Hello gals. My weekend didn't go too bad foodwise. I ended the day yesterday with an awesome homemade pizza. Lots of fresh spinach and tomatoes and garlic . I did a lot of shopping and saw 2 movies (Whale Rider and Sea Biscuit) and enjoyed it all. My boys got back early Saturday afternoon and my son clung to me like glue. They had a good time and even got to see a lot of honu (green sea turtles) right offshore.

Kempy, toot your horn as loudly as you'd like--you're doing awesome! And yeah, take good care of those pot plants ! I agree, Chris looks wonderful, radiant even. I'm sure they'll get their wish some day soon.

Angie, kudos again for making it through the day

GEM, I don't know much about cholesterol, sorry. Glad you had fun at your weddings, and sometimes a little too much alcohol can be a good thing, *hiccup* .

Summer, it's still hot here but the tradewinds are back and blowing the black clouds away--it's tolerable again, thank God! Grab the horse by the reins and jump back on. You can do it.

CG~ I love saba...it's so oily and buttery and yummy. Sorry, I'm not very helpful on this board am I? hehe. I prefer it grilled myself. Very easy to get at any okazu or even supermarkets here. But Kobe beef IS buku bucks. I'll refrain from talking about sushi...but how can you stand living there and not eating it? I guess if you've been eating more healthfully any amount of fattier foods would wreak a little havoc on your digestive system. Hope the gas problem goes away .

Sandy you can do it babe! No apologies required.

Hey Tonya, how're you doing today?

Gosh, my neck has a major kink in it. I gotta go take something for it. Well, everyone have a great day. I'll check y'all out later.

Kempy, I agree with Noelle!!! You have done an amazing job these last few weeks and you deserve a TON of credit!!! WOOHOO!!!!

Noelle, HAHAHA!!!! I almost fell off my chair with your little smoking smiley face. hehe. It sounds like you had a greeat weekend and your boy definately missed his mommy. My kids are like "do we have to go home? "

GEM, Sorry I cant help ya with the cholesterol either. I have never even had mine checked.

CG, I have never had saba either but **** the way Noelle is describing it I want to try it now.

Summer, We have all been a little off with the start of summer so now we need to get down to business and do what needs to be done so we look hot for the fall. That is the way I have been thinking about it. I bought alot of new sweaters that I want to wear when it cools down and I would be so depressed if I put on anymore weight. We can all do this!! We are here for you.

Sandy, How are you holding on today?

Tonya, How are you doing today?

I just went up and looked in the RV that we want to buy. It is so pretty. I am going to be so pissed whan they deny us the loan for it. Jay has me almost convinced to sell the Durango if we have to to knock our debt down to get it. He can buy a cheaper car and plus it wouldnt be so heavy to tow behind the RV to Florida. Maybe... But The Durango is so pretty but he is the one who does the driving so I cant make him keep it if he doesnt want to.

GEM: If you want to be called GEM, that's fine with me as long as you don't mind. I had the same problem in grammar school...the teacher attached my middle name to my first name. It was really annoying!

Besides cutting down on saturated fat and partially hydrogenated fat, all I know about cholesterol is that you can eat perfectly healthy, and still have high cholesterol. My doctor is a skinny health freak with high cholesterol. It pisses him off that I am obese and have very low cholesterol, and here he couldn't live a more healthy lifestyle, and he needs to take medication to control his cholesterol. So, see what your doctor suggests, and best of luck.

Tonya: Thanks for the info!

Noelle: I give you a lot of credit for behaving yourself when you had the house to yourself. I would have used the time alone to binge. See how unhealthy I am?! I'm proud of you.

Summer

Kempy: You and I were posting at the same time! Thanks for the wisdom. You are absolutely right! Summer

Hello Everyone! : )

TonyaS : No worries girlly ,you can stay on track! Just start over when once failed!

Which diet are you on? Is it WW?

Summerlover: Hi there! Oh, my taste buds, well I guess I have always been a diverse lad, but I think many of the fishes are readily availlable, but even myself did not know the English names for them!

I think any grocery would carry a large variety or fish market???

Do you like Saba, or Mackerel?

Oh the gas issue!

HA!

Do you want to hear a funny story, as you know Mr. Fiancee and I ate the same thing "Garlic"!


He had gas so bad, he went to the supply room (pencils , and such) where no one would be found ,and did his release!

He was so embarassed he waited to make sure the air was clear!

PEWWWWWWWWWW!

lol!

Yes, Saba has the good fats, it even tastes oily at times which makes it all the more tasty!


Omega Fats! Which are the good fats, like Extra Virgin Olive Oil

If you try it, you can broil it on pan grill it!

Let me know if you try it!

~NOELLE~

Yes, oily but the good oil, isn`t that just great!

Sushi is left of me and right of me! I opt for Sashimi!


Havoc on my system is an understatement! I am do the Fiber powder now, so I can become more regular!

I do not even craves carbs anymore, and just grab some cheese, or ricottat on some thin sliced ham size of my palm and heat it for snacks! Wow what a run on sentence that was!

I think more the the major larger cities are diverse and you can find Saba easily, but in more rual areas in the US or UK, I am not sure.

It is like finding a Starbucks, in some small prefecture here! Ya, good luck!

There are only four in this prefeture so far!

Hoped over to the islands last months, yummy Mahi Mahi is my fav!

I love the "Gray Soup"! HI style??

: )

Gosh, now that you mention pizza, Have you tried pizza with the Potato Salad and Toco or Moochi?

CG, I don't exactly know what "gray soup" is... my sushi of choice is toro, another fatty fish . I love sashimi too but just the mixture of flavors w/the nori, rice and shoyu is soooo good. Uh oh, sorry to go on like that again. Nope, haven't tried any pizza like that, I'm sure we may have them somewhere on the island though. Talk about cultural diversity and cuisine--Hawaii is nirvana ! Oh yes, at least your man had enough decency to leave the room before letting it rip . Imagine if someone else needed supplies right then and there though...

Ugh, talk about incentive! Rick (my DH) is renovating a condo in Waikiki. He removed 3 huge mirrors from the unit and brought them to the shop for storage. These things are like 8 feet long, 5.5 feet high. They're leaning against the wall right outside my office so every time I walk by and I get a full glimpse of my body . I'm a lot smaller than I used to be but boy do I have a ways to go .

Thank you summer for your support . I could've been a whole lot naughtier but I was hardly at home. I am OP so far today...well, I went home for lunch and my son (who's out of school for a week), comes running up to me with a freshly baked oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookie that he helped my sister bake. I had to eat it~~very delicious. He was so proud of himself! The good thing is that I stopped at 1. Yay me! They were still warm so I could've easily ate one after the other, after the other...but I didn't . Tonight when I go home if there are any left, that will be the test. Hopefully my teenage nephews come over to polish them off.

Hello!!
I'm so behind I'll just say HI to you all tonight
I had a *really* bad weekend, but am back on the wagon today. I'm doing a 21 day exercise challenge with one of my sisters- isn't it funny that we have a hard time doing things for oursef, but we'll be accountable to others? I guess whatever works!!

So are you all with me for a 100% OP day tomorrow?? Let's do it!!
Gotta get to bed
Talk to you tomorrow

Hi girls, just wanted to sneak in and say hello.....and I was OP yesterday, and it's still early now, but I think I will be okay today too.

Sandy

Wow, we are all having a good week so far!! YEAH US!!!! I love it when we are all on track it is so nice.

Me and Jay were just walking and a cop drove by and turned around and pulled up at the curb to talk to us. Scared the **** out of me and I didnt even do anything. Jay says now what did ya do. hehe. He just wanted old donuts for bear bait. So now with my awesomely rude dogs I now have the animal control officer and a cop coming to my house regularly for donuts. This oughta be fun.

Well, I need to clean my house so I will catch up with you all in a while.

Hey Emily, I am glad you are back! I am with you for another OP day!!

Well we only have a few more days left in July. Are we all going to start a challenge of some sort for August? I bet now that we have lots of girls here on the thread we would have a good one. I would start it but I will be gone for a week right at the start so I don't think I am the best one to start it. I will join in for it though.

I am counting down the days until we leave. My MIL has already cooked all of her meals. The woman is a planner. I havn't even started yet. I need to make a few lists so that we don't forget anything. We can always go to the store there but it is just easier if you already have what you need. The vacation crowds at the store are terrible.

I hope you guys are having a great Tuesday so far. I want us all to be OP today!!! I know we can do it. Just rememeber you have to report back to us anything you did bad so we are watching.

I'd love a challenge and not just the kind where the goodies call your name from the pantry. I think it would be great with us all and we are all for the same goal.

What would it be?? I have never done a challenge w/in the 3FC forum. Something like lbs lost or inches lost? New size jeans by Oct 1?? I could always use something to kick start me with a specific goal.

I'm game!

to all those that are having a good week so far and to kempy who gets to go on vacation soon.

Hi ho hi ho - back to work I go...

GEM/Summer

Summer that is what is great about the challenge. You can pick whatever goal you want. I started off with lbs, but then had to move to inches b/c the scale was sitting there since I was putting on muscle. I think my goal is already set for me being on this plan and all. My next six weeks starts soon so I will have to give details about what my goals in the 6 weeks will be. Maybe if I do awseme on this so of you guys can try it. I don't mind being the lab rat.

The challenges we usually do are we pick a pound loss we want to hit by the end date and weigh in every week to be kept accountable. I usually do the 4 week challenge thread but Gennel is in the process of moving so she hasnt been able to do them every month. I have had trouble with my weight loss since I stopped doing them.

When does everyone want to start? August 1- the end of the month?

I have no idea what I weigh right now because I havent gone near the scales for the last few weeks. I will weigh in on the starting day and go from that weight to what I want to be at by the end.

Gotta get to work. Talk to you all later.