Pam- Here's the recipe for the scallion pancakes:
http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/scallion-pancakes-828557/ Really easy and quite tasty!
The Royal Wedding is Friday April 29th. Coverage starts here at 4AM! I've bee a follower of the British Royal Family since Princess Diana. My sister-in-law and I are spending the day together watching it! She's going to spend the night and then we'll have British treats and tea all day! I'm so excited!
Had my shake and now my tea. Ash is being difficult this morning about eating half a banana! This is going to be a LONG day! Izzie is still in her growth spurt mode. She's had a chocolate chip muffin, half a banana and now is having a yogurt! She just can't seem to get enough to eat! Trying to get more healthy stuff in the kids. I bought apples and bananas yesterday as well as 2 heads of lettuce. I'm going to shred some of the lettuce and use the rest on my burger and in a salad today.
Gotta finish getting myself ready for church...brush teeth and put shoes on and find a sweater as it's a bit chilly!
Thanks for the recipe. I'll look at it when I get home.
I'll have to remember to record the wedding on my DVR. I'm sure that DD and I will want to watch it together.
Sounds like the no carb thing is working for you, Pamela!
Isn't that interesting that might be the just the thing that you needed?
Sorry about the female issues.
Thanks. I think the female issues are mostly due to my age.... menopause is trying to arrive and I guess that is throwing things into a tail spin some months.
wow, not exactly a south beach friendly menu, huh? good for you for sticking to it! if i see penne i usually shove my whole face in the plate! lol!
It was SO hard to resist everything. I was truly hungry, even though I had a healthy snack before I went. But I KNEW if I started with the carbs, that would be the end of it.... no stopping me! I figured a little hunger wouldn't kill me.... but of course, the event ran long and the 45 minute drive home was TORTURE. I was SO HUNGRY! I wouldn't normally eat at 10 pm, but I couldn't go to sleep that hungry!
I Could it be no gluten yesterday.
That helps with my bloated tummy.
Seriously, I did sb and every pound seemed to come off my stomach. I just stuck with phase 1 way too long (over a month) which was not a good choice for me. I think it is definitely a good kick start program.
Well, I had a pretty good day. I went to Target while Mike was running. Then we went to JCPenney and Whole Foods and Home Depot. It is gorgeous here today. I have the windows open! Just fabulous! The car said 82! I got 2 new pairs of shorts, a skirt, a dress, two summery sweaters and a shirt. Very exciting! I decided to try to make one of my old bathing suits work because the one pieces were icky.
I hope everyone has a great Sunday. I'm going to go sit outside and watch Mike cut the grass. Being injured should have at least one perk, right?
Well... that would be GREAT if all the wait would come off my stomach cause that is the one place left I want to lose!! Hips, thighs, butt, arms.... all okay... but stomach... ick.
Lucky you with 82 degrees! Was the shopping fun?? And yes, there are definite PERKS to being the injured party..... just ask my DH who didn't have to move a drop of snow all winter!!!
I just lost my post and since it was a pity party, I'm only going to post tomorrow's Pampering.
Pamper Week, Monday:
1. Enjoy an extra serving of fruit or veggies.
2. Take a short- or long- walk.
3. Make someone laugh.
Hope everyone has a great day tomorrow!
Sorry about the pity party.
We're back. It was a whirlwind weekend. Friday we got the dreaded snow storm, but it was not nearly as bad as predicted. Nick's school was actually cancelled, but the elementary school was not. I subbed in Colby's class in the morning and he ended up coming home with me as he had a headache. His class was extremely loud as were most classes in the school. Colby and I came home and took a nap and Chris was home before we woke up. So we quickly finished packing and headed off to the bowling tournament early. (lacrosse was cancelled because of the weather). We got settled into the hotel, had some pizza bread that we made and brought with us and let the kids go swimming. Nick's bff was there with his family so they hung out between suites. Yesterday was the first day of the tournament. Colby bowled fantastic and the other kids bowled better than average too
We went to applebees for dinner then back to the hotel for more swimming. This morning was a bit rushed, getting ready, packing up, eating breakfast and getting to the tournament on time. We made it. The kids bowled very well again.
We finished up around 2 PM and headed home. We stopped at a restaurant along the way that we used to stop at on road trips to the coast when I was a little girl. My Mom was with us and today was her birthday so it was a nice treat. My kids made a point to tell every waitress that we had this weekend that it was grammy's bday so she got sung to a lot
We came home and I've been good and unpacked and got the laundry running. Hopefully my motivation keeps up over the next few days at I get my house back in order before starting work on Thursday.
The weekend definitely sounds like a whirlwind! Glad your snow on Friday wasn't too bad.... we got 8 solid inches by about 9 am.... but it slowed down after that and then got warm and mostly melted within 24 hours. Still plenty of snow around though.
Happy birthday to your Mom! I'll bet she was tickled with the boys remembering to tell everyone! I'll be thinking of you Thursday.
Quick check in. I probably won't be around much in the next 2 weeks. I'm trying to gut the house before we leave for FL. I don't want to leave my mom with a big mess.
I'm going to try to get up every day at 5:30 to work out. this is the only time during the day I'm going to have to get it done. I hope I can get everything done I need to do.
If you see me here more then once a day, yell at me!!!!!! If I have time to DIS, I have time to work out or clean!!!
No sympathy here! I'd LOVE to have a great excuse like yours to be cleaning my house!! But I know what you mean. When I leave my Mom to take care of the kids, it makes me NUTS getting ready!
I'll think of you when I get up at 5:30 every morning this week.... and I'll send you a mental message to tell you to get moving!!
Evening Team!
I'm going MIA this week. Its my last week of college and I have a group assignment, 2 individual assignments, and final exam to complete. I also have 3 training sessions with my personal trainer and two dr apts to schedule. I'm going to post my weigh in tomorrow morning. Its been so crazy the last few days I completely forgot to do it.
I made my 30 day count down calendar for our May trip this afternoon. I grazed today due to Wrestlemania being on tonight. I had 2 chicken egg rolls, ham and cheese sandwich, 4 chicken wings, 2 Cokes, and 3 slices of mild cheddar cheese.
I plan on getting back on track tomorrow. G'Night!
Work hard at school and we'll be happy to see you back here when you have time!! We are at nearly 30 days as well.... I think about 32 or 31 today! So exciting!!
Good Monday morning Teams
Did you email your weight and HH points. f you didn't then please do it as ASAP and don't forget to include the team name in the subject.
Sorry I did not get on yesterday. I went to church and then went grocery shopping. When I came home I started to put away the groceries and started to feel lousy. I slept on and off all afternoon. I had a dinner to go to last night and didn't want to go but did. I did go and enjoyed myself. It is a nice way to end the play season.
I woke up feeling okay. Not great but just okay.
Off to get ready for school. We too only have two weeks until spring break. I only have 2 weeks of my student teacher teaching two of my classes. She has one more week after break but she won't be teaching.
Have a happy and healthy day
Hope you are feeling well today. Those two weeks will go by quickly... and then the year end stuff will be starting up!!
Morning all!
Got up and did the 2 mile WATP. Feel good about that!
Just put 5 bags of clothes out for BBBS. Some are my clothes and some are the kids.
Going to try and do another quick one or 2 miles later today. I have to go to work around 10 and then I'll be home before noon. Going to make some chicken rollups for supper. I'll make them early so Ash and I can eat before going to dancing. We also want to make Star Wars sugar cookies sometime today. I also plan on rewatching Tangled this afternoon.
Working on my first bottle of water today and then I'll have my tea and shake. I'll probably have a shake for lunch too and save calories for supper. Foot is a bit achy this morning. I really think I'll use my next paycheck and buy a new pair of sneakers. I really want a pair of Asics.
Gotta get ready for my walk to the bus stop.
SUpposed to rain here today
TTFN
As usual, you've been busy! I need new shoes too. I've been noticing a funny feeling in my left ankle when I walk/run/exercise in my "good" shoes lately.... which probably means they have too many miles on them!! I like Asics, but I really love my Rykas! Not sure if I want to pay the $$ for them this time around. I got a STEAL last time!
Deb
This is going to sound weird, but Mike has been doing this for about a year now. Get some honey that says it is "local" on it and give the girls a teaspoon every day--and you too if you have allergies. You can put it in something, but Mike just eats a spoon of honey every day. BUT it has to be local honey. It has really helped with his seasonal allergies. He usually takes claritin from February to October. He still took it in Feb for about two weeks--I think the maple trees were blooming, but he's off it again. It takes a little while to start working, but it been pretty effective. He started it last summer and had a really easy time in the fall. The theory is that the bees polinate all the local trees and that helps you build immunities to the local allergens. Anyhow, just thought I'd throw it out there.
Our neighbor has already cut his about 4 times--he's a little compulsive.
We will take yard work over snow shoveling anyday, so we aren't complaining.
Good morning! It's spring break here this week, so it should be a quiet week. The weather is going to be much better--the 7 day forecast has the 70s everyday except tomorrow. We have a chance of severe weather this afternoon, so fingers crossed for no tornadoes. I have the chiropractor today and I'm going to go to the Y for a bit after that.
Have a great day everyone.
I've heard about the honey thing before. I should try to get some local honey and try it with DS.
Lucky you have grass to mow... we'd still be mowing snow!! Thursday of this week is supposed to be the "pick" of the week at 52 degrees for a high with some sun.
Big deal. I want 72!!!! But I'll definitely say a prayer for no tornadoes for you!
Don't forget to send in your weigh in! We have less than 30 sent in at this point. I have had a few people say they weren't weighing in this week but still waiting on LOTS of people!!!!!
Ooops... I'm guilty. I PROMISE to post it as soon as I get home!
QOTD Monday 4/4 What do YOU do to get back on track? It can be something from the article or something that
you do!
BRB with some replies.
I make a SOLID PLAN.... in writing.... I plan my foods, my points, my water, my exercise.... ALL OF IT! And I FOLLOW the plan!! To the letter!!
I think ahead to the week, check the schedule, check the dinner menu. I plan my points for EVERY MEAL and EVERY SNACK. I schedule in my exercise for every day.... and try to exceed my "norm" for minutes. Then I get it in writing and post it on the fridge or near my food journal.... I use it as a check list.
Good morning. Colby is home sick today. Nasty cold. somehow he missed it the first 2 times it went through the house. I'm glad that it is on Monday and not Thursday when I start work. It is snowing out here again
When will Spring arrive?
QOTD: This is a question that we've been struggling with here. Chris and I agree that we need to get back on track, unfortunately it doesn't take much to derail our efforts these days. I started strong this morning and hope to make this day one of eating healthy. Can't wait for the weather to improve as I will become much more active when I can get outside without the fear of getting hives from the cold.
Sorry about the illness. Hopefully he will be back in school by Thursday. One day at a time for now, with staying on track. One good day will lead to another and so on.
:The best way for me to get on track is to make a plan -- sounds like a pjlla answer!
Yup... sounds just like me!!
Good morning, everyone! Busy morning after a weekend away, and I have to be in court today, so I am trying to clear my desk.
I am feeling pretty pleased with how well I did this weekend, food-wise. There were too many samples at the grocery store on Saturday, but I compensated for it by having only chicken fajitas at the mexican restaurant Saturday night - no sour cream, no guacamole, no cheese, extra lettuce and extra pico de gallo (sp?). No dessert or alcohol, either. And I took leftovers back to our friends' house for lunch yesterday.
Yesterday I did a 5k (I wish I'd done better, but the re-training is taking a long time and my endurance and breathing are horrible, though my time on this hilly, boring course with no music improved by a minute over the one I did on a very flat course in February -- LOL!) I ate NONE of the post-race food, including my favorite Panera bagels. Overall, I made great choices including lots of veggies and fruits. Fortunately, I don't feel like I have to scramble this week to make up for a bad weekend. It is nice to make the smart choices easily and to feel healthy after you eat, rather than bloated and overstuffed.
Life is very stressful right now, but I am controlling the only things I can -- what goes in my mouth and how I spend the free time I have (exercising). My body is sore today from the 5k but my knee is only a bit swollen and aching - I can walk and I am not in any extraordinary pain.
All cause to celebrate.
Oh, and the sun is shining so my 1 mile round-trip walk this afternoon will be very pleasant.
Life is good!
Have a great day, my friends!
Amen!!!!
Good Afternoon! Geez, this thread has turned to warp speed!! Trying to catch up!
This weekend was the wake and funeral for BF's brother who passed so young (33 yrs). It was so tremendously emotional for all of us. I'm back at work and Bri will be going back on Wednesday (he still has family here until then).
Unfortunately all of this sadness had lead to eating upon eating. I had the courage to get back on the scale this morning and was only up a few pounds. I have PT tonight and then it's back to spin class at 6:30. I hope to keep up on the exercise since I have signed up for a 5K on May 14th and am thinking about another on June 11th for the Valerie Fund.
Hug your loved ones and make great choices
Sorry about the sad weekend. I can't imagine how emotional it must have been. But you faced the music on the scale and today is a new day, right??
*****Quick hello to you friends! I'm at work today, hence, I haven't had time to jump on! And yesterday got away from me after church. But I did give myself some "me" time and ignored the laundry for a while in order to sit at my scrapbook table!
Day 3 of this SB experiment is going okay. Although I have to laugh, this morning I was thinking about how the first WEEK didn't go too bad.... until I realized it had barely been 3 days!! I miss fruit most of all!
I have to laugh..... someone asked what kind of carbs I loaded up on last Friday before I was starting these two weeks.... and my response was "sweet potatoes, parsnips, mango, and watermelon". She thought that was a strange answer. I guess she figured I'd say cake, cookies, ice cream, bread, or chips! Never occurred to me! I was just trying to finish up the stuff I had bought that was "me" food (stuff that the family doesn't really care for)!
Not sure what my schedule this evening will be. DD will be picked up at 3:30 and I will take her home. Then out again to pick up DS and his friend at 5:00. Not sure if DD is attending Rainbow Girls tonight or what.... usually depends on the homework status. Hopefully she can get a ride if she decides to go. Otherwise it means I'm out again at 6:00. And somewhere in there I need to feed the family! Gardenburgers on whole wheat rolls (no roll for me), green salad, roasted cauliflower.
GOtta run now. ALmost time to retrieve the kiddos from computer class........P
They are calming down now. And I hope that I can make a good dent in this gain this week. In the mean time, I will just keep swimming! 
for only two weeks and one week-end left in tax season!
I guess it is coming. Dh will probably have to do ours sometime in the next week or so. I don't want it to start.
Do you pack your breakfast or anything? I've found that it helps me curve those fast food hungers in the morning, I'll pack breakfast the night before or get up a little earlier and cook up some egg whites, etc. 
when you commented on what you used to eat at McD, but I also realize that I might be tempted to eat that stuff more often if my nearest McD wasn't 25 miles away!!
Good for you for resisting the temptation today. You can do it again tomorrow. Find something quick and easy you can pack for yourself for breakfast to help relieve the "need" for a quick stop. Personally, I also think I'd be
