They aren't around very long but they are wonderful while they are here. I'm a big berry fan, too. 
DH and his family are quite particular about their corn being from the midwest. When they say start the water boiling and then pick the corn they aren't kidding. 
Lunch today you ask???? Taco salad (leftovers from yesterday) and an apple. Breakfast was an eggwhite and veggie sandwich on a low carb pita [did some package reading today and discovered that a Joseph's flaxseed pita is half the carbs of a Joseph's flax seed "sandwich thin" style roll (4 gr vs 8 gr)]. It is also less calories, so since I enjoy them both equally, I'll be sticking with the pitas most of the time now. Every calorie and carb counts, right??
Isn't it annoying when you find something you were eating wasn't as healthy as you thought? 
It is a good reminder to keep reading those labels as they are always "new and improving" things and it may or may not be an improvement for you.Newbie here for my first WISH Away challenge
We leave for WDW in 12 weeks so I just want to get more active. My goals for this month are to hit my 10,000 steps everyday on my FitBit...week days are fine because I can take a couple laps around the building on my breaks and lunch but I have a hard time getting even halfway there on weekends. And I have absolutely NO excuse for that! I am also doing a 6 month DietBet and today I just won my first 4 week DB. Looking forward to some spending money for our DCL cruise in January after my DietBet10 ends in November!
In the summer I love watermelon and tomatoes! My step-dad has an amazing garden so he keeps me stocked but due to the nasty winter we had, he is very late getting things going. He is only planting 150 tomato plants instead of his usual 250
I am new to the W.I.S.H. challanges but I am trying to get in better shape not only for my Disney trip in September (woohoo!!) but also just in general. I am doing an ab challange with a few friends of mine this month, I am on day 3 of no soda (wayyyyyy harder then I thought it would be but I am taking it day by day!) and I am just trying to be more active. I have a few really fun things planned for the summer that also involve being active which will be great. I have started wearing a pedomiter to track my steps to see where I have to go and to track myself getting there! I am excited! I have a low goal of 10 pounds lost this month just to get started this month and I am sure that once I succeed I will give myself a more difficult goals in the future to finally get to my goal weight, which sadly is very, very far away.
Just trying to take it one day at a time!!
~Shelly
I'm doing an ab challenge this month, too, and let me just say I am happy tomorrow is a rest day.
Oh my just one.. ok Watermelon is my fave (strawberries are a very close second) however my type 2 diabetes doesn't really allow for fruit..
My fave summer veggie -- cukes right off the vine with salt!
Zucchini is a close second - scoop out the seeds and maybe a bit of the inside flesh and saute that up with a bit of garlic, red pepper flakes and some cooked ground sauage - like Jimmy Dean's mild - stuff it back into the hollowed out Zucchini and top with 1T of spaghetti sauce and some shredded cheese (any kind works but I like mozzarella or parm the best) and bake for 20 - 30 mins till tender.. MMMMM I could eat this every night!
Berries, berries, berries! I pile a few different kinds in a bowl with a little Stevia sprinkled on top - it tastes so wonderful! It feels like a much bigger treat than it is.
For veggies, I love corn on the cob and fresh shelled peas. My mom used to grow peas when I was a kid, and my sister and I had to shell them. We'd end up eating half of what we shelled!
XO
Liz
Sorry about the sunburn. 
Hello. New here. I'm hoping to lose at least another 30 lb before our wdw trip mid - December. I have lost 15 since 4/1. I have a lot of physical issues that make exercise (and many days even cooking) extra tough, but I have good motivation now, with the trip coming up. Anyway, I will read back on your posts in the morning, just wanted to say hi.
This is a great place for accountability and support! We haven't had much gardening success since we moved about 300 feet higher than we were before. Apparently that was enough to make a difference. 
I know I have only been on this challange since Sunday but I am still so motiviated! (ps excuse my spelling, I am terrible at it and I can't get this spell checker to work!)
I started tracking my steps yesterday and I did almost 5000! I am still at a loss at how people can do 10000 regularly a day but I am shooting for it! I am also looking for reasons to move, I planted some flowers, parked further away from the store, took the stairs etc... I am still having soda withdrawals though lol Day 4 and I am still fighting them off! I have been tempeted but I have not broken!!
I also really love being able to use basil and chives from the garden for cooking this time of year.
BRB as the smilie police are after me.
I'm having a good week so far myself -- I just hope that the trend continues. Nothing like a new month to give us all some new motivation!
Well done!!!
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Hi everyone! Sorry for failing to post a question of the day yesterday. But I was busy at work in the morning and then later on I had an enormous headache, went back home early and just lounged around in bed.
I am having trouble getting back into good habits. I start out good every morning with a healthy breakfast, but then at lunch or in the afternoon it gets bad. At least I did not have any sugar/candy just yet. I seem to have indulged too much in sweet things during my vacation that now I am really craving them. Hopefully today I will be finally able to break that habit!
And this inspired me for the following question of the day:
What do you think is your worst unhealthy habit and have you taken any steps to change that yet?
To be honest, I think my worst habit is to eat too quickly and often mindlessly. I have been trying to improve that and since my boyfriend is a very slow eater, tried to work on it during our vacation together quite a bit. But then I was busy chatting and quickly I feel back into old patterns. But I just keep training! Try to put down my cuttlery between bites (I always tend to put the next bite on to my fork while I am still chewing and I try to not do that anymore, but old habits die hard!!).
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Our chives are in a pot and about 15 years old. Kind of skimming along.
Still haven't set a goal for the month, but I am doing ok with the dairy free (gf). But not so much with the coke...But I am ok with that, because dealing with the gf/df is a bigger deal at the moment.
Does everyone know the trick for ripening peaches/nectarines? (Did someone else already post this?)
Put them in a brown paper lunch bag (make sure they are completely dry) and set on the counter in an out of the way place. Check every day. They usually ripen up in a day or so. You can then stick them in the fridge if you don't have time to eat right away. The brown paper bag aids in ripening and the fridge retards ripening.
It doesn't really help bad peaches (the hard as rock almost green ones) taste better, but it does help with the ones that are just not quite there yet.
Well done!!!
Hi everyone! Sorry for failing to post a question of the day yesterday. But I was busy at work in the morning and then later on I had an enormous headache, went back home early and just lounged around in bed.
I am having trouble getting back into good habits. I start out good every morning with a healthy breakfast, but then at lunch or in the afternoon it gets bad. At least I did not have any sugar/candy just yet. I seem to have indulged too much in sweet things during my vacation that now I am really craving them. Hopefully today I will be finally able to break that habit!
And this inspired me for the following question of the day:
What do you think is your worst unhealthy habit and have you taken any steps to change that yet?
To be honest, I think my worst habit is to eat too quickly and often mindlessly. I have been trying to improve that and since my boyfriend is a very slow eater, tried to work on it during our vacation together quite a bit. But then I was busy chatting and quickly I feel back into old patterns. But I just keep training! Try to put down my cuttlery between bites (I always tend to put the next bite on to my fork while I am still chewing and I try to not do that anymore, but old habits die hard!!).
That is the nice thing about the summer challenges -- they are a bit more laid back. 
One of my WW has a little saying about mindless eating "don't put food in your mouth when there is already food there."
Kind of skimming along.
Still haven't set a goal for the month, but I am doing ok with the dairy free (gf). But not so much with the coke...But I am ok with that, because dealing with the gf/df is a bigger deal at the moment.
Does everyone know the trick for ripening peaches/nectarines? (Did someone else already post this?)
Put them in a brown paper lunch bag (make sure they are completely dry) and set on the counter in an out of the way place. Check every day. They usually ripen up in a day or so. You can then stick them in the fridge if you don't have time to eat right away. The brown paper bag aids in ripening and the fridge retards ripening.
It doesn't really help bad peaches (the hard as rock almost green ones) taste better, but it does help with the ones that are just not quite there yet.
QotD : worst habit is feeling like I need to eat like my family who doesn't have diabetes - I try to make meals that can include things for me like chicken tenders for the guys and then grilled/baked/sauteed unbreaded chicken for me.. it works for the most part if I am diligent .. Plus we snack at night - I sometimes fall off the wagon and eat a few bites of what everyone else is having - last night it was Coffee Oreo Ice Cream
First of all, that ice cream sounds!! Second.... I am constantly having to "modify" my meals for SOMEONE in the family. I often make a main dish that we all can eat, but modify/add/subtract a side dish for each of us. For example, I will change a recipe from chicken to lean pork loin so that we all can eat it. Then I might bread the portion for DS with regular crumbs and leave DH's unbreaded .... then top DS's and DH's portions with regular cheese and top my portion with lowfat cheese (which I have measured, of course
It sounds like a lot of work, but it has become a fairly easy routine most night. But of course, I am ALWAYS searching for recipes that we can ALL eat, even if I have to modify the recipe somewhat!
It sounds like you have similar struggles and I just want to encourage you and tell you that it IS worth it and that it can work out!!Keep trying!
Hope everyone has a great Wednesday.. I'll be back at Lunch if I get time today
Wow that is amazing that the parsley came back!
Our chives are in the flower beds and every year they appear somewhere new!
The hardest thing about the ab challenge is the plank but it is all hard really. That's why I'm so happy today is a rest day!
I should get back to a plank a day.... soon!
There is a WW routine about putting your fork down and taking a sip of water between bites -- have you tried that? It is hard to break habits that we've had for a long time but I know you can do it!
My worst unhealthy habit is wanting to eat too much between when I get home and when I have dinner. It is a long standing habit from when my folks would have happy hour and snacks and then dinner. My solution is to not eat after 5 p.m. so I have dinner early instead of snacking and then having dinner. It seems to be working so far.
So happy that you have found a solution that works for your life! Keep at it!
Happy National Running Day to those of you who are runners!
So hard to let go (again)!! But she sounds CONFIDENT and EXCITED so I can't ask for more than that!!
I'm here, I'm late, but I'm here. these summer days are flying by..... to our newcomers!!
hello!!
I'm still trying to catch up to myself after my trip last month, traveling really puts me behind but I'm going keep going on trips that's for sure!! so I'm sitting here with my piles of mail and papers and thinking...I need to get on my June challenge sign up! unfortunately I'm up from May, and so my June goal was my May not fulfilled goal...but if I can get to July 4th and enter in this new decade which is my goal I will be sooooo thrilled!!!
my summer goal is to continue losing, and save the summer treat-cheats for real reasons, not just let's sit on the deck cop-out reasons. and modify my summer treats to be less caloric as much as possible with small small small itty bitty portions. I've got 25 lbs to lose and I really want it gone!
new summer treat that my daughter and I are really into --- flavoring our water with frush fruits and herbs. Pinterest is a great place for recipes. today we are having grapefruit, lemon, lime and mint...it's soooo good! I also love fresh summer fruits like melon and peaches, and summer veggies like zuchinni and squash on the grill.
I'm back on the workout wagon, I'm struggling with the MFP wagon, and back on my fitbit goal of 7k steps a day.
thanks Magdalene for hosting!! and
Hello!! I have a lot of health issues and medications that make losing weight a bear at times between side effects and lack of energy etc... We can support each other!!
Anyhow, Katie Couric is a producer (I think) and it talks about sugar in our foods. There's a website and a 10 day sugar free challenge, but I haven't had a chance to get too into it. I am thinking when I get more information, that I will try it here at home. I'm sure my kids will have breakdowns over the lack of "good food" and "starve to death" but I am hoping to try it and see how it goes. If anyone has anything to share about it, please do!
