WELCOME EVERYONE ~ this thread is for anyone with any kind of physical obstacle and/or challenge like SB, CP, MS, MD, PK, Lupus, Osteo, Arthritis, Rheumatism, or any other condition (s), whether genetic or acquired (like injuries), that causes physical limitations and/or difficulties.

Please join us in this special thread ~ to give support and encouragement; and share ideas, or just chat with one another ...



HAPPY JUNE EVERYONE

HI LADIES, THE SITE CRASHED LAST NIGHT, BUT WE'RE UP AND RUNNING AGAIN NOW ~ unfortunately, we lost all our JUNE posts, so we have to start this month over again. I figured we might as well just do a restart to keep things less confusing ... OK?

I will try to remember what we were talking about and repost that; thanks to PURPLE who came in and read the posts just before everything crashed, so we can get a gleam from her last post in the 'MAY' thread earlier today.

I'll ask MEOWEE to put this thread up as a RED STICKY for us again too! THANKS PURPLE for coming in and posting!

TODAY, we went shopping and picked a bunch of lovely flowers ~ big red geraniums as well as pink and mauve ones; mixed bag of marigolds; pink and purple wave petunias; plus some red and green cabbage starters; and a couple of Tiny Tim Tomatoes, which grow well here.

WE'VE had a very busy week and my legs and feet are throbbing; have to learn to pace myself better. Now, I won't be able to do anything for a few days. DH had to help me hobble around tonight, so I came in here after a small nap to read my emails and read the posts: and surprise, surprise ~ LOL!

DH is so exhausted, he's already in the sac, even if it is Friday night ; when he's tired, he just hits the hay! We had a good day, chicken for lunch and leftovers for dinner. I picked up some blueberries, strawberries, bananas, clementines, and cherries for my snacks this week.

ANYWAYS, that's all the news for today; take good care, your friend ROSEBUD

HEY PURPLE ~ feel free to copy your last post from the May's thread into this one, OK? I found it very interesting and I'm sure others would too. I have a copy of some of the LOW-CAL SNACKS @ 100-150 C's that we had posted in the CALORIE COUNTING FORUM last week (before it got lost). I will post them in here tomorrow when I have more time.

Have a great weekend ... ROSEBUD

Hi gang . . .

Sometimes we could use a second start to the new month. Looks like we are definitely having one this June. We are really lucky that we didn't lose more stuff.

We had a beautiful day in Northern Nova Scotia yesterday, but I had to spend most of it at the car doctor's getting the annual physical done -- needed new rear brakes and pads; plus the usual stuff. Oh well. Today it is overcast so far, but hopefully some will break through later on. Got a busy day of errand running planned so I really don't care what the weather does -- at least it isn't snowing.

Just noticed that the tickers are back to May 23 levels also . . . so . . . if you didn't already, perhaps you need to update yours, I know I do.

Have a great day . . .

Hey Ladies..

so my last business trip got cancelled! I should have been smoozing in Winnipeg right now.. instead I get to relax

The program you've been watching sounds interesting Purple. Thats the stuff the community here takes for granted.. beavers and wildlife.. and the water routes that fur traders used from Hudson's Bay. Even the crazy winters we have are interesting to some Europeans (the French tourists we had last winter want to come back.. IN FEBRUARY when it's -50C all over again)

Rosebud thanks for starting us back up again. Hope you get to have a relaxing weekend!

Val

HEY, HEY, HEY, VALDINE ...

CONGRATULATIONS ~ for losing 100 lbs!!!




KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!



ROSEBUD

BEST LOW-CAL SNACKS for 100-150 CALS or less!!!
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I NEED SOME NEW IDEAS FOR SOME LOW CAL HEALTHY SNACKS BESIDES FRUIT: that's what I eat most days, but I would like to change it up a bit with something besides fruit and yogurt & yogurt and fruit. I need things that won't tempt me too much, so they have to be small in size, and around 100 - 150 calories each! Thanks so much for your help. ROSEBUD

HERE'S SOME OF MY FAVORITES ...

1) fruit all kinds
2) yogurt (SOURCE is only 35 C's with no sugar and no fat)
3) small piece of cheese @ 150 C's
4) rice cakes @ 60 C's each
5) small puddings @ 90 - 120 cals
6) small jellos (under 100 C's)
7) handful of raisins or dried cranberries (40 grams/140 C's)
8) popsicles and mr. freezies (60 -90 C's)

... WHAT ARE YOURS???

Fruit (all types, pineapple, apples, oranges, bananas, plums, peaches, pears, strawberries, raspberries, cherries, watemelon, blueberries; esp frozen whole with sweetner)

Veggies (carrots, celery, snap peas, other)
Small baked new potato or sweet potato
CUP-A-SOUPS (60-80 C's)

1 oz Dark dark chocolate (70% or more) (about 120 C's)
Sunflower Seeds and Almonds (1/8 CUP @ < 150 C's)

Lemon cup puddings (90 C's)
Chocolate Fudge and other flavors (only 90-120 C's)
Sugar-Free Pudding cups (in dairy sections are only 50 C's average)

Air-popped POPCORN (seasoned only; 2.5 cups @ 150 C's)
RICE CAKES (only 60 C's)
Peanut Butter 2 TBL @ 120 c'S

Small homemade low-fat bran / fruit muffins (150+ C's)

SOURCE yogurts (only 35 cals/no fat/no sugar)
Yogurt with frozen berries and maybe some cereal mixed in
One serving (weigh on scale) of bunny grahams

Celery and carrots with lite cheese or low-cal dip (under 150 C's)

A piece of whole grain bread with 1tbsp of peanut butter (peanut butter weighed @ 150 C's for lite bread)

BABY FOOD ~ sweet potatoes, butternut squash, applesauce, pears, and other fruits like plums, apricots, peaches and such. I also have some cinnamon that I can add to the various flavors as well. Most of these have no sugar added: for about 150 C's or less for a small jar!


*** MORE IDEAS FROM OTHERS ***

#1 -- From Mandalinn82 ...

1. 1/2 cup greek yogurt w/ 1/2 cup strawberries and a touch of sugar free vanilla Torani syrup (about 100 calories)
2. 1/4 cup (unpopped) airpopped popcorn with salt (120 calories)
3. Whole wheat, low carb tortilla, spread with a laughing cow wedge, topped with grated carrot, sliced cucumber, and 2 thin slices of turkey breast deli meat (120 calories)
4. 4 RyKrisp Crackers w/ a laughing cow wedge and thinly sliced cucumber (about 150 calories)
5. Crudite - 1 cup broccoli, 1/2 a red bell pepper, half a cup of cucumber slices, and two small carrots, dipped into a dip made of 2 tbsp of fat free sour cream and ranch dressing mix, thinned with a bit of chicken broth.


#2 -- FROM BETHBETH ...

Baby carrots
low-sugar oatmeal
frozen fruit bar
WW Ice cream bar
Fiber One bar
Almonds

As promised, I posted some of the original thread for LOW-CAL SNACKS that I had posted in the Counting Calories Forum; I added in some other ideas that others had suggested in/at other places and times.

PURPLE ~ that language the Welsh use almost sounds like a mix of Dutch-German and Gaelic combined together. I like the practicality of the language; very funny! They give new meaning to the term 'directions'; this is how I give directions too ~ LOL! Glad you had a good trip.

YES, WE DO HAVE SOME MARVELLOUS CREATURES in this wonderful country; and we love the beaver and the moose. I would rather we treasure them more than we do, as they really don't hurt anyone; sometimes they built dams, but they need homes for their families too!

VALDINE ~ maybe you can take that Winnipeg trip later, as you were very tired after the last one. Some of my relatives were trappers; my Dad has some interesting pics somewhere (hope to see them again someday). Hope you have a relaxing weekend too ...

MEOWEE ~ hope that sun came by to brighten your day and you got your errands done!

Well, it was hot this morning, but we got a good downpour this afternoon to cool things off. We had BBQ SPIT CHICKEN for dinner (one of my faves) with lots of veggies and salad. Stayed on plan today; did well all round.

Take good care friends, ROSEBUD

Thanks Rosebud I did a little happy dance off the scale this morning. It finally feels like I know I can do this!

Good morning Ladies

Seems like a lovely day today weather wise so that will be good for dh sister on the Norfolk Broads.

What a great bit of news today to see that Val had lost 100lbs


I am so pleased for you Val I know what I felt like when I past that mark I really felt that I was going to do this weight loss journey. Trust me you will feel just as good in a few pounds time when you get to "over weight" on the BMI scale. In a way a think I was more pleased to reach that mile stone. I love to have little mile stones on the way to pass it makes this journey not so long. My next mile stone is me at 188lbs that for me will be 8 stone loss (112lb in English )

Just finish preparing lunch and the vegetables I want to steam. We are having leeks, cabbage and cauliflower today. I am having it with some pork and apple burgers today that I bought from a butcher. I bought a few and put the others in the freezer. I will be grilling them on my foreman grill which I love.

ROSEBUD Thanks for posting those snacks for around 100 to 150 calories they are so useful for those snack times. Like you say you tend to levitate to fruit which after a time becomes rather boring. So to have other things in your armoury is great.

I found a little recipe yesterday which we tried. Sneaky way for me to get fruit down my dh but to him it was a pudding For two people you take 2 bananas, 2 teaspoons of unsweetened cocoa powder and 1 teaspoon of vanilla essense. Put all the ingredience into a blender and blitz until it becomes a smooth paste. Put into small pots and freeze. Though you can eat straight away if you can not wait. We ate straight away and it was very nice way to dress up a banana. I will try and get them to the freezer next time

It is quite often the case we do not appreciate what is on a door step regarding the wild life. We take it for granted and I know we shouldn't. I am sure their are creatures indigious to the UK that I do not appreciate as I should.

VALDINE Lucky for you that the trip to winnepeg was cancelled so now you have some unexpected time to relax which must be nice after the period of busy time that you just have had.

Have a lovely weekend enjoying the goal that you have just achieved and keep up the good work.

MEOWEE Thanks for stopping by here on the thread. Thanks for warning us about the tickers that have been back dated as well.

Here in the Uk evey year unless you have a brand new car then you are exempt for 3 years you have to have like an annual medical on your car. It must pass this to be legally on the road. If it fails you have so long to get this fixed and put it through the medical again. Unfortunately the medical does not come cheap and neither do any repairs for that matter. Cars are wonderful things but oh boy they sure can be expensive too.

Must scoot it is time to start my dinner other wise it will be tea before anything is ready Bye ladies till next time and take care

Good Morning . . .

VAL . . . that is a wonderful accomplishment, Chickie . . .

Yesterday the sun did come out and it got almost hot around here Today is looking very overcast and, although it's definitely fairly cool, it actually feels 'muggy' Guess it's going to be a mostly indoors kind of day for me anyway. For me 'muggy' always translates into 'achey' as well.

Have a great day, everybody . . .

HELLO CHICKIES ~ We had another hot, sunny day today but there was a light breeze all day which helped some. We went out to the garden to check on our Rhubarb transplants and discovered that one patch was doing better becuz we surrounded them with black mulch material; so we did the other group this afternoon and watered them all as well.

We decided to just stay home today as we went out to the lot two times this week and into town twice which is a lot more outings than we normally do in one week. Besides, I wanted to rest my legs for a few days; one of my knees got a bit strained on the steps @ my Dad's cottage (as they are too steep for me really).

When we do our cabin, it will be ground level, so no stairs for me. DH says we will be able to do the first brick row very soon. He just has to rake some of the gravel on the north side and we can get at it; but I warned him to do only so many each time, becuz I don't want him injuring himself again. I am getting more ancy than DH about that first row: it will help me to know that we are actually gonna put something there after all this time!!!

HI MEOWEE ~ glad you have nicer weather, but I'm with you on the 'mugginess' ... DH and I don't like the humidity at all; seems to be hard on us now that we are a tad older, same for when it rains. We may have to get ourselves a dehumidifier to get the moisture out of the air to be more comfortable.

PURPLE ~ thanks for those easy recipes; will definately try that banana one (kinda like homemade sugarfree banana sherbert. Did you put any artificial sweetener in it?

VALDINE ~ I am trying to go down to a certain size (18) as my big goal; as far as weight goes, I'm thrilled to lose even one pound. This is how I always lost weight before; and as soon as I started worrying about the pounds, I would get too discouraged.

I'm not one into labels myself becuz there are too many differing opinions out there: to each his own, I say. I remember the days when there were just two main categories. I'm so glad that we all can do our own thing here and at our own pace, without having to feel bad. Mostly, I just want to 'FEEL BETTER'.

I have been struggling with CONSISTENCY lately. That may be my biggest roadblock to overcome on this journey ~ that's why I was looking for healthy snacks lately. I'm so proud of you ladies that you have overcome so many obstacles to get where you are now; and after that, you will then join the ranks of the MAINTAINERS, which is of major importance ... in my mind at least, anyways. Half the battle is losing it; winning the war is keeping it off!

ANYWAYS ~ we are thinking of having something not too hot for dinner: DH wants hamburglers, but I'll have mine with veggies and salad, I think! I read about a man who lost lots of weight, but he kept hitting plateaus, so his nutritionist had him rotate between high-carb and low-carb (or maybe calorie counting and low-carb) back and forth to help him overcome those plateaus that were keeping him from his final goals. How interesting ...

WELL ~ hope you are all having a great Sunday, ladies ~ take good care, your friend ROSEBUD

Good Morning . . .

Sounds like that cottage is coming along really well, ROSEBUD . . . and enjoy the rhubarb -- one of my favourite things. I like to stew it up with strawberries and blueberries and a little Splenda.

Later, gang . . . have a great Monday.