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Tinky- Yes it is the place with the frozen hot chocolates; however, that actually wasn't so good. It was the other desserts that were literally out of this world. I went a couple of years ago, but I remember this strawberry shortcake dessert that was as big as my head...
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When I was about 20 I was in a car accident. When I woke up I was told I would never walk, I would never be able to talk right. I would never do all the things I was able to do before the accident. Well, with a great deal of help from God I learned to walk and do just about everything I could do before the accident. Somethings did change. I say yesterday instead of today sometimes. I forget how to spell words ( ok so the word of isn't spelled ov lol ) I don't remember names, things like this. I learned then and there, don't sweat the small stuff. Tinky When I first started to volunteer at the home I was so close to so many people. It was great for me. Off the net I am painfully shy and it helped to get me out of my shell, so to speak. I have found over the years I don't get quite as close to the people as I use to. It was so hard to lose them. It is still hard and no matter how much I try. Every now and then one of the people will become very special to me. I just have to remember the wonderful times we had together and for a short time I brought some joy into their lives. For some of them I am the only person that comes to see them. |
Originally Posted by CookieMonster416: Cookie ~ Here is what I do for a healthy turkey loaf. 1 lb lean ground turkey breast (I prefer 93% lean, 99% is usually dry to me) 2 egg whites 1/2 to 1/2 c. oatmeal (usually go by looks on the amount to put in) Pepper, garlic and onion powder. Occasionally Mrs. Dash and/or Red Pepper flakes. Mix it all up and bake it. It also makes wonderful burgers. You can also use ground chicken. |
Shy ~ I am so sorry to hear that happened to you and lets say you must be a very strong, bright woman. God and our own determination can go a long ways. I am so glad you proved them wrong.
I am horrible with names and spelling for some reason. I recognize people but not a clue what their name is. The students here laugh because I hand out paychecks and have to ask them their names still after 3 or 4 years of seeing them every other week. We usually have about 20 to 30 students on payroll and that is just to many names. |
Shy, it seems you are determined to overcome so many obstacles! You are doing such a great job. You are one I come here to to check in with...you have been so inspiring to me! Thank you for all your support over the past year! I appreciate it.
I am down 1lb today. Tomorrow is my official weigh in and I am VERY close to it being 2lbs for the week so I am pumped that tomorrow I will be down 2lbs this week! Cross your fingers for me! |
Well today was a good morning. I am back down to 173, I was so excited. I thought, OH I get to change my ticker back but I forgot to move it up. I must have been really bloated because I was 177 on Monday. HMMM! Could it have been the pickles and potato chips I ate on Sunday? Nah. LOL! Just kidding it probably was.
Wow, Peek and Zuess are really transforming into new buddies for DD and I. Zuess has opened right up and comes running when he sees us and is a true pocket pet. Peek just loves all the attention and is settling down. Without the mean boss around these little guys are becoming good buddies with each other and us. Everything is just so laid back now. Went for a nice relaxing pony drive last night. The nasty blood suckers are out already, ARG! Can't say as Peek was happy about working two days in a row but he will get used to it. Stayed in my calorie count and at the foods I was supposed to. I did my upper body sculpting yesterday but didn't go out of my way to get any cardio. Does grocery shopping and cleaning house count? LOL! I want to share that I found that Tyson's organic chicken is very tender and juicy. I bought another brand last week of organic, free range chicken and it was just the opposite. DH said it was probably because the were cage free and allowed to build up stronger muscles. Not sure but it really is a big difference in taste and texture. Well I better get going and I will talk to you all later. |
Still ~ My fingers are crossed!
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I forgot to mention I did a big chicken breast bake last night is why I know that the Tyson is so much tastier. I love having lots of protein cooked up and ready to go. I just put pepper and garlic powder on the chicken so it can go with any dish I decide to put it in. The nice thing about the Tyson is it stays juicy even on the reheat which hasn't always been my experience.
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Good Morning all! Yay Wednesday! :carrot: Almost there!
Shy- All I can say is YOU ROCK! You are very inspirational, and hearing about you overcome those obstacles makes me in awe. Those people are so lucky to have a lovely and warm person such as you come into their lives. There are some people here at my work who come in and just do the job and go home. To them it's just a job. There's no heart or warmth. It's sad. GrammyL- I will give your meatloaf recipe a whirl too. I need to pick up the onion and garlic powder though. LOL! I also need to do the sculpting part of the program too,I did get in some cardio this morning before work. I am down some lbs! Woohooo, and will change my ticker too. I am losing even with TOM...that amazes me! Cookie-mmmmmmmm strawberry shortcake, is making me drool! LOL~ Still- WOohoooo! I am going to cross my fingers for you too! Well giong to make my oatmeal, see u all later! |
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Hoping your laid back atmosphere is here to stay for a while GrammyL! Free range chicken is a bit tougher, because they get a good workout running around. LOL! |
Shy~WOW! You've got some determination that 's for sure. I'm always skeptical when doctors say things like that. It's like doctors don't trust the human body to heal sometimes. I'm glad you were able to over come such an obstacle!
Grammy~DUMB QUESTION ALERT! Can you explain to me the difference between a pony and a horse? Zuess is what I think of when I think pony, but Peek looks like a horse to me. I'm confused. :lol: I'm still stress eating. I'd almost gotten back down to 150 and now I back up a few pounds. I'm sure some of it is water, but still! I have a short work meeting this morning and then I have the rest of the day off. I don't know of I can get everything done today. I have cleaning to do, I need to bake bread, I have to go to the laundromat to wash something that is too big for our washer, and I should start going through stuff. We are planning on having a yard sale next month and I need to ruthlessly cut back on our stuff. I hate this part of moving. |
Grammy-that is a good idea, I never thought about cooking up a lot of chicken and keeping it on hand for a quick meal.
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Shy you should be very proud of what you have accomplished. Doctors so often misjudge and don't allow for the "human spirit" in recovery, do they?
Grammy, would love to see Peek do his paces? Do you have a vidcam and can put it up on youtube--if you don't you can buy a cool kodak camera with video for about $70.00. The video I put up with Merlyn was taken with it. Does pretty darn good! I'm thinking of getting a Welsh pony--it will be large enough for my grandson to ride to adulthood, but small enough not to be intimidating--and if I get the fat out, I'll be able to ride it some day, too.. |
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I call my kids each others names. HEY they both begin with a K so when you hear the K sound being yelled just come running. I don't want to hear it wasn't your name I was yelling lol. Mom you didn't want me you wanted him, oh well you are here now you can do it lol. That is one thing I always do. I keep a package of chicken cooked up and in the fridge. That way, if I don't feel like cooking or everyone else is having something I don't want, the chicken is right there ready for me. There are just so many things you can do with chicken. I found some that is only 1 gram of fat for 4 oz, can't beat that with a stick lol. Tinky I think there are so many people here at this site that have remarkable story's. They just never think to share them. Each of us have problems. Some are so big many of us would drown in them. Other problems are of our own making and we have to pull ourself out of our self made problems. No one, that I know of has a perfect life. We have to make the best out of what we have. I sometimes think people that work at places with elderly people or very sick children make a shell around them selfs to survive. It would have to be hard to deal with pain and suffering and death day in and day out. gai I think many doctors don't account for the will of God and the power of prayer either. God gave me a son that needed a ton of encouragement, a lot of watching and a mother who would stand up to the school system for him. I am not sure I could have been the kind of person to do all that if I had so many problems of my own. Still That is wonderful. You are like a Timex you just keep on ticking lol. There are so many people in the world that have real problems. Very sick children, physical problems that many of us would let get us down. I have to remember, I complained I had no shoes until I saw a man that had no feet. Good thoughts really do make for a good life. We have been together from the start lol, you give me more encouragement than you know. I see you going through rough times and you always come through on top. I love to see how great you are doing. |
Zenor ~ The only dumb question is the question unasked. It really does go by how tall they are. Smoke was a horse, Peek is a pony and Zuess is a miniature horse. Height is the defining factor. Just so you know each h (hand) is 4 inches and that is what they measure horses and ponies in, miniature horses go by inches.
Zuess I believe is either 31 inches or 32 inches at his shoulders, I can't remember which but imagine that is all the taller he is at his front shoulders. He does look like a pony by his characteristics but he is to small. Peek does look like a horse but that is part of his breeding. He is only 12 h (give or take a little) which is 4 ft at the shoulders. He is a Hackney pony and they are showy, lean built and typically high strung. They are just ready to go constantly. Smoke was a horse and he was 15 h which is 5 ft at the shoulders and I am only 5' 1". All horses/ponies/mini's are measure at the front shoulder to see how tall. Miniature ponies range up to 34 inches. Pony's go up to 14 h and sometimes 14.2 h (controversial) which is 4' 6". Horses go from 14 h or 14.2 h on up. I had one that was almost 17.3 h which is 5' 7" at the shoulders and still growing. I also had one that was 17.1 h. Imagine little me getting on horses that large. I had to stand on things and still pull myself up. They were originally bought for DH who is 6' but he decided he didn't want one. |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlduI...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kat_bMB_wZQ This isn't Peek but this is a video of other Hackney's and what he looks like when he is cruising. He was shown roadster which is the second youtube address. |
Shy, your so sweet. You and I are more alike than you and I know.
When I was 12 I had a bad accident too and the DR told my mom I would MOST LIKELY never be able to walk on my left foot again. Well guess what! 2 years and 10 surgeries and LOTS of pain and suffering later......I was walkin. I am actually going to see about another surgery next week! I am excited about that surgery though, it is to ease some pain. |
Tinky ~ It will work like a dream if you stay POP (perfect on plan) and there are some people that bloat up like normal during TOM others that never slow down even when TOM is there. Me, if I stay with the program I lose or stay the same during TOM and then drop afterward. I usually snap but for some reason having you there is keeping me in line. LOL! I have been good all week and its paying off. It is fun when it works.
I break my sculpting up into over three days and do it twice a week. So yes its 6 days a week but what is 10 - 15 minutes a day. That is not much and it works. One day I do my upper body, then mid section and then legs. Then I start all over again. |
Originally Posted by : Generally, a pony is under 14.2 hands high and a horse is over that... (a hand equals four inches) However, not exactly. You can't say "that's a pony" just because they are short--actually, ponies are built differently than horses--their physiology is different than a horse. These are the general differences: deeper through the body in relation to their height more stocky build often rounded withers short strong back mostly short in leg (hackneys, though are generally longer limbed) cannon bone, in particular, short and dense sturdiness of build able to carry considerable weight compared to their size distinctive head - wide through forehead with a tapering muzzle small alert ears in winter, has exceptionally long coat most have thick protective mane and tail singularly sure-footed often appear to have more personality than many horses tend to have a higher knee action than a horse generally have a placid temperament (cold blooded) which makes them suitable for children highly adaptable - driving, riding, pulling That's why minature horses that are only 34-38 inches tall are NOT ponies--they are not of the pony "type"--they present and act like horses. I know--it can get confusing. LOL Some Morgans are under the 14.2 height--but they are still horses... LOL Hmmm maybe I should get a little Morgan... Oh,yeah... a Morgan...:love: |
Gaia ~ Very good description. We had a Morgan and was he ever nice. DH made me sell him because the horse hated men. LOL! He wanted nothing to do with men. Was he smart or what. LOL! He had the original baby doll face because he came from old stock. Just beautiful.
Shy ~ I am also shy in real life. I get names messed up like that and my girls get so made at me because they don't like each other all that much. LOL! My Mom always calls me my DD's names or my sisters name. LOL! We say its a brain fart. WOW, we have some really strong gals around here. I would say we can do what we set our minds to. Tinky ~ On this plan lots of people continue to lose despite TOM. I have even done it in the past as long as I stick to the plan. Keep up the good work. LOL! I went to get my meals out of my bag and I forgot my chicken on the counter at home. I had everything else but the chicken. So I went to Wendy's to get just a piece of chicken and the charged me almost $4. Next time I will go to McDonald's. GEEZ! Well I am off and I will talk to you all tomorrow. |
Zenor ~ I don't blame you for wanting to cut back on what you have since you are moving so much. Sometimes that can be heart breaking.
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Oh I will keep you in my prayers. People who don't have pain all the time have no idea how it effects a person. I have to admit there are days I just want to be left alone. Where on earth do you live? I think it is getting way to crowded on earth how about we move somewhere else lol. Grammy At least since my son has gotten older I can tell the kids apart by their voices. Oh my gosh, until just a few years ago if I didn't see them talking I had no idea which one was saying what. |
Originally Posted by GrammyL: Hopefully people will buy my junk at our yard sale next month. I'd rather get a little moolah for it. Whatever doesn't sell is going to Goodwill though. We want to try to fit everything into a 16 foot truck again. :D Thankfully, my sister has most of our parents stuff (all the stuff with emotional attachments.) I was kinda ticked about that at first, but she hasn't moved in 10 years so it's safer with her. I'll claim stuff once we actually live in the same place for awhile. Which I hope is soon, I'm so tired of moving! |
Thanks Grammy & Gaia! Now I know the difference. :)
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Shy, I live in ND. It is a small (VERY SMALL) town and I like it. I am 3 blocks from work, 6 to daycare, 8 to grandma's house, 2 to the school, 2 to the park/pool.
I agree there are days that I just want to be left alone. Especially when the pain kicks in. And like you said, people just dont understand unless they have been through it. It really makes weight loss/exercise hard, but I do what I can, and sometimes I just have to work through the pain because I know if I make my ideal weight my leg will give me less trouble. |
Originally Posted by : My horse, Lady Ebony hated men, too. She was owned by some teenager boys before I got her and I think they were abusive. Thundergirl was also owned by boys and was a biter and kicker when she came to me. I think those boys were mean as well. |
Still and Shy ~ I know what you mean about living with pain daily. I have a bad hip from a ridding accident and it can really mess things up for me. I thankful when it doesn't hurt. It isn't super painful but its enough that I do my best not to make it any worse. I have the stamina to jog, can't do it because I will pay for it the next day. I don't sleep on that side and I am careful to make sure I don't over extend it or I pay. Even ridding my horse hurt. I definitely don't want to make it any worse.
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Originally Posted by gaia3: We had a male Bassett Hound that we bought for breeding that was a boys pet and that was the meanest dog I have ever been around. DH ended up taking him to the pound to be put down because he went after one of our girls. He went after me several times and actually was jumping for my throat. Of course I was trying to put him on his chain because he was naughty and he wasn't happy. Thank goodness he wasn't tall enough to reach my throat. DH had to go after him with a shovel to keep him from getting me. Didn't do much with the dog after that and when he went after my daughter when she was trying to feed him enough was enough. |
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Good Morning all!
I had a pretty emotional day yesterday. Besides more office drama, I finally got to see my resident's daughter. She hugged me and cried in my arms, and I cried too of course. (sigh) I hope today is a better day! I also had a bad migraine yesterday. ugh.... GrammyL & Gaia- Thank you for explaining the differences between the types horses. Zenor- I hope you can get settled down and make your home somewhere more official. That way you can display all your goodies! I hate moving too, I don't want to move for a while. GrammyL- I have been pretty POP! With all the stuff that has happened this week, I am pretty proud of myself. I had a chance to devour a big bowl of spaghetti and didn't, and eat some chocolate, but didn't. Man I was craving for a Reese's Buttercup the other day. I am telling you, it took me some serious will power to not eat it. I ended up throwing it in the trash, that way I won't dig it back out! LOL! Well if if wasn't for you I wouldn't have taken a chance and give this plan a try. I told myself that this would be the last thing I did. I know you can do this plan and be successful. Heck, we are going to finish this plan! Shy- Your words couldn't be any truer. We are all here to support one another. Through life and this thing called eating right. LOL! I think I am attached to the elderly because my own grandparents live overseas, and I lost one from each side of the family. So I look at these people as my own grandparents. In a way they are filling the void. Still- I hope your appt. goes well for you next week,and that they can help you with some of your pain if not all of it. Well I am going to get back to truckin at work, take care everyone! |
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I do so understand getting close to the old dears. There aren't many left in the family now. My mother, my sister and me. An aunt somewhere and an uncle in California. Everyone else is gone. I think that is the reason I like the old dears too. Sorry you had such a rough day. It will get better. Grammy There are things many of us have to do so we can get day to day. I can't jog. I can but I don't because it really makes the knees hurt. I can only do about 30 lunges ( 15 on each leg take a break and then 15 more on each. The back knee sure isn't going clear to the floor lol ) because the knees kill me. gai Eat on one chicken for days lol. My two kids can have one picked clean in 1/2 hour flat lol. Still There are days it isn't that I don't want to exercise. It is that it hurt so much to exercise. I still do it and every time Leslie says, " Doesn't that feel good." I scream NO IT DOESN'T lol. Someone in the house will yell to someone else in the house, " She is in there yelling at poor Leslie again." My legs and knees and back and such will never give me less trouble lol but they will be stronger and that is good. I love living in such a small town. We aren't that far away from everything, maybe 1/2 hour, since everything is growing up around us. Zenor I was always the one that had to keep all the special stuff from the family. When I turned 16 my hope chest was filled with all the family china and crystal and silver and so forth from my great grandmother. My sister was given nothing. I never could understand why I got everything. I thought it was because I was the oldest daughter. My grandmother told me it was because my sister would never amount to anything and would probably lose it, break it or sell it. How on earth could they know something like that when she was only 15 lol. Well, they were right lol. I still have things that I told her she could have if she ever settled down into a home for more than a couple of years at a time. She called at Christmas time and wanted to use our great grandmothers Chantilly lace table cloth. I said ok and I took it over to her house. OH MY GOSH her youngest ( age 13 ) was using the embroidered table cloth I had made for her as a tent. I brought my great grandmothers table cloth right back home with me lol. |
Shy ~ Lets say they could tell. For instance, I knew my ODD was going to live the life she is living before she got there. She will never crawl out of this completely unless she finds some crazy guy that is rich and wants to take care of her. My YDD I can tell is going to follow in my foot steps of where I am now. The only difference is she doesn't want to have kids until she is older and is taking all precautions available.
Tinky ~ Don't forget you can have rice noodles instead of regular pasta. You will have some cravings for sugar and/or salty foods for the first few weeks but it will pass. I commend you for what you did because that is a hard thing to do. You know I fell flat on my face last week with losing Smoke but I am back on track this week. I was still 173 this morning but it was a Thursday weigh in and I always stay the same or gain for some reason. |
Here is the mindset/reality that I am working on right now. I only have 42 lbs left to lose. If I kept my nose to the grind stone for 4 months that weight would be gone and I could move on the LL (living lean) which I have already decided how I am going to do that. I am going to follow the program all week and then on weekends relax. I know I can lose the rest of the weight in 4 months, that really isn't that big of a commitment. I am just finally ready to have this done and over with.
I pledge to myself to have this weight off by the end of August. Just a small commitment for a huge reward. I love myself enough to do this. I would do it for a friend and I can do it. I already have enough meat prepared for the weekend so I don't have to cook protein for my snacks. Fruit is a no brainer for my snacks. I also have some carbs cooked up and ready to go in case the family wants some kind of ICK. I can do this. I want to be at 170 by Monday and I can do it if I stay POP this weekend. That is my goal. I was watching Joyce Meyers and she said something that made me laugh but also made me realize its the truth and I am applying this to my life. People say I just can't resist or stop eating something. So lets say I saw something that was off plan and went to get it because I just can't resist it. Now what if I went to get it and someone held a gun to your head and said "Touch it and you die", would I then resist? I sure would because there is an immediate threat to my life. I keep playing this in my head when I think about eating off plan food. The reality is no, my weight isn't causing me any physical danger at this moment but it could eventually. It may not be causing me any physical danger at this time but what is it doing to me psychologically and what is it doing to my life. It is making my life unhappy and God never intended for me to live a miserable life and being fat makes me miserable. So its time to fix it. Food can not make me happy. OK, just needed to say all this. Maybe it will help someone else and I am going to keep this in my mind. This program is not asking me to kill myself in the gym or go hungry. It is simply asking me to eat good for me foods and exercise just a little. Why have I had such a hard time getting it together. OH thats right pizza and bad food taste good. LOL! |
Well I am off. I don't know if I will be on again until Monday. I took tomorrow off to go with DH to some appointments for his knee and even though we have internet at home he can get a little bit upset when I get on.
So if I don't get to stop in again. Have a fantastic weekend and see you all Monday. |
Hi everyone!
I have not been taking care of myself lately and I really need to start counting calories! I figured I would drop in and get to know you guys while getting in shape this summer! (and for life!) |
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You are more than welcome to join us. We have a great group of people here. Full of encouragement and every now and then we even come up with a few words of wisdom. Don't expect the wisdom to often lol |
Thanks Shy Moment!
Here are my stats for today: Calories- 1314 Fat- 23.1% Carbs- 45.3 % Protein- 31.6 % I also got in 34 grams of fiber. For exercise, I did 45 minutes on the elliptical's high resistance option. Such a good start! :) |
RockNRoll~ Welcome back! Great job on the fiber! Your stats look good.
Grammy/Shy~ I have some family heirlooms as well, but ones that are easier to cart around, my sis has the bigger stuff. I was actually upset with her for awhile because she just took the stuff and we didn't sit down and divide it properly, but now that I'm over it, I think it was for the best since I move so much. We've talked and she said I could have some of it when I wanted it. It's interesting, as time has gone on I've realized that it's just stuff and the memories I have are way more important. Tinky~:hug: I hope the migraines stay away! |
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those numbers look great to me. That is about where I like to see mine. You just make sure you are eating all the requite amounts of the four basic food groups and get about an hour exercise a day and you have got it made in the shade :) I generally see mine about 1259, 22% fat, 50% carbs, 28% protein. If I ate that much fiber I would never go to the bathroom again lol I have to keep mine about 15 a day lol instead of the 25 they say it should be. The dietitian/nutrition list said that was ok. |
Hello, well my other lb came off today! I made it to 167!!!! I am 7lbs heavier than when I started my job last march! I am almost there. YIPPY!!!!
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