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[MI CHICK]

Well I am back from my water class--after working in the yard today I am pretty tired. Had my dish of berries & a large glass of ice tea & am wanting to show some self discipline by having nothing else tonight.

Well YH that was a nasty round! I wouldn't give up my earrings--you've earned 'em LOL!!! Over the last couple years I've gotten over a lot of that stuff, as D said I caved on things all the time in years past & I'm an ole bat now & am not losing out on my gold earrings!!
When 1 of the gal's from Euchre card club make a joke about being able to look down in the shower & see her pu&&y again it went dead silent for about 15 seconds & then we all just fell apart & laughed ourselves silly!!! I'd like to be able to cut my toe nails & tie my shoes w/o turning purple in the face.....

So how was your trip D? So good that you are able to do things for the kids--these make such good memories
When I'm on track I have survived quite a few things w/a bag of almonds & a protein bar. But I do love wild rice soup & grilled cheese...LOL!!

Am hoping to get up tomorrow & do my walk off the lbs dvd. Have to get more serious w/the exercise I know. Am thinking about digging out just one something that is tight that I would enjoy wearing & try it on as my gauge since the scale & I parted on bad terms. Checked out the Callenetics on Amazon.com & they didn't have any used & I didn't want to pay 20some $$'s. The library didn't have any & neither did Blockbuster.

Well it's almost 11 so I need to set up the coffee pot & pack G's lunch.

[Teresa3]

Oh, Y, that is so sad about bf and the earrings! And ranting on about the ac and fighting w/ds. It's just a terrible shame--doesn't anybody there care about YOU? Well, I guess exercise is good at working some of these tensions out--did you have a chance to go to curves or the gym today? Re your travel plans; I think I asked you before, but please pardon my terrible memory--is it WI you're going to visit relatives? Maybe you should just stay and leave bf and ds to fend for themselves! (No wonder you ate pretzels and goldfish; although that wasn't very bad, you could have done a lot worse! )

C, glad you had a beautiful sunny day and got some yardwork done. Does this mean your hands are feeling better now? The creamy swiss steak recipe sounds super-yum! And yes, I'd love the gruyere egg dish recipe, if it's easy for you to give it. Eggs are actually one thing I can cook! Hope you've been able to get back on track!

D, those kids are sure lucky to have you drive them up there. It sounds like a beautiful spot. You were wise to bring along a snack in case there wasn't much to choose from for lunch. Hope you found something that fit the plan. We can't let ourselves get the idea we can cheat "just this once," can we? We know where that leads! Hope you had a lovely day with all the kids; I bet it was fun.

I stayed on plan today again, but was starving all day. And the scale hasn't moved for me, either. I rode the bike 30 minutes this afternoon, so I am hoping that will help. If that doesn't do it, I will get out my dandelion tincture, which acts as a diuretic. Maybe the meds are making me retain water. Yesterday's menu:

B - chili-apple sausage, egg, spinach
L - Greek salad, meatballs
D - roast chicken, crookneck squash, asparagus
S - string cheese, almonds

Nite, everyone! T.

[yellowhair11]

I hope the acadamy meeting went good for you D - good thing you brought your ditty bag. And the location sounds wonderful ! I hope you try the greens D - all the brands taste diff. but its not a big deal-its just harder with the husk powder as that makes it grainy and you dont have to add that until your ready or not at all- you could put it in anything like yogurt, applesauce, you dont have to drink it but to me its easier,faster and down the hatch real fast !

C-if you still have a vhs player you can find the Callanetics tapes dirt cheap - I know the dvd's are pricey. My library will do inter library loans from other states but you would have to speak to librarian. I get stuff from all over the US. Sounds like your doing well with the exercise, great ! Are you working part time now ???

Hang in there T - you are doing well and that scale will start moving, just thing of the starving children in India I told the boys that one when they were little. My niece is getting married in June in WI - I have 3 brothers there and old girlfriends-this is another beer belly wedding where I got the comments last year about how fat I got when her sister (other niece got married).

Not doing good with exercise, zero Sunday, hurt back moving a box at work yesterday so layed with heating pad Mon.nite and took pain pills, and now on computer with meltbelt on back and in pain, and Wed. is day at hospital for tests. This will be no good for weight but don't have much choice, I layed on the floor last nite it was so bad. I am so sick of this on / off back but thats life. I was stupid to move that box at work. The littlest thing can set it off -even a laundy basket.

Then s1 calls me at work and needs immediate contact exam as he is blind as a bat and I got ripped paying 170 for exam only from one of these fake 99.00 ads for exam and contacts-he needs special toric lenses and balh, blah and I had a big argument on the phone with eye place but would not give him the script unless I pd. Ughhh...at least he left with a trial pr. and can order on line. Then BF was calling all day and said he would like to buy me a matching tote for my luggage ! I may take your advice and keep the earrings and let him buy me the other piece I told him to use the money for electric again very calmly and just said I can't take him causing additional stress here withs s3 and he was totally out of line with the ac. Then on the way home my fan for the ac in the car takes a dump-so I will try to stop at a mechanic place after work today-no ac in car in Fl-can't do that. I am takin a heating pad to work with me today

Mon

am- berries, tangerine,red grapes
lunch-slimfast
dinner-pk. chops and green beans
snack-l.c ice cream sand, fruiti, pretzels

The witch spoke to me as I got stuck with her in the elevator and said she yelled " I wont be in Tues. and I better not give her any work "! I dole out the work everyday for the other 3 gals and myself .

[MI CHICK]

Well life is surely a up & down ride!! And that's why those of us who stress eat are in trouble
Glad that bf used idea of buying you matching tote to apologize YH, & yes I'd accept it! Sorry about your air, I know that is a must have in FL. What a grand thing that you get to go back to this years wedding looking all thin & wonderful!! Do you have your clothes for the trip/wedding all picked out??

Yes I am on part time now. My Tues/Fri lady changed her schedule & so I chose to not fill those time slots. Trying to give my hands a rest to see how that helped. On the days I'm careful not to use them much--which is a joke cause we all use our hands non stop--they are a little better, but as soon as I do a regular day they're toast again....so I have to get a grip & go to the doc. I wear my elastic braces during the day & then the metal ones at nite. So yes doing the yard work probably didn't help them but it was stuff that had to be done. Am not doing flowers etc this year as they aren't neccessary. In the water class I skip the last 2 exercises as they kill my hands, even though they are good for our flabby upper arms & I sure can use that!

Am off to my friends today to make press cookies.....she is the young friend home w/her baby enjoying all the things we did at that age & I really do enjoy hanging out with her. The baby is great But she is also the friend that is Japanese & eats so healthy. So we will have a good lunch & have 2 cookies probably. So no chance I can go hog wild.

Well need to quit the blab & get on to my laundry & some business calls before I head out the door.

[Denise78]

Count me in on that stress eating! Got into it last night and could not stop.

Lot more walking than I bargained for yesterday but I enjoyed myself so much, I am glad I went. Lunch was the biggest ordeal...large squares of hamburg PIZZA, bag of chips, choc chip cookie, baby carrots, diced peaches in what looked like light syrup. Ugh. I didn't even bother taking the chips or cookie, no way could I deal with those. I hadn't had time to eat breakfast so I was starving but determined to stay on plan no matter what. I felt funny about pulling out my snacks -- knew there would be lots of questions if I did that -- so I ate the topping only off the pizza, no dough or crust, 2 sm spoonfuls of peaches and 3 baby carrots. We kept busy the whole day so I had no chance to snack till the way home when the kids wanted to stop for ice cream. I grabbed an ice tea and a cheese stick at the store and had that while they all gobbled down their treats. Of course I was starving when I got home so I made up a few shrimp & 1/2 cup of broccoli figuring I really hadn't eaten lunch yet so that was technically my lunch even though it was 3 pm. I had asked dh to pick me up a rotisserie chicken or some deli turkey breast so I was anxiously waiting for him to get home from the dentist. I called several times but he wasn't picking up his phone so I was getting annoyed. He walks in the door a couple of hours later with NOTHING for me for supper. I was so mad. He said they didn't have the chicken or turkey breast at the one store he stopped at. So instead of calling to ask if he could get me something else or checking at another store, he came home with fried chicken, which he KNOWS I cannot eat.

Then the phone rings before I even had a chance to ask about his dentist appt and it was his sister asking "how many teeth did he have pulled?" What?? I had no idea he was getting teeth pulled. I was appalled to find out that dh had the dentist pull a FRONT tooth. He already has a false front tooth so to pull the tooth next to it means that he had to give up his current plate for them to add another tooth to it and now he has this HUGE toothless gap smack in the front of his mouth till the new plate is made, probably a week or so. I know this sounds so shallow but we have an FFA banquet to attend tonight and four graduation parties this wkd. What was dh thinking doing it this week??!!! He looks terrible and I am so mad at him for making a major decision like that without consulting me first or getting a 2nd opinion from another dentist. He told me it was HIS idea to pull the tooth, not even the dentist's!! Plus I am mad that he discussed this with his sister and not ME. So now I was furious and starving -- major problem because I am a big-time stress-eater. I was so hungry and mad that I peeled off all the breading and ate one pc of chicken and then regretted it immediately. I made a couple of hardboiled eggs to eat later because I was still so hungry (probably more emotional than hungry at this point). Of course, add my pms to all this and I was stress-eating all night.

Yesterday's menu:

B-coffee
S-topping off hamburg pizza, 2 tsp diced peaches, 3 baby carrots, cheese stick, ice tea
L-shrimp and broccoli
D-chicken, egg salad, lc flatbread
S-almonds, 2 string cheese, 4 mini pickles, 8 olives -- finally went to bed so I wouldn't eat anymore!!

I am off to get my nails done today and do some shopping. I think I am going to buy myself some new clothes and spend lots of $$ and see how dh likes ME making some decisions without telling him!! (The killer is that I am still so mad at him and he's sending me jokes from work right now. Ugh, men have no clue sometimes.)

I will write more later about my fabulous day yesterday --- BEFORE I got home.

Have a good one ladies!! D

[yellowhair11]

Geez D, you had crackin up about the hamburg Pizza and that whole ordeal But all in all im proud of you-you did pretty good considering the day you had ! And dh-what was he thinking ? And a front tooth on top of that, now ive had one front tooth gone for 30 yrs. but a bridge was done for that. Is a plate the same as a bridge ? I would be really ticked too-he probably told the dentist to do it-there is so many things they can do these days, ughhhh. Sending you jokes-maybe him and bf are related !

I have nothing to wear to the wedding-im sure that will be a last minute panic-there is sure to be something in the piles and boxes-just no initiative, time, peace, energy, etc. to deal with it. Great you are still part time. I think you need the surgery and get it over with - I think the braces would drive me nuts. I hope you had a nice day with GF.

My day is lousy-back still hurting-left work early-dealt with car issue and BF here as he did not go to work. No clue as to whats for dinner-ill tell s3 to get something for himself and ask bf if he wants scrambled eggs i guess. The garbage is piled high in the kitchen as no one can take it out and im not doing it with my back. Geez ! All I had today so far is an apple, drink potion and a protein drink so im starving now. I feel a major snack attack tonite, ughh.

[Denise78]

Finally home! I feel like I haven't stopped to breathe all day.

I decided to treat myself today since I needed a pick-me-up to get out of my bad mood. I got my nails done and a haircut too. I bought myself a new blouse and tanktop to wear under it and a new pr of sandals. Dh is lucky I couldn't find anything else in my size because I was in a spending mood. I also bought a new scale. My other one was driving me crazy, every time I stepped on it the last few days, I got a different number, within a matter of seconds even.

YH, I hope you did okay with the snacking tonight. You hardly ate anything today!! I did pretty good. Stole the last 2 pcs of bacon for breakfast and was on the go at lunchtime and didn't want to hit a fast food place so I bought some deli turkey breast and babybels and had those in the store parking lot. Ds2 had an FFA Banquet tonight so we ate supper there, which was potluck, but fortunately there was a good variety of food and I was able to stay on plan. I made a pasta salad and C's buffalo chicken to bring with us (per ds2's request -- he loves that recipe!). I did cave and let dh come to the banquet but told him he could not smile or talk to anyone.

Today's menu:

B-2 sl bacon, coffee
L-4 sl deli turkey breast, 2 babybels
D-1 baked chicken thigh (no skin), 2 sm pcs chicken buffalo tenders, 2 sl ham, salad
S- NONE!!!

YH, I hope your back is feeling better soon. I think you should go and treat yourself to a new outfit for the wedding. You deserve a reward for all your hard work and weight loss! For what it's worth, I think you should keep those earrings and take the tote too!!!

C, how did the cookies come out? What kind did you make?? I'm glad you're enjoying your swimming classes but I wish your hands felt better.

T, your menus are looking great and I'm so happy you're staying on plan. That scale will move soon hopefully -- I can definitely relate!! Stay motivated!!!

Oh I had so much fun yesterday. I'll try not to bore you with too many details but you know how I can ramble, so feel free to skip ahead....There were 5 different schools that went to this Leadership Academy; each school sent only a few kids to represent them so about 30 kids altogether. They did some indoor stuff as far as teaching the kids how to write resumes and breaking up into groups to judge resume samples, do's and don'ts. We watched a slideshow presentation on a career fair. Then we went outside onto a grassy area and they did an exercise where they broke up into groups and each group had to tangle together holding hands and then figure out how to "untangle" without letting go. Involved a lot of crawling up and over other kid's arms and bodies and very funny to watch! Then they did an exercise where teams of 4 got on the ground and they had to "build" a square where they all touched each other (overlapping of legs and lower body parts) and then push up on their arms and raise their "squares" from the ground. These exercises involved teamwork, leadership skills, problem-solving, etc. We ventured down some paths into the woods to the "Trust" course where they had a giant tractor tire hanging high from a tree. Everyone stood on one side and had to get the entire group, one by one, thru the tire and onto the other side but you couldn't go to the other side to help until you had been put thru the tire. Which meant getting a couple of the bigger boys thru first so they could "catch" the others. Oh what fun that was watching. Those skinny girls went thru the tire so fast, I was afraid the kids on the other side wouldn't catch them! Some of the kids got stuck trying to go feet first instead of head first so it was pretty comical. This was a trust exercise, where you had to trust that your friends could lift you up on one side & get you thru and trust that your friends on the other side would catch you. Then they went thru a course where there were several bricks on the ground and you had to make it from one brick to the other by laying long 8 ft planks of wood. If you fell off the planks, you had to start over. But you could only use 3 planks and so that meant getting kids across partway and then passing a plank back to get the rest of the kids, while they tried to stay balanced. That involved some arguments about what was the best way but they finally got it LOL. After that, the kids were "treated" to the zip line. For those of you who don't know what this lovely treat is....you get into a harness that goes around your waist and thighs, wear a helmet, climb some stairs up a hill, grab onto a line and zip across a valley to the other side. Yikes! But the kids loved it and were hanging upside down or with no hands as they zipped across. Yep, that was a confidence builder exercise for sure!! Afterwards we went back indoors for a graduation ceremony where everyone read their surveys and opinion sheets out loud and received their diplomas and t-shirts. We made one last stop for pictures outdoors and then we were on our way. I had several of the instructors thank me for getting our kids to this last class but I think I had just as much fun as they did.

Tomorrow I go to Curves. Haven't been seen last Wed so I need it. Tomorrow night I have a sorority meeting.

Well I better get to bed here. Good night ladies. D

[Denise78]

Hey YH, just wanted to say good luck with your tests today.

I don't know that plate is the right word, just what I call it. Looks like a pink plastic mold that fits to the roof of dh's mouth with a tooth attached. Rather than make a whole new one, they just attach another tooth to this one I guess. Reminds me of the retainer I had to wear (minus the tooth) after my braces many yrs ago!!

[MI CHICK]

Well that day was most certainly for the young!! Even though now that I say that I realize that's not true--a friends son had a couple jobs in a row where he set up weekends for companies that took their white collar workers thru all confidence/team building exercises like that. Had something to do w/his college degree believe it or not, plus all her boys love mt climbing & all kinds of wild dangerous outdoor games. Think w/the changing economy companies aren't spending money on such weekends & he's ended up working something totally different. I'd quit my job before I'd zip across the valley
LOL!!
Aren't we getting good at eating in the car to stay on track With my colonoscopy I found I have diverticulitus (sp?) & you are not to have any nuts or popcorn. Love popcorn & it can be a healthy high fiber snack and of course nuts are a lc main stay. Will probably still eat them as I only have around 11 nuts, just have to make sure I chew 'em up really good. But nuts & a cheese stick in the car has saved me many a time
Yesterday was so much fun. We made press cookies as she had bought the press on sale & hadn't used it yet. I ate one cookie the size of a quarter. We made the frosting & piping it onto the cookies was the trickier part & Sara woke up at that point so that was the end of the cookies LOL!! But we took a nice bike ride to the park w/Sara & playing on the swings & dug in the sand etc.
Swinging as an adult uses an interesting set of front muscles so that was good. Plus the the bike riding. My friends bike had level handlebars so that it didn't kill my hands for me to ride. So today I feel a tightness in all my muscles after all the physical activities everyday this week plus all the yard work on the weekend. So today before I tackle my own round of house work I plan on using the gazelle. Too bad house work doesn't seem to burn a calorie
I stopped at the Salvation Army store yesterday on my way home looking for something for dh & I checked thru all the tapes/dvds for a callenetics but no luck. Did get a casual knit top for now, then found a blouse w/tank top, pair of capri's, & a denium dress--all 3 new w/tags still on 'em. This happens a lot since women tend to be such clothes hogs & buy sizes they never even get in to...LOL!! I've done that one. These are all 18's & very tight. Think they are 18 misses not 18 womens which cut you a bit more space. So they are hanging in my closet saying wear me wear me--this year wear me not next
D you handled your stress eating quite well I thought! When I stress eat it's half the pizza before I hit whatever else I can find in the kitchen...and just think if our dh's weren't such ninnies at times we wouldn't get new earrings & outfits & hairstyles....
Well I need to get off here & start w/my long to do list. I'm sure I'll be checking in soon since I'm addicted LOL

[Denise78]

C, glad you wrote this morning. I needed something to read with my coffee! Sorry to hear you have diverticulitis. Did you have any clue? My friend has that and she gets awful stomach pains if she eats any kind of corn, nuts, fried food, etc. Something about "pockets" in your stomach lining that food gets caught up in and causes infection??? Well, on the bright side, guess that will help keep you eating healthy. Those clothes sound very nice. It's always good to have "small" incentives like that.

I'm debating about whether to go to Curves today or not. My house is such a mess. I have not been home to do dishes so the sink is overflowing. My livingroom looks like a tornado hit it with boxes of sorority stuff I need to bring tonight plus ds2's clothes and books and papers all over. Dh hasn't been feeling well to help lately and I've been on the go so much that when I get home, the fatigue and painful feet has slowed me down so much, never mind that I am a terrible housekeeper to begin with. I really should go to Curves though so that I can go again on Friday. (Trying to talk myself into this today -- of course I could be cleaning right now instead of posting!)

I ended up having one little snack last night -- a string cheese -- but I think I did pretty good not snacking on anything else. Halfway thru the week -- gotta tighten the belt the rest of the week! I really need to see some kind of loss this week or I am going to go crazy. I eat so much less than I used to, plus more physical activity, so it kills me when that scale doesn't budge.

Such beautiful warm weather this week. Yesterday was 83. Hope everyone else is enjoying the sunshine. D

[Teresa3]

Hi, Gals--

Enjoyed hearing about your leadership academy fun, D, and I think you did fabulous on your eating! Only eating the topping off pizza and avoiding ice cream are near magical feats, IMO! The conference hotel where we go to our gym and eat has a lot of these same sorts of team-building exercises for the conferences they host. It's fun to see all these adults running around in outfits color-coded for their teams and having a riot doing the exercises. So, D, obviously adults like to do these fun things, too!

I know you did not at all enjoy the smile surprise from your dh, but it did paint a humorous picture! I got a kick out of you telling him he could go to the banquet but not smile or talk to anybody! Did he manage to pull it off? What was up with him the last couple of days? He sure messed up with you--no food and tooth gone! I'd have been wondering what on earth? D, you did amazing with all that going on! Men! Hope he has gotten rid of his pain, though.

I sure sympathize with you on the I'm eating so much less than I used to and the scale is not budging thing. The same thing is going on with me. Then I start asking myself, why bother? Oh well, it's only been a week, and I did lose 3 lbs. last week (I was up to 162). This week nada. Patience, patience! Your menus look fine, D, I'm sure you will drop after Tom--taking its time, huh! Maybe you're in perimenopause and getting irregular--oh what fun those years are! Hope not!

Good for you to go shopping, a cure for most ills! Did you get your hair trimmed or anything different? It looks so cute in your pic, but I bet it looks good any style. What's your new blouse like? You're inspiring me to shop since I'm depressed about not losing!

Y, you've got to go shopping for something to wear to the wedding! You've lost so much weight, they are not going to believe their eyes! How gratifying is this! You are just amazing to accomplish so much in only 6 months! I'm sorry to hear your back is hurting again--you've got to be careful now so you can travel soon. Hope you feel better soon! With all the stress you've been going through lately, it's awesome how you're staying on the eating plan. Congrats on that! Glad bf is making it up to you, too.

C, sounds like you're enjoying life again since you've gone part-time and have some time to do some fun things! What a dream to go for a bike ride to the park, and then go on the swings! Satisfying your inner child, as they say. Your friend sounds so nice, and it's a boon to have a gf that eats healthy! Congrats on only eating one tiny cookie! Sounds like you had fun shopping, too. You'll fit into those new things soon--keep pulling them out and trying them on to stay motivated!

I went to the gym yesterday, but the scale stays stuck. I still think it's the meds, but they do make me feel better, so I have to stay on them. Just have to stick it out and hope the weight will come down sooner or later.

B - 2 scrambled eggs w/cr ch, spinach
L - prawn cocktail, caesar salad w/little avocado
D - meatball soup (2 meatballs w/tomato, celery, onions, few carrots)
no snack

Have a good day, everyone... T.

[yellowhair11]

Tues.

am-drink potion
lunch-apple and protein drink
dinner-scrambled eggs w wholegrain muffin
snacks-popcorn, 2 fruitis, l.c. ice cream sand.

T- great going on the food and exercise-you are really doing good and dont forget the scale was up so something is happening !!! Hang in there-your back on track !

D-Glad you went out and had nails, haircut, and other goodies done ! Will dh have to take the plate in and out or is it permanent ? Your Acadamy day sounded like a blast. I got stuck on one of those ziplines about 5 yrs. ago. I was on an excursion in Costa Rica and you HAD to do it to continue on, no choice and I did not know -and I can't go up an escalator . And NO snacks for you

C- Did they give you meds for the diverticulitus ??? And your suppose to stay away from legal snacks, geez, I would not get crazy about it as I think you would of had big stomach trouble if you had it bad. What fun-a day at the park and great going on the exercise and 1 cookie !

Just back from hospital ordeal- they did not have authorization for 2 of the tests but that got fixed. Then they made me wait to leave because they said my blood pressure was too low 80/60 after the stress stuff tests but its always low-another argument. I was there 10 hours ! The worst part was I could not have coffee or a smoke after midnite because of one test-I was going insane and my legs were shaking-ughhhh. They had`a Starbucks in the hospital, I got a xl and ran to my car when I was done What a terrible addict I am.

I am hoping to dump some more weight before wedding which is June 7th so I would not want to shop yet if I do Then I am sure I will gain weight when im up there so not sure what to do at this point.

[MI CHICK]

Really applied myself today & did a major cleaning thru the house. D I get stressed when everything piles up around me, & being 53 I can't remember sh-- so I can't loose things in piles cause I will never ever on this green earth find 'em again Always feels good when you get it done & can sit down & relax in the clean after glow!
Sad thing is I was looking for 2 important things that did not surface anywhere...so that's a bummer! When I took my bags of winter clothes to the basement (I know I know my hands are not liking this) I found myself facing the 2 big piles of really nice stuff in 16 & 14's.....as I was hanging & folding it all I remembered how absolutely great I felt wearing the stuff--especially the 14 pants! I had lugged them all down stairs & threw them in a huge heap on the bed cause I was just so disgusted with myself & hadn't faced them since. After I got almost all of them bagged I felt pretty inspired to get my big behind together. Next week I will get the last of them bagged up. It wasn't just that I looked so much better & was getting all these compliments--it was that I felt so much better. Have been thinking all afternoon, how did I let go of that & decide that 4 pieces of pizza & a huge bowl of popcorn were better feeling?? We are strange creatures are we not??
So I made my menu today be total protein & am really going to try & keep it on track. Will have to go downstairs & visit my clothes on a regular basis.
No meds for the diver. I've not had any problems so far but was not surprised when I had it as my mom has had trouble w/it for years. At this point I think YH is right & if I just eat my few nuts that I chew up well I will be ok.
Sorry your day of tests turned out to be such a trial YH!! The tests are bad enough w/o all the added aggravation!
Gee you should have used the day as the starting point for quitting smoking! If you could just reach me you'd be smacking me right about now LOL!!!! I have flown out the door on more than one occasion to find caffine & nicotine before I died of need....at least that is one devil that seems to be behind me.
It has been raining slowly all afternoon. We really needed it so I'm not complaining. It's actually pleasant to have the windows open & listening to the birds & falling rain while working.
Now T you know that just cause you made it to week 2 doesn't mean that your scale is going to drop off 20lbs....LOL...do we ever want it all right this instant or what!!! Look at the bright side, at least you were not up again this week! Your menu for today sounded good.
YH I just don't know how you are surviving on the things you eat girl. I can get into the fruit but filling in so much w/the protein mixes...I'd fall off the wagon for sure. And your dinners are usually pretty light too.
My menu today was simple
bkf=bacon coffee w/cream
l=2 tky italian sausages
d=2 pork loin chops
s=probably another pork loin chop
drank a lot of decaf ice tea all day as I was so hot working. Tomorrow I will probably have shrimp & eggs & bacon. Fri I will add back the small salad I ate every nite w/my protein. Sat. I have a bridal shower that's in a hall so I'm hoping the food will be a huge buffet where I can pick & choose what works for me like D did the other day.
Later gal's--

[Denise78]

I did go to Curves today and I'm glad because I needed it. My house is still a mess but at least I've caught up with the dishes and laundry this afternoon.

YH, with the wedding a month away, I think I'd give it a couple of weeks and then go shopping closer to the wedding date (but not too close that you are scrambling to find an outfit). You'll look gorgeous no matter what you wear -- but for your own mental well-being (ha!), it would be nice to show up in something brand-spanking new so those beer belly relatives can eat their 's out over how good you look!!

Glad you got all your tests done but geesh, that was a long day! You must be exhausted from all that waiting around. I did laugh as I visualized you running with that coffee cup while trying to get to your cigarettes. I remember those days all too well.

Did I say congrats for the 3 lbs yet, T? If not -- way to go! You're all doing so well, I can't remember who I've congratulated or not. I think the bike ride was awesome too, C. You really have stepped up the exercise lately -- I bet those clothes are too big on you very soon! Go out and buy yourself a new outfit, T. You deserve it!! We're so used to rewarding ourselves with food -- it's time we started some new habits with healthier rewards like.....SHOPPING!!!!!

Speaking of shopping, I took your advice YH and ordered some psyllium husk powder and greens. I also ordered some choc protein powder mix so I could get it all down. Should be here by the end of week or beginning of next week. I'm sure I will let you know how it tastes!!!

My nail tech is also a hairdresser so when I was getting my nails done yesterday, I asked her to cut my hair. My bangs were getting too long and I wanted my hair a little fuller and fluffier. She "textured" it and put in much shorter layers all over. Usually I only go to her for my nails and a local gal for my cut & color. I started out with the nail tech 9 yrs ago so I hate to give her up but the local gal is also the mother of ds2's classmate and a friend, and I hate to not go to her. So I go to both but neither of them know that the other one is working on my hair. I used to be a hairdresser many yrs ago so they just think I am doing my own hair. Don't you think I got a phone call this morning from the local hairdresser wanting to know what I did to my hair because it was the best haircut she's ever seen on me!! Well now I really didn't want to tell her that someone else cut it and did a better job than her. I had to make ds2 swear not to tell anyone I got a haircut somewhere else!

Ok I better get working on sorority stuff since I have a meeting tonight. Dh is going to grill burgers for supper since I won't have time to cook anything.

Have a good night! D

[Denise78]

I see you posted while I was still typing, C. That is so wonderful you have all those smaller clothes for incentive. I think you're right -- the pizza and treats were so not worth all the lbs we put on us. What was that saying I posted awhile ago that I saw at my Curves...."Nothing tastes so good as being in shape feels." I really think that's true and I guess we are all starting to (finally) realize it. You are going gung-ho these days with the eating on plan and exercise -- keep up the great work!!

[slendercate]

Hi, y'all,

Well, just when I think I have the emotional eating thing whipped, it rears it's ugly head again. Due to stress with our grown son, (he is 23, but acts like he's 17), I really blew it Monday, Tuesday.

I am determined to not get so stressed about our son. He is legally grown, so there is not much dh & I can do, but give advice he doesn't want to listen to and hopefully wait for him to grow up and mature.


When I finally got it undercontrol, I tried on the pants I wore last Saturday and couldn't button them.

However, today, Wednesday, I am back on track again. I did walk on Tuesday night, so I hope that helped the "carb weight gain" somewhat.

So, I am picking myself up again and starting over. When I weigh in tomarrow, I will not be mad at myself if the scale says I am up.

Sorry to be a "negative" poster, but I felt like I needed to "come clean", then start over again.


Today, Wednesday:
2 pouched eggs, diet cranberry juice
lc yogurt
dreamfield's pasta made into mac n' cheese, homemade cole slaw, few dill pickles
chicken salad on lettuce, tomatoe slices, few tiny dill pickles, plum for desert

Here's to a good rest of the week.

[MI CHICK]

Hey SC you've been reading these posts long enough to have heard each & every one of us get done in by stress eating, so you're right to just get on with it. We'll always have stress & always have food....what a combination
Hopefully we'll get to the point where we always are over doing with healthy choices like YH does, eating 2 frutti's
& some quaker rice cakes!! LOL doesn't she set a good example

Hey Ms Kathleen where are you girl?? You need to buzzing in & out saying howdy whether you are on plan or not. We like lots of noise in this group! D & I have to have new posts to read at all times to keep us on track


Made some deviled eggs after I got out of the tub. Ate 2 & had 15 almonds, which I chewed down to almond butter LOL! Am working tomorrow so I will have some of the eggs & bacon in the morning. That will hold me til I get home for a late lunch. Will take a cheese stick & 15 almonds w/me. I actually do ok thru out the daytime--then in the evenings I get into trouble. Been my pattern for many years. But I'm looking to get as good as YH w/my evening snacks!

Don't know how the greens will go w/the choc D.....my 1client uses the choc protein powder & it works well for her. Good luck w/the greens. Wish it came in capsule form. My brother is like YH & can swallow anything LOL!!

Well D you have supported everyone till you are in a corner Don't want to tick them off or hurt their feelings so that you go from 2 good ones to 0 good ones!!
Am curious to see your hair after all that.

Ok good nite all.