Thanx Mia!!!
Sumi everyone needs to do what works for them. I think 1500 is a good base to start with and see how you are losing on that. I know some posters lost alot and then plateau'd and then lost MORE when they upped their cals!
I am doing okay ladies. Looks like dh has a car lined up to get tuesday or wed and will pay the guy 400.00 when we get our taxes. Yeah! We are excited. Some stress over the weekend with ex sis in law picking up the kids and taking them to see my ex, she was sick so just dropped them off and it was a nitemare with them coming back telling me all about how I am a liar and he hates me cause I abandoned him when he was sick and that I am fat and a redhaired devil and a f'in *****.....I could go on and on. Oh and my kids know he is getting ssi for being disabled and his dad is getting money for being crazy and they think that is cool "free money" etc. Uggghhhh...I am pissed!!!
Called ex sis next day and didn't want to unload on her but to let her know, etc. She says she knows and (thank God) she is mad too, her dh was the one doing the pick up/drop off and he heard so much crap on the way home with the kids that he called her immediately and told her she needs to have a strong talk with her bro, blah, blah, blah. Thank goodness those two have morals and values. Anyhow she apoligized and said she don't allow that crapo when she is around and will be there next time. I let her know we are still going to see if we are court able to move, etc.
Anyhow, just frustrated and a big reminder why I want to move too. What really pissed me off iis this. This jerk, abandons his own kids! Swings by once a year(on his own accord) and never calls, writes etc. Yet after seeing them one time in a year, and abandoning them all he can do is trash their mom and be vile and hateful?? It is rediculous! He should be thanking his lucky stars that they still have one decent parent that cares enough to actually take care of them and raise them right!! But of course those things are not important to him or he would actually be doing them!!!! Arrrgghhhh!!!!
Anyhow, have been doing okay food wise, been slacking a bit lately. I have made some
whole wheat flour tortillas that are to die for!!!!! this a.m. was the third time and my whole family LOVES them!!! If any one wants thie simple recipe, let me know. They look really small and the first time I was like, 2 of these? That won't fill me up, but I had two with 1 serving of cheese, 1 cup of beans, .50 a cup of spanish rice and I was stuffed!!!! So filling!!!
Yesterday afternoon for lunch we did the tortillas, scrambled eggs with chopped up meatballs, bell pepper, little bit of cheese, some h.m. salsa and a little pepper. Oh my gosh everyone loved them! We were so full we barely snacked a bit on turkey and h.m. biscuits for dinner!!!
I did another pot of beans and made 16 little tortillas this a.m. , I had a little bit of the egg stuff from yesterday so I couldn't help having that for breakfast today! I will have my smoothie for lunch! Anyhow bean and cheese burritos tonite here I come!!!!!!
I found another site and a lady there does
ONCE A MONTH COOKING. She is Italian and posted ALOT of her recipes. Now I love cooking and don't mind doing that frequently, but even just having some things already prepped makes things go so much smoother. Like the meatballs. She has a recipe to do 5 pounds at once. Flash freeze and put them in a freezer bag to use for meatball subs, calzones, sphgetti, etc!!! Those are REALLY good!! Joe took a few out of the freezer and was able to warm them up quickly with a bit of water and a frying pan. Nice and easy! Plus I want to start doing double stuff to save for a quick meal later, like when I do enchiladas, or lasagna, you know do two and freeze one for later!!
I did try my hand at homemade pizza fri nite and I really need a pizza stone. Especially since I have to use my turkey roaster. It just wasn't coming out right, dh said the dough was fine, we just need an oven and a stone. Wound up making some calzones that were good though.
Have also spoiled him on h.m. biscuits too so if anyone needs a recipe for that, let me know. *Besides wanting to start doing stuff from scratch, I was appalled when I was shopping and seen pillsbury has transfat in their biscuits!!!)
Need to kick it up with the walking. I have been lazy lately!!!
Hope everyone is doing well and losing!!!