I'm with Becky on the fat thing. I have discovered that if I don't eat at least 30% fat I am starving and irritable almost no matter how many calories I have eaten. I try to keep my fat between 30-40% I haven't perfected it as carefully as Becky. I'm British and Jewish (whatever mixture that is). Maybe part of my affinity for middle eastern food?

Way too much food in my life right now. I don't know if you guys remember me talking about that psychiatrist we interviewed a few weeks ago. He's back for a second interview. This is very promising. We took him out to dinner last night-a mediterranean restaurant so that was helpful but I ate too much. We are having lunch with him today too. And here's he big shocker. I have suddenly been highly motivated to try to find a new boyfriend. I seem to be getting better at this process too because I'm having some success with it. Have a coffee date this weekend. I don't know why I all of sudden decided it was time but I did. There are many ways in which this is not such a great time in my life for this but oh well. It has been a major distraction from my weight loss efforts.

I'm so glad it's Friday and I have Monday off too. Plan to do some cooking this weekend. I have some phyllo in the freezer and I plan to try to use it this weekend. This will be my first experiment with phyllo but it is such a standard mediterranean thing I have to try it. I'm planning to make individual spinach pies. Should make good packed lunches.

Hello everyone! Whew! Busy morning here. Looking forward to a 3 day weekend. I need that day off. No big plans, boys are with their Dad. Going out to fiance's and we'll see what I get into. Hope to spend lots of time outdoors. We'll probably cook out some, too.



Peanut's-AWWWW! A graduate! Don't they look cute in their little caps and gowns? Seems like it was yesterday for us. I'm sure TOM will go away and you'll be back to losing again.


Petra-So glad you are ready for some dating! How exciting! Hope you meet someone perfect for you to spend time with. I want to know how the spinach pies turn out. If they're good, I'd like the recipe.



I hope you all have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. I'll try to check in.

P. S. Several of my co-workers are doing the 500 calorie HCG diet.... Even someone I thought was wise enough to know better. Oh well...

Petra, thanks for the compliment! I’m so glad that you are close to hiring someone. And that you are having fun out there in the dating world! Enjoy your coffee… and your long weekend, too!

WeightlossWanted, I hope the scale is treating you kindly.

KittehMomma, I hope your muscles have all loosened up again! Sounds like you are very diligent about getting your exercise in. Hah! I don’t wait to record a new weight, if I see it on the scale, I claim it! Thanks for the compliment! No, I haven’t spun before. Should be interesting…

AnnieDrews, congratulations on being halfway to your goal; that is awesome!! Look at you, 164 – WTG! Have fun shorts shopping! Thanks for your compliment! How nutty, a 500 cal diet… like that’s going to last.

PeanutsMom, thanks for the compliment! And congratulations to Peanut on completing kindergarten and being ready for 1st grade; that’s quite an accomplishment! And congratulations to you for breaking down into the teens, WTG!

Here I had a wonderful lunch, just had to share: filled a mixing bowl heaping with spinach, added some water, covered tightly and microwaved for 3 minutes. Took the spinach out of the bowl, squeezing out the water, and put in a mound on a plate. Arranged tomato wedges all around the mound, dolloped goat cheese all on top, covered lightly, and microwaved for 30 seconds. Oh, my, delightful!!

Took the boys to the new club after school today. They played in the pool for 70 minutes; they will sleep well tonight. Tomorrow I have my first spin class; I’m not really one to set the alarm on the weekend, so hopefully it is worth it! I’ll let you know how it goes…

Enjoy your weekend, everyone!

Did my first ever spinning class this morning; that was great! Incredible leg exercise... I signed up for Tuesday's class, looking forward to it! Now to get on the schedule for beginners yoga...

ust a quick howdy and to let everyone I haven't fallen off the face of the earth, just got mostly sidetracked all week. Guests at the beginning of the week. Took that trip to the big city on Tuesday and took lunch with me. Had to finally have a big fat cinnamon roll, which is the first off plan thing I've done since Feb. 20. It was good, but not as good as I remembered them being...hmmm. Didn't get to exercise much all week, cleaning and cooking mostly for guests, and Robert was on a fluctuating schedule which threw me off a bit. Did get my 3 mile walk in yesterday and will give my best shot to a pretty wicked couple of UPHILL hikes tomorrow. Got new sports sandals on sale at Sierra Trading Post and love 'em. Got extra large bandaids for my heels for tomorrow's adventures. I'm having some trouble with one of my feet, kind of where the muscle and bone meet at the top of the heel on the side, so I have a dr. appt on Thursday to see if there is anything besides rest that will help. If not, then I'll just get an iv morphine drip and keep in hiking ;-) I'm guessing I won't have much if any loss for the week, but as always, will let the scale say what it may. I did have a couple of NSV's this week. My size 20 pants which I was just getting into a few weeks ago are now falling off to the point where I tied a sweatshirt around my waist to hold them up while doing the dam walk yesterday. I bought a pair of jeans on sale at walmart in size 18, not 18W and I have a bit of a muffin top, but they do zip and button. Not comfy to sit or hike, but I could walk around. Five mr pounds should be okay. And I found a pair of shorts which was one of the last things I could fit into the summer I quit smoking 2 years ago and they fit really well. So now I can hike in shorts. YEEHAA!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday weekend. I'll see you all in October if not sooner. LOL!

Barb

Hi All, i'm still reading, but have gone a bit quieter on the posting side, which you could correctly guess means i'm still not eating brillantly! In fact, i haven't been on the scales for a week. I'm still exercising with plenty of spin classes though, and weights classes. I even had a little run today, only for 10 minutes during an hours walk with the dog. My first run since i broke my foot about 9 weeks ago, so i'm taking it easy, but loved it and can't wait to start getting back to where i was.