Hey Everyone!

Back from sunny Florida.. the vacation was undoubtedly the worst I've ever experienced. But don't feel sorry for me, I managed to somewhat maintain my weight while I was there and I even did some walking on the beach. Back at work and searching for a new job. Can't let depressing times affect my eating habits. Good thing my BF is going to start eating healthier! I'll try to tune in tonight although I may bail early and hit the hay.

Going to the gym tonight to work out and weight myself..this'll be the true test to see if I "maintained"

So far, so good (I think..). Thanks for all your advice. One question, what do you do when you eat out? My husband got Subway for dinner, are their wheat buns legal? How do you know without the nutrition facts? Is it better to stick to salads? Someone told me Barilla pasta is legal because it's made from semolina flour, true? Thanks again!

Hi Gang, Well it's a wet day her in Washington and I have to wait until Friday before I can mow lawn again, But I have to tell you ladies and gent I really get a kick out of it.

Self: Boy Snow Blowing real sounds like fun, Man I could get into it. I really do love being out of doors and sence I can't walk much because of the bad knees this is my way to get around and visit the neighbors.

Deb: Your right about the garage sales, I do the drive by too, only when DH is with me he starts getting TB and wants to get out of the car so we have to stop. My be that's why he takes so long. Glad to hear about the dress. Hope she doesn't gain. It's not to much longer now and it will be a memory of in past.

Monet: No I only do the riding mower, I love being outside and we live in the country, our yard is very bumpy and and with my knees I always hurt them just walking around so the mower is the answer. And I love doing the neighbors to If I could I'd ride it to florida.

Gracious: I agree about the large group, And I know that God Blesses us all when we work together and help one another. So I guess we'll have a blast. We did a couple of yrs ago when we had everyone over to paint the house it was fun. I love to BBQ for large groups.

Nancy: That's Oxi Clean with a i not a y. and I use it quite abit I spray the spot with it first and blot at it then I put it in the shampooer and do the whole thing. But test a spot first for color fading. Some carpets have a tendency to do that.

Country Mom: I alway weigh more at night. I think everyone does cause it's been a full day of eating and drinking. We have alot of water weight.

Jackie, 17 yrds man would I love that. We only have a few locals that have a yrd to mow most have fields for the cows and grow hay so I just do my two neighbors and mine, but I still go down the road and visit some neighbors on my mowing machine.

Tranquil: Isn't it wonderful how a little rain can pick up our flowers I just love it.

Well gotta run Daynas coming in the door and knowing her she's going to want on line soon. Love to all Glory

Evening All

Had anice, but all too short day out with ELI. Weather was so bad here it took forever to get the errands ELI needed to run and only left time for lunch at you-know-where and dessert at you-know-where before having to come home.

Took Lauren to the tailor to get her dress altered-it costs more than the flippin dress! $35!!! Highway robbery, I think. This is one time I wish I could sew. It's more than I thought I would be paying, but I guess I have to keep in mind it will not only be done correctly, it will look right, and even with the alterations, it's still cheaper than the other dress we first bought. I'm not going to fret over it too much-seems we are able to keep this under $100 total.

MONET, I'm sure you'll find a wonderful dress that will look absolutely smashing on you! Have you decided how you are going to wear your hair? I agree, don't think it's a good thing to name your dinner meals.

NANCE, yeah, yeah, just rub salt into the wounds! You just HAD to mention TJ's huh? At least you could tell me what you bought-let me live through your experiences!!! Geez, like can't you share SOMETHING? LOL! Where is Ferndale compared to where you are?? I can't imagine there being a prettier place than where you live now - who wants that much rain. I love your view from the kitchen window-ready to give that up, really?

COUNTRY, thanks for checking in-enjoy hubby while he's around!!!

JACKK, not sure which would be worse, attacking some cake and foregoing the vodka. Okay, both are bad. Doubt the meatballs did you in. And plus, it was only ONE night of vodkas, right? I'm sure the weight is just mystery pounds-or at least, here's hoping!

TRANQUIL, I got a draw filled with Yankee Candle tarts, though I don't light them often, I do love them. What scent(s) did they have? I told ELI we'll have to check out Carrabas one night, at least one night that Denise is with us as she gets her discount Good going on the exercise and getting a PT. CONGRATS to DS on his loss-hoping Lauren will get that same bug.

CHRIS, don't worry about the little shopping blunders, I've always said this is a learning experience and even after being on SB for over 2 years, I'm still learning! You should be able to find legal dressing at the store - how about Maries in the refridgerated section? Fresh Fields should definitely have some items there-I bought a dressing that I've seen at HFS recently called CINDY'S KITCHEN, the roasted garlic vinagarette one, it's delicious! You should be able to find some decent bread at FF. Do you have a Trader Joe's near you?

THUNDER, I can't imagine that DH got a cat! Esp. with you being allergic AND having the baby on the way. I don't think it's a good idea, but that's just my opinion. Keep up the great job with your eating and weight-I can't wait to your exicetment when you not only have the baby, but get on the scale and see the great loss you've had that won't be only baby weight!!!

SEF, I guess somewhere I didn't see that you too were going to meet MELF-that's wonderful! FINALLY, I'll get to see that mug of yours! Definitely, pictures are a must! Hey, if you ever need some 222's just holler and I'll send you some of my stash-lots better than Tylenol!

BETH, oh my goodness, you must look like the living dead at this point-go get some rest!!! Your Dad did the 5K in that time?? 5K is 3.10 miles, that's less than 9 minute miles-geez, he's fast! I'm sure you'll be able to do the Halloween run-you can train along with those of us who are doing the WDWM in Janaury via the board

BOB, still sick, okay, I know you'll always be sick, but being really sick - poohey! Where's does all the snot come from-I think you and ELI are exchanging it through the mail if you ask me! Feel better girlfriend! I have the perfect solution to clear up your sinuses

QUIV, okay, would you clarify in what way your FL. vacation was so bad? What's going on with the job?? Give us the low-down when you get a chance.

3MILLS, none of the breads at SUBWAY are SB LEGAL. I don't eat fast food, but if I absolutely had to do so, a salad would be number one on the list, just check the dressing. I tend to go to the same places where I know I can stay legal-like OUTBACK. It's hard at fast food places, easier at restaurants where they will make food to order. As for the Barilla pasta, I believe Barilla is made from 100% durum wheat semolina, if this is correct, than it's okay. Just remember, portion control.

GLORY, mow the lawn again? We don't have it done but every 3 weeks or so-either you have really fast growing grass or such a big lawn you can't do it all in 1 day! You could make a killing down here as a lawn person

Well, I'm outta here til chat. Hope you'll join me in the chat room at 9:15pm est

Good luck with WEIGH IN WEDNESDAY TOMORROW!!! Personally, I'm unbelievably bloated beyond imagination today and if I'm still feeling like this in the morning, I'm NOT stepping on that scale!!!!

Toodles

Debbie
194/124/129
SB since 3/22/00
Reached goal 6/10/01

HiedieHo All!!!

Who was that irate woman? She was really hot wasn't she?

Oh well, even me.....the quiet, demure, calm, delightful woman HAS SOME MOMENTS WHEN I WANT TO SCREAM!!!!

But being as retiring as I am, I will smile sweetly (even if it kills me!) and say such is life!!!

Wish I could have been with you tonght, but in case you didn't notice....I COULDN'T GET ON!!!!!

Oh well!!! That's life.

Take care.

Remember my Shirley Milquetoast side, not my bit--y old lady side!

Night all! Shirley

Hi ya'll. Thought I'd pop in & post tonight even though I shou;ld already be in bed. Just couldn't stay away.

Debbie, Thanks for the well wishes for a safe trip. I'm getting more excited by the day. I soooooo need a vacation! Yes, I will certainly have a camera with me as I meet with Sabrina & Sue & will even take a picture with Shirley if she allows! I know, we really love to travel, but getting a chance to meet some of the people from this board made last year's trip to Orlando special & I know that will certainly be the case this year. I'm really excited about that part of the trip. Hey, I didn't mean that I disliked the question for any other reason than it hit home with me. It made me stop & realize that I have NOT been eating OP & that it's my own fault that the scale has been bouncing back & forth. Thank you for posting that question!

Monet 320, Oh, I don't think the bride would appreciate that at all. LOL But hey, I know how it feels to be the mother of the bride, 3 times over. I do hope all goes well & that it's a beautiful day for you both!

Nance, We're heading for New Smyrna Beach, FLA for a whole week in a condo right off the beach. Yes, I agree, even if it weren't so far away, it would still be a vacation which I so desperately need right now. They have been working us half to death at the hospital. Our census is up right now which is unusal for this time of year.

Jack-K Wow, what will power to stay away from all that cake. I'm afraid that is one of my weaknesses when it come to cake, especially wedding cake! LOL Hey, I've visited your fair city in 1998 for NAC. National Acteens Convention. We brought some girls to the convention & had a great time there.

Tranquil, Sounds like a really nice day with your DS. I'm sure he enjoyed the special time with you as well. Hey, Saturday will be here soon!!!

Thunder Great to hear that you are doing so well during this pregnacy. Glad to hear that you got rain Sunday. We missed ALL of it! Not a drop here & you are so right about the crops needing water. DH is having to water his garden evryday. Last year when we left for vacation it rained the whole time we were gone & came back to find the garden in ruins. It is looking so good right now. That is our only concern about leaving for a whole week, but we have faith that all will be ok.

chrisb1022 & 3mills WELCOME to the board! SB is definitely the best WOE for me. I wish you both good results.

SEF, I had to when I read your post! I'm excited too!!! Will be great to finally meet you. LOL Just read your last 2 posts & DH & I were sitting here just rolling Sorry that you could not get onto chat.

Bob, We're off to New Smyrna Beach again this year. Sorry to hear that you've been sick! Hope you feel better soon!

Well, it's way past my bedtime & 5am will come early. Every morning this week when I wake up I've said "only x # of days to go." Well tomorrow morning I can say Horrah, the last 12 hr shift & only one day day to go!!!! Night all.

I'm here, but have a slight cold or worsened allergies or something!

On a good note, the deck is down! That big ol' 40 X 20 wood-warped splinter magnet is history! We're paying someone to haul off the lumber piles. Yippeee!

'CANES ARE GOING TO THE STANLEY CUP!!!

Watched the game last night! We went to the Sat game here in NC but the Leafs took that one. The good news is that we're going to the Stanley Cup! DH is all freaky because he wants to go to a game and it is scheduled during our camping trip. He's trying to figure out how to get to a game and go camping. I may never hear the end of this!

Going to Georgia tomorrow. Have to SLAH shows there, one with Sis and the other with SIL. Will be back late Sun with neice in tow. Look forward to spending time with her.

Time to hop in the shower and get ready for work. Have a busy day today.

Hello to all and welcome newbies. Take care everyone!

Peace,
FROG

Hey everyone. Not much to say this morning but it has been a busy week for me and it is not over yet! The guy who is the only real construction dude from our church that was acting as foreman for all of our upgrades, popped his knee out on Monday when he jumped into a foundation..he popped it back because he panicked and now is in a splint for 2 weeks! I feel bad for him and us!! We are still going to try and do the garage roof this Saturday with the other guys and hope they remember what they did last Saturday on the house! Todd will be there to bark orders and supervise while laying in a lawn chair sipping Pepsi and eating Cherry Blossoms! I am hoping we can stay on schedule some how because I really wanted everything done before my parents arrive so Daddy can see what he paid for!!

Jack-K- We have the caterpillars coming now here. I don't know exactly what they are called but the locals refer to them as *army worms* because they move over the landscape like an army and devour every green thing in sight. They say that the caterpillars have gotten worse in the past few years and that they are a real menace to the farmers.

Quiv- Sorry to hear it was a bummer vacation but I am glad you are still doing well and on plan for the most part. Vacations are hard for most of us to get through completely legal.

Tranquil- That is a long drive, girl! We have a 16 hour straight drive from here to our old home in Ontario and just the thought of it with my 3 kids and ourselves locked in the space of a minivan gives me the willies! We encourage the grandparents to come to us instead of us going to them. Your son is older though and it is probably a nice drive. Great news about all your exercising, I wish I could get back into it. That is also great about your DS losing 10 lbs. It was probably effortless for him with you doing the cooking and just eating what was served to him. If he gets that next 15 lbs off over the summer then he will be svelte when he goes back to school and that is always a boost for a kid.

sef- Hope you recovered from your headache and that you didn't get it back when you had all that frustration trying to get into the chat.

BOB- Hope you are feeling better soon.

Thunderwoman- How many weeks/months pregnant are you now? I forget it has been so long since you have posted. Keep away from that kitten's litterbox. Pregnant women are not supposed to change them because of the risk of toxoplasmosis. I used to love being preggers so hubby had to do the nasty job!

Ciao for now.

Well the scale is not being kind today - I weighed in 4 pounds heavier!!!! My joints are all achey and my face is swollen, so I know it is water weight! Yuch, depressing - but I know that with all the exercise and eating right, it will be gone!!! But darn is it depressing! I was on such a role for awhile - all the weight just sliding off - them bammm, a plateau of unbelievable strength that I cannot get away from..... I will hang in there

Sabrina
272/258/157

Good Morning Everyone and thanks for all the warm welcomes!

Do you guys make macaroni and cheese with the HH Macaroni?

Has anyone made a good cookie with oatmeal, peanut butter and chocolate chips(the legal choc)?

sef
Thanks for the info on the Simply Fruit! I'll give that a try.
New Hope is really cool...did you get to Peddlers Village?

Beth2374
I found the Simply Jif in the store!! Thanks for filling me in on that!
Now if only I could find "Natures Own Sugar Free SGWW bread".

Tranquil
You mentioned the SB Cook Book....how is that? It seems like the recipes in the SB Book are sort of cajun. I'm bidding on one now on ebay...

Jack-K
I really like Marie's salad dressing, especially the ranch...I'll check that out!

Debelli
I don't have a Trader Joes near me....I do intend on going to FF...its not that close but I can make a trip every few weeks. My first trip will probalby be a few hours of label reading. LOL. Which may get hairy with my three year old.
I did find a ranch dressing yesterday that had less than 1 g. Annies Natural Organic Buttermilk. It's not very tasty...sort of bitter.
It seems like a lot of the Italian dressings I have looked at have a lot of sugar in them.


Thanks for all the great info!!

Happy WIW Gang

Hope the scale is goo to everyone today. Mine was flucuating between 191 and 192. I'm taking the 191. That still makes me up 1 pound. I am determined to stay 100% OP this week. I will have a big loss next week (I hope).

Last nite I wanted something. Had some SF ice cream in the fridge. Just about talked myself into it, and I hear DH fixing him some. He took it all. Huge bowl. Guess it was fate. He offered to share, but I figured that was a good excuse for me not to eat it.

I need some breakfast ideas. What do you guys eat? I either eat eggs (if I am saving my carbs for later) or oatmeal. I'm getting tired of both. I need something to keep my going till lunch. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Quiv, Sorry yu had such a bad vacation. What was the problem? Good for you maintaining on vacation.

3mills,I think eating out is easy. When you go to a steak house I get the small steak, salad, and veggies or mushrooms. Subway buns are not legal. You can check their website for ingredients. Taco bell's taco salad is legal as long as you don't eat the shell. Salads are your best bet if you're not sure. 100% duram semolina is legal.

Glory, You would love it at my house. We have had so much rain we have to mow at least 2x a week and it is still sky high. We push not ride.

Deb, I'm like you. Can't sew a stitch. Hate to have to pay to have the altered. Seems like it always costs more than the outfit. I am in luck though, both of my sisters sew, so I can usually take the item to them.

Melf, I'm jealous. I love to go to Florida. I guess we won't get there this year. We are going a a cruise in Nov (got to lose this last 40) so I guess we will bypass Fla. this time. Have a great time, soak up some rays for me. Next time your venture to Lou, we will have to get together.

Frog, Good to hear from you. Hope your SL show goes well. You are a traveler.

Gracious, How horrible about yuor foreman hurting his knee. Next weekend he will get the easy job. Good luck

Tranquil. I feel your pain. It is so depressing to gain. It's like taking the same wt off twice. I am still up this week too. Let's hang in there together. Next week we will both get a big loss.


SorryI missed chat last nite. Must get that puter fixed.

Have a great day everyone Check in later.

Jackie
257/191 145
10-10-01

Good morning everyone. I think I missed yesterday.... But I'm wild and crazy this morning cause I lost 4 pounds!!!! And I'm finally out of the 190's! Yee haaaaaa.....That sure has given me a good boost that I really needed... And a sigh of relief knowing that I am eating right and losing weight...

Tranquil- Wow sounds like you're holding some serious water. Hope you get that get rid of it soon. Sounds like you're going through what I went through last week and the week before. I guess when you're loseing really good your body just has to stop and shift its weight...

gracious-Oh I hope everything goes fine with the roof. It seems like whenever theres construction on a house it never goes according to plan...

Frog lover-Glad you got your deck down. But sorry you're not feeling well..

Melf-Is this week-end the vacation start? Its not near so bad to work if you have a neat goal like that coming up....

Sef- Shoot I wanted to go to and forgot. For some reason I keep forgetting its on Tues. night..

Debilli-When your daughter goes to the dance and her Mom has helped her look so pretty, then the money will seem worth it. And that night gets to go in the memory box... Don't mean to sound stupid but what is Trader Joes? Is it a market or restarant...? Told you I'm back in the toolies here...

GloryIbe- We need to mow our lawn to, or rather my husband does. But it rained all yesterday. Hopefully it will clear up today but sure doesn't look like it... Ours is growing really fast this year because of all the rain we're having...

3mils-I tried subway to. Got in there and the wheat buns are honey wheat so finally went somewhere else and came back to the board and asked. Its a shame because everything inside is legal but the outside is the problem.

Quivondra-Hate your vacation was awful. Hang in there gal!!! Wish I had a gym to go to, it must help with stress to...

Jack-K- Sounds like you're doing fine... I think having a personal trainer would be so great.. Love you belly button thing!!!! I've got to check into those buns. Gosh a hamburger would be nice once in awhile...

Bob-Sorry you're not feeling well still, hope that sinus crap goes away soon. Thanks for the movie reviews. I wondered about Vanilla Sky. I was afraid it was weird...

Beth-That sleep is awful when you work nights. It takes my husband two days to rest up from is long nights on the week-ends. Thats so great about your Dad. And its so good for you to walk that far. I think walking is the best...

Sorry if I missed anyone.. Its the pits when you get behind....

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Nancemeister- I forgot to say anything about the oatmeal cookies I made but my recipe doesn't have a name on it. or when I copied it off it didn't but its the ones with all the nuts in it. I just love them.. It makes small cookies... It saids you can use sunflower seeds or apricots in it.. But I didn't...

Jack-K- Good luck staying OP this week. We stay around the same weight. Get your butt going I dropped some this week and you got to keep up.....

Chris- I've never thought of a legal macroni and cheese recipe. Maybe you could just substitute the macaroni.

Okay off again.....

Geez! First there was one page, now there is 3!!!! Of course I'm in a hurry and won't be able to chat with everyone like I want to!

Deb & Bob The town in No. Ca. is WAY up north...very close to Eureka. It's surrounded by two redwood forest on the east, the ocean is five miles to the west, and eel river to the north. It's in a valley with lots of dairy farms (perfect because I'm DANISH)
The temperature sound like heavy and I hope it happens sooner not later!. Dan wants to wait about 1-1.5 years to get some more time under his belt with this job, but I'm ready to move NOW!!!

Jack-k If I posted what I weighed in this morning FOR SURE
Debbie would being calling me! I did get up and walk and drank some water, something I've been horrible at lately. I'm hoping with the extra water and exercise there is going to be a monster dookie and then I can get on the scale and see a marked improvement!

Gotta go....didn't mean to leave anyone out...although I'm sure I did, but I love you all and need to get ready for work STAT! Hugs and kisses!