You Will See Less Of Me !!

[Kyan]

Oh yeah!! It WAS me! I have the screen name "Deja MoOo" - the feeling you've heard that same old bull before.... and as a result, my friends send me every cow cartoon you could ever imagine! Here is another one...

[Beaching It]

LOL Ky! That's hillarious!

[joesuzzi]

Licence to Lactate ???? OMG....if I lacate now I am in huge trouble....

Lisa.THANK YOU so much for finding that for me....it was on my to-do list for today so you have saved
me a bunch of time I had planned to find it in your journal because I was sure I hit you with it a
few times.
See Ky.......this old woman can still rember a few things! We had to get a new computer cuz the old one crashed a few
months ago and I lost alot of stuff....including the dairy police ID. I think I figured out how to save it (for future use )...we will see.
OK.....I weighed yesterday morning and have only lost a pound but we have not completed a full week yet so I will wait until next friday and hope for more pounds gone. The trouble is that we are not eating too much different than we have been for the past month (minus the bread/grains of course) so I am not too sure what to expect from PH 1 this time around.

I am a cooking machine this morning ! Already made up a batch of 3X3's, batch of bean brownies, a large container of meat/laughing cow roll-ups, and I have 2 soups already cooking on the stove. One is cauliflower/broccolli cheese soup, and the other is bean soup with 3 kinds of beans. I also plan on dipping some huge strawberries in dark chocolate today....I am trying to plan because that jingle ......"fail to plan and you will plan to fail" keeps running through my head. I also found a recipe for veggie lasagna that I am going to try becaue it has veggies that I actually like. I don't eat onions......or any peppers except pabalno & Jalpeno's, also don't like carrots or celery so I am still a picky eater. (Still love those brussel sprouts !)
Also want to pour through the recipe section here to see what else sounds good. Has anyone seen GrannyKD around?? Guess I better get busy....the cauliflower is ready for the blender.YUM !

[jhderm]

Hi Suzzy

Yes the board was down, it was very bad. Like the others, I also missed checking in and having the warm friendships and support keep me afloat. TG now it's back, and I have been collecting emails from those of us who were always in touch, so if you PM me yours, I will put it on my list. I will be happy to send you mine.

Try to patches for the smoking, they helped people I know a lot. And staying away from people who smoke too. It's like SB, one day at a time. Each day is a victory. After a few victories you will not want to slip back.

So happy to see you here. Hope you will not disapppear again.

Judi

PS I saw your note on Lisa's re stalking me. Lol...I think we are just both making the rounds! And of course, the "shoveling" remark was intended to be funny. Glad someone picked up on it

[Beaching It]

Hi Suzzi, just quote the ID card and you can use it that way. That's how I did it..? Good luck with the scale. Fail to plan -- plan to fail is my favourite saying on SB, and I fell victim to that this weekend. Not enough healthy food in the house + not feeling very well = not a great beachy weekend, but tomorrow is a good day and I will be hitting the grocery store hard! Do you have a good bean soup recipe with lots of veggies? I would love to hear it. Soup might be great for me to add to my lunches at work.

Have a great week!

[joesuzzi]

Hi guys. I do not plan on disappearing again......This really is a life line to keeping me beachy.
I have done the patch Judi.......they did well for me for 3 months doing the total step down process.
As soon as I went off the patch it was only about a week before I started smoking again ....the weight gain
is also a huge problem for me....so for right now we are attacking the weight. As we lose we will become more active
which gives us more motivation to get rid of the smokes.
I feel lighter today !!!! I won't weigh until Wednesday but my jeans are definately fitting better...I LOVE that feeling.

As far as bean soup recipies....well mine does not have any weggies in it....only the beans, chicken stock and lots of seasonings.
My favorite beans are butter beans, pinto's, black beans and great northern beans. I have tried lentils but was not wild about them.

OK....onward to a great beachy day !

[jhderm]

Suzzi,

Just do what you are planning, concentrate on the food.

In my experience, the only way to stop smoking is that once you have, no matter what, NO MATTER WHAT, you can't touch another cig. NO MATTER WHAT. The patch should put some time btw you and the last cig and help do away w most of the craving. Pretty similar to SB, if you ask me. (Have you?...)

Anyway, just do the wt and once that work you can try again. You lost the wt once, you will again. I am glad you are already feeling a change in your clothes. I am a big scale freak, and scale does freak me out, lol

Wishing you good days on the beach, I am happy w Lisa's reminder, one day at a time! I am on my 3rd good day so far and plan to keep it up now that I got going.

Judi

[Beaching It]

That's how I quit smoking...one day at a time... until there were many days in between and I would NOT ALLOW myself to smoke again (the last time anyway). You'll do it when you're ready Suzzi. Hope you have a great beachy week.

[joesuzzi]

Hi guys,
It has been a busy few days but they all have been beachy days ! We have not weighed in yet....but tomorrow morning we will both be on the Wii to get insulted...............the Wii is great for keeping track of our weight so tomorrow for sure.
Definately feel lighter (or my jeans are stretching out) so hoping to see a loss tomorrow.
I think I have gone in the opposite direction when it comes to my scale obsession. I am fearful to even weigh because it may not be what I am expecting........I have to just keep telling myself that I will only go down in numbers.
We are really enjoying PH 1 this time around..................but I know we will have to ease into PH 2.....then the danger starts !
Too many choices...so it will be one day at a time.
I had almost forgotten how good the peanutbutter cup is..............we had it last night and I swear it tastes as good as ice cream.
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Time for me to get the crumb-snatcher into the tub...............Life is good on the beach !!!!!

[Beaching It]

Cool that you weigh on the Wii! That thing is soooo insulting - LOL Can't wait to hear your success! I bought Zumba for Wii and it's super fun and realistic. A really good workout! You are right about P2 being the real challenge... yes it is. You will do fine.

[jhderm]

Hi Suzzi,
I am so happy to see you back and I see that you are hanging tough. I hope the Wii/wt will cooperate.
I am doing my own little struggle btw wt and anxiety about the new romance, hard to figure it out, but hope it will work out.
More tomorrow, I am beat.
Judi

[Kyan]

Suzzi - I have to ask.... why is your cat rotten? lol

[joesuzzi]

OK, first to Ky.........mt cat is rotten because she is spoiled. She gets into everything and at night wants to suck on my ear...YUCK !!!
First you hear this purring heading your way across the bed, then she starts kneading your flesh (like she is making bread...LOL)
and before you know it she grabs onto your ear lobe! She also drools while doing this...... hence, she is rotten !

The Wii was good to me ! I have lost 3 more pounds...making a total of 4 pounds so far and still a few more days left of a clean PH 1.

Hubby is in Houston this weekend and my 'lil guy is spending the weekend with his bio-mother..so I have the house to myself.
I figured it was the perfect time to start working on my taxes and get everything together for the CPA.
I think my eyes are permanently crossed now.......so many little bits of paper, receipts and bills that have to be logged...I hate this timeof the year !

On a good note, I did buy an eliptical machine friday on Craigslist. It is sitting right in the middle of my dining room and it it huge.....I have
no idea where we are going to put this monster....but I know we both need to use it instead of sitting on the couch.

Not much time today because the paperwork is calling. Hope everyone is having a beachy weekend !

[jhderm]

Hi Suzzi,

Sounds great, 4 lbs is a lot of lbs. And you still have some P1 time left (and shhhhh....if you keep going for one extra week, SB will NOT fire you....).

I have a dreadmill, wouldn't go for an elliptical, hell, too hard! Haven't even done dreadmill being in the midst of the reno w my whole head for a while.

I am taking the 10 lbs by summer challenge, it's just what I need to feel good, perhaps you want to join? It's a separate topic.

I used to have a cat who used to knead me too...loved it. Unfortunately, she passed away at age 17 1/2. Now, I just have my cute maltese, 9 years old and very loving. She licks and licks and licks, and just wants to be held, like a baby. Way to go.

Judi

[jhderm]

Bumppppp.....