I think beets scare people because we think of the canned pickled beets of our youth. Which Will loved as a baby, BTW.

Skipping dinner to have birthday dessert.

OK, if you ever NEED vanilla pudding. I have a recipe that is delish, and I used skim milk instead of whole.

I'm hiding my head in shame.

I will be trying the Chickpea Stew. The beets? Well, I'll think on that.

I'd like to work out with Jillian. I think I have a girl crush.;)

You know, I'm gonna have to admit that you all are correct. Staring an hour in the face is knocking me out before I even get going. Starting tomorrow, I'll begin with 20 minutes, at lunch. No more waiting until after work when I'm tired and have no energy.

Rhonda I have been doing this with great success this week, I tell myself I don't have time, but I DO have 30 minutes or so and I have done it for 30-40 min each time once I am actually moving on the treadmill...next week maybe more! DO IT! 20 minutes. If you go 23 or 24 when all is said and done, fine. Next week try 25 minutes!

Yeeeawwwn i want more sleep. Don't have to be at client until 9am but need to do a bit of work first.
Today's plan - keep calories a little low today to make room for going out tomorrow night. Client at 9am, hopefully done around lunchtime. Debate on going into the office or working from home, Working from home will win the arguement. I have to run into the mall (I hate the mall) before my class tonight. Class from 6-10 then pass out.

Menu
brek - coffee, biscut and gravy
lunch - tofu stirfry
snack - apple
dinner - enchiladas
snack if needed - clif bar

Morning gang!

Today's plan: Run ~5, heading out in just a minute. It's in the 40s here right now, feels nice!

Food:
Bagel, sb, coffee with stevia
orange
kofta curry, tortilla, cucs, toms, zucc, onions in vinegar
vegetable sushi for dinner

Rhonda-Go for a lesser goal because 20 min is better than none. I only did 15 min the other night on the Wii Fit, but I was just happy that I did something. It's all about small steps. :) You can do it!!!

Anna-This may be a silly question but . . . How do you pay your mortgage off early?

Heather-You totally deserve new workout clothes!

Well it's OP Day #14 for me and I'm getting stronger by the day. I need to eat more during the day because I came home yesterday and even after dinner I had way too many points left. I really need to spread them out more. That is my goal for today.

Question: I'm planning one of our veggie meals tonight. I have a jar of coconut curry that I picked up at WF and some firm (not extra firm) tofu that I planned on using in the curry. Will regular firm tofu work well? Should I saute it first? Or, is tofu a good idea in curry?

Morning everyone :)

Looks like plurk finally got blocked here. Not sure if it's temp or perm. Even woot is blocked. :(

I did my day 2 of strength training yesterday and I came very close to not doing it. I also managed to hurt my left wrist now. As if right wrist hurting already was not enough I lost my balance on the plie squat at the last rep and fell and hurt my left wrist to balance myself. No pain no gain I guess.

It's really cold out here today. 23 deg and it feels like 15 or something. We had light snow last night with barely any accumulation and people were driving like idiots this morning.



Food Plan:
B - Tofu stir fry & coffee
S - Grape tomato and cuke mix
L - Crack, wheat w/ veggies :p
S - Small Salad

Same here :)

I don't think I've ever had beets. I don't know what bothers me about them. Although we almost made beet cake last week but decided not to cuz it's not like I really need cake at home.

:woohoo: on Day 14 OP Jen. That's great.
As for less points, just wondering if you're eating snacks? I know there were times when I would be a lot less in my daily calorie intake too. I've started adding a small salad to go with dinner to make it up.

Rhonda, when I added exercise to my weight loss goals last year I started with only 20 mins on tready for couple weeks just to get my a$$ moving. I hate exercise really but I do it cuz I know it's important. Just try & do 15 mins and be done with it. And if it takes 3 weeks to go from 15 to 30 mins then so be it. You pick up your own pace. You don't have to compete with anyone. Just do what you are comfortable with. Remember baby steps. I like watching shows while doing tready (my netflix comes handy here) and some people like listening to music...you figure out what you will enjoy while doing your 15 mins of tready. Everyone here has given you great advice. And if you need a nudge let us know we'll be happy to oblige ;)

I am but I usually only have a piece of fruit for a snack. Every now and again I will have some PB on an apple but most of the time it's just plain fruit. I need to get more filling snack ideas.

Happy Birthday Heather! :bday2you:

Happy Birthday Heather!!! :celebrate:

I'm doing it! I'm cooking tofu. I'm making something similar to Anj's stir fry. I'll let everyone know what I think later.