yes aleka that i think worked for me before so going for it for life... i just cannot keep thinking now cannot eat this now i can have this and all. so figured i can do this no approach... almonds are good. my neighbor told me to mix them with my rasins and snack on them... it worked... i got 2 watermellons last nite and cut one all up in a bowl. that is what i had for dinner. and now got it for awhile... i had good day yesterday... i am going to get out for my walk this am. its cool and feet are lots better... i miss it when i do not do it... yes i think if we just do what our bodies tell us its the best way.... glad your back to something that is working for you to.. you know this was what i did last summer and lost and my chol went way down. i was so happy... we can and we WILL LOSE..... yes tuffy will lay in sun to till he is just panting... but he also likes to be inside in the cool when its so hot. he lays in front of a box fan and it on low... so cute... hes all covered up this am here at my feet. he gets cold real easy to.. glad lacee is ok... they sure have minds of there own...Have a great day.... I wish i could send you all of this heat. i do not like the heat at all. will take my rain.ha its due this weekend .ha

Kit,,, hey keep losing your doing great. now is 165 at your goal for you????

I am trying to get out of the 200's..

Hi Ladies,

How is everyone doing?

Aleka, what scandelous things are going on w/ you? Taking counterfeit Lipitor? The pharmacy who supplies you w/ your meds never noticed? I agree w/ your decision to stop the grapefruit diet. How about counting starches?

LaDean- I haven't hit 165#, in fact I haven't lost an ounce this week. Just not a good week, but i'm still maintaing. How are things going w/ you? Are you still counting calories?

Kathy

KIT, still counting the calories yes.. adding some to as i am to low i think. so it helped not being hungry... i was up today at tops. but got a different attitude now. i am just trying and not worrying so about the #'s on scales as i have high blood pressure and cannot take medication for that. when i worry and stress out about wt then it goes up. so is more important to keep it down... so i just try to portion and eat what i want but burn off some of what i eat.. i have been doing good with that... glad your maintaining and doing good. good for you..oh i thought that was where your at... sorry... well have a good day...

aleka... that is right forgot about that wrong medication they gave you. how come it was not noticed i wonder.. oh well hope it did not effect you and hope you get it to going down now... yes that is why i am not on the atkins to much of all that. well hey have a good day... woof lacee... i think tuffy has lost most of his little sight. sad for me.. but i have 2 good eyes for him. so thankful i have him and hes playful and all still some... i am here for him and he stayes close to me... i just motion and all for him... hes so good waking me up at nite to go out... they are good kids.ha ha well hey have a good day..

I WISH THE BOTH OF YOU AND ME TO A GOOD DAY... WE WILL DO THIS TOGETHER... THE UPS GO RIGHT ALONG WITH THE LOSSES SO THIS I AM EXCEPTING... THERES A REASON FOR THEM. I THINK TO SHOW ME I STILL HAVE TO WORK AT IT... MY BELIEVE ANYHOWS... HAVE A FUN WEEKEND..LaDean

Kathy, that is good that you maintained. That is just as important as losing. What really makes me angry about the counterfeit Lipitor is the fact they didn't notify me until I was ready to get a refill, and only had a few Lipitor left. According to their letter I could have been taking the counterfeit meds for 2 months. They also said that they weren't sure whether or not they had gotten the counterfeit meds, and just to be on the safe side, they wanted me to return the pills I had and they would give me new ones. I've decided eat like I did when I was Somersizing. My cholesterol dropped while eating that way.

LaDean, that's a good attitude about not worrying about what the numbers say on a scale. What is important is that you feel good. Don't be too concerned about Tuffy's eyesight. Animals aren't like you and I where they depend on their eyesight. Just as long as you don't change anything in your house, he'll do ok. Our older Bostons had cataracts, and it was sooo sad watching them out of their element. Yesterday a friend and I went shopping and I met a Boston Terrier, named Mitzie. She was 3 yrs. old. She was soooo cute! Not as cute as Tuffy & Lacee, though!

Enjoy the rest of the day.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Aleka

aleka, thanks so much for the encouraging words .. i know its werid as like times it seems he can see and others he cannot. but he does good getting around and all. glad you shared this with me.. never had this before so is new to us all. but so thankful to still have him with us. hes such a blessing. as i know you know they are. ha well glad you have gone back to the ss plan. if one helps us then that is what we need to turn back to. good luck.. i have done good on prism so doing it alot.. just portions and no sugar and all. we will do it.. Hey Kit like aleka said its important to maintain to after a loss like yours. as its a part of our eating plans and so much better to maintain and move on then do like i gain and move on. lol... so good luck to you also.

yes i see other boston bull terriers also and none are as cute as ours. woof from tuffy... i rode ex bike 3 miles last nite.. so going to ride it again today to..

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND THE BOTH OF YOU..... YOU TO LACEE LaDean

Hi...

Hope that you both are having a good weekend.

LaDean, when our first ever Boston Terrier developed cataracts, our vet told us that they rely most on their smell, so that they know how to get around, just as long as you don't move any furniture around. Sometimes they do have a hard time navigating stairs. But, then they are small so that you can carry them into the house. When our Boston's lost their sight, we had to take them outside on a leash. It is so sad seeing them that way.
Speaking of SS, I just made her lasagna made with egg crepes. It was really very good. I did not miss the lasagna noodles at all.

Hi Kathy, hope everything is well with you.

Take care and enjou the rest of the weekend.
Aleka

Aleka, thanks for sharing with us about the dogs sight. we are just learning this for sure.. so i do not move things around. there is times its like he can see and so may just be partial now...we have him and will see for him... so sad to watch and i know it was very sad for you... he sleeps so sound now and cannot hear at all. just sounds... thanks for caring..
I am so happy your plan is working and you liked the dish you made. that helps.. i have had a good day also. i went to a wedding and came on home after it. never wanted the cake or anything. had dinner and what i wanted to have. so i was proud of me.. i been eating lots of watermellon.. now is that loaded with the wrong kind of sugar. i ate lots of rasins last week and think that was cause of the gain... oh well i am not worry about it now.. just watching my eating and trying.. We will see results if we do our best. that is what is important.. so lets just hang in there and do this together... LOSE.... i am setting small weekly losses... so good luck..

hey kit... hope all is ok your way... your doing great keep it up...
LaDean

breakfast.... watermellon, banana
Lunch...... tuna sandwitch. dill pickle and milk
dinner..... roast beef, 1/2 cup of mashed potatoes, 1/2 cup of carrots, milk, and watermellon
snack later will be watermellon
few pretzels earlier...
so all in all a great day.... LaDean

My eating did not go very well yesterday. Breakfast and lunch went fine. I met one of my cousins for lunch, but when I got back I was bored and couldn't stop eating! So far today I'm doing fine.

LaDean, you really had willpower not to take some of the wedding cake home with you for later. I would have. You should be proud of yourself. I'm proud of you for doing that! When our Bostons got older they slept very soundly too. Glad that Tuffy is getting around ok.

Kathy, how was your weekend? I watched Suzanne on HSN over the weekend and ordered her electric grill. We do have a GF grill, but it's a real pain to clean. Her's you can take the grids out and put them in the dishwasher. It should be a lot easier cleaning up.

Take care and have a good afternoon.
Aleka

yes i am proud of me for not staying for cake. i am trying to get off the sugar and doing ok. yes tuffy is doing ok.. sometimes is like hes partial blind.. so may just be . oh your new grill sounds nice. i like my gf to.. that would be easier as its a pain cleaning the other one i do it right after i unplug it and is not to bad.. we go off our programs but the thing is we get right back to them. thanks for the encouragement today..

kit, hope all is ok with you
good luck to the both of you... tuffy is doing ok. just sad and getting use to it more.. LaDean

I had a good day... 1831 calories. but i am starting at 2000 so never went over. do not keep all days this high.. still on no special plan though.. just watching the calories and portions.. Hope the both of you are doing good... have a good tomorrow.. LaDean Oh almost forgot.. had my 4 mile walk this am.. feel better. got alittle infection in foot and i just decided hey i am going out on it. does not feel any better staying off it. ha ha Oh also good news blood pressure was down from friday to. this made my day.. i am so worried keeping it down.. well enough about me..

Hi ladies!

How is everyones diet going?

LaDean-We all haven't posted our menus in a while. It's nice to see yours. I agree w/ you, the scale can put pressue on you and sometimes it determines my mood for the day depending on if I had a good weigh-in or not. Keep going! So you eat 2000cal aday? Is that a lot of food? Are you loosing weight?

Aleka- I think that was so wrong of your pharmacy not to call you at home and tell you to bring back the tainted pills. Are they sure that you were getting exactly lipitor being that the pills were countfeit? I saw SS grill and thought it was cute and way better than the GF grill. So your going back to her diet? Her diet never really worked for me, but I hope it works for you. What's the staple of you diet going to be? Cream cheese, eggs?

I've lost another pound, I was very bad over the weekend. I made 166# over the weekend and only kept it for that one day, due to my bad eating but i'm back to it now. Hopefully i'll make my mini goal of 165# by July.

Kat

Summer has arrived with a bang. This is our 3rd day for over 90 deg. I'll take it over all the rainy damp weather we've been having.

LaDean, how is your foot feeling? That's great walking 4 miles. I started walking again, but I only do 2 miles. That's enough for me! That's good your blood pressure is down. Don't worry about it because worrying will only make it go up. How is Tuffy doing?
Lacee is doing fine.

Kathy, it's good to hear from you. Congratulations on your weight loss even though it was for 1 day. My pharmacy wote me a letter asking me to return whatever pills I had left for new ones. They really weren't sure whether or not they had the lot# that was the counterfeit pills. I tried SSzing...that lasted 1 day. I wanted to have fruit for a mid morning snack, so then I had to figure out what time to have it and then I thought I cannot do this every single day. Plus I'm not very comfortable with eating all the saturated fats that are allowed on the diet. I am going to try something else, but I'm not going to say what it is just in case I happen to fall off this one too. I just can't seem to find anything that I'm happy with.

Take care and enjoy the rest of your day.
Aleka

aleka, that is fine just find what works for you and do that. that is mainly what i am doing... i just watch calories and sugar.. so i eat what i want but portions.. i think its good to keep it to ourselfves and all. then if no one knows like you said is better if it does not work.. sometimes i take several plans and put together and figure out something.. good luck to you... tuffy is better. i am getting more adjusted to it .. is hard love him so much.. but got him and that is what counts. glad lacee is good... Hey been hot here to. suppose to be in 90's today.. glad you like the warm weather. me i will take my rain any day.ha i do not mind the cooler days.ha I have weigh in tomorrow morning.. so hopefully i will have a small loss. that is all i am hoping for.... i been trying and that is all we can do... if i stay off sugar that is good for me.ha i had fries and hamburger last nite and also pizza nite before last. but allowed for with more exercise and also never went over calories as i upped them some.. its helping i think...
You will get that plan for you and it will work... sometimes it takes awhile. but is worth it when its there for you...

Kit so glad your ok and thats not bad you will do it before July.. Yes i am not going over 2000 staying under that.. but its my high.. well so far i feel better. not done it enough to matter. usually takes a good 3 weeks for anything to work for me.. but i am not going to give it up.. then when i lose like 10 lbs i will lower it some gradually... i been walking again. yes aleka my foot is better. it just seems to goand come.. so i figured hey with the blood pressure i had to exercise. so today was good. i am going to start heading out about 5 am when i get up this warm weather effects me to much...

have a good day the both of you. LaDean

LaDean, I saw on dietalk that you are going to do the SB diet. Me too!! That's the plan I didn't want to mention just in case it didn't work out. When are you starting it? I tried starting today, but by lunch, I was feeling kind of nausious so had a carb. I hope I get over that quickly. We'll see how the rest of the week goes. Thank goodness it's only for 2 weeks.

Kathy, hope things are going ok for you.
Aleka