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Originally Posted by jordanna (Post 3161518)

Hey Ogdog I have the vacuuming roomba and while I don't have carpet (all hardwood) what I do have is a living room that is half rubber mats for my little guy to play on...the rubber mats are about a half an inch thick and it goes up and down on and off there no problems. It's super great for getting pet hair out of the corners where it likes to collect. I find if I do it everyday it keeps the dog hair down to a minimum. :) My guess would be that yes it would go over the humps fairly easily...unless I have the heavy trekker version or something lol.

Jordanna, I really appreciate all of your comments regarding the goal we are all trying to reach. Obviously everyone is entitled to their opinion and there is no disrespect there, it is just nice to keep this a friendly and welcoming place. I enjoy the posts from everyone and if it really doesn't have anything to do with the route I am taking on IP, I just skip it. It is great to have senior members who can direct us to recipes, etc. and it's nice to have new members who are on the journey with you.

A while back there were questions about ketosis and the sticks etc. -I have consistently been in ketosis until lately it is barely there....so I dug out old MR. Atkins's book and it recommends testing with the sticks in the evening....might try that. Anyone know off hand the website of the gymneva? sp I liked the prices of all their vitamins, but didn't mark it. Thanks!

Ok, I obviously quoted the wrong post, but I think you all get the picture. Hello newbie right? I hope I'm doing better on the diet than I am on the posts. Ha!

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Originally Posted by newsiemom (Post 3161628)

Ok, I obviously quoted the wrong post, but I think you all get the picture. Hello newbie right? I hope I'm doing better on the diet than I am on the posts. Ha!

Thanks Newsiemom that's exactly how I feel too - it's nice to have both sides of the coin when you're embarking on a new life, those who know it well and those who are excited and enthusiastic with the same questions and concerns as you :) It seems that some people are trying to divide the group when we're all trying to get healthy and follow a diet with the same principles :)

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Originally Posted by spatime (Post 3161627)

It's Gymnema and the website is Puritan's Pride.com.

HOLY CROW what has happened on the other site. My goodness. I mean really who cares. We get on this site for support and to see what others have to say and what is working for them. I feel like I am dealing with this issue constantly. As most of you know I am a consultant for Scentsy and I have a pretty successfull business. I have a downline that I try to train and share info with. I got an email from one of my downline a while back chastising me for talking about the first 90 days as a consultant in the newsletter i put out and how some of the older downline should not have to read that over and over again as it does not pertain to them. I was really offended at first but then I got to thinking, if my experience can help even one person on my team succeed then I am doing my job. I feel the same way about this site, while I choose to continue using IP products (I am a creature of habit) i don't begrudge those of you who are trying other things and in fact I am pretty excited about it because it has stirred my brain to think about being able to maintain my weight even after the program. I like having a shake for breakfast and would probably continue that and if I can do it cheaper than Yippie. I think if people don't want to read about it then that is exactly what they should do. Sometimes I just skim the info but at least I know it is there and I can go back to it if I need.
Sorry to be so drawn out here and maybe it is becuase I have had a bad day. I just really feel that I will give my experience and you can take it or leave it or modify it to fit what you need but at least I have given it.
I hope everyone has a SCENTsational weekend.

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Originally Posted by torchlaker (Post 3160479)

I am here...I am here. Had to stay away from the internet for a few days...cuz I want to get on and check or research something ALL day long. . I was trying to set a timer to only stay on a halfhour....but that didn't work....so now I turn it off completely.

Wow...I loved all the balloons and all. Yeah, my birthday isn't until Monday....but I have been pretending it was my birthday all night long (cuz I got a free dessert at the Mexican restaurant our Red Hat group went to)....and YES...I ate it (bread pudding...my comfort food....altho I just couldn't eat in at one sitting....had to break it up in 3's -- but I got thru it...and it feels like a rock in my stomach.

Red Hat function.....The Red Hat Society was started a few years back...it is basically a bunch of old ladies dressing up in red hats and purple dresses (there is that poem....When I am old, I shall wear purple with a red hat that doesn't go......" or something like that. It is an international society. I started our small group 4-1/2 years ago when I moved back to Michigan....we are from a very SMALL town (9 in my graduating class!!)...so I just called up old schoolchums and my mom's friends and got the word out. We have about 25 members. I was queen of the group (yeah, tiara and all)...but once Eddie went to Iraq, I found I just couldn't focus on all the planning and the "nitpicking." So I resigned....I only go once in awhile now....But I was in a good mood tonight...The way I look at it...I am gonna be 63...so God gave me another year. My hubby died at 59....he didn't even get to see 60! The last 2 years I cried a lot on my birthday cuz Eddie always tried to make it special. This year....I am just glad to be alive (must be all that therapy, huh??).

I am overwhelmed with all I have to do here before I leave again for 3 weeks...I am finding it very hard to focus and am all over the place. Gonna lock myself in the house AGAIN for the next 3 days...I only got 1 tshirt and 1 pr of capris done last weekend (too slow of a sewer). BUT -- Yesterday -- I did find a bathing suit!! And a bra!! It took me 5 hours of trying things on...I got the suit at Kohls (never knew they carried suits). Hard thing was....I am a 10-12 on the bottom....and still a 16 on the top (why can't my boobs go down to my butt??!). So I had to keep going from the Misses department to the Womens Plus department...back again...trying to find TWO pieces that kinda matched! Still that is a big load off my shoulders.

I got roped into driving to the function tonight....Yesterday was the first time I have driven my car for more than 10 minutes....and I thought I knew where all the bells and whistles were. I don't drive well at night since my cataract surgery 4 years ago. Anyways....I found out there are LOTS of things I still need to learn (like...where are the highbeams?) How do I answer my bluetooth off the steering wheel (I kept cutting people off on the phone? Stupid car locks all the doors everytime I put it in drive....so everyone riding with me was constantly locked in!! I was pretty stressed once I got home. Oh and get this....I found out my car can parallel park by itself!! (Yeah, right...like I would trust a car to do that!!), Well...if it can parallel park...why can't it just drive me? I ended up passing up the restaurant -- so I didn't think the car was so smart after all. (Plus I told the girls that I didn't want a car that was smarter than me....lol!!)

OK ...it is 1:45am....I really gotta go to bed. The bread pudding feels like a rock. Yesterday...I broke down and stopped and got breaded perch and mashed potatoes "for my birthday." How come it didn't taste as good as I imagined it would? (it is one of my favorite meals at this restaurant). Probably cuz I knew I shouldn't be eating breaded perch...mashed potatoes...bread. So between these 2 days.....I really goofed up my plan.

I did make pudding with the added whey powder early in the diet. It tasted yucky to me!! I followed the recipe that Ogdog had put up on the recipe section. We gotta find another answer for me.....I like the idea of a BIG pudding at night!!

I miss you all....but trying to keep my nose to the grindstone.

I found this in the recipes. Echobaby posted it and sounds so good, I thought of you and thought I'd put it here for you. Thanks Echobaby, this sounds great!

"Hi, All. I was somewhat underwhelmed by the chocolate pudding, when that was the thing I was most looking forward to trying. Last night I fiddled around with it and came up with a great recipe:

Instead of very cold water, I mixed it at room temp.

Added to the water beforehand:

splash of real french vanilla extract
dash of sea salt
1 1/2 packs of splenda

shake until salt and splenda are dissolved. Add pudding packet and shake the **** out of it in a sealed tupperware. Put in freezer for 30 to 45 mins. I had the idea of making it into some kind of "ice cream", but I think the alcohol in the vanilla extract keeps it from freezing. I think the alcohol also changed the texture from doughy to a smooth real pudding texture. Man was it good. "
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Originally Posted by echobaby (Post 3161700)

It's Gymnema and the website is Puritan's Pride.com.

Thank you!!!!!!:)

Whew...it took me over an hour (it is now 2am) to get thru the other posts in the other forum. I kinda went thru a bunch of emotions...first anger...then hositility...etc. Still kinda upset...so decided not to post anything there in case it would cause more uproar. It was nice to see the newbies stick up for "alternative" ideas. Personally, I would have been thrilled to know there were different alternatives when I started...cuz the programs cost really put me in a bind. I am even more financially strapped after the car, etc., now....

I, too...probably would have just stayed on IP for the first few months because I made the commitment. But - of course - I started cheating a bit here and there....which prolonged the diet. Nobody but myself to blame here. Sure - if you do the diet right - get it all over with - and get on maintenance....that is the PERFECT way to do it. BUt -- where are all the girls that did that??? Is Ottawa our only one that has made it to Maintenance??. I just wonder how many of these gals will be around 5 months from now??? We KNOW how many people we lost......

For me, it is informative and interesting to see what others are using. I mentioned earlier this month that my dr. gave me some alternatives TO the packets (i.e., tuna fish, nofat cottage cheese). She didn't tell me that if I used these that I wouldn't be on the IP plan....she just wanted me to succeed.

Geez...I shouldn't write when I am upset. So do we ask the gals looking for alternatives to come to this forum to discuss it, or do we start yet a different thread?? I dunno. It is late....and I have been emotional all day. Best to just keep my mouth (fingers??) shut and go to bed!

I created a forum this morning which compiles all the data that has been collected about the alternative products. I'm hoping that alleviates some of the nonsense and divisions going on in the forums?

I'm not trying to step on any toes, I think everyone is entitled to their opinions regarding using IP products or finding cheaper alternatives I just think it's causing problems for some reason so why not remove it from the regular chat forum in hopes to alleviate some of the drama?

IP - Food Alternative Ideas & Tips Forum

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Originally Posted by torchlaker (Post 3162293)

My worry as a new member is that a few members are going to drive all of the veteran members away and the rest of us will be left hanging in the breeze. I look forward to reading the threads and will be printing out the info that jordanna compiled to bring to my coach on Monday to see if I can cut down my costs.
I think your frustration is understandable torchlaker. You guys have created a great support network and it basically, well, sucks when someone comes in and stomps all over that. Please hang in there for the new members that appreciate your posts. I was talking to my husband about what a great place this is to be, and how I look forward to checking on the updates throughout the day.

Instant global communication basically sucks..who knew?

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Originally Posted by newsiemom (Post 3162818)

You are right that this is truly a GREAT place to come to everyday to get new insight....and just to hang out (I am certainly addicted). I wonder if the first people to reach goal will continue to come here for support? I hope so.

BUT....as great as the Internet is, with as much promise as it offers....it also has the capacity to do worlds of bad. We're opening our lives to EVERYTHING...positive...negative...ridiculous...in equal measures, regardless of the merits of any argument, or the percentage of populations who support them. How dufus do we look to you Canadians? Please nobody answer. Thanks.

As much reassurance as we get from this site, it is possible to get equal disdain for our efforts. We haven't, thus far. But it could happen. This forum is open to all people. And I think that girl was truly needing ONE set of priciples to reassure her. I can be all loosey-goosey with IP now, but could I have been then, at the beginning? Maybe not. And how much progress have I made recently? Who knows the best path?

So my point is, maybe there's no need for another alternative post. If we want to hang out here, we can. If we want to go to the OG post, we can. We can do both!! We all know what we know, and we can go wherever we want to go, and say whatever we want to say. Just we maybe shouldn't exclude anyone. Let's exercise as much forebearance as possible... I have taken the stance (on almost everything, recently) of ...OK. whatever. I'm hoping it adds years to my life....

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Originally Posted by Birman (Post 3158340)

Thanks for the welcome, toomanycats!

Ya know, every time I see your name I think "not possible".... to have too many cats.

Well, the reason I came up with that was because after the last two adopted strays my two oldies started spraying and peeing innappropriately, etc. So for that reason I feel it is too many.....but I wouldn't give up a one! They all have their own personalities and the latest who is still too wild to pick up, reminds me of a Puma with how his face looks. The other stray gets the biggest bug eyes sometimes he reminds me of those greeting cards with animal faces and bulging eyes! We also have two dogs - yellow labs who like to climb the wire fence and escape!!!

Anyway, got nothing to say about food or IP at the moment....hee, hee

Well I'm back once again!!! There's a saying about how life is what happens despite your best laid plans. That has been true for me the last 3 weeks:dizzy:!! Unexpected trips leading to mega delays in airports because of bad weather throughout the country. Encounters with very stressed and very unsympathetic airline employees! While I'm not bald headed yet, I've certainly picked up some more gray hairs:)

I am so glad to be safe at home right now and back on the boards! There is a lot of reading to catch up on. I packed packets and shakes, but ventured off the plan while separated from my luggage. I could have eaten only bars, but gave in to STRESS eating (Its amazing how I fall back on old coping methods). I did try to make low carb choices, but the calories were out of sight. I'll weigh in Monday AM to determine how much damage was done :mad:.

As far as NSVs go. I am much more comfortable in airplane seats, and will no longer need to travel with my seatbelt extender!! I also had a colleague walk past me without saying anything; after introductions were done they came up to apologize and say they hadn't even recognized me!! I still have a long way to go, but the NSVs convince me the effort is paying off.

I'm going to start reading now so I can catch up on what's been happening.

:bday2you:

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Originally Posted by Mirazon (Post 3163500)

MIRAZON!!! Welcome back! that is the NSV of all time. The airplane seats.... Congrats.!

Torchlaker, HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN ADVANCEOF MONDAY!!!!!
You are the epitome of strength. Thanks for your example. We are not worthy....!!!

Have the best day of all time..!!!!! We all love you, through only your words.....what a BEAUTIFUL LADY YOU ARE!!!!