Afternoon chicks, back from vacation. Had a great time. It is 1:00 and I am still in my jammies, the house is clean and the laundry is on the go. I am just trying to catch up on all I missed. Starting Ph 1 tomorrow, after the week I just had, although I did not gain a pound. Probably from all the walking we were doing. The race was great, the water park was really fun, and did lots of shopping but really didn't buy a whole lot. But it is always nice to be home.

Kiko, Molly had a bouncing baby boy, Jack! He's PRECIOUS! There's a picture of baby Jack with proud Auntie Lisa, right after he was born in February. I'm co-Godmother with Molly's sister, and I'm so proud. He's getting so big now! He must have had his arms stuffed in his face the whole time he was in the womb because even now, he won't put those arms down for pictures!

And Barb, don't worry about the sunscreen. I'll be wearing SPF 30 all over me, and I will reapply often! I was born with freckles, being Irish and all, and they just seem to come out when I'm in the sun. My whole family is covered with them. Mom has so many that they're connected and she looks tan all the time.

welcome home LC!

weezle - Good to know about the sunscreen! I'm 1/4 Irish and have a fair amount of freckles/moles (and 5 precancerous moles that have been removed). My younger sister is covered in freckles and she had melanoma (caught before it spread due to regular checks by the dermatologist). I just worry. Must be the mom in me!

Barb, can never have too many moms! I must admit.... I've got about a million moles on my back that should probably come off. I don't know why I put things off like I do, but heck. It took me a year and a half to do something about my shoulder, and it turns out I was dislocating it all the time. Not the brightest bulb sometimes. My mom's an RN so I hear about it all the time. One step at a time, right? I finally quit smoking, it only took Mom 10 years to get me to do that.....

Hi littlechick, glad you had a nice vaca and glad you're back!

sleep well, kitty. Shhhh everyone.

LC Welcome back! I am glad you had fun and are home safe and sound.

Weezle He is too precious! I couldn't remember when she would have been due- I love the name Jack.

Barb YUM! I am taking your advice and paying attention to my dairy intake, which I typically neglect. I am eating the nf plain yogurt with Spendla and cinnamon. It is so good!

Anyhow, Meg is down for her nap, which for right now means she is chatting away in her crib. Fortunately, it is sunny out, so the kids have been having fun being outside.

I need to stop going to this one grocery store near my work. I could buy out the whole store and learn to be a gourmet! They have such neat stuff and a whole aisle of bins of all different kinds of seeds and flours- most of which are SB friendly. I grabbed a bit of amaranth flour just to try it out and throw into my falafel. Anyone else had it before?

They also have quinoa pasta! I've kind of lost my taste for pasta but it could be interesting! And I finally found hemp milk. It was almost $5 for one little container so it BETTER be good. :P

Quinoa pasta is OK but DO NOT FREEZE IT. I am not sure if that goes for any pasta, but I tried it with quinoa and it turns to mush!

Jesse - I can't speak for freezing the quinoa pasta but I freeze whole wheat pasta all the time. As long as it is thawed before I reheat it, it tastes great!

I've never frozen pasta. I try desperately to avoid eating in the office so I keep my meals in the fridge and by lunch time it's warmed up because the office isn't air conditioned. :P

Amaranth flour is kind of gross. :\ I'm disappointed.

Hi everyone. My name is Laura, and while I'm not really new to the boards, I am new to SBD. I started dieting (again) in June, and did really well on Atkins for about 2.5 weeks. I also picked up some other WL books, SBD was one of them. I've been off Atkins for for about 3 days, due to a lot of stress creeping up in my life, but now I am ready to recommit. I have been evaluating my Atkins programs, and I am having a hard time going back to it. The physical cravings for junk foods were gone, but the emotional cravings were still there. I think I may be emotionally better off on the beach. Can anyone out there give me some pointers, advice or similar experiences? I know lo-carb is the way to go for me, but I sure could use some help getting started up on this new to me program.

Thanks for listening.

I wish all of you all the best in your success.

Hey there Laura welcome to the beach. SBD is not a low carb diet but a good carb way of life. You really should read the book before getting started. Ask any questions that you have there is always a vault of information among the chicks here. Good luck. I tried Atkins but did not really like it, just did not work for me.