Yep, Gail join us on that thread. Those ladies are a wealth of information. They research and look up everything diabetic related and Ms. Shannon profession is the medical field so come on over :) LOL on the pillow, I've thought about just socking him one good time, LOL ... I usually just nudge him but that night he was exhausted from working to 8 hour jobs so I just got myself up :) He says I should hear myself, I told him I do and I wake up and turn over. I recorded him once and played it, you wanna see an angry man, he was fuming, I thought how silly! It's what I have to listen to, LOL.

YAY Zumba, I'm so happy for you :hug: Glad your ex didn't make a bad day out of your sons graduation, maybe he's learning to play nice ... as he should :)

Andrew I'm so jealous. I wish I knew someone that had a timeshare or a condo on a beach. Enjoy. ... Well here at home it got really cloudy and the wind was blowing the trees like crazy. We heard the sound of thunder but only once and I told the boys to charge there phones. The last storm we had we ended up at our daughters to cook because we loss power until 8ish. Then when we were leaving Brier Creek the storm we had hit up there. :( Looks like it's settled down here for now though.

Shannon it hasn't rained down here yet. It's weird that we are only 8 miles apart (from Brier Creek area) and when the sky falls apart here it's great up there and vice versa. It's just cloudy right now, wind has stopped. Oh Shannon there's a Whole Foods right there. I got the grass fed butter. One stick was $2.99 but you said you only use a half tblsp right? so it will last me a while. I also got these beet chips and sweet potato chips my daughter told me about. Pretty good only 10g sodium, 160 cal, 16 carbs for 15 chips. Don't know why I told you all

I had an interesting busy low calorie day yesterday and was rewarded with .8 down to 158.2, I really hope it's not a fluke since what I ate wasn't nutritional at all after breakfast. My son and I decided to walk the Duke Univ wall. It's 1.6 miles around. I did fine the first lap but at the end of the second oh my goodness. My son also left me during the second lap so he could run (show off). He says come on Mommy, I'm thinking boy have you EVER really seen me run? NEVER longer than 30 seconds to a minutes. One day folks. But I walked 3.82 miles so I am feeling good. So hoping to see 157 tomorrow :crossed:

Wow, Zumba, the Caribbean, that is awesome! Glad to hear your son's graduation went nicely. :)

andrew, sorry about Arthur meeting you at the beach. :( Hope he leaves before you do.

MrsTryingAgain, sorry about your diagnosis, though better to know and start doing something proactive now, right? You can do this. :)

Shannon, I looked really quick at my local Costco and all I saw was Kerrygold in a tub - is that different than in bars/sticks? I'll try to look more thoroughly next time.

Good to see you here, Michelle and Susan! Mm, swiss chard...mine is just starting to come up, and I saw today that someone nibbled the tops of all my cilantro sprouts - d'oh! We like to put lots of chopped greens into our pasta sauce and stirfries.

Omg, the snoring thing - my DH snores so much! The heavier he is, the worse it gets, sometimes too much for me to sleep at all. He says I snored when I was heavier too! Not much now, though. :) Rennie, how funny your DH's reaction to your recording! :D Good going yesterday, your walk sounds fun! My youngest DS does that too - a few days ago I raced him across the yard (with a hefty headstart too) and he passed me like I was standing still! Kid has legs like a deer...

Since we are talking about noises in the night....my hubby has sleep apnea and is so heavy that no matter what new mask he buys, he can't get a good seal so it's always leaking periodically, sometimes it sounds like honking. It's super annoying. And sometimes I still hear snoring. I sleep with ear plugs every night. I snore a little, happened as I gained weight, not sure if I still do, lol. My 4 yr old snores, lol...she's perfectly sized...guess it can strike anyone.

Cattails I have never seen it in a tub but unless I am wrong all Kerrygold is grass fed so I think it's fine.

I have chives, rosemary and basil planted. They are all doing well. My brother has a pretty big garden for living right in the city and it is busting with squash and cucumbers right now. His watermelons are the size of tennis balls, so cute!

Rennie which Whole Foods is near you?

Cattails, my husband is tall and skinny :dizzy: Sometimes he snores so loud I think he's gonna choke. :( then I do wake him. I wouldn't dare try to run with my son, he's a big guy but he would leave me in a few strides. He's tall like his Daddy :) It's fun doing things with the kids :)

Shannon yep, because my SIL says my daughter snores sometimes and she's a stick. There isn't a Whole Foods near me. We went to the one on Broad Street near Duke. I didn't see it when I drove by but noticed it while walking. I bought one of their insulated black bags to keep with me so that when I get cold things they'll keep for the 1.5 hours we're out. I will surely stop there when I'm in the area. Kill to birds with one stone ;). The Whole Foods we went to had it in a tub for $4.99 two different kinds. I got the stick since you said it last long also easy measuring :)

I wish I had a garden :) I hope I didn't over do it today with my snacking while with my daughter. We shall see in the morning :)

Shannonsnail, My husband I both sleep with earplugs. We started the first year of living together and it's what saved our marriage. We both snore.

Happy 4th :)

We're going for our walk this morning, waiting on my daughter and her hubby to join us. I hit a new low today 157.2 I couldn't be happier. My son is tooting his own horn (rather loudly) since he has also loss a few pounds (show off) :) I'm happy for him. :)

I came back to 3FC on 1/1/13 weighing 197.2 as of today I have officially loss 40lbs :)

Struggling to not emotionally eat. My oldest moved 1700 miles away, the middle graduated high school and the youngest is 15.... The chapter of this time of my life is closing. Ugh. Will weigh in on Monday my birthday.

:hug: Abbi, Lots going on. I keep thinking about those times (I have a couple of years yet) :hug: Here's to a great weigh in on your birthday :) Happy early Birthday to you :)

Happy 4th to everyone! We're due to go bbq at MIL's - bratwursts! That woman, she talks the talk (been gaining steadily for decades despite wanting to lose weight) but just can't quite walk the walk... at least dessert will be fruit skewers, my contribution! :D

:yay: Rennie on the awesome new low! And kudos to your son as well!

Hang in there, Abbi, life is full of twists - who knows what exciting things are right around the corner? ;) Hope your birthday is terrific.

CATTAILS..sounds like my mom...hated being overweight but was always making big fattening dinners. Bratwurst is such a midwest thing, i think i only had that once in my life and i think i loved it. :D

FATABBI I moved to a smaller house, got divorced and oldest just graduated and is going away to college..so my family of four is now two. ..and that two is half the time...so i heard you on change and i definitely hear you on emotional eating. I'm starting to try and get a handle on that,,,its hard.

LOVE2B thats awesome!!!!!!!!! Keep up the good work!!!!!:carrot:

SHANNON...i snore now that i'm heavier....i'm sure skinny people snore also but with me its weight related as is heartburn. When i was pregnant and in labor i fell asleep after they drugged me and my husband said the whole floor of the hospital could hear me snoring, it was like i was cutting logs or something.

ANDREW poured here ALL DAY...no beach time for me.....:smug:

MAGICSUSAN I never heard the word schale before....interesting...my dad used to drink his coffee like that in the morning....

SEANA I am addicted to coffee as well and if that is my only addiction i'm not doing so badly. I don't want to say that I have a food addiction but i guess i have that too.

Hey all..happy fourth. Well I had a personal goal for fourth of july which i have not met but i still have time before my trip...a month to be exact.....I have never had so much incentive, not in a long time...

Yesterday poured all day so I went to the mall with a friend and shopped a little for clothes that I hope will look a bit better on me come a few weeks.....went to cheesecake factory and ordered from their weight management menu. Reached a new low this morning and i couldn't be happier.

Going to a party this evening (delayed from yesterday) and I pray I can make good choices and there will be good choices there.

Not sure what kind of workout i will get today, i'm hoping to get a DVD in atleast since I won't make it to the gym. I want to get in the pool and swim laps but i think after yesterdays rain the pool is probably too cold...

Have an awesome day everyone!!!!

Thanks Cattails :) we both gained a little after yesterday's outing but back on plan today :) Hope you enjoyed the time at your MIL's. We love brats and kielbasa :drool: great on the grill :) I chalk it up as low carb and a source of protein ;)

Thanks Zumba :) Congratulations on your new low :high: Hope you got your work out in. It hasn't rained here yet unless it just drizzled and I couldn't hear it hitting the house but it sure got chilly last evening/night. Made for a pleasant day today.

up a pound this morning, not changing my ticker because it WILL be back to that or lower by Monday. Today was OP so tomorrow's weigh in will be better :)

Spoke too soon, put on two lbs this weekend...but I'm not going to get upset about it, just going to keep trucking'. Salty food at the party..and then yesterday I hit up some chips and guacamole....but the holiday weekend is DONE and I'm just going to carry on...hope everyone had a good one..

Quick check-in. I'm actually not doing too bad on my eating plan. Still low-carbing it. Most places will substitute stuff I can have for stuff I won't eat. I've had to odd tastes of some carbs, but not getting over my limit so far. I have been consuming some adult beverages, but I have no idea what the toll of that will be. I haven't been doing TOO much of it, but I'm sure there will be an impact.

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Did everyone disappear? We had a houseguest from Friday to Tuesday. Lots of junk food in the house, eating out. Attended a big party Sunday night with cake. I am way off my usual food routines, scale is up, etc. hoping to get back on the wagon by the weekend. I've been in a really bad mood too over the house hunting. Everytime we find something we like it goes under contract within 24-48 hrs it seems. Kind of losing heart. Not helping with the eating either.