Today went ok as far as eating.. Well actually it wasn’t great, I ate a cheeseburger from Wendy’s, and potato salad for breakfast and dinner! (crazy) I called myself making this meatloaf recipe for dinner… it didn’t come out right…. My son don’t even like it… and he likes anything! So.. Oh well…. I guess I”ll cook some gumbo tomorrow. I didn’t get to exercise today, I forgot I had to go and get the radio on the truck fixed. We went to the mall today and rode around… but of course that’s when UPS decided to deliver my package. They get on my nerves sometimes!! Now when I’m trying to sneak something in the house.. They wait until after 6 (when hubby is home) to bring it… now today, they want to be early! So I have to stay home and wait for the stupid thing. Maybe go to the beach if I can get my sis to wake up Super Duper early!! My daughter is up and hyper… and I need to sleep. I can’t get up in the mornings!!! That’s why I can’t exercise!!! BUT.. I want to be 139 by Saturday. This morning I was 142 so I gained 3 then lost 2 then gained, 2 back, then lost 2 again!! No more chocolate… I’m going to lose those 3 lbs if I have to exercise 4 times a day!!! I just want to see 139 one good time… I’d be soo happy!!!


mscat ~ I totally rspect your opinion… of course you know that… but I tell ya… let me leave my two with ya for a while!!! Call it research!!


Amanda~ Congrats on your points!!


Susan ~ Good job on your 1 pt!! That is more than I have gotten in the past week! You are doing great!


Heather~ What is your number anyways? P.M. me with it!! My sis has been using my phone and she erased your number by mistake.


Faye ~ Shopping!! YEAH!!!! That sounds good! But that always sound good to me!!! Sorry I havent been posting points.. But I don‘t give myself any… maybe tomorrow! I hope!


Beth ~ Welcome Back, we missed ya! I wondered were you had run off to!


Julie~ Keep up the good work! I think you are doing great!! Give yourself more credit!!


Cat90~ How you been chickie! Hot eh?? That sucks!!! Hope you get some better rest.. That could be why you can‘t sleep as well too!

I know I am missing someone.. If I am sorry!! But I want you to know that I am so PROUD OF ALL OF YOU!!! You all are doing sooo amazing!!! I am proud to be in your presence and be your friend!!!

Well tomorrow is a new day.. And it’s waiting for me!! Its way way too late.. And I need some sleep. I will talk with you all later!!

WEDNESDAY: Today is Wednesday's Woes. Just shout out your troubles today, girls!

TUESDAY WRAPUP POINTS:

Mscat
Amanda
Heather
Susan

Sorry I posted early last evening, but I need to get more fans for the 2 offices. They each have tiny ac vents and direct sunlight in the afternoon so it was miserable sitting in my office and posting. I weinied out and did it early.

Jaymi: Ok, what the heck did you do to meatloaf that no one would eat it? It is a pretty easy thing to put together I think. As for corporal punishment, I did it but don't really do it now as I found with T that it plain doesn't work. I think you have to do what you feel is the best way to discipline, no matter what it is BUT and this is the really hard thing, don't punish when you are at the temper losing point as you lose control that way. If you are a spanker, step back for a moment and regain your composure then punish. My dd sends dgs to his room and he hates it even though he has toys and whatnot in his room. I think if you find that your punishment does not deter them from repeating whatever they are doing, change it and find something else. You have little children a bit smaller than my dgs I think and sometimes something as small as a timeout works if they don't like to have to sit still. Usually you go by the age of the child, say a 2 year old gets a 2 minute time out etc. Now again, the hard part with this is consistency and taking the time to keep putting the child back in the chair when he gets out and resetting the clock explaining to them if they get up before the ding or whatever that it starts all over. This eventually works pretty well with most kids. I had a real pistol when she was young. When she would get spanked she would run out of the housing screaming so the neighbors thought we beat her to death. I remember the one and only time punishment worked and she was like 18. Her room was in the front of the house where visitors would see it and it was a pig sty. We had fought about it all the time and her dad got into it when I got no headway and told her to clean it up immediately. She smarted off and told him it was her private property and none of his business and took off out the door. BIG mistake. He took the door off her room. When she sashayed back in thinking she had won and found out ole dad wasn't giving her door back until her room was cleaned, she moved out! (she is still a slob in her own home but that is her business now)

Carri: This too shall pass. It seems to have for me. You have been doing a spectacular job so just keep plugging along til cravings and what not pass.

MsCat: Good for you. Procrastination is not one of my many sins. Sometimes I wish it were. I am a work in progress!

Amanda: The pool!!!!!!! Ok I am waiting to hear you have conquered that one, girlie!

Susan: I know you will find work! You go girl!

Beth: Good to hear from you, we missed you here!

Cat: Have you gotten any sleep with the heat? Breeze? I don't believe us Memphians know that concept!

Julie: How is the belly holding up with all that wiggling yesterday???????

Off to start cleaning house. I want to get the upstairs except the vacuuming done early then I will get it done around 8 am or so and go out to the pool. I was out there around 1:30 pm yesterday with a ton of 50 sunblock on and the sun just a beatin down on me but did an hour and a half.

faye

Morning ... well I dont want to jinx myself but I was able to stay OP yesterday w/o going crazy and giving into cravings...actually I really didnt seem to have any cravings so maybe it was just TOM ... anyway so a 3 pointer yesterday and I hope to have many, many more of them... I may not try to exercise this week as I want to actually get a handle on the food thing for a few days, but who knows...

Weds woes...I guess would be the heat ( and my job, ha ) , it was miserable yesterday, thank GOD for air conditioning ...

Cat - Do you not have A/C? I couldnt live w/o it as this point, way too hot over here...try to keep cool

Jaymi - I have always found it hard to make a good meatloaf but I really cant cook all that great of anything so ... Good luck on losing 3 pounds in the next few days

MsCat - My dh does Atkins and has for quite a while, lost quite a bit too, just letting you know in case you have any questions, he has made me quite the expert

Heather - I was wondering what that was too, thanks for clearing that up

Susan - That food you mentioned sure made me hungry for pizza this morning, cold pizza is my biggest vice

Beth - Good to hear from you again, glad you are having a good time with your family

Amanda - Good job on the pool...you will get some great exercise there

Have a good day everyone !!!!

Morning Girlies!

Just back from aerobics.......so on my way to a 4 pointer today. Got 3 points yesterday. I was so tired from the belly-thon on Monday that I was basically a zombie all day. Food is better, though.

I learned a trick from a friend that is helping alot. Get the biggest tupperware container you can fit in your fridge and FILL IT with chopped veggies. I put in onions, tomatoes, broccoli, calliflower, bell peppers, carrots, whatever..........then you have an instant salad any time you're hungry. You can also use them to dip with (I use hummus or onion dip made with soup mix and cottage cheese). AND it's instant chopped veggies for stirfry or soup or whatever you're fixing for dinner. The box lasts me 3 or 4 days cuz the kids graze on it too.

It's amazing how I can be just as satisfied with a salad as a bag of cookies or something sweet. It just has to be HANDY! It takes about 20 minutes to chop everything up, but it is so worth it!

Faye, those clothes sound awesome! I wish I had the money to go shopping right now. We are so broke and trying hard to save for vacation in August! Seems like we are just barely staying above water and not using the credit card at all (we have a zero balance, thank goodness!) but I'm afraid that will change when we go on vacation! Any time I have spare change or bills smaller than a $10, I put it in a jar and don't think about it. So I think we have at least a few hundred saved there (we've been keeping the same jar for about 2 years). You'll probably find that they are too big by Thanksgiving!

Jaymie---GO TO SLEEP YOU GOOF!!!! I can't believe the times you post...1:43 AM???? I'm a morning person, I will never understand people that can stay up past 10...........

Amanda--don't worry about what anyone thinks at the pool.........just jump in and enjoy yourself!! You'll have a blast!

Heather--Anyone over the age of 15 KNOWs what Rufus REALLY is! I mean, the guy keeps him in his pocket.....and everytime he pokes his head out, I just bust out laughing. The kids don't understand....they think I'm crazy.

Hope all you southerners are surviving the heat. It's about 63 here today and cloudy. We haven't had a decent warm swimming day yet. But that always changes in August.

TTFN,
Julie

Can't stop - Nigel is being a nag because he wants to get back on the computer

I got 4 points yesterday - yay!

And i weighed in today and have lost another 2lb - double yay!

Love amanda x

POINTS POINTS POINTS:

Amanda
Fasye
Julie
Carri

Thought I had better post pts while I can. I may not get back here this evening.

Whew, I am pooped. I did an hour and half in the pool, cleaned the whole house, did the laundry and put it away, washed sheets and remade the bed and it is so blasted hot, I walked out to the end of the garage to get the mail and back, a minute tops and was pouring sweat when I came in.

Carri: Glad things have gotten back to normal for you.

I guess I should go and do something like start to clean out my closets.

Faye

Hi Ladies

Well Done Amanda

Julie, I dont know who Rufus is

Carri, We don't have A/C so i'm so grateful if a breeze picks up later in the day

Faye, its great that Jack is in this with you too it must make it so much easier my hubby eats everything and anything so it makes it so hard for me to stay on track. Last night I went to bed and was asleep before hubby came up and then the woke me up!! and i'm grumpy if i'm disturbed so I was really then he fell asleep five minutes after his head touched the pillow and started snoring so I could'nt get back to sleep then MEN!

Jaymi, potato salad for breakfast you're doing great! LOL at the UPS man and trying to sneak stuff indoors

Susan

Well Done MsCat

Hello everyone! Has anyone ever seen that comercial when the woman climbs up the ladder to her window and puts like 50 bags in her room,… and when she comes in the house with like 3 bags.. Her hubby asks.. So how did you do at the mall? And she says ok.. And smiles!! That’s me!! I’m always sneaking stuff… I go to the store and get my little sister to bring bags in her room… what will I do when she is gone!! Oh and I know spanking sounds harsh.. But I wouldn’t call it really spanking… I tap my daughter on her hand… like tapping someone on their shoulder… it’s not the pressure I apply to her spankings it’s the fact that I do it at all that hurts her feelings! She falls all down and acts like I am killing her… my son is 60 lbs… and he is almost tall as me.. So yes… I hit him harder… but usually a pop on the but or I spank his hand like a little kid!! I gotta get him in line.. He’ll be taller than me real soon!! I am doing ok today. I havent eaten any chocolate!!! I am not eating a cilantro salad that I made.. No need to add a recipe, just lettuce cucumbers, cilantro, jalapenos, red pepper, lemon juice, and some vinegar and splenda (which is the gross sounding part.. But I didn‘t want to add salad dressing… I drank a C2 today, ate some potato salad, and some gardettos… and I 2 biscuits with lite syrup for breakfast. Not that good.. But not that bad! I have 3507 steps so far.. But I know I have way more.. But that stupid pedometer doesn’t work right… My shorts were too big I guess… Stupid thing! I have done 60 minutes Denise Austin, now I want to do 60 more to make up for yesterday! I want to see that 139.… even if it’s just for one day!! The number sounds low… but most people my height would weigh probably 115 or 120. A lot of people say If I were your size… I wouldn’t worry about it…


#1 ~ 142 lbs is not small on me. I have big hips, butt and thighs, and I have cellulite. Although if I didn’t have the cellulite and the humongous pooch from the kids..(which I AM going to get rid of… AGAIN!) then 142 would be just fine!


#2 ~ I have to work my butt off just to maintain weight loss, so there is no not worrying about anything! I can gain 4 lbs in one day.. No sweat! I have gained 20 lbs back before in 2 weeks, so I know! This is a constant fight for me! I can’t just say ok, well this is it… I’m happy and stop everything!



#3 ~ I know people have to lose 50 or more lbs on here, so a lot of chicks roll their eyes at me and put me in the same category as skinny people that always say they‘re fat…But I am NOT skinny and for the record.. I have lost 60 lbs!! So I can say that I was obese at one time!!!!



Sorry a little rant.. But I got it off of my chest! I feel better! I just feel that as long as I am here to lose weight… I should be appreciated.. My BMI is 27.7. Which is not good! I don’t have much muscle… if any! So just FYI!
That sounds grouchy and mean.. but it’s not.. Just an explanation! I have even less time today, but I wanted to check in.. I hope everyone is doing great!!




Faye- I don’t know what I did wrong!! I followed the recipe exactly!!

Pace® Meat Loaf with Roasted Garlic Potatoes
Prep. time: 20 min. Cooking time: 60
Serves: 6

Ingredients

1 cup Pace® Picante Sauce
1 1/2 lb. ground beef
1 cup fresh bread crumbs
1 egg, beaten
2 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley OR 2 tsp. dried dried parsley flakes
1 tbsp. worcestershire sauce
4 cloves garlic, minced OR 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
4 medium potatoes, (about 1 1/4 pounds), each cut into 8 wedges
0 Paprika

Directions

Mix 1/2 cup picante sauce, beef, bread crumbs, egg, parsley, Worcestershire and 2 cloves garlic throughly. In large shallow-sided baking pan shape firmly into 8- by 4-inch loaf.

Mix oil and remaining garlic. Toss potatoes with oil mixture until evenly coated. Sprinkle with paprika. Place around meat loaf.

Bake at 350°F. for 1 hour or until meat loaf is no longer pink (160°F.). Pour remaining picante sauce over meat loaf before serving.

Well I did actually add some of my own tomato sauce afterwards.. But they said it was too mushy… whatever!

cat90- Da*n that UPS man!! He’s still not here!!

Everyone else!! Sorry I missed you! Thanks for the encouragement!! I just gotta be hard on myself.. Or I’ll act bad!! Plus if I don’t push myself.. Who will!



Well today I plan to cook gumbo, with sausage and shrimp.. NOT HEALTHY! But I have no chice when I Have irritating people here who complain about every little thing!! Sorry. The meatloaf wasn’t gross tasting or anything.. I tasted it myself.. And as much as it had cost to make that my sister should be grateful.. Or buy here own food to cook!! Anyways I am kinda grumpy I guess! But oh well!! Will talk to everyone later!!!

Looks like you'll be climbing that ladder yourself Jaymi to hide the stuff from hubby i don't exactly hide stuff but i do put it in the closet and don't show things to hubby hence the 50+ pairs of shoes i can't resist buying shoes and jewellery

another 3 pointer for me yesterday
Now that everything is unpacked and away in my apartment I have nothing to do! I listen to npr nonstop because I have no tv or internet. There are a people I know in town that I've seen but still! I'm actually looking forward for class to start. Guess I should use this time to exercise! I'm noticing that I'm much weeker than a few months ago. I need to regain that strength.
Also, its becoming very apparent that unless its pasta, cookies, or from a box, I can't cook! Well...I'm not the best anyway, so if any of you know a good, simple cookbook let me know!
Check in tomorrow!

THURSDAY: Today is Time for Us Thursday. Make time for you today!

later girlies!

Faye

Morning lovelies!

3 points for yesterday..........drank diet pepsi all day instead of water, bad me. Anyway, I had a good workout at aerobics even though I had to drag myself to go and I split my shorts half way through class! Thank God I was wearing a long shirt to cover it!

Susan, you CAN learn to cook! and the sooner you do it, the more your body will thank you for it. The best part is you can do it for free......every recipe you could ever imagine is on the internet. Go to the library and just surf the recipe sites. Start with the 3fc recipes and go from there. Cookbooks are very expensive, and I know you're a student on a budget. Plus, if you really like a recipe, you will end up memorizing it anyway. Or you could also borrow cookbooks from the library. Now, I own a ton of cookbooks and magazines....because I like to see the pictures. Things that sound gross in words can look really yummy in a picture and I'll try it. Like Lentil Salad....sounds gross, is really good! Learning to cook is a gift to yourself! I used to live on mac n' cheese with hot dogs...........ewwwww. And I gained so much weight from it. Good Luck!

Jaymie--take it easy on yourself....you're gonna implode someday. We all know how hard it is to lose ANY amount of weight. But you are putting an awful lot of stress on yourself that doesn't have to be there.

Amanda--How was swimming yesterday? You went, right? :wink:

MsCat--No one showed for dance class? Don't summers bite! Everyone says "Oh, please keep offering class through the summer...." and then one or two people show up per week. It's frustrating....but I make them pay for the summer up front, so at least I know I get paid whether I teach a full class or an empty one.

Well, I"m in the middle of packing for a medieval campout weekend.......so I better get going. Everyone have a great day!

Julie

Morning All -
Hope you all had a good day yesterday...mine was fine...but now I am back at work AGAIN, man it seems like your free evenings are so short and the work day SOOOOOOO long...I had another 3 pointer yesterday ... almost blew it because my dh made himself pepperoni pizza ( atkins style ) and I was about to dive into the bag of pepperoni when I decided that I could just eat 2 or 3 and be okay, just barely, ha ha ha

Jaymi - That recipe is deceiving, it sounds like it may be good, but I dont care for meatloaf that much .. too much hamburgar

Julie - Have you tried the new Coke "C2"? It is wonderful...actually if you are used to having diet it might be a little sweet for you...but for me who hates diet, it tastes great...

Cat - I sympathize with you and the no a/c and I dont envy you when we first got married we had an apt that had no a/c and it sucked so bad...I hate to be hot and I was just miserable...try to keep cool !!!

Faye - How do all of the new clothes fit? Look nice I bet....

Amanda - How was the pool?

Everybody have a great day, talk later...