Punkin ~ Sounds like you and I had the same kind of day yesterday.... Today was my day 1 also... I am excited, I have done really well today except with my coffee :( I have gotten in almost all of my water already, I am at about half of my calories and I have walked 3 miles and laid in the sun for 3 hours :)... I figured it I made myself stay out of the house I might actually study and it worked :) go figure.... no distractions!

I still have several hours of studying to do so I had better get at it !


Amy

Hello again, ages and ages since I was here last. All is well, eating like crazy but still walking and biking a lot. Busy this summer with the kids, swimming lessons and stuff... I'm lucky if I get near the computer. I'm burnt out completely with cooking, and only want to eat Singapore Noodle. All things spicy are attracting me... I'm about to go start cooking Spicy Black Bean soup.

B*B

Lamorgan...

Hello all :wave:

Moody today... don't know why, just feelin' kinda' poopy. It may just be that I'm coming off of all the stress I've been in the last 2 weeks with the fires and all... I don't know. This is going to be a "take care of Terri" weekend.

The tree cutting guy came out yesterday and it's going to cost me $1000 to get everything done I need to. I'm having him do half now and the other half later. First on the list is trimming some limbs away from my house! I was willing to pay a LOT to do that (and I guess I am!).

Eating is going ok. I over indulged in some french bread this morning. But, it is my last loaf, and I can only buy this stuff in CA. Since it looks like I'm postponing my California vacation I'll have a couple months without it! Probably a good thing....

Amyjo - Congrats on your recommitment too! So far so good here too... Study hard!

Lamorgan - It's so good to see you! Spicey black bean soup sounds goooooood.... It sounds like you're getting in your exercise too! If it would just cool down around here I'd start walking again... well, tonight, washing my car is my activity - it still has the California bugs on it from 4 weeks ago! :p

That's it for now, gottsta' work!

Terri

Walking and biking keeps me sane.

I am suffering cooking burnout and am so bored with the entire process... I wish I could just open my fridge and have instant food waiting to be eaten.

Torture.

L

LaMorgan- I completely hear you! When I am OP I obsess over food. Someday it would be nice just to open the fridge and grab the first thing that looks good. Not worrying if it is good for me. If a food fairy happened to cook a few meals every now and then, that would be a blessing too! Then I would have nothing to think about. Only a few times in my life can I remember when I haven't obsessed about food and only ate when I was starving and stopped after a few bites, because I wasn't hungry anymore. Of the times I remember, I was obsesssing over something else at the time! :)

I stopped by TGI yesterday and refilled out an application. I do want to start my own business but I also want to be able to pay my electric bill. It was 212$ this month. My boss just won a million dollars last week by winning the Pillibury bake off. She gets her own cookbook and a spot on Oparah. She loves me too. :) She is back at work. She signed a 2 year contract and she isn't breaking it. Wow. She might be a co host of a cooking show next year. Maybe she'll need a assistant to help her organize it all when she retires from retail in a year. :)

I have the heaviest period this week. I accomplished very little yesterday. I stained the sheets last night and I had to wake up several times to prevent big accidents. Thank goodness it isn't like this all the time. I don't like taking hormones so I guess the trade off is a heavy period. My mom and sis are this way too. I wanted to start a new excersice program today but I have no energy. But I am going to try anyways. I started my day with a baked "energy bar". They are a bagel like thing with nuts, dates and dried fruit. I topped it with a smear of peanut butter and golden raisons. My beverage was V8 splash-raspberry lemonade. Now if I can handle lunch and dinner without sticking my hand in the cookies or chips we'll will be in business! ~flower

Hellooooo....

Just checkin' in. Feeling a bit blahhhh and my eating shows it. I know next week is going to be ugly, but I'm just not into it right now. I'm stressed and bummed about having to postpone my vacation and I'm eating it all.

I'm buying some wonderful bubble bath for my "leave me alone" weekend and my new goal will be taking a few breaths before inhaling whatEVER food seems to be passing my lips. I need to be more conscious instead of eating a meal and not being able to tell you what it even was.... Taking baby steps back in the right direction!

Have a great weekend everyone!!!

Terri

I have posted in the Alternachick forum (in Buddy Up) to ask opinions on a new Alternachick forum, which could also incorporate the Alternative Group here.

Please PM me with any input, good or bad :)

That forum sounds great to me, not so hard to find us alternative types then.... :)

I am so having a carb-binge. Noodles and bread, crackers and anything. My body physically calling for me to eat carbs.

And it's humid again, so I don't feel like cooking and I don't feel like salad... I feel like Singapore Noodle, and lots of it.

:(

The carb fest happened to me last week. I finally got a hold of myself. It wasn't pretty! I am going to Red Lobster in an hour and having the all you can eat snow crab legs. I promise to have water, 1 and only 1 biscuit, a salad-light on the dressing, no butter on the crab legs (that is the easy part, I like them plain), and no dessert. But I also vow to get my 20$ worth of crab legs. :) I will go easy on the protein the next 2 days! :) ~flower

yesterday did ok. Not great, but no noodles...

crab legs sound wonderful.....

L

Great news... the red paisly capri pants I bought last summer, FINALLY fit!!!! I am wearing them! I wish I hadn't eatten so many crab legs but I am not going to burst the seams or anything! They are a size 16. (mervyns) I am going out of town for a week, so see you all then! ~audri

Go Flower!!! That's great! I'm awaiting the day I can pull out those "some day" clothes.... I could go crazy on crab legs too! Yummmmm...

Lamorgan - Just say "no" to noodles :nono: This is your brain, this is your brain on noodles.... Don't ask me where I'm going with this. Well, actually, the reason I thought of that was that last night I totally dove head first off the wagon and into a huge bowl of ice cream (the "real" stuff). When I finished I felt drugged. WHY do I do this?? I donno'....

Praying for Friday... it's been a long week and it's only Wednesday. Saturday is my first 49er game of the new pre-season so I'm gonna be a happy girl. Other than that, I'm still eating so-so, started exercising though so that's good. Still watching plumes of smoke from local wildfires.... Winter can't come fast enough.

Terri

Hey everyone!

I wanted to let you know 3FC set up the "Alternachicks" forum under "General". It looks like a great bunch of people, more activity too!

Terri

Just say no is the thing to do... but food cravings aren't very practical, are they?? I say no, my brain sulks. But I'm determined not to eat noodles for at least today.

Another very sticky day, I'm so tired of sweating. I'm trying not to yearn for autumn, but in the back of my mind.....

:)

Lois

Hola All
I am not offically online yet just thought I would check in.. What is with the INTENSE QUIET??? Hope things get moving.. I will give you all the updated info in aboiut a week or so.. Not my computer so I dont have time but will be online OFFICALLY next monday..Miss you alll
Take Care Sheila