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Sassykat
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Posted: 21 August 2010 05:39 pm |
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Scoobees wrote:
Officially a week into ETL now.  I wonder if it's normal to experience changes in mood, because even though bummer things are happening (work related) I've been in really good spirits lately.
Many of the herbs in your multi have mood boosting properties. (I don't know if you have begun taking them or not yet.)
Wow, your multis are really loaded. Lots of herbs that give you a boost adrenal wise, which means more energy and better ability to deal with stress. And some of them are good for your liver. No wonder why they were so expensive - they have a ton of stuff in them! Depending on how much herbs are actually in them - they might even help a little with your inflammation (knee).
Thank you for posting the ingredients Scoobs. That was very interesting.
And congratulations on your weight. It sounds like you are doing well with getting in more veggies.
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Scoobees
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Posted: 21 August 2010 06:58 pm |
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Sassy - I am always impressed by your supplement savvy!  You do know your stuff for sure! I hadn't started taking the multi till yesterday, so the good mood thing is not related to that. I didn't know if it was just diet related, or wow - possibly I'm just in a good mood lol!
I don't know what's considered a little or a lot, but there's 50mg of each blend in the multis. Boy, that'd be great if I experience the benefits you mentioned! Help with the inflammation would be a total bonus, too!
I appreciated you filling me in Sassy because I really am clueless about stuff like that. I was just hoping for the best. 
Weight today was 151.0, down another .5 from yesterday. 
I had the most yummy totally thrown together dinner last night of 1/2 bag of frozen stir-fry peppers & onions, 1/2 bag steamed broccoli, 1/2 c edamame, and 1/2 c black beans. What a gourmet eh? It was awesome though, and very filling of course! 
I made a boo-boo when I went to the grocery store yesterday. I love to check out all the organic stuff when I pass thru and they have lots of interesting stuff in the freezer too. I picked up that Guiltless Gourmet veggie wrap the last time and it was really good. Something just to keep things different and less boring. This time - oh my. I picked up an Amy's teriyaki bowl (organic tofu, broccoli, brown rice) that looked sooo good and even vegan. I looked quicky at the calories (290 - ok not bad), a quick look at the ingredients - seemed all good...D'oh - didn't check the sodium. 780 mg!  In one entree! I guess I need to remember to look a bit more closely. I was tantalized by the box instead.  It's a shame I didn't tell hubs to eat it last night when he was rifling in the freezer and thought it looked good. We have our 'mine/his' sections in the freezer and he just wanted to be sure whose it was. Ah well. Live & learn. I guess if we don't make it out to dinner tonight, I can consider that my 'splurge'.
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Scoobees
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Posted: 22 August 2010 05:54 pm |
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This is going to be a nice, lazy Sunday for sure. Finish up a few chores, get some reading done, etc. This is my last night without a 'bedtime'. I have to go back to work on Tues & Wed (only 1/2 days to set up & prepare) and Thurs is back to school for the kids and business as usual.  The summer just didn't last long enough!!
I guess that means by Wednesday I need to make another grocery store trip to make sure I have everything I need to bring my feed-buckets-full-o-salad for my lunches.  I'm sure it'll take a few days for my body to adjust to eating at way different times. I'll probably take an extra big salad and just eat part of it at lunch and save a bit for break along with a piece of fruit  .
Somehow I need to adjust my mindset a bit...find something positive about returning to work. This year I feel the worst about going back and I'm not sure what my problem is. Yeah, at least I'll be making more money but...I don't know. I'll get there somehow. Always do.
I guess that's it for now...
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Scoobees
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Posted: 23 August 2010 04:58 pm |
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Yep, it's Monday all right. Last free day...ugh. Glad though that these next 2 days are only half days.
Off to the library; there's a couple vegan cookbouts I want to check out. I tried to place a hold online for them, but for some reason it said my library card expired. Didn't know that could happen as I've had this same card since my child was a tot. So I guess I'll just pop in and see which ones they currently have and see if I need to update something.
I can't believe how sore I am. I did a quickie 22 min routine on my ole total gym (yep, that old Chuck Norris/Christie Brinkley contraption lol) last night. Shows how horribly inactive I've been lately! Will see if my knees hold out for a short walk away the pounds dvd later. I just have to keep moving in some way - the less I move the more stiff my joints are getting.
Anyway, off to check on some cookbooks. I sure do need ideas for dinners for one especially. I might have to cut down just a tad on my bean consumption...whew. My tummy has been complaining (gassy ) the last couple days when I've had around 1.5 cups per day instead of 1 cup.
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Scoobees
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Posted: 24 August 2010 07:44 pm |
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Don't have my smilies with me today...I actually had to go to work today; nothing to smile about. Nah, it was a decent day...only a half day actually.
It's just my internal clock is all messed up right now. Normally I am a night owl and it was rough trying to get to bed at a decent time - and sleep. I had breakfast and just took a banana with me...and wow was I actually hungry when I got home. But then I got carried away with other stuff...then emails, etc...by the time I actually fixed something to eat I was pretty ravenous.  Normally I haven't really been getting hunger signals at all ( just cravings when I think about certain junk foods. ). Hopefully I'll get adjusted back to my normal eating & sleeping times soon.
Another half-day tomorrow and then here come the kiddos!
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Hisgal
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Posted: 25 August 2010 02:55 am |
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You are starting school this Thursday? Oh man, I wonder when my son's school starts? He went on vacation with his wife this week, so I don't think they even started meetings yet this week. MN usually starts after Labor Day.
I'm not where I "weigh in" on the diet discussion. I'd like to think I could just eat healthy and lose weight. Seems I have trouble doing that.........I do know that I felt the best I have in years when doing ADD........I think because my allergy symptoms disappeared when I did...........and I think my knees and joints felt better too. I guess that's why there is so many "diet plans".........we are all different and respond to what is good for us.
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Scoobees
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Posted: 25 August 2010 06:59 pm |
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So true Pat! And certainly no shortage on plans out there lol! I was just hoping - for ONCE in my life - that this wouldn't be a 'plan' to me, just normal habit. So I could continue on for the rest of my life without having to start, stop, try another, and so on with this stupid cycle I've been on.  So frustrating! But I guess time will tell; so far so good but who knows.
Yeah - school officially starts here tomorrow. In my 'old days' we never started till after Labor Day. It seems it gets earlier and earlier!
My boss thought I was crazy this morning. Well, she knows that already, but that's besides the point. I was preparing to pack up the 2 breakfast options for tomorrow morning and you'll NEVER believe what the first option is!!!!! Never!!!!!!!!! I hear my boss say something like 'Oooh, I'll grab us each a bag' so I turn around and see....
Seriously. Is there some sort of a plot to constantly derail my diet?? Cheez-its. My nemesis. Well, besides chocolate, ice cream, pizza, chips.... Anyway, somehow in the nutritional guidelines, a little bag of cheez-its and a tiny juice box meet the requirements. 
I did not know this! Did someone forget to tell me? Hello! Cheez-its are healthy!!! I am so ticked right now that it's been omitted once again from another diet I am on. I am fuming! Presently calling the ETL people...
Anyway, I see the giant case of Cheez-its and just totally burst into hysterical hyena-like laughter. My boss looks at me like what?? Meds need adjusted or something? She missed the footnotes about all my Cheez-it mania over the summer so I had to fill her in. Needless to say I did NOT grab a bag with her.
Still, I'd like to get a look at those nutritional guidelines we have to follow.
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Scoobees
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Posted: 26 August 2010 09:47 pm |
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What a long first full day back to work. It's only 5:30 and I'm so ready for bed. The first day is always rough though. We just didn't have a good flow yet; it's hard for the 3 of us to automatically click after having all summer off. But I tell ya, I have a feeling if #3 girl cannot pull her weight this year, the boss's tolerance will be over. I pull my weight plus some, so does the boss. We've picked up her slack for way too long. Now we have even more (of course!) things to do during the normal day so if she can't speed up I think she'll be getting 'write ups' and eventually terminated. She's a nice lady that doesn't have a mean bone in her body, but this is unfortunaly a job where you have to be fast, quick thinking, and self reliant. You can't always lean on someone, ask a billion questions when you've been there for years , etc. There's simply not enough time in the day.
And there's simply not enough time to eat my pounder salad for lunch either. No way. I saved part of it for my late break and STILL ended up eating the rest at home. Impossible to eat, chew and talk and get enough food in my tummy to feel satisfied in under 30 min. My late break is 15 min and that's barely enough time to sit down. But lunch is always when I get all my raw veggies in...steamed ones for dinner. I just don't like feeling a bit empty all day.
Alrighty then, time to get a little more laundry done but ugh my feet hurt. I so hate being on these old feet all day long.
Enough whining! I had all summer off! But it just seems only yesterday that I was excited about this:
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Hisgal
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Posted: 26 August 2010 09:53 pm |
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| How do the knees handle being on your feet, running all day? I expect you have really good shoes on? Do you use orthodic inserts? Should have been burning calories anyway, huh Scoobs?
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Scoobees
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Posted: 4 September 2010 06:37 pm |
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Wow, I sure haven't been posting lately!
Pat - The knees have been pretty ok at work - probably because I haven't been working out. Just some pain at times behind the right knee, not sure what that means. I try to buy the best shoes I can find, but there's not a lot of choices to pick from because they have to be slip resistant, and with my bunions I have to be really particular. I bought some inserts but haven't popped 'em in yet. The foot pain is lessening a bit; it's just the transition period from being a couch potato to running around all day.
I finally had the courage to weigh myself today - surprisingly down .5 pound. I thoroughly enjoyed my ETL off day at the county fair. Didn't have the ability to down as much junk as I normally do. I sure could tell when enough was enough!
Then I started getting sick this past week. Not sure if I was getting run down from the diet, or the return to work, or because of TTOTM. Maybe a combination. So I took a couple days and went off plan; had a bit of meat - and yes some junk food (always makes me feel better ). Today I am feeling a bit better after that and sleeping in a bit. Just a bit of sniffling & coughing still. But I was shocked that the scale went down; I was certain I would have a gain!
Still trying to read the Eat For Health books. Sort of wished I could have read these first before ETL because it's definitely more of a 'baby steps' approach. Instead of diving in, it's a four phase plan in which you can stay at any phase for any length of time. You slowly eliminate the 'bad' foods and incorporate more fruit & veggies along the way. The fourth phase is obviously what ETL is all about. But even the beginning phases are more healthy than the standard American diet.
Still hanging in there, but still undecided about where to go from here. I would like to remain vegan but still fear I am not getting all the nutrients I need. Maybe I'll add a tiny serving of meat or dairy here and there just to ease my mind. Yeah, I have no clue what I am doing!
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suenos
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Posted: 6 September 2010 11:58 am |
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Hiya Scoobs!
If I can make one suggestion: there are a million diet/nutrition books, plans, etc. out there - and every single one of them has a mix of solid advice and silliness. If you stop to think about it, you know, your body knows, what makes you feel the best, look the best, and perform the best...only you know what combination of diet/exercise is also realistically within your time and budget, and yes, "happiness", range. If you develop a "core plan" and build around that, taking from all sources of information (including your own knowledge of your body), what realistically works for YOU, discard what obviously does not, and realize that it's all flexible (because life changes right?), then it's suddenly kinda simple and non-head bangingly confusing.
Have a great Labor day chica! Sending much love and hugs and cheery thoughts your way!
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Sassykat
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Posted: 7 September 2010 10:58 pm |
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Hey Scoobs, thought I would "drop in" and see how you are doing.
Are you feeling any better?
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Scoobees
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Posted: 11 September 2010 06:29 pm |
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Hi Suenos & Sassy!!! Man, I'm just not finding the time to check in much lately; which is pretty normal now that I'm well into the working thing again.
Only got a sec - have to hit the grocery stores today. Running out of fruits & veggies yet again.
Still following ETL; scale still dropping.  'Almost' not missing treats, meats, grains, etc. But there are times... We are headed to Applebee's later and I can guarantee you I WILL be eating some meat.
Hope everyone is doing well and I will try to hit up some diaries this evening!!
I know! I can't believe it either! The 140s again!!!!!
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Hisgal
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Posted: 12 September 2010 04:35 am |
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Whooo Hooo Scoobs!   The 140's.........I'm jealous and jubilant at the same time. I'm just not getting into this! I do good for a few days, then fall backwards The only good news, is that I am still going back to CURVES.........or walking, now that it's cooled off a bit. (Love the fall temps!) I can't wait until you post that you've hit goal!
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Scoobees
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Posted: 12 September 2010 06:35 pm |
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Thank you SO much Pat! I just can't believe it's FINALLY happening once again. And sooo NOT the way I planned. Shifting my focus away from intense insane exercise has been a challenge. But I do want to be able to walk in my later years. Shifting that focus to mainly on what I'm eating has been a bit easier than I imagined though. Funny how things can change. In my case they HAD to change before the rest of my joints wore out!
I was so jazzed last night when my FAVE pair of jeans from way back FIT!!! I tried them on not very long ago, and they were not even close. ??? Would not go over my hips/thighs at all. Have no clue how all of the sudden they went on without any struggle. But I certainly was happy! They are a size 6 (but a generous size 6) and I am pretty darn sure I bought them when I was in my 130s somewhere. Why they fit NOW is strange - but I will take it - and wear them with pride lol!
We had a great time last night out at Applebee's and did a bit of shopping. Had my 'usual' 550 or under menu selection of the asiago peppercorn steak dinner. My fave. I didn't feel any 'thrill' of eating meat, but it sure was good anyway. However, I did feel a bit of thrill from the brownie we picked up from Wal-Mart's bakery. With these kinds of foods in my tummy, I fell asleep on the couch even before the movie started. Maybe sometime in the future I will find that I really don't want this occasional treat anymore.
Has anyone seen the new weight loss show on Bravo called Thintervention with Jackie Warner? I just watched a repeat of the very first episode and it was pretty good! I remember catching a few episodes of her other show (Work Out). Something about a female with a totally etched 6-pack scares me though. Or is it envy?
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mollymoo24
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Posted: 12 September 2010 06:50 pm |
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Wow...I haven't dropped in to catch up in your diary in ages, and LOOK where you are! The 140's??? The old pair of jeans? Totally awesome! Really happy for you!
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Hisgal
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Posted: 17 November 2010 05:42 pm |
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| Hey, Scoobs............I thought it was time to bring you back up to the top of the page! Is work keeping you that busy? Your internet buddies miss you! Come back and let us know you are OK?
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Hisgal
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Posted: 13 May 2011 01:37 pm |
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| Hey Scoobs..............miss you! Everything OK?
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Scoobees
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Posted: 14 May 2011 12:26 am |
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Wow! Of all days to log onto  and see a post for TODAY'S date! Thanks Pat! That really made me smile for sure! You haven't forgot me!!!
I don't want to get into too many funky details, but no, things haven't been so good. I don't wanna dwell that much on the yucky stuff, but will sum it all up as quickly as I can (which usually means a LONG novel ): work problems, money problems, worsening knee problems, another abnormal Pap, hubs' bad back, etc. Yeah, just normal c.r.a.p. that most go thru, but which I am always UNABLE to go thru without eating it all away.
You'd think by now I'd have a handle on all this lol. I can see by my last post ages ago I was in the 140s. Well, I am somewhere in the 170s again. And BOY has this made my knees worse than ever of course. In fact, today was the first time I've even attempted exercise for quite a bit and I have my fingers crossed that nothing gets worse so I can continue.
Work at the school ends in early June and I will be thankful if I can last that long. Very hard to make it up & down all the stairs. I sound like a 90 year old woman lol!!!!
Anyway, I have to get this extra weight back off as soon as possible. It's adversely effecting me in SO many ways. I almost don't recognize this body anymore!!! At the moment I am highly motivated...I just need to KEEP it that way HA!
I am off to rustle up a late dinner; I will be checking my pal's diaries on the way back in. I sure hope you all are doing better than I am!!!!
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Sassykat
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Posted: 16 May 2011 12:18 am |
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Hey Scoobs! Nice to see you back here again. I missed your posts.
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zenobia
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Posted: 16 May 2011 12:35 am |
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Hey Scoobs! !!! I"m so happy to see you back! 
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Hisgal
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Posted: 16 May 2011 01:19 am |
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Aaaaaaaaaw, Scoobs.........it is so GREAT to see you back on It's just not the same when you are gone!
I wish I could say that I'd done better than you, in the intervening time, but...........no, I haven't. I got as high as 203.X a little over a year ago...down to 193 for a while, then back up to 201.x 
I started losing again last fall.........late Oct., when I cut my sugars waaaaay down. And I've been having stomach/digestive problems since last Sept. Not fun! I've been stalled out at 183.4 lbs for a couple of weeks now. Sure would like to hit that 20 lb mark, and drop down into the 170's!
The GREAT thing is that neither of us have given up........we continue to come here, or to come back here..........and we continue with the struggle. So, let's do this one last time, shall we?
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Scoobees
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Posted: 16 May 2011 11:26 pm |
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Thanks so much Sassy, Zen, and Pat for the welcome backs! I've missed keeping up with the day-to-day stuff here @ so much!
I've been going good since Friday - yeah, I'm on a real roll lol! But at least that's something. And even when I found out that my son split his hand open and was at the emergency room all nite, I didn't binge and eat my feelings for once. A small NSV, but it is progress. My poor baby though!
I only exercised once (Friday) because by Saturday my back felt like it was going out. Darned if you do - darned if you don't. I haven't had to see a chiro in years; but it makes sense - I had LOTS of back problems when I was heavy. And that's exactly what I am again. It feels a bit better this evening but I think I will wait till tomorrow to try working out again.
There's not a whole lot of options for exercise right now with these knees. This time even riding my stationary bike is almost impossible. The right one just does not like to be bent much. Same with my elliptical. Hopefully things will go back to the somewhat norm when my weight goes back down. I have found a good book with lots of different circuit training routines in it and I really enjoyed the first one on Friday. It felt great to work with weights again! Hopefully I can do that and eventually add in some other cardio at a later date when my joints simmer down lol! If the weather would ever DRY UP a bit  I would like to try walking in my favorite lil park again.
As far as diet goes, I am just trying common sense for now and eat mostly healthy stuff. Since I left here last I tried a couple plans and I always end up quitting. I tried The Belly Fat Cure for a bit which totally made sense to me except if I ate my fruit it would put me over my sugar gram allotment for the day - Boo! I still don't think fruit should be lumped into the same category as junk sugar. I then started the 17 Day Diet (heavily promoted on Dr Phil and The Doctors shows) and lost a lot of weight in the first cycle of 17 days, but as soon as I started the second cycle where you add in a few complex carbs - I was toast (literally!). I ended up just pigging out and negating all the loses.
I am just trying to eat pretty 'clean' and getting in lots of veggies & fruits with some lean proteins and limiting other carbs/grains to just my morning oatmeal and sometimes a whole wheat tortilla to wrap up some beans & veggies, or a very occasional sweet potato. However, right now my favorite JUNK snack happens to be Popchips (darn that Jillian Michaels for mentioning them in an article) and I have a serving of those on most days. Hey, I did say I was eating 'pretty clean' !! I will always crave my salty snacks...
I guess that's it for now. NOTHING much on TV to watch tonight so I'll probably check out a bit of Dancing with the Stars; I am just obsessed with Kirstie Alley's huge weight loss!!!!!!!!!!!
And before I go...I have to do one of these things...it's been ages! Here it comes...
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Hiker
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Posted: 17 May 2011 12:03 am |
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Scoobie, I missed your come back but welcome back even if I am a little late to the party. While you were gone I feel way off the wagon too, more than you so you see we are all here fighting the same fight. Glad you decided to return to the fold welcome back .
As you can see I still love those smileys you turned me on to
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Scoobees
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Posted: 17 May 2011 12:09 am |
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Hiker! Nice to see ya again!!! Though I am sorry to hear you fell off too. Thank goodness we're still in this!!!
Thanks for the welcome back; it's good to be home.
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Sassykat
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Posted: 17 May 2011 02:40 pm |
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We watched a scooby movie last week and I couldn't help but think of you Scoobs.
I use to watch it all the time when I was growing up and now I still enjoy watching them occasionally.
Your sparkly posts and smileys are always so cheerful!
Sorry to hear about your son's hand. That sounds frightening. How did it happen?
Oh and I totally agree with you on the fruit. I just cannot accept it should be in the same category as table sugar. I think fruit is just as nutritious as vegetables. I may be wrong of course, but fruits have a ton of health benefits.
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Scoobees
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Posted: 18 May 2011 01:12 am |
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Sassy - That's too cute! I still enjoy all the Scooby cartoons & movies so much. When I was young, those cartoons actually scared me a little bit lol! There were monsters for goodness sakes! Ok, so I didn't make the connection at that age that it was always just a masked bad guy. Ha!
And with my son's hand - he was at a party at a friend's house (and yes, I am sure there was drinking involved ) and they were goofing around laughing - and he leaned with his hand against an old window (really bright, right??) and his hand went right through!! I am sooo glad I didn't know about it till the next day; I would have freaked. Lots of blood, his best buddy and girlfriend drove him to the ER. The doc said he was still pretty lucky - just missed severing whatever muscle/tendon (yeah, I haven't a clue what it was lol). I am guessing that would have meant some major hand surgery though. Whew! He got away with 7 stitches...and unfortunately missing work and $. He was over again today for some help wrapping it. But he's doing well and the wound looks like it's already starting to heal. Apparently the ONLY thing my son is bummed about is missing the GYM! That's my boy. Thanks for asking, Sassy!
Today was a much better day at work; not as much back pain and knee pain thank goodness! I didn't get much sleep - hubs back gives him probs when he tries to turn over but he's getting better after his 2nd chiro appt - yay!
Since I felt better I made darn sure I got a workout in for sure! I did another circuit training workout; 4 circuits @ approx 47 min. It went very well!
Diet going well too; been averaging 1400-1500 cals during the week when I'm more active. Mostly all healthy foods with lots of fruits & veggies.
Scale went down another pound so I'm at a horrific 175.5 at the moment. Man, that sure sucks. I'm forever away from 130 now. I used to panic at 150! Then 160 was akin to death...how in the world could I let it get to almost 180??? I am trying not to waste time and emotions on that...why beat myself up more than I already have. I just need to keep looking & moving forward with blinders on. 
Have a great night everyone! Time to catch up with The Biggest Loser.
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Hiker
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Posted: 18 May 2011 10:56 am |
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| Scoobs, glad your son is okay. It sounds like you are fully on board with the diet and exercise so you are doing better than me. I got the diet going but not the exercise. It looks like you are just about in the same place as me, I was down to 125 and somehow managed to let my weight go back to the 170's...really knocking on the door to 180 when I got serious again. So see we did this togehter before and we can do it again.
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Posted: 18 May 2011 12:09 pm |
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| Well that is lucky for your son! My 15 year old had to have major surgery on his hand 2 years ago when he accidently sliced into 3 major tendons rendering his last 3 fingers on his left hand useless. He was trying to jimmy a frozen peanut butter ball off of a wooden cutting board while leaning over into a chest freezer. Yup lots of blood! Last edited on 18 May 2011 12:13 pm by 50lbs2lose
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Sassykat
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Posted: 18 May 2011 02:34 pm |
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How come in the movies when people break glass windows they don't get hurt? Household accidents can be scary. I'm glad your son is ok.
My oldest son lost the first section of his pointer finger on one of his hands. He was helping hook up a trailer to the hitch of the back of a pick up truck. His finger somehow got caught under the hitch and was smashed. I'm glad I wasn't there. We were out of town at the time and I heard about it when we got back.
Are you going to vote for the Biggest Loser contestant?
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Scoobees
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Posted: 19 May 2011 12:09 am |
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Hiker - I am sorry to hear we are in the same boat! I am glad to have company of course, but sad to know we are in very similar spots. And yes, we CAN do it again!
50lbs2lose - That is a scary story! I am so not good with blood.
Sassy - Ugh! That sounds awful! Such freaky things that can happen! I was so glad I wasn't there either...not good in crisis situations that include my own child. And no, I didn't do any voting for the Biggest Loser contestant; this is the first year that it's growing a bit old for me. Not sure why. I still watch it but I'm not glued to the TV anymore...or I listen to it from another room. I like Hannah this year - her sense of humor just tickles me to death! All 3 girls don't really have much left to lose for goodness sakes!!!
Decent day today overall. Was a bit stressed & over tired when I got home and was really close to diving into some junk food. Took a nap instead and got a later workout in. Yay!
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Hiker
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Posted: 19 May 2011 10:17 am |
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| We just gotta savor those victories and not going for the junk food when you are over tired and stessed is a big one.
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suenos
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Posted: 23 May 2011 04:38 pm |
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| hi scoobs and thanks for the glitter! sorry about your son's fingers (ouch!) but ya know if we all had a dollar for every stupid thing thing we did from 18 to 25 we'd be rich..... really, really, really rich!
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zenobia
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Posted: 31 May 2011 06:38 am |
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hey lady! don't stay away for too long!!
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Hiker
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Posted: 31 May 2011 12:19 pm |
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| Hey Scoobs, miss ya...and all of your glitter. Come back when you can.
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Scoobees
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Posted: 31 May 2011 11:42 pm |
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suenos wrote: but ya know if we all had a dollar for every stupid thing thing we did from 18 to 25 we'd be rich..... really, really, really rich!
Amen to that! And even he says things like - 'remember what you were like and things you did at my age'? THAT makes me run screaming.
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Scoobees
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Posted: 1 June 2011 12:03 am |
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Hey guys! Sorry I haven't been checkin' in for a bit. Same ole crazy stuff around here, same ole getting overwhelmed, same ole eating too much and not working out enough.
The last couple days have been good at least. Yesterday I finally was able to get a walk in my favorite little park.  This crazy weather! When it finally warmed up enough for me to walk - it rained on and on...then tornado watches/warnings, etc. So I actually made it there yesterday, of course it was 90 degrees but I still went. I was the ONLY walker there lol. Couple kids on bikes...that was it. Felt a little woozy on the way home and made sure I had lots of water.
Today I did a decent circuit workout with weights. I laughed at Suenos's journal posting regarding 'girly weights' cuz that's what I was sure using. Pretty blue and purples. I'll get back to the serious chrome ones...sometime??
Only 5 more working days!!!! No more pencils, no more books. Bad thing is my supervisor is quitting. It surprised me how well we clicked since she took over. She's not letting them know until her last unemployment week is filed (mid August) which means they will not be getting much of a heads-up so I have a feeling ole Scoobs will be stuck in the meantime. I am so not qualified even though they think I am. Too much hassle and red tape for me. We'll see what happens but this makes for a rather subdued summer for me.
Anyway, I'd love to get her something as a good-bye gift. I'm sure we'll hang out here and there but I feel like I need to GET her something, you know? We are having a party on the last day (aka food fest ) also. I need to give this gift some thought. She's rather hard to buy for in that she has everything!!! She loves clothes, but is very picky; loves Bath & Body Works stuff (me too!!) but I get her that all the time...I could get her a gift card but I'd like to get her something too...Ugh. This will be a frantic shopping trip over the weekend lol. Ideas are welcome!
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Hisgal
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Posted: 1 June 2011 06:09 pm |
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Gifts can be so hard!  Ive got the same problem with my SIL. We just had lunch for her b-day.........and I didn't bring a gift. It was planned kinda last minute, and if I knew what to get, I could have snuck out of work a bit early and picked it up. BUT I HAVE NO CLUE! I will get it before we have the family get-together, but I still need to figure it out!
Does she like wine? One of my SIL's, one year for my birthday, gave me a bottle of wine, with a HUGE wine glass that said "Birthday Girl" or "Happy Birthday" on it, along with a placemat with a scene of grapes, glasses and wine bottles on it, and matching drink napkins. It was a cool theme gift, and the wine was really good!
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toofatformyhat
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Posted: 1 June 2011 09:16 pm |
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Hiya Scoobs, I am new to this forum and will be tracking my own progress soon!
I just couldn't believe how determined you were to make this work for you, a lot of people just give up when the fall off the wagon but you should be so proud for how far you've come. It is really inspirational.
I look forward to seeing where you go, and I hope I can have the same drive and focus as you.
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Scoobees
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Posted: 8 June 2011 03:06 am |
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Yessss! Today was our last day. Summer break. We had our own little party to celebrate and also to say goodbye to our manager. Very emotional - and indulgent - day for us. I ended up putting together a basket full of Bath & Body Works products and a GIANT bag of 700+ tootsie roll midgies (her fave) as a gift. She will be leaving me hateful voice mails all summer long over that candy lol!
I guess that's it. Time for me to get down to the nitty-gritty and get on with some sort of summer plan to get this weight back off. I am sooo miserable. I almost can't remember how it felt to feel good about myself, to feel kinda thin, proud, strong, healthy, amazing... Man, I soooo wanna rock again!
Well, now that I don't have to work till the end of August, we all KNOW I don't have ANY excuses, right???? I am sure I'll think of a few now and then , you KNOW me. But I have the extra time now to Just Do It. I will also have the time now to come in here and make MANY multiple daily posts to drive ya crazy, too.
Tomorrow is a brand new day. See you then.
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Scoobees
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Posted: 8 June 2011 04:42 pm |
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Sleep is soooo under rated. First day off = 8 hours of 'almost' uninterrupted Zzzs. Just the usuals; hubs sporadic snoring, my potty visits , etc. I feel good! 
Had a great late breakfast and need to hit the grocery store to get a few things. Can't do my usual everything-goes-in-the-cart trip just yet; $$ is a bit tight presently so I will have to make do unless one (or more - please!) of hubs job bids comes in.
Not remotely hungry but already having to resist the urge to snack. Shows just how bad I've been lately...and it's TTOTM. Booo.
That's it for now. Off to get some food and be back for exercise.
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Sassykat
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Posted: 8 June 2011 09:19 pm |
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Hey Scoobs, you and I are swapping work circumstances.
Do you have any tips for eating healthy while on the run?
Hope some of those bids get accepted soon with your customers. That sounds very much like our situation. And bidding out work in this economy is so tricky. You try to bid low enough to get the job since there is very little work and so much competition, and yet it has to be high enough to cover the expenses and make enough money for your own bills. I really wish the economy would pick up and get better.
Enjoy your vacation. I hope this is a great summer for you.
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Hiker
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Posted: 8 June 2011 10:36 pm |
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Hi Scoobs. Schools out so celebrate...non food of course 
Now that you have more free time I am sure you will be able to work on yourself if that is what you want to do. I happen to like you very much just the way you seem to think you need to so go for it.
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suenos
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Posted: 8 June 2011 11:31 pm |
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Hiya Scoobs! Double yey for your summer vaca being here at last!!!!!
First, gotta say that you alread rock, regardless of the external stuff - but ya know I totally get what you're saying. Cause sometimes it really does come down to that old maxim about needing to "look good to feel good." I don't know if it's just a female thing (because I suspect the average guy thinks he's a nine on the hotness scale regardless of reality) but no matter how good things otherwise, somehow I just don't feel good about myself if I'm not in the physical shape I think I should be in. It's a real slippery slope though - and here's where I digress and hijack your diary although I'm supposed to be cooking dinner right this min.....so I saw this magazine article where is woman (I can't remember her name but I THINK it was one of Regan's daughters) who did a kinda tasteful nude pic and she's got this amazing body, claims to have never had any work done and is like 50 or something...and I mean a really nice, firm but curves in the right places, kinda body that any woman would be happy to claim. And ya know what? she was seriously complaining that she "hates her elbows"and how self concious she is about them....and, I'm going "really? your elbows? no, really"
hee, hee, ya know I had a point that was relevant to ya when i started typing that, but now I forgot exactly what it was and I don't have time to go back and make it clear cause I gotta feed the boy...so you're just gonna have to figure it out
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Scoobees
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Posted: 9 June 2011 01:32 am |
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Thanks Sassy, Hiker & Suenos!!!! Thanks for all the support - and giggles! I happen to LOVE my elbows. My best feature by far.
Made it back from groceries, did a bit of messing around with my flowers but not too long - it was like 97 degrees out. I chucked the idea of going for a walk for my exercise today and stayed inside and did a weight circuit routine from one of my books. Did the circuit 3 times through, stretched, and done in 39 minutes.
I am trying to be soooo careful. Everytime I start back up with exercise at least one of my knees decides to get worse. Nothing like psyching yourself up with loads of determination only to get your hopes dashed. So nothing fancy, nothing over the top intense. Just get (and keep!) moving is the plan.
Calories around 1200 at this point. Lil snack coming in a bit. Got some yummy cut up veggies and grape tomatoes just waiting for me...
See you all tomorrow!
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Scoobees
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Posted: 9 June 2011 06:31 pm |
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Happy Thursday!
Gah. I just knew it would happen. After ONE day back exercising, I get up this morning, walk down the hall to the bathroom and yep, there goes one of my knees. It sort of buckles from time to time. Sigh. Whatever. I will not get freaked out about it and start eating.  That REALLY won't help lol. I iced it a couple times, took some ibuprofen. I'll see how it goes later. It was supposed to be my walking day, but the forecast looks iffy, one of those 'weather watch' days again. I'll strap a brace on and try SOMETHING. Darned if you do and if you don't. But it just makes me want to  because no matter what's wrong with my knees, it SURE wouldn't be this bad if I wouldn't have put back on so much weight. 
Got that out of my system lol.
Anyway, just chillin' right now, listening to Pandora radio on my cell, getting ready to make a gigantic salad...
back in a bit
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Scoobees
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Posted: 10 June 2011 02:37 am |
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I took it nice & easy today; a bit of housework, laundry, etc and did get a 45 min circuit workout in. Hoping I'll wake up tomorrow with the knees feeling good. Wishing I'd also wake up skinny.
Is it just me or is running really slow today?
And nothing good on TV to watch tonight...
whine, whine, whine See everyone tomorrow!
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Scoobees
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Posted: 11 June 2011 04:48 pm |
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Yesterday was good diet-wise except for missing a workout. With all this free time I have now, you'd think I'd learn to prioritize a bit better. I guess I'm still in the 'honeymoon' phase of summer vacation.
Today is another graduation party...groan. I am not sure how strong willed I am at this early stage, but I will give it my best shot. As soon as I finish this entry I WILL get a workout in...and eat a great, healthy lunch...and hopefully be too full to eat anything there.  I am not sure what foods to expect but hopefully there will be at least some fresh fruit to pick at, water...diet pop??? Anything? I wish hubs could understand a little better...'Ohhhh, come on - you can eat something!' is always his famous diet tip lol!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
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mollymoo24
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Posted: 11 June 2011 11:48 pm |
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Hi Scoobs!! Thanks for your post in my journal. It's great to see you back posting regularly. Yay for summer!
Those graduation parties are full of calorie sneak attacks. Good luck!!
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Scoobees
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Posted: 12 June 2011 07:30 pm |
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mollymoo24 wrote: Those graduation parties are full of calorie sneak attacks. Good luck!!
Hi Mol!! Ugh, calories for sure. I am glad I worked out beforehand, but that in no way can make up for the snacks I ate. I thought I was going to do well; I exercised, had a filling lunch, but we didn't leave for the party when I figured (hubs took a lot longer on a customer's car than planned) and we got there late (somewhere around 6 pm). So I was defintely starting to get pretty hungry again. Not a lot of healthy options of course. I got a tiny piece of baked chicken, some green beans that I hadn't a clue if anything was on them, some fresh greens with a tad of italian dressing, and scooped out a few pieces of melon from the bowl of fruit. That would have been fine if it all ended there lol.
After eating, we sat and I got soooo bored. I only knew the graduate and her parents (friends of my hubs) and of course they were busy entertaining everyone and running ragged. Very nice people. The music positively stunk, but it's not their fault I'm not into country...you don't often hear Metallica, etc at grad parties lol. So of course - the bored snacking began.
They had little bowls of stuff on all the tables, like pretzel twists (had a few - no biggie), cute little 'graduate' wrapped mints (had a few - no biggie), AND bowls with peanuts, cashews, raisins and M&Ms mixed in....had a LOT, HUGE biggie. It's amazing how many you can chuck into your mouth in a short time just out of sheer boredom.
THEN came the grad cake. Sigh. I gave up and enjoyed it.  Then I came home and had a few chips and a danish. The old theme of mine 'I blew it anyway, might as well go for broke'. Will I ever change?
So, i guess all I can do make sure I get in my exercise and reduce calories the next few days a bit more. The only thing that stinks is that I wish the food would have been better...if I'm going to blow my diet it should be with awesome foods!!!! To have regret from eating mediocre stuff is just plain wrong.
Ok, I am going to make Sunday rock!
Last edited on 12 June 2011 07:31 pm by Scoobees
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