Happy Monday all!

Bandit: That is how my husband and I are on this plan... we bring lots of WW friendly items to pitch-ins, when asked to eat out we go on line and get our menus and choices picked out early and if the resturant does not have WW friendly items we ask if anyone would mind if we pick a different resturant... for the most part everyone is ok with it but we are doing this for us and not for other folks so we are not willing to bend too much when it comes to our eating. It seems to be working without too many hard feelings

Have to run but hello to all!
Susan

Princess,
You and your dh are a wonderful duo. You're both working toward good health and keeping that your top priority. I applaud you because you are doing this even though you have an active social life.

Bandit,
You've been able to have spaghetti squash for dinner instead of spaghetti
at your bf's. Now we're in a new season with new parameters and it's a tricky transition. Let's see how many good ideas we can come up with for barbecues.

I'll start:
ff hot dogs and 1pt. buns
fresh fruit for dessert
angelfood cake made with pineapple crushed
90% lean hamburgers on lettuce--no bun
whole wheat pasta salad--make with loads of raw veggies--not much pasta--and top with a little olive oil and vinegar or ff dressing
vegetarian beans are yummy and on Core
corn on the cob is also a Core food--I use Pam spray butter to top it off

What ideas do you Turtles have?
Hey Lurkers, join in. We've got a dedicated bunch of gals here who are losing weight very nicely.

Ariana, Mousie, Bandit, Princess, and Lauren, take care and have a great week.
Judy

Morning all!

Well now lets see... as far as a menu is concerned we do the FF Hotdogs and 1 pt buns a lot, they really are very good and real blessing when you may have eaten more points during the day then you wanted to. Boca burgers are also pretty good, much less points then ground beef and with some FF cheese, lettuce, tom and onion on it you can barely tell the difference

Love the pasta salad idea! I will have to try that...

Have to run but hello to all!

Princess

Hmm. We are blessed with living in Southern CA, and have barbecues year-round. We grill beef (either as burgers, or as steak) and chicken.

We also grill our veggies! You can make kebabs, with chunks of chicken/beef, red onion, red&yellow&green peppers, a bit of pineapple, tomato...I suppose you could do mushrooms too, if they weren't so gross and icky and BLEH... We also lengthenwise-slice zucchini and yellow squash, and put that on the grill. Onions, too, are great sliced into rounds and grilled. If you've got stuff that will fall through the grates (like broccoli or cauliflower) you can make a "pouch" out of foil, put them in, fold it up so there's space (not all crushed around the veggies, in other words) and put the packet on the grill, too. Just be careful opening it up!

Wow, I sound like...such a know-it-all!

If I can believe it, Turtles, I'm down a pound and a half from last friday! Gee, think that class was weighing me down? Sheesh! But it's not official weigh-in day yet, so I'll just be buoyant for now, and keep up with my walking/exercise and food plan (such as it is).

Speaking of walking/exercise, in addition to the rollerblading trip that a friend and I are planning to take next summer in the Swiss Alps, a bunch of us are talking about taking a day-hiking trip to Yosemite. No dates set yet, but since it's in CA...and we're in CA...why not take advantage of our beautiful state?

Hope you're all ding well, Turtles, talk to you later!

Judy - thanks for the bbq suggestions & you are right, have to "change gears" for the season & no reason it has to be difficult.
I also like grilled shrimp, all veggies & love corn on cob. I think I mentioned before about doing rice on bbq. Just take aluminum pie plate & put rice & liquid (I just used water & bit of oj) with some mushrooms/onion & stir then cover with tin foil & put on top rack in bbq - stir occasionally. Took about 15 min & was excellent. You can just make it plain or put whatever veggies you like. Nice, easy side dish.

Have a good one. Bye for now.

Mousie,

You are blessed, at least during the winter months... it is hard to get good and inexpensive fresh veggies and fruit in the north during the off months. What a treat it must be to grill out all year round, and I bet you can walk outside in relative comfort all year round also? My brother spent a lot of time in your area of the world and loved it...

Have to run but will check back later,
Susan

Yes, Princess, we can go outside every day, generally without coats. Certainly never with a heavy coat--the heaviest coat I own is a man's wool trenchcoat. I generally keep a fleece with me (I'm usually cold) but that's on top of short-sleeved t-shirts!

The other day I mentioned to my husband that they were talking on the TV about "swimsuit season" coming up, and I didn't actually know when swimsuit season WAS. It's ALWAYS swimsuit season around here! He chuckled and said he thought probably they meant June-July-August. Oh. Whatever.

Anyway. I'm driving with my mom from here to Fort Worth, Texas. We leave tomorrow and I'm not going to be home til midday monday. I've got my eye on ways to help myself through this trip, and I'm packing good snacks (sports bars, almonds, dried cranberries) and gym clothes to take with me. Wish me luck!

take care of yourselves, Turtles, and I'll be back soon.

Safe travels Mousie!

Hi turtles:

Hope all is well with everyone & Mousie have a great trip.

Went to my w/i last night & was down 1.6# so was happy with that.
Now, just have to behave on weekend. We have a 50th birthday dance to go to Sat night & having dinner beforehand with some friends. Think I will stick to chicken or salmon with veggies & salad - should be safe with that.

Hi to everyone else and have a great weekend!

Bye for now.

Mousie and Bandit,
Thanks for posting new weight losses. Weigh to go!
The ideas for BBQ and bathing suit season are great. Mousie, Princess is right! You are so lucky to have warm weather year round. Thanks for the BBQ tips.
All goes well here. I'm very involved with helping out with grandbaby while dd has a lot of stuff she needs to do. I'm going to start a new thread.

Mousie, God bless on your trip. Princess and Bandit and Ariana and Lauren,
good luck with all you do!
Love,
Judy