Yes, I should in bed sleeping instead of online w my laptop; but it's hot tonight & I dozed-off for a hour after supper. So I paid a bill & decided to surf & pop-in before crashing.
Carri I wasn't trying to b bossy about veggies/fruit, forgivvvvveeee me please I love your 'pesto and pine nut ravioli' did U make it or is it from the deli? If U made it, please share your recipe TY. I really hope your RX works for U this weekend. What 'antacid' gave U your side-effects, my dh takes a few different ones.
Lyss I feel the same about eating @ camp, its sooo easy to gain. Having Fun is what those trips r about & part of that isss camp food too.... U will b back to normal in a snap just go play outdoors w your kids for a few days & watch those pounds drop-off
Susie TY for sharing your pic for me. U & John r a veryyy cute couple. I saw a flag of Italy? in the background, so spill, what did U eat U never said what your b-day cake was or the ice cream flavor What present did U buy for yourself
The lakes will prob b crowded this Father's Day weekend, so we're swimming @ home & grilling & getting ready for our garage sale. Our gas prices r back down again below $4 after being up to $4.08 last week, how was everyone else's gas price last week?
Hi Everyone. The weekend went by so fast. I hate when I get to this time on Sunday evening and I haven't gotten everything done that I need to get done before Monday morning comes. Oh well...I'm doing what I can and that's all I can do.
We went out to breakfast this morning with DH's dad. It was a nice time. I'm glad we still have his dad with us as mine is gone. My dad was a GREAT dad! He raised me and my brother by himself, long before many dads did. We were 8 and 5 when he and my mom divorced and he won custody of us. He never remarried and he spent his life taking care of my and my brother. He was a wonderful person. Never knew a stranger and was fair and honest to all people. When he passed and we ordered his headstone, I put down a deposit on it and went to pay the balance and it was already paid for. They wouldn't tell me who paid for it--they said, "just a friend of the family". That was the kind of person my daddy was. I miss him!
At TOPS last week I stayed the same..no weight loss or gain. We don't have a meeting this week due to the church where we meet is having VBS. I have to be really careful this week not to have a "cheat week" because I'm not weighing in. I have set a goal for myself to be down 4-6 lbs on June 27 weigh-in.
Dee: thank you for the compliment on the photo. We were at a Mexican place for that dinner. It's called Don Pablos.
My birthday cake was really snickerdoodle cookies (my favorite and DH baked them for me) with vanilla bean ice cream..that is my favorite.
I didn't buy a present for myself but DH bought me a purse I wanted and some new pj's and slippers and a gift certificate for a pedicure.
You asked about our gas prices. We didn't go over $4.00 but were close $3.99. Today it was $3.89. I'm so happy that DH and I can ride share to work most days. If we don't then we spend about $1,000 a month just on gas to and from work. When we ride together it is about half that. We commute 120 miles round trip every day.
How are you doing?
Carri, Lyss, Tori: I hope you all are doing well and on plan.
I must get off here and get some supper going. We are having tacos...mine are veggie!
Morning Girls…hope you all had a nice weekend …I did have a pretty good one…could’ve been better, but could’ve been worse, haha …I did stay OP all weekend so that was good. Weather was pretty much perfect.
Susie – that is so great about your Dad, I was just talking about a similar situation yesterday with my Dad…his best friend growing up had to raise his two daughters on his own ( wife was druggie and left ) and that was in the early 70’s…he did a great job and those girls think the world of him…glad you have great memories of your Dad. We spent some of the day with dh’s parents and some with mine so we could see both Dad’s…we had a good time…and I got to see my adorable nephew.
These weekends do fly by so fast don’t they? I actually can’t believe it’s halfway thru June…before you know it kids will be back in school and Summer over – but lets not rush it, haha.
I love that picture of you and your dh too …you look so young. Great pic.
Dee – no Hon, I didn’t think you were being bossy…I know I need to eat more veggies and fruit …thought nothing of it.
Our gas prices were HORRIBLE …$4.25 for regular …it makes me sick …there is no way it has to be that high …don’t get me started on that.
No I bought the pesto and pine nut ravioli at Whole Foods in the freezer section, I can’t remember the brand name but it was very good.
I was just taking generic Kroger antacid in a pill form…I feel so much better from not taking it every night …dh has bad heart burn and he takes something a lot stronger every day, but he has too, he has had it bad since his early teens.
Oh how I envy your quiet little piece of heaven where you live…one day I will have the same thing I’m hoping.
So on the gas and bm front, haha …I did get things moving this weekend and feel SO much better …the scale even finally moved down to 216…so I’m happy.
I really need to learn what the most gas producing foods are and stay away from them for a while or maybe permanently.
Food 6/16
B = none, slept too late
L = grilled chicken breast and salad with veggies
S = mixed nuts
D = 3 pces of thin crust pizza
S = more mixed nuts, haha
Morning Girls…wow, no one on here for two day….ouch …we must all be busy.
I certainly feel like I am in the “zone” …the OP zone, haha….It is just easy for me right now and I’m plugging along each day…now I know that won’t last forever but I’m relishing in it right now. Still soda free after almost a month ( not that I won't occasionally have one but it is quite a trigger for me right now ). I do feel smaller but still kind of bloated. I decided I don’t want to weigh myself weekly as that just puts too much pressure on me right now…I’m just gonna keep on doing what I’m doing and look at the scale occasionally. I think that will help me for now. And what’s weird is that normally I have this compulsion to weigh that pulls me toward the scale every couple of days and I don’t have that this time…I’m perfectly fine not knowing for now…all I need to know is that I feel better and I’m eating right for my body.
Food 6/18 ( can you believe we are this far into June ??? )
B = two honey oat eggos – 190 , 1 T peanut butter – 100
L = homemade chicken salad – 160, sandwich thin – 90, and 15 mini corn chips – 90
S = uncrustable ( pb and J ) – 190, handful of goldfish – 70, and pce of hard candy – 25
D = grilled pork chop ( dh grilled it, so good ) – 270, grilled asparagus with little butter – 70
S = Tortilla chips – 210 , salsa verde – 30
Total for day – 1500
Hey Girls Sorry for MIA but that's my life during the summer. We're having a garage sale plus going camping for a week soon. So much to get done, plus my jobs. I got home @ 11am, @ 8:30am this morning I went to the lake w my kayak by myself to chill-out I cruised around the lakes fishing-beds looking @ Lily-pads w gorgeous wild Lilies & flowers growing & colorful dragon-flies, fish eating, etc. Just a dozen boats out w people cruising in kayaks, pontoons, fishing boat & 2 water-skiers. On my i-pod I listening to Shaggy-Angel, Pitbull, Little BigTown-Pontoon, more Reggae, oldies, etc. Loading/unloading my kayak by myself I prob burned 200 cals, kinda awkward since I'm not tall. I stopped & got a small choc/vanilla ice cream twist for my late breakfast Anyways I'm full of energy again mentally~physically, being on the water paddling around exploring is like being @ a day-spa or @ church 'TY Jesus'
Carri, I am very Happy for U doing great w your foods 'U got it going-on' your doing it Glad to hear U r feeling better too. I agree w U that the summer is going so fast from the crazy temps starting-out odd. I saw on tv the pic a got of Nigella L. crazy hubby 'choking her' beside a building. I was hurting for her, I know how betrayed she feels w loving her dh. TG that the camera was there, her dh pled guilty & Nigella went to a hotel w her kids; I wish I had the $ to leave my ex-dh right away. My prayers r w her family & all domestic violence families.
Susie, I'm sure U won't have any prob losing lbs w/o a WI as long as U treat your body w the same daily scheduling that U give your career U were blessed w a great dad, my ex-father inlaw was that same way & he still Loved me after my divorce & danced w me @ a friends wedding. I got to visit him the week before he died & my ex-dh let me come to dad's funeral last year, men that we both cherish memories with.
I have sewing appt. fittings soon so I gotta go now & prep.
Have a Wonderful week girls & B good to yourself
Masterchef is on Fox, anyone watching it w me; I'm also watching the American Baking Competition on cbs......
Tori & Lyss & LeeAnn
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Reason: to say 'hi' to Tori, Lyss, LeeAnn
Yes Dee I'm watching Master Chef, I LOVE it ....you watching ****'s Kitchen too? That is getting down to last few episodes probably, and then Big Brother starts next week, yay !!!
Hi Ladies...well after a few weeks of trying to nurse our a/c unit every night it finally has came to the point where we need to buy a new one ( ours is 9 years old ) ...ughhhhh ....it's not really working and it's been too humid here to go without...for the next week temps are humid and around 90...I doubt we even get it in until Saturday or next week so I am really gonna suffer ( hey maybe I'll sweat off some pounds haha - no it's not funny ) ...we do have friends down the way who have a nice in ground pool, so if I get too over heated in the evening I will go there I guess...it just really sucks because a new unit is very expensive as you can imagine...but why put off the inevitable and suffer ...just finance it and go on... what are you gonna do ? Home ownership can be a costly one.
Still OP although I'm stressed over this thing ...I'll stay strong...how are the rest of you doing? Good I hope, I want this to be the Summer of weightloss for us all.
Food 6/19 ( you'll notice I'm like Susie and can eat the same thing over and over haha )
B = 2 honey wheat eggos - 190, 1T PB 100
L = homemade chicken salad 160, sandwich thin -90, and tortilla chips - 105
S = goldish - 70, blueberry greek yogurt - 130
D = Beef Stir fry with lots of veggies - 200, brown rice - 100
S = tortilla chips and salsa - 300 ( went overboard a little ), triscuits - 100
Total for day - 1545
Finally I am here! I have had so much trouble getting into this site for the past few days. Even got a virus notice.
I'm doing pretty well and being OP..I did have a root beer last night..treated it like a dessert.
Dee: You are so right that I have to treat myself with the same daily scheduling I give to my carreer...it's just that most days it doesn't seem like enough time...maybe I need to think about what is really important in the end.
I LOVE that you had ice cream for breakfast. I would love to come and kayak with you..It sounds so peaceful.
Carri: Sorry to hear about the AC....you are right..what can you do but finance it and go on. If you go hang out in your friends pool get in and do that water aerobics you did last summer..it was GREAT for you.
So glad to hear you are OP.
Tory: You are MIA..where are you?
Lyss: How's it going with getting back on track after camping? I need to get back on track with using My Fitness Pal...watch for me...I'll be there soon..told myself I would try to get there today but will for sure tomorrow and I'm giving myself a 30 day challenge to log in for 30 days. Watch for me! I'll check you out when I get there.
I forgo to welcome Brandibooxoxo. this is a great thread and we would love to hear from you. Jump in and start posting...we get and give good support here.
They did have some virus issues, lots of people had them. I believe it caused a mass spam email to go out from my email to everyone in my contact list. That was embarrassing!
I've been OP since we have been back from camping, except for the one evening we went to the basegall game Tuesday night. I just can't resist all that yummy stadium food. At one point I asked my DH to bring me a diet coke and he comes back with that along with a cheddar/bacon stuffed cheeseburger and waffle fries!! Really!! Of course I had to take a few bites to try it out
Morning Ladies …new a/c is more expensive than I thought…woof !!! Getting it installed tomorrow morning…so last night we sweat, and tonight we sweat ..it was 81 in the house last night when we went to bed but yesterday was only 83 and not humid …today is going to be 89-90 and very humid so I suppose tonight will be a lot worse on me, but I can get thru one night of it …We are going over to the friends house with the pool so at least I can get in there and cool off.
I got a pedicure last weekend and my toes look so pretty ( sorry just looked down at them and noticed haha ) …do you girls get pedi’s for the Summer or year round? I LOVE to get them. Usually do my own nails, been doing them since I was 12 so I’m pretty damn good at it, haha …but sometimes I do treat myself to a mani pedi combo.
Lyss – good to hear from you. I’ve had trouble with this site too, especially it being slow…I can never turn down food at a baseball park …I love the nachos and always have to have them , and a hot dog …so I don’t blame you Girl. Lol …at least you just had some of it and not all of it, like I would have.
Susie – You and I will never get over our soda love, haha …its okay to have one once in a while though and I love me some root beer.
Hi Tori, Mel, Liz, and LeeAnne ( what happened to her ?? ) …and I also miss Auntie G and Arabella !!!! Arabella actually founded this thread…
Have a great weekend all !!!
Food 6/20
B = eggos 190, and one T PB – 100
L = ham 60, thin provolone – 40, sandwich thin – 90, tortilla chips – 105, and lite mayo – 35
S = triscuit thins – 130, pickles – 30
D = skinless turkey smoked sausage – 165, 2 ears of fresh corn ( was SO good ) – 220, lite butter – 40
S = cantaloupe – 40, strawberry popcicle – 40, Ritz crackers – 160
Total for day - 1445
I have about another pound to go before my ticker is "telling the truth" again Darn baseball game.
Carri: I did end up eating too much...hubby and I split everything but we split a lot! We had a stuffed cheeseburger, waffle fries, cranberry/vodka (that was all mine), funnel cake, bratwurst, two orders of nachos (one beef, one pulled pork).......and a partridge in a pear tree
Just got back from my walk/run and sweated my rear end off, so hot and humid here already this morning. I'm getting aggravated gaining and losing these same 2-3lbs over and over. Need to stay OP and budge thru this. I was at least glad to see 170's on the scale this morning though. I can't imagine how it will feel to see 160's. Haven't seen those since high school, which was many moons ago.
Forgot to answer your question about pedi's.....would you believe in all my 43 years I've never had one?!? I've had one mani my whole life and that was for my wedding.
before crashing. 
I wasn't trying to b bossy about veggies/fruit, forgivvvvveeee me please 
I love your 'pesto and pine nut ravioli' 
did U make it or is it from the deli? If U made it, please share your recipe TY. I really hope your RX works for U this weekend. What 'antacid' gave U your side-effects, my dh takes a few different ones. 
I feel the same about eating @ camp, its sooo easy to gain. Having Fun is what those trips r about & part of that isss camp food too.... U will b back to normal in a snap 
just go play outdoors w your kids for a few days & watch those pounds drop-off 
TY for sharing your pic for me. U & John r a veryyy cute couple. I saw a flag of Italy? in the background, so spill, what did U eat 
What present did U buy for yourself 
'U got it going-on' your doing it 
Glad to hear U r feeling better too. I agree w U that the summer is going so fast from the crazy temps starting-out odd. I saw on tv the pic a got of Nigella L. crazy hubby 'choking her' beside a building. I was hurting for her, I know how betrayed she feels w loving her dh. TG that the camera was there, her dh pled guilty & Nigella went to a hotel w her kids; I wish I had the $ to leave my ex-dh right away. My prayers r w her family & all domestic violence families. 
U were blessed w a great dad, my ex-father inlaw was that same way & he still Loved me after my divorce & danced w me @ a friends wedding. I got to visit him the week before he died & my ex-dh let me come to dad's funeral last year, men that we both cherish memories with. 
this is a great thread and we would love to hear from you. Jump in and start posting...we get and give good support here.
