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Wuv, love your avatar pic! You are looking good!

Endless Dieter!Finn posted a mini meatloaf recipe on his thread here: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/idea...inland-14.html

Off to the health fair this morning to get my blood work results. We are expecting winter weather later today, up to 3 inches of snow, wind gusts and COLD. Winter is back.....sigh, we had TOO MUCH WINTER LAST YEAR!

Finally my home scale is moving in the right direction this week as I finally got a Whoosh! love it because it really helps me stay motivated for the weekend.
I have some challenges today that are going to be tough and keep me surrounded with food, but I am feeling strong and just keeping my Tuesday weigh-in front and center in my mind. also going to remember how good that number on the scale looked this a.m.!

You have the right mindset to be successful today! Keep your eye on the goal!

Today is my big challenge too as it's my son's Bar Mitzvah this morning and his party this afternoon. However I'm not worried at all as all of my out of town friends and family have been here since Thursday and that means lots of eating out for us. But it's been fine and in fact I got on the scale this morning and I'm down 2 pounds since they arrived on Thursday. I guess I've been too busy talking to everyone to really pay any attention to their food.

Have a good Saturday everyone!

Hi Sandy. I love that meatloaf recipe also..just have to figure out how 400 gm relates to pounds.
We had our first snow on the mountains yesterday. Are you ready for the snow? Good luck on your results.

Dana : That is great being down 2 lbs during the bar Mitzvah celebrations. Hope your event goes well today.
Boyz4 us: That is good news about the scale going down during your busy social weekend. I used the WI day as a reminder also..just keep going so I can have a good weigh in.
WUV..I like your new picture. You are looking great!

Last night I tried the Zuccini apple recipe from the Thanksgiving ideas thread. You use Walden Farm apple butter over zuccini soaked in lemon juice. It was quite good. I think I will use it for Thanksgiving.

Have a great day everyone!

Good Morning IPeepers!

Today was my first day of Phase 3. Greek yogurt, 10 cherries, toast and 1 T peanut butter, yum. However, my stomach is not feeling too great right this minute, we shall see. I was so missing my yogurt, it is so good for me and my digestion. I will still be on 3fc as I will go back to phase I after the first of the year. I am a slowwww loser,, so I figure I will be on phase I again for about 4 months and then back through to final maintenance, hopefully in the April time frame.

Wuv, so sorry about your Aunt, so hard to watch ones we love suffer.

Wuv, you look great in your new pic.

Yvettski, Congrats on 40 lbs that is awesome.

Freezing here, and my thoughts are going out to those who are still without power, we would have to go somewhere, since we don't have a generator and our wood fireplace got converted to gas. It was below zero last night. Hope you are up and running as we speak!

Morning. I posted this on another thread but I'm so happy, I had to share it again. I had my WI this mornign and I'm down another 2 lbs. I'm getting really close to where I want to be. I'm not sure what the number on the scale will say, but I want to fit into all my old clothes again. That may be another 5-10 lbs but I'm not sure.

Good morning, hope everyone's having a great week-end so far!

wuv, you look amazing girl, wow!!!!

WI#14 this morning, -3. So glad that having a restricted every day doesn't seem to affect my WI

Its getting quite cold here and i had bought a beautiful fall/spring coat in the spring and now its way too big that i look ridiculous with the belt tied and i have a hard time moving in it as there's too much material so that really bums me out but happy too

Have a great OP day!

Good morning. I have my 8 yr old nephew sleeping over for the weekend. Lotsa different challenges. Survived yesterday. we usually have spagetti bake, lotsa cheese, mmmmmm. I made it for him, but I had a miracle noodle, hbrgr, stir fry. was sooo good. Went to the movies and saw Puss n boots. mmmmm popcorn. Did not have any! I had my own fizzy lemon water, and was satisfied w that. Did not cheat @ all So proud of myself Gonna have a weiner roast with him today, fun. And I have some veggie dogs to cook on the fire and i will roast some red peppers on the fire too. I just love this site for the inspiration and support to stay on track. Thank you

Thanks Sandy, Good luck with your results today I am sure you will be where you need to be and have blown your old numbers out of the water.

Congrats on the 2lbs, you have worked hard for them. When you are facing your challenges today, just remember those 2 lbs can happen again next week IF you put your mind to it and say....I wanna lose another 2lbs this week that bite isn't worth it now is it?

That is great that you loss 2pounds with family and friends in town and eating out. And you are totally right, when you are visiting with everyone you forget about the food because at events like this it is more about catching up and enjoying the company than eating all the different foods. Have fun today

Your breakfast sounds yummy!!....I know my mom tells me what she eats and I am like GEEZE that is a lot of food sometimes. ONE day I will be able to eat like that again

Thank you, I got a text from one of my aunts daughters last night. She was alert and talking last night. They had her so medicated on Oxy-cotton she couldn't function. She knew we all went visit her and to her she was talking but nothing was coming out because she was so drugged up.

Today seems to be the day to show a 2lb loss....congrats!! you are almost there....fantastic!!


Good morning everyone, just a relaxing day here today. Got woken up by the people at my apartments changing the windows out at 6:30am....don't they know its Saturday and people sleep in on Saturday's???....lol...I was already awake but just laying in bed. I had already made a pitstop to the restroom....haha...All I will do today is NOTHING!!!...hahaha...Big game on college football today so I am gearing up for that. It will be me and the TV so the TV better be ready for some yelling if the refs make bad calls....hahaha.....Everyone have an AWESOME day!!

Enjoy your family's very special day! You will do fine with food as you will be so focused on all your family and friends, the most important part.

Pat

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Montana is so beautiful and I would love to live there. Winter is an obstacle and I don't think I could tolerate the cold. I do love the wide open spaces and the colored mountain sides and pink fields, etc. The snow is what keeps me in Illinois. We get a little here, but not usually more than a few inches at a time. About once or twice a year we will get a snow storm, but other than that it is tolerable. I do envy you in the summer though.

thank you. hope all have a great weekend.