LC Our Way...April. No Fools for this one

[tryinitout]

Here is our new thread for April.
I am committed for APril. I'm so close to goal. I just want to lose this last bit.

Up a little from salty Egg drop soup That wedding is this weekend and i'm not where i wanted to be but still look good.

Join me for a Successful April.


We are a small but supportive group who do everything from Stillman's to No meat. Everybody is welcome. All you need to be is yourself

[Dakini]

Thanks for starting the thread this month, TIO! Just subscribing now.

[lil miss]

Saving my spot!

BBL

[adillenal]

Dak - I did try the Bread for Life Diet but since I am allergic to wheat I used an Ezekila bread. The health food store was out of it a lot so I ended up trying to bake some wheat free bread. Not so good. But it did work as long as I had the right bread but it did get old fast.

TIO - Thaks for starting the thread and I know you will look great at the wedding.

Hi to lilmiss and kritter.

I have beedn thinking that maybe the Vitamin D has affected my weight loss as well. Additional calcium is supposed to help with weightloss and since have not been absorbing it I have not seen the benefits.

Of to lunch. Am having a salad with olive oil, balsamic vinegar and tuna (not oil packed though) And I am going to go sit in the sun at our picnic table in the back that never gets used.

See ya.

[krittermom]

Hi Guys!

Feels like I've been away for ages. Thanks for starting the thread TIO!

Interesting about the Vit absorption issue. I have a book on vegan nutrition that lists various nutrients and then lists sources of the nutrients. What I like is that it will list the quantity of the nutrient, but then it says how much of the nutrient is actually absorbed.

So I had a delish lunch today. I topped a slice of toasted Ezekiel bread with pesto mayo, vegan cheese slice, sun-dried tomato paste and greens I sauteed in garlic and oil and sprinkled with quinoa. The greens are bitter and are really nicely offset with the pesto and tomato.

tio, did you get a new outfit for the wedding? That's always fun

[Dakini]

I made a wonderful soup yesterday, all kinds of veggies, leeks, potatoes, onions, canned whole tomatoes, cabbage, celery, all simmered then blended into a chunky soup. I had a small piece of smoked salmon & a endive salad with it. One of the ideas of the book I'm reading is to have a lot of variety at one time so you're eating small portions of a lot of different things, which is different than what I usually do. I've never bought endive before, it was pretty good!

Adi, that will teach me to laugh at a diet, I never would have guessed that someone could lose weight eating bread. I should try Ezekiel bread again, I remember really liking it.

Kritter, are you making fresh pesto mayo? I made a pesto that I added to butternut squash soup over the weekend that was so good, there's a girl that sells greenhouse tomatoes & basil at the farmers market that discounted her basil down to $2.50 a bunch, so I made a bunch of pesto.

TIO, I bet you are looking good! Didn't you lose 7 or 8 pounds just last month? That's pretty significant. I only lost 6 and I can feel the difference.

Lil Miss, have you started growing tomatoes already? I'm afraid to put any in just yet, anytime before Mothers Day can be pretty iffy here, we might get another freeze, who knows. The days have been really nice though, the poppies & lupine are blooming, in some areas the entire hillsides are covered with California poppies.

[tryinitout]

hey yall!
Dak- What does the Endive taste tlike? I always see it but i'm afraid to try it. The soup sounds good, i'm not an all veggie soup kind of person but as a side i think i'd like it. I lost 7 total. But as usual i'm still fluctuating every weekend. I'm goign back to Atkins induc after this weekend. My body needs veggies.

Adi- I hope i do look good. I go back to PA at the end of the month, I'm sure i will be a shock to all my old friends. I always feel better when I get more sun on me. I think i have seasonal depression though.

Kritter- Yes i got a ew dres, actually 2 new dresses. Still torn about which one to wear. One is slightly shorter than what i'm used to wearing. (always worn longer dresses to hide my fat knees) And I bought a cute pant suit just in case. It was funt though, ahopping for dresses in a whole new size!!! 14/16 feels so foregin to me

[Dakini]

TIO, I was expecting a bitter taste to the endive and I suppose you say it is bitter, much in the same way that lettuce is bitter, but the inner white leaves have a subtle sweetness to them that I found that I like. Worth a try, just to try a new vegetable!

Adi, are you still making yogurt? I ordered a starter off of Amazon, I want to try to make yogurt since I've begun eating it again. I have a Excelsior food dehydrator, so I should be able to keep it warm in that.

[krittermom]

adi, the soup sounds delish. I tend to do the same thing with eating one or two things for a few days. Except when I make salads - then I tend to add everything in at once. I want to try grilling endives. I saw someone do that recently. They sliced it in half and then laid both sides in a pan with oil and baked till they were nice and brown. Looked so good.

No, I buy pesto paste. And mix it with vegan mayo. It really brightens up whatever I put it on. I'm so jealous of your farmer's market!

tio, how exciting to buy those smaller sizes! We want to see a pic of you in the outfit you wear.

HI adi, lil miss. Hi Chantel, if you're lurking. Hope you and the family are all doing great!

Worked late, ate tons of salt and now I can't stop drinking. Hope my clothes fit tomorrow.

[lil miss]

am here

difficult day, exhausting

family coming tomorrow!

very excited!

[tryinitout]

hey all only a little loss. 4 oz

Adi- It looks like it would taste bitter i've seen it served in resturants grilled before but i've never tried it.

Kritter- Oh i'm definetly posting a pic. I haven't taking a pic in a dress since, maybe my sisters wedding in 2003!

Lil- hope you are doing better today with family coming. Enjoy them and yourself.

Hey- Dak and Chantel if your out there somewhere.

[krittermom]

Hi guys,

I can't wait to see your new pic tio!

I bought the book "skinny ******" today. It's a NY times bestseller about eating Vegan. Should be a fun, easy read. I need fluff reading

Have fun with your company lil miss. I'm such a miserable person and am so used to having a lot of alone time, I just hate having company.

[LoraJR72]

X marks the spot!

Hiya Lil Miss!

Long time no see!

[Dakini]

Hey guys,

Dak is the one in California, Adi's in Texas! I'm betting I'm a lot taller than Adi too, 5'11" though I know TIO is taller than me. You're going to make me post a picture so you'll keep us straight.

I've read that if you grill endive it will bring out more of its sweetness. I want to try that this summer, I've heard if you grill fruit it does the same thing, grilled pineapple with black pepper & peaches with lemon thyme!

[Dakini]

Originally Posted by LoraJR72

X marks the spot!

Hiya Lil Miss!

Long time no see!

Hi Lora! Welcome!

[LoraJR72]

Mmmm..grilled pineapple, plums, and peaches. Sprinkle some ginger on top. Yes!

Thank you! Dakini

[lil miss]

hey all!

family here, OP but having some wine, sticks still DARK so we'll see, not weighing for now!

HIYA Laura!

Ok, so I am the SHORTEST here?!?!??!?! I am 5'5" according to ME, 5' 4" according to DH.

He is probably right.

Be back in a coupla days y'all, BE GOOD

TIO-Drink your water woman!

[Dakini]

Good luck staying on plan, have a great weekend with your family, Lil Miss! They must really be enjoying your boys.

I hope you knock their socks off at the wedding, TIO. Have a great time.

Kritter & Adi, have a great weekend, I'm off to LA & should be back Monday.

[krittermom]

Dak, that is a great idea about grilling fruit. I've seen it done on cooking shows and it does look incredible. I guess it carmelizes the sugar in the fruit and what's better than that .

Welcome Lora!

lil miss, how long is family staying?

I think I may be the shortest at 5'3".

What a beautiful day here! Took miss Meg to the canal towpath and she got to swim and we had a nice walk.

[krittermom]

Good morning chickies!

Dak, what were you doing in LA? How long does it take you to get to LA? I was reading this morning about the law California passed forcing car manufacturers to start producing more hybrids. That's very exciting. I'm seriously thinking of getting one for our next car.

I never drank water but decided after reading "Skinny ******" last week to give it a try. So I haven't had soda or iced tea or Crystal Light in 3 days. One thing I noticed is that I'm craving salt. Could be because these beverages contain so much sodium?

I've been craving veggies so will eat mostly salads today.

[tryinitout]

HEY ALL!!! didnt do to bad at the wedding it was Atkins friendly to a point. NO cake though, but it was standard "wedding cake" so i wasnt missing out. Only up a lb, hopefully from some good but salty hot wings yesterday. Oh well not stressing it. GOing back on Atkins for a little food break.

LM_ Glad your still OP and enjoying your family!

Dak- I constantly get yall mixed up --sorry. Whatcha doing in LA? HOpe teh weather is good. We've had off and on crappy wether here. It rained all night friday and all day Sat. Thank goodness the wedding was inside.

Kritter- i know when i drink alot of water- i want salty things more, but i usually drink about 80 oz. I've always been a water drinker, but sometimes i miss my sweet tea.

Hey Adi and Lora

[krittermom]

tio, that's a good idea going back to Atkins to give yourself a break. You don't want to burn out and now it should be easy to keep on Atkins since all those allowable foods will be like a treat. Mmm, now I may just have to make myself some fake wings with Frank's hot sauce and margarine. Yummo!

Okay, I just have to laugh at all of the stuff I'm hearing on the news here in Philly. Apparently, they took 5 city schools and replaced the candy and junk in snack machines and cafeterias with healthy alternatives. And everyone seems surprised and shocked that these schools had fewer obese kids than other schools. Why in the name of God does it take a 2 year experiment with 5 schools to tell them what any person of average intelligence could figure out? The school district should be sued for letting that crap into the schools in the first place.

Now it will probably take 10 years for the various committees of bureaucrats to get around to getting rid of the junk and sugar in all of the schools in the city.

[lil miss]

hey all

I am here. Company left today, I am verrry sad.

I have not been great today. Skipping meals, then ate oatmeal cookie and some chocolate, so not LC but not much, will be OP next meal, making DH take me out for a bunless burger to cheer me.

[adillenal]

Hi all.

Just maintaining here but have upped the fat so my Vitamin D will be absorbed. Bought a bigh box of little cups of Light and Fit yogurt at Sams. Portion control issue so that should solve that little problem. Added a little flaxseed and chopped up strawberries for my dessert.

Off to make some solid perfume as an experiment.

Hope everyone is doing GREAT.

[krittermom]

Hi all.

I went to work this morning and after about 20 minutes, started feeling sick as a dog so I came home. I worked a little and then went to bed and slept for 3 hours. My stomach is still queasy so I'm just eating rice and drinking diet pepsi. For some reason, the soda settles my stomach.

I'm going to spend some time reading for school and then am going to bed early to read "Exodus". Boy am I boring!

Oh I forgot to mention Meg had a skunk cornered in the yard the other morning. It was still dark, around 5:30. The amazing thing is it didn't spray her. She didn't bark or growl and was acting like she wanted to play with it so I think it must not have felt threatened.

I have to get to PetSmart to by a spray that neutralizes the skunk odor, just in case she meets up with one that's not so easy going. My sis has used it lots of times because her dogs were always getting skunked.

[lil miss]

Get well soon kritter!

I fell off a little this weekend, and then used food to comfort myself yesterday. Back on plan today and feeling positive.

Just trying to concentrate on whole, healthy foods and am trying really hard to not obsess constantly.

[krittermom]

Thanks lil miss! I felt better today, but my hips are killing me. They started last night and have been hurting all day. I took 2 advil earlier and that didn't seem to do anything. So tonight I took a percoset and am waiting for that to kick in. If it doesn't, I'll take another one. But my stash is very low and I only like to use it for emergencies!

Good attitude! Did you and DH go out for burgers?

I'm trying to schedule a dinner out with my siblings and all of our cousins. We're trying to do this a couple of times a year as way for us to keep in touch. I'm looking at various restaurants and am having trouble finding vegan choices. If only I could eat eggs and dairy! But I can't. The last time I ate pizza, I was up the entire night coughing and choking form the PND. Every restaurant menu I look at seems to include cheese on everything! Sigh. I wonder if I can get them all to go to a vegan restaurant

[lil miss]

hey kritter, I am confused, what's PND?

I did have a burger with Oopsie roll and then I ate a few of DS' french fries.

Was OP yesterday but did have some wine last night. DH and I have awards dinner Friday and going out Saturday so I will rekick the wine to the curb after Saturday night. The good news is that after this weekend, we have NO social obligations/events coming up and I feel like I can really do well. It's up to me!

How is everyone else?