Anne- Look at it this way. YOU did have the control to put them in the garage where it would take more work to get to them. You could have easily put them in the house freezer and had access to them freely! YOU thought through it. If you want the cookies you will have to do some exercise to move things to get to them!! You are doing great, keep going. Mine are sitting on top of the freezer on the back porch. But I am sick of looking at them so don't care to eat them.
My daughter needs to get on the ball and get them delivered. Maybe tonight and weekend.
My older daughter has state speech contest tomorrow. She is so excited. I am very proud of her. I have to work, but her dad will be home tonight and he is going to go and watch her. She also asked dad last night if a boy could ride with him to watch her, so as to save gas on 2 vehicles going. Dad said yes! She was happy, yet nervous what they will talk about. It is an hour drive! She did state thought that he is only a "boy" space "friend". So we will see. We know him and like him. Scary, she is 16 and driving now!
Hubby weighs in tomorrow a.m. and the girls and I on Sunday a.m. wish me luck as it has been a long stressful week! must get ready for work. Everyone have a great day!!!!!

Tina- Glad your daughter’s appt went well! Hope you all fair well with the snow....we are suppose to get some too........I wish it was spring already!!!

Battle- sorry about the job but just keep your chin up there will be something bigger & better in store for you!!!

Walrus- LOL my mom called them that so I guess you are right! She use to do HUNDREDS of leg lifts...the kind where you lay on your side....she said it would make those smaller LOL well it didn’t.......hmmm maybe I can find an exercise for them online ....I will look!

Worthapenny- YEAH for HOT WATER!!! Been there done that and hated it! Isn’t it funny how kids love to do something new and different but if it was the norm they would hate it? As a kid, my Dad worked as a Plasterer (cement work) and my sis and I would have to take a wire brush to his jeans and shirts to scrape off all the hardened cement prior to washing his clothes. My girlfriend always wanted to do it, like it was FUN LOL so shoot who was I to stop her LOL!!!! Her Dad worked in the Oilfield and she HATED to clean his oil stained clothes LOL she couldn’t stand the smell of them. I hated having to sit on the back porch for hours scraping cement LOL weird huh?
DH was in the Army (medically retired after 16+yrs) so I am no stranger to Military life. That is why I know he will do fine in the Army, its just the letting him “go” that I’m having issues with LOL he is my baby boy LOL the one who always wants to hug me and he would still sit on my lap LOL we are close. I envision a mother Hen and all her baby chicks are under her wings and there is that one who is scurrying away and she is trying to stretch her wing to snag it back underneath....LOL that’s me! He is at Ft. Sill OK for Basic and then Ft. Huachuca (sp?) Arizona for AIT. I know we are planning on going to Basic Graduation. I took a train cross country with our oldest 7mths old for DH’s Basic Graduation it was awesome! One of DH’s battle buddies is stationed in KS and he is going to join us at the Graduation, he loves our kids like his own siblings. Good Luck on your WI Sunday!

Debi- Hope your feeling better from the Chicken....Gosh I don’t think I could resist KFC LOL but I usually take the skin off anyways and I know that’s where most of the fat hangs out LOL .......DH and I had a very relaxing night....we watch American Idol and some Law & Order reruns and then went to bed. He woke me up at 5am this morning so I could make breakfast & pack his lunch heheheh wish I would have done that last night but oh well maybe I can get on the treadmill for a bit this am!

Carol- I think it’s great you still did 40 mins on the treadmill even with you babying your knee!!!

Anne- ohhh yes I’ve done that in the car too.....you buy a box of ice cream and it doesn’t even make it home from the store! So glad I’m changing my ways, that way is not healthy! Should of known then it wasn’t, cuz of course I always hid the evidence because I didn’t want the kids or DH to know I ate the whole box in the car!!!

Julees- CONGRATS on the XL dress!!!! At Target NO LESS!!! I know their sizes tend to run small!!! Have fun this weekend!!


Ok so can I shoot my DH? He already has his six-pack showing when he flexes his stomach!!! I told him I’m going to add calories to his meals without him knowing LOL (joking) He is looking better already! But, in a way I’m glad he has shown such quick results, this way he will stay OP with me!!!!! I know mine will be a longer road to a Healthy body, heck I’ve let myself go longer than he has! He has always been physically fit, just in the past 3yrs or so since he retired has he gained his weight. I’ve been heavy all my life LOL

Well yesterday and Weds I finally managed to eat closer to 2200 cals.....and I was hungry! I think it was due to the activity in our classroom this past week! Don’t know maybe full moon?? Our kids were wild this week......when I say wild......I mean wild!!! I work with special needs students remember......we had kids that normally don’t outburst do it....as well as Parents freaking out on us.....for various reasons....the phone wouldn’t stop ringing yesterday, I finally had to tell the office do not put through this parent....we are physically restraining a student and NO one can talk to him! LOL he called 8 times before 9:30am (our day starts at 8:40)

I work on our schools yearbook with one other Teacher.....our deadline is today.....but we have till the tenth to get it turned in. We are finally completed! I have one more graphic that we decided yesterday we needed on the front and back pages....but other than that it is complete I really am excited about it this year! It is all color 88 pages and the cover was designed by our Art teacher! We switched companies this year and got more for our $$ we can’t wait till the kids see it!!! This is the first year we have Full color book!

Well I better get some Treadmill time in before I get lazy!!!! Maybe even some weights??? Hmmmm gotta find an on Demand fitness show maybe??? Will check back in and let you all know what I found!

Be Nice!!! Drink your water!!! Burn some FAT!!!

Worthapenny, hope you daughter does well & good luck with the weigh-in.xxxxx
Anne, I laughed about the keeping things in the garage it's what I do too, lol, crisps (chips) & anything else 'snacky' that might tempt me. It's so easy to walk past 'something' & grab a handful ot to get food out of the freezer & see something sweet & want it, I've found if it's out of sight it really does stop you. I tried some skinny cow products & wasn't impressed at all, though I had a 'Cherry Garcia' choc chip, cherry piece cherry frozen yoghurt from Ben & Jerry's, forgot the cals in it but WOW the best icecream I've EVER HAD!!!!xxxxxxx
Battle, sorry the job didn't pan out. I hope you aren't too upset.xxxxxx
I weighed in today, lost 2lbs which is good as I only started on Monday, I'm weighing-in on Fridays now so I can have a bottle of wine & get to 'work' & diet it off all week. I HAD to start Monday as the scale was creeping UP, why waste five days? AND I'm DOWN 2 so that's great. I made an appointment to see a Dr on Monday to get sorted out, I've felt so low for so long & lately it's been much worse than low. I've no interest in anything, not the craft stuff hubby bought me for my birthday in Feb, housework(no change there, lol) or anything, I keep missing dentist appts, school meetings & everything is 'too much'. There now it's in the open & hopefully I can go back on Prozac or something to give me a lift until I'm able to do it myself. Cross your fingers for me
xxxxxxxsharon

Hello everyone,
Well I tried the morningstar bacon...YUCK!!
I just had a bowl of oatmeal. Guess the neighborhood cat will be getting the bacon.
going to work on the house today. Have a good day.
debi
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{{{{{{Sharon}}}}}}} I know what you mean about feeling low! I'm glad your going to see the dr. I will keep you in my prayers that you can be lifted up from your lowpoint. keep posting if nothing else it holds you accountable to us....I know for me sometimes its easier to be accountable to someone who isn't in your day to day life.

Debi- LOL on the bacon.....mental note "don't buy morningstar bacon" SNOW SNOW & MORE SNOW falling grrrrr I want SPRING TIME!!! hehehehe

Well I found a workout for my legs & some instructions on easy weight lifting for my arms!!!!
I did the workout for my legs & did 2 sets of 15 reps on my arms!!! I will try to do 2 more sets for the arms again later today.....I think I will up the weight because it was too easy LOL although they suggested 3 sets of 15 reps and I couldn't do the last set....so maybe I will just wait and when I can do all 3 sets then I will up the weight!

will probably stop in later again! LOL

DMPLS-Fort Sill is next door to the wildlife refugee I used to spend a lot of time backpacking in when I was much younger. This is a very nice time of year to go there as long as you don’t accidentally meet a tornado. He’s lucky he’s not going to be there in August. Dirt can melt in that part of the state in summer. I was a yearbook editor in high school. Our publishing rep was Mart Hart’s husband. She doesn’t look any older which is seriously creepy.

Sharon- had an aunt and uncle who used to keep snack foods in their garage too. The entire garage. They ran a vending machine business. It was like entering Wonka’s. Cases of chips and candy bars reaching to the ceiling. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

Debi-I always liked the soy substitute stuff. I did like Boca better than Morningstar, especially their sausages. Can’t get either here. I can only get Yves. They make good soy pepperoni. When I eat something no that I’m not used to anymore, I spend the next day in the bathroom. It is because the good bacteria that we developed to digest certain foods have basically starved to death. So digestion has to happen in the large intestine instead of the small intestine. The stuff in there can digest anything, it’s just not as gentle. My former roommate completely got rid of her IBS when she started on my diet.

Julee-I know what you mean about detoxing. When I’ve eaten the wrong stuff, I practically have a nasty coating in my mouth like I’ve just gotten over a cold. It’s like my body has put up the same barrier to bad food that it has to a virus. That should tell me something.

Battle-I’m sorry the job didn’t come through. The cookie dough sounded good, I’m glad you were able to throw it out. I probably couldn’t have.

Debbie-I’ve always been a pear, but the dieting has definitely been from the top down. Maybe it’s gravity’s fault. My bottom half is about 3 sizes larger than my top half. That can be a real pain.

Anne-If you are craving ice cream, it could mean you are low on calcium, or on fat. It’s got both. I have trouble reminding myself to get at least 20 grams of fat at day. If I don’t, I can get depressed, sluggish, and my hair starts falling out. Have some olive oil and see if the ice cream craving goes away next time.

Babybear-Thanks for trying to help your daughter. It’s important. I wish my mother had done for me what you are doing for her.

Worthapenny-I once had to deal with no hot water during the Thanksgiving holiday, and I was having 12 to dinner. It was such a pain. I’m glad you survived.

Carol-Take care of your knees. That’s why I can only do water exercise. Monday in the time before my class, the high school next door had a gym class in the water. We had to sit on the side of the pool waiting to go in. One of the kids was really staring at my knee with all the scars on it. I just wanted to tell her to take care of her knees. The angle of our hips just makes us so much more susceptible to trouble.

Anne-We got snow yesterday, how about you? Aren’t you guys approaching some kind of all time snow record? We’re going to Niagara Falls for a week in October, and I’m hoping it isn’t snowing then.

Julee-A mother in law moving from crazy to evil, welcome to my world. He was at their house last night when he called me, and she wanted to talk to me on the phone. He tried to explain that I do not talk on the phone, and only make exceptions for him when he is out of town. She stormed around like a bull in anger that she couldn’t have me on the phone to do God knows what.

I finished my school work for the week, most of the housework. I’ve got a few more things to do, and then I can work on my book until I leave to go meet him at the station. At least it is sunny out today. We may even get above 0 today. When he’s gone, I actually have trouble eating enough. It’s as if I don’t want to bother to cook just for myself.

I was late to work this morning and then tripped and landed (only a little, but enough) on the broken leg. Didn't hurt too much, but now of course I'm worried that I've undone some of the last 3 weeks of healing! Guess I'll find out next Friday, when I can FINALLY start putting weight on it again! Woo hoo! It's Friday, everyone! Hooray!

Good Morning all,

No time for personals but I just wanted to say hey. Congrats to all the loosers, hugs to those struggling and a kick in the butt to those who need it. I hope you all have a wonderful day that is op, water drinking and butt moving. Gotta run, busy day today at work. Weigh in today and didn't loose an ounce. Oh well, Hopefully next week.

Blessings all,
Annie

Annie at least no gain huh? I love your new pic!!! you are looking great!!!

Well I HAD to go out today in this mess!! I am not a cold weather person!!!! LOL but Dh needed me to run errands and we NEEDED some things from the store.......so I not only braved the roads but walmart during a snow storm!!!! LOL

I picked up some yams/sweet potatoes raw......I had seen someone say something about fries (baked I think) with them....anyone have a clue? I am going to check the recipe board but thought if someone had a fabulous recipe for them I might get it here!

talk later!

I'm down another 3 lbs. Wow! It feels so good to be losing again. It seemed I was stuck for so long. I battled the 300/299 issue for a while and now I won't have to look at 300's ever again.

Anne, you really thought through your ice creams. That's great. It's so much better than making a snap decision when we are really craving something. Good for you!

Debi, o I bet that chicken was good though. I can't even remember the last time I had chicken with skin. I'll just live through you and watch from afar. :rofl:

Bernice, yep, those are those lovely saddlebags that I think most women have. All we can hope for is that they get smaller along with the rest of the body.
I figure if you were hungry for those cookies, you should have them. I don't deny myself anything pretty much. I just make sure I have one serving and count every calorie. Seems to work for me.

Tina, so glad to hear your daughter is doing better. That asthma can be awful. I bet she was happy too.

worthapenny, o good!! Your water being hot again is a relief, I bet. That would be so hard to deal with during these winter months. Stay warm now.

Sharon, congrats on the 2 lbs gone. That's wonderful. Yes, get yourself to the doc and find out what's going on. Take care. :hug:

Catherine, glad to hear Himself will be home today.

Annie, no loss is better than a gain. Next week you'll have a nice loss, I'm sure of it.

have a good day
Debbie

Good afternoon all,

I've done pretty good at getting the exercising done in the morning, so this is good. It gives me more free time to get other things done. Although this afternoon I'm considering a nap. Other than that it's pretty quiet around here. I've heard that we're supposed to get more snow. Enough already, we give up! I've avoided looking at the forecast but people always want to tell you about bad weather.

Bernice - Under calories is something I struggle a little with. I know I need to snack at night, but I've noticed that I'm usually just adding all the calories I didn't have. Then I seem to just snack from dinner until bedtime. When I change my meal plan around next week I'm going to address that. Maybe a little extra at breakfast, and a mid-morning snack. I still need that evening snack, but I'm going to try cutting it down. And very big congrats on the cookie victory! Although I never did it, you could try recording some of the fitness and/or yoga shows to use when you feel like it. Before I decided to work on the weight training that was my plan.

Penny - I missed the hot water reference completely. Yay! You have hot water. We were on a trip last year and there was a period of a couple of days where the hot water was intermittant. You really don't think about it until you don't have it. And you're right, about the ice cream bars. I'm a little annoyed today because another grocery store has them on sale (about $2 less that what I paid). I think I'll skip the sale this time. Maybe the next time they're on sale I'll consider buying another box. We'll see how this one goes. Good luck on the weigh in. And good luck with your daughter. I shudder to think what I was like at that age. :)

Sharon - B&J's Cherry Garcia was a favourite of mine. They do it in both ice cream and frozen yogurt. If they had the yogurt one yesterday I would likely have bought it. The ice cream is just way too high to even think of. At least until I know I have enough control to portion it out. That may be a long way off (or perhaps never, who knows). Congrats on the loss. I don't know why I picked Mondays, especially since this time I started on a Friday. Just seemed to happen that way.

Catherine - I usually hit about 55g of fat (just under 25%), but I do see that I have a couple of low fat days earlier in the week. My problem with dairy is that I generally don't take much. I can't stomach milk, yogurt, etc. so I do use a little butter and try to add a little cheese. The doctor did suggest a calcium supplement, but I know that's not really the best choice. I do usually hit between 50 and 75% RDA on calcium though. I'm planning to change my protein levels next week (higher), so with that will come a little more fat. I'll be adding in some peanut and/or almond butter, soy nuts, and maybe almonds. So we'll see what that does. As to the snow question... ignore it, it will go away. Okay, it's probably way too early to be saying that. I can't avoid it any longer, so off to the weather network.

From Friday Evening to Saturday Afternoon we expect 30-40 cm of snow. (converted that's 11.8" - 15.7")

What! It's freakin' March 7th. We do not get this type of snowfall here at this time of year. Our average monthly snowfalls add up to 153cm (that might be different from what our avg is). I think the main difference is that we don't usually have a lot of snow cover at this time of year. October is often a good time of year for southwestern Ontario. August is often quite hot and very muggy. September usually starts lousy, but by the time school is back it can be quite warm again. October can be quite nice with brisk days, but not always cold. Having said all that I do remember going out for Halloween as a kid and it would snow. Of course it was that light fluffy stuff that never stayed around. Well, if nothing else, I'm glad the shopping is done and that I filled up the wood bins inside.

TheWalrus - hope the leg is okay. I'll bet you're looking forward to next Friday!

Annie - you are allowed (and expected) to have a week where you didn't lose an ounce. :hug: We're all really bad at dealing with those weeks. I'm hoping that I'll get better with dealing with them myself. Hopefully next week you'll make up for it!

Debbie - congrats on the 3 pounds. The ice cream was good, and I reminded myself that I'm the one that said I would deny myself nothing (well not to excess). That if I wanted something I could just find a way to work it in. I've decided that the other three could become a Sunday treat (to go with my rest day). We'll see how next week goes. Except for typing about them here, I'm not really thinking about them, so that's good.


Well, it's still early enough that I'm considering that nap. Or maybe just sack out on the couch and watch an episode of Torchwood or something. Oh, and by the way, it just started snowing...

:snowglo:

(okay I know technically it's a Christmas scene, but it's kind of how it looks, especially since one of the neighbours still haven't taken their stuff down....)

Anne-DH & I said the same thing....we will not deny ourselves (within reason) anything we would normally eat (for now red meat while we get our bodies in shape) I feel the same way you do if I want something that is not a healthy choice I need to have only one serving and count the calories. Although I do look at the fat calories and usually will steer myself away from things too high in fat.

I've posted a couple of pictures on my blog of the snowfall so far today! LOL I just cant believe they actually called this one correctly!! the weather men around here are always wrong! It is still coming down here......and now they say more on Monday! which would mean YET another possible day off due to snow!!! grrrr

We were out of school today and the snow really didnt start piling up till about time for the kids to get out of school. It looks like a blizzard outside right now. The wind is really blowing hard and the snow is coming down hard.

YOungest is snowed in at a school function in Lousiville and she just called and is so ready to be home. I think she will appreciate us a little more for a few days..lol
My oldest daughter comes home from NYC tommorow night.Will be glad to know she is back at the college.
I went to walmart this morning and got my new keyboard. Its one of those things you dont appreciate till its messed up.
We have a fire a block away, the people are not home and they think its wiring in the attic. What a night for a house fire!
I have not exercised today...hubby talked me into taking the day off and doing it tommorow. I came in short on calories today to help make up for the fried chicken yesterday. It was good but not worth it at all.
Why is it when your dieting other people get critical? Hubby mentioned to his sister that we were lifting weights and she had to make a big deal out of it..she acted like I trying to become a body builder or something..lol( i wish)
Then she started in on how I have lost weight but always regain it. It just really pisses me off that she had to be negative. She also had alot to say about how counting calories wasnt good for you and you should watch carbs. Hubby told her that i am eating healthy more than dieting..
she is one of those people who just cant be happy someone is trying to improve their life.
sorry to rant.
hope everyone had a great day and enjoy your night.
debi

Hi Peeps -sounds like a number of us got snow today - UGH - I hope we have spring don't head straight to summer. That would be OK with me but I'd like to have a little time to get the gardens ready.

The clothes I ordered came and I finally tried them on. I was actually somewhat disappointed. I bought the same pair of pants in a 22 and a 24 - the 24 fits fine except my legs right above my knee are so big they don't fit like I'd like them to. One of the shirts makes me look like an old lady - oh yeah - I am - I can't complain too much - 2 pair of pants and 2 shirts for $36 no shipping. I think it will get me through for awhile - I'm anxious to try on my spring clothes to see the difference in how they fit.

I listened to my body today and just rested. I also ate 1900 calories today - too much sodium but I'll keep drinking plenty of water to move it on. I've really been having trouble getting calories in - I seem to save them for the end of the day in case I get hungry. So I end up at 1300-1400 and won't eat that many more calories for the sake of getting my calories in. I think I will try to make sure I have 1000 calories between breakfast and lunch and see how that works.

We are discussing another winter vacation next year. It's a nice thought - not sure I'm quite ready but it would be nice to have a little winter break to the warm weather.

Move your bodies, drink your water and SMILE.

Hugs,
Carol

dmpls-I make yam fries sometimes. They can be hard to cut. I microwave them for a few minutes first, then cut them up into fries. A bit of pam on the pan, about 350-375, and cook until done. I haven't sent you that biscuit recipe yet because I can't find it. When I see a recipe, and try it the first time, I tend to just wing it after that. I can't send people a recipe that just says, put in water until it feels right, and cook until it looks right. I'll keep looking.

He got home finally safe and sound this afternoon. He went to a meeting tonight so I can get some rest.