Good morning! It's a beautiful day out today, the sun finally shining! I just can't wait for spring. I don't like winter, it's depressing. Haven't posted menus lately, so I'll just get started.
3/1/04:
Breakfast-No breakfast, just didn't have time.
Lunch-Two turkey patties w/cheese, broccoli, diet orange cream soda.
Dinner-I cheated a tiny bit. I made teriyaki chicken for the family along with white rice and veggies. I had 2 pieces of chicken but there was hardly any teriyaki sauce on it, so I don't think it affected me. I didn't touch the rice though, poison! I did have veggies, Crystal Light to drink.
Dessert-Strawberries with a sprinkling of Splenda.
3/2/04:
Breakfast-Ok, ok, I vow to do better next time. All I had was a cup of coffee. I thought I had some low carb bread here at work so I could make some toast, but I guess I used it all up.
Lunch-Some kind of seasoned chicken breast, don't remember the name of the dish, but it was mediterranean, very good, with a side of broccoli and a diet Sierra Mist to drink.
Ok, just so I don't get scolded let me say that I had breakfast this morning. I do enjoy breakfast but I've never been one to indulge on a regular basis as I should, therefore, it's a struggle for me to make sure I get something in my stomach that early, especially when I'm busy. Old habits die hard, don't they?
Doreen, I'm literally counting the days before we get on that plane. Thank goodness I have the DIS to keep me entertained before we go.
Hey Beth, we must savor the few indulgences we're allowed. Just think, if we were doing a strict low fat diet, we couldn't have guacamole whenever we wanted. I especially enjoy being able to use butter on my veggies. I can definitely taste the difference between it and margarine and I've gotten very spoiled. Getting back to the avocado thing, when was the last time you had a BLT w/avocado on low carb bread? It's sooo good, in fact, I'm picking up some avocados this weekend so I can make myself one.
Marcia, fortunately, I've at least been able to keep Universal a secret from the kids, although my husband almost slipped up the other day. The kids' bedroom door was open the other night and so was ours. I'm not sure if they had quite fallen asleep yet and my husband said something about Universal and I shot daggers out my eyes at him. Poor guy, he's excited too and is talking about the trip a lot more lately.
3-6 weeks for the fanny lifter to arrive? Oh man, I'm gong to have to improvise with something until then. If anyone has any suggestions, let me know.
Lisa, so nice to hear from you.
We're in the same boat with our busy schedules, so don't worry about not being able to post as much as you would like.
I see nothing wrong with planning this far in advance. The way I see it is it keeps us going when our desks become piled up with work and we have to put in extra hours. The Portofino looks like a beautiful hotel. I'm going to take a peek at it when we go to Orlando and if I fall in love with it, maybe that will give me an excuse to take another trip to Universal.
As for the bathing suit, it really was scary. It made me realize that I should have been focusing on exercise a long time ago and then I wouldn't be as flabby as I am now. Oh well, lesson learned. I had good intentions and I almost signed up with LA Fitness, but I put it off due to my schedule. But maybe there's hope for me in the next 5 months to shape up a little.
Ok, back to work. I'll try to check out journals later or maybe this evening.
Edit: Oh, I almost forgot to mention something and ask a question to anyone that has been measuring themselves on a regular basis. I finally measured a week and a half ago and wrote down the numbers, waist 39", hips 50". I measured again today and my waist is still 39" but my hips are 46". I re measured to make sure I did it right but it still came out to 46". Is this normal? I'm sure I measured right the first time because I had someone help me. Is it possible that I would lose 4" in less than 2 weeks in my hips and not my waist? What have your experiences been? Thanks for any replies.
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Hi, Lisa. I just stopped over to say hello and to admire that 45 lb. gold clippie. Sigh. It's so beautiful and you look so good in it. Maybe someday I'll have one for myself, but for now, I'll just come over and check out yours. 
You forgot about the twins??
