[Starling]

Greetings Beck People, and thank you for your very warm welcome! :


Lexxiss

Previously, I had drastic swings in my blood sugar level. I would shake uncontrollably and be sick if I didn't eat. My food plan eliminated all white sugar/white flour and my BS is very stable now.

Thanks, I hadn't thought of that! The plan I chose involves cutting back on sugar / white flour but there might be big advantages to cutting them out completely.

Gardenerjoy

habits like always making sure that you have an on-plan snack with you

That makes a lot of sense! I'm pretty careless about that, and it has definitely caused trouble.

BillBlueEyes

Congrats for completing nine years of home schooling. ...Sending supportive thoughts for both of you in making this rather major transition.

Thank you! ...One aspect of The Homeschooling Life that I hope doesn't change is, the way everything turns into a science experiment. I hope DS doesn't decide that that sort of thing is "uncool".

One of our current projects is trying out a special form of composting using a "BioPod". This sort of relates to the Beck program, so I'll go ahead and describe it... BioPod composting is a lot like vermiculture, but instead of using worms, you're using a special species of grub* to break the food scraps down. When the grubs are ready to pupate, they naturally crawl away from their compost. The BioPod (which looks like a toddler's training potty ) has an area inside for the grubs and food scraps, and a ramp that leads up out of the compost. When the grubs are ready, they wiggle their way up the ramp, and fall over the edge right into a collection bucket. The grubs are similar to mealworms and you can feed them to chickens, fish, herps, or, in our case, pet starlings

Get rid of extra food. It'll be wasted in the trash can or in my body. Either way, it's wasted.

Yesterday my DH found a half-full bag of potato chips and said "Yuck, these are stale". Ordinarily I would have a really hard time throwing something like that away. But I gave it to my grubs! "Here you are babies, look what mama has for you!"

* For those of you who are biologically inclined. Technically a "grub" is a beetle larva. The organism here is the Black Soldier Fly, so the larvae are actually, um, well, they're maggots. I try not to think about it

[madrikh]

Well, our trip to the beach went OK, but the night before we left, I hurt my back so I was unable to walk on the beach at all. I don't think I have ever gone to the beach w/o taking at least one walk a day in the sand, no matter what the weather. But low back pain and sand-walking don't mix.
It was difficult to make a plan as we were eating out at least once a day. But I did my best. Of the 3 dinners out I : split a meal with my husband; ordered a cup of chowder and a side salad for my meal. CREDIT!!
I was able to get on the treadmill today and am not in pain as a result. I hope to do some gentle yoga this week.

Credit:
-most evenings I am writing out a food plan for the next day
-my in-laws are visiting and I am not stuffing food in my mouth at every turn
-I found the "pink book" at a used book store and am so glad I bought it; I love the workbook, but the book-book has so much more...

WI: 164.6

Someone was looking for a diet buddy: I'm open!!

Starling, I did not see your original post about homeschooling, but I'm a HS mama too!

That's it for now. Keep on everyone!

Marci

[Alma4343]

Well, I have been going a little off plan each day. I am still doing fine with my calories, but not sticking to my plan. In the past, I tend to make it to the 12 week mark in dieting and then it all goes down hill. This is week 9. So, I need to find a way to stay on track!


exercise x 2
Credit for staying in calorie plan
Planned next 2 days






madrikh: Sorry about the back pain, it is so hard to exercise with pain. I hope it starts feeling better soon.

Starling: Hey, if you stick to your diet you will have some very happy grubs over there! Welcome to the Beck Board

ade903: I do not weight daily. I TRY to just weigh once a week. However, on days like today, where I wake up feeling "light" I usually weigh. So, I usually weigh 2x a week and only count one, my wednesday weigh in. I have done WW in the past and I use a lot of the principals still. I am counting calories now.

MorganleFay: CONGRATULATIONS! Lowest weight in 6 years is a big accomplishment. I am glad your husband was so supportive.

MaryContrary: I agree with stealing "credit moi" I don't write it but now I actually think it everytime I give myself credit Looks like we have very similar goals and starting weight. I started 5 lbs higher and want to lose about 5 less pounds. My weight loss has been SUPER slow. But, I am finding it easier to tolerate using Beck principles.

Houston2Command: Good luck during this super busy time, I hope you can keep that basket from overflowing ;

AmberPr: Thanks for sharing the spreadsheet. I downloaded and will look at it more later.

Shepherdess: The Beck crew seems to be doing a lot of cleaning out lately. It has motivated me and I now have 3 bags of clothes to take to the womens shelter.

new2me2: Hope the teeth are OK. I go to the dentist tomorrow

onebyone: Credit for not letting those sabotaging thoughts keep you from staying on plan and moving forward with planning and healthy shopping!

gardenerjoy: Yippee on the new low! This Richard simmons food mover is interesting, I will have to look it up.

Beverlyjoy: Glad your rash has been diagnosed. I am sure you are ready to get the foot/ankle surgery over with. Hope it is soon.

maryblu: I am really jealous of your night time swim. It makes me want to live where the water is warmer.

Lexxiss: The mushroom meal sounds so good. Great staying on plan.

BillBlueEyes: I will have to try the arctic zero ice cream. Sounds interesting. I love ice cream.

Nuxmaga: Hello, I have only been here about a month.


Have a great week and thanks for being here.

[GosfordGirl]

Hi Coaches

Home late and about to eat so need to hurry (dinner burning I think!). An on plan day - not hungry but could have been tempted by interesting food. Stopped for petrol and didn't buy chocolate - skim milk instead.

Progress -
- I motivated myself by reading A&R cards - No
- Consciously gave credit for positive eating / exercise behaviours - Yes
- Limit junk food to once per day - No junk food
- Made food plan - Yes
- Logged food soon after eating - No
- Food on-plan - Yes
- Ate seated every time - yes
- Ate mindfully & slowly & put down fork occasionally - Yes
- Weighed myself - Yes - up .5 - 212.2
- Exercise - No

Working on -
What to eat as usual - hate carrying food when I am a nomad and have nowhere to keep food or lunch. New diet means I can't eat at the city canteen

Have a good day Beckies
-----
Cheryl

[BillBlueEyes]

Diet Coaches/Buddies - A friendly neighbor brought over a large slice of blueberry pie - homemade from personally harvested blueberries, with portions made by her 3 year old daughter. (Yesterday it was established that I am a "push over" for little cuties, LOL.) Had to adjust my plan to eat half of it; will have the other half tonight. Sorta partial CREDIT moi, I suppose.

Put on the Goretex to walk to the gym, CREDIT moi. This time I didn't hesitate as I sometimes do. It was time for gym so the decision was what was the appropriate clothing to wear, not whether to skip gym due to weather. Hope this way of thinking persists.


maryblu - Moonlight swim on a private lake, <sigh> . . . now you got me thinking about moving to Minnesota again.

onebyone - Monster Kudos for coming right back with the Helpful Response, "I only have to do this for today. I don't have to do this forever." You're on your game. Good idea to resurrect your No Seconds rule.

Joy (gardenerjoy) - Yay for finding what it takes to get you to eat more. Double Yay for an adult having a favorite color. Triple Yay because it's purple.

Beverlyjoy - Thank goodness for some answers, even though I agree with your thought, "I'd rather NOT be rare." Am glad that you now can get back to having a realistic goal date for your surgery.

nomad (Seadwaters) - Skim milk instead of chocolate from the petrol station is Kudos worthy to be sure. (And I like typing 'petrol' - wish we used that instead of 'gas' which can be confused with gaseous gas.)

Shepherdess - So interesting, "It’s so much easier to stick to my plan when the house isn’t in chaos." Chaos does seem like permission to be in chaos in other parts of my life.

Debbie (Lexxiss) - Oh yes, fresh wild mushrooms are a reason to quickly adjust the plan. Drooling here at the thought. Kudos for doing the bike "even though I didn't feel like it."

Donna (new2me2) - Ouch for visiting the dentist; hope he solves the problem to your liking. Good work continuing your de-cluttering.

Houston2Command - LMAO at, "life is a basket of laundry. you can wash it, fold it and put it away, but somehow it's full again 2 days later."

Amber (AmberPr) - Your plan is neat to have three choices. (There seems to be a typo in some lunch sub-totals, although the individual items and day totals add up.)

Alma (Alma4343) - Smart thinking to be aware that 12 weeks is a key time for you. Just saying it out loud is a big step toward getting through it.

MorganleFay - Congrats on lowest weight in six years. You're moving on.

Marci (madrikh) - Ouch for lower back pain; that's the pits. Hope it recovers. Kudos for splitting a meal with your DH.

Ashley (ade903) - Kudos for doing those stairs. I find it easy to incorporate stairs into my life and not even think about them. Yep, I weigh daily; for me, seeing the scale jitter daily make it easier to see the real trend. YMMV.

MaryContrary - Congrats for choosing a partner who not only does thrift-store browsing but also brings you the treasures. Double pleasure type of thing. Yep, planning works. It's helpful to think of planning for the next few months and you can make a decision what to do after that. I can find myself stuck when I try to envision something for the rest of my life.

Carol (Starling) - Now you've got me researching "BioPod" - that's super neat; I want one. Not sure what to do with the soldier grubs since I don't have birds to feed. We have a compost bin with red worms to make our garden mulch. I like to think of them as 1000 pets so I don't have to toss food away - just feeding my pets. Like you did with the stale chips.

Readers -

day 36
Believe It

When Brenda came to see me, she had more than 125 pounds she wanted to lose - and was convinced that she'd never be able to lose it. After all, despite the fact that she had "been on a diet" for 35 years, she was still growing heavier rather than lighter. She felt doomed to endlessly repeat her cycle of crash dieting, followed by out-of-control eating.

The Beck Diet Solution, pg 239.

[Ruthxxx]

OK! This is it! My ticker is back to telling the truth and I'm darned sick of seeing it so away it goes. (Credit)
The Beck Book is gathering dust on the kitchen table so I've packed it to take on my relaxing vacation in Cape Breton. I promise to read it daily. (Credit)
I am sick of being stuck at the same weight and will get it down more before I go to Italy!

[maryblu]

...read the directions. Or in my case, read the blueprint. I can't call BDSL anything else. It is the key to success, the script, the formula. Really am liking the green book being more structured than the pink. Who knew?

Feels good being back on track..surprises me how much dedication, focus and commitment it is taking. It's not like it's hard to do, you just gotta do it. Not sure why I got so off track, but I think it was just being rebellious..trying to prove I *could..and not gain wt. *sigh. I guess not.

Thanks again, Seadwaters, for asking the right question.

The one I will ask all my dear Beckies today is:

Are you 100% positive that if you follow the Beck blueprint step-by-step that you will succeed in your weight loss/control effort?

[onebyone]

Hi Coaches:

It's cheap movie day today and my pick so if we make it on time we will see Toystory3 (in 3D!). So, for today, no poporn for me. I think I should bring in a big bottle of water. I don't drink diet stuff. I can get a coffee though... that is problable what I'll have water and coffee - maybe pack my lunch even. Depends if I go directly to the theatre from work of if I go from home with DH.
credit for thinking about this in advance and forming a plan of action.

Stayed OP yesterday. credit.
Ate sitting down and consciously credit
cooked food from scratch credit

This morning I put a tiny layer of olive oil Becel on my one piece of whole grain bread. My foodplan says to eat dry toast.
Blecch
Like black coffee it makes me feel yukky and makes me feel like not doing this particular foodplan which is 99% okay besides these two points. So I cut myself some slack and allowed the marg on the toast. It makes me more overall compliant which I think is better than harbouring a foodplan resentment.

What do you guys think? Am I rationalizing? Do you think it is okay to tweak a plan to suit you? Or are you supposed to always follow something to the letter?

gotta run. Have a good tuesday-day.

[newbebop]

The canning went very well. Just a single batch of pepper rings, but I needed an easy place to start. With something I had all ingredients for in house. Next on the list is a big batch of salsa. I have never done this before and am very happy to be able to put this into action.

Great walk yesterday. I can keep my pace much better and the hills aren't slowing my down as much as they use to. Still working on the exercise plan for the in between days....Maybe because when I don't want to "do", I "plan".

Busy week as usual, but also big goals I hope to accomplish around the house. I am feeling a little blah this week. I am hoping it is not my motivation wavering.

here's to moving forward!

Billblueeyes- always good to find a tasty treat that fits into plan, even better when you can "window shop" for ice cream and not need to buy it on the spot. ;-) Kudos for knowing the right decision is what to wear to accommodate the less than ideal weather not weather on not you skip the workout due to the weather. With some re wording there might need to be a card of this for myself. thanks for the perspective.

Lexxiss- a healthy pot luck = big credit, and the wild mushrooms sound delish!

maryblu- I might have to order that green book. (or keep an eye out for a good deal on it while I finish my pink one.) I believe that some of my resistance is rebellion also.

beverlyjoy- glad you were able to get some answers to your skin issues. Sounds painfully miserable, hope you are healing nicely. good luck on moving forward on plan.

gardenerjoy- you have me intrigued. I think I might have to get this "walk it out" myself. once the kids are off for school, I may be able to have the wii without any witnesses. ;-)

oneboyne- it can be so frustrating when those sabotaging thoughts get into our heads. Credit for staying on plan with your brother and his juicy temptation AND for remembering that hunger is not an emergency. Glad your lunch was worth the wait. The best validation that the right decision was made. also + for your excellent shopping experience.

new2me2- hope the dentist went ok.

shepherdess- I can relate to the chaos of the house effecting other areas of my life. It is a huge distraction to my goals. hoping to get it under control and finding the freedom to just let go.

Houston2command- your analogy of stress like a basket of laundry is SO true. here's to moving on.

marycontrary- I was resistant at first to meal planning. I knew that would take things to another level at planning other areas of my life to be able to accommodate. Slowly it is coming together and honestly most of the other planning fell into place more naturally than I expected. It has actually taken some stress off the day to have these things in order.

ade903- i put my card on my phone as well. It really helps when I am on the go, or sitting somewhere. Especially if I skipped one of my planned readings. (which happens often.) I track my weight once a week. Monday. If I need more feedback I will weigh again on Thursday, but just as a guide. I do not record this weight officially and I am trying not to weigh this second time at all.

Starling- your bio pod sounds very neat. I bet the starlings love it when your grubs are ready. ;-) as will the grubs enjoy your new eating habits.

Madrikh- sorry to hear about the beach walk. Hope your back is feeling better soon.

alma4343- I slowly feel myself doing some slipping. It must be reality check time. I think looking back a few chapters may be in order.

Ruth- best of luck, glad to hear you dusted off your book.

[gardenerjoy]

Food went well yesterday with the nephew to feed. And exercise went well with lots of squatting and bending and lunging in the garden. Not so good -- allergy reaction from being outside all day. Today's challenge will be finding a way to cope with nasal symptoms and fatigue without overeating. Overeating is not a cure for either!

WI: NC in kg, Exercise: +60 1385/1800 minutes for August, Food: 90%op, Read my Advantages and Responses: yes

Onebyone: yep! I definitely tweak my plan. In all likelihood, you'll lose weight anyway. If you don't, then you can tweak it in a different way.

maryblu: that question reminds me of an article that was recently published in the Weight Loss News section of 3FC. Turns out many women would give up sex or cell phone usage or any number of other things to lose weight. Smart 3FCers pointed out how stupid the question was. What we need to know is whether women will give up overeating and skipping exercise in order to lose weight, since that's actually what it takes.
I am 100% positive that following Beck step-by-step will lead to success in my weight loss effort. Even better, I don't have to be 100% perfect at doing that and it will stil do the job!

Ruthxxx: yay for renewed commitment and a plan for following through!

Hello to everyone else! And thanks for making this such a busy and vibrant corner of the web!

[new2me2]

Good morning coaches!

Well, the tooth was pulled and an implant put in. I've got stiches and sort of weird looking metal thingy in there now. I "knew" it was a possibility, but truly expected he'd have me come back another day for the actual extraction, so I'm a little unprepared, lol.

I have to eat soft foods for 6-8 weeks! Didn't see THAT coming! That kind of throws my eating plan off...um...completely, lol. So, after I finish here I'm going to sit down with my food log and WW points calculator and figure out what soft foods can fit with the WW plan. My protein shakes are perfect, so they can stay, but I'll need something more portable for work. The main problem I can see here is that most soft foods other than eggs are kind of empty carby type things...I'd rather not load up on those. They make coconut milk yogurt commercially, but it has a lot of sugar in it...even the plain version. {{sigh}}

I took the day off work because I'm still quite sore, and I had quite a fitful night of sleep...just couldn't get comfortable. The bleeding has slowed to almost nothing, but I'm keeping ice handy today to keep the swelling down so I can go to work tomorrow looking somewhat normal.

I'm on pain meds (refused Vicodin and am taking Naproxen which sits better with my stomach), and antibiotics.

I weighed 1 pound less this morning, which puts me at a NEW LOW, but pretty sure that's some dehydration as I didn't drink as much water yesterday as I normally do, and virtually nothing after the procedure. I fully expect that pound will come back when I hydrate.

Did no exercise...doctor's orders. Also did not do the decluttering...all I did indeed feel like doing was laying on the couch with an ice pack...and that's just what I did. I will do some Walk It Out later, and will declutter the area on the floor next to the couch today at some point.

onebyone Good for you for recognizing that sabotaging thought!! Kick it in the patooty! Great job with your visit with your brother!! And, great plan for the movie day!! And regarding tweaking...I guess I think it's okay since I do it kind of regularly. I DO think there is a "line" somewhere where tweaking becomes rationalizing, but really I do think a "plan" has to be livable to work. Our WW leader has talked about something similar. In essence: A couple of small tweaks would be fine, but if weight loss stalls or you start gaining, then perhaps there has been too much tweaking. And, in the end the "plan" that Beck talks about is what you plan for the day, not necessarily what your food plan says you can have.

Shepherdess Ouch for the nibbling response...I've done the same thing in the past, and sometimes I still get that thought in my head!

Houston2Command Good for you for recognizing that you have to stick to smart eating under stress!

MaryContrary One thing at a time, lol. The food thing is important...the rest will come later...a sort of natural progression I think.

MorganleFay Congratulations for a great SIX YEAR LOW!!!!

ade903 It IS surprising how long we can go without food isn't it?! I think that is the whole point of the exercise, but it still short of "shocks" me, lol. I weigh daily because it keeps me accountable in a way. I can see daily fluctuations and don't get overly excited about them anymore, but can also tell when the trend is going up and need to take action.

Starling LOL on feeding the grubs!

madrikh Great job on eating out! Sorry to hear about the bad back! Major credit for not overeating while in-laws are visitng!

Alma4343 Perhaps just recognizing that you seem to go off plan at 12 weeks will help you this time. Good luck at the dentist!

seadwaters(Cheryl) Wow, sounds like you had a great eating day...on plan, not hungry, not tempted by interesting food (LOL) and no chocolate! Very nice!

BillBlueEyes What a very good Beckie pushover you are! Kudos on the Goretex!

Ruthxxx Sounds like you have a great plan! Good for you for taking ation!

maryblu In answer to your question...I say YES, I am 100% sure that if I follow the Beck principles I will succeed in my weight loss/control effort. I've already seen the results of what adopting even some of them can do.

newbebop I am totally in awe of you all that can do things like canning, lol! It amazes me. Great job on increased exercise capacity!! That's a great sign of progress!

[Lexxiss]

Hello Beck friends

Today would be a great day for emotional eating and I'm making a commitment to not let other peoples' "stuff" take me there. It has helped me to sit down and write personals and calm down. I need to stay home and "caretake" today and think I'll use this opportunity to declutter. There are a lot of us doing it these days! My spaces I've dealt with feel really good! I have a food plan and I'm sticking with it.

BillBlueEyes, as with the mushrooms, I feel there is a time when we need to enjoy the harvest, in moderation, of course. I think *credit* is due; 1 for enjoying it and 2 for saving part for later. Yay! for Goretex!

Beverlyjoy, I'm glad to hear they are figuring things out. *credit* for willingness.

gardenerjoy, I hope your allergies calm down today and *credit* for recognizing overeating wont' help! PS I love the RS Foodmover, although I don't have one. It's like bingo or something!

newbebop, I've been thinking of making salsa, too. Time to do a little research. Great job on the walking! I'll bet it feels good to see improvement!

onebyone, I have tweaked my foodplan in a few places-I think it's important to be following something you can live with. If a bit of margarine is what makes your toast edible, I would suggest putting it in "your" plan and make it standard. *credit* for thinking it through.

maryblu, "yes".

Ruth, *credit* for book cleaning. I found it really helpful to take it "one day at a time". I have really found that the principles stick in my head and help me through food challenges.

Cheryl (seadwaters), *credit* for another day without junk food and for not being tempted by "interesting food" when you aren't even hungry.

Alma4343, *credit* for recognizing past dieting mistakes and making a commitment to finding a way to stay on track! Beck really helps!

Marci (madrikh), good to hear from you but sorry your back is bothering you. It sounds like you have a plan for taking care of yourself. *credit*

Carol (Starling), thanks for the science lesson! I, too, have red worms for composting. These guys sound pretty reliable.
*credit* for getting rid of the chips!

Ashley (ade903), I have an "official scale" at my health club, but I step on my home scale daily. I really believe that using the scale as "information", as Beck suggests is really helpful. I don't stress about numbers anymore. *credit* for jumping right into the planning mode.

MaryContrary, *credit* for taking on the task of planning even when it doesn't come naturally. I personally try to plan on Sunday afternoon when I don't have bunches of responsibilites.

Houston2Command, sticking to smart eating and work outs during stressful times is a key for long term success. *credit*

AmberPr, thx for the attachment!

Shepherdess, *credit* for taking decluttering steps recognizing it does relate to your food. Me, too. I've been working on it. ...think it has to do with recognizing that I'll be spending far more time indoors as Fall turns to Winter.

Donna (new2me2), Wow! It sounds like you have some challenging weeks ahead of you. These are the times I am so happy to be with Dr. Beck's tools. I am confident you will pull it off just fine! Thanks for taking the time to update us even though you aren't feeling up to par.

Nuxmaga, go to hear from you! *credit* for recognizing when your eating gets squirrely and doing something about it!

[Houston2Command]

hi everyone. i really try to read everyone's posts but forgive me for always blowing in and out.

i worked out and burned 500+ calories. SUPER CREDIT.
and went to the grocery store. CREDIT.

I lost 1 inch more. But the scale refuses to budge. It infuriates me. I know the inch is more important but my mind says SCALE! aaaah. i hate that thing. (except when it does what I want).

[MaryContrary]

Which makes me really nervous, as I have this perpetual fear of failing or not meeting expectations. Not like y'all have any expectations of me. Welcome to my crazy world.

Let me listen to my therapist and start with credits (the positives):

CREDIT -- joining a gym even though we never ever have the $$$
CREDIT -- Keeping mindful eating as a goal even when I'm sharing an unplanned burger and fries with my partner.
CREDIT -- Sharing a meal rather than ordering and consuming separate meals.
CREDIT -- Getting back on track after these unplanned moments, such as making sure I drink plenty of water and eat a healthy snack.
CREDIT -- Sitting down to this forum for the 3rd morning in a row.
CREDIT -- Reading my R&A cards.

Okay, so the "negative" stuff. I totally went off plan because my partner wanted to indulge in some emotional eating and I have an incredibly hard time saying NO. I have recognized that this is an issue, that the world will not end if I say "no, thank you" -- but I'm still working on developing the right resistance techniques.

Also, and perhaps more problematically, I stopped ticking off my FP after this indulgence. I didn't wrap up the day, and I didn't plan for today. So I'm sensing, more and more, that planning for the week is what would help me to best stay on track. That's my next goal.

A few personals:

Congrats MorganleFay!

Starling: I can see how the BioPod relates to the Beck plan, especially in terms of an experiment! I wonder if the BioPod can take on more symbolic "letting go" type of power??? Hmmmmmm.....

Alma4343: Not only do we have similar weight goals, we seem to be doing similar stuff with our plans -- staying on calorie, but not following the plan precisely. Here's a question for long-term Becksters: How did you approach The Plan in the beginning? My understanding is that the point is to learn to follow precisely and then, once you've gotten into these habits, you can learn to be more flexible? OH! The pain of commitment.

BillBlueEyes: MAJOR credit toi for being able to eat only half of homemade blueberry pie served by an adorable little being! My step-grandkids love to share with their Mary, and they make it super-hard to resist homemade chocolate-chip pancakes, which are not even my favorite.

maryblu: an excellent question, and I must be honest: NO. I'm still in the mindset that it's going to take some sort of miracle and/or stomach virus for me to finally be at an ideal weight. BUT -- I do believe that following the blueprint will help me to change this way of thinking, which will help me to become 100% positive. I just think I answered the question I asked above.

newbebop: Thank you for this perspective! I feel, in my gut, that food-planning will help a lot of things to stay on-track. Love to hear about your canning, which brings back bittersweet memories of my grandmother . . . I'm not sure about canning salsa, but I've discovered a nice touch to salsa is roasting the veggies in a dry cast-iron skillet, adds a great smokey rich flavor.

new2me2: OH! Speedy recovery to you! I will be interested to see what kind of plan you come up with. Dental work is in my mind-body-balancing-future!

Lexxiss: That's a great idea about doing a week's worth of planning on an "easier" day. And major CREDIT for the reflection you were able to do on the impulse to eat from an emotional space. Keep that up!

Many blessings, much appreciation, and be well, all of you wonderful folks!

[MorganleFay]

Hey there!

Okay...I can't figure out how to change my ticker! Do I make a whole new one each time, or does it save it somewhere for me to update? I'm so confused!!

The scale jumped back up to 134...the 132 must have been a fluke. Oh well...I knew it was too good to be true. 134 is still the lowest weight I've been in six years! LOL

Houston2Command: The inches matter more than the weight! You are losing fat and gaining muscle so that you will look better in your clothes! Just keep reminding yourself! Keep going!

Lexxiss: Boy, do I know where you are with the emotional eating urge. Usually, that's when I try to hold HRH, so that my hands are tied up with a baby and can't get into a snack. Another colleague of mine just accepted a job offer (yay for her), but boo for me...I'm jealous!

new2me2: I hope you feel better soon! As for soft foods...delve into fruit smoothies and veggie juice drinks! They'll round out your protien drinks nicely.


gardenerjoy: Have I already suggested a neti pot to you? It is a life saver to me. Georgia has a bazillion different kinds of pollen -to the point that it turns everything yellow in the spring. I have a deviated septum and would be almost bedridden each year. My dr. suggested nasal irrigation and although it feels weird - it works like a charm! I went from having to take three different nasal medicines to nothing at all within a month!

onebyone: I Love cheap movie day! I also sneak in my air popped popcorn...it makes me feel like a 20-year old sneaking into a bar! LOL


maryblu: Am I 100% positive Beck will work? Nope. However, nothing else so far has either - so what have I got to lose except weight?

BillBlueEyes: Wow...you ate only HALF a piece of homemade blueberry pie and planned to eat the rest today? That's credit and a half IMO! That pie would scream at me from the refrigerator until I went back to eat it! Good for you!

Starling: Welcome! More power to you for homeschooling. I don't have the patience...I get frustrated while trying to explain their homework to them! LOL

See you all tomorrow!!!