Sugar Shakers - Sugar Busters Weekly Support Board 5/14-5/20

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 TIP & CHAT AT 9:15PM EST
WEDNESDAY-WEIGH-IN WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY-THURSDAY RECIPE DAY
FRIDAY-FRIDAY FACTS

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


http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?postid=34143#post34143

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


Our MAY 2001 RECIPE BOARD can be located at the link below:


http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=4770

We have FIVE INFORMATIVE BOARDS!!!! Please take a few minutes to visit them! New information is continually being posted, so please make sure you visit them often-make sure to visit our newest board, MY FAVORITE SB LEGAL FOODS at the link below:

THE RECOMMENDED READING BOARD:


http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=2342

THE TOOLS & TIPS BOARD:


http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=2344

THE FOOD INFORMATION BOARD:


http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=2365[/url

MOTIVATIONAL & INSPIRING THOUGHTS BOARD


http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=2359

and our newest board MY FAVORITE SB LEGAL FOODS


http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=5005

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


http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=5217

WANT TO POST YOUR WEEKLY WEIGHT LOSS INFO and BE COUNTED in our weekly totals of pounds lost?? Go to the WEEKLY WEIGH IN BOARD BELOW to post your stats!


http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=5218

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WELCOME! :D

GOOD MONDAY MORNING EVERYONE!:wave:

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

I don't have but a few minutes to post this morning, I finally have my appt. with the groinocologist this morning at 8am, so I have to get a move on. At noon, I have to go to Michael's school until he gets out, they are doing testing and I'm one of the parents who has to help (plus get other parents to help as well), so it's a full day for me.

I have to boast a bit today, I'm really surprised at myself. I was up really early this morning with the full intention of going to walk before I got a start on my day-it must really have been important to me because I've been up since 4am, finally out of the bed at 5am and was out walking by 5:30am! I knew if I didn' get in a walk early, there would be no walking today. I did my 4.5 miles in the dark, jogged a little more than I had before and felt great! What a way to start the day and a new week. Even though the scale is back up a 1/2lb to 131, I still feel good!!!

TODAY IS MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY and here's my contribution:

SELF DISCIPLINE

Self discipline is the way to turn your intentions into reality. Self discipline is the way to transform your weaknesses into strengths. Without discipline, even when you know what you want, you're unable to achieve it. Without discipline, even though you know what you don't want, you're unable to avoid it.

Self discipline is essential to living life on your own terms. It takes effort, it takes determination, it takes sacrifice, yet it is not a punishment. Rather, it is a fulfillment, the means to reaching your highest and best possibilities.

How do you "get" self discipline? You already have it. It involves nothing more than controlling your own actions, and you've been doing that since you were a child. To discipline yourself, you simply must decide to do it. The powerful tool of self discipline is yours to use whenever you're ready to start living life on your own terms.

-- Ralph Marston
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I'll check in with you all sometime later on today!! Time to hit the shower!!!

Have a wonderful week!!!

Debbie
194/13

Good Morning Everyone!

I hope everyone had a nice weekend. I know I did! I think the best part was playing scabble out on our patio under the twinkle lights with candles. This is a happy week for me. WHY??? Because I'm only working 4 days this week! This up coming weekend is my 3 day camping weekend. Any camping food suggestions are welcome.

Debelli
Everyone loved the food! No complains there! I even gace them a taste of the scraped up cookie crumbs, just so they could taste it and said"It's sugar-free!". I will get my parchment paper and I will conquer that recipe!
The recipe for Zucchini bread sounds delicious. I haven't looked at the May recipe board, I wanted to wait until it was full and then print it all out. Is that where it is?
My family did fine eating SB food. Most of my family is trying to loose anyhow, and although we are on different plans, alot of things are similar. No sugar, etc.
but some family members aren't eating carbs. That's their funeral. One of my brothers(who thinks he's an expert a dieting since he lost 35-40 pounds, said"If you REALLY want to loose weight fast, you have to cut out the carbs completely". I told him I wasn't interested, and this plan was working just fine for me. He can be a little overbearing at best! His intentions are good but....
sometimes I just want to tell him to can it!

BOB
I can't remember what town my KY friend is from. I will ask her today. My husband tried you triple layer jello and said to me "That's SF, are you SURE???" and I told him yes! I think he was surprised a SB SF dessert recipe could taste so good!

ldblond
Hope I see you today! Are you thru training? Is this going to be a 'normal" week????

I will catch up with everyone shortly. I have something for motivational Monday...I just need to find it!

Hugs! Nancy

Good Monday morning everyone :)

I hope everyone had a good weekend. I was out early Saturday morning to watch my grandson play soccer. It was a cold and windy day and not very nice sitting outside. Everyone was huddled up in blankets. He played Sunday morning also which turned out to be a better day but I decided to stay in bed (he was playing at 8 a.m.). I got some plants from 2 of my grandchildren for mother's day. I planted them yesterday and boy, was I stiff afterwards. It feels a little better this morning. I've been slacking in my exercises lately. Since starting badminton I haven't been doing much else except the occasional walk. I need to get back doing some of my videos but I don't have the same incentive since the weather has improved and I like to get out of the house as soon as I can. I also got a promise of 2 theatre trickets from my kids for MD. I just have to decide what show I want to see, but I may leave it until after my holiday.

Deb - You were a real early-bird this morning. Good for you getting out there every morning for your walk. And I wouldn't worry about that half a pound this morning. According to what you posted a day or two ago you are beginning to lose again and the 1/2 pound is probably just water weight.

Nancemeister - Glad you were able to have a good SB meal with your family.

Gotta run. Have some running around to do this morning before I go to badminton.

Will check in later.

Marie. :wave:

Here is a "thought" for Motivational Monday.

WHAT WOULD YOU ATTEMPT TO DO IF YOU KNEW YOU COULD NOT FAIL?

I got that from a catalog called "Femail Creations" It is the coolest catalog. It says on the cover "Gifts to celebrate and Inspire Women"...and of course they have a web-site: www.femailcreations.com Don't go there unless you're prepared to bust out your visa card!
They have the NEATEST stuff!

Good Monday morning! I wrote a post yesterday and lost it in cyberland somewhere!!! soooo I missed saying Happy Mothers day to you all. Even to those who don't have children by choice or not! It was soooo true what i read iin the posts yesterday! You all are so honest and usualy right on!!!! I had a good day with my family both mine and his actually. Did better food wise at my moms than at his!! I have no self control!!! and of course i am paying for it today-and last night -i was tired and had a head ache and today am full of the old gas!!! ( a new thing for me!) anyway enough about me. Oh and hubby bought me a perometer (?) to measure how much you walk-didn't even ask for that! i was really thrilled this showed me he is soooo suportive of my way of life now. Lately he has been hinting he would like to lose 50 lbs-I told him i would help but he hasn't really tryed! (just like taking over the finances 3 months ago.) I got a Precious Moments too (a usual gift from the kids!) The kids made cards -my two little ones. The older one just mumbled Happy Mothers day!
Enought about me!

Deb-I knew that your "big cheat" would bring your weight down. sometimes thats what we need!! your soooo close girl! I was sooooo proud that you went for a walk too Saturday after your "big cheat"! when you think about it this should be what everyone does! It makes sense! No i didn't go for a walk yesterday like i should of!! I set my clock to get up yesterday morning before church but never moved!!! I just did my Firm tape soooo good to go now!! I am trying to start 6x a week excersise.

Nance-your meal sounded awsome!! We had baked haddock sweek potato and beans and summer squash and salad. Not to bad. I also made strawberry short cake with sugar free angel food. sooooo i tryed to stay on track!

Rosalie- YOu sound like you had a good week end! How many grandchildren do you have??? Get back with the old excersise!!!!!

I have to go shower! I am due for my "friend" sooo i doubt i will weigh this week! I will be lurking if i am not posting!!!

Rhonda
201.1/140/135

Hey All...

Just wanted to post quickly and say Hi! I'm off to CA tomoro...and cannot wait to come home and get back OP and on track with my life.....
The surgery is scheduled for Weds, so please keep great thoughts coming all day....
Hope all of you are well and having OP success!!
Viv

Can you believe this...someone at work erased all my gifs.....unreall...will reload when I return!

Happy Monday to all my loser friends!

My kids came over yesterday and fixed "lunch" but by the time it was done it was 3 pm. They have no idea of SB and it was a miracle that we ate at all. A delicious pork recipe in some sort of carribean sauce with soy and ginger, and noodles with peanut butter sauce and a shrimp dish. Of course, they squabbled, even as grown ups (30 and 28), and my daughter got her feelings hurt because she thought her brother was being overbearing. But she has a chip on her shoulder to make matters worse. Never a dull moment. Maybe they will grow up one day. We never get a gold watch for being a mother!

Have lots of work to do today to get ready for the big function beginning Thursday. I'll be glad when it starts. The waiting is hard.

Talk later.

We're still waiting for word on whether we can move back into our building or not today. My company is so cool in that we can wear shorts, jeans, ALMOST anything we want to -- UNLESS there are going to be clients in the office - then it's business casual dress. Today we (IS Dept.) were told to wear bus. casual clothes but to bring comfy clothes in anticipation of moving all the computers back to our other office. They just sent word that the clients were gone and we can change clothes if we want to even though we don't know for sure if we're going to get to move back into our building.

This afternoon is my evaluation with the personal trainer at GATORGAL's gym. I've made a chart of everything I ate last week - the calories, fat, carbs, protein, sugar, WW Points, etc. to take with me. I completely stayed within my point range for Weight Watchers and ate according to SB plan and exercised 5 days last week with no weight loss. (My diet last week is typical so I really don't think I've had a problem with eating too much.) Someone asked about my thyroid and it's been checked and it's fine. The only thing they've been able to diagnose is high insulin levels (C-Peptides) and PCOS symptoms. They don't really have a lot of answers for me. That's why I'm going to try cutting back on the carbs a little more and see if that will help along with getting a professional opinion on my work-outs. It's VERY frustrating.

They offered me a prescription for Xenical, but it's for helping you regulate how much fat you eat 2 ways - 1. keeping your body from absorbing too much fat and 2. undesirable side effects from eating too much fat. BUT, I don't eat too much fat - my diet is actually pretty low fat because it's so much chicken, veggies and cereal. So I declined.

DEBBIE, I have 2 Splenda's in my coffee in the morning and 1-2 packets on my cereal or oatmeal, then a diet cola with lunch every day. Other than that I drink water or unsweet tea. I try to drink 100 oz. of water a day since I weigh 208. Is that too much Splenda/sweetener stuff?

I'm glad everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day. We send out cards to some of our favorite "mothers" who aren't our mothers but are very special to us every year. We have a couple of friends who celebrated their very first Mother's Day ever this year and we sent them cards too. It sure is fun recognizing them. One of these women was trying to get pregnant for 12 years and at 42 years old she got pregnant with TWINS. They are not identical twins and have very distinctive personalities. Vince and I got to be there when they were born so we're extremely attached to them - the first kids either one of us has ever even desired to be around. (We're not really "kid people", I guess. We both don't care to be around kids.) These little fellers may change our minds. :)

MARIE - My mom is back from England in full force - I got 5 e-mails with at least 3 pictures each in them from their trip. They had a blast!! They sent pictures of them at the Roman baths, in Bath, with the tour guide from Jack the Ripper, with a family they met having tea (I told you that would happen!) and others I can't remember off the top of my head.

GOSH, there was more I was going to say but I can't remember............ senior moment. Have a GREAT MONDAY! If I can think of anything motivational I'll add it, but I'm at a loss today.

Well it's 6:30 and if I leave a minute later I won't get to the gym and get to work in time! I'm determined to start the week off right.

Most of this was composed last night:

A slightly belated Happy Mother’s Day to everyone! I did the family thing and showed up at a gathering with the whole gang...got to hang out with my lovely sis. The buffet was challenging but I did pretty darn well. There was lots of inappropriate food but I filled up half my plate with a zucchini/mushroom dish and worked from there, picking the breading off of the eggplant tempura and chinese dumplings. For dessert, they served tiny (maybe 2 ounce) mini cones of sherbet with “no table sugar...sweetened with fructose.” Well folks, as you know that sweetened with fructose thing is a load of crap because fructose behaves the same way in the body as sucrose. But it was one of those occasions where I would be really grouchy if I didn’t taste it, so I did eat the sherbet part and left the cone. Will be interested to read how everybody else coped as I’m sure you’ve posted (composing and reading at the same time).

Rhonda
You said, “Sparkle- what does the wrist have to do with weight? der me?!! I laughed when i read that because my oldest son said to me today when i was driving "look how small your wrist is!" It was a true compliement i guess!!!! you sound stressed- are you o.k? hope so. thanks for your great posts! i want to see your web site when its done are you going to let us peek???? ”

LOL! Well I figured BOB could start off with her wrist measurement and work up to revealing her waist measurement! Actually my wrists have gotten smaller too. Isn’t it a great feeling? And yes, I’m okay, thanks for asking. Got the house cleaned up and my toenails painted, ready to face the coming week with a smile! :)

Website is basically pau (finished), will be updated regularly, as I mentioned, I’ll post a link to the site in my sig in every post.

Frog
Nice to hear from you! Quite the glamour life lately huh?

SolShine
You said, “I've found that when I'm concentrating more on how I can help others or learn from others (even if it's just their life experiences and/or opinions) that I'm not so focused on myself, but it also helps put my issues in perspective. That's why this site is so great! We learn so much about each other and feel better knowing we're human, everyone has their own "issues" to deal with, and that, sometimes, we wouldn't trade our issues with anyone for the world.”

You are pretty darn amazing chick. Your insights really make things click in my head sometimes. I’m the type who doesn’t “know” anything until I make the mistake myself, and am always trying to reinvent the wheel...but I have learned in the past year or so to listen to others and it’s quite powerful. You are so right....I wouldn’t trade my issues even if given a chance! In fact, I’m figuring out how to use my “issues” (like being compulsive etc.) to my advantage instead of beating myself up over them.

Glad your parents had a blast in England.

Debbie
You said, “If you read Gary Null's latest book, it's interesting what he found happened to mental patients when they were no longer allowed the garbage foods, like candy, cakes and soda-many got better! Anyhow, whatever your final decision happens to be, and whatever does help, we are always behind you 100%.” Yes, I am learning so much more about how sugar works on the body chemistry. It’s ridiculous to think that our bodies don’t have anything to do with mental functioning but not only did it take me a long time to realize it, but our entire medical industry has been separated into “mental” and “regular” health when they are one and the same.

Glad you figured out the image conversion mystery. Your Outback dinner sounds pretty normal to me....relax! And see, the scale doesn’t seem to care! Take care of that bump on your head.

Lara
Your letter to your friend was quite an inspiration. You’ve really come a long way. I can especially relate since we’re about the same weight and a year and a half ago, I was 194 pounds.

Catlover
Thanks for the compliments. Web design is pretty complicated stuff, but if you are interested in learning, an adult education class at your local college would be a good place to start. That’s where I started learning (but it was a regular class). Turns out they only taught web design using a web editor (Netscape Composer) but once I learned the basics I taught myself to hand-code HTML. I’m currently taking a step in the opposite direction and learning another web editor, but a MUCH more powerful one, Dreamweaver.

BOB
Thanks for the gif links!

GatorGal
You said, “For all you long-to-be mothers who are having a little bit of trouble with the holiday tomorrow, my thoughts and heart is with you. We were married for 7 years before we adopted our 2 kids, and I know how I felt when everyone made such a big deal on MD, and I felt like a fifth wheel. I would say that we are “wired” to ultimately desire to have offspring, but when that doesn’t happen it can be frustrating and heart breaking. I’ve been there. But for those of you experiencing some of these emotions, never forget that your significance doesn’t rest in your ability to reproduce, but in whether or not you invest yourself in others. ”

I guess I feel a little out of sorts even though I’m single and don’t have a suitable sperm donor. ;) In Russia they have International Women’s Day which I think is much better! Your “investment” in your kids is just awesome.

At the buffet this morning, they were handing out little good luck charms (frogs and turtles) to all the mothers. I love turtles and I wanted one. So I went up and asked for one for me and my sister (who is a mother) and the lady handing them out said with a simpering smile, “Are you a mother?” And I said, YES. She gave me a weird look and I grabbed my prize and lit out. ;)

Anna
Hugs to you. Makes me grateful for my mother and father while they are still alive. Remember that Mothers Day was just made up by Hallmark anyway!!!!!

Hello to Thatgirl, Karen, Iceskatefan and everybody else!

Love,

Chris
164/157/130

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Fear

This is in response to Nancy’s question about the fear of being thin. This fear is quite different for a woman who has never been thin, even as a child. At age 8 I wore a bigger size jeans than my mother. Every year since I was 12 I dreamed of being thin the following year, but it never happened.

Being thin enough to be considered attractive by society’s standards is something I’ve never experienced. Currently, I’m 157 pounds and a size 12, and even now am having a very difficult time mentally breaking through that size 10/12 barrier, which I’ve stayed above for almost a year now. Therefore, this subject is worth exploring. Sometimes I dream of the future and imagine myself being 140 pounds, or a size 8 or 6. Panic sets in. I’m baffled, because being thin is what I want to accomplish more than anything.

The reasons why I am afraid of being thin are nebulous in my own mind, but I will make an attempt to address them.

The fantasy fulfilled is the fantasy lost

As someone who has always been fat, I’ve built a lot of fantasies in my head about what it will be like to be thin. As I teenager, I imagined I would wear certain lovely clothes, which I imagined in detail, and live in a perfectly clean house (with a pool, of course). I would eat nothing but fruits, vegetables and chocolate. ;) I would have plenty of friends, especially guys, who would be welcome to walk in my doors (French windows, of course) whenever they pleased. And I would have a perfect boyfriend to match my perfect life.

Well, as an adult, I know that just being thin doesn’t make life perfect. Intellectually, I know I’ll still have the same struggles, fears and insecurities as I do now. Emotionally, however, part of me still hangs on to the dream of the perfect life I’ll have when I’m finally thin.

If I achieve the ultimate goal, what’s left?

I met a wonderful man at a seminar a few months back who had climbed Mt. Everest. The speaker, in addressing the man’s current life situation, told him, “You’ve already achieved the ultimate goal. There’s nothing left for you to strive for.” The man sadly nodded his head.

Life will always hold a challenge for me. But reaching my ideal weight has been my ultimate goal for as long as I can remember. When I achieve that goal, nothing else will seem quite as exciting. It’s easy and comfortable to put off that moment for a few more months, to have something to look forward to in the near future.

It’s the Big League, baby

Being fat gives me an excuse to play in the Little League. I can use my weight as an excuse to settle for less than the best in my career, romantic life, home, clothes and car.

I am compulsive and competitive. I want to do the best job possible at whatever I undertake. I am good at my job. I have achieved what I have always achieved by doing what I’ve always done . . . being a good secretary. I can be a big fish in a little pond so long as I use my weight as an excuse that being a key support person is all I am good for. But there is more out there for me. Even after accomplishing the major step of completing my licensing exams in securities sales, I’m stalling in my career just like I’m stalling in my weight, and for the same reasons. When I’m thin, I imagine, there will be no excuses left for me to play in the Little League. Because I have to be the best, that means I have to achieve on a higher level.

I have used my weight as an excuse not to date the kind of person I would want to marry, the kind of person who is capable of making a commitment, or the kind of person who treats me the way I deserve to be treated. I imagine myself with someone handsome, kind, caring, committed, good with money; and I’m intimidated by the vision. I still have the idea in the back of my head that such a man would never be attracted to me, and even if he is, he’ll see through the facade in time.

I have a specific vision of what my house should look like, along with my wardrobe and car. But I settle for less because I imagine I’ll have all those things when I’m thin. While I’m still fat, there’s no point in trying because my very presence ruins my perfect vision of my perfect life.

Fear of the unknown

I don’t know what it’s like to be considered an attractive female. In a way, there is great comfort in this. I don’t have to worry about men pursuing me for my looks alone. I don’t have to worry about my female friends playing little jealous games behind my back over men. I can choose not to fully participate in relationships and in my own life, simply by staying fat.

What’s wrong with this picture?

Most of you are shaking your heads by now. I can see the fallacies in the above logic and thus, work to change my core beliefs about myself. I don’t have to be perfect. I don’t have to have the perfect house or car before I can do little things to improve my life.

Things won’t be any different when I’m thin. I’ll still be the same person, and the people around me will still be the same. I may get more sexual attention, but those men will still have the same values inside . . . just like now, it takes time to get to know a person and find out what he is really like.

Most of all, the idea of using my weight as an excuse not to fully participate in my own life is a trap I must avoid at any cost.

I have confidence that with my newfound nutritional knowledge, I will break through this barrier I’ve built in my head. My progress will not be instant, but one pound at a time, I will reach my goal.

~Chris

Is there a major Internet outage in the SE? ;)

Well I just have to vent. I did my run this morning, forced myself and only did 2.5 miles instead of 3 but I made an appearance. Then I weighed in at 161, FOUR pounds more than Friday, and I must admit that it ruined my whole day so far. But I thought, I did eat tons over the weekend...too much cereal, that buffet, that skillet full of that yummy rice dish I made (okay, a good portion of it over the course of a day.) And the decadent steak dinner last night. But I'm still grouchy. Time to get aggressive.

I have a question: what do you all think of Cheerios as an appropriate food? NOTHING was on sale so I found a "block" of 2 boxes Cheerios and 1 box Wheaties for $6.99 and bought it. It says oats including oat fiber, less than 1 gram of sugar.

Now the Wheaties (at 5 grams of sugar per serving) were a big mistake. Even without reading the label (which I did) I could tell it had way too much sugar because I ate two bowls this morning and was still starving to death...that doesn't happen with the other cereals I've been eating (cream of wheat mixed with wheat bran, shredded wheat). I knew it was flirting with danger to eat them but it ended up being a good experiment: I can tell when a food is inappropriate just by the way I FEEL...sleepy, sluggish, hungry, grouchy, irritable. I have been so out of touch with my feelings for so long.

K gotta go!

Love,

Chris

Hey Everyone!:wave:

I feel like the walking dead, I'm so pooped! After not sleeping well last night, pounding the pavement at 5:30am and then out and about all day long, well darn, this spring chicken ain't what she use to be!!!:lol:

NANCE, are you going to rough it out in the wilderness camping? There are some great books I've seen at the library with food ideas, but one I think is great is to take your cereal in a baggie and put powdered milk along in the same back, just dump out and add water (or just keep it in the baggie and eat out of there!). Glad to hear the foods you made were good. My Mother always uses parchment paper, I never did, but my daughter does when she makes cookies and it really does wonders. Oh, and your brother, don't worry about what he says, you know better. I sent away for that catalog, thanks for the link. What would I do if I know I couldn't fail...hmmm, I off the top of my head, I'd say try to become a model! Hey, if I couldn't fail, what's the worse that could happen!!!!:lol:

ROSALIE, glad to hear you had a good weekend. Hope you had a good day at badminton today. I'm not really worrying about that 1/2lb, I know it will go down again:)

RHROO, I've had many a post end up in cyberspace. Good luck with the new exercise regimen. Just do your best, if you don't get in 6 days, don't get discouraged, as long as you are doing your BEST, what more can you ask for:)

VIV, good luck to your father, please let us know what happens. Have a safe trip!!!!

SOL, let us know how the meeting at the gym went. Forget the Xenical, you DON'T need it! Have you tried using only 1 Splenda in each instead of 2? Otherwise, I don't think it's too much, but maybe your body reacts to it differently than others-you can always try only 1 packet instead and see if it makes any difference, or try an alternate sweetener.

SPARKLE, glad to hear you had a nice time yesterday and got your "prize" What did you finally decide to do about OA? Did you go to the meeting the other day??? Sorry, I don't eat either of those cereals, though I do believe one of the Cherrios is consdered SB legal. Your site is looking good girl!

Gotta run, please don't forget TOMORROW NIGHT IS CHAT AT 9:15pm EST

Will check in later, if I don't fall asleep first!!!

Toodles

Debbie
194/131/129
SB since 3/22/00

Hi everyone!

Had a great time this weekend. I took my mom out to Outback and had steak and sweet potato (couldn't even eat it all). It was good though.

For those of you who like to munch on carrot sticks (I know they are a no no). Well, I like to cut up a sweet potato into sticks and eat it raw. Tastes much better than carrots. Also, I was reading in Prevention Walking Fit magazine about drinking water. Here I though I was doing good drinking my 8 glasses. Well, it says that you should take your weight and divide it in half and that is how many ounces of water you should drink per day. I'm going to be living in the bath room (277 lbs. divided in half = 138.5 ounces per day!!!!!) AND if you exercise or if it's hot, you could need more.

Well, you all have a great day!

Cheri
287/277/145

Make the choice

It's difficult to make choices, to commit to those choices, and to actually act on those choices. For everything you choose to do, you must also choose not to do other things. Each choice necessarily involves selecting one thing and rejecting a whole lot of other things, focusing on one possibility and putting the other possibilities aside.

Making a choice means walking away from those possibilities you don't choose. Why would you want to do that? Because the alternative to choosing one thing over all the others is to choose nothing. When you keep all your possibilities open, none of them ever becomes a reality.

Every aspect of your life is overflowing with possibilities, and you have the good fortune of being able to choose the very best ones. Yet if you're too greedy and attempt to "have it all" you end up with nothing.

Choices can be difficult. Yet they must be made if you're to fulfill any of those wonderful possibilities in front of you. Decide who you want to be, what life you want to live, what work you want to do, the ways in which you can make a difference. Make a choice and commit to that choice with your time, your effort, your attention and your passion. Rather than leaving all your options open, choose those you can build into a greatness all your own.

-- Ralph Marston

I found a new website this afternoon ... I'll post why I chose this later, (when I'm not at work).

Happy Belated Mother's Day to all who celebrated.

To join a pervious discussion...I am not a mother and don't feel slighted by the holiday. I see it as an opportunity to celebrate my own fabulous Mom. What DOES irk me is when people assume that because I am married (8.5 years) and am 35 y.o. that I want to have children. I am not sure at all and more inclined not to have them at this point in time. Please know that all of us heterosexual, happily married, over 30 women want to have children.

I feel so bloated today. I wore a great new outfit to work today and felt great except for my bulging GUT! It isn't that bad, but it just felt that way. Trying to drink plenty of water to flush whatever it is out.

It was nice to be home this weekend and get some things down around the house. In the next few weeks we will have new heating and air conditioning. The man from the company is here now doing the final walk through with hubby.

FILLESE Sorry that I never get your name right! I am looking forward to coming to Columbus. Can you meet on Friday for lunch? When you are in Kinston you gotta go to King's BBQ and have some yummy eats! I don't eat beef or pork and that is a great place to get turkey BBQ, yes TURKEY!!!! YUM!

LISA_A_A Are you near Columbus so that you can meet us for lunch?

SPARKLE Do I need to report you to the Mother Impersonator's Society?

Anyone out there know of a good method to soften those foot calluses (sp)? I keep trying but don't think that I am being consistent enough with the lotion and socks at night followed by the pumice stone in the a.m.

I am going to go spend some time with hubby since the HVAC man finally left. Look forward to reading your posts and chatting with you all again tomorrow night.

Peace,
Frog

Happy Monday everyone!

Had a very busy weekend and wasn't around food much, so I didn't eat much and therefore my weight is back down again. Hope it lasts! Think I'm back in gear with this WOE again, but soon it will be TOM and then those crazy thoughts and the depression come again. So, who knows....but I'll keep on trying! My motivation for walking is severely lacking right now, too.

We are having a pizza party at work tomorrow, organized by me, 'cause one of the ladies had hip reconstruction and can't get around very well yet. I'm taking my own lunch, but that smell will be tempting. I will try to remember that pizza is one of the worst things we can eat and be glad that I won't be suffering from the after-effects!

Nothing else new here. Guess I'm just worn out from all the yard work we did yesterday. Redid the flagstone around the pond, potted the pond plants and all the other annuals I had. It was an all day project, since we had to go to the landscapers and get the extra stone. Pond looks nicer now, so glad we did it. In a few weeks we'll be adding some fish. It's fun to watch them zip around in there--what a life! Hubby fixed ribs on the smoker - YUM, YUM!

Frog - if you live near the beaches, walking in the sand is great (and great for the calf muscles also).

Karen

Karen - I don't live near the beaches, kinda glad I don't and sorta wish I did. I live about 3 hours from the southeastern beaches of NC. Last year I "semi-lived" down there with husband when his work took him to the coast. It was a dream existence for several months, but I missed my hardwood trees and sligthly lower humidity. Walking in the sand is a great exercise! Walking on the beach is fun but is not necessarily the best daily exercise because of the angle that you force your foot/ankle/knee into by walking on the slope left as the tides go out. But when you are down there (at the beach) in the hot months you can't take walking on the black-top because the heat and humidity are stiffling!

I have got to get back into my exercise routine!!! I have become to complacent and am lying in the bed until 6:30. I need to get up at 5:15 and start pounding the pavement. I have become too comfortable this week with my weight loss and have begun to eat SF ice cream and enjoy SF chocolates. I can't keep doing that! :eek: The weather here is perfect in the a.m.s for exercising out doors and my allergies are better. Just got to get in that bed before 11:00 so that I can be more productive. With that said I think I will say goodnight and hit the hay.

Gotta get in that training mode!!

Peace,
Frog

Here are two tips from the realage.com website. This website has lots of great information and tools - check it out.

Calories and Cholesterol

Are you looking for a cholesterol-lowering diet? An eating plan that counts calories, not just fat grams, may be an important factor in your lipid profile.
According to a recent study, a low-calorie diet has the ability to lower bad cholesterol levels while raising good cholesterol. Eating a low-calorie diet and replacing the saturated fat in your diet with unsaturated fat may be your best health bet. However, diets that severely restrict fat intake may lower both good and bad cholesterol levels.


Get On the Stick

If you'd like to burn a few more calories during your daily walk, get yourself in pole position.
According to a recent study, people who adding walking poles to their workouts burned about 20% more calories than walkers who strolled empty-handed. What's more, walking poles can decrease the amount of stress that walking places on the knees and feet.

Have a great day!

Karen

Thank you so much for your info last week on the Agave Nectar :)

ThatGirl

Rhroo: Thank you for the recipe and the pep talk. You are right the 150s definitely feel better than the 180s! Thank you for sharing your website. Both you and Colleen look wonderful!

fillise: Doesn't it feel great to be "losing your pants" so to speak, go shopping for a couple things before your trip, buying clothes in a smaller size then before is truly motivating and fun!

Nance: I have a scanner, if you want me to post pictures for you. It's Tuesday and as I'm feeling better now, I'm hearing your words. Thank you, my Monday motivation was inspired by you. I will make better choices. I have the choice to care about me and get healthy or not and I'm making the choice to get healthy. As I'm reading, I've discovered that you found Agave Nectar and know how to cook! I'm coming over, soon so you can teach me! Your Mother's Day meal sounds wonderful!

Cheri45: Good to see you.

BOB: Thanks for bumping the AOL list to the top and for the very interesting information on Southern manners. If I were wealthy, I think I would travel from state to state and learn about all these wonderfully interesting things. Thanks for sharing.

Debelli: The Outback was my temptation also, but you managed to control your urges, much better than I. Monday I spent quite ill, due to my inablity to make a wiser choice, as chocolate (yes I ate the dessert) is poison to me and due to my gastritis makes me quite ill. (I'm sure putting sugar into a sugarfree body didn't help the matter). Maybe it's a good thing that I got sick as I don't care to feel like this ever again). As my Monday motivation says. It's all about choices. We both seemed to get right back on the ball. I worked out Monday and today, and my friend is coming over tonight for a more intensive workout.

I'm caught up to yesterday and hope to get the rest in tonight. I can't just move on to today...any how we'll see what happens I won't be off until 6 and then Aaron comes to work me 'til I'm tired, and my nights are shorter because I get up so early...it's way past time to get ready for work.

Take care.

I'll think about my Tuesday Tip and post it later.

Lara

Good Tuesday Morning Everyone!:wave:

Just got back from my walk of 4.5 miles, didn't do any running today and took it a bit slow.

Well, today being the 15th, I didn't meet my goal weight as I thought, or should I say, hoped I would by this date. No biggie, just moving it a little. I'll be happy if I make it next week, on May 22, that will be my 14month anniversary on SB, I'll even take the end of the month! Next week may not work for me, TOM should be here, so if I start moaning and groaning about a large gain, just remind me, it's temporary!!! Really, I'll be happy whenever it happens, just so it happens (soon).:D

If my weight stays the same as today, or goes down, for tomorrow, I'll finally be able to post on the WEEKLY WEIGHT LOSS BOARD, which I haven't been able to do so since 3/28-cross your fingers for me!

CHERI, glad to hear you had a nice time with you Mom and a nice dinner out Outback, one of my favorite places to eat. I always get the sweet potato there-delicious! Thanks for the tip on the raw sweetpotatoes, I'll have to try that idea, never even gave a thought about doing that. I found a recipe for Sweet Potato Fries that I'll try to post on the recipe board this week, it sounds yummy. Hmmm, that IS a lot of water according to Prevention, but I've seen other things saying you don't need that much-your body will tell you best how much is enough:)

LDBLOND, I love Ralph's site, and insights! That's where I get most of my MM posts from!!

FROG, UGH, I know that bloated feeling and I'm feeling like that today! Before that TOM comes rolling around, that pouch just seems to expand on me:eek: Are you meeting Susan (FILLIESE)????? You mention Kinston, is the Kinston, NC??? Had an old boyfriend who use to live there, maybe he still does-memories! Foot callouses, sounds like you are doing the norm, how about soaking them in some softening oil bath, if it doesn't do anything for them, at least it's sure to make them feel good!

KAREN, glad to see your weight is down, but you have to get back into a walking mode. Just get out there and once your out, you'll feel so much better - at least that works for me:) Thanks for the post from Realage, I always enjoy reading those!!

Well, I'm going to get something to eat. My Mom is coming over and we're going shopping, no place in particular, small stops. I think I'll take her to see Bridgette Jones' Diary today.

PLEASE TRY TO ATTEND TONIGHT'S CHAT AT 9:15pm EST!!! AND remember, TOMORROW IS WEIGH IN WEDNESDAY!!!!!! I hope the scales are kind to everyone!!

Toodles

Debbie
194/131/129
SB since 3/22/00

Good Morning!

I have to get some java into me before the brain cells can think of a tip for today!

Rhroo
Loved the pictures of you and your friend. WOW!!!! You have both done great! That was really neat. I've been working on doing some scapbooking and it's fun to come across old pictures. I'm still best buds with two girls I went to HS with, and thank goodness we all live close to each other. Thanks for sharing!

ldblond
I just saw on thing on the news abougreen tea being extra beneficial for people who suffer from gasritis! Glad to hear you are feeling better. I don't want my Lara feeling icky! I probably won't get to e.mail you today because I have to do nursing...Martha is going to be out today and tomorrow, but I'll try to sneak on if I can :)

BOB
Where have you been??? No posting in what 2 days???
You didn't win a free vacation to the Bahamas and are getting a massage with coconut oil by some guy named Rico beachside are you? My buddy Ann, the fellow Kentucian, was born in Ashland, and brought up in Louisville. She "enlightened" me that southern woman never reveale (sp?) their weight or age, and I said "That's BOB!" I just wanted to share I wore linen pants on Sunday, if that puts me in your good graces:D

GatorGal
Are you speaking to me? How about I give you credit that my icon looks like a guinea pig?!? I haven't had enough time to finish looking through clip art. Debbie told me about a couple of sites and I could spend hours on them!

Sparklescamp
Thanks for sharing your fears re: loosing weight. Sounds like there are lots of things people can identify with. You had one notion "A fantasy fullfilled, is a fantasy lost" which struck me. Made me think. I think it's because we all are enjoying this journey and connection with each other, but just because we reach goal, doesn't mean we won't need the support, and friendships will remain!

I just wanted to share with everyone that I tried the recipe from the January recipe board posted by "Beerlady" for Bacon and Cheese Stuffed Chicken. It honestly didn't appeal to me when looking at it, but my husband (being supportive) made a SB dinner while I was still at work and that's what he picked. It was the BEST CHICKEN I"VE EVER HAD!!!. The sauce is delicious. It's made with chicken breasts, which I usually don't care for, but it came out so moist, so delicious....I encourage you girls to try it!!! Thanks Beerlady, where ever you are!

Well, they worked me out yesterday at the gym, but he underestimated the weight that I was able to do on all the machines. :D That made me feel good, I think. I'm in better shape than I appear to be? GATORGAL poked her head in, but didn't stay. Jim said she was probably ready to go since she'd already been there today. It was good to wave to you, GATORGAL!

I signed up for gym and scheduled my 6 1-on-1 30 minute sessions for this week and next week. Then I'm going to add 12 1-on-1 15 minute sessions and probably do 2 a week and then 1x/week on my own and hopefully I'll be ready and disciplined enough to go on my own after that. Vince is going to join too, but because our work schedules are so different we won't be going at the same time, but that could be a good thing. :)

He wants me to eat 1300 calories/week for a week then go down by 100 calories/week until I'm at 1000/week and then we start coming back up. I didn't get to ask him why. I took a spreadsheet of my diet from last week for him to look at and he said it looked like I was only eating about 1000 calories/day unless I was leaving stuff out. I thought I was eating more than that, but maybe not. No wonder I've been so hungry!!

They do weights very slowly and to failure - which should be 10-12 reps. Then you move quickly to the next set of weights and do them to failure, very slowly and with proper form. I like it and I like them counting and keeping up with the # of reps. All I have to do is lift - they count and encourage.

Well, we're moving back into our building!!! I'm back home!! My desk is set up, but my monitor was lost in the shuffle and chaos from having to move and I've snatched the best one I could find in the building. It's not too bad, but it's not mine.... :( I've got to go help the rest of IS move the computers and hook them up for everyone else in the company. So I'll get a work out today too.

I'll check back later, but depending on how long we're moving I may not make it to chat tonight.

The following is from an unknown author; it was on our weekly e-mail from our receptionist celebrating the birthdays and work anniversaries of the week:

Principles for Building Life-Muscle
Principle 1: Get to know yourself. You are your own best asset in the struggle to survive and manage the stresses and hardships of life. The less you know about who you are the more unprepared for life you will be. I once spotted a bumper sticker that read, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” What else can I say?
Principle 2: Learn to communicate your thoughts and feelings. Communication is crucial to success and survival. Effective communication includes the ability to share your thoughts clearly and identify and describe your feelings directly and openly. One without the other creates misunderstanding and confusion.
Principle 3: Learn to listen. About 90 percent of effective, stress-reducing communication is good listening. Most of us rate poor to horrible as listeners. A good listener will have far less stress and confusion in his or her life than someone who cannot listen well. Listening is an art that must be practiced regularly. It's worth your time and effort.
Principle 4: Develop the ability to “be with” your feelings. “Being with” a feeling means to feel the feeling in all its intensity and depth without acting on it. Learn to be angry, feel angry, know you are angry and just “be with” the feeling without taking your anger out on yourself or others. You can learn to do this with every difficult feeling you have. Once you have begun to master “being with” a feeling, you will be able to communicate it appropriately and productively. Otherwise your feelings will probably control you, your thinking and your behavior.
Principle 5: Expect life to happen. This means that you must not imagine that the difficulties of life will pass you by. Stop hiding from the fact that sooner or later hardship will appear. Accidents happen, people get sick, loved ones die, financial problems arise, jobs disappear and on and on. We cannot stop life from doing its unpredictable and often disconcerting thing. We can, however, pull our heads out of the proverbial sand and build the strengths and skills to deal with hardship.
Principle 6: Create a support system. No one gets through this thing alone; you and I are no exception. Don’t wait for catastrophe to occur before you take the time and effort to establish meaningful and supportive relationships with family and friends. As my teacher Rumi used to say, “Even a visit to the tax collector is easier when a friend walks with you.” Build the friendship before the taxman calls. Afterwards it's too late.
Principle 7: Take care of your body. This one is obvious. If you are interested in weight loss you are already on your way. But don’t forget exercise, sleep, nutritious foods, and lots of water. Life-muscle is always supported by body strength.
Principle 8: Admit you have stress limits and live within them. We get into lots of trouble when we live as if we have no physical, mental and emotional limits. Learn to say NO and mean it. Learn to ask for help when things are too much for you. Don’t accept responsibilities you cannot handle at work or at home. Don’t build a house while you are getting divorced or move to another state right after you have lost a loved one or buy a new car when you are having trouble paying the mortgage.
Principle 9: Decide that all of life’s experiences have meaning, lessons and gifts... and look for them! If you are going to apply only one principle from the list, I suggest this be the one. This is the quickest and best life-muscle builder I have found. It will help you survive and even prosper during and after the most difficult hardships that you can imagine. It takes courage to apply but after a while it becomes a natural reaction. The more you do it the easier it is and the greater the rewards.
Principle 10: Develop an intimate relationship with a spirituality that has significant depth and breadth. Too many of us have a “foxhole spirituality.” We wait until the stuff hits the fan and then we beg the powers that be to save us while promising things we will never be able to do. The best thing you can do is plan ahead and expect that one day -- sooner than you think -- you will be in a major jam. Find a meaningful spiritual source now and develop a regular relationship with it. Human beings are essentially spiritual in nature and we need to develop this life-muscle to both survive and prosper.

Each of these principles will make a positive difference in your ability to confront and manage the stresses of your life. Please take the time to consider each one. I will leave you with one last quote from Carlos Casteneda's Journey to Ixtlan:

“We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”

BOB
I didn't realize you made an ICON thread. That's so cool!
Thanks for my coffee! :) I am having so much fun going to clip-art sights, it's a whole other world within itself!
Debbie even sent me a tip sheet on how to convert art files into regular files. I've got a couple doozie pictures saved! Do you subscribe to any of the sights? I'm just curious if you do if their stuff is any better than the free gifs? Sometimes I feel like I am clicking forever before I get to the actual PICTURES!!! But it's still fun. I was glued to the computer for 5 hours the other day checking things out. Boy was my butt sore afterwards.
Had to go for a walk...guess that was a good thing!:D

Evening All:)

Had a nice day out with my Mom today. We made lots of little stops up in Broward, the next county up. Went to Ole Ole for lunch, a Jewish market, an Italian market, Carbolite (of course), hmmm, seems our day was centered around food! We came home and ended up not going to the movies (another day) and Mom made the WW Sponge Cake that I have posted on the recipe board- IT'S DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!! I must confess, I had 2 pieces already, I'm such a pig! I'm going to attempt to make some SB legal whipped cream and use that and some of the beautiful strawberries I got today to put on top of it-though I better wait for tomorrow!!


Hey, where is everyone. The board sure got quiet over the weekend, and it's flowing over to the week. Does this mean too many people went off the wagon?:?:

NANCE, thanks for letting us know about that chicken recipe. I love hearing people tell the board that they've made a recipe and they like it.

SOL, I'm sure I speak for all the board in saying how proud we are of you for going to the gym and really giving it your all. I would like to do what you are doing one day soon. Please make sure you keep us updated on your progress:) Thanks for posting those PRINCIPALS, they make good sense!

I'll be back on later for the CHAT AT 9:15PM EST hope many of you can make it.

Again, a reminder TOMORROW IS WEIGH IN WEDNESDAY!!!!

Debbie
194/131/129
SB since 3/22/00

Here's the link to the SB CHAT ROOM!!!

SUGAR BUSTERS CHAT ROOM (http://www.3fatchicks.com/chat/sbchat.html)

Just a quick note......

FROGGIE That thong has cut your water off!! and now you're all "swolled" up! It's pushed everything up!
THOSE FEET???? Gotta make up your mind....are you [i]citified with no "corns"....or are you going to remain true blue to being a "hillbillie woman" with corns???
YOU DON'T EAT NC BBQ????.....I'm appalled!!!!

NANCE :nono: LINEN BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY or AFTER LABOR DAY!!
No, I don't suscribe to anyting, I just search for little pictures that I like...

I'll try to make chat...Lately, I'm just so tired...It's all this d a m n fat I've gained....Had a bad day today and wanted to SMOKE......but I didn't...

BOB

Another tip from realage.com

Lean and Green

Drinking a cup of green tea with meals not only ups your intake of cancer-fighting antioxidants, but it also may help you melt pounds.
In a study, people who consumed green tea extract before meals increased their calorie burning by about 4%. Researchers speculate that the polyphenols in green tea may enhance fat oxidation and help promote thermogenesis, the process by which the body burns fuel, such as fat, to produce heat.

RealAge Benefit: Getting the right amount of antioxidants through diet or supplements can make your RealAge 6 years younger.

Tried to chat. Couldn't get signed on for more than a second or two. Others were frustrated and kept leaving. Deb, they've got to do something about that or do away with it until they get the kinks worked out!

Will try to get those pics scanned at work by Thursday afternoon to share with you guys.

Later friends!

Peace,

Frog

Hey Gals,

Sorry, there seemed to be major trouble with the chat room tonight, no one could get in or stay in. I'll contact Suzanne tomorrow and see if she can offer any type of a solution so this type of thing won't happen.

So, I'm taking advantage of this time to hit the hay early. I'm pooped, plus, if I stay up any later, I'm gonna want another piece of that flippin cake!:eek:

Here's hoping the scales are kind to us all tomorrow!!!

NITE!

Debbie
194/131/129
SB since 3/22/00

Let me be the first to say good morning!

It is weigh-in Wednesday and I am backdown to my low of 248--the insanity is passed. I've had more trouble than usual staying OP lately and that means only one thing--time to reread the book! I always find that reading the book helps me to refocus. I'm leaving tomorrow to head to Wilmington and Kinston--my family is so thrilled by my progress that they make sure I stay OP!

Frog--I hope you mean the Friday of Memorial day weekend--not the day after tomorrow! I will be back Tuesday of next week and that Friday should be fine! I always hit King's when in Kinston--yum. One of the great things about Eastern NC BBQ is that it is made without sugar in the sauce! I take my own SGWW buns so that I can have a totally OP BBQ samich with slaw. My mouth is watering!

BOB--I know your mouth is watering too--I'll send you some sauce if you'll email me your address. You can also order from Kings via the Oink Express (I think it is oinkexpress.com, but I could be wrong about that).

Deb--will we ever learn to stop living and dying by the scale? I've decided that I'm not putting any time limits on my weight loss. As long as the needle and the tape measure continue to move down, I know I'm making progress!

Everyone else--Have a good day! I hope the monster is good to everyone!

Susan
300/248/150
July 10, 2001

GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING EVERYONE!:wave:

It's a beautiful day down here, bright and sunny, but it's going to be a hot one, expected to get to 90 degrees today.

Already got my walking in today-did the usual 4.5 miles, with very little jogging, legs felt fatigued for some reason today. I realized that I have walked 11 days in a row-not bad!

Okay, TODAY IS WEIGH IN WEDNESDAY! I hope the scales are kind to you all. It's nice to me today, I can FINALLY post a loss on the WEEKLY WEIGHT LOSS BOARD! YEAH! I haven't done that since March 28th, when I was 131.5-today I weighed in at 130.5:) BUT, if I look at last weeks WIW stats, I lost 2.5lbs, so whatever way you look at it, I LOST!:D

Eli is off today, so we are headed back up to Broward where I was with my Mother yesterday-we enjoy doing things up there, better than where we live. I have a feeling we'll also end up back at Ole Ole-which I don't mind at all:)

Last night, after we all gave up on the chat room, wouldn't you know it, it started to work fine. Whatever it was was bad at the time. Does anyone want to try and do a chat tonight??? Same time?? Any thoughts on this would be welcomed!!!

FILLISE, congrats on going back down again. I'm sure you'll do great on your trip. How long will you be gone for? Enjoy your visit with your family. It's great that they are supporting you:) Live and die by the scale, I think I'll bury mine with me!!!!:lol: Are you going to Kinston, NC??????

Well, time to jump into the shower (don't try to visualize that). We're gonna be gone til early evening, so I'll check in with you all later.

Please don't forget TOMORROW IS RECIPE DAY!!! so if you have any SB LEGAL RECIPES you'd like to share with the board, please, try to post them tomorrow.

Have a wonderful day!!!

Debbie
194/130.5/129 (1.5lbs til goal and anxiously awaiting it's arrival)
SB since 3/22/00

Okay - FINALLY!! I've got a loss to report! I'm down 2 lbs. this morning. So I'm back at 206, where I was a month ago. I'm hoping this is the start of something beautiful.

Sorry I didn't make chat last night, but looks like even those who tried didn't. Sorry that you all didn't get to chat real-time. We were dog tired last night and crawled into bed around 8:00 to read before dozing off. I think I read a whole page before giving into the droopy eyes.

Debbie CONGRATS ON YOUR LOSS!!!! Congrats, too, on 14 months of being the model of discipline. You remind us every day that it can be done. I am trying to build that discipline for exercise that so many of y'all have. If I could really discipline myself to get out there and give 100% effort when I'm exercising and be consistent with it I wouldn't have to shell out the extra money for a personal trainer to get me started in that direction.

Nancemeister Glad to hear your meal was well received. I absolutely love Company Chicken - glad to hear you liked it. :) Sounds like your reply to your brother was perfect. We have to have a plan that works for us and our lifestyle otherwise it won't "work". Life's too short to not enjoy ourselves on our journey.

Rhoo Vince and I are with you on not wanting kids. Sometimes people just don't understand. AND don't ever mention to my parents that they might not have any grandkids -- oh, we just don't go there!! It's nice to have a husband who is so supportive. Sounds like all of us married women have very supportive spouses and that makes a big difference.

Viv Looking forward to hearing good news from you when you get back from CA.

GatorGal Today will be my first REAL work-out. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. I'll be there at 5:30. You'll be long gone by then, won't you? Sorry I'll miss seeing you.

Chris I think a buffet is probably one of the hardest places to be and try to stay on plan. Sounds like you did pretty darn good considering all the tempting foods in front of you. Glad you got your charm! You're the mother of a cute little parakeet, aren't you? That counts! What's the update on OA? How'd your last meeting go?

Cheri I've never thought of eating sweet potatoes raw. Hmmmmm, I may try that. I tried a recipe one time with brushing them with some kind of maple syrup (before SB) and all I got was a mess. I didn't taste like anything I'd die to make again.

Lara I liked your post on choices. So much of our lives are the results of choices we make - there are things we have no control over, but so much of life is a reflection of the choices that we've made.

Karen How'd your pizza party go? Sounds like you were prepared to prevail! I just can't see me walking around with walking sticks......I get funny looks walking around without 'em.

BOB Congrats on not smoking during a particularly grueling day!!! THAT is a MAJOR accomplishment!!! It's so easy to go, "screw it! I deserve to have one!"

Fillise MMMMmmmmmm SF BBQ Sauce? Sounds awesome!! There's a place down here called "Uncle Jones BBQ - 'Nuthin' Mo Betta' " and there ain't Nuthin Mo Betta in Orlando! I"ve looked!! Being from Mississippi I can appreciate REAL BBQ. Congrats on your loss!!

Let me get my weigh in out of the way.
190/179/135. SB since 3/08/01. Down 1 lb. from last week. woooo-hooooo!!!! (happy dance!!!!!!!!)

Mothers day lunch turned out fine. Everything was SB legal. No complaints from the mom or mil.
My sil brought a sf cheesecake and the crust was made with tricuits if you can imagine that. I will post the recipe when she emails it to me. It was pretty good.

The trip to Louisiana was a good one. Met my sister at the Many, Louisiana info center and dropped mom
off for a 2 week visit, then DH and I proceeded to Cypress Bend to play 18 holes of golf. It is a long course with many little hills to go up and down so I got some good exercise. The landscaping is beautiful. Lots of trees,plants, and squirrels running around. We will definitely play there again but wait til the weather is somewhat cooler. It was a really hot day with no wind blowing. Thank goodness we played with a cart. We got home late Monday nite, then got up early yesterday to play 18 holes in Galveston.

I'm taking a day off from golf to get my nails done. Then Friday I have an appt with my dr. for a well-womans exam (its been over 2 years) and to discuss whether I am starting the peri-menopause phase of my life. So much to look forward too.

Had a talk with my sister the other day about whether or not she had some size 10's in her closet to fit my mom. She acted so putout. She said she will never ever have size 10's in her closet again. I think she might be a 4 or 6. She is so into striving to be the perfect size. There is so much more to life than trying to look like the designer image of perfection. Im just so afraid that she is going to impart that ideal to my 2 nieces. Anyway enough about me.

Bob thanks for the gifs.

Deb congrats on the loss. I know its been a long uphill battle for you.

Sparkle I just received the fall semester catalog for our college and I will check and see if they have any classes in web design. My niece and her husband set up web pages for a living, so I will try and get some input from them.

BTW is anyone having problems loading all the pages? I was and still am having problems trying to load all the responses especially if there is more than 1 page. It will load some and quit, then I hit reload, it loads a few more, then it quits, I hit reload again and get a blank page. Guess I will have to ask DH if there is a caching problem or something. I hate not being able to read all the responses.

To everyone else have a good day and I hope the steel monster is good to you.

Debelli: Ralph Martson's words, actually your selections of them, seem to hit me right between the eyes almost every time. This week especially. Thank you for continuously supporting and guiding us. Good job on getting up so early to exercise!

Rosalie: It's hard to believe you were using blankets to stay warm and we were turning on the air to cool off! We have been in the high 90s/low 100s for a couple weeks now.

Viv: Best wishes on a speedy recovery for your Dad. I will be thinking of all of you tomorrow, you'll will be in my prayers.

Solshine: Your visit to the gym sounds quite interesting. I wonder if the 1300 cal/and the decrease has something to do with what Deb posted on the tip board regarding what to do when you stall? Glad to hear you are back at your normal worksite. It's hard to work in uncomfortable surroundings. I printed out the principals you listed so I can read them later, thanks for taking the time to post them.

Karen3000: Your pond sounds beautiful. We have aspirations of putting a pond in our backyard, but financially it will be several years from now.

Frog: I know what you mean about getting comfortable with the weight loss (and I'm not even at goal yet), I found that I was slacking and even reaching overboard for no-no's, as of Monday I'm back 100% with a little assist from Nance and my hubby. Getting up at 4:30 in the morning to exercise is getting harder because I'm watching tv (the finales of my favorite shows are on this week and next) instead of sleeping. We decided to start video taping them, so I actually got about 7 hours of sleep last night. And after my big cheat on Sunday and getting so ill from eating chocolate, I don't even want to look at it now. Yesterday there was homemade cake in the workroom and it looked awful to me, I happily picked up my string cheese and went back to my desk.

Nance: I'll have to check out the abougreen tea, thanks. I'll miss you while you are covering for Martha, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Patients first!


Debelli: Your recipe sounds wonderful. Now that I know we can find Agave Nectar down here, I want to start baking for the girls at work, they just can't believe that there is good sf treats!

BOB: Sorry to hear about your bad day, hope Wednesday is kinder to you.

Karen: Thanks for the green tea information. I drink the decaf version.

Chris: I copied your MM to Word so that I can sit down and read them afterwork, along with SolShine's Principals. Thank you for taking the time to share your writing with us, I always seem to find a connection or make a personal realization when reading your words.

Fillise: I'm so glad that you are back down! I haven't yet gotten past the insanity, but the weight will drop in time. I think I will follow your lead and re-read SB myself.

Debelli: Congratulations on your loss!

Solshine: YIPEE on the 2lbs lost!

If your name happens to be listed more than once, sorry, I didn't go back and combine names as I read. As I'm finally caught up to this very moment (I'm sure someone is posting at the same time as I), I can go jump in the shower and get ready for work....I'm late, I'm late...

Lara

By the way, still no loss of weight, but that's no suprise, next week will be better.

Good WIW to you all! Hope everyone will find good news waiting for them at the one-eyed monster. I'm actually down a pound from last week. It's the same pound or so that's been bouncing around like a ball for the last month since we got back from vacation. I'm more back on track eating, so that's helping. My choices were mostly OP but my amounts were from pig heaven!!!!

Yes, I did resist the pizza yesterday, even though it was sitting right in front of me. Part of it was just saying it wasn't worth it, part was the fact one was pepperoni and one was veggie, and part was because I brought a big salad and strawberries to eat. So, now I know I can do it!

Still way behind on all my work and getting "behinder" as we sometimes say. I think about all of you and get time only to read the posts these days. Thanks for all your words of wisdom and sharing the ups and downs!

Yeah, Deb! All that persistence is paying off--but you knew best all along about your body. Woo-hoo!

Woo-hoo to all the other losers today and to everyone else here that's trying day-by-day to be healthy!

Karen

Happy Hump Day! 'Tis Wednesday!

I'm happy to announce this is my ONE MONTH ANNIVERSARY on SB!!! Have I mentioned that I've never stuck to anything this long before??? Why? Because I can! :D This WOE has been a pleasure. I'm down 1.5 this week, for a total weight loss of 7.5 for the month. I'm sure if I actually got my butt out of bed, and dragged myself away from the computer and actually EXERCISED more often, the results would be greater, but so far, so good. I have been drinking 33 ounces of water a day and I AM going to work up to 64 ounces if it kills me! I posted my measurements. I encourage all of you who don't measure to start because sometimes when you feel a little discouraged about your weight ups and downs, it gives you an extra boost.;)

Fillise
You are down a total of 52 pounds?!?!? WOW!!! Double WOW!!!! You are the Bomb! That is so awesome!!!!! You go Girl! COGRATULATIONS!

Deb
That scale finally moved! ALRIGHT!!!! Sooner than later, you will be at goal! Hope you have a fun day with Eli.
See if you can squeeze out of the chef one of your favorite recipes at Ole Ole for us!

Solshine
Congrats on your loss! That's awesome! Things are moving in the right direction....DOWN!

Catlover
Glad to here of your loss. Keep up the good work!

ldblond
Keep your chin up high! With being back OP and exercising, it will pay off next WIW. If you want me to pick up some Agave nectar for you, just say the word!

BOB
I'm so proud of you not breaking down. What made you realize that it JUST WASN"T WORTH IT??? I think we all have turned to certain things when we are stressed, mad, etc. That's great you were able to say "NO".

Well, I need to get the kidletts squared away for school.
I will check in with you wonderful women later. Thank you for a month of support. I wouldn't have been able to do it if it wasn't for all of you!!! So BIG HUGS!!!

Nancy :)

Me again!!! The kids are out the door, on their way to school, and NOW I have some peace and quiet!

I wanted to share with you gals the things I am looking forward to with weight loss, thing I'm sure you can relate to :D

1. Wearing a pair of pantyhose and NOT having a hole poke through at the inside of the thigh, creating a skin bubble to get nice and raw while at a social event.

2. Not looking like I need to wear a bra on my back, as well as my front!

3. Not wearing the same color and style underwear that my 78 year old Mom wears.

4. Not waking myself up, or my DH from snoring on occasion.

5. Not breaking out into a sweat at work, doing a minor
physical tasks, like cleaning out the supply closet.

6. Lara and I had such a laugh over this one....Not having to "lift" your stomach up to shave from bathing suit time!

7. Not having my love-handles superceed the width of my hips!

8. Sex.....not having to worry if my husband is being crushed...and hearing any flapping noises from my stomach.

9. Being able to shop in the "normal" clothes size section in the store, instead of the LARGE MARGE department, wearing things that styles for woman about 50 years older than me!

10. Being able to actually see some light in between my thighs.

Didn't mean to offend anyone by being blunt about the realities of being overweight....if anything I hope ther were some laughs, being able to identify with what I'm talking about! Feel free to share any of your own goals:)

At work, gotta be quick!!

Down 2.5 to 152 today! Guess those thongs don't have me too swollen up! :D

Later!

Peace,
Frog

190/152/130
(38 down, 22 to go!)

karen: The bouncing weight ball seems to be effecting some of us more regularly lately. At least you are staying OP and your self-discipline with the pizza is incredible! For the most part I only nibble on the lose pieces of meat when my family has it for dinner, twice I've actually peeled of the toppings and put them in a pita. Not something I would do very often, wasn't as satisfing as I had hoped.

Nance: {Fireworks and Celebration} I'm so proud of you! You are on your way lady, 8lbs in one month is wonderful, you've got to be jazzed! As for the water, fill the bottle up twice a day. If you really can't stand the taste of the water (or lack there of), add a slice of lemon or other citrus to the waterand it will give it some flavor. The water really makes a difference. I definitely can relate to your top 10! We'll talk at lunch about that.

Frog: Congratulations on the 2.5lbs. You go girl!

Back to work for me!

I almost hate to post because I am NOT a happy camper. :mad: Soooooo..... I am only human and yes, the past month it has been hard to stay 100% 100% of the time!!!! Except last week's weight of 125, I have bobbled back and forth from 126-128 for 1 1/2 months now:cry: The last couple of weeks I have resumed my exercising.. still not full force though. My energy is also being used by the gadening and folwer planting I am still doing:rolleyes: Doesn't that count for something. I am sorry this is just a BIG OL whiny post. I am not throwing ion the towel. And believe me, that in itself is a success. Since choosing this WOE, I have learned alot about being more understanding of myself. I have been physically active now for 3 months off and on. I have picked up good habits left and right....... I AM GONNA KEEP ON KEEPING ON!!!! Please someone, remind of this affirmation whenever I need a pep talk!!!!!

DOING HAPPY DANCES FOR ALL YOU LOSERS THIS WEEK!!!!!!!! YOUR DETERMINATION HAS GOTTEN YOU YOUR JUST REWARDS.

Deb - I wouldn't mind trying to chat again tonight. I will check back later, or maybe you could send a group email?????? I will make sure we have the right key to open the door tonight..he,he,he

I needed to come in and cool down. I am working on that butterfly garden today, and it's KICKING MY BUTT!!!! I swear, I think it's over 90* here. By the end of the week, they are predicting 94*...ughhhhhhhh
I am so grimy and yucky. I need to hit the shower, then sooooo need to go to the grocery store:eek: No bread or milk. Have a great afternoon ladies.......and maybe we will be chatting tonight.

Hi folks.

I feel like I'm spinning out of control with my eating/exercise program and life in general, even though I haven't eaten anything off my food plan. This morning feeling really out of sorts, so today is a crisis of a kind. I'm asking myself, what can I do to snap out of it?

One thing that has been bothering me is my finances, which are really in disorder. It would require many hours of work to get things straightened out (not to mention future discipline) but if I get a handle on that I think I will feel a lot better. Another thing is my job performance, as I've talked about before. I'm not doing anything wrong...there are just some things I could do a lot better, like taking the initiative on money making projects etc.

I find if one thing in my life is out of control I start to feel like everything is out of control...especially my eating. So I would like to "confess" the things I feel I need to work on, and make some resolutions.

My plan (below) is the same as before, I just haven't been sticking to it. The only thing I'm changing is that it was way to much work to try to count out ALL my portions, so I will try counting only my carb servings (4 per day) and see if that works better.

Starting today I resolve to:

*Limit my whole carb intake to 4 servings per day
*Run 3 miles every weekday, preferably in the morning
*Weight train (upper body) to fatigue 2 times per week
*Do 50 reps abs every day, preferably in the morning

I'm also going to post everything I eat for 3 or 4 days....keeps me honest.

Thanks to all of you for your support...I am DETERMINED to succeed.

Love,

Chris

Ann: I mentioned earlier today, that some of seem to be playing with the bouncing weight ball lately. Think of all that you have accomplished 14lbs. is a great achievement, sure you have more to lose but just look at where you are now and be proud. The next time you are at the garden shop, look at the 15 lb bag of seed and pick it up, then think...this is how much you lost! I just had this revalation happen to me on Saturday, my son is 2 and around 24 lbs. I had to walk up a flight of stairs carrying him, it was tough. Then it occured to me that I wasn't carrying any more weight than what I weighed at the beginning of the year! As for your exercise, gardening is definitly exercise and if you go to any of the sites with health calculators you will see that you are burning calories just as if you were working out. You said it yourself, the butterfly garden is kicking your butt. Get out there and garden, I would love to be there right next to you instead of inside an office! (By the way the high here today is 102). I have to get back to work, but know that I'm out here routing for ya!

Lara

It is a cool and rainy evening here. The weather had been gloomy all day but I'm in good spirits. Tonight is my ladies group night. Spewer ought to be there too. I hope that she will be able to keep her mouth shut! SHe drinks and talks with reckless abandon!

Many of you who have been around since New Year's remember that my MIL and I had an arguement that started regarding a comment she made about my diet - essentially that I was eating too much cheese to be able to lower my cholesterol. It was hurtful and nasty, but the arguement that followed was the worst. We haven't seen each other since then and have only talked on the phone once. She was cold while I was trying to act normal, that was in February. My husband and I have many conversations about his mother's behavior and the difficult place he is in because of the 2 of us. :frown: I have stood firm in that I am not giving into her behavior again. I have attempted to let bye-gones (sp?) be bye-gones but she wants to continue to fight and admit no guilt (I guess). I report all of this because her birthday is Saturday and her sister is flying in to surprise her. We haven't see this aunt in several years and we are thinking that we are going to be expected to put in an appearance. My husband has asked that I go to his parent's with him for a birthday celebration. ARGH! :rolleyes: Luckily I work with a gifted (child)psychologist who offers free advice to the needy like me. He suggested that I go because it will give a signal to others that I am not continuing to fight, and if she wants to she can but it will be hard for her to have a fight by herself. He also suggested that I have a plan to leave if I feel that I am being treated unfairly. I have added that I will have a set time to arrive and leave and that my husband has to agree to these conditions (which he has) or I will not go.

I am not looking forward to this one iota! :nono: I would love to frame my cholesterol results (down 68 points in 6 months) and wear them around my neck like Gangsta jewelry! :smug: I also plan to wear the most slimming thing hanging in my closet! Just 'cause I am one proud woman! :D

Does anyone have any advice for me? I'm listening.

DEB - It is unbelievable to me that you have not posted a WIW loss since the end of March! Congrats girrrllll! :) Do you think that is becuase you are so close to your goal? And what is this I read about you running? Awesome! Did you find that Champion Jogbra that I was telling you about?

SOLSHINE - Glad that you were able to post a loss today!

LDBLOND - I too am back on the wagon. I am wearing my "goal" pants today and they fit great. Now I have another pair in there that I have had for several months. I can finally get them zipped and believe that I will be in them before the 4th of July!

KAREN - Great loss! Good resisting the pizza! It's on the menu at ladies' night tonight I am thinking of taking my own on a WW pita.

NANCE - way to go on the 1 month anniversary. Chug-a-lug that H2O! Enjoyed your realities!

CHRIS - Your resolutions are great. But when are you gonna sleep? That is an important factor in weight loss too ya know?

FILLISE - Hope you have fun in NC. I want to meet on 5/25. What kinda food are you interested in? I look forward to getting to know you.

LISA-A-A - are you near Columbus and do you want to meet FILLISE and I for lunch?

Well it is time for me to great ready for the night. Enjoy that chat. Hope it is working appropriately!

Peace,
Frog

190/152/130
(38 down, 22 to go!)

Evening All!:wave:

I've been banned from the kitchen so Eli can go ahead and make dinner, so I couldn't think of anything better than to come onto the board and get in a post!:)

Had a nice day out. Ended up at Ole Ole again, had the same thing as yesterday (Cobb Salad). You'd think I'd get sick of it, but I don't. One day after I reach goal and then some, I'm gonna shock them and order a fajita (taking my own ww tortillas of course).

SOL, WOO HOO! Congrats on that 2lb loss, way to go! I think once you get going with this trainer you'll have the want in you to exercise as often as you can. It just makes you feel good, and also, you know that it's helping you not only lose weight, but get healthier in other ways. You'll do it, give yourself more credit!

CATLOVER, congrats to you to, another pound down the drain! Looking forward to seeing that cheesecake recipe! Thanks for letting me know that I'm not the only one who waits 2 years to go see their gyn! He tells me as I hit my 40's I'll see some changes - I told him I have no desire to see those changes!! I wonder, if you lie about your age, do these changes still come???:lol: I'm not having any trouble loading the pages at this time. Sometimes I do though and I have to delete my cookies, which I haven't a clue why it helps, but it does.

LDBLOND, you could spend hours on RM's site-I told Eli he should print a page out each week and post it at Starbucks. I think they'd be enlightening for the customers. I try to pick ones that we can all relate to. Once you start baking with the agave, you'll wonder why more people don't (probably cause they can't find it, but that's no excuse). My problem is no self control once I bake something-lets just say, the cake my Mom made yesterday is more than 1/2 gone!:eek: It's sooooo good!

KAREN, glad to see you are back down, congrats to you. Trust me, I get ravenous like a pig for couple days each month, it's hormones. Just eat SB legal foods until your satisfied and you'll be fine. Kudos for not partaking in the pizza!

NANCE, congrats not only on your 1 MONTH SB ANNIVERSARY, but also on losing another 1.5lbs!!!!! 7.5lbs in a month is wonderful. Keep up the great work. Work on the exercising if you can and the water, you'll see bigger results!!! LOL, as I mentioned above, the salad is my favorite at Ole Ole, but I did get the recipe for the dressing, which is out of this world-only problem, **** if I can remember what I did with it!:eek: I can relate to every single one of those things you posted! Gosh, how I remember being raw between my legs when I didn't wear hose, but when I did, they were so tight, they would make me cry it hurt to much! #8, do you mean you don't find that slapping sound amoureous? Thank goodness mine was cut off!! One thing I found that I was grateful for on Monday - I was able to go to the Dr. and be able to put on one of those paper gowns and it was able to tie, meaning I didn't require 2 of them!!!!

FROG, you are wasting away!! Congrats on another 2.5lb loss!! Can't you just smell those 140's?!?!?! Should I send you an umbrella for tonight's meeting? Just don't sit anywhere near spewing range! I'd go to your MIL as much as you don't want to and just be cordial to everyone else, and just a hello to her-you'll look like the bigger person (not literally though). What do you care what she thinks-don't! I found out long ago not to worry about others, they don't like it, too darned bad-that has helped me immensely! Haven't found that bra yet. Have to really start looking, that would help. Yep, it's been that long since I posted a loss on WIW. I was lower at other times, but not on WIW-so that's why it's taken even longer to see me able to post there.

AMSER, I can understand the way you feel, if you saw my post, I've only lost 1lb since March 28th. I go up and down, and we all go up and down, it happens for many reasons. Just be patient, I say this from experience. I'll try to be on by 9pm tonight to see if we can get into the chat room:)

SPARKLE, I know you said that you feel you are a failure if you don't do something well. You can't feel this way. Just because your finances aren't perfect, your not perfect in your job, just remember, we are human and none of us are perfect! We are human and we make mistakes, and we have to learn from these mistakes. My finances stink, I never balance my checkbook, I don't even have a job, my house is a wreck 99% of the time-should I go on? BUT, you know what, at this time, I do care, really I do, but I am more interested on working on ME than anything else at this time. Everything else will fall into place once I finish with ME. Don't make these lists of things to do, if you don't do them, you feel like you've failed, and you haven't. Just do it, as the Nike commercial says. Do things as they come, try not to plan for everything, some things you need to plan for, but not every single thing. Remember, take some time for yourself, don't get obsessed in doing all these things-slow down:)

As long as one of the kids doesn't need the computer for homework at 9pm, I'm going to get on and try to get in the chat room. If anyone else is interested in joining me, please, try to come in anytime after 9pm. If no one shows by 9:15pm, I'll exit out of there.

Hope you all have a wonderful evening!

Debbie
194/130.5/129
SB since 3/22/00

Hi everyone!

Well, I stayed the same again! At least I didn't gain. I know that soon the scales will start to move down again.

I have decided to change another thing about the way I eat. I have been eating 3 meals a day and getting hungry in between meals. Well, I am going to try 6 mini meals a day instead. Today was the first day I tried it. I did much better. I didn't get hungry in between and want to eat tons at my meals. I'm thinking this will work better.

Nance: I "resemble" those remarks! :lol: I know exactly what you mean. Anyway, congratulations on the loss. That's totally awsome.

Debbie: Glad to see that the scale has gone down for you too. Soon you'll be at your goal. I have faith that it will happen for you.

Chris: Try not to let things get to you so easily. I know that it's difficult but everything in our lives can't be perfect. Just live the best you can each day. Think of the task at hand and not the other ones waiting. They'll still be there when you get to them and maybe you won't be so stressed out. You are doing great.

SolShine: I have been thinking of joining a gym but have been procrastinating. I used to go all the time and loved it. I didn't have a personal trainer there though. That would be nicer to have someone to make sure that you're doing things the correct way.

I can't remember who mentioned the BBQ, but it sounds wonderful. Is the recipie posted on the board?

I went out to dinner the other evening and wanted a burger. I asked the waiter to serve it on ww toast with lettuce, tomato and onion and instead of the fries I had steamed veggies. I felt like finally I was in control.

To all of you who lost this WIW. CONGRATULATIONS!

To all of you who did not lose, Just keep on keeping on and it'll happen!

Have a great day!

Cheri
287/277/145

Good evening to all and congrads to all those who lost this week.

I don't know if I should join you all in posting a loss or not. THis am on my usual scale I went down, but at the doctor's office this afternon I weighted the same as I did on April 30th. So I don't know!!!!

I have not felt motivated this week, I am under the gun to get a class ready to teach on Friday. Once that is over things will get back to normal.

I really hope that everyone has a great end to the week and great way of eating. Stay happy and healthy.

Oh, one more quick thing.....when I went to the doctors a couple of weeks ago, I got an order to have my cholesteral tested. Got the results back today. down to 181. Lat time it was tested it was 211. Of course today the new levels were in the paper and now I am high again....it figures!!!!
The other news I got today is that my thyroid levels are still flucating(sp) all over the place, up one month and down the next. Could this be why I am having trouble losing weight.

Be happy!!!
Laurie

Good Wednesday evening everyone :)

I don't have any loss to report this week - still the same as last week at 200 pounds.

Rhroo - I have been slipping up on the exercises since I started badminton. Also I have been working more day shifts and I don't always feel like exercising after work - by the time that supper is over and the dishes are done I am pooped. I just have to make more effort to get back with the exercises or walking on my days off. I did have a good workout at badminton this evening though, that's the second time this week. I also had a good walk around the shopping mall after work to-day! I have 6 grandchildren - 5 boys and one girl. My grandsons are 14, 12, 10, 8 and 5 and my granddaughter is 8. They all play soccer so I like to get out there when I can and watch their games. My daughter has her four boys all playing on the same night this year, which is better than last year when she had them plaing 4 or 5 nights a week. They certainly keep her busy.

Solshine - Congrats on that 2 pound loss. Sounds like you are making a good start with the exercises. Glad to hear your Mom enjoyed her holiday. I visited Bath when I was there three years ago. I went by bus from London. It was a beautiful trip. There's lots of lovely scenery in that part of the country. In three more weeks I will be off on my holiday.

Cheri - You mentioned carrot sticks being a no-no but according to Montignac raw carrots have a gi of only 30. It's when they are cooked that the gi goes up. The sweet potato sticks do sound interesting though, I will have to try them.

Fillise - I think that is a good philosophy that you have about the weight loss. If we give ourselves time limits then we are disappointed when we don't achieve the results we want. The important thing is that we are losing inches/pounds, however slowly. Congrats on the loss this week and it's good to hear that you have the support of your family.

Deb - HOORAY for the loss this week. Your cake recipe sounds good but I would be afraid to make it - I would probably end up eating it all!

Catlover - Congrats on your loss and glad to hear you had a good weekend with your family

BOB - Sorry to hear about the bad day you had but congrats on staying cig free. Hope you have better days ahead.

Karen - That's wonderful that you could resist that pizza that was sitting right in front of you. That's willpower!

Nancemeister - 7.5 lbs this month - thats AWESOME.

Amseraphim - I'm glad to hear you are not giving up. It can be very frustrating when you are not losing - I know all about that - but just hang in there. It's sure to happen sooner or later. All that gardening you are doing certainly counts for exercise.

Lamap - I would be inclined to forget the doctor's scale and go by the one you normally use. I certainly believe that your thyroid problem could be contributing to the difficulty you are having in losing, particularly if it is underactive. I hope things go well for you with the course you are teaching on Friday.

Chris - You seem to be pushing yourself too hard. It sounds like you need to relax a little more before you get burned out. If you are exercising regularly and staying op you should continue to lose. How do you find the time to do so much in the morning before work? You talk about cutting back carbs to four a day. Are you talking about starchy carbs or all carbs? It is recommended for weight loss that we have no more that 2 or three starchy carbs a day. But we need to eat veggies and legumes which are low gi carbs.

Congrats to all the losers this week, and to the rest just hang in there.

I have to finish this post before I have to say Good Morning!

Bye :wave:

Marie.

A quick late night post...it's after midnight and I can't sleep. Thanks to everyone for your comments. I guess you don't quite realize how deep I've dug this hole with my bookkeeping/finances. So as soon as I got home from work I piled tons of boxes of random papers on the huge dining room table and, like Rumplestiltskin, began to spin order out of the mess with that demonic energy that I get when I put my mind to something. I actually finished almost everything, a surprising amount of work. Finished at 9, then now (couldn't sleep) got up and got the bills ready to mail. That's the first step. Next I have to address my unpaid taxes and mounting credit card bills. Another reason why this mess is so bad is that I'm in financial planning. I can't even open my mouth to clients until I have my own finances in order. I opened up a Roth IRA some time ago and started to get religion (so to speak) but things have slipped back into disarray. I think my procrastination in this area has actually held me back from getting into sales instead of just admin. So perhaps that makes it plainer how serious it is for me to manage my personal finances like a tightly-run business. I do feel a lot better already.

I talked to a potential "beau" (haha) today on the phone....we made a date for Sunday. I must admit, I'm pretty nervous. It's been a long time since I've dated.

Day's food as promised (to myself) :

1 cup cottage cheese, 1/4 cup almonds, 1 tsp raisins (don't yell at me about the last)

1 boca burger with 2 slices american cheese, 2 slices homemade bread, 1 tbs cream cheese, 1/2 tsp pepper jelly (don't yell) 1 spinach leaf (stolen)

1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1 tsp raisins

9-grain cereal (1/2 cup) with tbs cheese sauce, 2 eggs (tasted like grits'n'eggs'n'cheese), 1/4 cup plain yogurt, 1/2 cup blueberries, 1/4 cup cherries (both frozen)

2 large cups ice tea with lemon, 12 packets Splenda

Est 1500 calories, 3 servings grains

I know, no veggies. Too much Splenda...I've been whacking that stuff lately. And I didn't need the cheese at lunch...could have been prepared with picante sauce or hot sauce instead. I was in search of fresh fruit but didn't find any downtown. It helps to see it all in black and white so I know what to do better. If I had seen the bowls of cereal I've been consuming over the weekend, written down, I'm sure that wouldn't have lasted more than a day!

Thanks again for all your support!

Chris
164/161 (as of Monday :( ) /130

GOOD THURSDAY MORNING EVERYONE!:wave:

I can't believe it's Thursday already, I feel like the days are just flying by me.

Just got in from doing the usual 4.5 miles, no jogging though, my legs just feel like lead these past couple days. I haven't been sleeping good for some unknown reason lately either and I think that has something to do with it as well. At least I got up and out there today, and I guess that's what counts :)

The scale is up a 1/2lb today, but I'm not worrying, TOM is due sometime in the next 4 days, so I know the scale will inevitably rise to the occasion!

CHERI, staying the same isn't so bad, unless it stays the same for weeks on end! I'm sure the scales will go down, as I speak from experience;) I have to totally agree with you on going to 6 mini meals a day, which is what I've been doing basically from the start. I eat whenever I feel like I want/need to. I've read much more in favor of doing this than not-you'll be happy you made that change.

LAMAP, which ever scale you follow from, go with that one. I can't weigh on any scale but my own, as I know anywhere else, I'd have to be clothed and I would weigh more just from that alone. When I went to the Dr. on Monday I just told her what I weighed, wouldn't step on that scale for nothing! Congrats on the chol. test-it may of gone up from something you ate just from that day, but I'm sure I don't have to tell you that, and of course, without any background, this is just my guess. Not sure about your thyroid thing, what does the Dr. think?

ROSALIE, I'm sure a loss would of been better than staying the same, but knowing how you fluctuate, I think staying the same is good and there should be a loss for you soon:) How are you preparing to follow SB on your trip to the UK? You are smart probably not to make the cake, it's almost gone, less than half left. I promised my neighbor a piece, so one less portion for me to eat, but I really hear it calling my name! Really though, it's very low in everything and would be a great cake to make!

SPARKLE, glad to hear you got some things done-you'll get everything in line soon, just don't make it where you give yourself such stiff deadlines. The menu you post doesn't even look like 1500 calories. I can't see how, but I guess you are keeping track.

Well, I'm going to go make an omelete for breakfast, so I'll go for now. I'll check back with you all later. I have some recipes to post on the recipe board later.

REMINDER Today is RECIPE DAY so if you have any recipes you'd like to share with the board, please, post them on the MAY RECIPE BOARD at the link below:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=4770

I broke down the nutritional info on the WW SPONGE CAKE RECIPE I posted ( and absolutely LOVE) for anyone who is interested, just go to the recipe and you'll find it there:)

Have a wonderful day!

Debbie
194/131/129
SB since 3/22/00

Good Morning!

Today is my last day at work, since I took Friday off for my three day camping trip.. Tonight I am going to pre-plan all the food stuff, so I can be on plan.

I think I'll be doing some baking tonight with all these great recipes that keep getting posted. I am going to look through my recipe box and see if there are some SB legal recipes to post.

There were only a few of us on the chat last night, which worked out fine. I cna't imagine when 10 people are on how fast it would be moving!

Spraklescamp
My advice to you is to pick one thing, focus on it, and get it done....then move to the next thing. It sounds like you are spreading yourself too thin. You will feel better about yourself, and have a sense of accomplishment if you SLOW DOWN. You can't be all things to all people, especially yourself! Take time to stop and smell the roses. Life isn't a race. 20 years from now 1/2 that stuff won't matter anyhow! Put yourself first. Take care of you!

BOB
Where are you???? No witty comments, no sacasim, no wagon talk....what's the world coming to? I 'll be gone for 3 days...just think how this will affect my sleep on the camping trip if I don't know that you're alive and kicking?!?! :D

ldblond
I meant to tell you that when you left the office the other day one of the nurses said "WOW, She really lost some weight!" and I said "Yeah!" and and she said "I mean ALOT!!!". I guess she hadn't seen you in ahile and was very impressed!!!! I'm craving that salad I had yesterday. It was sooo good. I'll have to try making something like that at home, but salads at home never seem to taste as good as they do at restaurants!

Debbie
Every day I see you posting your walking and running and I say to myself "THAT IS WY SHE IS YOUR MENTOR!"
I applaude your discipline. I told myself I was going to get consistent about exercising. I am looking forward to hiking up at the mountains. Something about fresh air, a good hike, and a good meal, that make for good sleep. Speaking of sleep, have you tried Celestial Seasonings "Sleepytime" Tea? Maybe that would help.

Well, I need to get ready for work. Congratulations to everyone for staying committed to plan and continuing on with their weight loss journey.

Nancy

We're going to a friend's this week-end. While the guys practice their martial arts us women are going to finish our "trail" through the woods to the pond on the other side of their property. We're going to be like little girls again! :D She is a horticulturist and they are both health food nuts so Vince and I want to bake some healthy cookies to take with us. I'm going to surf the site for some recipes, but if anyone knows any off the top of their head I'd sure be thankful.

The one on one fitness training last night was good. The time flew by and I really wasn't ready to be through when the time was up. (Omigosh, did I type that????) They told me that I had done enough and any more would be over training. I also think they are taking it a little easy on me right at the first to keep me from getting so tired and/or sore that I don't come back. That's fine with me. :)

FROG -- I'm so sorry to hear about the nasty tension with you and your MIL. I agree, go and be your sweet self. It will show who the BIGGER (not physcially) person is. I also, TOTALLY agree with the time limits. We have had to do that with some of our family. We absolutely love them, but can only be around them for so long before it's a burden. To keep our relationships sweet we do that. Some family members its 3 days - others it's 3 hours. You have to guard your sanity.

DEBBIE - I went this week-end to get some Agave Nectar and they didn't have it at Whole Foods here. :( I gave them my name and phone number, but haven't heard back from them. They tried to sell me Stevia instead -- man is that stuff expensive!! Vince thinks they have the Agave nectar at Publix. Sweet thing! I wonder if he's thinking guava nectar.

CHERI - 6 mini-meals a day works for me! They laugh at the office because I'm always eating something - but it's usually veggies and it keeps me from getting hungry or feeling deprived.

NANCE - Your goals are a hoot! I haven't worn pantyhose in so long I'd forgotten about those "issues". Have fun on your camping trip.

LAURIE - I don't know much about thyroids, but everyone who knows about my weight loss problems always asks if I've had it checked. Maybe you've just got the same genes I do. :) I totally relate to the frustrations of doing everything right and not seeing the results from it. Definitely have everything medical that you can checked out - we want to be healthy first and foremost.

SPARKLE -- Hang in there, Gal! You have overcome too much and have too much going for you for you to collapse into despair. We can't fix everything all at once - we can't jump into too many new things/rules/etc at once either. Some wise poster (I think it was you) said that it was best when you first start SB to concentrate on merely eating the right kinds of foods - to not worry about portion sizes until you get the hang of what's good and what's not the best. THEN go on to portion sizes OR exercise, but to try to accomplish all of these at the same time is too much. Ditto with every other phase of life. Only one perfect man walked this Earth. :) Also, we're to enjoy the fruits of our labors -- that means fun, relaxation and whatever it is that blesses you. Spending too much time and mental energy on trying to be perfect at everything doesn't leave room for that. Ever just walk in the rain and let the mud squish between your toes? Try it some time - singing a stupid song - out loud where everyone can hear you. :lol: And....have FUN on your date!

Sitting here with my BIG glass of water yum!!!! LOL Hi everyone. Have not had a chance to reply to you all. Trying to catch up on my sleep and stuff now that the overtime at work is done. I am getting into bed at 12:30 (not 2:00) and getting up and doing my work out in the morning and trying not to be to tired at 6:00 p.m when i go back to work! I have excersised 4 times this week! woooo hooooo i am pushing for 6! I didn't weigh this week to stressed and i knew i was up a bit anyway I started to get better and we had a "problem" at work and i have been stressed! no excuse i know. We had a pizza party last night the pizza a gift to us from our creepy boss! HA!! i didn't even eat her gift! But there where a number of store bought and home baked goods that made their way to me. I don't get it! LOL No pizza but cake! I am doing good today just forgot to eat! go figure! Anyway enough about me.

Deb-woooo hoooo on getting down to your lowest-I am sure by the end of the month you'll be to goal! I think we should start a pool. You sound like you have been busy down there. The weather here has been lousey all week. I went for a walk yesterday in the drizzle.

Nancy-Woooo hooo on the loss! Hope you have an awsome camping trip. Planning your food is the best way to go! Happy Anniversary too! just think what next month will bring!! :D

ldblonde-thanks for checking the page out. I can't wait till we both get to goal!

Rosalie- I know that feeling of not having time for yourself!! You sound like a great grandma! My mother in law comes to all my kids sport (and school) stuff she is cute it gives her something to do and she enjoys all the children that are playing. I am glad i got my girl -your poor daughter!!! I don't know what i would do with 4 boys!

Sol- Yeah!!! the scale moved good for u! It is nice to have a supportive spouse. I just wish he would keep his hands off me sometimes!!! LOL He loved me at 201.2 and NEVER complained about how i looked. Now he just likes the new bod i guess!! I think he thinks we are teen agers again! LOL Keep up the great work!!

Catlover- Yeah on the loss!!!!! You sound like you had a busy week end. I have a younger sister also. She is shorter and lighter. She is very supportive of me. I guess she has influenced me in the excersise department! she is a work out fool.!!

karen- awsome loss!! every pound counts right?! way to go on the pizza too. I did good too with pizza and i brought my yogurt and strawberrys but didn't eat them- :( oh well better luck for me next time. I really wouldn't have missed the cake ----butttt i ate it bummer!

Amseraphim- Well you didn't gain thats good too right??? you seem to be getting other results from this WOE keep it up don't give up!!!!! I would love a butterfly garden. I have no green thumb :( I hope next week brings a loss for u!!!!!!!!!!

Sparkle-hows the plan going???? sounds like a good one. I know how your feeling too! Your menu looked good I have to start to journal again my self. I need to get my act together here too!!!! thinking of you!!! Keep up the good work!

Frog- Good luck with the mother in law. You don't sound to excited to go!!! I wish people would not say anything to us about our weight or health!!! what is the saying?? If you don't have anything nice to say then don't say it??? My mother in law cringes everytime i say i need to lose 5 more lbs. THen i say "what" she says "i just don't want you to get sick" PLEASE!!!! she should know how sick i will get if i don't lose the last 5 lbs! I really don't have much in advise but to go and look good and just smile!!!!! :D

cheri-staying the same is good too!!! good luck on shaking up your program!! let us know how you do next week.

lamap- I would say you lost! wooo hoooo keep it up!!!!the colesteral results are awsome!!! keep up the great work!

:wave: to everyone i missed or who is lurking!!!

I found a new chip that is semi legal-better than potato (this is my silly head speaking) they are Sun Chips yummy but i can't be left alone with them!!! gotta gooooo

Rhonda
201.2/140/135

I posted earlier but it must have gotten lost in cyberspace. I added the sf cheesecake recipe to May board. Went off grocery shopping. It took almost 2 hours. It gets so time consuming reading labels. I need to buy the SB shopping food guide.

Frog I agree with everyone else. Be the bigger person. My dad was always telling me that you can draw more flies with honey than you can with vinegar.

Sparkle my dh is always telling me not to "sweat the small stuff" when I get stressed out trying to do everything in a day. Now I know that what is here today unfinished will be there tomorrow unfinished to tackle and nothing is so important that it cant wait. You do come first and everything else should play seconds. Good luck on your date. You sound like a fun person so Im sure everything will be okay.

Well guess I will go for now. will leave you all with a little humor

The Joys of Womanhood
Brilliant Woman Author Unknown



Women over 50 don't have babies because they
would put them down and forget where they left
them.

One of life's mysteries is how a 2 pound box of
candy can make a woman gain 5 lbs.

My mind not only wanders, it sometime leaves
completely.

The best way to forget all your troubles is to
wear tight shoes.

The nice part about living in a small town is that
when you don't know what you're doing,
someone else does.

The older you get, the tougher it is to lose
weight because by then, your body and your fat
are really good friends.

Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along
came today.

Sometimes I think I understand everything, then
I regain consciousness.

I gave up jogging for my health when my thighs
kept rubbing together and setting my
pantyhose on fire.

Amazing! You hang something in your closet for
awhile and it shrinks two sizes!

Skinny people irritate me! Especially when they
say things like, "You know, sometimes I just
forget to eat."
Now I've forgotten my address, my mother's
maiden name, and my keys. But I've never
forgotten to eat. You have to be a special kind
of stupid to forget to eat.

A friend of mine confused her valium with her
birth control pills. She had 14 kids, but she
doesn't really care.

The trouble ! with some women is that they get
all excited about nothing and then they marry
him.

I read this article that said the typical symptoms
of stress are: eating too much, impulse buying,
and driving too fast. Are they kidding? That is
my idea of a perfect day.

I know what Victoria's Secret is. The secret is
that nobody older than 30 can fit into their
stuff.

Hello everyone! :wave:

I've been MIA for an entire week, and have really missed reading all the posts!

Thursday night I left for the beach w/my two sisters after Ross's ballgame....we didn't get there until about 1:00 am! We were so happy to be going off, it didn't matter...AND we all wanted to "wake up at the beach" :)

It was a wonderful, relaxing weekend, and I did OK w/my eating. Probably had too much wine, not enough veggies, etc....but all in all, not too bad. One sister brought some delicious chicken salad made w/fat free mayo, another brought homemade pimento cheese, and I brought my marinated vegatables. Add a little fruit and it made for a GREAT lunch. Dinner, however, was a different story. Friday night we went to our fav restaurant and I had to have "my dish".....grouper ponchatrain (sp?), which is a fillet of grouper grilled w/a soft shell crab and yummy sauce on top. Not exactly legal :rolleyes:! Saturday night went to another great place and I had a shrimp dish, that is served w/pasta (didn't eat but a few bites of the pasta), also in a yummy sauce.

Didn't get in much exercise except for one LONG walk on the beach.....really worked those leg muscles! There's nothing quite like walking in the sand! I lost one pound this week, and I guess I'm ok w/that. I was really hoping to get below the "200" mark, but considering my eating at the beach, I shouldn't complain!

I feel like I've been running ever since I got back. Even though I did not go back to teaching when Ross was sick, I have remained on as the "Senior sponsor" and am in charge of graduation and all the activities they have. The last few weeks of school are a killer! They had their Senior Class Night program on Monday night, which is a fun program we do every year. We put together a video of a lot of old pictures of them, they read their class prophecy, etc.... It went really well. They gave me a beautiful set of monogrammed silver earrings and a matching bracelet.....I wasn't expecting it, because I haven't been w/them much....it was very sweet. Tuesday was ballgame day....Wednesday I had to take my mother to Mobile to a neurosurgeon (she has facial neuralgia, which is horribly painful, and she's considering surgery), practiced all morning w/the Seniors today for our upcoming Honors Day, Baccalaureate, and Graduation programs. LIFE IS TOO HECTIC!!

Congratulations to all the "losers" this week! Keep it going......reading about other successes really motivates me too! And for those that are struggling, you're not alone and will have your moment in the sun soon!

Increasing Ross's medicine last week seems to be doing the trick. Someone asked last week why we wanted him counts to come down...... his doctors want his levels to be in a certain range, and they were steadily being above the upper limit. As long as he's on chemo he doesn't need have a "normal" white count....it would increase the likelihood of a relapse of the leukemia cells. Anyway, he counts dropped some, so we are happy.

FROG: wish I could meet you and Fillise for lunch, but I'm on the other side of the state! Anytime you are near Montgomery, let me know and I could do that.

Got to run and get the kids from school. Ballgames again tonight!

Have a great day!

Lisa
215/200/140
SB since 4-6-01

Evening Everyone!:wave:

Hope you all had a nice day, mine was uneventful, as usual. Beautiful day here in Miami, but it sure is getting HOT!:eek:

Okay, I do have to share something with you all-it's funny, though some may think the subject isn't. I don't know about you all, but I've had really bad gas lately. I don't even want to be around me!:eek: Well, my lovely daughter Lauren, who, at 13 1/2 is still so sweet and innocent, tells me, "Mom, why don't you put an MnM up your butt?" I said, "an MnM? What are you talking about?" I then realized, she meant an enema!!!!!!!!!!!!:lol: I almost died laughing!!!!

NANCE, have a wonderful time this long weekend. I hope you have great weather. Where exactly are you headed? Will you be sleeping in tents? I haven't tried that particular flavor of tea, will check it out, thanks for the tip. I'm sure you'll get into some type of exercise routine soon, you'll know when you're ready!

SOL, sounds like you have an interesting weekend planned as well. If those people are health food nuts, she's sure to have some interesting cookbooks that could have great SB legal recipes in them! Do you have the agave nectar? If so, why no make the WW SPONGE CAKE, or the mandel bread recipe is great too (like a biscotti). I know you said WF didn't have any, but I wasn't sure if you found any before this. They CAN get it! Keep on asking! Publix surely won't even know what you are talking about. Yep, Stevia is expensive!!!

RHROO, good for you, 4 times so far this week is wonderful! Hmmm, start a pool, you mean take bets on when I'll reach goal??? Hey, if I don't reach it by Monday, I could put up a poll that reads "When do you think Debbie will reach goal!!!:lol: Ummm, I don't think sun chips are legal-what are the ingredients??? Hopefully, I'm wrong.

CAT, the recipe looks good, though I'd do something about the artificial sweetener. Loved those little ditties! Esp. the one The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are really good friends.

LISA, you sound like you had a great time with your sisters! I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. Glad to hear Ross continues to have good days. :) Hey, you'll make it under the 200 mark before you know it!

Well, that's it for me, at least for now. I'll try to check in with you all later this evening. Eli is working until about 8pm or so, so when he gets home, he has my attention:) When he goes to the restroom, I'll sneak on if no one else is hogging the computer (you know men, it's an all night affair in there!!!!):rolleyes:

BTW, the picture below, I found it on a website that sells a T-shirt with the picture on it-cute! I wish it was in black!!!

Toodles

Debbie
194/131/129
SB since 3/22/00

Hi ladies!

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Deb, I liked your cereal in a baggie idea. The problem is that powdered milk costs just as much as regular milk (that is to say $4 to $5 a gallon) here. Weird huh? But maybe one day I’ll go to Costco and get a big box. Soy milk is too expensive and whole/2% milk is too fattening. I somehow can’t see paying those prices for skim milk.

Day out with Mom sounded wonderful. Now you’ve got me wanting whipped cream and strawberries, although I had better skip the cake at this fragile point in my life. ;)

Who the heck is this Ralph Martson character anyway??? ;)

Lara, I liked your post about choices. I especially needed to read that because I get so involved in whatever I get interested in that I want to make each interest my life’s work. Already running out of hours in the day!

I’m glad you enjoyed my post...I always hear things from others here that inspire me to write, but don’t have time to get the writing done until Sunday night, which works out well because Monday is motivational. ;)

Hey Froggie, always nice to hear from you. At this rate I’m most likely going to be “child-free” in my 30s and I’m working on being “okay” with it now. If it doesn’t happen, I’m still going to have a rich, rewarding life. It’s funny, for most of my twenties I expected to never have children and didn’t care at all. But now that I’m approaching 30 (okay in 2 years) that biological clock thing is messing with my head. I do have my niece to fuss over and I can give her back!!!

Do you still want me to pick up some Hawaiian themed goodies for you? Email me with specifics if so.

Nancy, you said, “I think it's because we all are enjoying this journey and connection with each other, but just because we reach goal, doesn't mean we won't need the support, and friendships will remain!” Very true! A common trap that a lot of people who know better fall for, is thinking that we can go back to our old way of life as soon as we reach goal. I know nothing will change when I lose the weight...I will still need to eat wholesome foods, exercise often and turn to others for support. But I will have to remember that because it’s going to be easy to forget.

SolShine, Miss He-Man on the weights huh? You go for getting into weight training. Mine has been totally absent, not just sloppy, for several weeks now. 1000 calories a day sounds WAY too low. Be careful you don’t put your body in starvation mode. Don’t just listen to one trainer: educate yourself about your body’s nutritional needs. Thanks for your “principles for building life muscle.”

CatLover, good luck with the web design and let me know how it goes. Unfortunately web design is not something that somebody can just sit down and teach you because there are many factors: Images, image editors, image compression, web safe colors, coding (HTML, JavaScript etc.), web editors, hosting services, CGI, FTP, etc. none of which have anything to do with design or content, which is hard enough. Not to scare you, just to remind you to be patient with yourself. Once you are familiar with the different elements it’s not hard, and there are some services that put it all together for you, like AOL. But the results are questionable!

Thanks for the “joys of womanhood!”

Marie, you said, “. Are you talking about starchy carbs or all carbs? It is recommended for weight loss that we have no more that 2 or three starchy carbs a day. But we need to eat veggies and legumes which are low gi carbs”

I think I may go down to two or three when I get the hang of this, but right now the idea is too overwhelming. Also, I eat more than a lot of people here and still lose weight, as long as I keep exercising as much as I was...which hasn’t been good these past 3 weeks. :( But that was a good reminder for me. Yesterday I did have 3 servings of carbs instead of 4 and it wasn’t bad. What I mean is grains, bread, crackers, cereal...not including fruits, legumes, or veggies, which I’ve decided not to limit now. My real problem is with the cereal and triscuits.

Lisa nice to see you back!

***

Argk, I’m running out of both time and steam to answer but I read all of your comments about my recent “crisis” and truly appreciate the time and effort you’ve all taken to give me feedback. I am learning from this new rough spot just as I’ve learned from all the others.

*You’re right, I can’t do everything and be all things to everyone.
*I can’t restrict myself too much or it will backfire.
*I need to be responsible about certain things and learn to relax about others.
*Paying attention to other people is more important than my little personal fetishes (organization, housecleaning, etc.)

I do feel better today....have been indulging in a bit of “creative procrastination” (doing something else important instead of what I should be doing” by going through my desk and work and reorganizing (again). But I’m on the right path now.

To those who (like me) are having trouble staying on track lately:

I’ve found that (after one day) posting my food helps. I think twice or three times before putting something in my mouth when I know that I’ll be sharing it later. Accountability combats denial!

EXERCISE IS NOT AN OPTION. For the past year and a half I’ve been working on an exercise plan I can live with. I still haven’t perfected it. To say the least. But the best thing I’ve come up with is find a plan that’s reasonable and stick to it as faithfully as if you’d paid for your time. If you bought a plane ticket would you forget about your trip because something came up? Because you were too tired? Because you had to work late? I don’t think so! Keep your appointments to yourself as faithfully as you would your appointments with others.

Now, what has been my freaking problem with following this advice lately. Part of it is the mess in my head...part of it is because once I skip one day I’ve ruined my record and might as well give up (that way of thinking is a big trap.) Part of it is that I manage to come up with a lot of perfectly legitimate sounding excuses in my head....I had to work late, I forgot my MP3 player, I lost the key to my locker, etc. But all of that is going to stop as of this minute.

Whatever happens, DON’T GIVE UP! Remember that your progress inspires and motivates others!

Love,

Chris

http://www.angelfire.com/md/ladyarcher/fae/37.jpg

good evening everyone!

Today was another really good day. I think this 6 mini meals per day is going to work. Oh and by the way, I weighed this morning and lost 1/2 a pound. I am still not down to my lowest since starting SB (it was 273) but I'm getting there slowly but surely.

Lamap: It could very well be you thyroid slowing your weight down. Especially if it is not leveled out yet. That is one of the things that has been hindering my weight loss too. I just started taking my full dose of Synthroid in 6 months. So soon I hope things will be back to normal for me. I hope that you will be soon too.

Rosalie: Thanks for the info on the raw carrots. I wasn't familiar with that, but the raw sweet potato is really good too.

Chris: I'm glad that you were able to accomplish some of the things you were stressed about. I hope that you have lots of fun on your date.

Debbie: You are such an inspiration. I would someday like to be as motivated toward exercise as you are. I was walking really regularly until my ankle started bothering me and then after it felt better I started to walk again. Then I wasn't watching what I was doing and stumped my toe on the corner of the wall and it was all swollen and black and blue. It is just feeling better now. Someday....soon....I will get back to it.

Nancemeister: I hope that you have a great time on your camping trip this weekend.

SolShine: You're right, the 6 mini meals are working great. This is the second day and I haven't been really starving all day. Have fun at your friends this weekend.

Rhonda: Thanks for the luck on my program. I did get on the scales today and lost 1/2 pound. Don't beat yourself up about the cake. It can be so hard to pass it all up. At least you didn't have pizza too. You'll do better next time. Oh, and I've had sunchips before too. They are really good. I never thought to check the ingredients to them now though.

CatLover: Loved you little ditties that you posted. I liked the "I gave up jogging for my health when my thighs kept rubbing together and setting my panyhose on fire". They're all great though.

Lisa: Glad that you had a good time and could relax at the beach and that Ross is having some good days.

Debbie: Your daughter is so cute. The things kids say. It's like that commercial where the dad starts singing a song and the little girl in the back seat sings "she's got a chicken to ride and it's in my hair" . I laugh everytime I see that one. It is really so true. People interpret things that they hear so differently sometimes.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Cheri
287/276.6/145

B: 1/2 cup 9 grain cereal, 1tbs cheese sauce, 2 eggs, 4 triscuits

L: Boca burger, 1 tbs cheese sauce, 1 bowl frozen veggies (broccoli and stuff) 1/2 cup almonds and raisins, mixed

D: Sausage, onions, sweet potatoes (1 1/2 cups total)

S: Fresh strawberries, 1/2 cup whipped cream w/ Splenda

2 cups coffee, 1 cup ice tea with 3 packets Splenda

Est 1500 calories, 2 servings starchy carbs

3 miles running: 33:20, upper body weights to fatigue

Comments: Forced myself to eat the veggies but they weren't bad. Dinner was a weird idea but was pretty good...a little rich. HAD to have those strawberries and whipped cream...thanks Debbie! ;) Cutting down on the Splenda. Got my workouts in! Will drag myself to do some abs before I hit the sack....sooooon...... Did a killer lot of design work on my site tonight too...don't look yet! ;)

Chris

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Good Morning! I woke up at o'dark thirty, probably knowing everything that needs to get done before we leave on our trip.

We were shopping last night and I didn't get a chance to catch up on the post. It's getting so hot here about the only time you can tolerate going out is in the evening! Trying to make sure I have plenty of legal food stuff for the trip, because I certainly don't want to get off plan for any reason.

I'm planning on doing some agave baking before we leave later this morning.

Hope everyone has a great weekend! I'm looking forward to the mountain temps of 75 during the day, and 40 at night. To me that will be freezing :D

I'll catch up with you gals on Sunday!

Getting ready to run my ususal Friday errands - haircut, grocery, shopping (make retuens for hubby, by gifts for showers and b-days), cleaning, etc.

It continues to be cool and overcast here. Supposed to be in 80's later today - thank Heavens! It was only in the 60's here yesterday and no sun all day! :eek: Considering we've already had a 90* day, that is a bit extreme!

Well, I am going to see "the MIL" tomorrow. :rolleyes: It looks like we will be there longer and under circumstances that I am not pleased with, but I have very little control over this one. We're supposed to arrive at noon and leave at 4:00 :( And it also looks as though we will be dining in, which means too much togetherness and I will feel as though I have to help out in the kitchen which is certainly MIL's stomping ground. I wish I didn't feel so anxious about it, my emotions ride very close to the surface and it will be hard for me to be relaxed but I'll try.

Thanks for all the comments and support.

Time to go! Hope you all have a happy Friday!

Peace,
Frog

Hi Everyone:)

I'm home sick today with fever and a cold...yuck. It's funny but I am so a tuned to my body these days that I felt this coming on two days ago and started taking vitamins etc. to try to minimize the impact. Everyone at work has had this and it is definitely a virus with aches and pains to go with it.

Wanted to say hi to everyone....

Deb: Way to go on the loss...told you it would happen:D

Sparkle: This is my opinion and I believe that everyone should set their own goals but yours seem too extreme and too many. Excercise is very important but you set yourself up for failure if your goal is to do it every day...Try making a goal of excercising at least 4-5 times a week. That way if you have to miss you don't feel like you have failed. Also, set a goal of being OP but if you only slip every once in awhile then you won't feel so bad. On the finances...I've been where you are and the only way is to take it one day at a time and balance that checkbook every day. You sound so much like me...it is amazing. Remember take one day at a time and enjoy it. Plan but don't beat yourself up if it is not perfect.

Nance: Way to go on the anniversary. You will be there in no time with your attitude.

gotta run

Anna

Hello to everyone! :)

I know you guys are getting tired of me saying that I'm sorry that I can't post everyday, but I really am "swamped" right now. My great-niece is having a birthday party on Sat., (her 7th), and I can't be there because of a committee meeting that I am on. Believe it or not, it is a state meeting!!! I guess they think teachers don't have a life outside of the classroom. When I told my niece that I couldn't be there, she actually folded her arms and pouted...:( :( :( I felt so guilty. I can't wait until the end of June. Then maybe I can get my life back together!!!

I haven't read any posts since Monday. I actually haven't been on the computer before this morning since Sunday, (except for stuff for work).

As you all can probably guess...I am NOT OP this week. I was soooooooo good Sunday! All I ate was green beans and roast. I really needed sumpin' sweet so on the way home I stopped and bought some SF ice cream. After I went to the Dr. last week and found out that I didn't have to stay on SB I have to confess that I considered just getting off and not bothering. But a strange thing happened. I started feeling like I wasn't eating right. I didn't feel right about just going back to the way that I was eating before.

So, I decided that I would stay on SB!!! But, this week has been horrible, and although I have tried to stay OP, I haven't been successful: like the day that I was running late, had nothing to bring for lunch, had a meeting during planning period, and since I only have a 30 minute lunch, ended up eating pizza from the school cafeteria. (It was Domino's -so it did taste good, but...) and last night, I worked after school until it was time to leave for my niece's house...she had ham po'boy sandwiches for the family before my great-niece's graduation. Sandwiches and chips!!! The only good thing that I had was the water... :( :( :(

So, here I am today...I did eat right for breakfast!!! So, maybe my very late Monday motivational thought should be...Just take it a meal at a time, rather than a day at a time...

I hope to catch up with everyone on Sunday. (I have another meeting this Saturday from 8:00 'til 4:00. (I bet all of you can guess what a room full of teachers do on a Saturday when they are working instead of playing...ever heard of Krispy Kreme doughnuts!!!)

I do think of you guys everyday...I hope to really catch up at the end of June. Please do not give up on me.

Good Friday Afternoon Everyone!:yawn:

I am exhausted to say the least, had a tiring night last night and just woke up. Around 7pm yesterday Michael was going down the hallway doing a few kicking moves as he was headed to go outside and work out and somehow fell, not the most graceful move. I heard him yell and he was definintely in some pain. At 8pm we were at the ER to get his food that looked more like a flipper examined. It was huge and his ankle bone was big and ugly. Would you believe, we didn't get seen until 1:30am, not getting out of the hospital until 2:40am and home around 3am!:eek: We were both exhausted, both of us had been up for 21 hours-and poor Michael was so uncomfortable all evening not only with his foot, but sitting in a stinkin' wheelchair. Good news, it's not broken but sprained with torn ligimanets. He has to be on crutches for a couple weeks possibly (I guess he'll know when he feels better). He was so worried he wouldn't be able to go to school. Well, I always told them, dying or dead, they're going! Anyhow, we got up a bit before 6am and I took him to school, then came home and went back to sleep. I'm still tired, but if I don't get up, I'll sleep the day away.

Needless to say, I didn't get in a morning walk, if I tried, it would of been more like a "dead man's crawl". Wanted to go, but just couldn't. I may try later on today when it isn't so hot, maybe around 5pm or so.

Through all this, I'm happy to report for the day (since it's an everchanging thing with me), I'm at 130 - 1lb from goal, but you know that can always change:rolleyes:

LISA/KAREN-sorry in my last post I originally put it for KAREN, but it was for LISA, I fixed my big typo:) Thanks to Anne for pointing that out to me!!

SPARKLE, Ralph Maraston is just an average individual with wonderful insights. I'll have to get you the site address, as long as you promise not to sit there for hours on end reading all the past motivational posts!!!!:lol: I'm surprised the dry milk is so expensive. You need a good trip to the mainland and take a huge empty suitcase with you and go shopping bringing it back with all sorts of goodies - like I do when I hit a Trader Joes:s: You posted

*You’re right, I can’t do everything and be all things to everyone.
*I can’t restrict myself too much or it will backfire.
*I need to be responsible about certain things and learn to relax about others.
*Paying attention to other people is more important than my little personal fetishes (organization, housecleaning, etc.)

I agree with the first three and hope you implement them more often, the third one, pay attention to yourself FIRST! Yes, others are more important, but work on making yourself happy. If you are talking about not being hung up on getting housecleaning done, or organizing, then yes, taking time for others, to be with others IS more important than doing those chores, they can wait-but never let go an opportunity to LIVE YOUR LIFE and be with family and friends :) Food intake, still not looking anywhere near 1500 calories, in my opinion!!!

CHERI, glad you are liking the mini meals, and congrats on another 1/2lb. You'll do fine with the exercise, the will seems to be there, you just have had some minor setbacks. Oh yes, Lauren is cute, even at the teenage years! She's always saying something off beat. I'll share one thing she said, many years ago when she was really young...We were sitting at the dinner table and listening to the news and they were talking about foster children and Eli tells us "I use to take care of foster children" and Lauren says, "why, where were their Mom's?" he tells her, "they didn't have any Moms", so she asks him "so, how do you know that their last name is FOSTER????" Eli and I just looked at each other and burst out laughing, Lauren had NO idea at all how funny what she said was.:) We use to call her our little Kelly Bundy!

FROG, you can send me those 60's ANY DAY!!! Good luck tomorrow at your MIL. I would most definitely take my own food to her house and stand your ground! Let her know in a way that all her negativity about this WOE has affected your decision to change. Just be as nice as you can and you'll look like the better person. If she wants to be mean and grouchy on her b.day, let her-it's her loss!

BEACH, sorry to hear you're sick:( Hope you feel better so you can enjoy your weekend! Anything new with you, that is, besides being sick??

ICESKATE, no need to apologize, we all understand busy schedules-just post when you can-anytime is better than none! Even if you don't have to stay on SB, staying on it will just make you feel better all around. Do you best and if you slip up, just get right back into the saddle again. If you throw all caution to the wind, you'll find yourself probably HAVING to be on SB or another WOE to lose weight, not what you want.

Okay, QUILTER, where are you??? VIV, are you back???? OVERCOME??? BIGORANGE????? I won't list you all, but you know who you are, I know you are lurking-so just let us know you are alive and well and what's going on.

Okay gals, that's it for me, at least for now. I will check back with you sometime later today. I am going to a meeting/lecture tonight that has to do with people who have lost weight. Never been to something like this, found it in a new age type magazine that's put out locally. The one thing, the guy who is in charge, promotes a low GI lifestyle and has so for many years. Hoping it will be interesting.

Have a wonderful day and a fabulous weekend!

Debbie
194/130/129 - 1lb til goa (at least that's for today)
SB since 3/22/00

The SUPER CHICK hunted me down!!

I've been reading, but I've had a really bad week, and I didn't want to get on here and whine!

It started by getting nabbed by the internet police at work....our Director wanted to know what 3fatchicks.com
is and even asked my supervisor if she thought I was looking at a porn site! I told her that I had NO interest in looking a female porn and if I wanted to look at a naked fat chick I WOULD LOOK AT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR!! I was not amused with his statement in the first place...what happened was on my birthday, I open 3fcs and forgot to close it and it was open ALL DAY ....62 page report!!
It's been down hill from there and yesterday one of my coworkers left the Director a voice message stating that our supervisor was mentally unstable and needed to go to our EAP division and seek counseling! THAT DIDN'T GO OVER REAL WELL WITH EVERYONE EITHER...meeting today with the Director to let him know how we felt about the whole thing...blah blah blah blah

I'm not real happy with myself either for gaining all this weight. I know I know...I've quit smoking...but I've gained at least 15 pounds that I can't afford to gain!
I'm miserable, I don't feel good, and I didn't want to come on her and b i t c h !

I'll snap out of it and be back to normal, but just don't
think I'm ignoring all of you....
Going on a trip next Thursday and will be gone for about ten days. I'll try to check in while I'm gone.

I'm here...just don't count me out yet!!

BOB

BOB,

Thanks for the best laugh I've had all week! I'm sure you don't see the humour in your director thinking 3fatchicks.com was a porn site, but believe me, YOU WILL!!!

Have fun on your trip....and about those 15 lbs........I have no doubt they are doing your health 1/10 the damage the ciggies were doing. Hang in there.

:D

Lisa
215/200/140
SB since 4/6/01

Hey BOB!!!!!!

You are doing fine and will be fine!!!!! I did get a big laugh out the thought that we might be a porn site. I don't think anyone would want to see me that way!!!! I hope you set them straight.

Try to shake off the office stuff! Life is too short. Also remember that giving up smoking is the best thing you have done for yourself. Take one day at a time and remember "Begin Again".

Have a good trip and when you get back lets talk about football!!

Anna

Happy Weekend everyone!

I'm pooped. Planted flowers most of the afternoon. I have so much fun picking out the flowers, and then I agonize over which ones look the best together and what pot to put them in. Every year I say I'm going to cut back, but once again I didn't. Guess I could be spending all this money on worse things!

BOB - I couldn't believe that I could stick to this plan at first since I'm usually off a diet the day I start one. This time it was different, and I think it was that I was truly mentally ready to do it. Maybe you should just take a break from worrying about it and enjoy your vacation. Take that time to learn to be happy with yourself and all that you have accomplished, and then come back mentally ready to stick with this WOE. Like Rhoo (?) said "one meal at a time."

Saw this at the iVillage site and thought it was pertinent--especially on the eve of the weekend!

Question: Sometimes, I like to meet my friends and catch up on life over a couple of drinks. I realize that I am consuming calories which have little to no nutrient value. Should I eat just a small dinner and take a vitamin, to balance the extra calories and still get some nutrients?

Answer: Alcohol is a simple carbohydrate, and is basically handled as a simple sugar in the body, so you get a surge of insulin to handle the carbs you drink. But, since there's no fiber in the drink, the insulin release is usually too fast and too strong, causing a blood-sugar LOW a little later on. This causes stress on the pancreas and at other sites in the body, so smoothing out those ups and downs is worthwhile.
I'd certainly agree with including a meal around the time of your drinking alcohol, but I'd try to keep it as high-protein as possible. I wouldn't worry too much about the fat. The protein and/or fat, if taken quickly enough, will slow the rapid, stressful release of carbohydrate from the alcohol, and help level out the "peaks and valleys" of your blood sugar. This also helps guard against cravings, and can be a useful tool for willpower and self-control.

The extra vitamins wouldn't hurt, since otherwise you will take nutrients from body stores in place of those not supplied by the "empty" carbohydrate you drank. The carbohydrate requires nutrients for its assimilation, so they must come from somewhere. Since lots of today's food is so poor in nutrient quality (with freezing, irradiating, cooking, gassing, bug sprays, antibiotics, week killers, hormones and synthetic fertilizers), the food is already deficient in nutrients.

When I use vitamin supplements, I use more than the 100% RDA types that usually come in hard pills. They are too weak, too expensive for what you get and you aren't guaranteed that they break down inside you. I prefer capsules. Get a strong one from a good health food store.

Good Health,
A.N. Spreen, M.D.


Karen

Hi everyone :)

Just a quick post as I probably won't be posting much on the weekend. It is a long weekend here but I have to work it. Saturday, Sunday and Monday on day shift. Saturday evening right after work I have to go out. My granddaughter is having her confirmation at church and I am hoping to be there. It will be a rush as I don't leave work until 3.30 and the service starts at 5 p.m.

Nothing has changed here, still staying the same - no losses and no gains. I am staying op 99% of the time. Have slips once in a while. I don't know how I will stay on plan when I am away. I think it might be more difficult when I am at home with family. They like their meat and potatoes, unless they have changed. I'll have to offer to do some of the shopping and cooking and aim for SB legal stuff. Eating out may be easier. I know they have lots of restaurants that serve sandwiches with different varieties of bread so there should be something SB legal. And there's always salads.

Sparklescamp - Hope you enjoy that date on Sunday.

Nancemeister - Enjoy your weekend camping trip.

Solshine - Have fun on the hike in the woods this weekend. Way to go on the exercises. Sounds like you have made a good start at the gym. I love your attitude. I agree no one can be perfect and we have to give ourselves time to enjoy the good things life gives us. Walking in the rain can be exhilarating - I am not so sure about the mud squishing through my toes!

Frog - Try and not let the MIL get to you this weekend. Who knows may be things will turn out better than you expect.

Debbie - Sorry to hear about Michael injuring his foot. Hope you have recovered from your sleepless night. It must be the season for accidents. My grandson hurt his wrist yesterday - he fell while running in a relay. He's cracked one of the bones in his wrist and now has it in a cast. That was a cute tale about Lauren and the foster family. Kids do say the darndest things.

Beach - Hope you are feeling better soon.

Iceskatefan - Don't worry about not posting every day. Lots of us don't make it every day. Just calling in occasionally to say Hi! and to let us know how you are doing is fine. I'm glad you decided to stick with SB but it can be hard sometimes when we are not able to plan our meals. When I am working I always try to prepare something the night before as I know I wouldn't have time in the morning.

BOB - Sorry to hear of the trouble you had at work with the Internet Police but you gave me the biggest laugh I had all week. I'm glad no one came in the house while I was reading your post they would have thought I had gone mad. I was laughing my head off. Don't worry about coming on here *****ing. WE ARE ALL HERE FOR EACH OTHER and if you need to vent your feelings just go ahead. You've had a major achievement in quitting smoking. Have fun on your trip and we'll SEE YOU ON THE WAGON when you get back.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Marie. :wave:

Happy Saturday Everyone :wave:

Well I am a little better today...nothing like being sick to boost the weight loss. I went down 2 pounds this morning...The challenge is to keep it off once you feel better. We are having a quiet morning. My daughter spent the night out and my son is in his room playing nintendo...resting up for his ball game tonight. He really is a good player but what makes me so proud of him is that after another player makes a good play he goes up and high fives them. Not many kids his age do that. My daughter was asked to the 8th grade dance that is next week so she is thrilled. They really start dating too young these days...

I didn't feel like walking yesterday but I may try to do a mile today just to get out. Sometimes just a small walk will help me feel better. I ran a little fever last night but this morning I seem to be better.

Rosalie: I know you will drop soon. Sometimes when I travel I actually lose more weight because I try to stay OP and end up eating less. Remember that the meat is ok...load up on veggies and just bypass the potatos. I will eat half a roll if there is no other carb so that I balance my meals.

Lisa: Does Ross have a game today? How are you doing on this WOE?

Sparklescamp: Enjoy the date on Sunday and remember to ease up on yourself. You sound like a great person...remember that.

Nancemeister: You are so great calling me a goddess...I started at 222 and am now at 135. Would like to lose to 132 to make it an even 90 pounds:D
Have fun on your trip.

Solshine: Enjoy your hike. Remember that when we do extra excercising or activities our bodies need extra fuel to keep going. When I have strenuous activities I up my calories about 300/day.

Frog: The way I handle people that I have conflicts with like your MIL is to ignore them. I also teach my kids that. I smile and am polite but don't give them the time of day. If they are in one room then I go in another. If they insist on following me or bringing up an issue then I give a minimal answer. Life is too short to let people with attitudes ruin it. Enjoy the other people in the family. Remember you know that this WOE is successful and even doctors have started recommending it! My cholesterol had dropped significantly and my blood sugar has leveled out.

Debbie: Don't you hate it when one of your kids is hurt. There is never a worst "mothers pain". I think I hurt with them. My daughter did the same thing and she was on cruches for 2 weeks and a boot for 1. Michael will be ok but it is so hard to get around.

Iceskatefan: I can't post every day either and sometimes I will go weeks without addressing people individually. Remember just letting us know you are ok is fine...

BOB - I wish FRUIT would get on here again...can't believe she is not bragging about her LSU team and them being in the finals for the SEC baseball tournament.

GATOR and BARBEE...where are you? Hope things are going well.

Well I have to run...see you later.

Anna
222/135/140

Hi everyone! Just got home from the school fair with the kiddos! I took the night off from work last night got to sit through my sons whole baseball game and he played the whole thing too i was very happy. I thought i wouldn't do good food wise being home but i was fine-kept busy! Today was suposed to be a busier day than it turned out to be wooooo hooooo!!! my oldest sons game (the exciting games!) got cancelled and a bday party we were suposed to go to did too! awww! :D Then grandma called for my daughter to come over tonight so hubby and i are going out to dinner -WE NEVER get to do this its alway a money thing or a sitter thing we don't mind but once in awhile its nice! The fair was nice it was at my middle sons old school (1-3 gr he is in 5th now) sooooo alot of the teachers and staff have not seen me in a couple of years or less. I got the usual comments actually they where nice alot wanted to know my trick! The best one which i really liked was "look at you -your so little!" not skinney not anorexic lol!!! anyway enough about my boring life!

Beach - hope your feel better!

Iceskatefan- All you can do it try! if you fall of the wagon start over again we are just human!!! You can do it!!!

Deb-sorry about Michael. Hope he is not in to much pain. 129 here you come girl!!! i think you should make a poll!!! LOL

BOB- your a nut!!! I didn't know there where internet police!!! My boss is a loony tune also. I have had the same job for 15 yrs. I work a seasonal job Jan-July. She is just a witch with a B sometimes. I hope to get a "real" job once my daughter is in frist grade! Try to stay of the fat chick porn site! LOL I would rather have 15 more years to live and take the 15 lbs!!! Your doing fine!!! Summer is comming hopfully it will get easier for you!

Rosalie- Hope you had a good time at the Confirmation. I Have one next week end myself. SOmetimes we just have to do what we have to do when we are not at home! I think little slip ups when your out are o.k but just don't let them keep going (like i do! ) sugar does that to me! I think that if we go over board on SB legal stuff that better than going over on the sweets! Who knows what is right!! Just have a good time. Take it easy too you work alot!!! LOL

Frog-thinking of you with the MIL hope everything is calm!

Gotta gooooo i must get beautiful for my date!! that might take hours!!! OHHH I did 6 days of excersise this week!!! i got up and went for my walk this morning!! I am very happy with me! I am pushing for that 13something on wendsday. But of course TOM showed up on the week end to boot you know who is not to happy about that!!! LOL oh well bye!!!!! :wave:

Rhonda
201.2/140/135

Good Saturday Evening All!:wave:

Boy, it feels like forever since I've gotten onto the board!

Got up early with the intentions of walking before garage sales, didn't happen. Thought I'd get in one this afternoon, Mom came over and we made another WW Sponge Cake (yes, I polished the other one off), so the walk didn't happen again. Definitely going tomorrow!

Not much in the way of stuff at garage sales, lots of them out there but lots of junk! One weekend will be great, the next lousy.

BOB, okay, I'm guilty too of laughing!:lol: Boy, you sure have them wondering about you at work, don't you! Did you tell them what the site was? Just should of told them you had trouble on your computer at home and wanted to see if it was you or the site and you checked it and forgot to close it. I won't say anything else, just in case someone from work actually decides to see what the site is all about!:eek: Seriously, I hope all is okay. NOW, with the important stuff...don't worry about what's happened in the past, just focus on how you are going to turn it around and make better choices in the future. I remember when you said you had gained 8.5lbs and I told you if you didn't stop now, it would go up, and I see it has-but it's not so bad if you catch it now and don't let it go on-it only gets harder, and I know I don't have to tell you that. Enjoy your vacation and when you get home just make sure you commit to being back on the wagon 100%! ****, you better, Eli won't send you any more coffee (or coupons) if you don't! Now THAT should make you get back on track!!!!!:lol: Do I have to come over there and slap some sense back into you????

KAREN, thanks for posting that article/question!

ROSALIE, hope you have a good time at your GD's confirmation! You sure are cutting it close between work and getting there! I'm sure you'll do fine in England, they probably have some great low GI foods there. One thing I found that they have there that we don't have here...Heinz makes a SF Baked Beans. I saw it on the net and contacted them, but they said it's a product ONLY for the UK! I don't know what else is in them, but they sure sounded interesting. Ouch, your Grandson definitely did worse than Michael! Hope he heals quick. I'm still looking for my sleep and as I write this, my eyes are getting quite heavy (there goes that intended walk I think).

BEACH, glad to hear you are doing better today. Congrats on getting down to 135, even if it's because you were sick! Take it any way you can and hold onto it for dear life! I see you want to get to 132 now???

RHROO, enjoy your dinner with hubby tonight, I'm sure you'll enjoy the time together! If I don't hit goal by Monday, I'll post a poll! Good for you on 6 days of exercise!!! Keep it up!

Where is everyone this week? Seems always after a holiday, people tend to drop off the face of the earth. You all sure must of celebrated Mother's Day with a bang!:eek:

Well, I'm like the walking dead, so I'm going to hit the hay in a few minutes. Hope the rest of your weekend is a good one! I'll check in with you all sometime tomorrow!

NITE!:yawn:

Debbie
194/130.5/129
SB since 3/22/00

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING!:wave:

Wow, last one on the board last night, first one this morning. Where have you all gone to this weekend? I know weekends are slow on the board, but geez, this is ridiculous!

I got in my 4.5 miles this morning and I must tell you that it was/is brutally hot out there. I really thought I was going to pass out!:eek: I was happy that I pushed myself to go though, woke up this morning with that pesky "monthly visitor" and my back was REALLY aching-once I started to walk, it went away:) No wonder I was eating uncontrolably yesterday! I should of tried to keep my eating down with this in mind, but I think my mind went and all I could think about yesterday was WHAT TO EAT-NONSTOP! Not until Eli took the time to make a delicious dinner did I finally feel like not eating (poor guy). Anyhow, I have to admit, I polished off half the spong cake my Mother made yesterday:eek:

Well, not much else to say, just wanted to check in. Please remember tomorrow starts the new board and it's MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY so if you have any words of wisdom, please try to post them tomorrow!

Have a good one, and I'll check in with you all later! It's time for me to take a shower, I'm not smelling so fresh anymore:lol:

Debbie
194/130:)/129
SB since 3/22/00

Good Sunday Morning everyone. As usual its hot and muggy in my neck of the woods.
Went in for a well-womans exam Friday and to talk to the doc about the big "M". She gave me a sample of Ortho-Prefest to try, of course I will need to wait until I get my lab work out of the way, which will be Monday or Tuesday. I also have to get my boobs squished next week also (Joys of Womanhood). Anybody hear anything about Ortho-Prefest?

I will probably be busy next week so I will just lurk and see whats happening with yall. My sister is bringing my mom home from Louisiana , and my 2 nieces (ages 3 & 4) like to stay at Aunt Lollies house, so I will probably have them for a couple of days. Will need to conserve some energy as they are always wanting to go go go!!!!!

Anyway have a happy Sunday. My motivational saying for Monday in case I dont get online.

"Life is not the way it is supposed to be. It is the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference."
~Virginia Satir~

Good morning to all,

Yesterday was soooooooo long. I was hoping that we would get out of our meeting early, but we didn't.:( :( I got up at 4:30 yesterday to finish some work that had to be presented at the meeting...finished just in time to shower and run, literally, out of the house. Needless to say when I got there and they had coffee and muffins...guess who had to have some??? Lunch is provided, and it was salad, (good choice) lasagna, barbecued drumsticks, and cookies for desert. I know I should have stuck with the salad and chicken...but when I fall of the wagon it's a HUGE fall, not just a little bump!

When I got home I was really tired, but had a package waiting...4 bottles of Baja Bob's SF Margarita Mix. It is made with Splenda, I ordered it on Atkin's site. I was inspired to go to the store, bought some ww tortillas, and I had ww chips and salsa, ww enchiladas, (made with leftover ribs that I had grilled w/o sauce, black beans, and 2 margaritas!!! My mouth was sooooooooo happy :) :) :) and it was all SB!!!

I got an Atkin's catalog with my order, and read about green tea being good for stress. I love green teas, but just haven't taken the time to make it lately---picking up coffee is easier...I have read all the previous posts about the benefits of this "wonder" tea here, and knew of some of its benefits, like cancer prevention, etc, but didn't know about stress...So, this morning I got up made a cup, and am going to have another one with breakfast. I am going to make a menu, and will bring sandwiches for lunch this week. I am still going to take this one meal at a time, and am even considering really going all out and using my ww points to follow the lead of all of you and actually loose the 30 pounds that I feel I would like to loose to really better.

Okay here's, a question, to those of you who work, what do you bring for lunch??? I like sandwiches, but am one that usually eats the sandwich for the chips. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

BTW, last week I made a SF version of baked beans that I got off the "Sweetsense" sight. I used canned white northern beans, SF barbecue sauce, agave syrup instead of molasses and just added the stuff I usually put in like Tabasco Sauce, etc. They really came out good, and I felt like I was cheating...and I wasn't!!!

You all are a great bunch!!! Thanks for being here.

BOB, I loved your story...thanks for sharing...you are an inspiration keep posting...

Fruit...is probably as busy as I am at school and has a hubby...so, hopefully when things calm down she will post.

To the rest of you...sorry about this general post, but I read your posts and wish all of you well...

hello everyone!

Hope you all are having a great weekend. It's been nice here again this weekend. Hot yesterday, sunny but not too bad yet today.

Just wanted to check in. Everything is going great.

Have a geat SB day!

Cheri

I'm not going to do a very good job of catching up, but at least you'll know I'm still alive!

BOB: LMAO!!!!!

I have two funny (to me) stories to tell:

I had to wait two weeks to get my hair cut, and finally did it yesterday...super short. Then I tried to do my own highlights, which worked out really well last time. But this time I tried to be bolder and ended up looking like trailer park trash blonde. (I have black hair). So early this morning, I made an emergency trip to the store, taking the car and causing Martin to miss a scuba diving trip to see an old shipwreck (which I feel really bad about but that's beside the point) to trade in the blonde dye I bought to tone the highlights for something darker to cover up the mess. Couldn't decide between bright auburn and a plum color, so went with the bright auburn, which left my hair sort of...clown colored, bright red. It's a little bizzare, but doesn't look entirely bad so I'm going to leave it for now until I decide what to do next. Can't keep dying my hair all day long.

Before all that (I'm on a strange kick) I was in the store looking at wax kits, you know, to remove hair. Well, all of them were about $7 for less than 2 ounces. Then I saw this big 20 ounce jar of wax for $13, with no accessories, just the jar. Two of the jars on the shelf were broken but one was intact so I bought it.

(This is about to become the strangest story about sugar that you have EVER heard)

You're supposed to put the whole jar in the microwave for 30 seconds to warm it slightly. When I opened the cover, it smelled so good that I put my tongue carefully to the surface and it tasted sweet. I looked at the ingredients, I mean, contents, and the first three were sugar, honey and corn syrup, followed by some sort of chemicals. I knew it was "honey wax" when I bought it but I didn't realize that it was primarily sugar. Well, I was curious and ended up tasting ONE drop, which was very good, tasted like honey with a little lemon, and even that tiny amount gave me a sugar rush! Refined sugar does indeed have a different sort of chemistry from agave nectar, Splenda and fruits. So as I'm using this stuff (it's moderately good for its intended purpose) I was tempted to taste it some more the whole time! Here I am fighting the temptation to eat a jar of HAIR WAX!!!!!!

Now tell me that wasn't funny! ;) I think that's going to end up part of my (as yet unwritten) novel.

One of you mentioned Wally Lamb before, I picked up "I know this much is true" the other day but got pretty impatient because I really wanted to experience "She's Come Undone" which I read when it was new several years ago. I had to read it RIGHT THEN so I went to Borders and bought it new. (I later found it at a book sale for a dollar) I just finished rereading it and consider it one of the best modern novels ever written, along with "The world according to Garp" and "A nuclear age" It is the book that *I'm* going to write someday! but my novel is going to be about coming of age in the Information Age.

Anyway, so if you haven't already read it I HIGHLY recommend "She's Come Undone" by Wally Lamb. The heroine is an 18 year old girl who weighs 257 pounds if that sparks your interest.

Okay I'm thinking about doing that 5 mile hike again today. It's 11 so I still have time. Then later on I'm going out on my first date in FOREVER (with my lovely red hair!!!!) so wish me luck!

Love,

SparkleScamp
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Hi everyone :)

Just checking in to say "hello".

Had a good day yesterday. Managed to leave work a little early so I was able to get to my gd's First Communion on time (I mistakenly said it was her confirmation.) Everything went well, and she looked beautiful.

Iceskatefan - You were asking for some suggestions for what to take to work for lunch. Do you have access to a microwave at work? Most of the things I take for lunch I prepare the day before and neuc. them at lunch time. If you let me know I will post some suggestions.

Sparkle - That was a very funny story. I just hope that the "other" ingredients in the hair wax were edible! Have fun on your date tonite. Hope he likes the red hair! You've given me an idea for a book to read while on holiday. I've never read any of Wally Lambs but I'll be looking for "She's Come Undone" next time I get near a bookstore. I've read Garp although I didn't like it very much. I thought it was kind of weird. But I have read a couple of other John Irving's books which I really enjoyed. One I really liked was "Son of the Circus".

Deb - I've been thinking about the ww cake the last day or so. I know I said I don't like to bake as I usually end up eating most of it but I wonder how it would be made into a strawberry flan. What I am thinking of doing is making half the recipe and bake it in a round cake pan, top it with fresh strawberries, cover it with some sf jello, and whip up some cream for a topping. Soon as I have the time I think I will try it.

All for now.

Bye :wave:

Marie.

Evening Everyone!:wave:

Glad to see a few posts on this Sunday:) I didn't do much of anything today-took it easy. Had a slight headache most of the day and just didn't feel like doing much of anything!

CATLOVER, have a great time with the little ones, I'm sure they'll keep you on your toes. The boobie smashing for me was a breeze, when you have them hanging, no problem, they're already looking down and looking like a flattened pancake anyhow-it's those who have perky ones that have trouble! Loved your motivational quote!

ICESKATE, cottag cheese and berries, maybe some soup, pasta salad, bean salad-there's lots of things you can take besides sandwiches! The beans sounded like they came out good. I have a recipe for beans as well that I'd like to make, if I could get my act together. I loved baked beans!

CHERI, thanks for checking in :)

SPARKLE, you are something else!:lol: I can only invision you looking like BOZO THE CLOWN!!! Somehow, I 'm sure it fits you just fine, it seems like you have the personality to be able to pull off wearing a haircolor like that. As for the hair wax-you should of stayed a blond during that!!!! Let us know how your date went-hope you have fun!!

ROSALIE, hmmm, that version of the cake sure does sound interesting. I must confess, the one Mom made yesterday, it's gone! I had 2 pieces today-not the worse thing I could have, but I can see where I have no willpower with the cake-funny how I can with the chocolate, and not this! Let me know if you do make it, I'd be curious to know how it comes out.

Well gals, I'm going to plop my butt down on the couch and watch the boob tube. Hoping I can stay up and watch Anne Frank tonight.

I'll check in with you all in the morning!

NITE!!!

Debbie
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Hi Gals I'm Back!!!

Had a great time camping! There weather was great during the day, and freezing at night, but it felt good!

Stayed on plan most of the weekend, but I wasn't perfect. I tried driking a Capri-Sun since I ran out of my
diet green tea and I took one sip and it was so sweet I gave it away. We went on a big hike Saturday by a creek and saw lots of lizards, and thank goodness NO SNAKES!!! Most of the meals were easy to be compliant with, but next time I will be even better prepared! We're going to try going camping at least once a month in the summer months.

I mised you gals!!! If I had a lap-top it would have been perfect! But then again, the idea of camping is to get away from it all!

It was good to catch up on everyone's post.

Deb
Sounds like things have been eventful for you! Sorry to hear about your son! Hope he is feeling better. I'm going to have to try that WW pound cake recipe SOON! Sounds yummy!

BOB
I know how terrible it can feel getting "caught" on line. We never take breaks at my work, so I figure, heh...if I get on line for a few minutes, so what! I can appreciate the chaos at work. We only have a couple men at our office, and the rest are women, and there also seems to be something going on....the "soap opera" as I call it. Those things can really drag you down emotionally though. Where are you going on your trip? It will be good to get away. You can get your brain thinking about other things! Try not to worry too much about the weight gain. The most important thing is to stay connected with everyone, remember all the reasons why you started this WOE, and re-read the book, to get focused. I think quitting smoking is one of the hardest things for people to do, and changing the way you eat is right up there, so you have a double challenge, but it's all for the best. There's nothing worse than the way we can mentally beat ourselves up for getting off track, so just make tomorrow a fresh start and forget about yesterday, and the day before....etc. :D

Catlover: I hope it was you who asked about lunch things...I didn't take notes as I read the post. I usually eat a salad with some protein, or a legal sandwich. I'm not too good about bringing leftovers, and I go out alot, but there always seems to be something legal to eat.
You could make chicken salad, or tuna salad to have on a bed of lettuce with some tomato wedges, maybe a side of cottage cheese. The SB cookbook has some good things listed if you haven't seen it yet!

Rosalie:
Glad to hear your GD First Communion went well. It's such a special event! You sound like you have a busy weekend going on. Remember to kick your shoes off, fix some tea, and RELAX, then take a bubblebath. That makes it all better sometimes!

Sparklescamp
I was laughing at you hair color story. I have done many things at home myself that have turned into disasters, and could relate to your tale. Hope you have a great date! Who's the lucky man?

BeachFan37
I love the "rounding it down to an even 90". What was your original weight loss goal? How long did it take you? You must feel like a new person!

Well, I need to cook dinner. Not to mention do some laundry. Everything smells hickory smoked!

Hugs to all!!!

Nancy

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