Toni - I dont count them but just know that they are bad - b/c they are a starchy carb - but I am glad you mentioned something - it helps me a lot any information on counting servings, etc. - carbs, are very helpful - and I am still learning
Just a quick question. How can your body fat percentage go down but the scale stay the same? I would assume that could be possible if one was lifting weights and gaining muscle mass while at the same time losing fat. I haven't lost any weight in over a week now, and I've been OP all of that time. I'm cutting back my caffeine and legal carbs to see if that will start me losing again. Also, i'm starting my second week of cardio workouts, and I'm wondering if the sudden increase in activity might in some way be the reason the scale isn't moving? I have been drinking plenty of water. Actually I'm drinking even more than before since I started my workouts. Anyone else see stalls in loss when starting cardio on a regualr basis? I know stalls are a natural part of weight loss for many of us, but I'm just trying to stay in the right frame of mind. Thanks
I hate it, but I did it.... stocked up on veggies!! I gotta get a move on!!
TRISH - AMEN on that jogging girl!! I made it about 50 feet and thought my lungs were going to explode!! I walked the rest of the way!!! It's gonna be rough on me, but I'm determined to do it!
Jack-K - I don't have a lot of piercings, just several unusual ones.LOL. I actually only wear earrings in my bottom 2 holes on each side, and in the top cartilage piercing on the left. The rest I just don't have the earrings to fill...LOL.
Tranquil - I have a tattoo between my shoulder blades. It's a Celtic Knot and I LOVE it. It didn't hurt a bit and I'm gonna get a lower back piece later this year after I lose more weight. I drew it and I've been saving it for when I finally hit 150! I actually loved the way it made my skin numb while they were shading it... I'll see if my close up pic of it will attach at the bottom of this post
Toni - It's always nice to find people who judge you from the inside out I know your DIL appreciates it more than you know. I try to keep my appearance tasteful. I have a clear retainer I put in the tongue ring when I need to, for appearance sake... but even when I don't... I wear a simple silver barbell. Everything else is covered, unless I wear a tank top to show the tattoo, and it's nice and tasteful too. I hate for people to see the tongue ring and decide I must be some sort of freak or hoodlum, when I'm really just a PTA mom who works to take care of her kids, and just likes to have a little fun and express myself with jewelry. I just figure maybe the tongue ring is a good thing, people pre-judge me and don't talk to me... and it's better than wasting my time on them and then finding out later how judgemental they are.
Well... I'm off for a salad with some cheese and tuna and more WATER!!! Good Beth Drink Water...LOL!!!!
Forgot to try and post the pic of my tattoo It's about 3" x 3" and is right between my shoulder blades I found one I liked on the internet, and redrew and modified it a little to my tastes.
I am one of those wicked ex-smokers! And, today a co-worker had a heart attack - her third one - has she quit smoking and drinking after the first two? NOPE!!! have not heard from family at hospital yet - she is 45, thin, but smoker/drinker, and no exercise.
Daramus - If you are working out - building muscle, doing cardio and on plan - it might just take a few weeks to start working.... building a little muscle can replace a little bit of loss fat - and when you have that muscle, it is supposed to start eating up the fat .... so I have been told that within three months of working out and building up your body you can expect to start seeing a difference - which means patience..... Don't get discouraged!!! Soon you will be a lean, mean fighting machine if you keep up the good work!!!!
Beth - I love your tattoo - beautiful - I like the Chinese symbols and on a girl's weekend away in Panama City Beach, spending the weekend there with 2 other single moms....we got goofy and ended up getting the symbols on our ankles - the tattoo artist was a hulking mass of tattoos, long hair and the prettiest eyes Then I have one on my behind!! Yes, and it is a daisy with a little busy bee - silly me
I had half a chicken salad sandwich on legal bread; small salad with Zeus Greek Dressing (0 g sugar) and grape tomatoes (4) and feta cheese sprinkled on it - yummy..... and because of the hectic day - no breakfast at all - just the sandwich/salad combo.... tonight I am making burgers with DS for dinner tonight, he leaves tomorrow evening for Gramma's in IL!
On the subject of tattoos, I got mine almost a year ago. I found two separate designs, which we merged together to form the final drawing. It's about 5" high and 7" wide, across my lower back (the final prongs at the bottom are about 1/4" from the bottom of my spine).
I also have my navel pierced. It IS a problem with jeans - with my short waist, I found that keeping my curved barbell in 99% of the time helped immensely. When I put in a ring, it's only for a day or so, when I am wearing a sundress or a swimsuit.
I got a pair of low-rise jeans, to see if that worked better, but I haven't had the courage to wear them yet (still feeling very fat & flabby (*sigh*).
I want to get a butterfly or two (or three) soon. The first will be just below my existing tattoo. I might get a small one on my ankle, and if I can find just the right design, another on my left shoulder.
My future stepson saw my tattoo (well, the top part of the cross) for the first time last weekend. He said, "I really like your tattoo." This from an 8 year old! I can only imagine he's told his mom I have one.
Have to run for now, but saw the topic and wanted to chime in!
Jenn - WOW - that is some tattoo! Very nice - When I am thin, and fit - then I will think about it - but basically I want your celtic like design without the cross where yours is - at the base of my back - right there at the small of my back (I guess that is how you would describe it...) I also like dragons - my son wants one - I told him he had to wait till he was away from home and started his career after college - just so that he gets it somewhere safe and reasonable in the event it is some high profile employment that would look down upon tattoos.... When he goes to work maybe it won't be looked down upon.....
Getting ready to head home. I'm ready and tired. DD came in at 4:30 this morning. The garage door woke me up and I couldn't go back to sleep, so at 5:00 I took my walk. Now I'm sleepy. I love kids. LOL
Deb, our cruise leaves from Ft. Lauderdale. Yes it does suck to be a woman most of the time. Hope Lauren has a ball at her dance? Does she take a date? Can't wait to check out the pics.
Tranquil, Your meal looks ok to me. You are having 3 carbs a day, but that is ok unless it causes you not to lose. Some people never learn until its too late. Hope your co-worker recovers.
Toni, I know I have to stay off the scale. Deb's bad habits are converting me. LOL
Daramus, IMHO, if you have just started cardio I wouldn;t think it would be muscle yet. You could just be at a plateau. Just keep up the good work. You are doing great. If you are getting close to your gaol, you will slow down.
Beth, I liked your tattoo. It is really neat. You gotta be you.
Jenn, I want my navel pierced, when I can find it that is. LOL. Probably won't though, chicken. Might have to do the tattoo though. Your's sounds neat too.
I'm sooo excited! Tomorrow is the big day! Melf will be here. I made some seafood salad to go on a bed of lettuce. Then thought some are allergic to fish so quickly made some deviled eggs. I suppose there are people allergic to the too! Have some four bean salad, some cheese wedges, Triscuits and SB Multigrain bread and SF Jello w/ lite cool whip. Hopefuly that will suffice!
Been working on PW history for this past year. There is some decrepancy with old historian. Can't tell where she began or left off, the National church calendar or our fiscal year.
Did NH thing today and did a little shopping for tomorrow, didn't have all the ingredients on hand.
BOB: I know that feeling, you want to put a skateboard under your arse to make it easier to get around. Of course, if you are smaller than me, you could use a roller skate!!!
GRACIOUS: In PA we had gypsy moths, in the catterpilar stage, so bad you could actually here them chewing as they denuded the trees. The woodlands were just stripped. People had to sweep the feces up! Then they sprayed to contain them and it killed a lot of the birdlife. We used to go through 500# or more of birdseed throughout the fall and winter. Would buy it from a Wildlife Preserve twice a season. At the end of the first half we still had almost all of our supply. When we checked reason, we thought bad seed, we found out others had the same result. Experts said the spraying killed the moth but birds ate the bugs and such that also were sprayed and it killed them Sad isn't it?
OKay! That's enough! More cheerful things!!
CHRIS: I make mac and cheese w/ WW pasta all the time. I always use extra sharp cheddar as the ww needs a little more punch, IMHO, than regular pasta. It freezes well and I have lunches or meals that I can have when I fix no-nos for my family.
Thank God for freezers. I always have a dish of something in there. No I didn't get to Peddlars Village, altho I hear it's great! Sweet things........SF Jello or pudding, Simply Fruit on a couple of Triscuits (I think the thin ones best.) fruit, I just discovered apples and PB, yum!, yogurt doctored up with fruit & sweetener.
3MILLS: When we decide to have Subway. I get the filling as a salad, forget the bread!! Estee has good Ketchup, I use it all the time.
JENN: I like the sound of your wedding plans! Sometimes sensible is better. Memories are important, but if it takes a lot of cash to make a memory,,,,,,, You'll be one, that's the thing!
THUNDER: We didn't get much rain, I rescued the pillows on the deck and it rained less time than the task. When we got out of choir practice last night, about 8 or so, it was a beautiful rain, by the time I drove 3 miles home it stopped. During the night a lot of noise but no rain. Today it spritzes now and then, but like you we need the real thing!
SOL: I thought I saw a streak, but it went by so fast I'm not sure who it was!!!!!!
DEB: Sitting on the floor three hours? Walking on your rump is supposed to be a good exercise for reducing it!! Hope you made good use of the time down there, other than the grout! WW English Muffin!?!? Where? By who? I love Thomas's muffins, but their ww not legal. I tried the sourdough kind that WinnDixie carries but they ain't so great! Hmmmmmm, I ve made homemade english muffin bread. I wonder........ I'd rather make a whole new outfit, they make repairs or alterations!
FRUIT: Don't kill yourself getting the house cleaned up before surgery, you need a little relaxation before it. I have found, in my many years of wisdom gaining experience, that the things we think MUST be done because we think they MUST, don't necessarily have to be done!!! They will always be there when we get to them! Will keep you in thoughts.
COUNTRY: You want to shoot Bambi's mother? I lived in an area where they did not have school on the first day of deer season or on doe day. People lived for it, never got really interested. I have cooked deer many times, many ways but really don't care for it. Would rather have a good steak or beef roast anytime........doesn't bother me that they kill Ferdinand for that!!! And hey, Henny Penny!!! Forget it, I want my roast chicken, let the sky fall!
HOME: Like you I needed the reminder of more fiber veggies and protein. I do like my breads, cereals etc. But everyone keeps reminding me they are no-nos after a certain point!!! Ah, the things we have to do!
QUIV: We all have some fears after 911, but we can't let it rule our lives. I'm somewhat of a fatalist. When your time comes, it comes no matter where you are. I flew to Germany after Entebbe and the Rome airport bombing. There were those that said we were crazy, but I should miss a good time because of something I have no control over.........I don't think so! N.O. is an international port city, on the news there are always "what if" stories of how it could be attacked. The other day they were talking about poisoning the water etc. I know you lived in the city the tradegy happened in, there are others that are going through the same thing. I bet there are lots of different support groups to help people face their fears. Oh dear, I'm sorry. I just have big fingers (I don't type with my mouth!!).
Yesterday when GD got home from school she was all excited. The DVD she ordered arrived, Harry Potter, she had seen the movie but I hadn't. So we sat down and wtched it. I was almost late to choirpractive! It was good.
Good evening everyone. Had to go to Wal-Mart for my medicine. They always seems to screw it up every month. Like I've been taking the same stuff since 1998 and they've been mailing it to me every month!!! Stopped and had a patty melt. Guess just a salad for dinner tonight. That patty melt was awfully feeling...
Sef- Wow wish I was coming to your house tomorrow. Sounds like a great menu! Thats such a shame about the birds. Those gypsy moths are awful...
Jack-K-Oh you lucky thing to take a cruise, I've always wanted to do that... I guess I missed when you're going and where to. Tell nosey me...
Tranquil- My son is in the army and escaped me so he could get tattos. Of course my older son had to get them too. Boy that smokeing is bad stuff. I'm also an ex smoker and in 1997 smoked up to the hospital door to have a triple by-pass. Luckily I lived to walk up to the door. That was the end of my smokeing. You know its weird but if I could live and smoke I still would be. I'm still learning all the time about SB. I wish they would come out with a little better book that explains more things. I am a triscuit lover.........
Jenn in MN- I think with young people those tattos are really popular. My DIL has a tiny rose with a cross in it on her ankle. That can be your goal to get fit and trim..
Beth-Good job getting those veggies in. Good for you Beth just be who you are. And if someone doesn't like you for it pooie on them.
Daramus- I'll bet your body just has to adjust to something different. I just got off a stall and I just guess it was just because my body felt like it.. Its hard not to get discouraged but it will move....
Guess I'll go start dinner, I know my DH is hungry... Got to wrap Grandkids birthday presents and get them ready for the mail. Its supposed to be 88 here tomorrow. Woo Eeee summer has arrived in Missouri.....
Thought I'd put in my 2 cents on the scale vs. exercise issue.... Unless you've been completely sedentary, it's unlikely that cardio will add muscle. Especially if you are doing either long or intense sessions. Cardio burns sugars in the bloodstream, then starts on muscle when it runs out. That's why endurance runners look gaunt, not muscled up. Now, if you've been lifting weights, it's very possible that you are losing body fat, building muscle, and seeing no change on the scale. During my first Body for Life challenge (a bodybuilding and nutrition program with the nutrition similar to SB) I only lost 2 pounds of scale weight, but 7% body fat. That means the total fat pounds I lost was 11.5, and total muscle added was 9.5. Because muscle takes up so much less space than puffy ole fat, I looked a lot smaller, even tho I weighed only 2 pounds less. Also, I looked a LOT better, not just smaller. So add some weights! Just remember you need to lift to failure to break down muscle tissue, which then rebuilds itself bigger and stronger with the healthy food you eat!
I guess that was more than 2 cents. I'm a bit of a crusader about this....
Toni - I am glad you quit smoking that way you could be such a great giver of support on this group!!!! I loved my cigarettes too - but I knew I had to quit - I have asthma.... I also know how hard it is to quit - I took Wellbutrin for 3 months and that was it - I was off cigarettes! That is funny that your son joined the Army and got away from you to get tattoos! hahaha - I wonder what mine will do
I just got back from a 2.1 mile walk - my ds pooped out first - and he was on roller blades... my Gram was doing much better than I was - she is really getting a lot of benefit from all this walking! She said her joints are feeling much better - especially her hip. Soon she will be running circles around me.
Well time to get DS in shower and packed for his trip - and then cuddle time before bed, I am going to miss him!
BOB is SO MUCH BETTER today...
I started on a different medicine to work on the congestion. I just hope it doesn't move into my chest. FINGERS CROSSED EVERYONE
MONET....Get on down to RICHE'S and get that dress.. They have the best department for us OR you could play it up big and go over to PHIPPS PLAZA or LENOX SQUARE...I'm sure that Neiman Marcus or Lord and Taylor would love to have you spend you money with them! All kidding aside, when Lord and Taylor has a sale, they actually have some decent prices.
GOOD LUCK!!!
DEB...DANGIT GIRL ...I don't mean for you to pack your panties and leave tomorrow! We don't want to go to NANCY'S until they get moved and all the boxes are unpacked
Be sure and take a picture or LAUREN tonight and put it on the board. Tell Michael that BIG BROTHER is coming back really soon.
AND OF COURSE...the mini series THE HAMPTONS starts on Sunday.
MOVIE UPDATE....Didn't like SPY GAME....I love Robert Redford and Brad Pitt, but just couldn't get into the movie at all...tried twice..
SEF..Enjoy your day with MELF...you're gonna have a good time and your menu sounds good enough to drive over for...what time is lunch???
BETH and JENN...great tatoos...I wouldn't mind a little DONALD DUCK somewhere...just need to get my nerve up..
I'm watching PEARL HARBOR...I bought it the other day. It's definately one of those movies to watch more than once.
SHOPPING UPDATE
MEMORIAL DAY couldn't end without me shopping...I drug my tired, sick ole arse out to TJ MAXX...bought a yoga ball, body fat analyzer (sp?) French perfume for $11 per bottle...bought 3
tub mat for the shower...shower curtain...
Did pretty well...everything very marked down..
I'm off to recline and rest... BOB
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Triscuits
any information on counting servings, etc. - carbs, are very helpful - and I am still learning 
Grocery Shopping!!!
All kidding aside, when Lord and Taylor has a sale, they actually have some decent prices.
