Good Morning Ladies,

Thin is correct--it did cool off during the night, however, it is going to be 88 today and is supposed to get cooler over the weekend. The mornings are sure terrific and I am not looking forward to our summer weather of over 100. Oh well, everything can't be perfect.

Well I lost another pound yesterday making a total of 5-1/2 lbs. in four weeks. It still is not easy and I still have to get back to journaling because the ladies that lose the most that is what they do.

Thin -- Don't forget a week from Saturday is the wedding in Mesa. My DH isn't going with me so perhaps we could meet somewhere near the restaurant and at least say "hello" to each other. It is the Landmark Restaurant at 809 West Main Street, Mesa. Is that very far from where you are? The wedding is at 4:30 and I thought perhaps I could get there an hour or so earlier. Let me know. Do you ever come to downtown Phoenix. I am down there every Thursday at 2nd and Roosevelt.

I hurt my bowling arm but I am going to attempt to bowl today because it is our monthly luncheon. I hurt it about two weeks ago while cutting a small patch of grass with a hand lawnmower. I must have pulled a muscle.

May you all have a "super" weekend and enjoy!

Anita

Hello Ladies,

Cat - On the SBD, it's not that the diet doesn't work for me, it's I'm not letting it work. No diet will work when your eating candy bars for afternoon snack, or going out to eat everyday for lunch. My problem is I need to really plan my meals and have my snacks at work. I know I can do it, it just making that decision to do it. I can bring my lunch everyday, it's just planning.. I have got to plan.

Nita - I'm sure the concert is going to be great. Is this at the new center you were talking about a few weeks ago. I hope you get to meet Clay. Let us know. I hope you & Thin get to meet.

Thin - You are doing great on your exercise. I have a treadmill here in my living room, just sitting there. Hope the motorhome sale comes though.

Mooz - For some reason I was thinking your mother's day was the same as ours... I guess not... Happy Belated Mother's Day..

Ok ladies, I know you heard this before... but today I took the day off and cleaned my house of carbs...no more sabatoging myself. Tomorrow Saturday March 27, I am going to start SBD again... and if for some reason I fail... then i'm going to just get back on track...What I seem to do now, is when I eat something off the program, I think to myself... oh we'll i blew it, then I proceed to really blow it... I need to start thinking, if I blew it then... uh, oh...But get back on track.. you made a mistake, but get just back on track. Also i'm going to start walking on the treadmill, or walk with my friends, or something...I have so many vidoes, it's unbelievable, there's no excuse for not exercising.
Today I went and got a hi-lites on my hair, and while I was there got a massage..Oh, felt so good... and i'm thinking if i'm being good to myself with the hair and massage, then why am I not being good about my health... So tomorrow March 27th is my day...

Nita--hope you are being careful with your arm--don't push it and get a real injury.

Patty--wtg on cleaning the house. Right about being good to yourself/ourselves.

RE: Exercise challenge is alive and well...
 

good night
 

Hal--what a terrible week! Sending :angel: :angel: :angel:

My dryer broke down, no biggie. But I couldn't make up for the time I had to spend at the laundramat because it was my weekend to spend time with DMiL. Incidentally, I was delighted to see that she can get around much better, walkingwith her walker, getting up.

Did I mention that I got an offer from a publisher that had published some of my poems in a magazine to do a chapbook? (That's a small fold-over book). So I was flattered and sent them some poems I'd put together.

Did pretty well with my walking, but I think none of the home remedies I've tried are working and I need to get back to the podiatrist. When my foot hurts, I look for excuses not to walk.

Good night to all--
Catlover :yawn:

Hi Thin,

You are correct any calls from Mesa to Phoenix are not long distance. I believe I said the wedding was at 4:30 so perhaps we could meet there about 3:30. If that works for you--I'll be sure to be there. It would be so great to meet you after all this time of conversing over the internet. My DH definitely will not be with me. He is just having too hard a time getting around.

Catlover -- What seems to be wrong with your foot. Several years ago I did have a bunion and had it removed surgically. It took a long time after that to get it well. Now I wear tennis shoes with inserts to keep the weight off of the ball of my foot. It was the best investment I have made. I can go walking for hours at a time and never have a problem. Right now though I am having the arm problem and had to give up bowling for at least a week. I sure do miss going bowling but I am sure I will get back into the swing of things very soon.

Best wishes to all of you--have a "super" week!

Anita

Hello Ladies,

On saturday I started back on SBD and i'm happy to say that i'm still on program. Saturday night I started to get cranky... I think it was the sugar withdrawls. I was hungary & kept eating the foods that i'm allowed but it wasn't what I wanted... I wanted SUGAR....I also walked on the treadmill for 30 minutes on saturday & this morning woke up at 5:15 am to walk on the treadmill. I am also reading Dr Phil's book. Of course i'm on chaper 1 & want to skip to like Chapter 5 or 6, but his book says don't skip chapters to be patient, so I am...

Hal - I'm sorry to hear about all the deaths that are happening around you. Saying a prayer for you and your school..

Cat - I hope you get some help for your foot soon. I know when my feet hurt, I don't want to do anything. That is awesome about about your poems. You are so talented with your storytelling, & poems...

Nita - I hope you arm gets to feeling better. Hopefully taking a week off will help.

Thin - Hope the mobilehome gets sold. Are you all planning on buying another one? I know you have the truck up there to get back home. I know it's hard to get back on that treadmill, but believe me you feel much better once you get back on it...

Mooz - Hope your having a great day!

Mitchellez - Hope you join us soon... Miss hearing from you...

Chacha, LittleChick, - miss you guys too...

Hi Chicks :wave:
How is everyone doing this Monday? I have been doing very well with
Dr Phil's Rapid Weight Loss. I feel so much better when I am eating well.
Don't know how much I lost because I really don't want to get on the scale
yet. I need to just be happy cause my clothes are looser and I feel soo
much better without the food cravings (sweet, salty, you name it).
My exercising has been going well too. I seem to be more tired lately and
have a sleep study scheduled next month.
One day....good for you for getting back on SBD. It's so easy to fall off, yet
so hard to get back on.....why is that?
Thin....how long until you start heading back north again? The weather is starting to get nicer (except it might snow tonite :rolleyes: ).
Halgal....are you off all week? Enjoy some time with Rocky....hope you have nice weather.
Nita....Make sure you take care of that arm. Give it time to heal.

Well gang, hope you all have a great evening....
:flow2: :grouphug:

1day--wtg on the diet.

Nita--yes--better to give your arm a rest. To you and those who asked--I have a heel spur. Had the one on the other foot removed, and I'd be set to go with this one, but the dr. wants to see if conservative treatment works. I had the chiro adjust it today, and that seemed to help. Also I got padded sox and am working on some exercises from my yoga teacher to keep the foot flexible.

Mooz--that's great about the opportunity to sell the paintings. They are so lovely. Now pat yourself on the back for eating healthy foods and then go to the next step . . .

I have been thinking about a challenge--I am thinking of trying to get in 5 servings of veggies and 4 of fruit (I think that's right) as the DASH diet says. I think something positive like that might be just what I need at this time.

Cha-cha--good to hear from you and also that you're feeling well.

Better get to bed.

Greetings to anyone I missed.

Catlover

Hi chicks~~ just a quick note to let you know i will be away from my computer for a few days. Have this trip to Tucson planned. We spend 2 nites there, and i will get to see my high school classmate that i've not seen for many years. It will be great to get together with her. I am going to try to stay strong on my choices for foods when i'm there. Today we ran around so much and didn't even eat right. More or less skipped lunch cause there was no choice in the matter. We sold the motorhome to a couple who is in no rush to 'take it' just yet. So we can live in it till we find something else or just plain pack up the truck and motorcycle and head north!
Can't go home just yet tho...waiting for more snow to melt by us.

Talk to you all in a few days. Stay strong! And good luck w/the challenge for the fruit and vegetable totals. YGG's :) :wave: :grouphug: thinlizzie

Catlover - I am going to the Chiroractor today to see if he can do anything for my arm. I haven't been bowling but I sure do want to get back to it soon. I am still walking on the treadmill so perhaps that will make up for it.

If anyone watched Dr. Phil last evening he had all these teenagers on who have done an excellent job on losing weight. It was truly impressive, especially the young man who lost 102 lbs. all on his own. We ladies can do this as well--we just have to keep motivated. I just started reading Jorge Cruise's book yesterday and he sounds like he is on the right track. Supposedly you only have to do 8 minutes of exercise per day to get results. I haven't checked out his menus yet but I will keep you informed when I do.

Well I had better get moving. My appointment at the Chiro's office is at 10:30 this morning.

Take care,
Anita

RE: Thank you, thank you very much...!!!
 

Good Afternoon Ladies,

I'm still OP and feeling good... my problem now is drinking the water. I'm not thirty at all...This morning I overslept so I did not get to workout, but I am going to today. I'm thinking of taping the Oprah show or even Dr. Phil's and then watch when I get home.

Hal - Sounds like you are really enjoying your spring break. I am also reading dr. Phil's book, think I stayed up to late last night reading it, that's why I overslept this morning. Hope you enjoy your trip and speaking of that candy bar... is that a surgar free one?

Mooz - I think the market would be a great place to show off your crafts and painting. Hope it work out.

Nita - I hope the chiro will be able to help you. I have never gone, but have several friends who go. Looking forward to hearing about Thins and your visit

Chacha - good to hear from you. Glad to hear everything is going great with you. Are you reading Dr's Phil's book too, or just doing the Dr Phil's rapid weight loss? Is this something you just do for a week or two?

Thin - Sounds like you have a fun filled weekend coming up. It's hard to watch what you eat when your on the go, but just make the best choice you can. Let us know about your trip... Have fun, be safe.

Cat - Heel spurs? that does sound painful. Hope your able to get it taken care of soon. Maybe the shoes that Hal mentioned would help.

Good Afternoon Everyone,

Well I just came back from the Chiropractor's office a couple of hours ago and I am really impressed at how much of the pain is gone in my arm. The doctor who worked on me is very young but evidently knows what he is doing. He worked on my arm for probably 20 minutes and then he worked on the muscle in my back. He also adjusted my hip area because he could see it was out of alignment. He also did some neck adjustments and boy that was really a loud noise but I have to admit I feel as loose as a goose. He then used an ultrasound machine on my arm. All this was done at no charge because I had saved a coupon I had gotten in the mail several weeks ago. They did find out my insurance covers their services with a referral from my PC. However, I need to go in to see her before she will give me the referral. It's really all about them getting paid for not doing any work except to talk to you. I sure hope she approves of my continued treatment or I will just pay for it on my own. It really is great to get rid of a lot of pain in such a short time. He also suggested I do two treatments of 20 min. hot; 20 min. cold and then 20 min. hot again. I really connected with this young man and I just have faith that he knows what he is doing.

He also advised me to make sure I do some stretching before I get on the treadmill. He found the muscles in my legs to be very tight.

Okay ladies I like HalGal's idea of each of us posting a vegetable recipe. The veggies and fruit are very important to our lifestyle change. I find that if I saute eggplant; celery; onion; zuccini; mushrooms until they are soft--you can use this as a base for putting in a tortilla by adding some salsa to it or even adding lean hamburger and making spagetti sauce. If you haven't tried the whole wheat pasta--it is really wonderful and much more healthy than regular pasta.

Well I had better go I need to color my hair and get ready for my concert on Friday. By the way on April 1st I will be 69 years old! I can hardly believe all these years have gone by so fas!

Take care ladies and remember "You are worth it!" So don't give up and love yourself because you are "very" special!
Anita

Quick hello... bumping us to the top...

More of My Paintings
 

Hello Ladies,

I'm still OP, and still trying to get that water in. Yesterday evening I throat starting hurting me...I'm hoping it just allergies. So last night I took some tyneol and pretty much just laid around, wasn't even hungary for dinner, so I had some FF jello. Today I had eggs for breakfast & I'm not really hungary for lunch.

Mooz - We're due for some rain this weekend too. Way to go on getting your walking in. I will see if I can access your site from here.

Hope everyone is having a great day...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NITA... WISHING YOU A GREAT DAY...

Nita--glad the chiro helped. They can be great.

Patty--hope you are feeling better.

I took a mental health day today. Finally everyone agreed that the problem at work was not me, but the stupid computer. The tech guy tried to fix it, and made it worse. I went to two other computers,and one was somewhat better.

Didn't sleep well last night (the dr. had said I should see how I did without the Nexium for my stomach, but guess I need it.) Could not face the computer and the callers on not a full night sleep. Had a wonderful day today--like playing hooky! And it is beautiful here.

Love to all--

Catlover

RE: Fools That We Are...!!!
 

Just had to let you Chicks know--my chapbook of poems did get accepted!!

I am so pleased!

RE: Waaay to go, Cat...!!!
 

http://www.imgag.com/product/full/ap...3/graphic1.gif

Wow, wow, wow Cat, tell us more about your poem deal!!! Maybe you could share one of your favorites with us? Warning, warning, warning... I seem to remember another one of 'us' that was preparing to publish a book of poems and suddenly disappeared. Don't even think about it girl.

Veggie recipes girls? 5 A Day...!!!

:coffee: :cb: :cp: :coffee: :cb: :cp: :coffee: :cb: :cp: :coffee: :cb: :cp: :coffee:

Happy Birthday Nita :gift: :balloons: :cheer: :hb:

Congratulations Cat!
:high: :queen: :cheer: :cheers:

Congratulations Cat on getting your poems published.

We'll yesterday I went off OP... I went walking at lunch instead of eating & thought when I got back I would eat, we'll I had two phone calls waiting on me that I had to get some work out and just didn't have time to eat then. Anyway on the way home I stopped and got Fried fish (lent) and ate that with tartar sauce. The one good thing though was I was so hungary I wanted fries & hushpuppies, but I passed on that. Today i'm back on OP though.

Thin & Nita - Hope you all are getting to meet today.

Nita - Tell us about the concert? Did you get a change to meet Clay?

Hal - Hope you are enjoying your time off. I'm sure Rocky is loving that you are home all day.

Mooz - Hope your having a great day!

Chacha & Mitchellez - Hope to hear from you all soon.

good afternoon
 

Thanks to everyone for the congratulations! Will include a poem or two some time next week. I know these things sometimes fall through, but the editor seems quite efficient--wants to get me a proof by the 19th.

Incidentally, I replaced my printer with a 4-function (print, fax, copy, scan). It was a good buy, even though I thought I'd never use all those functions. Well, I already have copied the pictures I'd envisioned for the chap book (one of me (as as baby) and my mother; another of me and my daughter (as a baby). I hope he likes them. He's already accepted a rather flattering portrait of me that Earl did for the back of the book

I made an appt. with the podiatrist--but in spite of the foot pain, I did my full half-hour walk.

I printed out the guide for the DASH diet, and my goal is at least 4 servings of veggies, 4 of fruit a day. I think I have been kidding myself on how much fruit and veggies I eat. Like if I have yogurt with fruit in it, I bet that's not even a quarter of a serving. I think I will buy some plain yogurt and mix it with fruit--cheaper, too, I bet. Same way with veggies--that garnish in a sandwich don't really make it. :p

I went back to work on Fri., and the stupid computer still wasn't working. Since they worked on it, it is messing up in different ways each time. I asked my supervisor if I couldn't just move to another computer (which they had me do temporarily), and she said no, they had to fix this one because otherwise when the new class (not hired yet) gets on the computers someone will have to work on the broken one.

So the comfort and efficiency of a hypothetical new hire is more important than getting me out of a terribly stressful and frustrating situation?

Do any of you chicks have a suggestion for handling this tactfully? :dunno: :thanks: (I hadn't checked the smilies lately. There are some cute new ones, though I'm not sure what I would use "kick the can" for.

Hal, sorry you had to miss the trip, but we have to make these choices sometime (all the time? ;) ) That Martha Stewart recipe sounds great. I'll get a spaghetti squash at the store tomorrow. I might microwave it, tho.

1day--good for at least skipping the fries. It's so easy to say "well, I have messed up, so I'll go all the way."

Better do my yoga. All you chicks have a fine day!!

Hello
Quick post to let you guys know that NITA and i did meet today! YAY !! was very nice to see her in person. The 45 minutes or so that we had to talk just flew by. DH was there to take pictures that you all want. But it certainly shows the poundage i've gained back, so i'm not too keen on even seeing them , much less posting them. I will have to let that be up to NITA who also had a digital camera. Since i don't have my software here, my pics would have to wait till i get home. So she will probably post one of us at the restaurant where the wedding was held. Looked like it would be a fun time. I hope you had fun NITA~~

till later!
thinlizzie
aka Lyn:wave: :grouphug:

Hi all,

Just quick reply to let you know the concert was awesome. Clay performed for almost an hour and his voice was superb! However, I didn't get to meet him but I did have field glasses and was able to see him up very close and that was exciting to me.

As you already know Thin and I did get to meet and it was exciting to meet someone whom I have been conversing with over the internet for over a year. We happen to be about the same height which made us feel comfortable! If my pictures came out I will post one later.

The wedding went very well and I really enjoyed seeing my deceased cousin's two boys. They are 12 and 14 and were dressed in tucks. I will post a picture of them as well.

I need to get some chores done but I promise to post a little later in the day!

Take care and have a "super" Sunday!

Anita

RE: Take your antioxidants... Vitamin A,C, and E...!
 

http://www.imgag.com/product/full/ap...4/graphic1.gif

Happy Spring Forward Day All...!

OK, this would actually qualify as my least favorite day. As you know I always have more to do than I have the time to complete it. Dr. Phil mentions we should all take a good multivitamin with 100% of each of the required vitamins and 200% of the B vitamins. He adds, he also recomends a daily dose of the antioxidant vitamins!

Nita/Thin: Can't wait to see your pictures. I have my scanner working now that my computer has been updated. LOOK out.

Have a GREAT and OP Sunday chickies...!!!

:coach: :sunny: :goodvibes :coach: :sunny: :goodvibes :coach: :sunny: :goodvibes

good afternoon
 

Nita, Thin--looking forward to the pictures. So glad you met!!

Here is my veggie recipe--so simple, but good.

Spray a pan with a little oil or no-stick spray. Put in a bunch of lettuce, and stir fry. Add sesame seeds, a little vinegar or lemon juice, and a dusting of parmesan cheese.

I have a good start on my fruit and veggie goal (One day! :lol: ), but it does seem to crowd out a lot of junk food.

Hal--I know how you feel. I have something EVERY night this week.

One note on the multi-vites--regular ascorbic acid can be--ahem--a bladder irritant. If anyone has this problem or if it seems to bother their stomach, look for calcium ascorbate.

Love to all--
Catlover

Pictures
 

I'm not sure this is going to work but I will try and post two pictures. One of Thin and myself and one of my two young boys.

I see the boys came out quite well. I will try and make the other picture a little larger to see if it will come out better.

Anita

good afternoon
 

Just a quick note--I have something every night this week--I am a busy Cat. Poetry tonight.

They have brought in an other computer guru, and he still can't fix the blessed thing. However, they are letting me work at another computer--not great, because it doesn't have my settings, and my cubicle doesn't have my reminders and sticky notes, but it's better. I also went and talked to HR, and she said she would try to get things worked out.

Back to work!

RE: Here's peepin at you...!
 

RE: Asparagus recipe