Dee-try some ricotta pancakes. They went over well here with my parents and my mother doesn't normally like cheese.

I don't even know where to begin. We had our family Christmas yesterday. My prime rib turned out perfect although it was a little rare for my Dad's liking. My BIL made brussel sprouts with pancetta which were awesome and some mushrooms and the obligatory green bean casserole. I did roasted red potatoes. Even my sugar free desserts went over well.

The big problem is that Kobe got really sick. He was throwing up all over the place. Then he was laying around, wanted to be in my lap. I was up practically all night with him. He was pacing, up and down off the furniture, groaning. We've been through this before so I knew he probably had pancreatitis. Took him to the vet first thing this morning, he's in the hospital until at least tomorrow. They haven't called to give me an update yet but no news is usually good news. Poor baby, he was so pathetic yesterday. I'm exhausted. I was supposed to have a personal training session this morning but she let me postpone it until tomorrow evening. I go back to work tomorrow, YUCK!

My BIL and I gave each other exactly the same knife for Christmas. How funny is that? My brother gave me a "relaxation kit." I guess he thinks I'm too stressed out. Everyone liked the new couch. Got some good pictures. Maybe Curly can help me and I'll post one of me and the sick baby (since he was practically on top of me all day yesterday) :)

Glad everyone else had a good day and stayed pretty much on program. I got on the scale this morning and it said 195. Oh well. Probably water. I won't stress too much over it. I have until Fri before I have to change my tracker anyway.

sure just email it to me.. & i will post it for u when i get home from work...

poor kobe.. well thank goodness it wasnt "stomach bloat"

oh Petra....I hope Kobe is all right. They are just like babies when they are sick aren't they? I remember one time when our dog Mindy got sick, she was listless and not like herself and she got up in the middle of the night and promptly ralphed a HUGE pile of ??? on our cream carpet. Turns out the neighbours kids fed her about a half a bag of BIRDSEED!!! not nice and not impressed!!!

Iwmonn.....Have a great time in Denver!! Don't stress....everything will be okay. Glad to hear that your suede skirt is now a 'wearable suede skirt'!!! I've been having a little problem with some jeans lately....mostly dh's hands fitting down them without any trouble!!! ;) hehe...I had to take in the waistband this morning, about 2" worth!!! Lets see him try THAT AGAIN!!! OKAY.....that might have been too much information!!! :D

hey this is cool.. i didnt know that walmart offered this... u can pick any new songs u want on a cd and they wil burn it for ya... i made myself up one with all good walking songs on it... its kinda pricey tho ended up being like 18.00 for 1 cd, but all the songs are new releases...

eventually i want to get an mp3 player so i figure i can just transfer the songs to the mp3 player when i get one.. and in the mean time use the cd in my portable cd player

(and i had a walmart gift card to use up) i hate the walmart that is local to me... but i love Target!!! lol

~Petra & Kobe~
 

Petra & Kobe Christmas

Awww those pictures of Kobe are adorable! I hope he's feeling better!

I stayed within my calorie range today but could have made better choices. I also started Tae bo today and it was hard! There were a lot of parts where I was stopping and trying to figure out what they were doing in some of the multi moves. I did like the attitude of the DVD! I got it from netflix and it's called "Live" I wish I knew if there was an easier one I could start with.

Dee dont' stress about the trip. You are a very likeable person and I'm sure they're going to love you! One tip the Denver airport is awfull. Last time I was there I had to stand in a 2 hour security line where everyone in the airport had to go through. And everyone had to take their shoes off. We missed our flight when going through there even though we were there 2 1/2 hours before our flight! So plan on being really early!

I hope everyone else is having a good day! :hug:

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

B: Zone Bar (210)
S: 2 slices low carb bread, 2 slices LF provolone (170)
S: No Pudge sundae cone (100)
D: Sweet & sour chicken (pineapple, bamboo shoots) (220)
S: No pudge cookies & cream (100)
S: Brat, 1 slice low carb bread (290)
S: Under 200


Calories 1453

Exercise 1 hour Tae Bo Live :carrot:

awwww petra.... you n kobe!!! I hope he's feeling better. He probably hates having to spend the nite at the vets, as much as I'm sure you hate him having to be there. ~**sending get well soup bone vibes to Kobe**~. I can even see a little of the couch lol... it is nice! And it's nice to put your face to your posts now. Thanks :).
Yumm, ricotta pancakes sound good, but I'm thinking it's going to be more of a make ahead, lay it on the table buffet brunch. I'd love the recipe sometime tho.

Val~ Thanks for the kind words. I'm just nervous about meeting his family, ya know? lol. I'll get thru it all just fine I'm sure. Glad you're liking the Tae Bo. I've heard of several good ones for beginners, but of course I don't know any of them lmao

I went and checked out the gym today. It's pretty small, no showers, no locker room even lol... but it's all new, with cardio equip, and circuit equip, free weights and some great classes too- altho they cost extra :(. I told Lee that if they waive their sign-up fee of $100. (which I've heard rumors they will do for new people in Jan), then I'm gonna go for it. And if I stay with it for the month, I want to find a way to come up with the money for another month.... for however long it takes lol. He still thinks I'll give it up after a couple months, even tho he says he would love to see me stick it out. *sigh* History wil NOT repeat itself!!

Now Curly~ ummm I know you are really into circuit training.... what exactly is it?? LOL.. I feel really dumb asking but I'm not really sure. I know it's all the weights equip, is it done in a certain specific order or something? ty

B coffee/cream
B salami/cheddar on 2 slices ww bread
L carrots w/ranch dip
L 6 Triscuits
S Lays Potato chips :( (DH gently focused me to more carrots b4 to much damage tho)
D Leftovers 1/2 C Stouffers Mac n cheese, bockwurst/sauerkraut, green beans
S SF Klondike bar

Food journal for today:
Breakfast: 2 low cal whole wheat toast, pat butter, cheese slice, coffee
Snack: protein smoothie (carb countdown, protein powder, 1C peaches)
Lunch: 3 oz crabmeat, 1/4 cottage cheese, 1C lettuce, 1 T chili sauce
2 T cream cheese, 8 soy crisps
Snack: kit kat choc. bar (mini snack size)
Dinner: chicken breast, cheese slice, 1 T ff sourcream,carrots, green beans

total Calories: 1353 33%carb/35%protien/32% fat

howdy girls,

Well.. we're leaving for the airport 1st thing in the morning, instead of Thurs. If we're lucky we'll get there and stay in a motel. It's raining cats and dogs. Hwy 1 heading towards the airport is already closed from a slide, with more slides probable. There are several other routes outta here, but they all are contingent on the various rivers not flooding, which is also being predicted. Sooooooooooo no weigh in wed. nite. I was really counting on that for the little extra ummppffff i may need.

You all have a wonderful New Year if I don't get back to post before that..... Be safe and be good ;)

Hugggssssss to everyone :grouphug:
~Dee

Dee: what i do is very similar to curves, they have various machines that they adjust each day to vary the resistance and then each wednesday they have "boot camp" where they really crank them up.. they have 12 machines and jogging pads & exercise steps in between each machine

the workout is for 30 min.. but i usually go around a few extra times

I guess what I do would also technically be considered circuit training. I have a group of weight machines I do in a certain order. You crank up the weight so that you completely fatigue within 3-6 reps and you lift the weight SLOOOWLY 10 seconds up and 10 seconds down. Thus the name, Slow Burn.

Curly, thanks for posting the pictures. Now everyone knows what I look like. How scary is that? Got on the scale today and all that nasty Christmas weight is gone. YEAH!!

Back to work for me today. Have my personal training session at the gym tonight. Have a safe flight and a great time in Denver Dee. We'll be looking forward to hearing all about your trip when you get back.

Morning all.....:coffee: I can't remember who was telling me about the JennieO turkey bacon but I bought some and its pretty good!! I'm surprized. Lately my breakfast routine is 2 toasted lc whole wheat sandwich with a cheese slice in the middle. Well, the turkey bacon is a nice add to that and extra protein to boot!! Thanks for the idea.
Well I am off to the gym in a minute, I haven't been in a while and although I'm loving my walks/ipod....I feel like I'm letting too many days slide. My food as been great and OP, but I gotta go or else... I don't know. I bought some new workout stuff yesterday; a cool XL....thankgod the 1X's are gone!!!

Petra....Great job on making the scale move!!! I knew it was just a temp thing. How is Kobe doing? any word yet? Enjoy your killer PT session tonight, feel the burn baby;) Forgot to mention your pics Petra.....very nice sofa!! Very nice pictures of you and Kobe. I think I remember seeing you before in some of your website albums. Hey? how did your nuts go over as presents?

Iwmonn....good luck on your trip and have a great time!!

Curly.....How cool is that, Curves does a boot camp? Awesome!! You're doing such a great job.

Ack!!! At this time we are stuck at home. The slide has the highway closed south, and the river has it closed north... there are a couple of routes we could still try, but they are semi paved and very likely slides and/or trees down. I have a feeling we're gonna give my new truck a workout ;)

Thanks for the info on the circuit training Curly. Your workout sounds really interesting Petra. Does it burn more cals, or just build more muscle quicker? What's the purpose/difference?

ok girls, i suppose i'm just doing a waiting game today so I may be back. I've got that nervous energy lol. Hugs to you all again!!! D~

Hey isnt this cool? i just ordered it from avon... the entire front (the purple) is reflective and it has a pocket across the lower back that velcro's shut to stash your stuff when u are walking!! they have pants also but the vest is really all i need.....


p.s. butterball turkey bacon is good also

national body challenge on the discovery channel>>> u sign up on dec 30th online looks kinda cool

http://health.discovery.com/


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figures we dont have a bally's here :(