[andreaphilip3]

wtg l!!!

i bet you enjoyed your pasta too---and w/o worrying about carbs to boot!

[2beautiful2Bfat]

low carb pasta? sounds disgusting! Truth is I don't think i really am doing low carb! i thoguht I was cause I gave up bread and pasta and pastries but when I punch everything into fitday I am eating about 100 grams of carbs a day while the real low carbers are only eating 20-30!!!

I had the best dinner ever!! roasted chicken and veggies but I got the recipe from real simple and it was delicious!! The kids loved it too!!

L- if I have another girl that is okay too! The truth is we are looking into adopting a boy at the same tiem so we'll see what happens. I woudl liek to have 5 children altogether so I might try again and if it was a girl maybe adopt the boy.

The kids were not too bad this afternoon. The boy is really quiet and well behaved.

Where did you jog in place?

What are you reading? I just finished french women don't get fat!! It was amazing now I am on to her second book.

[andreaphilip3]

guess it depends on your definition. to me no starch is low carb. fyi-100g grams is nothing.

[2beautiful2Bfat]

do you know how many carbs you eat on WW? I'd be curious just for comparison. Anyways I do eat starch just not alot . But why are you against low carb anyways?

[andreaphilip3]

i dont know i dont count i dont wanna. the answer is b/c lc is not a lifestyle change, its a diet. diets are not long term sucess. just a lil' food for thought. btw: 2c of pasta=176 carbs

[Losing4another]

A~ Don't sweat it We can't get everyone

B~ In my living room. I started playing the Wii and thought I would throw in some jogging.
I'm was reading unfinished symphony by V C Andrews. I've started on the fourth book in the series Music in the night. I like V C books I've been reading them since I was a teenager. I found the list of all her books and have been trying to buy them in series. My goal of reading all her books has my daughter into reading as well....shes reading the Harry potter series .
I would like to have a couple more kids too. Getting this weight off comes first though. The goal was three for us but atleast one more will be fine too. Don't really care on the sex ...my family has lots of girls so I'm kind of expecting all girls with whatever number we happen to have. I use to watch my nephew from 4 months until 2 and I think he was pretty easy to watch too. He still is really ...all calm and relaxed little man. I'm sure that isn't true for all boys though

Just finished my 2 liter of water ...I hope the scale shows me that 235 already

[Losing4another]

B~ Not sure if you got the answer to your question about carbs and WW....you don't count carbs on weight watchers. I count points (calories broken down into smaller numbers) and Andrea only counts her non-core foods. We both do WW but shes does a different plan. The goal is not to do something you can't live with long term. You have to be happy with your plan enough to be able to have the foods you like without feeling like your always on a diet. I for one think the meeting help so much more than just either plan by itself. I went to a different WW meeting these last two weeks and I have to say I miss my normal meeting and my girls.... I looked forward to chatting with them and seeing thier progress. it's sorta like what we have here only in person

[2beautiful2Bfat]

A- I think for me, low carb is a lifestyle change or at least it needs to be because I can't maintain a healthy weight any other way. My sister has been low carbing it for over 10 yrs and she is 115 lbs and the same height as me!!! The way I have been eating the past 2 weeks I could definitely continue. I mean once I lose I would probably allow myself a bit more carbs to just maintain but not much because I have a tendancy to overeat them. My main problem was I ate only carbs before!!

L- that is great that you have a series to read. I find when I get close to the end of a book I don't want to finish it because then I won't have anything to read but if you have a series you always know there is more!!
How old is DD? Mine are 7, 4 and 10 months.

I like the idea of WW for the meetings but anything you have to count is not going to work for me! I just can't feel restricted like that. I know it is psychological but ...Even with what I am doing now I am basically just eating sensibly I am not following ayones plan and I don't count calories or carbs but I have been entering my food intake on fitday just out of curiosity o I have an idea how many carbs and cals etc I am getting but I don't track it or think about it unless I want to eat something really bad then I may look up the cals just to turn myself off of the idea.

[bgbrwnys101]

Hey guys,
Still here, my son got me sick and I spent yesterday dealing with him sick and me sick. No idea what the scale says this am.
You all a re making me jealous!!!! The only books I can read are textbooks!
That French Woman dont get fat book looks good, is it?
Tara

[Losing4another]

B~ If you can live with it then great thats the plan for you. After a while we all get to know what works for us. I had to get back in the habit of writing everything down or keep a mental log of the points I've had. Thats why some people go to core so they don't have to keep track of points. I have to write it down but then I get the freedom to eat what I want
I have a few friends that like to read her books too we were supposed to share books but I think I'm the only one who still reads them regularly. After the book I'm reading now there is one more in the series then I'm done. I should start shopping around now for the next series I want to read cause it's not always easy to find them like that....in order that is.
My DD is 12. We didn't mean to wait so long to have another but things just kind of happened that way. Now it's kind of at the point where we do or don't. I have a sister 12 years older than myself and we get along better than the sister closer in age so I'm not to worried about the age gap...more my age I'm worried about At some point I want to know for sure that we are done. How long are you going to wait before starting to try for number 4?

T~ Sorry to hear your sick...and DS Get better soon

And for the stupid scale it went up instead of down ...Did you guys see the stupid part? I can't understand it. I'm going to blame it on the sleep...once the weekend is here and i can sleep more that scale better start moving down and stay down. Other than eating later than normal there isn't any other reason I should see a gain.

[Losing4another]

Start weight 1/12/08

****SW********LBS lost*******Weight

A~ 154.8 ******6.8***********148

L~ 239.6********2.6*********236

T~ 220**********5*********215

B~ 220 **********12.5******207.5

Trying to keep one of these on each page

[andreaphilip3]

hi guys!

t, :hugs: i hope hes better!
l, thanks for the back up girlie. you know whats sad? shes only one of millions that think that way. i for one love ww. hang in there gf itll happen!

b, have you given core afair shake bf you say you hate ww?

[andreaphilip3]

l, awesome chicken

i took 2 large split breasts took the skin off and dipped them in 2 egg whites and then in 1/2 c breadcrumbs and baked for about 45 min.
they were about 8 oz each so 4 oz is 3 points plus 1 for the egg white and 2 for the vread crumbs so well worth 6 pts!

[andreaphilip3]

actually, bout 1/2 for the egg white cuz it was 1 white for the 8 oz.

[2beautiful2Bfat]

Down to 206 today!! 1 more pound and I will get my next reward! Yay! I'm hoping it will be tomorrow so I can enjoy a new book over the weekend.

T- feel better! The french women don't get fat book is really great! I'm actually going to read it again, something I never do!! It's funny because I am French canadian and very in tune with French culture having spent time in France etc. And I always wondered how french women stay slim but yet eat all the food we are told are fattening. The book had some great insights. It really is a way of life. One of the things she talks about is the 50 % rule. Eat 50% and then re-eavaluate whether you need more, if you do eat only 50% and then re-evaluate. She says to always do this and I have and have discovered even on my diet I am overeating cause I'm on autopilot. Like I often have a 1/2 a cucumber for snack so I pack it and eat it, but today I applied the 50 % rule and discovered after 1/2 of the 1/2 a cucumber I was satiated. Anyways I strongly reccommend the book!!

L- Start shopping for your new book now!! Maybe try the one I mentioned above it is really good!! It's not just a diet book. As for trying for #4 I am proabably going to wait until I hit goal or until my baby turns 18 months whichever comes first before I start actively trying. What about you?

A- I didn't say I hate WW I just think it would be hard for me to stick to anything that requires counting etc. Although that said if and when I plateau I may try WW. What is core exactly?