Evening All
Just waiting for Eli to get home from work and do the dinner thing. Have been busy most of the day and just had time to sit down now to read the posts.
I thought I wouldn't get in my walk/jog today, but I was up and out before 6am and back by 6:30am to take Michael to school. Did 3.5 miles, better than the 0 I thought I'd get in. Ran back home after dropping him off to shower and then run back to the school to volunteer to help with a breakfast for the Seniors from last year that came in today to p/u their IB Diploma-it turned out nice and we had just enough food/drink for everyone.
Ran around afterwards and just winding down now.
Was happy to see the scale back to 118.5 this morning
I know it's going to go up, TOM is due at any moment so a gain is inevitable, unfortunately.
By now, you've all received my e-mail regarding the agave syrup. If you are NOT on my e-mail list but visit our board, here's a brief overview of what I am talking about-this is what I plan on posting over on the Sweetalk Board, basically, what went out in the e-mail, just a bit shortened version:
I have some very disturbing news to share with all of you who use AGAVE SYRUP.
Please know that the information I am about to give is in my opinion, accurate, but I cannot tell you 100% proof positive. I don't believe and have no reason to doubt this information as being anything but accurate. This woman has a 10 year reputation to uphold in the Health Food Industry and I do not think she would risk not only her reputation, but a lawsuit for giving false information to the public. So here you go...
These are bits of many e-mails that I have gotten from her in the past couple days:
Our parent company and owner, in Mexico, has decided to cease all world wide production of organic agave syrup. It seems the growers in MX are charging him more and more...and now, the price has doubled and tripled too many times. He cannot charge the higher costs because the market will not buy it and he cannot afford to operate at a loss, for the several years it would take to grow his own.
They closed down the office in Europe last week, and now, us here for this week.
Our plant is shut down. No syrup production, none at all this month was produced. There is no inventory of syrup in Mexico as I have purchase orders which cannot be filled. After all of our distributors run out of agave syrup, it will be like any of your old favorite products that are no longer around. We are the world's only mass producer.
INVENTORY: Sweet Cactus Farms has 20 drums left of blue agave syrup. The syrup she has dates back to at least August 1999 as that is when they stopped production. We always said the shelf life is 2 years but I believe if kept under cool conditions, under 95 degrees and out of direct light, it may last quite a while.
If I were you, I run to the nearest stores and pick up as much of the Sweet Cactus as you could afford to buy!
You can tell everyone our own website is finally up and running--they put it up on Monday--great timing since that is the day they told us we were shutting down!
Anyone can buy any bottles (8 oz. or 12 oz.) as well as the sticks and portion packets on the site, with a credit card.
http://www.naturelusa.com/
Syrup operations are closed, office/warehouse is still open. There are hundreds of cases of bottles in warehouse. They need to get rid of inventory so sales are welcome. The website guy is in the office and only if they run out of product, would they pull website down. Website will be up probably until product is gone anyway.
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Well everyone, this is what I have and what I am passing along to all of you. You can take the information as you wish. I wish, hope and pray this was all just a cruel joke, but like I said, I have no reason to doubt what I was told. Like I said, she has a reputation to uphold, and I highly doubt she would put this information out if it weren't true.
I hope all of you who use the agave can find it easily and get a decent stock to keep on hand. I myself have already ordered 2 cases to add to what I have in my home currently, which should last me at least a year, as I use it, but not on a daily basis. It doesn't seem like finding it will be a problem considering that I buy Sweet Cactus Farms brand and from what she said, they have stock on hand, even though it is over 2 years old.
Hopefully, we'll find something else to substitute when the supplies run out.
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Well, that's the news for everyone to read. Not happy at all, but what can we do. Just pray the supply that's out there lasts for a while!!
SATURDAY MORNING Don't remember why I didn't get the above finished and posted last night-so here I am, Saturday morning vowing to finish and get this posted. Not but 4-5 garage sales out there, not worth going really, they are far apart and probably don't have much anyhow. I have a LOT of work to do in the house and probably should just stay home and concentrate on getting it done. Xmas day is not going to be at my house, keeping it at the Grandparents, but cousins may come to spend the night on Tuesday, so need to tidy up the place. I am having everyone here on New Years Day though, 11am, so I definitely have to get ready for that, will probably have 35-40 people at the house
TOM blew in last night and the scale is up, as I knew it would be. Didn't help that I ate a slew of food yesterday, including some wonderful lentils Eli made. Gas attack is going to be bad today
Maybe it's good for society that I stay indoors today! LOL!!!
He said he only used lentils, garlic, onions, salt and pepper. I put some plain yogurt on it, to die for!!!
MUSIC, I think we all can relate when the kids are out of school for any extended period of time-more than 1 day is extended for me! I'm not sure if it gets harder or easier as they get older-keeping them from getting bored. Sometimes I wish we could just get away for the 2 weeks they are off, but everyone comes to Fl from our family, so here we stay. At least I have a week for Spring Break to take them up to NC
How did your physical go????
LAMAP, glad to see your post. I have to agree with you, it sort of puts a damper when the time comes that it's expected that a present will be received and if it's not, or not what you want, people tend to get an "attitude." My daughter came home with a gift that a little girl gave her from the Dollar Store-she was upset that she had given her something nice from Bath and Body Works-I had to remind her that it's the thought that counts and that she received a very nice gift from another one of her friends and what Lauren had given her was no where in comparison, still a nice gift, but no comparison and there should NOT be any comparison due to it being the thought that counts. Don't worry about the scale. The same thing happened to me, went up and down and up and down the same pounds. I stayed focused and OP and finally had a 6lb drop-it will come, you know your hard work will pay off
Enjoy your vacation!
MELF, enjoy your time with the family. I'm sure you can't wait til your DD comes in today.
SEF, enjoy your baking day. I'm sure you'll do fine with the gingerbread cookies. Treat yourself to 1 and put the rest away-or have DD hide them from you. One won't kill you!
BOB, do check in before you go. Have a good and safe trip and enjoy your time with your family. We will be talking about you in Orlando, so your ears may be burning on Sat/Sun! We really wish you could of made it to this get together-we're going to miss you!!!
BUSDEB, glad to hear you enjoyed your birthday. Outback is always a good place to have dinner! Hope your Mother feels better and her legs don't get worse, but better-something to pray for and ask Santa for for Xmas
ZANNE,
CONGRATS ON THE NEW LOW!!!! Doesn't that feel great to see numbers like that again!
Well gals, off to one of the rooms in the house to start to tidy up (okay, do some major cleaning, who am I trying to kid!). I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and get whatever shopping/cooking/wrapping/etc done before the holiday on Tuesday. I know many of you are lurking for a second, do try to post a quick hello if you are able to, but if you can't, we all understand and look forward to hearing from you once the dust settles down from the holidays.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!! Just wanted to get that in just in case you don't mosey onto the board after this weekend.
Toodles
Debbie
194/120/129
SB since 3/22/00
Reached goal 6/10/01
So all in all its been hectic here. I cooked up a pan of lasagne and put it in freezer bowls so my step-dad would not have to worry about cooking and fixed them some mini quiches for breakfast so all he has to do is pop them in the microwave. And fixed them a few other things for the freezer to heat and eat. We had our christmas last nite so my hubby can enjoy our daughter playing with her new toys before he goes back to work Tuesday nite. 
don't get me wrong, I'm not telling you to cheat, me, NEVER!
BUT, if you really did desire one of those cookies, one wouldn't kill you. For me, there's been nothing that I truly desired to have YET to tempt me to go off plan. Being that I've been able to bake with the agave syrup and be able to eat things that seem to be "bad" but are in actuality good for me on this WOE, I just don't miss anything. Not even the cheesecake my Mother made for Thanksgiving! So, of course, don't eat the cookies unless you REALLY REALLY want one-and that would be the key word-ONE 
