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Hey whats all the talk about beets? Is it something we should all be having to increase our metabolism? If so I am all over it. I like pickled beets and of course once in awhile harvest beets but their high in cals. So fill me in so I can figure out whats up.
Auntie g yeah I am always a bit busier than I should be. Guess I have a problem with down time and relaxation don't no how to do it much but in the colder months I will. I have to get a few books for the winter months. I guess Oprah has a must read out there she has been talking about according to the SIL anyone know of her lastest books names? Well if so fill me in. I just had my oatmeal and coffee blk. and I am off to work. Little sinus thing going on hope I am not getting the virus everyone has had. Conference this afternoon. Oh did I tell yeah I am booking for a conference at Naigara Falls for 2 Days in November? I am pleased with that idea its a lovely hotel and right on the boarder of Canada. |
Morning everyone!!! Carol you made me laugh about the beets question. We were just discussing how we like them. Judy and auntie said they didn't like canned beets and that started me saying how I love diced canned beets but HATE fresh beets. I have no idea if they have any effect on the metabolism. It was just a tasty conversation. Enjoy your Canada day tomorrow.
Auntie, good job on finding a TV. Will it be a problem when the Feb 2009 digital thing goes into effect or do you have cable or satellite? BTW my beets haven't changed the color of anything and I ate the whole can 2 nights ago for dinner. Judy, I hope you got to go home last night. At least that chapters now closed. Penny, I hope the shoulder is doing better. I agree with auntie, don't use that shoulder when you beat up the scale. If you need a scale to practice with, perhaps you'd like to take a whack at mine. I did 4 miles WATP this morning (2 walking and 2 jogging), then did a 12 minute toning routine for arms, abs and legs/hips. Right on track with the food. Willpower isn't my problem - my metabolism is. :D I did work a little on my quilt and decided I didn't like one of the fabric colors with the others so I'll be at the quilting shop today to pick a new one. I suppose I should work. :( Marie |
Judy - That was a bummer waiting so long for your ex-boss to say "bye-bye". You have the patience of Job! Hopefully your work atmosphere will improve now.
Marie - You are doing so great with all the exercise, despite your sore foot. You are an inspiration for me to get up and move around! My shoulder is a bit better and I'll just use my left arm if I have to whack the scale! :lol: Auntie G - It's funny how you never see the "old" style TV's any more. How quickly technology changes! I'm glad you managed to find one and it should work fine with a converter box when they change over next year. Carol - I hope you have a fun time in Canada tomorrow. Your conference at Niagara Falls in November sounds like fun. We lived in Toronto for 2 years and visited the falls in winter and it was amazing. The falls were totally frozen and all the trees were covered in frozen spray which tinkled like wind chimes in the wind. It was very, very cold - so bundle up! I'm helping my DH get his stuff together for his trip to Switzerland tomorrow. Some friends from Denmark will be in town tonight, so I hope we won't have a late night. On the subject of scales, here is a picture I think we can all relate to: http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/3...scalevqrp9.gif |
Oh, accountability, just what I need.
Today started off not so good, but finding this forum has given me a bit of a boost. Hopefully the rest of the day will stay on track. 4:30AM 10 Weights workout. Yay, so far I've kept this up for almost a week (I'm trying to start/maintain a routine) (I know, an ungodly hour, but I'm a morning person and it's the only time where I can fit it in.) 8:00AM Breakfast at work. Big slip here. Started off okay with my whole grain mini bagel (really what a normal sized bagel used to look like before they got SuperSized) and some gooseberry jam - YUM! Was going to follow that with a bit of plain fatfree Greek yogurt with grapes mixed in, but I got sidetracked. Bought candy yesterday with a co-worker and decided to finish it off so it wouldn't be tempting anymore. Ate that (chocolate covered raisins and sour gummie bears) until I was full...and it's still there staring at me...ick. 1:00PM Lunch at work. Trying to stay on course. Co-workers went to Jimmy Johns (ridiculously fatty/caloric sandwiches). Woohoo! Did not succumb to temptation entirely...Went for the walk with them and ate my barszcz (Polish beet soup otherwise known as borscht. Homemade and pretty much fatfree) instead and had 1/4 of the co-worker's veggie sandwich. I was craving bread so I partially succumbed when I accepted her offer for 1/4 of her Jimmy Johns. 6:30 PM Dinner Plan: More barszcz and a whole wheat roll. Goal for today: Stop the madness and end the pig out downward spiral that's been going on lately. Have my dinner call it quits for the day. I've already had more than enough dessert (see Breakfast above). This forum is awesome! |
Happy Evening Everyone!!! TOMORROW IS FRIDAY!!!!
Sorry about the screaming but that just make sme so happy. The rest of my day went good. A friend/co-worker suggested we go out for lunch after a meeting we had at one of the schools. We went Mexican and I didn't even have to sit on my hands to stay away from the tortillas. My friends is carb consciense because of an illness so she didn't eat them either. I guess we could have asked for them to be taken away. Anyway, I ordered a fajita (chicken) quesadilla. I ate about 1/3 of the tortilla (it was one of the gigantic ones that are about 250 cals) then pulled all the meat (hmmm made 7 chicken chunks - they were cheap there) and all the yummy veges out. Most of the cheese stuck to the tortilla so calorie wise I did very good. I added about 200 extra cals to my log because it's darn amazing how restaurants can add extra cals to a perfectly healthy meal. I'm guess I had 450 calories. Penny, I just chortled out loud at that cartoon. They do make you want to cry. I kicked mine this morning and told it that it was a piece of junk. Then I apologized (yes to the evil scale) as it could be even meaner tomorrow. I think I'm taking my hatred of the dread box a little to personally. Did I ever mention I'm nuts????:D Penny, your description of the falls in the winter is magical. That would make the most awesome Christmas Card picture. paniania, welcome to this thread on this incredible forum. I hope you find your way back often. We love company!!!! I hope you meet your goal for the day. Back to being a bum this evening. I had to log onto DH's computer to do the financial stuff so I thought I'd wander back to 3FC. Penny's cartoon made my night! Maive |
Brrrr, it's cold and rainy tonight - guess it's getting to be soup season now. I've been so good today since tomorrow will be difficult. We'll be having pizza for dinner (which I would NEVER choose to do on the night before weigh in) and now also my BIL's b-day cake, which normally would be on the weekend. Oh, drat! The forces are building up against me! :faint:
The new TV does have a digital tuner (and we have cable, anyway), so the Feb switchover won't be a problem. The reason I'm calling it old fashioned is just cause it's the bulky kind, not the flat skinny kind. Carol, I don't watch Oprah much anymore, but these are the last couple books on her list (I think) - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski and A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. I don't know anything about the first one, but I read and liked the second one. Have fun in Canada! Marie, so I've been led astray about the beets powers of coloring, I guess. I'm really going to try to eat them over the weekend. Good job at the Mexican restaurant! I am so not ready to do things like that. I just don't even want to go out to eat if I can't have what I want. Immature, isn't it? Oh well, it's cheaper to stay home anyway! Penny, hope you're having fun with your friends from Denmark. Oh, my DH would love to go to Switzerland! That's where is great grandparents came from, and he's never really gotten to do any travelling. Some day... Excellent cartoon, btw! Paniania, hi and welcome! Another beet fan, huh? Good luck with your plan! Happy Friday all! |
HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!
The morale in our office is an all time low - an office divided to say the least. I'm currently having lunch in my office, with the door shut. I have to be really irritated for that to happen. I'm claustrophobic but as I'm sitting in front of a window showing a bright sunny sky, it's not so bad. Mr Scale was nicer this morning. It does have it's moments. Maybe kicking it on Wednesday helped. :D Auntie, I hear you on rather not go out to eat if I can't have what I want. I don't like not knowing how it's prepared as restaurant dump fat grams into foods where they shouldn't be. Enjoy the pizza and weigh in on Sunday. No reason we both should detest our scale. I did a 50 minute workout this morning and it is getting harder. My heel is angry and I think I'm holding my foot in a weird position, and so now the high ankle is getting sore. Oh well, I can't quit or I'd lash at the people in my office. exercise keeps me on an even keel. Food is perfectly on track. It's amazing how I'm an angel or a :devil: Balance would be good, but I know from history that if I tumble off the wagon, it takes me months to climb back on. So angelic I will stay. Marie |
Happy Saturday!
Well, my pizza got delayed until tonight, so that was a good thing. Had cake and ice cream :o for dinner, and decided to just weigh in today as usual. I'm down 1 lb, which I am grateful for, but dang! I think it's time for another whoosh week. So, I've called in the whoosh fairy for assistance. She is here to help us all... http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/b.../whooshfae.gif Marie, I hope work is better next week. Have a peaceful weekend! Stay on that wagon http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...blog/angel.gif - I agree that it takes a long time to catch up to it after falling off! Time to hit the grocery store :dizzy:. Have a great weekend, all! |
Hi, ladies! My visits here will continue to be spotty for a few days, I'm afraid. The packing continues apace. The charity truck came yesterday to pick up furniture and boxes of stuff (Xmas decorations, etc.,) that I'm not taking to my new place. I'm sleeping on my airbed for a few nights. I will be so happy to get my new bedroom set on Wednesday!
Auntie, I'm pretty sure that the whoosh fairy won't be able to help me for a while! I'm tired, achy and sluggish, and my ears are still stuffed and popping. I made a dr appointment for next Friday, but if I need to go earlier I'll try to go. I really miss the walk-in non-emergency clinic that closed last year. Tuesday is the big day for the movers, and Wednesday I have deliveries and the cable guy. If I'm a whole lot worse before Friday, I'll find time to demand powerful drugs. Antihistamines aren't doing the job. I haven't needed antibiotics for a long time, but I can't have an ear infection when I start flying again the week after next. I've also been bad about logging my food, and too munchy in the evenings. I bought some dark chocolate kisses, thinking I could have four at night...big mistake! I sleep as late as I can, and I'm wired, whiny and exhausted in the evenings, so haven't worked out since Wednesday morning. The only thing keeping me from throwing in the towel is taking time every day to stop and breathe--ten minutes of mediation, a hot bath, etc. I will be packing up my computer tomorrow or Monday. So don't worry if you don't hear from me for several days. If I can pop in via BlackBerry, I will. Sometimes I can't, too many scripts or something. Ask Marie to explain it to you, she's our techie. I'll be eager to get back into my healthier rhythms, and you guys are such great support! |
Morning everyone. The evil scale was nice today. After a week at the same weight, I apparently dropped 1.2 pounds. So I looked at last Saturday's weight and I lost a pound. That's progress. Slow but at least there's progress. I went swimming after work. I knew if I bailed on my plans I would have come home and ate since work only got worse yesterday. Anyway, I went to the public pool and is was warm and nice. I swam 1/2 mile, then as I was getting ready to leave, a friend from work that I don't see often was aqua-jogging. So she aqua-jogged and I sat on the side of the pool with my feet dangling in for about 20 minutes. The whole after-work afternoon was wonderful. So instead of overeating, I over exercised and was 300 cals short yesterday. Since the evil scale was kind this morning, I can live with that. I was too exhausted to have my nightly dash of ice cream (truly a dash as it's to high in calories for more than 1/2 c. serving). The idea of moving off the couch was exhausting enough without actually doing it. :D
Auntie, great job on the 1 pounds loss. If I could consistently see a 1 pound per week drop, I'd be happy. As it stands, my good weeks are one pound. Is it that I'm getting old now or something else, I don't know. But I am plugging along. Enjoy your pizza tonight. Since my DH is working swings and I don't see him during the week and he had guard weekend last week (so I didn't hardly see him then) I was thinking of planning my calories for a special dinner tonight. I'm thinking of spicy cajun chicken pasta. It's about 400 cals per serving and I could do that. I think I'll give up the dash of ice cream (that costs me 300 per day). So auntie, I'm with you on planning for my splurge. Hi to everyone else!!! Judy I hope your ex-boss has finally left the building... Marie |
Hi Paniania and welcome to our thread! :welcome2:
Marie - I'm glad you liked the cartoon. My scale doesn't make me cry - it's more like a shriek followed by *&^*#!!??!! That was very disciplined of you to strip out the extra calories from your quesadilla. Congrats on the 1.2 lbs. loss! :woohoo: Auntie G - Looks like your whoosh fairy worked for you and Marie :carrot:. I'm hoping it will rub off on me too. Judy - I feel so bad for you being sick and having your move at the same time. Just think of how nice it will be to snuggle down in your new bed in your new apartment. Hang in there and take care of yourself :hug:. Carol - I hope you're having a nice weekend. My DH just called from Switzerland. His flight went well and he's looking forward to a good night's sleep after being up for over 24 hrs! I didn't sleep much last night but I'm thinking about going down to Curves for an extra workout. I'm also going to start doing some gentle walking on the treadmill each day for 10-15 min. and see how I do. I know I'll have to somehow increase my exercise if I don't want to gain another 10 lbs. over the winter! We sent our DS a slow cooker so he can make some meals at home and save some money. He's already tried a chicken & mushroom recipe I sent him and he was amazed how easy and delicious it was. He's going to try making a pot roast next. I'll make a chef out of him yet! Have a great weekend everyone! |
Morning everyone!!! Yesterday was a really nice day. DH and I painted DS2's bedroom and it is now the guest room. We'll pull the tape off today and set up the room. YEAH!!! Between the bathroom and bedroom, it was like a noose hanging around my neck saying "you need to do this, you need to do this". So now, it's nearly done!!!!
Then I worked on stained glass. I'd finished cutting out this big window panel (two wolves starting a each other howling with them on two opposite cliffs - remarkably the two wolves are Blizzard and Kodiak). Anyway, I'd finished cutting it out a couple weeks ago and decided to grind all the pieces yesterday. So now that's done. Next is fitting it together, then touching up the grinding. I'm pleased that I got the grinding done. It was the worse griding aspect ever - the diamond bit was dull and I even stopped to dig through my tools to see if I had an old on that I could try and couldn't find one. Afterwards, with my wrists and fingers aching, I'm taking everything out of the tool box to look for the tiny grinder (for tight curves) and find I had bought a BRAND NEW one. Man I was mad at myself!!! My wrists still hurt this morning. But, alas, I did finish.:D We also took the doggies out for a walk and will again this morning. Blizzie and Kai got a bath yesterday since they were pretty dirty. Very busy day. Today we'll watch Nascar on one TV (for DH) and the Packers on the other TV (for me). I bet it won't be quite so productive. The goal with grinding the glass yesterday was so that I could move to the next step while plopped in from of a TV (wrapping copper foil around all the pieces). But since my hands were to sore to work on the fine tune fitting and grinding, I won't get that part done. Judy, an airbed for that long??? You'll have to add a chiropracter to your appointments. Those things are not comfy (in my opinion). At least you have an end in sight with the moving and I hope you feel better. Penny, is the bursitis better enough to workout at curves? And if you have a good, healthy crock pot recipe for pot roast, send it my way. I've never got one to taste like dear old mom's (or the Claim Jumper restaurant). Hope everyone has a great Sunday. Mare |
http://i510.photobucket.com/albums/s...a_2008/551.gifMmmm, that pizza was good last night, and wouldn't you know it, I was UNofficially down another pound this morning. That one doesn't count yet, but I hope it hangs in there through the week... I think the whole month of October is going to be a challenge. We've got every weekend scheduled up already with birthdays and such. Next Friday is my wedding anniversary, so we're taking the day off and driving up to the mountains. We're going to eat breakfast out, which I haven't done at all since I got on the wagon, but hopefully we'll find a place to walk around and burn it off.
Making a pork roast in the crockpot today - ooooh it smells good. Meat is really not that tempting to me, though, so it should be a nice light day. Judy, hope the packing and last minute details are going well, and that you recover quickly! Hang in there, and don't throw in the towel! Life happens! Marie, congrats on your weight loss and on getting your rooms nearly done! What a productive weekend you're having! And the stained glass sounds awesome, but a LOT of work! My Eagles game isn't until tonight, so I'm going to try to get some oddball cleaning done today. It's been rainy and icky all weekend, so the stuff I've been ignoring all summer is calling out to me... Penny, good luck with the exercise. Treadmill walking sounds like a good idea. Hey, how about that chicken and mushroom crockpot recipe? I can use all the crockpot ideas I can get! Have a great day! |
Groan...taking a break to say hi, ladies! I gave up and saw a doctor on Saturday, so now I'm loaded up with antibiotics, and hope it kick in soon.
Penny, I laughed when I read about your budding chef. Slow cookers are really versatile, and they make your house smell yummy:drool:. I like them in summer instead of a hot stove or oven. hey, I'm glad that you're feeling better as the weeks go by. Marie, you may need to start thinking more kindly about your scale if it keeps cooperating with you this way. And no, I'm not fond of airbeds, either, but my Aerobed will be okay. Five nights is my limit, though! My ex-boss is history, sorta. The new era starts a week from now, when I get back to the office. Auntie, the packing is going...I wouldn't say "well," but I'm getting there. I got a lot done today, and some friends helped carry a few things to the new place today. I still have a lot to do before Tuesday, but unless I'm forgetting something, I should be ready. Keep up the good work on knocking those numbers down! Paniania, nice to meet you! I decided that it will be helpful to hold on to my computer, so I should be able to check in again tomorrow. No "workout" today, but I have been moving, lifting, etc., all day. A bit low on veggies, but otherwise on program. I'll pack for another hour or so, then knock off for the night, call my mom, eat a Skinny Cow ice cream and take a hot bath. Hope everyone is having a good evening! judy |
Hello all sorry I have been mia again dang I have been naughty. Anyways Auntie g that is the bood the Edgar one. Gotta get it already read the Earth one and it was excellent. I love to read right before bedtime it relaxes me I think. My mind goes away to far away places not work or stress related issues.
Canada was nice except I was ill and have been since thurs. but better late yesterday and now on a bends. It was a cold virus thats going around achy, throat issues and a cough not nice. My friend also had it but we still went on our trip die hards us chicks.... It would of been a bit nicer had we felt well so we are planning to return in the near future. Shopping wasn't great but when we were leaving heard we should have gone to a place called Newport so we will ck it out on line and see whats there and plan another trip. I did have to use up some of those pears I picked so I made 2 lovely coffee cakes with the grandaughters yesterday. Oh the best I have ever made I tell yeah. I am taking one into work to share gotta show the new director this gal can bake along with the many other great talents I have hah hah!! Judy I hope your week starts off full of energy and a more peaceful atmosphere at work. You deserve it all!!!! |
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