Tuesday 5/18
 

Well, today doesn't look any better than yesterday. Youngest DD is still not feeling well so it's off to the doctor today to find out why. Probably just allergies...but no OTC stuff I've given her helps make her feel better. I need a personal trainer. One that's going to come into my house, get me off my fluffybutt and say "get moving. Exercise." I think that's the only way I'll actually do it. I get good intentions but never follow through. I'd like to exercise for 2 solid weeks (and stay OP while I'm doing it) to see what would happen. But I KNOW for a fact it won't happen. I'm a lazy slug. :(
Hmm..I've got the blues I noticed. Where'd they come from?

Brenda: So sorry you are feeling blue. What happened....you usually are pretty upbeat. I'm sure it doesn't help to have a child at home not well. I hope she feels better soon too.

Went shopping last night....got another pair of 12's :D WOOHOO. It is so nice to be able to go right to that size and not have to grab 2 sizes of everything. If the 12's don't fit now I just don't get them. Next time it is going to be a 10!!!!!!!

I feel a WOOSH coming on. I don't know why just do. I am PMS'ing this week and it has been a couple of weeks since I had a loss. I will check on Friday to see how this week went....Sorry Shimma....I have to check at least once a week :)

Eating plan is good today. Don't know what I am having for dinner....dh has a meeting so I am on my own. Maybe just a salad. Had some broccoli again last night. Decided I just love that stuff...so sweet. Over cooked it a little but still was good. DH likes his veggies more done than I do. This will be a battle.

Rachel: Not sure you will check in today or not but in case you do....where are you in Boston? I live in MA too.

Well have a great day all. Will check in later.

Morning Chickies :wave:

Last night my BF and I got into a cooking frenzy. It all started with the brats that he wanted to cook for the week. So we fired up the grill and I got to thinking that I should try that mock applesauce made from jicama. So, I started that up in the kitchen. The brats got done, he did some homework..... I got bored... so I started making some LC chili as well. The jicama didn't EVER get soft like I thought it was going to and believe me, I boiled it for HOURS. So I called the BF out and we stuck it in the blender. The stuff tastes AMAZINGLY like real applesauce, there's just a different texture to it. Meanwhile the chili had turned out weak and I was out of chili powder so he and I were trying to figure out what to put in it.... we settled on taco sauce.... which actually brought all the flavors out very nicely. YUM! Add that to the roast I made so we could eat it for dinner tonight (we're both gonna get home late) and I was in the kitchen the ENTIRE night.
I had the strangest dream last night that I was pregnant and had a baby. It was the most precious thing in the entire world. Woke up this morning... and got depressed cause I didn't have a baby! Now... I am NOT the type to be pining away for a baby. I go back and forth on whether or not I want kids! So this depression is throwing me..... cause it's just sooooooooooo not like me. Please tell me it's just one of those girl things, cause I sure would hate to be goin crazy right now.

Shimma: I have known my whole adult life that kids where not for me. But I had a very vivid dream one night about having a baby too. I still remember the feeling when I woke up. Just like you, I was upset that I didn't have the baby. It was weird. I didn't analyze it too much...I just enjoyed the dream. Never thought it meant that I was supposed to have kids or anything.

Where do you get these jicama's? I want to try that applesauce!

Good Morning :D

Did great eating yesterday :D but need to be better on the water. Does anyone know if Crystal Light counts as your water ? I'm not sure but I heard for WW it does?

Rhonda....I used to have many many dreams about having babies. My dreams finally came true 2 1/2 years ago :bb: when the time is right you will know, your young, don't rush, enjoy life.

Brenda I want your trainer when your done, but I want a mute trainer that will serve me pina coladas while sitting in my lounge chair by the pool, oh and his name is Sven ;)

Jane, I'm so happy your into 12's, I would love to just hit 14's, that would be a miracle for me. Bet you look fabo'

Nothing much happening today, sosdd. I'm thinking lunch time going to the store and buying a badmitten set for my yard, I also need another monitor for dd. The one I have has so much static it isn't funny, or I might just stay in since its foggy and rainy out...decisions decisions ;)

Have a wonderful day everyone.

Love Yah's ~

Morning Leenie: Badmitten counts as exercise you know!!!! That would be fun. We are having some rain today too....warm but wet!

Here to Jane, warm, icky and humid, NOT a good hair day for sure. Did I say I was going to play badmitten??? :s: just joshin, well doesn't running to the store count as exercise......Brenda? help me on this one haaaaaaaaaaaa !! sorry I feel silly today, even w/my hair all weighted down from the humitidy, I look like something the cat draged in.

Silly me......The badmitten set is just a decoy! I see.....you just want the neighbors to think you are an active family! Ingenious!!!!

Well, I can see you all are out of control already today! Girls gone wild! WOOT!

Brenda~You need yourself a good helping of motivation....maybe some of these monthly challenges could be....uh...sweetened a little- when I was losing weight with some of the teachers I worked with, we got a scale put in the ladies lounge, then each month everyone kicked in 5$...at the end of the month whoever lost the most got the money!

Jane~^5 on the 12's! .....hey, I see you eyein those 10's....

Rhonda~ I had that dream one time...really vivid and real- the next month I was pregnant....but not with the little boy I dreamed about- a girl!

Leenie~ Sven....oh my my yes...and dont forget he loves to give foot rubs too...

feel much better today....now I ve got to figure out how to deal with next weeks cake tasting....any ideas?

have a great day chicas

OH yah....going to the store is DEFINITELY an exercise in itself!! :lol: I'm not sure what's w/the blues. Maybe cuz I gained the pound back? Cuz I'm stumped (well, if you don't count the exercise thing) on why I'm not able to lose at least a pound every OTHER week? I'm usually OP so this is got me stumped. Add to that I need clothes but have no $$ to get them. The jeans I'm in now are 12's...but they're baggier than a garbage bag. Surprised they haven't fallen off. They're the kind that the waist is actually smaller than the rest. So the waist fits but the rest looks dorky. Ok. I'm on hold waiting to get the daughter into the doc. This is stupid! Whatever happened to when you're sick being able to get IN to see them? Stupid :censored: out for money. Sorry. I best shut up now.

oh..someone told me that crystal light doesn't count towards water intake. I thought that stunk :lol:

Brenda, Brenda, Brenda, don't make me come all the way out there and smack you! If I averaged out the weight I have lost since Sept then I haven't even done 1 pound a week! I try not to think about it. I just figure when I get there I get there. I don't exercise much either so I understand...but you are more faithful than me. In fact when I read that you are exercising today I feel like a slug because I am not. So there. You see....you inspire me to get off me butt and move. Course I wish that shopping was considered an aerobic exercise then I would be all set!

Marie: Are you at work already!!!!!! It is only 6:30 in your part of the world.

Well well well... I see we're all fired up this Tuesday morn.

Jane: The jicama was in the "mexican" section of my store's produce section. You know, that little area, over by the organic section that has the corn husks and some other little oddities that I can't figure out? I looked up a picture of one and then went to the store to seek one out. It didn't take me long.

Leenie: Trust me, I'm in no hurry to have a baby on my hands! I was actually kind of freaking out that my subconscious was trying to tell me I'm pregnant.... because in the dream I actually said to my BF how disappointed I was in myself that I got pregnant before I was married. UGH! However, it's currently that TOM so I KNOW I"m not pregnant.... just freaky... and like I said before I have that depressed empty feeling. Of course I also had the baby at work and was trying to work while taking care of it... No thanks!

HI ladies just jumpin in quick to say HI from work!! I will have to do personals later.


Heee heee heee Shimma I had that dream and I have 2 kids, I know that dream exactly it is just natures way of getting you ready for when the time comes.

Hey everyone!

Kerri - I was there around 9 on Saturday. They started the music a little late because there was a game on the tv. I was wearing all black that night and we were sitting at a table (not booth) near the jukebox. So either I just missed you or you didn't see me. Bummer!

Shimma - Glad to hear the applesauce worked out. I'm planning on trying it tonight.

I have just gone through a terrible 16 hours and I still haven't recovered. Among other things, I'm being accused of messing around with one of my closest friends husband. So my friend's sister was ready to beat me up yesterday until my friend stepped in and calmed her down. The stupid :censored: never even stopped to think that the rumors were coming from a person who makes no secret that she doesn't like me. Sheesh! I was so horribly upset. I don't like being accused of crap like that. I don't like that I'm always going to feel a little weird hanging out with this group. And I sure as **** don't like feeling like if I so much as have a 30 second conversation with someone I'm not married to, that somehow equates to me messing around with them. :mad:

There are issues with DH, too - that I'm not going into right now. But needless to say, I'm not a happy girl today. :(

Crap Star, Im sorry youre going through this.....you know, this kind of stuff starts happening when you start looking good...all of a sudden people think youre capable of things they never would have considered before....and sometimes things have a tendency to get exacerbated when you've got friends who are really close and familiar with each other and mix that with alcohol....little things get blown all out of proportion....this too shall pass...if shes really a friend, she'll figure it out.

Oh Star I'm sorry. I don't even know what to say to make you feel better. I just hope that your so called "friends" come to understand how they made you feel. I suppose I can understand your friends reaction if she thought that her husband was unfaithful but geez! Why didn't she talk to him first!

Whatever is going on with your dh will hopefully pass too.

We are here for you.

Oh Star :( I'm so sorry you're going through a tough time. I know how you feel though.... I've always been "one of the guys" except in the eyes of their wives or girlfriends. To them I've been a slut, whore etc. I always thought it was funny they'd call me all that when I was still a virgin! At any rate, it never makes things easy and you feel guilty having a conversation with your FRIEND. Absolutely absurd. I could just KILL people sometimes. Just hang in there and hopefully there will be an apology in the near future.

As for whatever is going on with your DH.... hang in there. You'll be in my thoughts and prayers chickie.

Actually, my friend defended me. It was her sister that was going to kill me. I definitely know who my friends are now. Those that jumped on the bandwagon and were saying things like 'Yeah, she DID seem to be sitting really close to him on Friday night' without mentioning the fact that we were all crammed in like sardines and I was squished between him and MY husband are not friends. But those closest to both me and her all said that it was ridiculous and that not a thing is going on. So for that knowledge, I'm grateful.

That just got compounded with the fact that DH spent the last month working graveyard and he's often an insomniac as well so I'm fed up with sleeping by myself all the time. It also makes him so tired that he's in a fog all the time so when I told him about what happened, he barely reacted at all. So I got all hurt and upset because he seemed very unsupportive.

Isn't it stupid that when my own husband doesn't want to sleep with me that all off sudden everyone else supposedly wants to?

Oh Star, I'm so sorry. What a mess. Ya know, sleep deprivation can do tricky things to the head, just to add to the mix. Working nights is a BAD thing a lot of times too, especially on a marriage when the other partner works days. I'm sure after a little sleep and some time together this will work itself out. It sounds like you guys have a very solid relationship. It's hard to not let the turmoil dominate your thoughts though. Been there - it sucks.

Hope things brighten VERY soon.

you know....I never did get the whole "beat up the other woman" thing ( even if one actually exists) I mean, I figure, no one makes a man do something he doesnt want to do....if he's that type then if it wasnt her, it would be someone else........and the other woman wasnt the one who stands up next to you in church and promises to be faithful.....
Star~ you know that high drama is some peoples favorite sport- anytime a sh*t stirrer can make someone else miserable, it makes them happy...but karma is a funny thing--this will come back on the rumor starter....
The DH's internal clock is probably all screwed up....and usually when that happens it affects the ability to uh...perform. So most do the avoidance thing...at least that how it worked when I was dating a guy who worked in oil and did all kinda weird shifts.

Marie - other woman thing - I've never understood that theory either. Jerry Springer...

Thanks you guys. I'm with you on the other woman thing, too. If my husband was messing around on me, you can bet it's going to be far worse for him!

I know the sleep deprevation thing is not doing good things for either DH or I right now. I wake up every hour looking for him so I'm tired and he's just not sleeping. Compiled with the other drama, it's not a good combination. Bah!

I'm going for a hard bike ride after work and getting this out of my system. I hate feeling like I've got nothing but negative energy around me and THAT's something I can change ;)

Morning Ladies! :wave:

Boy there's alot going on here today! Poor Star! Been there done that. It's really difficult when things are not right at home. I completely agree with Marie.

It can be very difficult when you have very close friendships for things to appear as they aren't. You and DH need some good quality time together without anyone else around.

I understand the insomniac thing. Danny often wakes up to find me gone simply because I don't want to wake him if I can't sleep, so I'll get up and go in the livingroom and read. He just knows that that's the way I am. It has nothing to do with not wanting to be with him. Hang in there, you'll work it out.

Star, I can totally relate right now about the late night shift sucking :censored:. When we're together on the weekend he's tired and crabby and it's like we have to learn to live together again. How long is your DH going to be on this shift and does he have a choice? MY DH volunteered (the idiot) for this shift. Then again, it was only supposed to be for 2 weeks (not the 2 months it's been).
Well, the DD has an ear infection and possibly (why do I even BOTHER trying to argue w/the doctors on their tests? They're always positive their tests are accurate. Wait to surprise him when her 24 hr strep test turns positive!!!). Luckily he put her on antibiotics for the ear infection that "if" she has strep will cover that as well.
I've not done a lick of exercise (unless you count folding clothes and cleaning the bathroom counter). I need to so that I can get my butt moving. Maybe if I do it today it'll make it easier to exercise (motivate me to) tomorrow. :lol:

Hi Ladies. Thank you for a warm welcome. It is so good to be able to talk to you all about Atkins/low carb stuff. I don’t have anyone to talk to about this stuff and right now I am very excited/interested to read and discuss any issue Atkins/low carbing.

Jane: I live in Beacon Hill. Where in MA are you? By any chance did you watch Fox 25 news last night? They had a short segment on low carbing.

It seems that more people who adapt low carbing will stick to their plan compared to people who adapted the low fat diet. I did WW a few months ago. But I felt so hungry all the time. With Atkins I have not gone off, not even once, during these five weeks. I lasted on WW three weeks! Anyway, I feel real satisfied now. Actually when I first started I used to have two snacks during the day and one dessert at night. Now I go for snack only before my workout in the afternoons or after my workout in the mornings to have energy for workout. So this was an encouraging piece of information that even if, by any change, I go off plan one day the chance of getting back on track the next day is pretty good! LOL!

In the same segment, he also mentioned something that I thought was very misleading. He said the side effect of low carbing is headache and constipation. I never experience headache but have been reading archives both here and at lowcarbfriends and saw that people only complain about headaches during the initial phase. In almost all cases the pain had gone away during the first week. Actually, I am wrong. I think I remember reading a few posters complaining about headaches after being on the plan for a while and then experiencing this awful headache for a few hours when they indulged on high carb (processed kind). So that should be a good thing, right? When you train your body to expect healthy stuff, if you give it not so good stuff, it will react and would let you know that is not very happy with you! But if you feed your body not so good stuff all the time it would not react if you give it more not good stuff. Do I make any sense?

Anyhow about the other side effect of low carbing, the plan stresses on taking supplements. So if people comply with the entire plan then they should not experience any side effects.

Anyway, I just thought that was bad journaling on the part of the newscaster.

Star - Didn't see your question from yesterday until today.

Unfortunatley, the excessive drinking thing I have down pat. Noggin is a little wozzy today. The food thing is good. Did the spagetti squash and love it. Have many Spagetti Squash recipes now from the recipe site I belong to! Can't wait to try it with sauted tomatoes, basil and garlic!

Hi Rachel....it's nice to add another person. My problem is we tend to get so busy I can't keep up with personals :lol: This place is great for support and answers to any/all questions you'd want.

Hey Star, no doubt there is jealousy in this, I just hope this won't get you down and ruin your efforts, keep it up kiddo, your really an inspiration to us all that it can happen (weight loss that is :s: ). I guess its a good thing your hubby isn't worried about all the whooplah.

Just say to that bimbo "Don't Hate Me Cause I'm Beautiful" ;)

Hang in there :D

Hi Rachel, and welcome !! the only time I get a headache is when I cheat, the next day could be a killer, but thats about it. So glad you found us :)

Rachel - I got withdrawl headaches for the first couple of weeks until I got through 'carb detox'. Not fun, but when you recognize it for what it is, it's bearable.

Leenie - you're totally right about the jealousy thing. But not in the way you think. The friend whose husband I'm being accused of cheating with is that girl that kissed me and told me she loved me about a month ago. Remember that? Well, I just found out that the girl that started this whole mess happens to have an 'interest' in my friend. So this got started because she wanted to keep me away from HER - not from him! OMG - my life has turned into a frickin' soap opera. Of all the stupid things!

Morti - look up the recipe of Oh **** Yeah in the side dish section. You'll love it! ;)

Star - you wrote something yesterday about going over the carb count w/veggies and having it not affect weight. How far of a spread is that? There are times at dinner that I kinda want more salad, but don't because I don't want to go over my count. Splain please.

Carb count still matters. What I meant is that it doesn't matter if you go over your 3 cups a day when you're on induction. The thing is that a lot of the veggies we eat traditionally are low in nutritional value. What I've found is that if I pay attention to the nutrients my veggies provide and eat a lot of them (still paying attention to carbs), then my body is really being fed. When that happens, I don't eat as much (no longer have to count those calories, because I just stop at the right point), I don't get cravings, and I lose weight faster.

I've never really payed attention to my carb count. I know I eat more than my 3 C allowable veggies. But I figure that's ok cuz I need what nutrition there is of them :lol:

OMG Star. Your life really DOES sound like a soap opera. I don't envy you one bit. So does the friend know this evil doer is after her body?

I got off my tush and did tae-bo. I feel like letting my body cool down and doing it again. Getting some agression out like that was GREAT! I just imagined I was beating on *inserts name* ....and it was SOOO much better workout :devil:

Wow it sure was busy while I was at lunch!

Rachel: Wow Beacon Hill. How nice. I am in the burbs. I live in Ashland. Do you work in Boston? Probably....who would live in Boston and work outside of Boston :D I didn't see that show last night but some friends at work are talking about it.

Star: OMG! It was her? Geez, those people just sound like they have issues to start with .....I would stay away if I were you.

Brenda: Sorry about your dd....but she will feel better by tomorrow on the meds. Hope you get some sleep yourself tonight.

Morti: :wave:

Marie: You are so right....why is it that we go after the woman in these situations when it is the guy that is responsible ultimately...I think anyway. But I have to admit if some woman was fooling around with my husband I would have to deck her :o Then do something worse to him.

Love: The veggie thing is a problem for me....I usually have salad so I know I go over 3 cups a day. I figure there could be worse things that I am eating and like Star said as long as my carb count is below the 20 grams then it probably won't hurt too much.

Yup. Total soap opera. My friend does know about the evil one's 'motivations' which is why she wasn't the one to flip out. The people with the issues aren't the ones that are my friends. It's all just so remarkably stupid. *sigh*

I am feeling better, though. Being able to talk to you guys about things really helps. Thank you!

I think I'm glad I'm not beautiful. I don't have those problems. NOBODY hits on me. :lol:

Glad you're feeling better Star!

Brenda: Now is that anyway to talk. You are beautiful to us :D