Good morning everyone. It is really nippy here today and promises to rain. I was up most of the night listening to a rain storm, so am really groggy today.
Then we had a minor altercation in the house this morning before work. DH makes a piece of toast for the puppy in the morning. Usually, he gets her started on her kibble and then puts the toast on top for a treat. This morning, her toast was ready before he put the kibble down, so he dumped her kibble on TOP of the toast.
She gave him a dirty look, then came running to me to tattle on him. Soooo, there I am, trying to get dressed digging toast out from under the kibble...just a tad bit spoiled methinks.
LC - That darn work...spoils all one's fun doesn't it? Hope you have a great day, though.
Ruth - Hope the reading goes well tonight. You must tell us about the rest of the cast tomorrow.
Mama - WTG. You did well with the pizza and staying OP yesterday. I have never had much difficulty with salt, but I should probably pay more attention. I am up a couple of pounds this week, but can't remember if I got into salt last weekend. Hmmmm, that might be one of the problems with the weight fluctuation. I'll have to monitor that more closely. Thanks for the reminder.
Sheila - You have the right attitute. Get back OP right away before you lose the momentum of your goal. I have a particularly bad time with desserts when company visits. So, I make a choice of desserts when I am serving a meal. One SBD - usually the cheesecake which I serve more like a custard topped with berries - and one not SBD. Then, it doesn't look like I am eating differently when company comes. It also helps with temptations and managing the eating program. With the rest of the meal, I usually make the standard fare for company, but ensure that there are lots of SBD foods to fill my plate and just avoid the non program choices. It requires some planning, but, I guess eating on a different program always does. Good luck this weekend...you can do it.
Jodi - Congratulations for staying OP last night. Those are the kinds of functions that I really have difficulty with. You will do this if you continue with the discipline that you have. WTG. Have a great weekend.
Lauren - Right on! My dr. suggested that I cut carbs/sugar from my diet to lose weight and immediately, me thoughts went to Atkins. I have the original Atkins bood from the '70s so was somewhat familiar with the program and was not impressed. When I discussed with DH, he was telling me about SBD - a diet that many of his staff at work are following. Soooo, I bought the SBD and took a read through. Then when I was at the mall, I saw the Atkins book for 2.00, so thought I would buy the newest edition and have a look, as well. Then, I saw a book that rated all the present low carb diets and thought it might be good to look through. When I read the Atkins diet book again, I was really impressed with the changes in that eating program, but comparing it to SBD, I thought that the SBD emphasized the good/bad fats and the good/bad carbs better than Atkins, so that, along with the good review of the program, contributed to my decision to follow this program. However, the rest of the family is skinny, skinny, skinny, so it is difficult to manage the program when the rest of the family is not in need of it. We have come to a compromise around our eating program - we have converted most of the processed foods (they are still finishing up the processed stuff that was in the cupboard before and make those when I am not eating a starch at that meal) to unprocessed. As the processed foods are finished, we buy the unprocessed as a replacement and they are fine with that. They also control part of the snack food budget and purchase the things that they enjoy eating, but are not on SBD. I control the rest of the snack budget and purchase the snack foods that I can eat and still stay OP. This has worked well for the family and the rest don't feel like they are being deprived of the things that they enjoy. However, it does take planning, compromise on both sides (however, I will not compromise my eating program, just what is in the house) and some discipline to not indulge. Good luck on starting...you will be able to do it.
Heidi - The kidknapping is such bad news. One of our daughter's high school friends was working in Russia a couple of years ago when they had the kidnapping at the theatre. Her secretary and the secretary's sister were at the theatre that evening and taken as hostages. Fortunately, for them, it turned out well, but could have been totally different. I have been following the kidnapping also, hoping that nothing serious comes of it.
Don't worry about people not noticing your weight loss. I think that, when they see you everyday, they don't seem to notice the gradual loss until your clothes start to hang badly on you, or you go away for a while. They WILL notice, though. Keep it up.
Barb - You are such a smarty pants. WTG on the eating. Great job...you are doing this the right way. Hope that you are able to reduce meds. You never know, with the weight loss, your BP may improve to a point that, eventually, you won't need any. Keeping my fingers crossed for you. I just read your second post...Congrats. WTG. Keep up the fantastic work.
Laurie - Oh you poor dear. I have had low iron problems off and on for about 30 years, but nothing to equate to the CFS. One of our neighbour's daughters (in her mid 20s) was working in a research lab at the university and had the same symptoms. She was diagnosed with CFS, then all the lab workers, one by one, discovered the same thing. They checked the lab and could not find any point of exposure, but it was too coincidental to not be in the lab. She has had several miscarriages since and has a very hard time to cope. Do keep on your eating program, though. You need to become as healthy as you can possible be at this time.
Weezle - Hi to you. Have a great day and here's a waker upper
AdiaFaith - Good work on the exercise. You are right, even the 20 or 30 minutes of intense exercise is worth the effort. Have a great day and don't rush too much.
yaya - Congrats on the weight loss. What a lucky girl to have gone to the dr. and discovered the mass. I know that this is a very stressful time and I will be thinking of you and keeping you in my prayers. Hoping that everything works out OK.
Take care.
Emily - Good luck on the revisit to Phase 1. I find that, every few weeks or so, I must go back to Phase 1 for a week. Just seems to be the way that my body has adjusted to the carbs. If I don't do that, I experience the same thing - a gain in weight when I have been following the program properly. Hope the weight comes off quickly and that you get back to where you were. Take some time for you each day, also. I know it is busy getting kids back to school, but you need some sane time, also. Take care.
Jen - Glad to hear that your dad is holding his own. Praying that the news will be in the positive direction the next time.
Me - Everything seems to be the status quo for me. Work, work, and work some more. Sooooo many things have gone wrong this week, so I am trying to cope and get things back into the groove. I have to make a student presentation tomorrow and haven't had a minute to work on it. If not done during the day, I guess it will be done tonight at home. Hopefully time will permit some of that kind of work today.
Hope everyone else has a great day. Take care.
We'll see about that!
Lots of 
So I did a little experimenting and made some using parsley instead. Still tasted yummy and no ill effects for DH. 
