General Diet Plans and Questions - Booty Camp January 2003 - Thread #2

Hi Everyone this is Thread # 2 and I have changed the name to "Booty" camp to inject a little more humor into our health and fitness efforts..Again for all "newbies" this is a forum and thread designed to give you help, kindness, and support in your journey. We generally, along with following our own food plans, try to incorporate the recommended daily allowance of water, and some type of exercise into our plans. However, all are welcome here...please join us.

And for all of those who are coming over from the Boot Camp January 2003 thread...front and center recruits :drill:

Present and accounted for, ma'am! Thanks for the new thread, and I like the new name.

Aye aye, Sarge! Private Jello reporting for booty camp! ;)

Just checking in to say

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE!!!

Doin' the TGIF dance.... :dancer:

Ten-hut! Private Bright reporting for duty!

Excellent job on the name change, sarge! Keep up the good work!

TGIF! More later....

:wave:

DNW - This is so cute, I love the new name!

Jello, Cafe - I have been hibernating too and finally decided that since I like to get up so early any (it's currently 1:33 am) I eat my calories early in the day and go to bed early too. It's a little tough working all day with these hours but at least I'm not coming home and pigging out before going to bed at 7:30. I thougt about what Bob Greene said and while I know that it's not practical for some of you with husbands and families it works OK for me. There are definately temptations to eat when I get home and am tired especially since I have kids to feed but I'm doing much better since I quit eating dinner and have my main meal for lunch. I don't know about the rest of you but I tend to eat a lot more when I am tired am hope that when Spring gets sprung I can adjust back to somewhat normal hours. Sorry to ramble on like this and I hope I don't sound "preachy"

Anyways, I'm going to get in the shower soon, have to leave for the airport at 5:00 am. Wish you could all go with me! Have a good weekend and I will talk to you all when I drag my tired booty back home.

LJ

Shake, shake, shake...shake, shake, shake...shake your booty, shake your booty :dancer: :dance: :spin: :strong: :dancer: :dance:

Quilter please send me the crock pot receipes at ccilona@us.imshealth.com.

Also to all my dear my friends on the thread that is a great place to e-mail me during the day at work. Home is deadnursewife@yahoo.com (go figure!! :lol: )

Going to do a phone interview for a transfer to another position in work which will bring me up 4 levels, and a substantial increase. I am nervous about the change...I hate change..but I have to think about my future and I want a house desparately...along with the fact that the new job is in Contracts Administration and that seems to be a department in my company that is more stable than many others. Also as much as I love being an administrative assistant, I am tired of being low man on the totem pole. Although my people treat quite decently...well you know it's not the same as being on the same level as everyone else. Also I know the women I will be working, with, not for, and they are really nice, and have a lot of integrity. Wish me luck!!

Tiger: Glad to see things are better for you...boy you have a had a really unbelievable round of illness and bad luck in your family. I hope it has finally passed.

Huntress, Jello, and Brighter: glad you all came over and are comfortable with the new name...I always wonder how everybody on the thread will react to the things I put out there...you know for an old broad I am a bit radical, and sometimes people don't quite care for that.
It feels good to also know that I among among a bunch women who are strong and forge ahead with their goals in the face of a lot of temptation and a lot of adveristy.

Cafe and Dyan my best to you both and keep up the good fight!

Hello ladies, just a quick stop in to say hi. Had a couple of days that I was off program. Not any reason other than the junk was just handy and once I get started it's hard to stop.

I't still cold and we still have lots of snow on the ground. I've been trying to convience myself that I have to go grocery shopping but I just plain do not want to leave the house.

DNW, you remind me so much of my sister. She pretty much tells it like it is. I wish I could be more like that, usually I just hold everything in.

Well, guess I had better find my grocery list and head out before it gets any colder. Usually cold weather doesn't bother me but for some reason this winter has been harder.

Bye for now.

Hey everybody!

I just read a post on the old thread by Kayla! Hope she follows us over here.....maybe I'll slip her a note over there....

Busy weekend with the returns/shopping for bargains. Found a few nice things and got to return everything I took and found replacements! Yippee, skippee! "I love it when a plan comes together"!

Have the Bob Greene book and working on Phase one---looks like I'll be trying to take the stairs in my new office space (instead of that nice elevator).....wish me luck tomorrow! He says work on the activity part before tackling the food....I'm going in the program backwards since I'm on WW but maybe I'll just eat a few more points in the am so they won't find me passed out in the stairwell....???

Sorry, Sarge, haven't been posting points...last few days have been hectic and I haven't got as much sleep as usual. Gonna try for a nap this afternoon to catch up....that is if everything is quiet around here.

Made the Orange Pecan Chicken last night---it just tastes like the Uncle Ben's Long Grain and Wild Rice package with chicken baked on top---nothing really special about it and it costs 6 points per svg. I'm stuck eating it the rest of the week now! Oh well, in the name of science..... I just haven't found all the good recipes yet!

Take care all....I'm tired and gonna nap a bit,

"Bright"

Hey girls, did you all see my message on the last thread??? it was a big one!!! lol.....
just wanted to say hi...
luv
Kayla

Just a quick "HI". It's a Mantic Monday.
I'll be back.

:df:

I'm so depressed. You guys, I had a horrible weekend. :cry: Started last Friday after work when my car decided not to start. Waited for an hour and a half for the tow truck. Got to my mechanic around 7. Paid the guy $60. He was nice enough to give me a ride "almost home" so I only had to walk a couple blocks in the cold dark. Good thing the adrenilin was flowin'.

Rich had to work all weekend and so I was trapped at home. Tried to do some housework - actually got a lot of cleaning done. Scrubbed and painted the basement stairs. Ever see the cartoon about the guy painting himself into a corner. I painted myself into the basement! :o And THEN the phone upstairs rang. Anyway, also tore out a wall in the basement! Tried to keep busy and get stuff accomplished.

But know what else I did? I ate. I ate anything and everything I could find to eat. I ate until I was sick and then I ate some more. I was stressed and unhappy and cold and tired and disgusted, etc. etc. etc. So I, of course, ATE. :mad:

Got on the scale this morning. :( I am soooo not going to WW class this week. I simply CANNOT face it. I'm trying to pull myself together. I swear I'm going to be good from now on. But I'm so scared about my binging and my loss of control. I can blame emotional eating but how can I cure it!?!?!? :?:

OK, I'm through whining. I'm looking at a rough week here at work (hope it includes my review :rolleyes: ) but I'm going to try to behave food-wise. Maybe (just maybe) I'll actually get to a weigh-in this week.

See? I've gone from "I'm NOT weighing in this week" to "Maybe I'll weigh in this week". A step in the right direction I guess. :^:

Funny how I feel better just coming here. :love:

Good Morning Ladies. Well lets see, I was totally off program this weekend, but I did manage to get some more junk moved out of my house. I went through my secretarial and filled a huge trash bag full of old papers, bank statement etc. Wish I could just dump some flesh poundage that easy. (notice how I sort of skipped over the not being on program and went to something positive that I did.):D Hopefully I'm back on track this am. I didn't exercise all weekend either. Remember back sometime ago when I had that hurting in my lower stomach, well Friday afternoon it started again and hurt all Friday night. Thankfully it was gone Saturday morning, but I was still a little worried about exercising.

Oh yea, I tried a couple of new recipes from Low on the Go cookbook. All of the recipes are low fat and pretty simple. I've got red beans and rice for tonight, I'll let you know if it's a success or not. DH has already made that, I'm not going to like it face, when I told him what I was cooking.

Jello: I don't know what to say girl. If I were you I would still go to the meeting, you will get some encouragement and the rest of the week will be easier. (you are not the first to go to a meeting after a bad week) Sorry about the car, never happens when we need an excuse not to do something, right?

Hey to the rest of the gang but I better get to work and will check back later.

Good morning ladies! Sorry to report I did not have a good weekend - started Saturday when I arrived at my WW center and discovered everyone was outside because none of the employess came - nor did they. Now the snow was pretty much gone, the roads were clear and dry so there really was no reason not to have a meeting. And I really needed the inspiration. Went home and made a pot of vegetable soup for lunch then found my husband's chocolate stash which I destroyed bite by bite. I was so disgusted. Then I went out and bought him more so he wouldn't know I'd eaten it.

Got back on track yesterday. Came in to work today resolved to have a great week. Here comes the UPS man with a delivery. One of our clients works for Hershey Chocolate and sent us 50, yes 50, assorted bags of Hershey's candies. There are only 6 of us working here so we all get 8 bags. They are now in my drawer screaming at me. I'm going to tell my husband to find a new hiding place. I won't be eating any - I promise you.

We have a water leak at work so they had to shut off water to our building - meaning we have no restrooms working so I've had to curtail my water drinking.

It's like a day from He**. It can only get better.

girls, girls, girls....what are we going to do with ourselves. If Tiffany could see us now.
My weekend was sucky too...program wise anyway. On an up note, nothing terrible happened...no broken glasses, speeding tickets or trots. :p

Somebody want to stamp SUCKER on my forehead. I'm such a sucker when it comes to diet books. I bought the latest Bob Greene. The Get With The Program! Guide To Good Eating. 85 delicious , easy to prepare recipes. I'll let ya know if it was worth my money. I do like Bob, and I have his other books.

Hey Kayla! Nice you to see back. Congrats on the loss!

Good Monday, everyone.

I had a nice, calm, relaxing weekend. I was thinking about healthy food being worth the price and I bought myself some beautiful fresh, ripe, organic strawberries at the store... but somehow I ended up melting chocolate and dipping them. What was I thinking? :lol: Sigh.

Kayla - Nice to see you, girl! Glad to have you back with us. It's nice to hear that you're as busy and cheerful as ever. And a boyfriend too? Woo- Kayla's got a boyfriend......

My afternoon is SUPPOSED to be less busy, so I'll be back, I hope.

:grouphug:

:drill: Aten-Hut, recruits front and center....and lead us not into tempatation, but deliver us from chocolate. :lol:

Quilter: Here's an idea that should stop those screamin' :fr: chocolates. Why don't you take the 8 bags of candy and deliver it to your nearest food bank, homeless shelter, or battered women's shelter...poor people need candy too...you'll feel good for doing something for those less fortunate, and it will stay off your hips. Also if you can get some of your office mates to hand over some of their bags your going to make a lot of unfortunate kiddies happy.

Cafe: You'll be fine so don't worry about the strawberries...I don't see you repeating this behavior again anytime soon...right?

Tiger: Don't think you're a sucker. Seems to me you just want to stay motivated...I would be rolling my stomach around in a wheelbarrel in front of me if I didn't have my muscles and fitness mags delivered to me every month to remind me what I am aiming for. Good for you!!!

Semo: I've just acquired a taste for rice and beans and they ain't so bad...of course at our age there is always the aftermath ;)

Jello: No beating yourself up recruit :drill:....you did so much this weekend and so you freaked out on the food...consider this slip a good reason to get a strategy for eating for the next unplanned disaster. I usually drown my sorrows by blending frozen strawberries and splenda with about 2 quarts of selzter. By the time I am done drinking that I can't move and it only has 150 calories. You'll be fine... please go to the WW meeting, you need to share about this very common eating pattern that we all experience when we get stressed....

Kayla: :bravo: Congrats on the 20 lb. loss and we are very happy you still love us!!

Huntress and Brighter: Big hugs!!

Me: I have an interview in 10 minutes and I am ready to jump out of my skin...it always amazes me how I can help and offer direction to others and I so suck at it when it comes to me.

Love to all of you!!:grouphug:

Hey all,

Tomorrow is weigh-in and I've been busy but no formal exercise since last week....hope all the extra stairs I'm taking actually show up on the scale....

I had a bit of a sucky weekend, too! See, guys? It was everywhere! I was craving chocolate, big time, and could have use some of those strawberries dipped!

DNW---hope the interview went well! Thanks for the hug...fine idea for the chocolate for Quilter---wouldn't have thought of that myself.

Cafe---the strawberries sound wonderful...I can't wait for summer!

Congrats, Kayla, on the wt. loss and the gain of a new man! I guess you have figured out that we lost Tiffany but are hoping she comes back soon.

Jello---I'll be thinking of you tomorrow when I have to weigh in---I only hope I'm at least the same weight as last week but if I'm up a bit I'll blame it on TOM coming soon, how bout you? ;)

Tiger---I have the Bob Greene workbook---I'm on Phase One and it's not too bad, even with the WW program.

Huntress! Huntress! Where are you? You haven't joined the Chorus Girl line out there in Vegas, have you? How I wish I could travel like you, girl! Would make these boring weekends a lot more exciting...

SEMO---I love red beans and rice, especially the Hoppin John recipes I've seen. How did your dish go tonight? I'd love to have a copy if it was good.... I'm getting ready to try a few more chicken dishes, myself. I'll keep you posted. Did you see that sunshine today, girl?:flow2: Maybe spring will come soon and rescue us from this coldness....

Gotta go....talk to you all later this week!

"Bright"

Hello everyone

AHhhh...its good to be back!

Im so so so so so so so so sadd my tiff isnt back!!!

well have to keep praying for her!!

well anyways....I planned on coming on to say hi, and then going to bed, but my Ross kept me on the phone a little longer than expected, so now its waaaayyyy past my bedtime....

anyways..take care everyone!
luv ya to bits!!!

Kayla

Hi Everyone!

Kayla - Hey girl! It's good to see you!

Bright - I'm here, I'm here. Was just a little tired Sunday morning when I got home and haven't had time to post. Vegas was a blast as usual, LOTS of cute guys! There was one in particular at the airport looked like he could be Barry Gibbs twin. I really don't travel as much as I'd like to, you'll have to come go with me sometime. How's the Bob Greene thing going?

Jello - Don't be too hard on yourself, we all slip up from time to time. Remeber this is a lifestyle change not another diet, it takes time to change habits that we've had for many years. Maybe we all need to check out Bob Greene's book and find the root of our emotional eating, know I do. :grouphug: :balloons:

Sorry, I don't have time to shout out to everyone I'll try to get caught up later today. Once again after another trip I'm reminded why I do this, because it makes me feel good about myself and my life. Sitting cramped up in a packed airplane for 3 hours definately makes me want to get smaller. I'm back to walking and eating better, drinking the water. I do NOT want to feel like this on the next trip!

Have a good day all..........

LJ

Hello,
I'm in a terrible cycle...go to bed telling myself "tomorrow I will do better"...some days I actually get up and eat a decent breakfast, but that's about as far as "better" gets. Somebody throw a wrench in my cycle!
I have my new journal, the new Bob book, and I've confessed my sins. It's a new day and I'm going to try harder.
Warm weather is around the corner and I wont be able to hide under these baggy sweatshirt and jeans much longer.
I haven't been on the scale for over a week, but I don't need to get on it to know I've gained.
Of all the stuff I've read...and there is a lot....I like Bob Greene and Kathy Smith the most. I need to make a plan for myself using their advice. I also think I need to confess to DH. Weigh myself in front of him and ask him to help me. The thought of him knowing how much I weigh mortifies me, but maybe that's what I need to get myself to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
Sorry I've rambled on...just needed to get it out. :bomb:

DNW, how'd the interview go? I'm so out of the loop, I get sweaty palms approaching the guard-gate at DH's work.:^:

Oh, and to make matters worse...DH brought home GIRL SCOUT COOKIES! :devil: I put a whole package in his lunch box!

:dz:

Tiger, I'm with you. I start out each "new day" and then I fall apart. :mad: I'm thinking it's the winter blues :cry: with me. I get like this in late January and into February and can't usually shake the feeling until the weather starts to warm, the snow starts to melt and the days get longer.

H*ll! By then, I could weigh 500 pounds at the rate I'm going!!!! :yikes: Got to find a way to nip this in the bud here. And these :censored: GS cookies aren't helping!!!!!

Hey all, know what I got yesterday? My review!!! Actually lasted longer than the usual 5 minutes and he had written a paragraph or two on the last page which ended with the sentence "I am recommending her for a promotion" !!!!! Now let's just see if anything happens with that! Must admit I feel a little better about this place. Just a little. :rolleyes:

Nurse, how was the interview? I've been at this job for almost 13 years. It's been a long time since I had to dress up and sell myself. How'd it go?

Bright, yeah, it's almost time for my TOM too. I'm hoping that has something to do with what the scale is telling me but I know it's mostly what I've been shoving into my mouth. Then again, maybe TOM is the reason I'm eating like I am. Hmm.... Something to think about. Do men have these kinds of problems!?!?!

BTW, Nurse, what's that about strawberries and splenda and seltzer??? What are the measurements - how much of each, etc. Sounds sooooo tasty! :D

Have to go. Today's the day all the managers meet to discuss all their employees and reviews, etc. Hope to find out if I get my big bucks by the end of the week. :hyper:

Oh yeah, and I'm going to weigh-in tonight. I'm not happy about it and you'll probably all hear me weeping all across the country but I'll go because I know I should. Face the music...

Talk to you all later!

Nurse, I took your suggestion and dropped the candy off at the nursing home down the street, and even talked the rest into contributing half theirs...they wouldn't give it all and had already ate a bunch. I'm glad it's gone.

Now you are telling me girl scout cookies are looming...will it never end? Thankfully I can turn down cookies without any difficulty.

Super Bowl Sunday - what are you ladies doing? Three of my friends and I start at 7 AM and hit 6-8 quilt shops for the Super Bowl Sunday sales (20% off everything in the store, minimum). We're laying out our route now. The men folk can spend the evening glued to the TV with snacks, we'll be comparing purchases and gloating over how much we saved.

Back on track and feeling great about it. Called WW and complained about no one being there Saturday. At least they are saying no one will have to pay for a missed meeting.



:D

Good Morning Ladies. Good to see several out and about this morning. Well the red beans and rice wasn't that hot. I prefer the regular recipe modified over the low fat one that I tried. And to think that I cooked those beans from scratch. I wouldn't make them again so I don't think the recipe is worth posting.

Getting a haircut after work today, providing that we don't get snow or ice. I was supposed to go last week on the day that we got bombed with the white stuff. Seems my beauty shop days are always bad weather days.

Quilter, are you working on anything at the moment? I really, really need to get back to making tops. My cousin's mother passed away several years ago and I asked her if I could have some of her quilting material when they cleaned out the house. OMGoodness, she called me this summer and she filled my car up with boxes of material. I've got to get going and use it, along with the five or six boxes that I already owned. (anyone see why I need to declutter :dizzy: )

I'm in need of some good low fat recipes using ground chuck if anyone has a good one. I buy the really lean type 95/5 ground chuck, Hubby is growing tried of chicken! Gotta run, we're starting to get a little busy, bringing in all the corn seed. Won't be long until I'll be covered up, (not with the seed but busy) ;)

Back to the salt mines.

Dyan: I say Dyan...Dyan....DYAN...please do not pull a Tiffany on us....we know you are busy but drop us a line...we really miss you! :( :( :(:(


Semo: Low fat with 95/5 ground chuck...h-h-h-m-m-m. What I usually do is make cheeseburgers and use the fat-free cheese, that's about it except for Classico Sauce and I mix about a pound if chuck to two jars, doctor it up a bit and make meat sauce for linguine. It is low fat, but not low in calories.

Quilter: God bless you and I am amazed you actually did that...no one ever listens to me at home...not the husband...not the cat...I know older folks love candy...and you did your heart so much good in many ways...no wonder you lost all that weight...you take suggestions...wish I did!! You ARE my IDOL :yes:

Tiger: Well it seems beating yourself over the head is not working..how about a kinder, gentler, approach? You are posting several times a week and are continuing to try and be mindful of food decisions. Maybe you are being too mindful. why don't you forget about depriving yourself for a week and just relax. Eat what you want and no mind battering food censorship. It's not working anyway and you are just putting yourself over and over into a cycle of guilt. You have been through an awful lot lately and not so lately. You are human...take a break.

Please post to our thread everyday if you can and just keep yourself connected...make us jealous with all the goodies you are inbibing...we won't turn our backs on ya' :nono:

Huntress: I hear you about the plane. Those seats are defnitely not made for chubby or tall folks..but I am glad you had a great time. I usually kick my butt into high gear after a plane trip cause it's so uncomfortable...pish pa to friendly skys...Hah!!!!!

Kayla: Ross...sounds like a cutie...and you sound terrifically happy...tell all!!

Jello: Stats on the 1/2 Strwberry gallon drink are as follows:

1 liter of plain seltzer
1/4 cup of pourable Splenda
1 ice cube tray of ice
1/4 cup of no fat half and half if you want it creamy.

Blend for a really long time and add the ice a few cubes at a time or it will freeze solid and stop the machine. If you have a ice cream maker you could try it in there and I think this would be like sherbert. It's very cold with the ice in it, so don't use that unless you are looking for a sherbert like consistancy or you don't mind brain freeze. You can also do this with frozen mixed fruit, but not with blueberries because there is a natural congealing agent in them and it comes out yucky. Although if you have an ice cream maker you could dump some into the mix and stir by hand after it's been blended.

About the Interview: Had the preliminary yesterday on the phone and am now waiting for the real interview with the manager. Will fill you all in as this progresses. Ack...I hate change!!! But I have to make more money :s:

Hey, nurse, I take good advice when it is given to me...I've lived long enough to know I don't have all the answers. You give lots of good advice, from what I've seen. Hope you get that job!

I'm working on a applique quilt now...and a baby quilt...and I have 3 waiting to be machine/hand quilted. I'm participating in a brown bag exchange this year, and a Sunday sampler (we pay $10 for the kit for the first block, if we bring it back completed the next month, we get the next one for free---for 15 blocks---so we can get a whole quilt top for $10!

Jello, congratulations on your great review and we'll hope for a promotion soon.

Having a good day, thus far.

Um, Nurse? Um, there seems to be, um, strawberries missing from your strawberry drink recipe. Um, do I add, um strawberries? Um, how many?

:lol: Giggle, giggle, giggle. Anyway, I think I'm going to stop at the food store and give it a try anyway. Just add the fruit until it, well, tastes good! :)

Huntress, I hear you about the airline seats. But Vegas!! Yeah, baby. I'd suffer through it for Vegas!

Quilter, I'll echo what Nurse said about the candy and the nursing home!

Kayla, forgot to say "welcome back!!"

Gotta run. Time to go home home home home home!!!!!! :D

Still laughing about the missing strawberries!:lol: :lol: :lol:

Kayla: Your phone keeps busy like mine...huh? Hope Ross knows how lucky he is!

Dyan: Where art thou? I'm missing those mommy stories again....

Huntress: I Want Cute Guys, Too! Glad your trip was good---always puts things in perspective....I see why people move south for the winter now---avoid this winter blues stuff! Believe it or not, I'm down another pound and it is almost TOM! Don't know how I did that but I think it might have something to do with the stairs thing...Bob Greene says do something different (activity-wise, BEFORE you cut down/change your eating) like take the stairs instead of the elevator, park farther away from the store, etc. I chose taking the stairs since we moved to a new building and I'm not crazy about elevators anyway... I have been watching my points but not to the absolute exact point so I'm baffled. :?:

Jello: I don't think men have these problems, and if they ever did, somebody already found a cure for it... (Sorry, it still gets me that heart disease was not studied in women for a long time because we couldn't possibly get a man's disease....!!!) Congrats on the good review---you seem to be the only one holding down the fort around there---about time someone noticed!

Quilter: I would love to have the patience to quilt! My mom does and one of my sisters but I can't even finish a crochetted afghan! Like to see my results fast! Maybe as I get older, I can try a block at a time and be happy! Kudos on the candy donation...what a nice thing to do! :)

DNW: I'm sending you luck of the Irish, since I'm a bit Irish myself!Hope the next interview goes well! You are braver than I, been in my job over 5 years now and don't relish the idea of change a bit either.... :lucky:

SEMO---sorry the red beans and rice didn't turn out...was looking forward to that! :chef: Let's hope a good wind blows that white stuff another way, shall we? :cool:

Gotta go,

"Bright"
:flow1:

Hey Girls!!!

Im just working on my final essay for english.....finals are next week, I have 8 big exams in the next 7 days!! ahh!!!

but i cant concentrate on that....so i thought i would come see you guys! haha!!!

Ross.....ah...my ross...haha...he is SUCH a cutie....hes scrawny, but really strong, and he has big shoulders and GORGEOUS eyes, which are a must! and umm....hes the principal's son!!! lol.... everytime i see his dad at school, one of my girlfriends will scream out, KAYLA...THERES YOUR FUTURE FATHER IN LAW! im like....well, THANKS guys!!!!!!!! lol. but, hes sweet, and we have alot of fun together.....

My friend ryan, some of you may remember me talking about him? hes like, my best friend in the world, we met at camp?? ring any bells?? well anyways.....he came and saw me on friday, and we went and took our first aid together, and we had a blast!!! you dont realise how much you miss people until they leave again!!! He is playing hockey in Feb. in a town about 45 minutes away from me, so i might go up for his game....well see!!!!

anyways....I had a bomb day today...it was stressful, so i had fries, but it was the first time in january i had fries.....!!! so i didnt think it was THAT bad of a thing, and i shared with my friends....so you know!!!

well, i have sooooo much homework to do, so im not going to do shout outs, but thanks for having me back everyone!!! and hellooooooooo quilterinVA!!!!!!! nice to meet you!!!!

well, im out! good night girls!
luv
Kayla

Pop quiz. How many pounds is it possible to gain during just one weekend of insanity?

Answer ... well, I'm too embarrassed to say. :yikes: Let's just say I've got my work cut out for me to get back to where I was. But I started over today.

Having said that, a bunch of us are going out for chinese food today. I've already had a full bottle of water to counteract the sodium. But it's going to be scary....

Have off this afternoon to run errands. (Mental health afternoon!) Then homeward where it gets challenging. Think I'll spend a few more hours in the basement cleaning and renovating. I've been quite the demon down there lately. Don't know what's come over me but I like it! :D

Last night, bought strawberries, seltzer and splenda so I could try Nurse's drink. Then bought grapes, peaches, bananas and healthy snack stuff. I'm going to do this! :strong: I just have to. :^:

Gotta run! Have a happy hump day!

Hi everyone! I was AWOL yesterday - :eek: Remind me again, please, that even when I'm not eating right I have to check in anyway.

Anyways, I have been just insatiably hungry the last 2 days. Like hungry again not long after I eat? Don't know what this is about - TOM is still a whole week away so I don't think it can be that (usually it's like 3-4 days before that I'm 'starving'). I think that perhaps it's because I stopped taking my vitamins a couple of days after I stopped my cleanse.

Note to self: I am a person who needs those vitamins!

So I took them again this morning after a hearty breakfast and I am telling myself that is the END of this silly, unreasonable, I need to eat 2 hours later hunger. Finito! enough.

DNW - sending you good vibes about your interview! :goodvibes: Strawberry drink sounds good.

Bright - what could I do? I was there, at the health food store. The berries were big, ripe, pesticide-free and SMELLED like strawberries. I examined the plastic package and could see there were no bad or even indifferent ones. I thought: hubba hubba! these would look good even for summer! what's $5 between friends? They were THAT good too. But the chocolate was a mistake. :shrug:

Kayla - The principle's son! LOL! Be good, now. ;)

Huntress - glad you had a good trip! Thanks for reminding me about the airplane seats. Reason to lose weight #36. Gotta remember those REASONS sometimes.

Hey, maybe that would help us get out/stay out of funkytown? Everybody post something that reminds YOU why you want to lose! No soul-searching necessary here, just for fun and to get us sparkin' again.

What reminded me today:
- Seeing myself in windows as I walked by. Oof! What happened?

OH btw, today's weigh in day and I was dreading it. But, I can still claim another pound down. Now this made me confused, I can tell you, especially after yesterday (!), but I'm taking it. This is why I should not peek but have blind faith only in my weekly weigh-in. (another lecture needed about not peeking)

Jello - sorry to hear your weigh-in wasn't so good. Next week is bound to be better, though!

Tiger - I hear you on how hard it is to break the cycle. It's like - I could do my crazy cleanse but somehow day-to-day and even hour-to-hour my level of determination wavers when I'm looking at a long-term cause. Ultimately, I think my commitment not to leave this board is what keeps dragging me back to try again. Giving up is not allowed!

Quilter - KUDOS on dropping off the bags of candy!! Way to go - I bet you felt lighter already when you walked away without the chocolate. What a great idea by DNW - and what strength of will to follow through.

SEMO - One thing I make with my extra-lean ground beef is my mom's hamburger macaroni casserole. I don't have the recipe here, but almost everyone has one similar - brown ground beef add chopped onion, green pepper, celery in proper proportion, a large can of tomatoes (I like 'fresh' diced variety, my mom uses whole stewed) and some spices - salt, celery salt, worcestershire sauce, pepper - simmer 20 minutes while you boil 1 cup of macaroni until it's right - add the drained macaroni after the 20 minutes is up and simmer a bit more until everything is hot and "right" - if you want quantities let me know because I could either guess or look it up at home depending on your comfort level. It's great paired with some lowfat cottage cheese on the side and I've worked out the points before and was impressed with how low it is for what you get. I think with the veggies being free, and the e.l.g.b. (mine is 97%) being 4 pts. for 1/4 lb. it was like 5 points (anyone, 1/4 cup dry macaroni?) for 1/4 the recipe - add 2 points for 1/2 c of cottage cheese and you have a VERY satisfying plate of food. Quick, too.

Okay I wrote a book. Must.Stop.Now...

Darn it! I wrote a long one this morning but when I tried to post it said the site was down. Will have to do over later.

Have a good day all

LJ

Recruits :drill: BECAUSE WE DESERVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We deserve to lose weight. OH YES, how odd that must sound. We often believe we deserve better jobs with higher pay, a better house, child, husband, life....the list goes on and on and on. The sense of entitlement for all human beings is vaste and it knows no bounds. Everyone believes since time immemorial believes they deserve better.

Here's the rub, we almost never include the best possible heatlh and lifestyle in that equation...I certainly don't wake up everyday saying "Geeze I hope I do my personal best to get my body in the best shape it's ever been!". Mostly I bob and weave like a prize fighter trying not to eat foods that linger pornographically in my mind day after day, year after year, making sultry promises that they never deliver...really, has anything you have ever eaten, after thinking about for hours, and sometimes days, ever tasted as good as you thought it would? Hasn't happened for me.
Amen.

By the way I was reading Time magazine this morning and I came across an article about how manufacturers are revamping product lines so extremely morbidly obese heavy folks can be more comfortable. It really turned my stomach. I do not believe we should be ostracized in any manner, shape, or form, but for god's sake let's not have society buy into what is surely a lifestyle that will kill most of it's people sooner, rather than later.

I hope this doesn't offend anyone but I feel very strongly that people with weight issues should be supported, but never enabled. This goes for parents who also let their children become so large as to endanger their health. What ever happened to personal responsibility?

Other than the obvious health reasons....
I want to be thin for DH. I want to be thin because he is thin. I want to be thin because he is so darn cute and somehow keeps getting cuter with age...meanwhile, I'm head'n in the opposite direction! I know it's a shallow reason. DH tells me he loves me regardless of my weight....he denies I'm overweight....says I look fine. Well, I'm not BLIND! (just stupid:lol: )

Tig, you are so FUNNY! Hey, we're all in this for various reasons but we all want to look HOT too! :lol: Even at my age. And another thing....why do men grow more attractive with age???? I've been grey (and covering it up) since I was in my early 30ies and DH is 55 with just a tiny bit of grey. BTW which looks really G O O D on him. :?:

Okay, my reason, other than wanting to look HOT, well both my parents died before the age of 60 and well I just turned 53. I want to be here for my kids and hopefully someday grandbabies. Not only do I want to ejoy good health but I want to enjoy life both mentally and physically.

I'm still keeping busy and it's lunch time already, I have some earrands to run. Chow.

Hi everybody!

Today has been crazy! We've had factory people in all week and it's annoying.

Right off the top of my head I can't think of any extra good reasons for losing the weight besides looking HOT as SEMO said and fitting into airplane seats although I was sitting in my mom's car today and happened to glance at myself in the side mirror and could see the rolls of fat in my reflection. This did NOT make me happy! I really freak out when I see myself in a mirror when I'm shopping too.

I'm tired and whiny today, it's cold and cloudy and I want to go home and crawl into bed. Catch you all tommorow.

LJ

So I'm thinking that what really IS going on for many of us is simply winter. Think about it, cold snow rain ice clouds can't get outside much. We were all doing so well last year when the weather was warm, working in the yard and all sort of outdoor activities, fresh foods from the garden. Warmer weather is just around the corner and I believe we will all have much more positive things to talk about then. I for one am going to just hang on the best I can and believe that everything is going to change for the best in a short time. Daylight savings time begins on April 6th I think and at least then it won't be dark shortly after getting home from work.

Anyways, hope you all have a good day!

LJ

Good morning ladies - more snow falling but I made it to work okay.

Why do I want to lose weight? I don't want someone to have to care for me after I have a stroke or heart attack or become too heavy to walk unaided anymore. I want to look nice in my clothes. I want to feel good about myself. I am appalled at all the obese children I see mostly with their obese parents stuffing it in at a fast food place. I was delighted to see the judge threw the suit against McDonald's making people fat out of court. Personal responsibility is the name of the game. There is so much information available there is no excuse to be overweight because you didn't know how to eat right. It's all about choice and I chose not to fill my body with garbage. Whew...end of soap box oration. Feels good to get that off my chest.

I did see an article in the paper last week that it is costing insurance companies $1500 per year more to care for overweight individuals. Little things like this keep cropping up and I will guarantee you now that they have the smokers cowering in the corner, fat people will be next. Personally, I think there should be a 100% tax on fast/snack foods with the money used for health care and educating children in peoper nutrition. If their parents persist in letting their children eat junk and be overweight, they should be prosecuted for child abuse.

I came in here this morning to cheer about the judge's decision in the McD's case too. I'm overweight and I blame ME!! I don't blame mom and dad for making me clean my plate or for always putting food on the table for us kids. I don't blame friends or neighbors for caring about me so much that they give me gifts of food or share their new cake recipes or invite me to their parties. And I certainly don't blame fast food for luring me into their drive-through, holding me hostage and forcing french fries down my throat! It's me who made me fat and it's got to be me who makes me thin!!!!

Whew! :soap: Quilter, there ain't room enough for both of us on that soapbox! :lol:

Say, want to know why I want to lose weight? I want to tuck in my shirt! I want to bend over and pick up the pencil I dropped. I want to sprint across the parking lot to the door because a summer shower suddenly came up. It's just the little things.

BTW, I'm back on track. Yep, been a whole ... one day. :rolleyes: But it's a start. Gotta start somewhere.

Huntress, I so agree with you about it being winter that's causing us to feel so ... blah. Happens to me every year. So I'm thinking that I'm just going to have to run up my electric bill by bumping up the heat a bit in the evening, turning on practically every light, radio and TV set in the house and trying to keep going instead of curling up under a blanket on the sofa or going to bed very early. I'll just pretend it's still light outside. April 6th? I can make it to April 6th.... :crossed:

Time to work. It piled up yesterday afternoon. Go figure.

Later!

Oh yes I do recruits......:jig: :jig: :jig:

See all it takes is for us to get some introspection and we are all back on track...I even exercised this morning to my tape as is was 1 measly degree out. I feel so crappy from not excerising for a whole month I couldn't take it anymore...was nice to sweat indoors for a change.

Of course Jello, and Quilter I am holding on for dear life to the soapbox...yes personal responsibility, and the fact like I said yesterday, the mind is mightier than the pallete..the forbidden food just never tastes that good!!!

Love to Dyan, Tiffany, Tiger, Semo and the rest of you lurkers out there...gotta jet...as Kayla says...hey Kayla report for duty little miss :drill:

Good Morning Ladies! It's freezing here this morning BUT GUESS what I did last night........ I took advantage of the freezing temp and defrosted my deep freeze. I loaded up the food from the freezer in laundry baskets and put them on the carport while I defrosted. I will not be spring cleaning on any vacation days this year!:) Plus when the weather gets nice I can spend more time in my flowers.

Quilter, and anyone else that likes quilts. One of our salesmen just bought a house and found a box of quilt books left behind from the previous owner. He brought them in and gave them to me this morning. WooHoo 16 hardback quilting books. That should get me motivated to making a quilt top for sure. Another benfit will be that It's hard to stuff your face while sewing and pressing. :^:

Yep, I was glad about the ruleing on the McDonald case too. :cbg: However, I would like to sue my employer someday for mental destress. :stress: I think they should pay for making me work when I would rather stay at home don't you? And smokers, well I use to smoke and was fully aware that it's wasn't good for me and yes it was hard to quit. I don't think it's as hard as it is to lose weight, others may disagree but that's my opinon. :smoking:

Boss has piled work on my desk to be done so I better scoot. Have a good day.

HOLY SNOWBALLS BATMAN! We are buried in snow with a measly 7 whopping degrees to go along with it...not counting windchill. *shiver, shiver* I decided to put the oven on "clean mode" this afternoon just to toast things up...it needed cleaned too. Only bad thing is it smells like I'm cooking something. :^:

I'm feeling better about my healthy lifestyle changes...feeling like my mind is back on track.
Quilter's words got me. I chose not to fill my body with garbage.

I just love my little inspirational friends. :grouphug:

Is anyone else watching American Idol? I can't believe the number of people that dont know they CANT SING. I had to look away several times...like that was going to help.:dizzy:

Head'n out to shovel the lovely lake effect snow....

Wowsa! It's so soapy in here I almost slipped, LOL!

It's definitely the temps that have been making me want to eat. I did GREAT yesterday until I went out into the -4 evening. And came in through the -14 this morning. BTW, that temp does not include the wind chill factor here in the frozen north.

Okay, my thoughts are runnin' in pretty shallow circles today - I was just thinking again: why do I want to lose weight? and my brain said: Because I'm FAT! :lol:

I really would like to get away somewhere tropical. If that would convey any more meaning if I said it again I would. The desire for a vacation somewhere warm with water and freedom from responsibility lies deep within me.

BTW I agree with all of you wholeheartedly about the McDonalds thing! People need to realize that no one owes them anything, it's up to us each and every day to keep trying to be who we want to be.

Cafe, using this post as a reminder to start slugging down that lukewarm water. :p

Hey snowbunnies! Just make sure you keep all that white stuff out your way. We've just got the c-c-c-c-cold here. Radio announcer is joking that we might get a heat wave of 30 degrees over the weekend.

But ya know what? It's exactly 8 weeks until March 20. FIRST DAY OF SPRING!!!!! Don't know what that'll mean regarding weather but, for me, it's a mental thing.

And I'm thinkin' .....

8 weeks. A pound a week. Maybe a little more.

OK! Ten pounds by spring!!!!

Bravely, Jello ... still wondering how many strawberries I'll put in .... (Hint hint Nursie.)

Jello, you got me thinking. Anyone want to do a little challenge amoung ourselves? Set your own goals and then report in every Monday on how you are doing toward the goals. It's 13 weeks until Easter April (April 20) and by then we'll probably have to stop wearing baggy sweats and winter coats. I want to be 10 pounds lighter by then - just remined me of another reason I want to lose weight, so I can wear a belt!

These will be my goals:
1. To lose 10 pounds by April 20th.
2. To eat 3 fruits, 2 dairy, and 5 veggies everyday, staying within my 20-25 point range.
3. To drink 64 oz. of water daily.
4. To exercise 2 hours per week until the weather becomes better then to walk 2 miles every day.
5. To keep my journal every day.

I think it helps me to have a specific goal I am working toward instead of just saying I want to lose weight.:D

It has stopped snowing and but it is so cold it'll never melt today.

Ok Quilter I am up for the challenge. I will try desperately to:

1. Lose 8 lbs. by the end of March
2. Drink 64 oz. water per day
3. Exercise 30 minutes a day or more...
4. Stay positive
5. Post everyday on the thread and keep being supported and supportive.
6. Let Jello know how many strawberries she needs for the drink :lol:....sorry I had posted it previously Miss Jello and thought you saw it...my bad!!

It's two cups of frozen or fresh strawberries/fruit or to your own taste. Regarding the Splenda, sweeten the flavor to your own taste...I sort of like things tart...like me!

Love you all!

Ooo! Jello's right! It is exactly 8 weeks until March 21. (AKA the 1st of Spring!)

Girls, this means we have already survived the first 1/3 of winter. Put that in your pipe and smoke.

10 lbs in 8 weeks sounds good. I'm going to give it a shot! I'll be flirting with the elusive one-derland if I can do it. Hey, that's what I needed - a new goal!

~Cafe, snacking on an orange - NOT chocolate

Edited because I screwed up - I have no idea if it's the 21 or 20 of March but I believe Jello, so make that March 20.

Cafe - According to my calendar it's the 21st, not that it really matters. HEY! What a good time to set some kind of small goal. was already thinking about that because I just made my reservations to go back to Vegas that weekend. Thinking 10 lbs would be great!

SEMO - I am still a smoker, I know it's a nasty habit and I've tried several times to quit but just can't seem to do it. Hope you all won't hold it against me.

DNW - Any news on the job?

Quiter - Oops, I was thinking about the 1st of Spring when ya'll mentioned the 20th, you are right.

Tigerlily - You stay safe and warm in all that snow. I feel for you ladies in the north, it gets in the 30's here and we're all whining about how cold it is. I bet your little ones are having a blast though that's if you let them outside.

Jello - Same goes for you, it is way to cold for you to go out! When exactly does the weather begin to warm up in that part of the country?

Anybody heard from Dyan? Hopefully she will post this weekend. I have really been bad this week, glad it's Friday. When I'm tired and stressed I blow it and I just need some R&R on the weekend to recoup. I am going to lay in bed tommorow morning until I feel like getting up and nobody better dare call me either. After that I'm gonna try to get some extra exercise in those 2 days, we have been walking this week and it really feels good to get those muscles moving. It's supposed to be inthe 60's next week so I'm hoping to get back to doing it everyday. My dad was complaining while we were in LV that mom couldn't walk very far without tiring out and this really bugs me. She is 63 and terribly out of shape. It hit me like a brick! This woman can't even walk 1 block without getting winded, they are getting older, she needs to get some exercise before she can't walk at all. The worst part is she won't do it if I'm not there to make her.

Oops, there I go again writing books about nothing. Sorry, ladies.

TGIF to all!

LJ

I did it. I told DH I needed his help. He got all funky about it, made it all about him and how he feels about me. I had to explain that it wasn't about HIM. It's about how I feel about me. He agreed to weigh me in every Saturday morning. Holy ****. That's tomorrow. If he's realistic, he has to know I weigh more than him. Hope the digital numbers don't freak him out. I think this plan is really going to help me out, boost my determination. The race it on!

A spring goal sounds good to me...throw a little fuel on the fire.
By the first day of spring I will weigh 10 pounds less! (less than whatever I weigh tomorrow morning) I am going to continue to quit eat'n TWO hours before bedtime, drink my water, make wise food choices and START TO EXERCISE again.

huntress, my kids live in the snow. They love it. They only come in when I make them...when they look like their clothes are soaked through and their eyelashes have crystals of ice. We have a nice sled hill on our property. I always say that hill is worth more toy than we could every buy. In the summer they slip'n slide down it, ride their bikes down it, roll, you name it.

Still can't believe I'm weigh'n in front of DH tomorrow....:fr:

Hm, this is weird. One of my calendars says March 20 and the other says March 21. So what is the first day of Spring anyway? :?: But I think Huntress is right - it doesn't really matter. We'll all be down a good 8 to 10 lbs. by then anyway, right? :D

I was very good last night. Had only one light beer at the VFW. Got a big ol' salad for dinner. Walked on the treadmill. Did a little house-cleaning. :bravo: Wish every night could be like this. It's always a challenge.

And here comes the weekend and we all know my track record with weekends. I've got to line up some projects or something to keep me out of trouble. And it'll be INDOORS! Temperature when I got up this morning was 4 degrees. Wind chill (you should have heard it howling all night! :o ) was -20. I'm wondering what that little groundhog is going to do next weekend!

Tig, you are so brave. If I'm on the scale when Rich walks in, I jump off quick. He has no idea how much I weigh. And yes, I do outweigh him. :( But all that's got to change. He keeps saying the "I love you the way you are" stuff. But "I" don't!!!

Huntress, sounds like MY mom too. She's decided she's too old to start exercising or trying to get into shape. There doesn't seem to be anything I can do to change her mind. BTW, the cold we're having here is setting all sorts of new records. It's not supposed to be quite this cold. Never know which way the cold fronts or north winds or whatever are going to go. I just hope it starts to warm up SOON! :^:

Nurse, thanks for the strawberry info. Maybe you did post it and I just missed it. Either way, I've got all the ingredients in the fridge and it's sounding mighty tasty for this weekend.

Well, TGIF everyone. Time to get to work, I suppose. Hey, someone's gotta do it around here. :rolleyes:

Good Morning and a happy Friday. Just 7 1/2 more hours until the WEEKEND! WooHoo.

Tig, my hats off to you.. I wouldn't have the courage to weigh in front of my DH. But your right, It would certainly put my butt in gear. I was a mear 119 pounds when we married.

My vote is that we all lose 10 lbs by Spring and we all go to Vegas with Huntress. What a reunion that would be. Can you imagine how much fun we could have! A girls weekend and meeting each other for the first time. Well, I can dream can't I....... Maybe someday right?

Nothing much going on around here, It's was 6 degrees again this morning. This time last year we were spreading fertilizer with spring like weather.

See ya later.

Yes I am a :ink: I really thougt if I kept in a decent calorie range I could enjoy my italian bread. But oh :nono: . I keep trying to eat carbs like bread and pasta and refuse to believe that they don't affect my weight.:shrug:

I am so :mad: I could spew, which is much messier than spitting, and this occasion calls for it.

When I got on the scale this morning I :fr: because I could not believe that I was up to 263.5. That is only a net loss of 5 lbs. since 9/11/02.

Oh well, bye-bye bread and pasta...hello rice cakes. So glad I have you guys to :cry: to.

Cafe: Good for you and the oranges. I have been eating them too because I am dying for something sweet and I don't want to give into junk. The italian bread did more than enough damage.

Huntress: You always write about important issues, and never about nothing...worrying about your mom is very relevant...write whatever you want, whenever you want, we all enjoy hearing from you :yes:.

Tiger: Yes, DH does love you the way you are and deadnurse does love me that way too...deadnurse started saying that when I was 170 lbs (only 20 lbs from my goal weight) and never has stopped saying it. My favorite was when the doctor said to stop saying that or deadnurse would love me right into an early grave!

Jello: I went to my watercolor class last night and I swear it was way below zero by the time I got back home. I cannot take this much longer, it's really getting on my nerves....OK I am whining...but these old bones hurt!!

Semo: You sound like I feel...get me outta here today quick, quick, quick...also it would be so cool for all of us to meet....maybe someday...a quicker fix would be if we could all get our pictures up on the avatars.

Dyan, Kayla, Tiffany, and all other lurkers..love, peace, and rock 'n roll!!!

Me: Nothing going on with the interview process, this is going to be long and drawn out.....already I am feeling like why bother?

Love you all :grouphug:

Ah, ladies, the weekend is upon us. It's too cold here to go outside much because of my asthma so I'll be confined to a house with a panty, refrigerator and freezer calling to me...but I will be strong so I don't let you down.

Well, Sunday is the Super Bowl sales at the quilt shops so I guess I will get out some.

I look forward to a lengthy quilting session tomorrow. I have far too many ideas for the time available.

Nurse, I'm with you when it comes to bread - I love it more than chocolate. However, it doesn't love me except to stick to my hips.

Oh, I'm hungry. I want to eat junk. I want it, I want it!!!

So I came in here instead, pausing only briefly to pop a stick of Trident sugar-free gum into my mouth. That should hold me for a little while. :?: I hope.

Projects are all lined up for the weekend. Still have to check cabinets and fridge, etc. to make sure there's good stuff to eat in the house. With this cold weather, I'm not goin' nowhere! :snooty: Hopefully, by this time next Monday, the house will be cleaner and I'll be just a little thinner! :)

Hope you all have a great weekend!

P.S. "Bye-bye bread and pasta"!?!??! Huh!?!?! What is this strange language you speak? No pasta? Gulp. I'd die. :^:

Hi ladies!

TGIF!

DNW - I hear ya about the interview process. I signed myelf up and was a bit surprised today about how BAD the questions are, LOL! Tell me about a time when (insert crappy and unlikely situation that you haven't been in before) - how did you handle that? My first instinct is always to ANSWER the question, not start thinking about what character traits they want me to emulate in my answer and finding a way to weave them into a story.

Okay more later but I gotta run. Wasted too much time on interviews for a job I'm not sure I want.

LIKE i said - TGIF!

By the way Tig - I'm so proud of you! I'll be with you and DH in spirit tomorrow a.m. I'll be the one NOT looking at the scale. ;)

Just stopped in a minute to read the posts....cold here too!

May get to post again this weekend but TGIF for now,

"Bright":flow1:

Finally a couple of days rest! I'm so glad it's the weekend I can hardly stand it. Going to a bachelorette party for my SIL tonight although technically she isn't my SIL anymore. Think I'll call her "friend". I love her like a sister guess that's why I've continued to consider her my SIL.

I was terrible last night. Came home and put some burgers on the grill and after I had mine I also had a country cone and a danish. Geez, I knew I was tired and shouldn't have eaten that stuff but I did anyways and today is a new day I guess. Gotta get busy! The days and weeks are moving by and I'm not getting anywhere. Plus I haven't been on the scale this week and I'm pretty afraid to right now. Tigerlily, you are in my thoughts this morning. You rock!

Hope you all have a great weekend, stay safe and warm.

Love,

LJ

Just a note to let my gal pals know I am changing my name on the forum to DNW; which is much easier on me and everyone else. I had to change it for the chat room, because I could not stand explaining it one more time. Also it's just shorter for everyone to type. I really should have put more thought into picking a name in the first place.

On the food front: this is strange, yesterday morning I weighed myself and I was 263. Well this morning I weighed myself and I was 258. Jeez Louise, I don't what I weigh anymore. :dizzy: Maybe in menopause you get the TOM weight gain anyway. To be frank, I did make a million trips to the bathroom yesterday, but 5 lbs....was I retaining that much water :?:

Been watching the food and exercised for the 3rd day in a row. It was a blistering 30 degrees today and nearly decided take my 2 mile walk in a bikini :lol:

Huntress: I think our bad nights of food are nearly over and you have been trying and that always counts.

For Superbowl Sunday I am going to finish my housecleaning and work on my watercolors for the rest of the afternoon. I get a lot of peace from this. DN is going to watch football at 4 PM with some cronies of his and it will be nice to have the house to myself for a few more hours. He's been cranky and a little sick for the past several days, but since he doesn't care to work harder on controlling his diabetes, well that's on him!! :mad:

Jello: You are so good coming to the board when you wanted to eat, I will try to remember that for the next time I want to put something stupid in my mouth.

Cafe: Thanks for the support about the interview and I agree with you. We are not curing cancer here, just applying for a position. I definitely would love to say, "Listen either give me the job or don't, because I am not the next Nobel prize winner, but I will do my best everyday, and show up as expected, so let's get on with it...and please Ms. Interviewer...get a life! :s:

Brighter, Semo, Tiger, Dyan, Tiffany, Kayla...smooches!!!!! :wave:

DNW: Some of us work with abbreviated names so much that I only know you by this anyway! BTW, in the chat room, how do you explain DNW or do they even ask????

Cold here with flurries. Been running around more this weekend but really need to hit the treadmill sometime today...don't know if that will happen.

Got a sis who wants to try WW---that will be great for her and good for me too, with the support.

Wanting to try a new recipe today but not sure what to make....I'll let you know if it is a good one.

Huntress....what is a country cone? Don't know of anything up here by that name. Hope the bachelorette party was fun!

Hope everyone has a good week!

"Bright":flow1:

Hey girls

Just wanted to stop in to say hi. There are some problems here, and i havent been able to check in as much.

ill be gone next weekend, and exams are this week.....so if anyone wants to get ahold of me, my address is KaylaMP2@hotmail.com

other than that......ill be around as much as i can

luv
kayla

Kayla,

Good luck on your exams!:lucky:

:cool: "Bright"

Bright - A country cone is an ice cream cone, same thing as a nutty buddy. I don't know what they call it in other parts of the county though. It's the sugar cone with vanilla ice cream and chopped peanuts on top.

Kayla - Hope everything works out for you.

Just have a few minutes, got up late this morning. The party was OK. Got her one of those T-shirts that has a check list for the bachelorette and she marked off nearly all of them. I think the only ones left were getting some guys boxers, a hunky blondes phone #, etc I'm sure you all have seen them. LOL, it was actually funny seeing her run around doing all this and she had a blast.

Cold and raining here all weekend definately makes me want to eat. Darn it I'm ready for some nice spring weather. Sick of the cold and I can't imagine how tough it must be for those of you stuck in snow. Keep warm ladies, I hear it's so cold in Georgia that they closed some of the schools.

LJ

I know I've already said it, but I am so sick of this blistering cold weather! Below zero and more lake effect snow. Suppose to get above freezing by the weekend. :crossed:

I DID IT! Weighed my big 'ole self in front of DH. So, my starting weight THIS TIME is 193.5. That makes goal weight for first day of spring 183.5. To think, I was almost there in the fall.:stress:

Someone was asking about a recipe for lean ground beef...I'm too lazy to scan back...
Nachos...I use a pie pan. Put your chips in, sprinkle with taco meat, onions, black olives, cheese...stick it under the broiler...take it out when the chips start to brown...then top with shredded lettuce, tomatoes, salsa, sourcream. Oh, refried beans. I usually put a spoon of beans in the center. Everyone in the family gets their own pan and makes their own, goes over good with the kids.

I'm off to steal the VCR out of the kids bedroom so I can do WAP video. My body wont know what to think.
:df:

Good morning, ladies - hope you all survived Super Bowl Sunday in find style. I bought more quilting supplies, but was actually pretty restrained. Where I fell down, and I hate to admit this, is on all the snacks the shops had set out. I sampled them all with abandon and the scale was up 2 pounds this morning, of which I'm sure some is water because I'm not used to much salty stuff anymore. My brain became disengaged and I just munched away with abandon, then went home and ate more dinner than I should have to cap it off. Back on track today.

Morning everyone!

I had a busy weekend away from home and hardly feel like I've had a chance to reset - and yet I also feel oddly GREAT! Maybe a part of me likes being that busy? I don't know but it was hard to come to work this morning and leave my place. Guess I missed it, LOL.

Still, back to the grind.

Not much to say - I'll try and drop by when I'm awake!

Go Tampa Bay!!!

Oh wait. That was yesterday. Well, that's me. Just a little slow. :rolleyes:

I'm happy to report that I did "better" this weekend than others in the past. Not good, mind you, but better. I had quite a craving for chinese food Saturday night so called Rich at work and told him to pick some up on the way home. I am now required to remind him at every available moment that there are exactly TWO people living in our house - not 20!!!! We'll be eating chinese food for the next week! :lol: Oh well, it satisfied my cravings and it was nice to see some food leftover instead of eating everything in sight.

DNW, that'll be easy for me to remember too since that's what I always seem to call you. Jello is actually my initials JLO from when I was married. Been divorced for quite some time now but have always been Jello and decided to stick with it. Sometimes it's tough for me to remember my own name! :^:

Spent about 7 hours on Saturday cleaning ONE room of the house. Gives you some idea just how dirty it was, doesn't it? Make you all want to come visit? Not! :o But it's beautiful now and kept me out of trouble for most of the day. ... Until the great Chinese invasion!

Anyway, got up this morning to a temperature of 2 whole degrees with wind chills way below zero. I'm not likin' this. We had more snow last night, just a coating but I'm sick of it. Weather report says it might actually get above freezing on Wednesday but it's also supposed to snow again. :headache: Augh!! Enough already! I'm dying to see the bulbs I planted last fall sprout!

Tig, congrats on your "official weigh-in". I think it's great that you have an actual goal number now. I'll have mine tomorrow night at weigh-in.

I have to run. Been interrupted half a dozen times since I started this. They're trying to make me work! :mad: The nerve!

Well...felt fine on Friday and Saturday so I went for a 2 mile walk in the absolutely Floridian temperature of 32 degrees. Felt great yesterday, and then around 6 PM my head started to fill up with the most noxious stuff....up all night blowing my nose and tryin' to breathe. :tired:

DN also woke up this morning with no voice...has no idea where it went so he is home as his job requires him to talk on the phone all day. He squeaked in a call to his boss who I think was not too happy...but hey the poor pooper can't talk :(

Jello: Will we all freeze to death, or will we just fall over from cold germs...do you think this weather is some type of karmic payback because we had such great winters for the past few years. Yum chinese food, maybe some hot and sour soup will help me :devil:

Tiger: You'll do great in the upcoming month and we will be there for you if we all don't die from consumption first...sorry about all your snow...you must be so over it by now....sun we want lots and lots of warm sun!!! All we have is that paper yellow thing up there in the sky which is not generating any heat dammit :mad:

Huntress: Sounds like you bachelorette party was fun...and I sometimes feel like munching when it is cold and crappy so I have tried drowning my sorrows in "Chai" tea by Tazo which usually helps my cravings since it is such a deliciously spicey full bodied tea. I use the fat-free half and half and 2 splendas. Try it if you want a real treat.

Cafe: Can we all have some of what you have this morning? you sound so positive and wonderful...good for you on the room...you probably burned zillions of calories!

Quilter: Sounds like temptation got the best of you...but hey what can you do....sometimes when you are least expecting it you get a jolt of the "well I can have just a little" :lol:...you work such a good program I am sure this was just a little blip!!

I gotta go blow my nose for the hundredth time...to quote my youngest niece when she was about 3 and had had it with a cold that just wouldn't give up..."I will keep the nose but I'm throwing away the nostrils".

Take care much love! :grouphug:

Good Morning To all. I tried to post earlier but could not get it to go through. Boss is leaving this afternoon and will be gone the rest of the week. In the meantime he's giving me things that need to be done before he goes and then things that should get done while he's out. Better scoot, be back when he calms down.

DNW - Ach, I wish it was me with all the fluffy good vibes. I think it is JELLO who deserves our praise and wonderment for her housecleaning marathon! Sorry about your cold, sweetie! You take good care of yourself with kleenexes that don't scratch your nose and lots of clear soup down the hatch.

TOM is coming - and I am a chocoholic. Can't get by without a little and a little doesn't do it. I'm holding my own, but I'm hanging on tight.

If that makes any sense! I am tired today! Going to bed early tonight.

~Cafe, thinking of spring only 7.5 weeks a way and trying to stay true to my mission. Especially since I wasn't completely loyal on the weekend. Gotta be good during the midweek.

Hi all,

Not much to report...made it thru Super Bowl party and weigh-in is tomorrow.

Cold here too and I'm ready for springtime, big time!

Until tomorrow,

"Bright"

Sorry Jello for crediting your good mood to Cafe. I told you my head was stuffed up :dizzy:

Cafe: I am drinking my Swiss Miss Sugar Free Hot Chocolate double strength. 2 packets to 12 ozs. of water. Pretty chocolatey.

Also Jello brand Sugar Free Chocolate Fudge Instant pudding is very, very chocolatey if you use either skim milk or 1% milk. Much more chocolate flavor than the regular chocolate pudding. I found that the sugar in the regular actually dulls the flavor of the chocolate and the aspartame in the sugar free enhances the chocolate flavor. Good luck!! However, if nothing else will do Nestles semi-sweet morsels are the least offensive at 70 calories for 2 tablespoons and I never can get more than 4 Tbs. down before my mouth and stomach say enough chocolate!!

Hi Brighter: Hope you can post more when you get the time.

DNW - Sorry you're feeling bad. Liquids, liquids, liquids! Of course I'm sure I don't have to tell you that since you have DN. Just get to feeling better, this time of year is rough. There all people everywhere sniffling and sneezing and coughing. Hate this weather.

Cafe - I've been a chocoholic lately too and it's nowhere near TOM. I bought a bag of Valentine m&ms and eating just a few makes me feel better. They are all gone now I brought them home to the kids. Don't know if that's a good thing or bad thing.

Tigerlily - Don't feel too bad about what the scales says, I too have gained 4 lbs and intend to put a stop to it now. In a way I think maybe being a scale hopper helps since I will not let myself gain more than a few pounds without freaking out. Just do the best you can, it will come back off.

Bright - Hope to get a report from you soon.

SEMO - Those darned bosses, who do they think they are? Mr Big Stuff? Just think, since he will be gone the rest of the week you can come out and play more!

What's with the smilies? Anybody else have problems getting them to open up?

Jello - Ditto to you on the boss, get rid of yours and come play this week. PS, would you consider coming to the semi-warm south and cleaning MY house?:lol:

Well I'm having second thoughts about the trip to LV now that all the reservations are made. Truth is I have a fear of flying and usually have to have a least 2 drinks before getting on a plane. Well I had a dream the other night about a crash, that combined with my sisters dream the same night about war has convinced me to stay right here at home with my babies. Am I being freaky or what?

Think I've lost my groove thang, or it's just frozen, whatever. It's going to be rainy and cold again here today and I just can't stand this anymore. Guess I'm done with the whining for today..........

LJ

Good morning ladies - I'm one happy camper. The gain yesterday is gone today along with another pound - must have been water from the salty stuff I ate. Feel so much better about that. 9 more pounds to go until Spring.

My boss is in Patagonia fishing this week - praise God from whom all blessings flow. I feel like I'm on vacation. After today I'll be caught up and can start on setting up the reports for this year. At least I can breath...when he's here it's not just our company, but also his homeowners association and a land conservancy he works with so I'm busy all the time.

When I'm craving chocolate and don't have many points, I stir a tablespoon of cocoa, 2 packs of sweetner, and a 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla into some plain yogurt. This is one of those old WW things we used to do.

We are supposed to have a heat wave today - 40 degrees! I'm sick of the cold but keep telling myself it should be better in another 6 weeks...think that has anything to do with Punxatawney Phil's predictions?

More later, I guess I need to do a little work - and put the coffee on!

Huntress, warm you say? OK, my bags are packed (with cleaning products, I swear ;) ) and I'll be on the next plane down. I'm about to agree to ANYTHING to escape this cold! :(

So what's this with all the bosses leaving town anyway? And didn't mine receive the memo? He was actually scheduled to be at a trade show in San Diego this week but cancelled out at the last minute. The other guy who did go reports that it's 60 degrees there. Humph. So now I've got cold weather, my boss and some guy rubbing it in. Yeah, I'm about ready to snap.

Speaking of which, it's weigh-in day. And while I'm sure I must have (MUST HAVE, HAD TO HAVE!!!) lost some of last week's horror, I've not recovered like I would have hoped. I blame this too on the weather. :p

Aunt Flo is here for a visit and, lo and behold, she's here at the same time that the Girl Scout cookies appear in the cafeteria! And tomorrow is the quarterly luncheon - pasta catered by The Olive Garden! It's all a plot to make me FAT!!!! OK, "fatter". :mad:

I'm done whining, I swear. I'm going to face the music at weigh-in and then head off to the VFW meeting where I'm hoping there's a fresh pot of hot decaf. Too cold and drafty in there to be drinking cold beverages (aka beers).

Quilter, the yogurt thing sounds mighty tasty! I'll have to try that.

DNW, speaking of tasty, I forgot to tell you I finally tried the strawberries and seltzer thing over the weekend. Yum!! :T

BTW, Huntress, if you don't take that trip to LV, I really am going to come down there, beat you up and steal your tickets. OK, not really :^: but I do hope you go, even if it will make me insanely jealous. Don't worry about flying. For every one plane you hear about having trouble, there are thousands that fly all over all the time and never have a problem. Just have a great time and play a couple quarters for me!

Guess I'd better get to work. Bummed a ride to work this morning so I have to leave a little early or I'll be walking home. Haven't mentioned this to the boss just yet. :o Hope he's not in one of his "moods".

Later!

Morning, girls! It's snowing here at the north pole which means it's warmer. :) Looks like we'll at least get a few inches this morning. We have had no significant snow yet this winter, so it looks nice. I would love it if it snowed all day & night - a snow day would be nice tomorrow and we really need the moisture. But that probably will not happen! Forecast says it will turn into freezing drizzle.

Kayla - Hope your exams are going well this week!

DNW & Quilter - thanks for the lo-cal chocolate-craving-busting ideas. I even copied them together for future reference!

Tig - Good thinking rescuing the VCR so you can do your videos. Sometimes small obstacles make us sidetracked before we even know it!

Bright - congrats on making it thru the superbowl unscathed.

Huntress - Oh no! Shake that thang around and get it thawed out! :hyper:

Jello - girl scouts - olive garden - stay strong! I'll be sending you a few vibes about weigh-in tonight.

Quilter - happy for you that the water situation has reversed itself. Good reminder to HANG IN THERE when the news is bad and wait.

Okay it's taken me hours to type in between all kinds of distractions, and I'm hoping SEMO's connection difficulties have reversed themselves and I can catch up on her news before lunch.

Frozen groove thang. LOL If only shivering burned more calories!

Has anyone been following the Today shows series on Generation "O"? "O" stands for obese. They gave the % of children that are overweight, but I forget the number.
I'm going to check out their website, see if I can't absorb some healthful information. :df:

*shivering away the pounds* :lol:

Hello Ladies, Boss is away.....:dance: ...it's time to play.....

Well, not really as I've been busy this morning and he's already called once with more stuff to do. He is a nice guy 90% of the time!:D

It's a blistering 46 degrees here today, but it's a cloudy and dreary looking day. Not doing so hot on eating but am still on my exercise. Probably the only thing that has kept me from gaining tons. Tell me why I can go months doing great and then can't get back on the wagon to save my life. I don't really think it's the weather, I just can't seem to get a handle on it anymore. Can't give up tho or I would be in real trouble or worst trouble in no time.

Having to cover the front today so I can't say in my office too long (I'm way, way in the back).

(((huz)))

I'm not sure what the % of overweight children is but its way too many. Now, did you see the scary article in the newspaper today that they may have to start weighing passengers who take the smaller commuter planes - the last crash was probably due to overloading. They allow 160 pounds per adult and with more than half the population overweight, I have a feeling that needs to be raised. I'd die of embarassment if I had to get weighed to take a plane - probably quit flying.

I know you won't believe this, but as cold as it has been, there are 2 dandelions blooming in my front yard - I guess they never die! Anyhow, it encourged me that spring might actually make an appearance. That and the weatherman's prediction for temperatures in the 50s by weekend.

Quilter: Jeez Louise can you imagine if I had to get weighed every time I got on a plane?....I would be like poor little Tatoo on Fantasy Island always waving to the plane but never getting off the island!!

I was also reading in "Muscle for Hers" magazine an article about "physical wealth". It talks about the concept of investing in our bodies now in order to be able to live the lifestyle we want when we get older. It really gave me pause to think; because I am always saying I wish I knew then what I know now about my body...

Semo: 46 degrees, how did you get 46 degrees while we are still frozen under the tundra up here in NJ :?: Don't worry about the food...you are still exercising and you will get your food back in order in no time. I have been reading your posts for over 5 months now and you always get back on track. Are you using a food plan you can live with first of all...if not it's time to evaluate a better plan.

Huntress: What did you say was frozen :lol:

Tiger: I haven't had a chance to watch the Today show but I was an obese child who became an obese adult and it really behooves parents to teach nutrition early on...I am sure you are doing that with your boys..they look like they are in pretty decent shape from the pictures you posted.

Brighter: You made it through the superbowl party unscathed...Semo move over..Brighter's my new hero!

Cafe: Where do you live....north of the US? You keep saying the North Pole and I am thinking upper Canada or Alaska.

Jello: Glad you liked the strawberry thing...it's absolutely fabulous in the heat of the summer...when you are dying of heat exhaustion, or it's to hot to eat, and a glass of ice water doesn't make it.

Gotta go guys...I still feel really crappola...started feeling better this morning at work but now I feel like a big old punky sick chick....smooches :grouphug:

Nah, Tiger, if shivering burned off lots and lots of calories, I'd be thin as a rail by now. Too bad it doesn't work 'cause something good should come out of this cold weather! :mad:

It's snowing ... again. Roads are treacherous this morning. Accidents all over the place. Yuck.

Semo, be careful! You don't want to get heat stroke by moving too fast in all that hot weather out there! Tell ya what. Send some of those degrees my way? Just a few - 5 or 6 would at least get us out of the teens here!

Wait! Actually, that's not true. I just checked. We're up to a whopping 21 now! :hyper: But it's still snowing. :headache:

Well girls, I weighed in last night. So how come I can gain obscene amounts of weight in just 2 days of ... well, debauchery :o and lose just half a pound when I'm really working on it. Granted, it's moving in the right direction but I have to admit I was really disappointed. At this rate, it'll take me another 3 months just to get back to where I was a couple weeks ago.

After the weigh-in, the meeting at the VFW went so late that we ended up stopping at Wendy's for something for dinner. I was sssssttttaaarrrrvvvvviiinnnnngggg. I just got a chicken breast sandwich with lettuce and tomato - no mayo or cheese. Was it good, you ask. Beats me. I wolfed it down so fast. :( Not a great start to my new resolve to make up for my past errors.

Today's the luncheon catered by The Olive Garden. I'm thinking I might be able to get away with just a little spaghetti in marinara sauce, skip the meatballs, skip the breadsticks and have just a little of the salad. Diet soda and none of the cookies for dessert. That's the plan. Let's just see... :crossed:

Well, once again, I've rambled long enough. I'd better go. People are slowly arriving here so the boss should roll in any minute. Whoopie. Hopefully, the company president will have some good news for us during his boring speech today.

....Hopefully, I'll be able to stay awake during his boring speech today! :devil:

Later!

P.S. Hey Nursie! Keep those sick chick smooches to yourself there girlie! :p (Kidding! Feel better soon!)

Okay I'm sending little heat waves out to all of you.......:flame: It's 38 degrees and raining today. Told you about Missouri weather, just stick around a day or two and the weather does a complete turn around. Last week it was 7 degrees, with who knows what temp with the wind factor.

OMG, I wouldn't fly either if I had to get on the scales!:yikes: I feel bad enough telling the licence bureau people that I weigh the same as stated on my license at renewal time. :o Everytime I promise myself that at the next renewal I'll be there.

My niece just came by, she has car trouble and took my car home while her's is being worked on. She did tell me that her sister and her family is in St Louis, just got in yesterday from Germany. I'm so glad that they are back in the states with everything that is going on.

No time for shout outs, can't believe I've been this busy.....

Jello - you passed the Wendy's test and I know you'll do fine with your pre-planning for Olive Garden goodies today. It's hard. I usually get Wendy's chili and the garden salad or a baked potato. I eat so much chicken at home that I hate to get it out. I do love the Olive Garden though!

We are having a heat wave - up to 40 today. For Tidewater, that is normal winter weather. But tomorrow it's right back down again.

Jello: You know you can have the spaghetti. It's 200 cals. a cup so if you have had a small breakfast and a light dinner you can enjoy yourself. Hope you have the strength to see it through...I think you do!! :cb:

Quilter: 40 degrees and I'm still jealous although we are having a warm snap, it finally got warm enough to snow....must call niece in Midlothian, VA, to see if they are enjoying the heat wave too.

Semo: Thanks for the fire! :hot: Are they working you to death? I will thrash them if they don't leave you alone

Tiger, Dyan, Tiffany, Huntress: :high:

Oh, I'm not so busy with work as I am running back and forth to the front of the store. We have some pretty mean chemicals, not to mention expensive, in the warehouse and it would be easy for someone to go right through and pick up some dangerous stuff. We got word from the big office to up our security on stuff like that. A year or so ago, we had a very intoxicated guy wonder into the warehouse and tried to fill up his glass with a jug of chemical. How stupid can you get and who would have been responsible..... us.

Okay fronts empty again so I have go back up there. At least I'm getting more exercise.........;)

Semo, reminds me of a story. We use arsenic here a lot. Couple years ago, our old president retired. His secretary was cleaning out his office, went into his desk and found a little jar of it. Hmmm.... Wonder what he was doing with it??? :?: Actually, all I could think was "gee, wish I'd known that was there, there were times I could have used it!"

Oops! Not really. Guess I'd better watch what I say. Especially now since the quarterly meeting/luncheon is now over and the current prez had bad news for us. Raises and bonuses have ONCE AGAIN been "postponed". We're, can you say, "screwed"? :mad:

It's still snowing and looking scary. I've just been told about a 3:00 meeting that I have to attend and am totally unprepared for (keep hoping they'll call and say they can't make it because of the snow). Good news is ...

... A little pasta. A little salad (light on the dressing). ONE small cookie. Diet soda. I did OK! :cool:

One meal at a time....

Let' all do the happy dance for Jello!!! We knew you could do it. Don't you feel great having been in control!

Arsenic was taken by ladies in the past because it gave them such a lovely complexion--at the time they didn't know it accumulated and would kill them...at least they died looking lovely.

It's now raining here - good, maybe it'll wash my car!

DNW I'm about 75 miles from Midlothian. They get more snow and cold than we do. Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic moderate us --and the hurricanes blow us away!

I hate to do this, but...................

My oldest just called and told me it is 74 degrees outside. Ya'll come on down for a visit!

LJ

Well, I WAS happy dancing :dancer: ...

... and then I read that post from Huntress. :p Hey!!! It's so NOT FAIR!!!

Still snowing here, Huntress. As soon as they de-ice the planes at the airport, I'm on my way down for a visit. Three months or so will do it. Make up the guest room!

Quilter, interesting info. Best looking corpse in the box, eh?

Leaving here in 10 minutes to head home. Roads are looking just wet at the moment but the temperature is hovering just below freezing ... for now.

Send good vibes. :goodvibes: :lucky:

Hey ladies,

Just jumping on here real quick, to let ya'll know that I''m still alive and kicking! I have fallen so far off the wagon that I can't even begine to see which way it went. Went to WalMart real quick, while Cheye was at her Ballet/Tap class, and bought 2, not one but 2 books!! The funny thing is I think there "opposite" books. One is the "The ZOne" and the other is "atkins". I was in hurry and didn't have time to really see which one would fit me, so I bought them both and hope to read through, a little of each of them and see which one I can actually stick to. Anyhoo, hope everyone is well. Someday, I hope to come back home (on the board) on a regular basis, but until then I want you all to know that there's not a day that I'm thinking about you all!!

Hello old friends. It's so good to be http://www.gamers-forums.com/smilies/ups/kamikaze/smilie_home.gif


No excuses, no apologies, nothing. I am back and I am MAD. I mean business. I am now heavier than when I very first started here. I left here and went to **** in a handbasket. Or a picnic basket as the case may be.

http://jeeptalk.org/crack/smilies/otn/love/bolletje.gif I got married on January 6th, and I am still working at the County Clerk's office, which means NO internet during the day...but I think that it is time to get serious again. Healthy snack and planning my lunch.

Arrgh. So much to do.

DNW, thank you for keeping my memory alive and I am SO thrilled to see my old friends still here and chugging along. You are real inspirations!

Later, we'll line up and you can all show me how glad you are that I have returned. LOL...maybe like this.... http://www.gamers-forums.com/smilies/contrib/ruinkai/spanka.gif

Check in with you all later.
Much love,
Tiffany

Hey all,

Dyan---Get your booty back here, girl! We don't care where you landed off that wagon--we miss you! This time of year is tough enough without "circling our wagons" and waiting for spring to get here...You get yourself right back here when you can, you hear?

Huntress---I can't believe you have 74 degrees! SEMO and I just hit 40 something and don't expect to stay there long, if things continue to fluctuate (this is Missouri, you know---"if you don't like the weather....just wait a bit and it will change"). Was sleeting and snowing large flakes this morning when I left for work! Thank goodness it didn't stick.... Don't you dare cancel your LV trip! You always sound so excited before you go....don't give that up...we all need a "pick-me-up" to help us thru the low spots and that sounds like yours! My pick-me-up is planning vacations---hope to get to go on one this year but having trouble planning. It's easier when your kids are smaller....

DNW---I'm still here...just had a few fast moving days. Weigh in today was the same for this week...I'm happy with that since Aunt Flo arrived this morning, also, and I could have gone the other way easily! Gonna try that strawberry drink when it gets warmer---can't handle much cold right now...barely getting the ice water down daily! Hang in there, spring is coming!

Cafe---I'll send you my snow, too! I am sooooo tired of this stuff! Hope you have a great week with all that healthy yummy food you talk about...

Happy Wednesday to all my other pen pals out there...

"Bright"

Jumpin' and leapin' baby Jesus..Tiffany is back..see I knew if we kept saying your name, just like Tinkerbell in Peter Pan, you would come back...and it worked.

First of congratulations on your marriage, and second of congratulations for never, ever giving up.

Together we can do what we cannot do alone.

Lots of Love!!

Thanks for the warm welcome. Well, I bit the bullet and hopped on the scale. I was 265 when I came here first. I am 260 tonight.

:D HEYYYYY, I am NOT as heavy as when I started. I guess I can be thankful for that!

Off to bed, I will check in tomorrow night.

Keep up the good work!
Tiffany:drill: (reporting for duty)

HOLY SMOKES!:faint: Welcome Back Tiff!...or should we rename you Tinkerbell?
DNW, you are so right about "Together we can do what we cannot do alone". Coming here keeps me going. I may fall off the wagon or drag behind, but you guys help me get refocused. :goodvibes Without coming here, the wagon would probably leave me in the dust.

Hey Dyan! How's the job? Dr. Atkins was on CNN the other day. They were talking about picking a plan that you can stick with, otherwise you'll go back to old ways/weighs after you hit goal. Happy reading ;)

Bright, people say the same thing about Indiana weather. I used to think I liked the "changing seasons". Not so sure as I get older. I think I could live with Indian Summer year- round. :cloud9:

What does anyone think of CoCo Wheats? I'm so bad a reading labels and understanding them. The ingredients look ok. I'm still trying to find more basic, less processed foods. So hard teaching the old dog new tricks!

later taters!

OMG! OMG! OMG!!!!! :cb: :cb: Ms. Tiffany, girlie, I'm so happy to see you!!! I'm gettin' all misty here. Of course, now I'll have to call you MRS. Tiffany!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! And, as Nursie said, congrats on coming on back to us too. I have missed you so very much. :cry:

Whew! Now I've forgotten everything I was going to say. :dizzy:

Oh yeah. Made some No Pudge brownies last night finally! The expiration date on the yogurt was Jan. 28. (Close enough.) It was either use it or throw it out. So I used it. :D And it's a good thing those brownies freeze well or I would have devoured the entire batch. Yummy. :T

Tiger, what are Coco Wheats? Never heard of them but they sound like they might be good. Breakfast cereal? Snack cracker?

Dyan, over here!!!! :wave: I'm waving to you from the wagon! Of course, I'm only hanging on to the bumper myself but I'll be happy to give you a boost up if you promise not to let me fall off too.

Good news is that the snow here has finally stopped and the sun's out. Bad news is that it's supposed to cloud over and have sleet and freezing rain this afternoon into evening. Nurse, we'll be sending it eastward to you after that. Hey, you can thank me later. :rolleyes:

Have to go. I got up this morning with this inexplicable new resolve to stay on program, lose weight, do well, etc. I don't understand it but I'm not going to question it. Just going to grab it and hold on tight as I can!

Later!

PS - Uh Tiff ... I DO NOT want to know where you got that certain little "smilie". Oooh...... ;)

Jello, CoCo Wheats..."the creamy hot cereal with the cocoa treat". They are near the oatmeal and cream of wheat at the store. My kids (and me) like them with a spoon full of peanutbutter stirred in. I buy natural peanutbutter, so not gettting the added ingredients.
I'm feeling new strength to stay on program too! Maybe it's something in the water...or in the snow! Or, maybe it's cuz I have to weigh-in with DH Saturday. *gulp*

So many posts, so little time! Good morning everyone!

Glad you're back, Dyan! I had a suspicion we'd see the light of your face once you were past your training phase. Re: the two books, definitely read them both for yourself... If you want a testimonial, I have read and implemented the Zone diet with success. It takes planning to have balanced meals and snacks with you when you are on the go (but doesn't every diet? but there is some math involved with this one.)

[hmm, maybe they should put that on the cover: warning! math ahead. but I like math.]

The nice thing about the Zone is that while it isn't a ton of food the totally even-all-the-time energy level is so great! LMK if you're going to dive in, maybe I'll dive back in with you.

Tiffany! Or should I call you Tifferbell? Glad you're back! Sorry you've had a rough patch. But don't worry, you're not the only one! Everyone has had setbacks. It's going to take me a long time to meet my goal. But the key is to keep coming back to the table, to look at my plan and start again. Stay with us! Good or bad. If challenges make you mad at yourself, just skip them. It's more important to stay in the harness than to plow the whole field by sunset. We do not expect you to be flawless, at all.

DNW, Not in Canada, just the upper midwest - But I'm telling you this IS the North Pole!!! (While I admit that things COULD be worse if I was on the other side of the border, my brain feels this is as bad as it can be.)

Tig, wow, I understand your struggle to find less processed foods! In this country, that can be a challenge. I find most wheat products in general to be heavily processed. If you're thinking breakfast, why not oats?

Because oats are pretty simple, you can more or less choose the level of processing you desire and go from there, making them tasty in whatever way appeals to you. The less processing, the longer they take to cook, but there are simple crock-pot recipes that can have them ready for you in the morning.

justcrockpotrecipes.com under breakfast had the following:

Breakfast Oatmeal

2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
4 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped dates (raisins or currants would be nice too)

Combine all ingredients in cooker. Cook on low 8 hours (overnight).


OR, if you want to get REALLY natural:

Cereal

1/4 cup cracked wheat
1/4 cup oat groats or steel cut oats
1/4 cup dried unsweetened grated coconut or oatmeal
3 cups water
1/4 teaspoon salt - (to 1/2 tspn)
1/4 cup pearl barley
1/4 cup brown rice

Just before bedtime, combine all the ingredients in a crockpot set on LOW temperature. In the morning serve with your favorite milk, fruit, and whole grain toast.


LOL, okay that may be too much info. If you like cocowheats, if they fill you up and they're in your range, eat 'em. Good website though.

~Cafe, ducking and running, with a quick wave to all others.

Now I gotta ask...this Jersey girl has no idea what groats are and are they any different than oats...by the way thanks for those breakfast receipes...we can never have too much information on this thread.

I'm so proud. I had a successful trip to the grocery store. No serious junk found its way into my cart! For a moment, I had a box of Apple Jacks in my hands...hey, it had a free Buzz Lightyear bobble head inside...but I slowly put it back on the shelf and backed away.

Cafe, I do oatmeal. I switched to the Old Fashioned slow cooking kind last year. The kids are the problem. They'll eat oatmeal, but need some variety. I make a crockpot recipe with apples and raisins...but it needs tweeked.

Off to check out justcrockpots site!

Cyber Hugs for Everyone...... the gangs all here....the gangs all here. This is great news.

Dyanm, fill us in on your kiddies, I miss your stories. Love 'em little darlings. How's the job going? Been worried about you and Tiff, know you have been busy but, well, gosh we need ya'll.

Well MRS Tiff, I'm back and oh BTW I'm married.......... Give it up girlfriend, we want the scoop. :o Yep, I'm still nosy. :D and so very happy all our gals are back.

Have to confess that I've tried both Adkins and Zone, I thought Zone was easier out of the two. My mainstay for breakfast was cottage cheese, pineapple and almonds. I still love that, I've been on a Kashi kick for months. (helps with us 'ol folks bathroom problems. heehee)

Speaking of recipes, I've been making a lot of the sugar & and fat free puddings. DH loves them and when I really need something sweet I eat that. I usually go ahead and put it in individual containers so the're handy. Haven't bought any junk in the house in the last couple of weeks and I only buy chips in the 30 cent packages for DH's lunch. I hide them in the pantry so I don't see them everytime I look in there. That helps me, (that's where a short memory comes in handy) if I don't see them I forget that they are there. :dizzy:

I'm going to check the crockpot site, I really need to start using my crockpot again. Sure makes it nice to have most of dinner ready when I get home. Smells so good when you open the door too.

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There is one for you Jello!!! LOL

There is no story about the big wedding. We were drunk on New Years Eve and decided to do it. When we sobered up, we still wanted to do it, so we did. We just went to the Judge.

Honeymoon to come later. Reward for getting to goal. I may be waiting for a while to go on that trip, but I will get there someday.

Well, off to fix dinner and get my daughter ready for a weekend trip.

Hugs to all,
Tiff

Hi all,

Congrats, Tiffany!:cb: :cb: Glad you found your way back....really missed your sense of humor and kind heart.

Cafe: I gotta check that web site...justcrockpotrecipes.com...sounds good! I like the cinammon roll oatmeal packets..I'm gonna have to figure out the WW points for them again!

An Atkins ad dropped down on my screen while I was reading posts ....??? Who gives permission for that to happen and how come those kinds of ads don't have an "x" (close box) on them?? I couldn't get rid of it until it got rid of itself!!!! Sorry, a little bugged out by that...

Tiger: We must be getting some of the same weather systems...don't know what kind of clothing to wear day to day and if I miss the weather forecast that morning...it could be a disaster! Never tried coco-wheats....I like grits in the morning myself but didn't learn to eat those until I lived in the south for a while. Butter-flavored grits are the best with cheese and bacon bits.

Send me some more sunshine again, Huntress, okay?

Happy Thursday to DNW, Jello, Kayla, SEMO, DYAN and all I missed! One more day to weekend....we....can....do...this!!!!

"Bright"

Friday. That's suppose to be a good thing, huh? :^: DH has to work tomorrow, alarm clock on Saturday morning.:devil:

I made some instant soup last night that I thought was really good. www.bearcreekfoods.com I made the Minestrone. Only took 10 minutes...I did add a can of diced tomatoes. Yum, looking forward to leftovers.

So, my sister gave me a pair of her post pregnancy jeans. They are too big for her now. I know she doesn't mean it as an insult. Size 12. :dz: Yeah, I'll squeeze right into those puppies. :no: It's almost funny she gave them to me. She needs to get her eyes checked.

*off to wake the kiddies for school*

Hm... Didn't know there was a full moon tonight, Tiff. :lol:

Know what I had for lunch on Wednesday? Pasta from the Olive Garden. Know what I had for lunch yesterday? A pasta frozen dinner. Know what I had for dinner last night? Oh, whipped up some pasta. Know what I have for lunch today. Pulled a frozen dinner out of the freezer -- pasta.

Sense a theme here? Love the stuff. But I'm learning. Smaller portions. Tomato sauce - none of these creamy alfredo sauces. Top the pasta with steamed veggies before I put on the sauce. Yum. :T

Tiff, I think it's so cool that you have time to think about and plan a honeymoon trip. Any ideas where you might want to go? Me, I have all sorts of vacation trips planned ... once I have the time, money, stamina, etc. etc. etc. They range from sunny islands with white beaches and clear blue waters (Jello in a LITTLE bathing suit) to a warm cabin by a beautiful clear mountain lake (Jello in shorts and hiking boots climbing rocks and breathing the fresh air). :cloud9:

Oh yeah and there's the Vegas strip too. But that's just pure decadence. :devil:

Bright, I hate hate hate those pop up ads too. But I guess someone's got to pay for this forum. Can't live without it!

Tiger, I'm going to check out that website. Love minestrone soup.

Then again, the temperature's supposed to go up to 50 by Monday around here! :o Melt all this evil cold white stuff maybe? Yeah, I'll believe it when I see it.

Boss just rolled in. Guess I'll get to work now. But first a profound thought....

Posted on the bulletin board this morning is a notice about one of our employees. His wife had their first baby, a son, early this morning around 4:00. :) But I also heard from someone that one of our ex-employees' wife died early this morning also around 4:00. :( Makes you stop and think about life and its ups and downs, etc. To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under Heaven.

Love you guys.

Happy Friday Everyone!:dance:

Cafe, thanks for the crockpot site. Love it and have already sent it to my DIL. She uses the crockpot a lot.

Got my raise in this check..... with the insurance going up and my raise, I'm right back where I was. Guess it could be worse.

Tomorrow is supposed to be nice and pretty, so I'm thinking that I need a day out. Danged if Famous Barr didn't send me a get well card 'cause I hadn't charged anything in a while. :lol: (before you get jealous, I was kidding!) I'm trying to get my fianances in order before DH kills me. Note: if I disapear you might want to have my death investaged........

Not much going on here today, not doing well eating, nor did I exercise last night. You guys this is getting pitiful....... I need to get off my rump and DO SOMETHING!!! :stress: I wanna be a loser!!! I know I'm the only one that can do it and just have to get in the right mind set. Sigh........ Well nuff whinning. Later.

"I'm very busy and important." Yeah, that's my story.

Actually that's a line from the movie Brigette Jones' Diary. Love that film. :)

Truth is I'm lazy and forgetful. That's why I can't remember who it is here that's going to Curves nor did I scroll back to find out. :( I admit it. Reason I'm askin' is that I just quit the gym I've been going to. Oh I could give you all the excuses but the biggest is that it's almost 10 miles on the freeway in the opposite direction of home. I just never get there and started to feel put-out and resent having to go. I liked being there, it was just getting there and then getting home that was the issue. :headache:

However, I checked out the Curves website and there are TWO within 5 miles of my house, one of which is actually on my way home! I think I'll just have to check this out. Actually their website tells me very little about hours, classes, $$$, etc. (Especially $$$!) Can anyone supply any information? Pretty please? :^: I swear I'll never again forget who you are!

Hey, almost lunch time! More pasta! :D

For you crockpotters out there, at the every end of the last thread where some of you may not have seen it, I offered to email my crockpot recipes with points to anyone who wants them. There are over 200 in a MS Word document.

If you want them, send me an email to skopczyk@yahoo.com.

Weekend - have to get my menus done for next week so I can go grocery shopping. Having carpets cleaned today so that will make everything else look bad so I'll probably have to do a bit more housework and cleaning than I want to but it'll be nice to have a jump on spring cleaning.

Cold and rain - what's new - Monday it's supposed to be 60 and rain.

I'd really like to get out and walk and doing it indoors just isn't the same.

Jello:

Curves is about $30 a month where I live and I know their hours are 8-12 and then 4-8 and that's it.

It's a 30 minute circuit workout and then you are gone. There are some women on Aphil's #15 thread on doing it our own way that go there...maybe they can help.

FYI TO EVERYONE I AM STARTING THE FEBRUARY BOOTY CAMP THREAD TOMORROW AND WILL PM EVERYONE TO LET THEM KNOW.

Going to the doc's right now for some drugs!! still sick :mad:

Sorry you are still under the weather, DNW....hope your doc can help you feel better.

Got up late this morning and have two different people that want me to do something today....difficult to choose what to do! Whichever burns the most calories is how I'm gonna pick!

Had a rough night last night...ate alot of food but I'm hoping all the exercise today helps. I was bored and watching a movie and it is TOM, and it wasn't sunny last night....so I ate!

Today the stairs will be my friend and I'm get the laundry done and housework. Gotta pull out my organizer book and go to FLYLADY.net to read some more---looks like such a funny site!

I have the TV on...horrible news on the space shuttle. Almost all the people were in their 40's---what a terrible way to die. :( I guess you take those chances when you sign up but they were almost home!

*******(my moment of silence for all the astronauts and their families****************************************** ****

Have a great weekend all,

"Bright":twirly:

hi girls.

Hi tiff, i missed you tons.

well, we are moving it looks like. Things have been incredibly hectic around here....exams, my gramma being sick.....traveling so much. its been nuts. But....i think we are moving to Camrose.

I was there staying with friends thrusday night...and Ryan decided to get into a huge fight with me. friggin men. but were good i think. we havent fought in a long time. but..the thing is.....i got mad at him, and now that i think about it....he was doing what he did to look out for me......which is really kinda cute. and i feel bad now. but....meh......itll be fine....hes like, my best friend in the whole world.....i could scream my head off at him, and hed still be right there when i needed him. AND....if we move to where we think wer are moving...then he will be in the same town as me. which would be waaaayyyyy 2 cool!

well.......i gotta get going....soooo many things to do...no time to do them....ill talk to you all later!!!

luv
kayla

:drill: Recruits

The new thread is up entitled "Booty Camp Febraury 2003 Thread #1; see you there.