Missy, yes it was me who said I would explain the flexpoint system to you. Ok, instead of point ranges like you get on winning points you get a point target for each day (if I knew your weight I could tell you what it is) and there is no more banking points, instead you get 35 flexpoints to use through out the week as you wish. You can use them all at once or spread them out... on whatever you like. I use all of mine on the weekends. And there is no more limits on AP's, you can earn as many as you like and you can eat all of them, but the catch is you have to eat them the day you earn them... can't save them. That is it in a nutshell. Oh and your flexpoints roll over on your Weigh In day. If you have any more questions let me know... here are the target points for different weights -
more than 350- 34
325-349 = 33
300-324 = 32
275-299 = 31
250-274 = 30
225-249 = 28
200-224 = 26
175-199 = 24
150-174 = 22
less than 150 = 20
hope that helps!

Boy, have I missed out on a lot today!!

Spryng, I have the chicken fried rice helper on my counter waiting to be used. I wasn't sure how many points it was. (I haven't tried to figure it yet) Did you make it without the fat? Was it 4 pts for 1 cup? Maybe I'll try it tomorrow.

Ricci, about Days, I tried paying attention to when I saw the killer and who was there and who wasn't. You think it's Marlena? Why? Do you think she has a split personality or something? I still don't know. I guess we will find out tomorrow! Who else watches it? Is it Geri or Ginny or both? I can't remember. Does anyone else have an opinion?

Well my kids are splashing water all in the floor, so I'd better go and check on them. Talk back at ya tonight.

Hi,
Yes, spryng, we put sausage in ours. I can only eat a serving of it though, and put the rest away or I will eat the whole box. It is soooooo good.
Andrea, I am probraly waaaaaaaaay off about it being Marlena. She has just been acting so weird the past few days on the show. I am excited that the person will be revealed tomorrow.
Missy, I watch E all the time. I like watching the fashion police. And the red carpet before the award shows. I sometimes wonder what the stars were thinking when they got dressed. My own examples : Sharon Stone, and Nicole Kidman. Nicole usually is so well dressed. I thought she looked bad the other night. And Sarah Jessica Parker. Any way, thats just me.
Well, I hope you all have a good evening. Hi to Geri, Ginny, Candy, Jackie, Lori and anyone else I missed. :wave:

HI

I love to watch the award shows to see what they think fashion is ... apparently, it's showing your breasts :lol: I agree Ricci that Nicole Kidman looked horrible!! I really didn't like Charlize Theron's dress either. Kind of looked like a slip to me. Gosh, she is GORGEOUS though isn't she???

I watch Days on and off. I missed most of it today due to Finding Nemo. :D I have no clue who it is and I hope I remember to turn it on tomorrow! I will have my friend's son here too.

BTW, I was all alone in the chat room this afternoon :comp: I had to entertain myself :cry: I got to play around with my font and colors :lol: I know how it goes ... things come up ... but I was so LONELY :( :lol:

I just took a nice lavendar bath to de-stress ... it was very nice but I fear the only thing that will de-stress me is TOM to appear. This PMS crap is for the birds!! (my eating has been horrible this week too) Oh yes, MILs dog is gone (woo hoo) and Will got all snuggly with me tonight probably to make up for all the screaming at him to leave the darn dog alone for the last 2 hours!!

Sorry to not get personal with everyone, but my brain's mush!! Time for bed.
Talk to you tomorrow.

Good evening all!
Geri I am so sorry you were all alone in the chat room. I really did intend to be there... I just drifted off. So hopefully tomorrow I will be there. And I know what you mean about PMS. I never was bothered by it much until I had this IUD put in, and now it aggravates the symtpoms so I feel crabby and bloated and all those nice things, lol. But I'm getting used to it now. My period was actually shorter this month! So maybe they will finally go away soon. (that is a side effect of Mirena)
Ricci, sounds like your dinner went great. And I am with you, Jambalaya is so good and I can eat bowl after bowl of it.
Andrea, yes I made the chicken helper without the fat ( I already had cooked chicken breasts in my freezer so I didn't need the oil at all ) and I didn't include the eggs so that cut it down alot. And yes it was 4 pts for 3/4 of a cup. But it was tasty and quick, which is nice. You should go to this site and download the points calculator for your computer. http://www.stormlakeonline.com/piggy/wwtools.html It stays on your desktop so you can use it anytime. Very handy. That site has other nice WW tools also.
Well my evening has went fine. Watched American Idol again... I'm addicted. Can't wait to see tomorrow night. But I'm ready for the auditions to be over and the show to really start. I did very well OP today, drank 10 glasses of water (which I never do, I'm lucky to get in 6) did my workouts, lifted my weights, stayed at my target. I'm very pleased with myself. I always hit my target and never go over but I seldom drink enough water or get in my exercise. So I am really trying to do better.
I guess I will get off here for tonight. I hope everyone has had a great relaxing evening and sleeps well! G'nite!

Ricci, I have NO clue either. It's fun to try and figure it out! I love the suspense!

Spryng, thanks for the info!! I will do that. I'm going to cook the chicken rice tomorrow. I agree with Nichole Kidman not looking so good. Her hair looked thin or something.

Geri, I def. agree with you on the breast thing. They think the more breasts the better the dress. Makes me SICK!!! In my book, some things are left only for husbands, not for the whole world to look at. Anyway, they are prob. only that "perky" cause they've had surgery!!! lol.

Well, I'd better head of to bed, it's getting late. TTYL!!

Thanks ladies for all the info on WW. I'm going to check out the website after this.

Ricci, I totally agree with you on Nicole, what was she thinking. I also think that J-Lo needs to use a little less bronzer, its January for goodness sake!!

I lost a pound this week!! Yay!! I guess it made up for the lb I gained last week. I started using my treadmill again and I'm on a program that will having me running for 30 mins straight in 10 weeks. I used to be an okay runner before the kids but have since lost all endurance. Oh, well.

Spryng, how do you like the Mirena? I'm thinking about getting one.

Good morning all!
I don't watch Days of our lives but I was watching the news this morning and they are going to be interviewing the serial killer tomorrow on their show and the journalist talking about said "him" and then corrected herself with a him or her... so maybe it's a man?? I guess you will all know today :) I guess I am a little different on the "breast" issue. I don't mind it when they wear revealing clothes, lol. I say if you have it show it before it's gone :lol: of course not every celebrity has it to show it in the first place and yet they do anyway.
Lori, Congrats on the lb lost!!!! That is great! What kind of treadmill do you have? And yes I like the Mirena. It has really messed my cycles up at first but things are starting to get better. Before Mirena I was a 7 day girl... then after getting it put in place I bled for 3 weeks solid every month for a few months... it was light but still, 3 weeks is a long time, then it went down to 2 weeks, and this last time it was only 10 days, so it's slowly but surely getting better. But that is normal for the first year of use. After a year I should either stop getting them all together or they will only come a few times a year and be really light. Sounds good to me. I do like knowing I don't have to think about birth control and that I can't get pregnant for at least 5 years. My first two are 11 months apart... so not having to worry is great.
Well the snow and ice should all melt today so I am re-doing my grocery list and going shopping. It will be nice to get out of the house for a while also. I'm thinking of doing morningstar farms burgers tonight for dinner with fries. Anyone else know what they are having?
Ginny, can't wait to hear about your WI!! Mine is two days away and I'm getting excited too.
Well I'll talk to you all later!

Good morning!
We have upwards of 10" of snow out there, so school is closed. Today should be a quiet day- my 2 oldest have midterms and should be studying- and Dd is just happy not to be in school!v It was sort of nasty driving the rest of my critters home last night- although thankfully the storm had not hit yet. I did get up early with Dh to shovel out the driveway so that he could get out. Finishing off the driveway and the deck will serve as my AP's today! ;)

Lori- WW is a great program, the beauty of it is that you can eat anything you like, as long as you have counted the points and it fits in your points range. No denial.....and there is tons of support and literature out there on the plan. Plus, with the way the points system works it encourages healthy eating- two foods with the same calories per serving can be very different in points, depending upon the fiber and fat content. (high fiber and lower fat reduces points). Good luck and congrats on the 1#!

Spryng- drive safely ok? Hope the ice melts and that you can get to the store. There is something fun about the cook with what is in the house days- but nice to break it up with some new treats! I know you were looking foward to that. Oh- for me no WI this week. First of all TOM showed up, but the real reason is that this week with midterms my mid day 41/2 hour break is gone (have to pick up the HS kids at noon) and it leaves little time to get out to a meeting. So I elected last week to just take this week off.
Doubt there is a meeting anyway with the snow!

Andrea- did you try the chicken fried rice helper?????? Is that available in the store? How was it? Sounds interesting!

Missy- hope you got your treadmill time in! I am on WW too (might be the only one here who is attending meetings, though so if anyone has a really tough or off the wall question I am happy to take that to a meeting for you!).
Flexpoints are really not much different than winning points. (sorry Spryng if I am redundant). One thing I must add- for some (I am one) having all those flex points is a bit odd- I do better if I give myself some flex points each day-and save some. I am just more comfortable with a daily points range, as opposed to a single goal. But that is just me!

Ricci- your kids on normal schedule today?????? Gee, it must be cold where you are. Did you get any snow?

Geri- ah, I can smell that lavender bath.........actually, I put on some lavender spray that I had here this am! Glad the dog is gone- for your sake!
Hey, yesterday I was logged on to chat at 2:45- thought that just maybe I would catch someone there early. Sorry I missed you!!!!!!!!

Gotta go take care of some business online. Enjoy your day!
Ginny

Good morning! Sorry I missed the chat yesterday. I don't think I will ever make it on Tuesdays as long as I have my laundry helper. She gets out of school at 3:10pm so by the time I get back from picking her up, you guys are done. Oh well. I'll try to make it today.

Lori, congrats on the 1 lb down! I really want a treadmill but have no room for it so I am making due with my gazelle. It does an ok job but I can't really get my heart rate up where it needs to be. I try to jump on the trampoline before doing it and that seems to help. Anyhows, I'm sure you'll do great on your program. Just remember you might start gaining more muscle so the scale might not accurately reflect your weight loss!

Well, I didn't see any of the stars to comment on them and I don't do soaps. Dinner...hmmm...last night they had blackeyed peas and ham over rice. I had blackeyed peas and cabbage. It was good. I was going to have a salad too but my stomach was upset so I just settled with that. I don't know about tonight now. Anyone know how to make a pizza crust like Pizza Hut's thin and crispy? I love it but I haven't been able to duplicate it. Do you think they use yeast at all? The pizza crust I REALLY love is Sam's. They make the best pizza. Ok, I am not having pizza tonight so I will just change the subject now!

Well, I have lots to do so I am gonna get off here. TTYL!!! Hope everyone has a great day!

OOPS, Ginny, we were posting at the same time. Glad you guys all made it home safely. What my kids wouldn't do to see some snow! Sorry we missed you yesterday. Let us know if you need us to change the time. I think most of us are pretty flexible. Hope you have a nice, quiet day!!! Have fun shoveling! :)

Good morning everyone :wave:

There is hope for the future!! I have my gf 4 yo here today. Gives me hope that in a while my kids will play together and not depend on me so much!! I really have very little time for myself during the day... you all remember that don't you?? or are experiencing the same now?? :dizzy: He's here until noon. Then Mom's stopping over sometime this afternoon so I don't know if I'll make the chat or not today...but I'll try ;)

Thanks Candy....now I'm hungry for pizza :tape: We're having whole wheat spaghetti tonight. I love the flavor of the noodles. Dh and Ds love it too. I never buy regular spaghetti noodles anymore. Of course they're much more expensive, but oh well.

Ginny-enjoy your day off. It was originally going to be in the mid 20's today so I thought we'd get outside this afternoon. We'll we're heading for the deep-freeze again and it won't make it out of the teens. Since I don't have snowpants for myself that's out. Next year I'm getting some.

Spryng, you know I'm just jealous that the stars can show their boobs off like that ... mine have never even been close to that-not that I would feel comfortable showing them off! Enjoy your trip out of the house...I've been stuck here for about 1.5 days so far. Feels like a week :lol:


Lori, congrats on the 1 lb loss!! That's terrific. I need to get back on the old treadmill myself. I don't run though :D

ds is fussing for a bottle. hi to everyone i missed. ttyl

Thank God...TOM just showed up. I can get back to normal...Dh will be pleased!!

Sorry I missed you too, Candy! How sweet of you to offer to change the chat. This week is very atypical for me, as I am usually on the road from 1:45- almost 5pm when I get home. But to give lots of warning-tomorrow at around 9:30-10 am EST I could chat. Anyone interested? Sam's pizza is good?? I will have to give it a try. I have a bread machine cookbook with lots of recipes- want me to check for a thin pizza crust?

Geri- ah, the relief of TOM! At least I get rid of that raging hormone feeling- and actually welcome the other discomforts. Hope you are feeling ok! Funny, how nice it is when a child has a friend over and they are sort of on automatic pilot. Some friends are like that- others it is way too much like work!!! And then you feel guilty because they play together too well and need so little input.......the joys of motherhood!

I am having a really balanced 3 point lunch....a can of V8.....ok, that is healthy and a bag of Orville Redenbacher's 94% fat free popcorn! Ok, I am nuts- just had to do something off the wall today. Gotta go shovel.......see ya later!
Ginny

Hey Ladies,

Spryng, Thanks for the info on the FlexPoints. Not sure if I will do it yet but thanks a lot for the information. Omg, was American Idol funny or what last night! LOL! I was running on the treadmill and almost fell off I was laughing so hard while watching American Idol. The guys were TERRIBLE. And the one guy they let through was just okay in my opinion. And what about the strange looking chick she has very short curly bronze hair ? Oh my goodness and her "friend" made her sing in front of security to the camera.. she made a fool of herself. And the sad thing is that she didn't realize that Paula was being nice saying it sounded like Caberet. I have heard Caberet and it doesn't sound like that at all. That girl sounded like 2 cats fighting over their last meal.. LOL! It's hard to believe some of these people actually believe they can sing.
Needtoloosemore, What was going on with Sharon Stone's hair ? UGH! And my goodness.. Nicole Kidman looked like a deranged greek goddess... I couldn't stand anything about her look.. even the make-up was a little off. She's usually stunning. I think she is very pretty but not sure what happened last night. Hey and why doesn't Tom Cruise ever bring his girlfriend Penelope Cruz anywhere ? I used to love him now I can't stand him either. Back to Nicole: This time she's fallen from grace. The sad thing is that she is so pale and she wore that sheer pale white cover over the middle and sides and I think she may have thought it blended but it just looked like she has worn out white gauze over her chest.. okay I am as bad as Joan with the comments. LOL!

I don't like Sarah Jessica Parkers look at all. Never have..even on Sex and the City. I can't understand what all the hype is with her "look" because most of the time she looks bad to me. On occassion she does have her moments. But usually I just don't like it. I know people will want to stone me but I have never thought Sarah was even pretty. Only thing I can every remember liking about her look was her hair when she wore it blonde and long and wavy/curly.. crinkly I guess you could call it. I thought that became her a great deal. I love her husband though, Matthew Brodrick and their baby is a cutie!

Chubba, awwwwww you didn't like Charlize's dress.. I though she looked nice. But she usually carries anything nicely because she so gorgeous. I liked her hair and her boyfriend (hee hee). I can't think of his name but I know he played Lestat in Queen of the Damned. I have seen him in something else.. I think it was A League of Extraordinary Gentleman.. I think he's attractive.

Albuttrfly, Congrats on the weight loss!!!!!!! YEAH!!! I hated J-LO's look. The orange dress and the airbrushed heavy bronzer and orange tint lipstick looked horrid. She looked like a cooked jackolatern. UGH! I didn't mind her hair that much though. I thought it was okay. I though the color of it was interesting.


ECMOM, yup! Got my treadmill time in while watching American Idol and almost fell off laughing so hard! Hee hee!

Everyone, I thought Debra Mesing looked nice for being a mom to be. Very elegant. I remember when Catherine Zeta Jones was pregnant and she came to the awards now she was stunning pregnant..

Does anyone watch America's Top Model with Tyra Banks ? Last night was one disaster after another...

Hey did anyone see the clip for the Britney Spears, Beyonce', and Pink PEPSI commercial ? It's supposed to be on during the SuperBowl. They are all Gladiator women that team together. Bet they are getting paid a truck load of money. Beyonce' already got a 50 million dollar contract out of Pepsi for her contract with them.. WOWSA!

See told you all I like celebrity gossip.. LOL!