Sugar Shakers - Sugar Busters Weekly Support Board 11/10-11/16

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

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

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


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

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

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


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

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

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

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

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=34301

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

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


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


WELCOME! :D

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GOOD MONDAY MORNING EVERYONE!

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


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NEVER SETTLE FOR LESS


Would you be satisfied with a few hundred dollars, if you knew you could have had a million? It seems foolish to walk away from so much value.

Yet every time you give anything less than you're capable of giving, you're doing much the same thing. Every time you choose a quick, inferior shortcut instead of making the full effort, you're missing out on value that could have been yours.

If you see the task in front of you as a chore to be tolerated, it will not bring you much. When you see it, though, as an opportunity to build value, there's no limit to where it can lead.

This day is yours, not just to get through, but to make use of and to build something great. Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, no matter how much or how little you have with which to work, there is a way to climb ever higher.

And that way is to put the power of your attention, the power of your commitment into what you're doing, no matter what it may be. Excellence is welcomed and rewarded everywhere it is applied, and no job is too large or too small to do your very best.

Whatever it is you find yourself doing, truly care about doing it right. And you'll never have to settle for anything less than the very best.

-- Ralph Marston
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SUCCESS OF OTHERS

Some people see those who have achieved great success, and they respond by becoming envious. Others respond by becoming inspired and committed to reaching even greater goals of their own. Some people respond to the success of others by trying to take it away or minimize it in some way. Others realize that their efforts are far better spent in creating their own success.

Another person's success does not in any way diminish your prospects. In fact, the more people there are who are truly successful, the more opportunities you have to succeed. No one who thrives at the expense of others will continue to thrive for long. For true and lasting success comes only to those who provide positive and useful value to others.

The success of your neighbor is your success too. For it makes even more possibilities available to you. Let the success of others positively inspire you. Then go ahead and become an inspiration yourself.

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

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

THIS WEEKS CHALLENGES:

As usual we continue with to TRY AND GET IN AT LEAST 64 OUNCES OF WATER A DAY and TRY TO GET IN AT LEAST 3 DAYS WORTH OF EXERCISE and post it on the exercise board.

THIS WEEKS CHALLENGE:

Easy one, not hard to do. Just list the starchy carbs you eat, with amounts, if possible, for at least 3 days this week (or any days, whatever you can do).

WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY TO CELEBRATE THIS WEEK!!!!:hb: :hat:

IT'S GREENRN'S BIRTHDAY THIS THURSDAY, NOV. 13TH

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I wanted to hop on here early and wish everyone a good week! Let's make this the best week ever! Love yourself, and do what is best for you...stay on plan and treat yourself like you deserve. I have a tremendously busy day today, so I may not be able to get back until tonight or tomorrow....

Until then! :wave:

Good Monday Morning:wave:

Hope you all had a nice weekend.:D

Went to bed hoping I'd be nicely rested and having the desire to go out and walk. I got up, a bit earlier than expected due to that darn phone ringing, got dressed and hoped I'd have the drive to go. I didn't, but I kept hoping and wishing and as I sit here, still dressed to go out and walk, my body just feels drained and I just don't feel like going. What can I say:shrug: Hey, at least I got dressed to go, that's a start.;) I shouldn't be so tired but I think TOM is due this week (lost track) and I think maybe that's why I'm so tired.

Also, with TOM coming I think that's why the scale is up 2lbs for me today. That and eating a lot of ELI'S eggplant dish he made last night, which was absolutley DELISH!!!

I have to go to the Gables, where my parents live, to do a few things today and probably will miss yoga. I have to go to my Grandfathers house and get my folding table to use this weekend for my garage sale, go to the bank with DM and try to find a place that can somehow patch my couch seat. SOMEONE must of put their feet up on my couch and snagged it with something like a belt buckle and made a hole. I love my couch, it's huge and fits perfectly where it is and I don't want to have to get rid of it. Unfortunately the way this particular cushion is made you can't flip it over:(

Well, I just MAY have the recipe for OLE OLE'S salad dressing in my hands. I've asked lots of questions and I think I have all ingredients and amounts and will try to get the ingredients one day soon and try to make a batch. If all works out, I'll be passing it along-it's delicious and the reason I go there, oh, the dressing AND their salsa!!

As of today, it will be 2 weeks since LAUREN started the SOBE DIET. I know she's not eating enough, or drinking enough water and she's stuck having lost 5lbs, all the first week. Starting tomorrow she'll start PHASE 2 and I'm hoping she'll find, eating the SB way easier, as well as seeing she can lose more weight if she eats right. I'm really proud of her, not so much about the weight loss, but more that she's been resilient in sticking to a diet without cheating for 2 weeks now. It was all her idea, she chose this diet, and decided the timing was right for her, and for that, I'm really proud of her efforts. The weight loss is secondary. :)

Okay, on to some replies...

MONET, that eggplant recipe sounds delish and you KNOW how I just love eggplant. Of course, I'll pass it to ELI and ask him to make it, you just KNOW how my cooking is!:lol: BTW, what exactly are pimentos?

KITTY, you sound like you have a good grip on the concept of SB. The only thing I think may not be good are the crackers. I've never bought, or seen, this brand, but does it list SGWW flour as the flour used? I'm surprised there are so many crackers in a serving. When I eat my WW crackers, the serving size is 4, like the saltine size-not much. Anyhow, as you said, moderation, which is one of the main keys to being successful at this WOE:)

DAVE, thanks DAVE, sometimes, you just don't know:) Hey, at least he wasn't naked!!!:lol: Thanks for posting that article.

COUNTRY, thanks for the link-will check it out later. Hopefully, it won't be far more than my brain can handle;)

TONI, good luck today with the journaling. Looking forward to taking a look at what you're doing:)

AGAPE, looking forward to seeing more of you this week:)

MOM, not to worry, a few chips aren't going to mess you up. It could easily be for many reasons, like TOM-I'm up 2lbs today and I'm not worried at the least. I can tell you, if you can get a piece of graph paper and make a weight chart, or find one on line, you can know, over time, how your body will go up and down during certain times of the month - like TOM and mid-cycle - for me it's a given.

Well, I'm outta here. The least I could do this morning is go clean the kitchen up from the weekend mess, then enjoy something for breakfast. Will check in later, before I leave for the day.

Have a wonderful week everyone!

{{{HUGS}}}:grouphug:

Debbie


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Good morning everyone. Wow a new week to do what ever we want to with it. I'll have to say I've tried the South Beach diet this week and it just isn't for me. I think Sugar Busters has spoiled me but I want my bread and fruit. So no more of that and back to SB.

Deb- Thanks so much for calling. I really needed your inspiration. I'll be journaling this week. Sorry we got cut off.

Monet- Morning to ya... Hope you have a great day.

All right I'm off and running. Going to walk at the campground at 10 this morning.

DEB: Pimentos are a type of sweet red pepper. They can be found in the pickle/olive area of the grocery store. They come chopped, sliced, and whole, usually in a jar.

TONI: I am with you! Give me bread and fruit! I did Atkins for years, and the bread is what I missed most! I love being able to have some on SB without feeling guilty.

Oh, wow. I just noticed that this will be my 1000th post! How exciting is that? :)

Good Monday Morning.

A new week to make great strides. Let's make it a good one. My weekend eating was so-so. Not too bad. Let's say I did have a fight with the cheese nips. They won, but they are gone for good now. We went to a brakfast buffet yesterday. I don't know why, I don't get my monies worth. I did have 1 biscuit and gravy, but that was my only starchy carbs for the day. The only other meal I had was a salad for dinner with chicken in it. The scale was up 1 pound today. I putting it away for awhile. It frustrates me.

I really miss not being on the board for the weekends. I need to do something about getting a computer at home while DD has mine at school.

Monet, thank you for the MM. Hope your day isn't too busy. Congrats on your 1000 post.

Deb, What a shame about your couch. Hope you can find a way to fix it. Congrats to Lauren on making it 2 weeks w/o cheating. It is an accomplishment to do something and the wt loss is secondary, but if she were to start losing again it would sure help her stay motivated. Maybe if you just walked a short while instead of jumping back into the whole amount it would help. Looking forward to that dressing recipe. What does it taste like? Does it contain salsa? Oh I went to the HFS yesterday, and the didn't carry the Sheltons ww pot pies either. What has happened to them? They had the regular ones. Also, the Hodgens Mills ww pancake mix contains corn meal. Can we have it?


Toni, I started the SBD and couldn't do w/o my bread and fruit too. Oh well, we know this works so why look elsewhere. I am limiting my carbs to 1 a day (if possible). Enjoy your walk. Are you all looking for rain this week too?

I'm off to read the weekend posts. Be back later.
P. S. I'm not voting on the poll yet. I want to say I will be down. BUt the way things have been going, I may have to stick with being the same.

Jackie
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10-10-01

Hi everyone.

My day didn't start out so great. The kids came in my room and told me it was time to get up, I looked at the clock and it was time for the bus to run! Kerri was ready for school, but Katie wasn't, she had just gotten up. I told her to get herself ready for school and then looked out the door and hubby had taken my car! I haven't a clue where he went other then the gym, but when I called them to have him paged, he didn't answer the page. Boy is he in some trouble.:s: I called the shop and talked to one of the guys there and luckily he's extrememly nice and came and picked up the girls and took them to school for me.

Hubby just came home, and I gave him another lecture on taking my car! Can you believe he has nothing to say for not resetting the alarm so I'd get up?! Geez, I swear if it's not the kids driving me crazy it's him!

The weekend was ok for me. I made a zucchini loaf and ended up eating nearly the whole thing myself, but at least it wasn't all in one day! I did have a little bit of a pecan roll yesterday though, other then that I stayed OP!

Monet, Wow 1000 posts!

Deb, Congrats to Lauren!

Toni, I have to say that I haven't tried any other "diet" and stuck with it like I have SB. It's so easy!

Well I had better get going here this morning, lots of cleaning to do:s: I'll talk to y'all later.

Jenn

Morning all! Just a quick check in before I head to the dentist for a cleaning. I have to take an antibiotic before I go, so I've got to go to the drug store first!

Eating was not so good over the weekend, but today is a new day and I'm not going to stress about it. I did manage to get some chores done that I'd been meaning to do--including spending all day yesterday shredding old documents. I feel like I have uncluttered a lot of my life--which helps!

Today I need to move files from my 2002 candidates into storage so I can begin files for my 2004 candidates. I have two signed up already and will be talking to a third this week.

I'm still sulking over Auburn's game this weekend. We shouldn't have lost. That's all I'm going to say about that! Congrats to BOB on a big win for UT on Saturday and to everyone else whose team won!

It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is a little more than two weeks away. I will be heading to NC two weeks from today. I was just thinking that I ought to make some WW bread to freeze then I can turn into stuffing mix ( have used WW bread to make my dressing for the last three years and the family loves it--they don't know it is any different from the regular stuff my DM used to buy). With WW stuffing and a SF apple pie made with WW crust, I can feast on THanksgiving and it will be totally legal day!

I saw that Mrs. Smith now has a No Sugar Added Apple pie in the forzen pie section at my gorcery store. Of course it is made with white flour--but still it would be better than the sugar laden stuff. I like making pies though. Everyone has their favorite and I make'em all for Thanksgiving. We have almost one pie per person!

Thanksgiving is easy SB wise for me--it's the stretch from then until Christmas that I find hard. Everyone--and I mean EVERYONE pushes sweets for the entire month. That's really when we need to stick together on this board.

Have a great week everyone!

Susan

Good Monday morning:

I cannot believe that we are posting for November 10-16th; where has the time gone? I used to laugh when I saw Christmas stuff going up in the stores the day after Christmas...now I understand why they do it. The time goes so fast, and people do procrastinate. If it is right there in their faces everytime they go to the store, maybe they'll get a move on.

I was at 121.5# this morning, and one day over the weekend, I was at 120#. I'm not even doing anything differently....hmmm.

We had a very productive weekend around here. We tore apart Britt's room and cleaned it completely. I got all the laundry and ironing done, and we baked some more. We made the applesauce brownies and they turned out well (I substituted the full amount of agave for the full amount of Splenda). I used one of my 70% cocoa bars for the topping. We also made Rizza's pumpkin cheesecake but haven't tried it yet; it wasn't set enough last night. If it is good, I'll post her recipe on here. We also made the almond crust to go with it. I also tried my hand at the pita's for a second time. Some puffed up and some didn't, and some did partially. BUT, they are still delicious. When I pulled them out of the over yesterday, I topped with some ref. beans, cheese & salsa and baked them enough to melt the cheese and then added black olives, lettuce and tomatoes (wish I had sour cream in the house). They were delicious; tasted like Indian Fry bread without all the grease.

Today, I hope to go to the gym when Britt is in school, but that all depends on whether Lane gets her nap or not.

BOB: Always nice to replace those baggy pants!!

cheryl: my mom had told me about reading that in the SOBE book, but I talked to the nutritionist who told me that Metamucil is really hard on the system and to take the straight psyllum husks. I don't understand now, ifthat is all that the metamucil is. I might get some phyllum husks at the store, and have around for when I know I'm going to have a large or starchy meal. It's good for regularity.

heart: How tall are you? You do look awfully thin in that Halloween picture; but you wouldn't have noticed that yourself if we hadn't told you that (ha). I know how you feel. Once you've had the extra weight, it's hard to see yourself like everyone else does. It still catches me off-guard when I hear, "you're so tiny." I can totally relate to the Boogie saga. Lane wants everything on every shelf, and when she doesn't get it, watch out. I was at the grocery store the other day, and she was screaming for the cereal. There was a group of men there, and one said, "just give it to her." I said, "you don't have to live with her." I'm not going to cave in and give in to her just to shut her up. If she didn't have that sweet loving side to her, I'd really wonder about this parenting thing. She is at the stage that she puckers up and then plants a big slobbery wet kiss on you. I love those kisses. She is starting to say so much now, and I love the stage she's getting to (other than the premature tantrums - she won't even be 2 until July). Sorry you are having a bad TOM. My back always hurts when it is that time; I had a back injury years ago, and it doesn't take too much to irritate it.

Monet: Sorry your meeting was disappointing; I'd be too. These are women you used to spend hours with, and then you had to cram this meeting into one hour. The eggplant recipe sounds yummy.

Dave: It must be the doctor's scales that are off, not yours;) .

Deb: Sounds like you found some great bargains out there at those garage sales. I am going to go to some this weekend after I go to the gym. I actually got the regular pretzel stix when I was at Auntie Anne's; they never seem to affect me in a bad way. BUT, I am still curious if they use SGWW in their pretzels; I might check their site and see if I can get that info. It would still be better to get one of those than the regular. I hope you are able to repair your couch cushion. I wish we could replace all our furniture, but will have to wait awhile.

Kitty: Sounds like you have done your research and are planning ahead. You will do well. That shoppers guide is really handy to have when starting out. I eat the Blue Bunny yogurt for breakfast often; I just add some ground flaxseed and nuts for fiber.

Toni: Welcome back to SB.

Jack-K: I feel the same about buffets. We spent a lot of money on buffets in Vegas when we were there, and I truly did not get my money's worth.

jecrites: at least you got all that fiber from the zucc. loaf:lol: . DH can be pretty frustrating at times.

Well I better get going. I have lots to get done this morning before we leave for school.

Have a great day!!
Nat

Getting ready to leave in a moment, just thought I'd come on and quickly catch up...

TONI, will e-mail you that other site later today. If for some reason I don't, please remind me to do so. Sorry about that with the phone, I knew it was going to happen!!!:rolleyes:

MONET, I've seen them but just wasn't sure where they originated from. I always see them stuffed in green olives.

JACKK, I don't like buffets at all, esp after having my stomach stapled, what's the point if you can't eat your monies worth. At least at a restuarant, I can doggie bag it. I never thought about just walking a little. If I had had that mentality I'd probably gotten out and then walked the normal 4.5 miles. The dressing is a vinegarette type. It has things like onion, parm. cheese, white pepper, Lea & Perrins, lemon/lime juice, Grey Pupon mustard, and a few other things - it's really good! Hmmm, I wonder what's going on with the pot pies - may have to write the company and ask:chin:

JEC, DH has some splaining to do I see:s: Glad you were able to get the kids off to school. I'd die if I wasn't able to get my kids to school on time, has never happened and I hope it will never happen.

FILLISE, sounds like you have your TD planned food wise. My family knows my food is SB LEGAL and even knowing I've made it, they like it AND eat it, without any ill-effects;)

PANCHO, I don't think it's SGWW flour, and if they use it, it's not totally. I've seen the info before and just decided, for me, I wasn't going to eat them. We actually like the jalepeno ones. I do have recipes for WW pretzels if you want. Actually, I think the recipe's on the board already:)

Okay, gotta run - "see" you guys later.

Deb

Toni
This is too funny! I started South Beach (SBD) last Monday and made it till this morning. I have had a low level headache pretty much since I started. After reading posts at the Prevention SBD board and finding out a lot of people had headaches the whole 2 weeks of induction I said "Forget this!" I just had a nice bowl of oatmeal and feel so much better!
I had really bad headaches before I had 2 strokes and a headache scares me a lot!
So Induction was not do-able for me.
I did realize I was eating a lot of crap. I'd eat out and have boneless chicken wings that were cooked in a fryer and breaded. I was eating way to many carbs. Not enough protein and not enough veggies! So it helped. I lost 3 of the 5 pounds I've put on since slacking.

Deb
DD grew up listening to all kinds of music, Rock, Country, Classical. Thankfully she likes all music and we're not stuck listening to headbanger music all day! Right now she's into Fleetwood Mac.

The scales are slowly inching their way upward over the last couple of months. You would think that would be motivation enough to watch my eating but I went "stupid" yesterday. No reason no excuses. Praise God today is a new day. I even had breakfast. Shocker I know. :) Half a pack of buddig turkey with a slice of fat free cheese melted in the microwave. :)

Robert shot an 8 point last night. So after I take B to work I will be cooking and grinding. So my afternoon will be full. If I get through early enough I need to exercise. It's been too long. I only worked out twice last week.

DEB...AOL is MEAN! I tried to write you back this morning. The program I use is Paint Shop Pro. It's awesome and worth every penny over the long haul.

Jack-K...I think the scales are out to get us! LOL I am like Pablobs (sp) dogs...you said cheese nips and my mouth started to water. And there are two boxes in the kitchen...agh.. But I have the power to ignore. Until the kids open them. :)

Susan....I sure wish there was a way to make cornbread stuffing legal...Last year I didn't make it because I didn't think my kids liked it but Britt let me know the other day she loves it. So it will be around to taunt me this year.

Jenn...sorry your day started out so poorly. That means the rest of the week is just gonna get better. ((Jenn))

Cherlco....I'm glad you are feeling better this morning. Two weeks is too long to suffer with headaches I would think. I can see a day or two.

Poncho...hey skinny! At 121 you are tiny. Look in that mirror and see all your hard work. I was actually productive this weekend also. Britts room took me 3 hours to clean! And that was not even doing the dressers. I am some slobby kids. Why couldn't they be a neat freak like their mom? :D

Monet...thanks for your motivation this morning. I AM gonna treat myself like I deserve. I hope you have a GREAT week also.

Well, Mom is on her way so I'd better get ready to start working on this deer.

Love and hugs,
Crystle

(Not telling....:D )

Just teasing...I don't know this morning.

Morning, everybody.

Just have time for a quick pop-in to say hi and I'm still here. This is the busiest time of year for me at work, things are just nuts. And I'm trying to get ahead so that I can take off for Jordan's boot camp graduation. By the way, did you know that today is the Marine Corps birthday.

Dave - Happy Veteran's Day!!!!

Bob - Way to go, Vols! The Longhorns thank you cuz that really helped us in the standings (sorry GreenRN).

Everybody have a great day!

Trish

Good morning everyone...Hope you had a great weekend. Today is a new day. I havent really eaten anything that wasnt legal...Im just eating too much. The only thing I did eat off plan this weekend was Chinese food. i didnt have rice though, so thats a plus. i had beef with broccoli and 2 spare ribs...plus I had a little wonton soup. Like I said today is a new day right?? I am afraid to go back on the scale, so I probably wont until the weekend. Im afraid that its still going to say 5lbs up.

DEB - I never got around to making the tortillas....BUT I did get some pita and put that in the oven for chips...YUMMY!!!!!!! That hit the spot and took away my craving for chips and salsa.

CRYSTLE - So you are actually cutting up the whole deer yourself???

BOB & JACKIE - Soooooo, did you see the game??? UGH!

HEART - Your picture looks great...good for you!

Chris

Hello dear friends!

Just checking in to say that I'm alive and well. I've gotten the calls from Deb who is just about ready to send out the troups looking for me. Thanks Deb! You are such a sweetie!

So very sorry I haven't been on lately. Things have been pretty hectic around here. Work has kept me busy the past couple of months and then there's all these other projects I tackle. Not to even mention all the leaves and yard cleanup there is to do. This past weekend we helped pack up my parents to go live with my brother at his new house. It was a whirlwind as they didn't expect to be ready for a couple more weeks. Talk about working our butts off. DB ended up with an entirely empty truck leftover after his house was packed. So that's when the plans changed. It's a good thing, because Mom and Dad are so happy up there. I've talked with them twice on the phone and they seem really good. They are now farther away from us, but we don't mind the extra drive.

My eating hasn't been too great lately. I was doing really well for a while. But the past couple of weeks have shown me doing the snacking thing again. Scales were up this morning, so I'm back to the grindstone again. Determined NOT to gain anymore back.

I hope you all are well. I miss checking in to see what's new. Miss Maddie's hind legs continue to get weaker and weaker. We will start her on steroids this week to see if that gives her any more strength. The vet says she's losing muscle mass back there. My heart aches because she's absolutely healthy in every other way. We're seriously thinking about getting her a cart for the back end. Some people give us really good reports about how that worked with their dogs.

Take care you all. I hope to be able to get on a little more regularly now.
Kim

Hey! It's going good so far!

Deb-The crackers are Keebler Wheatables Seven Grain - not harvest bakery like I mentioned.
Now I know what the SGWW means! Stone Ground!?!? Unfortunately, the first ingredient is enriched flour. Stone-ground whole wheat flour is listed later in the ingredients. So this is a :nono: ? I never eat 17 of them. What other crackers are legal? These just taste so good!

Better get back to work...Check in tonight.

Good Morning to everyone. My weekend was not as on plan as I would have liked, I was OK at the wedding, but blew it at the engagement party. I had two helpings of lasagna, and no the noodles were not WW. I have a stomach ache this morning, like a lasagna hangover. I did manage to make it to the gym on Sat and Sun. Yesterday, I lifted weights and did something to my back. I think I was trying to use my back muscles to lift rather than my arms. Basically, I look like that lady on the old Doan's commercial.

CountryMom- I was cracking up laughing at your cheez its/ Pavlov's dog analogy. I can totally relate. Good luck working on that deer!!!

Cheryl- I had the headaches on South Beach too. I think Sugar Busters is much healthier. Hope you feel back to normal soon.

Jenn- Hope your days gets better

JackK- How is your RA? Feeling any better? I think it is a good idea to hide the scale for a while. It can be so frustrating to watch it fluctuate and beat yourself up about water weight or buffet weight or whatever! I haven't seen Fruit on the boards in a while. Hope she is well.

I will catch up with everyone later when I have a chance to go read the weekends post. I don't have a computer at home and get so behind on the weekends. Have a great day- Ashley

Just popping in for some replies.

Deb, DH was at the gym, but claims he didn't hear the page! I told him he is grounded and can't drive my car anymore unless it's on the weekends and the family is with him. The AF has started making it manditory for them to work out so many minutes per week and I forget just how much of that time has to be during duty hours, granted it wasn't duty hours this morning when he went.

Cheryl, I don't blame you one bit for not wanting the headaches after what you've been through. I've had a pseudo (sp) tumor and I am scared of headaches too.

Country, I guess today is just gonna be one of those days. Autumn has done everything she can think of to drive me nuts so far, and the darn clinic doesn't have an appointment time that's doable for me to get back in to the doc. That part I can deal with, it will just give me a bit more time to get a little more weight off before going in. Congrats to Robert for the 8 point! DH would like to get one himself, but it's just bow season right now here and it seems he can't hit the broad side of a barn right now either.

JackieO, Oh dear, I hope your back gets better soon.

Well off to find something to eat since it's lunch time.

Jenn

Got to do some UPS so I thought I had better post my notes so I don't lose them again.

This is an easy challenge this week. I am having only 1 starchy carb today (plan so far) that is 1 pc of sgww bread.

Jecrites, I hope your day improves. Go back to bed and get up again.

Fillise, don't fret about your weekend. They are killers. I would love for you to post your stuffing recipe. DH just asked yesterday if I could make some ww stuffing. Never made it before. Always used stove top. I was torn for who to cheer for on the Auburn game. I like Auburn and would normally have pulled for them b/c of you, but I love Eli Manning. So I didn't know who to pull for. It was a great game though. My Ds makes all the pies for us and she make about 1 per person too. I need to give her the sf crust recipe and apple pie recipe. Is it posted in the recipes?

Pancho, Thanksgiving is a week late this year so we lose a week before Christmas. I could use that extra week. The stores here have their decorations up before Halloween. Two people in our area hae their Christmas lites on already. I atleast wait until the day after Thanksgiving.

Cheryl, welcome back to SB. I think we are spoiled with all the good eating we can have.

Crystal, Believe me I thought about you with every handful of nips I ate. The funny thing is they have been in there for weeks and I never bothered them. I was really bored Sat so I guess that was the problem. Sounds like a cleaning weekend. I cleaned out closets, laundry room and cupboards too. Congrats to Dh onhis deer. Don't tell Teensy, she is still trying to get one. One of our superintendents was just in with pics of his 5th one.

Trish, I heard this morning that it was the Marine Corps birthday. Some child called in the radio station. I bet his dad told him.

Chris, yes it is a new day and a new week. Let's make it a good one. Yes I saw parts of the game. Sorry. That's 3 in a row isn't it. Somebody needs to do something.

Kim, It's about time you got back on here. I know you are busy, but you can spare us 2 minutes just to say hi everyday can't you. Plus look how good it is for you. You need us too. I really miss you. Poor Maddie, hope the shots help.

Kitty, the word "enriched" in anything is a big no-no. Triscuits are fine 6 or 7 maybe. I find some ww at the HFS. but at a regular store, Triscuits will be all you will find. Glad everything else is going ok.

Ashley, don't worry about the weekend. Getting back on track today is the key. I'm sure with all your exercise you will be fine. I loved the lasagna hangover. Hope you back is ok. Thanks for asking, I am feeling much better today. I slept in a little Sat and Sun and I think that helped.

Work is a little slow today so I can get on here more. Yeah! Made a pot of veggie soup last night for dinner. DH says we can eat it 2 or 3 nights Yuk!. It's not my favorite (tend to like Campbells only). So I hope it is good enough to at least eat it tonight for me.

Later

Jackie

Jack-k, If only that would work! Thankfully I am actually getting this laundry done that's been waiting on me for about 2 weeks now, and they day is getting close to being nearly over.

Jenn

JACKIE - lets not push it...no, its 2 losses in a row. But Im sure you will be able to say 3 in a row next week. Im soooo over it!

Chris

Chris, sorry, I was thinking it was 3. Next week will be better.

Jackie

Good afternoon everyone. Just thought I would check in before to many posts got ahead of me. Well I'm doing the one hour at a time today. Seems like I can't get enough to eat today.

Jecrites- sounds like your morning started off pretty rough, hope your day got better.

Fillise- Wow you're off and running today. I can't believe Thanksgiving is just a couple of weeks away. I sure would like to try a ww bread stuffing. Think I might try. And I'm looking forward to a pumpkin pie without sugar and a ww crust. Theres so many things I'd like to try. I have a really hard time durning the Christmas season too. We're going to the kids house in South Carolina and I bake and cook allot.

Pancho- I sure would have liked to have been at your house over the week end. Wow all the goodie baking. I've got to try the pita bread. I wish you would post your almond crust. I would love to know how to make one.

Debelli- I can't find your e mail address. But guess I'll get it when you send me that site address...

Cherylco- I'm glad I'm not the only south beach diet drop out. I finally had some fruit today and it tasted so good. Tomorrow I have oatmeal.

CountryMom- I don't envy you cutting up the deer meat. But would love some after its cut up...LOL Really does sound like you have your day cut out for you. I know what you mean about the cornbread stuffing we've had it in our family every holiday forever. Its hard to not make some...

Trishaloo- How far will the graduation be from your place... I'm sure you'll be one proud Mama..

Chrisd- Think my problem is eating to big of servings. I think I need new food ideas...

The Quilter- Oh my gosh its so good to see you posting Kim. Wish you would come back more ofter. I miss hearing from you.....

kittyKat- I get Ry Vida crackers with sesame seeds at the health food store. They taste pretty good with some peanut butter or cheese on them..

jackieO- Well that work out should have helped lots with the lasagna. I admire you for going ahead and exerciseing.

Jack k- Hope you got all your UPS done. Yikes nips. I love those little buggers.

Well I might have to have a peanut butter cracker...LOL..... Off I go.

HiedieHo All!

Whew! I'm pooped! Went to NH and then to mall. Just got home about an hour ago. Did get three presents. Also if any of you have a Creamery concession around you, they have cappuccino, SF and also SF flavored syrups. It was delicious and gave me a little pick up during my crawl. I'm really not a shopper.

DS and I sat out the other night and watched the eclipse. It takes a long time so we talked. The subject, DD, wasn't a pleasant one. He's upset that she did not give me an answer about Xmas when I first asked and then just said basically I'm coming, I don't know when, be there. He says the only reason she's coming is to get my things. I know he's right. He thinks I should go to FL with them, but I can't do that now as I already said yes she could come. If I changed my mind the **** would really hit the proverbial fan! Excuse my french! So I went to bed, did not sleep well and woke up with a headache. Then the four of us got talking about it again. They are upset because they don't like DD's attitude.GD thinks her Aunt is trying to manipulate me, make me choose. They also gave me a lecture about don't you help her load things up! DS says he's thinking about calling her and telling her a couple of things. I said that would only make the gap wider and he say's "Oh, well!" I know they want to protect me. So another bad night. You know how it is you go to bed because you want to sleep, but your brain says "no-no, lets think about this and that!" I did email DD today and told her I would not be going back with her as I have a five day event I want to attend and will need to save my money for that!

So basically I feel like a hangover today and didn't even have a drink. I did find myself going overboard on cashews and stopped myself. Don't think I did too much damage.

Enough bemoaning the fact that I am dysfunctional!! On to more pleasant things.

COUNTRY: THanks for the sweet lecture. I know you're right, just hard to accept.

PANCHO: Did you find out anything about Annie's pretzels? I was looking at them today but refrained.

MONET: Too bad about your Moms group. I guess I'm old fashioned but nobody seems to have time to pause and enjoy the spur of the moment type things. Even kids have structured play dates!

DAVE: How great that you are able to do the things you enjpy once again. Humor goes a long way in rehabilitation. Makes the painful things easier and time go faster. I am a true believer in humor as part of the healing process. Remember Mary Tyler Moore at Chuckles, the Clown's funeral? You think that doesn't happen in real life at times?

DEB: Once again the Queen of Shopping. I wish I knew someone that likes gagrage sales. By now you should have the Piano man to send the blood rqcing again through your wizened veins!

KITTY: Welcome to the board. You sound like someone who has reallt done their research. This is a doable plan.

QUILTER: So good to read your post. Wish my DD had your attitude about Mom living with DS.

Now I lay me
Down to sleep.
I pray the Lord
My shape to keep.
Please no wrinkles
Please no bags
And please lift my butt
Before it sags.
Please no age spots
Please no gray
And as for my belly,
Please take it away.
Please keep me healthy
Please keep me young,
And thank you Dear Lord
For all that you've done.

Foot Note:__ One saggy boob said to the other saggy boob:
"If we don't get some support soon, people will think we're nuts."

MY MM FOR VETERAN'S DAY:

I watched the flag pass by one day,
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.

I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.

I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil
How many mothers' tears?

How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.

I heard the sound of Taps one night,
When everything was still,
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That Taps had meant "Amen,"

When a flag had draped a coffin.
Of a brother or a friend.

I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.

I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.

Take care, Shirley

For those of you that are interested in how I do my Thanksgiving dressing. There really isn't a recipe, I make an oyster dressing, but you could easily do it without the oysters.

Let's see if I can remember what I do.

I cube some WW bread and dry it in the oven on low heat (maybe 250) until it is dry (see how exacting this is going to be?:^: You need more than you think because it will shrink when you add the wet ingredients.

I chop some celery and add it to the dried bread--you know till it looks like enough is mixed in (chop the celery finely).

I melt some butter (probably a stick) and mix that in the bread and celery.

Then I add some turkey broth from the turkey I've just taken out of the oven--just until it is good and moist, but not soaking.

I add some sage, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and anything else I feel like throwing in (when I'm in the gorcery story before the big day I look at a bag of Pepperidge farm dressing to see what they added and try to follow that). Don't over season.

If you don't want the Oysters, then you can put the mixture in the oven for 20-30 minutes at 350 degrees (I have it ready to go so it can be heating while the Turkey is resting before I it is carved).

If you want the Oysters, then chop up some fresh oysters (I usually get one container from the seafood section of the grocery). Mix in and throw the whole thing into the oven for 20-30 minutes and serve hot.

Even my nieces who claim to hate oysters inhale this on Thanksgiving!

AS for the apple pie. Ask Monet for the crust recipe. The last one I tried didn't work so well, so I'm using hers this year. For the filling I peel and chop apples (enough to fill a pie plate). I give the apples a good coating of apple pie spice and then mix in some agave (drizzle till it mixes into the apples, but don't use too much. I also mix in a tablespoon of WW flour. I put it in the pie pan and then dot with butter. Put on the top crust and throw it in the oven for 40-50 minutes on 350. I usually put some foil around the edges of the crust and take that off the last 10 minutes or so.

Yummy!

Susan

AFTERNOON EVERY BUDDY!!! :wave:


OH MY GAWD......the glitch is fixed and I can't complain about not having enough work anymore! What ever it was,...well, let's just say that I've been busy from 8-4 non stop and didn't even give lunch a thought!

As for the cornbread dressing....When I want some, I make some...I find that filling the "want" doesn't take much...we use white cornmeal, so it's not sweet, the I put some herbed croutons
in the chicken broth to soak, 2 cups celery, 2 cups onion, 3 cups cornbread, 3 cups croutons, one of those big boxes of chicken broth, two eggs, 2 tbs sage...that's it..mix well and bake on 350 for an hour or until it gets golden brown...It's my Grandmother's recipe, and man is it good!

I can't get on page one of this weeks board...don't know why, so I started with Crystles post...if there is anything I need to know from the first page, please let me know.

I made a HUGE pot of VEGGIE SOUP yesterday and that's what we're having for supper..
When I was at PUBLIX yesterday, I found a deal on JACK DANIELS GRILLING SAUCE....I love that stuff for my grilled chicken. Scrounged around until I found $1.00 coupons and stocked up my pantry for $1.49 a bottle!
Went to WALMART and actually followed my list...was in and out in 15 minutes! That's a record for me....BUT...I went to BEALLS (dept store) to pick up a birthday present for my nephew.....ran head on into a new crop of frocks so I bought SEVEN NEW DRESSES!!! Got them for 40% off!

Well, That's my news...I just sent Kim an email and reamed her out for not being on the board and then when I got here...THERE SHE WAS~!

Hope everyone has a good evening....

BOB

Yesterday and today are dhs off days so we have been out and about. I didn't ate too well over the weekend. Had few pieces of sushi and today had some takeout from Harry's Farmers Market. Anyway, tomorrow is a new day :)

Debbie : Thanks for your concern and advice on my goal weight. It is just a rough goal but I assure you, it has nothing to do with how I feel inside. My main goal is to have a healthier lifestyle. I am still eating too much but compared to what I used to eat, it wasn't too bad...lol.

Monet : Dh and I went to Harry's at Paces Ferry Road (Marietta) since it was closer to dh's office where we were earlier. To my disappointment, they do not carry much of any sweeteners except Stevia. That was what the lady there told me and I did take a look at the Health section. She was right! The carry a bit of Atkins stuff too. Stevia was so expensive, about almost $10 per bottle. Anyway, I will visit another HFS nearby to check if they have Agave but I bet it is expensive. When I get the chance sometime in the future, I will go to the one in Gwinnet.

Got to go...dh is almost home. Good day everyone and will catch up soon.

Pancho- I'm 5'8"- I've always been told that I carry my weight well because of my build. Hmmm, not that I agree,lol.

Country- DH MISSED his deer last night! Everyone's been teasing him about it. He lives for hunting season. He's already informed me that Thanksgiving dinner better be over quick, because he's headed for the woods. I don't see him much this time of year;)

I don't know what's wrong with me lately, something's not right. I feel tired and drained, no energy. Today while exercising, I felt nauseous and dizzy. I hope it goes away soon, since I'm a mild hypochondriac and I'll start thinking all kinds of things soon. Anyway, I decided to step on the scale today and I'm at 176, so only up 1 pound. I'm glad I waited, because with all the fluid I had on me I probably got up to 180-181, maybe more. Eating today hasn't been great, again- I'm overdoing the starches. Got to get a grip. Alright, the kids are splashing water all over the bathroom floor, gotta go...

Good afternoon/evening:

I did get to the gym (ooops...forgot to post on exercise board, but I will) and got my full workout in. I also returned a pair of shoes to Payless. My DH and I usually do an ab tape together 2-3 days a week, and I always forget to post that too. better get back to posting. Other than that, not too much going on. I am going to make dinner here soon, and try the pumpkin cheesecake...can't wait!

Deb: As far as the pretzels...I couldn't find the ingredients listing, but finding the nutritional info. was enough to steer me clear of them. Although they have 7 grams of fiber -vs- their ordinary pretzels 2 grams, they have a ton of sodium 1120 mg -vs- 620 mg. They have 10g sugar -vs- 7g. The fat & calories and cholesterol levels are all higher. Since I don't eat them often enough, I will just stick with the regular ones that I like.

Country: Sorry to hear about those scales going up. Maybe if we instill our "good" habits into our children, they will grow up to be neat too. I don't mind messy from time to time, but clutter drives me batty!!

Quilter: Glad you are getting back on track. I hope the steroids help your dog. When I was a child, I had a Collie that was born with hip dysplasia and we had to have him put to sleep at age 7. We probably should have done it sooner, but kept hanging on. It was so tough for me.

Kitty: You can have Triscuits.

Jack-K: We usually do our Christmas decorating the day after Thanksgiving. We always get our tree Thanksgiving weekend, especially when Thanksgiving falls late, like this year.

Toni: I will post the recipe for the crust in the morning. I will taste the cheesecake tonight, and if I think it is worth posting, I will post them both.

Sef: Sorry DD is giving you headaches. I hope it all works itself out soon for you. As far as the pretzels, you should read my post to Deb above. Thanks for the Monday Funnies....loved them.

heart: If you are 5'8", you probably are not too far from goal weight, are you? Yea on 176#!!!

Well, better run and get a few things done.

Have a great evening!
Nat

I'm having a really bad headache since after lunchtime. I guess I'll take some aspirin. I wonder if it's the sugar emptying out of my cells! :lol:
It's getting cold here in Atlanta. Lows in the 40's...Brrrrr :no: I'd rather be sweating! I need to move to Tampa or Miami! I'm going to crank up the heat and go to bed early! I think that's why I gain more weight in the winter because I tend to hibernate.
Who cares! It feels good to wear my Winnie The Pooh flannels and get into a warm bed and sleep for 10 hours! I don't sleep in clothes. :eek: I always did until I met BF, he insists on being nude all the time that he's not outside the house. It took a while for me to get used to it. I grew up wearing clothes! He grew up with his sisters running around in their panties & bras. People don't understand why I sweat when I spend the night...I'm not used to wearing clothes in bed! I know! TMI, TMI!
I did pretty good today on the plan. I did find some candy in my purse leftover from Halloween. One smartie and one pc of butterscotch. I ate the smartie and attempted to eat the other but it was so sweet I had to spit it out. Nasty! Ewe! I've always been a butterscotch lover.
This is what I ate today:
B-2 oz. each of milk & oj, 3 oz. bb lite 85 stwby yogurt & 4 oz. applesauce
L-turkey breast on ww w/ lettuce, tomato, mayo & mustard & 2 slices dill pickle
S-spinach dip w/ crackers (about 12)
D-broccoli w/ cheese, zucchini and smoked sausage in salsa
S-1/2 cup carb smart chocolate ice cream
Check in tomorrow.

Trish:
Thank You, I was lucky 20 years and I never had to go in vietnam,I always think of our service people as this is the hollidays coming up and believe me I spent many of them away from home.

Sef: Yes your place sounds wonderful and thats the way I want to live, unfortunately my wife is a big shopper and cramps her style.
Yes I think humor is whats makes life exciting. It helps people from taking everything so serious you add stress to your life.

Greenrn: can you believe those Cowboys, won again and they do not have a very seasoned team.They have been my favorite team for 25 + yrs. But I have to admit when, Buffalo, Giants play I secrectly root for them.


I sure hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable holiday season, this is the time of the year when I get real generous like tip the waitress 20- 25 % or but gifts for the gift tree at church, buy a bunch of toys for the salvation Army and wrap them and drop off at one of their locations. Say extra prayers for peoples needs. Try and be more cheerfull around people. Every year I say to my self is it not a shame I could not do that year around, still working on that one.


SUPERDAVE

Ola amigos and amigas!:wave:

Hope everyone is well today. Finally able to get on the board, that's only because ALEX showed up and MICHAEL finally got off the computer the first time since he walked in the house!:

Hungry today - totally OP but eating more than I should. I guess it has to do with TOM coming in soon:shrug: Speaking of food...I was at Target yesterday and they had some new apples I had never heard of called SONYA APPLES-if you see them, get one, they are delish! They are a cross between a gala and another type - so sweet and juicy!

Oh, if anyone needs a copy of the pianostripper mpeg, just LMK and I'll send it to you. I had lost my copy and thanks for SEF, she sent me another. Oh, you don't know what I'm talking about? If you're daring, I'll send it upon your request:s: Many of you have seen this "piece of work" before;)


Not much to tell about today, just ran some errands with DM. Will hop right in to the replies...



CHERYL, I thought on SOBE you can't have breading? Did I miss someting? Well, whatever, as long as you are feeling better now, that's what's important. What does DD want to do after she gets out of school?

COUNTRY, okay, for us dumb city folk, would you please explain what the heck an 8 point is? Will look for the PS Pro. I remember you said #6 was good. I'll keep my eye out at the garage sales. I don't think I'd use it enough to justify spending more than a couple dollars on it.

TRISH, thanks for checking in. Hope things settle down for you soon.

CHRIS, glad to hear the pitas worked out well for you. LMK when you do make the tortillas. How's your GM???? Sent you a better copy of the piano guy, but it came back for some reason.:shrug:

QUILTER, geez, does it take a stick of dynamite to get you on here??? Lord, call out the troups, that's an understatement. NARDA and I were going to come find out what was going on, that's a lot scarier than troops being called to come get you!:fr: Sorry to hear about Maddie. Try to get on when you can. I second what JACKK said!!! WE MISS YOU!

KITTY, if you can find them, I personally like the Barbaras Wheatine Crackers. I would ask MONET what can be found up in your area. Some people like the Ry Vita, I got some great crackers similar to them at IKEA that were from Sweden, but both those I wouldn't eat plain, whereas the Barbaras I would. The headaches are normal and it is from the detoxing of the refined crap-good sign. Don't let the cravings get to you, they too shall pass if you are experiencing them. Hope BF has a nice bod since he runs around in the nude all the time. ELI, thankfully, doesn't do it outside the bedroom-that's more than enough for me! Oh, I love butterscotch too, esp. on ice cream - caramel is good too;)

JACKIE, it's hard to stay OP at events such as a wedding and I think you did fine. Esp. with you getting to the gym this weekend, I sure wouldn't worry if I were you. Hope you're back is feeling better!

JEC, I forgot to mention, I called you yesterday and got that dang message again!!! Weird that I keep getting it. Any ideas:?: Can you call your cell phone company and ask why this may be happening?

TONI, did you get the e-mail ???

SEF, I so wish I could help you in your situation within the family. I think your DS is so worried about you because, as it seems from an outsider looking in that you seem to want to have a better relationship with DD (which no one could blame you) that you're willing to do anything, even at the expense of your feelings and you being hurt and it seems it keeps happening time and time again. Your DS sees this and doesn't want it to continue and is probably saying this out of his love for you. It probably bothers him just as much as it does you. Maybe I'm wrong, but if I was DS and I saw the way my DS was treating you, I'd probably feel as such. Hope you don't mind me throwing in my 2 cents:)
Oh SEF, thanks again for sending me the piano man, I've had a ton of smiles watching it today:)

FILLISE, your recipe sounds good, pretty much like the one I make, but mine uses artichoke hearts instead of oysters. Can't use oysters since MICHAEL doesn't eat them and there's only a few foods he can eat during TG dinner, this being one. I even make it with veggie broth. Rissa's site also has one on there, which I did copy long ago on to this board. Should I ever want to make this, ummm, fresh oysters? Are you suppose to cook them first? What kind of flavor do they give to the dish and how would it be if you were to leave them out?

BOB, glad to see you were finally able to get on the board. Wasn't able to get back on the computer until now so couldn't reply. Hope you get all caught up with your work. Just called yesterday to congratulate you on your teams win over Suntan U:)

KEN, I think that's the Harry's that I met MONET at when I was there last year. I use to love Harry's when it was Harry's. They took away some of the things that made me like it, like the feta and spinach pies. I still like going there but my heart still belongs to Trader Joes!:love: I use the Stevia in packets, it too is expensive, but being the shopper I am, I get it for $3.99 a box right now, compared to $6 a box and up, not too bad. You can check on line for it too.

HEART, please watch yourself and see, if you continue to feel weird, go to the doctor. Are you drinking enough water? Eating enough? Not doing one or the other or both can do that to you as well, but it could be something else, so be careful.

PANCHO, are you SURE it says 7 gram of fiber? Sounds like a lot to me. I wasn't able to find their website to look.

DAVE, HAPPY VETERANS DAY! You are a very giving man - good for you, it shows us even more of what a great person you are:D


If anyone is interested in some of the archived recipes for the holidays, just click on the link below and scan down the page.

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=209226&highlight=stuffing+sage#post209226

Okay, I'm outta here. Will check in tomorrow morning!

{{{HUGS}}}:grouphug:

Debbie

Good Evening, everyone!

The dinner tonight went well. The group inhaled the chili, dabbled at the biscuits, and made short work of the salad. They ate about half the cakes I took- a praline chiffon cake with caramel icing and a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream. Yes, I did sample the cakes. I was bad enough to even eat one of the biscuits, made with white flour.

The meeting afterwards was strange for me. After some teaching time, the pastor had us break into smaller groups to pray, but due to the nature of what we were to pray about, he suggested finding people you knew well enough to be open with. Everyone quickly split into groups and as I looked around, I realized I did not know anyone in the room very well, and no group seemed open to me to join. My head felt like it was buzzing and I was trying to decide what to do when one of the staff members..a woman...seemed to notice that I was alone. She came over and we made a group, but it just felt so like fourth grade, and I was the only one without a partner.... As soon as I could, I disappeared into the kitchen to help the administrator clean up and carry stuff out to my car. I hate that feeling of being alone when you are in the middle of a large group. Anyone know what I mean?

I went to the doctor with Ruth today. She has the same metabolic problems I have...hyperinsulinemia, low T3, positive ANA antibodies. He gave her a few medications to take. When she got home, her husband looked them up on some internet site and did not like what he read. He does not want her to take them, and she is feeling rather frustrated about the whole situation. She is going to follow the doctor's orders about diet, and will start on SugarBusters immediately. We went to lunch to day, and I gave her an indoctrination lecture. Hopefully, she will do well on it.

I am going to go put on my nightie and climb up in bed and read for a while. I need some down time.

Sweet dreams everyone!

Good Evening to All,
I had started writing earlier and my comnputer froze on me. So I had to start over after I got back home. I wanted to put this article on earlier in the day, but, it's better late than never. So here goes, it meant a lot to me, hope it does something great for you.

Make Up Excuses Why You Can - By Rachelle Disbennett-Lee, MCC

We all have excuses as to why we can't do something. Ask anyone and they can give you a million excuses why it can't be done, why they haven't moved forward on their goals, and on and on. Making up excuses takes a lot of energy and time. So since, as humans, we seem to enjoy making up excuses, I have a great idea. Lets make up excuses why we can.

Since we all are experts in making up excuses, we won't need much training in this area, just a shift of focus. Instead of focusing on what we can't do, lets focus on what we can do. Instead of coming up with all kinds of excuses why it won't work, lets focus on why it can work. Get the idea?

Instead of focusing energy on excuses that don't serve you in moving forward, make up excuses that inspire and enthuse you to do what you want to do. Excuses like "there is no time like the present, I am old enough, I am just the person to do the job, I know all the ways it can work." Actually, there are an unlimited number of excuses as to why you can. Be creative and think of as many as you like.

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Debbie ~~ I, too, am sorry for the hole in your couch, I know your heart just sank. Hopefully I can repaired. Sometime when it rains it really, really pours. I happy that Lauren is doing good on her diet and I am rooting for you that she will switch to SB, which I truly believe will be easier for her because of you having done so great on it. Hang in there baby girl. I didn't know that you had your stomach stapled, was it for weight loss?

I must get some rest now. I really got behind when I had to leave earlier. Will be back in the morning to get a good head start on the postings. have a good night everybody...

See ya Later,
LJunel (slim and Healthy)

:grouphug:

DEB- I can't believe you don't know what an 8 point is! It's the points on the antlers of a deer. The more points(bigger), the better. As for me, I eat more than I should lately, and I drink more water than anyone else I know, so I know it's not related to that.

Eek!!! I go to the office for one day and look how many posts. How am I ever going to keep up. What, you people must have the internet at work. I don't have that luxury.

I emailed Deb this morning so I guess I should share what I am so happy about. TOM is here which is not so great but not so terrible either. What I am happy about is that I bought these pants on Friday night (size 12) and they fit great so I bought them. They are from Ann Taylor and I'm a petite and it is so hard to find pants that actually down down to my ankles and not to the floor. Anyway, when I put them on this morning, I couldn't keep them up. Now I have to return them and get size 10 which hopefully will fit since they don't have in between sizes like an 11. I weighed myself yesterday and I sware the scale hasn't moved but my pants fit so loosely now. Something is happening to my stomach.

I actually was a bad girl tonight which I am very ashamed of. I go to this Divorce Support meeting and they had cake and tortilla chips. Well my blood sugar level dropped and since I have TOM I craved chocolate and well, (gulp) I had a slice of cake. I feel so horrible. I told myself I wouldn't do that and I did. My TOM always gives me cravings and they are so hard to fight sometimes. Tomorrow I will be a good girl I promise.

Night all!

Ilana

I just had a get back here to post this, it is so touching that I didn't want to wait until tomorrow.


~* keeper*~




It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. :stars:


All that re-fixing, reheating, renewing,

I wanted just once to be wasteful. :cb:


Waste meant affluence.

Throwing things away meant you knew there'd always be more.

But then my Mother died, :cry: and on that clear summer's night,


In the warmth of the hospital room,


I was struck with the pain of learning that


sometimes there isn't any 'more.'


Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up


and goes away...never to return. :cry:


So...while we have it...it's best we love it.....


and care for it ......and fix it when it's broken.....and heal it when it's sick.

This is true.....for marriage.....and old cars.....


and children with bad report cards.....and dogs with bad hips.....


and aging parents.....and grandparents. :yes:


We keep them because they are worth it,


because we are worth it. Some things we keep.


Like a best friend that moved away --


or -- a classmate we grew up with. :goodvibes:

There are just some things that make life important,


like people we know who are special..... :grouphug:


and so, we keep them close!


I received this from someone who thought I was a 'keeper'! :cp:


Then I sent it to the people I think of in the same way. :angel:


Now it's your turn to send this to all those people that are "keepers" in your life...like you!! ;)


Goodnite,
Linda

Okay, 2nd day in a row. I hope none of you pass out and hit your heads on your monitors. Just trying to get back into the habit. One thing I've done is turned off that damned tv in the morning. Geesh, that stupid machine can suck you in and waste so much time.

I just had time to skim. But saw some welcome backs. Thanks! I wish I was as faithful as all of you. JACKK, you were cracking me up, but you are SOOOOO right. I need a good tongue lashing to set me straight. Keep on me, girlfriend. Yes, DEB, you and NARDA would be scarier than the troups. I certainly don't want that to happen. Although I think I would jump for joy if I ever opened my front door and you two were on the other side. Paul would go running because NARDA would be pinching him the minute she saw him. Ha!

I was down a pound this morning. Thank God! I think I have two more to get to my lowest. Do any of you ever feel like you lose your organization about this project. The first half of the year, I was journaling everything and keeping track of my weigh ins. And lately, I haven't done that at all. I did buy a new little hard back blank book and I'm thinking about using it to get my focus back and going.

Better run. Have a great day everyone!
Kim
204/178.5/140

Good morning you all. Wow made it through a day. Each day as it comes is so important. I'm determined to do this.... We're supposed to warm up a bit today and get rain tomorrow. So we're going to let the wood stove go out so we can clean the ashes.

Sef- Your veterans poem was so beautiful. It made me teary eyed to read it. Don't you just hate the back and forth pull you get from your family. And always trying to please. Knock on wood mine has settled down to a slow roar!! I hope things go well for you...

Fillise- Thank you for the recipe for the dressing. I am going to try to make some at Thanksgiving and if it turns out good I may make some at Christmas too.

kengjw- I have to pay 4.80 for an 8 oz. bottle of Agave. So I try to be really frugal with it.

Bob- We make cornbread and sausage dressing in my family. But think I will try a ww one. Of course we're going to my sisters and if it doesn't turn out I can always eat the real one. LOL.... I would really like to try a legal dinner including the pie...

heartmom- Sorry you're not feeling just right and hope its just a thing you're going through for a few days. Ut oh DH will have to get that deer especially since he missed or he'll never live it down. Deer season doesn't start here till next week.

Pancho- Thanks, I'll be looking forward to the almond crust. Yum that sounds good.

kittykat- I love to see other peoples menu, it always gives me an idea of what I'm doing wrong. And what else I could make.

SuperDave- It really sounds like you're a good and generous person. Hope you're doing well.

Debelli- Yes I got your e-mail, thanks so much. I didn't catch it till this morning cause I go to bed really early. I sent my menu I forgot I ate a blue bunny sf ice cream bar. Thank you so much for helping me.

Monet- I sure know what you mean about being alone in the middle of a crowd. I'm shy and once I get to know you pretty well I'm okay. But it always brings me back to my school years as a shy little girl when I get in a situation where I'm uncomfortable. Maybe thats why the internet is so good for me. Your cakes sound out of this world... Ummmmm.

agape- Your motivation was really good. Thanks for printing it... Don't you just hate when the computer freezes!!!

mom2jared- Wow what a wonder inspiration about those pants.. I'm sooo happy for you!!! Way to go.

Quilter- Woopie great to see you posting again!!!!!! Congradulations on that pound!!!

Well I think its getting time for me to have some oatmeal.... So off I go and will check in later........

Good Tueday Morning.

It is nice here today, 59 now and going almost to 70. Strange weather in the Ohio Valley.

Got in our walk. DH insists on increasing it. I was getting bored with our route so he worked out another one. This one has hills and boy my legs are sore today. We have to cross a busy street, but I guess I can live with that. The end of ithe route was too dark so we need to alter it a little. It was only .3 miles more but I could tell it and it seemed like forever. Took us 1 hour.

Question: I looked for the Blue Bunny ice cream in Wal Mart but could not find any SF. Does it say SF on the carton? Do they have both kinds. I did get the yogurt. I like it a lot better than Krogers.

Need to get busy so on to replies.


Toni, are you having a not so busy day? That's when I find all I want to do is eat. I have to find something to keep my hands and mind busy. I would like to try the ww stuffing too. Except my DS does Thanksgiving. Myother DS is doing SB too so I might make a few things and take with me. Glad you made it through yesterday. One day at a time. That's not too much to ask.

Sef, we have all said it before, you are not the dysfuntional one and your DD's problems are not due to something you did or didn't do. I agree with your DS, go to FL with them, let DD come at your convenience. Sorry you had such a bad night. I hate when your mind just won't quit working, especially with bad stuff. Hope tonight is better for you. :grouphug: Thanks for the jokes, loved the one about the boobs. The Veterans poem really touched me.

Fillise, thanks for the recipes. I hope to try them.

Bob, we were thinking alike. I made a crockpot full of veggie soup too. It wasn't too bad either. Is that Jack Daniels sauce legal? I thought it had too much sugar.

Heartmom, Do you take a multi-vitamin? Hope you are feeling better.

Pancho, we ususally put oour tree up on the Sat after TG. Friday is a shopping day. DD's birthday is Dec 6th and she likes the tree and decorations up by then.

Kitty, take some asprin, it will help. It is detox. Hope BF doesn't eat in the nude :o The rest of the time would be ok.

Dave, Happy Veterans Day! What a generous man you are. You have such a wonderful outlook on life. I hope you are very contagious.

Deb, I want to meet that piano man in person :s: Thanks for the link to the recipes. I will check them out.

Monet, my heart broke for you when I read your post. How alone you must have felt. I'm glad someone opened up to you. It was her gain as you have so much to give and are so wonderful. Man I'm starving now that I read about those cakes. I don't blame you for tasting them. Sorry to hear Ruth has similar problems. Now you will have to be a SB inspiration to her. Do you mind posting your ww pie crust again?

Agape, really like the execuses piece. Thanks.

Mom, Congrats on your too big britches. Isn't that a great feeling. I think I like that more than the numbers on the scale.

Kim, yes I almost passed out when I saw your post. If you only have 2 more pounds to gt back to your lowest, you have been doing great w/o us. :( yes that TV can suck you in quickly. I have to have mine on for noise i the morning, but I catch myself standing there watching instead of doing what I'm supposed to do. ARe you still making jewelry?


I'll check in later.

Jackie

Morning All:wave:

No school today, so kids are home. MICHAEL just woke up and LAUREN'S still sound asleep. Not sure what we'll do today:shrug:

I've been bidding on a comforter set for MICHAEL on Ebay for a while. I had done so long ago when I had seen it in an ad at MACY'S and then lost the ad and had forgotten about it. Found the ad as I was cleaning up and started to look for it again. I even saw the set at MACY'S over the weekend, at $279.00. Anyhow, I finally got him one, brand new but missing one of the shams, no big deal I think, with shipping and tax, since it's in FL it was $74.59. It's a really cool looking set, something weird, like him. Check it out (click on link below)

http://www.eldridgetextile.com/catalog/rvkinetic.html

MONET, okay, spill the beans, how was your praline chiffon cake with caramel icing? This is something I would SURELY blow this WOE to try, OMG, it sounds delish! I would of felt bad too if that would of happened to me, I was always picked last in school because of my size, I'd of felt it was happening all over again. Good luck to RUTH on SB, she's lucky she has you to look up to and guide her on this WOE:)

AGAPE, thanks for posting that article, it was awesome!!!:D Yes, I had my stomach stapled oh, almost 20 years ago-gosh, it's been a long time. Lose weight, sure did, and gained all but 40 back!:eek:

HEART, it's not like we have deer down here in Miami, other than at the zoo. I hadn't a clue, what do you want from a city gal?;)

MOM, I see you have small downslides that don't have to happen if you plan accordingly. When you go to a meeting and know there's going to be food and/or you're going to be hungry, pack something to take. Ditto with shopping. You can keep things in your car that don't require refridgeration in emergencies. Remember Tillie Tooter? I always joke, gawd forbid it happen to me, that I'd be just fine, I always have food stashed in my car and could eat for days. Same with my suitcase. I always tell ELI when we go on a trip that should we crash in the wilderness and survive, grab my suitcase, we can eat for days with what I usually bring home from trips - all about planning, my dear;)

QUILTER, of course, we'd love to see posts from you on a daily basis but do what you can, when you can and you'd be surprised how often you can get here, even if it's just a quicky. I'm so glad to see you are only a couple pounds above your goal. For not being on the board for so long, that's great!! You'll be back down and below that before you know it. Yes, BOB and I knocking at your door, scarier than you think and NOT something you'd want to happen if we were coming to search for you:nono: Now, if it was just a regular visit, that's another story:) Yes, BOB does have a love for pinching the opposite sex - ELI even feels her wrath when she's not here - I get instructions to pinch him for her!:lol: Yes, I get just like you mentioned - we get comfortable and sloppy, it happens to the best of us:)

TONI, thanks for e-mailing the menu. We'll get you up and losing again, it's really not all that bad.

JACKK, yeah, yeah, just rub it in! I'm dying of the heat and you have just the weather I'd love to be in right now. I'm not sure about the BB SF ice cream, something I rarely buy, not easy to find near me, which I guess is a good thing;) Yeah, I'd like to meet the pianoman too - he can tickle my ivories any day!:lol:

Okay, I'm outta here for now, will check in later today.

{{{HUGS}}}:grouphug:

Debbie

Hi y'all.

Geez the board got busy after I wasn't able to check back. Nothing going on at all here. Still have to clean this house.

I made the cauliflower "mashed potatoes" last night, and hubby's friend (who has been having dinner here almost every night since he got up here) wasn't even going to try it after I told him what it was. I told him that he had to try it and not just think it's nasty because it's cauliflower. Well after he tasted it, he liked it. I think he was shocked that cauliflower can taste like potatoes! I would have never thought to do that with cauliflower without you all.

Hubby is off today since it's Veteran's Day and all, but he sure isn't hanging around here. He's out in the wooods. I told him last night that I didn't want to go home for TG or Christmas either one because his sister and her family of 5 is living with his parents right now. It's bad enough with just my 3 kids there, but when you get my 3 and her 3 together, it sounds like WW3 has broke out, and besides that, there would be no where for us to sleep. MIL only has one extra bed, and I don't want to be stuck in the LR with all of the kids AND be woke up before the crack of dawn by hubby and his dad going hunting. I feel bad about it because he's always gone home during TG to go hunting, and I do want to go in a way, but then when I start thinking about all the people that would be in that house, I just don't like the way the outcome comes out in my head. Plus I know that MIL would be making all this off plan stuff the whole entire time we're there, and I really don't want to get off plan right now. Oh what to do what to do?!!!

Today seems to be better then yesterday, at least so far. I think the only thing that went right yesterday was getting some of the laundry done.

The school here has this thing called study hall (not the normal study hall we all had at school either). This is more like detention. If they don't do their homework or hand in their assignments on time, they have to spend their lunch recess in "study hall" and work on it or whatever the teacher gives them. Well after 5 times they are supposed to send a note home, I never got one, after 10 you are supposed to meet with the teacher, which I haven't gotten an appt. to do so yet, after 15 you meet with the principal, and I have no clue what happens after 20. Well anyway, Katie has been 11 times now, and she still doesn't finish her homework. This morning I found something else she didn't even act like she had last night. The only thing I can think of is she thinks she doesn't have to do anything because the little girl across the street does this and her mom evidentally doesn't care. She's come in telling me about this other kid doing something or not doing something and her mom just ignores it. I've had all the talks with her about "I don't care what other kids do, I only care about what you do" thing that I always got from my parents. She's even gotten her tail torn up about it. I have never had problems out of her with homework before. I've lost my patients with her, and honestly don't know what to do next. She's already been told no t.v., no friends over, no game boy, and there's really nothing left to take away.

Geez this is turning into a book. I better get on with my replies and get some breakfast going; Autumn has already started in about waffles.

Deb, I'll have to remember to ask them about it. It will be just as easy to go talk to them next time I'm in town as it would be to call them, and I've got to go pick up some "snack foods" (legal ones of course) for my candle party on monday night. Oh and I informed hubby that after the first of the year I'm planning on getting a regular old house phone because I don't like not being called when my kids get hurt at school; that and I've got friends that like to call and talk forever during the day.

Monet, Oh yes I do indeed know what you mean. I feel like that every week at the library! I don't know any of the other moms there and they all seem to have their own little "groups" that know each other and talk all the time. They are so different from the other wives I know from hubby's work. They are all so nice and they include everyone in everything. Praying that things work out with Ruth. Did her DH look them up on webmd.com? That's where I've looked up things before, and on just about every med out there it has the same "warnings"

Mom, Way to go on the pants! It does feel so good to get into a smaller size no matter what the scales tell you

Ok, sorry this ended up being so long. Gotta go now and get this kid some waffles and me some oatmeal. Talk to y'all later.

Jenn

Here is the ww pie crust recipe:

1 1/2 sticks butter
2 cups ww pastry flour
1 teaspoon salt
about 1/2 cups of ice water

Cut the butter into the flour and salt until it resembles coarse meal. Add water and stir to form a ball. The trick is not to use too much water...it should not be at all sticky, but just holding together. Divide in half, roll out on floured board and fold gently to lift and unfold to fit into pie pan. Roll out second half for top. Moisten edges of bottom crust with water, lay top crust over bottom and press to seal, then roll and crimp edges with fingers. The less you work the dough, the flakier the crust will turn out. Use cold butter, and very cold ice water.

DEB: The praline chiffon cake with the caramel turned out ok. I had never made a caramel icing like that before, and it did not turn out right, but it was good anyway. I noticed it is still creeping off the cake! It never set up properly. The chiffon cake is something I would like to experiment with. As far as cakes go, it is rather light, and mostly egg whites...like an angel food cake. I am wondering if it could be made with agave and ww pastry flour.

JACK: Thank you for your kind words. I don't think the situation would have bothered me as much if I had felt comfortable with the woman I ended up with. I have known her a while, but we have not 'connected' really, unless there is something she wants from me. It was obvious to me that she really wanted to join another group...she had been at my table and was one of the ones who jumped up and hurried to another group as soon as possible...but felt obligated to come back. The pastor may have caught her eye, I suppose. All in all, a very uncomfortable situation that does not do much for ones self esteem....

JECRITES: Thanks for the mention of that web page. I am going to go and check it out and see what they say about the drugs I take that the doctor wants Ruth on. I feel like if you dwell on all the negatives, you are never going to be able to experience the positives...and the drugs CAN be positive if used properly! I know how you feel about that library group. Just keep reminding yourself when there that you DO have other friends! Last night, my mind just froze and I could not even talk myself out of the overwhelming feeling of being alone. I had to call my husband while I was driving home on my cellphone and talk to someone who I knew cared.

HAPPY VETERANS DAY & TUESDAY EVERYONE!! I was at 121.5# this morning; I think I may have officially lost another 1/2 pound. We will see for WIW. My parents are going to watch the girls for a few hours on Saturday so DH & I can go out for our anniversary. I am excited, but also very nervous. They have a pool with no gate, and they know how uncomfortable I am leaving Lane there. Britt is fine, and knows how to swim well, and knows not to go near it. I am going to have my parents close the doggie door and put a broom stick in the door before I leave. We are going to have dinner at a restaurant near their home, so we won't be gone more than a few hours.

I enjoyed the pumpkin cheesecake, but not enough for it to tempt me to eat too much. Here is the recipe for that, as well as the crust I made with it:

Rissa's Pumpkin Cheesecake:

2 packages of cream cheese, softened
1 29 ounce can of pumpkin (I prefer Libby's)
2 TB of lemon juice (Nat used 1/2 TB)
8 packets of artificial sweetener
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 pint whipping cream
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Place all ingredients EXCEPT FOR whipping cream and cinnamon into a mixer (this is a good recipe for my Kitchenaide - it does all the work). Mix at low speed for three minutes, then medium speed for an additional three to five minutes.

In a separate container, mix or blend the whipping cream until thick and frothy.

Fold whipped cream into the cream cheese/pumpkin mixture.

Blend on high for five or more minutes until well mixed.

Place in spring form pan, and sprinkle top of cheesecake with cinnamon.

Bake in 350 degree oven for approximately one hour, until the top sets (I had to bake nearly 90 minutes).

CHILL BEFORE SERVING!

Chocolate Almond Crust: (I found this on our recipe board, but couldn't find a name to credit to):

2 1/2 cups ground almonds
2 TB splenda
4 TB melted butter
2TB unsweetened cocoa powder

Place nuts in a bowl of food processor and pulse until ground into a meal (I don't crush mine into a meal...I like it to be a little crunchy). Add sugar substitute, cocoa powder and butter and pulse or stir to combine. Transfer to a 9" springform pan. With your finger, gently press nut mixture to form a crust on bottom of pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes; remove from oven and cool. I DID NOT BAKE PRIOR FOR THE PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE, SINCE I KNEW IT WOULD BE BAKING FOR SO LONG ANYWAY..IT MIGHT HAVE BURNED.

ENJOY!

Kitty: A lot of people experience withdrawal type symptoms when they cut the sugar out of their diets. That's why it is like a drug. I love the cold weather; I'd rather have that than the sweaty hot weather anyday. BUT I live in Phoenix and we get our fair share of hot weather. Remember the juice in moderation; it's always better to eat the actual fruit. Keep up the good work.

Dave: It is people like yuo who make a lot of people's holidays brighter!!

Deb: Yes, it does say 7g of fiber. They advertise it all over their page. They say that their others have 2g, but the WW one has 7 grams. I just typed in Auntie Anne's Pretzels in my search engine, and it took me to their site. I went to the products section, and then to nutritional info. Hope you have a great day.

Monet: Glad everyone enjoyed the food. Sorry you felt left out; that is a truly awful feeling. People are sometimes so oblivious. to other's feelings. It was nice of that other lady to come over to you and join you. Ruth is lucky to have you; you are so informative when it comes to this woe/wol.

Mom: You are probably losing inches. It is soooo exciting to get into those smaller sizes. I remember when I was able to get back into an 8....I was ecstatic. I told my husband that I wanted to get back into a 5/6 like when we got married, and he said that I never would. He said that after having two kids, and getting older, I'd never see them again. Well, my official size now is a 5/6, and I can even fit into some 4's. I showed him. I guess in a way, he gave me some definate incentive (to prove him wrong - ha). Keep up the great work.

Jack-K: I don't buy the BB ice cream, but have seen it, and I think it says, "no sugar added, sweetend with splenda." Sounds like you got in a great walk. I haven't decided if I will shop the day after TG or not; guess I'll see what the sales look like. We will celebrate my mom & sister's birthdays on TG. My mom's is on Thanksgiving this year (27th), and my sisters is on Dec. 3rd. It is always fun to combine the celebration when we can all get together.

jecrites: I don't know if I am following the study hall ordeal. Is she going because she is not finishing the homework she brings home? Can you ask her to look over her homework every night and make sure she has completed it. OR, is she finishing it, and just not turning it in? Kids are so impressionable, and it is difficult for them to think that what they are doing is wrong, when someone else does it and it is o.k. Good luck!

I will be volunteering in Britt's class for the first part of class today. Friday is Dads for Doughnuts, so Dad will be picking her up. That will save me a trip!

I have to return some bras sometime this week. My DH says I spend as much time making returns as I do purchases, and it sometimes seems that way. I had to return some shoes yesterday because one fit tighter than the other and were totally uncomfortable. The bras fit well until I have them on for about an hour, and then they start to pull up and pucker above the nipple area. Gheez, hopefully I will find some bras to fit right.

Well, have a great day all....I better go get in the shower and get the kids dressed.

Take care,
Nat

Pancho-I won't drink very much juice! I do love OJ though! I know they say its better to eat the fruit or squeeze juice directly from the fruit because it still has all the nutrients and vitamins in in? I hate pulp though so it's hard for me! I buy the no pulp, low acid kind-all natural of course.
Jack-BF does not eat in the nude that I know of!

I can't wait to try some of these dessert recipes! They look so good!

ALMOND COOKIE RECIPE....

To anyone that was interested in this...I think Pancho was going to make it soon. I goofed on the amount of Agave..its not 1 cup..its 3/4 cup. It really made a difference in the consistency. Sorry about that!

Good Tuesday Evening to Yas,
Hope everyone is faring well today. I'm up and at with the little ones. What a joy they can be, full of energy. Only wish I had 1/10 of their energy. lol The wheather here is nice. We are suppose to approach 58, which is good for us. A few nights ago we had a low of 17 with the wind chill factor. That's cold.

Quilter ~~ Good to see you back, I have been in and out myself. I do feel good being here and participating. I'm trying to stay focused here. I have been tremedously busy, too.

Toni ~~ Thanks, it was good wasn't it.

Monet ~~ You must be one heck of cook. The foods you describe sound so incredibly good. I appreciate the pie crust recipe. I tried to make one about a month ago and it literally stood alone lol. I ate the filling and left the crust. Sorry about DD. It is rough when you look meds up and find out the downside of them. I have not taken meds for that very reason. The side affects seem to do more harm than what the doctor is treating you for at times. My doctor is an MD and well versed in supplementations or alternatives. When we were having Word Cell, my job was to greet and sit with people who it was their first being there, so they would not feel alone and wouldn't want to come back. I do know how you must've felt.

Fillise ~~ I feel really good when I see you're feeling up to pare. I just love your avatar. I have been seeing a few food products trying to get healthy. Some are still nono's for us. I appreciate them acknowledging that some of the ingedients are real killers.

Pancho ~~ WTO on your weight loss. It feels so good doesn't, sounds like you are gaining a lot of muscle. Thanx for the recipes.

Debbie ~~ Whoa, my daughter is going to have that done, along with her husband. She has tried a few diets, even this one, with no long standing success. Have you heard of the one that is less invasive, I believe it is same day surgery? My SIL's DS indicated it was a hot thing in Hotlanta. Can't find out anything, if you have info could you share it please? Thanx in advance. I wanted to do it a few years ago, but my insurance wouldn't cover it. The bedding is great, I would put that on my bed.

Jecrites ~~ I really must try that "cauliflower" mashed potatoes. I heard about it some time back, but, never tried it. Sounds delicious.

Gotta go and get dressed, it is well pass my time. Hopefully, I will be back later today. Have the very best day you can.

{{{{{smooches}}}}}}

Later,
LJunel (slim and healthy)

chrisd
I know sometimes it can't be avoided (eating out) I figured Chinese would be ok if you stick with steamed veggies and no rice. We actually have a place here that does brown rice!
But then I found out that MSG, which is not good for you anyway, was made from beets. Beets have a high GI so I just stay away from Chinese period.

KittyKat
Anything that say's "unbleached" is not legal. It means the flour has been processed, which takes out all the stuff that makes it healthy. Legal crackers: Triscuits, Whole wheat matzo crackers, Ak-Mak Original Whole Wheat Sesame crackers.

My daughter is continuing on SBD. She lost 7 pounds in a week! I think because the menu is so limited she has been forced to eat salad or starve, so she's been eating a salad at every meal! I mix Romaine, Red leaf lettuces and Iceberg in a huge bowl and keep it in the fridge so it's always there.
I didn't like the induction for myself but it got me into the habit of not eating bread or a starchy carb with every meal at least.

Deb I was talking about why I've been stalled on SB. I was eating bad foods! I was thinking "Oh it won't hurt to eat these yummy boneless chicken pieces breaded and deep fried once in a while" well once in a while turned into like 2 to 3 times a week! So I'm really determined to be totally legal I realized how many tiny little illegal foods had slipped into my diet. Which I guess will be ok one I reach maintenance but they are keeping me stalled.

Heartmom, any chance of you being pregnant?

Did not think I get back so quickly. I have a question to throw out, is cha cha the same as chutney and does anyone know how to make it? My sis called to ask if I knew how to make it. All I know is what I have heard and that it is hot and some type of condiment. Thanx

Linda

Hi y'all. I know I haven't been here in so long that many of you won't know me or remember me.:o But here I am again, back on the wagon after much time spent dragging along behind it. I've finally decided that it's time to put the stress excuse aside and get myself back together. I've been OP 4 days now and hope that I can stick with it. I'm really disgusted with myself. I managed to gain back all my weight plus another 10 lbs.:yikes: Anyway, it's good to be back.

Ok guys its official. I weighed myself today and Im up 5lbs. I did weigh in the afternoon, but I dont think that would of made THAT much of a difference. i am really sick to my stomach over this. there goes my goal for Christmas. I just really dont know how this could of happened. Granted I have been eating a little more than normal..but it was all legal and it wasnt THAT much more than normal. I feel like crap guys, Im very depressed over this.
Well Im gonna go sulk some more, just thought I would share my lovely news with you guys!

Chris

I'm so angry and sad right now. Another HLHS child is gone. Very unexpectantly,too. She would have been a year old next month. She had been doing so good. Goes to show that CHD can take away precious life without warning. It's not fair that a child has to suffer and then do good and still be taken away without notice. Her mother said that she seemed fussy last night, and she gave her a bottle,etc. Then they went back to sleep, she awoke to Chloe making a strange moaning sound that she never heard before, so she immediately called 911. SHe went into respiratory failure on the way to the hospital and by the time she got there, she was brain dead and pupils were fixed. I'm sickened by this. I don't understand why it has to work this way. I just pray to the Lord that she will be comforted in this time, that she has the strength to get thru this. I'll be lighting a candle for Chloe(no I'm not Cathlioc, just doing it to honor her) this evening.

Okay, DEB- I'll forgive you for not knowing about the deer! When we were in Philly, we went to a Target there, and hubby was looking for hunting gear, there wasn't anything! He couldn't believe it.

CHERYL- Nope, not preggers!! I'm fixed, and TOM is here to prove it.

I'm still eating too many starches! I need to find better things for lunch and snacks other than sandwiches and triscuits, plus stay away from the SF ice cream. I'm still at 176 this AM. My exercise class is cancelled for the entire week, the instructor is in the hospital for a kidney infection(OW!). I did my 3 mile tape yesterday. Trying to talk myself into doing it again in just a few..

CHRIS- I never weigh myself in the afternoon! It makes a HUGE difference for me, as much as 6 lbs. I could weigh myself right now and I bet I'm at least 4 pounds heavier than I was this morning. For every 16 oz. of water,etc that you drink, there's a pound, plus the weight of food. Best time to weigh is in the AM, after going to the bathroom. Don't be depressed, yet! Wait until the morning,lol. Seriously, you also could be retaining some fluid, which I'm famous for.

Good afternoon,

Getting ready to head home. I am trying to avoid getting some cashews. I haven't had one thing between meals today and I'm not hungry, just bored and killing time.

I fixed Ziti for dinner tonight. I guess that is what it is. Never fixed it before. I could feed an army there is so much. After I get out my 1 cup and DH's we will be eating on it for a week.

It is not raining here yet so I guess we will get our walk in. DH wouldn't let me miss it for the world. More hills again tonight. Secretly I think he's trying to kill me.

Deb, have a good day with the kids. Or do they not want to do things with Mom except let her be the driver?

Jecrites, my kids always had to write down their homework in a book. That way we could see that everything was done. You would think she would get tired of losing her lunch period. Maybe you should call the teacher.

Monet, thanks for the pie crust recipe. I sent it to my DS for her to make me. :lol: I can't make them myself. When you figure out that caramel cake to make it legal, I will be your tester. We care about you too!

Pancho, don't worry about your kids and enjoy your dinner. I'm sure you parents will watch them closely, they raised you alright. My niece's birthday is also the 27th

Agape, you all get more snow and cold weather then we do, but I am ready for summer already. Sorry I can't answer your question. Ask one of the cookers like Monet or Country.

Cheryl, glad your DD is doing so well on the SBD. She will be happy when she gets over the induction period I bet. I try to keep my carbs at 1 or 2 at the most.

Chrisd, Weighing in the afternoon, after 2 meals, will definately make you heavier. Don't get upset over it. Weigh again in the morning and see what you get.

Musicteach, Welcome back, Yes I do remember you. It seems if we leave this board, we gain out wt back. Glad you are resolved to do this again. WTG on 4 days OP.

Heartmom, how sad for that poor child and her family. I hate the loss of a child anytime, but during the holidays is 100 times worse. I pray for that family that they can find peace somehow.

Have a great evening. I'm off to check that link Deb posted for the recipes.

Good luck to everyone on WIW. Let's see some big losses.
Jackie
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Hello.

I'm just popping in for a few replies. Gotta figure out what's for dinner and I haven't thawed a thing out either. Do any of you ever get tired of being the one to decide what's for dinner?

Pancho, You hit the study hall thing right on the head. She's going because she's not doing some of it and then some of it she doesn't "remember" to turn it in on time. All the kids, except for Kindergarten and maybe 1st grade have a notebook thingy called an agenda that they have to write down their homework assignments. Well that's all fine and good, but what in the heck are you as a parent supposed to do when the child says yes they have completed that? And parents are required to sign the flippin thing every night just to prove to the teachers that we see it. It's very frustrating!

Agape, Honestly, I was afraid to try the cauliflower mashed taters because I don't like cauliflower, but I decided one day while at the grocery store we were gonna jump right in and try something different and new. I made sure to tell the girls to take just one bite because they may actually like it and not know it because they've never had it before. To my surprise, everyone likes it!

Heart, I am so sorry to hear about this little girl. I'll say a prayer for her family to be comforted.

Jack-k, She does write her assignments down in a notebook, but thing is how do I know she's actually done them? I guess I could always make her do it right there in front of me no matter if she has already done it and left it at school. I think she's thinking that whatever her little friends can get away with she can too, but boy oh boy is she in for another story!!!

Monet, I should call some of the other wives that have children older than tiny babies and see if they want to go to story time too, then I would have someone to talk to too. No really, I don't go there to be with people my age or anything like that, I go there because it's something good for Autumn to do and it gets me out of the house. I do have mornings where I would rather stay at home and not have to get myself and her ready to head out the door, but I tell myself that she'll be so disappointed and she really enjoys going, so I get my lazy self ready and we go. I used to be the type of person that cared about what other people thought of me, but now that I've been married for 11 years and have 3 kids, I could care less; I guess I've finally realized that there's no one that I have to impress anymore except myself, and if others can't or won't like me because of who I am, then I don't need them anyway. I was always left out of things growing up, even by my own cousins, and I can't stand that feeling now, and boy does hubby ever know it when he "accidentally" does that to me too.

Ok, now off to the kitchen to figure something out. I'll talk to y'all later.

Jenn

Oh, wow! I found 100% whole wheat bagels today! They are made by Thomas- the English muffin people. They are not great, but ok. I ate two of them! Shame on me! From that, I went back to the cake, and ate a piece of each. Some body shoot me!

I had to run out and sign papers for Laura for joint enrollment for next semester. The coordinator of the program told me he wants to put her in the honors program at the college. Her SAT scores qualify her for it. She is thinking about staying at the junior college for another year to get core classes out of the way cheaply. We are still thinking of running over to Auburn this weekend to look at the campus there. It sure is going to be weird to have her out of high school next semester! Where did the time go?

Tonight is "Make Dinner for Your Massage Therapist" night. I am roasting a whole organic chicken stuffed with onions and rosemary out of the garden. I am also going to fix salad and yellow squash. I will be glad when they get past the first two weeks of the SoBe, so I can start fixing more 'normal' meals!

Off to check on dinner....

AFTERNOON EVERY BUDDY!!! :wave:


Another holy terror computer day! At 4p.m. I just got up and left! Now there are more glitches...this new program is web based, and I don't like it! BUT DANGIT...I'M BOUND AND DETERMINED!!!!

JACKIE...the HICKORY SAUCE has 7grams of sugar...that's not too bad, and I think a lot of it burns off on the grill. It's WONDERFUL, and for my chicken to taste that good, I'll do without something else just to have it!
OH....AND NOW FOR SOME L'VILL NEWS!!!
Your CHRISTMAS TREE for the city of Louisville is coming from the front yard of a co-workers MIL! They planted it after using it in their home one Christmas, and it is now over 70 feet tall! They plan to move it some time next week, and will have to shut down I-64 to get it downtown! :eek: I thought this was so neat, to know the people where the tree is coming from! Evidently, the tree was planted when Laurie's husband was a child. Cathy doesn't read the paper, so if you see a picture or article in the Courier Journal, would you please send it to me?
I'll email you my snail mail address.

LAURIE...So sorry to hear about the little munchkin..prayers and good thought go out to the family.

MONET....I'm interested in hearing about that cake too....can you post a picture of it?

CHRIS....EAT THOSE 8 STALKS OF CELERY THAT I TOLD LAURIE ABOUT....IT WILL GET THOSE POUNDS OFF!!!

AGAPE....it's CHOW CHOW and it's made from cabbage. Kate used to make it and I'll ask her if she still has her recipe to pass along to you.

MUSIC...WELCOME BACK!!!

JEC...I've never tried the faux tators...guess I'll have to give them a try!

DEB....guess we better plan a road trip to CINCY and kidnap KIM...

WELL...Sorry I missed some of you, but know that I'm thinking about each and every one of you! :grouphug:


BOB

Another new virus!
virus alert...
I thought you would want to know about this email virus. Even the most advanced programs from Norton or McAfee cannot take care ofthis one.
It appears to mostly affect those of us who were born prior to 1965 Symptoms:
1. Causes you to send the same e-mail twice.
2. Causes you to send a blank e-mail.
3. Causes you to send e-mail to the wrong person.
4. Causes you to send it back to the person who sent it to you.
5. Causes you to forget to attach the attachment.
6. Causes you to hit SEND before you've finished.
7. Causes you to hit DELETE instead of SEND.

It is called the C-Nile Virus! :eek:

Celibacy

Celibacy can be a choice in life, or a condition imposed by environmental encounters. While attending a Marriage Encounter Weekend, Walter and his wife, Ann, listened to the instructor declare, "It is essential that husbands and wives know the things that are important to each other." He addressed the men, "Can you name and describe your wife's favorite flower?"
Walter leaned over, touched Ann's arm gently and whispered, "Pillsbury All-purpose, isn't it?
And thus began Walter's life of celibacy.

Good afternoon everybody:

I was not so good today. I had a slice of pumpkin cheesecake for breakfast. I always eat a good healthy breakfast, but didn't feel like it today. I also ate a chicken bowl from Taco bell (minus the chips -but did eat the rice), and a few FF. I am going to have an OP dinner and have a better OP day tomorow. They are calling for rain the next few days....we'll see if it comes to pass.

Kitty: You have educated yourself so much, and you will do great; better than those who walk into this woe blind.

chrisd: Thanks for the update on the cookies; I hope to make them this weekend. Hang in there, and don't give up. I alway weigh 3-4 pounds more in the afternoon than I do in the morning.

agape: My body fat percentage is going down, slowly but surely. It does feel good to know that I am replacing the fat with muscle.

music: I did not know you before, but look forward to getting to know you. Welcome back!

heart: I am so sorry to hear about Chloe; I will pray for her family tonight.

Jack-K: Thanks for the advice. I will enjoy myself at dinner. Being nervous will just make my mom nervous, so I will not let on that I am worried.

jecrites: I get so tired of deciding what's for dinner everynight. Thank goodness they don't deliver pizza to our area, or we'd be eating it 3x a week (just kidding). I follow you on the homework ordeal...good luck getting her straightened out!

I didn't thaw anything out for dinner, so we will finish off the pita bread topped with ref. beans, cheese, black olives, sour cream, guacamole, lettuce and tomatoes. Better go get it in the oven.

I hope everyone has a great WIW. See you then!

Take care,
Nat

Hey Yall,
Just popping in before I head to the showers. I am going to retire early tonight. The little ones wore me out today. I have the two girls most of the day, and boy oh boy, their brother is here for about 45 mins and he thinks he is Bruce Lee, energy, energy, energy, what can I say?

Mom ~~ What is HLHS and CHD? I had a grandbaby to die a few yrs ago. It was indeed a nightmare. She died in my home from SIDS. It still takes my breathe away when I just look at her picture. I can tell you that God was the only source for my comfort and He didn't let me down. I, too, will pray for that family.

Welcome Back, Music Teach, we all fall by the wayside. You already know what to do, that's why you're here, so again welcome.

Jack-K ~~ You are mighty right about it getting cold here. If your head is stopped up, just go outside and the air will open you right up. The coldest it's been while I was here, back in '81, the temp dropped to -60. Can you believe that, there was an advisory not to go out unless there was an emergency. I will ask the experts about Cha Cha and Chutney.

Jecrites ~~ I like cauliflower so this should be a wiz for me. I need something different now and definitely feel you on trying to decide what to fix for dinner everyday.

Bob ~~ lol Well thank you mam, my mom was saying cha cha. That's why I asked her to spell it. That would be good if you could get the recipe for me. You will no doubt get that puter stuff straighten out. Good luck.
Oh my goodness, just read the joke, too much lol...ok, both of 'em

Pancho ~~ Keep up the good work, and we know that muscle burns fat, you go girl!

Monet and CountryMom ~~ Bob is trying to get recipe for Chow Chow, do you have any? Thanks in advance.

See yas later,
LJunel

http://www.hormoneprofile.com/locarb.htm

This is one of the BEST RECIPE SITES that I've seen in a long time.
It's done in pdf, so give the sections time to load

Let me know what y'all think!

BOB

Cheryl-I think I'll skip the crackers or eat the ones I have until gone (not all at once!) and hopefully they won't stall me.

Agape-I was 16 when my Mom gave birth to my brother. I had read about SIDS not long before he was born and was so scared to death of it. I didn't sleep for a solid night for the first two weeks he was on earth. I figured after that and being so tired, he would be okay! Luckily he is a 10 year old 'boy'...UGH~

What is that other disease that you were talking about HEART?

I've done pretty good these first few days. I just hope this works for me!

ATTN EVERYONE: What were your success rates when you started SB and were legal for the first few months...long enough to tell the rate of weight loss. I know everyone is different but I just want a general idea. I have heard that since you can have more whole grains and fruits it's slower. I lost 20 pounds in seven weeks Somersizing before but you can't combine like you can on SB. No carbs w/ pro/fats...So, no more sandwiches, no more buttered bread...I just couldn't stand the thought of never being able to eat a sandwich again! :dizzy:

HiedieHo All!

I had good intentions today but that was all!

Went to swim group, then to mall to pick-up DS & DIL's anniversary gift. Was going to use it for Christmas but thought a 20th was a special celebration, It is a picture frame with a mat that is cut out "OUR FIST CRUISE" thought it was neat.

I had intended to type up HFH minutes but I had a headache so thought a little snooze might help (have been sleeping lousy lately) that was 2p and I just worke up about 5:15p! Headache is a little better.

HEART: Hope you are feeling better. It's hard when you can't quite put your finger on the whole problem. Prayers for little girls family.

PANCHO: As I said I passed the pretzels by. Glad I did. Thanx.

DEB: You can give me your 2 cents anytime! I know you're right. I am lucky to have DS, DIL and GD, I know they really care. I did say I emailed DD that I would not go back with her as I was saving for an event in February, didn't I? City folk really need an education from us country folk! Bed set not so weird, I think modern is the word. Not my cuppa tho.

MONET: Know that lonesome feeling. I have a hard time mingling, so to speak, and hate those kind of get togethers. I just feel I never fit in! I wanted to hug you. Will have to llok for Thomas' here. I love english muffins and miss them.

TONI: Glad you enjoyed poem. I think the younger generation does not have the feeling about it that old foks like me do. Here they don't even consider it a holiday, there is school and business as usual. When the VFW etc have a ceremony there is only a handful of old folks there. Thanx about family, I know they mean well, and I do feel in the middle. You're right about getting to know people here on the internet. I hope we are all comfortable with one another in February.

JACKK: Thanx. Our Wally here has both kinds of ice cream. The SF caomes in a couple of flavors which now escape me.

MUSIC: Of course we remember you. Welcome back.

BOB: It is thrilling about the tree. We gave a blue spruce to our town one year and it felt great. Tree looked good too!

DAVE: Hope your day was filled with good memories. Did you see on the news where "Taps" will soon be eliminated from funeral services. The buglers are volunteers and there are so many funerals they can't keep pace. What a shame that will be, there's something about "taps" that adds to the solemnity asnd finality of it all.

Oh, I forgot. Weighed myself today and am down 7 pounds since I started swimming. I know it should be lower but I have been struggleing with emotions and food so I am pleased.

See you all again.

Take care, Shirley

I am trying desperately to drown out the siren call of the cakes. Its getting really hard! I did stick to program tonight. I roasted an organic chicken with rosemary from the garden and onions stuffed in it, and served it with salad and sauteed yellow squash with onions. I don't know why, but organic meats just taste SO much better than regular meat. This chicken was really delicious.

KITTY: Its not a good idea to try to determine a weight loss rate for SB. Everyone IS different. It has taken me four years to lose 45 pounds. I have a friend who lost 38 in eight weeks. There are just too many individual factors that effect it. If you start looking for a norm, you are only going to frustrate yourself if you end up being a turtle loser. Whatever you lose in the first month or so is going to be normal for you.

BOB: You want to see a picture of the caramel iced praline chiffon cake? It honestly was not that much to look at. Just a 1/4 sheet cake covered with what looks like melted caramel, and sprinkled with broken pecans. :shrug:

JECRITES: I know how you feel about Thanksgiving and Christmas. My MIL always wanted us to come, and it was always chaotic, and there was all kinds of problems with the kids. On top of everything else, I always got really sick. One year, my husband decided that was it. We were NOT going, we were staying here and making our own memories. They pitched a fit and ended up coming up to our house for one afternoon, and acting all snotty about it too. It was not easy, but he was firm about it, and we have done the holidays on our own ever since. I am glad we do. Kids need to have memories of THEIR family, and not always grandparents, or it is going to be difficult on them when the grandparents are gone, and all their holiday memories have to suddenly be changed. For us, it has been a blessing. I have not been sick for the holidays since! (well, except for Mononucleosis last year! :) )

Well, I feel like a really dull person tonight, but I am so tired, I am going to get ready for bed! Night everyone!

Good morning,
This is really early for me. I've been up since 5:15 this morning, waiting for grands. I have a nice cup of coffee, a must, so that I may see. I did not like getting up early, you might call me a nighthawk, back in the day. It doesn't bother me like it used to.
I try to be reasonable about getting to bed at a decent hour these days.

I hope everyone gets off to a good start:wave: . I'll be back a little later today.

Later,
LJunel (slim and healthy)

Good Morning! I am sorry to start off WIW on a negative note. I am up four this week. I am not surprised...its kind of PMS time so probably water weight, and then the naughty snacking I have done the last couple days. I feel sufficiently sobered, and will do my best to avoid the siren call of the cakes. They go to small group tonight, so hopefully the young single guys will make short work of them.

Tomorrow, it is back to work. :( I am not looking forward to anything but the paycheck! I have been feeling rather down lately, and all I want to do is sleep and read. Unfortunately, I have not been able to indulge those desires. I slept poorly last night, and I finished the book I was reading yesterday afternoon, and do not have another to start!

Hope WIW is better for everyone else!

Be back later! I am going to go cook a few eggs for breakfast!

Happy WIW. I hope everyone is happy today with their results.

The scale stayed the same for me. Story of my life, if it's not up.

I had the best dinner last night that I have had in a long time. From start to finish is was delish. We had a spinach salad with strawberries and a milk/mayo dressing which was such a nice change from the regular salad. So light. Then the ziti turned out great. It was hard to eat just 1 cup. Then we had choc pudding for dessert. I was so satisfied. Food ususally doesn't satisfy me unless it's a hamburger, fried something or other.

Jecrites, I'm with you on the dinner ideas. I could cook until the cows come home it someone would just tell me what to cook. I hate being the one to come up with the menu. I used to make the kids pick a menu for a night each week. Now it's just DH and me and he will eat anything. If DD tells you she has completed her homework, I would ask to see it. Doesn't hurt to check it out. Tehn ask her everyday if she turned it in. She will get tired of the ritual pretty soon.

Monet, those years go so quickly, once my girls got in HS they just flew. You better feed that cake to someone and not yourself. Sorry you are feeling so down.

Bob, sorry those computers are giving you so much trouble. New systems can be a nightmare. We don't get the weekly paper, but will keep an eye out for the tree article and send it to you. That is pretty neat. That's pretty tall.

Pancho, be careful with those cheats. They can get closer and closer.

Agape, I can't imagine what you went through with your grandbaby. I'm glad you found comfort and can go on.

Kitty, I lost 8-10 pounds a month, but I had over 100 pounds to lose. So that makes a difference. Plus I work out with wts and walk all the time and that helped. Oh and I never cheated until this year.

Sef, 7 pounds is awesome. Swimming is such great exercise. Keep up the good work. That was apower nap you had.


Have a great day! Be back later.

Jackie
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10-10-01

Good morning everyone. Having some coffee and then I need to get around and get dressed etc. Having a busy day today so I'll just write a short note. I lost 2 lbs. this week. I'm really pleased with that. Hope it keeps going in the right direction.... Will try to catch up later this evening..

Toni, WTG girl on the 2 pounds. It is coming right back off. Good work.

Jackie.

Good WEIGH IN WEDNESDAY MORNING!:wave:

I am flat out pooped!:tired: I swear, sometimes I think SOMEONE is out for me! Last night I was tired, so I decided to go to bed early. Granted it was only 8:30pm:^: but I figured I'd get a really good nights sleep and get up and walk in the morning, that I'd be feeling rested and refreshed if I got in some extra hours. Come 2:30am I woke up to find ELI not in bed and the lights on in the house. Got up, he's watching TV (he had gotten home shortly before) and MICHAEL is still on the computer:eek: Went back to bed but couldn't fall back asleep. ELI finally came to bed but I couldn't do anything but lie there. Couldn't go to the computer since MICHAEL was on there so I just tossed and turned and tried to get back to bed. Not sure what time I finally dozed back off, that was, after MICHAEL went to bed and once again I had to get up and turn off the light from the 4th bedroom. So, this morning, I'm tired AND I'm feeling a slight headache coming on. Oh, and even if I'd of slept well, wouldn't you know it, it was raining this morning!:rain:

I had to look back on last weeks WIW to see if I had lost anything this week and thankfully it's 1lb. It was lower during the week but with TOM coming sometime soon I'll happily take it.

ELI is off today and we don't have to p/u the kids so we'll be doing the usual. Hoping maybe we can get in a movie today as well, depends on what's playing. I think he's off tomorrow as well. Will have to start getting ready for the garage sale on Saturday.

Not much else to say, so going to jump in to the replies...

JEC, I'm really surprised that they don't make the kids have the parents sign something and return it to the school when that happens so they KNOW the child gave it to the parents. What did KATIE say is the reason for all this? Hope you get it straightened out. I hope you can get the phone situation fixed. It would be terrible for someone to try and call you with an emergency and not be able to reach you.

MONET, I wouldn't care about how the cake looks, how it tastes is what I'm in for. My DM makes a really good cake called an apple dapple cake and it has a topping that sounds the same that's delish. I usually pick the outside of the cake to eat first. I also love my BIL's cream cheese pound cake - it's to die for!!! I've made a delicious ww angel food cake which the recipe is on the board - easy and not hard to do at all. LMK if you want the recipe and I'll search out for you. I'm sure you'll drown out those cake sirens, that or you can throw the darn *****es in the garbage!!!!

PANCHO, I may venture to try making some ww pretzels one day, a small batch. When we go to AA we always ask them to make our pretzels with no butter and very light salt, if any. Oh, and we like them extra crispy:) Hope you enjoy your dinner Sat without much worry about the kids. I'm sure your parents will watch them around the pool.

KITTY, more important with eating the fruit is you get the fiber. What people don't realize is how many oranges does it take to make the glass of juice you drink. If you realized what an actual serving of an orange would be, you'd be surprised. My kids drink a huge glass of oj, probably the equivalent of eating 6 oranges:eek: I hardly buy it due to this reason. The old days, those little juice glasses that are so hard to find in homes these days, that's a serving. As for the rates of loss, as MONET said, it's so different in every person. Body composition, how much they have to lose, do they exercise, etc. Don't worry about the numbers, look more at how you feel. One - two pounds a week are a good average, but there may be some weeks you don't lose a thing-it happens and one can't get discouraged - easier to say than to be, but I think that happens to so many people and they throw in the towel whereas if they were patient a little while longer they'd see their efforts pay off.

AGAPE, I can only tell you about my personal experiences and those of people I know who know someone who's had it. The way mine was done is outdated but still, the problems one can have are some of the same. Just to let you know, you can lose the weight and you can gain it right back if you're not careful. Let's just say, ice cream and chocolate slide down very easily:s: Don't let people think there's not risks, no matter what procedure. People have died, from something as much as drinking too much water (article was in the paper). My friend GAIL knows a lot of people at work doing it and she would tell me how she'd see people gaining the weight back, that they were eating nacho chips and other junk food. It's not something to go in to lightly. I think if someone has tried all other avenues whole hearted and can't lose, then fine, but if they do a ridiculous diet, or something like SB half assed, they can't say they can't lose weight, they never really tried and if they don't learn to eat properly, this won't work in the long run. I speak from expereince.

CHERYL, LAUREN is off Phase I and was thrilled to eat a sandwich yesterday. I think she ate too many starchy carbs, but she wants to do this HER way and doesn't want me to say anything unless she asks - teenage attitude!

MUSIC, glad to see you back again - FYI, we're having an SB GET TOGETHER not far from you in Feb - you should come so we can kick your butt back in to high gear;) Seriosuly, glad to see you've gotten 4 days OP under your belt, those are the hardest.

CHRIS, NEVER weigh yourself after the morning, your body can go up hourly. As mentioned, there's too many reasons to see the scale fluctuate. I highly doubt you've eaten calories so in excess that you'd gain 5lbs. One thing I always say, PATIENCE IS A MAIN KEY TO THIS WOE. I've learned that if you wait it out you'll see the scale drop. So many diets in the past I'd see a gain such as yours, when I was being 100% OP and I knew I shouldn't of gained but here I was gaining, so I'd just throw in the towel and pig out:pig: BUT, when I started SB I realized that there are certain times of the month, among other things, that you can easily gain and I found if I was patient and just continued OP as I had been, those pounds would disappear as easily as they appeared. I even kept a graph of my weight losses and gains for a couple years and I could show you every month when I'd expect the scale to go up - so don't fret!!!!

HEART, sorry to hear about the other child, that's so sad. Okay, would you believe, I was telling my DM about the deer thing and SHE knew what an 8 point was! I was shocked! I asked her how she knew and she said, "we do have deer in Rochester!" Born an raised in Miami, I have a good excuse for not knowing;)

JACKK, kids don't even want me to be the driver since they got their restricted!!

BOB, you KNOW I'm game to go just about anywhere! Hmm, how far is Cin from NO? Hope work isn't so bad today.

SEF, CONGRATS!!!! WOO HOO 7lbs! That's awesome!!!:bravo: Good job!! I'm so excited to see that loss for you. You hadn't mentioned that about going back with DD, but I'm glad you did:D I'm looking forward to getting some country folk talking to at the SB GET TOGETHER. When Harry Conick Jr. was on Oprah last week he said when you go to NO you have to talk the language - guess you'll have to teach me some of that when I get there, okay dahling???;)

TONI, CONGRATS on your 2lb loss this week!!!!:cp:

Okay, going to go see what I can make for breakfast. Already had some raspberries. Maybe make a mini pizza on a low carb tortilla, not sure, hmmm, maybe some eggs.

I'll check in later.

{{{HUGS}}}:grouphug:

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Hello everyone.

Well I guess you could say the scales were good to me. I didn't gain but I didn't loose either. I'm still at 190, but that's way better then the 230 I started out at!!! I'm hoping that next week I'll hit the 180's, even if it's the high 180's, at least I'll be down to where I haven't seen the numbers in about 5 years. Heck, I'm already doing that.

Don't have much time since it's library day and I need to hit the shower and get Autumn up and ready to go. I just skimmed the posts that I didn't get to read yesterday, and have a few replies. I plan on reading them all when I get back from the library.

I decided to make chili last night. We haven't had that in a long long time, so I figured that would be good. I made twice the amount I would normally make thinking there would be left overs, NOT! There's enough left in there for hubby to have lunch and that's it! Of course I've been feeding hubby's friend that's been moved up here too, but really I don't mind. I also made some cornbread for everyone else, but I couldn't resist the urge to have a piece with some butter on it, I have always loved hot buttered cornbread, but one piece is all I had and won't be having any more. It turned out pretty good for someone that hasn't made it in a long long long time!

Monet, While we lived in Shreveport we would go to his mom's every Thanksgiving and then to my mom's for Christmas. We were only 2 1/2 hours away from his mom's house, and she's only 2 hours away from my mom's. Plus down there the kids would be out the whole week of Thanksgiving, here they only get Wed. Thurs. and Fri. and that's not enough time for me to go to his mom's and then to mine and have time to enjoy anything. And then there's the situation of his sister and her family staying with his parents right now too. It's all a big mess! I know how it is to always have holidays at grandparents house and then all of a sudden it stops. We would always go to my grandparents house for Christmas, and after I got married I couldn't do that anymore, and then in '93 my GF passed away, I think that was the hardest Christmas I ever had. To me, it's not any different when we do the holidays on our own, it's just that the rest of "the family" isn't there. The only reason hubby wants to go at Thanksgiving is to go hunting anway. I'd rather not go, but I'm sure we'll end up doing what he wants anyway, we normally always do.

Agape, It's funny that I don't really like cauliflower but I have grown to like broccoli!

Pancho, Wouldn't it be a dream if we could eat pizza 3x's a week and not gain an ounce?! My brother is like that, he can eat whatever he wants whenever he wants and he never gains anything. I want to know why I didn't get that gene too!!! He's a stick, and has cookies and milk just about every night before going to bed. I think I may have gotten through Katie on her homework mess, after the spanking she got yesterday morning for not fininshing something and having to rush to get it done before school started. Hubby also had a long chat with her about it all too. Lord help me when she gets into those stubborn teenage years!

BOB, You should def. give the faux taters a try. They are pretty good, and I don't like cauliflower!

Jackk, Yeah I agree. I'll cook just about anything (except for the wild animals hubby kills)! I just get so sick and tired of being the only one who has to think of what to cook. My DH is like yours too, he'll eat anything, and I mean anything. He has eaten animals that belong in the zoo while he was in Saudi and traveling to different places. Thanks for the advice on Katie, I'll try to remember to ask her everyday if she's turned the homework in, (I say try because my brain is getting old and fried and I sometimes can't remember what I've done and not done)!

Deb, She just tells me that she forgets to turn it in on time. I have no idea what story she gave her dad last night. I'm hoping that we got it worked out, and I'm going to be going through her backpack every day to make sure she's done everything, so if she's got stuff in there she doesn't want me to see then she'd better get it out! That stupid phone has now started telling people that all circuits are busy! Andy, the guy we know from Barksdale, tried calling hubby yesterday for about 2 hours and kept getting that message, then MIL called and got the same thing. Luckily when she called the phone started to ring and then stopped, but the caller ID picked her up and I called her back. Like I said, I'm checking into a reg. house phone after the first of the year, this is getting ridiculous!!!

Ok, off to the shower now. I'll be back later on.

Jenn

I posted this in the main forum, but decided to post here.....hoping some of you can help.

I have been on SB for about 2 1/2 weeks. I have almost gained all my weight back. I had about a week ago lost 12 pounds.


I am not cheating, nothing has changed really. Any ideas or thoughts on what my problem my be?


drew

Morning,

Thought I would report in for WIW. Looks like I am down 1 lb which I will take since I have had TOM since Monday. Since TOM is not gone yet, I may have lost more but we will have to see. Something is going on because I returned the size 12 pants to Ann Taylor and tried on the size 10. It was a little tight but I can at least breathe. Hopefully by the time TOM leaves for the month, I can zip up the pants without it being tight. I am seeing quite a change since starting SB because my pants are looser and my stomach has gone down. I sware that since Jared was born, the shape of my tummy has changed. Maybe its just me but I can definitely tell that something is different. I spoke to my mother yesterday and told her that although I am losing weight like I want to, I am making a lifestyle change that will help my blood sugar levels so even if I don't lose all the weight I want, at least my blood sugar levels will be under control. Its a big adjustment but I can do it.

Well I'm off to the Dermatologist to get some meds for my Psyorsis and then picking up Jared from day care.

Talk to you later!

Ilana

Day three and counting. Look who's on a roll!!

I don't know how much I'll be on. We are off to northern Ohio. My dad was rushed to the hospital last night with severe shortness of breath. There was fluid in his lungs. Could be emphazema or congestive heart failure. We aren't sure. So we are leaving in the next few minutes to go and see what's what. My bro and SIL sound exhausted. Thank God Mom and Dad were with them when this happened. Please pray for our safety and my family.

Sorry I can't respond to everyone. I have so much to say to each of you my sweet friends. I guess it will have to wait.

BTW, I was up 2.2 pounds last night at WW. That's not too bad. At least I went to the meeting and didn't just quit.

Gotta run. Hugs to all.
Kimmy

Just lost a novel-long post when my computer disconnected....pisses me off. Anyway, I am up up 2# from yesterday; I am at 123.5# today. Jack is right about those little cheats adding up. BUT, I am really o.k. with it. My true ultimate goal is TO NEVER SEE ANYTHING ABOVE 125# EVER AGAIN. I don't mind fluctuating between 120-125#, and don't want to go too much below 120#.

I got up at 4:15 to get to gym by 5 since DH had an early morning meeting. I got a great workout in, and even drove to the gym when it was raining outside.

Kitty: I lost about 18 pounds in 4 1/2 months when I started SB and didn't have a lot to lose. I have maintained that loss for the past few months.

Sef: Congrats on the 7# loss; who cares if it could have been more, it could have been less too. Be proud of your loss.

Monet: Sorry to hear about your 4# gain, as well as your restless night's sleep. Hope today/tonight is better for you.

Jack-K: Holding steady is not a bad thing; at least you had no gain. I know what you mean about those cheats adding up. I am going to enjoy my anniversary dinner on Saturday and then it is 100% OP until Thanksgiving.

Toni: Congrats on the 2# loss.

Deb: It is raining here as well today. Sorry to hear about your crappy night's sleep. I slept o.k, but just didn't get enough of it. Congrats on the 1#. I am going to enjoy my dinner on Saturday and not worry about the girls; my parents are capable. I am just a worrier by nature, when it comes to my girls.

jecrites: You'll see the 180's soon; you've done so well. My DH is like your DB; he can eat anything he wants, but tends to eat healthier than most. He has got an awesome metabolism and great body to show for it. It makes me sick! Not the great body, but the lack of work he has to show for it. He lifts weights 2-3x a week and does cardio on those days as well, and stays active, but he can eat anything/everything. We do have our work cut out for us when our girls turn into teenagers:dizzy: .

drew: I will let someone else answer your question, since I have no explanation, but hope you will stay around and give SB a fair trial. Welcome aboard.

Mom: Congrats on the 1# loss. Guess you need a size 11; too bad they don't size pants that way, huh? My stomach has never been the same since having kids, esp. my last one. My stomach stretched out so far, and now I have saggy skin. I am starting to finally develop some muscle tone on tummy, but if I bend over, watch out...for saggy, baggy elephant:lol: .

Quilter: I will keep you and your family in my prayers. Please keep us updated on your DD's condition. Have a safe trip!

Well, I have gotta run. I have done well today. I had a zucc. muffin on way to gym, and just had some nsa yogurt with flax meal and nuts. I am going to be good today and the rest of the week...promise!!

Talk to you all later!
Nat

Forgot to mention...when I was at the gym today I was looking at a magazine called Fitness RX for Women. I do have to say that I am going to subscribe. It did have the typical beautiful people and ads in it, but it was chock full of very informative articles. There were articles about supplements, foods, exercises, etc.....So many of the magazines I look at when I am there, is nothing more than one ad after another with a few decent articles in between the pages. I really think this one will be well worth the money. You may want to check it out!!

Take care,
Nat

Oh my goodness. I got on the board this morning and realized that I didn't get on yesterday and the # of posts has exploded again! Yesterday was a looooong day. Fortunatly a totally OP day--which was good considering my schedule.

So far so good today. I had two soft boiled eggs and a slice of WW toast with country-time yogurt spread. I'll have a thingy of yogurt in a little while. I'm meeting some folks for lunch at a place where they have a yummy grilled chicken salad--so that will be no problem. The test will be tonight. After lunch I have to go to Montgomery to meet with a potential client. Then I'm going to a fund-raiser at the Governor's Mansion. I'm sure there will be all sorts of evil things there so I will have to be very very careful!

Monet--Enjoy your day today since you have to work tomorrow! Will I be seeing you this weekend?

Deb--Re: the oysters. Fresh means RAW! Don't cook them before you put them in the dressing--they will cook while the dressing is in the oven. It tastes just fine without the oysters, in fact I always have a make a small dish with no oysters for my SIL.

Heart--I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of that precious child. My heart goes out to you and to the family.

fatboydrew--Welcome! Hmmmm, that sounds very discouraging! We women are used to variations for a lot of water weight and hormonal changes, but that's a pretty big swing. Have you changed anything? A lot of time the first week's loss is mostly water and your body may be stabalizing. Drink as much water as you can during the day so your body won't feel the need to hang onto it. Also take your measurements. On SB we often find that even when the scale stalls we are losing inches. Others on the board will be able to offer more insights.

BOB--Seven dresses????? Wow, I've never ever found more than two or three that I've even liked at any given time. You hit the mother lode!

Oops--got to go and get material together for my meeting. Have a great day everyone!

Susan

Hi,

Here I am in "Big D" all safe and sound. I thank all of you for asking about my trip and wishing me well. As some of you know, I have a very hard time riding in a car after the results of a head on collision last Oct. 2002. About the second day out, we stopped early for the day and I went to Wal*Mart and bought some yarn, etc and the next day in the car, I started knitting. I have always had problems with motion sickness and I was not sure what I would be able to do. Well, I was able to knit with no problem and this kept my eyes down so I didn' clutch with every movement along the road. My husband was grateful!

Monet: I waved as we passed near your house in Atlanta. I have found a place in Jackson, Miss to stay next year that will allow us to be 2 hours closer to Atlanta for the next day's travel, so get ready with the HFS tour.

Sef: I probably won't be trying to color the silver since even my hairdresser discourages me. My sweet husband likes the highlights this way.

SuperDave: Yes, we do have changing weather here in Dallas, warm this morning....cold this evening. It all looks good though.

I have not read through the posts, please pardon me, but I will do so later. Hope everyone is well. I will look closer but I have not seen a post from Fruitloupe recently....is everything okay?

DREW: You say you lost 12 pounds in about 2 weeks, but now, without changing anything, you have almost gained it all back? That does sound very strange. Would you mind posting a typical day's menu so we can see what you are eating? Are you exercising at all? How much do you want to lose total? Has this gain happened suddenly, or gradually over several days? I am sure everyone here will be happy to give you pointers, and their opinions... we just need more information. If you have been eating something salty lately, you can retain water, and it will make your weight jump alarmingly in a very short time. The best way to correct that, is to drink plenty of water throughout the day. I will be checking back to see what info you post, in hopes it will shed some light on your situation.

FILLISE: I told Laura to get in touch with Grace, but to my knowledge, she has not yet. The problems that are hindering a quick decision are that Grace has to work Friday, and Laura has a babysitting job on Saturday evening. Once I know anything for sure, I will call you. If it doesn't work out this weekend, I hope we can figure out another one that will be convenient for you.


YELLOW: Glad you are home safe and sound! I am sorry you couldn't stop here on your way through.

JECRITES: Maybe you ought to tell your hubby he can go off to visit his parents and go hunting without you, and you can stay put with the kids, and not have to deal with the stress! I did that once, and assured my husband that we would be fine, afterall, I had HIS credit card to use in case I needed it. He did not go off for the weekend as he was planning. ;) You need to have a great logical campaign plotted to win this one. I hope you do! You might want to ask the teacher if the two of you can work out a system of both having to sign things so Katie is responsible for getting things in, and signed by you both. That way, you and the teacher are both keeping on her, and she will be more likely to be caught a lot quicker if she gets behind. We had to do that with my son when he was a freshman in high school. He had a weekly report form that had to be filled out and signed by all his teachers, then signed by us and returned. It sure helped to get him on track since he is very easily distracted.

Good WIW afternoon,
The scales were down 1/2 a pound, not a huge loss, but I've been hovering between 226 and 229, so 225.5 was fine with me!
I went to the gym Monday, and plan on going this afternoon too, then dance class tonight.
I can sympathize with going to relatives houses for the holidays, it never seemed like we were home. But now we have TD at our house and let them come over. Christmas we're going on a trip, so won't see family, but that's OK too. I remember how much my Mom resented going to my great-aunts house for Christmas, so we only go for a short visit, if at all.
I've lost 44.5 pounds since starting SB the first week in May(6 months). The weight loss has tapered off, but the trend is still downward. I don't think you can do an avergae, everyone is so different, with different amounts of weight to lose, different levels of commitment....
that's all I can do for now, take care everyone!

Barbara
270/225.5/135

Monet, Great idea about Katie's homework. I'll have to get with her teacher and discuss something like a simple folder saying that I saw her do it and then the teacher saying she turned it in, that shouldn't be so complicated. Oh I've tried the "you go on and go hunting and we'll stay here" before, and he went. Of course at that time we were only 2 1/2 hours away from where he was going, but I'd say that he'd go with no second thoughts about it. He's a spoiled brat, and had I known about this before we married, I might would have thought long and hard before jumping right in. I might get my way this time though, I explained to him how it is during that time at his mom's. He's always in the woods and I'm left there to deal with his sister and his mom (they like to aruge), and then have 6 kids there to deal with, and my 3 are bad enough without the other 3 added in. Then there's the fact that there's no where for us to sleep except for in the living room with ALL of these kids, it's one thing to have to sleep in the same room with my 3, but it's not fair to be stuck with others that aren't mine that won't listen to me either. If he can figure out a way for that not to happen without making his sister or mom mad, then I'd be happy to go, but I don't see that happening either, the house is just too small to fit 12 people in. I've complained about this enough to you, and everyone else, and going back and reading it over, I sound like a whining bratty kid myself! Sorry about that.

Jenn

in catching up with this board :( I made miniature meatloaf, bakes sweet potatoes and stir-fry green beans for lunch today. Hopefully, that will be enough for my dinner as well.

Some replies :

Debbie : I have only been to Harry's twice but haven't been able to spend too much time there each time. I imagine I can go crazy in there...lol. I frequent another Int' Farmers Market that has a lot of asian foods mostly. I love Farmers' Market!

Monet : I know how you feel. Dh and I started to attend this church a year ago. Many times after the service, I find myself feeling alone when it comes time for fellowship. Sometimes, I feel the pressure like I have to go mingle just like the rest. However, I find that when I feel that way is when I am very conscious about myself. If I put "myself" behind, my fears are less and I can easily walk up to people and get to know them better. {{hugs}}

mom2jared : Wow, that is a great feeling isn't it. I feel the same about my body these days. My stubborn tummy fat (after dd was born) has gone down quite a but, not to mention my spare tires. I feel so much lighter (maybe just my imagination) but it feels great because the previously tight pants are now very loose. I agree with you about SB WOE and even if I don't lose weight, I know I am eating right and that feels great! Keep it up!

The Quilter : My late welcome back! I am fairly new here so we haven't met yet but I am looking forward to know you :)

Toni48 : I found agave for $3.30 (can't remember the exact amount but not over $3.50) and $4.07) on two websites but I havent make any order yet. I am not sure how "secure" they are. Where did you get yours?

Oops, dh is home and I have got to get lunch ready for him before be goes to work at 2pm. Will be back to finish my catch up later. Good day!

Hi everyone :D ,

I'm new here...not new to SB. I post pretty regularly over at Sweettalk Plus, but that board seems to be down, so I decided to visit over here. It's always good to get new opinions on the program. I lost about 35# on SB three years ago and slowly but surely gained about 25 of it back. 15# of that has been since I got married in May. Go figure! Looking back (which I try not to do) it really pisses me off, but I did it to myself. This time, it is HARD. I am having NO success. And in some ways, it's like I've forgotten what I did that made it work so well. Last time, I lost 15# in the first month and a half. But this time, my body has picked a weight that it WILL NOT budge from. I've got to get more strict with my food and exercise. How much exercise does everyone do? I know I'm not doing enough b/c I only do jazzercise 2-3 times a week, which is 45min of cardio and 15 of strength. I think I should be walking on my off days, even if it's just 20 min.
I feel a sense of urgency because a friend just asked me to be her Matron of Honor at her Jan. 31 wedding. YIKES! Right now I am in a tight size 16 and it just makes me miserable! 11 weeks isn't much, but hopefully with determination, I can do it.

Jennifer
28 YO female
5'7"
192/ 192/ 165 (first goal...we'll see after that)

Hello Monet, I am around 283 and want to lose around 75 lbs. Actually, i started at 283. My menu is mostly cheese and meat and salads. I have cut my diet drinks back alot.

I think maybe my problem is not enough water and too much salt. I don't know.

we'll see

DREW: Can you be more specific? Like, how much cheese and meat and salad do you eat? What do you eat for breakfast? Lunch? Dinner? Are you eating any starchy carbs at all? Is the cheese you are eating low fat? Please post what you are eating for each meal today, and the amounts...so if you had three eggs, and two pieces of ww toast with butter, but that. If you had a salad, guesstimate how many cups of lettuce, and whether there was cheese and meat on it, and how much salad dressing you put on it. These details will help determine if there is something you are doing wrong that you need to correct. Don't get discouraged! You CAN do this, and there is no better program than SugarBusters!


KENG: Before you order agave off the internet, go to Harry's in Gwinnett. They have it on the shelf for $2.59 a bottle. Its with the honey. You probably will save $$ driving up there, because shipping is going to make that stuff off the internet be about $5 a bottle. While you are there, check out the Wheat Montana flour at the grind your own station. It makes the BEST bread! They also have some great ww crackers...there are Ak Mak crackers which are delicious, as well as the Nairns Oat cakes in the British area that are 100% whole grain oatmeal. Which International Farmer's Market do you go to? I love cooking Asian foods, and I frequent the ones on Buford Hwy at 285, and the one at Peachtree Ind. and Clairmont a lot.

JENN: If you are not doing as well as you did last time you were on SB, maybe you need to get a few things checked out. I always encourage slow losers to have their thyroids checked. The levels for normal thyroid function have changed, and are now lower than before, so people who used to be borderline are now considered hypothyroid. (slow)

Gotta go pick up Laura....

MONET: I had considered the thyroid thing. My grandmother has it and my aunt was just diagnosed. However, would getting on the hormone really help me lose weight and if I only have a few minor symptoms(weight gain, heavier periods, fatigue) is it worth having to take something for the rest of my life? I know that sounds kookie, but I just don't like constant medication. Plus, I think my symptoms are common for many many people. It could be due to a lack of exercise. What do you think? I am actually PMS at the moment and waiting for my little friend to get here any moment :?: (Cross your fingers. That could be another explanation). If TOM is "unusual" agin this month, I will see my doc.
Thanks,
Jennifer

and more catching up, part two...:lol:

Monet : I went to Harry's in Marietta last weekend and was disappointed that they don't carry Agave, only Stevia. I even went to the honey section but couldn't find anything. I will need dh to take me there (Gwinnet) since it is way out of my comfort area. Thanks.

jecrites : I never thought I will want to try mash califlower but after reading your post, I will. I am going to make it and see if dh can guess what it is. Sorry, I have no advice on your dd just some warm {{hugs}}}. Hope you find the "solution" soon. Oh yes, I do get tired trying to figure out what's for lunch and sometimes dinner. Dh goes to work at 2pm so I usually cook a decent lunch and eat whatever for dinner but with dd, I want to make sure she has a balance and healthy meals so sometimes I will make dinner too.

Pancho : Glad you found a solution on your anniversary. Enjoy and have fun!

musicteach : Welcome back! I am fairly new so I am looking forward to know you :)

agape : I am a night owl too but am also trying to go to sleep early but yesterday ended up sleeping around 2am and dd woke up up at 7-something. Yawwnnn...hope tonight, I will do better. I read that you are looking for Chow Chow recipe. I saw one in my cookbook. It is actually a cookbook of a famous southern restaurant here in GA. I will be happy to post the recipe if you want to.

Jack-K : Your dinner certainly sound delicious! I love pasta so it has always been hard to eat just one cup but I am trying. How do you baked your ziti?

Toni48 : WTG on the 2 lbs.

Debbie : Oh poor Debbie, hope you are able to get some rest. Yesterday, I slept after one but when dh came home mins later, he was on the computer flying his virtual airplane. It was so loud! The pc is in the room right now but soon, I will ask him to move it to another room. Then, he walked in and out of the room, had some nuts and close the door, gosh, I really couldn;t sleep until over 2am. I had to get up and remind him that it was late. Yawnnn....

fatboydrew : Welcome to the board! I am no answers to your questions but I am sure if you stick around, we might be able to help you figure it out.

Yellowrose : Glad you arrived safely. I have motion sickness too..from when I was very young till now. I get sick just about in any form of transport. Sighhh.. Tried, seaband and pills so far (knocked me out which wasn't a problem before but with a dd now, it is not an option) but heard someone mentioned about "patch". So, I am going to ask my dr when I visit him next time.

jenn28 : Welcome to the board! I also post on Sweettalk too and couldn't get in for the last 2 days as well. This is a great board with amazing support system. Looking forward to know you :) Actually, I am doing almost zero exercise right now except running around with dd. I am having a hard time starting again but will take baby steps! Sounds to me you are doing great though. I hope you eat enough. I watch a show on TV once where few people were put on diferrent diet and the one who chose lotsa exercise and healthy eating actually have difficulty losing weight. Later she found out that she actually needed to eat more and then she started t lose weight from there. I am sure the others here will be able to give you more insight.

A question :

1) Does anyone have any sweet potatoes souffle recipe? I have a recipe in my cookbook that asked for granulated sugar an brown sugar. I guess I can substitute them with Agave?

Thanks.

I just have a sec but I wanted to post my weight...yucky...LOL still at 156 so I'll take it. It was up. Reading post but not time to reply......thinking of you all.

Love,
Crystle

HLHS stands for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. It's a heart condition(born with) that basically means you don't have(or have a very small) a left ventricle, the main pumping chamber of the heart. You can't live without one. And nope, they don't put in a new one. They do a series of 3(hopefully) open heart surgeries that totally reconstruct the heart so that eventually, it's like the child has half a heart, the right ventricle therefore does all the work. The question is when or will the right ventricle, which is enlarged from carrying the extra load, give out? I hope never, in our case. CHD stands for congenital heart defect, so in other words, a heart defect that you are born with, not something that is acquired like adult heart disease.

I made "Larry's sweet potato pie" today, very delish. I've eaten too much! Oh yea, WIW- sucked. I was up a pound more to 177. I know that this pound is fluid, eyes and fingers are a little puffy. So hopefully, it'll be better tomorrow. Gotta go, looking for a song called My Immortal to send to Amber, Chloe's Mom. She was wanting ideas for funeral music. Anyone ever heard of it- hard to listen to without crying. Very beautiful and sad. It's by Evanescense.

Gosh the board has been busy this afternoon.

I forgot to post my starchy carbs for yesterday. 2 1 cup of pasta.
It will be the same for today.

Heading home, guess we will have the left over ziti again. DH will be late. I will try to get my exercises in before he gets home.

Deb, congrats on the 1 lb. Gosh Eli off 2 days in a row. You will be sick of him by the end of it. Have fun you deserve some quality time together. Kim is about 90 minutes from me so NO could be the same 10 hrs or maybe a little more.

JEC, I'm sure you will see a new set of numbers next week. Just hang in there. I miss cornbread so much. I wish there was a way to make it legal.

Drew, what diet were you following to lose the 12 pounds? I can't imagine gaining that much. Maybe post some of your meals so we can critique them.

Mom, congrats on the 1 lb. Glad those 10's fit. They will fit fine soon.

Kim, I was so excited so see another post, but so sorry to hear about your dad. Prayers for him and for your safe trip, I'm sure he will be fine since they got him to the hospital quickly. My dad lived with CHF for years. When the fluid increased and his breathing got bad they would take him in and get rid of the fluid. Thinking of you.

Pancho, that's the way I want to do it, have a 5 pound cushion. Now I just have to get to goal to get that cushion.

Fillise, congrats on being OP yesterday and good luck for doing it again tonight. You can do it, I have faith in you.

Rose, so glad you are home safe and sound. Good idea on the knitting. I drive my DH crazy in the car too. I have a big problem with motion sickness too. I was wondering where Fruit was myself. No one has heard from her. I need to send her an email.

Woodfrogs, congrats on the 1/2 pound. A loss is a loss, heck I'll take it.

Jenn, Welcome to our board. I also started out on the sweet talk board and Deb lured me over here. I am much happier here. You get much for accurate info here (Deb knows soo much). People here are so friendly and never mean. It alwasys eems harder the second time you try to lose. I don't know why. Seems like our will and determination is not the same. You really have to decide what you want the most. I had tried so many diets (like everyone) but was tired of failing. I was determined this time I was not going to fail. Give this a good try and be strict and it will come off. I walk 3 miles 5 times a week and work out with wts ususally 4 nights. Good luck and I hope you join us.

County, we are at the same wt. Come on, lets go down down together.

Ken, No biggy on the ziti. Just cooked penne pasta, (100% duram semolina) added 1 pound of sausage (cooked), tomatoe sauce, italian spices, pepper and moz cheese and baked it about 70 minutes. Delish.

Heartmom, sorry you were up, it will come back down quickly.

Have a great evening everyone.

Jackie
257/156/145
10-10-01

Good Evening All

I didn't weigh this morning but I know that I am still up about seven pounds from my lowest. I hope to get my eating under control again. The last couple of months have been bad and I am tired of eating restaurant meals. I am at home this week - it's also the last week I will be working - so can at least have some home cooked meals again. Yesterday I stayed op but still ate more than I should have done. For lunch I had chicken breast and salad on a high-fibre ww pita bread plus some home cooked red lentils - it was delish. Then for dinner I made some salmon patties which I had with some home made coleslaw and green peas. I also made some leek soup. I had an unexpected day off yesterday so made myself busy in the kitchen. I started on Fitday again yesterday but probably won't do too much on there for the rest of this week as I find it rather time consuming. But hopefully next week I will have more time. I've really got to knuckle under and get rid of this excess baggage. At least I am still in the 190's.

Monet- Sorry to hear you were up this morning. I hope it is water weight and will be gone soon. I hope those guys will make short work of those cakes so you won't be tempted any more. I know how hard it is to resist that stuff. I'm fine as long as it is out of site. When it is in front of me then I have no will power. Although for me it is not the cake and sweet stuff that I crave but things like french fries.

Jack-K - Staying the same is fine. Certainly better than a gain.

Jecrites - I think deciding what to have for dinner every day is harder than the cooking. I've only got my son at home and I don't get many suggestions from him.

Toni - Good going on losing 2 pounds this week.

Debbie - Sorry that you had such a crappy night. Hope you do better tonight. Congrats on the one pound gone. Hope you had a good day out with Eli to-day. And please stop cursing the hot weather down there. I'd like it to stay that way for another 5-6 weeks at least. I'll be down that way for a vacation again in December. We will be away for Christmas again this year. Will be visiting Orlando - my ds wants to take the kids to Disney again - and we will also be visiting the west coast and will be staying in Bonita Springs for a week. So keep that weather nice and hot. :lol:

Sef - That's great that you are down 7 pounds.

Kim - So sorry to hear about your Dad. I will be saying a prayer for you.

Sorry I can't respond to you all. I've been away too long to catch up. Have to go and grab a bite to eat - leftovers for me tonite - as I am off to play badminton this evening. Haven't had much exercise lately.

Bye for now.

Marie.

AFTERNOON EVERY BUDDY!! :wave:


I'll get right to the point today....THIS COMPUTER SYSTEM SUCKS!!!


AGAPE...here's the recipe that we have:

CHOW CHOW
1 gallon chopped cabbage
1/2 gallon chopped green tomatoes
1 dozen large onions (chopped)
1 dozen sweet green peppers (chopped)
1 dozen sweet red peppers (chopped)
2 lbs sugar
1 gallon vinegar
6 tbs white mustard seed
3 tbs celery seed
1/2 c grund mustard
1 tbs ground ginger
1 tbs turmeric

10% BRINE: 1 lb salt in 9 pints of water

Cover the chopped ingredients with a 10 % brine . Let stand 12 to 24 hrs, then drain. Heat the spices, vinegar and sugar to the boiling point and then mix with the veggies. Stir until well blended, and let it stand over night. In the morning, stir well and pack in sterilized 12 oz or pint glass jars. Seal and store in a cool place.

If you like it hot, you can add hot peppers chopped up in the veggies....we like both, and it's WONDERFUL with PINTO BEANS!!!
My GM made CHOW CHOW every year, and we were never without it...now that she's gone, we depend on my Aunt, but she's slowing down on her canning...
GOOD LUCK!!!

JENNIFER....OK...spill the beans...where in KY are you located?
I'm originally from Middlesboro and Lexington...
{{{{{{{WELCOME TO OUR WORLD}}}}}}}}}

DEB....Sorry you're having the sleeping problem again...I was right there with you on Sunday night, but drug my butt out and went to work! HOpe you had a good day with ELI....pinch him for me will you?

MARIE....GOOD TO SEE YA!!! We miss you when you're not around....Have you been with KIM??? She's been missing too! :s:

JACKIE...Thanks, I hope they do a write up on the tree...I'll be looking forward to the article if you find it. Your supper sounded so good that you had....

LAURIE...I've never had a sweet potato pie....I know that sounds strange coming from someone who has lived in the South all her life, but it just never sounded good to me...Glad you enjoyed it!

DREW....{{{{{WELCOME}}}}} Hope we can figure out your problem...

ROSE...So glad to hear y'all are home safe and sound...anything interesting happend on your way home this year??? :s:

Time to fix supper...Have a great evening

BOB

Ok here goes,

Breakfast is usually: 2 eggs adn bacon or 1 or 2 cups of wheaties

Lunch and Dinner: usualy hamburgers, no bun, and a small slice of cheese melted.......i usually eat maybe 2 of the frozen patties or if i make them, usually 2 small ones after they shrink......

he have had chicken alfredo, we do breakfast at night, and do salads for dinner sometimes

for salad, i usually do around 2 1/2 cups of lettuce, reg. cheese, some cucumbers, onions, and cover with ranch dressing. if salad is side, usually just 1 cup.....

But none of that has changed since beginning. I lost 6lbs first week.

i think, my water intake has decreased lately so i am going to drink my share plus some for the next week to see how it comes out. I will weigh tomorrow so i will have a place to measure the water experiment.

thanks, drew

Hi all:

It has been raining non-stop today; I LOVE IT!! I have done well with my eating; we will see if the scale reflects it tomorrow. Tonight is Bachelor night, so I will be eating my popcorn with m&m's; two more episodes, and then I am done for awhile.

Yellow: Glad you are safe & sound. Good for you and DH that you found something to occupy you on teh road.

wood: Congrats on the tremendous loss in past 6 months!!

Jenn: Welcome. We are glad to have you. I only workout 3-4x per week; your body does need a break. Good luck reaching goal; don't stress too much about friend's wedding; any weight you lose between now and then is less than what you weigh now.

drew: Some of us actually lose better when we up our whole grains. Do you drink skim milk and eat lite cheese? You'll get there; hang in there.

Ken: Thanks. I do intend to enjoy the only night I get out in a year:lol: .

Country: Hi there; glad you were able to check in. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.

Heart: I haven't heard of that song, but I am sure it is beautiful. So thoughtful of you. I will continue to keep Chloe's family in my prayers!

Well, better go figure out what's for dinner as DH will be home soon.

Have a great evening!
Nat

Here's another GREAT RECIPE SITE for y'all

http://home.hawaii.rr.com/gkbopp/Food/GALATEA/RECIPES/index.htm

BOB

Hey All:wave:

I've been allotted 5 minutes to get on the computer and say hello. MICHAEL looks like a zombie:tired: and tells me he won't be able to sleep again tonight. It's ridiculous, but what can I say, nothing I say makes a difference.:shrug: Can't say the kid isn't driven.

Will be on tomorrow to try and catch up. ELI is off and we'll be working around the house to prepare for the garage sale, but I'll try to get on while he's asleepin the a.m.

Nite!

Deb

Southern Born and Bred
If you are from the northern states and planning on visiting or moving to
the South, there are a few things you should know that will help you adapt
to the difference in lifestyles:

The North has coffee houses, The South has Waffle Houses.

The North has dating services, The South has family reunions.

The North has switchblade knives, The South has Lee Press-on Nails.

The North has double last names, The South has double first names.

The North has Ted Kennedy, The South has Jesse Helms.

The North has Indy car races, The South has stock car races.

The North has Cream of Wheat, The South has grits.

The North has green salads, The South has collard greens.

The North has lobsters, The South has crawdads.

The North has the rust belt, The South has the Bible Belt.

In the South: -- If you run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in
a four-wheel drive pickup truck with a tow chain will be along shortly.
Don't try to help them, just stay out of their way. This is what they live
for.

Don't be surprised to find movie rentals and bait in the same store . . .
do not buy food at this store.

Remember, "y'all" is singular, "all y'all" is plural, and "all y'all's" is
plural possessive.

Get used to hearing "You ain't from round here, are ya?"

Save all manner of bacon grease. You will be instructed later on how to
use it.

Don't be worried at not understanding what people are saying. They can't
understand you either. The first Southern statement to creep into a
transplanted Northerner's vocabulary is the adjective "big'ol," truck or
"big'ol" boy. Most Northerners begin their Southern-influenced dialect
this way. All of them are in denial about it.

The proper pronunciation you learned in school is no longer proper.

Be advised that "He needed killin" is a valid defense here.

If you hear a Southerner exclaim, "Hey, y'all, watch this," you should
stay out of the way. These are likely to be the last words he'll ever say.

If there is the prediction of the slightest chance of even the smallest
accumulation of snow, your presence is required at the local grocery
store. It doesn't matter whether you need anything or not. You just have
to go there.

Do not be surprised to find that 10-year-olds own their own shotguns, they
are proficient marksmen, and their mammas taught them how to aim.

In the South, we have found that the best way to grow a lush green lawn is
to pour gravel on it and call it a driveway.

AND REMEMBER:

If you do settle in the South and bear children, don't think we will
accept them as Southerners. After all, if the cat had kittens in the oven, we
wouldn't call 'em biscuits.

Have a good day ya'll!!!

Hello again,
What a day, I am tired to the bones :dz:. I know for a fact that I will be retiring early tonight. I usually take a nap when the kids do, but today I didn't and I can feel it. We had a high of 63, right now it is 58 and a tornado watch until 10 tonight, not to mention high wind gales :shrug:. No doubt, I will sleep right thru it :yikes: .

Jack-K ~~ There's lessons to be learned in life's hard knocks, I just wish that it didn't have to be like that. The comfort I have is knowing that she is in a better place :angel:.

Toni ~~ WTG, I know that you're proud of yourself. Keep it up!

Debbie ~~ I'm feeling the way you felt this morning. I feel like I've been body slammed! Thank you for the info. I knew from the test that I had to have done, one in particular, seeing a psychologist, just to see if your mind is straight or if you can handle what will happen to you. After a while I was soooooooo happy that the insurance rejected me. I was just reminded that I missed Oprah, she had a lady on today I believe, that lost a lot of weight, about 200 lbs. Just love that signature thingie :yes:!

Jecrites ~~ I really like both of them, esp. when I put in a few drops of seseme seed oil and do a stir fry over rice :hungry:. yummy to my tummy!

Drew ~~ Welcome to SB :wave:. You have come to the right place. Many of the ladies can and will help you. I'm leaving this to the experts. I think it would be helpful if you stated what you eat in a day.

Quilter ~~ WTG, we are both on a roll!

Kengjw ~~ Thank you, that would be wonderful if you could post the recipe. It is a little after 7 here and I assure you, I will be in the bed by 8. I've heard in several places (reading and tv) that healing hormones secrete between 10pm and 2 am that helps our bodies heal. You must be resting to get full benefit.

Bob ~~ Wow, thank you so much. I will give it a try, even tho I was asking for my sis. I love most beans, pintos are one of my favorite. I think this would also be good with greens and just about anything. I've printed it out already. Will let you know how it turns out :thanks:.

To the rest of you darlings, have a great night...

See Ya,

:grouphug:

GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:

1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.
2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.
3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person.
4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food.
6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.
7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.
8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap.



GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED:

1) Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.
2) Wrinkles don't hurt.
3) Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts.
4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.
6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the joy.




GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD

1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there.
4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.
5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.
6) Time may be a great healer! but it's a lousy beautician.
7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.



THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:

1) You believe in Santa Claus.
2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.
3) You are Santa Claus.
4) You look like Santa Claus.



SUCCESS:

At age 4 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.
At age 12 success is . . . having friends.
At age 16 success is . . ..having a drivers license.
At age 20 success is . . . going all the way.
At age 35 success is . . . having money.
At age 50 success is . . . having money.
At age 60 success is . . . going all the way.
At age 70 success is . . . having a drivers license.
At age 75 success is . . ..having friends.
At age 80 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.

Hi Everyone -

My name is Sue and I'm new to this board. I have been checking it out for the last week or so and I want to let you all know that I am very impressed with the support and guidance that you share with one another. I did SB several years ago and lost about 15 pounds. I didn't have a lot to lose then, nor do I now, but I'm only just shy of 5 ft, so any extra weight shows tremendously.

I went to the doctor last week for a regular checkup and despite my walking 2 1/2 miles every day, my weight had gone up - by about 7 pounds. I knew that I was eating uncontrollably :devil: , but thought that with all of the walking I was doing, it would all pan out. Obviously, I was wrong. So, here I am - back in the saddle again! I have been doing the SB diet for only 3 days now, but can already feel a difference. My doctor actually suggested only exercising every other day and doing different forms of exercise so that my body didn't build up a tolerance to the same old thing.

In any event, I just wanted to say hi and let you all know that I admire your friendship, courage and support.

If I should mess up posting or replying, please forgive me - I am very new to communicating on message boards.

Thanks -
SuzyB

P.S. - does any know if there is any kind of tortilla chip that is "legal"? Thanks again :)

BOB YOU IS TOO MUCH!!! THE LAST PART BOUT KITTIES JUST FLOORED ME!! WHEW!!:rofl:

Bob, I have got to send that to my mom and brother...lol

music teach
Welcome back! Sorry about the weight gain! At least you know it's possible to lose it all again!


chrisd
I'm up 5 pounds too!! Not real thrilled. Wonder if it has anything to do with that week on South Beach?



jecrites
I made the cauliflower mashed tatoes last night and loved them! That's defiantly going to be on my thanksgiving table this year!
I cracked from your comment "I used to be the type of person that cared about what other people thought of me, but now that I've been married for 11 years and have 3 kids, I could care less"
LOL!! I think we just get worn out and don't want to waste energy worrying about what other people think!

Thanks for the link BOB! Saved it to check out later.

Kitty
Monet is right about the weight loss being different for all. Depends on how much you need to lose, how active you are, lots of factors. I was totally perfect the first three months. I've been on SB for 16 months and have lost a total of 35 pounds.
I've been stalled for about 3 months because I've been slacking!

Toni
Yahoo on the 2 pounds!!

Deb is Lauren going to continue on with SBD? Does she realize that phase 2 is Sugar Busters? Congrats on the pound!

fatboydrew
Something must have changed! 12 pounds is a lot to lose then gain right back.
Are you drinking lots of water? You need to eat a balanced amount of foods. You need to eat 3 meals a day. Not eating causes starvation mode!

Quilter
Hope things turn out ok with your dad.

Suzy & Jenn28 welcome to the board!

Welcome to the board!

Went to small group, and guess what space cadet Monet did? She forgot to take the box with the cake in it! I was SO mad at myself!

Thankfully, I work tomorrow so I will not be around to have to avoid it! :s:


DREW: Try upping your water intake and see what happens. Are you eating any fruit? You ought to add a piece or two since it is very vitamin rich. Are Wheaties whole grain, with less than 3 grams of sugar per serving? I usually have shredded wheat when I eat cold cereal. You might want to have some other kinds of veggies, rather than just salad. Steamed broccoli, or green beans. Fill up on the veggies. You might want to figure out the amounts you are eating, and the caloric intake of what you eat. You may not be eating enough. Men need a lot more calories than women, and if you eat too few, your metabolism will slow down. Keep tabs on it all, write down what you are eating, and how much water you are drinking, and lets see what happens. We will get it figured out! Don't worry! :)

Ok, time for bed! I have to work in the morning! :(

HiedieHo All!

A frustrating day! How cold I lose five months of my HFH files? Something came up and I needed the last three months of minutes. Opened the file, they are all there from the day I became secretary but end with April. I know I did they because I have the hard copies. I checked recycle bin. Not there. I always email them out to members, our president had a couple and says he knows he has the others somewhere. I copy/paste the ones he sent into my file.

Did go to swim this morning. The Club is sponsoring a HFH house and a fundraiser was a stationary bike competition. They brought the bikes outside and had four teams competing. Let me tell you those bikers worked! They raised enough money to complete a bedroom. Of course, we couldn't hear our instructor over their miked leader and music. We did some of our exercises to their music. Some people complained, but heck it was all for a good cause and not like they are outside every day.

Also went to choir tonight. After swim this morning I went to church office to make some copies, they have a new copier now and I was so used to the old one. Also went to Hobby Lobby for some yarn and then Wal*Mart for a couple of jewelry armoires for Christmas presents.

MONET: Your chicken dinner sounded scrumptious! Did you avoid the cakes? I think I overdid some pretzels today.

JACKK: Spinach and strawberries? With mayo? Um.....I don't know, sounds a little strange to me. Yet you said it was good. Is it the type of salad there's a recipe for?

DEB: Hate sleepless nights! I'd rather go to bed late, sleep 4-5 hours, then go to bed wake up at 2 or 3 and all you can do is toss and turn. That is very tiring. I'd like the angel food recipe if you can find it. Hey! Remember I'm a transplant and am still learning the LA language myself. We'll let Fruit and Mary teach us both. I can give you mountain country.

DREW: Don't like Fatboy! You lose a lot of water weight at first on almost any woe. Then you sort of mellow out. It may sound odd, but you have to drink lots of water, at least the mandatory 8 glasses. Or more!!! It helps to flush your system (no pun intended). Be sure you know where bathrooms are in your travels! 2-3 cups of cereal is a lot in MHO.

MOM: What are they using for psoraisis these days. My husband had it very bad when we were first married and it got to the point where he had about 90% body coverage. In 1966 he was in a special study using Methotrexate. At that time doctors had noted that cancer patients who also had psoraisis and were treated with the Methotrexate saw an improvement in the skin disorder. He was hospitalized for 4 months while in the special study. The RN cold not give him the pills had to be a doctor who administered them. It was really a very precise study. When he was on the Metho his skin cleared up, it was miraculous. He had been through all the tar ointments, baths, ultraviolet lamps. The only thing that worked was the Metho. I think now it is a standard treatment.

QUILT: Prayers are with you.

PANCHO: Yes! Highlights! Think of all the money others spend to get them. I can't read while riding in a car, but I can crochet. I think because you have less eye movement, whereas when I crochet I can move my head and eyes more often. I'm sure your husband WAS glad. If all problems could be helped so easily. Glad you arrived safe and sound and are settling in.

BOB: You know where those jokes will be told!

On the holiday where to spend it issue, my DH and I said the kids needed to make their own traditions. So it became the norm that people came to our house. We were the only ones with babies and I did not relish lugging all the paraphernalia from house to house. Mohammed wasn't going to the mountain! So they all had to decide if they were coming to Mohammed.

I've spent entirely too much time at this machine today, although it wasn't all for pleasure as this is.

IN THE BEGINNING _

In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth and populated the Earth with broccoli and cauliflower and spinach, green and yellow and red vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives._

Then using God's great gifts, Satan created Ben and Jerry's and Krispy Creme Donuts. And Satan said, "You want chocolate with that?" And Man said_ "Yea," and woman said, "And another one with sprinkles." And they gained 10 pounds._

And God created the healthful yogurt that woman might keep the figure that man found so fair.

And Satan brought forth white flour from the wheat, a sugar from the cane, and combined them.

And woman went from size 2 to size 6,_So God said, "Try my fresh green salad."

And Satan presented Thousand-Island Dressing and garlic toast on the side. And man and woman unfastened their belts following the repast._

God then said, "I have sent you heart healthy vegetables and olive oil in which to cook them."

And Satan brought forth deep fried fish and chicken-fried steak so big it needed its own platter. And man gained more weight and his cholesterol went through the roof._

God then brought running shoes so that his children might lose those extra pounds.

And Satan gave cable TV with a remote control so Man would not have to toil changing the channels. And man and woman laughed and cried before the flickering light and gained pounds._

Then God brought forth the potato, naturally low in fat and brimming with nutrition. And Satan peeled off the healthful skin and sliced the starchy center into chips and deep-fried them. And man gained pounds._

God then gave lean beef so that man might consume fewer calories and still satisfy his appetite.

And Satan created McDonald's and it's 99-cent double cheeseburger. Then said, "You want fries with that?" And man replied,"Yea! And super size 'em." And Satan said "It is good." And man went into cardiac arrest._God sighed and created quadruple bypass surgery._

And Satan created HMOs.

Take care, Shirley

Finally got my wife on diet with me and she lpst 6 pounds 1st week. A lot easier when both on diet.

I lost 3 pounds and down to 212 and have not been there in 12 years. shooting for 190 by Jan. my final goal will be 185.

hope all is going well with everyone and to keep America strong, lets keep Christ in Christmas and Thanksgiving/

Super Dave

Good Thursday Morning:wave:

Well, it's 4:24am as I start this post, needless to say, it's one of those nights/mornings:tired: I've been lying in bed for a good hour, trying to fall back asleep to no avail:nono: So, here I am.

Just going to jump in to the replies to the posts...

JEC, I'm sure you'll be hitting those 180's soon! I have to say, I too love good hot cornbread, but I don't like it if it's dry. The HFS store here has the best Ive ever had, it's almost like a cake. I've never made it from scratch but hope to one day. Jiffy Mix is the closest to cornbread I've ever made. How can DD forget if the teacher is actually asking for it and collecting it? Do you see that she's actually done the homework? Hope you get the new phone soon so we can chat! Do you have a plan that has free nights and weekends-if so, you can call me if you can.

MOM, CONGRATS on your 1lb loss this week, awesome:cp: Cool beans about the pants - before long, those will be big on you too. I can soooo relate about the pants and being petite. I laugh when I hold up a pair of so-called "petite size pants" they are always too long. I wish they'd make pants in lengths like they do mens, it would save a lot of trouble. I won't buy ANYTHING that needs to be altered - as well as dry clean only usually.

QUILTER, so sorry to hear about your DD! I hope everything is okay. Please know you are in our thoughts, along with your family. Please let us know when you return how he's doing, and how you're doing. {{{{HUGS}}}}

PANCHO, I hope you don't beat yourself up if you should go above your goal to stay below 125, my goal was the same. I don't know how long you've had a true weight problem, but for me, it's been my entire life - have baby pictures to prove it;) This is a life long struggle that I will never have to stop fighting and even though I went above my weight I never intended to see again, I know that even though I did, I'll get back down to the weight I was comfortable at. You sound so much like me with the scale, I do think you should try to stay off, try every other day, then 3 days, etc. Me trying to stay off the scale was harder than losing the weight it seemed sometimes-wasn't easy for me to do. Don't drive yourself crazy with it. Never heard of that magazine - you'll have to pass on any good articles you read.

FILLISE, hope your evening went well. Thanks for telling me about the oysters. Can one used canned or do they have to be bought fresh at the store?

ROSE, glad to hear you made it home safe and sound, and didn't drive RAY crazy in the interm;) So, what are you knitting? Haven't heard from FRUIT, but that's not unusual. Will call her soon.

WOOD, CONGRATS on your loss - doesn't matter how big, a loss of any size is worth celebrating. Where are you going for the holidays?

KEN, you'll have to tell me where the other market you go to is for future reference, I love Intl. Markets. There's a place in Vegas we found quite by accident that was unbelievable. They had foods from all different countries and it was warehouse style. I had a field day in there! That's cheap for agave on the web, but hopefully, you can find it locally, shipping can be a killer sometimes, so watch that as well as the price. I'm sure I have a SP souffle recipe somewhere. E-mail me and remind me to look for you, otherwise I'll forget Debelli@AOL.com

JENN, http://members.aol.com/eldemila/sb_sign1.jpg Glad you've decided to come over and join us. Gosh, I haven't visited the ST board in about a year! I can sooo relate to your dilemma of gaining back the weight we worked so hard to get off, I've done the same. Gained about the same amount you did before I caugh myself before I did any further damage. I'm the kind of person once I've done a diet, if I screw up, I gave up and would never try it again. With SB, it's been hard to reclaim the same commitment I had when I first started, but it can be done and I'm doing it right now. I've found, when you do gain the weight back, it is harder to get it off and it does take longer. Unfortunately, I don't seem to remember this as I down a half-gallon of ice cream, but I'm trying. I use to walk 5-6 days a week, but I've been so lax since I broke my toe in July. I'm hoping to get back in to it soon though. You can do it, you know what works and what doesn't, you just have to want it bad enough, more so than anything off plan, you have to decide if it's worth eating xxx or losing the weight. I've given my promise to the board I wasn't going to cheat until we have our SB GET TOGETHER in February, and even then, I won't pig out, just share some interesting Louisiana delicacies!!!

COUNTRY, glad to see you checking in!!!

HEART, don't worry about the slight increase, it will come down, you know it will:)

JACKK, sick of ELI by the end of the day - heck, depending on what he's driving me batty about, it could be done in a single hour:lol: He has a bunch of work stuff to do today so we won't be doing anything worthwhile today. That's so sweet what you said to JENN about the board, and me :) Gosh, I can't remember the board when you weren't here - really, I lured you in - I can't remember, but I'm glad I did:D

ROSALIE, so I take it, a trip to FL means coming down to Miami is out of the question in Feb. to join us in LA? Wish I could come up there and see you again but I can't this year:( Is Bonita Springs near BOB? Hey, you know, you're always welcome to come visit Miami - I can put you all up, so think about it!

BOB, pinch him, kick him, I'll just blame it all on you. What the heck is going on with all these computer problems at work? I'm going to make a SP Pie for TG instead of pumpkin, or maybe both, but then, I'll eat both, so maybe one.

DREW, will be in touch via e-mail later. From what you posted, I see a lot of fat in the foods you are eating. It looks to me more like Atkins with a couple starchy carbs thrown in. I don't see any fiber, or calcium. Would love to see a true full days menu with quantities and foods you've eaten, this could help with finding out the problem you're having.

AGAPE, I think that Oprah is on today, or at least down here it is. I plan on watching it myself, it seems she has boobs like mine!:eek:

SUZY, http://members.aol.com/eldemila/sb_sign4.jpg Glad you've decided to join our friendly group. It's so nice when others acknowledge that they see a difference in our group over others they've seen. We definitely are a unique bunch, even SUZANNE of the 3FC'S fame says we are the best group on the board (don't tell the rest of the site that though). The friendships that have been made through this board is just one of the many reasons that make it so special. For me, having met 2 dozen past and present members makes it even more special (and looking forward to meeting new members and seeing old ones in February!!!). I know there are tortillas that are legal that you can make your own chips with, though I don't know what's available in your area. I see you are in MA - are you close to a TJ'S (and when I mean close, if you are within a 4 hour drive, to me, that's close because I'd drive to one if it was that close to me!!!) Otherwise, I do have a recipe posted on the board if you'd like to try making your own.

CHERYL, yes, LAUREN is doing P2 now of SOBE. I told her it's like SB but I think that's all she wants to hear about SB for now, she wants to do it her way, the SOBE way, and doesn't want to hear they're one of the same. As long as she does something, that's what's important. I keep telling her about the water though and she's not listening:shrug:

MONET, getting a tad forgetful, are we? To forget a cake - the only way that would ever happen with me is if I wanted to eat that cake all myself!!!! LOL!!!! I'm afraid to even make LAUREN my cheesecake! Me, cake=danger (unless it's chocolate). See recipe below for the cake, under SEF.

SEF, okay, deal, you can teach me about being a country bumpkin and the real LA gals can teach me all about the NO WOL! I made a mistake, the cake I made is a spong cake:

This is not only easy, but yummy!!!!

Whole Wheat Sponge Cake


6 eggs, separated
1 ts vanilla
1/2 c honey, warmed (use agave nectar in its place)
1 tb lemon juice
1 ts grated lemon rind
1 c SG whole wheat flour

Cut waxed paper to fit the bottom of a 9-inch tube pan. Butter the bottom of the pan; place waxed paper on the bottom, then butter the waxed paper. Do not grease the sides of the pan.

Place the egg whites and vanilla in a medium bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat until they are very stiff. Continue beating, and add the honey (agave) in a very slow, thin stream. Beat until the mixture is stiff and forms peaks.

Combine the lemon juice and rind and egg yolks in a medium bowl. Then fold one-fourth of the egg whites thoroughly into the yolks, using a wire whisk to stir, not beat, the eggs. Pour this mixture over the remaining egg whites and sprinkle the flour on top. Gently fold all the ingredients together, taking care to incorporate all the flour, yet not lose too much air from the egg whites.

Pour or spoon the batter into the prepared pan and bake in a preheated 350 deg F oven for 20 to 30 minutes. When the cake is golden brown and springy to the touch, and the sides begin to pull away from the pan, invert the pan on a cooling rack immediately. Let cool for 10 minutes, then loosen the sides of the cake with a knife and remove the pan. Remove the waxed paper and set cake on rack until cool.

NOTES: I've had this 3 times now, and it is fabulous, at least it is to me! We used the agave nectar, (no need to heat it as you would if using honey) reduced the temp by 25 degrees and baked it the full 30 minutes. If you try to invert it, be careful, ours slipped right out (thank goodness I was there to catch it). On the 2nd try, I added some lemon extract in it. Though my Mother didn't think so, it does freeze well.

I figured out the nutrional values:

FOR ENTIRE CAKE: approx. 1205 calories, 29 grams of fat, 210 carbs, 55 protein & 8 fiber.

PORTIONS: if you made 10 out of this recipe, it would be 120 cal, 3 fat, 21 carbs and 5 1/2 protein-approx. OR by the ounce, each ounce would be approx. 65 calories, 1.5 fat, 11 carbs and 3 protein. PLEASE NOTE: I had originally made a mistake on the carbs per ounce and it has now been updated to reflect the correct amount

BUT...I also have a sponge cake recipe I posted years ago but never tried, so here's a copy of that one...

Cocoa Angel Food Cake

INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups egg whites (about 12 egg whites)
3/4 cup sifted whole-wheat pastry flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder or carob
1 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup honey (use AGAVE NECTAR)
Fresh fruit (such as strawberries, raspberries,
blueberries or peaches) OPTIONAL


Place the egg whites in a 5- or 6-quart bowl. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, sift the flour and cocoa powder together 4 times; set aside. Using an electric mixer, beat the egg whites on high speed until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and vanilla. Then beat on medium speed until the egg whites form soft peaks. Add the honey, 1 tablespoon at a time, and continue beating on medium speed until the egg whites form stiff peaks but are not dry.

Sift 1/4 of the flour mixture over the egg whites and fold in using a wire whisk or large spatula. Repeat sifting and folding in the flour 3 more times.

Spoon the batter into an ungreased 10" tube pan with a removable bottom. Use a thin knife to cut through the batter to remove any large air pockets. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 to 35 minutes or until the cake springs back when lightly touched. Invert the pan onto a wire rack and let cool for at least 1 1/2 hours. Then remove the cake from the pan. Slice and serve with the fresh fruit.

Chef's note: To differently flavor this cocoa cake, use 1 teaspoon of a flavor extract (such as almond, cherry, peppermint or orange) instead of the vanilla.

MY NOTES When using agave turn oven setting down by 25 degrees, and watch for doneness starting after 25 minutes. Haven't made this one yet, but it looks prettty darned good!


LMK if either of you two make either one of these!

DAVE, CONGRATS to you AND your wife!!! Awesome losses between you both!!!

Okay, so, it's 5:30am, almost time for me to get up anyhow, so will just do a little web surfing and reply to some of the e-mails that I have (there's loads of them piling up). Will check in later.

Oh, forgot to mention, MICHAEL'S comforter set arrived yesterday, in one day! It's awesome, perfect condition! Would you believe, the auction that ended later in the evening, for the same set, only difference is it wasn't missing the 1 sham, ended up closing at over $190!!!!!!

Have a good one!

{{{HUGS}}}

Deb

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREEN RN!!!!

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FYI, I just posted 2 SWEET POTATO SOUFFLE recipes I found on the web, they are on the SB RECIPE BOARDS for this quarter

OH MY GOSH!!! I've been reading posts for over thirty minutes. I'll never catch up. WELCOME new people. Stick in here you'll love all the support you get and that ladies and man are just great!!!! I can't believe this week has flown by. I'm not much to go allot. Because of my health problems I just don't feel like running around. I grocery shop every Friday and visit a friend once a week but pretty much am a boring, stay at home kind of person. Well for some reason my retired teacher friend has started me walking and doing more things. My gosh I'm a busy person.... LOL... Everyday theres something going on it seems like. Could this be a ploy from her??? I do feel allot better. And my weight is finally moving down. Yesterday we went and tried out a new little cafe. I ordered the grilled chicken salad even though homemade chicken and noodles with a yeast roll was the special. I was really proud of myself. I didn't get to walk cause it rained but did have a nice day out. Last night I made spraggetti with the last of my homemade sauce that was in the freezer. Sorry its all gone now... And of course theres no more home grown tomatoes and fresh herbs left to make anymore till next summer..

Congradulations to all who lost and stayed the same. May next week be better for everyone else. Happy Birthday GreenRN. I'm sorry I let myself get so behind. Hope everyone has a good day........

Good Thursday Morning

Hope everyone is fit as a fiddle today.

We got in our walk late last night. I don't know if I can count it as a walk, as the strong winds blew us home. As we were relaxing, it sounded like the windows would break. Actually, some siding blew off our chimmney. Did get all my exercises in be DH got home. He sat in traffic for 4 hours due to an overturned tractor/trailer. He was fit to be tied when he got home.

GreenRN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Hope it is a special day for you. :hb: :gift: :hat:

Rosalie, Glad you are back on here. Good thing you are back home to home cooked meals. Sounds like you jumped right back in that kitchen. My mom made the best salmon croquettes (sp) and I can't duplicate them. You made me want some. I wish I had to the time fool with Fitday. I would love to know how many calories I consume a day. But that program is very time consuming.

Bob, my dinner was good, so godd we had it again last night. I never eat the same thing 2 nights in a row. I didn't notice that Jennifer was from Ky. Thanks for pointing it out. Give that computer system some time and it will work out. Change is so hard at our age :lol: I need to move that age 80 success (not peeing in your pants) to age 50. :fr:

Drew, the 2 cups of Wheaties is probably too much. Other than it looks like a lot of fat in your menu, it looks ok. Add some fruit nad veggies in there. You might want to journal for a week or so and send it to Deb to analyze.

Pancho, glad you are getting much need rain. Are you playing outside in it?

Deb, when Michael is making all that money and taking care of dear old mom, you will be glad he was so ambitious and driven.

AGape, we had some gale winds last night too. I thought our windows would break. Hope you got some rest.

SuzyB, welcome to our board. Glad you decided to join in. It is a great group and you will get support and friendship here. I take 3 ww tortillas and mix olive oil, garlic and oregano and spread on them. Cut them into triangles and bake for 7-8 minutes. They work great as tortilla chips. I even take them to Mexican restaurants with me.

Cheryl, ok you all have won me over, I'm going to try the cauliflower as mashed potatoes. I love cauliflower anyway. Did you fix them just like you woulkd mashed potatoes?

Monet, was that a Fraudian (sp) slip?

Sef, the salad dressing is wonderful. My whole family likes it (that is saying a whole lot). It is 3 T of mayo, 3 packets of splenda, 2T of milk (I use skim), 1T white wine vinegar 1T poppy seeds. Mix and serve. You could use any lettuce, DH perfers spinach. Add some almonds to the salad and you are set. I even used a dab of purple onion. That is interesting about D taking the Methotreaxate for psoriasis. I take it for my RA. My friend's DD has them bad and she does tanning beds for it but she still has it. I will tell her to ask her Dr about the methro. Loved the Satan joke. I knew it was all his fault.

Dave, Congrats to you on your loss and to your wife. I thought she started out with you. Yes it is easier when you both do it. I didn't give DH a choice. :lol:

Deb, sorry you didn't sleep well again. Get some tylenol PM or something. You are right in letting Lauren do her own thing. She has to think it is her diet and her way. We just won't tell her it's SB. Glad she is doing so well. Wish my DDs would do something. You didn't lure me in by name, but I would always see your posts on ST and you would always invite people to take a look at this site. Glad I did. Off to copy the sp souffle recipe.

Toni, I so glad you are getting out more with your friend. Plus you are getting more exercise and the wt is going down. If it was a ploy, it is a nice one. Enjoy.

Need to get busy here. Have a great OP day.

Jackie
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10-10-01

I was surfing on a website yesterday and found one of their "preferred" natural sweetener called, "Whey Low". Anyone know what it is and are you using it? According to the Whey Low website, the NATURAL sweetener sounds great but then again, I really don't know much about it. I tried to find more info about what it is on the website but they didn't not explain exactly what it is except that I know it is a kind of fructose from milk?? This is the website that also sell the cheapest Agave I have found so far for $3.29. Here is the link :

http://lowcarbdietchefs.safeshopper.com/4/cat4.htm?262

I clicked at the bottom on the page to go directly to the Whey Low website. That was where I read about it. Any insights will be appreciated. Thanks!

I will be back to catch up later! Good Thursday morning!!

I just went to the website and just realized the Agave is only "4oz" for $3.29. My mistake! There goes my cheaper find..lol.

Good Morning everyone,
It's a very windy day here in upstate NY. Feels like the house is going to blow over.
I started out the day with a headache, but it seems to have gone away now, I think it was a hunger/thirst headache. Although it could also be from the paint fumes at our house. We're having several rooms done this week and that latex paint smell gets a bit much sometimes. We would have done the painting ourselves, but we have cathedral ceilings with exposed beams(I think the last owners did that renovation) and it was just too overwhelming. I haven't really been able to use my kitchen(except for small stuff) all week. What a pain! Looking forward to the weekend and getting everything back in order.
The husband had a previous commitment last night, so I went to balrrom dance class by myself and got to dance with one of the instructors all night, great workout and I learned so much!
I also managed to get to the gym after my meeting yesterday and had a great workout.
I don't knit very much, but crochet like a fiend. I've found that I can crochet in the car, it helps to pass the time. I stopped in WalMart the other day and picked up some yarn that I thought had been discontinued(but they had 6 skeins), bought it all. I always wind up buying more than what's on my list when I go to WM.

debelli - we're heading out to Hawaii for 2 weeks over the holidays(with several in-law relatives). we're looking forward to it! I've never been and it sounds like such a paradise.

greenrn - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :)

For everyone else - have a great OP day!

Barbara
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Good Morning All,
Hope all is well with everybody. What a night and morning we have had in the Detroit area. In some places, they had wind gales of 74 mph. In my area it was at least 40 mph, nearing 50mph, we might get a little snow. Things should start to subside by noon. A lady was about to put her baby to bed, about 10pm last night, and a big tree fell into the baby's room. We could literally see the wallpaper of the baby's roon. All I can say is God is good.

Sef ~~ You can say that again. It was definitely funny, however, we need to take heed as to what was said :smile:.

SuperDave ~~ Thanks for what you said, what a sight for sore eyes. It is indeed GOOD NEWS, in more ways than one. Most people are afraid to say Christ or Jesus, thank you for boldness.

Quilter ~~ I am so sorry about your DD, I don't know how I missed that, I think it was exhaustion. I will pray for your family. And please know that I pray for the very best and hope that you know that the Lord is with you.

SuzyB ~~ Welcome to the board. You seem to be on ball. People here are very friendly and supportive, no matter what your issues may be. This a FIRST CLASS BOARD. Our moderator is Debbie, who is also FIRST CLASS. You're doing good so far with the message board.

GreenRN ~~ Happy Birthday and best wishes. May you have many, many more. :flow1: :balloons: :flow1:

Jenn ~~ Welcome to SB...this is the place to be.

Jack-K ~~ I heard the winds before I went to sleep and thank you, I slept like a baby thru wind gales and all. The salad dressing sounds delish, will give it a try. What's RA?

Keng ~~ Thank you for the site. I haven't heard of this sweetner before. Hmm, very interesting tho, the agave pricing is great, too, if the shipping is not outstanding.

Toni ~~ My grands do for me what your friend is doing for you. It isn't easy at first, but, it gets better as time moves on. I must put the article on STRESS on this board, it's hard to believe it can stunt weight loss and cause you to gain weight, esp. in the gut.

I just looked it up on the web and found these, first time using this feature, so here goes:

P.S. operative WORD is cortisol...

Gotta go, three kids are up and at it, see ya later...



http://www.newhope.com/nutritionsciencenews/NSN_backs/Apr_01/cortisol.cfm?path=ex (http://) http://altmedicine.about.com/library/weekly/aa062101a.htm (http://)

THanks so much guys. I have started a journal today and yesterday I drank around 10-11 cups of water. (I think, i have aready forgotten)

today, i plan on drinking 12 cups and to add some veggies.

I am going to do this, one way or another.

Good Thursday morning. Today is my 10th wedding anniversary....where did the time go. We have spent a decade together; doesn't seem possible. Time can really get away from you. We will have our special dinner on Saturday; I can't wait.

I have a little bit of shopping to do today, and will do that when Britt is in school. I went to Wal-mart yesterday and bought some fresh pecans & walnuts. They had them in the produce section for $3.48 per package. They are really fresh and taste delicous. I will be using them up for my zucc. bread and a few other recipes. I've been assigned to make the German Chocolate Cake for Thanksgiving and a Pumpkin Pie.

BOB: Thanks for the recipe sites; you can never have too many recipes.

Suzy: This is a great place to be. Welcome to our little corner of the world...we are glad to have you. Your doctor is right about mixing up your routine, and giving your body a break as well. Some resistance training would be great, and your metabolism stays up much longer after weight training than cardio. I do know that there are some soy chips out there that taste like tortilla chips; I'll have to find the name for you. Most tortilla chips are made from corn, and corn is a no-no on SB. Good luck to you meeting your goal!

Dave: Way to recruit your wife; way to go. You keep up the good work, and enjoy this wol together.

Deb: I've never had much of a weight problem. I was actually a very skinny child; my mom bought me slim pants, and still had to safety pin them. I gained a few pounds in my high school years due to steroid shots I got for allergies/asthma, but was still not overweight. I gained my weight from my pregnancies. When I met DH, I was 24 y.o., and weighed around 116-118. Before I got preg. with Britt, I was around 128-130, and then after giving birth, I stayed at about 150#, because I did nothing to change it. I got down to 138# prior getting preg. w/ Delaney and then was at 152# after having her. I know now that I've lost it, I won't get back up there again. I really feel confident about that. I like food, but don't gorge or overeat, and I am not a comfort eater; never have been. I like to splurge from time to time, and then I get back on track. I like the way I eat now, and rarely, if ever, feel deprived. I know that so many people are interested in looking good on the outside that they will compromise the "inside" to get there. I know that my insides are as healthy as the outside now, and that feels GREAT!

GreenRN: Happy Birthday. I hope you enjoy your day.

Jack-K: I stayed out shopping in the rain all day; got me in the mood for the holidays. My DD was splashing in all the puddles on the way to school. When I picked her up, it was pouring.

Ken: I've never heard of Whey Low, but am always interested in natural alternatives; I'll be anxious to see if anyone else responds to that.

Wood: Way to get that exercise in. It must stink not having a kitchen...yuck. Hang in there.

Well, I better go see if I won my latest e-bay auction!!

Take care,
Nat

Wow, you guys have been very talkative over the past few days. I wasnt able to come on yesterday, and i couldnt believe the amount of posts. Who says it slows down this time of year! :) I havent had a chance to read through all of them...but I just wanted to thank everyone for my weight gain support. I went to my moms (thats where I weigh in) this morning and it was where it should of been. It would of been better if it were lower, but the same is fine considering I thought i gained 5lbs. I will NEVER weigh in the afternoon again, i have learned my lesson.
Well Dominic is out with my MIL for the day...so i will be doing some Christmas shopping. DH 30th b-day is Thanksgiving day, so I have to figure out what I am getting him.
Hope everyone has a great day.

DEB- Take a sleeping pill...you're gonna wipe yourself out!

Chris

My word y'all have been busy busy busy since I was on here last. I got busy cleaning up on this house and didn't have time to get back on, and then next thing I know hubby is walking in from work and he took over the puter! Today I'm just gonna work on cleaning up some more of the messes around this house and be pretty much lazy. Tomorrow is grocery shopping and start all the running around for the weekend to get ready for this candle party I have on Monday. I pretty much have everything planned out that I want to have for snacks, fruits, veggies, cheeses, deviled eggs, triscuits, and some cookies that I'm sure won't be left over.

On to some replies and then gotta get busy, and have something to eat.

Deb, I've never used a mix for cornbread. All of them I've ever had that someone else has made is too sweet. I don't like sugar being added in there. Really it's not all that hard to make. I don't know if the teacher actually asks for the homework and collects it all at one time, or if there's just a table or desk where they are supposed to put it at the beginning of class. Oh yes, we've started checking her stuff before she starts on it and then again when she says she's finished. I'm sure she's gonna get tired of this since BOTH of us are doing it! Oh well, she brought it on herself is all I have to say. I have like 5000 mins after 9 during the week and on weekends, but my after 9 here is your after 10. I know I'll be out and about this weekend, so hopefully I'll remember to stop by the phone place and have a chat with them about this mess.

Jackk, Oh man, that was some kind of wind you were having! I've been stuck on a road before because a BIG RIG was in the way, ended up turning around and taking another route home. I wasn't too happy about it either, so I can sympathize (sp) with your DH. For the cauliflower taters, I did what Monet told me, some salt, pepper, and sour cream, then I decided to add in a little butter.

Agape, What a scary thing to have happen!

Pancho, Happy anniversary! Isn't it weird at how time is? Have a wonderful time at your dinner on Saturday.

I know I didn't get to everyone and I apologize for that, but I do wish you all a wonderful happy day and a great big HELLO!!!

Talk to y'all later.

Jenn

P.s.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREEN and HAPPY ANNIVERSARY PANCHO!

Hi Everyone!

I am having the worst day today. I went to bed with a bad cold and it kept me up most of the night. My son on the other hand slept like a baby and woke me up at 6 a.m. Then, I found out that my closet floor is soaking wet which is because my A/C is leaking so I called for service and they were supposed to come today but because of a snafu on their part, they can't come till Sat. What do I do with wet burber carpet? Will I have to get it replaced.

Now I'm sick and worried about drinking OJ which I really need right now as it always makes my blood sugar levels go coo coo. I think I'll go back to bed.

Ilana

What a windy day today and tonight will be coldddddd. Nothing much happening today, staying at home with dd.

Some replies :

Jack-K : Will try your ziti recipe, sounds easy and delicious too! The problem might be, can I eat only 1 cup?? Hmmm..... :lol:

Rosalie : Your meals sound great! There is nothing like homecooked food. As much as I like eating out, I know I can't do it often. I am sure there will be some loss soon.

drew : You can do it! Yep, get the water and lotsa veges in and make sure you eat enough otherwise your body may think that it needs to hold on to whatever you eat :)

Pancho : I have been following the Bachelor too. I have a love-hate relationship with this show though....lol. Anyway, what is your forecast for next week's season finale, if I may ask? :lol:

BOB : ROTFLOL!! Living in the south, your posts sound really familiar!! LOL. Thanks for the laugh!

Agape : Hope you slept earlier and better than I did last night. Gosh, for some reasons, I am just so awake in the late hours. Hopefully I will sleep earlier tonight. As for the Agave (the link I gave this morning), the price was only for "4oz" bottle, so NOT really a good buy. For some reasons, I thought it was for 8 oz. Oh well..

Here is the Chow Chow recipe, looks rather simple though. I actually like Bob's recipe better so I might try to make that :

1 peck green tomatoes
10 large onions
6 green hot peppers
2 small heads cabbage
1 green bell pepper
6 cups water
2 cups salt
1 quart vinegar
2 cups of sugar (substitute with splenda??)

1) Wash and chop all veges finely.
2) Combine water and salt in saucepan and bring to a boil to make brine.
3) Pour scalding brine over veges.
4) Let stand for three hours.
5) Combine vinegar and sugar and bring to a boil.
6) Drain veges and add to vinegar/sugar mixture.
7) Simmer for 15 mins.
8) Cool.

Yield : 6 to 8 pints.

Suzy : Welcome to the board!! You are right, this board has great people and support as well. Looking forward to know you.

Monet : Ouuu..sorry that you forgot the cake. So, what happened to the cake now? I go to the Buford Highway Farmer Market in Doraville, it is located off the exit (Buford/Doraville) I am terrible at directions, forgive me. I used to go there every 2 weeks or so to stock up on my asian dry food and some asian veges. Before I started SB, that was where I go to buy my 25 lbs of Jasmine rice. I love the seafood there, fresh and much cheaper! Is this the one you go to? I have been to 2 more in Buford but prefer this one.

Sef : Sorry, you lost some files. Glad you were able to get a copy of it. I used to be a secretary cum do-it-all and always seem to be looking for missing files...lol. I am sure you do better than I was :)

SuperDave : Congrats on your 3 lbs loss! I am glad your wife is doing SB with you, it is definitely a healthier way to eat.

Debbie : I go to Buford Highway Farmers Market located in Doraville. I am terrible with driving directions but here is the link to an article I found on the web :

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/atlanta_world/bazaar/022603.html

I can spend hours there as well and the food, meats and especially seafood is fresh! Thanks for the 2 sweet potatoes recipes. Sounds really simple to make. I am going to try one of them soon.

Green RN : Happy Birthday!! Hope you are spoilt-rotten by your friends and family today :)

Toni : I stay at home a lot too but plan on doing more as time goesby. It is certainly so much fun being able to do things with a friend. Have fun and keep busy:)

Pancho : Happy Anniversary!! Are you and dh going to do anything special for tonight?

jecrites : I hate cleaning...especially mopping! That was what I had to do yesterday night. I feel like an old women now because after all the house work yesterday, I felt that my back is sore...lol. Gosh, I am only 29!! Needs lotsa exercise, lots! LOL.

mom2jared : Hope you feel better today. Leaks are not fun. Hopefully the service guy get to it on Sat and the carpet suffer minor damage.

Alright, have to lay down with Jess for nap, then make lunch. Lunch menu is pork peppercorn, green beans and pasta. See you guys later!

Hi y'all. Thanks for all the welcome backs. I've only got a minute but I thought I'd check in today. I've still managed to stay OP.:D I haven't weighed yet. TOM is right around the corner so I thought I would avoid that. Hope to check back in later.

Hi y'all.

If you get a chance go to this site and read what some of these people have to say. I posted on there because some of what I read made me mad.

http://www.parentsoup.com/debate/dilemmas/0,,272897_404510,00.html

Keng, I don't mop! Really I don't unless it's so bad I have no other choice. I use the swiffer wet jet most of the times, and when I don't use that, I have one of those Eureka steam cleaners for the floors.

Mom, Sorry to hear about your wet carpet. Do you have a wet/dry vac? That's what my mom uses on her berber when the toilet overflows and gets it wet, then they put a fan in front of it to dry. I'm sure after that you could prob. use a carpet cleaner on it, something like Rug Doctor.

Be back later.

Jenn

Just got in from work. I grabbed a 'Humpty Dumpty' sandwich, and came up to read the posts. I only have a few minutes, since Ruth is coming over to drag me out to walk with her when she gets off work. :rolleyes: I could not get her to do anything remotely physical until the doctor told her she had Metabolic Syndrome on Monday....

Work was ok, but the manager called this morning from home. He had worked all night at a store reset and was very cranky. He wanted something, but it had not been done. He was blaming everyone, and tried to tell Ruth it was her responsibility, but she let him have it. When he was talking to me, he got mad about it, and hung up on me. If he does not apologize tomorrow, it may very well be my last day. Tom told me last night he thought I should quit, so I have the time and energy to do my housework, and not be too tired to get some exercise in. When I saw next weeks schedule, I thought he was really right. The manager scheduled me five days. He is NOT supposed to schedule me on Mondays...so we are going to have to talk. If I quit, he is going to be REALLY mad. Oh well! Its his fault. You can't expect employees to stay if you don't treat them with respect.

KENG: I know which farmer's market you are talking about. I go there too. I like their seafood too, though I tend to shop more at Harry's and get it there. If you are going to the farmer's market, you really ought to plan to swing by Harry's at the same time. They are not very far apart. You would just need to get back onto 285, and then take 85 north, and get off at Steve Reynolds, which is about three exits up. Go left, then turn left on Satellite Blvd., and Harry's is down one block on the left. They have the agave for $2.59 a bottle, and when Fillise and I were there the other day, they had a lot of it on the shelf. If you plan to go to Harry's, let me know. Maybe I can meet you there.

Hey Everybody!! Haven't been on the board in 2 days due to office being closed on Tues. and being swamped as a result on Weds. I was only able to skim the posts. It seems you have all been busy. I agree with Chrisd, "Who said this board was slow this time of year?" WIW yesterday brought no good news to me. It said I was up a pound. I would like to think it was fluid retention but I need to keep it real and acknowledge that crawfish pie and chicken pasta is not exactly sugar buster friendly. My friend's wedding is next week and I need to get out of this vicious cycle of eating crap before it shows up on my hips. ANYWAYS..............

Pancho- Have a great anniversary. Try not to think too much about your parents watching the kids and RELAX. Have a good time!!!

Julia- I checked out those pictures of your daughter on that website and OH MY LORD, she is one of the cutest children I have ever seen. Absolutely precious. If I was left alone with her, she would have little bite marks all over those precious cheeks.

Mom2jared- Hope your day gets better. It's true.. when it rains, it pours. Feel better soon!!

JackK- The story about the 4 hour traffic jam sounded awful. Glad to see you are still finding the time to commit to your exercise.

Happy Birthday Green R.N!!!

Hello to Debelli, Heartmom, Countrymom, jecrites,chrisd, superdave, monet, sef, Colleen, yellowrose, toni, Bob, music teach, agape, woodfogs, suzyB, cheryl, Jen, and everyone else!!!!
I am sorry for not responding to you individually. Will hopefully be back on track tommorrow. Have a great day! -Ashley

I was reading the Parentsoup article that jecrites mentioned, and then the posts responding to it. I was amazed that people were finding SB restrictive! I find all sorts of things to eat, and even get adventurous at restaurants. I really think that we've gotten away from the "home cooked meal" and have so far down the road to "convenience" that people have forgotten how to eat properly. Amazing to me! And I happen to be one of those people who, as I have aged, finds that pasta, potaotes, rice, corn and all those lovely other carbs just stick to me, even when on a better eating plan(low cal ediets), and it just didn't work. SB works for me and it's been the only thing that has. My whole family isn't on it, but they eat what I fix for dinner, whole wheat pasta, more veggies, whatever's on the table. When I was a kid I ate lots of sugar and it didn't matter, now it does. And my cholesterol has gone down too.

barbara
270/225/135

Good afternoon all. Well I've run my legs off today and am so tired. But yippee I got my walk in and a hair cut. So I'm well pleased. Not to mention going to the farm store and getting 50 lbs of dog food. Plus bought a nice pork roast for 1.29 a lb. Tomorrow I'll go to my sister's and grocery shop with her at the big store!! LOL.... Its so fun living in the woods everything is so far away.

kengjw- Sorry the agave turned out not to be such a good deal. Do you have a HFS near you that could order it. Mine did, they even had to keep back ordering it awhile before they could get it in. Your chow chow looks yummy. It sounds so good....

woodfrogs- I'm insanely jealous of your trip to Hawaii in two weeks. I just chucked a big log into the wood stove a few minutes ago.

agape- Wow those winds are really bad. We had them here in Missouri and it blew our power line down yesterday. They had to come out and fix it. It sure blew in some cool weather. The high today is 47.

fatboydrew- Good for your determination!!! Hang in there and just take a day at a time. I got a big cup that holds thirty oz. and fill that two and a half times a day.

Pancho- I'll have to see if my Wal Mart has those nuts tomorrow. I want to start some of my holiday baking next week. I'm like you I didn't have a weight problem as a child. I was real tiny and skinny. And then when I started having children I gained. Wonder what happens....

Chrisd- Thats what happened to me this morning when I started to post. Wowie Zowie I was soooo behind.

jecrites- I've just got to try those cauliflower taters !!!! It sounds so good. But then I love cauliflower, I just hate to make them and my DH turn his nose up. Which wouldn't be surpriseing.

mom2jared- I'm so sorry you're having a miserable day. I hope you cold clears up fast. What a mess with the carpet.. Its a shame you don't have a carpet shampooer where you could suck that water up...

music teach- Better wait till Wed. to weigh in so you won't be disappointed. Sure good to see you posting again.

Monet- What a horrible boss you have. He or she needs a hit up the side of the head. And I don't blame you if you quit. And then who cares if he gets mad. I'm dying to know whats a humpty dumpty sand. ?

jackieO- Sounds like you're really busy. Hope you're not stressing out.... Get you a good nights sleep...

Wow wheres the rest of the page? I know there was a post by Debilli, sef, and Bob and who else did I miss. Sorry I missed people. You all have a good evening.

Running out the door. GOing to dinner with a friend. Where we are going I always get a Reuben sandwich. I think I will take my ww bread and ask them to fix it on that. DH will probably die of embarrassment. Oh well. I haven't had any carbs today so that will be my 2 for the day. Guess I will get my floor exercises in when we get home.

Woodfrogs, Wow, Hawaii, how exciting. Enjoy That ballroom dancing sounds like so much fun. DH would never do it though.

Agape, Rheumatoid Arthritis. I take 7 metho tablets each week, plus other things. It is under control so that is all that matters, but I hate taking so many drugs. Glad you didn't get any damage from the winds. Don't mention that "S" word.

Drew, I like your determination.

Pancho, Happy Anniversary. 10 years may seem short, but I bet you can't remember life w/o him. Congrats.

Jecrites, thanks for the info on the "taters" I willgive them a try.

Mom, hope you feel better soon. The last cold I had I got Tylenol day and night cold pills. They worked great. Helped me sleep at night and dried my head up during the day. I was surprised b/c Tylenol doesn't do much for me.

Ken, it was hard eating just 1 cup of the zita. Have a salad along with it and it will help.

Music, You are doing great, congrats for being OP so far.

Monet, I'm glad your DD is getting out and getting some exercise. Some time it takes things like that to make people do something. I think I agree with Tom about you quitting your job. It doesn't seem you have been happy since you started. Just think, then you would have more time to spend with us.;)

Ashlkey, I was wondering where you had gotten too. Those vacation days are hardly worth the pile up of work that results. I'm sure that pound will be worked off in no time.

Toni, sounnds like you are getting in the exercise. Keep up the good work.

have a great night.

Jackie

Gotta make this quick- just poppin' in to say HELLO! Oh, and I'm at 175(my low). Funny how your weight can flunctuate like that from day to day. I hope it sticks this time,lol. I did my 3 mile again today(skipped yesterday), and my resistance belt broke! The band snapped in two. I have 5 pound weights but that's too much for the tape. Guess I'll have to pick up a pair of 2#'s and use that in place of the belt,ugh. I'm getting cold, so I need to light the heater. Yesterday was over 80 degrees. Today the high was 60 and the low tonight is 32! Big difference. Hubby is self employed(construction) and they don't have anything to do since yesterday. So I guess I will have my yard sale this Sat, so that I can put the money towards bills. I wanted to use it on XMAS,oh well. ALright, gotta go..

It is just about 6:00 p.m. here and my family is finishing dinner. We tend to eat separate meals in this house because my husband and sons have very active metabolisms and can eat just about anything they want - at least right now they can. I believe that my husband's metabolism is slowing down a little because I have noticed a few little love handles that were never there before! I'm just not sure if he would ever be able to handle a "restricted" diet since he has never had to worry about it before. That is where I am envious of you, SuperDave. Congrats on getting your wife to share SB with you! I fly a solo act over here at our house when it comes to dieting and watching what I eat. Perhaps that is why I am attracted to your board . . . :)

In any event, thank you all for the warm welcomes and great advice.

DEBELLI - I don't know for sure if there is a TJ's around my area. I will have to check it out on the internet and find out. Distance doesn't really bother me too much - I am always up for a road trip.

JACK-K - If I can't find a TJ's around here, I will most certainly use your tortilla recipe. Thank you so much for sharing. My husband and I like to have "chips&salsa" and some QT time every now and again after the little guys go to bed. I would hate to have to miss out!

PANCHO - Thanks for your advice on the exercising. I believe that both you and my doctor are right - variation is a good thing. In fact, I will be doing several floor exercises and lifting some weights in a little while - as well as a little walking on treadmill. However, I'm not doing this everyday - just every other day. Additionally, happy anniversary! Yes, ten years do fly by very quickly. My husband and I just celebrated our 12th last month. We try to go away every year (just the two of us) for a night or two. This year we went to NYC and had a great time.

Okay - that is it for me. Going to grab my 1 cup of pasta and the fresh scallops I picked up today for dinner and then get in my work-out clothes. I hope all of you have a great night - stay grounded - the weather over here is quite windy as well . . .

Wonder how long will we have this weather. Jess and I went outside to play for few mins and it was too cold so we had to get back in.

jecrites : I have too much hardwood floors to use the Swiffer so I only used it on small area like bathrooms and spot cleaning. Do you sweep the floor beforehand? I checked out the link and you are right, there are all kinds of response and lots of scarsm in their feedback. I wonder, have they read the book? Often, when we only based our judgement on a little portion, in this case some sample menu, we make wrong judgement. I do agree with some posters that I am surprise margerine is in the menu. I haven't read the book (SB for kids) but I am imagining that it should have the same based as regular SB. DD and dh eat what I cooked and most of the time, legal SB way. I don't see why there is a problem with it...afterall it is healthy and delicious! Also, some complained that the amount of food in the menu is too little and their kids will starve. I look at it and I think to myself, how much do they actually feed your kids? Anyway...just some observations. Btw, I post regularly on ivillage and I stay away from debate boards because they get very nasty and often unreasonable.

Monet : Sorry your boss is so unreasonable and inconsiderate. Hope he realized his mistakes and treat his employess right. Whatever you decide, wish you all the best! Oh, I just realized that the Harry's you were talking about is the one in Duluth where my friend used to stay. I will have to plan a trip there again but don't think it will be soon though. In the meantime, I will search if I can get hold of some sample of Agave around my area.

jackie-O : Thanks for looking at dd's website. She is definitely an entertainer in the house. I laugh so hard everyday just watching her. Just for your record, I once told dh that I am not sure if dd will be safe with me because there were many times, I wanted to "eat her up"...lol. Then again, any babies are not safe with me...ROTFLOL!!

Toni : Looks like your day has been very productive. Mine wasn't much and dd and I stayed at home. Monet told me that I could get Agave in Harrys' Farmers Market in north of GA so I will have to go there but since it is a little far, I might not get there until weeks later. So, I am definitely going to visit some nearby HFS to get a taste of it.

Got to go...Jess is up to something..lol.

Going to jump right in to replies...

TONI, I think it's wonderful that you have someone to walk with and if you're feeling good effects from it already, I think it's even more wonderful! I'm thrilled and delighted to hear the scale is moving in the right direction. News like that makes my day:D

JACKK, I always joke with MICHAEL that when I get old and feeble and need help, he'll be saying "Mom who?" I just sent the kid to bed, where I feel I should be. He's just pooped beyond words and doesn't know when to stop. He use to be able to get right up in the mornings, now, he sleeps through his alarm. Thank goodness his DM gets up every morning and makes sure he's up already, or that he should be;) I'm glad you came aboard too - as I said, I can't imagine the boards without you. It's not for everyone-some just want quick answers to questions and aren't in to stuff like this, but for those who are looking for more than just questions, our board just can't be beat!! Hey, you never know when DD will do something, I did, it took me almost 40 years, but I did - hopefully it won't take her that long. I just hope, for LAUREN'S sake, the slow losing won't discourage her. So far I think she's doing great.

KEN, I've heard about the whey low but haven't really checked in to it. Will try to do so tomorrow and see what I can find to make an assumption. I don't think it can be fructose from milk, milk sugars are called lactose. I'll let you know if I get any info. WOW, I can't believe they're charging that much for a 4oz bottle of agave - highway robbery!

WOOD, Hawaii, sounds devine. Never been there either. I'm sure you'll have a great time!!

AGAPE, sounds like you've sure had some wicked weather up there!

DREW, I second that, bravo on your determination:cp: Keep it and you'll get to your goal. Thanks so much for posting your BIO on the BIO BOARD. It was a pleasure to learn more about you:)

PANCHO, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!! 10 years - a milestone!! Hope DH treats you right;) You are so lucky not to be a comfort eater-wish I could say the same:shrug:

CHRISD, seeeeee!!!!!!!!! Told you! Can't let the ups on the scale discourage you, it doesn't help the situation at all and as I always say, just be patient and it will go right back down. Will talk to you this weekend, I'm sure:)

JEC, would love to talk. Since you have all those minutes, call me! I e-mailed you the info, let me know if you don't get it. If you tell me what day you could call on the weeknights I'd be sure to be up at 10ish, if that's easier than the weekend. Hope you can get a LD call out on that stinkin phone. I like what you wrote on that website!

MOM, sorry to hear that not only are you feeling bad, but that you're having a/c problems. Well, the only good thing is that it's going to be cooler tonight and not hotter than the dickens out there. If the carpet is really wet you need to get someone to come extract the water, otherwise it's going to ruin your carpet and possibly the walls and probably start to stink. Hope you get it resolved.

KEN, thanks for posting the website, sounds like a great place to stop. I forwarded it to my parents, they love going to Atlanta ( I was conceived there:^: ) I think I may have a small sample packet of agave in the cupboard. If you e-mail me your snail mail addy, if you'd like, I can send a sample.

MUSIC, good job!!! Thanks for checking in!!!

MONET, okay, I had to think for a minute, what the heck was a humpty dumpty sandwich - I've never heard it referred as such!:lol: Good luck with the mgr tomorrow, I hope he apologizes long before you say anything. Sounds like they have some *****y people working there and I sure wouldn't be able to take being treated badly. Good for RUTH for giving him some of his own medicine! Hey, since FILLISE isn't going to LA, we need to find an alternative to get you there. Have you thought of any ideas? Can we pick you up somewhere?

JACKIE, crawfish pie? Okay, I don't think I will be trying any of that when we come to LA! Doesn't sound too appealing to me.

HEART, glad to see you down to your low - 1lb away from being under 175, it's a big breakthrough to get under 175, and you're just about there - gung ho!!!!!!;)
Good luck with your garage sale Sat., I'm having one too:)

SUZY, we all eat at different times here too. LAUREN eats whenever and whatever, MICHAEL eats constantly and is vegetarian, ELI works weird hours and eats whenever he comes home and me, I eat whatever I can easily find that I don't have to really cook. I'm such a bad cook, I don't like cooking even for myself. With everyone wanting something different at different times, it's no wonder I hate cooking!!! Have you ever been to TJ's? Gosh how I wish they'd come to FL!!!!! Lots of great stuff there.

Time for survivor to start in a half hour - going to clean up the dinner mess.

{{{HUGS}}}:grouphug:

Debbie

Hi y'all.

I think this is the latest that I've been on in a long long time. Hubby is working late because they started an exercise. I hate those dang things! They just had one a few weekends ago.

I just found out that the kids get out of school early tomorrow. I wasn't too happy to hear that. Now I have to plan my day around all 3 of them instead of just Autumn.

Ok, now for a couple of replies, then off to clean up what's in the kitchen.

Keng, I understand about hardwood floors. We used to have them, and I have to say that I don't miss them at all. They are pretty, but man I hated the whole house having that! I have to sweep before using the swiffer. With 3 kids in the house there's always a mess in the floors. My kids definately don't starve on SB! I was telling a friend that she should get on it, and she said that she didn't want her kids to loose weight since they are already skinny. I told her that they won't be loosing weight, they'll just be eating healthy and that my kids haven't lost weight eating this way. The only reason I posted on there today was because they have no clue what they are talking about, at least those who have only seen the "menu", and they kind of made me mad.

Deb, Yeah I got your e-mail and I sent one back. I'll have to try to remember to give you a ring. It's a little easier to make calls on the weekends then during the week because most times I forget that I was gonna call someone until it's too late! I haven't had a problem calling out, it's the calls coming in that don't always get through. That website, well, I just get so disgusted with people who have no idea what they are talking about. I really wanted to tell them all off, but decided it was better to just stay calm and tell them that there's nothing wrong with feeding children this way, it's healthy.

I'll talk to y'all tomorrow.

Jenn

sef
Loved the "in the beginning" :)

Yeah Dave and wife of Dave!! Great loss.

mom2jared
Do you have a wet vac or borrow one for sucking up the water?

jecrites
I ran across that site yesterday was going to post but forgot, am going to today!

SuzyB
I don't know what I'd do without Trader Joes
Here's the link to their store
http://www.traderjoes.com/locations/index.asp

The wind is unbelievable today!!!

Well, the saga of the WWoB gets worse. After I left today, she proceeded to complain about how I did not put out enough strawberry shortcakes. (she insists on putting out like 8 of them, even though they consistently throw out like 7 of them as stales!) Her line on the whole thing was that I did not listen to her, or the manager! She was complaining about me to my daughter, of all people! I don't understand why she is such a B, but I was so mad when Ruth told me about it, I was ready to let her have it! Unfortunately, she doesn't work tomorrow. She is so two faced! She was talking to me today, and telling me all about her son, and his cancer, and her mother and her recovery from a stroke, and then as soon as I leave, she is shredding me to other employees! How unprofessional can you be? Tomorrow, I will be giving my notice- with or without an apology from the manager. No one should have to deal with a manager bad mouthing them for no reason behind their back. My guess is she is jealous that the other employees like me, and look up to me as a kind of mother figure, and in addition, I am not cowed by her. I have better things to do with my time than deal with this kind of crap!

JACKK: I don't think I have been terribly unhappy, but I do admit the job has been less satisfying than I had hoped it would be. Its been since this new asst. manager came that I have really been thinking of quitting. I like the money, but we can get by without it. Maybe something else will come along that will be better for me....

TONI: A humpty dumpty sandwich is scrambled eggs, and melted cheese. I used to call it that to entice my kids to eat them when they were young. They became family favorites, and are still referred to as Humpty Dumptys. Organic eggs were on sale this week, and I stocked up, so I am eating a lot of eggs! :)

DEB: I am working on Tom. He is thinking a trip to NO for a long weekend sounds kind of fun. If that doesn't work, I will go to plan B. I could try and ride the Crescent, which goes from Atlanta to NO. How are you driving? Along the gulf? I need to look at a map, and see what interstates go that way! :dizzy:

PANCHO: Happy Anniversary! Hope you have a great day! And don't worry about your parents keeping your kids. You made it to adulthood, right? At least they are experienced! ;)


Ok, I am going to go chill for a while. Good night everyone!

Evening,

Thanks for all of the advice regarding my leak. My Dad came over tonight and inspected my floor. He helped me take the carpet off of the floor and we put it outside to dry. He told me to go to Home Depot or Lowes to get some powder that you put on carpeting to get the stink out. He also looked at my A/C unit and said that it was definitely a blockage. Service America screwed up and instead of coming today like they were supposed to, I now have to dedicate my Saturday to them. Oh well, at least I won't have Jared and won't have to worry about him not having the A/C until they come. My cold is getting better so I guess things are looking up. The scale is also going down which makes me thrilled. I was 145 last Monday and now I am 140. What a difference. Hopefully it will continue in that direction.

Night all!

Ilana

hey, guys. "settling" down for the night. Supper was pretty good. Ate too late though. About an hour later than usual. Had baked chicken, speckled butter beans, and my squash casserole. I think I've kept my starches around 2 today(finally). Not much too say, going to visit the ABC site and "browse" for Xmas ideas.

Chris- Told ya, you would be back down. Weighing in the afternoon can make a huge difference.

Thursday Night---

We just got home from the trip to see what was going on with my dad. I'm glad to say that he did NOT have a heart attack. He has a bad valve that needs to be replaced. Unfortunately, Dad does not want to have surgery. And he's pretty scared about the future. The cardiologist is great and is not pressuring him. Another blessing is that Dad does not have to make thiis decision immediately. They think the meds will keep him okay until he can get his strength back and GAIN SOME WEIGHT. Yes, my dad is TOO skinny. But he's also 81, so that's kind of typical.

Sorry I can't catch up with the posts on here. I know that many of you have sent encouraging words and mentions of prayers and good thoughts. Thank you all so, so, so, so, so much!!! It's very comforting to know that all you wonderful people are sending out virtual hugs!

Take care.
Kim

I forgot to post these 2 recipes:
This is the mashed cauliflower one I have:

1 head of cauliflower, trimmed, washed and cut into chunks
Butter
Cream (low fat) or sour cream
Salt and pepper to taste

Steam the cauliflower until well-cooked. Add 2-3 tbsp. of butter and mash it up. If you like it a little chunky, use a potato masher or a mixer. If you like it very smooth, use a stem/wand-type mixer. Add cream, a tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency. Salt and pepper to taste.

Variation: Twice-baked not-potato casserole. Add grated cheddar cheese, crumbled bacon, a beaten egg and put in a casserole dish. Broil until top is browned.

I also made this with sugar free jello and it was yummy!!

Pumpkin pudding
1 pkg (5.1 oz) sugar-free vanilla instant pudding and pie filling mix
1 can (12 oz) fat-free evaporated milk

1 can (15 oz) pumpkin pie filling
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
Beat together pudding and milk. Refrigerate 5 minutes. Mix in pumpkin and spice. Refrigerate 10 minutes.

Hello Again,
Oh my goodness, the wind gales in the surrounding communities were unreal. Flint had 83 mph WG, 3 towns has 60 mph WG and we had 57 mph. Limbs and leaves are everywhere. A tornado did touch down further north, don't recall what town. There was also a lot of power outage, my daughter's was off for a while, it's on now. Come to think of it, mine was off, too, but was on when I got up, clocks and microwave was the tell-tell sign. In spite of everything, I'm feeling great. Temp here is 32, with a WC of 21, that's pretty chilly!

Jecrites ~~ In bad wheather, I have a heart of graditude. I just look around me and say Thank You.

Pancho ~~ Happy Aniversary to you and yours. Hope you have more spectacular years ahead.

Toni ~~ You should've seen my front door entrance. Leaves were evrywhere, at least 1/2 foot high. It is a real mess. I'll not even try to clean up until Sat., we were have the winds and it would just a waste of time and energy. 47 is nice to me :lol:.

Jack-K ~~ Reuben's are one of my favorites, yum! I take way too many meds to my liking. I have strong feeling that when I am down to size, there will be a lot less I'll have to take. Hope you enjoy your outing.

Mom ~~ Just noticed that you are from MS. I was born in Chicago, but grew up in Greenville when I was knee high to a duck's tail, up until '77 when I moved to this area (Det./Waterford). My mom still lives there. She has tried to get me to move back there. I can't stand the heat now. I like colder climate. My mom keeps me posted about the wheather.

Debbie ~~ I saw Oprah today. It was amazing, wasn't it? I e-mailed you a little while ago. I am checking into the Whey Low when I finish here. Just got your reply, we are here together.

Y'all I'm really getting sleepy now. I'll plant cha now and dig ya later.
Have a good nite all.....

Debbie,

Here is the website for Whey Low. After reading the info, I am still not sure what exactly Whey Low is made of? I know it is natural and it has lotsa health benefits and taste like sugar?? Maybe you will have a better understanding than I do especially when I speed read all the time. Let me know what you think. Thanks!

http://wheylow.com/

Okay Debbie, I just went back to the website and check on the products and found what whey low is made of...fruit sugar, table sugar, and milk sugar. It really sounds great but still want to know what you and anyone thinks about this. Thanks.

It is so past my bedtime. :) But I wanted to sneak on here before I got even more behind. I did pretty good on the starchy carbs yesterday...just a piece of toast for breakfast and ...sssshhh don't tell some of those little orange crunchy lowfat cheesnips that torture me from inside the cabinet. The kids just had to open them. But seriously it's okay. Over all I'm eating more and exercising less and it's working. The scales were back to the same weight they've been for the last 4 months.
I didn't walk today but spent an hour and a half rearranging the living room..it looks so good now. Tomorrow I will walk for my 3rd time this week.

Poncho...I hope you had a blast this evening.

GreenRN....I hope you had a super B-day and it carries over into tomorrow. I think everyone should have birthday weeks.

ChrisD...woo hoo...glad the scales were kind to you.

Kim..I'm glad your daddy didn't have a heart attack. He is in my prayers.

Heartmom....Yeah on your new low!!!!!!!!

Monet...sorry your boss is being such a toot. That is not only rude but unacceptable to hang up on someone. Hopefully he will be remorseful tomorrow and let you know how sorry he is.

JackieO....maybe the food besides not being SB friendly was just really salty and the weight is water. :)

Howdy to all the new people!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry I didn't give you a proper howdy. I have been one busy beaver this week.

I'd like to get in a few more replies but it's late and I'd better get.

Love and hugs,
Crystle

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I just wanted to give everyone a quick hi and wish you all a great weekend. I have a long day at work today and am going out to play Bingo tonight with my girlfriend - so I wasn't sure if I would be able to get on the board again today. I work in a law firm and have about 4 new clients coming in, so that always makes my day kind of busy - but on the good side, makes the day go by quickly.

Cheryl - Thanks for the link to Trader Joe's. I checked it out and under the "coming soon" heading was a store in Hanover, Mass. - which is about an hour or so away from me. So, I was very excited and am looking forward to investigating all that they have to offer. I think I'll ask my mother to join me when I go - she is the one who introduced me to SB a few years ago. My mother, sisters and I are all a bunch of short Irish munkins who have always had to watch our weight. We have tried every kind of diet from ww to the zone to atkins, etc. - but somehow SB seems to be the best for me and my mother likes it the best also.

This will be my first weekend back on SB and I am facing it with a strong form of courage. I have two little boys - Ryan who is 10 and Daniel who is 7 - and (as I am sure most of you can relate) have me running here there and everywhere - which means we usually eat on the run. However, this weekend's calendar is light and I plan on writing out my "menus" for the weekend tomorrow morning and hopefully sticking to them. I find that journaling everything that I eat is very helpful.

Okay - hope you all have a great day! Will catch up soon -
SuzyB

Good Morning,
The winds have died down considerably. Was listening to the Today Show and it seems 5 deaths is the result of the wind storms. We have a temp. of 27 w/WC of 19. That's enough of make you bundle up real good.

Are there any herbal tea drinkers for health or pleasure? I have a site that is quite informative about just about anything. I don't believe or agree with everything stated, however, I don't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Here is the link below:

http://www.drweil.com/app/cda/drw_cda.html-command=ProductDetail-pt=Product-productId=89 (http://)

This site also has great healthy recipes, you have to revise a few ingredients, which seems easy to do. Check out these: Health Conditions
Wellness Therapies

Home Health Remedies

The Healthy Kitchen

Recipes

Food As Medicine

Herbal Medicine Chest

My personal doctor is well versed in natural medicines, so I have the best of both worlds.

Have to get off now to get something to eat. I will be back a later today.

I'm outtie for now...

Good Friday Morning!:wave:

What a gorgeous day here in Miami, the weather is cooler today, by Miami standards, that's in the lower 70's:lol: I have a crap load of stuff to get done for the garage sale tomorrow so I wanted to get on here early enough that I can focus on what I have to get done the rest of the day.

Anyone see SURVIVOR last night. Gosh, how I was rooting for RUPERT, as I always have, but it seems he better win all the challenges because they all realize he's a threat and want to get rid of him.

Uh, have to take a break, hear the lawn guys and I have to run out and tell them to cut my lawn-it's terrible!!!:yikes:

Going out to dinner with my GF tomorrow, along with ELI & LAUREN (MICHAEL had previous plans), my parents and my sister (she doesn't want to take the kids, nor is it the type of place to take wild ones). He's going to be moving permanently next week. Still can't get use to the idea. We'll be going up to WPB (sorry, W. Palm Beach for those who don't know) as usual for TG Day and will probably try and leave early to travel another hour north to see his new house. I'm worried that with him being so far that this will be just about the only time we'll see him, possibly New Years Day if I have everyone here that day, but otherwise, we just won't see him, too far for him to drive, too far for us to drive (about 3 hours). Not much we can do:shrug:

JEC, weekends are always good for me, Sundays are the best because that's when I have the most free time. This Sat. is unusual with me being busy with the garage sale and dinner Sat. night. But try me, whenever it's convenient, if for some reason I can't talk, I'll let you know, but that's usually a rarity:) :callme:

MONET, what would TOM do while we're doing our girl thing in NO? Try to see about the Cresent, someone could always come pick you up at the station. We will be driving through on Friday night, is there a train that arrives in the evening on Friday and when we go through NO, can come pick you up? Maybe you wouldn't have a long wait? NOt sure how the heck to get there, maybe someplace along the way we could get you? Don't worry, we'll work it out!!! Good luck today - I know you'll do what's best for you:)

MOM, sounds like you are doing great weight wise, CONGRATS:cp: Hope the carpet dries up and airs out. I take it it's not wall-to-wall? Hope you continue to feel better.

HEART, speckled butter beans? What did you do with them. I have a great recipe that I use canned butter beans in, it's delish. Onions, garlic, tomatoes sauce, the beans and spices. Good plain or over brown rice. Never heard of speckled ones though, are they canned, or dry?

QUILTER, thank goodness your DD's condition wasn't what you had thought. It's good that there doesn't have to be a quick decision to deal with the problem and that he can think about what he wants to do. I'm sure once the "dust" settles he'll think about this with a clearer head. We'll keep him in our thoughts, and you as well:)

CHERYL, I'd probably like that recipe with the cheese on it, not a huge lover of cauliflower as it is. Pumpkin pudding sounds good though.

AGAPE, I taped Oprah, but haven't had a chance to watch it yet. Sorry I haven't been able to help you figure out why you can't load that picture. Can you tell me which website you got it from? I tried to click on the link you posted for that site, it wouldn't work:shrug:

KEN, table sugar in the whey low? I will try and call the company today and see what they can tell me about it first hand.

COUNTRY, are you journaling at all? Being stuck for 4 months is hard but I think it may be what you're eating, or should I say not eating.:sp:

SUZY, gosh, a new TJ'S - please take my picture with you when you go and put it on the front of the shopping cart so I can be with you:lol: Hope you had fun at bingo last night - did you win? TRANQUIL & SERENE also work in law offices, but they haven't gotten their butts on the board recently, though I speak to them both from time to time. Good luck with this weekend and staying OP, but I'm sure you'll do just fine.:)

Okay, I'm outta here. Will try and take a break and check in periodically. I'm glad the lawn men are here now so I can take some of the crap from the back patio to the front outside patio and leave it there til tomorrow morning to set up. Finally, I can get the floor in the kitchen looking like the rest of the kitchen - CLEAN! I've slowly, but surely, been getting the house in order and I'm loving it! Yesterday I went through the linen closet - it's clean and tidy. Now only if I can find a place for all the pillows I have to store!

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Debbie

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Quilter ~~ I am happy to heart the good news about your Dad. I understand his apprehension as I was faced with having to have a cath done a few months ago. I wouldn't do it at first and then thought about and decided it was best to rule out some things. So in time he'll probable come to the same conclusion. Take care of yourself.

Sincerely,
Linda

FRIDAY FUNNIES

An elderly Floridian called 911 on her cell phone to report that her car had been broken into. She is hysterical as she explains her situation to the dispatcher: "They've stolen the stereo, the steering wheel, the brake pedal and even the accelerator!" she cried.

The dispatcher said, "Stay calm, an officer is on the way."

A few minutes later, the officer radios in. "Disregard." He says. "She got in the back seat by mistake.


FAMILY


Three sisters ages 92, 94 and 96 live in a house together. One night the 96 year old draws a bath. She puts her foot in and pauses. She yells to the other sisters, "Was I getting in or out of the bath?" The 94 year old yells back, "I don't know. I'll come up and see."

She starts up the stairs and pauses "Was I going up the stairs or down?" The 92 year old is sitting at the kitchen table having tea listening to her sisters. She shakes her head and says, "I sure hope I never get that forgetful." She knocks on wood for
good measure. She then yells, "I'll come up and help both of you as soon as I see who's at the door."


"I CAN HEAR JUST FINE!"


Three retirees, each with a hearing loss, were playing golf one fine March day. One remarked to the other, "Windy, isn't it?" "No," the second man replied, "it's Thursday." And the third man chimed in, "So am I. Let's have a beer."

ROMANCE


An older couple were lying in bed one night. The husband was falling asleep but the wife was in a romantic mood and wanted to talk. She said: "You used to hold my hand when we were courting." Wearily he reached across, held her hand for a second and tried to get back to sleep.

A few moments later she said: "Then you used to kiss me. "Mildly irritated, he reached across, gave her a peck on the cheek and settled down to sleep.

Thirty seconds later she said: "Then you used to bite my neck." Angrily, he threw back the bed clothes and got out of bed. "Where are you going?" she asked. "To get my teeth!"


DOWN AT THE RETIREMENT CENTER


80-year old Bessie bursts into the rec room at the retirement home. She holds her clenched fist in the air and announces, "Anyone who can guess what's in my hand can have sex with me tonight!!"

An elderly gentleman in the rear shouts out, "An elephant?" Bessie thinks a minute and says, "Close enough."


OLD FRIENDS

Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years, they had shared all kinds of activities and adventures.

Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards. One day, they were playing cards when one looked at the other and said, "Now don't get mad at me ... I know we've been friends for a long time ...but I just can't think of your name! I've thought and thought, but I can't remember it.

Please tell me what your name is."

Her friend glared at her. For at least three minutes she just stared and glared at her. Finally she said, "How soon do you need to know?"



DRIVING

Two elderly women were out driving in a large car - both could barely see over the dashboard. As they were cruising along, they came to an intersection. The stoplight was red, but they just went on through.

The woman in the passenger seat thought to herself "I must be losing it. I could have sworn we just went through a red light."

After a few more minutes, they came to another intersection and the light was red again. Again, they went right through.

The woman in the passenger seat was almost sure that the light had been red but was really concerned that she was
losing it. She was getting nervous and decided to pay very close attention to the road and the next intersection.

At the next intersection, sure enough, the light was red and they went on through. So, she turned to the other woman and said, "Mildred, did you know that we just ran through three red lights in a row? You could have killed us both!"

Mildred turned to her and said, "Oh, am I driving?"

Reasons to not mess with a child:

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible. The little girl said, "When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah". The teacher asked, "What if Jonah went to ****?" The little girl replied, "Then you ask him".

A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work. As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was. The girl replied, "I'm drawing God." The teacher paused and said, "But no one knows what God looks like." Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, "They will in a minute."

A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds. After explaining the commandment to "honor" thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?" Without missing a beat one little boy
(the oldest of a family) answered, "Thou shall not kill."

One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother has several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?" Her mother replied, "Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white." The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, "Momma, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?"

The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture. "Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown! up and say, 'There's Jennifer, she's a lawyer,' or 'That's Michael, He's a doctor.' A small voice at the back of the room rang out, "And there's the teacher, She's dead."

A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face." "Yes," the class said. "Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?" A little fellow shouted, "Cause your feet ain't empty."

The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray: "Take only ONE. God is watching. "Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies. A child had written a note, "Take all you want. God is watching the apples".

TGIF,

I'm glad it is Friday, but then I hate that I won't get to talk to you all until Monday.

No big plans for the weekend. DH want to go to the UL game tomorrow, but theya re calling for rain and I don't want to go in the rain. Sunday DD and SIL and other DD will be there for dinner. Making ww lasagna.

On to some replies.

Heartmom, Congrats on getting back to your low. The scale is so fickle, it is best to stay off it or not let it get to you.

SuzyB, Do you have a Wild Oats health food store? They have pita chips which are good to use with salsa too. I like them, but think I like the homemade ones better. In fact, I made some this morning before I left for work just in case we go to a Mex rest. tonight.

Ken, I don't expect cold weather in Ga. It is 45 here today. I'm ready for summer.

Deb, I know you have to do this when you are ready, It took me 23 years. I just don't want it to take my girls that long as it is such a good feeling. Hope your yard sale is a huge success. Enjoy your dinenr with your GF. That is such a strange situation. I hope he is happy and not too lonely. Cute jokes. Sef will love them.

Monet, I am a big believer that things happen for a reason. Maybe you will get another job that is more fulfilling. Good luck today.

Mom, glad you got your carpet up. Try some amonia in a dish in your closet, that will take out the smell too.

Kim, glad it wasn't so serious with your DD. Something that can be fixed. It must be nice to need to be "fattened up".

Agape, I hate to discourage you, but I thought that I could cut back on all my meds when I lost wt, I tried it, but after 4 months I was hurting and need ed to right back on them. Hope it is different for you.

Country, glad you have found a balance that works for you. Are you still walking with your buddy?

Have a great day. Be back later.

Jackie
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Hello everyone!

Finally this week is over! It's been so slow for me, I guess that's because I was so busy running here and there last week and had nothing to do this week but clean, needless to say I didn't do a very good job at that either!

Today is grocery day, thank goodness. We're just about out of everything! I hate it when that happens. With the girls getting out of school at 1:30 today, all I can do is go grocery shopping, then I'll have to wait on them to get home before doing anything else. Oh well, it could be worse, they could be staying home because they were sick, but thankfully they aren't.

I think we may have the ordeal with Katie and her homework worked out. Hubby told her last night that when she completes one of the homework assignments in her "agenda" that she is to put a check mark beside it and when she gets to the last one and finishes it, she is to put her initals beside that one to show she's done with it.

Monet, Sorry to hear about your hard day after work yesterday. She probably is jealous of you since she's all nice to you while you are there and then after you leave she badmouths you. I would quit too.

Mom, Way to go on the 5 lbs.! Glad you are feeling better. Hope the a/c guys show up early on Sat. so your whole day won't be ruined waiting on them.

Quilter, Good news about your dad. Things like that are so scary. Hope everything goes great for him.

Agape, Holy cow that was some major wind! I don't think I've ever heard of wind at 83 mph.

Deb, Have fun at dinner out with your GF. 3 hours isn't all that bad of a drive. When we were in Shreveport/Bossier, we were about 2 1/2 hours away from hubby's parents and we went there at least every other weekend, and during hunting season we were there all the time! Sometimes I would drive another 2 hours to go on to my mom's. I'm making a "mental note" to give you a ring on Sunday. Funny FF's!!!

Ok, now to get started cleaning up the breakfast mess in the kitchen so I'll have somewhere to put the groceries when we get back. Talk to y'all later.

Jenn

Pissed:mad:

I tell the one guy to cut my lawn, and they left without doing it. Neither speaks much English at all (are you surprised!) but the one I told him about wanting the lawn, I mean, what other reason would I of come out of the house and pointed to my lawn and asked for them to cut it! Geez!:rolleyes: That just pisses me off royally. Have to see if I can find someone else around here this afternoon, slim chance I will though.:shrug:

Okay, I snagged another lawn man, funny thing was, he recognized the yard and having trimmed my avocado tree about 5 or 6 years ago! Cost me another $5 to have him do it, but I need it done, so it's worth it.

Okay, back to the crap pile!!!!

Yay! It's finally Friday. I have a major client that I have been working with this week and last and I think it's finally almost put to bed. Still have some follow-up stuff next week to finish with them but the worst is over with.

Wow, the board has been crazy this week. Lots of newbies (and you said it would slow down, Deb) and faces from the past.

I did manage to lose a pound this week. Not sure how, I am a major stress eater and these last few weeks have been stressful to say the least and we'll just leave it at that.

Talk to you guys later. Just wanted to pop in and say hi. Have a great week-end everyone.

Trish

O.K., so who said that this board slows down this time of year????? Gheez...it takes forever to catch up anymore.

I was at 122.5# this morning (yes, Deb, I did weigh again;) ). I really think weighing daily keeps me on track. If I only weighed once a week, I could be up 2-3 pounds, and this way, I catch it early. So, I am slowly going back down.

Yesterday was a tough day; Delaney was totally cranky! She had a runny nose and felt awful. She seems to be feeling a bit better today....I will keep fingers crossed. I really wanna go to dinner tomorrow night, but can't take her to parents if she is sick.

I plan on doing a bunch of runnning around today. DH will pick up Britt for school since they are having "dads for doughnuts" day.

I better get into some replies, since I haven't been on in awhile:

Ken: My prediction is that Bob will pick Kelly Jo; I think that is a given....Stella is way toooooo whiney; who would want to wake up to that every day? BUT, I also predict that he WILL NOT propose. I think he will tell her that he'd like to continue their relationship and see where it goes, but that he is not ready for marriage. It's 2-hour finale next week.

chrisd: Did you have fun Christmas shopping? My DM's b-day is also on TG.

jecrites: Good luck with your candle party. Staying busy is a good thing for me; keeps me OP.

Mom: It is so tough to be sick with kids. At least DS slept and wasn't up feeling awful too. That is the worst....when you are sick and also trying to take care of sick kids. I hope you are feeling better today. If you do end up having to have carpet replaced, check with your renter's or homeowner's insurance. Congrats on the 5# loss; you are doing fantastic.

Monet: Please let us know how it goes today. You have far too much talent for it to go to waste for these ungrateful people. Your time would be better spent elsewhere. Good luck getting up the courage to let them have it.

Toni: I do blame my weight on my pregnancies, but I had gained 10 pounds during the first 4-5 years of our marriage. I was also 30 when I had first DD, and 35 when I had second, so I guess age could've started to play a role there. I think hormones get out of whack when preg., and some people are able to drop those pounds the minute the baby pops out, and others have a much tougher time. I hope you are able to find the nuts; they are so fresh and yummy. They were by the apples at my Super Wal-Mart, and they were on styrofoam boards (like what meat comes on) and covered with plastic wrap.

Jack-K: Thanks! Once the next 10 years fly by, we will have teenagers on our hands....EEEEk! How was your Reuben; were they able to accommodate you? I like Reubens, but have never likes the rye bread.

heart: CONGRATS ON YOUR NEW LOW!! I think the exercise is what you needed to throw your metabolism into gear. Way to go, girl!!

Suzy: My DH looks awesome and has a great metabolism. He is 41, and there is no sign of his metabo slowing down. However, when I started this new woe back in March/ April, he was really paying attention, but probably not too sure that I'd really lose all that I wanted to. Well, as a few months went by, he started adapting to a lot of the same eating as I was; he even dropped a few pounds that he didnt' need to. He has completely cut out sodas, cut back on his beer intake, and really watches his "obvious" sugar intake. I'm proud of him. I am so envious; my DH and I haven't had a night away since our first DD was born 5 1/2 years ago. Congrats on 12 years; that's quite an accomplishment these days. Every other day of exercise is good, so your body gets a break. I always take 2 slices of legal bread or a pita bread with me when I am out for the day...that way wherever we go to eat, I can put mine on my own legal bread.

Deb: My DH brought home a dozen roses, and a card that brought me to tears. I guess he is a keeper, eh? Good luck with your garage sale; I hope you do really well. Sorry your GF is moving so far away; enjoy your dinner. It feels so good to get everything cleaned up; we did that a few weeks ago. We usually do a big spring cleaning and a big fall cleaning. Michael is probably too busy to mow the lawn, eh?;) . Have a great weekend.

Quilter: So glad to hear it wasn't a heart attack. I hope all works out well for him.

Country: I wondered when you were walking so much, if your body was becoming accustomed to it. I bet by giving yourself a break, your body will be ready to burn again when you start up again. They have little snack pack fanny packs; maybe you can take some of those little cheese nips with you:lol: . Just having fun!! Have a great weekend.

agape: Thanks for the info. on the teas; it's always nice to read up on that type of stuff whenever I find time.

I haven't even read any of the FF; there were too many other posts. I better go get dressed and get the kids dressed; we are all still in jammies.

Have a great day, and if I don't get back on later; have a great OP weekend.

Take care,
Nat

SuzyB
I have a 10 year old son & 16 year old daughter. They both follow SB also. My son is not as faithful as us but he's learned the difference between good and bad choices and will usually go for the good. It's a healthy way for the kids to eat and maybe will save them health problems down the road!
We make TJ pizza from the Tabular Pizza crust it's made from 100% whole wheat it's like a big Boboli. They have legal pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese. Kids love it and I can't live without pizza!
Taking the time to look ahead at meals makes a HUGE difference in staying legal.

Deb what's up with the lawn people down there? I have visions of trucks with lawn mowers cruising neighborhoods waiting for people to run out and wave them down! Up here in the freezing windy north have to make appointments for lawn service!

Oh down 2 pounds tis morning, wahoo!

Um, Deb--I thought the board was supposed to be slowing down this time of year! I missed getting on yesterday and there is no way I can catch up! :^:

I did ok Wed night--at the party I have one chicken wing. On the way home I was about to starve so I got a roast beef sandwich. The bread was white, but other than that I did fine and stayed away from all the sweets.

Last night I got a call that a good friend of mine from graduate school had passed away. He was about my age and we don't know how or exactly when or where. I've been trying to find an obituary from the last couple of places we think he might have lived, but so far, no luck. I lost track of him a couple of years ago. So here's a valuable lesson--people are too important to lose!

I'm hoping Monet and her DD and friends will get down here for a visit tomorrow! The girls want to tour campus and I'd love to show it off!

I'm sorry I don't have time to respond--but there are three new pages of posts since WEDNESDAY!!!!! I'll try to do better, but I'm tyring to get a lot of work done since Thanksgiving is in two weeks and then I have my surgery the week after that. I've got to get a lot of stuff done for clients before both!

Have a great OP day and weekend everyone!

Susan

Hey guys, just a quick hello! Im cleaning my play room. My SIL gave me a bunch of toys for Dominic. He is having a ball with them.
I am finally able to open my windows today! There is such a nice cross breeze going on. I love it. I wish it could be like today all year round. Like Deb said its around 70ish...but for us thats a major treat! Right Deb? and Bob??
My GM is home now and doing much better. She spent the day here the other day and enjoyed seeing DS and my nieces. It was quite LOUD here for her though, so not sure how much time she will be spending here. LOL.

DEB - I watched Survivor, and I am a Rupert fan too! Have been since the first day when he stole the others stuff out of there wagon..lol. Yes trying to be more patient...I just really want to get to my first goal by Christmas...but at this rate it doesnt look to good. Going out tonight with friends...so if I dont answer in the morning that means I am still sleeping...and will call you when I get up! Good luck with your garage sale.

PANCHO - Yes had fun shopping...especially because I was ALONE! I know you know what Im talking about! lol. My mother in law gave me money to get some things that I wanted for Dominic for christmas...so i went to Toys r Us...and got yet another Simba....Im going to give it to one of Dominics friends. What did you think of the Bachelor Tell All the other night? Have a great Anniversary weekend! Its tomorrow you are going out right?

CRYSTLE - I have a huge Cheese Nip/Goldfish/Cheeze It weeekness. I could sit and eat a whole box. LOVE EM!

Gotta run for now...I proably wont be on too much this weekend...so have a great weekend to everyone...Go Bucs! (fingers crossed)


Chris

Quickie...

Figured I'd sit down for a few minutes and try to catch up otherwise I know I won't be able to over the weekend. I'm stinky, sweaty and dirty from hauling all this crap out. I haven't finished yet and have lots more to do - where did all this S:censored:T come from? My gosh, it's ridiculous! I better sell this crap!!!

Okay, I'm glad to say, so far, you've all proved me wrong about the board slowing down. I don't mind a bit, in fact, it makes me feel wonderful. See, it doesn't take much;)

TRISH, WOO HOO! Down a pound - you go girl:bravo:

PANCHO, MICHAEL, mow the lawn, I can't get him to take out the garbage!:snooty: He's lazy when it comes to chores.

CHERYL, Down here, homes are about on top of the other, there are so many people who use different lawn people that you're bound to find someone around just by looking. I heard a lawn mower going, didn't see it on my street, jumped in the car and went around the block and the guy was there, just finishing up, so he came on over. Down here, they're a dime a dozen. They come every 2 weeks, though in winter, it's usually every 3, I wait as long as possible, sometimes too long and the grass gets knee high. CONGRATS on your 3lbs loss:bravo:

FILLISE, sorry to hear about your friend. Hope you can find the info about him you need to.

CHRIS, sounds like DOMINIC is keeping quite busy and happily so. Glad to hear your GM is doing well. I'll have on my cell tomorrow and the house phone during the sale, so try to call me when you awake. Enjoy the weather!

Got these FF's in the mail:

YOU KNOW YOUR A REDNECK WHEN...

Your standard of living improves when you go camping.

Your prenuptial agreement mentions chickens.

You have jacked up your home to look for a dog.

Your neighbor has ever asked to borrow a quart of beer.

There is a belch on your answering machine greeting.

You have rebuilt a carburetor while sitting on the commode.

None of the tires on your van are the same size.

Your idea of getting lucky is passing the emissions test.

Your town put the new garbage truck in the Christmas parade.

Your local beauty salon also fixes cars.

Your doghouse and your living room have the same shag carpet.

You've ever slow danced in the Waffle House.

Starting your car involves popping the hood.

Your garbage man is confused about what goes and what stays.

You whistle at women in church.

You actually wear shoes your dog brought home.

You've been in a fist fight at a yard sale.

You carry a fly swatter in the front seat of the car
so you can reach the kids in the back-seat.


HELLO'S to everyone else:wave:

Later!!!

Deb

Hi again,
Debbie, the jokes cracked me up. I have already printed them to read to my mom. Oh my goodness you have an avocado tree. Does it produce good. Avocado can cost as much as a buck/fifty here. I appreciate what's in them, omega fatty acids. Glad you found someone to do your lawn. In your opinion, is Wild Oats comparable to TJ's? Sue up loaded the gifs for me, still don't know where I went wrong. I asked her to explain to me where I missed it (just an update).

Jack-K, I won't decieve myself. When the time is right. along with doc's help, I will see what's available naturally to replace tradional meds. I have begun some of it now. I will definitely not be a nut about and hurt mysef. I would advise anyone to do it with the help of a well versed doctor. Have a good time tonite.

Pancho, I tried to posted this for you yesterday, but was unable to. So here it is today:


http://www.3fatchicks.com/other/happyan1.gif :-) better late than never, in some cases! Tea is beneficial.

Jecrites, yes indeed, it was terrible. It is a lot better today. It was a first for me, too (winds) in this area. That is hurricane strength, they said so on the news.


Well I have to go now and so I can get dressed and feed the baby.

Will be back later, if not tonite in the morning.

DEB- Liked the redneck joke, and it's sad but I know people who can relate! Also, Boogie and I enjoyed the Made a Poop trio,lol. As for the speckled butter beans, they were frozen. I really don't care for them. I ate about 1/2 what I had on my plate. To me they taste like dirt. Doesn't matter how you fix them. I like butter peas and baby limas though.

I weighed again(yea, I know, but it's a habit that's hard to break) and it said 174. I hope it sticks! I think it's going down because I've been watching my starches and portions. PANCHO- I'm actually pretty regular with my exercise, I try to get in at least 3 days a week, but aim for 5. If I get less than 3 days, then I feel "guilty." But it's been known to happen,lol. I've gotten in either 3 or 4 days this week. My yard sale is tomorrow, so I doubt I exercise. I'll TRY to squeeze in a tape on Sunday, but being the weekend... Alright, I stink so off to the tub I go!

Good Afternoon! This will be a quick check in. I am beat! I need to fill up my mug with hot tea and chill out a bit.

I did have a talk with my boss. I told him I felt the asst managers behavior was unprofessional and that I thought Friday next week should be my last day. He was floored. He talked me into waiting it out a bit. He told me he wanted to let me come in the next week, and do whatever I wanted, so he could see what all I was capable of. I did tell him he was not using my abilities and gifts to his advantage. I have a degree in art education and could teach the whole department some of the stuff he would like for us to be doing, like rolled fondant and stuff like that. I told him I would think about continuing and would let him know my decision next week. Now that he knows I will leave if things do not change, I imagine he will do something about it. I will confront the asst manager next week, and hopefully that will go well. She needs to learn to be more professional in how she treats her employees. I suggested to the manager that he only schedule me the days she is off. I will talk it over with Tom tonight and wait until after my meeting with the pastor on Monday afternoon, before making a final decision. If the pastor wants me to take on more of the arts ministry, I am going to quit so I can have the time to do the ministry. I know with the holidays coming, the bakery really needs me, but I am not going to let that influence my decision.

I am pleased with myself...the cake is still on the table, but I have not touched it for two days now. I am feeling encouraged. :) I have a doctor's appointment on the 24th, and I hope I will be down a pound of two, or he is not going to be happy with me!

Ok, off to chill out. I got two new books in the mail today, from HALF.COM, so I am going to go drink hot tea and read! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

:wave:

Hi y'all. Hope everyone's having a good day. I'm still doing good.:D Yea, me!! I even passed up the birthday cake in the teachers' lounge today. Dennis and I are going to Longview tomorrow to shop for a new dishwasher and do some Christmas shopping. MIL is keeping the kids.

QUILTER: Glad your dad didn't have a heart attack.

MONET: Hope the job situation works itself out.

DEB: Loved the jokes!

Gotta run. Sorry I didn't get to you all, but it's time for the kiddies to come to class.

S O M E T I M E S



Sometimes...
when you cry...
no one sees your tears.



Sometimes...
when you are in pain...
no one sees your hurt.



Sometimes...
when you are worried...
no one sees your stress.



Sometimes...
when you are happy...
no one sees your smile.





But FART!! just ONE time...

And everybody knows!!

AFTERNOON EVERY BUDDY!!! :wave:

OH...MY...GAWD.....It's absolutely BEAUTIFUL over here! The temp is in the high 60's, the sun is shinning but not hot, and best of all....THERE IS NO HUMIDITY!! :bravo:

I've already *****ed and moaned to MONET this afternoon via email, so I won't bother y'all with the computer saga! It will get better next week because our Boss will be back in the saddle! The Managers have been manning a 24hr help desk since we went live, and she hasn't been around
at all! She wants to sit with each of us to see what we're doing, and that's fine with me, cause I really thing that I'm missing an important step to the process! SO...I'm looking forward to next week....:?:

Kate told me last night to remember that she had to go to the Dr today at 3:30pm....I hurried and got my work done, came home, and IT'S NEXT FRIDAY THAT WE GO!!! oh well...whatcha gonna do????? Just means that I got home early
on a FRIDAY AFTERNOON!!! :cb: :cp:

I read an interesting article about laxatives last night. Suggestion is to use RHUBARB CAPSULES
instead of OTC ones. Said that it actually helps better, and of course if better for you. I had to go to the HFS and pick up my peppermint oils so I looked for some. The little store where I go is a discount HFS, and they carry just about anthing that you want....EXCEPT WHAT I WANTED! They did offer to order it for me, but I hate for them to order a case and then I buy one bottle and they don't sell anymore. So I'll check a few more of the stores here in town before asking them to do that. I also found a pair of cool gel foot soles...you put them in the fridge or freezer for a short time to get them cold and then strap them on your feet to ease the burning sensation. My DSIL
loves anything to do with pampering, they were half price, so I got them for $7.99 and will put them in her CHRISTMAS BOX
They had a lot of stuff marked half price in two buggys..like shampoos etc but I've got a closet full of stuff that I don't use now, so there was no use in getting them because they were a good deal.

Kate wants WENDY'S CHILI for supper, so that will be an easy fix.
I'll run down there around 5p.m. and pick that up for her.

No good movies came out on DVD this week, so I'll have to dig for something to watch tonight...

Tomorrow, I've got to clean out my den. We've developed a terrible closed up smell out there from not using the rrom, and my PEST MAN was here yesterday and I had him check just in case there was something (mouse) dead in the attic...he said there wasn't anything dead, and to pick up moth balls and scatter them around to absorb the odor. I'll open the windows and turn the fan on full blast to help it along.


MUSIC....Good going girlfriend on passing up that cake!

LAURIE.....SHOOY....I smell you all the way down here....soap up good!

DEB.... GOOD LUCK WITH THE YARD SALE TOMORROW!!! Glad you got that grass mowed...You ought to put ELI'S big ARSE out there with the mower as punishment for forgetting your birthday! That would teach him a lesson!
I'm so glad they voted RYNO off last night, but I'm afraid they will start to attack THE FISHERMAN and I don't want that to happen.

CHRIS...DOn't you just love this weather...I'm just afraid it won't last...I'm ready for more cool weather! Glad to hear that your DGM is home...

SUSAN...{{{{{Sorry about your friend}}}}} We've lost about 7 people from our class, and it's hard...
I'll be watching the game tomorrow...My
GUYS play MS STATE so none of the channels want to waste their time with that one!

CHERYL...that pizza sounds so good...I take it the crust comes from TJ'S?? We have a place here in town that makes nothing but WW crust for their pizzas and it's one of the best!!!

PANCHO....I'm rooting for KELLY JO as well. I just don't think a relationship with the whiner would last..I think he was truly sorry for letting Mary go...but she was pushing for the kidlets to come right away and he's just not ready for that! Can't wait for next week's show...should be interesting!

TRISH....watch that stress....I know what you're talking about..I've been there myself!

:wave: JACKIE and JEC....have a great weekend!

Hope I've not missed anyone...I've got to get off here and do something productive! :s:

BOB

Gotta hurry and get this posted. Boss has something he needs to go out tonight. Of course it is 4:45:s:

Hope everyone has a great OP weekend. I will miss talking to you all all weekend.

Jecrites, glad you got the homework thing worked out. Don't buy too much at the grocery.

Trish, congrats on the 1 pound loss even with all your stress.

Pancho, sure hope DD doesn't get sick and ruin your dinner out. If it is just a cold, they could probably still keep her couldn't they? I didn't end up taking the bread, as I had bought 2 loaves at the store, and DH went through one of them and when I went to get out the bread it was smashed and in funny shape. It is still edible, but I would not want to give it to someone to use. I just counted the rye bread as my 2 carbs for the day. How sweet to get roses. I haven't gotten them since we were dating (31 years ago).

Cheryl, a big woo hoo for you on those 2 lbs. Just a little more and you will be out of the 200's. Keep it up.

Fillise, Congrats on doing such a good job at the party. THe white bread won't kill you and sometimes you have to do that and if you count it as your starchy carbs, it should be ok. Sorry about the loss of your friend. It is important to take the time to keep in touch with friends,even if it is just a Christmas card.

Chris, glad your GM is home and doing well. Lots of kids tends to be too loud for older people (even me). I'm keeping my fingers crossed for your BUCS this weekend. Have you had the bbq goldfish. The girl at work has them. I snuck 1 and they are great.

Bob, what a nice treat to get home early on a Friday. Enjoy the games tomorrow. UK SHOULD beat Vandy but GA and TN are questionalbe.

Music, good for you passing up that cake.

Monet, hope you come to a good and right decision for you about the job. Enjoy your weekend.

Have a good one!

Jackie
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but I think it is still going to be cool tonight. This morning, dh and I went to a nearby HFS. There have quite a lot of things but no Agave. The lady said she can order it for me but I need to know the price first. For some reasons, she couldn't find it in her file so she will call me back to let me know how much. They have other natural sweeteners such as Stevia, date sugar and fructose. Does anyone use fructose now? What about date sugar? Are the okay for SB?

I have just finished making two salads to bring to church tomorrow, a cucumber salad and carrot-raisins salad. They are for our local firemens, about 200 of them but we are just helping to feed them tomorrow. A neighbor called me earlier to tell me something really important (that was what she said...lol) . She informed me that one of our neighbors up the block will be having a garage sale tomorrow and that they(she and her DIL) can't go but they are sending me over to check out what they will be missing. That neighbour who will be having the garage sale have 4 girls and a VERY nice house so they think I might be able to find some nice stuff for Jess. ...LOL. Anyway, I am looking forward to it.

Actually I meant to check in quickly but ended up babbling more than I should...lol. A friend called a little while ago to ask if she can come over later (with her dd, who is one year older than Jess) which will be a little late when she arrives. I was reluctant but I think she needs a place to go since she is in the middle of a divorce. Anyway...got to go tidy the place and I hope to catch up with all the posts tonight if I didn't crash :)

music teach
Good job passing up that evil cake! :high:

BOB yup love my TJ WW pizza! :jeno: We do have a place about 20 minutes from here that makes WW pizza, will have to ask them if it's real WW and not unbleached. I'm finding a lot of stuff claims to be WW but ends up unbleached WW!

You guys down south are finally turning off your AC's. Up here in Connecticut morning temps are in the 30's and daytime is like 40's. Here comes winter!

Got a Friday Funny. One that might help keep ya'll away from chocolate kisses:
A little tip for all of you Hershey Kisses lovers

Ever wonder how Hershey makes those chocolate Kisses?

Well, it's the little Chocolate Elf that makes them.
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EVENING EVERY BUDDY! :wave:


Couldn't stand it....had to go on down to BLOCKBUSTER and scrounged around until I found some movies...

CITY OF GHOSTS - JAMES CAAN
FAMILY AFFAIR
THE OSBOURNES - SEASONS 1 & 2 (SAW IT ALL ON TV, BUT WANTED TO SEE IT UNCUT)
SWIMMING
THE BARBERSHOP

I was really digging, so I'll let y'all know how they were.

Getting ready to climb up in the four poster and I hope that all of you have a wonderful weekend! I've got the windows open, and the breeze from the ocean is GREAT!! Right now the temp is 70 degrees, but it will dip down to the low 50's overnight.


I'll talk to y'all tomorrow!

BOB

I just got in from a Mary Kay party. Didn't intend to buy anything--came home with $150.00 worth of stuff! :o

From the "it's about dadgum time" file: I had lunch at Ruby Tuesday's today. I can do well with their salad bar and a bowl of Cheddar brocolli soup. On the table they were advertising an extensive low-carb menu. They had WW tortillias for fajitas and other suitable menu items. They even advertised a low-carb cheesecake with a nut crust (though I didn't get a chance to ask anyone if they used sugar). So maybe the world is FINALLY starting to pay attention to us!

BOB--Hope you get that computer system down soon! Auburn plays UGA tomorrow so it's a big game and then next Saturday is Auburn-Alabama. The Rvs will start rolling into town tomorrow night after everyone leaves Athens and this place will be a zoo all week. If it weren't for the game I'd leave town this week! :lol:

Cheryl--I'm going to think about that little elf everytime I'm tempted by one of those Chocolate kisses!:^:

Keng--get the agave if you can! My favorite sweetner after that is Splenda. I've tried Stevia but didn't like it. I know Deb uses it so maybe she can tell you how to use it. But the agave does better than anything I've tried.

Jackie--You are right about keeping in touch. I've spent a good portion of the day talking to old friends from grad school that I haven't talked to in years. It's like we all felt the need to reconnect today.

Monet--what 's the plan for tomorrow? It sounds like you had a good talk with your boss so I hope it all works out. It would be great if you could actually use your talent!


Heart--sounds like you are still doing great and the scale is still moving down!

Deb--Thanks, I did find out more information. There isn't going to be a funeral. His family is only about 3 hours away so I would have tried to make a service if they had one.

Got to go get all this gunk off my face! I wear a mineral make-up so all this heavy foundation is diving me nuts. Didn't buy anyof that--just the stuff to wash, tone, moisturize, firm, lift, etc. You know me--always searching for the fountain of youth! :lol:

Have a good day everyone!

Susan

I didn't get to exercise again today...but at least the boy's room is clean. I should get hazard pay for this job. :) I am going to have to adjust my eating though if I don't become more active. All the extra weight is settling in my stomach. It's the best guage for me to know about my true weight.

I made the best experimental meatloaf tonight. I used ground turkey and ground wild pork. It was wonderful. I ate too much but it was worth every bite. I hid some cheese in the center of it. And gave it a slightly Mexican flavor. Yum Yum.

Jack-K...no I don't have my walking buddy anymore. I can't seem to keep em.....LOL I wear em out I think.

Susan...I'm so sorry about your friend.

Deb...hope your sale goes well.

Poncho..I'm like you. I have to weigh everyday. It is too easy for the weight to sneak up on me.

Bob...LOL on your Friday funny.

Music..WTG passing on the cake.


Monet....awesome taking up for yourself and letting them know your talents and strong points. Praying for you as you make these important decisions about work and church.

HeartMom...I love fresh speckled butter beans. We can't get them here in Texas but I ate them grow up in the Carolinas. I like the big lima beans also. But for some reason can't stand those little green limas. Moma loves em with ketchup....bleck....LOL WTG on the 174.

Howdy everyone else!!!!!!!!!! Each of you is important. I'm just running out of time as always.

Also I'm attaching one of my newest sunset pictures. The sun was so bright it was hard to take but it came out so nice. If I attach the right one...LOL If not the pretty dark one will be attached.

Love and hugs,
Crystle

:)

Do you THINK SOMEONE out there has it in for me not to get a good night's sleep:tired:

It's 1:48am, and I've been up for almost an hour now. Hoping to get back to sleep, but right now, adrenaline is flowing...

MICHAEL came in to my room and woke me up out of a truly sound deep sleep. At first I didn't know what he was saying, he was so excited, but whatever he said wasn't registering, I wasn't coherent at all. All I could say was "is your sister home?" "I don't know! Mom, I got 1500 on my SAT'S!" That's what he woke me up to tell me - those SAT'S he took a couple weeks ago, he had been wanting to break 1500 and he got exactly 1500. He got a perfect score on the math 800 out of 800 and 700 out of 800 on the other part. He went up on both areas from the last time. THAT was what he couldn't wait to wake me up to tell me. Of course, I was as excited as I could be in a dead persons way, but all I could think really was "was LAUREN home?" She had a Quince (Latin party for a 15 year old for all the other gringo's out there) and she said it was over a midnight, here it was after 1am and he went to check, and she wasn't home. Of course, I got worried, called her cell, no answer, girl she was with left her cell phone at my house. MICHAEL said it had rang. Decided to see if I could find the girls mother's number to call and there was a msg from the girls mom looking for her around 12:30am - of course, I was panicking. Called LAUREN'S cell phone again and got her this time - party was running on Latin time and it went later than expected, but she'd be home soon - she just got home. So now, the blood is pumping through my veins, I've sent both kids to bed (had to pry MICHAEL off the computer) and now, I will try to get a few hours of sleep if I'm lucky. ELI'S getting up around 3:30am, so let's hope either I don't fall asleep and get woken up by him, or that I don't just lie there all night long.

So, there's another night in the saga of "WILL DEBBIE GET SOME SLEEP!:tired:

:yawn: Debbie

Saturday Morning---Hallelujah, we made it to the weekend. Nothing scheduled until church tonight, so we are taking it easy today. Besides it's cold and rainy so that means no yard work. Aw shucks! Besides everything else going on with my Dad being sick, we scheduled for Paul's uncle to come stay with us for the weekend. He has mild mental ******ation and lives with Paul's mom. She wanted to go to a music teacher's conference in northern OH and asked us months ago if he could stay. He's not any trouble and loves being here. He is diabetic and knows what he should and shouldn't eat, but will go off the wagon if no one is watching. So I have to keep an eye on him. He will just gorge himself and then lie about it. At least that's what he does with Paul's mom, but I think he's on his best behavior here. She probably gave him a good tongue lashing if he was thinking about pulling some stunts with us. He's pretty funny and loves Maddie.

I will try to answer a few personals:
CHERYLCO—those recipes you posted sound wonderful. I can't wait to try the mashed cauliflower. YUM! Thanks a lot!

COUNTRY---Thanks for the prayers. You are so wonderful. I'm glad to hear that trying a new tactic is working for you. Hang in there. You've worked too hard to give in now. Keep going!!! We are all cheering you on!!!!

AGAPE---Those winds sound so scary. We were in Akron a couple of days ago and that's pretty close to Lake Erie and it sounded like we were in a wind tunnel the entire night. The town of Wooster had a tornado (at this time of year!) and the Rubbermaid plant lost its roof. Hold on to your hat! And don't wear a dress in that kind of weather. I sure am hoping my DD comes to the same conclusion as you. It's just such a shock and so scary. He feels very weak right now. I'm hoping that he has time to get better and stronger. Thanks for your good thoughts!

DEB---Paul and I are watching Survivor and like you, were holding our breath for Rupert. I like him so much. I think he's probably the most popular person ever to be on that show. Did you know that Lil is from Cincinnati? I'm not all that crazy about her, but she seems like a person with a lot of integrity. Thanks for your thoughts about Dad. I didn't get a report from my bro yesterday. So will call later today to see what's up. I wish Dad would get in a regular room so that we could call him. CCU does not have phones in the patients' rooms. I thought of you and your Dad being so sick this year. It's really tough to see your parents in that situation.

JACKK---I know that I wish I could give Dad some of my extra girth around my hiney. He weighs 132. Wow, I would love to be that thin. But of course, it's way too thin for him. He and my mom eat like birds. They will split ONE ENGLISH MUFFIN. My wonderful SIL is going to make them eat more. The morning we were up there, she poured my mom some cereal and filled the bowl. Of course, Mom was saying that's too much, but she finished the bowl. I think they still have leftover fears of the depression and being so poor. Must keep that pantry full even if it means going hungry a little bit.

JECRITES---Why do your girls get out of school so early? Is that normal? I love that feeling of just coming home from the grocery and having everything you wanted. Of course, my dingy brain usually misses a few things. As long as we have milk and yogurt, I am okay.

PANCHO---I'm with you about weighing daily. I need to keep on top (no pun) of it and keep my brain wrapped around that number. If I miss for a few days, then I'm not as focused. Keep up the great work.

Well, that's it for me. I think I hear Uncle Chris up down there and he probably wants to breakfast. He can make his own coffee so that will hold him over for a while. He's a coffee freak! That and Diet Mountain Dew. Paul and I are so cheap that we buy the Big K pop from Kroger (SORRY BOB) because it's just as good, but so much less in price. Well, UC refused to drink the Diet Citrus Drop. We had to stop and get him some of the real stuff. I think I'm going to do a taste test with him later today and see if there really is a difference. We like to give him a hard time about stuff like that. He loves the extra attention.

Take care you all. Have a GREAT weekend.
Warm hugs,
Kim

Hi everyone, If there is room for one more I would like to join your group. I am totally new to SB. I was on another board here and I was telling them what I was doing and they told me to check you guys out. Well I went to the library and picked up the book so here I am. I look forward to talking to everyone

bev

HiedieHo All!

My usual type day. Swim class then to church to help with the 10000 Village sale. I bought (that wasn't my help) a basket in colors that matched DD's swatch she had sent me of her furniture. I usually remember colors pretty well so I think it was a good match. Also bought a bracelt or GD. I also said "Get behind me Satan to all the Krispy Kreme doughnuts that were there for the workers. I dutifully sipped my coffee. I did have a oiece of Hershey's SF choc bar. Rather have Stover's anyday. The rest of the time I clerked. I was smart pulled chili out of the freezer. So supper was not a problem.

DS came home from his trip today and carried the two armoires upstairs for me. The're stacked in my bedroom with a blanket over them. I wrapped the "Our First Cruise" picture frame. Will give it to them tomorrow as they are leaving Sunday.

I might not get on tomorrow. HFH is starting an accelerated build on three houses. We 're having ground breaking and a tree dedication (in honor of the woman I told you about who died). Don't know how long I will be there, will probably hang around to see if I can help with lunch or something. We had a board meeting last night and I was up late typing minutes that were needed for a grant application. Almost forgot before I go there I have hair appt.

BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREENRN!!!!!!!!

SUZY: I don't think I welcomed you to this wonderful board. You'll like it here.

DAVE: How great your wife has joined you in SB. I am sure it is so much easier. Although for the most part I don't cook separately unless we're having potatoes or rice. I use the 100% semolina so pasta is not a problem.

DEB: Thanx for posting cakes. You have to bring me up on my Jewish expressions. I grew up near Bradley Beach (some call it Bagel Beach), we had a lot of Jewish friends. will check board foe the souffles.

TONI: It's a true thing once you start doing things you miss them if you stop. Getting out and about keeps us alert and energetic................well sometimes there are people who over do! Then the enrgetic part gets a little fuzzy!

JACKK: Thanx for the dressing post.

WOOD: You will love HI. My DD lived there a few years and of course I visited. I loved it. Living there she knew all these little out of the way beaches that needed a 4x4 to get to them.

AGAPE: Glad you survived the storm. That Mother was indeed being watched over.

DREW: You seem to have determination. I hope the hints will help you. Sometimes we just need a little direction. You are heading toward a slimmer you and then can change your name to SlimDrew!

QUILT: Sorry to hear about DF. I hope he is improving. Just read your later post. Glad he did not have heart atteck. Will continue with the prayers.

MOM: Okay, take a deep breath! Things are bad but they and you will get better. Sending a hug and prayers.

KENG: When I reenter all the files you can bet I'm going to get my GD to show me how to back up the files to a disk. I really not a wiz at computers!

MONET: Okay, I'll bite (no pun intended!). What is a "Humpty Dumpty" sandwich? Clean out the icebox and put it between 2 slices of bread? Or egg? If nothing else you stood up to your manager and got things off your chest. Hope he sees the light and makes changes you can live with if you want to continue work.

Going to take a break. Poirot is on and I think it is one I haven't seen.

Next day - Did get my hair cut and have a few minutes so thought I would continue reading here.

CHERYLCO: Loved the elf!!!!

COUNTRY: Beautiful!

LIFE: Welcome.

Well have to go but must leave a couple of FFs:

LIFE BEYOND FIFTY:

Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out.

There are three signs of old age. The first is your loss of memory, the other two I forget.

You're getting old when you don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along.

Middle age is when work is a lot less fun and fun a lot more work.

Statistics show that at the age of seventy, there are five women to every man. Isn't that the darndest time for a guy to get those odds?

You know you're getting on in years when the girls at the office start confiding in you.

Middle age is when it takes longer to rest than to get tired.

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step,
he's too old to go anywhere.

Middle age is when you have stopped growing at both ends, and have begun to grow in the middle.

Of course I'm against sin; I'm against anything that I'm too old to enjoy.

Billy Graham has described heaven as a family reunion that never ends. What must **** possibly be like? Home videos of the same reunion?

A man has reached middle age when he is cautioned to slow down by his doctor instead of by the police.

Middle age is having a choice of two temptations
and choosing the one that will get you home earlier.

You know you're into middle age when you realize that caution is the only thing you care to exercise.

At my age, "getting a little action" means I don't need to take a laxative.

Don't worry about avoiding temptation._As you grow older, it will avoid you.

The aging process could be slowed down if it had to work its way through Congress.

You're getting old when getting lucky means you find your car in the parking lot.

You're getting old when you're sitting in a rocker
and you can't get it started.

You're getting old when your wife gives up sex for Lent, and you don't know until the 4th of July.

You're getting old when you wake up with that morning-after feeling, and you didn't do anything the night before.

The cardiologist's diet: if it tastes good, spit it out.

Doctor to patient: I have good news and bad news:
the good news is that you are not a hypochondriac.

It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything.

You know you're getting old when you stop buying green bananas.

Last Will and Testament: Being of sound mind, I spent all my money.
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Can you cry under water?

How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?

If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?

Since bread is square, then why is sandwich meat round

Why do you have to "put your two cents in"...but it's only a "penny" for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going?

Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity?

Why does a round pizza come in a square box?

What did cured ham actually have?

How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?

Why is it that people said they "slept like a baby" when babies
wake up like every two hours?

If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?

If you drink Pepsi at work in the Coke factory, will they fire you?

Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV?

Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in
binoculars to look at things on the ground?

How come we choose from just two people for President and fifty for Miss America?

Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway.

If a 911 operator has a heart attack, whom does he/she call?
and finally...

Why is "bra" singular and "panties" plural?
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Three dead bodies turn up at the mortuary, all with very big smiles on their faces. The coroner calls the police to tell them what has happened.
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"First body: Frenchman, 60, died of heart failure while making love to his mistress. Hence the enormous smile, Inspector", says the Coroner.
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"Second body: "Scotsman, 25, won a thousand pounds on the lottery, spent it all on whisky. Died of alcohol poisoning, hence the smile."
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The Inspector asked, "What of the third body?"
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"Ah," says the coroner, "this is the most unusual one.
Boudreaux the coon-*** from Louisiana, 30, struck by lightning.
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" "Why is he smiling then?" inquires the Inspector.
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"Thought he was having his picture taken."
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On a flight to Chicago, a gentleman had made several attempts to get into the men's restroom, but it had always been occupied. The flight attendant noticed his predicament.
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Sir, she said, "You may use the ladies room if you promise not to touch any of the buttons on the wall."

He did what he needed to, and as he sat there he noticed the buttons he had promised not to touch. Each button was identified by letters: WW, WA, PP, and a red one labeled ATR. Who would know if he touched them?
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He couldn't resist. He pushed WW. Warm water was sprayed gently upon his bottom. What a nice feeling, he thought. Men's restrooms don't have nice things like this.
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Anticipating greater pleasure, he pushed the WA button. Warm air replaced the warm water, gently drying his underside.
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When this stopped, he pushed the PP button. A large powder puff caressed his bottom adding a fragile scent of spring flowers to this unbelievable pleasure. The ladies restroom was more than a restroom, it is tender loving pleasure.
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When the powder puff completed its pleasure, he couldn't wait to push the ATR button which he knew would be supreme ecstasy.
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Next thing he knew he was in a hospital as soon as he opened his eyes. A nurse was staring down at him with a smirk on her face.
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"What happened?" he exclaimed.
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"You pushed one too many buttons, "replied the nurse. "The last button marked ATR was an Automatic Tampon Remover. Your penis is under your pillow."
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Men Never Listen.
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_A nun was going to Chicago. She went to the airport and sat down waiting for her flight. She looked over in the corner and saw one of those weight machines that tell your fortune. So, she thought to herself "I'll give it a try just to see what it tells me." She went over to the machine and put her nickel in, and out came a card that said, "You're a nun you weigh 128 lb. and you are going to Chicago, Illinois."

She sat back down and thought about it. She told herself it probably tells everyone the same thing, but decided to try it again. She went back to the machine and put her nickel in. Out came a card that read,_ "You're a nun, you weigh 128 lb., you're going to Chicago, Illinois and you are going to play a fiddle."

The nun said to herself, "I know that's wrong, I have never played a musical instrument a day in my life." She sat down again. From nowhere, a cowboy came over and set his fiddle case down next to her. The nun picked up the fiddle and just started playing beautiful music. Startled, she looked back at the machine and said, "This is incredible. I've got to try it again," Back to the machine. She put her nickel in and another card came out.

It said, "You're a nun, you weigh 128 lbs., you're going to Chicago, Illinois and you're going to break wind.

Now, the nun knows the machine is wrong; "I've never broke wind in public a day in my life! Well, she tripped, fell off the scales and accidentally broke wind. Stunned, she sat back down and looked at the machine. She said to herself,"This is truly unbelievable! I've got to try it again."

She went back to the machine, put her nickel in and collected the card.

It said, "You're a nun, you weigh 128 lbs., you have fiddled and farted around and missed your flight to Chicago.
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The Sermon: The church was full. A young woman with a wonderful figure, and not nearly enough clothes to hide it all, came in late. She strode down the center aisle, close to the front, and sat down.

It was plain to the preacher that he had lost all the men at the service to this voluptuous beauty. He shook his hands at her and said, "You are the Jezebel. The good book tells us about the likes of you. You have corrupted the mind of every man in this building with evil thoughts.

But, I am a man of God! You don't affect me, you evil woman. Right now up in Heaven, Saint Finger is shaking his Peter at you!"
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Read between the lines and you will find.........ANOTHER VENGEFUL WOMAN

Dear Tide,

I'm writing to say what an excellent product you have. I've used it since the beginning of married life, when my Mom told me it was the best. In fact, about a month ago, I spilled some red wine on my new white blouse. My husband started to berate me about my drinking problem. One thing led to another and I ended up with a lot of his blood on my white blouse as well.

I tried to get the stain out using a bargain detergent, but it just wouldn't come out. After a quick trip out, I stopped and got a bottle of liquid Tide with bleach alternative, and all of the stains came out! They came out so well, in fact, that the DNA tests were negative!

I thank you, once again, for a great product. Well, gotta go. I have to write a letter to the Hefty bag people.


Bye

Take care, Shirley

both of my boys have their friends over and are playing wonderfully together and keeping each other occupied, the housework is just about done (other than the laundry) and we don't have anything on our calendar until 4:00 when we have CYO basketball practice. It will be a nice and relaxing day :smug: Tomorrow is another story - but that is okay - I'll enjoy today while I have it.

Well - went to Bingo last night with my gf and won one game. Got $17.00 because two other people also won - but had a great time. It was nice to get out and do something different for a change.

JACK-K - I'm not sure about the Wild Oats health food store - I think we probably do, but I'll have to do a little investigating as to exactly where. My DH (let's see if I get these abbreviations right - I really stink at this computer language thingy - ha ha) works in a supermarket and there is a Wild Harvest section in the store that only carries organic and natural foods. He is so cute - he knew I was interested in ww tortilla chips, etc. and he went through the whole section on his break to try and find some. He even went to the grocery manager and inquired and the grocery manager also referred me to TJ's. So I guess I'll be heading to TJ's soon. There is one in the Boston area and I can't imagine that I won't be in Boston before the holidays . . . Thank you for all of your suggestions - I really appreciate it!

PANCHO - Hope that your anniversary was great and that things went well. Sounds like your husband is very supportive - mine is also - makes this whole diet thing a little easier. However, I can't see my husband giving up his Coke anytime soon :lol:

CHERYLCO - That is great about your kids and SB - my kids will eat SB foods and not even know that they are doing it. They'll see me eating sugar free jello and think that is awesome and want some too! They don't really eat a lot of junk food - they love fruit but are not that big on veggies. But they are both very thin (my oldest weighs 56 lbs and the other one may weigh 43 lbs) so sometimes "real" food is okay for them.

BOB - sounds like you are a big movie buff. My DH and I are also. Let me know if you have any highly recommended rentals - I'm always looking for something good. Have you seen the Life of David Gale yet? It was good.

SEF - thank you for the welcome - I look forward to chatting with you in the future . . .

COUNTRYMOM - thanks for the sunset - it was beautiful! Do you do a lot of photography? It is one of my hobbies and pastimes.

BEV - Welcome to the board! I'm new here too so we can learn together . . .

Okay - I'm off to do some painting. I do decorative painting on wood products and Xmas ornaments, etc. It is kind of like therapy to me . . . and keeps me away from the kitchen - lol

SuzyB

IT'S FOOTBALL TIME IN THE SEC!!!!



Good afternoon all! It's a BIG DAY in the SEC EAST....here are
BOB'S PICKS for the day!!!

GO VOLS!!! beat MS STATE!!!

GO GAMECOCKS!!!! beat THEM GATORS!!

GO TIGERS!!! beat THEM DAWGS!!!

GEAUX TIGERS!! beat BAMA!!!


If BOB'S predictions are correct, then
that puts MY VOLS #1 IN THE SEC EAST!!!


OH MY GAWD!!!! My Brother and my Cousin were just on TV...they are doing an interview with the SEC Commissioner and there they are....all deck out in THEIR ORANGE!!


Now, let me tell y'all about that terrible smell in my den! Last night I went out to the laundry room to get something out of the extra fridge and there on the floor in front of the chest freezer sat a whole chicken that I had sat there while rummaging in the freezer at the first of the week! All the blood had drained out of the bird and dried to the floor and the chicken was ROTTEN!!!
OH MY GAWD WHAT A MESS!!! But......let me tell you how sweet my den smells now!

Gotta go....this game is too good to miss! GO GAMECOCKS!!


BOB

SUZY
The Life Of David Gale was one of the BEST movies that I've seen in a while! Glad to have another buff among us....MONET and her DH are also movies buffs....
I'll keep you posted!

BOB

Gheeeez, when is this board gonna slow down? Not that I really want it to, but I can't keep up.

I got to the gym this morning and then to JC Penney's for their big sale. Got some underwear and a few pairs of casual type pants. Also made my weekend Starbuck's stop.

My DH is out taking advantage of a massage cert. that I got him for his b-day last month. I still have to get a shower so we can go out to dinner; we are gonna go tonight. We are going to a place called Firebirds Lodge. It sounds like a nice romantic place, and my parents gave us $50 toward our dinner.

Anyway....on to a few replies before I go clean this sweaty body.

chrisd: Another Simba?! I actually got Nala; I think she is cuter; plus I have two girls and they would probably want Nala. The Tell-All was fun, but nothing too unpredicatable. I am going to enjoy my dinner tonight; eat what I want, within reason, and have a drink or two.

Deb: AT least Michael isn't lazy in life! Congrats to him on his SAT score; he should be very proud. Hope your sale is going well.

agape: thanks for the sweet attachment!!

Monet: Hope you feel better getting that off your chest with your boss. Good luck talking to the wicked -itch.

BOB: I can't wait for the finale next week; if he proposes I will be floored!! We are enjoying our beautiful weather as well; in the mid 70's.

Jack-K: My parents are still going to watch Delaney even though she has a bit of a cold. I don't like to take the kids over when they are sick though. My parents are raising my niece (who is now 20, and going to college), but she has always been a sick, frail little thing (due to choices my older sister made when preg). A minor cold to her turns into something much worse since her immune system is not so strong. My mom also has cancer, and I don't like to see her get sick either. I think the worst of this cold is over for Lane though. I guess a few slices of rye bread is not so bad, if those are your only carbs for the day, huh?

Fillise: That is why I try to avoid all those home parties.....I tend to get carried away as well. I am excited to hear about Ruby Tuesdays. It sounds as if Subway and Blimplies are catching on too. I also heard that at Don Pablos, you can get a low carb marg, and low carb fajitas.

Country: thanks for the beautiful picture.

Life: Welcome; there is always room for another in this group. We look forward to getting to know you. Good luck reaching your goal. You will get all your answers here, as well as a lot of support.

Well, better run!! I don't know if I will be back on before Monday, so don't get carried away with posts!!!:lol: .

Take care!
Nat

My pants are getting tight. A much better way for me to tell what's going on with my body than the scales. I thought I was actually starting to go down but I was kidding myself. But that's okay. It will get better. The cheeze nips are gone. I haven't bought chips in bulk the last two times I went to the store. And I'm going back to my way of eating when I am hungry and not out of habit.

Welcome Bev!!!!!!!!!! These guys are the greatest. They've pulled me through many slumps and celebrated when the times have been good. I hope that you like this way of eating. I've been doing it for almost 3 years and wouldn't have it any other way. Unless I could be naturally skinny and eat myself silly...LOL But since that isn't an option I truly like this way of eating.

Suzy...I LOVE taking pictures. I have this vision in my head when I see things. I just need to learn how to capture it on film. Every now and then when I get that just right shot it makes all my mistakes worth it. I told Robert I need a new place to take sunsets. I took almost a roll and half just from two sunsets out my back door. Maybe one day you can give me some pointers.

Deb...tell your son WTG! That is great about his SAT's. I hope you ended up getting some rest.

I have to finish putting up the last of the pumpkin butter. I am soooo glad to be through with the pumpkins. I think I've eaten half a gallon of seeds this morning. They are so addicting.

Love,
Crystle

235/157 (agh)/140-135

How's Everybody?
Doing just fine and dandy. Today is a little gloomy, but it will not dim my day after that beautimus "reminder of blessings" that Debbie sent us. Who could have a bad day after seeing and reading that?

Debbie, that was so touching that us sent us, thanx. Have you ever tried drinking warm milk before going to bed. I use to drink it to help me sleep and it worked for me or chamomile tea (Celestrial Seasoning/ Sleepy Time) and valerian (will help you sleep). I'm getting concerned now, even iron wears out. I don't want to see something happens, like you literally passing out. NOTHING is worth your health, go and get something. My Mom takes nothing without asking her doc, but, one night she woke me up, something made her nervous, then she made me nervous, and I made she and I a double strenght cup of Sleepy Time(2 bags). Do something, so you can sleep, it's well over time for DEBBIE! Much CONGRADS to Michael!

Fillise, I can relate about spending money, I went the other night to get spinach and ended up spending $50, I wish I had stayed home. I like the agave, too. Amen, on the fountain of youth! Ruby Tues. is one of my favorites, loved the hot wings. A friend and I make hast to the salad bar, quite accomodating.

Quilter, Everything will work out for DD {{{HUGS}}}.What about protein shakes. Whey is very good and low fat. They also have different flavors and some are even fortified with vitamins, etc. The winds, what can I say. I was afraid for my grands, that they would fly out like kites, lol. I am indeed holding on...

its_my_life, WELCOME to Sugar Busters. Glad to have you here. Jump right in and fire away with all of the questions you may have. People here are friendly and helpful This is the place to be.

Sef, Thank you much. Did you ever find out what happened to your files? I like Poirot, too, in fact I like most detective shows. enjoy the rest of your day.

Bob, Oh my goodness, YUK!! Everbody say yuk three times, uyk yuk yuk ! I know you are sooooooo you found the culprit. Been there and done that. Glad den smell wondermus.

Pancho, You're so welcome.

It is getting that time for me to get off and get a move on. Prob b/b later.

So long,

Ok all you SWEET TOOTH BUSTERS here's a link to some goodies you will enjoy

http://escribe.com/health/100clubatkins/bb/index.html?bID=47484

BOB

HiedieHo All!

TheHFH groundbreaking, house dedication and tree dedication (I am "ceremonyed" out!) were very nice. A lot of people showed to start ground clearing for the three houses. It reallt is exciting to think about all that has to be done and to see the joy the future homeowner's are sharing. The new homeowner was such a hard worker, she put her all into the sweat equity part of requirement. It was just a great afternoon.

AGAPE: My GD thinks it might have gotten lost when we had the computer repaired not too long ago. But they are lost forever.

BOB: How gross. Terrible what a senior moment can do! I've done the same thing. Just licky enough to have found out before a big stink was made.

Think I am going to take 40 winks._
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Take care, Shirley

Here's a link to low carb restaurant copycat recipes

http://www.headed-west.com/restaurant.htm

BOB

This sounds YUMMMY!!!!!!

Low Carb Chunky Beef Chili

Low carb conversion courtesy of Judith van den Broek
LowCarb FoodExperts Canada, February 2001
Nutritional information provided by MasterCook software.


1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 pounds (1 kg) stewing beef, cut in 2 inch (1 cm) cubes
1 onion, chopped
6 stalks celery, sliced
1 can (19 oz/540mL) diced tomatoes
1 cup (250mL) beef stock
5 tablespoons tomato paste
2 tablespoons (25mL) chili powder (or more - to taste)
1 teaspoon (5mL) ground cumin (or more - to taste)
1 teaspoon dried oregano (or more - to taste)
3/4 teaspoon (4mL) salt (or more - to taste)
1 sweet red pepper, chopped
Serves 6 @ 337 calories, 16 grams fat, 35 grams protein, 13 grams carbohydrates w/ 4 grams fibre (net: 9 grams carbohydrates) per serving. Sodium per serving is 978 mg.; potassium per serving is 1,254 mg.


Instructions

Crockpot: In a large, nonstick skillet, heat the vegetable oil over medium-high heat. Brown meat in batches until browned on all sides. Transfer the meat to an 18 to 24-cup (4.5 to 6 L) slow-cooker or crockpot.

Combine the remaining ingredients and pour them over the meat.

Cover and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours, or until the meat and vegetables are tender.

Serves 6.

Stovetop: Brown the meat in the vegetable oil in a Dutch oven until it is browned on all sides. Add the remaining ingredients and stir to combine and blend.

Cover and simmer over medium-low heat for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until the meat is tender. Increase heat to medium and cook for an additional5 minutes.

Serves 6.

BOB

Here's a link to the hidden carb counter
I've used this many times, and when you try it, it will amaze you!

http://www.geocities.com/msweathe/fiber-calc.html

BOB

Got in a little while ago, from visiting Fillise in Auburn. We enjoyed seeing the campus, and having lunch with her. Lunch was great! There is a good pizza place with ww crust pizza, so we ate there. Yum, yum! We watched a bit of football with her too. Laura was feeling under the weather with a cold and fell asleep on the couch while Fillise, Grace and I visited. We took off after chatting a bit and headed home. The girls are out with friends to a movie, Tom has gone to the store, and I am enjoying a breather with the house to myself!

I got to meet Miss Belle, though she was not too thrilled to meet me. As soon as she could wiggle out of Fillise's arms, she took off for her favorite hiding place...under the bed! She does indeed look just like Fillise's avatar!

BOB: I am sorry some of your predictions did not go your way today. How were the movies? Tom went to see Matrix 3 while we were gone. He is more the movie buff than me...he and James. James seems to hold every fact about a movie he has seen in his head forever. Its amazing. Me? I like romantic comedies! ;)

FILLISE: I am sorry about the games today. Seems like you did not have a good gridiron day today. I can't wait to hear what kind of reaction Grace gets to that shirt she bought! Thanks for the tour! It was good to see you again! Now that I know where you live, watch out! :eek: You may have to move!

PANCHO: Can't wait to hear about your dinner! I hope it is lovely and romantic!

QUILTER: Good to see you back! I hope you dad is all recovered. I think older folks lose their appetites, even though they need to eat, they don't feel like it. Hope you all can get your dad bulked up a bit!

COUNTRY: Do we need to ride over with the wagon for you? I agree that clothes are a good measure...but then I get depressed, since I don't feel like I have made much progress in that department! Glad the no nos are out of the house! Don't make me come over there!!!!

SUZY: I used to love it when my kids had friends over! Especially if I liked the kids that came over! It gives you a chance to get to know their friends, and to see how your kids interacts. How old are your boys? Painting is very good for the attitude, etc! (I have my degree in Art Ed! :lol: )

SEF: A humpty dumpty sandwich is a scrambled egg and cheese sandwich. I started calling them that when the kids were small to peak their interest in eating them! Its a family favorite now!

AGAPE: I am glad the weather has cleared up some! I can not believe tornadoes in November! Unreal! I grew up in the Chicago area, and I used to be VERY scared of tornadoes!

DEB: Maybe you need a glass of wine or something before bed. And tell your family to leave you alone, you need to get some rest! Of course it was sweet of Michael to want to share his good news! That is a great score! Did you really want him to wait until morning?? :)

Ok, off to enjoy some peace and quiet!

I just had a Saturday from He!!.

I am totally pissed with Service America. They rescheduled me from Thursday to today because of a snafoo and I stayed home all day and even woke up early and what happens!!! I get a call at 3 p.m. from Service America saying that my technician went home sick and they have to reschedule to Tuesday. Can you believe that! I called a Supervisor to complain and they said "Lady it is out of our control when a Technician gets sick" and he told me to stop yelling at him. I told this person that I have a Toddler and it is a major inconvenience. This inconsiderate Supervisor told me that my Toddler can take the heat. Can you believe the gall of this man. I didn't pay for this contract, it was a gift from my Real Estate Agent when I bought my Villa and it doesn't expire until next July. Now I have to wait until Tuesday. The upside is that I have air but I have a leak.

That was only the beginning of my day. Then I met my friends for dinner at 5 p.m. and we were planning to go to a movie after dinner. Well, we went back to my place to crash until the movie when my friend gets a call from her granny on her cell phone saying that her Grandfather fell off of his walker. Since my friend's parents were in Homestead, she had to help her Grandparents. I understand her going but my friends were really strange all evening. They kept looking at their watch. I guess I am being somewhat paranoid thinking that they staged the call but I also wouldn't put it past them. I don't know if I should bring it up to them or just let it go. These are friends that I haven't seen in awhile because every time I made plans with them, they would always cancel on me. I decided to take my sorrows out on s/f ice cream from Kilwins which I hope doesn't wreck my diet.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day!

Ilana

Good Sunday Morning:wave:

It's early, but the house is quiet and I'm up for the day. I couldn't get on here yesterday with all that was going on, so here I am, trying to catch up...

I was finally able to get to sleep after ELI got up for work at 3:30am, so I guess I got another 2 hours of sleep in, def. not enough:tired: Was outside and setting up the garage sale by 6am. Two of my neighbors did it with me. Stupidly, I forgot to count the monies I started with, but I guesstimate I made about $100, but of course, I have to pay for the ad now and that's expensive, $32. My one neighbor gave me $5 and my other hasn't given me anything, not sure if they even will and I wouldn't ask. Besides, I was going to do it anyway.

After the sale I gave about 90% of it to LAUREN'S school for their garage sale next week. Luckily they were at the place where it's going to be held, which isn't far from my house. I ended up giving them my grill, if I had to lug it over there myself I would of put it right back in to the shed. The only thing I didn't sell was my new bike (the one I just had to have as part of my NY resolution and that's been sitting in my kitchen). I may put one of those free ads in the paper to try and sell it. I didn't have much to put away, happily so.

Decided after I got everything all cleaned up, well, sorta, that I'd go lie down for 45 minutes before I had to run and p/u MICHAEL who was doing some research about a 20 minute drive away, RIGHT when I was falling asleep, LAUREN woke me up because he called and needed to be picked up. Got up and started feeling a headache coming on and it only got worse as I started to drive. By the time I got him I was feeling all the lovely feelings I get when I get one of those TOM migraines and it was starting to hit me bad:freak: When I get these, they literally immobilize me and I can't do anything. I crawled back in to bed once we got home and told LAUREN to wake me in 45 minutes as we had the dinner to go to. I couldn't fall asleep, my head was pounding, I was nauseous, light and sound made it worse. Needless to say, I couldn't go to dinner with my family and missed out. There was just no way in the world I could even take a shower, so I called me DS and she came to get MICHAEL to drop off at his friends house (previous plans) and take LAUREN to meet everyone for dinner. I felt terrible but just couldn't go. I finally passed out sometime while they were home. Woke up around 9:30pm and felt better but not great. Went back to bed about a half hour later and woke up a bit after 6am feeling fine, back to my old self. I wasn't even able to eat anything yesterday, or anything much, had 1 cactus pear and a small piece of chicken and that was it for the entire day.

Of course, I had to jump on the scale and see if it had any effect and I lost a pound since yesterday but I don't think it's a true loss at all since I hadn't eaten really and didn't drink anything all after Noon, which probably contributed to my feeling bad. So there you have it, my exciting Saturday!:rolleyes:

Jumping in to the replies...

JACKK, now, going through this weight issue with LAUREN I know now what my Mom went through with me. Of course, when it's happening to you you don't realize that the prodding to do something about your weight comes with love, you just think it's an attack on you, but now I realize all that's behind trying to tell someone you love, your DD, to lose weight is out of love and caring. LAUREN is me, just another generation. As much as I want to help and guide her, she's going to have to make the decision on her own, no matter how long it takes. I just don't want her to go through the heartache I went through for so many years, I don't want her to take half her life before she does something, but there's nothing I can do and if I say too much, I make matters worse - Catch 22 situation. Hope you had a nice dinner with the family Sunday!

JEC, hoping to hear from you today, if not, don't worry, there's many more days ahead.

AGAPE, I can tell you that my avocados are unbelieveably delish! You can ask some of the gals that came to visit last year, esp. ROSE, I think her DH is dreaming about my avocados. And their huge. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like they are growing this year. I know I had them growing at this time, so either it's a dormant year or going to be a late season. I get so many, I have to give them away. No comparison between the 2 stores, I'd much rather have a TJ's than a WO any day, but I'm stuck with only a WO:( Nope, not one for warm milk, just a cozy bed that's nicely made with some scented sheet spray and someone not flopping around the bed would be helpful, esp. when it's more like Shamu flopping!!!

HEART, glad you liked the jokes - can't imagine which parts you could identify people with;) Glad BOOGIE liked that little diddy. My fav. bean is definitely a chickpea, then kidney beans, then butter-I like most all beans, but surely not what they tend to do to people:^: Hope that 174 sticks for you. How'd your garage sale go?

MONET, glad you talked with the boss, but now you have to have to figure out your next step, whatever it may be, I'm sure it will be the right one for you. What books did you get, anything really good? So happy you got to meet up with FILLISE this weekend!! Ummm, yes, I'd of prefered him to wait-does that make me a terrible Mom? He just scared the crap out of me when he did that, I swear, I thought LAUREN had been in an accident or something. If he'd of waited til the morning I'd been able to show my true excitement. Besides, I NEEDED SLEEP!!!!!!

MUSIC, good job, keep up the great work and focus!

BOB, don't you know it with the fart joke!:lol: Yes, I think they all know that RUPERT is the best out there and they are all in fear. I just hope he keeps winning the immunities and if they should vote him off, they all starve to death!!! Wish the library had the Osbournes, so far, they don't. Have a bunch of movies to watch before tomorrow, won't have time, but hope I can renew some. LOL!!! I had to laugh after reading about the chicken!!! LOL!!!!!! ROLFLMFAO!!!!!

KEN, did you ever hear about the price of the agave? I've never used fructose due to it being made from corn and just having no real use for it since I have about 90+ bottles of agave in my house:lucky: I do like Stevia though and use that in my tea, I buy it in the packets and found a tiny store that sells it for $3.99 a box of 50 packets where most places it's about $5.99. Date sugar isn't okay on SB though. Did you find anything at the garage sale up the street?

CHERYL, well, that sure will keep ME from wanting to eat any Hershey kisses!! LOL!! I've never seen a ww pizza crust at TJ's - I think stores carry some different items. Wish I could go up there and shop!

FILLISE, sounds like someone had a fun time shopping that MK party! I rarely wear make-up, so whatever I buy lasts me ages. I'd not be a good one to invite to any of those types of home parties, I'd not buy a thing and feel guilty about it all night. Thanks for the info on RT, we have one down here but never go there, haven't been to one in probably 10 years. Wonder if that's available nationwide.

COUNTRY, go clean in MICHAEL'S room and forget about hazard pay, you'd need a hazard suit!:fr: Experimental meatloaf? Just loved the way that sounded. Did your guinea pigs like it too? Beautiful sunset!!!!

QUILTER, that's nice that you are helping watch PAUL'S uncle. I'm sure he enjoys coming over there and esp. having some time to play with MADDIE. How's she feeling? Yep, as soon as I heard LIL was from Cin. I thought about you! I do believe this is the best Survivor ever! They lost me during a few seasons, just didn't like it and had no appeal, but this one, I'm glued! How's your Dad doing today? Any idea when he'll get out of the hospital?

LIFE, http://members.aol.com/eldemila/sb_sign3.jpg Glad you've decided to join us - of COURSE we have room for 1 more, always:D Please, don't hesitate to ask any questions you may have about SB, the book can be a little misleading, confusing and contradictory and we're all more than happy to help you understand a bit more about this WOE. Please let us know a little more about yourself as well - where in NC are you? I see you're a senior member, just curious what boards you've been on before and what made you decide to jump on the SB bandwagon:)

SEF, sounding busy as ever this weekend!!! Funny you should mention the Jewish expressions, yesterday my yoga teacher came to visit and I was on the phone with someone, maybe my DM, can't remember, and I mentioned we were kibbutzing, and LAUREN looked at me and said "what?" I told her it meant we were chatting:) Geez, I can't wait to get to my 50's after reading that!:rolleyes: Cute FF's!

SUZY, thanks for posting your BIO on the BIO BOARD:D It's always nice to learn more about our board members. Congrats on winning at bingo - I haven't played in about 20 years, and even then it was once I think, other than when I was a kid. They have one hall at the Micousukee reservation but they allow smoking and I wouldn't go for that reason, much less, I haven't a clue what they charge to play and don't have the money to throw away anyhow - no fun, I know:shrug:

PANCHO, good girl, going to STARBUCKS!;) How was your dinner last night?
MICHAEL, lazy for doing anything around the house, not with school. Hopefully one day he'll learn how to clean up after himself!

MOM, sorry to hear about those troubles. If you know anyone with a RAINBOW vacuum ask them to borrow it. It has it so you can blow air out instead of sucking it in and when I see my a/c start leaking, I have it so my pipes have a T-pipe that I can put the hose on top of it and just blow the crap that's clogging it out the pipes outside and viola, it's done. I use to call the a/c guy when that happened but one was nice enough to tell me to do this when he saw my Rainbow and it works. If I lived closer I'd do it for you, that is, if you had this pipe. I'd probably not say anything to these people, just my opinion. I'd sorta sit back and see how long it is before they called me and wanted to make plans again.

Well, I've seem to have caught up.

Not sure what my plans for today are. It seems ELI is going to teach an equipment maintenance class which I wish he'd cancel because it's only 2 people and it's downtown where everything's closed up for this stupid FTAA convention. I may meander up to Broward today, not much else to do except clean and I'm NOT in the mood to do that :nono:

Will check in later if I can get the computer away from the kids, otherwise, I'll be on to start the new board tomorrow morning!

Toodles

Debbie

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Good Sunday Morning,

I had one of those Debbie nights. I didn't sleep that great last night, kept tossing and turning and waking up. I will make up for it today. I can't afford to be sluggish with little ones being here later today.

I have to run off to Flint today, however, I should b/b in about 3hrs. Not going to shop, but going to get a much needed med. I like seeing what kind of supplement they have on sale (don't consider supplements) shopping.

Bob, Thanks for the recipes, surely want to try them. Loved the carb counter also. I put in my ww bread carbs which had 18 carbs, however, the CC indicated 15.5, I said to myself simply wonderful.

Monet, I love seeing Miss Bell pic. I used to dream about tornadoes. Always trying to get to one of my kids and not being able to. That's when I was living in MS. The wheather is rainy but not too cold at this time. We had snow flurries this past Friday. Hmmm, wonder when the big wind fall will occur.

Mom2, What can we say about some people, sounds like a jerk in the first degree. Probably doesn't have any friends with an attitude like that.

Sef, I can imagine how disheartening that was. That's really bad...

Deb, Man alive, I wish I lived closer to take some of those avocadoes off of your hands. I like putting them in my eggs(just a tad bit). My bro eats avocado sandwiches, haven't tried those yet. TJ's prices are great too, considering the quality of their foods. I read in Montignac's book that we could have basmati rice and maize (not hybrid), can you tell be what you think. If we can, will you please help me find the maize? I called World Market and asked if their corn meal was made from original maize and they said it was non GMO. PLEASE HELP! I get the basmati at TJ's. Would you believe that I tried to find a store in Mexico that might would have non GMO MEAL! I even went to Mexican stores to find it, all of their meal products came from TX. Debbie I heard a man of tv state that his wife is French and they spend several months in France because of her family and he loses weight eating the sauces and everything, but as soon as start eating here, he gains the weight back. It really makes me angry the CRAP they try to feed us.

Well I'd better be making a move before it gets too late for me to go to Flint. B/B later.

Later...

Wow Deb good for Michael on his SAT's!!
I know how important those are because those scores can really help get a nice scholarship!
My DD just took her PSAT's. haven't got scores yet. She made high honors at school this marking period. Finally! She dropped Spanish after 2 years of crappy teachers and that's made a world of difference in her average.
I blame it on the teachers cause this kid has taught herself to read and understand Japanese from all the Anime she reads and watches. She's had to learn to sing in sing Italian. has no problem. Anyway is Michael planning on college?


I'm a daily weigher also. It helps to remind me that I gotta stay on track!

its_my_life
Welcome to the board!

BOB glad you found the source of the stink! eeewwwww! Thanks for the Chili recipe, I'll try anything I can cook in a crock pot :)

I went to my cousins yesterday for her daughters b-day. I hate my cousin cause she's a good cook LOL I always eat to much whenever I go to her parties! I did ok except for the 8 chocolate chip cookies, piece of chocolate pudding pie. Well that was pretty bad huh? hee hee
Oh well had a great time anyway.

Morning all!

I am happy to report a great visit with Monet and her DD and friend yesterday! It was so much fun to show the girls campus and visiting with Monet! She brought me the most gorgeous roses from her garden! They look beautiful on my dining room table and so far Miss Belle has not decided to knock them over (she has thing thing about wanting things up high to be down low). I did get to introduce everyone to Belle, but she is very shy and soon wriggled out of my arms and crawled uner the bed. Now that Monet knows where I am I hope she will visit again soon!!!! (Nah--I won't have to move--I'd love to have you!)

Monet's visit was definately the highlight of my Saturday--to put it bluntly the football s****d!

Monet--congrats--the Dawgs looked great and we were not up to the challenge! My NC STate lost in Fla State in a double overtime. But that loss was easier to take since State played hard and was in a position to win at the end of the game. AU was never in the game and that is unforgivable!

BOB--Only UT and LSU cooperated yesterday. On behalf of AU--my apologies--but I told you what happens when you root for Auburn!!!!!

Deb--Contrats to Michael on the fabulous SAT score!!!!! Even if he did scare you to death telling you about it! Sounds like you got rid of a lot of stuff yesterday--good for you! Try Ruby Tuesdays--the salad bar is great and with the new menu there are may more options. I think we should try to support cooperative restaurants!

Better go it's almost time for the race to begin!

Have a great day everyone!
Susan

AFTERNOON EVERY BUDDY!! :wave:


As USUAL.....I was in a dead sleep this morning and was awakened by the DUNGEON MISTRESS!!! I always have to tell her that I was awake (not that she cares!) but just not up yet.
We had a good chat, and then we performed surgery on her Mom's DVD player...we lost connection during the surgery, but she called back and told Kate that we had SUCCESS!!!

It's beautiful here today...79 degrees, but NO HUMIDITY!! I'm still
celebrating my teams win from yesterday, but without the cooperation that I needed from AUBURN and SC, my dreams of
being on top of the SEC EAST were doused! Oh well, maybe we'll still get and invite to the toilet bowl at the end of the year!


I've really enjoyed the OSBOURNES tapes...the first year I was able to get the censor off and it made it more real. I'm now watching the second season, but can't find the spot to turn off the censor.
I just love LOLA the dog...she's such a cutie...

No plans for the day here...I've got a touch of the back door trots and am crossing my fingers that it's not the virus that's making it's way around my office. Can't afford to miss any work because of that damn computer saga!
I do have to do my weekly laundry, got Kate's done yesterday, so only mine is left.
I've taken out some filets (beef) to fix on the grill for supper. Have some sweet potatoes to throw in the oven to go with it.


SUSAN...don't fret...it's just not meant to be this year..I can only hope that next year will be better. GATOR will probably do well in the standings, and
THEM DAWGS will take it all! DANGIT!
Sorry we can't do the AUBURN - UT game next season. Maybe the next time. I completely understand your delima with the elections. I still want to come up and spend some time with your and MS BELLE...maybe we can work that in. Maybe DEB can scoot over and the two of us can come up for a weekend or something. Enjoy your day...be a slug...I am!

JACKIE...I know that everyone has to lose every now and then, BUT VANDY????? I hope you've got your head in the sand...if you don't have any, I would be glad to send you some! :lol: I can tell you this though....the CATS vs VOLS will be a heart stopper! I so wish that I could come up for that one!

AGAPE...so glad you liked the links...that calculator is a GOD SEND!
I've used it countless times..the lady who developed it is a vegetarian and uses it daily. She's lost a lot of weight doing low carb veggie...and that's a hard thing to do since their whole life revolves around carbs!
That chili recipe is the way that make chili in TEXAS...CHUNKY!!
Can't wait to try that one. I have another one that you might like.
Cincinnati Chili...it's got chocolate in it! If you've never tried it, you will love it! I'll dig it out and post it.

MONET...So glad you had a good time. It was a good time to visit the Hamlet since the colors are still visable. I've never been to Auburn, but have seen pictures...I'll get there one day!

BEACH WHERE ARE YOU????

I'm missing so many of you, but please know that I'm thinking about each and every one of you!

Gotta go

BOB

Hi,

I can't seem to get motivated about getting things done around here. I need to unpack the boxes that we had shipped and start to get ready for our visit to Galveston. I did manage to get my hair cut...twice and a manicure and a pedicure.

I was at a Kroger's and they carry SB bread. They were out but I will go back to try again next week. They carry the bagette as well as the SGWW sliced bread. It is nice to be so close to several big grocery stores.

I have been watching what I am eating but I have not been recording it.

Deb: Yes, DH does, indeed, dream about the avacados. I am sorry that you have been having such trouble with sleep as well as that terrible headache. Do you have them often? Did you get the sofa fixed? It wasn't that wonderful one in the family room was it?

Monet: Lucky you getting to see Fillise as well as Miss Belle. My "girls" seem to be picking up a bit of weight since we returned to Dallas. Mom cat had gotten down to 5 pounds and I am happy to report she is up to 5 1/2 now. We have been giving them some Digestive Tablets and they seem to have increased their appetite. They did very well with the travel this time. I think they know what to expect now.

Hello to everyone and welcome to the new comers.

Sorry for the long post*******

Hi everyone, well I thought Iwould tell you all alittle bit about myself. I moved to High Point, NC after my husband retired from the Air Force. We were stationed in North dakota and I wanted someplace warm so we moved here along with my parents. I am originally from New Jersey ( and I sure do miss it there). I have been married for 14 years and i have two kids (that drive me crazy sometimes).

I am been battling my weight since my son was born 6 years ago. NO matter what I tryed nothing worked for me. I would exercise and diet until I was blue in the face and the weight still stayed on. About 20 years ago I was diagnosed with IBS( irritable bowel syndrome) and about 5 months ago it got really bad. When I would eat certain foods I would be in such pain that I would cry. Well it took me awhile( just this month) but I went to the dr and since I have IBS so bad and my medication was not working he suggested a low carb eatting plan like south beach diet. Well I already had the book so I thought I would try it ( I had already tryed ww). I stayed on it for a few weeks but it didn't make me feel any better so I thought I would play with the plan until it fit me and my lifestyle. The dr also mentioned glycemic index. So I did some research and I played with my eatting plan and I was not as nausea (sp) as I had been so I thought there was something to this way of eatting. Well I was talking to some one and she said that my eatting plan sounded almost like Sugar busters. So I went to the library and picked up the book and decided I can do this. So here I am .

I have also been on the TOPS board, Curves board and ww board. But now this is my home.

Bev

Thanks for the replies Deb and Agape.

Agape: The friends that I went out with last night are a married couple and ever since my divorce, I have been sensing some distance with them. Maybe because they were friends with both my Ex and I and now that we are apart, they feel it is uncomfortable. I am now meeting some single people that I can go out with because I just don't feel comfortable around my married friends anymore. I would rather be alone than be with someone who doesn't feel comfortable around me.

Deb: Maybe you and I can meet for lunch one day.

Okay guys, I have a question. I have no idea why but the scale is stuck. Is this as far as I am going to go? I haven't gone back to any of my old habits and following the plan. What's up with that?

Ilana

Hi Everyone

I've had a good couple of days of eating and those extra pounds are beginning to come off. I was down two pounds this morning. For lunch to-day I had a minute steak and some green beans and for dinner I had a chicken and veggie wrap. I was trying to duplicate something I had in Kelsey's a few days ago. I fried up some onions, red peppers, zucchini, tomato and chicken breast with some seasonings. I put it in a ww tortilla, topped it with some cheese and baked it in the oven for about 30 minutes. It was very yummy. And I have some chicken and veggies left over for lunch tomorrow.

Debbie - Sorry I won't be able to make it to the get together in February as much as I would have liked to come. But it'll be just a month after I get back from my Florida vacation and I will have to try and build up the bank balance again before taking another trip. :). Thanks for the offer of putting us all up in Miami but I wouldn't do that to you - there'll be six of us travelling together - as much as I would like to visit with you again. I also don't know exactly what we will be doing once we get to Bonita Springs apart from taking a trip to the Everglades. Congrats to Michael on doing so will in his SATS. Hope you get a good nights sleep tonite.

Toni - Glad to hear you are getting out and about a bit more and the weight is beginning to come off. It always makes life more pleasant if you have a friend to do things with. Hope you can keep up with the walking.

Jack-K - I agree that FitDay is time consuming but I do have lots of custom foods entered already so that makes it a little easier. I'll probably only do it for a few weeks again to see if I can get things moving in the right direction.

Pancho - Hope you enjoyed your anniversary dinner.

Mom2jared - It's not unusual to reach a plateau and for the weight loss to stop temporarily even if you are staying op. I was on a plateau for a LONG time before I started to lose again. Are you eating enough? If you are not taking in enough food the metabolism slows down.

Fillise and Monet - Sounds like you had wonderful visit together.

Marie.