300+ Support Group-American Beauties-The month of Of APRIL

[MissBeth]

Zer - Try that Oopsie with a little Davinci's syrup; it can really help the sweet craving. The Oopsies have more of a light/airy pancake consistency, not at all like a hard meringue. Made a fresh batch tonight and had one with a little bit of cream cheese on it, 15 sec. in the microwave to melt the cream cheese, then sprinkled a little bit of cinnamon and splenda.

[behind_the_mask]

Originally Posted by Zer

These decisions are usually made from a sketch, I think, so no one can know if a dress style will suit a variety of figures - until the dress arrives and is put on.

It's a good style, a classic dress. I can see you enjoying this at formal affairs and having it taken in as you slim down. It's nice to have a gown you can pull out and dress up in, for date nights and cruises and such. Yes, I can see this dress as a great asset for years to come - and there are a lot of bridesmaid dresses that I'm sure never get worn a 2d time. This is a classic cut. Nice.

Just wants a bit of coverage. I'm almost thinking what fun a huge feathery boa would be. Can you imagine that? Not for a wedding, but someday, just for fun.

LOL!!! Zer, my friend Amy and I had the SAME idea! She's also a bridesmaid in this wedding (and is one of the bigger girls too) and we've already decided to get some huge feather boas and have a girls night out on the town somewhere fun!!!

[behind_the_mask]

Originally Posted by **Lola**

Okay, what do the oopsies taste like? Do they taste bready? Or do they taste more like meringue?

Lola~ I LOVE oopsies!!! I eat them alone as a grab and go breakfast, I make sandwiches on them to pack for lunch (usually turkey, mayo and mustard), you can use them as mini pizza crusts (although I find they get a bit soggy in the microwave), and as hamburger buns! They are super YUMMY and induction friendly! JUST TRY 'EM!!!

[Zer]

Tomorrow morn is a weigh day for me and I'm hopeful that it will be a RED LETTER DAY as I post my weekly weight in my datebook to encourage me as I wend my way to THREE-dom. A week or so ago, I glimpsed 412 (briefly) as a slew of numbers flashed on my talking scale and it settled at 413.2 (3/26) for what was to be a momentary dip. Went back up a few pounds just days later.

So it goes. Weight fluctuates, just as the stock market dips and dives. Sigh.

I'm up and full of 40g of protein in my morning's hot slosh, thinking today is a good day to undo my bed and remake it from scratch after washing/fluffing the bedding. Nice to crawl into a freshly made bed. We'll see how that goes, as I collect bedding and hit the laundry room in time to claim both washers at once.

What's on YOUR agenda for this Friday morn? Got plans? Got LC food fixed for a successful day? I'm going to fix another eggy salad, as I had some tasty and provocative meals using my new array of Mrs.Dash's seasonings. Chipotle is a hoot - hot and spicy! I still like the Original mix best, I think. Anyway, it jazzes up a simple eggy-mayo salad nicely.

After reading the thread on eggs as a source of Vit.A&D, I am more eager to find a source of organic eggs from chickens who roam free, scratching up wildlife as they live in sunshine and lay eggs full of nutrients that my body can make good use of. Must be someplace I can find organic eggs for sale, with golden tasty yolks unlike the pale-yolk eggs I've been eating for years.

[Zer]

Originally Posted by Hot Tamale

I was just looking...its 4/3 and we have SIX pages of posts... If we aren't careful people will stop checking in. Might seem a bit daunting...

Maybe quoting a prior post in full is gobbling up a lot of space that might be consuming pages - so it LOOKS as if there's a lot to read when in fact most of a post is quoted material, with a line or two of new stuff from someone posting in a hurry? Take time to edit a prior post. Save space.

[Zer]

Originally Posted by Hot Tamale

Thanks, Amm, Just spent 5 minutes on the site looking for a dress I might like. Only found 2 or 3 - just WON'T show my upper arms!

I've noticed that Oprah's gowns cover her upper arms, even as her shoulders are left bare. She's lost a lot of weight but probably still has an upper-arm issue. Notice how her gowns manage to cover that area nicely. We do not have to settle for exposing jiggly bits to public view if we plan to find clothes that fit our needs. I'm creating a scrapbook of images that I like, for a haircut and for garments that I think I'd like to have in my wardrobe someday. Just pull pix from magazines and catalogs as an incentive for shopping when I can actually pick and choose from a rack of clothes. That will be a first for me, after a lifetime of taking anything that would 'fit' (cover my body). Someday!!!

[magickal1]

gm everyone ! congrates on the losses and the rum cake sounds yummy - still no loss for me in a few days so im cyclin into atkins today just addin a few green veggies with lean meat then i go back to stillmans and see what happends ...

[debkeversole]

Originally Posted by Zer

Originally Posted by Hot Tamale View Post
I was just looking...its 4/3 and we have SIX pages of posts... If we aren't careful people will stop checking in. Might seem a bit daunting....

i can break it down to a bi-monthly or weekly thread if you guys like....when i joined it was a Daily thread!
storming here and pouring the rain...I'm soaked!

[swisspeqch]

It finally happened. That scale went to 301. I guess I knew it was that high because at the doctor's office it was always higher. Denial is a wonderful thing. I am trying again. Lost 60 pounds on Atkins 5 years ago and was looking at going under 200 for the first time in 20 some years! Gained it all back PLUS. Lost 30 last year and gained it all back. So tired of being tired and having my feet hurt and my back hurt etc. Shopping carts make wonderful walkers! Somewhere in here I have a medium sized woman who wants to get out. Who wants to hike and play badminton with her grandson without getting out of breath in 30 seconds. It helps to see that there are others who are not giving up.

[gettinserious]

Shirl- We have all been there. I am there + 50 lbs! Working on it though. As long as you don't give up you can never fail.

[debkeversole]

swisspeqch! i am glad you chose us for one of your first post on this board! nice to meet you!

[Doing this Again]

Sleep is a real issue for me. I've had bouts of insomnia even when I was a little kid. My first few weeks back on LC were great night's of sleep. Just totally unconscious, and waking up feeling like I had actually had a great night's sleep for a change. The first few weeks working out helped too.

Ever since the time change I just haven't adjusted. I haven't been sleeping as heavily. I wake up before my alarm a LOT, then falling back asleep to be woken by it again feeling like I only had a short nap. There’s trouble falling asleep in the first place too. I don't understand it! I've even cut my caffeine from 2 cups of coffee a day to just one, and cut out any caffeine from soda all together.

Plus I’ve been having these weird dreams about cheating from LC. It’s weird b/c I’m not really having huge cravings when I’m awake. When I have gone off plan it’s been mostly about convenience for eating in a restaurant or with a large group w/o making everyone cater to my LC plan. And even that has been rare! The part of the dream where I cheat is not so vivid; it’s just like a dream about life before I was strict about LC. Like a normal dream about everyday life when you were a kid or something. Then, I think I start to wake up, and realize that I’m supposed to be LCing, and the feeling of regret that I blew it is VERY vivid.

The images or sensations of the taste of the bad food aren’t as vivid. And there isn’t really guilt as such. It’s really deep regret. Like I know it was a dream and don’t beat myself up about it, but I really wish that it hadn’t happened. That’s all while I’m still semi asleep and don’t realize that dream cheating doesn’t actually throw me off LC.

Anyway – I’m leaving for Phoenix tomorrow. Probably leaving here in like an hour to run around picking up dry cleaning to pack and trying to squeeze all my weekend errands into this afternoon. I’m bringing my laptop though, so given hotel internet access I’ll be in touch from there.

[Zer]

I've had some guilty dreams, about 'forgetting' I was eating LC and slipping into old habits. Wake with the worst feeling of disappointment in myself. Awful to think of how guilty a dream of eating carby stuff can make me feel, before I'm awake enough to know that I'm in my bed and not stuffing myself at one of the all-you-can-eat places that I went on my prior life, when I hung out with folks who spent a LOT of time eating. We'd get plate after plate. Hard to believe it, now that I am using a saucer as my main plate. Nothing good about dreams like that - nothing good EXCEPT waking to find myself SURE that I shall not ever again be piling a plate high with anything but salmon at a buffet table.

Last time I visited a buffet table, there was several salmon dishes to choose from. I chose some from each of the array. Felt like a pig in warm mud, so happy was I at finding so many salmons to pick from. There was also a lot of shellfish like mussels and stuff, but that is foreign to my tastebuds, so I passed on that and just ate salmon. Golly, that was a great meal!

[Zer]

Originally Posted by swisspeqch

Somewhere in here I have a medium sized woman who wants to get out. Who wants to hike and play badminton with her grandson without getting out of breath in 30 seconds. It helps to see that there are others who are not giving up.

Oh, Shirl, what a wonderful way to see yourself, as "a medium-sized woman who wants to get out" of a big body!

I'm going to try to think of myself that way, to welcome the changes that I see in the mirror (and in the shower) as I view a body that has been over 400# for more than half of my 64yrs. I want to feel good about my emerging body - not scared at how vulnerable/lost I felt when I weighed under 200# in my late 20s.

[Hot Tamale]

welcome, shirl - trust me, we've all been there - and I'm still there in many respects.
This site helps so much - and this thread is a winner. You CAN do it!!!

[behind_the_mask]

SHIRL!!! This is a GREAT thread... I hope you stick with us!!!

Fridays are my official weigh in day because of a challenge that I'm in... and today I'm down 2.5 lbs to 342.0! I'm so glad it's a loss, but I have to admit that I've continued to be so good at staying on plan and excercising that I would really love to see a whoosh! One step at a time... there's not much more that I think I can do to speed up this process. I'm still watching my sodium (cut out pepperoni, changed all seasonings to Mrs. Dash, etc.), not having lc tortillas, drinking my water goal every day, not having more than 3 ounces of cheese or cream/day, working out about 5 days/week... what else is there!? SO, I guess that means I just need to have patience and wait to see the rewards!

Good luck to all of you on this journey!

Today's Menu:
B- turkey on oopsies (4)
L- grilled chicken (2)
S- sf jello w/cream (2)
D- something OP at The Cheesecake Factory???
TOTAL=8+dinner/8 glasses of water
(maybe walking to park later... but gross weather here!)

[alaskanlaughter]

yay i weighed myself this morning and another pound and a quarter gone woohoo....i think i'm getting into the rhythm of things for me here...i have a lowcarb mocha for breakfast...which the gal at the stand says is only 10 carbs cuz i get the smallest size dunno if i believe that or not lol...i have a lowcarb snack after my morning work shift, then i drink 24 ounces before i allow myself lunch...then i have a lowcarb lunch, then i drink 24 ounces before i get home from afternoon work shift.....im doing WAY better at snacktime with my school kids and if i eat, its just a bite or two, which is my compromise so i dont forbid it and then binge out later....then i have a lowcarb snack when i get home from work and a very little dinner and i try to drink a few more ounces of water before i head to bed....so this works for me and as i go along, i will try to cut more carbs down but at least this is keeping me stable and NOT BINGING LOL

[behind_the_mask]

Oh... and I've also had dreams of cheating, even when I really don't feel very tempted in real life. One dream that I remember was that I was at a social gathering with my husband and he really wanted to have a cinamon roll, but he didn't want to feel guilty about eating it in front of me, so he asked if we could split it. I felt guilty already, but I saw that they were really tiny, so I agreed. Well, when he brought back the cinamon roll is was HUGE, like the size of a large dinner plate and oozing with frosting! DH said I had promised to split it, so I ate it! I woke up feeling so guilty AND mad at my hubby, who would never do that in real life... he's so supportive of me eating low carb! Dreams are funny things!

[magickal1]

Hi everybody i re weighed myself and i am down 3 pounds guess i had to give it some time this morning to register and i am claiming it !!! so im down a total of 101 pounds im alot happier too btw the scale dictates my moods ........OH the dreams of cheating been there hate when that happends , but at least i got to eat something good in mine and not in reality win win situation..... so now my next goal is to get out the 300's got 21 pounds to go - I can do itttttttttttttttttttt!!!!!!
I love coming here to read , this is the best place for me i get to see all your successes and get the extra motivation i so desperatly need .....

what ive eating today so far
2 chicken thighs [ yummmmmmmmmm]
1 cup of coffee with splenda

was going to cycle into atkins today but now not sure cuz i love to lose hehehehe but i think maybe i should for 2 days to refeed my body so i can start losing more again wat u think? any advise is welcome i really dont wanna gain ujust shae up things so i can start to lose again on stillmans - even tho i do have a frsh carton of strawberries in the fridge my dad bought me and they look so good , but the scale going down looks better.

[Zer]

Originally Posted by magickal1

... i am down 3 pounds... so im down a total of 101 pounds.... my next goal is to get out the 300's... got 21 pounds to go...

... i do have a frsh carton of strawberries in the fridge my dad bought me and they look so good , but the scale going down looks better.

Oh, listen to you weigh the prospect of eating versus the BETTER prospect of seeing a loss as you find your way to TWOterVille. Good for you!

[Zer]

Originally Posted by behind_the_mask

...today I'm down 2.5 lbs to 342.0!

Sounds like a solid loss, one you can build on. Great work!

[Hot Tamale]

I considered putting this out on the lounge board, but I don't just want everyone thinking badly of me... I am not at all happy with my kids right now. I am very stressed and angry at all 3 of them. I took them to the doctor today. DS4 was AWFUL - non-compliant and a little brat. He was not listening to anyone - left the room and I had to pick him up and carry him back to the office. Then he cried and screamed and was just a total mess. The doctor talked to me about "being stern" and "following through." Yeah. I know this stuff. I have been a teacher for forever and a mom for a while, too...

So, then, we did NOT go to chick-fil-a like DS4 wanted. He was mad. It was bad. DS has a developmental delay and doesn't quite grasp things like he should...

Fast forward, and over a bunch of crap... I'm super stressed. All they do is ask for stuff at stores - something small is hardly ever enough. They constantly need to be prodded to do even the smallest tasks... I have been very stressed over my national certification work - the very few private moments I get go to that. This week was spring break and all I've done is clean up after puking, pooping, whining, crying, complaining, take-me-for-granted kids.

I tried, just a few minutes ago, to sneak out and go to Walmart while DH watched them. Swear to Jesus if they can't hear the door click from a 1/2 mile away. They come running to the front window before I can even get to the van SCREAMING at the top of their lungs, tears running down their faces. I gave up. I came back in, threw my keys and purse and just went and sobbed in a chair. I can't even go to GD Walmart for an hour of silence - not even to buy stupid groceries.

So here I am. You can't imagine how much I'd love to pig out right now - or maybe some of you can, which is why I am here. I just can't, you know? I think I will go make a 1 minute muffin and whip up the last of my cream for it. I'm just at the end of my rope with them - and what will I do this summer when I am with them for TEN WEEKS!?!?!?!?!? I gotta do something - and I ain't calling no nanny 911... AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! !