Hi! am off to walk tucker but thought i'd check in first!
SERIPHIM: i love savannah! i go there fairly often, i have a hum...guy friend? not sure how to define us, but anyway, a good friend there. i lived in Bluffton/Hilton Head (a youth minister @ an episcopal church) for a couple of years and always love to go to Vinnie Van Go-Gos in market square!!!!!
anyway welcome to the board!
BIGORANGE: thanks for green tea info! i'll try that one...can you get it anywhere?
No great tips today, but that Phil guy was on Oprah talking about why people are overweight...was intesting to hear and think about. I need to do some soul searching on why it is so hard for me. My doc even asked if i really wanted to lose my weight! so...off to walk and ponder!
hope everyone has a great afternoon!
grace

Hi Gals!

Guess what? That little sore throat turned out to be strep. I've been in the bed for three days. Had a temp of over 101 all day yesterday. Finally got to the dr and loaded up on medicine. I'm feeling better, but still not anywhere near 100%. I can't believe all the new people since just over the weekend. How great!!!! I have a huge list of replies and welcomes, but frankly, I'm worn out from catching up on all the posts. I'll try again later tonight or maybe in the morning. I think there is one good thing that will come from this icky-ness. I've had NO appetite and hopefully will have a great WIW tomorrow. Plus DH says my voice is super sexy. Hmmm . . . got that FM dj thing going. Talk to you soon.
Kim

Evening Everyone

Have a little time to post before Eli gets home and before I throw something on the table and call it dinner.

Feeling a bit sick tonight, hormones, I don't mind though, not only am I use to it, but I usually have a loss the day after, so if that happens, I'll be sick and happy

I went to the Vitamin Store and bought these vitamins for women. They look more like vitamins for a horse! Geez, they sure do make your urine look like Mountain Dew.

I keep forgetting...the MENU IDEAS BOARD was unanimously approved, as well as the idea to list SB LEGAL FOODS I think we can incorporate both of these into one board. There was some confusion about the FRIDAY FITNESS BOARD being archived. I am going to e-mail everyone to explain. If you are NOT listed on the BIO BOARD, or you are listed, but have never posted on our regular weekly board, I won't be able to send you an e-mail for your opinions.

BIGORANGE, that old board came up because one of the newbies posted on there by mistake. I am going to close the board so there won't be any mixups. I guess this will be one of my first moderator things I can do.

AMSER, it was nice chatting with you for a few minutes. I guess we both need to schedule a mammogram-I guess we'll both have a smashing good time!! Thanks for that apple tip, sounds yummy. Since I started SB I've been eating a lot of apples, whereas before, once in a while.

FINALLYLOSIN, WELCOME TO THE BOARD! Hmm, what can we shorten your name down to that's catchy?? How 'bout "losin?" We just took a vote this past week about listing menu ideas as well as a shoppers guide of name brand items. From time to time we have gals post their daily intake on the board to see where they may need improvements. I also may have some sample menus in my files that I could send you, things people have sent me. You can e-mail me directly with your e-mail address, or post your BIO on the BIO BOARD and I can get your e-mail from there if you'd like. Really, there are no "special" foods you need to buy to follow this WOE, unless you consider WW pasta special-most things you can easily find at the regular grocery stores. Check out the BIO BOARD for other gals that live in PA, maybe someone is near you Please feel free to ask any questions, we'll be happy to help!!! LOL! A chicklet becomes a chick once they've posted a bit over 30 times - keep up with us and you'll be a chick before you know it!!!

JANCAN, A SB WELCOME TO YOU AS WELL! Glad you've decided to join us. Quite a few of the gals are doing SB and WW together. Going to WW meetings and using the points to make sure they get enough to eat, then coming to this board and following the SB recommended foods. Don't worry about being stuck for a little while, it happens to ALL of us. Patience is one of the keys on this WOE. Trust me, before I started SB, I was on WW (for the umpteenth time), and when I hit a plateau I just gave up and gained all 17lbs I lost plus another 20 or so pounds. Since starting SB a little over 10 months ago, I've come to learn that I will go up and down, and being that I don't cheat, I know it's not from anything bad I'm eating. I know it's due to many factors, but mostly, I blame everything on hormones. The weight WILL come off Sorry, I haven't read the Prozac book, so I can't comment on it.

GRACE, sorry I missed the Oprah show, would of liked to see that one. What were his ideas on why people gain weight?

QUILTER, ugh, strep! No wonder you were feeling so bad! I'm glad you are doing better. I too hope WIW is good for you tomorrow, at least something good would come out of being sick! Oh, that and that according to DH you have a sexy voice!! LOL!!!

Here is ELLIE'S post that got onto the other board by mistake, so I have just copied it over to this one for her:
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Hello girls! Just been lurking lately...
Made it through the weekend of birthday parties and superbowl parties, and narry a grain of sugar passed my lips. Somehow, if I just don't focus on it, and it remains blurry, like in the background (mentally) it's easier to resist. Last night while my husband and kids were having chocolate and cookies for dessert, I must admit I got a little pouty. I made myself some hot cocoa with milk, cocoa powder (unsweetened) and a squirt of sugar-free maple syrup and it was great. got me through.
would you believe I've lost 15 lbs so far, and no-one has noticed? not even my husband. I'm going to remain low-key about it, as I"m tired of tooting my horn, and then not following through, but I do find it a little odd. Maybe 20 lbs is the point where people start to notice?
Well, I tried making the chocolate roll for the super bowl party. All I can say is, thank goodness I had a backup plan. It was horrendous. I took a regular recipe and just substituted ww flour for regular and splenda for sugar. Uh uh. Of course, I saved the chocolate disaster, and am eating it myself as a little treat (in very small increments) sort of like a chocolate biscotti. God forbid I should throw out any food, no matter how horrific it is.
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ELLIE, sorry to hear about the chocolate cake disaster, it happened to me when I tried to make chocolate meringues, we ended up with a very thing chocolate cake - it was delcious though. I'm sure before you know it, all of a sudden, people will notice your loss. Not many people notice mine as I still am wearing clothes that I wore when I started SB, no one can tell.

I'll get on later this evening and post my little TUESDAY TIP. Michael is hungry, so I have to scrounge something up for him before he starts eating the wood!

Another reminder (like I'd let you all forget), TOMORROW IS WEIGH IN WEDNESDAY! I hope the scales are kind to everyone!!!

Later!

Debbie
194/139.5/129

EVENING EVERYONE,
Hope everyone is feeling good after at day at the mines!

Donna, "correction"....(nodding) we do stop at STARBUCKS everyday...(still nodding) because we are all supporting the SUPER CHICK'S retirement fund..... In case you didn't know, Deb's husband manages a Starbucks in Miami....lol WELCOME!!!

RHOO..don't you HATE IT when the computer doesn't co-operate? Good luck with your goal.
Tomorrow will tell...

JOY...look for the SAN FRANCISCO brand. It's great...I also get it in the bakery if I know for sure it's made with the right kind of flour...

BLINDA..welcome...you'll get back on track, and everyone here will help you...

DEB...I can't figure this weather out for the life of me. Haven't heard about the weekend yet, but I'm watching with both eyes
YOU DON'T DRINK COFFEE????? SHAME....bring it on.....

SERAPHIM...not much on baseball, but my Mother eats,drink,breathes and lives the BRAVES.....

FINALLY...I'm just like you, I have to see the MENUS...but I think I've been outvoted on the topic...WELCOME....the foods list will help us a lot. I'll be fine as long as I know what to buy....

JAN...Welcome..I've heard of that book, but haven't read it..DEB is the book reader in the crowd..she'll tell you, if she's read it yet...

GRACE..I get my tea at PUBLIX (supermarket)
I'm sure you can find it at your favorite store.

Well Ladies...and our "male lurker", got to get the dishes done and get settled in...it's NYPD night....

DEB...I must have been posting when you sent yours through...You've just proven me WRONG about the MENUS and your "avid reading"!!!!
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE MENU TOPIC>>>>>I NEED THEM

Quilter...I'm sorry I forgot about you...I'm sorry you're feeling YUKY....it's going around down here, and just got over it myself! Take care of yourself...stay warm...and DRINK THAT CHICKEN BROTH!!!!!



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Hello everyone-
I've been reading for the past couple days, just not posting. Seems like I am so busy all of a sudden!!

I have to share this...my DH made the most delicious 100% SB legal dinner tonight. He broiled scrod with a bit of butter and garlic, steamed asparagus, and stuffed (ww breadcrumbs, sausage-ground very fine, parsley, onions, parm. cheese) mushrooms. It was all so wonderful and I was so proud of him for making a dinner with SB in mind

Can't reply to everyone tonight but I do want to say HELLO to the new members of our board. I know you'll find this group of ppl a great source of consistency and inspiration. I do.

ELLIE...15 pounds is such a wonderful accomplishment. Not eating anything with sugar over the superbowl weekend is also something to be proud of. You are doing great!!

Quilter...sorry to hear you're sick. My DH was sick, my friend has pneumonia!!! and of course my first graders are sneezing and coughing all over the place!! I am washing my hands a lot and hoping to stay healthy. Hope you're back on your feet soon.


FINALLY LOSIN...I am also in NE PA. WHere are you? I'm in the Poconos. Yes it is cold and miserable today with the rain. I'm so glad the days are starting to get longer. Makes a BIG difference.

DEB..hope you feel better!!

EVERYONE ELSE...good luck on WIW. See you tomorrow.
Ashley




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Good evening all!
I just wanted to thank you for your welcoming words. I tried so hard to be good today - oatmeal for breakfast, grapefruit juice for midmorning snack THEN I was going to have tuna for lunch BUT... I remembered I needed to go to these lunches w/ speakers - law school has free lunches all the time but the ones this week I get credit for. So I went, thinking I could find a sandwich w/ WW bread, which they usually have. What did they have, you ask? KFC Lunch Boxes with fried chicken tenders, mashed potatoes, cole slaw and biscuit. I opened them up and told my friend that the only thing I could *possibly* eat was the cole slaw and even then it's doubtful. It didn't even taste that good - except for the biscuit. I was going to have to be at the lunch for 1 1/2 hr and then I had class so NO time to eat... But... I got all my water in today - 120 oz to flush out nasty KFC and then when I got home tonight DH had stopped at the store, bought little dark chocolate Dove hearts and put them in a little trail around our living room ending in a heart. How can you mind illegal chocolate when he gives it to you that way??? I'm going to be good tomorrow and eat lunch BEFORE I go hear the speaker. Thanks again everyone!
P.S. I decided to put the scale up this morning and concentrate on clothes. Yikes! Let's see how long this lasts!

Good Night Everyone.

I've barely kept my head above water today at work; the paper work is drowning me. So I have spent the last 4 hours here typing away and am too pooped to respond. I found myself wanting to "self-medicate" my anxiety today with food and the stress of it all has me constipated or as we say at our crazy-mixed-up house: "packing dooky!"

I promise to make an attempt at a real post tomorrow. I gotta go to bed, tomorrow is a running morning which means revelie (ala "army style") at 5:00 sharp.

Good Luck with WIW!

Peace,
Frog

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190/170.5/130
(19.5 down, 40.5 to go)
"Unleash Your Feet!"

Hi ya'll, just a quick hello before I go off to bed. Long day here, woke up with a sore throat. Had to baby-sit grandson after work & then DH wanted me to attend some meeting with him. Managed to stay awake, I think

Anyway, want to say welcome to all you new gals. Didn't have time to read the board, just scanned & saw new names. Will try to catch up tomorrow.

Deb, ice cream pie came out pretty good. DH liked it, but need to work with it a little before I post the receipe.

LOVE the fitday site!! Nite ya'll

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Mary

Big Orange--Tenn. and the Gators are on ESPN right now. It is awesome! The ENTIRE lower bowl, both students and alums are decked out in orange t-shirts for the right side and blue t-shirts for the left. You can't miss it! Hope you get to see part of the game. Just a little flavor of why I'm such a fan. It's so much fun! BTW the game is good and exciting.

Played tennis tonight. I just started playing last week after 9 months off because of my hand injury. It was really fun, and I'm still amazed at how well I played. The weather has gotten warmer here, up in the 70's today. So I think my body was nice and warmed up and that made it easy. It is always fun to play well.
Struggled a little with eating today. Was working at the crisis preg. center and I was so busy with clients that I didn't get a chance to eat until I was starving. And that got me a little discombobulated for the rest of the day. Never felt like I was satisfied. Oh well, there's always tomorrow.

Thought I would say hi and say how much I am enjoying this group! I was outbid on the Sugar Bust book on ebay, but I found one for $4.00 cheaper on half.com, so I am glad I got outbid. I am feeling so much better from being off of sugar. I have been having heart palpitations for about three weeks, driving me nuts. I have noticed that since I have quit sugar and sugared products, they have gone away, what's that about?

SAS: I live in the Four Hills area. How bout all this snow we are having, pretty neat if you don't have to get out in it. I just love looking at the mountains and the hills behind us it is so beautiful, especially at night when the moon in shining down on the snow.

Well, I am so excited about my two books coming, can't wait to start reading them and really understanding this WOE.

Debi

Hello everyone!

QUILTER don't worry, eventually your weight loss will be noticed. Nobody noticed mine until 45 lbs.!

BIGORANGE I love your spunkiness, girl!

SUPERCHICK Thanx for your messages; they keep me going. I went to TOPS tonight. I was a member in the 70's. I really enjoyed myself tonight. I'm going to join next week. The accountability will do me good!

I can't remember all your names, but I enjoy your stories/comments.
I found Sesame Ezekiel bread. It's 2.79 in Portland, Oregon.
I'm off to walk on the treadmill. It's late and I need my rest (I do lots of overtime at work-accountant for BlueCross BlueShield).

Others can slow your progress, but you're the only one who can stop it.

Debi (kapola)

335/285/135
I don't like seeing those numbers

OH, JUST ANOTHER NOTE.....

I gained five pounds since last week. I really am trying! Oh well, one day at a time. :confused:

Anyway, I just tried on my wedding dress. I was married July 1999, at size 30/32. I now wear size 20/22. Boy, did that thing just slide off my shoulders! The hips are the next to go...

I just have to keep myself positive; and not drown my sorrow/frustration in food.

Thanx for listening. Debi (kapola)

ELLIE: 15 pounds is FANTASTIC!! I've lost 12-13 lbs, and no one has noticed either, but that's OK, because I HAVE!! Before you know it, people are going to be saying "Gee, somethings different about you..." and "WOW, You look GREAT!"

OVERCOME: Those stuffed mushrooms sound yummy! I've had a hankerin' for stuffed mushrooms.

RHROO: We are going to be in the Bedford area, I think...Intel has bought a company there called Sheba and my husband will be flying out there this weekend to "shake hands" with the leadership there and find us a place to live. Corporate housing, furnished so that we don't have to haul our whole life out there for a temporary deal. Where will you be in conjunction w/ Bedford? Do you know anything about the area? I'll be out there before the end of February...this is happening so fast!

DEB: I have been doing the Fitday thing as well, and also need to supplement w/ a multi-vitamin. Got any good suggestions...other than a Mountain Dew?

BELINDA: What a man!!

EBABE: Yes, this snow is definitely something! I, too was admiring the beauty of the snow. South Mountain (I think that's what it is) is practically in our front yard, and is so pretty with the snow on it.
As you have probably read, we are heading to the Boston area in the next few weeks, but will be returning in 3-6 months. Maybe we can get together when we get back!

KAPOLA: Don't get down on yourself. You are going to do great! WOW, just look what you have already accomplished! I wish MY wedding dress would slide off my shoulders like that! I know it will, and one day sooner than I think!

Well, I need to get off this thing and get some rest! Let's all be LOSERS tomorrow!!
Sara


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I am off to work and won't be back until late tonight. You all look like you are going so well. I had a reality check when I got home and watched my tuesday taping of Dr. Phil on Oprah. I ususally tape him as I do like what he has to say. Thgis show was on overweight and next tuesday's show will be as well. He views being overweight as a disease of choice and everytime we make a poor choice we contribute to being overweight. It was good. Did any one else catch it. I use AOL as my internet provider and when I logged on today they had a review of Sugarbusters. The ph.d. dietician gave it a high review. I hope some of you could see that.

Have a good day everyone!!!

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Hope you don't find the pounds I've lost.

Happy Weigh In Wednesday

Hope everyone has a good day and the goddess of the scales is kind to you

WELCOME TO THE NEWBIES...I'm an oldie that hasn't had time to post alot lately but I am still here! Someone asked how fast you lose weight on SB. I can only tell you my experience: I've been on SB for 13 months and lost 84 pounds. I averaged 5-6 pounds per MONTH but that was not always every week. A lot of the times I could go 3-4 weeks and not see a drop and then bam...I would drop 4-5 pounds. So it is hard to predict but if you hang in there it works and is effective. Deb put some great info on the tips and tools board about what to do if you plateau...Just remember that slow and steady weight loss is the KEY to successfully losing and keeping the weight off.

Well guys, I dropped another pound in spite of my "Whopper" fiasco. Probably because I felt so guilty that I lowered my food intake considerably the last 24 hours!!

See ya'll later.

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