ncola - you work for LSAC? Wow, well, I'm happy to report that all my dealings with LSAC have been positive, quick, and problem-free. It's amazing how well everything went, considering how much paperwork you all have going through your offices every day, especially this time of year!

beachbum - I'm hoping to work in intellectual property, specifically patent law. I've been interested in it ever since I had a unit on it in a college sophomore-year econ & law class.

Thank you to all of you for cheering me on!

Thanks H-Ko I'm going to look for that dessert type herbal tea

Weezle-RottenBanana -Here to us that we will achieve great results like the blue team did on the biggest lossers we can do it on the Beach

Christina-Sounds interesting. Good luck and best wishes to our[3fat chickes] future lawyer.

Hugs BB

Hi - just thought I'd check in.
I'm still OP & still working out. I'm finally starting to notice some difference in the way I look! Everything is smaller except my butt. That's not budging yet.
DH is doing really well at his new job & it looks like he'll be promoted really soon and he's only been there for 2 days! That's my man!
I don't have much to say today.
Have a fun day!

Beachbum, it's Celestial Seasonings. I get them at Shaws/Star Market. If you're on the Cape, your stores should have similar ones. I'm in Boston. I think they carry Kalahari, too.

Rotten Banana, I could try that. But generally, I've just been eating enough of the veggies to satisfy me. If I lowered any of my portions of those, I'd be eating practically nothing.

Hi everyone Kinda new her. I have been on this site some before.My other support groups seem to be dwindling some so oI think I may land in this one if you do not mind. I saw the jbiggest loser yes too. Man what a motivater. Got my butt in the gym today and had a great workout. I am starting to see some results which is all worth the effort of no carbs. Although yes I had some fresh Italin bread. Yummmm. oh well I hope once in a while is ok. Anyway good luck today . Thanks for letting me come on board/

Any suggestions on how to drink water? Lemon, splenda, kooaid sweetened w/ splenda? I need help!

Rotten Bananna - my boys are 3 and 1 year - don't you love 3 year olds?? LOL! Hayden is at the age now where he talks all the time - and like I can reason with him and talk to him like a person - lol. BUt boy - can he FREAK out when things are not just right!! Hayden is my spirited child - the baby - Marshall Bean (no, his name is not really bean) - he's my laid back little angel baby!!

Ok - no - I do not think there are any other women on Earth like my Sister - in -law - she came in and swept my self centered brother in law off of his feet and straightened his butt out and it's been WONDERFUL ever since - lol. I think they are in for the long haul - I actually like to hang out with them - when before I could not stand to be in the same room with my BIL - but - lol - they are like 12 hours away or something from me - so we don't see them too much - Long distance family is WONDERFUL - you only have to see the good parts of them - lol.

Heather

My 3 year old is doing something suspicious in the other room - he's supposed to be using the potty but I have a sneaking suspicion something has gone wrong - lol - so I better go check him out!!

Heather

BB: FIBER !!!FIBER???!!!! I swear the way this hit my system it's like CEEEE MENT! Ferget the bloating! Thanks to GasXXX I got through the bloatness pain.. and well, hmm, I always smell like a Rose duncha know .....
But I think with the bricks I'm layin I'll go build an adobe house.

No Beans fer me fer awhile..okay, maybe when I add a dormer upstairs.


Crk: U BEEEE goin to LAW schooooool,,,,U Beee Schmacht!!!!! fer UUUUU!

and for Demeters DH!!!! Climb that corporate ladder!
Cathy: Many threads on Water!!!!!!! let's see, I drink it cold, through a straw or sucky top... if it's that you don't like the taste of water, yes you can flavor it with SF koolaid, lemon, .. like one of those new flavored waters...
Ncola: welcome to the daily nuttiness of us beachie babes!!! yer animals fit right in with all of ours... Why we have an animal helper (Barb), a Rat Momma (my beloved Pearsydew).. Mother Ruth with her Portuguese water devils Hershey and Lucy... my 2 Totos Darby and Casey...and many more!!!

Hello to all you the rest a ya marvy chicks~~~~~~~~

fer those of you who have lived thru Schatzi's hair Mr Lyn, continues to do his magic.. I am back to a loverly brown with reddish highlites.. SANS my lily Munster stripe of grey and dark salt and pepper roots.. I look DEEEVine!!!! I still don't unnerstand what it is about salons,,how is it that yer hair feels sooo fabu and you just whip it about and it feels like silk???

Okay....33 days of near perfection, a 10 lb loss and I fell off plan. Geez Heather and Ruth, they ought to post a NUT WARNING. That seductive and salty snack thing got ahold of me...then the sweet cravings hit. Two days of OP eating and I fear the scale. Good news is, I am spinning for the 3rd day this week tomorrow morning.
Now the question is...do I return to Ph2 or do some penance on Ph1?

I don't want to beat myself up over this...I will get in control tomorrow. REALLY.

That depends Focused... are the cravings still there? I would go back to phase 1 for a week if after tomorrow you still are yearning fer nuts and salt and crunch...

I am soooo in love with nuts that I had to just swear them off in total.. including natural PB. To satisfy the crunch, salt, I've been doin the roasted chick peas, and baked LF pepperoni .. it's helped me get over my nut craving.

Thats my 2 cents!

Schnatzo, they should lock us up in a room. I think I was making people in my kick boxing class pass out because of the chili I had for lunch (and for the last several days.) Fortunately, I'm done with the chili!

our Weezlesun has found a verrry clever way to git to her black belt in kickboxing.... kick em in the solar plex and "Foof"em in the face

P.S. Chicken Man is lookin over my shoulder wondering... What !!! "is SHE calling you a SNOTNOSE --german like" I said thats right darlin. it's weezles term of endearment: he walked away shaking his head with a smile on his face as I sit here giggling!!!... and now he just asked "whats a foof?" "Darlin, it's what you men call a ripper, a good one or a fart"

Men, Sheesh ... aren't they silly??

Schnatso, tell Man Chicken that my beloved Schatzie the weiner dog, my little sweetheart (RIP,) was lovingly called Schnatso and Schash, so it's nothing to take offense to.

Foof nothing, I was doing a DIFFERENT kind of SBD. (Silent But Deadly.)

I told DH, I'm a vegetarian on a high fiber diet, what do you want from me? I can't help it! I'm disappointed that they don't have a farting smilie. That would be mine.

And now I am having to explain to DH why I'm giggling. He's like "What are you laughing at??" and after the explanation, he thinks it's ridiculous. Men. They just don't find our foofing funny.

I don't think it's any coincidence that the SBD stands for both
South Beach Diet & Silent But Deadly!