OH MY GOD. I got here (Old Key West) around noon. My room wasn't ready, so I went to lunch at Olivia's. While I'm eating I get my "your room is ready text". They told me at the desk that I was in building 11 on the second floor...but when I open the door they upgraded me to a 1BR villa. 
Pics to come on Facebook!
What a way to start your adventure with a heap of pixie dust! That is just the beginning of great things to come!
The garlic herb shaker is from Wegmans - we are so lucky to have them here in northern VA! They started making some seasoning shakers, and the garlic herb one has proved to be just the thing for adding to steamed veggies. A little saltiness and a nice touch of flavor. They make others, too, but this one appealed to me the most.
Sounds great, but alas, no Wegmans here. I keep hoping. My family likes their veggies plain and boring but I sure like to spice things up. I will have to look here and see what I can find.
i did get my 2 mile WATP in this morning and have been working on laundry all day. seems like at the beginning of the day
today was a pj day, yes i showered and put my pjs back on
How do you like WATP? I got the book from the library but think I should have got the video instead. I am going to see if they still have it on the shelves.
Love those PJ days! My teen takes a shower when she gets home from school and usually puts on her pjs. I probably should have more of those myself.
SO I'm about to start on dinner but just wanted to let you all know that I:
a. applied to one of the jobs (the one I really want!)
b. Started my PTR and the link is on my siggy!
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Sending pixie dust for that job!
Today was great for veggies, fruit, water, and exercise. I did loosen up at dinner and had two biscuits! My husband made breakfast for dinner. On a side note, he had to disconnect the smoke detector when he burned some bacon!
He made sure to reconnect it once the smoke cleared.
LTS, I'm liking the sound of chicken lettuce wraps. I'm going to look up some recipes and try one!
Sounds like me cooking! I tell the kids that they will know dinner is ready when the smoke alarm goes off!
There are tons of recipes out there for copycat lettuce wraps for PF Changs or Chili's. I made this one:
http://www.food.com/recipe/chilis-lettuce-wraps-15870 with a whole lot of changes! I don't like the peanut sauce so I didn't bother with that. I made the "stir fry sauce" first then when I went to make the dipping sauce I realized it was essentially the same thing so I didn't bother. In the stir fry sauce I didn't add all the sugar it calls for, just a few spoons to adjust the taste a little. I also dont' have chili oil so I just skipped it. Still all turned out yummy!
I am going to try this one next:
http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2009/03/recipe-for-asian-lettuce-cups-or-wraps.html but with ground chicken instead of turkey.
Hey Team Mickey!
I'm new to the board and assigned to this team so go Mickey!
I was a fitness junkie, then I started binge eating. Got that mostly handled, but still have the extra padding to deal with so I'm here trying to unearth my Minnie-Me preferably before my cruise (
DCL Magic!) this next fall.
So...I'm here.
And tracking calories, drinking a ton of water and exercising are the easy parts for me.
Soooo. That's it I guess!
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Hi all!
I'm still hanging on by my fingernails... I have a really hard time keeping up with all the posts.
I've felt crummy, not sick; just run down and spent all day just nibbling on junk.... too much chocolate and convinced DH to go get ice cream with me..... I am not doing well with this and know it's just a serious lack of will power. On the up side; I did make it to the gym on Sat and I caught myself doing random upright ab exercises through out the day today. I am drinking all of my water too. I guess I just need to get more sleep.
Today is a beautiful new day!! Put yesterday behind you and move on.
Have you tried eating your "dinner" at lunch time.
I've been thinking about getting a Keurig. They have a little cup that you can use for your own coffee, which is how I would do it because I like Starbucks coffee.
I would love to be able to eat dinner at lunch-- I need that big meal in the middle of the day and would be good with less later. I had some friends that lived in Europe for a long time and he had a job that allowed him to be home at lunch everyday so they would usually have their main meal then.
I really do love the Keurig (I just wish they could figure out how to make the machines no crap out!) and it is great when you have different tastes in coffee. The little cup thing works great. Of course I think they have Starbucks K cups now. .
Green Mountain needs to do like Gevalia and send you the machine for free and just make their money on the coffee.
Today was a lot better. I'm thinking the being so plugged up yesterday was part of whatever stupid allergic reaction I've been having as it was world's better today. I could breathe! I joined a new gym. They have more classes, are closer, and are charging me less than my old gym.
I am proud of myself. I was really craving a double chocolatey chip frappuccino, but knew that I had a Jenny Craig cheesecake waiting for me at home. I was able to resist. I feel like I've had a pretty productive week, it's a great feeling.
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Glad you are feeling better. What did the ENT say?
Great decisions on the gym and dessert. I am SOOOOOOOOO happy that Starbucks FINALLY has sf mocha syrup! That has been one thing I hated giving up. Now I can still splurge on a Peppermint mocha occasionally.
We're hoping to get some good news tomorrow. It will make life a lot less stressful and I'll be able to breathe.
for good news.
My workouts are going great. I am getting ready for the Tinker Bell Half in
Disneyland on Jan 29. This will be my 7th half marathon in 19 months. I started running 19 months ago. I am hoping to beat my PR of 3:19.
So I guess what Im trying to say is: "
a salute to all losers, but mostly Mickeys".. lol (one of my favorite attractions is Muppetvision 3-D).
Love that!
for the Half and that PR!
QOTD: WHY is your goal weight your goal weight? do you have a magic number? or do you want to lose enough to fit back into your "skinny" jeans? is the number you've chosen in the healthy BMI range?
I am not really sure yet what my goal weight will be. I have been overweight for so long I am not sure what is really a good sustainable weight. I think the recommendation is about 135 and I weighed that when I got married. But now 2 kids and 20 years later I am not sure that will be a comfortable weight for me. At this point I would be thrilled to just get to 150 and then see what happens from there. I have seen pictures of ladies my age and older that have lost a lot and got down to the low end of their recommended range and honestly they don't look good-- they look scrawny and almost anorexic. Every person and every body type is different. I am not going for supermodel thin, just a healthy weight that I can maintain without torturing myself.
So.... I joined my fitness pal yesterday. So incredibly psyched that I found an extremely easy way to record my food. Wow! And so eyeopening! I didn't realize how many calories I was consuming with my little cookie here and there. I LOVE how it tells you how many calories you have left for the day. I found myself with only 324 left at 3 in the afternoon. Wow! I had to really make different choices for dinner.
I also loved how it told me how many calories I "earned" for my exercise. If I had time, I would have gone out for a quick jog or something to get a few more calories back!
At the end of the day, I went over 67 calories. Not bad for a rookie!
Today I already made different choices for breakfast.
Sounds like you are doing great!
since i thoroughly cleaned the kitchen before the lady came to see the house, i didn't want to cook. we ordered chinese
but get this - i got steamed shrimp and string beans (usually get broccoli but nursing and broccoli are not a good combo) with NO sauce and brown rice. ate half of the brown rice serving and a ton of string beans and still have enough for lunch today. i treated myself to an egg roll and even with that had enough calories for a 100 calorie bag of popcorn.
Great choices!
Chinese food is one of my big downfalls so I avoid it as much as possible.
QOTD -- my goal is to get back to my weight before I got Cushings, which was 140. i want to wear my clothes again. throughout this process of gaining the weight and living with a preggo-sized belly, i have all but refused to by clothes so i get the bare minimum to get through the season hoping that the disease will retreat and i'll be able to shed this excess. lately i've been thinking of getting rid of some of my old clothes b/c it feels hopeless but i'm still hanging on to them
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I have found this great little boutique to buy clothes that I am hoping I won't be in for long-- it is called Le Goodwill.
In fact my entire outfit today is from there (except the undergarments!) and cost less than $10. If you need a few bigger things don't be afraid to check out the thrift stores and pick up just a few things. In fact if you can find stuff that fits right it may actually make you feel better and with a better look at yourself inspire you to keep on going.
If you have the space for those old clothes I say keep them! You have great satisfaction when you are able to put them on again, even if it is just long enough to try it on and say "This is really out of style or looks terrible!" and then put it in the donate pile for Le Goodwill and go buy some smokin new stuff!
Technically I don't need to be up until 5:15, so I'm playing on Mom's computer until then (mine's packed). We're heading out to the airport at 6 and stopping at Tim Horton's-I'll probably get a yogurt parfait and bagel.
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moment to share. i fed the baby last night at 9pm and then not again until 3am! woot! so i got almost 5 hours straight (i read for a little after feeding him and awoke before 3 when he was squirming and making piglet noises.
). Did you know that Green Mountain owns the Keurig brand? There was whole thing about how it actually loses money on the coffee makers and uses the coffee to make up the profits which from the sudden boom in sales is working like a charm. they don't even have to mark up the coffee that much because you always replace it.
. We had vegetable beef soup over potatoes, broc and cheese, and side salads. 
I hope you feel better. If you are sick, your body needs rest. Don't feel bad about it.
everyone for the ongoing encouragment, i'm so glad i joined in the BL challenges this time around 
Why?
