DISappearing Peeps...A fastpass to THIN! - Part 5

[MA pigletfan]

I hate days like this. They are having a steak lunch at work today because the plant met its safety goals for the year, and even us office employees get steak for lunch. I’m going to skip it because I’ll be perfectly happy with my healthy turkey sandwich; but I’m not looking forward to all of the questions I’ll get from people about why I’m not joining them. Even the past year, as I've lost weight and managed to keep it off, I haven't been one to deprive myself. So it isn't like I don't indulge myself on occasion. But I just can't bring myself to eating steak and potatoes for lunch in the middle of the week. It just seems so pointless to me. I keep reminding myself of the old adage "a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips". And of course the Peep mantra that nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.

YOU are the BOMB!!! Good for you..i echo everyone else that says why waste your cals on mediocre steak..save it for the GOOD stuff when YOU want it..

Hi all
. Dfi very happy though, since being a child he has followed the Pats!
MAPigletfan, he'll be cheering along with you!
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Yay! i love overseas support for my favorite team!

 

[DisneyLaura]

Hi Peeps. Just a quick fly-by to say that I have returned from the Home Planet and I'm already missing it. Have to say I gained 5 lbs while at WDW. Dang good thing I was only there for a week. This will blow the bottom out of my Valentine's Challenge but I'm going to get very motivated to get rid of it as soon as possible.

Welcome home

guess what? i have to drive home tomorrow and we're supposed to have freezing rain here in nashville!!!!! why does the bad weather insist on happening when i'm doing my traveling?

So sorry you have to travel in yucky weather. Hope your drive was a safe one.

I think those weather gods with GPS units just want me to get a good workout in the morning. Yesterday they were calling for 2-4 inches of snow. Not bad, I thought. Because of the extreme cold weather, the snow is the really light fluffy stuff. Almost looked fake, like something you can buy in bags at a craft store. Anyway, we went out last night about 8:30 to shovel our driveway, and we had probably 1-2 inches. So I went to bed thinking that I'd be able to get up, just do a quick shovel or even sweep of the driveway, and I'd be good to go. No dice. Those GPS enabled weather gods decided to drop another 6+ inches on us overnight, ensuring that I get my heart rate and metabolism up first thing in the morning. And my cul-de-sac seems to be in a wind tunnel, so I had drifts that were a good foot tall. So instead of taking 20 minutes to do a little light shoveling, I took an hour with the snowblower and shovel to clear myself out; I'm trying to think of a good reason why I built my house so I'd need a driveway that is 3 car lengths long and three cars wide. Not the smartest move ever. But like I said, I got a good workout this morning, so it wasn't all bad.

Have a great day everyone!

Gotta love those weather men. Good job on not eating the steak.

PHYSICS!!- what were we thinking!?!?!? Now DD is excellent at Math- she was the only 10th grader at her school inducted into Mu Alpha Theta (math honor society) last year- but MOMMY DIDNT TAKE PHYSICS IN HIGHSCHOOL OR COLLEGE- not required- not on my list so I am now a 41 year old physics student I read 1/2 of chapter one- so far so good- I understood most of it- but it just expanded on matter, energy, atomic weight, atomic mass and so on- I didnt try and do the math- Nurses only need simple algebra calculations so thats all my brain can do- Anyway going to be a LONG SEMESTER.... Any suggestions? Any other homeschooling moms out there??? ANY PHYSCISTS, ANY ENGINEERS? Help!!

Sorry can't help you there either. I took a couple of classes in college, one of them being physics but can't remember anything I learned.

I hate days like this. They are having a steak lunch at work today because the plant met its safety goals for the year, and even us office employees get steak for lunch. I’m going to skip it because I’ll be perfectly happy with my healthy turkey sandwich; but I’m not looking forward to all of the questions I’ll get from people about why I’m not joining them. Even the past year, as I've lost weight and managed to keep it off, I haven't been one to deprive myself. So it isn't like I don't indulge myself on occasion. But I just can't bring myself to eating steak and potatoes for lunch in the middle of the week. It just seems so pointless to me. I keep reminding myself of the old adage "a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips". And of course the Peep mantra that nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.

Yeah for not eating the steak, I agree with the others save your calories for something worth it to you

Dance- I just went to Costco and got frozen easy family meals. Like lasagna. 4 weeks is coming up!

Those lasagnas are quite tasty too. Here in CT we have a Costco and sometimes I get the shrimp scampi. Pretty tasty.

Good afternoon! It is also cold here. But, it decided to rain and it has melted almost all of my beautiful snow. Sorry to say I didn't get in my bike ride yesterday. But, I did go shopping. And that burns more calories, right?

Welcome to the group. Yes shopping burns calories.

 

[MA pigletfan]

HOLY crap you guys..i just heard that Heath Ledger died today! Thats so sad..i thought he was such a good actor! They say it was an apparent od...but not anything suspicious or suicidal at the time...sorry for passing on the gloomy news, but i was quite shocked!!

 

[Disneyfreak92]

HOLY crap you guys..i just heard that Heath Ledger died today! Thats so sad..i thought he was such a good actor! They say it was an apparent od...but not anything suspicious or suicidal at the time...sorry for passing on the gloomy news, but i was quite shocked!!

I just heard this moments ago myself! I was shocked! I am anxious to hear more about the investigation. They say there were pills there, but they don't know the cause of death yet. And apparently he had a massage therapist coming shortly after it happened. I always liked him. He was so young! It is very sad.

 

[MunkyMe13]

I just heard this moments ago myself! I was shocked! I am anxious to hear more about the investigation. They say there were pills there, but they don't know the cause of death yet. And apparently he had a massage therapist coming shortly after it happened. I always liked him. He was so young! It is very sad.

I just read about it too. Its so sad when people so young die. Thats the second young celebrity to die in the past 2 weeks. Brad Renfro from Apt Pupil and The Client died last week also of a drug overdose. I wish I understood why celebrities feel they are immune when it comes to complications with drugs.

 

[Disneyfreak92]

yes......thanks! although i have to wait until tomorrow to read it because i'm still in tennessee and on my mom's dial up connection, so pics take forever to load!

Oops! Guess I thought you were home already. I got confused - nothing new!

Ok the horror. But the first time in 21 days, I must add..........I went to this place and ordered some food at the drive thru. I had no time to eat dinner with 4 hours of school ahead of me. Long story there.........

It rhymes with Baco Smell.

I hope it didn't do too much damage. I am 1 pound down from yesterday. Who knew?

Taco Bell - depends on what you had. I can eat healthy there. Their website has nutritional info if you wanted to look up the calories.

Lynda....Way to go on the diet and exercise. All the motivation is obviously in Illinois. I can't find any here.

Well, I'm not feeling that motivated actually. I have gotten into the habit of walking 30 minutes a day at work with a friend on our lunch hour - usually 3-4 times a week. And I ride my bike for about 50-60 minutes 3 times a week. I have been doing pretty good on the food, but I'm trying to get back into writing things down. I am drinking my water as always. But I have hovered around the same weight for so long, that I am beginning to think that it'll never change. I'm going to keep up with this exercise routine - adding or substituting the treadmill sometimes once we get it and adding in some balance ball and weights at some point. My doctor told me it takes 6 months for a woman to change her metabolism, so I am hoping when I have been at it for 6 months (if not sooner), the numbers on the scale will start to fall. We'll see.

DisneyFreak - Glad you enjoyed Chicago, I love to look at the pictures you post of Pete Wentz (Not 100% sure on his name, cutie though!) Ive always wanted to visit Chicago - maybe from years of watching Chicago Hope? Yes, im odd.

He is a cutie, isn't he? And Chicago is a VERY cool city! Love it!

 

[snowwite]

It's been snowing all day. It's cold so I made chilli.

Hey is that a Peep friendly chili recipe? I had one for turkey and white bean chili but I lost it! Chili sounds good! Are there any Peep recipes that dont make you ?

HOLY crap you guys..i just heard that Heath Ledger died today! Thats so sad..i thought he was such a good actor! They say it was an apparent od...but not anything suspicious or suicidal at the time...sorry for passing on the gloomy news, but i was quite shocked!!

I was just shocked. My daughter and I are huge fans!Loved 10 things I hate about you!

 

[Sleeping*Beauty]

HOLY crap you guys..i just heard that Heath Ledger died today! Thats so sad..i thought he was such a good actor! They say it was an apparent od...but not anything suspicious or suicidal at the time...sorry for passing on the gloomy news, but i was quite shocked!!

OMG!!! I love love loved him in Brokeback Mountain. Didn't he and Michelle Williams(the one from Dawson's Creek) have a baby?

 

[harleygirl]

HOLY crap you guys..i just heard that Heath Ledger died today! Thats so sad..i thought he was such a good actor! They say it was an apparent od...but not anything suspicious or suicidal at the time...sorry for passing on the gloomy news, but i was quite shocked!!

i dont understand? its always greener isnt it?

on a bit of good cheer tho- i went to the gym with my DH! YAY!!! and i cant move my arms today! ouch thats good stuff! hurts go good! i lifted more than i ever have on bench press! woohoo- i know i sound like a dork getting so goofy about exercising, but its so much fun. did i just say that? i love that shakey arm, jello feeling i get after a good workout! what a nerd i am

 

[UtahMama]

Biggest Loser is on tonight Peeps!

So sad about Heath Ledger! I hope it was just an accident!!!! I know with RX sleeping pills, sometimes you forget if you took one or not. Topped off with alcohol maybe? Such a loss

 

[punkin413]

i'm home! actually i've been home since about 4:30. but i spent the first hour activating my new cell phone that arrived while i was gone (and in the process deactivating my old SIM card and losing ALL my numbers - so if i used to have your number, i don't any more...PM me and send it to me!) so aggravating! then ray wanted to go to the waffle house of all places for dinner. this weekend was AWFUL foodwise.....i was very un-peeplike! but it's so hard to be good when visiting family and friends who just want to go eat stuff! i'll be VERY happy if i'm a samer this week.

I went to this place and ordered some food at the drive thru. I had no time to eat dinner with 4 hours of school ahead of me. Long story there.........

It rhymes with Baco Smell.

i had baco smell for lunch today on the road. and it wasn't good....how many calories do you think a beef meximelt has in it? forget it....i don't want to know.

Those GPS enabled weather gods decided to drop another 6+ inches on us overnight, ensuring that I get my heart rate and metabolism up first thing in the morning.

they just want to help you reach your valentine's day goal!

OK, Peeps! I need your best peep-like recipes that freeze well. In 4 short weeks I will be having this peeplet and I need to get my freezer stocked with good dinner options so I dont have to rely on DH. It gets scary when I have to do that

I also may end up on very restrictive bedrest, if not admitted to the hospital sooner than later so I need to get cracking! My blood pressure was still up at my appt yesterday and there was trace amts of protein in my urine...so I go back next week where he will make the choice on whether to admit me or not for possible pre-eclampsia or put me on very strict bedrest. (and dont worry, my mom promised to help me get the stuff ready to freeze, I just need some recipes.)

Thanks everyone! I am reading along but havent been remembering to quote.

i can't believe it's 4 weeks away......time flies! i don't have any recipes but i'm sure the peeps will hook you up. i hope everything goes well in the next few weeks.

PHYSICS!!- what were we thinking!?!?!?

good luck with that. no help here - i'm a court reporter. ask me about court procedure or grammar and i can hook you up. although my sister has a degree in biochemistry and microbiology. i'm not sure that has anything to do with physics, but it's science - you can tell i'm not science-minded because they all sound the same to me!

I’m going to skip it because I’ll be perfectly happy with my healthy turkey sandwich; but I’m not looking forward to all of the questions I’ll get from people about why I’m not joining them.

good job on resisting temptation. and stay strong with those pesky questions!

I am in TOTAL agreement about Christian Bale.

christian bale is TOTALLY yummy.....as long as the TV's on mute. i hate his voice! but oh my goodness is he fun to look at!!!

Not been around as much as I would have liked this week - really bad rain has meant floods, again.

sorry to hear about those rains. i wish you could send some this way - we're in a really bad drought in georgia (southeastern united states). we've had a total water ban in my city since this summer.

HOLY crap you guys..i just heard that Heath Ledger died today! Thats so sad..i thought he was such a good actor! They say it was an apparent od...but not anything suspicious or suicidal at the time...sorry for passing on the gloomy news, but i was quite shocked!!

i was going to mention this too. so sad. he's one of my favorite actors. and the saddest part is he's a relatively new daddy, too. i heard it was sleeping pills. i wonder what happened?

Brad Renfro from Apt Pupil and The Client died last week also of a drug overdose.

i heard about this, too. i loved him in "the client." he seemed like he had a lot of potential as an actor and just took a wrong turn somewhere.

well, i'm off to read lynda's chicago mini TR during american idol commercials!

 

[punkin413]

OMG!!! I love love loved him in Brokeback Mountain. Didn't he and Michelle Williams(the one from Dawson's Creek) have a baby?

yep, they did. they also split up sometime in late 2007, i think. i hope that had nothing to do with the OD. i loved him in brokeback mountain, too. he was so convincing in that movie! i also loved him in the patriot. such a loss.

 

[snowwite]

i dont understand? its always greener isnt it?

on a bit of good cheer tho- i went to the gym with my DH! YAY!!! and i cant move my arms today! ouch thats good stuff! hurts go good! i lifted more than i ever have on bench press! woohoo- i know i sound like a dork getting so goofy about exercising, but its so much fun. did i just say that? i love that shakey arm, jello feeling i get after a good workout! what a nerd i am

hmmm ....and here I thoiught my shaky jello arms were from not working out lol

 

[MA pigletfan]

Hey is that a Peep friendly chili recipe? I had one for turkey and white bean chili but I lost it! Chili sounds good! Are there any Peep recipes that dont make you ?

I was just shocked. My daughter and I are huge fans!Loved 10 things I hate about you!

I love that movie..i had such a crush on him after i saw that...what a good actor he was.

i dont understand? its always greener isnt it?

on a bit of good cheer tho- i went to the gym with my DH! YAY!!! and i cant move my arms today! ouch thats good stuff! hurts go good! i lifted more than i ever have on bench press! woohoo- i know i sound like a dork getting so goofy about exercising, but its so much fun. did i just say that? i love that shakey arm, jello feeling i get after a good workout! what a nerd i am

Good for you ! That feeling of accomplishment is a great one!

yep, they did. they also split up sometime in late 2007, i think. i hope that had nothing to do with the OD. i loved him in brokeback mountain, too. he was so convincing in that movie! i also loved him in the patriot. such a loss.

Patriot..another good movie he was in. it really is a loss..it is now looking like he had pnemonia ( i can't spell peeps..sorry)..i wonder if that had something to do with it.....

 

[harleygirl]

hmmm ....and here I thoiught my shaky jello arms were from not working out lol

yeah- i think the grossest thing i have ever seen was when i was riding my bike with a tanktop on and something caught the corner of my eye in my mirror. it was my arm waggle waving in the wind

I love that movie..i had such a crush on him after i saw that...what a good actor he was.


Good for you ! That feeling of accomplishment is a great one!


Patriot..another good movie he was in. it really is a loss..it is now looking like he had pnemonia ( i can't spell peeps..sorry)..i wonder if that had something to do with it.....

just so sad

 

[snowwite]

yeah- i think the grossest thing i have ever seen was when i was riding my bike with a tanktop on and something caught the corner of my eye in my mirror. it was my arm waggle waving in the wind



just so sad

OMG I never heard it called arm Waggle before!

 

[UtahMama]

Harley and Snow...

My arms waggle too!

I call them bat wings


Chili does sound goooood!

 

[punkin413]

have you guys listened to the podcast from today? they're talking about the "curtains matching the carpet" as in dying your hair and having it match you-know-where. i'm sitting there thinking....um......isn't this supposed to be a kid show??? then they said something about having a few hundred kids going to their moms and saying, "mommy, what does curtains match the carpet mean?"

 

[HockeyKat]

Wow!! I dyed the curtains today... don't bother with the carpet.

I do the eyebrows though, does that count? How wrong is it that my eyebrows are gray, at 32!

 

[Sandy321]

Welcome Back Punkin!!

Harley - lol -

I'm tired, but there is a difference with a trainer and w/o - I made it to the gym, couldnt concentrate, got dizzy.... left. depressing.