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Originally Posted by EZMONEY (Post 1568671)

OK, so Allison, I don't really see the need for Starbucks based on $$$$ alone, since I drink so much coffee, now on the other hand Angie (if she is drinking coffee ~ usually tea only) loves Starbucks...but then when she is finished ordering I feel like we could've just gone for ICE CREAM (see CHICKY IN THAT HAT THING).

PS ~ Angie and I "work" a lot of marathons and 5K's....question...I know why I work them (Angie runs FOR ME!!) 'cause I am lazy... and don't want to take the effort to train to run them (although I have done a marathon) but what is your excuse?

Excuse? I don't know if it's an excuse or not. I work the bike ride because my group has agreed to do it. It is a huge charity ride. The guy who put it all together donates a lot of money to charities around the valley. A lot of the charities are ones that my group already supports. If you volunteer to work the ride, he gives your charity a bit more money. Last year, he donated $2000 to my charity (we raise money for scholarships). Raising money is a difficult thing to do, and working this bike ride is one of the easier ways we have to raise money. My group has about 60 women and 75 girls and about half of us worked the ride this year. It'll be interesting to see just how much time we donated to this cause. So, it's not an excuse right now--I feel an obligation to work it. In 2 years when I am no longer part of my charity group, then I'll either do the ride or find an excuse not to!!

I wish I could change my habits and cut the cream and the sugar...
But I love my coffee as it is, as I used to....
:-(

Well, I love full fat chocolate cake, too...but I have learned that an occasional slice of angel food cake (for a third of the fat and calories) is just going to have to be a reasonable replacement.

You can cut out the cream and sugar-even if you still love it that way. It doesn't mean you can't learn to "like it" without that...just because I don't eat chocolate cake, doesn't mean I don't like it. I sure as heck do...but my rear end and thighs don't. :lol:

I agree with Aphil, you can certainly LIVE without that cream and sugar... With baby steps going putting less and less of both or just one at a time eventually your taste buds will adjust...

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Originally Posted by aphil (Post 1569778)

Fat free half n half, vanilla flavored creamer, and two sweeteners? All of that work for 1/2 caff? :lol:

You go'head & laugh all you wanna! - But lemme tell ya! - you don't wanna SEE ME when I get that crazy wired like when I drink the "full leaded" kind! :crazy: :hyper: :tired: :yikes: :fr: :D

:rofl:

Considering I recently went for 3 months on 2-3 hours of sleep a day...I needed it to even function...

2-3 hours of sleep a day ?

Are you joking ? It sounds crazy !!!!

It's called a newborn, who refused to sleep unless he was being "held". Namely, by me.

Not like a normal newborn who just gets up to eat, etc. at night-he literally would NOT sleep unless in my arms. My husband came home from work each evening, and held him while I took a nap. This was all the sleep I got for months...usually about 2 hours on weekdays...and 3 on weekends-because he was home from work, and I could get 2 small naps instead.