Happy Valentines Day everyone.

How are ya'll today? I"m good. Eating was okay enough over the weekend. My weight is up a bit but I'm guessing hormones. Finally got off my lazy hiney and made the bread. It came out great but as always we ate almost the whole loaf as it came out the oven so I put another sponge to rising last night and have another loaf rising this morning to share with my mom.

The other night I did opt for the frijitas. My son cooked them on the grill and they were SO tasty.

I appreciate all the nice comments about my cooking.

Valentines was nice. We didn't do anything special but we spent time together which is a blessing.

Don't know that I agree with today's daily tip but I know that it works for some. My daugther stayed tiny eating this way until the baby.

Daily email tip:
Six Meals A Day Is The Best Way
Just because we've been raised to eat three big meals a day doesn't mean it's the right way. Research shows the best way to keep your metabolism revved up is to eat small, frequent meals. When you wake up, enjoy a balanced breakfast. Within a few hours, enjoy a mid-morning snack. Come lunchtime, treat yourself to a sandwich and soup or a burger and side salad. By 3:00 or 4:00, you'll be ready for an afternoon snack. Dinner should consist of a protein, a healthy carb and a vegetable. If you get hungry following supper, indulge in a smart dessert like fruit.

Hope ya'll have a SUPER day. ((Everybody))

God bless,
Crystle

Good morning. I did fine over the week end. I hope I lose this week. Its snowing a bit here and has snowed in the night. Can't wait for spring. LOL. Have to be sure and get on the treadmill today. Think I might make a taco soup for dinner.

Ellen- Great walking even when it snowed. It must have been nice having Tom home for a few days. Makes for a change. Are you going for water aerobics today? I've never tasted indian food and would love to.

Crystle- Thats great your bread turned out. And theres nothing like hot bread out of the oven. How cool is that your son cooking... Maybe you'll go down in weight by Wed.

Going to go make breakfast. Check back later.

Morning ladies:

I had a very busy weekend and I was off on yesterday. We has a great baby shower for my niece at a great place (her mom gave her a sit down dinner shower it was wonderful the guest loved it and we had great food.) She had 2 tables of gifts. I had a house full of guest again because family members came from out of town.

My eating was okay over the weekend but not perfect. I had a great time celebrating. I will see what happens on the scale tomorrow. I'm not going to worry one way or the other. I walked on the treadmill this weekend and yesterday. Have a great day everyone.

Hi ladies, just a quick check-in.

We got about 4+" of snow yesterday and I have been working non-stop on a proposal and also a bid today. Eating has been horrible. Not looking forward to the scale tomorrow. Plus we ate out pizza for Valentines Day and my birthday and then DH took me out last night and all we could get were appetizers due to the weather. So, not good eating.

Toni, I hope you get a good report tomorrow, you deserve it. Please quit sending us snow. We are expecting more this Friday and St and then again next Monday. I am so tired of this stuff.

Ellen, I heard you all got snow also. At least your's melted away. Ours will be here until June. God job on adding some running. I need to send you a PM about your gluten intolerance.

Mercee, good idea not to worry about the scale. Life happens. Good job with your exercise though.

Crystle, I think we will have fajitas tonight. I was supposed to have bunco, but that got cancelled due to the weather. Your bread sounds wonderful. I can smell it from here. I would have problems not eating the entire loaf.

Got to get busy with this bid. Have a great day.

Good afternoon. It is SO cold. Compared to others I know that it is warm but I'm so cold natured. My husband and I always tease about it. I told him it is not fair, I'm a big girl so I'm suppose to always be hot.

My mom came up with an idea for the bread so I'm fixing to cook another loaf loaded with flax seed and ground pecans. She suggested walnuts but I hid them from myself. The loaf with flax seed came out great. I'm hoping to find some unsalted sunflower seeds to try at some point. Eating has been okay. Yesterday it was mostly bread. I'd sneak a bite here and there but calorie wise under my daily.

Daily email tip:

Who Says It's Not Easy Eating Green
Go green. Load up sandwiches and salads with plenty of garden variety vegetables. Add fresh spinach leaves to compliment your ham and cheese sandwich or top your salad with broccoli, celery and other popular greens. Green fruits and vegetables lower your risk of cancer, prevent degenerative eye diseases and strengthen bones and teeth. Avocados, artichokes, celery, cabbage and watercress are all low-calorie, health-enhancing staples that bring plenty of flavor to the table.

Solly...I am not looking forward to the scales tomorrow either. I'd eat at least half the loaf if my boys weren't so quick..LOL They can get half of it gone before it even begins to cool down. They don't like to wait to cut it.

Ellen...awesome running a bit. I can't hardly get my bootie outside to walk much less run.

Mercee...I think we lose more weight sometimes when we don't worry about the scales. Stress alone can keep the pounds on us. When you are walking like you are doing and eating well for the most part it will pay off.

Toni...taco soup sounds so good. I know you've posted before but I'd love it if you'd private message me or share here so I can save this time.

Okay missing ladies....COME BACK!! ((HUGGZZ))

Hope and pray ya'll have a super day.

God bless,
Crystle

Happy Birthday Dear Solly.....

Howdy all. Glad tomorrow is Wed. and I can weigh in. Lose or not I just want my week in. Then DH and I are going out of town to do some shopping and get away for the day. I've been staying in and we both need out of here. Eating has been fine. I'm out of fresh veggies so need to pick up some while I'm out. Guess I'm making a meatloaf tonight with brown rice and green beans.

Solly- We're supposed to get snow Friday and Sat. and theres snow on the ground here now. Steve is taking me out for mexican food tomorrow for a belated Valentines day. Hope the scale is easy on you.

Mercee- Good girl on walking on the treadmill. Keep the good work up.

Ellen- That sounds like a great book your listening too. Thats wild eating salad at breakfast. Would love to hear more about it. Your walk run sounds great.

Well I have leftover black bean soup for lunch so guess I'll go heat it.

Crystle- We must have been posting at the same time. I would be eating that bread too. I'll post the recipe in a bit.

Taco soup

1 lb hamburger
1 small onion
2 cloves garlic
2 tbsp chili powder
1tsp cumin
2 cans rotel tomato's with green chili's
2 cans chicken broth (I used Beef Broth)
1 8 0z pkg cream cheese (I use the lower fat kind)
1/2 cup cream ( I use fat free cream)

brown hamburger and then add onion and cook until soft then add garlic chili powder and cumin add the tomatos and chicken broth bring to a boil then addd cream and cream cheese (I soften my cream cheese in the microwave and it will blend in better) simmer for about 30 min and then serve with sour cream and avacodo slices.
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Happy Birthday Solly...I didn't realize today was your special day. I hope it is full of all that is good.
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Toni...thank you so much for the recipe. It sounds wonderful.

Ellen...praying the cpac works out for you. My baby sister had to use one for a while. When she lost her weight she was able to not use it anymore. I hope that holds true for you too.

Let me just tell ya'll, the pecans add an awesome flavor.

Better get moving and walk off some of this fresh bread..LOL

Love and hugs,
Crystle

I just watched Dr. Oz it was so good. It was all about weight. Does anyone else watch him?

Toni I watch Dr. Oz also. I record him so I can watch the parts I want...LOL And I forgot to tell you great minds think alike. We are having meatloaf also.

Jess and I had some work to do outside so I picked some fresh carrots, beets and swiss chard to go with it. I'm also gonna make some couscous. Robert would prefer I make potatoes but I'm gonna try to get out of making them.

Love,
Crystle