Core Beauty Queens On Core Board Sixteen (#16)

[Froufy]

Better late than never - I am so tired can't keep eyes open - just checking in!

Well supposedly down a half pound??/ (remember that I was at 200.6 for 3 weeks yet it was recorded/rounded to .5 up an .5 down and up and down)...today the scale said 200.2 - so I guess that is down a bit - counting it as 24 lbs now!

But just did not want to eat right today? Like I was planning to be bad? Not sure why? Finally threw out the chips (after having some more w/lunch)...had a bagel today too (just bought hot from the oven!)....took kids to a movie tonight (yes I had popcorn) and then to watch dh play w/jazz band at local restaurant (ceasar salad, zucchini w/dip and fruit crumble w/ice cream!)....so I am bloated and tired - and sorry I overindulged! Oh well.

Angela - love the jello dessert pic - and you certainly deserved the prize!

Wishing everyone a wonderful and happy Mother's day - hope it turns out great!

(I am expecting breakfast in bed and may have to "pretend" to eat it if you know what I mean? - but sure hope I am PERMITTED to sleep in!).

Frouf

[Vickie]

Kathy, you really do have a great attitude about all of this. Hope your time on the Gazelle was smooth sailing. Not much you can do about the party at this point except chalk it up and move on.

Sandra, what a great gift for your MIL. I'm sure she'll love it. Are you bringing some 94% FF popcorn to christen it?

Oh Melissa, it sounds like you had a ball. Give your Mom an extra hug tomorrow. Time slips away with them before you know it.

Vivian, Congratulations! A loss is a loss not matter the size. I amost always eat all of my 35 WPA's plus generous portions of Core foods. Why don't you consider posting your menu on our daily menu thread. Maybe we can help make suggestions. Hope you have a fabulous vacation. Will you be able to check in with us while you are gone or will you be off board for the whole time? You aren't the first person that suggested the sleep comfort bed! I might check one out some day. In the meantime, we are going to have to be happy with the one we are commited to!

Frouf, where are you? You've been MIA since you came home feeling so bad yesterday. Hope all is well.

[Vickie]

Hey, how did you do that! Glad all is well with you. I was a little concerned. 24 pounds is amazing, Frouf, especially with the dram of your life in the last couple of weeks. You are a successful chick! Have a great rest and I'll hope they let you sleep in.

[Vickie]

Good Morning and Happy Mother's Day to all you magnificent Mom's. Hope you are all spoiled rotten today because you deserve it. Hug all your Moms today extra hard with a little extra squeeze for me since I can't hug my Mom. I'd love to hear later how your special day turned out.

I've got cooking and cleaning today. Nothing exciting. Just the usual along with my exercise. I'm down to the last 4 episodes of the first season of 24. It's all I can do to keep myself from sitting down and watching them straight through. There have been SO many twists and turns!

I didn't have a great eating day yesterday. I had a run in with some SF shortbread pecan cookies last night. I ate 5 points worth and I have the points but it bothered me because I was really out of control with them. I've eaten them before with no problem. Guess I won't buy anymore. The real problem is that I'll be eating at a buffet tomorrow, maybe twice and I have a party out Tuesday night for dinner. Well, I have to live and I cannot control every meal no matter how hard I try. I'll just try to be as good as I can.

Have a great day. I'll check back later.

[aghiowa]

Happy Mother's Day everyone! Dh got up with the girls this morning, and let me sleep in. Then they "surprised" me with breakfast in bed. And dh even made everything Core!! I had fried eggs (fried in nonstick spray), cut up apples and strawberries, and skim milk. The girls were just so excited to be surprising Mommy.

I ended up getting my Mom the new WW Slow Good cookbook. It has crockpot recipes in Core and Flex. It looks like there are a lot of good recipes in there.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday. I'm struggling with pre-TOM eating, but I MUST keep it in check since my Lifetime is on the line this week. I've written out a menu for the rest of the week that I will stick to.

Better go get on with my day...
Angela

[WWEnthusiast]

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY EVERY ONE....ENJOY YOUR SPECIAL DAY!!! HOPE YOUR DAY IS AS SPECIAL FOR ALL OF YOU, AS ALL OF YOU ARE TO ALL OF US!!
THANKS FOR BEING THERE ALL THE TIME!!
I am spending mine, working on the house of course....no family here!!
But I am ok with it so far (today)
Frank and I have already been to Super Walmarts, Publix, Home Depot and Lowes....
I swear I could sit and think of all the things I want done and spend thousands................ on paper that is
I'm thinking of finally making my CORE Lasaga........maybe
I had a GREAT core day Saturday.....and was very Hard-Core at the dinner last night, you all would have been so proud of me!! I am on a mission to get these God forsaking extra pounds off...dag-nab-it!! Lets see this is now Day 7 or is it 8, either way....I am enjoying the out of it.. I did use ALL my WPA on Friday but I am ok with that, and maybe that's why only the .5 but the thing is I have NOT given up on it, and I don't think I will this time. I think maybe, just maybe it has sunken into my head...that this core thing isn't a bad thing on a daily basis. Hey perhaps there's hope for me too!!!!
Angela what a wonderful way to start you day!! I have the Slow Good book too and it pretty neat!! Lots of good Core stuff in it. I know she will enjoy her great gift.
Frouf hope your breakfast in bed was enjoyable
Vickie enjoy the busyness of your next few days.
Kat- hope you're feeling ok and the party sounded great as did your outfit.
Melissa, Lisa, Terry, Deborah,Cher, Vivian, and NotNew2, have a great day out there today....See you all later.......the house work awaits oh lucky me!!! It's very, very hot outside today........welcome to summer in SFla.
Love ya all....you all are the next best thing to having family here, and thanks for being there.......Linda
PS- think I found something to quench my thirst and fill my sweet need....Iced Coffee......yummmm...espcially like for today when it's so hot outside.....

[sisvivian]

We are leaving next Sunday night and I do hope to be able to check in. Have been to church for Mothers Day and am on my way to the land of Nod after working all night. I don't care for a lot of what I call exotic foods. I have a hard time trying new things, because sometimes they make me sick. I positively cannot eat yogurt at all, so am substituting cottage cheese mixed with pudding and fruit. I don't like the taste of cottage cheese so cover it up. Hope everyone has a wonderful Mothers Day

Vivian

[Katpo]

Happy Mother's Day to all!!!

Since I'm not exactly special in my house, it was no big deal. I made breakfast, took it to DH in bed (but he actually said "it's Mother's Day, not Judd Day" ) anyway ... I would starve before anyone made food for ME in this house. Then I cleaned up the kitchen and moved on to the laundry. So far I've washed, dried and put away five loads. I'm leaving for the grocery store so I can get some bathroom cleaner and a cake mix. DD said she wanted a Bostom Cream Pie, one of those new Signature desserts? She's about to leave for work, little DD is already there, so it'll be just me and DH for the rest of the day. He hasn't even gotten out of bed and it's 2:30. Whatever. Must be really nice to have a slave.

So .... when I get back, I have to clean bathrooms. Happy freakin' Mother's Day, huh?



How sad is this? I'm so used to not being important that it's kind of a joke around here now.

[aghiowa]

Aww, that's sad Kathy. Usually dh says "You're not my mother," when I tell him to do something for Mother's Day for me, but this year oldest dd was old enough to prompt him too.

Middle dd still has a fever of 102 - it's been 6 days now. I'm taking her to the doctor tomorrow. Enough is enough.

Well, she just came in crying, so I'd better go.

Angela

[Katpo]

Poor girl! You're right -- enough is enough.

I'm home from the store. I got a toilet brush system for myself, so just finished two of the three. The girls clean their own bathroom upstairs which is nice. I'm trying to decide on dinner since I have a whole chicken thawing. Whether to roast it whole, or boil it and take the meat off for a King Ranch Chicken casserole ... that's the question. Casserole would be an easier heat-up for the girls when they get home from work, so that's how I'm leaning. DH doesn't care but alert! When I got back from the store, he had moved from the bed to the recliner! I call that real progress!

He did get me a card, and took me to Walmart yesterday to let me pick out a new game. I play a handheld game pretty much all the time; before bed, in the middle of the night when I can't sleep, while I'm watching TV, waiting in the doctor's office, etc. I was on my 3rd Yahtzee game that just broke, and my Freecell game is starting to go, so I got a nice Solitaire game for a change. I hate to let go of the Freecell, because my sister gave it to me just the week before she died. Someone had given it to her to pass the time while she laid in the bed all day, but by then the cancer had gone to her brain and she could never figure out how to work it. It's so sweet though ... the last time I saw her when she was conscious, she handed it to me and asked me to tell her (again) how to play it. I tried to explain it, but finally she just said "I hear your words but don't understand them." So she just told me to take the game for myself. It was really sad. The next day she went into a coma, then the next to hospice, then died a week later.

Good grief, when did I become such a party pooper!! So sorry -- I meant to tell about my new game and went off on a big tangent.

[ontarget]

happy mother's day to all the mommies here. we've had a good day. i just got home from my step daughter's. there were about 12 of us there. i got a beautiful bouquet of roses from my grands. life is good.

vickie, i've done the same thing before. it's something how we still feel "guilty" even when we're allowed things like cookies, isn't it? my old ww leader used to say, "sit down and eat with dignity" when you're eating something like that and know you're worth it. also, you're working the plan and doing well. congratulations on stopping at 5 pts worth. that's not easy to do. you are commended, my friend.

angie, what a wonderful treat to get breakfast in bed. and it was core, too! this makes me smile. what a wonderful gesture of love.

linda, congratulations on your wonderful determination. being hard core is quite a feat.

vivian, i don't care for yogurt either. i only eat it in emergencies.

kathy, you're special to us. remember that. dh didn't get me anything either. and i got to do most of the cooking for our mother's day lunch. li'm sad that you're depressed today. i wish i could come over and we could go shopping together or something.

we'll be watching tv tonight. we're hooked on the contender, desperate housewives, and deadwood. do we need a life?

have a good evening. i'll see ya'll tomorrow.

[Vickie]

Hey Girlfriends! I just finished dinner and am checking in before I go spend the evening with my hubby.

Angela, I'm glad you're taking DD to the Dr. 102 for 6 days is more than nothing! Hope she gets better quick.

Linda, you made me get a taste for Iced Coffee. I made my own with Dunken Donuts coffee that I make at home. I like cream in mine so I used some FF Land O Lakes cream. It was FABULOUS and made me feel like I was having a real treat.

Vivian, hope you had a good rest!

Kath, what's up with your family? Shame on them. You should be special every day but at the very least on Mother's Day. My Dad used to say that my Mom wasn't his Mother. When I was old enough I shamed him for that. Once I became about 13, Mom started getting treated like a Princess. He wasn't mean to her, just didn't acknowledge the day. Next year, make reservations and tell Judd what time to be ready! I love Freecell too. What a sweet story about you and your Sister. Maybe you could just tuck the game away somewhere. Although, you know, she's in your heart forever. You don't really need the game to remember her. Holidays always make us miss those that we loved and who are gone. Never need to apologize with us!

Sandra, thanks for making me feel better about the cookies. Spending points on dessert items is harder for me than spending them on bread or entree items. I guess because I view dessert as something that isn't essential. I sure need to get over that. I was just a bit frightened by the feeling of no control. Jim and I love Desperate Housewives. We'll be watching. We consider our programs as having a life! We call it early retirement.

I've a 7:30 PT appointment tomorrow and then Jim and I are going straight to the gambling boat to celebrate our birthdays which are both in May. We go twice a year, once in May and once in November for our anniversary. We sit next to each other and play video poker for hours. We love it! Keep your fingers crossed for a Royal Flush or two! Gotta pay for that mattress that I doubled the sticker price on! LOL! Probably won't be on until tomorrow night.

[Katpo]

TV! You betcha! Sunday night is MY night ... okay plus Tuesday and Wednesday American Idol nights. But my favorites are Extreme Home Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Grey's Anatomy. Hopefully I can go upstairs to my secret room for DH and GA ... where I will play my new game while eating jelly beans and drinking water. Oh yes, the jelly beans from Easter aren't quite gone yet.

One of these days I will get focused. I'll stick to something, I'll get where I'm going, and I'll be happy. Not that goal weight = happiness, but I'm sure everybody knows what I'm talking about. It'll be a big load off of my mind when I'm not constantly consumed with food.

[Katpo]

Vickie, what a sweet thing to say about my sister. I miss her so much that sometimes I can't even speak. We talked every few days for the first 46 years of my life ... and now it's like a part of me is missing.

I'll go jump on the Gazelle now to (hopefully) get in a good workout during Extreme Home Makeover. Happy day to all.

[Katpo]

Oh, my little DD just came home from work with a big vase of spray roses! She's such a sweet girl!

Okay, back to the Gazelle.