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My morning was very busy and the afternoonb looks like more of the same. :dizzy: At least the sun is shining although the temperature is only just above the freezing mark.

Just wanted to say a quick HI . . . see you later.

Have to go heat my leftover taco soup in a bit. Like to have something easy cause Survivor is on tonight and Steve gets home at 7 for dinner. Tried a pink lady apple and it was so good. I'll have to get some more of those. I also had some nuts for a snack. Need to get my strawberries out and fix those. Yum. Not much going on at the old homestead LOL. I got some dried apples and tomato powder in the mail. Won't be trying them out till next fall.

Lisa- That sugar is such a bummer. I two pieces of candy yesterday. I could have kicked myself. Hope you got to leave early today.

Sue- You're doing it. I hope your shoulder is feeling better. A little walk outside sounds good. Care working out.

Meowee- Hope you didn't work to hard.

Well off to heat my soup......

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Think I'll be a little scarce around here for the rest of this month. My cousin, Jamie (we've been as close as brother and sister all our lives) finally lost his long battle with cancer yesterday.

Now, as I mentioned before, Ruthxxx is arriving today to spend the weekend with me. Guess I'll try to get on the same flight as she is on for the trip to Ontario on Monday morning.

This should time out okay because his oldest son told me last night that there will be an autopsy to verify cause of death (something to do with the fact that he was a fireman). He will then be cremated and then there will be a memorial service. Liam didn't think anything much would be happening before next week anyway.

So, if you need assistance and can't find me, just scream for another Mod and someone will show up.

See you later, gang . . . :grouphug:

I don't post on this board, hope nobody minds if I jump in, but I just wanted to say, meowee, I am very sorry for your loss.

Thank you . . . :hug: . . . I'm sure nobody minds.

Happy Friday ladies,

Sorry I have been MIA. I have been busy at work and work has been horrible. I didn't even want to come to work today. Everyone is cranky, nasty and thinks you are incompetent. We don't have much work and we are bidding everything. Which keeps me very busy. I am so glad it is Friday. No big plans for the weekend. Just getting my hair cut and colored tomorrow DH is playing golf so that works out well.

Meowee, I am so sorry for your loss. You and your family are in my prayers. Have a safe trip. We will miss you.

Ellen, You are one busy lady. You will get it all done with time to spare. You are too hard on yourself.

Toni, how did your soup turn out with the ground turkey? Can you tell? It didn't rain here Easter, but it was very cool.

Candoit, glad you are back and doing so well. Just be careful working out.

Lisa, good for you getting in your groove. I find when I am not busy, all I think about is eating. I like busy days, plus the day goes faster. Wish I could leave early, like right now.

Crystle, hope you are doing great.

It is supposed to be warm here today, so I plan to take a walk on my lunch hour. Hope I don't get mugged or murdered. Not a great neighborhood.

Made it to the gym 5 days this week. Hope it makes up for my eating. :sad:

Hope everyone has a great weekend. Talk to you Monday. :hug:

Meowee- I'm so sorry about your cousin.

Good afternoon
 

Howdy ya'll. I'm still here. We are just on vacation this week so no computer time to speak of. Today it is yucky and raining so it has slowed us down. :) Eating has been pitiful but I'm enjoying every minute and already planning on getting right back on track.

Meowee...I am so sorry for your loss.

Sue...so good to see you. Hang in there. The weight will start coming off again.

Solly...sorry they are being toots at work. I hope the mood around there picks up.

Ellen...how did the cheese come out this time?

Toni...I'm gonna have to try that taco soup some time. Every time I read about it it makes my mouth water.

Lisa...hang in there. Have you tried a high sugar fruit to give you that jolt versus refined sugar? I find when I need a boost grapes or pineapple give me a lift.

Tech...praying for you and Shelly.

Talitha...how was your trip to the Y?

Love and hugs,
Crystle

Happy Monday all. My week end went fine. We grilled steaks yesterday and had them with baked sweet potatoes, salad and veggie. It was starting to rain so we had to hurry. We're supposed to have a beautiful week with the temps. getting up to the 80's. I love it and will get out and enjoy it. Hope everyone is fine.

Good afternoon
 

The boys and I just finished lunch. It was yummy! My friend made a medley of fresh veggies the other day...summer squash, butternut squash, fresh asparagus, onion, celery, tomato and jalapeños. We mixed that with brown rice, fresh pork roast and rolled it in corn tortillas. I'm stuffed. I tried to eat two but I got full first. :) The sun is shining and it is just too beautiful outside. I should be out there replanting green beans but it is still muddy from the weekend so I'm going to put it off a couple of days.

((Everybody)))

God bless,
Crystle

Happy Monday, if that is possible.

Weekend was so-so. Saturday was beautiful. We spent most of it outdoors. Yesterday it rained all day and I do mean all day. Still raining off and on today and calling for more tomorrow. Cool, but by Wed it will warm up to the 80's. Just hope it holds out for Derby week the following week.

Toni, thanks for sending warm weather, can you send it faster?

Crystle, just vacation from school work etc,or did you go somewhere? Gla you enjoyed yourself no matter.

Tech, wondering how Shelley is doing?

Crazy busy, probably won't be on tomorrow unless its late. have a great one :hug:

Oh boy what a beautiful week we're having here. The weather has been great. I should get off here and do something useful but I'm a slob today. Trying to get my water in today. I'm just not drinking enough. Thought tonight I'd make a nice salad with some grilled chicken on top. DH will love it. And maybe start us on the road to healthier eating.

Solly-Sending you some lovely weather. Hope you are having a good week. You must be mighty busy.

Crystle- Your food always sounds so good. Have some squash and fresh asparagus to cook too. Wish I had that vegetable medley.

Well maybe I'll do something now. Have a good day.

Howdy
 

Good afternoon ya'll. Vacation caught up with me big time. Every bad food choice has showed up as pounds and I don't mean one or two..my fault. But I'm trying really hard to get back on track. There is a huge pot of beans cooking on the stove right now...cranberry beans, black beans, navy beans, garbanzo beans and lentils. Hopefully it will taste a bit like 16 bean soup.

It is totally beautiful outside. Yesterday I planted the last of the spring garden. At least I think so. :) I even picked a few radishes. They were so tasty.

I hope ya'll are having a SUPER day.

Love and hugs,
Crystle

My sugar cravings are really getting more and more tame every week.
Wow, it's a relief.

I sometimes start talking to myself like cheesecake isn't really very
high GI food and that it wouldn't be so terrible to have a slice.
It wouldn't be terrible, but it wouldn't be helpful either! So far
I've managed to stay on plan 6 out of 7 days for the past week.
Yay!

Toni, Thanks for the reminder about drinking more water.
I had been letting that slip.

Solly, Sorry to hear about the environment at work. Bidding on everything
sounds like an exercise in creating bad moods.

Crystle, I can't wait to hear about your garden as the spring and
summer progress.

Yesterday I was badly off-plan. There was this big buffet and I'll spare you the greasy details. Today I'm back on plan, although probably a bit dehydrated and need to drink more. I hope you're all well. Take care.

LISA: There is a recipe in the recipe section for a cheesecake make with agave, and no crust. You use light cream cheese, and it is not very sweet, but refreshing with fresh fruit on the top. It makes a nice occasional legal treat. If you can't find it, let me know and I will post it for you....

Howdy
 

Good afternoon. Things have been pretty busy lately. I finished up the planting last week. Moved the new baby chicks outside. Yesterday we bought a pair of bunnies. :) They are too sweet. They can't breed for another three months. Boy bunny had other ideas so we had to seperate them already. Eating has been so so. Exercise is almost non-exsistant.

I hope each of ya'll is doing well. Ellen, I'm so sorry to hear about your tumble. I LOVE the food channel. :)

Love and hugs,
Crystle

Good afternoon. The week end was great. We grilled both days and just had a side salad with our food. I've got some beautiful organic lettuce I found at Wal Mart. Tonight I'm making tostado's for dinner.

Lisa- Hop back on plan.... You can do it....

Ellen- So sorry about your fall. Hope your knee gets better soon. I love the food network channel. We got the Green channel for a month from Dish and I've been enjoying Emeril cook from Whole Foods market.

Crystal-Sounds like you're so busy.... Glad you got your garden planted. And those chickies out. We're having rain this week and its helping to make everything so green out.

I think its time for a nice cup of hot tea. Enjoy your afternoon....

Hey ladies. I had a national birth conference for ICAN last week so I was busting my butt sewing for the past 2 weeks. We did really well and I'm so excited about getting business up and running again!
I've maintained my weight and it looks like I've lost 2 more. I'm not claiming it until I see it a few days in a row, though. Did we decide we want to have a weekly weigh in? Sounded like Wed or Friday for most?
Anyway, just popping in for a cyperhug to you all. I'm off to water aerobics in a few minutes. Today is out 8th anniversary. I look around me at these precious kiddos and my amazing husband... giving him my forever was the best thing I've ever done. I'm beyond blessed.
Have a lovely day ladies!!

Oh wait. My ticker says 202. I hadn't changed it for a bit. I'm pretty consistently weighing between 199 and 197 Yay! Every little pound off helps :)

If I over-eat, I usually feel full for several hours longer
than I would after a normal-sized meal, but then when that
wears off, or the next day, I'm even hungrier than normal.
Some of you may know what I'm talking about? Crazy but true?

Well, when I went off-plan this past Sunday, it was high calorie
but not high sugar or high GI. Then, for the next day or two
I was LESS hungry than normal, and there's not too much damage
done to my weight. Wow. So basically, my body is working the way
it should, and that makes me really happy. Even if I'm getting
into trouble, it pays to avoid the sugar! Or maybe I've got
a shrunken stomach and maybe I wasn't as bad as I had feared.

Talitha, Congratulations on your anniversary and on the weight
loss.
Ellen, That fall sounds miserable. Thanks for the recipe idea.
I've found some good low-cal lowfat cheesecake recipes but
nothing with agave.
Crystle, Congratulations on the new animals. Sounds like a
Garden of Eden. :)

Howdy
 

Just poppin in to say howdy. Busy busy week. I hope to slow down next week. Eating is great. Scales are yucky...LOL :) ((Everybody)) Hang in there and keep on keeping on. That's what makes us winners.

God bless,
Crystle

Ellen, you need to share some links on how you learned to make cheese. I've made my own yogurt. I wanna try!

Worked out twice at the y yesterday. I did 1.5 hour water class and then did 45min on the elyptical yesterday afternoon while Selah had her yoga class. I feel good. I'm taking the kids to my MILs to stay the night. Travis and I are going to go see the King Tut exhibit and then tomorrow morning we are going to the Green Market at Piedomont Park. Then birthday parties and guests on Sunday. It's going to be a fun-filled weekend.

Hi ladies, sorry I have MIA. I have been having troulbe getting on the site. A dear friend passed away last week from breast cancer. She was a PE teacher at the grade school. We had gotten to be good friends and always went to all the bc outings. I will miss her. So I was pretty much bummed all week. it really hit close to home. Plus work has been dreadful. Everyone is in horrible moods, yelling, nasty, etc. I have been here 37 years and always loved my job. Lately, I hate my job. We are low on work and I understand the worry but you really don't have to treat people that way.

Last week was Derby week and needless to say, it was packed full to the brim. If I don't see another horse for awhile, it will be fine with me.

Ellen, sorry about your accident. Hope your knee feels better soon.

Talitha, Happy anniversary.

Lisa, you can do this.

Toni, hope all i well with you.

Crystle, how is that garden growing?

Guess that is all for now. We are so busy bidding work, that I am swamped. Hope to be back soon. :hug:

Hello friends. I am plodding along, my knee is improving slightly. The weather has cleared and the sun is shining for the first time in several days. The rain was heavy yesterday and the roof is leaking. It needs to be replaced, but my farmer boy husband can't bring himself to pay someone to do something he can do himself...so he is planning on reroofing it himself. Argh!

I have finally gotten the furniture arranged how I like it in the dining room (new stuff we got from my husband's deceased uncle) and I am trying to get the main floor of the house in presentable shape for a dinner party the second week of June. I have a LOT to do! :)

Eating has been so so. Not bad, not great. The scale is stuck as usual.

TALITHA: I got a book from Amazon by Ricki Carroll called Cheesemaking. There is a website she runs that has the unusual ingredients you need. Mozzarella and ricotta are very easy cheeses to make. I have a second frig I need to get situated and plugged in, which I plan to use for hard cheeses that have to be aged. My son built me a cheese press, so I am all set. I am going to try a cheddar, then a parmesan. The mozzarella turns out delicious, and is much cheaper than what you buy in the store if you use milk from someplace like costco. If you like, you can make it out of goat's milk. You just need to find fresh goat's milk, as the stuff in the grocery stores has been ultra pastuerized and it will not work. Call me if you want to talk about it.

SOLLY: I am so sorry about your friend. I know that must hurt. I am praying for you.

So where is Toni, Meowee, Country - and has any one heard from Tech, or BOB lately?

Hello. Things are crazy around here getting ready for company and a big family gathering here the 16th. I've got tons to do. First I've got to think about what to feed my bunch. Oh well I'm sure it will all work out.

Solly- I'm so sorry about your friend. I can't imagine how hard this is for you. And what a bad time for things to be bad at work. I hope it all gets better for you.

Ellen- Wow you've been a busy bee. Glad your knee is getting better. Got your garden in yet?

Talitha- good going gal on the workout. Keep up the good work.

Hi Crystle, Meowee, and Lisa........

Hello. I'm hanging in there, and that marvelous ticker keeps headed down!
On Sunday we went to that buffet again, but this time I looked at it as an
opportunity to learn new habits -- to take a few bites of the high-calorie
foods and then not have any more. I already know how to restrict myself
cold-turkey but that's not a permanent lifestyle, and I know how to over
eat, so this is really good for me to practice practice practice. I feel like
I'm training my body, not just my mind.

Solly, I'm sorry to hear about the death of your friend, and the death of
civility at your workplace.

Ellen, I hope your knee recovers really well.

Congrats to Talitha on the exercise. WAY TO GO! It's doubly
impressive that you find the time despite the demands of kids.

The phone ringing woke me this morning. I was really sleeping. But I do have a busy day ahead so need to get busy. Didn't even get on the scale yet. Did everyone get a coupon for KFC's grilled chicken? Ours is to far away and I couldn't get it to print my coupon. The Biggest Loser was so good last night. Down to the final three next week.

Lisa- Yep that training yourself to eat better is a good thing..... Keep up the good work.

Ellen- Awww what a sweet kitty. Maybe you'll need a little nap today.

Crystle- Hope you get a break......

Well off to do some work. Have a good day.

spring! <3
 

I love spring. It's finally getting warm where I live in the NE.
I'll be outside more. More walking. More running.

Hopefully my fiancee will join me!

Also, where do all of you get your countdown things?

Hi all! I'm new to the forum and to Sugar Busters. I would like to join in with this daily thread if you all don't mind! To start, I was wondering if there are specific brands of "sugar free ice cream" that are recommended? I've seen "No Sugar Added" (Breyers and others) that include Splenda, but not "sugar FREE". Do they mean the same thing?

:welcome: Pet and Voice..... Its good to have you here. You get the countdown things under UserCP at the top of the page. But I think you have to be on so many posts before you can use it. As far as the ice cream goes I myself would go with the one that has splenda in it.

So, I've had no sugar today and I'm sooo tempted at the moment to go grab some chocolate! But I'm not. I'm going to have some water with lime because I really am thirsty.. Ahhh..
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I startefd a sparkpage and I'm trying to get into logging my food. Because I know that I'm completely addicted and worshiping at the Sugar Shrine. I've GOT to break the habit and stop feeling sorry for myself.
Anyway, I blogged today if you want to go read it.
http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage.asp?id=MOMSTINCT

Welcome Pet and Voice!!!


Lisa, you're doing fantastic!

Ellen- i may try that out sometime, when I'm in a bit of a better routine. I'm getting there.. Be careful with that knee.

Solly, I'm so so sorry for your loss. ((hug))

Toni- I couldn't get the coupin to print either.

Oh boy....I am on Day 4 of the SB diet, and I think I have what may be sugar withdrawal symptoms?? I've felt nauseous and dizzy and just generally "out of it" all day today. I don't get it...yesterday I was doing just fine, but today it just hit me like a ton of bricks. My nose is stuffed too, but I don't think i'm getting a cold. Could this be from cutting out sugar for only 4 days? Seems a little crazy, but I can't otherwise explain it. I'm still eating fruit, so shouldn't that keep me from having sugar withdrawal??

Hi Petsitter! The symptoms you describe...dizzy, nausea, feeling out of it....CAN be from sugar withdrawal. If they don't clear up in a few days though, you might want to explore other causes. I always got headaches, and felt out of it and nauseated. I think everyone is different... You will be glad you stick it out though. Not being enslaved to sugar is a wonderful feeling!

Ellen

Petsitter,
I felt miserable during my first 10-15 days without sugar, and I thought
I might be coming down with something. But I'm pretty sure it was just
the withdrawal. But I'm really really glad I broke the addiction, and
after a couple weeks everything got much much easier. I'm sure you'll
be glad you did it too. Just hang in there. Congratulations on the
first 4 days. That's already a big accomplishment.

Happy Mother's Day everybody. We went to "the buffet" again on
Sunday and I did OK again. Filled up on a veggie stew, had only a
couple bites of various forbidden foods. Yay.

Lisa