This is the
SUGAR BUSTERS WEEKLY SUPPORT BOARD where all of you who are following this WOE, or are thinking about doing so, are welcome to come join in and be a part of our wonderful group.
Other than finding support and friendship on this board, we also try to do something during the the week to add a little difference to our board.
MONDAY-MOTIVIATIONAL MONDAY TUESDAY-TUESDAYS TIPS & FACTS & CHAT AT 9:15PM EST WEDNESDAY-WEIGH-IN WEDNESDAY THURSDAY-THURSDAY RECIPE DAY FRIDAY-FRIDAY FUNNIES
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We have SEVEN INFORMATIVE BOARDS!!!! Please take a few minutes to visit them! New information is continually being posted, so please make sure you visit them often!!! The boards are listed below as well as the link that will take you to the boards:
THE RECOMMENDED READING BOARD THE TOOLS & TIPS BOARD THE FOOD INFORMATION BOARD MOTIVATIONAL & INSPIRING THOUGHTS BOARD MY FAVORITE SB LEGAL FOODS SB 2002 BIO BOARD SB 2001/2002 PHOTO ALBUM BOARD
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Will post my usual morning post sometime later, but wanted to make sure I got our
MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY done early in the morning, so here's my contribution for MM, there's 2 of them to read today:
ANOTHER STEP FORWARD
It is not very realistic to expect that you'll go from where you are now to where you want to be in one quick leap. The most reliable and lasting progress is made one step at a time.
Welcome each step as you take it and reach it. Even though you're not all the way there just yet, you're moving steadily forward. Value and appreciate the progress you've made, then continue moving on. The next step forward awaits you, and with it you'll move even closer.
The reward you seek at the end of the path is given value by every step of the journey. Each moment spent is time well spent when you're moving steadily forward, even if you still have a way to go.
Some steps may be tedious, or complicated, difficult, challenging or uncomfortable. Yet they are all moving you surely toward the place you want to be.
-- Ralph Marston
******************* ALWAYS SOMETHING
Even when it seems there is nothing you can do, there is something you can do. No matter what the situation may be, there is always something positive you can do about it.
Sometimes you can take complete control of what's going on. Other times you may only be able to have a slight, barely perceptible influence. Still other times the only thing you may be able to do is to change your own thinking about the situation. Yet even that can end up being a significant positive step.
Being helpful is infinitely better than being helpless. And being genuinely helpful is an option that is always open to you.
Throw up your hands in despair or frustration if you wish, but don't expect it to get you anywhere. The more effective choice is to know, without a doubt, that there is something you can do, and to then get busy with it. Life is best when lived not by chance, but by choice.
-- Ralph Marston
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Have a wonderful day, and a fabulous week!!!!!
Debbie
194/1??/129
SB since 3/22/00
Reached goal 6/10/01
Wow...its Monday!
Another week!
Another chance to make yourself proud.... Proud that you made the right choices, proud that you did something for YOU, because YOU deserve to be treated with love and respect. So, love and respect yourself this week, and make the choices that are best for you by staying OP, because you are worth being healthy.
I am going back to bed now. I did not sleep well at all! Had some kind of digestive upset that kept me up half the night. The alarm went off and I about hit the ceiling! It was awful!
COPYING THIS OVER ON TO THE NEW BOARD FOR COMMENTS
POSTED BY KILLA
Hi Everyone
I'm a baby to the program, but I swore off all sugar last Aug 18 and have had no junk food of any kind, even sugar free. I've lost 28 pounds. But, I've had lots of carbs and have hit a stall for a while. I came across SB and since I've lost my cravings for sugar (I still can't bilieve it!!!) I figured I could do some switching from white flour to WW and white rice to brown etc. Howeer, it seems too good to be true. I've lost 4 pounds since last Monday and feel re-charged. I would appreciate hearing some success stories.
I hope everyone is having an awesome Monday so far. We had a super weekend. The weather was beautiful and Robert finally had a day off. Saturday the kids had an ice cream eating contest....I don't think I have ever laughed so hard. I put two scoops of strawberry swirl ice cream...one scoop of cool whip and chcolate syrup in a bowl....they then had to eat it without their hands.... We put them at the picnic table and let them go to town. Our oldest Jess blew his siblings away..I think he even licked the bowl clean.
Yesterday I decided to try on some dresses I had been saving in my closet for that one day they might fit. To be honest I didn't think they would ever fit because they were tight in the rib cage area. I can't tell you how blessed and encouraged I was when they fit! All three were 7/8's....I'm not a true 7/8 but it was still a major boost after a year of feeling stalled and actually going up some. I hope if you get anything from reading this it's that even when you think you are getting no where to hang in there. And that scales are not the only barometer (sp) of how well you are doing. Of course you will have to remind me of this one since the scales still tend to set my mood.
Killa Welcome to the board. I feel successful because I've stuck with this for over 2 years. Of course losing about 90 pounds has helped. I think you will be blessed by this way of eating. Not only in weight loss but good health. Like with any thing there have been ups and downs. The ups far out weighing any downs.
Monet Good morning! Thank you for the motivation this morning. I'll be thinking of you when I hit that treadmill in a bit. I hope after you get back up that you are feeling refreshed and ready to have a super day.
Deb Thanks for all you do for us. This board is awesome and you are appreciated. I hope your Dad is continuing to heal from his surgery.
Well ya'll I'll sneak back in a bit. I'm trying to get the kids motivated this morning. One more month and then we go to half days....I can hardley wait.
I am not feeling well this morning. I think I over did it a little yesterday and I am paying for it today. I have to take my car in for service this afternoon and will probably leave work early so that helps
I am discouraged....I am not losing. I was wondering if some of you could email me your weekly menu's so that I can see what you do. I intended on making one up for myself but I just can't seem to get with it. ([email protected])
I haven't had any potato in weeks now! I hardly ever did white bread so that hasn't been a problem. The snack food has been the toughest. I buy the Snyder oat bran pretzels so that I can have a snack during the day. I was eating peanuts but I found that I would have too many so I am not going to buy them anymore. As you all know I hate vegetables so this is tough. I need ideas.
I am also wondering about two foods....is sugar-free jell-o and popcorn legal? I know that I cannot have corn but I was wondering about it popped.
Deb: Harvard is in Cambridge, MA and it is not that far but not close. Cambridge is in the city and I am in the burbs. My brother in law went to Harvard. My step-daughter had her wedding reception at Upstairs at the Pudding. It is no longer there but it was a restaurant over the Hasty Pudding Club. Cambridge is a neat city. Very diverse.
Kim: Yes I did get the directions. Thank you so much. I can't wait to try it. My husband will laugh at me if he sees me start yet another project. You should see my sewing room....I have so many unfinished projects! I wish I didn't have to work so I could stay home and work on them.
Well, good morning to everyone else. I will post again later.
Don't have time this morning to read everything, but I'll be back later to do that. Just wanted to let everyone know that I found my 6 yr. old's glasses last night! I was so happy to find them. I'm waiting on a call from the doc office to get my 9 yr. old in to get her cast on today. I hope they have an appointment to get her in.
I feel very rested and refreshed after waking this morning--although, I didn't sleep particularly well. But my mind is always fresher in the morning. If I can get through this banquet tonight without strangling anyone it will be a minor miracle!
After Friday night's pity party I decided that I'm being driven nuts by some people that have their own agendas and that I shouldn't sabatoge myself by pigging out on bad foods when they start to get to me--I should take it out on them instead! So I have started telling these folks that they are not doing the job and that their behavior is not acceptable. Funny, how the urge to cheat just vanished.
I'm sure by the end of the day today I will be so tired I could cry, but as long as the job gets done--that's ok. I picked the menu for tonight's banquet so, of course, I made sure that there are foods I can eat being served. If it is like last year, however, I won't even have a chance to sit down and eat--hmmmm, so I better have something light in the house for when I get home.
I need to leave the house by 5:30 am tomorrow in order to make my plane in Atlanta. For once, I have planned ahead and all the laundry is done, the house is clean and in a minute I'm going to get out the suitcase and begin packing so I don't have to do it tonight when I am tired. This is so unlike me!
Me, me,me, me.
Sorry, I'm a little self obsessed this am.
Crystle--WTG on those 7/8's!!!!! I have learned to pay as much or even more attention to the way my clothes fit and to the tape measure than to the fickle scale. It sounds like your kids had a blast with the ice cream contest! You sound like such a fun Mom!
Killa--Welcome to SB! I have been doing SB for 2 and 1/2 years now. I originally lost 70 lbs--but then last fall fell off the wagon BIG TIME and gained over 30 (ok, closer to 40) of that back. I've been following the program closely again for the past 5 weeks (since Lent began) and have re-lost 12 of those regained pounds. I love this WOE! There is plenty to eat and I feel so much better when I eliminate sugar and refined carbs from my diet. You've learned an important lesson--the refined carbs (white flour, white rice, white potatoes, etc) can be just as bad as the added sugars in foods. Once you have lost the taste for sugar (it's amazing isn't it!) you have the hardest part of the battle won!
Monet--I hope you can get some rest! It looks like it is going to be another gorgeous day in the SE US!
BOB--I hope your back is feeling better!
Lot's to do today. Moms procedure is late tomorrow afternoon, so I don't know when I will get back on, but I'm taking the laptop with me, so I'll check in when I can!
Hope everyone is feeling on top of the world today.
Myself, I'm feeling overwhelmed. My head is spinning with all this wedding stuff. I think I need not to work for the next month. think my boss will care?
The shower was nice. It was pampered chef. She sold around $800 and got almost everything she wanted.
It was a beautiful weekend. Sat I cleaned all day and worked in the yard some. Yesterday I didn't see the light of day.
I just quickly skimmed the posts from the weekend.
BKM, so glad to see you back. I'm sure divorce is a struggle, but I'm sure you will prevail. You would be having words with your DD even if you wern't divorced. It's just girls and their mommas.
Teensy, I was never much of a shopper until I lost this weight. Now I love to go and buy. It's a blessing being able to try something on and it fits and it's not aplus size.
Heartmom, Have fun with the softball team. We did that a few years ago and it was fun. Then each year it got more and more serious and people started bringing in really good players and people started getting hurt. So we backed out and just go and watch now.
Tranquil, I was thinking of you oaver the weekend. I had gone to the store and saw a woman walking her greyhound. Made me think of you.
Jecrites, What a shame your DD broke her wrist. Hope it is only for 4 weeks. So glad you found your DD's glasses.
Gumbo, Nice to have you back.
Monet, had to laugh about your DD being home. Mine had cleaned up the desk for the shower. About 8:00 I went to take something downstairs and all your books and papers were scattered around on the floor and desk. Some things never change.
Susan, Congrats on the 2 lbs. I reallt didn't have any doubts that your lunch would turn out fine as well as the dinner. Have a safe trip. Keeping you and your mom in my prayers.
Agape, sorry your are having so many problems. It's a new week things have to get better.
Grin, I love your attitude. You are so right about things mattering a week, month, etc.
Killa, it sounds like you are a success story on your own. Congrats for a good job. I have been doing Sb since Oct 2001 and have lost 102 pounds. his is agreat WOE and something you can do for the rest of your life. There are so many people here that have lost lots of weight. I'm sure you will hear all their stories.
Country, WTG on getting in those dresses. I know that is such a wonderful feeling. Really get you motivated. My luck was I would put stuff away and when I put it on it was either the wrong season when it fit or it was too big by then.
Jane, Sorry you are feeling poorly today. My menu for today was/is B; 2 egss scrambles, 2 pc of bacon, 1/2 cup grape juice. Lunch is a salad with cheese and ham, dinenr will be hamburgers (no bun) white beans, slaw, another veggie.
Kim, Hope you had a nice anniversary and got the garage cleaned out.
Deb, thanks for the info on the pb flour. Sounds interesting. May look into it next month. Not a big pb fan.
Bob, Hope you are feeling better today. That shoulder has lingered too long.
Sorry to anyone I missed. Not intentional . Need to get busy.
"It is time for every one of us to roll
up our sleeves and put ourselves at the
top of our commitment list!" -- Marian Wright Edelman
I thought that was a good quote!
JackK - I bet that was a pretty sight, a lady walking her greyhound! Mine was in bed with me with her head on the pillow snoring this weekend....seemed she decided she needed to be close to Mommy for some reason.
Spaghetti Squash: How I cook it.... I slice it in half, spritz it with olive oil and some seasoning (salt, pepper, garlic), put it in a microwave safe dish, cover and cook (30 mins?)....then I let it cool off a bit, scoop out the good spaghetti stuff, then I top it with my homemade spaghetti sauce I make....and it is delicious - my son prefers to just have it with some butter and parmesan cheese....
Well hello to everyone - I have to get back to work!!! AHHH! Work is always interrupting my life
Good morning. Go to the top of the page and click on UserCP...then go to options. You can change your avitar in there.
The spagetti squash is easy...just poke some holes in it...zap anywhere from 8 to 10 minutes. Then if it's fork tender cut open..remove seeds...then just fork out the insides they will string up all by themselves.
Well, I'm really motivated this morning and I've just gotta share!
Last weekend I talked with my best friend about Weight Watchers. She got all of the information from someone in her family that "joined". I had never seen how they do the points and everything, so I asked her to make me a copy. She started it on Monday and after I looked over everything, I decided to start my own SB version of WW. I didn't start until Wed. because of that field trip I took with Justin. I decided to try this because I figured it would really help me control the quantity/portions of what I am eating and I could still follow SB rules as well. Ladies, not even a week later, I am down 6 lbs!! I had really, really fallen off the wagon though, ya know. I was back at my high of 159 before the field trip and I figured the trip would work a lb or so off, but when I got back and got on the scale Wed morning, I was up to 161.5, an all-time "not pregnant" high. I was so depressed I wanted to crawl under the bed and stay forever. I know that the extra couple lbs were probably water because I was in the "blank pill" stage of my BC pill pack and my rings were tight, but it didn't matter. I had to start and stick with something or be depressed beyond my wildest dreams. I feel so motivated this morning! I know the 6 lbs are still mostly water, but WOW, 6 lbs is A LOT in just 5 days!! I'm just overjoyed this morning - can you tell?!?!?
It was a beautiful weekend here in N AL. Baseball season started on Sat. Tyler's team won and Justin's lost. Both games were exciting and really competitive. Tyler plays "T-ball" (which is actually coach pitch, they just call it t-ball) and his team won in the last inning with the last batter knocking in the winning run. Justin's team gave their game away on silly errors - they'll probably get worked to death at practice this week… they are 11/12 year old range, so the coaches are a little harder on them.
Deb - glad to hear it was the right kind of surgeon/doctor. That makes me feel much better. Those cancer docs/oncologists seem to know their stuff. I sure wouldn't want to have their job, though. I couldn't imagine having to face the kinds of things they see day after day. I guess when they are able to really help someone that it makes it worthwhile.
Bob - hope your shoulder gets better soon.
BKM - glad to see you back! We can get back on the wagon together!!
Fillise - hope the heart cath goes well. Thinking of you and your DM.
Crystle - I'M GREEN WITH ENVY - a 7/8, Wow - that’s so GREAT!
Monet - hope your tummy gets to feeling better!
Jane - I'm like you and don't like a lot of veggies. What about fruit for a snack? I love green apples and they do the trick for me at snacktime.
Here is my MM contribution:
Hold up your head! you were not made for failure, you were made for victory; go forward with a joyful confidence in that result sooner or later, and the sooner or later depends mainly on yourself.
Sugar Busters Weekly Support Board 4/14-4/20
I did not sleep well at all! Had some kind of digestive upset that kept me up half the night. The alarm went off and I about hit the ceiling! It was awful!
later, my friends!
Good Monday Morning!
So I have started telling these folks that they are not doing the job and that their behavior is not acceptable. Funny, how the urge to cheat just vanished.
