What a beautiful day! The sun is shining here, the snow and ice are melting. Our computer sits by a south window and the sun is shining in on me - feels soooo good.
Don't have anything for Motivational Monday, but I got motivated. I had to have a blood test this morning, (Allergist called Fri. and said my blood test showed I may have hypothyrodism so had to have another test done) so while I was in town I decided today was a good day to get started back at Curves (circuit training). I haven't been there since probably July. It felt good. While I was there, I was talking to one of the owners about Sugar Busters and the 3FC site. She wrote down the info and tomorrow I am taking her my SB book to read. I will also be getting weighed and measured - one more way for me to keep motivated.
Carol101 - Hope you continue to improve. What a bummer.
Barbee - Quincy? Neat. I am originally from Burlington, IA. Lived in Colchester 12 years now.
Big O - Thanks for the tip on cleaning out the water heat. We had to get a new one about a year ago, so I will definitly mark the calendar for regular cleaning.
Overcome - Good for you on throwing out the M & M's. I have only been doing SB for a week now, and don't feel like I can trust myself to cheat even the slightest with sweets - not even legal ones. We were at a car show yesterday, and one of the booths had a bowl of Tootsie Rolls. I instinctively started to reach for one, but a little voice stopped me. Instead, I snacked on an orange that I had with me. I also took some Triscuits because I knew it was going to be a long time between breakfast and lunch.
I have another food question. Is this "legal"? Hodgson Mill Cracked Wheat Hot Cereal. Ingredients are "100% whole wheat, including all the wheat bran and wheat germ" - thats all. 100 Cal, total fat 1g, 26g total carb., 8g fiber, 0 sugar 4g protein.
Gotta get ready for work. Catch everyone tomorrow.
Just a quick hello to all you chicks & chicklets...Hope your day is going well. I went grocery shopping & bought some salmon for supper. Got to find a receipe now. Also, went to a HFS looking for Agave Nectar. Still can't locate any in my area. shucks! This paricular HFS had a SB sandwich shope so I picked a tuna sandwich on WW bread with sprouts . DELICH!!!! Daughter had pizza & I didn't even want a bite!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CYNSEA!!! hOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!
OVERCOME, Valentine card is beautiful! You're so creative & talented! Thanks
www.sugarfreekitchen.com is having a 10% off sale this week....they carry whole wheat pastas, and Lindt 70% chocolate bars, and Sugarbuster products. Just thought I'd send you their way if you're interested.
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Healthy Hugs,
Connie
251.5/240.5/150
Janesville CA (an itty bitty town 80 miles NW of Reno NV)
I know Viv posted a note about a bad computer virus running rampant at her work. This is an alert that it is running rampant everywhere. If you get an email that is suppose to be a picture of Anna Kournikova the tennis star don't open it and don't download the picture. It is the virus. For a while I just wouldn't download much of anything until the virus scans are updated.
Just a quick one for VIV...I'm posting the recipe as we click....As far as the fat content, the carton will tell you how much per tablespoon..I'm sorry, I don't have one right now..You could just figure that into you daily totals..
For those of you who haven't noticed at the top of the screen, WE KNOW HAVE OUR OWN SB CHAT ROOM!!!!! See it up there!?!
To see a copy of Suzanne's post she wrote us, just click on the link below: http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//Forum55/HTML/000123.html
So, with the chat room now raring to go, we need to choose one day of the week that we do an organized chat. In the past it was Monday, then we changed it to Thursday, best time we found was 9:30-10:00pmEST. I will e-mail everyone and would like your input so we can schedule a chat tentively for next week. Until then, would anyone be interested in doing in impromtu chat on Thursday night at 9:30pm EST?? At least to see if the chat room works okay. Just to let you know, it does take a bit of time for it to hook in, so do be patient
Okay, back to some normal stuff - got in my 5 miles today, ran a few errands, nothing exciting. My Mom's friend makes this zuchinni dish that's to die for, I ate probably about 3lbs on this dish and gave a smidgen to Micahel-wish she had made more. She just sautees onions, garlic, zuchinni, & tomatoes with some salt, pepper and oregano. I topped it with some grated Romano cheese - delicious! I can't eat a whole salad, but I can easily polish off a ton of this stuff!!
MEL, there are 2 listings for the GI index, one glucose based, the other is sugar based. SB follows the GLUCOSE NUMBERS as the baseline (equals to 100). As for TURNIPS, they are considered to have a very high rating on the GI. Try to look for agave nectar near where the honey and syrups are in your HFS-honey isn't SB legal, unless you are using a small amount and when you break down the recipe it has only 3grams of sugar or less in each serving size. Isn't tabuolli wonderful! I can't imagine it with tuna, I'd be outsted from the house if I tried that, but we make it here at home the regular way.
CHERI, thanks for posting that motivational thought!!
CATHY, congrats on that loss, I pray I will be saying the same thing (at least) on Wednesday! Honestly, I would suggest you try and stay away from the chocolate, at least for a while. In Montignacs book, he okays it for maintenance, whereas SB says it's okay to use at anytime -actually, you are limited to eating chocolate to 3 times a week 1/2 ounce each time. BUT, I personally think at the beginning, it's better to give your body sufficient time to get all the sugar out of your system. This comes from a chocoholic! The agave nectar would most likely be found near the syrups and honeys - ask if you don't see it!! No gents active on this board, but I am sure they are lurking - maybe they don't want to come on and be known as a chicklet/chick! LOL!!! But seriously, I'd welcome any that wanted to join us!
MSLIZ, sounds so great to see how motivated you are. I hope you get your WW info soon! The motivational thought was good - no matter where it came from!!
BIGO, the sickies are getting better, Sharon left early this afternoon to go home, Eli is working a long night, he has floor cleaning til gosh knows when, then another full day tomorrow!
VIV, that must be a typo in Weils book, just as there is one in the SB book, as they give fresh apricots a 10 on the GI, it is actually 57!! They copied this info from Brand-Miller's book, which had a typo, and left out the 5, showing only 7 for fresh apricots - so not checking their copying the writers of SB took that 7 and rounded it to 10! But yes, watermelon is NOT SB legal! He is right about the pasta, the less you cook it, the lower GI it has. #2 - LOL!!! HFS is HEALTH FOOD STORE, just easier to put it like so than keep taping it out on the keys. #3 I don't have those cravings, but some of the gals do drink some of the Carnation Hot Cocoa which helps. While you are in Boca, there is a store somewhere up there that sells the Carbolite Ice Cream, you should see if you can find it (ask your friend before you come) and maybe they will have some chocolate! BUT, if you really want a piece of chocolate, just make sure you get some that has higher than a60% cocoa content and just have a 1/2 ounce piece. #4 It's not like you can't have chocolate, but you have to make the choice of how you handle the situation. For Xmas we received a nice box of Godiva chocolates, it didn't even phase me. When my parents went to France, they went out of their way to find my most favorite candy bars (not available in the States) and here it is, months later and they are still sitting in my cupboard, all 6 of them!!!!! #5 Fat, I just make sure I try not to get more than 40 grams. It's not hard to do. I too love thrift stores, but I have so much junk, I haven't been going to them lately. You got a great buy!!!
JOY, sounds like you and hubby had a great time! Hoping that being it's Monday you are finding your way back on track. Thanks for the heads up on the sale site, good for those who can't readily find things near them!
AMSER, so you fell off the wagon, but you climed back on. It doesn't sound as bad as a you probably think it was. Plus, remember, sourdough IS okay to eat!!! I too am on a stall, sort of. I am the same exact weight I was last month, just going up and down a few pounds-this happens. It will start to move down, trust me - those of us who have been following this WOE know patience is one of the keys to success!! Exercise will definitely help! Break that new treamill in on Wednesday, then really break it in with a good walk on it Thursday! Don't ever feel intimidated by not posting to each person individually, it's not something that is mandatory, nor is it always easy for everyone to do-just your presence and participation on the board is enough to be a part of it-in any capacity, you are always a part of this group!
BEACH, thanks for reposting that Motivational Thought - it's a good one! Glad to see you are staying below 140 - hope I will be able to say that soon as well.
RHROO, you're back on track, that's what's important, the past is behind you. Good luck at WW tomorrow, maybe you'll be pleasantly surprised. If not, you know what you need to do to turn things around. Don't worry about being back where you were 2 weeks ago, I'm back where I was 1 month ago!! I don't know much about the Sugar Bust for Life and what they deem as legal, but I did read that the authors of SB don't endorse that book and what they deem as lbeing egal. Maybe you can find if Dove has a website and see if they can tell you what the cocoa % content is for the dark chocolate. Finding SB legal chocolate isn't easy around my area, which is good!!!!
COUNTRY, glad to hear you are going back to Curves. You should be proud of yourself for going back, keep it up. Hodgson Mill Cracked Wheat Hot Cereal is fine, enjoy it!
MEL, sorry it's hard for you to find the agave nectar, hopefully you'll find some somewhere soon. You sandwich sounds yummy!!!
Well gals, I'm going to go for a few hours, and I'll check in with youall after Everyone Loves Raymond.
Please remember TOMORROW IS TUESDAY TIPS so if you have any good tips, please post them tomorrow.
I am reading through the posts and came to the one about the computer virus. You would not believe what happened at school today.
Noticed this email -- there are so many people in the school district -- but did not open it. I sent the person a email saying I did not know who they were and was I suppose to. Well the first email came under Pam Leverty -- then the second one came under Pam Hughes
I was trying to email our computer tech who was on campus today. Would not work. Then I clicked over to the gal's name that I teach with, She had 130 names on there - all Ann baby. This person got into Volusia County School District and is wiping out computers like crazy. It is nuts.
Weather this morning was really nice -- this whole week is supposed to be in the 80"s. Yeh - right. It got up to maybe 65 - cloudy -- extremely dense fog - fog right now also. and it is 52 -- what the heck is going on.
Weight is up a little bit -- no biggie.
Karen - checked out your bio -- do you not have a email address?
You were talking about your mother being in the home in Monroe and it is only for alzheimer patients There is only one there like that isnt there? Well, my good friend -- librarian at Freeport Junior High - Gloria Moeller -- her mom is there. This is getting kind of strange here. My mother died of complications fro Alzheimer and so did my mother -in=- law. Now my one aunt has it. It is a horrible thing -- people just can not imagine how horrible it really is. My mom looked like a million dollars but know anyone and that is the hardest part.
Sorry about my ramblin. Those of you that are using fitday.com -- how the heck do you get it to work? I just can not be that dumb!
Take care - Congrats to the losses - everyone hang in there.
Later
Barbara
Port Orange, Fl.
225/189/?
In honor of Valentine's Day, here's a site with chocolate reviews AND percentages of "chocolate solids" I don't know if that's the same thing as cocoa but its something http://tchester.org/tc/chocolate.html
Also, DH and I were getting viruses in e-mails today NOT the Anna Kourikova virus. The subject is "Here you go " or something like that. DH got it from my dad and I got it from someone I didn't know but we both had advance warning and didn't open them.
I've been a bad SB'er today. But as Scarlett O'hara said (and this is my Motivational Monday contribution)
***Tomorrow is Another Day!***
I'll plug in later,
Belinda
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am feeling much better about the world today dispite the yucky weather! a successful day of sticking with the right choices helps!!!
i checked out the fitday.com site...how cool!
looks like i've got a too much fat, not surprising...
thank you for your words of wisdom, they are truely helpful!
i printed out a lot of the recipes that were posted and hope to try some this week!
am chillin' on the sofa with ally mcbeal tonight, after a long weekend working at MUSC...ya'll have a good nite too!
grace
I've had a nice, peaceful SB day! It's Lincoln's Birthday, and a State of California Holiday. Today is also our 19th wedding anniversary, and we're having grilled shrimp, brown rice, and salad, and maybe a nice glass of Merlot.
I did blow it on Saturday, but the headache that resulted was just punishment. Beach, thank you for the motivational poem. I needed that today. I have so much to be healthy for.... my first grandchild in May, and mostly for myself!!!
If anyone has any recipes they'd like the calorie/carb/fat/protein for, I'd be happy to put them in my Master Cook program and tell you those details. It certainly helps me when i'm posting on FitDay. Let me know!!!
Have a nice evening!!!
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Healthy Hugs,
Connie
251.5/240.5/150
Janesville CA (an itty bitty town 80 miles NW of Reno NV)
It’s been a challenging week-end, food-wise as me and my hubby just celebrated our 14st
anniversary (!!!) but I pulled through it ok by ditching the “All or Nothing Additude”. Look forward to the routine of the week.
Big Orange... The apple bit is based on the theory that if you eat a complex carbo. Before bed that you’ll have a ‘restful’ sleep. For me it seems to promote lovely dreams with Brad Pitt in them. Drag about the water heater.
Deb... How did your Sunday go? Tell me about the fat grams! According to fitday my daily fat intake is up to 40%.
Cathy...Good work with passing on the chocolate cake and the 2 lb. Loss. HaPpY dAnCe !!!
Barbee... It’s sure nice to hit a different decade, eh? Congratz on the 189.5!!!
Carol... You go, girl! I’ll send lots of encouraging thought your way. Good to hear your healing.
Viv... What’s with us and the high fat intake, I too thought that I was doing really well. I’m going to choose to focus on the sugar first, as that triggers my over-indulgence.
Beachfan... Like your “Being Again” bit. Printing it out to post in my kitchen. Thanks!
Great that we have the chat room,eh?
Enjoy the week,
Jan
Vancouver, Canada
168/161/148
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VIRUS::: also one subject line HAHAHA and one SNOW WHITE...These got loose in one of my Tennesse message boards, and took over the complete bank shot of addresses...It was terrible...
BARB: I told you don't feel bad..I can't do it either..surely someone will feel sorry for us old broads and explain in detail!
DEB...I can't buy ANYMORE CHOCOLATE!!!! Yep..it's gone! AND I'M NOT EVEN A CHOCOLATE LOVER OR SORTS!!!
That dish sounds wonderful..I'll have to give it a whirl. I'm going to have to quit eating any kind of meat for a little while. I just feel so out of sorts and overly full lately when I eat it. I've bought a great Vegetarian cook book from WW's and plan to try out some of those recipes. I'll post some as I go along. ALSO completely cutting out SOURDOUGH BREAD... NOW THAT I'M ADDICTED TO!!!
For all you chocolate lovers, check out the new show on the FOOD NETWORK entitled FOLLOW THAT FOOD..this weeks version for Valentine's Day is all about chocolate! I watched last night, and it's very interesting.
MELF..Just read an article in this month's Prevention magazine about eating broccoli sprouts on your sandwich instead of lettuce.
The sandwich they made sounded really good.
I'll post it later.
DEB: Thursday night sounds good to me. I haven't tried to get in the room yet. Have been having trouble with java chat..get a message saying that I need to enable...IT IS!
Any ideas?
So glad to hear the "puny people" in your house are better. I hope Eli doesn't run himself down. He'll just get sick again!
Tonight is WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW...If you've never watched, it's a wonderful show for dog lovers..USA channel at 8pm
With that, better get reclined...Skeeter likes to watch so I need to stock up the dog cookies to keep him happy...Nothing to eat or drink for the "fat boy" after 10pm...Surgery tomorrow morning...Dream good thoughts for him...
Hi all - I just have a few minutes before I take my son to basketball practice.
Barbee - I didn't put my e-mail address in the bio because I didn't want any unscrupulous marketers to add it to their lists. Ever since I started bidding at EBay, I get SO much spam. If you haven't found that it's a problem here (I know it's none of the people that use the board for its intended purpose who are the spammers), then I will edit the bio and put it in. Do you know your friend's mother's name? There are three units, so my mom may not be in the same one as she is in. It was a year last October and I still can't get used to the idea. She still knows us, but just isn't capable of living alone (my dad died in 1982).
Got to go - hope everyone has a good night and great week!
CHERI---Did I ever tell you where it is my bro lives? He’s in Fortville, IN which is right outside of Indianapolis. The are on the north east side of the city. Just past the Gueist Reservoir. Have you heard of that? Maybe you and I can meet up someday. We could find a nearby Starbucks and have one of their groovy legal coffees. Sorry that you had to re-register and all that. But we’re glad you did. Are you a night owl or a person who works odd shifts? When I stay up til 2 a.m. I need the rest of the weekend to recover. Also, I enjoyed your motivational Monday. I’m gonna keep dancing even with two left feet.
CATHY---Applause for the 2 pound loss. Way to go and on the heels of a weekend no less. Awesome!!! I’ve got my fingers crossed that your DH jumps aboard sometime real soon. It makes a huge difference. My honey is on it with me and he’s lost 11 pounds since January 2. Tonight when I got home, he was already hard at work cooking chicken breasts and had even SLICED UP MUSHROOMS, ONIONS, AND PEPPERS to go with the meat. Wow!!! I was shocked, but very appreciative. So I’m sending good thoughts your way for hubby to get with it. The important thing is that he join when he’s ready and then he’ll be ready to tackle the job.
CYNSEA---Happy Birthday! You don’t look a day older.
VIV---Okay, girl, sit down, put your feet up, grab a cup of coffee and hear me out. This weekend (Starting on Thursday) I splurged. At the Mardis Gras party, I drank two vodkas and grapefruit juice and ate ice cream and two chocolate chip cookie type things. Well, let me tell you, my cravings since then have been through the roof. For the past three days, I have been thinking way too much about food. Thoughts of illegal snacks have been creeping into my brain space and I’m driving myself nuts about it. Since there was nothing illegal in the house to eat over the weekend, I kept going back to a piece of toast of a handful of triscuits. And that was just not happening BEFORE my binging. So anyways, I say, do what you want, but know that the cravings will very certainly return. The sugar really is not a good thing and will stick with you for longer than those few moments of bliss as it hits your tongue. Remember the old saying, “Nothing tastes as good as losing weight feels!” I’ll get off my soap box. Don’t mean to sound bossy, but I just want you to be successful and happy with your efforts. Viv you made me LOL when you said that you took back your digital scale and bought the old kind. Too funny. I’d have done the same thing. BTW, no I don’t work for Time Warner. They are just really supportive of the non-profit I work for. They really do a great work here in Cinti and all over the country. That’s really interesting that you worked for all the big guys when they were in sales. Guess they learned a lot from you and that’s what got them so successful. I also loved your story about the beeper stuck in the couch. When DH has his set on vibrate and it’s sitting on a hard surface, it scares me clean out of my skin.
AMSERAPHIM---Yes, we will be patient with you. Remember this board is here to help you, not to give you something to feel guilty about. (Did that make sense????) Anyways, I’m been where you are so many times. And it’s absolutely miserable. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE stick with it. Know that my fingers are crossed for you hoping for great things this week. Just think of this, at 132 you are only 2.5 pounds away from being in the 120’s. YOU GO GIRL!!!! That’s an awesome place to be. Try making that a mini goal. Just to stay on track and start exercising to make it to the 120’s. Then you’ll be back on track and that success will lead to more success. That’s great that you got a treadmill for your VDay present. Enjoy!
RHROO---Suede pants????? Way to go!!!! That sounds absolutely wonderful. I’m green with envy. (Not really, just terribly happy for you!) Keep posting. I miss you when you are not on. You always manage to say something that I’ve been thinking. Hmmmm.
JOYOUS CONNIE---Thanks for the tip about the sale. I will definitely check that out. And happy anniversary. Your dinner sounds yummy.
DEB---Count me in for Thursday night. I’ve never done a chat, so this will be new and exciting. That zuchini sounds so good. Did she use canned tomatoes?
ORANGE---If you are looking for vegetarian recipes, try looking at Curtis Aikens site. That’s all he does is vegetarian. His motto is that if it had a face, it might have been a date. (I guess he’s referring to past lives or something.) Anyways, there is some good stuff on there. Thanks for reminding me about the Westerminster. I’m kicking myself that it’s 9:45 and I’ve missed most of it. EEEEK. I have no brain and even less memory. Hope all goes well with Skeeter.
Gotta fly girls. The doggies are calling me. Hope we didn’t miss the group with the German Shepherds. My Maddie girl likes to see who’s on with them.
Take care.
Kim
185/176/139
Cincinnati (or “The Nati”)
Thanks so much for your positive feedback about my previous post.
Anna... that was nice of you to share Begin Again. I may just have to print that Thanks for your support as well. BTW, I have a brother that lives in Pelham, AL - small world, huh.
Connie...hugs*** to you for your words of inspiration too. Good thing I have lots of windows to throw the regrets out of,
Big O... If you want, I will ship my TM on down to you. I would much rather have jewels for Valentines Day, LOL ( Don't tell my DH that, though)
Debbie... what IS patience???
Kim.... I like your attitude and positiveness. Only 2.5 lbs til the 120's - wooohoooo!!!!! That sounds so rewarding.
Well.... it's time for good ole Law and Order here. Hope everyone has a good night's sleep. Happy Sugarbuster dreams!!
But seriously, I'd welcome any that wanted to join us!
" or something like that. DH got it from my dad and I got it from someone I didn't know but we both had advance warning and didn't open them.
