Meshell - I think its great that your DH wants to join WW with you! My advice is this: Don't think of this as a diet! Because in reality WW is really just a lifestyle. A healthy one! When you say diet that is like something you go on and off. But with WW its a healthy lifestyle you should follow for life. Just my 2 cents!! And good luck to your son with his surgery.

Gotta run girls...I just wanted to say all that to Meshell!! :)

Tara :D

P.S. Oh and Meshell are you drinking your water???

Meshell,

Which meeting are you going to on Saturday?? I will be going to the one at 10AM. I can't go on Friday beings hubby is on 1st shift this week. I have sorta cheated and weighed myself and it showed a half pound loss....I joined the gym too.. :) I am taking it easy to make sure I do not get too sore... I think that is building muscle which weighs more than fat. But any loss is good!! :)

I have been doing pretty good staying OP. Hubby wanted Old Hickory Stick tonight but I chose to get something from the chinese place...chicken and broccoli..and hot n sour soup...both 2 points per serving. I still love this eating change...it is not even like a diet..since you can have all the foods you really want ..just watch portions and count those points. I just keep picturing myself once I lose this weight and how much better I will feel without all the pain and tiredness!

Pie Crust
1 Point Per 1/6 of Pie crust

3/4 cup flour
3 tablespoons soft, whipped diet margarine -- tub
style
2 tablespoons powdered sugar

Spray 9" pie plate with Pam. Mix crust ingredients
with a fork and press into prepared pie plate.
Bake crust at 350º until golden brown for 10-14
minutes. Cool crust 10-15 minutes before filling.
Serving size: 1/6 of piecrust, 1 point


Thought this sounded pretty good! I have not tried it yet though.

Been in the yard so I hurt big time! So much to do in the early days of spring!

Tara,

You are still my biggest encourager when it comes to me and that water. Thank you so much! I have been drinking *some* water, which is better than none, but not nearly enough. According to my scale at home, I will show a gain at my meeting this morning. :-( Maybe that will be enough to get me to drink more water...lol. My daughter is going to my meeting with me and then we are going out to lunch.

Teresa,

I will see you at the meeting. Amanda laughed at me when I suggested the 8:30 meeting. She said I should know that she won't get up that early. LOL

Meshell

Good morning everyone. I have a question... does decaf tea, unsweetened, count as water? I found this great strawberry decaf tea to brew. Thanks, Judy

Judy, yes it does count as water...you can use decaf tea, coffee, clear juice as half of your daily water! Where did you find the strawberry?

I have bought some kiwi strawberry tea...decaf. I do have to sweeten with some honey though...haven't gotten to the point where I can drink it without sweetening. I can't drink iced tea anymore since hubby likes it loaded with sugar. It is way too sweet for me.

Meshell,
Drink a cup of water..NOW>>>LOL...put down that diet DP for an hour today. :) You need a timer and maybe every 3 or 4 hours drink a cup of water...with a straw...(goes down faster). LOL...helping you where I can!! LOL.

Talk to yall later.

HI everyone. I hope you are enjoying this wonderful weekend.

Pamela, how's the new house? Take pics!

Bren, how's Janessa? You are losing so much weight.. good for you! You look great.

Tara... thanks for the newsletter? I really appreciate your doing that for us.

Twotee (I love that nickname), does that tea you talked about come in cans with 50 tea bags? I think I might have seen it and want to try it.

Michelle, thanks for telling me I can use it for half my water. Only half, huh? Have you tried that new Minute Maid lemondade.. zero points?

Candice, that pie crust sounds easy. I think I'll try it soon.

Meshell, it must be easier to have hubby do the program with you. Good luck with the surgery Tuesday.

Julie, my son is also having his wisdom teeth removed on May 29th. He does like awaken from sedation well and I expect a long day. I hope your daughter does well.

Talk to you soon. Judy

The tea I have is by Celestial Seasonings. I can't remember how much it cost but I did not want to buy a whole lot since I wasn't sure I could drink it. They have lots of flavors.

Hi everyone,
What a beautiful weekend this is turning out to be. The weather sure in wonderful!

My husband has our son's race car just about done. Now it is mostly cosmetic stuff that has to be done.

About things that count for water, anything you can find that is 5 calories or less per serving can be considered a water. Drinking regular water is really the best.

About Meghan's oral surgery, we are going to cancel it for that day, it is the last day of school and also Matthew will be racing and she hates to miss a race. This time, I'm going to be smart.....I'm scheduling her so that daddy has to take her;)

Have a great day everyone.

Julie

Made a WW Pecan Pie with Phyllo Dough and it was wonderful and very easy to make but 6pts and I had 2 pieces cause they are tiny (eighth of a pie). Still OP..thanks to some banked points!

http://www.myalgia.com/connie2.htm ( breating techniques) They do not work for me..I wish they did..have tried for years!!!

Oh that pecan pie sounds so gooood. Just not sure I would spend the points on it. That is one of my red light foods and I know (for certain) that I would eat the whole thing, can you imagine the points for that:o

It is Monday, the start to a new week. Hope you are all doing well and have your meals pre-planned.

Have a good one.

Julie

Teresa,

Thanks! :-) I am starting to drink more water. For several different reasons, I decided not to attend the meetings. I wanted to go long enough to get the new materials and see how the program had changed since I was on it before. I will depend a lot on you guys for support. :-)

Tomorrow is my son's surgery. We have to be there at 8:45am. I will check back in again when I can.

Meshell

I looked forward to being at some of our meetings together :(

That is ok I will keep you posted of any new recipes or the info they put out OK :)

Glad you are doing better with your water.
I will be praying for Bryan through his surgery and afterward.


I have done OK today but Saturday and Sunday were rough!! Birthday parties on Saturday but only went over on points by 2. Yesterday I had pizza and still was OK with my points but I did not want to break down and eat that sort of food now. I am trying my best to cut out all the "junk".

Hi and happy hump day!

Meshell, I will certainly be thinking of you and your son, hope all goes well with the surgery.

Has anyone gone to their WW meeting this week? I think that this self-esteem topic is just wonderful. The members seems to really want more meetings like this one. It can get very deep at times but we all need that sometimes.

Hope you all have a on points day, remember, this is life, we just want to learn how to celebrate and still learn to lose/maintain our life. There will always be a celebration going on and we just need to learn to get a handle on it.

Have a great day.

Julie

People always ask " How do you succeed?" Simply put " I chose not to fail." by Xermona Clayton