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  • We roast everything - broccoli, cauliflower, onions, squash, beets, carrots, potatoes, eggplant, tomatoes, . . . pretty much all of it can be roasted. I have an olive oil spritzer - I spray the veggies with a bit, toss them, then roast them at 375 - 425. Depending on what it is, I may use nothing else, a little salt, some…
  • Just as an observation, I would say your proteins are a little low and carbs a little high - you're allowing yourself twice as many carbs as proteins, and your proteins don't meet the minimum of 60/day. Proteins will help you stay full longer . . . and all that jazz :). Additionally, it looks to me like a lot of processed…
  • Oh, Amanda - Ouch! I hope your recovery is quick. My back is slowly getting better but I know I'm going to have one doozy of a bruise once it finally appears. Enjoy your Easter with your father. Cheers, M.
  • Maybe I'm a grump, but I'm of two minds here: 1. He's an adult and making adult choices; so is she. If you want to give them a gift of money for the wedding, do so with an open heart. However don't feel obligated for whatever reason. If they really want to get married they will manage without all the frills and extras…
  • Good morning, ladies - Just a brief (ha!) note this morning - busy day. After I finished work yesterday I was puttering around the house, not much to do, trying to decide what to make for dinner for just me (DH is still out of town). I decided to hold off on dinner as I would just go to bed much too soon, so I went…
  • Good morning everyone! We have blue sky here – snow on the ground but blue sky! Well, it’s a start anyway. Wow, I don’t know what was going on yesterday – maybe the cold snowy weather and maybe just boredom, but I would careen from a nice healthy bowl of soup to half a bag of tortilla chips, a wonderful salad with shredded…
  • Good morning, ladies – Woke up to several inches of snow – everything is white as far as the eye can see. I had pretty much blown off the forecast, but they seemed to have gotten this one right. Bring on the spring! I’m starting my seeds just so I can feel some forward progress :laugh:. I did manage to get a lot of spring…
  • Good morning, ladies. It's been quite a while - almost as soon as the words were off my fingers and on this board, my goal of logging in everything every day went straight out the window. The internet at my mom's is crazy slow, almost dial-up-slow, and her usage is metered so I had to focus on getting the work done that I…
  • Happy weekend, everyone! Almost here . . . DH left this morning for NC for a rugby tournie with DSS, so it’s just me and the kitties for the weekend. I am reaching a point where I almost prefer to be by myself – I like the routine of getting up and doing what I want without having to worry about fixing a meal for someone…
  • Good morning, lovely ladies! It’s clear blue skies here after our *horrors* wallpaper paste storm that wasn’t yesterday lol. We didn’t see a flake all day – a few raindrops and some wind, but that was it. Oh well. It felt odd to be waiting all day for the storm to start – I played bunko last night and everyone agreed it…
  • Nope, not going to read the seven additional pages since two days ago - :laugh:. JNKMOMM, I hope you had a happy birthday and make some happiness in your life. I'm off to Colorado after all. Mom's having a difficult time recovering - evidently the testing they do for heart troubles is almost as bad as having a heart…
  • Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to March! Whew – the year’s already flying by. Michele, glad you made it home safe. I always get sinus issues when I travel too – a lot of it has to do with planes most of the time but pressure too. Teri, great goals! You look like you’re doing terrific on your weight-loss journey too.…
  • Good evening, ladies – I’m just going to jump in and try to catch up with everyone from this set. Life has been so crazy lately. JaneM – congrats on getting to the gym! You’ll get that weight back off by doing that. Lin, that’s a lot of snow. PA just didn’t get a lot this year, but we’ve had a ton of rain so we’re not in a…
  • Good morning, ladies - and a happy Friday to all! I hope those in the mid-West are having fun getting their calorie-burning with the snow shovel! My project from heck is based in KS - I was on a call yesterday morning - they were getting snow at a rate of over two inches/hour. They already had people stuck in the parking…
  • Hi, everyone - Just a quick note to say I'm back from the visit with the grandbaby - who was adorable (as they all are). She took a few days to warm up to me, but once we figured out our "roles" we got along great - she was running up and giving me hugs, and when I babysat her all day and night we didn't have a single…
  • Hi everyone! I'm sure not everyone's team won yesterday, but we can probably mostly say we enjoyed watching Beyonce very much. What a great show! I'm off to visit the DGD and DD (and SIL) tomorrow for a couple of weeks. Squee! And as a warm-up preview I spent part of last night holding my neighbor's 4mo. So cuddly! We had…
  • So, because I don't have enough to do this weekend I ordered puzzle gym flooring (2'x2' squares that fit together like puzzle pieces) and a new stand-alone chin-up bar and pull-up assist (a stretchy band that hangs from the bar for your knee or foot to go in to help with doing pull-ups/chin ups until you can do them…
  • Good morning from windy PA. What a storm! It blew and rained all night. Of course today is trash day – my sister was out running but wound up picking up trash for most of the morning. I can hear our cans blowing around as I type. Then we’re supposed to get the cold and snow that’s coming in behind this. Yay!…
  • Jane, MFP has some funky exercise counts, that's for sure. Keep in mind that EVERYONE burns calories differently. I tend to burn on the very low side (and hence the slow metabolism); some of my workout buddies on-line are burning in the 1k range while I barely break 300. A lot depends on your heart rate, both naturally and…
  • Good morning, everyone! I’m all up and perky today – popped out of bed at 6am, did 45 minutes of kickboxing then had to take the car to the mechanic’s. DH was supposed to go with me to drop it off and bring me back, but he doesn’t like the look of 7am so I went by myself and then walked back home. Double burn – kapow! My…
  • Hi, all - Just a quick pop-by - work has been crazy again, and DH has been crazy right along with it. I don't think I can take both parts of my life being crazy at the same time lol. Anyway, he was all wired about a chile he had made for a cook-off at work - and the party this weekend - and I'm just not in a place where I…
  • Good afternoon, everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. Mine was fun from start to finish – going away party for a neighbor on Friday, movie and shopping with DSD on Saturday, get-together with a friend on Sunday, then sushi dinner with DH last night plus some x-Games action. If only I weren’t so sore today – the…
  • Good afternoon everyone! Had a fun night last night – went to a friend’s going-away party (she’s moving to the next town over) and saw a lot of people I don’t often see. I had a light dinner before I went and had saved up a lot of calories, but I still was pretty reasonable – I had one very small magic bar cookie and part…
  • Good afternoon, ladies – trying to keep up before we get pages along. Still freezing and expecting snow this afternoon but nothing yet, just clouds. Work is completely crazy right now – but the good news is by getting enough sleep, protein and exercise I’m feeling pretty healthy from a stress and emotional perspective.…
  • Lin, you may find this article interesting. It's funny - I'm a huge advocate of exercising more and more, but there's a limit to what we can do timewise and energy-expending-wise. http://www.livestrong.com/article/411326-does-exercising-too-much-prevent-weight-loss/…
  • Good morning from freezing Pennsylvania! The good news is I managed to stay warm enough to sleep straight through for seven hours and bounce out of bed, go work out, and have a springy start to my day. I had a nutritionally sound day yesterday but felt a little guilty because the oksa noodles I was making called for…
  • Meg, I took the cake recipe from here: http://foodiewife-kitchen.blogspot.com/2010/01/guilt-free-german-chocolate-cake-that.html My recommendation: make the cake exactly as directed BUT be sure to use a scant amount of flour, cake flour if you have it, use Greek yogurt instead of the lite sour cream, and if the batter…
  • Oh, Cheryl - I'm so sorry to hear this. It breaks my heart. Peace and blessings and healing to your family and his.
  • Good morning, ladies. We had a pop-up snowstorm overnight, but just left us with a dusting of snow. It is however freezing as all get out. They said with the wind chill it will be around zero today – good day to stay in. Now who can I get to go to the store for me . . . I broke out my Herbivoracious cookbook last night –…
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