Marie I’ll put “Son of the Circus” on my reading list. Hmmm...your post about cake got me to thinking about the joint bday bbq that Martin wants to throw for the two of us. It would be lovely to have cake for my own bday and I’m sure by then my creative and devious mind can come up with something grand. Maybe a cheesecake with fresh strawberries in an agave nectar glaze, yum and double yum.

Deb, yep that haircolor episode was pretty blonde all right. I’m going to end up spending as much on it as if I got it done professionally, and I hardly have any hair to worry about in the first place. This morning instead of being bozo the clown red, it was more of a bright orange. So I’m still going to have to fix it. I’m thinking of a purple plum type color.

BTW, I’m awfully excited that you are on the brink of your goal!!!!

Nancy, I’m glad you had fun camping. I’m going camping 2 days for Memorial day weekend next week. And horseback riding for the first time in ten years!!!! I’m so excited! We are going to Kualoa Ranch, a beautiful destination on the North Shore of Oahu. We were quite lucky to get such a nice spot on this popular weekend.

Lara, good luck with the conversion process!

iceskatefan, congrats for your day OP!

Gator, well, from what I can see you have a domain name, an image and a web counter which is always a start! ;) Remember Chris knew nothing when she started too...but that was five years ago. I’m still having some major problems getting my mouseover buttons to work on my new site redesign.......grrrrr.

Viv, glad your Dad is doing well.

Mary, inspiring to hear you’re doing well with your program. I’m always more concerned with being embarrassed than hurt too, but I’m glad you’re okay.

SolShine, you said “Well, I found a recipe for healthy Oatmeal Raisin cookies sweetened with applesauce on the Quaker Oats web site. Vince made them and they were sufficiently bland, but, of course, our friends thought they were wonderful! They had made an equally bland bunt cake using carrot pulp.” LMAO! Hey at least you tried. I find that a little Splenda, added to the natural sweetness of the fruit, works well. But I’m trying to stay away from baked goods altogether. Glad your weight training is coming along, and LMAO at the “Network ****” story! I think I’m going to end up with purple hair myself at this rate...

I printed out your sand pebbles rocks story and hung it up in the coffee room.

Tiggerme, WELCOME to the forum!!! I wish you every success in all your endeavors. I see from your “signature” that you are indeed fairly motivated to conceive a child. Well I was posting a while back a little of my own feelings about being at peace with the possibility of remaining child-free. I’m 27, single and would like to have a child someday. But if it doesn’t happen, I have other things in my life that are of importance, like my other relationships, my dreams of writing, my career. Sometimes I get stuck on one goal and nothing seems to matter until that goal is accomplished. But the importance of the goal is only in my head. So........relax. If it was meant to happen, it will. “Failed” is a strong word and has a lot of power over your self-esteem. How can you fail over something over which you have no control???

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Thanks to everyone for the motivational comments. Very inspiring.

Well, my first date in gosh knows how many months (!!!) went very well. He picked a secluded, little-known restaurant on the other side of the island. We hit it off right away, and he made sure we got a special table overlooking the pond. I was nervous about my food choices. I had half-pre-eaten a chicken salad because I didn’t want to be too hungry, but not too full. I ordered a virgin bloody mary at the bar, which lasted a long time and was quite refreshing. I ended up getting a beef salad that was excellent, and the neatest part was that he ended up ordering the same thing, and didn’t touch the bread, so that we BOTH had an SB legal meal without my even mentioning it! (Except for the beer he drank). I did later have a little bit of rum but overall I can’t believe how well it went, from a food perspective. From another perspective, it’s too early too tell and I’m not expecting anything to happen, but certainly it was the best first date in a long time.

Now it’s back to the grind.....feeling a bit grouchy about work these days, but like a fever, it will pass.

Toodles,


Chris
164/???/130

I'm still around...
 

No I haven't dropped off the face the earth. Thank you for your email Deb. You certainly do go above and beyond the call of duty. You're a treasure.

I have basically been OP. A couple weekends in a row I cheated like CRAZY eating desserts. And I didn't gain an oz. I am down to my lowest and I don't want to lose any more!! Sounds crazy doesn't it? I have been getting soooooo many comments on my weight loss. Another thing..I've come to LOVE the treadmill. I have even started running for 10 minutes in the middle of my workout! Unheard of!!

I see some others have been away for a week or so. I could feel myself slowing getting out of the routine of stopping by the board. Who knows why? I love everybody here and I have gotten so MUCH valuable information and support here. I can't explain what I do sometimes. Possibly because I don't want to talk about my loss. My problems have now shifted to none of my clothes fitting b/c they are too big, everyone telling me I'm wasting away to nothing, what should I eat so I don't lose more. I'm sure no one really wants to hear this, but I think it MIGHT explain why I've kinda stayed away.

I'd like to get caught up on what's going on with everyone. I'm thinking once school is out, I'll have a lot more time, so I may be here on a daily basis. And who knows, all this cheating may catch up with me and I'll need some motivation from you all!!

Good night for now!
Ashley

Good evening everyone. Just a short note before I trot off for the treadmill. We are expecting rain shortly. I hear the thunder.

Went for lab work today. Will see how my cholesterol,etc has changed since July. Not to get to gross but I had to do a stool kit at home this weekend and dropped it off at the drs today also. I also started taking my ortho-prefest today. Hopefully it will help with the hot flashes and other problems Im having and no create anymore.

I am going munchy crazy. Its a couple days before "ralph" and im craving chocolate like nobody's business. Help I need non food fix if there is such a thing.

Sparkle - glad your date turned out okay. I too have hair horror stories from way back. One time I wanted to streak my hair so I bought some Sun-In and somehow instead of streaks I got spots all over. I looked like a leopard. The hazards of doing it yourself.

Really liked everyone's motivations. So true about taking care of family first. Everything else will fall in place .

Tiggerme- welcome to the board. These ladies are the finest bunch of people you could correspond with. We share joys, sorrows, everything. One big happy family. Deb is one fine lady. She is a real big help when it comes to answering questions about this "woe" (way of eating). Ive been on it since March 8 and have lost a total of 11 lbs. 190/179/135

Oh well Ive rambled on enough. I hear my treadmill calling my name. until later

Hi, Tiggerme, Welcome, You couldn't have found a better board to help get you on your way. These ladies are so inspiring! I have to ask, are you a Pooh fan???

Okay, we haven't had rain here in a very long time, so I am trying to make it rain...I had another whole day OP!!! I guess I am getting ready to jump up on that wagon. Is there still room up there for me???

Thanks for all the motivation from all of you. Look at this, I even posted twice in the same day!!! :)

I'll try to check in again tomorrow! I'm off to bed...4:30 comes quickly...

Hi Losers!!!
 

I'm not among the losers lately, except that it's my loss that I haven't been around lately. It's been almost a month since I've been here, in fact. I haven't gained, haven't lost, and have been doing SB about half the time. I need to be punished, but I'm having one of those weird times. At least when I'm off plan, I'm not pigging out. Some small comfort there.

I am still looking forward to my July wedding. We have his daughter's wedding on June 2 to get thru first. It is going to be fun. We are going to Maine and New Hampshire for the honeymoon...thought it would beat Louisiana in late July.

School is out in 2 weeks, maybe I will have time to post then. Also get my butt back on plan. I'm just a loosey goosey lately and don't even really care. It was good to see all of the familiar names and some new ones. I'll be talking to you later. Thanks for checking on me, Deb!

Big orange I keep missing your posts. :(
Tell us more about that book you were reading about God's diet. Does God "make" cottage cheese? How about bread? Cheese and bread were in the Bible. Does that mean God made them? I know He made wheat, but I can't imagine eating wheat kernels! What about butter?

SolShine Glad you're liking your workouts. Wendell can work you hard! Did he tell you about breathing? He always does. "It's not unlady like to really breath hard. Your muscles need oxygen." I know what you mean about pushing yourself that hard with no trainer. I don't know if I could do it either. What you will need is a training partner who WILL push you that hard.

Chris All your stuff for MMon. looks really interesting. I don't have time to read it all now, but I definitely will go back and read it. You write interesting posts.

Welcome Tiggerme! - This is a great place for support and Debbie is a terrific super chick moderator who is always willing to answer our questions. You and I have some things in common - I was told I have PCOS, but that was 14 years ago when I was trying to get pregnant. If you think the doctors don't know much about it now, you can imagine back then! That's part of the reason I decided to try this WOE. I quit the fertility treatments when they said I had to give myself injections and there could be multiple births. I just couldn't go that far. We have made our family through adoption and are thrilled to have our son. I understand, then, how sensitive a subject this is, but I wanted to comment on how you signed your post. You haven't failed at anything--you just haven't been lucky. You already know how complex the process of fertilization is. For those of us with just one small glitch in our systems, it can be impossible. So please don't look at it as a failure, because YOU are not a failure. We are all here to listen and offer support, so I hope you are able to stop in and read the posts and post often!

I'm kind of on a downward slide right now. My TOM is due or past-due (I never know when I'll get it) and my hormones are all over the place. I actually dived off the wagon and had a SMALL piece of cake today. I spent so much time making it yesterday that I decided I would have it. First time I've had something like that since January. So, now I've got to get BOB to move over on the wagon and make room for me. BOB, are you reading? You better look out because I'm going to grab on tight!!!LOL

Well, time to get to bed. Hope everyone has a great week!

Karen

Quickie...

Way past my bedtime, have to be up early in the morning and want to get in my walk before I go with Eli to an early Dr. appt and then to Ole Ole for lunch followed by Carbolite for dessert (I'm so predictable, NANCE knew I would be going there).

Before I forget, I made the cake, came out almost as good as when my Mom makes it-almost 1/2 gone. When this one is gone, I vow not to make it for a few weeks. Even though it's really low cal, carb and fat, I just seem not to be able to stop eating it!:eek:

SPARKLE, sounds like you had a nice date. I hope he calls you again. How did you meet him to go out with him? Hope the new hair color is what you want!!!

OVERCOME, glad to see you alive and well and still kicking! I can't believe how lucky you are to be eating a bunch of desserts and NOT gain a pound-you've truly been blessed! I'd look cross-eyed at a dessert and gain!:eek: Come, kibbutz (talk) on the board any time, we want to hear about the clothes problems! It's what we all hope to be complaining about one day soon!!!!!

CAT, Ralph? LOL!!!! I get ravenously hungry right before my TOM as well. Just eat as you feel you need to, but just make sure it's all SB legal. I go nuts with carbs, some say adding protein helps. For me, it passes in a day or so. I just went through that Saturday.

ICESKATE, day 2 OP, way to go!!!

MARGARET, thanks for checking in-did I make you feel a tad guilty? Hey, at least you haven't gained! You have so many things coming around in the near future, I'm sure the board isn't one of your top priorities. BUT, we love when you come on once in a while and say hello :) Keep us abreast of the wedding plans!

KAREN, seems not only people want to join BOB on the wagon, but everyone seems to be ravenous when their TOM rolls around, or in your case, late! Try my cake recipe, that way, if you want it, at least you know it's SB legal.

Nite all!

Debbie
194/131/129
SB since 3/22/00

Hi everyone :)

Just a quickie. I am off to-day but have a lot of running around to do including a dental appointment this afternoon. It's going to be a busy week. I have to get to the hairdressers some time, babysitting tomorrow afternoon and some shopping I have to do before my holiday. I leave for England two weeks to-day, on June 5th. I am happy to report that I am down 2 pounds to 198. :D I was beginning to think that I would never get down into the NINETIES. I thought I'd report it to-day in case it is up again by Wednesday!

The board was very active yesterday. I enjoyed reading all the Motivational posts.

Viv - Glad to hear your Dad's surgery went well and hope he continues to improve.

Melf - Yes, I missed you. I was just wondering about you as we hadn't heard from you for a while. Sorry to hear about your fall. Hope you are not too sore.

Tiggerme - Welcome to the board.

Sparklescamp - Glad to hear your date went well.

I am thinking about you all even though I can't post to everyone.

Gotta run. Will check in again later.

Marie :wave:

Good Tuesday Morning Everyone!:wave:

Just a quickie, as I sit here cooling down before I hit the shower. Was able to get in 3.5 miles this morning, 11 small spurts of jogging-41 minutes was my time. I'm sweating and probably stinking like a pig!:eek:

ROSALIE, CONGRATULATIONS!!! I can't tell you just how happy I am for you and what good news that was to hear to start my day!!!!!!!!:spin: I'm going to do a happy dance for you!!!! Just look below, there I am! You must of been soooo happy!!!!! I'm sure I can say for the entire board that we are really proud of you!!!!!!!!

Okay, and on that note, I must run! I'll be back later on today. Don't forget, TOMORROW IS WEIGH IN WEDNESDAY!!!!

Have a great day!

Debbie
194/130.5/129
SB since 3/22/00

TIGGERME – I, too, have PCOS, high insulin and weight loss problems. I’m 32 years old and I just found out in March and my Endocrinologist put me on Glucophage and the SB Diet. I have only lost 2 lbs and I’ve been pretty darn faithful to the plan. I’ve been reading “The Schwarzbein Principle” which is a good, thorough compliment to the SB plan. She explains a lot more about insulin and how our bodies metabolize what we eat. The amount of weight your doctor wants you to lose is 4.16 lbs per week. That is totally unsafe and unrealistic. Anything more than about 2 lbs./week is cutting into your lean muscle mass. I’ll get the paragraph from the book if I can find it. Generally we may lose more weight the first couple of weeks on a diet because excess water is moving out if we’re drinking our water and/or cutting our sodium. Check out the information Debbie referred to at the top of the thread and you’ll find lots of information and answers to questions you may have. This is a great place to be! Glad to have you aboard.

DEBBIE – Glad the sponge cake turned out well! I didn’t see any smoke last night so I figured it must be good. I’ve printed it and will attempt it this week-end.

CHRIS – Glad the date went well! Sounds like quite the gentleman making sure you went to the best restaurant for conversation and the best view for your dinner. THAT’S the kind of guy we deserve.

OVERCOME – Glad to hear from you and that you’re at your goal and working on a maintenance plan now. That’s great! Sounds like you may need to up your calories if your metabolism has settled in at a higher level and is burning off what you're eating. I'm looking to be there one day.

CATLOVER – Let us know how the cholesterol tests turn out. They’re sure to be better now that you’re eating more healthy. I read somewhere that chocolate can indicate that your body is craving protein – maybe try that and see if it helps. As for a non-food solution…………hmmmmmmmmmmm……when you figure that one out, please let me know!!

ICESKATEFAN – LOL!! 2 days OP -- You must be so far in the wagon that you can't tell you're on it. I'll move over and share my window seat with you. Just be careful when sitting this close to the edge. When you get that rain coming will you send some down to us Florida babes? We sure could use it!

MARGARET – Good to hear from you. We’ll save you a seat on the wagon! Maine and NH sounds like a wonderful place to go for your honeymoon. We want to hear all about the wedding plans.

GATORGAL – Yeppers! Wendell must’ve said that about 100 times in the 30 minutes we were together. LOL!!! He’s got me at 6:00 tomorrow morning and Vince at 7:00am. I wish I could hang around and see him push the Meister to the limits.

MARIE – Yeah!!! In the 90’s!!! Happy Dance for Marie!!!!!!

Y’all are going to laugh, but today is Corporate Dress Day at work. Normally we wear very casual clothes at work and I haven’t had on a pair of pantyhose in so long I think I pulled a muscle trying to get into them this morning. To top it off I forgot my sweater and the cryogenic zone is colder than normal. :( Think the clients would care if I had a nappy sweatshirt on over my suit? I’m just hoping I don’t have to walk too much in these high heels – I might fall over! :lol:

Tomorrow morning is my next 1 on 1 session at the gym with Wendell again. If my muscles don’t feel any better I think he’s going to be disappointed in my performance tomorrow. I told Vince I had to get a good night’s sleep tonight so I’m rested up for the Wendell encounter. :)

Morning ladies!

Well, day Two back OP. Walked about 1.5 miles with a neighbor last nite – it’s so nice when the days are longer, so when DH gets home I am outta there! Older DS went on a four night camping trip with his entire grade today – he was bouncing off the walls, he was so excited! Unfortunately, the weather is the pits currently, but they’ll still have fun. It will be strange in the house without him, esp after my having been away for 5 days – I’m going to have to spend some good quality time with him when he gets back!

Deb – I tried doing that interval stuff with my walking in the past as well and just didn’t have success with it. I’m glad to see you doing it, I bet it will make a difference in your metabolism and loss. My father is still in the hospital and will be going to a rehab facility when he is released – this is one of the most painful surgeries there is and it will be along time before he has total use of his right side, so I am happy they prescribed that. That will also give me more time to research assisted living facilities for him.

OH! VERY IMPORTANT! MY LESSON LEARNED FROM THIS TRIP TO CALIFORNIA…..READY? IT’S DEEP….HERE GOES….”BEING A PARENT PREPARES YOU TO BE A CHILD”. Get it? It came to me as I was wetting my Dad’s mouth and trying to help him breath in a yoga-like fashion to relax. Who understands what I mean?

Deb – again…LOL I got these great prepackaged lentil things from TJs and yesterday had one – first thing I bit into was a stone! I packed it all up and am sending it to TJ’s corporate HQs…let’s see what happens. I didn’t even look at their frozen food, so I will absolutely consult youj for the list next time I go….Have you tried their green teas? Yum, jasmine and orange scented!

Mary- Ouch, that must have hurt! I’m sorry you’ve been having a bad time – keep venting with us and all will be well. At least you have a great vaco to look forward to!!! I love looking forward to vacos – just made resvs for a Maine beach trip!

Sol – with my midlife crisis I have been learning a lot about breathing and yoga-y type things, even tho I am not a yoga-y type person – with all that yawning stuff going on maybe you would benefit from learning controlled breathing and all that? There are some good books I’ve been reading which also incorporate women’s stress and how to deal with it etc….Let me know if you want some more info, I’ve been finding all this mind-body stuff to really energize me (sounds very earthy granola but it seems to work!). With your IS insight, can you tell me exactly what Sniffer programs can do?

Tigger – welcome to the board? Are you a Pooh fan or just a Disney nut? I myself am a total Disney nut. I think your Doctor’s weight loss expectations are very unrealistic – 2 lbs a week would be great and will stil be helpful I am sure….if you are shooting for 4 per week you could be so disappointed! This plan is wonderful and WILL work for you…just read lot of the info on the board. I can imagine how hard this must all be for you – we conceived both of our kids very quickly but I often think about how grateful we should be and never forget that. Have you given yourself a certain length of time to continue the procedures and then possibly adopt? Those little Chinese girls are so cute….we have friends who went through just what you are and were set to adopt – then miraculously they conceived and they are STILL considering adopting as well! Good luck to you….

Chris – I am going to sent you a private message. Please check your PM when you can.

Overcome – Hey girl! How are you doing? Wasting away to nothing? Tell me more! Treadmilling in the warm weather – can you get outside and walk and listen to the birds too? After listening to all those kiddies in school, the treadmill must feel so great to you!

Catlover – about your chocolate craving, you do know we can eat 70% cocoa content chocolate, right? I keep some in the freezer and grab a square whenever the urge hits….now it’s not my favorite, milk, but it does the trick. Hoep that helps.

Margaret – You seem to be having the best time planning your wedding. Keep us poisted on all the details – are there honeymoons plans?

Rosalie – How exciting to be traveling to England! We haven’t been out of the states since the kids were born, we used to travel extensively and I think we’ll have to wait till retirement to get overseas again. Do you have family there?

Well, off to make some green tea and marketing calls. Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Viv
Simsbury, ct
146/135/128
started Feb 01

I just posted for about a half hour and lost it somewhere in cyberland!!! Now I have to go to work. Rat farts!!!! I willl be back later today! :devil:

Hi folks! Just saying good morning. I don't have much time 'cause I'm you-know-where. My coworker's father died last night. He was pretty old but in good health, the whole family had planned a trip to Japan next year.

Yesterday I did really well eating veggies and lean meats, in addition to my allotted carbs, but then I went nutzoid on the cereal again (Cheerios of all things). I think after I munch my way through my current supply I have to give up cold cereal for a good long while. I can wipe out days of progress in one evening with that stuff.

So far this month, it's one step forward, one step back. But at least I'm holding.

~Chris

P.S. If anybody wants an avatar of a specific object, I can probably make it for you. Let me know!