Kim, buffalo burgers are really good! They are way less fatty! B/c of this they can get a little dry if you aren't paying attention to your cooking. We get the meat ground & then make it into burgers etc ourselves so you can compensate forthe dryness. When you brown it there is zero fat to drain from the pan! Its so great :) Hope your motivation carries your through the weekend! Your lunch sounds tasty. I still haven't eaten mine so I suppose I should go do that! Talk to you later.

Rina - I'm envious of your massage. Hope you have time for the yardwork - I find yardwork very relaxing.

Kim - you always get to do such interesting things when researching stories. I love hearing about your work.

Not that you all aren't awesome company, but has anyone heard from Jayne, Belle or Jess? I can't remember seeing much of Jayne or Belle since their miscarriages and Jess seems to have dropped away in the middle of a boy crisis. I hope they are all O.K.

Laura

Ok OK I have to post this cause I am in shock! I emailed a friend I hadn't talked to in a while. When I was in college I interned somewhere and she worked there too. I got laid off from that internship in Sept. of 2001 and she is still there.

SO, I email her and say whats up. She emails me back and tells me that:
1. her and her boyfriend are getting married in june
2. she got laid off and her last day is next tuesday
AND
3. she is 5 months pregnant!!!!!!!!!!!

After I got the email I called her right away. I am so happy for her. She is older than me (I'm 22 she is 33) and didn't really want kids but her boyfriend did so she started to toss around the idea. But she said they were planning the wedding when she found out she was pregnant! The pregnancy wasn't planned but it turns out she is really happy about it. They live about 2.5 hours away from me and are going on their honeymoon next week so she can fly and stuff so when they get back I'm going to go visit them for a weekend.

I'm psyched! And I'm still in shock and I just have to tell people because I'm really really happy for her :)

Hey all!
 

Hi everyone! It's me, Super Lurker, stopping in to post for a few minutes....

Eating has been terrible, still haven't done much of anything about the boy situation, except spending less time with each of them. I've been stamping up a storm, working my a** off at work, and actually really enjoying myself. :)

ModLori--I'm sorry to hear that ED is flaring it's ugly head again. You know, if you're ever feeling like maybe it's going to act up, you could give me a call. I'd be happy to give you all of my phone numbers and we could just gab to maybe take your mind off it. It sounds like you're frustrated with what you're eating, I get the same way from time to time. There's a really great cookbook that I need to get from Oxmoor House (their website is www.oxmoorhouse.com) and the name of it is The Five Ingredient, Fifteen Minute Cookbook. Maybe that would help you out, it seemed to have some really good recipes when I looked through it. I can also suggest some "home-cooked" quickie meals (aka microwave meals), if you'd like.

Laura--I have to work tomorrow, too. It really kind of makes the weekend not as good... I'm like you, I really have to get going on the working out. I just don't understand where all of that motivation I had last year has gone... :( And you're totally right about us putting ourselves in last place on the priority list instead of in first place, where we really should be. Maybe we should do a Put Me First Challenge and that would help us keep our commitments to ourselves a little better.

Speaking of challenges, I just got a great idea for a challenge. I'll start it on Monday, but post info on it today. I hope you guys like it!

Kirsty--Hey stranger, long time no see (not that I have any room to talk, I've been lurking). That's awesome that you've been doing all that running! And I'm super-jealous about St. Tropez! Your life is SO glamorous, Kirsty!!

I, too, am a diet soda addict. Anything diet is fine with me, for the most part... Last night, my sister and I were talking about diet sodas and she said they're all very bad for us. They contain phenolalanine or something like that and it's really bad for us. Perhaps Dr. Lori could tell us why, I don't remember what my sister said.

LoriD--I'm mortified for you! But, like you said, the cultivation of a new life IS a beautiful thing, so be proud of what you showed off!

Jen--I can't believe you're already getting so close, it seems like just yesterday you announced to us that you were PG. I'm getting excited and I'm sure you are too!

Rina--Oohhhh, a massage, I'd just love that... Sounds like you have a busy weekend planned, have fun enjoying the beautiful weather.

Kim--OH! A new haircut! How exciting, it sound super-pretty. Definitely post a picture when you get one, I'm sure we'd all love to see it!

OK, I gotta get this posted, it's becoming a novel... :) Hope you all have a fabulous weekend!!

I was posting while Laura posted about me being MIA. I'm sorry to have worried you, I've just been lurking because I don't have much to say... OK, I gotta get back to work now.

hi everyone. this is my first post to 3fatchicks. i'm kristen, 25... live north of boston. i started weight watchers last month and have lost 13.4 pounds so far! i enjoy it so far, but i do have my tendencies, especially when i go out to eat. it's hard to track everything. so far everyone has been overly supportive on my weightloss. it's really nice just to meet people that are going through the same struggles. i hope to make some new friends on here. have a nice weekend.