Okay---we have a chatters thread this week.

Does everyone have great plans for the weekend????
I would love to just stay in bed all tomorrow morning and then go to IHOP for a big stack of pancakes, and then have a Subway sandwich, & top that off with some seafood tomorrow night. Does anyone think I'm hungry?

Tomorrow, my sister and I have to box up and/or throw away things at Mother's. The closing date of the sale of the house is Feb. 28. That's getting so close. There's still so much in the house. It won't be a pleasant time.
However, my week at work was great. That's a bright spot. Also, I lost that pound!!!!

Everyone post and then have a great weekend.
Tina

Tina, your Saturday "dream" sounds wonderful! Pancakes, subway, and seafood. Heavenly!!!

No big plans for the weekend. Basketball game tomorrow night. Need to go shopping for a b-day gift for my nephew, new shoes for me, and whatever else I can think of.

Tina, did you and your sister get everything accomplished that you wanted to over the weekend? It is always tough to do what you had to do.

I know when my brothers and I worked on things, there were lots of memories, laughter, and some tears. Hope things went well for you.

Tammy. do you get the feeling that we're the only people here???

Yes, we got a whole lot accomplished. In fact, several people showed up (our son & her two sons + 3 grandchildren). There were some tears but we tried to stay busy. The garage/estate sale will be this Fri. and Sat. I hope we sell alot. One of my nephews and his wife hold garage sales all the time and will be incharge of it.

I'm going to drink water all day today because I feel so bloated. Yuk

Hope everyone is doing well.

Tammy, how is Tim? What kind of sports is he playing right now?

Yes, I do feel like it's just the two of us!

Good luck with your sale. Believe me, I know how hard it is and what you are going through right now. Thoughts and prayers are with you.

Tim is great! Basketball season is winding down. He is a manager for the 7th grade team. They play their first tournament game on Thursday night. The team they are playing beat them during the regular season, so it should be an exciting game. Hope it isn't their only one!

Tim sent a rose to his friend Emily. The shop was supposed to deliver it today after school. The middle school does carnations that will be delivered at school tomorrow. Tim thought they were ugly last year, and he wanted to do something different for Emily. Hope she was surprised and excited! They have been an unofficial item for about a year now.

Still no house sales for Bob. I think that is part of the reason I have felt so stressed lately and can't kick this cold. I've been on different meds and still have it, so I think it's stress related.

Take care, drink water, exercise, and eat light!!

Hi Tina!

I decided to check in here, since you invited me!

I did ok today, except for the stupid rice, I ate about 3 points over the top today. I drank a lot of water though.

Tina, forgive me for presuming, but did you lose your mother recently? I was reading this thread and I thought......

Cindy

Everyone, give a big WELCOME to TexasMom, Cindy!!!!!!
We are soooo happy you are here.
We really do have more members. Sometimes it's not easy to post when the pounds aren't coming off.
Cindy, you are doing great! I believe that drinking that yucky water and journaling are important keys to weight loss.

Regarding my mother, she had a massive stroke last May 31. She's in an assisted living apt. now & will never be able to live alone. Unfortunately that means we must sell "our" home and use the money. Thank you for caring enough to ask.

Okay everyone who's out there reading.....come on and reply. Give Cindy a warm welcome.

Tina

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Good Morning Tina!

Happy Valentine's Day! I'm already trying to think of what to make for dinner. Is that obsessing? I just know myself and I do much better when it's already planned out. My husband makes fun of me because I'm ALWAYS making lists. How bad is ham for you? That's all I have to work with for dinner until I get to the store. Hmmm I'm sure I'll find something wonderful and low points.

This morning I realized that my typical breakfast is at least 7 points. I say at least because today's the first day I've actually measured it, and I usually eat about half again as much as I did today! So, any tips for a mid range ( about 5 or so) breakfast? Man, I've got to learn to like skim milk.......

Tina, I'm so sorry about your mother's illness. I went through something very similar with my mom. I know your pain, hun. And I'll be praying for you and your family. I know firsthand how difficult the things are that you are dealing with right now.

Well, my son and my cousin's daughter are laying down for naps right now so I better get some stuff done! They BOTH like to climb into the dishwasher so needless to say I don't empty it while they are awake! Later, gators!
Cindy

Afternoon All,
Cindy, what do you usually eat for breakfast??? Do you like yogurt?
If you are not using reduced calorie bread, start now! One slice is only 1/2 pt.
I don't eat much breakfast because I don't have time. Yogurt and hot tea is one breakfast. A slice of reduced cal. toast and a banana or cereal, banana and 1 cup of skim milk is another.

Everyone - what do you eat in the mornings?

Tina, the 7 point breakfast I had was one cup of raisin bran and one cup of 2% milk.

Yogurt's ok, not my favorite but I can eat it a couple of times a week.

I think I'll look around here and read my ww information and come up with my own list of nice reasonable breakfasts, lunches and dinners that way I won't be surprised anymore.
Dang. The best laid plans..... DH invited me spur of the moment to have lunch with him, so I did. At a chinese place. UGH. I did really well with my portions, but veggie lo-mein and a couple of small pieces of sweet and sour chicken will probably be 900 points, I haven't looked yet. http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//sick.gif Good thing I have plenty of vegetables and fat free italian dressing, it's salad time for dinner tonight! I can't believe it. Day two and I'm already eating tomorrow's points. I have some adjusting to do. I haven't learned the exercise=earning more points thing yet, maybe I'll walk more tonight to make some of it up.

How's your day going, Tina?

Welcome to the thread Cindy!!!! Great to have you aboard!

Breakfast for me lately has been a can of pop! I really haven't been hungry, so I haven't been eating. Most of the time I have a slice of toast and some yogurt. Sometimes a bowl of cereal. Every now and then I'll splurge and have a donut.

I have been doing so good on food lately, it is scary! I hope the pounds start coming off faster. I guess going down at any speed is better than not losing (or gaining).

We have a 4-day weekend!! Since President's Day is Monday, we also are off on Friday for a mini-break. Looking forward to it, but I'm sure we'll be busy. We always are.

The rose for Emily was a hit. Tim said that some of the girls came up to him at school and told him how neat they thought it was that he had sent a rose to Emily. Apparently she had told them on the bus that goes out to the middle school.

He said she thanked him more than once at school, then after school she thanked him again while I was standing with him. She said that she thought it was very sweet. Young romance!

Good luck at weigh in everyone.

Happy Weigh-In day for Thursday people--
Tammy, it does sound like Tim made a hit with Emily. that was very sweet.
A can of pop??? I've done that before.

Cindy, salad suppers are yucky to me.
You are right to read your WW stuff. Be sure to make the 0 pt. vegetable soup. You can vary ingredients if you don't like one thing. Just make sure the amt of a veggie equals 0. It's very good (even in our weather) and lets you save your pts for another meal.

Cindy, where exactly do you live??? You said it was near Houston.

I'm going to start the Weigh In thread now. Hopefully, more of our group will sign in.

Tina

Good Morning!

Tammy, how old is your son? He sounds very romantic! That's great that it went over so well. I'd *love* to have a can of "pop" ( by the way, where the heck to you live, that you have to drink "pop"!??!) but that's one of my new year's resolutions is to cut waaaay back on that. I was drinking entirely too much of it every day. Now I don't even bring it home.

Tina, I didn't have the salad for dinner. We ended up going out AGAIN, this time to a mexican food place by our house. I ordered tortilla soup, but it was a really small serving, and I was sooo hungry I ended up helping my 5 year old finish his dinner. I learned a lesson, though, it's better to order what I want ( It was between a half order of nachos or the soup) and go over by a couple of points than order something I don't like and end up eating everything left on the table. I bet I went over 10 points by doing that. It was the first time I had their soup and it was gross. I'm starting to realize that it's not as much the quantity of the food, as the quaility. I eat waaay too much fatty stuff. I just never realized. Well, today is going to be a perfect day! I already have it all planned out so no surprises and no slipping. I have a trip to Disney to look wonderful and feel wonderful and have energy for!!!!!


By the way, Tina, I live in Friendswood. Where are you?

Hi group. Welcome Cindy!

I havent posted much lately, as I've been recovering from surgery, and its hard to move around, or type *S* but its improving.

Hope everyone had a good Valentine's Day. I didnt get anything from my guy friend in Cali, not even an email which made me rather disappointed. But life goes on, at least I didnt get a box of chocolates huh

Have a good day all.
Dee