Tried to get my post on this morning, wasn't able to do so, so here we go, finally!! I got in a nice walk-did 6.5 miles today. It's getting hot here, high of 86 today, and I was sweating up a storm!! But, I felt good out there, and that's what counts.
Heard from KIM (QUILTER) via I/M, she's headed for the beach today. She is so fair, she needs to wear a hat and a ton of sunscreen!!!
I went to Dillards with Sharon & Lauren yesterday. I NEVER go in there, and actually, the only reason I went there was to go through the store to get to the mall-what a mistake! They had sale racks all over the store with 75% off! Michael made out the best-he needed some clothes, Lauren got a few things, and then there is me, I actually bought a few things! All 75% off!!! It's an ususual feeling for me to just pick up something off the rack!! I thank my Mother for providing me a means to buy a few items. I actually bought a long skirt (black, of course)-would you believe, it's a petite small! I thank the designer for making the sizes bigger than they should be-sure made me feel good!! Trust me, I am no where near a petite small!!!
I must tell you all, I tried that sugar free bread for the first time, I think it's Natures Own:confused: Though I like the tastes of the other breads like the EZEKIEL, this one is nice and soft and was perfect for the
PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY SANDWICH I MADE!!!! Oh my gosh, was it delicious! I'm not a big PB&J fan, but once in a while I like to have it, but it MUST be on very soft, fresh bread, which this was (by the way, I got it at the .99 cent store). Well, I haven't had a PB&J sandwich in well over a year-my gosh, I savored each and every bite!!!!!!!!!!
I'm up a little on the scale today, though I'm not worried. It will probably go up a bit more before going down as it's mid-cycle for me-I can tell I'm bloated and I surely am retaining water-drank 1.5 liters and only had a potty call once since then!
FYI It seems they have added
MORE SMILIES Suzanne said she has a limit of 10 in a post and most likely will make it a few less to save bandwith (whatever that is!). I love this one!
BECCA, so you aren't preg?, well, at least I hope you are having fun trying~
I wouldn't think of it as depressing that you have to lose 70lbs and it MAY take you 1 year. You may lose faster, but whatever the time frame, as long as you are feeling good, that's the most important thing. Don't focus on the weight, just on eating healthier and feeling better. Trust me, it will be a year for me on SB on March 22nd, and time sure does fly by fast-so, whatever time frame it takes for you to lose, don't worry about it, just do it (sound like a NIKE commercial!!!).
DIDJA, I too am not getting notifications for all post, waiting for an answer from Suzanne about this. I hope you have a good week this week, just remember on what you are trying to achieve
DEBSTAHL, please let us know how we can help you out in any way. Please let us know when you get your BIO on the BIO BOARD. Glad to know your chili came out well, can't wait until you post it for the rest of us. Where is CRESTVIEW exactly??? Glad to have another Floridian on the board!!!!
Do you have any HFS near you??
CHRISTIAN, glad to see you back on the board! Good to see you are holding your own on maintaining even though you have gone astray from SB guidelines. I mentioned a week or so ago that when I do hit my goal I will try to add some non-SB items back into my diet, slowly of course. What I mean by that is NOT sugary foods, or white rice, white bread, etc., but the fruits and veggies (the ones that I like, that is) that we can't have, and see how I do with them. I have no desire to return to having the "white stuff" ever again-I like the tastes of whole grains far too much. We'll be happy to support you on trying to lose another 10lbs, that is, if you promise to post a pic of yourself in your bathing suit!!!!
VIV, if we get to meet, I think I'm going to have to lay the Jewish guilt trip on you! :wink: That should keep you motivated! It must be something inbred as I know EXACTLY what you are talking about. BUT, you can see from other people's examples that you CAN eat nuts, cheese, etc and still lose. You have to not make excuses and stay on plan and that will get you to where you want to be! I use to be the one who went on a fat free diet and couldn't understand why I wasn't losing weight. People would tell me I needed to eat fats-I didn't want to believe them. Since I started SB, and with everything I read, I know that I can eat good fats and still lose weight-so you can too!! There are lots of gyms offering free weeks, and I thought about taking advantage of them-just getting me motivated to go, well, it's not coming. Maybe one day soon!!!
BARBEE, glad to see you on the board, and it does take some getting use to-have to teach the ol' dog a new trick or two I see
Gave Lauren your message, boy was she hmming and hawing! She's so cute, she wanted to call you, for what, I don't know-probably to ask you to ask Justin a question via NSYNC. I told her to e-mail you
Hope the interview you get for the other school works out well, I'll cross my fingers for you! Please let us know how it goes!!!
GATOR, thanks for those words of motivation. Glad to hear you are doing well with eating and finding that dairy may be a problem for you. Try some of the soy milks, I hear they are good, just have to find one with no sugars.
FILLISE, CONGRATS on your 2lb loss!!! WOO HOO!!! I too live by the scale. I have a program on the computer that if you don't put your weight in, it estimates it. I like what you said to VIV, and it's true, this IS a way of life, I don't look at it as a diet whatsoever! I'm 10 days shy of my 1 year SB anniversary and I see myself following along this path for the rest of my life.
MSLIZ, like your name too
You're lucky the pizza didn't affect you, it's one of the worse things to eat when following SB. From one of the websites about the GI:
Pizza keeps glucose up longer than any other food. Researchers compared a pizza meal with a control meal that included high GI foods & found the initial glucose increase was similar. But, for the pizza meal, glucose was still high even after 4-5 hours.
CATS, glad you are back with us. Sorry to hear you were ill, I was too, though not as bad as you it seems-mine hung on for 4 weeks, can't remember being that sick before! Hmm, put the hubby in the dog house for the chocolate, well, that is, unless it was SB legal chocolate, if that's the case, he can stay!!:sneaky: I saw a crockpot book at the book store just last week looked really good. I think is was called Crockpot Cookery, or something simple like that. You may want to check out Ebay as well. I have one, still in the box!!
Those icons, thanks to others explaining them, are called AVATARS, you can chose random ones by going to your PROFILE and editing it, at the bottom it says AVATARS, click on that. I did mine by trial and error-have a new one I want to try to post. The lists are still being worked on with the foods, just trying to get menu ideas first, then will work on brand names. If you need to know something in particular, just ask. Sometimes hard if it isn't a national brand item.
RHROO, yep, I would think you'd learn to stay on track and not get sick, but I sure am happy you report this to the board, it at least keeps me in line!
I do have the pics, but I got them on CD instead of disc and they are sooo big, taking up lots of room. I'll try to get one or two posted so you can see them.
KAREN, wish I could send you some of our gorgeous weather! Well, was the chocolate you ate at least SB legal, if so, I wouldn't worry! If it wasn't, I still wouldn't worry, if it was just the one time, it won't kill you (now, if you were telling me the same thing, I wouldn't believe you!!!). Hope that pulled muscle eases up on you soon-that must hurt!
MISSGRACE, that's a wonderful accomplishment, 20lbs since the beginning of the year!! CONGRATS!!! So tell me, what are you going to do to celebrate your birthday tomorrow?!? Have a
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
STAR, that's great that you are finding this WOE easy to follow and it's becoming second nature to you, it's how I feel as well.
I love your sense of humor! I'm sure you did great on your walk. I remember when I first started losing weight, (the first time, years ago) I had not done exercises EVER and I couldn't even make it but a few houses down (zero lot lines almost), and each day, I'd go a little farther. I was so proud of myself when I was able to do a mile and it was in 22 minutes, then it got to 20, then 18 minutes. Well, now I can do 4.5 miles in 1 hour-just be patient and keep on pounding the pavement. Not only will it help you lose weight faster, but it really does make you feel good when you are out there!!!
Eli is off tomorrow so we are going up to Broward, or at least we are suppose to, I never know what may blow up at the last second for him. I'm hoping my Mom can p/u the kids from school, otherwise we have to be up and back from there quickly as Michael gets out of school at 2:30pm.
I'll try to check in later this evening. Please remember,
TOMORROW IS TUESDAY TIPS so if you have any good tips you'd like to share with the board, please, try to post them tomorrow.
Have a wonderful Monday Evening everyone!
Debbie
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Miami, FL