Hey Kathy,

Looks like it was another "Lisa" on the chat last night - posing as "one of us"!!!

Too funny - Kathy asked her if she was "mumto2" and she said ya - she had some kids...now I realize she probably thought Kathy was just making "conversation"!!!

We kinda wondered when she finally admitted she was not on Core....which prompted lots of discussion once she had left!

Spies everywhere!

Frouf

Too crazy!!! I wonder who it was! I thought it was odd when she said she hadn't started Core yet because it was too hard to maintain and too expensive. I think she said she was doing e-diets right now. I thought at the time "Whhhhhaaaaat?" Maybe she'll come back next week.

Deborah, I knew there were SOME advantages to living in a cold place - that's one, I can grow rhubarb.

I am definitely coming down with a cold. Ick!! Oh well.

Froufie, I finally made your soup today. You were right, it makes a TON. I have a bunch stored in the fridge, and a bunch frozen for later. When everyone else was eating McDonald's for dinner, I had soup. All I've got to say is Yum!! You know, before Core, I wouldn't have really liked it because of all the veggies. But now, it's so flavorful, rich, and filling, it's great. I can totally see eating it for lunch many days out of the week, which is good, since I have SO much.

And to add to the gas discussion, yes, I've noticed that effect too. My poor family - my 3 year old has started saying loudly, "Something smells in here!" and holding her nose. Gotta love kids' honesty. But I've always had issues there, and it did settle down a bit after I got used to eating Core.

I'm going to bed now, maybe I can sleep off this cold.

Angela

TGIF!!!! I don't think I could make it through another workday if I had to.

My SIL is getting married tomorrow and I just found out last night that we are supposed to be at a rehearsal tonight at 6. ARRGH! I'm videotaping the ceremony and doing her music. This will be my first time doing anything for a wedding so please keep your fingers crossed that I don't totally screw up and ruin her day.

Good luck to everyone over the weekend with weigh ins and staying on plan. I don't know if I'll have time to check in tomorrow or not .

Hi Guys. Crazy day for me today. My Nephew is in the hospital and I have to go see him. Just ate breakfast and got off the treadmill so I have to go get ready. Then I'm going out with the girls tonight. Yikes! At least I insisted on a Core friendly place.

I lost 1.4 last night and I was very happy. Still haven't gotten to that darned 30 pound mark. I'm at 28.6 so I'd have to lose another 1.4 or more to get there next week. I'm gonna give it my best.

Sorry I don't have time to respond to everyone's posts. I'll try to do that later.

Hey Vickie!




Lisa

Congratulations Vickie, on the loss. 1.4 is nothing to sneeze at. And as we always say, a loss is a loss! You'll get that 30 pound chick in no time.

Hee hee - I'm just imagining a 30 pound chick.

Angela

my whole schedule got thrown off with snow so i started with a bad breakfast poptarts and diet coke nad someone brought in donuts dear god why????
but i have been walking more and timing my time to walk and I'm averaging at least 20 minutes a day some days more
I'll post after lunch when i hit my quota for the day

Vickie, I hope everything goes well with your nephew. And how about that loss! Way to go!! And I'm with Angela ... I think you'll have that 30-pound chick next WI! Have fun tonight eating dinner out!

Amanda, good luck with your wedding photography! I'm sure you'll do just fine.

Kierie, I'm sorry your day is off to a bad start. Don't you hate it when that happens? But good for you in getting your walking in ... that's a great way to help things stay on track. Hope things improve for you today and if not, you've got the whole weekend to regroup, right?

Angela, I'm sorry you're coming down with a cold. Stay warm and enjoy the soup you made from Froufie's recipe ... maybe all that healthy nourishment will send the cold germs packing!

Hope all is well with everyone else! Have a great weekend!

Hi KO, we had the same snow here! About 9 inches; schools were delayed 2 hrs., so that threw off my schedule too. I did make the baked oatmeal CORE recipe, and it was pretty good, but I've been hungry all day. TOM next week I'm sure that doesn't help. I've been searching for chocolate and haven't found any yet. Wonder where my DD put her valentines candy.............? I think we just have to hang in there! It's taken me 16 weeks to lose 6.2 lbs., but at least I've had a loss every week this year.

Lisa

Hi Ladies
I think i had my workout for the day I walked from the north building to the south building and back Altogether it probably took me 20 minutes with lunch in between
Lisa you're doign great!
Deborah I'm going to probably just eat veggies tonight and guzzle water WI is tommorrow :O
Hi vickie I hope you're nephew is ok
Amanda you'll do great!

Kierie, sounds like you've got a good plan! I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope you have a good WI! Great job on getting your exercise in too!

Froufie, here's some crossed fingers for your WI tomorrow too! And for everyone else who has WI tomorrow!

Hey Vickie - CONGRATS ON YOUR LOSS - way to go! If I were you I would definitely start working on my 30 lb reward!!!! Have fun tonight!

Hope nothing serious w/your nephew??

Angela - glad you like the soup - cuz it sounds like you're going to be eating it for awhile!!! (I just finished the last "bowl" for my lunch today). Hope your cold disappears quickly!

Kierie - don't let the bad start to the day follow you around - back on plan and good work on continuing w/your exercising! ...and I can relate as there is not only a big box of doughnuts sitting right across from my desk (at the communal printer table), but some homemade lemon mousse cake as well (only 1 slice left, but who says I'm paying any attention?)...ha ha ha. I don't really want either or feel the need to go "check it out".....in the "good old days" this stuff would have been calling, no make it yelling, my name!

Good luck w/your weigh-in tomorrow!

Amanda - good luck at the dinner and with your wedding "jobs" - I'm sure you'll do just fine!

Thanks Deborah for the weigh in wishes - I'm not having much luck with my water today (but this morning's preliminary scale peeking looks positive! )

Oh ya - hobbling about a bit today? Not sure what happenend but I have a left hip/bum pain? Maybe sciatic nerve?? Was a bit problematic yesterday, a bit worse today - took some pain relievers/muscle relaxants and this is helping a bit. Not sure if I can make it on the treadmill tonight? If not better by Monday I will definitely seek some medical attention!

TOM just about over - in time for weigh-in?

What's everyone doing this weekend? Supposed to go to dinner out tomorrow - ex-work colleague of dh's whose daughter goes to same school as our youngest - invited us for dinner...I think chicken or something...I'm not too worried about it (maybe I should be? ha ha ha). Otherwise hoping to catch up on some much needed rest!

Later,

Froufie

I am thinking about switching to WW online and doing my WI at home instead of doing the meeting thing. I don't usually stay for the meeting anyway and am paying $$11 bucks a week. Online I think it was $16.95 per month. Is anyone else doing online and how is it working for you? Do you find that not attending a meeting now and then is detrimental to your weight loss?

Vermont Kathy

Hi VT Kathy, I'm on-line only now and was also when I was doing WW a couple of years ago. I lost great the first time around but am not doing as well this time around. I've never been a meeting type of person and can hold myself pretty accountable when I set my mind to it! If you don't stay for the meetings anyway, why not give it a shot? There's a sign-up fee on-line ... like a registration fee plus the monthly fee. If you pay for 3 months at a time, you get a small discount.

Why don't you start out with e-tools? It's cheaper but you can get it since you go to meetings (you have to have some sort of registration code they give you at your meetings). You might want to surf around the WW site and see what specifically you'll use ... otherwise, you can do fitday.com for free if you only want to journal your food, track your activity, and track your weight. Good luck on whatever you decide to do!

Froufie, hope your stiffness isn't anything serious and great job on resisting your goodies at work! I almost had a Krispy Kreme encounter when I stopped to get gas this morning but I resisted. Yes, thank you! I was pretty proud of myself! I'm glad all signs are pointing (no pun intended ... ha! ) to a good WI tomorrow!