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I believe what you meant to say was that it looks quite fiscally responsible. Yeah, that's it. :laugh:

Maybe I'll track one or two days, just out of curiosity:drinker: And no, you're not a total failure. You're just "success challenged"! It is definitely a weird week for me. Between trying to get all my work done before heading south, and wanting to be south already, I'm in a very strange place with everything right now! I…

Ah, I love you guys! It's nice to have a "no judgment" zone where we can freely discuss alcohol intake without fear of reprisal. I love the "liquid fat" idea. That's better than "empty calories." Because let's face it, they may be empty, but they're still calories! I did actually set up several of my favorite cocktails in…

Happy August! I did okay in July. I did finally get past the hump and lost a few pounds. I managed to keep the drinking to no more than twice a week, although I'd really like to limit it to once. But eh, any progress is progress! I'm not holding out too much hope for behaving for the whole month of August, since I'm headed…

I roast them whole. Snip the stem, but keep the cap on. Toss them in a bit of olive oil or even Pam and some salt or any spice you like. Spread them on a baking pan and roast at 400 degrees until they're done to your liking. I like to let them get darkish brown. They aren't at all slimy (because they aren't cut) and are…

Oh boy can I relate! I was diagnosed with 3 fibroids last year. Very heavy, painful periods and I swear they swell each month! I don't know if it's because I've lost quite a few inches, but I also think they've grown because I swear I can see them protruding. My doctor wants to avoid surgery if possible, because it's…

I love them! But it took some trial and error to get to that point. Luckily, my husband has always lived them so I had a reason to keep trying. Yes, the liquid is rank. You have to rinse them really, really well in cold water until the smell is gone. My trick to get past the texture is to sautee them over high heat with…

OMG that sounds like so much fun! I miss sailing. There was nothing like spending an afternoon sailing to a local beach, swimming to shore while towing our little raft with the grill and coolers, and spending the day just chilling with friends. Ahhhh. But I'll just throw my floatie in the pool and pretend. :tongue:

Tampa!

You had a great run, though! I personally think limiting it to just one or two times per week is the key. I had a back week last week and drank on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday -- and not just one or two cocktails :blushing: This morning I was up 2 pounds! But I also think I went from dehydrated on Sunday from the weekend…

Thanks! Seriously, that is just wrong!

Yup! My gyno put me on prometrium to control symptoms of fibroids. Dear lord! I take it 12 days a month. By day 2, I am starving 24/7. I also gain 5-8 pounds, even when I don't give in to the munchies. I have decided that the symptom relief is not worth it. I won't be taking this any more. I have that option, though. Can't…

That sucks! I'm not one for boycotting, because innocent people get hurt, but if you're willing to email me the park name, I'll get the right contact information and we can put some pressure on so that crap doesn't happen again. Good for you for not letting them dissuade you.

Dear...where to start! Okay, here "i made cranberry liqueur" I MUST know how to do this. I can't figure out multiple quotes, but really? Cranberry liqueur? Me want! Second, Shawn, where ever you are, thank you for acknowledging the Bucs. Third, Dave, thanks for the kind words. I choose to believe that after 18 years of…

"I certainly didn't mean it to be condescending." I'm sorry! I didn't word that well at all! I didn't mean that you were being condescending. I meant that on first blush it read like one of those "people are stupid" posts until I actually read it :laugh: I think that the discussion that has ensued is fantastic. I've…

Good for you! Yeah, it's so much more than the number on the scale, although that's a hard concept to accept. Whenever the scale doesn't budge, but I KNOW I've done well, I reach for the skinny jeans. They're always a little closer to fitting.

Volume is perhaps always implied, but I don't think it's always understood. It's just my opinion, but I do think that when people say "muscle weighs more than fat" they are implying the volume aspect, but not intentionally. I was actually annoyed by this thread at first because it seemed sort of condescending, for no…

See, I don't think that checking to know where your mace is in case you need it is "considering" or "resorting to" violence. It's being prepared for the unexpected. If someone is making you uncomfortable or creeping you out, you need to respect your intuition. It's not like they were best friends and her snubbing his…

My beloved Bucs would probably take him in a heartbeat. Well, before the children took over the team. Eh. The Packers still have the best tailgate party in Tampa. Since the Packers were my first ever live football game, and I'm an Iowa girl (yeah, could've gone either way, Packers or Bears...no one saw the Bucs coming!),…

Agree. Weigh in the a.m. I'm one of those freaks that weighs in multiple times a day, and I can be five or six pounds heavier after an afternoon workout than I am in the a.m. And my weight goes up and down throughout the day. Too, are you seeing progress in other areas? Is your energy level up? Are your clothes a tiny bit…

I understand that! Somehow, typing isn't nearly as satisfying as those french fries. But you know what, if you blow your diet you'll just feel worse! Besides, feeling better and healthier are pretty darned good things. And worth celebrating, even more so than a number on the scale. Honestly, I really wanted to be almost 20…

I have seen it...in my own home! My hubby drinks mostly red wine, which I mostly can't stand. He's also one of those people who will open a bottle, have one glass and then not touch it again for MONTHS! I won't drink it, but it makes me crazy to know that a perfectly good bottle of wine is slowly dying in front of my very…

The Michelina's buffalo chicken rolls are also really good and will fix that hot wing craving! I I will eat these on occasion. In fact, when I first started working from home, I stocked up on the Michelina's low cal meals because they were cheap and I knew I couldn't trust myself to make a "healthy" lunch when left on my…

Completely relate to this! A few years ago, I was drinking daily and that's when I really started packing on the pounds because of both the booze calories and the really bad munchies during and the day after. It took a lot of willpower to get down to just a couple of days a week, but it really was my little escape from…

I saw your post on Tameka's thread and was so hoping you'd follow through! It is hard when all you get are lectures whenever you ask for advice on how to continue enjoying the occasional adult beverage while still losing weight. As of this week, I have cut back to just one day a week. Normally I enjoy several cocktails 2-3…

I can SO relate to your hatred of exercise. I, too, will never be one of those people who can't live without it (although I am married to one!). But now that it's been a regular part of my life for the past seven months, I have reached a point where if I miss a week I feel very sluggish and icky -- to the point where I…

I did it so I could lose enough weight to fit into my vacation clothes one year. It did work; I lost about 11 pounds. Of course, they were all back in an instant. I wasn't able to convince myself to stick to it for another go-round, although I do recall that there was a lot of fruits and veggies. But yeah, it was pretty…

I use them a lot. I get them at Publix (in Florida) and at NuritionSmart. I get the 20 calorie brand. I have to admit, I hated them the first time I tried them because the texture was off-putting to me. But my husband loves them, and I was missing pasta, so I was determined to figure them out. The primary thing is to rinse…

Eat the yolk people! For all the folks out there who are struggling to eat their calories...eat the yolk! Egg whites have some value, but the real goodness is in the yolk :-)

Eggs can cause constipation, but you'd have to eat a whole dozen! In my opinion, FWIT, eggs are the perfect protein. Low calorie, no fat, all goodness. They used to have a bad rep with the cholesterol issue, but that's been disproven. Hard boiled, soft boiled, poached, easy over...it's all good! And I agree, if you're…