Well, I'm in no worse shape than I was yesterday before I fell except for one little sore spot on the side of my elbow. And that doesn't really hurt unless I press on the spot. I didn't even have to take an ibuprofen. I guess I've found the secret to falling without hurting--lose 50 pounds and the fall is much less traumatic.

I made a great, cheap noodle soup today. I was actually looking for whole wheat noodles and a vegetarian chicken bouillon to use but I live in a very small town and couldn't get either so I opted for ramen noodle soup packages. I don't usually use ramen noodles because of the sodium and fat in the noodles but I wanted soup for lunch and I wanted my "Almost Chicken Noodle Soup." So when I got home I soaked the noodles in hot water to get rid of some of the fat when drained. I sauteed onion and celery together added water and the 2 seasoning packs from 2 packages of noodles. Then I added 3 medium grated carrots. I boiled this altogether until the vegetables were cooked. The I added 2 beaten eggs (these are the almost chickens) a couple of handfuls of chopped arugula and the soaked noodles. Yum, yum. It was very tasty if not as nutritious as the whole wheat noodle version.

HI...its a rainy dreary day in KY and Im starving..its not tom even...I think i ate something wrong today and it triggered me being starving. I am already at 1000 calories for the day and its only 1pm. I will have to really plan out dinner well tonight. I think it all started when I came downstairs this morning and found my daughter eating icecream for breakfast.LOL She had her wisdom teeth out yesterday. Now she has me baking a cake...HELP!! I will do some exercise today!!!

Not much going on here. I finally got out my gingerbread house and glued it together with Royal Icing. That's how busy Christmas was! Ha, ha. Now I'll have a January gingerbread house. I was going to make it in December of course but things just got out of hand and time ran out so I decided to leave it until I had time to do it properly. It's one I cut out of dough myself and I thought it would be fun to put one together.

Still on plan but that icing sure licks off the fingers nicely.

retire_ I have always wanted to do a gingerbread house but like you say dec is just to busy to do try and get one made. We had an exciting phone call last night. A girl called who is using same color as my daughter and is interested in buying all her decorations. She is even wanting to buy a couple of the bridesmaid dresses and the flowers. How are wedding plans going at your house?? time is getting close here!!

Wow, that's great. Any recovery, financially, from a wedding is good. I'm doing some cake decorating for DS's sister-in-law to be. Her parents are throwing her a post wedding reception the end of the month as she and her husband had a small civil ceremony in November. This is good practice for me as I'm going to be doing the wedding cake and it's been years since I did any serious cake decorating. I'm doing a small 2 layer cake for the SIL but for DS's wedding they want a 3 layer cake but not too big. I'm going to do theirs in a basket weave pattern as they are having a picnic theme for the reception.

Have you started looking for your dress/outfit yet? You'll probably be able to get a good deal after Christmas. I was thinking about buying one of those slimming undergarments like Spanxs to wear with my outfit but I've got months yet to find something and like you I'd like to leave it a bit longer to lose a bit more weight.

I used the last of that Arugula in a quiche I made for dinner today. Very tasty and very caloric (the quiche, not the arugula). I had only a very small piece. So good. Now if I could get back on track with the exercise I'll be totally on plan. I think it's easier to get back to eating correctly than exercising, at least it is for me.

Catch you later.

I got my dress last week. Its all black and very elegant. I fell in love with a beige dress but I could get into it but the chest is just to large and it wont go down that much in a 7 weeks. I am also going to get some spanx to help smooth out my body. I wore them last year to my sons wedding and they really do make clothing lay nicer. I have to get a much smaller size than last year. Cake decorating is fun...im not very good at it. I Love the picnic theme. We had a friend do that and everyone seemed to enjoy it so much. They went with the red and white checked table clothes and all. I would love to do one and use quilts as table clothes.
have a great day everyone...oh i have good news..went to the dr yesterday and was able to cut my blood pressure med again.Im on 1/5 of what i was on this time last year!!

Hello everyone! Sorry I have been MIA. I thought I was going well, and here I am back at 167 again! Back to basics "if i bite it I have to write it". I even started doing the 30 day shred but I guess I can't keep track of calories in my head. I just went back to logging everything I eat and every activity I do. I know I can do this. I wanted to start restricting things out of my diet. First I though pasta, but every one of my lunch meals (Smart ones) has pasta in it. Than I thought about bread. Well we have Subway one day a week so thats out too. I guess I am going to try to add more to my diet like fresh fruit and more veggies etc. Its also TOM for me so hopefully that has somesthing to do with it. It's on now! I am going to kick my own butt if i have too! Hope everyone else is going well! Shannon

Shannon, you're just suffering post-holiday heavy gravity weight gain. I did awful during the holidays and now have to lose that weight all over again. I have to write everything down or I'm lost.

Dgramie, your dress sounds lovely. You'll have to post a few pictures of the wedding with you in them so we can see what it looks like.

I want to go with a check or gingham print for the tables but I'm having a hard time finding the material. I have to get to the city and have a look. DIL to be has let me do the decorating for the reception (with her approval of course).

Must go and get DH his lunch. It's all ready just have to make sure it's put on the plate for the dear. He says it tastes better when I do it. (NO, I DON'T FALL FOR THAT.)

IM sure you will have as much fun cutting the fabric as i did. I spent 7 hours just cutting 30 yds into table runners..ironed hems in part of them now get to sew them...fun fun. We could have bought them for less if we had been able to find her color..pool

Shannon glad to have you back with us.

I've kept my eyes open for table cloths in a blue or yellow check. I want to use squares of the check to drape over a plain tablecloth. The least amount of work I have to do the better.

I've got 5 pounds of Christmas weight gone as of this morning. Yeah!!!. But then I just ate a big dinner. We had company. Actually it was the minister who is going to marry DS. He was travelling though and I invited him to eat with us. I'm so full I probably won't eat until tomorrow at breakfast. It was the dessert that did me in. I tried a new banana cake recipe and was it ever good. It's a banana spice cake that I filled and iced with a cream cheese icing and served with maple ice cream. Very sweet but so tasty. It was only one layer so it's mostly all gone now with everyone else eating it too.

Have a good day.

Hi Tinky, glad to see you again. Come on back and we'll all try and help you get to goal.

ugg, such an pig out day! It started well but I ended up at the movies and then take out chineese for dinner. need I say more? I did get in all my exercise but I will have to make up a few extra burn cals for the next few days to get back on track. Tuesday is my WI day so I might be able to make up some of it, but maybe not all of it.

We are getting another 10" of snow tonight so shoveling is in my future for the morning for sure

Hi everyone! Welcome back Tinky! I know the more I log on the more I keep on track. It's the weekends for me that is the hardest. I dont even want to tell you what I ate this weekend. I did do a lot of walking though. I refuse to get on the scale until Wed and my offical WI is Friday. Not worried, I know my body.
How cold has it got outside?! Brrr...How is everyone else today? How were your weekends?

welcome back tinky

shannon we are cold here in kY and today is the high for the week. I think i heard talk of single digits later in the week.I hate winter!!!

retire_ we had our 1st bridal shower on sat.It was awesome!! We had so much fun!! She got lots and lots of needed items.

my baby is 19 today...I feel old!! I spent a few hours looking thru old pictures of her today and trying to find a certain picture that my new granddaugther looks like..never found the one i wanted!! I did find lots of pictures of me at various weights. THis is the smallest i have been in 17 yrs. Cant wait to get more off.
hugs to all