lynn, sent you a PM

Aleka

Good morning,

Nikki, good luck to you this morning with your ultrasound and hope you're not too uncomfortable on your ride over. That full bladder is the worst part.

It seems like there are an awful lot of dead Armadillos (sp?) on the side of the road down here. Like raccoons, they don't seem to understand what cars are either.

Hope you all have a good day.
Aleka

Sending you all a PM, Nikki

Good morning,

DH has an appt. this morning with his truck. A few days ago he got a recall notice about his tailgate. Apparantly they're having trouble with the tailgate because they have a tendency to fall off with a certain amount of pressure. So, he's got to have something replaced.

Nikki, how are you doing today? Today is Wed., one day closer. Hope you're feeling better. You haven't left my thoughts or prayers.

lynn, did you get the food for Core? It does seem like an easy plan to follow. The hardest part for me is paying attention as to how satisfied I feel when eating. I practically have to teach myself how to eat again. I used to just shovel it it! Last night for supper we had grilled cheeseburgers in lettuce leaves, veggies, & mashed potatoes. I've missed mashed potatoes. I left quite a lot of the potato on my plate because I discovered I was satisfied, where other times I'd just eat the whole serving. Will you be doing this fat free like WW wants you to? I will probably do the fat free cheeses and sour cream, but I don't think I'll do the fat-free salad dressings, as there is just too much added sugar in them. I will do low fat or Paul Newman's Oil & Vinegar and count the points.

Anne, how is working going so far this week? Have their been any new developments with as to her being called to task by the higher ups?

Hope you all have a wonderful day.
Aleka

Goodmorning All: I am going to go low fat like WW. I found a fat free mayo yesterday and will use that as a base for some dressings and I will use EVOO and vinegars and flavors for others. Yes I was able to get a complete list when I told DD about it she got excited and thinks she will join to get the stuff. I knew if I put the bug in her ear she would jump at it. She is always losing and gaining the same 10 lbs. I have company for lunch today so must fly but will be back later. Thinking of you Nikki

Good morning,
It's a new day and I feel better. I appreciate the prayers. I was just reading a morning message from Dr. Weil and he was talking about the power of prayer and how it's been proven that it helps people. I believe it does.
DH called from work a number of times last night, he finally figured out I was upset about the testing. I didn't explain all of it to him, I guess I thought he was at work and it wouldn't be a good time to go into a lot of detail.

I have a question about how to figure points for recipes. I have a recipe for a chicken dish that I got from Flylady the other day. It came from a book called Saving Dinner. All of the recipes in this book have the fat, calories, fiber, etc figured out at the bottom of the recipe. I used my calculator and first figured out how many points it would be by looking up the ingredients in the food companion book and dividing by the number of servings in the recipe, I got 5.6666 points (I even accidentally left out points for the apples). I then used the numbers for the calories, fat, etc at the bottom of the recipe and came up with 3 points. So, which one is the one to go by? I was hoping they would be closer, because it would be so much easier to figure points if all I have to do is go by the recipe equivalents rather than look up each individual ingredient. Is this common or is the recipe figures off?

Hey, I found out yesterday that McDonalds has great coffee. I never got their coffee before. It's very rich and filling. I think I am now addicted to it and will have to sneak over there to get a fix on a regular basis.

I got the plastic up on the garage windows last night. I still need to get it up on the house, hopefully this weekend I can get it done.

Better get a shower and get my day going, take care, Nikki

Nikki, glad that you're feeling better today. That is a good question about how to count points. I've always counted points by the recipe rather than by the ingredients. Sometimes a different brand of food that isn't listed in the book may have a different point value because of the calorie, fat, & fiber content. Sometimes if you calculate the points for a certain food, say cereal for example, then look it up in the book, sometimes the points may differ. Our leader explain in that case, go by what you have calculated with your points finder. Have I confused you??

Aleka

Thanks Aleka, I think I understand. Your saying that I should just take the fiber, fat, & calories from the recipe as they have them calculated and figure my points with that, right? That makes sense about brands being different, since the same brand can have different ingredients in different parts of the country.
I like that recipe much better if it's 3 points and not 6
Nikki

Nikki, Yep, just figure the calories, fat, & fiber listed in a recipe and you're all set. I too like 3 points instead of 6

Aleka

Well I'm back again. It is 12:30 my time and my friends are due at 1. I have everything done, even the table laid. I am having broccoli & cheese soup with a type of reuben sandwich. Not low carb or core in fact not good at all. I will have half a sand on rye with soup. Made brownies for dessert but that won't tempt me at all. Soup is legal without cheese. Glad you are feeling better Nikki. Opps just heard a car door, my friends are early back later

I figure if I start now, I should make it to your house for a late lunch (around 3 or 4am), Lynn. I would eat the brownies myself, I love brownies.
Well, I'm having rice a roni for lunch, it's a San Fransico treat, you know
Have a good time and enjoy!
Nikki

Hello Friends:
Work is the same ol pain in the backside There was a meeting in Finance
today and told the rest of my co-workers that Tanyas position would
be replaced by Farida. This is a young girl who works across the road in
Finance 1/2 days. They have made her position a full time one. She will
be 1/2 days with me and 1/2 days across in Finance. I immediately sent an email saying I need to have my position re-evaluated. Lets
see what she says. Farida will be coming over starting Nov 9 at 12 noon. I
take my lunch from 12-1, she takes hers from 1-2, we will only be together
from 2-3 which is when I leave. She will stay until 4:30. I really am annoyed.
The job was never posted. A very good friend of mine who is trained as
my back-up never even got the chance to apply. It makes me sick All I
know is I am doing the bulk of a 2 person job and I am not going to take this
sitting back .

Nikki, I am glad you are feeling better today. I thought about you throughout
the day at work.

Today is my twins birthdays. They are 15 so I am eating pizza and birthday
cake. What can you do!!!

Hi Lynn, the weather is stinko eh?

Anne.

Hi everybody,

It was another hot day yesterday, temps in the 80's. But, it didn't seem as humid as it was on Monday.

Anne, good for you for standing up for yourself with That wasn't right not letting your friend who was trained as backup for you not to get a chance to apply. Does Farida know anything about the duties of your office? If not, who will be training her? Keep us posted. A belated Happy Birthday to your twins.

Nikki, I went into the WW site yesterday and one of the posts, someone asked just about the same question you did yesterday, only I think she was making something from scratch. You may have to search a couple of pages for it. It's called "Which is more accurate". Maybe that could help you too. Click onto their topic of Questions of Points (R) Allowance" (or something like that). I will be thinking of you today, hope you hear something.

lynn, how was your lunch yesterday? It sounded yummy!!! Hope you had a good time. How come foods taste so much better when they're not legal??

Well...gotta get going for my walk. I hear the birds singing. Oh ya, speaking of birds. I saw a Hawk yesterday afternoon in the lot in back of me. I was hoping he wasn't looking for his meal near my yard. We have some cute rabbits who come into the yard and eat something in the grass. Then the garbage truck came through and I think it scared it because he/she flew away. After a while the birds came back to our feeder.

Have a great day everyone.
Aleka

Good morning,
I have an appointment on Tues to talk to the Dr about my tests (it was made after my last appointment), but since she should have the tests today, I am going to call her and ask to have the results today. If I had to wait till Tues, I think I'd go nuts.
Aleka, we had a red tailed hawk sitting on our front porch last week. I put up some bird feeders in the yard and our yard is covered with birds this year. I guess the hawk decided it was a good place to hunt for sparrows. Then yesterday, I was hanging one of the feeders and there, under the bushes, close to the feeder was Tony, the cat. I guess he thinks I've invented a new way for him to hunt too I am planning on moving the feeders away from there today. It was kind of funny the other day, he came up to me and meowed and a bunch of feathers flew out of his mouth.
DH says that the lower tears of Iowa county farmers are getting a bounty together for mountain lions. I never in my life have seen mountain lions in Iowa before the last few years, but south of here, they are being spotted fairly regularly. The DNR doesn't want them destroyed (of course), but people are seeing them coming really close to their houses and are getting scared. I would be too, although, I do feel sorry for the cats. They are being crowded out of their natural environment by people.
Anne, Happy Birthday to the twins! The cake is a requirement, isn't it?
That's rotten about the job not being posted. Sounds like might have hand picked who she wanted. At the VA, when something like that has happened, I've seen people get lawyers and sue to have a chance to get the job. Well, we are sue happy down here, it seems. But, sometimes, you do have to stand up for yourself. I am really glad to hear your doing that with Good luck
Aleka, I'll have to look that up later. Wow, they really post on that site, it moves fast and furious
Morning Lynn
Have to take DD to the grocery store, so better get a shower, take care, Nikki

Morning All for the second time Yep was sitting reading what I had just typed heard a click and and puff went my message tried to find it in history but the page came up with no message. To say I am pi---d is an understatement. Had a great day yesterday. My friends were here for dinner too. When I realized how much we were doing in the afternonn I put a roast in the slow cooker and off we went.Their closing on the house as been delayed for 3 weeks so they are renting a cottage from our son's best friend, actually they are paying the utilities so that is quite a deal.I have all the core stuff here and started today.Later I am going to check out sites for recipes. One site says it is similiar to South Beach so will check them out as well. Also said Curves is similar, I didn't know they had a diet will check them out. Anne, you go girl. Your work place enviroment is so bad what do you have to loose? We teach people how to treat us so we can't let people run over us. Well of I go to have a shower and start my day. I mean it is 11:45 my time . Later