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Ooo la la, weekend is so close I can almost smell it. Chatting with a co-worker, I said "And we won't have to come back till Wednesday!" We both cracked up. YEAH!!!! 4 day weekend in 7 hours!
Mazza, sometimes it's white here, sometimes it's not on Christmas. There's usually a nip in the air, but a couple years it was in the 70's. But as this winter is developing, I'm thinking loads of snow. I was just looking at the weather forecast and it's supposed to be rainy/snowy for another week. Today is the "good" day. Mostly cloudy with partly cloudy in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy apparently means not being able to see out my office window as the fog is so thick. I hate November!!!!:( Carol, I buy my yeast at Costco in the big package, then keep it in a dated zip lock bag. Most bread machine recipes call for a specific amount, not a package so I find that best. The jars would work too but I like the costco yeast better. And I ordered a sourdough bread starter from a company in New England. It's a starter from some that was started in the 1700's. How cool is that??? I'll let you all know how that works. And it was only 14 bucks with shipping. I'm pretty excited about learning that process. Auntie, I almost kicked the scale this morning. It always amazes me that I eat less cals and exercise twice the day before and the darn thing is evil. But alas, it's just being petulant. So auntie, with the elections over, is your DH out of the political entanglement that has held his life for the last nearly 2 years??? I'm so glad it's over (and I very much like the results). So glad it's over. BTW, I just read that Dr. Hahn (Grey's Anatomy) is leaving the show so perhaps you could move into that spot. :D Hi to everyone else. so the decision for the day - to work on my district's new website or to work on developing a cool database that I started earlier this week? Ah the decisions are endless. What I'd really like to do is go home, start a fire and snuggle with my doggies. But that's not in the option list for another 7 hours. Marie |
Weekend-shmeekend, Marie! I would love four days off. Alas, I am behind on several things with a deadline, so I'll be working all day Saturday. Our office is officially closed on Tuesday for Veterans Day, but I'll be in then, too...gotta whittle this pile down! I hope you're home snuggling with the dogs soon.
I did a good aerobic workout this morning (that chatterbox Leslie Sansome, with the sound on mute :D). My right shoulder is better, but it's still very achy in the mornings, so I haven't lifted weights in ages. I was eating well yesterday, but I've been munching all afternoon--grapes, a few almonds, a few baked chips, not so awful, but I keep looking around for more, so I'm consuming too many calories. Stress, that's all it is. I'm still sporadic with logging my food. What am I gonna do about this? :?: Suggestions welcome! Carol, I know you can get that cholesterol down. I love oatmeal, and I take a fish oil tablet in the AM and with dinner. I'm jealous that your company kicks in toward your gym fees! Mazza, I grew up in the Snow Belt, so by Christmas we'd already had one or two major snow storms. We get a little snow in DC, but usually not much and it doesn't last long. Now if you want snow, Carol's your girl, she can tell you all about it! Auntie and Mi Mi, I think I made a huge mistake with chocolate a few months ago, and I'm still paying for it. I tried keeping really good dark chocolate at home so that I could have a little bit as a planned treat. That works for some people, but for not for me. As the old folks used to say, if you're ride with the Devil, you know he's gonna want to drive! Plus I was trying to stop afternoon cravings with that sweetened protein crystal stuff they sell now, you stir it into water, and with just a few calories, presto-change-o, your craving goes away. That seemed to help at first, but unfortunately, artificial sweeteners also make me want more food...so the Carb Monster has been behind the wheel a lot these past three months. Oops, I've been nattering on. Time to go home to a lovely big salad with chicken, and a chocolate protein shake for dessert. judy |
Hi all! No weekend celebration for me yet, either, as I have to work tomorrow, too. :p It only happens once or twice a year, so I shouldn't complain, but I'm going to anyway! We're having an open house, and it is always madness- hot and crowded, and me running around like a crazy person. And chocolate everywhere. They usually just have Hershey Kisses, it's not like it's anything fancy, but still... It's hard to resist when there's a bowl of chocolate in every direction. Waaaahhh!
Carol, I was on Zocor for a while a few years ago, and I felt pressured into going on it. The doc used scare tactics on me and didn't really give me a choice. What was odd was that you can't have grapefruit when you're on it, and I never, ever cared about grapefruit until I couldn't have it! Then I thought about it constantly. :shrug: Anyway, after I started the drug was when I decided to join WW. After I'd lost 100 lbs I took myself off it and never went back to be retested or anything. Probably a stupid move, especially since I then gained the weight back. But now since I'm on the wagon FOR REAL, I'm not even considering drugs again. I definitely think the natural way is the way to go! Marie, a 4 day weekend! Sweeeeeet! Don't beat up the scale, it will get better. I've noticed, too, that on days where I get more exercise than usual, the next morning is not a good scale day. I'm sure it's just a fluid thing. As for the political stuff, while I am absolutely delighted with the election results, I fear that it is not over around here. DH has gotten himself a little too wrapped up, and is now going to run for a low level local position next year. That means that all the plotting and planning and meeting and maneuvering continues... I told him I better get a break until after the holidays, cause I can't take it anymore!!! :crazy: :frypan: Oh, and I don't watch Grey's, but I'll have to check out the new job opening! ;) Have a nice doggie snuggle! Judy, I hope you get some downtime this weekend! Grrrrrr, stress! Wouldn't it be nice if stress led to eating celery sticks? :joker: OK, so when you are logging your food, what do use to log it? The old fashioned pen and paper way, or something fancy and computerized? I made myself a nice Excel spreadsheet and I keep the sheets in a 3 ring binder on the kitchen counter, where I can't avoid it. But I hardly ever eat out, and I never travel, so that works for me. Maybe you just need a friendlier method that works with your life? And the chocolate thing... yeah, it doesn't really work for me, either, having real stuff around and thinking I'll ration it out. As long as I know it's there, it haunts me and taunts me until I come and get it. Groan... I'd never heard that saying about riding with the devil, but I LIKE it! I'm gonna have to remember that one! OK, have a good night, everyone! |
Judy I hear ya! I ate one nutter butter today; I couldn't help it! I like to think that since I did 30 min on the treadmill, and 1 hour of a powerlift weight class, that hopefully, if my body loves me, it will burn it off ASAP! But, we know how that goes:dizzy:
This week has been rough since I incorporated the weights into my workout. In a nutshell, I have so much blubber around my muscles, that I never realized how weak I was. I lifted on Tuesday, and then noticed a weight class going on, and I decided to attend it on Wednesday. Needless to say, I flet the burn!! And when I say burn, I mean burn!!! LOL! I was very proud of myself for going in the class and just doing it. I went again to the class today. We work all the muscles in the body so, this will be my weight training. Man, I feel so fatigued. Question, is there a correlation between lifting weights and being hungry? For some reason, I am always so hungry a few hours after lifting weights? What is that about? Mi Mi |
Mi mi,
Logically there's a correlation between lifting and hunger in my mind. Food supplies the glycogen in the muscles and if you fatigued the muscles, then you'd need more to feed them. Now, I'm not a scientist and do not know that for a fact that you'd feel hungrier, but it makes sense to me. Great job getting into the weights. Since you'd want to replenish the fluids, chug a big glass of water to give your stomach something to do for a bit. That's my best way to ignore the hunger monster and 9 times out of 10 I sort of forget. WEEKEND!!!! :carrot:I'm sorry to all my friendly chick friends that have to work this weekend. I left my laptop in my office and am happily not going to work. YEAH!!! And the doggies are surrounding me. I love them so much, my best-est friends ever. Judy, why not look to shake the logging up? Do a google search on blackberry diet programs. Most will have a free trial. I love my windows mobile phone program. It's great when I'm out to eat and want to know calories and I tend to enter the foods as I eat so that I know where I stand. By far, it's my favorite way to log. Auntie:rofl: Celery will never be on my stress foods list. Heck, it'll never be on my list. I only like it in stuffing at Thanksgiving (which I'm going to forgo as we'll be in Reno). Ignore the yucky kisses - milk chocolate is icky. Now if they have dark chocolate ones, that's harder. Actually I have a bunch in my desk drawer. I gave 2 to a co-worker and apologized if they were stale as they've been there forever. I guess I'm very lucky I can ignore foods even if they're in close proximity. At least something about my fat cells is good. Oh, Mi mi, I too have blubber around my muscles. My arms and stomach - I told the dr. that under the fat, there's some good definition as I've been using free weights and doing crunches. Only I, however, will ever know those muscles are there. :flow2: Marie |
Marie, your going to have to explain to me how you use your windows mobile program on your phone to find out calories when your out. I have windows mobile on my phone, a Black Jack; and I've never really figured out how to use it.
Mi Mi |
Happy Saturday! Just a quick check in before WORK- ugh! I'm down one more pound this morning - woo hoo! I'm going to do my very best to resist those Hershey Kisses today. Hopefully I'll be so busy that I won't have time to listen to them calling me...
Mi Mi, congrats on starting up with the weights! I agree that it seems logical to be hungrier after using those muscles, but I don't know anything scientific either. Just keep on lifting! Marie, I hope you have a delightful, doggie filled, celery-free 4 day weekend! Gotta get my girl out for a walk before work, so I'm off... Have a great weekend, everyone! |
Hi everyone! It's been a nice start to my long weekend. We went over the mountain to Costco. The durango needed 2 new tires, so we there first in line. We did a little shopping at Lowes and Costco, then when the Durango was done, we did a brief walk through the mall. I actually got a little Christmas shopping done. I bought the doggies a can of tennis balls and Kai Bear is quite happy with her present. Then we took a nice nap this afternoon. The three dogs and me. How peaceful is that?
I made my low cal chili and DH made small corn muffins (150 cals each). Wonderful dinner. We walked the doggies before heading over the mountain pass. All in all, a good day. Mi mi, I will look for the link to the software I use. It was a little goofy to set up but they're directions did work. So when I sync my phone to DH's computer, it updates the computer version (where I do any recipes and such) and I can look at the reports on a screen that's not 2x3, :D I'll try to find it tomorrow. I did a quick google search and couldn't find the one I use. I'd tried about 6 programs out before finding this one that I really like. Auntie, I hope the kisses stayed out of your way. Congrats on the 1 pound loss. Mr Scale is still being a mule, but no biggie. I can't be more on track than I am so I will keep trying. Well, that's it for the night. Tomorrow morning, DH and I are taking DS2 out for breakfast. That should make tomorrow's calories a little more difficult but I'll adjust on the dinner end. Then on Monday, DS2 and his GF are coming for dinner. That's I'll have complete control over. ;) Marie |
Oooooh man, what a sunday it's been.
My mum and I went out for the day and I ended up eating vanilla slice, some caramel tart and an almond & chocolate pastry thing. Definetly not waistline friendly, but nonetheless - I thoroughly enjoyed everything and tomorrow is a new day. Low cal chili sounds delicious, Marie. I love spicy foods. A nap with your dogs sounds lovely - how's that for bonding with pets?:) Mi Mi - I totally empathise with the strength training + hunger thing. On my weight lifting days, I'd get home and after my shower, I'd feel like I could eat an entire chicken by myself! What I find really helped was eating a snack about 40mins before hitting the gym - like an apple or something equally carby. Also, planning to do my WL so that I could get home and eat my meal of the day containing the most protein within an hour of getting home. Cardio makes me nowhere near as famished. In the short term, at least, it supresses my appetite. Auntie - hersheys kisses!! Ooooh man. That's all I can think to say! I hope you all have a great sunday! |
The evil chocolate monster...
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...nessy/domo.png So, I did have a few Hershey Kisses yesterday, but I wore my pedometer to work, and I got in just about 3 miles walking back and forth throughout the day, so I figured it was all OK. Well, it seems that we were too busy to have lunch, so by the time I got home, I was famished and wanted pizza. Mmmmmm, pizza... That was fine, but then I don't know what happened to me later! I lost my mind and ate about 600 calories worth of chocolate, when I wasn't even hungry. I'm blaming the monster. :p Marie, sounds like you had a productive day! I think I'm ready to start a little bit of Christmas shopping, too. Now I just have to decide what I'm after, so I don't go overboard. Have a nice breakfast out! Mazza, oh, you had a sweet day, too! Ah, I guess that's just life. As long as we don't do it every day, right? All right, I've got a lot to catch up on around the house today, so I have to rip myself away from the computer. I think I'll put the pedometer on again, to keep me moving. Today's Eagles game isn't until nighttime, so I have all day to get some work done and calories burned! Have a good one, everyone! |
Hello everyone! Well I am on the road to work on my healthy lifestyle oh its not always so easy. I did work out yesterday and plan to hit the gym on my way back from visiting my SIL at the hospital. She had her elbow replacement out as the body rejected it for 5 years crazy huh? They put some pins in and she is in quite alot of pain. Staying there since fri. till most likely mon. I felt really great at the gym yesterday really getting into the swing of things. Trying so new equipment etc. On the 15th we have an instructional appt. schedule with a trainer to become more in tune with the machines. They have an area with a circuit training 6 machines I think in 30 min. workout suppose to work out all your areas etc. Sounded good to me. I am becoming more comfortable with the gym and knowing what machines are there no workout classes with this gym but thats okay. For my price its still great and now the company is paying me back eventually. Marie happy 4 day to you girl you deserve every bit of it. Let me know about the sour dough bread yummy. I bought some whole wheat eng. muffins yesterday had one for breakfast with one sliced boiled egg 1 T. Mozz. cheese, 2 slices bacon can. style low fat 70 cals. and switched to a Land of Lakes 1/2 butter light stuff 50 cals a serving low chol. not so bad. Not that I use much. My cals were on the mark yesterday but I did induldge in some wine last night with a friend then we had a girls night out. Went to the casino has some good laughs won lost but came home with 5 extra than I went with so I consider myself a winner.
Judy I made myself a little journal on the computer and then copied it cut it up and made a little book it fits in my purse so I always have it. I am getting better about documenting in it. It has date, wt, activities,water, Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack on it. Then I total it out at the end of the day. Its nice cause its small and always with me and individualized to fit my needs and goals. Its good for me to flip back to ck how many times I have been to the gym etc. When I lost wt. and what I ate then etc. Snow stay away! Weather is still nice but we are to get some rain later on today. No snow in the forecast Marie you can keep it for awhile yet. Well everyone this wt is stubborn but at least I am using my scale daily. Its not moving so quickly but when I first workout it never does guess building muscle? I agree with all of you on the med. thing forget it I don't think that 269 was all that off the road of healthy is it? I will look up the numbers later on. Few twiks in the diet more activity and I should be fine. I have inc. my fish oill too. I used to take only one now 2 and can't seem to get into the 3rd one at bedtime I always forget. Oh on the job front my boss and the director have asked me to teach other coworkers how to write up more details in their paperwork and how to document monthly so that we are more than covered for funding and audits. I am not sure how my coworkers will feel about that? I requested for the upper hand folks to tell them that this process will be happening instead of me at their request. They also are doing this so they can show my leadership skills with in the dept. and are working on still wanting me to move up in mtg. If it happens thats okay if not down the road there will be other opportunities for me to change my daily activities a bit with community outreach program we are involved in now. Time will tell I am just not worrying about it if it happens fine if not no biggy. Take care have a super day and don't for get every choice is our choice. What goes in our mouths is up to us and us only. Have a super day! |
I'm taking a break from work. I am supposed to be finishing up at least one of my many projects, but my mind is so scattered (don't forget about X; doh, I forgot about Y) that I can't concentrate. So I've been making up wall charts to reassure me that nothing critical will disappear from sight. Many Post-it notes are being sacrificed in furtherance of my mission, but I'm just helping them achieve their destiny, after all:p Yes, I may have official "lost it."
Carol, you're getting me psyched to work out! I really noticed this morning how much muscle tone I've lost this past month. Congrats on being asked to take more of a leadership role at work. It always feels awkward at first, but if you don't make a big deal out of it, neither should anyone else. It helps me to use examples of other people's skills or best work, as a way of reminding myself and the other folks that we're all figuring this out and learning from each other. Auntie, are you sure that guy's a monster? The mouth is plenty big, but the arms need to be longer and the hands need to look like shovels! Mazza, calories you eat while you're hanging out with you mom don't count. Marie, sounds like you're having a lovely weekend. But aren't you ruining the doggies' surprise by giving them their presents so early? Mi Mi, I tend to want to eat more when I'm serious about building muscle. That also happens if I fall off the cardio wagon (as I have this past few weeks) and then climb back on, then it goes away. Lu and Penny, I hoep you're doing well today. So re the logging: I have a lovely calendar that I keep in my purse, and it works just fine, when I use it. I track water, food and workouts, not trying to count calories, just what time and how much, and any notes re travel, challenges or ah-ha!s. Over the years I've had success with those logs from the bookstore that have nutritional counts at the back. I've also tried a simple Excel spreadsheet, and a couple of web-based tracking programs. I always have my Blackberry, so I could use it for an electronic system or just to take notes. I don't think the problem is the tool I use, I think I'm resisting putting the energy into following any structure right now :(. I think it's in reaction to how life has been since the late summer, a stubborn but unproductive response to feeling overloaded. I've thought about going to a therapist or a nutritionist, but that would be yet one more thing to organize, pay for and find time for in my calendar:headache: I hope I snap out of this soon! I don't want to slide back up the scale. Back to work. At least I'll feel more organized on Monday.... judy |
Hi all, we're a busy, talkative thread this weekend. Breakfast with my DS2 was very nice. I had one pancake which I calc'ed to be equal to 3 Ihop pancakes in my log. They had strawberries (no sweet syrup) and whipped cream which I scraped all of it off. Just the dregs remained to give the flavor. Over all, cals at breakfast were fine. I'm over what I usually am at this time of day but mostly because the chocolate monster is out and about - and I had an extra 70 cal serving of M&Ms. Low cal dinner on the agenda so all should be fine. I took my doggies out of a 1.5 mile hike this morning - all the stars were out and that was a nice surprise. The forecasters said Thurs and Friday were supposed to be partly cloudy, then the weather was to deteriorate again. But surprise, all the days were yucky and today is gorgeous. So it's been great. We cleaned my latest stained glass window (too big to clean indoors) and DH is finishing the oak frame. I will take a picture when it's hung and sun is coming through it. The glass is unbelievably gorgeous. There are two new colors that the glass shop showed me and they are vibrant.
Judy, I agree you've lost it. I didn't get the first paragraph in your post but then it started making sense. I would imagine in this economy heading a non-profit would be near impossible. Good luck getting back to the journaling and exercising. I know you can do it - you've come to far to slip up. Mimi, I looked at my phone and the program is a www.keyoe.com and I purchased both the desktop program and the phone program. It's very simple to learn and moving foods that you eat mostly to the favorite (I use the computer for that), it's quick to log. Auntie, eeks the cookie monster didn't get you - the chocolate one did. I hope your Eagles do better than my Packers. They lost to DH's team. It's so hard to b&c about the team when he's happy. :D Now Nascar is on. Zzzzz. I've been cutting out glass but even that wasn't keeping my attention. I was thinking of hooking up my ipod and listen to a book but it might hurt DH's feelings. The computer doesn't. Carol, look at the bright side of SIL in the hospital, she's not complaining about the meals you're making her. I do hope she starts to recover as it does sound nastily painful. I'm glad you're enjoying the gym and Judy's right - it might be awkward at first but if they don't see it bothering you, then it should smooth over decently. Mazza, what's a vanilla slice? If you had a great time with your mum, then you know, that's all that matters. I guess I will get back to the extremely boring nascar race. BORING. Marie |
Girls a new recipe to share today. Maybe you have heard of it or tried it already ww pumpkin cake. It really was a little bit the texture of gingerbread cake I thought. At any rate not sure of the pts. or cals but here it is:
1 carrot or spice cake mix 1 can of solid pumpkin it has lots of fiber I hear. Bake it in a 8'' pan greased and floured at 350 until done fork clear done! Then you serve it with fat free cool whip. Hey I made it today and the hubby and brother in law never new it was healthy way to go huh? Anyways its pretty good moist and tasty. A nurse at the hospital gave it to me. Also a crock pot soup recipe that cooks all night with the V8 juice, potatoes, beef chunks, and then the next day on low you add all the rest of the veggies and cabbage, good season dry salad dressing mix to season it. She said its great I am not sure about that seasoning for soup but I do like it for salad. Well what do you think ever hear of such crazy recipes? Just thought I'd share. SIL still is in the hospital I visited for a few hrs. then shopped for groceries and a few christmas gifts. Then came home baked the cake made scallops broiled for dinner and some veggies. Cleaned the ref. out yuk I hate that job. Now I am going to sweep and mop the kitchen and I am done for the day. Time to relax. |
hi all. Trying something new. Sending and reading the messages from my Ipod itouch. It's slow and strange. TTYL.
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