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Hisgal
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Posted: 17 October 2008 02:47 pm |
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Hi Sassykat!
Yeah, I have been doing the ADD/JUDDDD thing for a while. I love it! It's easier during the week, because I don't have to spend much time making lunch to take to work. And it's nice on the weekends, because I eat what I want. And the day I wasn't feeling well, never did develop into much. The slight fever for 1.5 days, a bit of stuffiness, and then it was gone! And the best part is NO ALLERGY SYMPTOMS! My boss was complaining again this week about how miserable she is with her allergies............and she's taking allergy meds. And I'm just thinking how glad I am that I found a WOE that took care of my allergies!
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Hisgal
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Posted: 17 October 2008 03:33 pm |
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Friday, October 17................a DD
2 C. green tea w/lemon & Splenda
2 C. coffee, black
1 can/2 serv. Select Harvest Southwestern Style vegetable soup (100)
1/2 lg Honey Crisp apple (55)
Total calories.................155
I skipped the walking today   It was only in the 40's, windy and no sun and I whimped out As the days get cooler, I'm thinking more and more of going back to CURVES and trying to just do the machines that don't require use of my arms, that would irritate the tennis elbow. Besides, I really miss the stretching and crunches that I would do every day while at CURVES. It all made me feel really good!
Not to much on for the weekend...........I think we are going out to dinner on Saturday night. The kids gave us some restaurant gift cards, that we really should start using. Besides, the hub complains that we never go out to eat because I am always counting calories. That's not really true right now, as I eat what I want on the weekends.......but he wants to go out on Friday nights.........which are my DD's.
Last edited on 17 October 2008 10:17 pm by Hisgal
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Sassykat
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Posted: 17 October 2008 04:31 pm |
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Well I'm happy that you have found something that works well for you and you seem to be getting some health benefits. That's great!
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Hisgal
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Posted: 20 October 2008 07:50 pm |
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I didn't get back to edit Friday's food..........
another 1/2 lg. apple (55)
2 servings asparagus stir-fry w/non-stick spray (180)
Total calories for Friday, Oct 17............390
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Hisgal
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Posted: 20 October 2008 09:41 pm |
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Well, I did my weigh in on Saturday morning............and the scale was at 176!
How that happens, when my peek at the scale on Thursday morning showed 174.4 lbs and my calories for Thursday were 1701 and Friday was 390. Of course, my walking was down last week..........I only went 3 times. And my total miles was only 4.7
Oh well.............I'm not in a race here.
Today, Monday, October 20.............is a DD
2 serv. grilled asparagus-about 16 spears (out for lunch) (64)
1/2 lg apple (Honey Crisp, of course) (55)
Healthy Choice frozen dinner (240)
2 pcs. Lindt 70% cacao dark chocolate (60)
Total calories..............419
My SIL needed to talk, so we went to lunch on Monday and I missed my walk. Then I'd planned on doing it after work (before it got dark), but didn't get out of the office until 5:40, and wanted to go get my flu shot at the clinic. The line was long, so I'm kind of glad I skipped the walk........but I'd feel better if I'd walked.
We are taking our boss for lunch today(Tuesday), for a belated "Boss' Day", so no walk today either, unless I get out of here on time, so I can head to the park, and get it in before dark. The hubs is taking a welding training class tonight (he's welded for at least 35 years, but if he wants to do it connected to work, he needs the certification) So, he'll be gone from 5:00-9:00. It'll just be me, my kitties, The Biggest Loser and a library book that I need to finish up. Tomorrow's forecast is for rain, so the walk doesn't look too promising either. That scale just doesn't move without the walking!
Last edited on 21 October 2008 01:49 pm by Hisgal
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Hisgal
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Posted: 21 October 2008 01:52 pm |
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Tuesday, October 21.............an UD 
Breakfast: my fav........2 lt english egg muffins (360)
2 C. green tea w/Splenda
2 C. coffee, black
Lunch: (took boss out for lunch) 1/2-3/4 c. turkey chili (110), 1/2 veggie/hummus sandwich {1 slice ww bread (120), asstd veggies (30), 2 Tbsp hummus (60)}, 1 serv. potato chips (130), 4 mini carrots (10)
Snack/Treat: (after walk) McD's vanilla yogurt cone (150)
Dinner: McD's salad (20), 1 Tbsp. Wishbone light ranch (20), 1 batch stewed tomatoes {1.5 lbs tomatoes (114), 1/3 C. chopped onions (20), 1/4 green pepper (11), 1 Tbsp. sugar (48), 1/2 slice wg/high fiber bread (50) }
Snack: mini-bag popcorn (100)
Total calories: 1353
 EXERCISE: walk 2 miles at park
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Hisgal
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Posted: 21 October 2008 10:22 pm |
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OK, I'm going to show you what Pat looked like at 247 lbs.......actually I'd lost some already at the time of this picture.........I think I was around 230 lbs.
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Hisgal
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Posted: 21 October 2008 10:25 pm |
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And now here I am at my recent lowest weight..........summer of 2007........and at 155 lbs. It's the first time I've had my hair professionally put up, so it looks a little strange to me. But, I'm always changing it..........right now it's a bit longer than shoulder length, sometimes it's fairly straight and curled under.....and sometimes it's a mass of blonde curls (and I'm a real blonde.......I've never dyed my hair)
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CrimsonAnimus
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Posted: 21 October 2008 10:45 pm |
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Looks great, Pat!!! Congrats on all your wonderful progress. 
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Hisgal
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Posted: 22 October 2008 05:28 pm |
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Wednesday, October 22..................a WF/Liquids only day
Ooooops! I forgot and popped a grape tomato in my mouth this morning (4)
2 C. green tea w/lemon and Splenda
2 C. coffee, black
16 oz. Sustain (30)
I don't think I'll go walking today........it's afternoon already, 45 degrees and an 11 mph wind. I've been freezing in the office all morning, and have no desire to get colder...........and it's been raining. Yep..........I'm going to skip the walk. I should have a short lunch anyway, so I can leave a little early to get my oldest cat to the vet on time.
Last edited on 22 October 2008 08:09 pm by Hisgal
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zenobia
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Posted: 23 October 2008 01:25 am |
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wow! i finally get to see pat! it's sooooo neat to put faces to names! you look a lot younger than i pictured. and the smaller weight defffinately shaved years off. you look so happy.
awww yuck about the weather. honestly, i miss fall a ton, and even gray icky rainy days can be nice- as long as you can curl up with tea and a book.
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Hisgal
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Posted: 23 October 2008 05:20 pm |
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Thanks, Zen I've been reluctant to post my pic...........you know, small town and all.
I was looking back at some old pictures one day............and lately have been praying for Judy  (soontobeme) and her health problems.............and I got to thinking that I was close to Judy's weight when I started this journey. When looking at that old picture of me, I realized how far I'd come.........and knew from experience that it could be done.
So, I posted partly for me..........to remind me of where I'd been and where I am now......and to inspire me to move forward and onward.........I've got a goal to reach. And I posted the pics partly to inspire anyone else out there that might be struggling, or wondering if they can do it.
I'm telling you all.........it can be done! If I can do it...........anybody can!
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Hisgal
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Posted: 23 October 2008 09:57 pm |
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Thursday, October 23.................an UD
I'm going to go ahead and post all the food I have planned, then can edit later, if it changes. It's looking like rain again...........but I'm hoping to get my tomatoes picked before it does and before it gets dark. Then I have Women's Bible Study tonight too.
I know how easy it is to forget what you eat, and not get it all written down.............
Breakfast: 2 lt. egg muffins (360), 1/2 c. Fiber One Peach Clusters (90) {I found these at Sam's Club and wanted to taste them soooooo badly, so I had a BIG breakfast}, 1/2 c. lt vanilla soy milk (40)
Staff Meeting: ~1/4 of a muffin (110)
Lunch: Subway 6" veggie delite w/vinegar (230), 1 sl. pepper jack (50), McD's vanilla cone (150)
Dinner: Subway 6: veggie delite w/vinegar (230), 1 sl pepper jack (50), 1 batch of stewed tomatoes (243)
Total calories: 1553
EXERCISE: walked 2 mi. at park
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Beth
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Posted: 25 October 2008 01:53 am |
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Pat, you are beautiful! Why do you think the allergies went away?
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Hisgal
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Posted: 26 October 2008 02:45 am |
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Beth, thank you *blush* Actually, I think I look a lot older with my hair up.....all my wrinkles show better! 
The allergies..............according to the Alternate Day Diet book, it's one of the health benefits reported with the eating plan. Sure has worked for me! The biggest benefit of ADD is for asthmatics.........but I don't have asthma. Actually, any inflammatory disease seems to improve, from what I read.
Today I have been feeling a little bit of sinus drainage. I think it was because we split wood last night. There was so much sawdust flying around in the air, that I must have breathed a lot of it in. It's about gone tonight. We went back up the big hill road (actually it's a groomed snowmobile trail in the winter-just barely wide enough for the pick-up to get through) and got 2 trailer loads of wood today. Along with what was leftover in the store-room from last year, and 1 load yesterday, that should be plenty to heat our house this winter.
For those of you who haven't read about this before, our furnace is a wood/fuel oil combination. We burn mostly wood..........which means a lot of work to cut, haul and split and stack it all. But, last Feb. when we went to Branson, we had to get some fuel oil for our house...........the last we'd purchased was 100 gallons..........10 years previously! 
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Hisgal
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Posted: 26 October 2008 02:47 am |
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OK, so today is Saturday, and that means weigh-in time 
Started JUDDD on 6/16/08 SW: 196 lbs.
After 1 week: 190.6 lbs
After 2 weeks: 189.6 lbs
After 3 weeks: 7/5/08: 187.4 lbs.
After 4 weeks 7/12/08: 186.4 lbs
After 5 weeks 7/19/08: 183.4 lbs
After 6 weeks 7/26/08: 181.0 lbs
After 7 weeks 8/2/08 182.4 lbs.
After 8 weeks 8/8/08: 180.6 lbs
After 9 weeks 8/16/08: 178.4 lbs
After 10 weeks 8/23/08: 179.4 lbs
After 11 weeks 8/28/08: 178.2 lbs
After 12 weeks 9/6/08: 180.0 lbs
After 13 weeks 9/12/08: 176.0 lbs.
After 14 weeks 9/20/08: 177.0 lbs.
After 15 weeks 9/27/08: 175 lbs
After 16 weeks 10/4/08: 174.2 lbs
After 17 weeks 10/11/08: 175 lbs.
After 18 weeks 10/18/08: 176.0 lbs.
After 19 weeks 10/25/08: 173.0 lbs.
Lbs. lost on JUDDDD..................23
Finally a drop! I try to keep my food pretty consistant during every week, and then get on the scale on Saturday morning. But it still varies depending on sodium in my diet and TTOM.........and who knows what else. But at least, the overall trend is downward!
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Beth
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Posted: 26 October 2008 11:06 am |
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We keep wondering if we'll have any cold weather in Jackson this year. Last year we never used the wood burning heater.
I am going to research the JUDD. My allergies are so bad, I may just have to try it. I just don't see how you do the down days.
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Hisgal
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Posted: 27 October 2008 12:34 am |
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Beth, you can share some of our cold weather...............today it snowed, with winds at 25-35 mph and gusts at 50-60 mph. During church this morning, I know some of us wondered if the steeple would be blown off and land on Pastor's house! Talk about wintry! Sure glad that wood is at our house, and not still out in the woods! Am looking forward to those 60's they are predicting for Thursday and Friday.
Beth, when I started JUDDDD, I wondered if I could do the DD too! But, I did it just like suggested...........I drank the EAS low carb protein shakes for the first 2 weeks (actually, I did it for 3 weeks-I was afraid to try to eat "real food"). But after a few weeks of getting used to it, it came easy. Now, to me, I look forward to them, more than the UD's or weekends when I eat whatever. Check out the JUDDDD groups on the SparkPeople site.........there's some good information there on surviving and doing the plan.
http://www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/groups_individual.asp?gid=23413
http://www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/team_messageboard_thread.asp?board=-1x13429x12457990
The first link gets you to one of the Spark Teams I am on, for the JUDDDD. The second one is a link to a thread for all new members to understand JUDDDD. It probably would answer a lot of your questions about how to do the DD and tricks on how to get through them. And if you decide to try it, you can always look over my posts, to see what I've eaten, or just ask me!
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Hisgal
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Posted: 27 October 2008 07:31 pm |
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So, I made it to Monday! Yikes.........TTOM must be close, the cramps are so bad I can barely walk upright
Monday, October 27............an UD
2 C. green tea w/Splenda
2 C. coffee, black
2 serv. (1 can) Progresso light vegetable & rice (120)
Total calories.............120
I am barely getting used to typing "October" and in less than a week, it will be November! How can this be? However, the weather feels like it........it is 2:30 in the afternoon, and it's made it all the way up to 39 degrees..........with winds at 12 mph and gusting to 30 mph. I wimped out on my walk this noon However, I did have some errands that had to be done, so it worked out OK. It's suppose to be warmer by Wednesday.............
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Sassykat
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Posted: 27 October 2008 10:48 pm |
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Hisgal wrote: So, I made it to Monday! Yikes.........TTOM must be close, the cramps are so bad I can barely walk upright
I'm sorry!
Burrrr! It's cold over there!
I read over your weeks weight posts. You've made some awesome progress! 
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Hisgal
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Posted: 28 October 2008 10:05 pm |
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Thanks, Sassykat............that's 23 lbs on JUDDDD and 25 lbs since I got serious about this again.
Tuesday, October 28..........an UD
Breakfast: 2 lt. egg muffins (360), 1/2 c. Fiber One Peach Clusters (90), 1/2 c. lt vanilla soy milk (40)
Lunch: Subway 6" veggie delite w/vinegar (230), 1 sl. pepper jack (50), McD's vanilla cone (150) .......ooops, I forgot the hubs and I shared a bag of baked chips (65)
Snack: Kashi granola bar (140), 4 black spice drops (52) 
Pre-dinner snack: 1 light eng. muffin (100), 1 tsp. ICBINB light (17), 1 tsp. strawberry-rhubarb spread (12)
Dinner: 1 batch of stewed tomatoes.....half before the church meeting and 1/2 after (253)
Total calories: 1559
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mollymoo24
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Posted: 29 October 2008 01:03 am |
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Hi Pat! Boy you are really still one of the most consistent folks I think here on CPH with your JUUUUUUUUUDDD (how many U's is that supposed to be?  )
The cold weather is definitely an impediment and we all must adopt some new cold-weather tactics or risk losing all of our hard-earned gains this year. Thanks for continuing to inspire all of us and be your steady self.
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Hisgal
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Posted: 29 October 2008 03:13 am |
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Hiya Mol! Glad to see you back from Germany and beyond! Sounds like you had a wonderful time!
Yeah, I am hanging with this JUDDDD (lots of D's Mol) for quite a while, aren't I? But you know, it's so easy to do, and I allow myself to have back to back UD's on the weekends, where I eat what I want........and I'm still losing weight! 23 lbs on the diet! What more could you ask for? Eat all weekend and lose weight too!
But, I agree..........the exercise is so important! The weeks where I waffled back and forth on the scale, were ones where I didn't get in as much walking! I don't want to go down that weight-gain-road again! It's too hard to have to back track, and do it all over again! If I'd stayed at 155 the summer of 2007, and then lost these 25 lbs............well then I'd be almost at your weight! That would be back to college and wedding weight! Oh man, would that be nice.
You just keep on moving and inspiring the rest of us too, Mol, we need you!
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Beth
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Posted: 30 October 2008 07:32 pm |
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Hey, Pat! How are you doing?
I went to SparkPeople and instantly ended up in the thyroid forum. Anyway, thanks for sending me there. I realized maybe my hypothyroidism was kicking up again, so I'm having it checked. Anyway, I may have ended up where I needed to be that day because of your willingness to share. Thanks!
Hang in there. You will see your goal weight again. I'm sorry it takes us so long to lose the weight. Seems like it comes back overnight, doesn't it?
Take care.
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Hisgal
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Posted: 30 October 2008 11:14 pm |
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Wednesday, October 29..................a WF/Liquids only day
2 C. green tea w/Splenda
2 C. coffee black
16 oz. Sustain (30)
1 C. coffee, black
Lots of water!
EXERCISE: 2 miles walked
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Hisgal
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Posted: 30 October 2008 11:25 pm |
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Thursday, October 30..................an UD (sort of)
Breakfast: 2 lt egg english muffins (360)
2 C. green tea w/Splenda
Staff meeting: 1/2 lg apple (55), 1/2 small banana (45)
Lunch:  1 McD's vanilla cone (150) (Yeah, nutritious, I know-did an extra lap on my walk, so I could have it..........then was too full to eat my veggie/rice soup. It was 70 degrees here today, so I drank a 20 oz. bottle of water after my walk, which is probably why I felt so full............water and yogurt cone)
3 C. coffee, black (throughout the day)
Dinner: 1 batch of stewed tomatoes (tomatoes, green pepper, onion, 1/2 sl 12 grain bread)
Treat: 1 pc. Lindt's 70% cacao dark chocolate (30)
Total calories: 885
OK, so I know that doesn't look like an UD...........but, I didn't walk Monday or Tuesday, and the Challenge weigh-in is on Saturday morning.......so I'm going to cut it a little low today. It will still be no more than 3 low days in a row, and I'll eat plenty over the weekend, for sure. Stuff going on..........
EXERCISE: 2.67 miles walked
Hey, Beth, you are so right.............the weight seems to come back on overnight....all you have to do is look away........and there it is!
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Hisgal
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Posted: 31 October 2008 03:39 pm |
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Well, I got a surprise Thursday afternoon...............when TTOM arrived 4 days early.
Just in time for the Sept/Oct. Challenge weigh-in! Isn't that nice? (Can you hear my sarcasm?)
So, just as an extra boost, I am going to try to make today a WF/Liqids only day. I say try........because it is Halloween. After all TTOM means an almost uncontrollable urge for salt and chocolate! But if I can control it today, I could have a loss for tomorrow morning............and after all, I'm on the Alternate Day Diet...........I'm only restricting calories for today. Saturday I can have a mini-chocolate bar! No guilt!
MINDSET........................it's all about MINDSET! And lots of  water.....................
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Hisgal
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Posted: 31 October 2008 08:29 pm |
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Friday, October 31st................a WF/Liquids only day
2 C. green tea w/Splenda
2 C. coffee, black
16 oz. Sustain (30)
Lot of water!
EXERCISE: 1.33 miles
I only walked 2 laps at the park today. #1 my foot hurt from the extra lap yesterday
#2 hate walking with cramps!
Let's hope I can resist all that candy tonight, while trick-or-treating with the grandkids, and have a good weigh-in Saturday morning.
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Hisgal
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Posted: 3 November 2008 01:28 pm |
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Started JUDDD on 6/16/08 SW: 196 lbs.
After 1 week: 190.6 lbs
After 2 weeks: 189.6 lbs
After 3 weeks: 7/5/08: 187.4 lbs.
After 4 weeks 7/12/08: 186.4 lbs
After 5 weeks 7/19/08: 183.4 lbs
After 6 weeks 7/26/08: 181.0 lbs
After 7 weeks 8/2/08 182.4 lbs.
After 8 weeks 8/8/08: 180.6 lbs
After 9 weeks 8/16/08: 178.4 lbs
After 10 weeks 8/23/08: 179.4 lbs
After 11 weeks 8/28/08: 178.2 lbs
After 12 weeks 9/6/08: 180.0 lbs
After 13 weeks 9/12/08: 176.0 lbs.
After 14 weeks 9/20/08: 177.0 lbs.
After 15 weeks 9/27/08: 175 lbs
After 16 weeks 10/4/08: 174.2 lbs
After 17 weeks 10/11/08: 175 lbs.
After 18 weeks 10/18/08: 176.0 lbs.
After 19 weeks 10/25/08: 173.0 lbs.
After 20 weeks 11/1/08: 171.2 lbs.
Lbs. lost on JUDDDD..................24.8
Lbs lost since start (198)..........26.8
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Scoobees
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Posted: 3 November 2008 08:22 pm |
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Hisgal - First, thanks so much for continuing to check up on me in my diary ; work has still been depressing me so badly that I haven't felt like even writing lately. It's gotta get better!
After reading what you've wrote in your diary - and in Trim's - about JUDDDD, I went out and ordered the Alternate Day Diet book at Borders over the weekend. I simply don't know what else to do anymore. I've gotten so tired of obsessing over what/when/how much to eat that I just want to abandon ship again. After reading your diary entries, JUDDDD seems to eliminate that problem - at least every other day anyway!
Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for posting the info about your plan. I am sooo not sure if I can do those DD like you - yikes - but I sure hope I eventually find them easy -and somewhat of a relief - like you do sometime in the VERY near future.
Even though the book won't be delivered till 5-7 days - there's no time like the present, so I started it today with a down day. Between your diary, the links you posted for sparkpeople's JUDDDD groups, and the JUDDDD site itself - there was enough info to actually get started.
I've been doing the EAS shakes today...and haven't felt actual hunger that badly. Of course when I got home from work around 3pm I am so used to having my cottage cheese w/fruit and my almonds...so my salivary glands were in super duper overdrive !!! I am trying to get in more water...but I really want to CHEW.  Not sure if I'll be successful in doing shakes only for the first two weeks, but I will try to do it as it is supposed to be.
Sorry to go on so long in YOUR diary~! I just really wanted to thank you for all your good info! Wish me luck (I think I will need it! lol!!).
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Hisgal
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Posted: 4 November 2008 02:25 pm |
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Hey Scoobs..............thanks for checking in. I do worry a bit, when we haven't heard from you for a while. Sorry it's not all sunshine and roses , but then life rarely is. We just have to learn to roll with the punches and find our own peace. You know how I find mine, and He never fails me. Have you heard anything yet about when you'll have to move? I keep wondering about that. My SIL, (that left her abusive husband) is losing her house too. They had a serious mold problem, and because of the cost of repair, decided to stop making payments, and letting the house go (along with the marriage or what there was of the marriage). I don't know if it's this way everywhere, but where we live in MN, your house goes to a sheriff's sale after so many missed payments, and once that takes place, you have 6 months and you have to be out. So, she knows she has to have everything out by Feb. 20 or so.
Now, on to JUDDDD.............some say you can learn everything you need to know from the website, and the Spark teams, to do the diet. I really am glad I read the book too. It gave me more of the background and science behind the diet. I tried it once about 1.5 yrs ago and couldn't stick with it............but then the book wasn't out yet, and maybe I just wasn't ready. This time it was incredibly easy for me. I hope it is for you too. The idea behind the shakes for the first 2 weeks vs. real food.........is because most people aren't used to counting calories. So they recommend them to make sure you keep under the 500 calories. If you can't handle it, go with real food. You can eat a lot of veggies and salad for 500 calories, you know. And I know that you know how to count calories. If you stick it out for a few weeks, I think it will be a breeze after that. You know I've been doing it a bit off plan, in that I don't do a DD every other day, but have 2 UD's in a row on the weekends. I'd probably lose faster if I didn't do that. But, I'm not in a race..........I'm taking it slower this time. And I'm happy with the figure I'm getting back..............and will do the happy dance, when I hit 155 again...........and who knows what I'll do when I hit the 140? And I'm happy eating this way...........it's much easier to diet one day at a time, than for an unending time period. And it gives me the weekends to look forward to!
I hope I've been clear enough with my posts.............I do eat pretty much vegetarian and low-carb (starchy carbs) during the week. We eat some meat on the weekends...........but during the week, I allow myself the Egg Beaters, and 2% cheese on T/TH. Well, you can see how I portion out my calories..........and even my McD's vanilla  cone. Suppose I won't have an excuse for that now that the weather is getting colder, will I? But the occasional treat seems to help me stay on track...........just like the weekend eating. If I could get the weekends more under control, I would lose faster too........I'm sure! I think the green tea and the coffee help me get through many days..........also lots of water!
I've stuck with this plan for quite a while.............I seem to change my eating plans when I get "stuck". Maybe this will be the one "for life"? Who knows? Let us know how it's going!
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Scoobees
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Posted: 4 November 2008 04:18 pm |
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Thanks for your help Hisgal!
As far as the house goes, still not sure when we need to be outta here. We haven't even received a sheriff sale notice yet. I try to stay in contact here and again with our attorney to see if he's heard anything - I really don't want any surprises! From what I gather, we have 30 days to vacate after the sheriff sale date. This stuff has been 'weighing' me down for so long; it will be good to put it all in the past.
I can't wait for the ADD book to get here! The sites are very helpful also, but there's nothing like getting all the info from the book I'm sure. I think I get the basic premise, but I'm having an UD today and am a bit unsure how far to take it. The ADD site says eat whatever you want (maintenance) - but don't intentionally overeat. The sparkpeople followers of JUDDDD seem to frown on taking UD to maintenance and adhere to 1200-1400 cal instead. I was going to shoot for around 1500 instead of maintenance for now - at least until I get my book and understand a bit more. It's a daunting thought to eat all the way up to maintenance for me lol. But perhaps that's why the diet works so well? Clueless me.
So you put somewhat of your own 'spin' on the diet by eating whatever you want on the weekends? I was so hoping that was part of the JUDDDD plan! Rats! That would be something to look forward to! But since you're still losing weight - it certainly works for you!!
Anyway, I avoided gnawing off my arm for the first DD yesterday. It wasn't so bad - but it would have been better if I would have went to bed at a normal time instead of staying up waiting for hubs. My stomach was making some serious scary noises around 1 am!! I did go slightly over the 500 cal limit (540) because one of my shakes had too many calories but I didn't want to waste it.
Again, thanks for all your help! I'll let you know how this goes!
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Hisgal
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Posted: 4 November 2008 07:25 pm |
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Scoobs................one of the ladies on the Spark site does very low carb and very low cal. But, I notice that she can eat very little, and start gaining back.........and seems to lose control easier. That's why I like to incorporate the bigger weekend days......it's kind of like zig-zagging. I figure it keeps my body guessing.
In the book, Dr. Johnson says you can eat as much as you want on the UD......until you are satisfied. If people take advantage of this, and eat junk food, they won't lose weight. He suggests a diet high in fruits, veggies, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and lean meats (can't remember now if he is the one that says to treat meat as a condiment, instead of the main course, or not-maybe that was someone else?). But, it's the DD staying under 500 calories that is suppose to be the key to turning on the SIRT1 gene, that gives you the health benefits of this WOE. If you are also reasonable on your UD's, then the weight should come off.
Did you try sipping your shakes throughout the day? Instead of drinking the whole shake at once? I think that helps the full feeling.
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Hisgal
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Posted: 4 November 2008 07:46 pm |
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Hey Scoobs.......................why don't you track your calories for a week, and see what they average? I don't like going under my RMR/BMR for my average. Being I do a Water Fast day every Wednesday, (about 30-60 calories) I figure I need the higher calorie weekends to average it out. And like you said, it does seem to be working for me. And I love that I haven't had to taken allergy meds since a few weeks after I started this WOE!
BTW, I love my WF days, but I wouldn't try that until you had the hang of the DD/UD cycles. But I sure have found out how much of my eating was habit! Like I said in one of my posts..........I'm not sure I've experienced real hunger yet.
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Hisgal
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Posted: 4 November 2008 07:52 pm |
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OK, I need to get to some calorie tracking here..............I didn't get it down yesterday and I am pretty sure that I went over my 500 calories. I've only done that one other DD since I started this WOE.
Monday, November 3................a DD
2 C. green tea w/lemon & Splenda
1/2 lg. apple (55)
1 can/2 serv. Progresso light vegetable rice soup (120)
1/2 lg. apple (55), 16 oz. Sustain (30)
2 serv. fire roast veggies (120) 1 Tbsp ketchup (15)
mini-popcorn (100)
Total calories...............495
Whew! I guess I was OK.........I counted the Sustain twice in my mental list.
EXERCISE: 2 brisk miles walking
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Hisgal
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Posted: 4 November 2008 07:57 pm |
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Tuesday, November 4...........an UD
Breakfast: 2 light egg muffins (360), 1/2 slice Norwegian Health bread w/ICBINB light (100)
2 C. green tea w/Splenda
3 C. coffee, black throughout the day
Lunch: Subway 6" veggie w/vinegar (230) 1 sl pepper jack (50), light lemonade (5), McD's vanilla cone (150) (sunny and 74 degrees on today's walk! )
Dinner: 2 serv. asparagus stir-fry (180), 1 1/2 pc. grilled salmon (150)
Snack: marshmallow ghost peep (37), mini-popcorn bag (100)
Total calories: 1362
EXERCISE: 2 miles brisk walking
Last edited on 5 November 2008 02:50 am by Hisgal
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Hisgal
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Posted: 5 November 2008 10:10 pm |
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Wednesday, November 5...........a WF/Liquids Only day
2 C. green tea w/Splenda
1.5 C. coffee, black
16 oz. Sustain (30)
2 C. coffee, black
Lots of water
Whew! Glad to see I could get back on the forums again. There for a while I could get on the website, but not the forums. So scary when that happens!
EXERCISE: 2.67 miles walked (very breezy today, and I got rained on-but the next few days' forecast isn't good, so I decided to do an extra lap at the park today)
Scale is still up this morning.......and the rings are still a bit tight. Hmmmmm?
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soontobeme
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Posted: 6 November 2008 02:20 am |
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Hi Pat,
Sorry, I was having computer problems and was off for a while, my computer is up and running again and I am back. I didn't quite make my goal I was within 1 lb though. 10/31/2008 weight was 249. I am proud of myself. You look like you are doing well again. Hope you are bracing for the cold coming up this weekend.
So what do you think of our President Elect?
Judy
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Hisgal
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Posted: 6 November 2008 01:23 pm |
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Congrats, Judy ! What a great feeling, isn't it? That saying, "Nothing tastes as good as losing weight feels" is pretty true (although a few foods come pretty close )Glad to hear it was just computer problems. I've had 2 times in a week that I couldn't log onto CPH........I kind of panicked. I don't want to lose all my CPH friends!
President Elect? You know I'm a Christian............I can't go with a party that supports not only abortion, but partial birth abortion (if anyone doesn't know what horrors that involves, then google it and find out) and doesn't support the institution of marriage, but supports gay marriage and the breakdown of society as we know it. I'll always believe that God got it right the first time. The older I get, and the more I learn, I see that the way God laid out for us to live our lives, in His Word, the Bible, is the way that really works and makes me happy and at peace. That being said, the Bible tells us to support our leaders and pray for them, because God is ultimately in control of what happens anyway. He can use anything to His Glory!
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Hisgal
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Posted: 6 November 2008 07:44 pm |
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Thursday, November 6.................an UD
Breakfast: 2 lt egg muffins (360), 2 C. green tea w/Splenda
Staff meeting: 1/2 lg apple (55), 1 Tbsp dip (50), 1/3 banana (35), 1/2 med. apple muffin (100)
Lunch: leftover 6" veggie sub w/vinegar (230), 1 sl. pepper jack (50), 6 oz. ff yogurt (80), 16 oz. Sustain (30)
Total: 990
EXERCISE: 2 miles walking at park
We had lots of rain this morning, but it stopped by noon. It was still cloudy and cool (48 degrees) and windy..........but being tomorrow sounds so cold and maybe snowy, I thought I'd better take advantage of today's weather, and get my feet on the walking path. I didn't have much company 
Good thing tonight is an UD, as the office is going out together tonight. We do that fairly often..........we are a small office, and the spouses are always invited. My hubs has a class tonight. So, I'll go by myself. We have the best group of people at our office! It will be fun...........but will be higher calories today, than I'd normally have.
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Sassykat
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Posted: 6 November 2008 07:52 pm |
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God bless you Pat for sharing your views on the election. I agree with them, but I do know Christians who still voted for Obama. Some said they had to vote for someone who was going to improve our economy. This made me feel sad. I too, am worried about our economy. My hubs work is directly affected by how the economy is right now with the housing loans and everything, but like I have been taught in my classes I told you about, I cannot vote for something that is intrinsically evil (not Obama himself -I don't know him actually, but some of the things he has voted for are evil). And that is, every soul has a right to life. There is no way that it can be made right to take away that life. I never even knew what partial birth abortion was a year and a half ago.
And yes, like you, I do support our president and am praying for him. We must show respect and love for everyone. I'm afraid our values have become the minority and so I wanted to chime in my agreement.
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Hisgal
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Posted: 6 November 2008 09:51 pm |
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Thanks, Sassykat  .................as others have made comments on the election, I've avoided it, as I didn't want to get in some big discussion. But, I just couldn't vote for a man, woman, or party that approves of things that are in direct opposition to the commands God has given us. I couldn't live at peace with myself, if I felt I was going against God. I'd rather not vote I know Christians and their values are laughed at and ridiculed across the nation and the world.........but I have to live with myself. Firmly believing what I do, I know that some day those who don't believe will be facing a Triune God.......who won't be finding their name in the Lamb's Book Of Life......and firmly believing what I do, I also know what their eternity will be. So sad. My faith means nothing at all..............if I don't live what I believe.......simple as that! Then it's just words.
Now on to another favorite subject of mine...........Christmas I listened to Christmas music all day yesterday It was great! This afternoon, another lady and I spent an hour or so taking the lights off a pre-lit tree.........actually 3 pre-lit trees! My thumbs are shot........once is actually sliced open. We are trying to salvage them for the office decorating in about 2 1/2 weeks..........we're going to go look for some new LED lights to re-string them with.
I heard that Deadwood, SD woke up to 31" of snow this morning..........my oldest daughter is thrilled, as she thinks that system is going to make it to SE Minnesota and give us lots of snow too! Not going to happen........but she's excited at the thought of it. I think of it in terms of my walking coming to an end I love my 2 mile walk at noon each day!  I feel so good when I come back to work....the afternoon just flies by. Still praying for you Sassykat One day at a time...........whatever it will be.
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Sassykat
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Posted: 6 November 2008 11:43 pm |
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Hisgal wrote: Still praying for you Sassykat One day at a time...........whatever it will be.
Thank you dear!
Well, now you guys have got me wanting to read this Alternate Day Diet book! I might go ahead and get it at Amazon along with The Sugar Fix (about high fructose corn syrup) If nothing else it should help motivate me to put more effort into being healthy.
I have a question for you though, on your DD do you still fix dinner for your hubs?
And another one, which is easier for you the DD or your water fast day?
I like to ask questions.
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Sassykat
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Posted: 6 November 2008 11:48 pm |
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Oh yeah, here's a "P.S." I went grocery shopping today and actually got excited they had Christmas candy out and displayed in the main aisle. I just had to put some soft peppermint sticks in the shopping cart.
It sounds like you really labored for love salvaging those Christmas trees!
I'd like to get some Christmas cards soon and actually get them out early this year.
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Hisgal
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Posted: 7 November 2008 03:34 am |
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Ooooooh, tough question, my dear. Which is easier............in some ways the WF is, as I don't even have to worry about food at all that day. But, like Scoobs said, I like to chew That was maybe the hardest part to get used to. But, you can see from my diary, that I drink a lot of liquids......I always start the day with water, then the green tea, then coffee, and still lots more water. I also have this drink mix, called Sustain, that I get from Melaleuca with my monthly order. It's an electrolyte drink mix, and one individual packet mixes into 16 oz. bottle of water. I have that around 1-2:00 p.m. I usually only do one WF day a week, but have occasionally done 2. (I overate tonight at the restaurant/bar we went to after work, so I might do a WF on Friday too).
At first I thought the DD were easier, because I just used the EAS shakes for 3 weeks. And they were easy........I felt I spent too much time dwelling on food and calories before. I still count calories, but when you eat less than 500 of them on at least 3 days a week, it doesn't take long to count. And I've found foods that I like, that are low in calories and easy to prepare. I really like a couple of the light Progresso soups, and the whole can is 120 calories. I've gotten some low-fat, low-sodium chicken broth, which is only 5 calories per cup. That's also a good filler, for other times when you are hungry. You can eat a lot of lettuce for very few calories, if you watch the drsg that you use.
On my WF days, I try to have leftovers for the hubs. One of my favorite DD dinners after a day of work, is a veggie stir-fry, especially the Birds Eye frozen asparagus stir-fry. I use non-stick olive oil spray and a sprinkle of salt and pepper. I eat 2 servings or 2/3 of the bag, and it's very filling. The hubs eats the other 1/3 of the bag, with maybe a bit of chicken or salmon on the grill. It's just the two of us now, so we eat very simple...........just grill some meat, if we have meat, and stir-fry veggies or make a salad.
I'm sure that not everyone can handle the ADD/JUDDDD, but it sure seems to work for me. I don't think this Saturday's weigh-in will be good, as I ate quite a bit of chocolate last weekend. And tonight I had a hamburger & fries, popcorn and wine, which put me way over my normal calorie target. Oh well, I'm not in a race.
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Beth
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Posted: 7 November 2008 12:58 pm |
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So true!!!! We are not in a race!!!!
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Beth
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Posted: 7 November 2008 02:37 pm |
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Thanks for stopping by my diary. You already have a "winter wonderland!" We seldom get snow here in Mississippi. When we do, most work just STOPS. Everything suddenly becomes "frozen" and all kids from birth to 92 stay at home and play. It's just understood.
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Sassykat
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Posted: 7 November 2008 02:49 pm |
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Gee Pat, thank you so much for all the information. Good stuff to know! I ordered the books "Alternate Day Diet" and "The Sugar Fix" and I'm also thinking of giving the DD or the fast a try today. I didn't take my Chanca Piedra (for my gall bladder) which does lower my blood sugar. In fact I didn't take any supplements so far. I just want to see how I feel. I've got to say I haven't had my coffee either and I'm really missing it. If I feel shaky I will eat something, but for now I'm just having Lemon Zinger tea. Of course it's only 8:44 am, but so far the is not messing with me too much. And I did watch the boys eat chocolate chip pancakes that hubs made for them for breakfast.
That chicken broth sounds good. What a great way to be creative and find some low calorie foods.
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Hisgal
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Posted: 7 November 2008 03:57 pm |
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Let me know how it goes, Sassykat. I don't have problems with blood sugar.....other than if I eat too much junk, it spikes and then nose dives, and gives me ferocious cravings! I'd hate to see you go backwards...........but then again, if this WOE made some things improve, it would be interesting to try. You'll have to see what it says in the book, and I might have posted it here too, but I think the effects on asthma showed up pretty fast. It might not take long to find out how it effects you.
Beth............how different! In MN, we don't think twice about staying home, unless it's over 6-10 inches. Of course, we usually get high winds accompanying our snowfalls. That's means drifting............so if we get that much, we usually have to plow the snow, to clear the 3 ft. drifts out of our driveway.
I am so excited. In MN, at the Macy's department store, they do a different animated display each year for Christmas. I've never been, but have heard that it's wonderful! The hubs and I are baby-sitting the grandkids on the 15th.......and we are talking of taking them to Minneapolis Macy's store to see it. How fun that would be! The tradition of the display started years ago, when it was a Dayton's department store. I just can't wait to see the looks on the grandkids' faces.
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Hisgal
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Posted: 7 November 2008 04:00 pm |
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So...............Thursday didn't end up a very good calorie day I was at just under 1000 calories when I left work. But I need to add about 6 c. of bar popcorn to that, 1 glass of cabernet, a burger w/fried onions and french fries, and an Arnold Palmer. Then when I got home, I had 2 marshmallow ghosts, an apple cinnamon muffin and 4 York Peppermint Patties..............and lots of water.
Needless to say................today, Friday November 7th............is a WF day!
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