[Ellen]

I'm back from the dentist! Things went fine, except for an ulcer he found on the roof of my mouth. Told me to watch it.

I unloaded the kiln, and was pretty disappointed. I had a lot of cracking in the handles on the special order bowls. I may have to chuck them and start over. That makes me mad, since I should have done it BEFORE I fired them so I could reuse the clay. Now it is trash.

We have a funeral to go to this afternoon, so I need to go get ready to go.

[Mercee]

Missy - congrats on the weight loss great job!!! Sorry I didn't read it earlier.

[Rosieinsa]

Ray -- I should have specified sweet carbs - higher glycemic index carbs. I have a horrible cookie addiction and I have been trying very hard to stay away from those especially.

Rosemary...In very rainy and dreary San Antonio...

[Toni48]

Good afternoon everyone. Had to go for blood work today. I have my appointment with my cardiologist on the 23th. It was a fasting one so by the time I got to the cafe I was starving. And the coffee was so good. I kept my head and ordered a salad, and a grilled chicken breast on rye bread with lettuce and tomato. Tonight I'll have a subway turkey breast with lots of veggies and a bowl of my vegetable soup. I know its going to be to many starches but think I'm doing good anyway. But its taking each day at a time cause my head and body are sure fighting me. My little dog Jackson and I just shared a green tipped banana. My dog will eat any fruit or veggie too. LOL

Solly- I said a prayer for you. I'm praying for you to be fine. And can take a sigh of relief for another 6 months. Steve liked the soup and is having it again tonight. I just had to pick him up a bigger sized jeans so he needs it bad.

Missy- Rah rah shish boom baa.... Yippee for those lbs. Girl you are smokeing...... Keep it up!!!

Gym- Have a good day at work. Steve wished I would have gotten him some cottage cheese today.

Tech- Bravo for you too. Keep those lbs dropping off. Sorry the kids are sick. Hope you don't get it too.

Mercee- It took us a while to get here so it will take awhile to get rid of those bad habits. I heard do something for 21 days and it will be a habit. So we can work on that eating. Like I'm not going to always have 4 breads in a day. LOL You can do this...

chrgrl- wow I'm so happy for you getting that gym. I'll bet you can't wait...Heres to being sore....

heartmom- Hope you're doing well. You're a wealth of information. I love when you answer questions.

Ray- Keep up the great work. That sugar is a bummer.... I've been hungry for something sweet so I got some of the Lindt chocolate 70% and it helps a bunch to just have one little square.

Rosemary- I weigh on Weds. too but not looking forward to tomorrow. I know next week will be better so I'll just bite the bullet and get it over with.

Monet- Good you got the dentist over with. Wonder what could have caused the ulcer and what you can do for it. So sorry about your pottery having the cracks in it. That has to be so disappointing after so much work and heart goes into it.

Well I'm off to relax. It tired me out going out of town today.

[heartmom]

Aww, thanks Toni..but it's just because I've been doing this for so long,lol. It comes natural now, hehe. Well, I was just checking in, getting close to quitting time. Today has been a really slow day. I need to go to the gym BUT I just don't have any energy today..think I will go home and just plop down on the couch...yeah, I know...you all have a good evening!

[Ray of Light]

Hey Toni - I think you meant Rosemary - she's having a challenge with sweet carbs.....believe me I could at any second but not today and not yesterday.

You are doing incredibly well!!!! what is a green tipped banana - just one that isn't ripe yet or do you eat them that way on purpose??

Ray

xo

[Toni48]

Ray- Yes a green tipped is one thats not ripe but green on the tip of it. The only ones we can have. And I take 3 water pills so need the potassium.

[chrgrl]

the last 2 days at work have been too long. didn't get home till 7 pm both nights...poo.

breakfast:
shredded wheat with skim milk
hard boiled egg

snack:
clementine

lunch:
salad with romaine, peas, black olives, sunflower seeds, and ranch
SF pudding

snack:
pear

dinner:
Toni's stew
sweet potato with butter and steak seasoning

[ThinWithin225]

Just wanted to pop in quickly and let you know that things are going well with our challenge at work. There are 11 teams with six members each. So, 66 people all trying to lose weight and/or get more fit and supporting each other! How awesome is that! I have never worked at such an amazing place!

Hope everyone is doing well and no one is iced or snowed in during the next few days! We are even looking for "wintry precipitation" here in North Georgia for the next couple of days! Stay warm!!

[GymRatandStillFat]

Hi Everyone--Phew what i busy day I had today. I never had time to think about food and I know I under ate. well for me any ways. its probably how normal people eat. I had breakfast, lunch quick yougrt for snack and then I am just eating dinner now. I am slightly cheating because I knew I had no carbs or anything starchy, so I picked up baked manicotti no sauce. I honestly have no idea if this is even ok--for tonight it worked.



techmom-Thanks..I hope it's not a lengthy pleatu. As far as my work outs I only do classes. If I had to be on a machine i last about 5 min. haha i used to spend 10-12 hours at the gym each week. lately im lucky if i get in 5-6. This week isn't a good gym week so far. every class i take it different so I don't get "adjusted" to any one type. I belong to 3 gyms to so I change my environment all the time. i upped my protein and cut back on starch. Maybe this will help. thx have a great night.

Rosi--Good luck for tomorrow..

Monet-Sucks that you might have to trash your pieces. What ended up happening?

Solly-Your in my thoughts and prayers..good luck.

Thin-Awesome about the work challenge. I wish my work would do something like that..although I have recruited a lot of people to sugar bust with me. HAha

Chr-I know how you feel i work until 7 on most nights. it makes convenience foods hard to resist.

Toni-Cottage cheese is becoming a staple...thank gosh its pretty cheap. haha I have lots i'll share. great job not going crazy after not eating for so long. I am a mess if i am starving.


have a great night everyone!!

[Rosieinsa]

Week 1 - Wed Weigh In -- down 4 lbs. OK...I'm super happy with that given that this week was up and down commitment wise. Exercised only 3 out of the last 7 days and did have to do some eating out along the way there but honestly did try to make better choices at restaurants and I have faithfully stayed away from the work candy jar the whole week.

Week 2 challenge -- exercise at least 4 days and add some weight training in there.

Rosemary

[techwife]

Okay...down another quick pound to 170. But my brother in law sent us some Mole (sp?) that his new Mexican wife made and had some homemade candy in it that I had two large fistfuls of. Does anyone know what Mole is? I haven't even seen it, but if it's mexican, I'm pretty sure it's not legal fare. I'll have to at least try it to be nice because Derek is pretty excited about it.

Both kids are back at school. Derek and I are a little sore with each other this morning over bedtimes for the kids. He wants them to stay up later because he likes to hang out with them and likes their company...which I DEFINITELY can appreciate, but I'm firmly standing by that the 10pm that he wants as a schoolnight bedtime is FAR too late for either of the kids. Shelley is of the mindset that she doesn't fall asleep till then anyway, so why not just stay up that late? Personally, I'd like them heading up to bed at 8pm, in hopes of having lights out and stories read by 9pm and Derek and I are at odds over it...needless to say, the kids are also on Derek's side. I truly think that Shelley's Mondayitis would be cured if she got to bed earlier, but what do I know? I'm just the mom. Oh, well. What can I do? I don't want to fight with everyone all the time and three against one, I lose, so I guess I'll just let the kids get sick from sleep deprivation and prove my point.

Okay, rant over. Gotta go switch wash and get ready for work.

[Solly]

Tech, Congrats on the loss, that should motivate you to get back 100% OP, what a cute idea and you can work on it at the shop if you are not busy. How is business by the way? I am going to have to come up there and smack your hands for getting into that candy. Hide it or you won't see your Valentine's goal. :heart:

Mercee, You can do it, the last 10% is hard. Just make good choices.

Chrgrl, have fun with your new gym.

Heart, thanks for the info, you are a wealth of info.

Toni, WTG on your eating yesterday. You did great. What kind of bread do you get at Subway? The dr gave me a potassium supplement since I take the diuretics.

Ray, what's in that mega soup? I agree with you about the gym. I want to holler "FIRE" when I walk in. Monday's are impossible.

Rosemary, Congrats on a great loss. Keep it up.

Monet, you watch that ulcer closely you hear? Sorry about your pottery, I know how disappointed you must be.

Thin, wow, you will have lots of support. What a good idea. Hope you do the best of all of them.

Gymrat, wow that is a lot of time at the gym. Pluse 3 gyms? Ours doesn't have classes, so we are stuck with machines and free wts. We do have trainers all over the place.


My dr appointment went ok. I guess. I was a little frustrated. They only drew blood from my finger and then ran a CBC which is just a normal blood test that looks at your red and white cells. I would just like a little more re-assrance than that. They wait for something to be wrong that you notice before they start running tests. I understand their reasoning, but I can't tell if I have anything wrong due to the back pain and my RA. Oh well, at least nothing was messed up with my blood.

Did make it to the gym all by myself. Got in a good lower body workout. My bottom hurts so bad today, I can hardly get up and down.
Tonight is our Christmas dinner with my bunco group. We are going to a steak house so I will have either a grilled chicken salad or a small steak with veggies.

Got to get busy. Have a great OP day!

[Toni48]

Good morning everyone. Well I weighted this morning and lost another 1/2 lb. Don't know why I'm stuck doing 1/2 lb. a week but for right now I'll take it. Hopefully next week will be better.

chrgrl- You eating looks good. Wow your hours are late for getting home from work.

Thin- I can't imagine what a great challage that is and what a great company for doing that. It would be so motivating. Good luck on it.

Gym- Heres hopeing you're not so busy today.

Rosemary- Wow 4 lbs. thats just so great. Keep up the good work.

Tech- Wooie another lb. lost. Yippee.......

Just had my peanut butter toast and coffee. Jackson is curled up on my lap sleeping. I'll be back in awhile.

[Toni48]

Solly- We must have been posting at the same time. I'm sorry you didn't get the blood tests you wanted. I don't blame you for being disappointed. At least these turned out fine. I take potassium supplements too. But like to get in some in food to. The work out sounds great. Have a neat time tonight with the Bunco group....