Good Morning!!

Did everyone survive? We start school today, so I will be a busy bee! I weighed and lost 1.8 - hoorah! Last week was tough to keep motivated and with the holiday in there I nearly lost my focus.

Lunch today is leftover Pizza for the kids and some home made refried bean burritos for me. Supper is Spaghetti.

If you've never made home made refried beans, it's really easy. They are much better tasting and fat free. Boil a pound of pinto beans with salt until they "squish" real easy. Drain them and process them in a blender or food processor with enough skim milk to get a good creamy consistency (start with a 1/4 cup). Add a little salt and garlic powder (start with 1/4 tsp) to taste.

The refried bean recipe looks interesting. Maybe we will have tacos tonight. Congratulations on your loss - especially since it was a holiday weekend.

DH and I went on a pretty good hike on the 4th. I thought I was in pretty good shape since I've been running, but the hike made me really sore. It felt good to use different muscles though and it was a beautiful hike.

Today I am taking the car in for an oil change and then some errands around town. We'll see how the kids feel today since they had a busy weekend.

Hey ladies!

I'm BACK! Had a great mini-vacation but I wish the weather would have cooperated! I got a sunburnt arm on the drive home yesterday! Grrrrrrrr!

We had fun spending time with DH's aunt and then his cousin and gf. I was so happy to shop! Bought some new sports bras at an Addidas outlet...whoop-ti-doooo! That was the extent of my clothes shopping!
Bought some stuff for the house and bought a few things for myself and DH and a bday gift for my mom.
Jaxxon the beagle had a fantastic time chasing their cat and their ChowChow...he was tuckered out!

What did I miss while I was gone?? Anything exciting??

Mornin'

kimiko, I think there are some lunch-sized portions that are reasonable. Like 500 calories or so. And I know that they have a low-fat dressing option that you can request.

I just googled this article: http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...ve.html?cat=51

WOW!!! I had no idea, but they have nutritional information for EVERYTHING now! FANTASTIC!!

http://www.olivegarden.com/menus/gar...nformation.asp

Just checking in to say that I haven't killed the MIL yet

Rebound - glad you are doing alright with you MIL! Mine always tries to tell me how to handle the kids because she had 5...I try to take it with a grain of salt.

Wifey - good to see you and glad you had a good little min-vaca!

Kimiko - 3lbs!! Hooooraaaaahhhh!!! Wow, good job! I just started the "min-pill" which is progetin only because I'm nursing. Haven't been on bc for 10 years, and worried about weight gain as well.

Rileyozzy - let me know if you add anything to those beans and make them better. I just started making them like that and welcome any little tweaks.

Well, we made it through the morning with school! We have June and December off instead of the big 3 month block in the summer. The kids get to bored otherwise.

Kimiko, Congrats on the loss!! I was on Yaz! Love the stuff! I started it a couple years ago, after being off BCPs since before I got PG w/#1. Totally got rid of the any physical and emotional PMS type problems I had (mostly emotional, never had much physical). The big thing for me was lightening the cycle. No more heavy AFs, usually one light day, one normal day, one very light day and the hag is gone! DO NOT screw up with them though. I missed a couple days in a row back in March and since it was near the end of the pack anyway, I just stopped them and figured I'd start up the following Sunday with a new pack anyway. That darn hag was with me for 3 wks. or so on and off! Was fine the next month. Now, I just stopped taking it in May and had a horribly long cycle...AF just arrived today at CD56!! So, other than that, Yaz is great!

Thanks everyone...I'm glad to be back!

Kimiko - the sunburn's not that bad but thanks for the advice!