WOO HOO!!! Keep up the amazing work! You look great!:carrot:

SOOOO Motivating to hear! Don't be worried about that 1/2 pound, it will be gone in no time! Something nice to try if you're feeling "backed up" is some hot lemon water (1 coffee cup full of water heated up, with 1/2 a lemon squeezed in it) it will help you out, just make sure you drink the whole thing... it's a natural diuretic that is supposed to help with that. Hope the interview went well! Keep up the hard work, it's paid off so far!!!!:hug:

You can always make a homemade taco salad out of it! I love having my chicken (grilled with chipotle mrs.dash) and my greens with salsa on the top of it! A little really does go a long way and it tastes delish!!!:hun:

Gma to 2 You look great!!! Congrats !!!

and congrats to all us loosers for making it one more week!

I tried my first creamy tonight and I must say I was not impressed. It was the vanilla and I guess I expected it to be more pudding like, my center told me to mix it with warmish water so it disolves, and well, I didnt even finish it. This morning my daughter had a chocolate one and she said it was pretty good.

Question if I make something with the tomato soup supplentment is that considered a creamy? It didnt clarify in the recipie book. I made the chilli - it smells like tomato soup!!! Will be my dinner tomorrow so maybe a day in the fridge and the spices will meld. We'll see :chin:

On a a sad note, my son who I had said has gone off the deep end stopped by today - I hardley recognized him, like a ghost of his former self. It broke my heart. I cant stand it!!! I just want to ground him and make him be the young man he once was. I honestly dont even want to see him. The young man at my door today was not my son......:cry:

Nope. My crazy aunt in Brownwood actually served the Julio's salsa and chips Father's Day, so I didn't discover the goodness of Julio's until I was already on plan. I'm so glad I don't deliver mail there every day. The temptation would drive me mad. I'd probably start dreaming about death in a vat of salsa.

Here's a San Angelo haunt for you--I have been frequenting Rosa's. I always get the chicken fiesta salad and hold the guacamole and sour cream and top with their salsa...please don't tell me the tomatoes are canned! It seems to be working for me, but I don't dare confess this all-too-frequent transgression at the center. Congrats on the 3 more lbs!

Yeah but you can only have 2 a week :(

Oh yum that looks so good, I love fresh salsa, or as some people like to call it 'pico de gallo'.... But I have to ask - what do you mean by '4oz salsa does not count as a whole veggie serving'. Do you mean, I can have 4 oz of salsa plus another veggie? Well it's 1 in the morning and way past my bedtime, so maybe when I wake up tomorrow I'll 'get it' lol.

Wow I'm flattered! I was in your dream woo hoo!!

I will never forget the first time I heard the name Runza... when I first moved to Omaha with my first husband... well let me back up, even before we moved here, we would come to visit (we lived in a different state at the time), and I remembered on one of our first trips, he and I and his sister were up late and we were hungry, so someone said 'what do you want to eat' and I think it was my husband that said 'Runza of course!' and I was like 'what's that' lol. And they were both like, oh don't worry you'll like it. Well that first time, I have to be honest, I really didn't like it that much that first time. But it didn't take long and I started to craving the stuff! During the time that I was working out a lot and could eat whatever i wanted I had Runza at least once a week (there was one just right down the road from where I lived at the time). Anyway, yeah, Runza is great.... your dream is too funny! I can't remember, how long did you live in Lincoln?

:broc::broc::cp:OOOOOOOH YAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!:cp::broc::broc:
You are proof that good things happen to those that hold on during the ruff times. I am so happy for you! Wow, wow, wowzer. Size 8, dancing in your new capris, hiting the 130's, signing the 35 lb board, and getting ready for stabilization this month, plus looking hot in your new avatar pic. Next, you'll be leading a peer inspiration class. We are so lucky to have you at our center.

When I went camping last year, I decided to do the mediquick to make food choices easier. I was also able to enjoy a mug of HSN hot chocolate with my family sitting at the campfire. With good planning ahead of time, you should do well. With all the hiking and campout activities I lost weight. You can too!:goodluck:

You will get to have that on stabilization for breakfast...hold out..you are aren't to far from it :)

Hang in there...we all have those crazy plateau weeks...stay strong!

There are a few recipes for the tomato soup that you can make bbq sauce with! It's actually pretty good!
I was NOT a fan of the vanilla pudding the first time i tried it, I also threw it out :( However, there is an awesome recipe for pancakes in the morning with the creamies!! Mix one vanilla creamy with an egg, 1/4th cup of oats, 1 splenda, and water (until it is at pancake consistency) then cook it like you would a normal pancake (minus the butter and syrup ;) ) It is one of my favorite breakfasts!! Just make sure you're making another egg on the side so you get all of your breakfast protein in for that meal... I like to put wildberry or grape concentrate on my pancake as syrup... sooooo good!:T
Everything will work out... all things happen for a reason and even though we can't understand why or how at this point in the end it will all be clear... Keep your chin up and stay motivated!:hug:

GMa to 4 - You look amazing!!:flame:

Denise - thank you for the salsa recipe, I'm off to the farmers market today and will be making it tonight :)

ShineOn - sorry to hear about the plateau, but you can definately bust through this one too!!!:carrot::carrot:

DKR - I like to make a taco salad and then use the beans instead of a tortilla. Or a recent find because I'm not a huge fan of breakfast food, I make a little taco bowl in the morning. I take 1/4 cup beans, 2oz chix, 1oz cheese, throw it in the bowl and mic. Then I add a little tomato (I know not on plan for am, but my theory I;m not going to get fat on veggies :).

One more idea with the vanilla pudding, this morning I decided to adapt the cinnamon roll recipe. I took one slice 45 cal bread, topped it with a little of the vanilla pudding and cinnamon, then I rolled it, sprayed with butter flavor pam and put a little more pudding on top. I stuck it in the oven at 350 until it was just a little crisp. It was yummy, I put the rest of the pudding in the fridge so we'll see how well it fairs.

On a personal note, even with the Birthday party dinner and drinks, I was still down 1.5 for the week! I can't get over it sometimes, I can't tell you the last time I saw 175. :)

Oh my goodness! I forgot about that slogan! How funny! My sister joined me for dinner last night, and I was telling her about the dream, too. She laughed and attempted to explain the runza to another Texan at the table. We don't have anything like that down here. I guess the equivalent would be small-batch tortillas.

Incidentally, I got a welfare call from one of the counselors at my center a few days ago, and she said that several clients were dreaming about "bad" food. She said that was good because the diet was making our seratonin levels go up. That really meant nothing to me, but maybe it does to you?

I wasn't there very long. I started graduate school at UNL but quickly realized that wasn't where I needed to be. I'm in a completely different research field now. On my weekly grocery run, though, I'd usually have lunch at the Runza near Wal-Mart. The one downtown was also fun, but I heard it closed. My boss is from Nebraska and claims that her husband makes a mean runza, but I've yet to taste the goods.

If you didn't, try making your pudding ahead of time & leave it in the fridge. Also, you could try adding some extra vanilla extract to it to boost the vanilla flavor. My favorite creamy, tho, was the creamy hot cocoa. VERY good, either just as hot chocolate or mixed with hot decaf coffee to make a mocha drink.

Not sure how they count the recipes made with the tomato soup mix - if you have an MRC cookbook, it should tell you how to count it. I passed my cookbook on so can't check. Logic tells me you'd only be having maybe 1/4 of that HNS so you wouldn't need to count it as your creamy (it's a creamy if you have it by itself). But my logic isn't always their logic...

So sorry about your son - it's so hard to watch them go down a wrong path. But sometimes they have to walk that path for a bit to make them realize that it IS the wrong path. Hopefully it will be a quick trip for him. :hug: