Welcome back, Namaste! You were missed but I hope you had a great 3FC vacation! And thanks, Meemo, for posting the links for iherb! Has anyone heard from snflrgrl or strawberry lately?

I think this is an NSV, but I haven't gotten the credit card bill yet. For the last three months I've been wishing I had a pair of jeans that fit, but I've been making do with the 3-4 things I could find in my closet that were whatever size I needed. Ten pounds from goal weight, I got impatient, and this past Saturday morning I went to Kohl's and bought two pair of Levis in the misses section, and boy were they liberating! People who had not noticed that I've lost any weight suddenly figured it out!

Well, today, Wednesday, five days later, I pulled on one pair of those jeans and thought, "Man! I'm swimming in these things!" Out of curiousity, I tugged on them, and I was able to slip them down over my hips without unbuttoning or unzipping them!

My grandmother is right...patience is a virtue. But nonetheless the moral to this story is that if you are stuck at a size, plunking down $75 on jeans could solve some of your problems.

Meemo and Dia... Thanks for the tips... I mixed up a grape HNS tonght with some water and froze it for tomorrow night. I get the munchies around 8 or 8:30 pm and try to just drink more water. Tonight I tried one of the lemon chiffon puddings. It was great.

Congratulations to all for good weight loss. I weigh in again on Friday (at home on my scale- no center near by). I messed up at dinner tonight... not too bad... I had carrots with my stir fried cabbage and celery... THEN... I really wanted some rice and had a taste.. RATS! My son, DIL and twin grandsons (3 yrs old) have been living with me for a year. Next week they move to Ellensburg, WA (Central, WA) about 125 miles away.. not bad. I will miss them horribly, but think I can be more OP. I have cheated a few times this week and have been avoiding the scale until Friday. Have a great rest of the week everyone!

Stuck in Grad School - Congratulations on the NSV. One of my first mini goals is to fit into the next smaller sized pants in my closet so it is encouraging to hear how quickly things can change sometimes!!

Yippee for you! That is my goal too. I want my designer jeans that are a size 10 to fit. I don't care what I weigh as long as those puppies fit!

That is EXACTLY the way it happens!! I've also found that if I go buy a pair size smaller than I'm wearing, those are never gonna fit ;-( I have quite a few of those in the closet as well.

You all reminded me that I use to make popsicles with the HNS. Yummy! I think I threw away my little 'makers' though.

I think you are terribly good if you only had a 'taste'. If anything even touches my lips that shouldn't, I'm done for. A taste, another, and then the whole darned pot!

Talking about the Popsicles,
The other day my girls went and got a snow cone, so I had them get me a cup of the ice, I took my grape HNS out of the ice box mixed it with splined and poured it on top, It was like Haven!!!! It had that sugar taste,,,,hummmm

Went to WI today I must be in fat burning mode, I was down 1.5 again from Tuesday that is 3 pounds this week!!!!! That is really my biggest lost so far. Like I said I think it was the bars and I am on the All Day! Not sure really what is doing just happy it is. I have about 8.5 more pounds!!!!! Whooo hoo!!!!

Hooray for you! I am waiting to WI tomorrow after work. Trying to lose that "bump" I encountered over the weekend!

I just took Namaste's advice and drank a hot HNS. I got the peach mango online. It was sooo yummy. And, I think it suppressed my appetite unlike when i down one cold! 2 more hours til lunch, so that will certainly help me.

Tomato question
 

Why can't we have cooked tomatoes? No one has ever explained this to me. I really want chili tonight. (BF is pushing me for some) I have buffalo and I have low sodium chili seasoning and black beans. But I used my creamy at breakfast, so I can't use a tomato supplement.

I asked this same question and they told me that is because of added sodium, sugar, perservatives from canning.

Hmmm. Well, what if i got the low sodium? Or just cut up a fresh one and put it in the chili? I may try it. Any other reasons that anyone else has heard?

**YEA** You've had a great week!!!:D


I *think* it has to do with something like the sugar content changing when they are cooked. I can't remember where I heard that though!

Just got back from WI and down 1 lb. I was totally happy with this as my last 2 weeks were a 3 lb then a 4 lb loss so I wasn't expecting much today. Hopefully I'll be signing that 80lb board next time!
Today was measuring day and I've now lost 84 inches :carrot:

[QUOTE=Finz;2346894]**YEA** You've had a great week!!!:D




I *think* it has to do with something like the sugar content changing when they are cooked. I can't remember where I heard that though!



That makes sense! Oh well. I will see what I can concoct. :)
Congrats on the 79 lbs. WOW!

Try making your chili as usual, add a little extra water or low-sodium beef broth (or even a chicken boullion HNS), then add some fresh tomatoes RIGHT at the end, just enough to heat them through.

The cooked tomatoes thing never made a lot of sense to me - I can understand no canned tomatoes, but I think their reasoning is that the sugars in the tomatoes are more concentrated when you cook away some of the water in them. Still doesn't quite make sense - just eat a little less...

I will use a chicken bouillon HNS. Great idea! I just won't use too many tomatoes. You all are always coming through for me. :hug:

Your Chili is making me Hungary