Good Morning Girlies and Happy Friday to you ALL!!!
(that guy is in honor of SG's new Dancing Fatty!!!
)
Susie~ man, bummer about the gain, but I'm sure it'll come right off! You've got a new attitude and it's a Brand New Month!! Woo Hoo!!!
Cle~ I promise I'm not going to come hunt you down and beat you for not drinking your water--really! Don't let the girls scare you, there's definitely NO way I'd attempt running to Brooklyn!
Mom~ how's Darth today? Did you throw him through a wall yesterday as punishment? If I know you, you'll just keep on keepin' on and tell ol' Darth to kiss it!
Is it November yet?!?! Thanks for the help on the mini-meatloaf recipe last night--the kids LOVED it, even the girls ate it!!
They ate something, they really ate something!!
Ang~
Hey you!!!! I was thinking about you last week and wondering how you were! It's great to see you back!! How is everything? How's your dd? 17 vials? Holy smokes, that's crazy!! I hope she's doing well!! So glad you're back hun!
As for your eating schedule--wow girlie, you need to take care of yourself in there somewhere! Hmm...what about when the kids are at school? Can you precook some chicken breasts maybe so you have something to eat while the kids are eating? I tend to do that so dinnertime is less hectic--I'm with ya, as soon as the boys walk in the door its crazyville around here! And that's without activities!! You also need to be aiming for some snacks in there somewhere--maybe set a timer for every 2-3 hrs so that you remember to eat something? But other than that, I say just try to cook stuff in bulk (like the chicken) and precook meals as much as you can.
econ nerd~ nice to see you back too girlie!! Good luck on your goals this month!!
Tummy~ the master--
Oh that's just too much! If I was the master at maintaining, I wouldn't have ever gotten overweight in the first place!
I'm just taking it one day at a time and keeping my fingers crossed! How was the run this morning? I hope you didn't freeze! Man, I was chilly yesterday and it was in the 40's! I don't know how you do it! If you had a treadmill, would you run inside? I mean, 90 mins outside is long, but I'm thinking 90 mins on a treadmill would be forever!!! Kwim? That's my big worry this Winter--that if I move it back inside that I'll end up quitting because of boredom. We'll see I guess huh? So jealous of your cawfee tawk time you had yesterday! That sounds wonderful!!!
Nella~ Hmm, pumpkin baking you say? You're going to have to share what/how you do that one of these days! I love baking--any type!
As for the reward...it's funny, when I set my goal I thought I'd reward myself with a shopping spree or a huge gourmet dinner out (or both
) and now that I'm here...I haven't given either of those things a thought--until now. I bet you'll find that just feeling fantastic about what you've accomplished will be reward enough! However, that certainly doesn't mean you don't deserve a reward of some kind!! Shopping, a day or weekend at a spa, a girls' weekend away maybe? Oooh, all those sound good to me!
Jellofer~ you did awesome last month!!! Good luck on your goal this month hun!!
Shasha~ look at you just melting away! I'm with Tummy, I bet that feels great after your ups and downs last month! I'll post the link to the recipe here in a sec for ya, one thing I can tell you though--it needs more spices!!! It was lacking a little 'oomph' kwim?
SG~ okay, I am soooo glad I wasn't drinking coffee when I read your post this morning! RUN to find Cle?! RUN?!?! Hahahahaha--you were right about one thing though, if I were crazy enough to that--she'd have PLENTY of time to hide from me! Heck, she'd have plenty of time to knit a sweater, tour France, take a pottery class and I'd still only be a 1/4 of the way there!
Tell your hubby thank you.
That is awfully sweet of him to say. I think you're pretty darn amazing too though--finding time to teach and everything that goes along with that, take care of your home & hubby and then busting your ever shrinking hiney to take care of yourself too! Now that's what I call awesome! Btw,
on the panties girlie! New sizes are the best! And ya know what? The first new size is often the hardest one to get to--after you drop one size it seems like before you know it, the new clothes will be too small and you'll have to buy new smaller clothes! That's why Goodwill is the BEST!!
Congrats too on your new Dancing Fatty!!! 20 lbs is a huge accomplishment and you are well on your way to 50 lbs lost for sure!! And I have no doubt that you'll do it hun, no doubt at all!
Mystical~ congrats on deciding to kick the Pepsi!! Sounds like you're well on your way to your goal--planning out your meals and putting it on the fridge--what a smart idea! I still haven't planned out anything this week--I really need to! And when I do, I'm gunna stick it on the fridge!!!
Hope your day wasn't too crazy yesterday, I can only imagine how tough doing the books must be! Be sure to drink your water today hun!!
sotypical~ congrats on your loss last month!! Good luck on your goal this month!!
Taurie~ oooh, chips are the devil!
Especially the lime tortilla ones...grrr! I could plow through a whole bag back in the day! Probably still could if let myself. The weekends can be really tough!! It used to be that hubby would talk me into cheating every weekend without fail. I even used to allow myself a cheat day every week so I could kind of combat it, but it usually backfired an started a week long eating bonanza. This time around I just had to stick it out and tell hubby that I couldn't cheat if I wanted to do this. I had to stay on plan 100% of the time or I would revert back to my old ways--I'm a bit on the OCD side about this can you tell?
Now that doesn't mean he didn't try, but after a couple of months he finally got the message and quit trying to sway me. I do 'cheat' now though--but I don't consider it cheating. I plan for eating off plan. Birthdays, for instance, are non-negotiable. I will have cake!!! However, if we're bbq'ing or there's snacks before cake--I won't have at it. I'll snack on healthy stuff or be sure to eat before I go and just stick with the cake.
I have my priorities!
So, my advice is to let your family know that getting healthy is important to you and that you'd like their support. Let them know that having all those tempting snacks around isn't going to help you. Perhaps they'll surprise you and decide to join you in ditching the chips!
But be prepared for resistance...and just be as strong as you can. If you do slip up, just pick yourself up and dust yourself off--tomorrow is another day!!!
Kitgetsfit~ welcome to the group! Good luck on your goals this month!!
Nello~ woo hoo! What a way to start out the month!!! Now see, I'd take that and make it count for this month, cuz I'm bad like that!
Hope you're able to figure out a good cardio routine to do with your aircast! I don't have a single idea for you besides maybe swimming? Or water aerobics? Hang in there hun, how long are you going to be wearing it again?
princess jen~ welcome aboard! Good luck on your goal this month!!
FSA~ Heya hun! Thanks again for starting us up and updating the lists and such!!
Have a great day girlie!
Ruth~ awww, what a beautiful family!! Thanks, I hope you're right about the 5K--I'm getting all nervous and stuff!
Your soup sounds yummy! I love me some garlic!!! Mmmm!! Congrats on losing last month! Sure, it wasn't as much as you wanted, but you LOST!!! And you're here again starting a new month off right! That's what counts!!
Amy~ congrats on starting the C25K!!! I was nervous about starting it and skeptical that I could run 30 mins straight within 9 weeks, but it worked!!! The guy who developed that plan is a genius as far as I'm concerned!
You'll find lots of girls here who've done the plan, so feel free to ask questions if you have any!
Jen7~ WTG on the great first day!!! As for the weekends, if you read my reply to Taurie you'll see how I made it through the weekends.
Keep up the great work!!
helpmelose (I'm going to call you HML for short
)~ Love your attitude!!! Bring on October!!! Woo hoo!!!
rachiru~ this is a great bunch of girls!! I will forever be thankful I found this site and this wonderful group!!! Good luck on your goals this month!!
ButterflyDiva~ looking forward as always to seeing your yummy meals!!! Good luck on your goals this month!!
DELPHI~ Welcome Back hun!!! Oh I'm so glad your move went smoothly!!! Hope the unpacking goes just as smooth! That's great that your Grandpa volunteered to take the boys to school. Oh man, it's good to have you back!!!
Molly~ hope you're feeling better soon! Colds are just plain rotten! Have a good walk with the dogs and a good day at school too!
Whew! Man that took a long time!
Well, not much to report here on my end. Just pluggin' along. Scale was up a little today, 134.2 or 134.4--I can't remember. Got my workouts in this morning and got a shower in before the girls woke up, so you know that made me a happy camper!
Was supposed to take the girls to open gym today, but time got away from me and I wasn't really wanting to do it anyway. I feel like I've been running around all week and I just want to stay in today and get the house taken care of. We have ds' party on Sunday and since we'll be busy tomorrow with the 5K and then going out for ds' Birthday dinner (at some pizza party Chuck E. Cheese type place) I'm not going to have a lot of time to clean or anything besides today. Joy.
I picked up a brace for my knee yesterday and I hate it.
I mean, it seems to be doing it's job, but ugh...I forgot how much I hated running with those things on! But, if it prevents another dislocated knee cap, I'll wear the dang thing.
Okay, here's the link to the recipe I made last night:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Spinach...ll/Detail.aspx
For the bread crumbs, I assumed they meant process fresh bread in food processor (since it calls for 'soft' bread crumbs) so that's what I did--2 slices equals 1 cup. I didn't have ground mustard so I didn't add that and I used fat free mozzarella instead of part-skim. Other than upping the garlic, adding onion & garlic powder and pepper to the recipe, I followed it pretty much to a T--oh wait, I also upped the temp on the oven to 375 to speed up the cooking a bit since I had other stuff in the oven. My only other advice is--if you like it spicier--add more spice, this one was kind of on the bland side, however, I ran out of oregano so that could be part of it.
Okay, well, as mentioned, my house needs to be cleaned so I guess I better get up off my butt and do it huh?
Hope everyone has a great day and be sure to...
Drink Your Water!!!