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I had meant to mention before: yesterday DH bought some sticky buns for his breakfast and I wound up having one (hey, it was my birthday). Literally within 10 minutes I felt like I needed to lay down and have a nap, the sugar rush hit me that fast. DH pointed out it means my body is reacting much more efficiently to food -…
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Good morning, everyone – cold day for an inauguration but yesterday was pretty glorious here. DH and I got out for a walk in the morning and then spent the rest of the day prepping for pizza and football. I found a lite recipe for the German chocolate cake that I tried out – it came out pretty good. The cake wasn’t as…
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Good morning, everyone – or almost afternoon I guess. Taking it slow this morning – slept past the first cat alarm and waited until the second one at 8am before getting up. Fed him, let the other one out, then hit the workout. All done and ready for the day now! In doing some research on how to incorporate more protein…
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Cheryl, you've lost 8 lbs in 2 1/2 months - just slightly lower than 1 lb a week. You're still doing great - please don't get discouraged.
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Good morning everyone – hopefully just a quick note – I dropped another 2lbs this week after thinking I was going to be stuck for a while so I’m happy! DeeDee, how exciting! I hope you find the training inspiring and get a lot of satisfaction out of crossing that finish line in April. Viv, it’s so hard to find the…
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Good morning, ladies. I agree, Laura – long week, long weekend! Yay. Yesterday I got a surprise crown – had a cracked tooth that started to crumble and infect the next tooth . . . fortunately my dentist rocks and got me in and out in an hour and fifteen minutes, pain free. The only drawback is he does that dentist thing of…
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Good morning, lovelies! It’s dreary and rainy here today – and I’ve been cold for three days running. Still getting my workouts in but no walking. I’m trying very, very hard to make sure I’m eating super clean – but every afternoon around 2pm I get hit with a sugar drop and just need something to fill me up right.now. It’s…
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Good evening, lovely ladies! I hope everyone had a great weekend and your team won . . . which mine didn’t, so sports are over until hockey starts back up in a few days. All I can say is, Pitchers and Catchers Report in less than four weeks! Eating was a little hit and miss – I stopped counting calories yesterday when my…
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Recipe for the day: I love hummus but it's pretty high-calorie/high fat for me. Here's a lightened version I found on MyRecipes that I tried yesterday - yummy! Kalamata-Garbanzo Hummus 1 large garlic clove 1/2 cup plain no-fat greek yogurt 2 tbsp low-fat milk or almond milk 1 tbsp cider vinegar 1 tbsp extra virgin olive…
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Good morning everyone! It’s lovely here today; we’ve been having these glorious red sunrises the last couple of days. I always look at them and run the little rhyme through my mind, thinking “Oh, there’s a storm on the way.” Sure enough, last night we had a fierce windstorm blow through, but this morning it’s glorious and…
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Suebdew, the calorie amount MFP calculates is based on how much weight you want to lose/week. If you put in some really high number and/or don't have too much to lose and/or list your lifestyle as sedentary, you'll get a minimal amount. If you're exercising at all, I think you should bump it up, and if you have a lot to…
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Tigress, Mahi mahi makes outstanding fish tacos. I also like to treat it like halibut - coat it with a mix of greek yogurt and mustard and dill, make a tomato-caper sauce, and my personal fav, grind up some nuts and coat the fish in that, spray with some oil and bake until crispy.
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Good morning, ladies! I’m not even going to try to respond to everyone today – I can’t believe we blew through 500 posts in under nine days. Yesterday flat out sucked. I wasn’t feeling like working out, sort of fluffed my way through 20 minutes of a 30 minute HIIT (Michele, it’s Les Mill’s Combat, he has an HIIT twice a…
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Couple of quick notes: Wannabe - you can drink senna tea to get things moving - just don't drink it if you have to leave the house soon. I drank it regularly (haha) for a time when I was having issues - been pretty regular since. Meg, I sprinkle a tsp of cinnamon in my ground coffee in the morning when I make the pot of…
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Good morning everyone! I started a reply yesterday and after about two hours of trying just tossed the whole thing - it was going to take up an entire web page! The metabolism reset worked wonders - I lost not only the few pounds that had crept on during the holidays but anther one - for a total of five pounds in one week!…
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Good morning, ladies! We had a little surprise pop-up snow storm last night. Coupled with a blanket of fog and blue skies, it was beautiful – but I’m glad I’m looking at it from inside my cozy house! Made it much easier to throw on the workout clothes and go do yoga knowing I won’t be going for a walk anytime soon. Jen…
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Good morning and happy weekend, fabulous ladies! Had a wonderful date night with DH last night - we went to one of our favorite restaurants (a fancy one) for dinner and some adult conversation. I had saved up 1k calories for it lol:drinker: . I had a prosecco cocktail and wine with dinner (I wasn't driving!) but the meal…
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Bored, so posting again – but not nearly as long, I promise! Kate, I wanted to say how thoughtful and wise I thought your letter to Robin was. You are a good, caring person. Thanks for doing that. Cheryl, LOL at the 50+ brain – and probably hormone-deficient too. Anyway, I’ll be around if you remember. Be sure to point out…
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Good morning, ladies! My new year is off to the same start as last one – flying by. It’s Thursday already? Arg:grumble: . Anyway, had a busy but low-key day yesterday – our first day of go-live on my project, found the missing reports, of course, so spent a good part of the day scrambling and taking hits:grumble: . Oh,…
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Good morning, ladies! I was up and at ’em this morning with a vengeance! Must have been the “new” year feeling :laugh:. Woke up before the alarm, put on my workout gear without even thinking and did both my workout that I missed yesterday and my one scheduled for today. It’s supposed to be turning beautiful here again –…
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And now I’m catching up with everyone in the New Year. If I haven’t said it to you yet, Happy New Year to all my loser friends lol :laugh:! DebA, congratulations on all the positive changes in your life. You are a great motivator to us as well. I hope you continue to come back and help the rest of us on our journey. Lin,…
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Good morning and Happy New Year, ladies! I hope everyone had a fun time ringing out the old. For today, I'm just posting an interesting article about a new book. It talks about something I harp on all the time - how carbs, and in particular sugar, affect our body and why it's the reason we overeat.…
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DebA, Try this one: http://socksforsoldiersinc.com/ or this one: http://www.knit-a-square.com/
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Good morning, everyone, and Happy New Year's Eve! Any big plans? We're having my sister and her family over for a Wii Dance marathon and whatever else happens. It's an open house, so anyone in the neighborhood without plans is welcome to stop by. It gives me a good reason not to have to take down the decorations yet lol. I…
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Good morning, everyone - Haven't looked at the messages yet but wanted to say hello, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas if you celebrated and a peaceful week regardless and will enjoy the New Year. We had a splendid time in Tahoe - there was a ton of snow when we arrived, and then we got a foot and a half on…
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Good morning, everyone – wow, how fast has this month gone by already? Today I’m thinking back to around 2009 when I flew out to Colorado to see my daughter graduate from college, and then a week later watched as a blizzard blew in, preventing the rest of the family from being there to watch DD and her BF sign their…
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Good morning, December Dollies! I forced myself out of my chair and into the car immediately after my meetings ended yesterday so I wouldn’t be tempted to blow off shopping. I am such a living example of how a body in motion tends to stay in motion and a body at rest tends to stay at rest! My sister came down with a bug…
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Barbie, in the credit category, I read the other day on the internet (because you know that's the source of truth these days lol) that the key to long life is being able to stand up from a sitting position on the ground without using your hands. Don't ask me how that is THE key, but I will say that yoga will give you that…
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Good morning, my fabulous friends! I’m on my own this week, so you’re my company. DH headed to Flagstaff, AZ on Monday for the week – gets home on Thursday night or Friday morning, then we’re celebrating with the kids, then we head our separate ways for a bit. Through it all I will be working – we have an implementation…
