WOW...2 Months down and half way there!!!

[cco7128]

Reace-You hang in there. The lost will happen, just think of the inches lost. I keep doing that instead of weight because of exercise. You are doing great and now you have a bunch of people to do this with! You are lucky to have the support right in your face and not just on boards.

I think the same thing, babies and children go to heaven no matter what the circumstances. Katrina did a number but maybe those in Ala, Miss and Louisiana will learn from this and see how precious life is.

Talk at ya later gater-C

[futurethinmama]

I see from cco7128's journal that she is catching up with me in the weight department...hmm guess I will have to kick it up a notch !
So here's the day, I took the baby to wal-mart to spend some more money on food and then to his 9 month check up. His dr. and nurse were both wanting to know what "diet" I was doing cause I look so good (according to them ) I told them I was doing South Beach and they were impressed...so in saying that I cannot wait to weigh tomorrow! I have taken a few sneak peaks on the scales and have not seen any movement but only my weigh ins on Friday count! I feel really good about myself, and my cousin (have not seen her since before baby) works at the dr's offc. now and she was telling me that I look smaller then I did before I got pregnant ( I weighed b/w 190 and 195 then) I am not normally a "compliment" type of person but today I really enjoyed it!
Next subject..I am eating a ton but it is all SBD friendly and my clothes are looser so I guess all is well. I am making a mexican lasagna (ummm smells so darn yummy in here!!!) I got the recipe in the gold cookbook and we are having that for dinner...here is the rest of my day
B- Mock pancakes 6oz V-8 and iced tea
s-2 oz lf moz. and 1 chicken tender (from last night)
L-Hmm either I cannot remember or I skipped it??? Let me think on that
S-1 c. uncle sam cereal w/1 c. light soy and spenda 1 oz cheese
D- Mexican Lasagna w/salad (EVOO black olives baby spinach and cucmbers)
T- Lemon SF jello with cool whip and possibly a hot tea w/soy
I guess I did not eat lunch because of all the errands...but I will make up for it with the Lasagna and I never felt shaky so my blood sgar was not outta whack...I ate the cereal about lunch time so technically that could have been my lunch
Other then that I have nothing spectacular to say, I am gonna start walking around the lake tomorrow (it is 3 miles) so I should see the inches coming off soon!
OH MY GOODNESS...I just paused to make myself a plate and the Lasagna is so delish!!!! I cannot believe that the tortillas are like lasagna noodles, this is def. gonna be one of our regulars, my son is having it too and loves it. Yeah! Alrighty guys gotta go, but I will weigh in tomorrow and let you know the scoop ( I know you will lose sleep tonight just wondering ) Be safe and enjoy the beautiful night I love this time of year when the evenings start coming sooner and the air is cool. Good night! Reace

[lawn_gnome78]

OH MY GOODNESS...I just paused to make myself a plate and the Lasagna is so delish!!!! I cannot believe that the tortillas are like lasagna noodles, this is def. gonna be one of our regulars, my son is having it too and loves it. Yeah! ...enjoy the beautiful night I love this time of year when the evenings start coming sooner and the air is cool. Good night! Reace

Amen about the tortillas - I found whole wheat ones tonight at Whole Foods, a new store we just had open up in Dublin. I'm so excited. I make panned burritos, sounds a lot like your lasagne.

And AMEN to the evenings being earlier and air being cooler! I love it and everyone else around me is so *sad* that it's dark at 8:30. Hey, my weigh-in is tomorrow, too - good luck, girl!!! Can't wait to see how you do!

[futurethinmama]

Hey Lawny!!! how ya doin? I am really excited about the whole wheat tortillas too, give me something different to look forward too!!! I think I will have some type of seafood wrap for lunch tomorrow (slurp) I cannot wait. Fall is my favorite time of year....I used to like to make desserts in the evening, now I am just going to try to take a walk I am excited to see how close you are to your minny goal you are. Do you weigh in the A.M? If so you better let me know so I can give you your well deserved pat on the back. I am off to have some lemon sf jello with coll whip before I hit the sack. Glad you checked in, I am gonna have to check you out tomorrow to see the "results" of the weigh in Reace

[cco7128]

Hey Reace! You sound like you are doing so awesome. I gotta big smile on my face while reading about all your compliments at your son's dr. office. It is the best feeling huh?
Yes, I am catchin' up with you in the weight department! I can't wait to get to where you are! I will be doin' a jig that my fiance can only see!

Give me that lasagna recipe, please! It sounds so awesome and I wanna try it. I don't have any of the SB cookbooks.

How did the weigh in go yesterday?????

Have a fabulous day..........I will check back in laters!

[lawn_gnome78]

Well??? We are all holding our breath over here! Fill us in! Hope weigh-in went well!

[futurethinmama]

SUCKED!!!!!! Pretty much sums up my weigh in I am still at 198ish and am kind of frustrated. I know that I have lost inches though because of the compliments, not to mention clothes that did not fit two weeks ago are quite roomy! I know I should be happy with that but I am so tired of being stuck at this weight. I promise every "diet" I try I give up at this point because the DARN scales do not budge. I am not going to give up though. as I have said many times before I do feel really good (other then being so tired whats that about? ) Anyway thank you guys for checking in sorry I do not have better news...I even waited to post my weight til this morning thinking maybe if I got on the scales today instead they would move Scales !!!

Lawny Cannot remember if I posted anything in your journal...the kids were all ON yesterday and I had no down time. I did read it though and WHOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO you hit your mini goal way to go girl that rocks. Who cares if you had a "free" day you did not eat anywhere near what you would have eaten before SBD (at least I know I was a human garbage disposal ) and you do work out and have been working hard I say go for it, as long as you get back on track and it does not cause cravings its all good in my opinion. Especially if this is supposed to be a new WOL ya know...who realistically can stick to it 110% all the time for infinity? Now I will probably get slammed for that but I do not care...like I say the SBD police have left me alone so far! Great job though I am so proud of you!


cco7128 Hey girly hope you are having fun at your bridal shower...your big day is getting closer aren't you thrilled?Here is the Mexican Lasagna recipe...1 pound extra lean ground beef/turkey
1/2 large onion
1 large clove garlic
1/12 cups low-fat cottage cheese
1 cup fat free sour cream
1 jar chopped green chile peppers (4 oz)
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/8 teas salt
2 1/2 cups salsa ( I use De Walle farms fr. wal-mart it has 0 sugar)
4 whole wheat tortillas (6")
1 1/4 cup shredded, reduced-fat Monterey-jack

Preheat to 350

Brown beef, set beef aside in bowl. Brown onions and garlic and then add to beef

In another bowl, combine cottage cheese, sour cream, peppers, cumin and salt (this is the cheese mixture)

Spread 1 cup of the salsa across the bottom of the baking dish (13 X 9). Arrange half of the tortillas evenly over the salsa. Spread half of the cheese mixture over the tortillas. Top with half of the ground beef. Top with 1 cup of the remaining salsa and 1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese. Repeat layers.
Sprinkle with mont. jack and bake uncovered about 30 minutes til heated through...if cheese browns to fast you can cover with foil til done.

I cannot believe how yummy it is. We all liked it and that NEVER happens in my house. I hope you like it! I will check in with ya'll soon to see how you are doing!
Yesterday was interesting to say the least. I went to counseling...it was good and my counselor (the one who told me about SBD) had been doing it some then quit...well she was printing off recipes and told me I looked so good she had to get serious and is now starting back on ph.1 I love compliments but cannot understand how folks think I look good when I have not lost anything in roughly 2 weeks??? Then I am off to get the boy...walk into the classromm and there are three teachers waiting for me ! Needless to say it was not a good day for my son, he is really struggling with this new medicine and truly is not himself...No need to go into detail but it was a memorable chat I had with the teachers! So we get home (its almost 5 by this point) and call the Dr. to let her know its not working and if we cannot do something one of us (me or my son) may not make it through the weekend (Partly joking here ) anyway we are back to square one on the medicine I just wish he did not need it not to mention the 9 month old has decided that if he is not on my hip life is over I secretly do not mind this one cause I know one day I will look back and he will be grown!
Next subject

APARTMENT LIFE For those of you who now live or have lived in an apartment here is a chuckle for ya! I have been in this apartment for 8 months now...even though the people upstairs have "adult relations" LOUDLY all of the time (it seems) I have NEVER complained. Most nights the baby and I pull out the sleeper sofa so that I may actually not have to hear them doing the wild thing. Now knowing that I have a baby I am also very considerate...if we happen to be in my room and the baby cries in the middle of the night (does not happen that often btw cause I was blessed with a good tempermented baby) I take him to the living room so that he will not disturb others around me. The people beside me never come outside it seems...but their son (probably 19 or 20) has taken up the electric guitar and has pretty much been playing it ALL DAY every day for about a month now. Me complain you ask? No cause hes a kid nobobdy else is really here during the day so I suck it up and hang out in my room provided its not a weekend and the sexfest is not going on upstairs. Why am I telling you this????? My 9 month old just needed a diaper change and was crying...not screaming not throwing a fit just kindof crying out while I got the diaper and wipes. Took all of 30 maybe 45 secs to change him then I washed my hands after disposing of the diaper. The entire process took less then 2 minutes. I sit back down at the computer to finish complaining to ya'll about the stall and hear a BANG BANG BANG BANG on my door. I answer it and the next door folks...yeah the ones who are TRYING to play the guitar(right now AS I TYPE) have the nerve to ask what all the screaming in my apartment was about. Excuse my language here but what the HELL???? I could not even muster up the obscenities I wanted to scream at him. I politely said there was no screaming, if you are referring to my 9 month old that you have never heard before now then yes you may have heard him crying but no screaming and I as politely as I could SLAMMED my door and came back to my computer to VENT!!!! Seriously he needs to kiss my much thinner white butt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sheesh Sorry I will probably look back on this and laugh some day but right now the baby the 7 yr old and I are gonna play hide and go seek as LOUDLY as I can. Ok so I won't but I should I cannot wait til my lease is up...back to a house for us!
K so thanks for listening...I will post my menu later the baby is making a few noises and I do not wanna disturb anyone

[KilamanjaroBound]

Hey Reace,

I'm so proud of you for sticking with the challenge.

You're getting thinner and not losing weight because you're gaining some muscle, I'm sure of it. Ultimately, the scale just doesn't matter, it's the size of our clothes and the movement of our body fat.

Really, would you care if the scale reported 250 pounds, if you could fit into a size 4 and look fit, strong and thin? It's just a meaningless number.

and as far as apartment life...neighbors I've lived in a high rise for 12 years and I never ceased to be amazed at how wacky some people can be.

[futurethinmama]

KilamanjaroBound You are so right I think I was just in a funk yesterday. My body always "sticks" at this weight. I know that once I get over this hump they will slowly start decending down...I am just the most impatient person in the world...I know that the number does not matter. I know that I am finally doing this right and with this WOL I do not go without and it is going to be slower then the typical "FAD" diet. Thanks for reminding me of that...I have put my scales away and guess what? I am NOT going to weigh until the September challenge is over. Yep! I am comitted to exercising in some way each day til the challenge is over and I will not weigh myself for the next 20 days. This way I will not be crazy over the evilness of the scales!!!!! I kind of slacked the first 10 days of the challenge, and was going to quit. I then realized that this is not about other people beating me, this is about me "beating" my laziness in the exercise department. I see that you are working your lil self too...you go girl I am so excited to see you when you have reached your goal! Thanks again

On a side note, I made the sesame chicken and the ginger asparagus from the gold book and it pretty much ROCKED! I cut the chicken pieces really thin so that they would be covered with sesame seeds and it really was an awesome meal. My mom is visting and she loved it. Heres my menu for today....
B-Whole wheat pancakes Sf syrup and sprinkle of wal-nuts no veggies
S-LF Sun dried tomatoe turkey and LF moz. cheese (maybe an oz. each)
L-Edamame probably 1.5 cups with salt (love it!!!) 6 oz. v-8
S-Van. coffee w/sf van creamer (30 cal. sweet treat) thats it???
D-6-8 oz. sesame chicken and asparagus (2 cups) SF kool-aid
Before bed I may have a ricotta dessert or some more edamame with SF tang. I love that stuff. all in all the eating today was good. I would love to make some peanut butter cookies, but would be going over my nut and sweet allowance so I may just have some hot tea w/splenda and soy? Well you all have a great night and a good beginning to your weeks Reace

[futurethinmama]

I just realized that I missed my "Anniversary" I have now been on SBD for 1 month and 2 days I cannot believe I have actually stuck to something this long, and for the most part enjoyed it. The only other thing I have stuck with longer are my kids and thats not something you can just "quit" at random LOL. I have stuck to my new way of thinking just taking it a day at a time (Hello, my name is Reace and I am a recovering nut and scale addict. nice to meet ya! ) I also lifted weights and (yes that is an AND there) walked THREE miles around the lake. I am thrilled. Not to mention I actually drank water...yep I have consumed exactly 48 Oz. of water today. Thats a lot when my starting point for the most part is ZERO ! Here is my menu for today
B- Mock pancakes (my sis showed me what I did wrong the first time I forgot splenda and Baking powder, they are YUMMY now) (1 egg and 1/4 c. light Ricotta w/cinnamon and splenda) 6 Oz. V-8
S-Mozerella cheese and coffee w/30 cals. of creamer (SF vanilla)
L-Huge salad w/baby spinach, black olives moz ch. EVOO and leftover sesame ckn.
S-more coffee (30 cals again) LONG NIGHT!!! LF deli turkey
D-Hmmm no clue really but SBD friendly something
Goal: 2 more glasses of water before bed!!!

I will let ya'll know what i decided for dinner later. I must resume my duties and finish the laundry, kitchen and change my sheets and baby's sheets before this day can "officially" be over...back soon! Reace

[lawn_gnome78]

Wow, girl - you are kickin' butt! Happy anniversary, and way to go for sticking to this! See what it gets ya? Sorry about the guitar playing punk annoying you, man - what a hypocrite. I think you're doing the right thing by ignoring the scale for a while. Wait till you finally weigh in - the pay off will be big I bet. I hope you can figure out what meds are right for your son... that doesn't sound like much fun with the three teachers and all.
Hey, I have a recipe for panned burritos that is so good, if you want it let me know.
Good luck with the exercise. You can do it, just getting started is the hardest part. Just commit to five minutes each time, and after that five minutes is up you'll feel great enough to get in 25 more!

[KilamanjaroBound]

...Gazing wistfully at your ticker...199...199...I so long to see that number....

The grass is always greener on someone else's scale, huh?

Great job deciding not to be ruled by it until after the challenge. I know I'm experiencing major changes in my body shape from this consistent exercise! And that's what it's all about, right?

199...199...

[futurethinmama]

My 7 yr old is ill today, went to the Dr. with fever and a rash. She says it is fifth disease, no biggie...but did do blood work for his constant joint pain. Now waiting to hear if he has arthritis or several other things she mentioned Waiting kills me. Poor baby hope he is ok, I let the leg pain ride for a few weeks just to be sure it wasn't growing pains, then noticed swelling. So I am waiting...trying to not dig into his snack basket for a TWINKIE!!! Say a prayer for him please (and the Twinkie )

Lawny Burritos you say? I'm in...start posting that recipe girlfriend! Anytime you come across a good recipe feel free to let me have it. Seriously I have tried many recipes in the Gold Cookbook and only find a few I would make again...any recipe is appreciated and tried (unless I am allergic LOL) You are so right about the exercise, I dread it even repulse it til I start then its not so bad. I actually love the way I feel afterwards, very rewarding huh? Thanks for the congrats...and the coments about the kid next door. I told the apartment mgr. (shes a hoot!!!) and she said he is not all there and was out of his medicine I guess I will go on and leave him alone ! Hope your day is good!

kilamanjarobound I giggle each time I type your name cause I had no clue what it meant....then heard a song on Lion King (not sure if it was 1 or 2) and it was about Kilamanjaro. Glad to know you are not on a mission to murder anyone LOL!!! You are SO close to 199, do not even sweat it. If I continue on this stinkin stall you will pass me by sister then I will be gazing dreamily at your ticker this is a good way to keep us motivated huh? I actually do think the challenge is helping, just cause I feel accountable and seeing that it is actually changing my body doesn't hurt...I contemplated taking the stairs at the Dr.s office but my son was to sick to climb and I was holding a 21lb. weight (baby) so we decided on the elevator...next time

Alright I gotta go get some lunch. I am worried sick about this blood test. Luckily my friend is my pediatricians nurse and she will call as soon as they get the results. She knows better then to make me wait til 5 Just playing I will post my menu and knowledge about my boy tonight. Reace

[Jeff H.]

My 7 yr old is ill today, went to the Dr. with fever and a rash. She says it is fifth disease, no biggie...but did do blood work for his constant joint pain. Now waiting to hear if he has arthritis or several other things she mentioned Waiting kills me.
Alright I gotta go get some lunch. I am worried sick about this blood test. Luckily my friend is my pediatricians nurse and she will call as soon as they get the results. She knows better then to make me wait til 5 Just playing I will post my menu and knowledge about my boy tonight. Reace

Hey Reace, we have gone through a couple of these 'waiting' episodes with our daughter. One was due to a blood test that came back a little out of specs. That one was traced to some type of allergy, went through Pediatric Division of Infectious Diseases at University MD, just the name scared the crap out of us. The only thing different in our house was we had picked up a ferret, got rid of that and the problem never showed again. Still the waiting and worrying is terrible. Then recently daughter's hair was falling out more then usual, at first we thought it was pool chemicals. Took her to DR and that was tracked down to 3 months prior both her and ner mother were pretty sick and had to go on antibiotics. For some reason hair growth gets out of whack and the signs don't show until 2-3 months down the road.

Here's hoping and praying that your situation turns out to be not serious either.

[Sachinda]

futurethinmama: thought I'd stop in and say hello.

I was so touched reading about your 9 month old, seriously. I hope you and your kids can have a yard to run around and play hide and seek in and not have to worry about crazy neighbors one day. Have you had to explain to the 7 year old yet what the noises are??

Happy Anniversary and it sounds like you have really developed a routine and that this is truly no longer a "diet" but a way of eating or way of life for you. I once read on here, this isn't a diet it's a "live it"


PS. I love the name "future thin mama"