animals doing?

Fillise-Thats a good article, did you write it for the magizine? LOL.... Wouldn't it be great to have the determination like that to not look at the scale. Wow thats one I'll remember...

Fruitloupe-I hope everything goes fine at the urologist please let us know. Thats so scarey when something comes up like this. Anyway my thought are with you....

Nance- I agree with you 100 per cent about the joke. Its always been my thinking in life when it comes to things I read and hear to take what you want and skip over what I don't. Thanks for the tip on the snacks. See I didn't think you could have those kind of snacks. Whats wrong with me have I got a brain fog or block that I can't get that through my head. I think I had a bowl of beans for dinner and it started some kind of wild cravings. Any way thank you for giving me some ideas. I sure did need them....

Red1-Hope your daughter does well at the yard sale. Grab any tiny newborn baby clothes for my dolls. I'm always on the look out for cute things at yard sales to dress them in. Hey I'm only 53!! Oh how neat to tour the site where the petroglyphs are. What state are you in? Love to watch hot air ballons. They're so beautiful. What is Kashi?

Just one more question and I'll quit asking for now. Is cream of wheat OP or legal to have?????????????

Hear the washer is done, its started raining so guess I'll hold off on the kitchen floor. La la la.. Have a good Friday.

213/194/130

Good Friday Morning All:wave:

Boy, do I feel better today!:spin: Got both kids to school, ELI off to work, got in my 4.5 miles in a decent time of 45:30:) and have time to post!!!!

I woke up just a tad tired, but after getting Michael to school got my butt out there. It felt a bit hard, not having gone out for two days, and it being so incredibly hot so early in the morning, but I managed to do the 4.5 miles in a respectable time and felt good afterwards.

I was so good on my eating yesterday, that was, up until ELI got home and then I don't know what came over me! The only thing I can even remotely try to pinpoint the reasons for this insanity is that it's almost mid-cycle for me and I tend to get ravenous at this time. I'm just hoping whatever the reason, it passes, and quickly!!!!!:^:

I'm going to see how I feel as the day progresses and decide whether I really need to go see the Dr. or not. I'm going to make sure I am 100% OP with my eating today and see if even then I still get sick (yes, I did get sick again last night). AND, NO, there's no way on this earth that there's even a .000001% chance that I could be pregnant, so you all can take that one right out of your minds!!! UGH! Don't even THINK of that!!!!

Scale is still up today, at 124.5:mad: Last night, I think what got to me was when I stepped on it it showed 127-I wasn't a happy camper though I know this was after eating 1.5lbs of eggplant, plus other stuff-where is my brain???????????

I went to the school last night and signed up for the WEIGHT TRAINING CLASS. For some reason they only charge $30, and not the $42 I was expecting to pay. Of course, that sure made me happy-can't afford either, but was happy to pay the lower price. It starts this Tuesday night and is on Tues and Thurs. until June 13th, just 7 weeks. It's from 6:30-8:30pm so I don't expect it to really interfere with me getting to chat on Tuesday nights, just may run a little late. The only trouble will be 2 board meetings I have coming up. One is important that I be there for, hoping I can skip the other other one. Figure on the later one, if it's something REALLY important, they can come and get me since it's at the same school!!!

It's FRIDAY FUNNIES!!! I don't know who sent this to me via e-mail, but I thought it was cute enough to share with the board:

I've seen two shows lately that went on and on about how mid-life is a great time for women. Just last week Oprah had a whole show on how great menopause will be....
Puhleeeeeeeze!

I've had a few thoughts of my own and would like to share them with you.
Whether you are pushing 40, 50, 60 (or maybe even just pushing your luck) you'll probably relate.

Mid-life is when the growth of hair on our legs slows down.
This gives us plenty of time to care for our newly acquired mustache.

In mid-life women no longer have upper arms, we have wingspans.
We are no longer women in sleeveless shirts, we are flying squirrels in drag.

Mid-life is when you can stand naked in front of a mirror
and you can see your rear without turning around.

Mid-life is when you go for a mammogram and you realize that this is the only time someone will ask you to appear topless.

Mid-life is when you want to grab every firm young lovely in a tube top and scream, "Listen honey, even the Roman empire fell and those will too."

Mid-life brings wisdom to know that life throws us curves and
we're sitting on our biggest ones.

Mid-life is when you look at your-know-it-all, beeper-wearing teenager and think: "For this I have stretch marks?"

In mid-life your memory starts to go. In fact the only thing we can retain is water.

Mid-life means that your Body By Jake now includes Legs By Rand McNally -- more red and blue lines than an accurately scaled map of Wisconsin.

Mid-life means that you become more reflective...
You start pondering the "big" questions. What is life? Why am I here? How much Healthy Choice ice cream can I eat before it's no longer a healthy choice?

But mid-life also brings with it an appreciation for what is important.

We realize that breasts sag, hips expand and chins double, but our loved ones make the journey worthwhile.
Would any of you trade the knowledge that you have now for the body you had way back when?

Maybe our bodies simply have to expand to hold all the wisdom and love we've acquired.

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BOB, glad to have spoken to you this morning and hopefully, you've pulled those wadded panties out of your arse now. Have a great time next week and bring me back something interesting! We'll be looking forward to hearing from you BEFORE you leave and when you return;)

BARBARA, it's very hard to advise you about your menu without knowing how much you currently weigh, your height, age and intended goal weight. Your menu sounds more geared to Atkins, seems a lot of fat. There's a big difference between 4oz of meat and 8oz of meat, and it depends on the meat as well. I've seen 4oz of meat with 30grams of fat, if not more. Eat 8oz and you can double that number and then add the fat for the nuts (21 1/2 grams of fat for 1 ounce macadamia nuts), 16 grams of fat for the 2tbl of pb and gosh knows for the bacon-and then the other 4oz of protein you eat for lunch depends on which it is, beef or chicken. The ranch dressing, how many grams of fat's in there? And you're using 2-3 tbl at lunch and then some more at dinner-just from what little foods you did post, seems like a LOT of fat!!! Oh, and the butter, can't forget 11grams of fat for a tlb. Sorry to burst any bubbles, but you asked.

MONET, I agree with you on BARBARA'S menu as you can see from the above post.

FILLISE, hope that tummy of yours is feeling better today. Girl, go get yourself at least one decent fitting pair of pants, don't want people thinking you're a cross dresser with those pants bunching up in the front!:eek: Or, you can do like me, and wear stretchy pants, no matter what way the scale goes, they fit!! LOL!! I was reading the same article in WD last night. Yes, I am just about ready to stow the scale-just waiting to see if it will go down!!!!

TONI, that's wonderful that you did the treadmill for a mile-congrats!! Keep up the great work, look how far you've come. Cream of wheat, to my knowledge, is not okay on SB, it has a GI of 70. If you really want some, try to pair it up with a low GI food so you can have a moderate GI meal.

RED1, hope your DD's garage sale is successful. I wish people would have them here on Friday and Saturdays, but most of them are on Saturdays and a few going into Sundays-def. not like the ones up north. Okay, what are petroglyphs? When is DH coming home so you can get in some good sleep? I thankfully don't have the problem when ELI is gone, I can sleep good any which way, though when he's not here I still sleep with the ear plugs in-got so use to sleeping with them because of his snoring that now, not matter where I am, I sleep with them in my ears.

NANCE, you know me so well! No, I don't feel good when I don't exercise and it does give me some energy and spunk when I do. Feeling better today-THANKS:) Yes, I do believe I need a break-nothing a good trip out West and to Trader Joes couldn't fix!!! Don't I wish!!! Where's date night tonight? HAVE FUN!!!

FRUIT, sorry we couldn't chat this morning:( Sorry to hear about this infection too, hope it's something they can clear up quickly and nothing serious.

COUNTRY, I've had catfish only once, fixed blackened and it was delicious. How do you fix yours? I made some salmon the other night and I've been banned to making it outside now-thank goodness I was able to find my butane burner easily-was really easier to make it out on that than in the house anyhow. I love good fish, and seafood, in general, except raw oysters or clams, ick!

MUSIC, glad to hear they haven't found anything so far, maybe it was just a fluke?

TRANQUIL, wish I could follow your lead with the scale, I hate the love/hate relationship I have with mine. I'm sure you'll meet that mini goal-and kudos to you for having that skirt falling off the body!!!:D

GRACIOUS, snow-I'm dying down here and you have snow????? I wish I could have a summer and winter residence!!!! Enjoy the movie and let us know what you saw.



Okay gals, I'm outta here for the better part of the day. Will check in later. I'll have the computer to myself this evening. Kids with their Dad, Eli at work-it's going to be quiet night. Anyone want to chat after 9pm on the telly tonight, e-mail me your telephone number and I'll call ( Debelli@AOL.COM )

Tomorroow, garage sales......hope there's something worthwhile out there-reminds me I need to go get some money from the bank, don't think I'll be finding anyone who takes Mastercard!!!

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Debbie
194/124.5/129
SB since 3/22/00
Reached goal 6/10/01

I have only skimmed the posts on this page, so I'm WAAAAAYYYY BEHIND! I'll try to catch up - or at the very least, start from scratch on Monday. So this post will mostly just be updates on me me me.......

Monday I rode the sliver saddle and the Dr. wants me back in on Tuesday to do a sonogram (?) because I'm having pain in my ovaries. Meister is more concerned than I am and wants to come with me. Isn't he sweet?

I also went to the eye Dr. and since our insurance covers 1 free pair of glasses each year I ordered some snazzy prescription sunglasses! :cool: I can hardly wait to get them in! Will feel weird being able to see when I'm driving! :eek:

When I got back on Tuesday one of my Sales Managers had left me TWO BIG CANS OF SKYLINE CHILI!! He's located in Cincinnati and orginally from Cleveland. When I found out where he was I told him about our Skyline Chili fans on the board and how BOB wouldn't let me have her can of it! :s: He also made me a killer CD - BOB and MISSY you will LOVE this music - I just know! We have to do ride-alongs with a few of our Sales Managers and I'm going to see if I can come up to Cincin to do one of my ride-alongs and squeeze in a visit with KIMMY and QUILTER if I can!

I got my blood test results back from the Endocrinologist and my cholesterol is 255 so she put me back on Zocor. I go back in 6 more weeks for another test.

Found a loop in Vince's patrol zone that's 5 miles and I'm going to try to walk it twice on Saturday! He volunteered to drive by in his patrol car and yell at me with the speaker to pick up the pace - I kindly declined the offer. :lol: I walked 8.4 miles in 2 hours 25 minutes last week-end. I just wish my ankle wasn't killing me for 2 days after those long walks. Meister's going to walk with me once I get up to 10 miles to see how I'm doing and what he's in for in January. He's been burning up the miles on his Ebay road bike (38 miles last Saturday).

Gotta work 8:30 - 5:30 next week. I'm not hapyp about it, but we have a nother slacker on the team and so we've all got to be here at the same time to keep eyes on each other. After next week I should be able to go back to 7a - 4p and avoiding the morning rush hour traffic. I better get to!

NANCEMEISTER Looks like you're kicking butt!! You go, Girlfriend!! Also looks like you've found the most fun exercise! :o

BOB I've obviously missed something, but I ditto what NANCEMEISTER says - I've never seen anything offensive on this board and if I had a problem with someone I'd certainly e-mail them privately. (That's what Jesus says to do in Matthew 18:15) Keep 'em coming!! You got too many other things to worry about......like DEB and NANCE in the same van for 12 HOURS!?!? And then what if VESNA were to jump on board?!?!? OMG, You'd need me around to help you keep them in line!!

DEBBIE You seem to talk about feeling barfy and getting sick a lot - do you know what causes it? Has the Dr. ever said anything about what you can do about it? I'm sure getting sick as much as you seem to can't be good for your electrolyte balance and all the vitamins/minerals, etc. your body needs to keep you healthy and your energy level up. Please do go see the Dr. I need to know you're gonna be waiting for me at the finish line so we can clink our medals together with MEL and FROG!!

Well, lunch is over, gals! :wave: Have a great day!

TGIF Everyone!!

Had a great time seeing the hypnotist last nite. We never stopped laughing. Some of it was a little raunchy, but cute. Ate legally at the buffet. Large salad. Meat, NO DESSERT. Glad the weekend is almost hear. Going to be a busy one with all the Derby activities. Hope the rain holds off.:^:

Deb, Sorry to hear you are so tired. Maybe it could something you have been eating or not eating. Rest up over the weekend.

Tranquil, Hope your day is going good. This is secretary's week. Your boss should be good to you.

Bob, Hate to hear you are so upset. You can't please everyone. It's like TV or movies, if you don't like it, don't read it. Don't stay away, we would miss you.

Barbara R, IMHO I don't think you aare eating enough. I would stay away from the slim jims and eat more fruit and veggies. You can have 3 carbs a day. That will help fillyou up. And water, water, water, water.

Fillise, I did fine at the buffet. Large salad and roasted turkey, veggies. I was the only one out of our group you DID NOT have dessert. Keeping my fingers crossed for you on the pants size. Hope yu are in the smaller one. It's seems that everyone is joining the SB bandwagon, even though they call it something different. Liked the post on the scale.

Toni, I sometimes eat cheese for a snack. Snyder's oat bran pretzels are legal if you want to give up a carb. I use triscuits in salsa. Pork rines (sp) YUK, peanuts, veggies and dip., fruit.

Red1, How nice getting Friday off every other week. What are petroglyphs? We have a balloon race here tomorrow also. If the wind is too strong they postpone it to that night or the next day. It is fun, but you have to get up early.

Nance, I don't cheat. To afraid of the result. I may never look back.I always say I don't know what got ahold of me this time, I have neer stayed on a diet this long and I don't want to do anything to mess this up. I like the new me and will like the finished product even more. I don't think anyone will complain about your chatter. It makes my day and makes me laugh. Have a great date with Dan.

Fruit, Glad you posted. Hope there is nothing seriouslywrong with your bladder. Let us know.

Country, Don't get discouraged about the scale not moving. Better than going up. Also see Fruit's post about the scale. It is so true.

Music, Glad your MRI turned out OK. Hopefully, the next test will too. Good luck.

Tranquil, You are doing so good. You will surely make your first goal. You are an inspiration. Hve fun at the park. Hope the weather is great.

Gracious, Snow?? That is crazy. Have fun at the movies. Stay away from the popcorn.


Hope to check in later.

Jackie
257/197/145
10-10-01

Nance...you are so right. *smile* I posted the bell pepper recipe. Well the best I could. I cook by feel and not directions. Hopefully they are clear enough to follow.

Tranquil...you can do it. That 1/2 pound is gonna be out of there in no time. Congrates on your favorite skirt...now you can get a new favorite skirt. *smile*

Toni....I LOVE jammie days! As for the animals they are driving moma crazy. Oh, you meant the other animals. *smile* We ended up with no geese. Two eggs were not fertile and the other baby died. But at least moma goose is finally up and about. She got so small while she was sitting. I am pretty sure our Australian Shepard is gonna have puppies any day now.

Deb...I cooked the catfish two different ways this week. Once was fried with porkskins for the coating. That was a pain but hubby liked it. And I'm trying so hard to change him over to this way of eating without him knowing it's happening. Hopefully he will make that choice soon. Last night I made the catfish and shrimp almost like a gumbo. If I had added more roux and some file' it would have been gumbo.

Hope everyone else is having a great afternoon. I don't ever mean to leave anyone out so forgive me if I missed anything.

Love,
Crystle

It's friday! I'm so glad. My bank isn't open on Saturday and I am so glad. I'm feeling somewhat bloated. I'm tired, mainly because Madison likes staying up till 10:45 pm. That's late for me! I'm use to going to bed around 9:15 pm. Madison will hopefully return to normal tonight. I don't know if anyone here likes WB's Charmed. I love that show. I also like Smallville on the WB. They both are my favorite shows to watch. I have others, but those are the main two.

I'm sorry I haven't been responding to people here on the board. I promise to do better when I get caught up on my work at work. I am still a little behind from being on vacation. No one did my work while I was gone and I was gone two weeks. I enjoyed every minute with Madison.

:love: My husband just got a job at the electrical company here in Eastman. He will be working 8 am to 5 pm. I am so glad. He has worked nights most of the time that we have been married and I have worked days. I won't know what to do with having a husband working the same hours as me. It's will be great. :love:

I hope that everyone is having a wonderful friday! Chat more later!

ME :dizzy:

okay....I have about 5 minutes to post....one mississippi....two mississippi.....

Red1-We must have been posting at the same time.....You're asking ME if I have heard of the scrapbook expo??????? Heck Yes!!!! And will I be going again???? YOU BETCHA!!!! Lots of fun...need to start saving now, because there are lots of goodies!
I usually go with my scrapbooking pal, but maybe we could all go together or meet somewhere?????

Tranquil-I'm with you on only weighing on Wednesdays. I get too
obsessive weighing all the time, and start worrying over .5 increases, etc. If I'm 100% all week long, the following Wednesday, I know I can expect a smile on my face and it's more significant to be able to see a 2-3 loss, than watching the scale go up and down every day!

Toni-I got a whole plateful of quiches in the frig just waitin' to be eaten! I think in the SB book it's says cream of wheat is legal...but the Queen of SB will have a definative answer for you!

Deb-You're welcome to come out any old time and shop at TJ's with me! And this time....I'll make sure my electricity bill is paid in full be fore you arrive:lol: Not sure what Dan the Man and I are going to do tonight, but any date is a good date with him!

Solshine-Where have you been????? Laughing at your story about Vince on the speaker. Hope all checks out well with your ultrasound. Keep me posted!

Jack-K.....Good for you to saying no to the dessert! I'm with you girlfriend...I FEAR getting off plan....I have NO PLANS for getting off plan.....I just survived a luncheon today with monster slices of cheesecake with raspberry sauce that NEVER touched my lips.... so I feel like WONDER WOMAN!!!

CountryMom-Thanks for posting the recipe....You know the ones from the gals on the board are always the best one!:D

Shmily-If I lived in GA I would be babysitting Ms. Madison for you nightly so you and your hubby could become re-acquainted! She is soooooooo adorable! Your making me want to have another baby!!!! and I'm getting too old for that!

As usual....posting took longer than I thought, but gotta keep in touch everyday!!!!!

If I don't post later hope everyone has a good night! I know I am!:o :love:

Getting ready to check to meet a florsit about wedding flowers. This is going to be expensive!. Won't get to post until at least Sunday. Have a great weekend all.

Toni, Sounds like you are having a "comfy" morning. WTG on the treadmill for 1 mile. Keep up the good work. No cream of wheat is not legal.

Deb, So glad yuo are feeling like your old self again. I liked your FF, BUT I recognized too many of them. YUK! Stay off the scale. You're killing yourself. Hope you like the wt class. I have been working out with weights and I really like it (liar)

Solshine, Welcome back, we have missed you. What's this, another man ot the OBGYN? What's this world coming to? You and your DH are walking enough for all of us. I'm impressed!

SHMILY, I just love yur picture on your posts. I like seeing whom I reading about. I think everyone should do that. Sometimes I think people look loke the figure they used like animals and such. Thanks. You are a doll! It will be nice to have your DH working days. I could never get used to that split schedule.

Nance, What are you talking about, You ARE wonder Woman. WTG On passing the cheescake. We will get there. I believe it.



Bye:(

Jackie

HiedieHo All!!!!

Actually my "hidie" is very lo. I've been in and out of bed.

Have skimmed the posts a little but too miserable to type. But I always like a joke. it lifts the spirits. All I have to do is cut and paste. :D If teacher comes after me, so be it!


A doctor was having an affair with his nurse. Shortly afterward, she told him she was pregnant. Not wanting his wife to know, he gave the nurse a sum of money and asked her to go to Italy and have the baby there. ''But how will I let you know the baby is born?'' she asked. He replied, ''Just send me a postcard and write 'spaghetti' on the back. I'll take care of expenses.'' Not knowing what else to do, the nurse took the money and flew to Italy.

Six months went by and then one day the doctor's wife called him at the office and explained, ''Dear, you received a very strange postcard in the mail today from Europe, and I don't understand what it means.'' The doctor said, ''Just wait until I get home and I will explain it to you.''

Later that evening, the doctor came home, read the postcard, fell to the floor with a heart attack. Paramedics rushed him to the ER. The lead medic stayed back to comfort the wife. He asked what trauma had precipitated the cardiac arrest.

So the wife picked up the card and read, ''Spaghetti, Spaghetti,
Spaghetti, Spaghetti - Two with sausage and meatballs, two without.''

AND

Excited Gorilla

It's a beautiful warm spring day and a man and his wife are at the zoo. She's wearing a cute, flowing, loose-fitting, pink spring dress, sleeveless with straps.

As they walk through the ape exhibit and pass in front of a very large gorilla, the gorilla goes ape. He jumps up on the bars, holding on with one hand (and 2 feet), grunting and pounding his chest with the free hand. He is obviously excited at the pretty lady in the flowing, wavy dress.

The husband, noticing the excitement, suggests that his wife tease the poor fellow. The husband suggests she pucker her lips, wiggle her bottom, and play along. She does and Mr. Gorilla gets even more excited, making noises that would wake the dead.

Then the husband suggests that she let one of her straps fall, she does, and Mr. Gorilla is just about to tear the bars down. Now try lifting your dress up to your thighs... this drives the gorilla absolutely crazy.

Then, quickly the husband grabs his wife, rips open the door to the cage, slings her in with the gorilla and says, "Now, tell HIM you have a headache!"

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Subject: Single's ad

The following ad is reported to have gotten numerous calls...

SINGLE BLACK FEMALE... Seeks male companionship, ethnicity unimportant.

I'm a svelte good looking girl who LOVES to play. I love long walks in the woods, riding in your pickup truck, hunting, camping, and fishing trips, cozy winter nights lying by the fire.

Candlelight dinners will have me eating out of your hand. Rub me the right way and watch me respond. I'll be at the front door when you get home from work, wearing only what nature gave me.

Kiss me and I'm yours. Call xxx-xxxx and ask for Daisy." [Callers found themselves talking to the local Humane Society about an eight-week-old black Lab.]

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MEDICAL ALERT

The long term implications of drugs/procedures must be fully considered:* Because over the past few years, more money has been spent on breast implants
and Viagra than is*spent on Alzheimer's Disease research, it is believed that by the year 2030 there will be a large number of people wandering around with huge breasts and erections who can't remember what to do with them.

AND

Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years they had shared all kinds of activities and adventures. Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards.

One day they were playing cards when one looked at the other and said, "Now don't get mad at me.....I know we've been friends for a long time.....but I just can't think of your name! I've thought and thought, but I can't remember it. Please tell me what your name is."

Her friend glared at her. For at least three minutes she just stared and glared at her. Finally she said, "How soon do you need to know?"


Two elderly women were eating at a restaurant one morning. Ethel noticed something funny about Mable's ear and she said, "Mable, did you know you've got a suppository in your left ear?" Mable answered, "I have? A suppository?" She pulled it out & stared at it. Then she said, "Ethel, I'm glad you saw this thing. Now I think I
know where my hearing aid is."


When the husband finally died his wife put the usual death notice in the paper, but added that he died of gonorrhea. No sooner were the papers delivered when a good friend of the family phoned and complained bitterly, "You know very well that he died of diarrhea, not gonorrhea."

Replied the widow," I nursed him night and day so of course I know he died of diarrhea, but I thought it would be better for posterity to remember him as a great lover rather than the big pile of manure he always was."


An elderly couple was on a cruise and it was really stormy. They were standing on the back of the boat watching the moon, when a wave came up and washed the old woman overboard. They searched for days and couldn't find her, so the captain sent the old man back to shore with the promise that he would notify him as soon as they found something.

Three weeks went by and finally the old man got a fax from the boat. It read: "Sir, sorry to inform you, we found your wife dead at the bottom of the ocean. We hauled
her up to the deck and attached to her butt was an oyster and in it was a
pearl worth $50,000 .. .please advise" The old man faxed back: "Send me the pearl and re-bait the trap"


When I went to lunch today, I noticed an old lady sitting on a park bench sobbing her eyes out. I stopped and asked her what was wrong. She said, "I have a 22 year old husband at home. He makes love to me every morning and then gets up and makes me pancakes, sausage, fresh fruit and freshly round coffee." I said, "Well, then why are you crying?" She said, "He makes me homemade soup for lunch and my favorite
brownies and then makes love to me for half the afternoon". I said, "Well, why are you crying?" She said, "For dinner he makes me a gourmet meal with wine and my
favorite dessert and then makes love to me until 2:00 a.m. I said, "Well, why in the world would you be crying?" She said, "I can't remember where I live!"


Three sisters ages 92, 94 and 96 live in a house together. One night the 96 year old draws a bath. She puts her foot in and pauses. She yells to the other sisters, "Was I gettin' in or out of the bath?" The 94 year old yells back, "I don't know. I'll come up and see." She starts up the stairs and pauses. "Was I going up the stairs or
down?" The 92 year old is sitting at the kitchen table having tea listening to her sisters. She shakes her head and says, "I sure hope I never get that forgetful." She knocks on wood for good measure. She then yells, "I'll come up and help both of you as soon as I see who's at the door."

AND

There was this Asian lady married to an American gentleman and they lived in NJ. The poor lady was not very proficient in English, but managed to communicate with her husband. The real problem arose
whenever she had to shop for groceries.

One day, she went to the butcher and wanted to buy pork legs. She
didn't know how to put forward her request, and in desperation, lifted up her skirt to show her thighs. The butcher got the message and the lady went home with pork legs.

The next day, she needed to get chicken breasts. *Again, she didn't
know how to say, and so she unbuttoned her blouse to show the butcher her breast. The lady got what she wanted.

The 3rd day, the poor lady needed to buy sausages. *Unable to find a
way to communicate this, she brought her husband to the store...
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What were you thinking? Helloooooooooo, her husband speaks English!!

Now get back to work...........

Okay tht's it!!!

Take care all!! Shirley :joker:

Just got in from a date night dinner with my hubby. Unfortunately, we went Mexican, and ate what we wanted, and not necessarily what was OP. SO, I had corn chips, and a corn tortilla with my enchilada, and taco. Hope it does not set me back too much. I feel positively bloated now!

Sure feels cold here. Not going to complain tho, when Gracious has snow!

I went shopping with a friend today and got things I needed for a wedding cake I am making next weekend. I need to order the cake stand for my daughter's wedding cake tonight too.

I am beginning to feel panicky about all that has to be done. I sure hope I don't forget anything important!



Here is an old joke:

Two older nuns are traveling in Eastern Europe, and come to Transylvania. They stop at a light and a little vampire jumps on the hood of their car. Shocked, the driver, Sister Mary Ellen, turns on the windshield wipers. The little vampire hangs on. Sister Mary Terese yells at Sister Mary Ellen to use the washer, since they filled it with Holy Water before leaving the Vatican. She does, and the little vampire screams but hangs on. "What should I do! What should I do!?" cries Sister Mary Ellen. Sister Mary Terese gets a flash of inspiration glancing down at the large cross necklace Sister Mary Ellen is wearing, and tells her, "Show him your cross!" "Now your talking!" grins Sister Mary Ellen. She leans out the window and yells, "Get the H*$& off my car!!"

Just hopping on here while hubby is taking his shower. We are off to the ocean today with the kids to see what we can find on the beach.

The movies were great last night. Saw Murder by Numbers with Sandra Bullock. Good suspense murder mystery thing with a twist. Didn't touch any popcorn! Ate a SF chocolate bar instead and had dinner before we went at a grill so was full of yummy T-bone steak. The scale looks a little under 164 today so I am thrilled...only had the one starch yesterday and it seems to be working!

Gotta go make breakie for the kidlettes before we head out. Have a great day!

HiedieHo!! My family lived in OZ for five years. Around here we have breakie too!!!

Shirley :)

Morning Everyone!

Thanks for all of the well wishes! Y'all are so wonderful! My trip to the doctor went well - there was no blood in my urine yesterday, the x-ray showed no signs of stones BUT we still don't know what is causing the pain. So, he wants to wait a week, see what happens with the pain and then try another test with some dye. He didn't want to run that test if he didn't have too. So, we still don't know where the pain is coming from!

COUNTRY: Don't know about that catfish and shrimp stew coming out like a gumbo!! We don't put fish in our gumbos - but shrimp is a must!!! Catfish in there kinda makes me cringe!! HAHA! I don't like catfish period - now - speckled trout - that's a different story - but fry that up!!! Glad you enjoyed your dinner!!

NURSE NANCE: Thanks for the info! I think the next step is that IVP study - is that the one with the dye? The x-ray showed no stones but he said that the dye thingy will be a better test to run. So, I'm on a wait and see what happens time right now! He told me to definitely call if pain got worse and if it is about the same - call next week and we'll take the next necessary steps to find out what is wrong. My friend is a Nephrologist and he did not seem too alarmed. I was at his house yesterday and he was asking me a bunch of questions - he said to wait it out too since I wasn't in excruciating pain - yet anyway! He said that I could have passed some sand and that caused it to bleed. So, who knows! Just fix my pain!!!

MUSIC: Glad to hear the MRI was fine! Don't you just hate not knowing the CAUSE! That's how I'm feeling right now too! I know something is wrong - so tell me what it is!!

TRANQUIL: Way to go on the loose skirt. I'm going to a wedding tonight and I'm having to wear a pants suit that is a size too big for me. But, I'm not going to buy a suit this size cause I don't plan on staying this size!! WooHoo! I have a really nice suit that I bought 2 years ago but it is a 20 and I'm about a 22 right now - so it is a little too small!! Oh well, I'll wear it at the next wedding!

TONI: Way to go on the mile! We are so proud of you and I'm sure your doctor will be too!

DEB: Glad to hear that you are feeling better and you got your walk in! You know that if you would be preggo - I would adopt that baby in a flash!!! HAHA! Way to go on the weight training class! That's sure to tone up those muscles. I have some weights here - I plan on starting them when I hit 230. There are certain intervals when I start certain things and that's one of them.

BOB: I must have missed your joke too since I did so much skimming this week!!! DON'T you dare stay away from this board! I'm gonna come to Florida and kick your butt!! Now - how do you like that?

SOL: HEY!! So, tell us about the snazzy sunglasses!! I get new sunglasses and regular glasses on each visit - I wish I could get a pair free though! I just recently spent $550 on new glasses and that was with the 20% discount! That sucks! So, tell me about this music!! You know I love my music!! I can just picture your hubby behind you in the patrol car! That is absolutely hilarious! I would have to turn around and shoot him the bird!!

JACK-K: Way to go staying on plan at the hypnotist show! I'm proud of you!

SHMILY: You are about 6 pounds ahead of me - we can get to 170 together!! Won't that be fun?!?

Well, that's all for today. I'm heading out of town - SEF - I'm going to Mandeville for a wedding! Well, I'll see y'all tomorrow

Missy
284/249/170

I should go toMandeville. My GD's birthday is Monday and she wants books two and three of HP series. That means Barnes and Noble. No good bookstores here.

Enjoy the wedding!

Shirkey

Hi All,

Once again I went out of town, so now, I am playing catch up on the messages. My husband and I drove to Columbia SC ( about 4 hours) to see an Allison Krauss concert. We had a grand time and ate at a wonderful place called Dianne's on Divine. I stayed on program but I am sure the fat was higher than I would have liked. That was Thursday evening and this Saturday morning, I am down 1/2 pound....hey I will take it.

I am continuing to eat dinner earlier and I am hoping that this will start the scale numbers going down again.

My daughter joined a "gym" called Curves for Women. Has anyone heard of it?

I am trying to decide on a washer/dryer. Has anyone had good or bad experiences with a Whirlpool or Maytag?

Bye for now,

Good Morning...It's another beutiful in paradise here. While I hear of all your weather stories, it should be in the 70's today and the sun is shinning bright. Come on over!

Gracious-I want to see Murder by Numbers.....I LOVE anything forensics....have to watch all those Dectective shows on TV Tuesday night! Sounds like you have a wonderful day planned....when I think of Canada, I don't think of "ocean" I'll have to look you up on a map!

Fruit-Yes, the IVP is the study with dye....glad everything checked out okay. Have you had a pelvic ultrasound to check out your ovaries? I missed the boat on what your exact symptoms were.
Usually if you have blood in your urine, pain with urination, have to go pee frequently, or have the sense that you need to pee but only a little comes out, it's an infection or kidney stones.

Monet-I did not realize you are a professional cake decorator! I was just reading through eveyone's bio's and discovered that! So you are doing your own daughter's wedding cake??? Hope someone else is going to be delivering it, because Mother of the Bride will be BUSY!!!!!

Tranquil.....I was dying with laughter when I read your BIO and under pets you had listed Abagail aka "Crabagail". That just hit my funny bone last night...Thank you:lol:

CountryMom.....Here I though KimmytheKid was the only one with a slew of kids! Sounds neat where you live. I would love to live in the country. I lived most of my child hood in the country and I want to go back! I want a farmhouse, chickens, goats, etc. I told Dan the Man as soon as the kids are older and off to college it's going down!

Well, I'm going to walk over to our Farmer's Market and get some veggies. One of my brothers is coming down for the weekend, and I'm going to bust out my "Garlic Chicken" recipe that I've been wanting to make....Calls for 12 cloves of garlic, so I'm sure you'll all be smelling me tonight! I'm making up a WW Waffle batter this morning that was on one of the old recipe boards, and let you know if it past the taste test. Only thing is I don't have any SF syrup, nor do I want to buy any, so I think I'll just put some "Simply Fruit" on top of it and call it quits!

Check in later....when EVERYONE is up and has had there COFFEE!!!:p

OK--does anyone know how to teach the kitty the difference between a weekday and Saturday????? Miss Belle did her best to get me out of bed at 6am this morning. Since I work at the church on Sundays--Sat is my ONLY hope of a morning to sleep in and I needed it today! Belle seems to think that my chirf role in life is to put food in her dish precisley at 6:30 am--whether it is empty or not!

There is a vet office in town with the following on it's sign:

"Dogs have masters.
Cats have staff."

Tell me about it.

Yesterday was not so good. I went to a chinese buffet for lunch and had stuff I shouldn't have. My calorie intake was ok, but the fat was way too high and, of course, the rice and egg roll wrappers were no-nos. My stomach is so torn up with the prednisone that I was siezed by the crazy idea that if I ate a lot it might make it feel better. In case any of you get THAT bright idea--let me assure it, it doesn't work. It felt no better or worse than before. In fact for dinner I had a huge bowl of SF pudding because all I wanted was something cool and soft (and I figured that was better than an entire quart of SF ice cream). Only three more days to go. On the bright side the rash IS clearing up. I'm resigned to the fact that I'm not going to lose any more weight until I get these drugs out of my system.

Today I'm going to Auburn's city-fest--a spring festival out in one of our prettiest parks. It is overcast and cool this morning, so it should be a good day to be outside. I'm campaigning for one of our gubernatoral candidates from 12-4 (Bob Riley for you Alabama girls). I always have fun at these things.

The board seems to have slowed down a bit towards the end of the week. It is easier to keep caught up--but I love the participation! I looked at the list of message baords on the 3FC site and it looks like this one is, by far, the busiest! Way to go girls--and Darimus (where are you?)

Nance and Gracious--On your recommendations, I'm going to see Murder by Numbers. The critics panned it, but I like Sandra Bullock--so I'm going to see it. I loved Miss Congeniality!

Yellow--I'm not help on the W/D. My little house has enough room for a washer--no dryer. My landlord, thinking he was being helpful, put the clothesline in the shade. Men (sorry Darimus--where are you?)

SEF--I was prowling around the internet the other night trying to find our when the next HP might be published. It has apparently NOT been delivered to the publisher yet--the earliest we could see it is Sept, but more likely December or after the first of the year. Lots of speculation that the movies are what is slowing it down since the producer wants Rowling to be on the set as they film.

For all the Mitford fans--a new Mitford book is due out in May! Father Tim and Cynthia are back in Mitford!

Also if you like the Mitford books, I reccomend the Miss Julia series by Ann B. Ross. The first is Miss Julie Speaks her Mind. The second, Miss Julia Takes Over, and the third--released just this week is Miss Julia Throws a Wedding. Be sure to read them in order.

Also recommended is the murder mystery series by Ann George--the first one is Murder on a Bad Hair Day. Hilarious!

Ok--I had no idea this post would turn into a publishing update and reading list--but hey it's time to begin thinking about those summer reading lists!

OK--got to go get ready for the festival!

Susan
300/230/150

Morning! After my splurge at the Mexican restaurant last night, it looks like I am down half a pound! Makes NO sense to me!

FILLISE: We have the same problem with our cat! He wants to go out at 6:15, after being fed at 6. He just does not understand why we don't want to be woken up. I guess he is justified, since we wake him up all the time! You know...he just looks so cute, you GOT to pet him!

ROSE: I recommend Maytag! That is all I will buy! I got a 20 year old Maytag when my first baby was tiny, tiny, so I could wash diapers. I used it for five years! I then got another Maytag to replace it, and have had it for almost 20 years, and it has NEVER had any problems! I have moved it twice, never had a service call on it, and it is going strong! You can't go wrong with a Maytag. I also like their dishwashers... I had one at my old house, and I am working on my hubby to replace the old Whirlpool in this house with a new Maytag!

NANCE: Yep, I am a professional cake decorator. I learned from my mother starting when I was about 8, and did my first tiered cake for my parents anniversary when I was about 15. I worked for Publix here in Georgia, and taught classes before that, as well as had my own little cake business when my kids were small. I wouldn't mind getting back into it. I am making a wedding cake for next weekend, and the groom's cake is a 3-d sculpted pig, in a policeman's uniform! (the groom is a policeman!) He will be holding a donut of course! The unusual sculpted cakes are my favorites, and what I do best.

FRUIT: Hope you are feeling better, and the pain goes away.

Good morning all! We took the kids to the donut shop this morning for a special treat. I got my usual...the egg rolls. Not OP but my one special cheat that I allow myself. Not really a cheat if I allow it? *smile* Then we stopped at a garage sale.

Let's just say I found a new favorite brand of jeans...LOL You know that size doesn't matter. But I can't help but feel good in a smaller pair of jeans. They might be the only pair of 8's I ever fit into..but man they look good. I told my husband it could be a 12 with a size 8 tag in them but it still does something to a woman's self esteem. *smile* I prayed they would fit and they did. So now I get to go to Robert's company picnic with a little extra bounce in my step. Which I really needed since this morning TOM came visiting and I felt like puffy the marshmellow girl.

I hope you are all having a safe, fun weekend. Full of good legal SB foods and friends.

Love,
Crystle

235/152/135

Hi gang

Just a quick post before we run out to graet nehew's 1st birthday party. called ahead and her menu is honey baked ham, potatoe salad, pasta salad, baked beans and chicke n salad. I will be taking asalad with me. Iguess I will eat the chicken salad, taking my own bread and taking triscuits along for snacks. Best to be prepared or go hungry.

No time to post to everyone, Hope everyone is having a nice weekend.

Got to run DD just came in from college.

Bye.

Jackie

Fillise - I have the same problem with Bandit, at 4:30A he wakes us up, everyday! Now the alarm is set at 5, and a second alarm at 5:30, where he gets 4:30A from is a mystery! Maybe he hates hearing the snooze button being hit over and over again! :lol:

<... I was siezed by the crazy idea that if I ate a lot it might make it feel better.>
I do the same thing, but it's usually because of TOM! I rationalize that the weight of the food will hold down the cramping of the uterus! :dizzy:

Fruit - IVP's aren't bad. The worst thing about them is the "cleansing" you have to do the night before!

I had 2 of them. I find out the second one wasn't even necessary! The urologist had the gall to tell me he didn't order it! Well his staff sent me a postcard telling me that I needed one BEFORE I went to his office for followup. I told him I'd bring the postcard so he could see for himself! :mad:
In fact, for that visit, they'd sent me a follow-up postcard telling me to have a 3rd one! I argued that one, I didn't want all those pelvic x-rays. And they said that they had to ask the doc, and he agreed that I didn't need another one.
Sounds like they just check it off, as the follow-up postcards go out, whether you need it or not.
Looking at the big picture, the IVP's were normal, and I should be happy with that, even though his staff was incompetent. BTW, the IVPs were done at a hospital (not affiliated with the urologist) and the staff there were great - kind and supportive.

CountryMom -yay on the new jeans, you're right about the size tags. Back in HS, Jordache was my favorite brand. Their size 10 is actually a size 8, and so on down the line. I can't believe they actually sold any, when you have to buy one size larger in order to wear the right size! But they fit my body well at the time, and they weren't as pricey as other brands.

Monet320 - I've had the same thing happen, cheat and you lose #age. But I think it's a fluke (unless you're not eating enough), and certainly don't expect it to work all the time. Though, I have been testing that theory as of late. :s:

I am so happy that strawberries are in season - it's the little things!

Oh, here's an easy recipe. It's from Taiwan, called san bei ji (3 cup chicken). This recipe doesn't use any oil (like others out there), although a little sesame oil can be drizzled on afterwards. Add 3 cups water, 3 cups rice wine (not vinegar!), and 2.5 cups red. sodium soy sauce. Buy an herb package labeled "roast wine chicken" or similar at any Oriental FS. Add 1 whole chicken cut up (I use 12 chicken legs), and BIG slices of ginger (for easy removal). Boil 1 hr on medium heat. Good on the first day, but even better the second day. Enjoy!

Well, gotta go now.

HiedieHo All!!!

Well, my hiedie is a little higher today, although I still am not running any races. My get up and go has got up and left without me!!!! How do I know I'm feeling better? I did some stitchinglat night!

YELLOWROSE: Did I miss something? Four hours from Tx to SC? Whatta ya got? A Batmobile or something? You asked about W/D. I had the same experience as Monet only with Whirlpool, My SIL gave us hers when DS was born. I used it for years before replacing it with a new Whirlpool. My parents had very bad luck with Maytags so I stayed away from them. My GF has Sears' Kenmore and swears by their appliances. So I guess it's all in who you talk to!!!

NANCE: I've used a Garlic Chicken recipe from RS for years, uses chicken legs and three heads of garlic broke into cloves. It is delicious and really doesn't taste "garlicky". You have reminded me of it and will have to make it soon.

FILLISE: My GD has book number one in HP series wants two and three. She has already asked her aunt for the DVD which does not come out until May. I recently was lent the first in the Mitord series. Loved it, now I have to borrow number two.

Someone mentioned liking mysteries, which I love. BBC is going to have a mystery marathon. I'll be in hog heaven! The first one is Inspector Morse, who I think could put his shoes under my bed anytime!!! Shaw, the actor who plays him died recently.

FRUIT: Could not find St. Amand on the map, where is it? Wold be fun to meet Cyndi. Okay that's enough for now. Take care all!!!

Shirley :wave:

Hi,

I have caught up on the posts. ...again. Thank you Monet and Sef for the information on the washers. I would love some more comments from others who have good and not so good results.

Sef: I am in North Carolina right now, so, it wasn't a batmobile after all. I loved the image though.

How does everyone get the whole posts in color?I see the color selector but I have only been able to write like one sentence in a different color.

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. All this "book" talk makes me want to go read. Bye.

Good evening everyone

Hope you are all having a good weekend. I was out for a swim this morning then came back home to do some household chores which I had been putting off doing all week then out for some shopping this afternoon. I should be ettting supper ready but figure the later I eat the less time I will have to think about snacking this evening. It's amazing how I can foget about eating while sitting at this computer. :D

Yellowrose - I've used a Kenmore washer for years without problems. What type are you planning on buying? If I ever need a new one I would go for the front loader. My daughter and dil have both recently bought new washers and decided on the front loader and they are very happy with them. They cost quite a bit more than the top loader but are more economical to run as they use less soap and less water. Clothes also come out much drier and there is also an extra gentle cycle which is supposed to be good for items that would normally need to be washed by hand. I would love to have one but mine should last me at least another 10 years. :). If you go to the reply screen and look on the left of the screen where it says vB Codes (help) click on HELP and it will take you to a page that explains how to change the color and fonts, etc.

Toni - You were asking about Cream of Wheat, which is not legal as others have already commented on. Have you ever tried Oatbran Cereal? This is prepared the same way as cream of wheat and tastes similar. I often have this for breakfast, sometimes with a few frozen raspberries added.

Sef - I always liked the Inspector Morse mysteries. Another one of my favorites was Inspector Dalgliesh from the P.D. James mysteries. Have you read any of her books?

Fillise - Did the doctors ever find out what was causing your rash? I'm surprised you were put on steroids for a rash before trying something like an anti-histamine. Thanks for the tips on the books. I haven't read any of the ones you mentioned but will be checking them out on my next trip to the library. I'm reading a Janet Evanovich mystery at the moment - it's an easy read and quite funny. I'm too thinking about going to see the movie Murder by Numbers. May go this evening if I can get there in time.

Monet - I've had that happen to me too - losing after a cheat. Too bad it doesn't happen every time :lol:

Bye for now. :wave:

Marie.

Trying to work on a post for later, until then, here's some pictures from our SB GET TOGETHER from MARCH 2002 :)

This is a picture of all of us around, what else, THE FOOD!!!!

BOB & BIGK with their SKYLINE CHILI!!!!

Our host and hostess, VINCE and SOLSHINE!!!! :D

Here's the gang, see those in the back hogging and fighting over all the coffee!!!!

ROSALIE (Marie) and BIGK (Chris) on the pontoon boat ride we went on:)

BOB (Narda) & SOL (Sonya) on the boat:)

VESNOID (Vesan) and DEBELLI (Debbie) aboard the Titanic;)

This picture of ROSALIE, VINCE & SOL is better in person. It looks like ROSALIE is giving VINCE the flirtacious eyes!!!! MARIE????

Hi All: I have been pretty busy shopping today! I got the ds a new pair of roller blades – I got some new walking shoes - a cute little Igloo cooler to have for tomorrow when we go to the Park - I used an early birthday gift, money, from my parents for a shopping spree at Pier One and bought the house some new oriental themed candle holders and oriental spice and peach-ginger candles!! We used my gift certificate to Outback that the boss gave me for dinner tonight – I was very good! I am in the process of cleaning house because I have company staying over tonight. I rented some silly movies – Mr. Bean, The Full Monty, and some other stuff to watch with guests.

SEF – :D I love BBC’s mysteries!!! And, they are doing the marathon just for me, since it will be my birthday month – hahaha!!! I love Inspector Morse, Touch of Frost, Cracker, and Hetty Wainthrop, and many more!

Tonight I plan to break in my new walking shoes for a long walk with friend, kids and hound. I have stayed 100% OP – and I am hoping that WIW will be good to me!!! I am working on it!!!

Fruit – Hope they figure out what the prob is! Don’t need to be uncomfortable!!! The dye – xray – not bad – had it several times – I am prone to kidney stones. Of course they ask you if you are allergic to a million things – I believe it is iodine is why?

Jack-K – glad you had a good time at the show and were able to stay true to yourself with the food :)

Yellow – Sounds like you had a nice trip!!!

Nance – Love garlic and fresh veggies – sounds yummy, I will follow the smell to your house ;) Glad you thought the Crabigail was funny – she is upset with me at the moment because I put Advantage Flea stuff on her tonight and had to ruffle her gloriously tangled and filthy fur!

Fillise – I cannot help you much, but I do leave the kitties a huge full bowl of kibble 24 hours a day – the only time they ever bother me is if the doggy has nibbled on their food or had some of their water….

Country – Congrats on your new jean find! Maybe they are not mislabeled but all the other jeans are!

Monet – Glad to read your cheer with the loss of weight!!!!

Tree – What a zany doctor’s office! Chicken recipe sounds fantastic!

Deb – Hey great photos of everyone! Everyone is so cute!!! I would be right there fighting over that coffee myself! Hahaha

Well it is time for me to get off my tush and get to work!

Sabrina - Put the scale away and it is now whispering to me, "come weigh, come weigh, oh I am right here, come weigh"

Hey All:wave:

Figured I better get my butt on here before you all sent out a possee looking for me:o

Hope you enjoy seeing the pictures that I've posted thus far from our last get together that was in March. You have no idea just how much fun and how enjoyable it is until you've actually had the opportunity to meet such wonderful women. I hope when we post these pictures that they will make you want to join us even more come our OCTOBER GET TOGETHER IN NORTH CAROLINA!!!!

Nothing much doing down here. Went to a ton of garage sales today. Found a few things, though nothing exciting per se. Found Michael a suit jacket that I thought would fit him, Italian hand tailored-brought it home, was like it was hand tailored just for him- 50 cents, and best of all, he loved it! Got him a shirt as well, another 50 cents. Picked up two gorgeous dresses for ELI'S daughter, one being a Carole Little, 50 cents a piece. Found some movies for the kids to watch on car trips, a few odds and ends, mostly functional things, not a bad day. Came home and hit the hay for about 2 1/2 hours-I was pooped! Seems I've been singing that song a little too often lately!:^:

Today, so far, I've been really good with my eating. Not hungry like I was yesterday, and the days before that even. Hoping it was just a mid-cycle thingie I was going through-the scale isn't being nice to me either-ready to toss that sucker out the window-only thing is, it wouldn't have far to fall and probably wouldn't have any damage!


Going to try to get in as many replies as I can for now and will catch up with the rest later ;)

SOL, was good talking to you today-hope you like the pictures!!!!!:D Don't forget to check your calendar!!! PLEASE let us know what the Dr. says after your visit on Tuesday-hope it's nothing serious!!! What a guy that VINCE is, most guys wouldn't think of going. Glad to hear the hair turned out good and that you like it-get that picture posted for us to see the new doo!!!:D Good luck on the walk tomorrow-I'll be with you in spirit!!!

JACKK-sounds like you had a good time with seeing the hypnotist. If you ever see JOHN PINETTE who's a wonderful comedian anywhere near you, def. get tickets to see him-he's hysterical!!!! Oh, I'm sure that it's something I'm eating that's causing me to feel crappy-or at least I'm hoping!!! How'd the florist go??

COUNTRY, the catfish that I mentioned that was blackened, ROSALIE posted the recipe on one of the boards long ago. If you are interested I can get it for you-it's wonderful!!!! Do you buy your catfish, or catch it yourself?

SHMILY, love seeing that new picture of MADISON! She's not only adorable, but VERY photogenic!! Congrats to DH on the new job and the new hours-I'm sure having him home during normal hours will be nice for you:)

NANCE, trust me, if I had the $$$ I'd be making plans to come out-you know how I love California and being so close to Vegas. I'd def. be spending time at TJ's among other places. Nope, it's your turn to come East girlfriend!!!! How was the date with Dan the Man?? What did you end up doing - no intimate details after date night needed;)

SEF, I tried to call you from the old ROUND ROBIN idea I had thought of long ago-was a mtg. company-do I have the wrong number, or is this a home based business number? Thought I'd surprise you with a telephone call-oh well:^:

Okay, going to cut this off now and try to pick up a bit later. My WHITE TRASH SHOW (COPS)" is on and I'm off to watch it. If I don't get back on tonight, will do so tomorrow and finish posting to everyone individually.

Have a great weekend, or at least what's left of it!!!

Debbie
194/125.5:mad:/129
SB since 3/22/00
Reached goal 6/10/01

Today was a blast. The company picnic had a mexican theme so there was tons of OP eats there. What's really funny is I was the only one of us to eat. And I piled it high. *smile* They had a caricature artist there..a money machine...games and prizes. We won a gift certificate for Steak and Ale or Benagins. That's gonna be nice. A date..*smile* I think the kids liked Elsie and Beuregard the best.

Nance...I wish I lived that close to a farmers Market. Hopefully in the years to come we will get this place to growing stuff. We had black gumbo clay so we really need a tractor before we can get it working. The tiller just won't cut the soil. I do have 8 tiny tomatoes in and a few peppers this year. So far no rain yet. Glad I didn't put a whole lot into it yet.

Tranquil...WTG staying OP this weekend. Weekends tend to be harder than the rest of the week. Hope the new walking shoes make for a nice walk this evening. You know I now have two pairs of 8's. I do not know what my mental block is with my 9's and 10's. I think because of being a 16-22 for so long I just really want to reach clothes goal. Which is a 7/8.

Deb...thanks for posting the photos. I love seeing you guys. You all look like you were having such a blast. As for the catfish..sometimes we catch them but mostly we buy them. I'm only 10 minutes from the lake but there never seems to be time to drop a line. And I LOVE to fish. I wish my pond had some cats. We put a few in there but who knows if they even made it. Maybe one day we will go out there and they will have multiplied.

Well, I'm gonna get and and answer some of these emails. I am an email junkie. *smile* There is no help for me. ((((hugzzz)))) all.

Love,
Crystle

235/152/135

Well, some of you will understand me when I say my dogs are truly my KIDS! Well yesterday they all had their yearly exam, and despite being given preventative... my Oldest Weimaraner has adult heartworms :( :( :(
We're very upset, and are going to have to scrape up the $$ to get him treated soon, to keep it from killing him. With both of us starting new jobs, we're playing bill catch-up and now this. It seems to be always something.

Saw my mom and step dad today... he's having more surgery monday, so keep him in your thoughts please. The doc expects at least 3 more weeks in Birmingham before he can come home, and then he said it will be MONTHS of rehabilitation before he will be able to do the things he did before. He told my mother that his surgery has a 90/10 rate of survival.... and she thought that was good until he told her that open heart surgery has a 98/2. He said once you start cutting into the intestines/colon... you run a risk of infection from the waste matter... and the patient can die from sepsis. We're praying that we dodge the 10% :)

Well... I'm going to get ready for work... didn't get much rest last night or today, so I'm hoping I can stay awake all night for work!!

See you all when I can be awake and NOT in a hurry if that happens sometime this year :)
Still taking my lunch and staying OP... don't think I'm losing much though, I'm having a rough time eating enough because I'm sleeping all the darn time.

We had a wonderful day today with the family. Hubby, me and the three kidlettes headed to the Bay of Funday and went to the Irving Nature Park, just outside of St. John. It was a gorgeous day for it, sunny but not hot or cold...just a nip of the ocean in the air. We went on one of the hiking trails and got some good exercise from it. Took some great photos and had lots of fun. We picked rocks on the beach and took home a couple of dozen to make into a rock garden at the side of my house where I planted some annuals last year.

Had dinner out at a friends place with a group of folks. Lively debate and great fellowship...the only bad thing was the dinner. It was homemade chicken pot pie and homemade bread with a variety of preserves. I ate a small serving of the chicken pot pie and was so sad there was no salad. I eyeballed the bread but didn't have any, although it looked sooo good. I had brought a fruit plate of canteloupe and grapes so I had some of that when she brought out the homemade steaming cinnamon buns with icing. Oh my....a tempting evening, but all in all I did great even though I had to eat some of the pot pie...which was very yummy.

I am getting the final touches on the church bulletin for tomorrow so better get going. A good night, but a long night. Oh..bonus for us was that the college girl I took out to dinner, shopping and the movie last night babysat for us tonight for FREE!! and she folded my laundry!! Doesn't get any better than that :)

NANCE- I live in New Brunswick now..the maritimes on the east coast of Canada. We have the Atlantic ocean out this way and of course the Bay of Fundy which boasts the highest tides in the world. We are just an hour from the ocean so it makes a nice family trip. Not too far for the kids and long enough for me and hubby to enjoy our coffee.

Good night, y'all.

We finished painting the great room tonight! I am really excited. I love to finish projects! (completing projects is something I struggle with...I am great at starting them! LOL )


Today is the first day I have been on the Glucophage that it has made me feel so sick. I was dizzy, and nauseated. I hope it helps with the weight too, which is what the doctor thinks anyway. My last visit he asked if I was feeling hypoglycemic, and I said some, and his reply was good! Mean man! I guess that shows that it is working.

BETH: I am sorry to hear about your dog. I know that the treatment for heartworms can be expensive. What a hard thing to come on the heels of so much other stressful stuff! Thankfully, you got the job you wanted.. Will be praying for you. Sounds like your step dad has improved some if they think he can handle the surgery?! Will be keeping you all in my prayers.

Good Sunday Morning!!!!

Just got in from doing 4.5 miles and honestly, I can't even tell you how I did it. I only had 2 hours of sleep last night! I layed in bed until it go light enough outside to go and I went AND had a decent time at that 44:15!

Well, I can finally say that I had a full fledged wonderful eating OP day yesterday!!!! Okay, I didn't have my full allotment of calories, wasn't as hungry as I have been, and really didn't worry about this for the day, but EVERYTHING I ATE was totally OP and journaled and I finally, for the first day in a long time felt empowered! I'd have days where I was able to get by 100% until the evening and then kaboom, screw up, yesterday, thank goodness, was totally different!!!!:spin: Here's waht I ate:

6.8oz raspberries
1 sl sf bread
4oz drained tun (1 can)
.3oz lf mayo
1oz chopped onion/celery
2 lf hot dogs
1 sl sf bread
1oz 75% reduced fat cheese
3.9oz apple
10.2oz steamed zucchini
1oz 75% reduced fat cheese
1/2oz grated Pecorino Romano cheese
3.5oz sf spgti sauce
1tbl real cranberry juice

that's everything that passed through these lips with the exception of water, which I had at least 1.5 liters of:) Scale is back down a pound today, but still up big time from my low. Hoping this is the usual downward trend I see right after mid-cycle-praying!!!

SEF, was scouting through the recipe boards for a recipe SOL had posted and stumbled across your recipe for ZUCCHINI PARMESAN which is what I made for dinner last tonight-it was delicious!! THANKS!!! I see you mentioned that you like mysteries-do you read Patricia Cornwell, sorta mysteries, I guess.

MONET, don't start worrying about the wedding, doesn't help and I highly doubt that you will have anything fall at the waistside and not get things done perfectly. How big is the cake going to be that you are creating? Loved that joke!! LOL!!!

GRACIOUS, you should of been hopping in the shower with hubby instead of hopping on the board-though I must commend you on putting your priorities in order;) Thanks for the movie review. MBN didn't get a good rating down here, but I'm glad to know you liked it, as I know many times I've liked a movie that didn't get a good rating by the critique. Good job on the scale. I'm posting some info I found on starchy carbs on Tuesday that you may find interesting, as I did. Sounds like the family had a nice day together-pictures were taken, eh? Does that mean we'll see some of them on the board soon???

FRUIT, glad to hear the Dr. didn't find anything, though if you are still having the pain I hope he finds out why and what's causing it soon!! Oh girl, no way on G-ds green earth would I be prego, but thanks for the offer of wanting to take mine if I were-though, sometimes I'd surely give you my two teenagers if you had the same offer available;) PLEASE come down and kick BOB'S butt, she needs it-problem is, she likes stuff like that:s: Hey, I'll help!!!

ROSE, who's this ALLISON KRAUSS? Never heard of her. Congrats on being down another 1/2 pound-wish I could say the same. I've heard of CURVES, but just word of mouth, none down here. I know VIV joined them and loves the place-maybe she'll hop on the board and give you her opinion. For color in your text, if you can do one line you can do them all:) Just hit [color=and then the color] write your text and then you want to finish that part by ending it with /color (and the two brackets around that, just didn't want to put them and you not be able to read my discription). Viola! Did I explain that, or just confuse you now?

NANCE, sorry I missed you-did DAN THE MAN tell you I called? Was in the car, picking up the kids (Michael and Sean) and thought I'd give you a ring. So, how were those WW waffles, curious minds are dying to know!!!

FILLISE, sorry, I can't interject my 2 cents about the cat, no experience. Sorry to hear how lousey you felt after the Chinese food. Not fond of the stuff myself even off SB, tend to chose Thai if I had an inkling for that type of food. Family loves those big Chinese Buffets that are popping up all over recently, I loathe them.

MONET, take that 1/2 pound loss and DON'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS!!!! Hoping you'll take a picture of the police cake you are making-just dying to see some of your creations already!! Congrats on getting the great room done. I am definitely a bad one for starting a project and never finishing it. I always say my house is a never ending project in one way or another.

COUNTRY, donut shop and you got egg rolls???:?: Something just doesn't seem right in this picture!!! Did you find those pants at the garage sale?? That's the best, when you find stuff you really want at them-it's a natural high!!! Glad to hear you and the family had a good time at the picnic AND won a great prize! I too like to fish! We always have a wonderful time whenever we SB GALS get together-hope you can join us one day soon!!!

JACKK, hope you had fun at the party!!!:)

TREE, wish I had a fluke like you mentioned with eating off plan and losing-I think I get gyped when it comes to things like that. Okay, on that chicken recipe 2.5 CUPS of soy sauce??????????? Sounds like a sodium nightmare-just checking to see if this is correct.

ROSALIE, putting chores off for the week, I beat you, how about putting things off for years! I keep meaning to do them and they just get being pushed farther and farther in the back of my mind!!! Check out the pics, esp. the last one I posted of you giving VINCE the "eyes"

TRANQUIL, sounds like you had a very productive shopping spree-you would make BOB very proud! I LOVE THE FULL MONTY, hated Mr. Bean. Next year, the FULL MONTY is going to be playing here as a play-definitely going to see that!!!! Glad you liked the pics, have some more to post, just need the time!!!

BETH, sorry to hear about the dog. I'm sure you'll take care of the problem. I love dogs and hate to see something like that happen. I'd love to have one, but my dog that passed away over 20 years ago was like my sister and honestly, as goofy as it may sound, I just can't handle having to go through losing another dog, it was devistating for the entire family-so I can sympathize having being faced with such problems you are having with your dog at this time. How is your Mom holding up with all that's going on with your Dad?? Wish I lived closer to be able to help out somehow, but at least you know that not only am I sending good thoughts your way, but we all are. Please let us know how tomorrows surgery goes with him.

Well, I'm gonna hightail it out of here and figure out what we are going to do today as I do NOT want to be sitting home all day.

Will check in later. Please remember, tomorrow is MOTIVATIONAL MONDAYA so if you have any good stories, quotes, etc. that you think we'd all enjoy, please, try to post it tomorrow!!

Have a great Sunday!!!

Debbie
194/124.5/129
SB since 3/22/00
Reached goal 6/10/01

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING!!!!

Stayed up late last night watching some Murder Mystery movie called "The Spiral Staircase" and it didn't finish til 12:00 midnight, WAAAAAAYYYYYY past Cinderellas beauty sleep hours, but I had to see the ending.

Yellowrose We have a gym called "Curves" here, that a few of my friends belong to. It's a gym just for woman, and they sound like they have it set up real neat, and there's more assistance than most gyms. Your daughter should enjoy it...just a plus not to have any men around watching your cheeks turn bright red while you sweat! Re: colored sentences...you can just keep on typing and it will go and go and go, it's not just the framed space that you see. Give it a try!

Fillise The Vets saying was funny...ain't that the truth about cats a dogs! We're just down to 2 dogs right now, but there will be a bird joining the household, thanks to Grandma buying a birdcage with all the fixings for my daughter's B-day present. She is going to get a parakeet!

Monet You have to take a picture of that Groom's cake! Sounds too cute! What color did you paint your great room?

CountryMomCongrats on the new jean size....I can only imagine what a great feeling it would be to be in a single digit jean size! Did people notice your weight loss at the picnic? Where about in Texas do you live? Dan and I drove through...I think it was on hwy 60?, and passed through Abaline....it's all a blur, we were on a mission to get him from Kansas to California
and were pluggin 10 hour driving days in a u-haul so it wasn't the kind of trip I normally like to do. I'll have to bust out my map...Texas sure is a BIG state!

Jack-KGood for you planning ahead...something I would probably never think to do when going to someone else's house!!

Tree Where about in Az. do you live? Drove through Flagstaff (which was beautiful) once on our way back to the desert from Kansas. We also went through Phoenix, which is just HUGE!!!

SEFYou'll have to post your garlic chicken recipe so I can compare! Mine turned out very moist. I was sick about John Shaw passing away...I loved him. Did you ever see "A Year in Provence" that he did? I was sooooo funny, I loved it based off the book by Peter Mayle...he portrayed him in the movie.

Tranquil Candles at Pier One Imports...how could you even make a decision? That store is trouble with a capital "T". Let me know how the "Full Monty" was...I still haven't seen it! I'm way behind on flicks! In regards to the scale calling you...and me saying "Don't do it" Temptation overcame me yesterday, and got on thinking FOR SURE I was down at least 3 pounds and I had gained a pound! :mad: and I have been soooooooo good, but haven't been on drinking my water, so I need to get it in gear before Wednesday, because there needs to be an adjustment on
seen on the metal monster!!!!

DebSorry I missed your call...was playing Major Taxi Mom yesterday. The WW Waffles were....well..."heavy" for lack of a better word. Can't say I'm dying to make them again, but I made your crustless Cheesecake for dessert and it was great!

Beth-Prayers for your SD and Doggie....I know what you mean about the doggies...we have two, Floyd and Trixie and they are like our kids!

Gracious-Sounded like you had a nice day! You mentioned you took photos, so I hope you can find your way to a scanner to share them with us! I can't believe you go through that dinner....and dessert! I would have been having a most difficult time surviving through that!


Well.....I need to get into action, jump in the shower, and get ready for church! Will check in later! Hope eveyone has a great day!

Can't believe this is Sunday and I lost a day not doing a thing. I've made a pact with myself to get busy today. So I've done my walking and got my comforter in the wash and next comes the dreaded kitchen. I've piled enough stuff in there for a few days so out it comes.......Hopefully buy this evening it will be cleaned and I'll have me a nice zuchnni quiche made today for lunch or part of my dinner. Also got to box something up to mail in the morning. So get that butt in gear!!

Nance- Bet you're dragging this morning! I'm waiting to watch that spooky one tonight with Ted Danson. We have 3 dogs and two cats and I swear never never never. One cat is 15 years old and one of the dogs is 13 so they're pretty slow moving!!! Still allot of work and expensive and a general pain in the butt.

Debelli- Oh my gosh how did you do it.... Congradulation on your eating!!! Hope your weight loss is great this week. Sounds like you did pretty good yard saleing. They ought to start here soon.... I watch COPS to and watched it last night... Love to sing the song..."Bad boys bad boys"

Monet-Yea for you getting finished with the painting!! I'll bet its great... Sorry the Glucophage made you so sick....

Gracious-Sounds like you had a wonderful day with your family. Makes me yearn a bit for when my kids were little. I said a bit.... Oh dear on the food at your friends house. who wouldn't have thought there'd be a salad. You sure did well. You should give yourself a pat on the back!!!!

Beth2374-I'm so sorry about your dog and the heartworms. Those are so dangerous. Our pets and (babies) keep us in hock! My oldest dog is 13 with the my precious boston terrier being 10 and then we have a blue heeler. Our kids are grown and they're our little ones now and keep us company when everyone is gone.. I'm so sorry things are still so rough for your SD and Mother and I'm sure praying for them. You're doing so well Beth and should be proud of yourself with all the stress you have. Take care of yourself......

CountryMom-What a wonderful company picnic and oooo I love Mexican. Wow and winning a dinner out. Yee haa girl.....

Tranquil-Ahhhh I love Pier One I want to go there!!! Hope the new walking shoes work out to be oh so comfortable. Hope ya had fun with your company....

Well I'm off for now, stomach is growling and I'm making brunch....
Be back later, happy Sunday

213/194/130

Good Sunday Morning

Well the scales weren't very kind to me this morning. I was up 2 1/2 pounds from my usual which really didn't surprise me as I had a BAD eating day yesterday. I even had a Mars bar - the first one in almost three years - after a fast food dinner so I deserved what the scale said this mroning. To-day I plan on being TOTALLY op. I had whole grain cereal for breakfast, will be having trout and green peas for lunch and steak and beans for dinner. Maybe some strawberries for dessert. Now if only I can keep away from snacking for the day. That will be the biggest trial. I was hoping to get out in the garden to-day to put down some new soil but woke up to miserable weather, a little bit of slushy snow during the night and raining all morning. I may go for a swim a little later.

Tranquil - Hope you had a good walk in your new shoes.

Deb - Yeah, that does look like I am giving Vince the look out of the corner of my eye. Don't remember what it was all about tho. Maybe trying to avoid the glare from the camera :lol:. Sounds like you had a really good day at the garage sales. Doesn't it make you feel good to get such good deals. WTG on staying totally op yesterday. I can relate to being op all day then wanting to snack all evening. Happens to me quite often.

CountryMon - Glad you had a good time at the picnic.

Beth - So sorry to hear about your dog. They say it never rains but it pours. You have certainly had your share of stress lately. I hope things turn around for you soon. I hope your sd's surgery is successful tomorrow. I will be sending good thoughts your way.

Gracious - Sounds like you had a wonderful day at the ocean yesterday. My late hubby and I did a trip to the east coast about ten years ago. We toured around Nova Scotia then crossed over to New Brunswick. We stayed in Moncton for a couple of days and went to a beach just a few miles from Moncton. I can't remember the name of it but it was a beautiful area. WTG on resisting the bread and those cinnamon buns. I can't understand anyone makng a meal without any salad or veggies.

Monet - Glad to hear you got the painting finished. I know what you mean about getting things finished. It is always so much easier to start a project. I have a few embroidery and knitting projects stashed away in my cupboard somewhere :lol:.

Nancemeister - Hope you were able to sleep in this morning after youy late night movie watching :).

Well I had better go and get some lunch ready if I want to be in time for a swim this afternoon.

Bye for now.

Marie.

Well, The Full Monty was funny and touching at times too. The new shoes are very comfy - Skechers. House smells delicious. Kids are up and in a few we are going out for a walk...to work off the lunch I just made everyone - we had turkey burgers cooked on my George Foreman grill :D - everyone else was allowed ketchup - I stuck with a spot of mustard and a slice of a Garlic Pickle - yummy!

Beth - Wishing you the best with getting those doggies fixed up! I know heart worms is a scary business to deal with - but thanks to modern medicine we can treat our furbabies and help them live longer happier lives. Hoping things get better with your SD.

Toni - Zucchini Quiche sounds yummy and so good! I will be right behind you with the wash!!

Nance - hope that mystery pound is gone plus two by WIW!!!!

Deb - your an inspiration of healthy eating! No way can I see you gaining weight eating like that!!! Your WIW ought to be a nice one!!!

Gracious - sounds like such a wonderful weekend you have had!

Rose - I am with Deb, who is Allison Krause :)

Well I better get to business and get this circus on the road! Hope everyone has a good day and an OP one while your at it!

Sabrina :dizzy:

HI,
i am new to this forum...I am following a low carb diet. I am learning allot by reading the post. I do not have the sugar bust book, and i will not be able to buy one where i am from.


What I do know are what carbs a good.....All of by meals are sugarless and low glycemic.....

I have 20 more pounds to lose (i have lost about 80), I am becoming frustated that the last 20 are not coming of...

:?: so i have decided to do a maintainence plan, to give myself a break from the stressful dieti

HiedieHo All!!!!

Although my throat is still scratchy, I am feeling better today. Not the full me, but just about!!!

I am going to reply to some posts while they are fresh in my feeble mind!!!

TRANQUILL: We will have to compare notes on all those BBC mysteries!!!! Iodine is indeed the reason for asking so many questions before an IVP. That is one of the reasons they will ask if you are allergic to shellfish, as that has a strong iodine content.

DEB: I e-mailed you my phone number and a lot of other junk I should be ashamed to write!! I still like the Round Robin idea. The photos are great, so nice to put face and names together. You have given me another author to look into but "sorta mysteries"? Either they are or they aren't I think.

ROSALIE: I have never read P.D. James, but I have seen Inspector Dalgiesh on TV and liked him.

COUNTRY: I know what you mean by e-mail junkie. I have to check my e-mail a couple of times a day lest I miss something that could have probably waited til later. I love to write and correspond with several people, two are from GB and one from OZ as well as the good ole US of A.

BETH: Good thoughts are being sent your way for all your problems. Special ones for your Mom and SD, especially your Mom. Your SD is getting constant care but people often forget the partner or primary caretaker. It can be a terrible drain on mind and body. I am not saying you aren't caring, want to make that clear before someone jumps on my case. I'm just saying anyone in that position needs TLC too. Even you, running back and forth and worrying about your Mom and all, need some extra TLC! Illness causes a ripple effect for those near and dear.

NANCE: I know what you mean about John Shaw. When I read about his death I felt saddened too. Although "A Year In Provence" sounds familiar I don't know if I have seen it. I did see the one where he was a priest in an Italian town during WWII but can't remember the title.

I have a question. As you may have known from my posts, I have been struggling of late to manage my woe. Although I don't eat no-nos, I do eat too much of yeses! Although I love to write and am a steady person I have not been good with the journaling thing. Would anyone mind if I journaled here for a few days? When you come to that post you can skip over it. Maybe if I make a promise to others I will keep it as I always do, it's just myself who I must think is not worthy of a kept promise!! If no one objects I will start tomorrow. I do need help.

Well, enough is enough! Will check in later. Take care, Shirley :wave:

Well I must say I have had a busy weekend. It is much more difficult for me to read and reply on the weekends so I have to apologize for not replying to individuals, although I have read through all the posts. Back to normal tomorrow!

Just popped in to say hi and get my last post in before Debelli closes this one down.

Nance - I live in a little town called Casa Grande. I think the name refers to the Casa Grande Indian Ruins, not the town, cause it ain't no "big house" :lol: . It's between Phoenix and Tucson. We are planning on moving to Tucson soon. I'll be happier in a bigger city, but I dread moving with all it's inconveniences. I actually prefer Tucson to Phoenix, it's less "manicured" if you know what I mean. Phoenix is Huge, and getting bigger all the time. I wouldn't doubt that 10-20 years from now, everything between Tucson and Phoenix will have been filled in with residences and the like.

Toni - I have a blue heeler too! They are the coolest dogs, but boy do they have a mind of their own! He's constantly testing the boundaries... :dizzy:

Deb - yeah 2.5cups, but it's reduced sodium soy sauce. Now you cook the chicken in that, then remove it - it's like a cooking marinade. You'll be left with soy sauce & rice wine soup, which goes down the drain - for heaven''s sake don't drink it :s: ! The chicken goes great with brown rice, and stir-fried veggies. I guess I shouldn't post the recipe for Salty Chicken, eh? ;)

Beth - I hope the heartworm medicine does the job for your wiemaraner. :angel: In Arizona, valley fever is pretty prevalent. It's in the soil, and with the way Bandit digs... Well I convinced DH we needed to buy pet insurance, after seeing what a friend went through with her dog. The price for a year was what we were paying in vet bills anyway - he's a very active dog. So if anything major happens, he's covered (x-rays, exams, and surgery, no prescriptions, vaccines, nor medicines) minus the deductible.

Here's a recipe I found on a chile lover site -
Mulato Chili w/ Cocoa
4 dried mulato chiles (very HOT)
1 onion chopped
2 T oil
1 t cinnamon
1 t garlic salt
1 T oregano
1 T cumin
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 lg cans stewed tomatoes
tomato juice for thinning

Add at end:
2 t unsweetened cocoa powder
1-1/2 c cooked black beans

Soak chiles in hot water for 25min until soft. Saute onion in oil until translucent. Add garlic, chile, spices + stewed tomatoes w/ juice. Simmer 25min. Add cocoa powder and black beans. Stir well. If the chili is to thick , add tomato juice to desired consistency.

Really good - very filling. I didn't have the chiles, so I left them out. I used 1 15oz can of black beans. I only used 1 can of stewed tomatoes, and mixed in 1/2# cooked ground beef at the end. Enjoy :T

Hi,

Another wonderful day here in NC. I’m mad though…I remember seeing a recipe for a crustless quiche that is made with feta cheese and I can’t find it. I will look more later.

Rosalie: Thanks for the information on theVB code Help. I will play with it.

Deb: Allison Krauss and her group Union Station plays Blue Grass type music,.like from the movie, “Oh, Brother Where Art Thou” movie. Thank you also for the help with the color. I type in Word and copy/paste, so I hope it will work. If this is in color, you know it worked. Ha!

Nance: Thanks for the comments on Curves. My daughter usually does not exercise, so, if she likes is, it must be pretty good. She says they have a circuit set up and you are through in 30 minutes. I would like that part. I guess one would still need to get a walk, etc during the week.
I love the movie, The Full Monty but it has some rather sad parts.

Beth: That is terrible about your little dog. You have had your share of bad Karma for awhile and it is time for life to be better to you and your family.

Lowco: Welcome to the board…you will find plenty of help here to get rid of those last pounds. Having already lost 80 pounds you know you can do it.

Sef: I vote yes for the journaling…I bet it will be of help to all of us.

Hope you all are having fun day.

Took me a day to catch up on the posts and now I can't remember who said what! I got back from Columbus yesterday evening. The drive back wasn't bad, but on the way out, the PA. turnpike was CLOSED for 50 miles due to a horrendous truck accident at one of the tunnels,so I saw lots of little towns in the mountains while creeping along at 20 mph behind semis that could barely make it up and around. Then when I got to Columbus, the only way I know to get from the interstate to the university was CLOSED, so I bumbled my way through downtown, then I got to the hotel and they had lost my reservation. Trip from H^&*$&#!! Luckily they did have a room, and tempted as I was to visit the bar first, I headed out to watch DD and the OSU team beat the skirts of the Penn State team. I'm proud to say I stayed OP at the tailgate, did not hit the bar later, and even stayed OP at breakfast buffet the next morning. All I could think about on the drive home was how much I wanted to go for a run. I sure hate these long drives. I went for a long run before I even unpacked the car, much to the dog's delight, and feel human again. Was rewarded this morning by being back at 135! Hope it holds or dips by Wednesday.

Sounds like you all have had a busy and chatty 3 days!

To the mystery lovers: I just finished PD James' latest: Death in Holy Orders, very good, very PD James. I also love Elizabeth McGovern and Elizabeth George, and all the PBS Mystery shows. I just wish those writers would crank out the books faster!

I also just finished a non-mystery, The Poinsonwood Bible. Very insightful, sad, but a wonderful book. I think it was an Oprah book a while ago, but I just couldn't seem to get into it at first. Finally picked it up again, and couldn't stop.

Bob-I know I'm a few days behind, but I second(or third by this time) Nance's sentiments. Come Back! And put me on your email list!

Nance- sounds like you are off to a roaring re-start! Good going, and I really enjoy your posts. Don't stay away so long again.

Beth- Thoughts to you and your family. Even the dog now! I bet you are about ready to be beamed to some desert island. Hang in there, life's got to get easier.

Deb- Glad to hear you are feeling more yourself and the garage sales were a sucess this week. I finally weaned myself off garage sales. I just can't fit anything more into this house. Need to have a few here, but its just so much work. Have fun with the weight training class. I think you'll get hooked when you see the amazing results you can achieve with this WOE and lifting!

Yellow- I got rid of my grandmother's Maytags two years ago when we moved- they were 30 years old and still working, but I didn't want to move them again. Bought new Maytags. They seem fine so far.

OK- the timer is beeping to tell my my hair dye is cooked- gotta go rinse!!!

bye for now,

mel

175/135/135 first goal, now 130 SB since 7/24/01

I MADE IT! :D

I walked 10 miles today in 3 hours 15 minutes. I was totally dragging a** for the last mile and that's where my time went splat, I'm sure, but I finished 10 miles. I don't know that I've EVER walked that far in my whole life!! :smug:

I'm just so excited (and sore) that I had to get on here and share my excitement with my cyber-friends. I'll get to personal posts tomorrow.

MONET I was on 500mg of Glucophage for a year and last week my Endo upped my prescription to 1000mg. She said to take it in the evening with my dinner and that should help with the side effects. Don't know if they told you that, but maybe it will help. If you're already doing that....I'm very sorry! I'm lucky, I guess. I haven't had any side effects - of course that could be that I'm not taking enough.

Gotta run watch the end of my NASCAR race. :cool:

:wave: have a great evening!!!

I went swimming today. The water was SO cold, I could not feel my legs or feet when I got in! Something about swimming in cold water is very invigorating! I have a theory that it helps speed up your metabolism so you will maintain a normal temperature. I guess I will see if I am right on WIW! :lol:


SOL: You must take the long acting Glucophage. I did take that for a month, then the doctor decided to try me on the type you take three times a day. I have to take it with meals, and my total for the day is 1500mg. It seems to upset my lower GI tract, as well as make me woosy. But, if it helps the insulin resistance, I can put up with the side effects a while! I can REALLY put up with it if it would help me lose weight! :) I am impressed with your 10 miles! Wow!

SEF: Have you ever read any of the Lord Peter Whimsey mysteries by Dorothy Sayers? They are really good. She was a don at Oxford, and in a club called the Inklings with C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkein. I love her books. I think the BBC did a few for television, but I have not seen them on the air in years.

Hey girls

Just a quickie cause I'm wiped out!

SEF: You couldn't find it on the map cause it is really spelled St. Amant - look for that instead of St. Amand and you'll see where it is. It would be nice to meet there - we are still on for the 18th of May huh?

Ok - I'll post more tomorrow - promise!

Missy
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Well yuch tomorrow got to go back to work - Monday Blues here again! I am going to force myself to start getting back into the habit of working out at the gym at lunch time - I belong to one around the corner at the JCA - and I got out of the habit of going - so back to cycling on my lunch hours and a bit of weight training...

My quiche: Small package of broccoli florets sauted with onion, a frozen green giant package of spinach (no sauce) cooked, a chopped chicken breast (used the food processor to get it in bits), 6 eggs beaten up in a bowl with 1 c. of milk
(I use 1%), small package of shredded swiss cheese, and a small package of cheddar shredded, a sprinkle of Morton's Nature's - I put meat and veggies in dish - top with cheese - and then pour eggs and milk mix over it - baked it at 350 for about 35-40 minutes when knife came out clean....

Tonight I had ww pasta - needed the pasta badly!! Sauteed fresh broccoli with garlic and olive oil, then served a cup of pasta for myself sprinkled with parmesan and topped it with the broccoli - fabulous - hit the spot on the first real carb craving attack I have had since starting.... but I am still OP since it was ww pasta! :)

Well good night all - Sabrina

OK... I have another UTI. I'm calling the doctor tomorrow morning, and I'm going to see if she will refer me to a urologist. This is crazy. I get them all the time... and they just hit me like a load of bricks. This morning, I was fine, and in a matter of 2 hours I go from fine, to going every 5 minutes with severe PAIN. Why does it come on so FAST??? I can feel my bladder having spasms when it comes on like that.... ok I know TMI, but I was hoping the nurses might know something I dont... LOL.

Off to work... have a lovely night everyone... I'll be on my first shift ALONE ... locked in that office in a dark courthouse... and I'm taking the new Stephen King book to keep me company..LOL!!

Yeah.. I am crazy why do you ask? :)

HiedieHo All!!!!

Checking out Board waiting for Nero Wolfe to come on.

TREE: My DS lived in Tucson for a year or so. I visited them. I was not impressed. Tooooo brown I think. We did go up to the mountains to go through a cavern whose name escapes me and that was a little better. When we visited Grand Canyon we went through the mountains arouind Flagstaff and I thought that part of the country was beautiful. One thing I did like....the signs that say "dangerous curve 65 mph" that's my kind of speed!!! I have a lead foot!!!

LOWCO: Welcome, it's a nice supportive group of people here.

MEL: Isn't it lovely getting lost? Years ago when PA TPK was new, it wasn't very well marked, we missed an exit and backed up about two miles to get back to it!!! I was probably driving and we sped right past it!

MONET: I love cool swimming. In the Poconos most of the lakes are spring fed or mountain stream fed and they are cold all year long. It's easy to find the source as the water gets icy over the spring. You have to move more to keep warm and that ups your metabolism for sure. Another author, I'm making a list. I guess everyone wants me to read more!!!

Tomorrow is a new beginning for me. I have been doing some deep thinking, and even though I haven't been good, I haven't deserted all I've learned since being on this plan. If my inner self won't let me abandon it why should I. I can't fight myself. So I am going back to the old Shirley of the last year or so. The old, old Shirley of times before that we can forget!!!

Take care all!! Thanks for being here. You are all my :angel: :angel: :angel:

Shirley

Hi!

It's me again!!!

I must have skipped as there were a couple of post I missed!!!

FRUIT: I did look up St. Aman.......anything in the city index and didn't find any spelling. What's it near? Yes, I am ready to meet somewhere on the 18th? Melf? What about Thunderwoman? Or is it TV? I know there are four from LA - Slidell, Jena, Abbeville and Thibodaux.

BETH: HOPE IT'S NOT TOO SPOOKY! tAKE CARE, SHIRLEY

It's a new week, so here's the new link!!!!!


http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?postid=196117#post196117

See you all there!:D


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