Stacy- I have the same problem.. the only one that has the 3g fat or less is velveeta made with 2% milk. I asked COD about this at my last visit and she said that it would be ok if I just had to have cheddar to just make sure whatever I get is made with 2% milk and not worry so much about the 3g fat.

hey everyone. pretty stressed today. worked from 4am-230pm. with only like a 10min break the whole time. such a frustrating day.
i have so much stuff to do before the big move--which is officially scheduled for december 26th. yikes. so much to do and so little time.
anyways..not doing so well with the eating thing. pretty hard to force myself to eat much these days. i know that's not good, but i'm trying my best. i did eat pretty well yesterday, but i know that doesn't make up for the previous 12 days. i guess with all the stress i've been going through this past month, i could be seeing massive gains and eating terrible, right?

ok, well..i'm gonna go and rest for a bit. hope everyone had a better start to the week than i did. :)

Hi everyone,
I was doing great on my new plan until I came home for dinner tonight. My mom had made shepards pie with ground chicken so it wasn't too bad but I ate way too much, oops! I should have been more careful because despite switching plans I still went up a pound when I weighed in earlier. I decided to do TO starting tomorrow. I am a TO virgin and must admit that I'm not looking forward to doing it!:o

Hello Everyone,

I decided to come back after a little hiatus! I must admit you all look GREAT! Felicia and Jillian look WONDERFUL from the last time I saw you guys back in August (I think!) GREAT JOB.

I am back at my starting weight back before I started LAWL in October of '04, so it's like starting all over again. Oh well! I know this works, so I am going to re-join!

Have a great week everyone, I am WI-ing tomorrow!

Look at my profile picture! Just being a proud mama! This is the picture I made into Christmas cards for this year!

What a cutie-patootie he is! You're looking pretty great yourself, girl!

HELP LADIES. I know on another thread you all were talking about a supplement that helps with all the hot flashes and other stuff. I wasn't suffering through it then. Know I need to know what it is. Besides the sweets I get dizzy and sick to my stomach right after the TOM. I know it isn't anything to do with my heart because I have had every test in the world done on it. So I thought I would try the supplement that some of you or your friends swear by. Thanks in advance for your response. Ok, I came back in to edit this question. I did a search and found where Lynx suggested Oliviasecret. Thank you! I just ordered some I hope it helps. If anyone else has a suggestion, let me know.

Felicia - Love your hair.
Dan - Love the picture of the family.
Heather - I was afraid you quit going to the center. Glad to know everything is OK. If you want to go to go for coffee let me or Kim#2 know. It would be great to see you. We missed you at our last gathering.
Emily - Thanks for the info on the cheese. I was doing that because I have to have cheddar and couldn't find any with 3g fat.
Jillian - you got to stay healthy. Don't get run down!!! I do right the opposite when stressed. I eat constantly. My husband has my stressed over one of his business deals and I am eating to much!!!!

I am not even keeping my diary. Haven't for the past week. Things have been crazy. I am just trying to survive without upseting DD and making DH mad. He is stressing me out though and this is a crazy time at work as well. I do not have the first Christmas decoration up. Usually have all that stuff done a WEEK AGO. Right after Thanksgiving. I don't know when I can squeeze it in. Have been with family and friends every evening for the past 5 days and I guess that is what its all about anyway. Enjoy the company and celebrate the birth.

Hey, guys. Just a quick fly-by tonight. I'm neck-deep in Christmas print orders. I'm printing Christmas cards for one of my best friends right now, so while they're going, I'm checking in. I'm having to really babysit one of my printers right now because it's jamming after every third card!

Amy (from Jersey) - it's so good to see you! I'm glad you've found your way back home to us!

Kimberly - what an adorable picture! Those eyes! He's a sweetie!

As always, our family cards won't get printed until after I'm done with everyone else's! We took some really sweet pics when the kids were decorating the tree and we're using some of those for our cards. I will probably go ahead and stay up late tonight designing them so they're ready to print.

I know some of you may remember about three weeks ago when I got a new student who was very challenging (cursing, fighting, no manners, a really tough shell). Well, he had gotten a little better - at least he was starting to respond to me and the rest of my kids. My class had a hard time with him at first because he just didn't seem to want to be accepted, but the kids had worked really hard to gain his trust and be his friends. He was still a daily challenge, but I could see that we were breaking through his exterior and we were liking the kid we were seeing inside. I was heart-broken this morning to learn that his mother had taken him back (he had been living with Dad) and had requested a drop sheet so she could take him back to his old school. Our counselor said, "I'll bet you're glad to be losing this one. He was such a tough one!" I am not glad at all. I think this is the worst thing that could happen! In our classroom, he had found a safe place where he was loved - no matter what. He had learned that getting my attention didn't take being bad. He had found out that he was a really good student when he wasn't misbehaving. I am just so sad. My heart has hurt all day long. He didn't come today, so all of his things were still at our school. I boxed them up along with a few treats - some new books and other little things - and a note telling him how much I would miss him. It will be delivered to his new school - which is still in our city.

I was so proud of my kids today when I sat down to talk to them about the little boy leaving. One boy in particular said, "Mrs. Pate, I hope he's okay at his new school. I hope they love him like we do." Another said, "It doesn't matter where he went. He's still part of our family." That's something we talk about every day - that we are a family and nobody in our class is ever alone at school. So many of them don't have a strong sense of family at home, so I try really hard to give them that at school. There's a sign on my classroom wall that says, "I've got your back" and they say that all the time - not in a fighting sense. Just in the sense that we're a family.

Those of you who are inclined, please pray for this little boy. I'm so afraid that he will just go back to his old behaviors at his old school and will stop trying to succeed. He is really a good kid at heart and I just feel so strongly that this move is the very worst thing that could happen to him right now. He SO needs stability and love and structure - mostly love.

Okay, back to Christmas cards!

Good Tuesday morning! I'm usually checking my work email at this time but as luck would have it the whole system is shut down so I get to check in here:)

Hope you all had a great Monday. I stayed mostly on plan but not perfect. Better than the weekend though. As I said yesterday I'm just not focused. Guess it is all the holiday activities and chores. Plus my DD's birthday is the 21st so I have all that planning to do as well. Bless her heart she gets overloaded this time year.

Felicia - So sorry to hear the little boy was moved to another school. Sounds like you had made some progress with him and once again his little life is in turmoil because all has changed. We can only hope that his new teacher will be as loving as you and 1/2 the patience.

Better run, I'm hoping that I can get alot accomplished today without the emails bombarding me:) See ya!

Good Morning all. Had a great weekend. Now I need to try to get focused on finding that Christmas Spirit. I'm getting closer anyway.

Felicia, you look so pretty with your new hair cut. You GO Girl! It breaks my heart for this little boy that you are losing. I hope he comes back to your classroom soon. I think he is better off there. I will pray for him.

Emily, Kimberly your new pics look great also. I have got to try to get a new one up of me. Just can't make the camera fix me the way that I want though.

I have been very busy at work so I don't have much time. Will check back in later.

Oh Felicia - my heart is breaking for you and the poor little boy. And his poor dad. Custody battles are just the worst! I've been through lots of battles with my DH and his ex...and the battles continue even after 11 years! Unfortunately (sometimes), the courts will normally side with the mother. Now I shouldn't be biased because I don't know these people. It just seems that he was getting a better life with his dad and in his new school with you as his teacher and all of his new friends. It's just so sad. I will be praying for all of you. I hope you get to see him again so you can at least give him a hug and let him know how much he'll be missed.

Welcome back, Amy! It's great to see you! :wave:

Love the new pic, Kimberly...of you and your darling little boy - what a cutie!

Morning all! Great pics everyone.

Slowly getting rid of Whataburger gain. I just don't really think hamburgers taste good enough to gain that much weight for. Seems VERY unfair to me.

POP yesterday and not doing well today. My stomach is churning today for some reason so I think I'm going to be hard pressed to get even half my food down. I'm also FREEZING, I've asked around and it's obviously just me; everyone else is comfortable. Boy would I like to be home under my down comforter.

Hey what happened to the girl from Cananda? Krispie (I think)? DQ Blizzard freak? Well she's not a freak, she just loves the blizzards! I always enjoyed her posts, she's hilarious.

have a great POP day all.

Hi everyone! :wave:

Kimberly- He is absolutely adorable! And your avatar is great!

Felicia- I am so sorry to hear about your student.. I know you had really worked hard with him and it sounded like he had things a lot better with his dad. Glad to see the Christmas pictures went well though!

This has been a hectic week already and it hasn't even started good yet.. Finals are next week so things are getting stressful! :dizzy:

Hope everyone is having a good week so far.. The only problem I'm having as far as LA goes is that I am still having a hard time getting all of my dairy in. I know, I know.. It shouldn't be that hard, but I am not a fan of milk or yogurt so my choices are limited..

How about pudding Emily? The sugarfree/fat free pudding counts as a dairy. I have the opposite problem, I LOVE milk, I would drink it with every meal.