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Howdy ya'll! I would say my biggest challenge or temptation would be chips. The only way I can avoid not eating too many is to basically not touch them. It seems like such an easy things to stay away from I love the salt and crunch of them. If I am stressed I will have half the bag gone before I know it.
The new food this week is Monkfish. It's a lot like lobster in taste and texture. We rubbed it with lemon thyme and lemon balm. We also used some salt. Cooked it on the grill. Next time we are going to make a creole out of it. The man at the meat market told us about it when we were looking for our tilapia. He is ordering us a 15 pound box of tilapia. For 2.99 a pound mama and I thought we could split a box.

Monet....hang in there. Maybe with a little extra water today the extra pounds will flush away. Sorry to hear about your cars. I know what a pain it is. Robert's truck is down so he has my car today.

Susan...that's totally awesome that you are having to work at eating all your points. It sounds like you are having great portion control.

Tech...isn't it neat to have a physical example of how much weight you've loss. At first I had lost the equivilent to both of my smaller children but they've grown in the last few years...LOL I've lost more than my 10 year old weights... :) Your puppy is too cute! We have four dogs. I don't know about your breed but our two larger dogs are major chewers! The lab has outgrown it but not the georgia blood hound. She is trying me...LOL The worse thing that she does is steal off of the counter and stove. None of our other dogs have done that. Robert makes the dogs behave. They aren't allowed to beg or jump on you. But they are also very spoiled. They all sit for their treats. Are allowed on the bed when we invite them. It's a lot of work. They are truly like children.

Sebray..I am so jealous. Every day I say I'm gonna get to bed earlier are sleep in some. ((hugzz)) I'm glad you had a chance to rest. After school and family it's good to get some extra rest.

Teensy....((hugzz)) How long has it been since you lost your daddy?

Arcayne...hang in there.

Gator...I hope things work out for your daughter. My hubby had never held down a job for very long before he and I got together. He has worked the same job for 8 or 9 years now and is supervisor. He went from single dad to married with five kids in less than two years and never looked back. :) A blessing for sure. I hope you all have a fantastic trip.

Bob...((hugzz)) I'm so sorry you are not feeling well again. I hope you are able to enjoy that wonderful dinner you are cooking.

Julia...I'm way behind today myself. Not only with the board but my chores. Hope you have a great day.

Jack-K...as always you are an inspiration. You are one busy lady.

I know I am forgetting someone but I do need to get moving before they roll my chair with me in it out of here...LOL

Love and hugs,
Crystle

Good afternon!

I started this post 2 hours ago. Then had to go watch the new Pope be elected and then lunch so here I am.

We got our 3 miles in last night. Also go my wts in. I have decied to try to get up 1/2 hour early in the morning and work out so I don't have to walk and workout at nights. With the pretty weather, we like to do things outdoors. I did get up this morning and worked out for 33 minutes. Now if I can just drag my lazy butt out of the bed every morning, it will work.

Have to run to the hospital tonight (good thing I worked out already). My aunt fell Sat and insisted on having a CAT scan. My sister took her to the hospital last night. I think we are getting tired of all this responsiblity with her. Especially my sister.

BOB, Have you had a physical lately? Maybe there is something amiss in your GI tract. Did you eat out last Friday for your birthday. Maybe something you are eating is not agreeing or you are allergic. Feel better soon. Hope Kate quits itching soon.

Gator, sounds like you got alot accomplished too.

Monet, you poor thing, more car trouble added to the plumbing problems. I don't "plant" I don't like worms. So I watch DH do it and I water them. At least I did something.

Cindy, you are so right. I whole key is not to overdo it. Why can't we learn that? Do you all have low carb pizzas where you live. We have a Bearno's which makes one without any crust (cheese is the crust). So really it is only toppings. We love it. I can't tell the difference. Have you tried making ww ones at home?

Arcayne, you can get right back on track and start fresh. You can do it. You were doing so well. Is that sweet boy from Canada a boyfriend or client?

Teensy, funny how memories kick in when you least expect them. They hurt, but also warm your heart. Get some rest.

Tech: :dance: WTG on moving the ticker. On tht show the Biggest Loser they had people run a race with a weighted vest that carried the amount of wt they had lost. No wonder our heart likes us better when we lose.

Sebray, that's one way not to gain weights, just sleep through meals. You are going to make yourself sick.


Sarah, hope your aunt's surgery goes well. Don't you hate it when you have such good plans and someone else messes them up? Sounds like you did fine though.

Gator, Wow! you really got some steps in yesterday. I have to get my pedometer back out and set it up. I hate measuring off the step thing.

Susan, That was the trouble I had with WW. Couldn't eat all the food. I could probably do better now that SB has widened my horizons some. Glad it is working for you.


Toni, there is something about budding trees that puts my in a good mood.

Nat, sorry about your friend. Cancer is such a beast.

Ken, I like to keep busy. I can't stand to sit around. I got home last night at 5:30, walked 3 miles, fixed dinner, cleaned up that mess, ran to the office supply store, went to the tanning bed for 15 minutes, came home, worked out with wts, made lunches, colored my hair and sat down at 9:00. I felt like I got alot accomplished.

Have a great day. Good luck to everyone on the scale tomorrow.

Country, we were posting at the same time. Chips are a problem for me. Really anything salty. I just don't buy them. Lots of time I really crave cheetos. I guess we need to learn to eat the snack size bag and not the jumbo size. Have a great day.

Jack-L
 

Cheetos and cheeze nips don't stand a chance around me. I do not buy them anymore. Chips I still buy for the kiddos and hubby. To be honest just reading about them makes me want them. Isn't that silly?

Love and hugs,
Crystle

Fillise, We are leaving exactly one week after you. We will be 2 1/2 weeks in southern France at the house we rented, and then 1 week in Tuscany at a cooking school. Right now I don’t remember the name of the town this is our home base for the school, but it is just south of Firenze (Florence) and also near Sienna. I used to live in northern Italy and it is beautiful up there with all the quaint little villages. Venice is just great and you are going at a good time, beating the biggest crush of tourists. It is a wonderful place for walking (natch--beccause there are no cars, just boats) and is best seen on foot rather than from the water. The food is good there too, and if you get off the main squares away from the tourists you can find some fabulous restaurants. They specialize in seafood. We will be in Tuscany the first week of June.

Got over 12000 steps in so far. I think that the pedometer registers when I drive on a bumpy road, so probably have closer to 11500 actual steps by foot!! I have eaten an apple today, and have had a glass of fresh squeezed veggie juice (mostly carrots, with apple, lemon, ginger and celery. I also had a roast beef sandwich on 2 slices of SGWW bread. I think I will stir fry some broccoli and have that and a salad for dinner. I have to be at class tonight by 6:45, so eating is problamatic on Tuesdays and Thursdays (evening classes) My poor DH fends for himself those nights.

Hmmm. What is a temptation for me? I don’t buy chips or normally have “bad” stuff in the house. Since it’s just me and my DH, that’s easy to do. But when we go out to eat, I normally love to have dessert. I just feel like “I deserve it” and since we’re out, might as well “celebrate.” How do I overcome this? If I have a good enough meal, then I don’t feel deprived if I don’t have dessert. So the key is ordering well.

Monet--I agree, get a new car and give DD your old one, and have her buy it from you.

I got to recite my poem from memory in class today. I think I am the only one so far that has already memorized my poem. The prof said I did fine, and I think I will jazz it up a week from Thursday with real wine. He said that he would drink some if I brought it.

Gotta go. Hope every one has a great day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOB!!! HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY TOMORROW!!! :gift: :grouphug: :queen: :balloons: :hat: :hb:

JACK: Wow...two days to elect a new pope must be some kind of record! Doesn't it usually take them a long time...like a week or more? What do you think of Pope Benedict XVI? I was not surprised he was not Italian! :) I went to Yahoo and read the lead article about him. Sounds like he is firm, but kind. I hope he is as wonderful as the man he replaces.

Evening everyone! Just finished up dinner, which turned out good. We had shrimp, broccoli, and brown rice Udon. It was a shrimp in garlic sauce recipe. It had broccoli in it, and green onions and water chestnuts. Yum! It was a new recipe, so I met that challlenge for the week! If anyone wants the recipe, let me know, and I can post it.

Tom is off getting oil for Laura's car, which was very low. Grrr...she is so bad about that kind of stuff! She drove it while it was overheating when she first got the car, and the motor had to be rebuilt. I hope they can get it to the repair shop. Tom is trying a new place that specializes in Hondas. The one really close to us could not look at it until Monday...that was totally unacceptable, so he is taking it to another place farther away, which will be tricky since it doesn't go far before the motor dies.

TECH: Go read Dr. Mercola's article about how bad for you Girl Scout cookies are! They are loaded with trans fats! You don't want any of that unhealthy stuff in your body! Trust me! (just send them to me...I will take care of them for you..especially the Thin Mints and tagalongs....)

GATOR: I would love to give my car to Laura and get a new one. Can't afford it though. She is looking for a used Toyota Celica to buy and is saving her money, so I hope she finds one soon. If they can fix her Honda, we can always use another car if she finds one soon. James' car needs to be trashed, so he can drive her old car, which we own anyway. I am sure its hard to deal with watching your daughter make what you can see is an obvious mistake. A friend of ours was married to the man who was head of Navigators for the southeast, and she was very wise. She once told me to accept that all I could do for my kids was pray. Once they were past the spanking stage, you really can only pray for them. I always felt guilty when my kids made dumb choices, feeling like I had not taught them well, but she assured me it was not up to me. I will be praying for your daughter, and for you. God can turn it around, just watch Him! <hugs>

Wow we had another day in the 80's but rain is heading our way so the temps should go down a bit. Talked to my mom last night and they had been at the dr yesterday getting the results of my dads recent lung scan ( he has idiopathy (sp) pulmonary fibrosis) and it wasnt good news. The scar tissue has spread. Its very hard to watch your parent go from a strong , vibrant person one month to using a walker and barley can catch their breath the next.
I was looking forward to a week this week of working 4 days 9 hours and getting off half day friday...and that got stomped on. We were told we have 15-20 hours OT between this week and next and noone can have the half day off. Oh well. .. but the good news is I have vacation days Monday and Tuesday so I do get a 4 day weekend !! Yeah!!
Hope everyone is having a great week. Ive been working very hard with my exercises. Ill see if tomorrow brings any changes.
Oh and my new recipe I tried for the week was the turkey meatloaf and I dont think Ill make it again. It wasnt very good.

Sebray- your making me tired reading your post lol thats dedicated though to stay up all night with no sleep !

Tech- I remember doing that with a bag of dog food once. Its amazing how our bodies can even carry a little bit of extra weight.

Sarah- hope you can find a in network dr for your dd. Sure will help $$ wise.

Gatorgal- way to go on the 15,000 + steps ! Ive been getting over 10,000 most days now. I think it really helps keeping track cause I notice I do more to make sure I can get as much as I can in.

Jack-k- sounds like you have a good plan for exercising in the morning. When I used to go into work at 7am ( I now am there by 6am) I used to do that and It worked out great but cant seem to do it having to get up and hour earlier for work.

Hi to- Fillise, Kengjw, Crystle and Bob, sorry if I forgot anyone :)

Tuesday menu
b- protein shake with 1 tbl coconut oil
s- mixed veges 1/2 cup
l- turkey/swiss roll ups
s- lc yogurt
s- 2 triscuits
d- 1 slice turkey meatloaf, cali/brocilli cold casserole,1/2 protein shake with 1 tbl coconut oil
s- 6 almonds, 1/4 of a orange

wow i miss a lot when im in school lol

Tech: :rofl: love the picture u painted of your ex


Sarah: oooo i LOVE school....i just wish i would have gone to college BEFORE i had kids lol....but then again i know i wouldnt have had the ability to do as well as i am now.....i was too much of a free spirit when i was younger

Gator: im taking the second sememster of french (1020) to fulfill my high school deficincy.....only had a year and a half in HS and need 2 years for college :(

Susan: well at least im not the only one losing days :) its so much nicer to have a compainion in your confusion :lol:

Just a side note while i wait for the next page to load.....we're learning about invertebrates in biology....and he showed us the pictures of tapeworms and liver worms......*pukey/gaggy noises* lets just say im not eating burgers or fish from anywhere but my own oven!!!!!!

ok page loaded...back to replies :)

Crystle: its funny but i didnt realize how utterly exhausted i was...i had only planned on taking a nap till about 7 or so and stay up till 9 or 10 and go back to bed so i wouldnt mess up my schedual....but i didnt hear the alarm or kevin kissing on me to wake me up lol...so he just let me sleep.....strange how u dont realized how stressed/tired you are until you have time to unwind/rest.

Jack: i know i know ill make myself sick like that...but im almost done with the semester and i can start eating healthier again and exercising on a regular basis.....my physical health is never really affected by my sleep habits....but my mental health goes haywire....i really should be on my bi-polar meds durring school to keep my mood swings down, but i have to say, being manic REALLY helps me study :rofl:

Tech: PASS THOSE COOKIES TO ME!!!!!!!

Cindy: im really sorry to hear about ur dad...is it something he can recover from? (sorry lack of sleep has screwed with my memory lol)


now did anyone hear that prince charles is taking camilla to the same place he took dianna for their honeymoon!?!?!?!?!?!?

if you ask me, soon as the queen dies the monarchy is going downhill fast.....mark my words, unless camilla can pull something out of her bum she aint gonna be no princess for long lol

What a tiring day today. For some reasons, I am extremely tired today so my day has been quite lazy. Anyway, here are some more replies :

BOB : Glad Kate is doing better. My goodness....you need a big break from any sickness. I hope you are feeling better by now. {{hugs}}} Jess is in a Kindermusik program which has a little of music, dance, play and lots of fun. It is only for 45 mins each week and the parents get to participate the last 15 mins. She loves it! Her teacher told me that Jess has very good music sense and how much she seems to catch on to melody etc. Dh and I hope to encourage the "music" side of her when she is ready to take other music/dance class, something she likes. My pregnancy is going good and definitely moving much faster than my last pregnancy. This Friday, I am going to have another ultrasound. I am really nervous about it as this time, we will get to see how much the baby has grown and if there is any birth defects etc. I believe this is the ultrasound to find out the gender of the baby as well. We are still not sure if we will but I am leaning towards wanting to know. Will see how things go this Friday.

CINDY : Love you new haircut and highlights! You have pretty face too :) I love pizza too...most starch actually :) I am so sorry to hear about your dad's diagnosis. I will keep them in my prayers.

ARCAYNE : Sorry you had a bad week. Hope this week is much better :)

TEENSY : Glad your mom found her car. Poor dh has to see two women crying at the same time....lol, men and crying women doesn't go together...lol.

TECH : You are getting there, keep working at it!! Good job! Stay away from those cookies!! Double, triple look at your mini goal, you are getting close. Monet is so right....you don't want those bad stuff in your system.

SARAH : I have UHC as well and have to agree with you on how good they are. Hope your find the right surgeon that is in the network.

FILLISE : The weather is beautiful too except the heat is starting to get to me...lol.

COUNTRY : I have yet to try monkfish but would love to try it if I find it at my local grocery store. I know they call it, poor man's lobster...lol.

JACK : I really need to do more but I am not. My dh is like you, he can't sit still and try to do as much as he can and he feels more productive that way. See how opposite attracts...lol.

MONET : I love shrimp and garlic, so that sounds like a recipe for me, please post! Hope Laura's car get fixed soon. {{{hugs}}}

SEBRAY : I wish I can say I love school but I don't. I sure admire your dedication to your education.

That's from me tonight. Night all.

Julia

well really quick just wanted to say goodnight....finished my biology paper....it was only supposed to be 1 page but it ended up being 8 pages :rofl: guess im in my 'paper making' mode....lol the actual text of the paper is only 3 pages, 1 page is the cover sheet, and 4 pages of tables with our lab data in them...i just couldnt see writing a lab report without including the data.....so he's gonna look at me and either laugh or scream...and all the kids (yeah kids, im the oldest rofl) are gonna look at me like im from pluto....oh well...i acctually had fun writing that paper :) it was a BIG break from the other monsters ive had to write lately lol...well im off to bed, morning comes too early for me these days...

hope everyone sleeps well, i know i will :D

Good evening ladies....

Been another busy day. Started out with my 3 mile walk......finally back up there!! Got the sectional shampooed and the living room carpet. They look great!! I can't believe how well they cleaned up. Sure makes it all worthwhile. Tomorrow I will get the hallway and the computer room done. We pulled up half of the carpet in our bedroom a couple of weeks ago and are planning on putting down some wood laminate flooring so I don't think I will waste my time and clean the half that is left down. We will just be pulling it up soon anyway.

Eating was on plan today yeah!! It feels good to be able to say that!!

1/2 grapefruit before 3 mile walk--

B-- 1/2 c Fiber One, 1/4 c ff milk, cinnamon, 1 Splenda, Lite 85 yogurt.
s-- apple
L--2 slices turkey breast on 1 small ww tortilla, 1/2 bowl of stew minus the potatoes.
s-- orange, 1 oz peanuts
D-- grilled chicken breast, 1/2 c summer squash, 1/2 stirfry veggies, 1/2 c sf pudding.
s-- thinnest slice of ww bread I could cut with a thin layer peanutbutter and sf jam.

BOB-- Sorry to hear about Kate's troubles. Drugs are funny things......that's why I try to avoid taking them. I very seldom take anything, only when I am dying, lol!! And when I pulled the muscles in my back. I have never had anything hurt so bad!!

Sarah-- I have absolutely NO talent......I was painting my house, lol!! I envy your dh if he is that talented. He should definitely be painting!!

Tech-- Guess what? You lucked out......I don't think ESD shed!! We have friend who just had to have theirs put down due to old age and severe arthiritis. She was a wonderful dog. We all have boats and would spend our summer together camping out with all our dogs.Total was 1 ESD, 1 full size black Poodle, 4.... yes, I said 4 Bassethounds, and my sweet Buddy, who is a Shar Pei and Chow mix. Chelsea (ESD) was up at dawn and in the water swimming and splashing around. She was the most well behaved and friendliest dog I have ever seen. We will miss her. I can see why your dh wanted one. Congrats on your new baby, because that is exactly what puppies are, and I hope that you will come to love it as such.

Monet-- Sorry that you are now the one with the car problems. Deb seemed to have her share and now unfortunately it is your turn. Keep your chin up!!

Gator-- I am what you would call my Mother's mouth piece. My Dad did most everything when he was alive, like buying the cars, handling the insurances and taxes and such while my Mom ran the house......now I do it for her. I don't want to see someone take advantage of her or have them make her feel inadequate. She has made tremendous strides since my Dad passed away and I am very proud of what she has accomplished. Up until now, I was the only one living here close to her. Last year my sister Shirley moved up here from Boise Idaho, and now my brother, although he lived here was working out of town for the last 4 years is now working here again. So it will be nice to have them around to help. We plowed her snow and tilled her garden and whatever we could do to help. She really tries to be independent now, sometimes too much so!!

Keng-- Your menu's alway sound so good. Want to come and cook for me??

Country-- My Dad passed away Dec 2 1999 from lung cancer. It still seems like yesterday though. He was a big part of my life. He was the one that kept all of the family together. The reason why we have our weekly potlucks and do so many family things. It is very hard still for me (being the oldest) and my Mom. Thanks for the hugs!!

Jackie-- I get up early in the mornings to get my exercise in and I love it! There is just something about starting my day with exercise that makes me feel like I have really accomplished something.

Cindy-- We just started having some nice weather too. I am planning on getting my house finished tomorrow and then I am going to start working in my yard. Lots of my flowers are already in bloom. Mostly just my early bulbs, but it still looks great! Dh mowed the front yard this afternoon so it is about time for me to get my self out there and get my beds cleaned up. I love Spring!!

Well gang, this tired puppy is going to hit the hay early tonight! See in in Manyana (sp)!!

Weigh In Wednesday!! Its Also Bob's Birthday!