DISappearing Peeps...A fastpass to THIN! Part 4

[Eventer98]

Almost 2.5 hrs. and no posts....I know it's a holiday but let's get chatting!!!

 

[dance2874]

Hi there peeps! Just got back from my moms for a BBQ cook-in....it has been raining here pretty much all week and I am so tired of it. I am so ready for summer to officially start when I am done teaching this week, the weather better cooperate!!

Did ok on food today-
B-generic frosted shredded wheat
L-easy mac
D-sloppy joes and corn on the cob, a table spoon at most of mac. salad.
S-a slice of ice cream cake...but I resisted the rest of the junk food so I feel good about that. Much better than years past.

My mom noticed my weight loss today too. She knows of course I am losing but she told me today she could see it in my face and my clothes fit so loose now! BUT, I really cant wait to see my evil step sister in 2 weeks. She is SUPER competitive and has always pretty much lost weight when I did and tried to lose more faster and that sort of thing. Well, I havent seen her since about Feb...can't wait to show off my new bod at the pool in 2 weeks! (she is going over to my moms for a swimming party for her kids....dont even get me started on that one.) She is just very lazy about it. She gained over 60 pounds with each of her 2 kids and was STILL wearing maternity clothes at their 1st b-day parties No thanks! There was no way in heck I was wearing that stuff one more minute after I delivered. In fact she was still carrying around about 30 extra pounds from #1 when she got pregnant with #2, and she was not a small girl to start with. How her Dr didnt give her a hard time I will never know.

 

[eeyore45]

Fly by post - long busy weekend - driving forever (7 hours there, 7 hours back!) Wedding was beautiful (cousin) came home, and barely have unpacked - car is acting horribly - both cars are in bad shape - uggg it never rains, it pours here!

got a call asking me to substitute tomorrow - a tragedy occured at the school - so just lifting up the family and kids in prayer .. .

"Students, parents and administrators in _____ District ___ were in a state of shock Friday after the death of a seventh-grader.
Wesley ******, 12, of ____ was pronounced dead at (local) Medical Center in (town) at 11:40 a.m. Friday, Lake County Coroner Richard said.The boy collapsed during a morning physical education class, Keller said.

Paramedics and other officials used an automated external defibrillator and other means to try to resuscitate the boy, but they could not save him, officials said"

 

[pixie dust 112]

Fly by post - long busy weekend - driving forever (7 hours there, 7 hours back!) Wedding was beautiful (cousin) came home, and barely have unpacked - car is acting horribly - both cars are in bad shape - uggg it never rains, it pours here!

got a call asking me to substitute tomorrow - a tragedy occured at the school - so just lifting up the family and kids in prayer .. .

That is so sad. My DD(13) has sports induced asthma. She takes her inhaler before gym class and participates in athletics year round, because she just loves sports, Soccer in the fall, Basketball in the winter, Track in the SPring and Tennis in the SUmmer. Whenever I read something like this, I panic. Prayers for his family and your community.

 

[dance2874]

Fly by post - long busy weekend - driving forever (7 hours there, 7 hours back!) Wedding was beautiful (cousin) came home, and barely have unpacked - car is acting horribly - both cars are in bad shape - uggg it never rains, it pours here!

got a call asking me to substitute tomorrow - a tragedy occured at the school - so just lifting up the family and kids in prayer .. .

I can not even imagine...I will add that family to my prayers, along with everyone there at the school. That has to be so difficult for all of you.

 

[punkin413]

eeyore - that's awful about that kid! did he have a heart condition or something?


i just got finished making some pico de gallo and thought i'd share the recipe with you guys. i can never find pico/salsa in stores that i like, so i've learned to make it and it's really yummy!!! and it's only 10 calories per 1/2 cup.....but you gotta be careful what you put it on to keep that calorie count down!

this recipe usually makes about 4 cups worth. i just put it in a tupperware bowl and keep it in the fridge til we eat it all.

6 roma tomatoes, chopped
1 red onion, chopped
bundle of cilantro, chopped (the amount is really your choice)
juice of 2 lemons
house seasoning to taste (house seasoning is a paula deen thing, but you can make it yourself. i use it in so much stuff that i have a container in my pantry pre-made. it's a cup of salt, 1/4 cup black pepper and 1/4 cup garlic powder. if you didn't want to make a big container like that, i suppose you could use 1 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper and 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder and just keep adding those amounts until it tasted right to you.)

just chop up the tomatoes, onion and cilantro and mix together. then juice your lemons and add the lemon juice. then add the house seasoning in until it tastes right to you! it's really good once it sits up a few hours. enjoy!

 

[winkers]

Fly by post - long busy weekend - driving forever (7 hours there, 7 hours back!) Wedding was beautiful (cousin) came home, and barely have unpacked - car is acting horribly - both cars are in bad shape - uggg it never rains, it pours here!

got a call asking me to substitute tomorrow - a tragedy occured at the school - so just lifting up the family and kids in prayer .. .

Oh that's so sad! Do they know what happened to the boy?

 

[winkers]

eeyore - that's awful about that kid! did he have a heart condition or something?


i just got finished making some pico de gallo and thought i'd share the recipe with you guys. i can never find pico/salsa in stores that i like, so i've learned to make it and it's really yummy!!! and it's only 10 calories per 1/2 cup.....but you gotta be careful what you put it on to keep that calorie count down!

this recipe usually makes about 4 cups worth. i just put it in a tupperware bowl and keep it in the fridge til we eat it all.

6 roma tomatoes, chopped
1 red onion, chopped
bundle of cilantro, chopped (the amount is really your choice)
juice of 2 lemons
house seasoning to taste (house seasoning is a paula deen thing, but you can make it yourself. i use it in so much stuff that i have a container in my pantry pre-made. it's a cup of salt, 1/4 cup black pepper and 1/4 cup garlic powder. if you didn't want to make a big container like that, i suppose you could use 1 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper and 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder and just keep adding those amounts until it tasted right to you.)

just chop up the tomatoes, onion and cilantro and mix together. then juice your lemons and add the lemon juice. then add the house seasoning in until it tastes right to you! it's really good once it sits up a few hours. enjoy!

That sounds really good! I'll have to make some for our bbq tomorrow. I don't like anything hot so it's right up my alley! I don't like cilantro either so I'll try some parsley or basil instead.

 

[Eventer98]

Eeyore-very sad to hear about the student. Something similar happened up here to a HS student last week during a lacrosse game.

Dance-Sounds like you and I could swap SIL stories all day!! I wonder why she still has all that baby fat after a year. Did she even try to lose it? It's one thing if she did and didn't get anywhere, for a million good reasons, but from what you are saying she probably didn't. I just hope she notices how hard you have worked at losing weight and acknowledges it!!

I hope everyone has a good night. I am off to bed. I had 3 cookies a few hours ago that I felt horrible about but now my stomach is growling so they must have been burnt off!!

 

[winkers]

- She does sound like a lazy person...to still have all that baby fat after a year. Did she even try? It's one thing if she tried and didn't get anywhere, for whatever reason, but from what you are saying she probably didn't.

I'm afraid I'm still caring around weight from my first baby 14 years ago. I've told it to go away, but it just won't listen.

 

[Eventer98]

I'm afraid I'm still caring around weight from my first baby 14 years ago. I've told it to go away, but it just won't listen.

Yeah but you are on this thread and trying to lose it!! From what Dance said her SIL is a real piece of work!!

 

[Eventer98]

Have a great day everyone!

 

[lexmelinda]

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE!

THREE MORE DAYS of school left!!!

Sorry so late today!

SHANNON.... Although my dad is not sick, I have some of the same mixed feelings. Here's another

SANDY....We missed you! That's awful about the boy at school. We'll be praying for his family.

TARA, JEN, CHERIE, DAWN, KAT & EVERYBODY WHO'S HOLDING DOWN THE FORT....

I hope all the peeps will be back today!

HAVE A GOOD DAY!

 

[pigget74]

I'm afraid I'm still caring around weight from my first baby 14 years ago. I've told it to go away, but it just won't listen.

I had lost all of Joshua's baby fat and then an additional 10 pounds and look at me now----due in October

Eeyore--sorry to hear about the student---that is so sad. I will be thinking of them during prayers.


Since DH is gone my mom and dad invited me over for dinner last night and can I say it was fine--they grilled everything. In one wrap was potatos and onions (the red kind I think) layer of potatos and layer of onions. They had two big foil wraps of these. Then they had corn on the cob with husk wrapped (I am not sure what kind of corn, but it was awesome). FOr the meat they had small chicken breast, wings, and legs--some was just lemmon pepper and the other was honey BBQ. It only took 40 minutes total grill time and that was mainly for the potatos and corn. Dessert was some kind of Trifle thing (we love all kinds of trifle) it was 1/2 yellow cake, whit choc. pudding, choc. sauce, whip cream, strawberries, bananas, and cherries. It reminded me of a banana split without the icecream. I only had a small portion of this. (I promise )

When Dh called to check in I told him about us going over there and he said-no fair they wait unitl I am out of town. I know you will have good food!!

SO I told my mom about our conversation and she is going to have us over again when he gets home. My parents typically only cook when my sister comes into town and we are all over there. SO them inviting me was a big deal. They had a blast wathcing Joshau interact with the dogs and playing in their newly planted flowers . I told my dad after every bite---yummy, yummy. That made his day.


Well I have to be at Teacher work day in 1 hour---so I hope you all have a good day.

 

[eeyore45]

I'm still running!! You can tell how spastic I get with my thoughts with a post! (no wonder I dont make any sense!!)

The last news I heard on the autopsy confirmed it was an "undiagnosed" heart condition that he was born with. (I forget which kind) The PE classes go outside across the street from the school for gym - each teacher has an emergency kit, a walkie talkie, and a cell phone - so the response was phenomenal - (an emt crew was just returning and driving by) Plus the teachers had one of those difibulators right there and were trained to use it... I just told dd that it appears it was "his time to go" It is so hard to tell a child about the "random deaths"... Life is precious... hug your loved ones!

Sadly this is the same field where a 1st grader died 3 years ago in an accident (He grabbed onto a soccer goal, and it fell on his head, he died instantly - he was in dd class, and they were friends) The soccer accident was after school, but again an EMT ambulance was driving by that day also -

Lots to say, no time to say it...

all!!

Hey, is it just me, or are we about ten pages away from a milestone???!!!

 

[jeriber]

am i the only one who completely got turned off of brad pitt after he dumped jennifer aniston and got with angelina jolie, who he had just done a movie with? just seemed too fishy to me. infedelity is so not sexy!!! of course, i don't know the whole story. that just rubbed me the wrong way though. he's still very fun to look at!!!

I was kind of turned off too but then he adopted the kids and started doing the humanitarian stuff and I find that quite appealing

 

[Sparkie]

wonders You are not being horrible. You are being normal. A friend of mine lost her dad about a year ago. They did not have a good relationship either and were not close. At the time she was sad- even if he was a bad dad he was still her dad.

eeyore So sad for that family. Prayers sent. It is hard to explain to kids why things happen. My son lost 1 friend while in high school- car crash day after graduation 2 years ago and last year a really close friend was injured in a motorcycle accident. This child is now paralyzed from the shoulders down and last July we were told he would not live through the night. It was very hard to see my child watch his friend fight for his life and then to see his friend never be the same. Both of these events have profoundly changed my child. Not in the religious way either. I worry about him a lot. I dont know how you help them. I cant even imagine being the parent that has lost their child either from death or profound injury- either way you dont have your child anymore. I pray everyday for the safe keeping of my children.

Ok I musta done something good~ I'm down 1 more since friday. Dont know what the kicker is but whatever it is I'm a likin' it. The only thing different that I can think of is I just havent been obsessed with food here lately. I used to eat because it was "time". I have only been eating when I am really hungry and only about 1/2 as much as I would like to have.

Last dance recital week. Practice tuesday, thursday and friday then the show is on sat. I'll be there all day. dd1 dancing 10 am show, dd1 and dd2 dancing 4pm show and dd2 dancing 7 pm show. I love to watch my girls dance but really one show would have been enough- mama's tired.

BABY FAT? well, I lost the baby fat about 6 years ago but I guess I am having sympathy weight gain Since I work in the maternity department I can let all those girls feel bad so I just put on the pounds with them- really makes me sick when I see a new mom with her belly ring still in and a size 2 abdomen and not a stretch mark in site though- just not fair- I gained 50 to 60 with each of my pregnancies and at 5 foot even it aint pretty- kinda like stay puff marshmellow man :eek

Think Skinny! Make good choices! and Move a little today!

 

[UtahMama]

OK, I am all caught up. Hope y'all are back today! For some reason I have a hankerin' for some pico de gallo and house seasoning (hey! I have the fixin's for both on hand, yay!).

Sandy- that's so hard! Poor kid's family. I hate tragedys like that. Tell us when the cause is announced.

Sparkie- I WILL get active today! Yesterday we walked aroung the Hogle Zoo which has such steep hills!!!!! Holy cow, I'm hurtin' today! I STILL have baby fat from my 2 1/2 year old (and from my 18 year old, but that's pityful, so I wont say that out loud).

Ok, South Beach works for me! Other than the movie popcorn and some kettle Korn (with a "k") at the zoo, I've done really well. I've got it all planned out. Like if I go to a taco bell type fast food place, I can get a bean cup with cheese ( I love me some bean cup) or at Wendy's I had chili (it does have tomatoes but I justified it till it was ok ). Hey.......There's this Speciall K2O protein water that's weird but good tasting. There is a red flag on the packaging that says: "Tastes better chilled" which worried me at first. So I obeyed the warning and dontcha know it's proteinalicious! 5 grams of protein. Doggone good-ish.

 

[HockeyKat]

Good job UM!

I really AM going to do this and get down to 145. That is 50 lbs away but I can do it, I know it.

Good to see some Peeps back today!

 

[winkers]

Today is going to be one of the longest days ever! My lil' Sis went in at 6 this morning for an amnio to make sure her baby's lungs are developed enough to do a c-section at 6 tonight. She won't get the results untill around 4. And it really stinks because I'm 12 hours away and have to wait here all by my lonesome all excited. The last 18 months have been a real rollercoaster. First she was diagnosed with cervical cancer and had to go thru treatment. Then she was told that she would probably have a hard time conceiving and maintaing a pregnancy. So 1 month after she was cleared of cancer, she found out she was pregnant. She was soo excited. About 4 months ago she was diagnoses with diabetes, which they don't think is just gestational, and has been on a very strict diet and insulin since. Then about 2 weeks after that she started having gall bladder attacks! She is a little skinny thing and has only gained 6lbs the whole pregnancy because of all the problems. So anyway, I'm very anxiously waiting. The added bonus is I had a daughter on her birthday and if all goes well, she's going to return the favor!