HERE YE, HERE YE, TWO WEEK HALLOWEEN CHALLENGERS, WE ARE MORE OR LESS SEVEN DAYS (we started on slightly different days, but that's the gist o' it, methinks) INTO THIS AND THE SPIRIT OF PARTICIPATION WAFTIN' THROUGH THESE ANCIENT (ok, not ancient, as we're all so young) ROYAL HALLS HAS BEEN HIGH ALL WEEK AS WE CONTEMPLATE OUR BANNER GLOWIN' WITH MAGICKAL NEW SPIRIT, REMINDIN' US THAT THIS, AFTER ALL, IS THE START OF OUR MARCH TOWARDS A WONDERFUL SVELTE BOD TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR!!!!

Let's go, Challengers, let's make this the most dedicated challenge weekend ever. The Towel Boys have laid out the best silver in the GREAT HALL and the amazin' Royal Spa Cook (Hag Elbertine Crone, 100-years-young and still a size 14 packed with GLORIOUS low glycemic muscle), hath laid out a spread o' endless weekend goodies (all calorie free, of course)!!!

Come one, come all, report, report, report, let's keep the participation high this weekend so's all our fellow queenlike cronies can bask in our reflected glory ... huzzah!!! No deviations from the program

I am testing some Nutri System Nourish program foods I bought off coworker yesterday. These are ostensibly low glycemic but have some ingredients I don't like, however, they are good in a pinch and very appetite suppressing ... some have a bit o' sugar in 'em but they are mostly "legal" on SB ... good for on the go, which is where I need to be!!!

Huzzah!

Forgot my CHALLENGE REPORT: Friday cals 1754, exercise previously reported!!!

DON'T FORGET



HALLOWEEN (THEN CHRISTMAS OR WHATEVER FLOATETH THY SPIRITUAL BOATIE, THEN 2006 AND WE WANNA BE AT OUR BEST WHEN THAT HAPPENS, SO NO DEVIATIONS FROM OUR PROGRAM SHOULD BE TOLERATED ... THIS MEANS YOU, AMARANTHA, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU WANT A DONUT! ~ Signed, Officer Right Eat o' the Universal Dietary Law Consortium Secret Police Force (Our motto: "We KNOW what you're thinkin' o' eatin' and we aren't gonna let ya!!!)

Well, Empress, I had a great nap this rainy afternoon. Weighed in this a.m. and was happy to see any gain had been only temporary. Nothing more lost yet but at least was still at that nice little number in onederland. Was afraid I had botched that up big time. People all around telling me how much weight I've lost and there's certainly been none recently. Hmmmm! Must be something to wearing clothes too big!

Hmmm, I see I am postin' too much again! Sometimes I get a little too enthusiastic about the palace or a challenge or a thread and post too many in a row. Gonna take a little hiatus and save space for others ... still dedicated to this goal, though.

coffee w/ 1/2 and 1/2
2 eggs, 2 egg whites, scrambled
mini. ww bagel w/ lite cream cheese

rice and refried beans [at Taco bell]
small ww pita [smuggled in]
2 fruit-sweet. ww fig bars [also smuggled]

2 no-sugar oatmeal cookies

brown rice w/ veg. chili
2 clementines
a few cashews

water: 8 glasses
calories: 1640
exercise: 2 miles treadmill

Anagram, are you having trouble sleeping or are you up in the night attending to your DH? Glad to know you're still in 1-der-land!

Amarantha, I'm much relieved we don't have Nemo cakes around here. Altho I was hypnotized by some sugar-free mint milano cookies today--yes, I purchased them but only had 2 but it would've been so easy to triple that! I'm buying an occasional sugar-free thing when I'm feeling nostalgic these days. I don't feel great about the mallitols and splenda and all that, and still much prefer my homemade naturally sweetened stuff though.

Went to a vegeatrian restauarant today that serves alot of meat substitutes and I had a "fish" dish today. As a long time vegetarian it was actually a little too much like the real thing---freaky! Not that there's anything wrong with eating meat, it just took me by surprise!

I have news! Yesterday I stepped on the scales again and I'd suddenly lost 3 pounds! That's how it is with me every time. Nothing and then bam! a few gone all at once. So I'm at 137 now. That would be so cool if I could get back down to 135 by Halloween. Probably a touch unrealistic though.

A combination of both, Eydie. I'm up now because I heard him on the monitor asking if i was up. Fortunately, I had gone to bed early and had a good six hours sleep in. Came down, got him out of bed, rearranged and back in. Now he's sleeping, I'm not. I'll prowl a bit and then go back to bed but likely won't really sleep. Yesterday it was me. Sometimes, it's his machine. Sometimes I can just hear that he's restless, often he calls out. Isn't really aware of time but I'd rather he calls than have him uncomfortable. Even his in-bed mobility is limited though better than it had been.

Been having a low blood pressure incident (dh) the last several days. Think it may have been a part of a problem. Suspect some overmedication. Long story but it may bring him a bit more back when we get it sorted out. Also being off the strong antibiotics should help. We had a nice day yesterday. No one came except a neighbor who picked up some groceries. Only one medical phone call, etc.I got a good bit of rest (relatively speaking) and then more than six hours of sleep so far. Wow!

Congrats on the 3 lbs down! 135.something probably very doable and I think that falls within the Palace rules (or mine anyway).

Empress, I had posted (apparently lost) that it's your posting enthusiasm that keepeth me going so please do not hiate from same. I love when you're on your weekend, "I'll do anything to postpone this work", rambles and ruminations. I NEED your SIS BOOM BAH! When you share, a tiny bit comes East and reaches Central PA and I grab as much of it as I can.

Good morning Royals!

Happy Birthday yesterday to Frogger's DH!

We celebrated my own DH's birthday yesterday, too. He's such a practical sort...all he wanted for his birthday was some new work duds (now that he's changed from IT guy to Shipping Foreman at work, the dress shirts/pants just aren't appropriate while crating and shipping!) and wanted me to make his favorite meal. He went in to work some overtime at 7am yesterday, met me at Walmart around 1pm to pick out some work clothes, came grocery shopping and helped me haul in a tonne of groceries (cupboards were BARE), then we had a relaxing dinner and watched a movie. More of same today is on the agenda. Thinking we might venture to the pumpkin farm to pick up some pumpkins for carving if the rain holds off. I needed a break...last week was too busy!

I really should get outside and pull up the annuals from the front beds and plant some spring bulbs. Here I go, filling up the day already...

I am reading an interesting take on the weight loss/fitness deal and it makes a lot of sense. My daughter went to check out Good Life fitness center and they gave her a book written by the owner during the orientation. It is a very back to basics approach and one that believes you don't have to kill yourself or have all these fancy fitness gadgets to get in shape. 20 minutes, three times a week, and a mixture of cardio and weight training. It is refreshing in the barrage of "latest and greatest, THIS is the answer to your fitness challenges" type promotions to see one that brings it back to simple science.

Eydie, congrats on the 3lbs!!

Yowza, Anagramatic! I posted on here earlier that I really appreciate your words and that I was gonna start a challenge-a-week thread, which I did, but am gonna delete. Doesn't seem like a relevant idea right now. Sendin' good vibes thy way. You are the greatest.

Eydie, congrats on the three pounds!

Wildfire, sounds like an interestin' book. I know I need lots more than 20 minutes of exercise three times a week to be fit but sounds like it would be good for some.

Good Morning ladies! DH thanks the ladies here for all the good wishes for his birthday. He had a good one!

I have not been avoiding the forum intentionally. Guess what happend to me? I woke up on Wed. morning, got ready for work and was just about out the door when I felt a rumbly in my tumbly. Long story short, I had food poisoning from the dad blasted pizza that was ordered the night before. I was SO SICK. I thought I was doing so good to when we ordered! I only had 2 slices and really couldn't finish the second one. I was the only one to have mushrooms on mine, so thank goodness baby and DH didn't get sick. All is well now though.

And you know what? Even after all that getting rid of the pizza thing, I haven't lost a pound. GO FIGURE!

Well, I'll be around catching up on here. (Not at work) No one missed me here.

How cute are these? I just saw them.
Tootles

Oh my, frogger, that is soooo unfair!
Losing one pound is a must compensation for this kind of thing!
Hope you feel better!

Urg -- still feeling a little bloated and cold-ridden, still behaving well, so waiting until I feel "normal" to WI. Must admit, that surely freaked me out!