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Hey Marie did you get an appt. for the new doc? Will be interesting to see what they have to say. Sometimes we get to comfy going to the same one for awhile and its good to get a second opinion on things especially metabolism. Good luck.
Auntie g just do a bit more exercise I think and eat that special meal. Maybe you can be especially good the day before and after to make up the difference. I think that bloated feeling and gaining a couple of months ago had to do with my menopause really sending me into a tail spin. I feel better and no that I will get where I want to be. I feel sure that its going to be alot of work but do able. My extra walking at work will help a few days a week. I am despite my few ooops this week doing better. Before I just couldn't get it together and thought oh my what the h--- is this!! But I know if I want it bad enough its going to happen. Talk to you all soon gotta fly again oh hurrah its friday. Hubby and I have an evening to ourselves and next weekend a long weekend away hopefully nice enough to kayak. |
Hey, there, I'm back! Sort of. I'm at work for a while today. I haven't had time to set up my office and reconnect my DSL service.
Tuesday's move went well. The movers used a trailer and an oversized pick-up truck. I felt like the Beverly Hillbillies, driving slowly down the interstate with my lamps and whatnot stacked precariously atop my furniture. Wednesday my new bedroom furniture arrived. I'll have to send the mattress back, though. It's too firm (and I like a firm mattress). I thought I was gonna die from exhaustion, but by Thursday night I began to feel human again. There's still congestion in my ears :(, but otherwise the meds seemed to have helped qith that infection. This weekend I'll be pushing furniture around (arrgh) and shopping (yaay!). I need a few new container-shelf type things before I can finish unpacking. I won't be totally done for several weeks, because I'll be away a lot. I'm not handy with drills, so I will get someone to come later on to help hang the pictures,etc., on the walls (they'll need to be anchored into the concrete), and a medicine cabinet in the bathroom. Don't ask me why I don't have one already. It's good to be back here with everyone! I sounds like everyone is focusing on upcoming challenges. Carol, I'm worried about these aggressive pumpkin cookies, I'll have to watch out for them. I've had a similar problem with chocolate for several weeks. Maybe I should wear protective mittens? Auntie G, I hope you reach your goal soon! It will light a fire under me. 200 has eluded me for quite a while. It's like there's an invisible force field that bounces me way back :lol: Penny, all this talk about crockpots lately--and the autumn chill in the air--means that I'll dig mine out of the moving box this weekend and cook something up! Something with lots of garlic.... Marie,I really appreciate how you persevere with exercise, and find a work-around for various aches and pains. It's easy to give up and not do anything. I'm looking forward to getting back into my workout habits this weekend. Okay, time for lunch! judy |
Judy - I'm glad your move went well. A comfortable mattress is very important, so you are wise to exchange it rather than have it affect your sleep. Something garlicky sounds good to cook in your crock pot when you find it amongst your possessions. I'm going to make some Hungarian gulasch - I bought some good paprika for it.
Carol - I need to sort out my fall clothes too. This year the change of seasons kind of caught me by surprise. I don't think I'll buy much new stuff, just mix and match the old stuff more creatively! Auntie G - I hope you enjoy your long weekend and your dinner at the Olive Garden. Have what you like to eat - it's the other 363 days of the year that makes the difference! Marie - It's funny how Kai nips you if you lay on the ground. Maybe she sees that as a submissive pose and wants to assert herself to be the new Alpha Female! :lol: You have quite a "pack" to keep in line. I hope you enjoyed your lunch with your friends. I splurged and went to Sweet Tomatoes for lunch today and will skip dinner to make up for it (maybe I'll have a yogurt or oatmeal if I get hungry). It's hard to be "good" there so I decided to be choosy but have only my favorite salads, a soup and a smallish ice cream. I did an extra workout at Curves this week, so hopefully that will count. I still have some problems with my shoulder, but it seems a bit better. Have a great weekend everyone! |
TGIF!!! Finally!!! YEAH!!!!
Hi everyone, this is going to be short (word wise) but long picture wise. I got my doggies portraits today. I scanned them and I knew you all are just DYING to see them. :D I will write more tomorrow morning.
Three Huskies... http://www.mariesdogs.com/images/dog...rtrait_web.jpg Blizzard Bear (Marie's Soul Doggie and Best-est Friend) http://www.mariesdogs.com/Images/bli...rtrait_web.jpg Kodiak Bear (Prince Charming aka Jacka$$) http://www.mariesdogs.com/Images/kody_portrait_web.jpg Kai Bear (Mommy's Little Goofy Puppy) http://www.mariesdogs.com/Images/Kai_portrait_web.jpg |
Today's weigh in gave me officially the one unofficial pound from last Sunday. So really I stayed the same all week, but I guess that's better than gaining. I did have a bacon and cheese omelet yesterday (mmmmm...), so I suppose I should be happy. We walked for about 5 hours yesterday, half in the woods, and half around town, so I was hoping that would help get rid of the omelet damage. Oh well, at least it was fun.
I think we're going to Red Robin instead of Olive Garden today, so even though that's a huge amount of calories, it's still probably better than having that Tour of Italy that always calls my name at OG. Carol, that's great you get to fit in the walking during the work day! I know that will make a difference, and yet, why can't I get myself to get on it? Well, good luck to you, anyway! Judy, congrats on making it through the move! And while the work's not done, at least this is the fun part- setting things up and decorating. Have fun shopping! And yeah, I definitely think there is an invisible force field around that 200. Grrrrr... Penny, good job being choosy on your lunch out. I find it just way too hard eating out and trying to make better choices. I'd rather just avoid it, but I guess it's time to start looking for ways to adapt. Hope that shoulder's doing better! Marie, oh those doggies are so adorable! Thanks for posting the pix! I can't imagine trying to get 3 to pose at the same time, we have a hard enough time trying to get a good pic of one! Have a great weekend everyone! |
Morning everyone. I made a fire this morning and my house is warm and cozy and it's drizzling outside. Bummer on the rain - I wanted to take the doggies out to play. :(. I think we may have officially began the rainy season. At least the extreme forest fire rating has started to drop. Living in the desert (I call it the desert rain forest) is quite interesting.
Apparently Saturday is my more official weigh in day. It's always lower than the rest of the week. Last Saturday had seen a drop, then back most of it came and then by yesterday was nearly the same as last Saturday. Today, .8 pound was gone from last Saturday (but 1.2 from yesterday). I swear the scale is out to make me crazier than I already am. But the trend is downward so that's all that matters. My guess is tomorrow the .8 loss will be gone and the cycle will repeat itself. Auntie, sounds like your scale is playing the same game as mine. But you lost a pound and that's great. Enjoy Red Robin. I can do great at Olive Garden because I love their tomato marinara. It's lo-cal and a regular portion of their spaghetti is calorie reasonable. Red robin to me is hard to find anything that's lo-cal. If you're splurging, enjoy one of their amazing onion rings for me. Those are so yummy. Penny, ok Penny your description of Goulash sounds yummy. Please share. I think I'd like to learn to use my crock pot more (ok, at al - I never use it). Can you share your recipe, pretty please? I hope you're enjoying your "bachelorette" status for the time being. Carol, I hope you get a new, wonderful work computer. Actually, considering how much your job is on the go, why you don't have a laptop is sort of mind boggling. Taking session notes while it's fresh in your mind would be best for the client as well as efficient on the job. Judy, I hope you get your new mattress replaced soon. A too hard bed kills my hips. I love my waterbed because we can make it the exact firmness for comfort. I think the air-types that you dial in would do that too. I have no big plans this weekend. DH and I are going to make and can marinara so I think spaghetti is on the menu for dinner. Beyond the canning, I think craft stuff will be the choice. Tomorrow is the 2 month date when I got back on the wagon and the tracks are steady. I'm pretty pleased that I'm where I belong. Marie |
Evenin' all! Went to Red Robin (where you're right, Marie, there's nothing low cal!) and now it's done. I'm going to try to be good tomorrow, but it all depends on what MIL makes for dinner...
Marie, a .8 loss is still better than a gain, right? But yeah, there's an evil scale plot afoot, I fear. Congrats on 2 months back on track! And now I've finally been inspired to post a pic of my baby girl... Of course it's not professional, and there's not even a lot of her showing, but it does give the big picture of where she stands (or sleeps, as it were...) in the house... http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/k...2JPGJessEd.jpg Gotta go out to a campfire now. Have a good night! |
Marie - Your pups have such human expressions! Kody looks like a mischievous boy and Blizzie is a cuddly teddy bear. Baby Kai resembles a debutante in her photo - a sophisticated young lady! No wonder you are so proud of your "fur babies". It's rainy here too so I did the housework and got quite a workout. Vacuuming was hard on my shoulder, but at least it's not crunchy underfoot any more around the house. For the gulasch I used 1-1/2 pounds cubed stew meat and 1/2 large onion cut up in chunks. Mix 3 tbsp. paprika with 3 tbsp. flour (add a little water to make a paste) stir into 1 cup of water. Put the flour/paprika/water mix into the crock pot with the beef & onion and give it a stir. Add salt and pepper to taste. After cooking 1 hr. on high stir in 1 carton sliced mushrooms and 8 oz. sour cream and cook on low for 3 hrs or until beef is very tender. Add more water if sauce is too thick.
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I saw this thread and thought to myself, "This is exactly what I need!", so if y'all don't mind I would like to join in. I just started my diet and exercise program and I currently weigh 358. I don't have any furry kids, but I do have 6 two legged ones, ranging in age from 24 to 11, so I definitely am not lonely without the doggies. I am still trying to learn to use all the cool forum stuff so soon I'll have my profile all decked out to look nice like the rest of you. I have to make 25 posts to get to put in a ticker, so I need to post more too! I hope to get to know all of you better, and thank you for the place to hold myself accountable. |
Hi everyone! Dinner at the in-laws wasn't too bad. Had a little real butter, but just a little taste of each thing. And I passed on the delicious looking cake she made for dessert. That was kind of painful, but I'll be having cake tomorrow for my sister's birthday, anyway. She's turning the big 4-0, so there will be a party next weekend, but tomorrow's the family cake. I think that will have to count for my dinner. Groan...
I was going to wait to break 200 before I bought any clothes, but I had to get a pair of jeans today, since I realized I had only one pair of pants that aren't sweats or spandex that will fit now. I was so excited that I got into size 16 MISSES, cause the last pair I bought (this past spring) were size 20 WOMEN'S. Anything in misses is a win - yee hah! Penny, the goulash sounds interesting! I never knew what was in it, so I thought it would be scary. (I'm pretty wimpy about trying foods I'm not familiar with!) I think I may have to give that one a go... Jillian, hi and welcome! Six kids - whoa! I guess that keeps you busy... Good luck with your weight loss! Have a delightful Monday, all! |
Hi Jillian, welcome to our thread. That's strange that you can't have a ticker until 25 posts. So I guess you should just post, post, post. 6 kids - my sister has that many and I always felt like I was visiting a zoo. But mostly that was because her kids were wild. I bet auntie's description of busy is an understatement. :o
Auntie, :carrot: on the size 16 jeans. You must be ecstatic. Now, I look at it that that 16 mark will help cement the goal to get past 200. So, it was wise to get them now. Not to mention you get to wear fitted clothes instead of sweats. There's something to be said about that! Also, could you post a close-up of your beautiful doggie??? Penny, thanks for the recipe. I will buy the ingredients this week and make it next weekend. My mom, when she made goulash, put elbow macaroni in it? Do you do anything like that? Either way, I will dust off my crock pot. Carol and Judy, hope you're on track and doing great!!! TOM is visiting and the scale is being congenial. What's with that????? Did I mention I got my new orthotic on Friday? Well I did and perhaps there's some improvement in my right heel. It's still so swollen that it's hard to tell. But at least it isn't making it worse and everything (especially the old orthotic) did. So there's my hope. I think it would be further better if I hadn't taken the doggies for 2 2.5 mile hikes. But it was weekend and the pups are so adorable. I did 3 miles WATP this morning. I slept in but when I did get up, I decided I could get 1 mile in and will exercise the rest after work. But no, I kept going and had to fly through getting ready for work. But, hey, I feel great so it was well worth it. Food is on track. I had my usual mocha and it's cold and foggy so I wanted more. And at work, that means starbucks. But alas, I used the one cup coffie maker and made 8 oz vanilla decaf, then added one package of diet swiss miss cocoa for 25 cals. Holy, moly, it tastes good. 25 calories. My new addiction I believe. :D Marie |
Hi, Jillian! Welcome! I'm looking forward to getting to know you. If you can get into the habit of checking in here nearly everyday, even when you don't really feel like it, have been bad, or just don't have much to say, it will really help you keep on track over the long haul.
Auntie and Marie, thanks for the family photos. Carol, now it's your turn, we need to see your little Bear. All you animal lovers will appreciate a new book by Gene Weingarten's article in this past Sunday's Washington Post Magazine, called "Old Dogs are the Best Dogs." There's a lovely photo gallery on the website. Here's the link, which perhaps our friendly moderator won't delete: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...092602860.html. Penny, I don't think they'll let me return my new mattress, 'cuz although the tags are still on it, the delivery guys took the plastic off when they set up the bed. I will find time to compose a letter the the store manager, throwing myself at his or her mercy, but I will be lucky if I can work out any sort of deal. I may need to sell it on Craig's List or something and buy a new mattress :(. I know you're tired of reading my whining posts! Things are home are looking better, but still topsy-turvy. My shoulders and hands still ache, but the rest of me is getting back to normal. Still haven't been working out. I almost can't wait to head out of town again on Wednesday, just so's I can get a good night's sleep in a neat hotel room, then wander over to the exercise room :dizzy: judy |
I will have to get Bear's picture on here soon. Loved the doggies oh Kia just stole my heart. Oh so cute. They are all beautiful and keep us busy with the care and love they not only need but demand!!! As Bear just brought in a toy and wants me to shoot it for him.
The weekend went too fast I lots to do. Use up some more pears the kids loved my pear bread and I made another pear cake for a birthday cake. Everyone said they loved them and now their almost gone gave some away. Still have over a half of bushel of pears left. Made pear sauce as well kind of like applesauce a bit gritty though. Still takes good. This weekend coming up we are going on a kayaking trip to the Adirondacks about 2 hrs. away. It is called Indian Lake in the Adirondacks if you care to google. We are renting a cabin with our friends. Will beable to enjoy it as the weather is suppose to be really nice this weekend coming up. The leaves are going to be in peak changing so beautifully so this will be a great time to relax. Yes I said relax!! I do that once in awhile yah know. I have been doing pretty good with my food intake. Made some blk bean soup for my lunches this week. Ate a good breakfast this morning and stayed on task with my cals today. Jillian welcome and hope you get as much enjoyment from this site as we do. Company is always welcome and hopefully we can get you to join on a regular basis. We all slip up from time to time, but overall its a great support system and we keep each other motivated. Judy glad your move is past you now. I was told today I am one of the first to get a computer and then eventually a laptop to follow up with for my out of the office stuff. Yeah now we are getting somewhere. Give us some decent tools to work with make our jobs a bit easier. Wish list is something the new director has requested so I am thinking hard... a hand held scanner would be nice for documentations like S.S cards, birthcert. etc. when doing intakes. Oh I must think what could make life easier????? Didn't exercise other than walking in and out and up and down the stairs no elevator!! Judy good luck on the mattress what a pain that is oh yeah on your back too.... Auntie g your doggie is a sweetie... Penny nice recipe I will have to try it. Any type of paprika??? Well gotta go get my pjs on they are now in the dryer oh warm and cozy! Bought a new book Nicholas Sparks: The Lucky One He is my favorite author and has a movie coming out this month too. I splurged on the book. Take care hope your all relaxing too. Maybe a glass of wine might be in order as well they say its healthy in moderation one glass can't hurt raspberry flavor. |
Welcome Jillian :welcome2: I'm looking forward to hearing from you again.
Auntie G - Congrats on the smaller size! :carrot: You're coming down and I'm going up! I'm getting close to 200 again and the munchy monster has me under it's control! I've been having terrible carb cravings and just heard on the news that lots of people are reaching for "comfort foods" in these difficult times. I really need to get this under control as it's certainly not "comforting" to be gaining weight. I loved the pic of your doggie too. She looks so comfy - it's a dogs life! Judy - I hope they are nice about exchanging your mattress - it's worth a try. I don't think you are whining at all. You always seem so upbeat despite having several health and stress issues. I think it does all of us good to 'unload' now and then - that's what we're here for :hug:. Marie - I don't usually do pasta in the crock pot as it gets a bit mushy, but you could cook the macaroni separately. I serve mine with egg noodles. We had some goulash for dinner when my DH got home from Switzerland and he said it was the best thing he's had to eat since he went on his trip! I must say it turned out really good. I hope your scale keeps being nice and that your foot gets better now you have your new orthotic. Carol - I'm looking forward to seeing a photo of Bear too! I can just picture him in my mind's eye when he's up to his antics. All your lovely pear recipes are making me drool :drool:! For the goulash I use Kalocsa sweet Hungarian Paprika that I just picked up at my grocery store. I'm sure there are lots of similar ones out there - the main thing is that it's fresh. Oooh, cozy pj's out of the dryer, a glass of wine and a new book to read - heaven! I hope you and your DH have a nice time kayaking in the Adirondacks. I have a big meeting tomorrow to start organizing our Fall Bazaar & Tea - I can't believe it's that time of the year already! I get a bit frustrated convincing people to volunteer for the various jobs. It's like pulling teeth sometimes! :rolleyes: I'm going to be out of action for a while after my sinus surgery on the 15th so somebody else will have to keep the ball rolling. We are starting to get concerned about what the future holds with the economy in trouble. We've had hardly any business calls the last few weeks and it looks like everything is slowing down. Good thing my DH turns 65 tomorrow, so at least we are now eligible for SS! We're going to stock up on food a bit, just in case inflation gets totally out of control. We're thinking about getting a small freezer as our side-by-side fridge is pretty useless for storage. Maybe I'll start a veggie garden next Spring! |
Eek! I'm having a birthday cake sugar rush, but it's about bedtime. It's so hard to coordinate everyone's schedules anymore, we ended up having my sis' cake much later than I would have liked, but alas, it is what it is, and now I feel icky. But tomorrow's another day...
Marie, glad to hear the scale's behaving! And yay for the new orthotic, too! That's got to help. I'm going to put up a few more pix of my girl, since now I'm all up in it. It's hard to get a good one of a black dog without the proper lighting... Judy, hmm, I read the article from your link, but I missed the photo gallery. I'll have to go back and look harder. I did enjoy the story, though, even if it did bring tears to my eyes! Hope you get ALL back to normal soon, and enjoy your upcoming hotel stay! Carol, sounds like you're the Pear Queen! That's great that you're spreading your good stuff around... Have a great time on your kayaking trip, and yep, let's see that doggie of yours! Penny, oh yeah, carbs = comfort in my book, too! I don't know how I would survive without whole wheat pasta. Good luck with your Bazaar planning. And I think the freezer is a good idea. I don't have one, but I often wish I did. I just don't really have any place to put one, but everyone I know who has one says it's a great investment! OK, here are some more pix of my baby... Here she is when she was really a young'n http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/k...abyJessi-1.jpg And this was a few years ago... http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/k...pe08/Jessi.jpg And this was from this past summer- getting a little gray around the edges... http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/k...hope08/tn1.jpg |
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