Tina glad you are back and had a good time. Blame 2Cute for all the posting...she challanged us to fill the thread while she was gone. I did find it helpful to come back so often on the weekend. I didn't overeat once so even thou you are to blame 2Cute THANKS!!!

Malia it should be 64 today but they predict snow again on Friday so I don't know what to do about my roses. They are stilled covered but I bet they are confused!:lol:

Thanks for all the punch recipes...now to decide which one to use.
:?:

I have a funeral today...a good & very dear friends Dad died suddenly Saturday. He was at a thrashing show and said to his wife, "Let's go over here". When she turned to look at him he was on the ground dead. Gives you a jolt even if you don't know him! I guess as we get older we realize how fleeting this life is. Which brings me to the thought that I don't want to spend the life I have left - fat!!!!! Okay....I will quit. This got way more yucky than I planned.

I have to go back and re-read posts also. I read them but it's all swimming around in my head.

Tuesday Tips
 

Good morning friends. I had a wonderful food day yesterday. :D
Nice breakfast, grilled fish and brocolli for lunch.
Went to a mexican restaurant for dinner and ate grill shrimp and veggies. No flour tortillas, nor chips and dip.
I drank lots of water too. :)
It was even easy... :D

This morning I woke up with a bad headache. :(
I know it is from withdraw of all the sugar I ate this last weekend.
They had a Krispy Kreme where my daughter lives.. and I ate some daily. :o We don't have them here... YET.
They are building one just 6 miles from my house. LOL
But... by the time they have it built... I will be sugar free for months and I will NOT be visiting them. :smug:

Prism... thanks for your email address... but if you are in the hospital and we write you... we still won't know you are okay if your family doesn't know how to check your email. Just a thought to ponder.

I am all hyped to stay on program today again.
It feels so much better than eating out of control or bad choices.
My Tuesday Tip.....

Diamonds are just old lumps of coals that stuck to their job.
:wave:

Tina: Glad you had a good time and are ok.

Well ladied I ate too much yesterady It started out good
slim fast bar and coffee
cappachino at Borders bookstore
Lunch baked potato stuffed with veggys, us tea
slim fast snack bar
kashi with skim milk
American Legion
2 small grilled leg quarters
string beans
slaw
us tea
cake
Oh well you can't win everyday.
be back later

Question.....
 

I just read something and was wondering if any of you guys had any insight/info...

I have psoriasis on my hands and elbows. It flares up occasionally, but I generally keep it under control with a heavy duty steroid cream (can't think of the name off the top of my head) I was just reading about a natural psoriasis treatment in Prevention magazine...it was of course, extolling the virtues of the product, but it was saying how some of the side effects of topical steroids are WEIGHT GAIN and DEPRESSION!! This struggle to lose weight might actually be much harder than I realized, for reasons other than me just being a slacker!... at least it might explain why I can try and try and try, with minimal results. The more that I think about it, I was not using this when I had a SUCCESSFUL weight loss of 40 lbs a few years ago.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....

Anyone out there have any experience with this?

Thanks...gotta sleep now, I'll be back later...

I'm baaaaaaack!

I just sampled the strawberry pie that Kat gave us the recipe for. It was mighty good with a spoonful of ff cool whip. I ate 1/4 of it for 2 points and it was quite refreshing. I will be making this for my cookout. I can double the recipe and put it in a 9x13 pan. I may experiment with different fruits and jello flavors! Pears and Lime jello may be next!! I sliced up the strawberrys in big pieces. I have a jello recipe that you make in a 9x13 with mandarin oranges, orange jello, cottage cheese and I think pineapple and cool whip. It is really good. I am going to see if I can find it and total up the points using ff or low fat stuff in it. I'll let you know! First I have to find the recipe!!

Well I survived another day at gymboree! Andrew has sooo much fun there. I am so glad I signed him up for it!! I get my exercise in for the day too! I need a nap now! I took him to his daycare mom's so he can play with the other kids and we can get stuff done around the house. So I better get offa here and get something done!

I will be back again so you all come out and keep me company now!! Its lonely when no one posts!!

Michelle

SHhhhhh..pretend you don't see me...
 

Hi guys... I SHOULD NOT be here again. I have not done a thing today but sleep and I have soooo much that needs done.
I just ate 3 nuked chicken thighs and a salad for lunch. I feel sooo full I had to just sit and let my stomach settle.. so that is why I am here now. Sleep did help my headache... it was bad.

Kat... I don't know about steroids that are rubbed on.. but oral definitely cause weight gain and bloating. Steroids can have lots of bad side effects. Call your pharmasist and asked for more info.
I would also call the doctor and even look up info on the internet. Compare what they all say. If all say the same thing... I would trust that part is at least true. My mom gets put on steroids occasionally and you can definitely tell the difference when she is on and off.

Michelle... I can't stay long.. but here I am. ;) Hope it helps. :)

Baylee... Hmmm.. sitting down on the job are you?? :lol:
Sometimes you have to sit down to get the job done. :o LOL

Okay.. I am out of here. I have to get SOMETHING done today.

just putting in my $.02 worth...
 

2Cute every bit helps! I am here reading instead of in the kitchen!

So far today I have eaten:

Tea 0 pts
2 Fruit Muffins 4 pts
1/4 of the strawberry pie 2 pts
grilled cheese sandwich 3 pts
(made with lite bread and butter spray)
15 ff pringles sour cream and onion chips 1 pt
Pria bar 2 pts

thats 12 points and I still have 16-22 more points I can use for the rest of the day. Tonight is shrimp and maybe some rice and veggies. The veggies are filling. I want to make some veggie soup again. That helps keep me full! I also have in 6 waters so far and counting. I think I may be able to bank some more points today to make up for the weekend. Hopefully the scale will be kind to me on Thursday morning!

Baylee how was your walk? I said I was going to walk today too but after gymboree I am too tired! I did go outside and pick up sticks from the backyard and watered the veggie garden. The lettuce is getting kind of wilted out there! After John finishes cutting the grass back there I am going to clean off the table and set up the umbrella and drag out the chair cushions. That way I can sit out while Andrew plays in the back yard. He loves it outside!

Mary it doesn't sound like you did too bad with your food yesterday. The cake could have gone...but you can reverse bank the points or calories. The key is to never look back!!

Kat I can't help you with your dilemma..but if it was making me gain weight then I would try to find an alternative!!

I am going to go searching for a recipe for shrimp. Does anyone have a low point recipe to share?

PHEW...I hit something and I thought I lost my post. Luckily I found it! That was a close call!

I'll be back again...you can count on it!~

You are all Wonderful!!
 

Hi Girls!!

2 Cute- Thank you for the beautiful Get Well card!! It really warms my heart to know that someone truly cares!!! How's the headache? Feeling better I hope!!

Kat- I too have psoriasis. Only I have it over about 70%of my body, and when it flares up I have to use a topical steroid creme. I have visited with my dermatologist, and my pharmacist, and they both agree that it can hinder my weight loss efforts. But, I have found that if I drink LOTS of water when I'm having to use it, it does help. I don't know how severe your psoriasis is when it breaks out, but if you need a good lotion , there is one I found at Wal-Mart that helps my elbows and knees...it's called Dermarest Psoriasis. It has a pleasant smell, and does moisturize very well!!! Another quick tip to help the uncomfortable feeling of psoriasis.....I soak in a bath of Aveeno about 3 x's a week,,It's amazing how nice it makes my skin feel!!!

Michelle-Gymboree sounds like it is a blast!!! I miss my sons younger days at times. I do have a baby great niece (Jenna) and I love the times I get to babysit her:) She loves it when I lay on my back and put her on my legs and swing her up and down...not only is it good exercise for me, but hey....it keeps her happy too!!! Your little guy is a little doll!!!!

Baylee- Am I right in assuming you are a nurse? What a wonderful rewarding career!!!! Before I got inot the yellow page business about 4 years ago, I was a nurses aide, and I loved it!!!

Tina-I'm glad to see you are back...and I want you to know you are a beautiful woman!!! Sounds as if you had a GR8 time while you were away!!!

Malia-The dress sounds gorgeous!!!

Well girls, I should get off here. I haven't done a thing for 2 days, my hubby has fixed dinner and everything since I've been under the weather....so, since I am feeling a little better, I think I will surprise him with baked chicken for dinner. I'm going back to the doctor in the morning. Today is day 3 of the antibiotics and the ear is still totally swollen closed. Somehow I think it should be responding to the medication. I will check in on everyone later!!

Theresa

One more thought...
 

Theresa... yes go back to the doctor. you definitely should be able to tell some improvement after 3 days.

Kat... there was a woman I swam with that had psoriasis bad.
She started tanning at the gym and it got noticably better.
It is just a thought... have you ever used a tanning bed.??
I know there are different types...and I don't know which type she used... only that it was visbably better.

Got to go again. I just cant keep out of here today.
I think that is one reason I am doing so well too. ;)

Hi everyone! :wave: Gosh, you guys are just barrelling along. I can't believe how far behind I am in responding to all of you. Unfortunately, I don't have time right now to catch up either. I was reading on the WW site today, however and have found the following to post for you as the Tuesday Tip.

Gotta run. Hope you guys are doing well. Love :love: to all!

"Step away from the cookie and put your hands in the air."

I thought this was good...hope you do.

Why Women Cry...
A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I'm a woman," she told him."I don't understand," he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will." Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?""All women cry for no reason," was all his dad could say. The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry. Finally he put in a call to God.When God got on the phone, he asked, "God, why do women cry so easily?" God said: "When I made the woman she had to be special. I made
her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort. I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children. I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining. I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly. I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart. I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her
strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly. And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed." "You see my son," said God, "the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, orthe way she combs her hair.The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides."Please send this to all the beautiful women you knowtoday in celebration of Women's History Month. If you do, something good will happen - You will boost another woman's self-esteem!
> > >Have a great day!!

Instead of posting here and it going to another page... I am going to start our next thread. So do not post here....instead come and join us at 300+ ...#160.
See you all there. :wave: