Hi Kim,

There can be no ice cream in my house ever!!!!!! It is my worst downfall...........so one of the things i did to help me with that, is i buy ice cream sandwiches for them, and the smart ones ice cream sandwiches for me. So far it works out, i get a treat and so do they.

Okay i am off for a crazy day of running again!!! Sometimes i feel like it just never ends............

Marion

This is where I belong-linking with someone who can remember the original WW. Say hi to your mom for me, Kim. There is a difference, though. I've been back several times so all the "new" foods make me realize there is no reason this couldn't be a lifestyle eating approach.

Thanks for the welcomes. We have a snow day here! Yippee! I got my exercise for the day shoveling the 10" off my walk and my neighbor's. Now if it just doesn't all blow over again. My husband is out of town and I had oral surgery yesterday - was supposed to take it easy for a couple of days to avoid bleeding. I forgot about that (because it really doesn't bother me) until I was 3/4 of the way done. But no harm done and it was good anaerobic exercise...I just can't do that at the pace I used to.

DH and I take French lessons on Thursday evenings and I haven't done my homework yet. Guess I'll be working on that and some food preparation for the poker group he gets to host this Friday. But I feel giddy as a kid with a snowday!! I've waited 5 years for one, our winters have been so mild. Maybe the crocuses are crushed but we sure need this moisture.

Kim, ask your mother if she ever made "oyster stew" . I remember that pizza and cherishing my 1/2 a banana a week! But it worked, too. Just couldn't do it for life.

I have no resistance to carbohydrates, either. And I won't give up ice cream totally. I buy the small Ben and Jerry's and make it work for 4-5 servings. Sometimes it actually lasts for 2 weeks. It is my special treat. I like the idea of ice cream sandwiches, tho. I might try that in the summer, but I have no kids around to tempt me.

Today, I think I'll try grilling some veggies on my George Foreman. I bought it in January when they were on sale everywhere and only took it out of the box this last weekend. Did chicken breasts. Not bad. We have a JennAire grill in the kitchen but that gets to be such a mess to clean that I avoid using it. Think I'll replace the grill attachment with a griddle. Whoops. Giddle only good for pancakes, french toast, and Monte Cristos! Don't need them now.

Well, think I've successfully filled up nearly a whole thread! Later.

Jody in Snowbound Cheyenne

Hi Jody & Marion:

Jody - I know my mom NEVER would eat oyster stew.... but you are right about how strict and how well that diet worked. I believe she went from 190 to 130 in about 4.5 months. But then she got pregnant less than a month after hitting 130 and she gained 70 lbs when pregnant and never could take it off. She had trememndouse success on Atkins about 4 years ago - but like you said ... you need something you can live with for life. Eating meat, eggs and cheese all the time is ridiculous for life.

Marion - I JUST bought ice cream sandwiches for my daughter. She's 4 years old and was trying to eat my skinny cow ice cream sand.

But it's my husband who kills me. He has Resees PB ice cream in the freezer right now and in our cabinets are (Choc chip, Nutter Butters, Pringles, Doritos, lemon cookies, fudge stripe cookies - YOU NAME IT!!!! - and a full banana bread I made him on Monday!- because I can't stand to waste bananas that we didn't get to eat) He is very supportive of my diet - but since he doesn't ever CRAVE food he cannot understand why I cannot leave it alone. For 17 years I've tried to find his one downfall to try to explain the temptation.... but besides a Victoria Secret model living with us - I cannot find anything that would make him understand that I just cannot muster up the willpower to avoid my trigger foods. (Although I'm sure he'd be willing to try that experiment) My saving grace is the WW 0 point soup. I make up a huge batch and add white beans for protein and it really fills me up when I am ready to eat a high point food - thank God for microwaves!!!

Hope everyone has a great day!
Kim

Good Morning Kim and everyone else too!!!

Fortunatly for me, hubby can stand to lose a few lbs too, so we just dont have to have that kind of food in the house...........And i like to think my kids are eating healthier because of it You reminded me i have to run to the store and get some skinny cow ice cream sandwiches, we are down to 1, with hubby and i both eating them, they dont last long.I am going to stock up the next time they are on sale, cause as we all know but have a hard time doing, we are in this for the long haul!!!!

okay gotta go, i am doing the noon mom thing at my daughters school today, ttyl

Marion

Hey, Kim. I know how bad it can be. If there is anything chocolate in the house, it's at risk when I feel overwhelmed. And once I start, I figure I may as well finish it off, then it won't be there to tempt me again later!! That's usually good for 2-3 lubs (what my college roommate and I called lbs). When I did have a child at home, I would try to keep his lunch and snack treats inaccessible. Of course, I was pretty good at cracking ANY safe, but his room was in the basement and usually keeping his special foods there kept them out of my range, so to speak. He wasn't really crazy for the kinds of foods that I craved so I never had to worry about him going overboard. If he wanted a treat in his lunch, he would grab it on the way out from his "stash." (I hope that's all he had in his "stash"!!) Obviously, this was when he was a little older, like 6th grade or so. Maybe something like this would work for your hubby's treats?

I didn't have such a good day today. I am tired, didn't plan dinner, we went shopping after our walk, then got home and made a non-program dinner. Not too sure how to count it but I know if I don't make the journal effort, it will lead to more slips tomorrow. Yesterday was pretty good, though. I fixed myself some spaghetti for lunch. I had a small jar of store-bought sauce and a zucchini and yellow squash in the crisper. I chopped up a little of the squashes, sauteed them with Pam, added some canned mushrooms (while water boiling for pasta). Then added the sauce to increase the veggie count for the meal. It was quick and easy and I got 3 servings out of it...lunch for tomorrow and one day next week, too.

Marion, you are always on the run. How do you work out your weekly/daily menus? And, Patti. Wow! Inspiring weight loss since June. Now that you hit this goal, does that mean you won't be motivating us on this forum? (I gotta find those smiling faces. How do you do them? Maybe I'll just try - see what I get.)

Later ladies, Jody

Hi jody

Your spaghetti sounds yummy!!!!!!! I don't plan much of anything as far as daily/weekly meal plans go, i just kinda wing it......works for me as long as i plan to have picky foods around that are within program......i am a grab and go girl, with usually somehting like a bowl of cereal or the like for breakfast, and grab and go for the rest of the day and usually a sit down meal like 4 days a week...........talk to you soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Marion

Hi Jody & Marion:
Well I went to weigh in this AM and I lost 1.5 lbs. Yeah! A happy pace of 1-2 lbs per week would be ideal for me. I had a pretty bad day today - lots of extended family stuff to deal with (which I always have a hard time getting past). I saw both my side and my husband's side today and I had 42 points today instead of a max of 31. I will have to be IDEAL this week ahead. Today was so bad because we had a family birthday party and the choices of food were (steak, sausage, green bean casserole, and a homemade salad with mayo.) I don't want to tell my husband's side I'm on WW because they are all thin filipino people and they will have the attitude (Oh again???) So I tried my best to eat small portions and avoided the sausage all together. Then because of the stress I had about 40 jelly beans tonight "just because". As long as I avoid the chocolates I should be ok - jelly beans aren't my favorite... but I shut my bedroom door because I could hear the resees peanut butter cups calling my name from the kitchen downstairs

Good luck this week everyone.
Kim 239/234.5/140 ....3/24/2001

Hi kim,
Congrats on the loss, i am doing the happy dance for you now !!!!!!!! Easter is so tough between relatives and the chocolate it just doesnt end, lol. So tomorrow i intend to let my kids eat till they puke, lol..........nah not really, but it would make it much easier for me if they did eat it all

Marion

Kim, you did a great job. Only 42 points - and actually some healthy food included. I could easily do the 42 with JUST jelly beans and chocolate eggs.

I know what you mean about not telling people about trying WW again. I used to do "Wienie Wednesday"...on Wednesdays our local convenience store has 3 hot dogs for $1.00. One of the women at work would walk there (about 1/4 mile) for her exercise and buy hot dogs for everyone who wanted them. I usually got 2 and if I had walked with her, it wouldn't have been so bad . But when I told her last week, "No wienies for me" she was surprised. I just said I had lost the taste for them. She's thin and really criticizes the "full figure woman" so I'll just try to avoid the subject.

I'll bet tiny filipinos cook some delicious foods when they do their home cooking.

Tomorrow I'm going to find a new, healthy recipe to try if I can get my rear in gear . That will be our Easter celebration but I know I'm a little behind (and I wish I HAD one-lol). The Easter cards for the grandchildren are still in the store bag! Oh well.

HAPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL.
Jody

Thanks for the encouragement ladies... Marion - did your kids puke? Mine is obviously just like her dad... who ever heard of a 4 year old saying "No I don't want any candy till after church" - I almost fell over. I told her she couldn't have any chocolate at 8AM but said if she wanted 2 jellybeans that was OK - but that was her response.

Jody - I love that hot dog story. Actually I work with all thin women except one - I am still the largest though! I've been out of work on disability for 6 weeks because I had some surgery and as of my weigh in this week I am about 20 pounds less than when I left. (And that's without any exercise because 4 of those weeks were bed rest... a good way to lose weight if you physically can't get to the refrigerator!) Anyway, I am going for a nice haircut, color and highlights this Thursday because I just need a change. I really didn't notice that much of a weight loss but today I wore a navy dress to church which used to have the lining pulling on me on the inside... not today - I could actually swing it around with no pulling!!! WOW - that made me very happy.

Still steering clear of the chocolate here - but I have had 10 jelly beans today (that's enough). My daughter actually handed me her bunny tonight complaining that it was melting in her hands. She was covered and I had to clean her up - it was enough to kill me. This MUST BE what alcoholics go through when people drink in front of them.

Have a great week - keep posting, I love to read your posts.
Kim
239/234.5/140 ....3/24/2001

Hi Kim,
Nope no puking here, at least not yet, lolol. But i have to say they had chocolate at 9 am, lol. But what the heck its only once or twice a year!!! Tomorrow is my weigh in day, i am scared, i had a strange week, i didnt even come close to my points this week cause i didnt have time to eat, but i think my body is rebelling cause i messed with my metabolism. But then again, i won't know for sure unless i go..........eeek!!!

Marion

Good Luck tomorrow Marion... better to face the music right? You can pat yourself on the back to at least know you went to weigh in the day after Easter! Let us know how you do.

We (my sisters and I) always dove into our candy before church on Easter.... (maybe that's why we all have a weight problem though 30 years later!!!!?)

Peeps are BAD but quite a cult thing, I'm realizing. They have a neat website at www.marshmallowpeeps.com. And the factory is in Bethlehem PA. Is that very far from you, Kim? I am going to go there some day. I always thought STEEL came from Bethlehem; peeps give it a whole new image!

Anyway, I'm sure I had a couple of peeps too many today. It was a very frustrating day, starting with the hot water heater leaking all over the basement. I thought it only happened to other people, this type of emergency on a holiday. It's not so bad that it can't wait till tomorrow when we can afford a plumber (maybe) on regular rates! This kind of crisis always unnerves my hubby so it was not a pleasant afternoon. Fortunately we didn't have plans that involved anyone else.

I weigh myself in the a.m., too, but didn't do a good job of journaling this week. A little nervous about what will happen. Inspite of the snow storm, we did walk 5x. That's my only hope.

TTYL
Jody

Where is everyone - was the WI that bad???

Jody - I hate Peeps!! Yuck!! My daughter loves them though. She traded my husband 3 purple peeps for 3 of her resees peanut butter cups - what was she thinking? I would NEVER trade anything chocolate!!!

Hey I actually got out and walked 20 minutes last night - yeah! I am starting to get nervous about going back to work next Monday. I still get so tired in the afternoons that I usually nap for about an hour - think they'd let me do that on my desk?

Bye - Kim
239/234/140 ...3/24/2001

Hi guys!!!
Okay here i am, its a fun and crazy week, we are trying to fit in some fun activities as it is vacation week here. Check this out yesterday i walked 4 miles pushing the kids in the stroller, it took me about an hour and a half, they had a ton of fun!!! We were walking down the side of a fairly busy road, so they pretended we were in a parade and waved at people for quite a while, one truck driver even blew his airhorns at them, they loved it!!!!!!

As for my weigh in, well i went up 1.2, but not so bad considering. So this week will be much better!!!!

WEll gotta go make supper, ttyl

Marion