Quiet during the day.

We've had quite a thunderstorm, with tornado watches all over the place. It seems to be getting quieter (or I wouldn't be on the computer!)

I had a good OP day today. I also bought a pedometer to try to get a better idea of how much I'm walking.

Good idea about taking Friday off Frouf..think I'll do the same!

Rhonda

Hi Coco...we must have been on at the same time...congrats on the loss...ever little bit helps.

Vickie :grouphug:

Thanks TEJAS
I know it wasnt much. But those little losses I guess will add to a big loss. So at this point I am happy with it.
So hopefully next week will be a pound. I do know that I need to drink more water. So that is something that I am going to try and work on this week.
coco

Great job on losing !!!!
I am so stuck at this weight . It is driving me crazy . I am going to have to count points and watch my intake . I seem to be really hungry when I work out alot .

Hey everyone,
Coco,,Im so glad you got a new computer!! now you can spend more time with us.
Gina, my dd works out at a gym and they told her there to up her calories on days she worksout. She finds she is very hungry after she works out.
Rhonda we were under a storm watch yesterday...after the fact...shesh.
The sky turned grey/green and we had hail like crazy!! Iwas looking for a tornado! Right now we have so many fires around us..its crazy!

Still walking and watching my calories...its slowing down now. Im trying not to be frustrated. I dont like watching the scale go up and down. That drives me crazy!! I know I know dont watch the scale..but Im addicted what can I say.
I tried something good yesterday...wasa crackers, with cottage cheese and green onions chopped on top! Sounds weird but very fresh tasting
I used to be able to buy a veggie burger made by Money's./they were so good!! I cant find them anymore...I need to start looking for a tried and true recipe..can anyone help me??
Off for the night..have a good one

hi there. curtis and i are still going strong. i have to confess he's doing better than i am. i'm eating too large portions. i am amazed at how well he's doing. right now he's eating a slice of that core crockpot carrot cake i made yesterday. i just finished mine. i had to count it as 2 pts cuz i'd already had my oo today. one of the things curtis is helping me do is make sure i'm getting in my healthy oils. i may have to have a sf hot chocolate in a few minutes to get in all my milk. vickie, i'm trying. i've never done well with the dairy. all i can say is, "i'm trying."

rhonda, my plan is to lose 1 pound a week, too. i think that's fast enough for me.

gina, my arms are a bit sore from :swim: last night.

tiki, congrats on having a perfect day. that's awesome.

paula, kudos to you, too, my friend. i am so happy for you. thanks for looking for the recipe for me. did you see the crockpot cake recipe i posted today? that's what we snacked on tonight.

frouf, halibut sounds like a good plan. i hope weather permits so you can get out in the yard this weekend. i'm having a blast outside. (water is running right now)

coco, congrats on the new puter and dsl. i guess i'm the only one still here on dial up. oh, well. maybe soon. :woohoo: on losing half a pound.

gina, i'm afraid i'm going to have to start journaling and keeping up with pts, too. i've been eating wayyyyy too much. i am not stepping on the iron monster till at ww wi fri. guess i'll find out thenhow i'md doing.

patti, have you taken another waist measurement? i'll bet you're still losing inches. hang in there, buddie. i'm hanging, too.

we did a photo opt this am at the archery center. i'll post a photo tomorrow when i'm back upstairs on the big puter. i don't have the photo downstairs on this old laptop i'm on now. i have to tell you i was pleasantly surprised. i had been feeling like i'd regained everything i'd lost, but the photo shows a different story. i am heavier than i was around thanksgiving, but i definitely haven't gotten as large as i was this time last year. life is good.

Good Morning ladies:)
Well I am sore and going to just walk today .
I slept well last night . I have horrible allergies and think I might be getting the start of a sinus infection .
Last night our game was rained out . We went and the other team did not show . They said it was a forfit and I said hey its raining and the site for the rain cancellations is down so give them a raindate instead of the forfiet( The other teams coach showed up and did not know what to tell his team ) . Let the girls play another day ..... so they did :) So all was good . I decided to have the girls work on thier sliding ! ha The parents liked the look of the girls sliding through the mud then when It was time to go home we had a bunch of muddy , wet kids ! lol
Diet wise I am struggling big time. So hungry and picking alot . Totally off plan yesterday ........... Starting over and moving on . I am going to up my protien and cut out some trigger foods. I will have to see what I can handle . I never expect to be perfect but I would like to get through my stress and bordom and not over eat . Well heres to a better day !
I will update later .
Have a great day and do something nice for you today :)

Good morning ladies,hope everone is doing well. I have been busy, dh is away till thursday night, he is at training for a new job he will be starting soon, so I have been doing all the yard work, I got flowers for Mothers Day that needed to be planted. I have been doing very well op I am down another 2lbs, I guess it is all the yard work I have been doing. I can't believe how far behind I am with the board.

Froufy my husband was a Big Jerk on Mothers day also, he was in a bad mood, I was kinda relieved when he went to visit his mom for a few hours.

Coco congrats on the weight loss!!

Sandra glad Curtis is op with you, that is great support. I am going to check out that carrot cake recipe, I am always looking for a snack at night.

Rhonda I bought a WW pedometer and everytime I move when not walking it calculates a step, seems to be very sensitive, even when I stand still and am doing dishes it calculates steps. Congrats on the weight loss

Paula glad you are back OP

Gina great going on the exercise

Tiki I bet the bridesmaid dress was hanging on you!

Patti hang in there, you are doing awesome, the scales will start moving again, I also weigh myself everyday

Vickie I hope all is well with you & Jim, my thoughts are with you guys!

I hope I did not forget anyone, I will check back in a bit

Morning all! ITs a beautiful day today - we're supposed to have thunder storms later today, but for now its nice. Yesterday was a very nice day - it did finally get warm, Sarah had a playdate with a girl who lives down the street. So, I had 2 hours of me time. I did clean a bit and then sat in the sun and read. Did a dumb thing last night - I was making turkey tenderloins. I browned them in a pan then added tiny potatoes and then put the whole thing in the oven to finish cooking. Got the rest of dinner done, took the fry pan out of the oven, plated everything. Then quickly decided to drop the pan in the sink before we ate. Grabbed the very, very hot handle! Now the inside of my left hand is burned. Not sever but it hurt bad last night. Today is just tight and uncomfrotable. The kicker is this -- the last time I made this same dish, I did the exact same thing!!! You would think I'd learn. Oh well, maybe next time???

Sandra, I posted the pumpkin snack cake recipe under desserts. Wasn't sure where to put it since its a good snack as well as breakfast. The carrot cake recipe sounds good. I'll try that this weekend. Do you think using plain splenda vs. the brown sugar blend would make a difference? Let me know what you think.

Coco, welcome back! Congrats on the loss.
Rhonda, how do you like the pedometer? I keep thinking about getting one, not sure if its worth it.
Gina, try not to get discouraged, just take it one day at a time. Write down everything. If find when I do that I realize how much off plan I was "nibbling" at without really knowing.

WEll, got to run to a meeting. BBL.

Well we're also having the gloomy rainy weather - no thunderstorms, but constant rain and it's freezing here - down to 3 degrees (mid thirties) which is very unseasonable - supposed to warm up a bit this weekend!

Ya Rhonda - I think I shall book Friday off - I had booked the following Friday off as we were invited to a bat mitzvah in Montreal - but frankly too complicated to go and make arrangements for everyone so we decided not to attend (yes my gf was a bit upset) - so maybe I'll switch Fridays? Let me know how the pedometer thing goes - I found mine to be highly inaccurate no matter what I did!

Paula - OUCH - that must have hurt - I have a very low pain tolerance esp to burns so I would have been out for the rest of the night with my hand in a bowl of ice water - no kidding! Hope your hand is not too painful today (altho the dinner did sound yummy!).

Niki - have fun with the planting - what kinds of plants did you get?

Coco - congrats on the loss - and the new puter - hope it solves all your technical problems!

Gina - I can relate - also need to stay focussed and I've finding it very hard to do - need a good kick in the butt I think :D

Sandra - did you get the birdhouses up? How is the garden coming along? Please post pics if you can!

I am trying not to let the gloomy day get to me - but it's hard. Dh out getting car repair estimates this morning and hopefully the cleaning lady will show up tonight!

And did I mention my cell phone died? like fried itself? Was having problems with the battery for a few weeks - would charge it up and it would not hold the charge for very long - dh had another battery from his old cell phone - so I tried it - and that was working - until yesterday. At work and I hear this funny beeping sound coming from desk drawer? Very strange - not sure what it was?

So I finally investigate and it's my cell phone giving a low battery warning - funny thing was I had charged it overnight - had not used it all - and this was at 11 am?? When I picked it up it was HOT - super hot to the touch so I turned it off - and that was that.

Off cell phone shopping last night - yes had to 'extend' our plan to get the phone crediit - but of course I got a cute PINK sanyo cell phone - a little fancier than I want or need (seems my old basic cell phone does not exist anymore) - I think it has a camera and bluetooth technology. Bad news is when the salesclerk was demoing it - she took out the charger and FORGOT to put it back in the box - so when we got home - no charger - store closed. So poor dh will be running around today trying to get that charger back - what a pain in the @#$##.

Froufie

Froufy I planted Azeleas, Gerber daisy's, Marigolds(my sons favorite), I seperated my hostas and planted them all around the garden and I planted a few other plants that I have totally forgot what they are called, I even trimmed back my butterfly bush. Does anyone know about lilac bush's, I planted mine about 8 years ago and it bloomed every year, this spring I cut off the dead bloom and this is the first year It did not bloom, are you not suppose to trim the bush.

Hi everyone!

Yesterday was hectic had the twins over a playdate,we actually ventured
out to the store.Reminds me that I'm happy with 2 children lol.I tired on my dress and was very shocked! its a two peice the bottom was very long and pretty lose the top! my word i had to have her zipper it up and couldnt bend over for fear it would rip.The dress said size 18 which i think its MUCH smaller than that.Anyways need to work on my upper body and lose a good 12-14 before the wedding august 4th.GOING TO TRY LIKE ****!
Paula nice to have some Me time isnt it? I dont get to read usually until the kids are in bed.I didnt think it would ever warm out! Sorry about your hand! I imagine it hurts!
Coco congrats on the loss! Any loss is great and I have total faith you will hit a pound next week :) keep it up
Sandra- Its nice to have a buddy isnt it? Looks like he is keeping you on your toes as well lol Now remember not to compare we know how men lose so much very easily-not fair!
Rhonda-good job on sticking to your guns about dessert.I find that very hard!
Frouf good job on planning it helps so much!! Sorry about your pain in the butt cell hpone shopping trip,i am in need of a new cell myself
Niki how are you doing?! gardening is great exercise! congrats on the 2lbs

Ok need to get going just wanted to update!

gina, hang in there. you know what to do and you're right. none of us is perfect. (darn it!)

niki, i've been doing a lot of yardwork, too. it's fun, isn't it?

paula, thanks for the pumpkin bread recipe. i printed it and will try it soon. the original recipe for the carrot cake called for sugar twin brown sugar. that's 0 pts. i don't know if using granular splenda would work. the cake made with the splenda brown sugar is wonderful. i can taste the bs. that sort of makes it special to me. if you try it with granular splenda, let me know what you think.

i'm sorry you got burned. do you have any melaleuca oil? that usually takes all the pain away from burns, etc.... in just a few seconds. we keep it on hand.

frouf, i do have the birdhouses up. (sort of) they are propped on flower pots around the waterfall. those poles that came with them were jokes. curtis called jackson & perkins and told them about them. result--j&p was super nice. they didn't even charge us for the birdhouses. we have done a lot of business with them (bought oodles of rosebushes) and will prob continue. they're a good company and stand behind what they sell.

did i do a commercial? anyway, i'll post a photo soon. i have a little sign i want us to hang first.

a pink cellphone? sounds really cute and "froufie." i like your spunk. i'm sorry you had to send dh back to get the battery. sounds like the salesclerk was tired or something.

vickie, are you and jim in better spirits? i hope you come back here soon. i miss you.

tiki, been there done that on the tight dresses. just keep doing what you've been doing and you'll be in that dress in no time.

can we say "****" here? if so, read the following. if not, then i guess this is deleted.

i am going to call curtis' plan the "hello no!" plan. now curtis doesn't cuss much at all. however, the past few days when he's pondered whether or not to have a non-core item, he's asked me how many points it would cost.

when i tell him, he looks shocked and says, "**** no!"

the point i'm trying to make here is--where did my "**** no!" mentality go? i find myself figuring pts for non core items and saying, "well, okay. why not?" i'm going to start saying, "hello no!!!!!" unless it's something that's truly worth the points.

Great philosophy on Curtis' part - what dedication - I agree - we may have all lost some of our '**** no' and instead are thinking 'poor me' - need to change our attitudes no doubt!

Await pic of birdhouses, rosebushes and all garden extravaganzas!

Vickie - hope you are doing okay - and thinking positive thoughts! Please check in when you can!

Well my pink frouflike cell phone is currently being charged - dh got the charger this morning and all is good - now I need to read that instruction manual so I can figure out all the fancy doodads and features - I like the 'voice activated' dialing feature so have to get all my numbers programmed in again.

Tiki - good luck with the dress - love your determination to get the weight off - I'm sure the dress will be ever so loose and flowing by August!

Dd going to her dad's tonight and seems he is again not well enuf to drive which means I have to chauffeur yet again - sigh.... I know she wants to watch the finale of America's top model - which means I have to stay up late to pick her up - not good for a tired frouf. My throat is a bit sore today and this worries me - hope I am not catching something (and even more worrisome cuz dh called and said his throat has been bothering him today as well!)

Stopped raining but still pretty miserable out there - hope we are able to bbq our steaks for dinner!

Froufie