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couple of quick NSV's - noticed my new coat is baggy
bought at a size 18 (uk) and was snug when I bought it now loose and my joggers are hangin on me so pleased weighing tomorrow so praying the scales will be kind too 0 -
Getting really scared and nervous about my biopsy later today. So much so I can't sleep! My sister says it hurts and you are really crampy after. On top of the fact that I am so scared I feel like the family has completely forgotten about me. I know they are worried about lynnshea my sister in law and the kids but I need some support too! It's funny they all talk about keeping their family and friends closer after my brothers passing but it seems like I am the first to be let go and left behind and forgotten! Unless I am in their face on a daily basis I am out of sight out of mind! I'm so scared!!!!!!!!!
it will be ok
It's ok to be scared...and I'm sure they haven't forgotten about you....It's just you guys have allot going on right now.. Don't worry, we are here when you need us.....Prayers with you, God Bless:flowerforyou: 0 -
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Hi All--
Sorry I have been MIA lately-- WORK has been nutso and eating hasn't been great... I'm trying to stay away from the scale until Friday...
On a positive note, I did 4 miles on the elipitical Saturday...
Woohoo... The half marathon is 7 weeks away! Gotta keep moving!
Congrats to all the successes!
Keep on keeping on to those struggling.
I promise to be a more faithful member this week and the following...
Have a great Tuesday!:glasses: :drinker: 0 -
Hi everyone, thank you for the new thread. I have the grumpies today and all your positive posts are helping - thank you0
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Hope everyone's doing good this weekend. I haven't had a chance to really look through everyones post. Been busy trying to make myself work lol.0
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Hello family, well the biopsy is over now I just have to wait for the results. Might be a week for them but the doctor is pretty confident that we are not looking at cancer but rather just acute inflamation due to the HPV. Will know for sure when the results come back but right now I am just a little tender down there and feeling a bit like the bottem has fallen out if you know what I mean. A bit crampy as well. Going to go to bed here soon just wanted to let you all know that it looks like I will have a good result from it. Thank you for all of your prayers and well wishes it really means a lot to me.
Love you all,
Renee0 -
Getting really scared and nervous about my biopsy later today. So much so I can't sleep! My sister says it hurts and you are really crampy after. On top of the fact that I am so scared I feel like the family has completely forgotten about me. I know they are worried about lynnshea my sister in law and the kids but I need some support too! It's funny they all talk about keeping their family and friends closer after my brothers passing but it seems like I am the first to be let go and left behind and forgotten! Unless I am in their face on a daily basis I am out of sight out of mind! I'm so scared!!!!!!!!!
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Checking in...doing well on the water. Work is crazy but I am managing. That is all. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming! 0
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Hi everyone! Sorry, I haven't gotten a chance to post much lately. My starting weight is 228 this week. I think I ave finally busted through the plateau!!!!!! :happy:
Im alive but have been battling a raspy throat, Ugh :sad: So, I hope everyone is powering through and making strides in their progress.
P.S. Thanks VIRGO for posting my weight on the spreadsheet yesterday. You rock! :flowerforyou:0 -
Hello family, well the biopsy is over now I just have to wait for the results. Might be a week for them but the doctor is pretty confident that we are not looking at cancer but rather just acute inflamation due to the HPV. Will know for sure when the results come back but right now I am just a little tender down there and feeling a bit like the bottem has fallen out if you know what I mean. A bit crampy as well. Going to go to bed here soon just wanted to let you all know that it looks like I will have a good result from it. Thank you for all of your prayers and well wishes it really means a lot to me.
Love you all,
Renee
awesome - keep us posted and get some rest, you will be back up and at em in no time, but you will want to wear a liner for a couple of days0 -
Glad I found you guys! How's everyone doing today? :flowerforyou:0
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Since it's recipe Wednesday here's a recipe I just tried to get rid of some of my extra zucchini.
Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies
½ c. Butter
1 c. Sugar
1 Egg
1 t. Vanilla
3 c. Flour
2 t. Cinnamon
2 t. Baking powder
½ t. Salt
1 ½ c. Chopped Zucchini
¾ c. Chocolate Chips
¼ c. Chopped Walnuts
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease cookie sheets.
2. Cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Add the zucchini.
3. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Add to mixture.
4. Add chocolate chips and walnuts.
5. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
** Note ** The cookies never browned for me. They were done but they just never darkened.
The recipe should make about 3 1/2 dozen cookies. The cookies were cake-like and a little lacking in flavor but they were also only about 72 calories. Can't beat that!
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Hia all so the 10 day pan came to an end and I weighed - I LOST 8 LB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I haven't had loss like that for a year! 6 stone 5lb off in total now or 89lb. I am so happy I can not express. Let's hope it continues - I will not be stopping, learnt loads of lessons e.g
1. Plan your meals at least the day before and STICK TO IT (as much as poss)
2. Last meal of the day doesn't need carbs!
3. 5 smaller meals are better and I get less hungry
4. Protein doesn't mean high cal.
5. Protein shakes are helpful to recovery after the gym.
I feel so well, so full of energy, a fab change for me0 -
can someone post a link to the spread sheet0
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************* Don't forget to enter you weight for last week *******************
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnInOlpiuL1mdC1lU1U5aWloS256ei16c3lPX2Q1UWc&hl=en_US#gid=00 -
Hia all so the 10 day pan came to an end and I weighed - I LOST 8 LB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I haven't had loss like that for a year! 6 stone 5lb off in total now or 89lb. I am so happy I can not express. Let's hope it continues - I will not be stopping, learnt loads of lessons e.g
1. Plan your meals at least the day before and STICK TO IT (as much as poss)
2. Last meal of the day doesn't need carbs!
3. 5 smaller meals are better and I get less hungry
4. Protein doesn't mean high cal.
5. Protein shakes are helpful to recovery after the gym.
I feel so well, so full of energy, a fab change for me
So proud of you! That's an amazing loss! I missed what you were doing for those 10 days though... insight? Maybe I'd like to try it! LOL!0 -
I'll be a little AWOL here for the next several days. Hurray! Vacation! Hope everyone has a good weekend. I'll check in when I can, and definitely Monday!
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Recipe Wednesday!
This one's kind of a cheat because it's soooo quick and easy, but it's also really quite wonderful.
Orange Rosemary Pork
1 pork loin roast (about 2lbs)
1/2 cup orange marmalade
2 tbsp chopped fresh rosemary (or about 1 tsp dried)
salt & pepper to taste
Mix marmalade with rosemary, salt & pepper. Spread over the roast. Place roast in a 400 degree (F) oven until it's 140F inside (use a thermometer! About 45 minutes).
If the lovely topping hasn't carmelized a bit you can put it under the broiler.
Serve with a nice salad or other veggie sides. Rosemary potatoes are good with it too.0 -
Recipe Wednesday - CARROT MEAT
2 lbs lean ground beef
2 large carrots shredded
1/2 large onion shredded or chopped very fine
seasoning to taste (I like garlic powder and Tony Chachere's)
1 large egg whole
1 tbsp Worstershire sauce
1 cup tomato sauce
Shredd carrots and onions. Mix with meat with spices, carrots, onions, and egg. Mix with hands. Form into 6 patties. Heat Worstershire sauce in pan and brown patties on both sides. When almost cooked through top with tomato sauce and cover for 5 minutes. Serve on bun or with whatever side you like.
Calories = 274 calories per patty
This is an old childhood favorite of mine. I don't have any pics though, sorry.0 -
I feel bad I haven't been keeping up with the group.
Nikkie hope you have a fantastic vacation!
Caroltina what an amazing loss. You're Awesome!!!
Naesue life seems to be throwing so much your way lately. I am thinking of you and wishing you the best. You're being so strong through it all!
Congrats to everyone celebrating NSV's this week!!!
Neuroticvirgo great challenge this week. Its one more reminder in the back of my head that I should be drinking that water. So far this week I have managed to do it.
Small nsv, I am fitting into a smaller pair of pants I had abandoned a year ago. I should be excited but, I am in the midst of the mother of all fibro flares and its been tough to stay positive. I am trying to stay active in spite of it all. I keep reading about how much of a benefit exercise is to pain management and how in 6 months time I may actually get to feeling somewhat normal again if I can just work through the pain. Running through the park with my daughter (age 5) she lied and told me she was tired and wanted to go home but, she told my husband later she saw tears in my eyes and knew mommy was too sick to play. I am so frustrated!!! All I can do is keep trying...If I am absent from the group at times I am sorry but, i am trying to keep up when I can.
You're such a great group! That spreadsheet is looking pretty impressive!! Keep up the fantastic work!!!0 -
Just marking my place after reading your great recipes and news. I don't have anything to announce or anything but I do want to say congrats to all who lost (even if it was just .5lbs) and keep it up! :-)
Well, I guess I could announce that I'm getting excited for X-mas... I love giving and getting gifts :-P And yeah, I do still believe in Santa Claus!!0 -
For those of you who have kids....do your kids eat? I know that sounds silly, but I know my daughter can have an appetite (I've seen her eat a 10 oz steak all by herself, or if we got to a buffet, easily down 3 plates of food). She is super skinny, mostly active (she is kinda lazy at home, plays on the computer a lot, but at school she runs around, she's also in a fit club for 45 min mon-thur and they do sports, games etc). But lately she is not eating it seems like, and its really starting to bug me. She skips breakfast, and has only been eating half her lunch. At least she eats dinner. I mean, so she's eating...I guess I just feel like she's not eating enough...(but then look whos talking, I'm the one with the opposite problem). I asked her why she's not eating her lunches and she just said it was because she's not that hungry.
I don't know, I guess I just worry, because she's getting at that age where girls start to worry about their appearance, develop scary crap like eating disorders. And you really never know whats going on in there heads as parents, or what all their friends are telling them at school etc. She's already going through phases of wanting to wear make up, I catch her tying her shirt up so her belly shows or rolling her shorts up so they are super short (and she's 9!) We've been trying to nip that stuff in the bud real fast (no hoochie 9 year olds in my house thank you). But that's what a lot of the girls at her school dress like, so its kind of us and against "peer pressure"...ugh....
Then I started thinking, I wonder if its just she doesn't want to eat certain foods. I'll be honest, its usually cereal or oatmeal for breakfast because I don't function early enough to whip out pancakes, eggs, bacon type breakfasts before school. So then I think, well if I were a better mom, would she be eating better... Sorry to go off.
Its probably fine, I mean kids are usually better at eating when they are hungry or not eating when they are not than most grown ups I know. Like I said, it just freaks me out. I play out that one episode in nip/tuck when the little girls step sister tells her she's not pretty and is fat, and then shows her how to stick her finger down her throat. *shudder*0 -
Caroltina - Wow!! I'm impressed. What 10 day plan did you do to get that kind of result? Congratulations, you must be so happy
Nikkie - Have a great time in Germany, you know how to contact me while you're gone Recipe looked awesome by the way!
Adteachtx - Interesting recipe, thank you
Finigan84 - I'm sorry you're having so many issues
I can only imagine that it would be so frustrating. Hope you are able to push through it, I'm sure if you can you'll benefit greatly.
Tonnina - I love Christmas too, and am getting excited Baking time is upon us though, and I have to be careful not to over-indulge, lol.
NeuroticVirgo - I wish I had some sage advice to impart, but alas we have no children yet
Small NSV for me, finding it easier to get up and down stairs without getting winded. Also able to turn over in bed easier, as though there isn't as much mass fighting against me when I roll over, lol0 -
Hia all so the 10 day pan came to an end and I weighed - I LOST 8 LB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I haven't had loss like that for a year! 6 stone 5lb off in total now or 89lb. I am so happy I can not express. Let's hope it continues - I will not be stopping, learnt loads of lessons e.g
1. Plan your meals at least the day before and STICK TO IT (as much as poss)
2. Last meal of the day doesn't need carbs!
3. 5 smaller meals are better and I get less hungry
4. Protein doesn't mean high cal.
5. Protein shakes are helpful to recovery after the gym.
I feel so well, so full of energy, a fab change for me
That is awesome!! Congrats! I think I might have to try this...0 -
I am officially under 270 for the second time but this time I am afraid to log it for fear that it will go back up tomorrow. It has been two weeks to get bck to this. Granted we had a wedding right after the last time and then TOM and then a death and then my biopsy but still it took TWO WEEKS. I just don't want to jinx myself by logging it. What do you all think? My weigh in for here and my challenge is Sunday so should I wait til Sunday?0
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Hi all....Hope you had a fabulous work week....Can't wait to be done with it! I have sooooo much to do, my daughter is turning 16 next week, and we are having a "Halloween" themed party ( her idea...who knew?) so I have TONS of stuff to get done by Saturday of next week.....literately getting so stressed OUT...it is unbelievable! We have the place, and that is about all...I need to order her cake, get the costumes, get the food prepared, decorate, and get the chocolate fountain ( I KNOW ) and about a million other things to done also...:sad:0
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I am officially under 270 for the second time but this time I am afraid to log it for fear that it will go back up tomorrow. It has been two weeks to get bck to this. Granted we had a wedding right after the last time and then TOM and then a death and then my biopsy but still it took TWO WEEKS. I just don't want to jinx myself by logging it. What do you all think? My weigh in for here and my challenge is Sunday so should I wait til Sunday?
I'm glad you logged it. Your going to keep moving forward, and soon that number will go from 50, to 52, to 54 and so on. Just think about how good you are doing so far, and keep it up 0 -
Hi all....Hope you had a fabulous work week....Can't wait to be done with it! I have sooooo much to do, my daughter is turning 16 next week, and we are having a "Halloween" themed party ( her idea...who knew?) so I have TONS of stuff to get done by Saturday of next week.....literately getting so stressed OUT...it is unbelievable! We have the place, and that is about all...I need to order her cake, get the costumes, get the food prepared, decorate, and get the chocolate fountain ( I KNOW ) and about a million other things to done also...:sad:
Craziness! But that party does sound like a cute idea! Are you renting a place for the party?0 -
Looking at the sheet, I see you've missed me, I did weigh in last week. I was 248.6. I'm guessing you missed that. I'll go ahead and let you plug it in since I'm no good with spread sheets. I've gained this week and I'm at 250 again.
I'm not worried about it, stupid TOM and salt :-P I'm just gonna do my thing, work out, eat 1200 cals and see what happens! ;-) Please don't forget to log my numbers! :-D0 -
*~* Don't forget to enter you weight for this week. Last week we were missing at least half of everyone on here :frown:*~*
Link: (Or private message it to me and I can enter it if you want).
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnInOlpiuL1mdC1lU1U5aWloS256ei16c3lPX2Q1UWc&hl=en_US#gid=0
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AND .... We've lost over 150lbs as a group so far! How crazy is that!0 -
Having a really rough time right now. Some things in my life need to change. My weight loss has slowed down and I am struggling to stay under calories every day. I want to be done with grad school NOW! Anyway, I might not be on as often as I was before. I am not sure what is going to give to get my life back on track but I am overcommitted right now and sleep deprived to boot. Just send healthy thoughts and vibes my way. Maybe they will cut through all the crap!
You can do this! I know lots of people of in school, and stress from homework and late nights is hard to overcome. Do you cook with a crock pot? Its an easy way to get in healthy meals without having to really think or put to much time into it.0
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