Goodmorning chickadoodles!!!!
DH is off for the entire day today. I am up early to try and squeeze in 6 hours for my at home job before I join him packing and cleaning (yeah right I am sure he will be napping - not to mention if there are any sports or talk shows on (he is a closet Maury fan lol)) No photos tonight so as long as I stay on track I should be able to get a decent amount of my to do list accomplished today. On the other hand eating OP is a lot harder when DH is around so that will be a challenge. This chick needs some coffee Be back later.

ko - you crack me up - sugar protective factor eh?

Focused - I know a lot of the girls do pahse 1.5 where they only allow themselves one carb a day...seems to work pretty well until you are ready to take the plunge to phase 2.

KO and Schatzi - I am too lazy right now to go make coffee. I need coffee before I do that, guess it is a catch 22 eh?

pear - my mom and you have a lot alike. She is usually the local 'animal rescue' SOunds like you both have bigs hearts when it comes to animals. Do they really come to you when they are called? Thats awesome.

Sunlit - oooooh I love cool whip free. I understand about having portion distortion when it comes to that.

Morning, gals! I THINK Brian and I will be making the video for the animal shelter but Amanda has not called to confirm. Guess I will have to call her soon. I'm going to try to make Chocolate chip cookies later with a South Beach recipe. I hope they are good. I bought 4 dozen cookies to bring to the Pinewood Derby this weekend to see in the snack bar but it would be nice to have something South Beach. I'll be there almost all day Saturday but I'll be well prepared with veggies and a safe lunch and I plan to volunteer with the derby whenever Brian is not racing so I will be well away from the snack bar.

morning Chicks.....all is Ok just computer is on the floor for now as I am in the process of changing rooms....might be a few days till I chek back, I am a little under the weather today, stayed home from work, love
Taz

I have mysteriously gained a pound. I'm not changing the ticker because I'm hoping by tomorrow it'll be gone again. I got my water, I didn't cheat at all, and I worked out yesterday, so I don't know what the deal is. I'm going to watch my sodium today and see if that brings it back down.

So Biggest Loser last night.... blue team is from Peoria, IL!!!! That's like an hour from here. I know right where the Maid-Rite is. I told Molly that we should take a trip up there for lunch and shopping, and see how they all look now. I hope they win! We'll find out next week!

Well back to work. Just thought I'd pop on real quick since my isp was down last night and I couldn't type anything. I'm only 65 minutes from my workout goal for the month! I've got 60 minutes of kick boxing tonight, and I think I'll do an extra 5 minutes of crunches when I get home so I make it today.

I hate this job, but the kids make it so hard to leave. Plus, I haven't had any job offers. I'm applying though. Say some prayers. Terry and I are broke and both very unhappy in our current occupations. Talk to you all soon.

Lisa

Hey all you Chickies~~

I'm here...I've just been busy this morning with my webmistress...she's helping me to build my website.

I've started off the day with a cup of caramel flavored coffee and had a bowl of shredded wheat biscuits w/ lf milk and raisins.

Who said they can't be trusted with the Cool Whip? Oh, man... IKHYF. Add a little sf jello and some shredded coconut to that stuff, freeze and you've got quite the dessert there. I can't stop at one serving so I have to make it to share and walk away from it!!

Speaking of food to share....I have to go to a memorial service for a friend on Saturday. We're being asked to bring finger foods to share. My heart really isn't into this and I have no idea what to take. Any suggestions?

Weezle...you should go check it out. I wanna know what they look like & what they REALLY eat on the ranch!!

Gonna try to get in on the every-day morning chatter... seems like everyone already knows eachother but I'm just gonna jump right in! Been REALLY looking forward to Phase 2 of the diet (starts next Tuesday), but yeah you guys are right, need to probably just focus on one new carb at a time... not crazy about fruit so it'll probably be oat meal or brown rice or something... have a bit of a cold but still been doing great with my exericise... haven't noticed any adverse effects as a result so I think it's probably ok?


Mamacita as far as an appetizer is concerned probably a veggie tray would be a really safe bet? Or you could always do pinwheels but use lettuce instead...

Hope all ya'll have a great day!

Morning chicks!! Just a drive by today no time to respond to everyone. I just wanted to tell everyone that I made a discovery last night and found out that I love sweet potatoes. Made a meatloaf last night and threw potatoes in with it for the family and a sweet potato in for me. Man oh man was it good. I had been feeling deprived and wanting something sweet all day and boy did that hit the spot.

Hope all you beachin babes have a great OP day.

Hey ya'll...I have been away at meeting this week for work. Took my Biology test today..Failed...I am so down...but not gonna turn to food!!! How is everyone else doing?

Hi chicks! I have absolutely nothing exciting to say today but I wanted to check in with you all. Every day lately has been EXACTLY THE SAME. The monotony of grad school life, huh??? I am working on a presentation for next week (nothing new) and impatiently waiting for the processing of some new data. So at this moment I'm barking at my computer "FINISH ALREADY!" and twiddling my thumbs. How riveting, no?

KO ~ LOL at SPF! I think I need something like SPF 60 because I am constantly surrounded by bad carbs. Good luck to you, I know you'll do great!

FocusedThisTime ~ Welcome to 3FC! P2 was a tricky transition for me because I worried about the big bad CCM, but I just took it very slowly. The first week I just had a bit of brown rice with dinner, the next week I added something else, and so on!

Freaky ~ I love your new haircut!

Pearshape ~ Good luck with the summaries!

Schatzi ~ Hotdogs Parm! ICKY! That vegetarian chili sounds great though. What kind of things do you put in it?

Cottage ~ Oh, wow, those driving conditions sound scary! I hope that other driver was OK, and I'm glad you got through safely.

SunLit ~ I hope you have safe travels!

stephie ~ Packing and cleaning, ugh. I hope it all goes OK for you!

Barb ~ Mmmmm....CC cookies. If they come out well, you'll have to share! Those are my favorite kind of cookie!

ShebasMom ~ I will be trying sweet tomatoes for the first time in YEARS in the next few days because I have a container that I want to use up. Before they kind of weirded me out but somehow I think I'll like them now. I've been craving them for a while, oddly enough.

Kyemom ~ Sorry to hear about the test!

tazcat, mamacita, Ruth, Soon2BeFab, sarahslacker ~ Hi!

afternoons ladies-I have to hide in here to eat my lunch b/c I'm finishing up the yummy leftovers from last night and I don't want to share with DH

Kyemom-sorry about the test but good job not turning to food. It will only make you feel worse.

Mamacita-sorry about your friend. Your could make a tray of meatballs to bring and that way you could munch too.

sarahslacker-I do the same thing. I just jump right in. I figure if I don't no one will ever know me

Good luck with your move steph. Are you moving far or just relocating locally? We just moved down the east coast this past June-never again!! It is really a lot of work. You'll def have your exercise quota filled.

weezle-good for you on the exercise goal. I have to check but i think I finished today too. Guess we'd better up our numbers for next month...

hi to everyone else, Calvin just woke from his nap...

Kyemom : CRAP on the Bio exam.. You'll do better next time!

Crk05: I usually make Wendy's chili, it's the recipe Chef Barb posted and it is DELISH..but I bought a box of Vegetarian Chili by "Fantastic" , all it called for was a can of tomatos, and 2 cans of beans. I used pinto and kidney.. Not bad for a premix and it has all SBD safe ingredients.. It uses Tofu in place of the ground beef and it actually tasted quite good.
mamacita: try the mexican pinwheels -- I swear folks will love them. If they are not on SB, make em with regular tortillas ... I have yet to find a wheat tortilla that I really like.
Barb You and Brian are gonna be Video STARS!!!!! That sounds like alot of fun
Taz feel better sooon doll!!!!

all you other MAHVALOUS CHICKS!!!!!!!!

Schatzi ~ Mmmm...tofu. I love the stuff, so that chili would definitely appeal to me! I will have to look at the recipe that Barb posted. I have been on a quest for a decent chili recipe for some time and haven't had a lot of luck.

Hi Ladies

My back & neck are 100% better,but nows it my eyes. I had an appontment with the eye doctor this morning and he oput some kind of drops in my eye. I still not seeing clear, the computer screen is very blurry.

Well post tomorrow Hugs BB

When I called the Animal Shelter this morning, they had just heard from the video guy. He had to postpone it one more time. This is frustrating since we have been trying to get this made for months. Oh, well, that's life.