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CALORIES.CARBS.FAT.PROTEIN1,031«92«33«69« Plus I had exercise too. about 335 cals burned... My left HIP joint is very sore and swollen today... so I am taking a celebrex this a.m..... cheerios got stuck ?? so after my second attempt to eat them I am o.k. Also, DH and I had a VERY long chat about money and ``the Budget`` yesterday... I needed an extra $1200 this month to cover bills.. thought he was gonna have a stroke! (waiting for the aftermath) then I took a deep breath and said ``Look, I am not arguing a bout money with you.... there are many more important things to argue about.... so just write the damn ck`! Well, he did .... and then was REALLY nice and sweet for the rest of the day:mellow: :thumbup: I am puzzled, but happy. Janet, Stephane, Linda... where are you girls this a.m.??? We need to all stay connected.... Have a «SUPER day everyone:tongue2:

Yup Karla you need lots sleep right now. The memorial and family visits is very stressfull... remember to be gentle with yourself on the food while you were gone... its over... now you can eat healthy again. That is what you father would want for you too.:thumbup: Candice

Just tell them that you are going to the GREAT WHITE NORTH!!! :thumbup::smile2::frown::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Seriously. you would fly into Toronto, Pearson International Airport, call sign YYZ... I`d pick you up from there... its about a 1 1/2 hour drive to my place in Wasaga Beach. That would be so fun if you could come, and there`d be no expenses for you once you got here... you`d be my guest... Peter would love it too!!! «My daughter lives in Toronto, so we could always make a day trip or two, see the sights of Toronto etc... Our usual Xmas celebrations go like this: Xmas eve the kids come up to the beach, we do gift opening Xmas morning, then dinner is with my MOM at the Seniors Residance (she will not go out for meals anymore, so we go there) they put on a really lovely dinner for the residants and their guests. As most of the 70 Seniors still go home to their familys... it makes for an intimate dinner... wine and everything!! Then the kids usually go back to Toronto on Boxing day (26th) to spend it with Bryan`s family... then we usually had a JOINT dinner sometime that week... where we have BOTH familys...we did it at the kids last year... Bry cooked Prime Rib and I did the gravy, potatoes etc... Hopefully, this year they`ll cook Vietnamese food for a change...who know??? Anyway, you are more than welcome, ANYTIME!!! Candice

Oh Gosh Stephanie; What you said about me made me cry. I love you too!!! I know its wonderful, scary, great, how all of us feel about each other... Sista`s to the HEART... Thank you so much for loving me, with all my worts and all. I know I blecked a lot of venom yesterday.. but it was finally starting to make some sense for me. Ya, I love that Michelle too. I`ll pass along to her your THANK YOU... she is way cool, you ladies would love her. I totally know what you mean about feeling like a failure CONTROLing this Band thing... we paid all this money... and STilll... we are fighting every step of the way. I vasilate between being proud of myself for being down 60 lbs, but then Crap on myself for Failing at the band and not getting to goal... We need to LOVE ourselves more... and its a hard habit to re-learn, putting ourselves first. He zinged me again this a.m....`` how many points do you have saved for an airline ticket now? well, you are gonna have to switch back to collecting Grocery points now..``.. ` NO, I don`t freeking think so!!!! I am so tired of being dictated to... now that I`ve put a name on it,... I am seeing it in ALL his behaviour... Steph you are not stupid, we have a disease... it is bulemia, just because we don`t throw up on purpose ... we EAT like bulemics, binge after binge. eating all unhealthy food... When you said you cried when we all left the beach house. I did too. I thought to myself... this is so hard, saying goodbyes... and we all left at different times too... which made it harder... cause we had to do the Goodbyes over and over... .. it was like there was this BIG hole in my heart... Only you girls fill it... really.... our husbands do their part, but its the WOMEN in your life that give it the richness.. the ones you can always depend on... (I am only speaking for my own marrage here) o.k. now on to today: Gym this a.m. Step aerobics 25 mins (knees were sore, cut it short) then 25 mins on the recumbent bike... total 350 cals burned... I am happy with that. Food: Breaky, cereal + skim Lunch: Stephanie|Karla chicken salad (love it, love it) Dinner: may go out for dinner tongight (if Peter will let the moths fly out of his wallet) but it will be something healthy!! and NO DESSERT or ICECREAm Phyl; sorry if my language got out of hand yest... appologize for that... Zoey is a bright little thing... now you`ll have to teach her NO when she is barking at you to play... You (being alpha) have to be the one who decides when to play, when to go for walks etc... I constantly have to work on this with Bridget as she grabs her rope toy and whips me with it... Not Nice!!! So I ignore her for 10 mins. and then I go get a toy that Ì`want to play with, with her... Just because they are cute little dogs, we have to curb the Domenant behaviour in the bud.. easier with a BIG dog, as no one would tolerate being JUMPED UP on by a doberman right? But with little doggies we think it is cute.

You are right, whether we do it with Booze, Food & Drugs... it is suicide....

stupid people, why on earth can't you bring your dog in.... its in a Carrier... feet don't even touch the floor... I hope you are going to write the CORP a letter and tell them you will spend your money somewhere else Great on teaching her to shake a paw... way cool... she is so darn clever isn't she.. at work now, clinic.. so far so good, I have 15 mins before my next px... so I am floggng the dog... so to speak... feel better since I vented this a.m. Hope all you gals understand... somehow, I think you will all be able to read between the line :thumbup:

You are doing well, eating lightly... bad news on the insurance for your Sister... that really sucks, as now she is healthier than she was before the surgery... I thought that NO one was supposed to be denied insurance anymore....? So if she needs a doctor can she still go to a walkin clinic or what does she do*(&?

Apples, hugs on the dental work... that is a lot of stuff to do in one mouth... but think how much it will be worth it when it is finished... a Beautiful, healthy smile :cursing: :wub:

Morning Ladies; O my gosh I am stiff today!! Had the ice bags on my knees last night.... while I watched season 3 of the TUDORS.... I love that show!!! Season 4 is out but I don`t think it starts until later in the FALL... Went to my YOGA class this a.m. lots of stretching which ws good after my Zumba last night. Gosh I love that class. Anyways, Michelle and I went today to the gym. She is so awesome and we got to taLKING on the way home.. she is an addictions counselor right!!! How appropriate for ME.. So I told her I had tried to go to a OA meeting last night after class, and it was canceleld. pissed me off... but I did nto eat over it. Today, she says... `compulsive overeating`or binge eating or anorexia is almost always ABOUT CONTROL.!!! DING, DING,DING So the only thing in my life that I can REALLY control is WHAT i put in my mouth. Usually, they find that anorexics live in very controlling familys. Bulimics too... so they EAT because that is the ONLY thing they feel that they have control over... weather its eating too much or not enough.... its the same thing. DING' DING'DING.... So what in my life is so controlling? Well, my DH for one. Turn the lights off when you are not in the room Wash laundry after 10 p.m. cause it saves elect. Where a sweater instead of turning up the heat. Make icecubes for his party instead of buying them NO'NO.'NO How will WE spend retirement... all his hobbies get satisfied, whether or not its what ``I`: want to do. SOLD THE RV for instance I could go on and on , but you are beginning to get the idea. thats why I go nuts when he`s in MY kitchen, its like MY PLAC E..... he has his workshop and his music room... well its MY FUCKING KITCHEN and get the hell out... He bought me my own computer, so I wouldn`t be junking up HIS computer area. sounds thoughtful right???? We have separate bathrooms, cause he dosnt`like my Shampoo, conditioner, razor etc in there `junking it up; I am spewing here... finally the damn has let loose. Only wants to go to the gym if Ì` acquiese to HIS timetable... if I want to stay half hour longer because »I am doing my weightsl... then he`ll drive himself. Today, I just hate him.... hate him,.... hate him.....:cursing: Yoga class...455 cals. I don`t know how, but that`s what the computer at the gylm told me... so I`m taking it.:wub: I know that when he is out, or away... my eatingis worse... its like ``I;ll show him for leaving me alone:thumbdown: which is really stupid, cause I am only hurting myself... he dosn`t wear the pounds that I eat on.... too bad.

o.k. I am back. So ladies, I need suggestions on ACTIVITIES to do when I am HUNGRY, ANGRY, LONELY, or Tired.... these are my TROUBLE times... I will post more often, quilt more often, take vacations by myself with FRIENDS, and therefore NOT feel deprived... I think that when I feel DEPRIVED... I also get into trouble... like, I am deprived of my best freind FOOD I am deprived of a husband that will travel with me.... SO, I gotta look after ME and MY desires... oh my it sounds so selfish when I type it out like that and read it back.... but I gotta lose this weight for ME, I gotta get toa healthy WEIGHT for ME.... and to hell with anybody else. My friend Michelle even asked me to go to a Meditation class with her on Monday nights, so I think I will do that too. She is so sweet... ahw crap... crying now... maybe this is my rock bottom... Anyways, today... food is as follows... Brekay: Shake PRot. Lunch: Chicken Salad , w! FF Sourcream, FF Mayonaise... so no more than 300 cals. I`ll put my SPARK PAGES up later on. Hugs you guys, sorry about spewing... but I finally had some insights today.. so I wanted to honestly list them here in a safe, loveing place. Where is Karla! I am worrying about you girl.

Morning Ladies; O my gosh I am stiff today!! Had the ice bags on my knees last night.... while I watched season 3 of the TUDORS.... I love that show!!! Season 4 is out but I don`t think it starts until later in the FALL... Went to my YOGA class this a.m. lots of stretching which ws good after my Zumba last night. Gosh I love that class. Anyways, Michelle and I went today to the gym. She is so awesome and we got to taLKING on the way home.. she is an addictions counselor right!!! How appropriate for ME.. So I told her I had tried to go to a OA meeting last night after class, and it was canceleld. pissed me off... but I did nto eat over it. Today, she says... `compulsive overeating`or binge eating or anorexia is almost always ABOUT CONTROL.!!! DING, DING,DING So the only thing in my life that I can REALLY control is WHAT i put in my mouth. Usually, they find that anorexics live in very controlling familys. Bulimics too... so they EAT because that is the ONLY thing they feel that they have control over... weather its eating too much or not enough.... its the same thing. DING' DING'DING.... So what in my life is so controlling? Well, my DH for one. Turn the lights off when you are not in the room Wash laundry after 10 p.m. cause it saves elect. Where a sweater instead of turning up the heat. Make icecubes for his party instead of buying them NO'NO.'NO How will WE spend retirement... all his hobbies get satisfied, whether or not its what ``I`: want to do. SOLD THE RV for instance I could go on and on , but you are beginning to get the idea. thats why I go nuts when he`s in MY kitchen, its like MY PLAC E..... he has his workshop and his music room... well its MY FUCKING KITCHEN and get the hell out... He bought me my own computer, so I wouldn`t be junking up HIS computer area. sounds thoughtful right???? We have separate bathrooms, cause he dosnt`like my Shampoo, conditioner, razor etc in there `junking it up; I am spewing here... finally the damn has let loose. Only wants to go to the gym if Ì` acquiese to HIS timetable... if I want to stay half hour longer because »I am doing my weightsl... then he`ll drive himself. Today, I just hate him.... hate him,.... hate him.....:cursing: Yoga class...455 cals. I don`t know how, but that`s what the computer at the gylm told me... so I`m taking it.:wub: I know that when he is out, or away... my eatingis worse... its like ``I;ll show him for leaving me alone:thumbdown: which is really stupid, cause I am only hurting myself... he dosn`t wear the pounds that I eat on.... too bad.

Oh Linda, so great to have you back posting... love the stories about your kids and grandkids!!! They are soo sweet... you are blessed.... but you KNEW that eh? Just got home from my ZUMBA class, I took my gym buddie with me Michelle... she just got home from a 3 mos. Co-op placement for her Addictions Counseling course... I just LOVE LOVE LOVE Zumba!!! Now michelle was a bit peeved as she didn`t know the steps and felt like she was falling behind. <Well, I said to her.... hey did you look around at all the other òld ladies in there... they can`t keep up with the steps either... you just gotta keep moving, you`ll get it.... Plus, you SWEAT your ASS off.... really, when I finish I look like I am gonna have a heart attack, except for the big :drool: on my face... I feel so SEXY doing this class... I can`t explain it... must be all the jirating hips!!! whoo-hoo.... plus I love Latin music and PETER never dances with me when we go `south` to Cuba or Mexico... so now I`ll at least have my OWN moves!!!:cursing: had turkey roast for supper... before class, drinking crystal lite right now. went to the Grocery store after «zumba and bought lots of healthy stuff for my fridge. Made KARLA`s chicken salad w| ff MAYO AND ff sOUR CREAM.. so it should be way low in fat!!! Plus I got 4 more cups of cooked turkey to put in a casserole in a couple of days. :wub: I love turkey:tongue: well gotta go tally up my cals for the day.... CALORIES«CARBS«FAT«PROTEIN687«55«22«56 Zumba class 565 cals for 50 minutes!!

Hey CONGRATS on the Nursing Program!!! Whoo-hoo for you!! Now I don`;t know you very well, but what exactly is your mental health situation? Depression, or Bipolar? Why did you STOP your meds, was it with Doctor supervision... just concerned for you... that`s all:tt1:

Janet; I know you love me, I know all you ladies doo.... geesh.... 500 cals so far today... this is Wed... and I`m not waiting until MONDAY to start.... I will never be mad at any of you for speaking the truth. But, At least I`ve been going to the gym.... that`s good for my heart. I have a turkey breast cooking in the oven right now, the leftovers will be good and I can make HEALTHY leftovers... chicken salad (Karlas) and chicken/ broccoli casseroles... soup etc.... I have so much stuff in my freezer, that i do not want to buy anything NEW until I clean it out... so theres lots of chicken and pork roasts... some steaks... NO ICecream, NO cookies, NO popcorn I am so sick of starting over , and over FLICK when will I ever get this throu my thick freeking head:drool:.... but i must, I can`t let this scale creep any higher"!

Chef Meg's Healthy Chicken Vegetable Casserole Nutritional Info Fat: 8.8g Carbohydrates: 35.8g Calories: 316.9 Protein: 27.7g Ingredients 12 oz chicken breasts, boneless and skinless, poached, and cubed into 1/2 inch squares 2 T all purpose flour 2 T butter, unsalted 10 oz skim milk 1 pinch white pepper 1 t Italian seasoning 1 T parmesan cheese, grated 7 oz penne pasta, whole wheat 2 yellow or orange bell peppers, chopped 1 zucchini, chopped 2 heads, approx. 12 ounces broccoli, chopped 1/3 c monterey jack cheese nonstick cooking spray Directions Place chicken breasts in a small saucepan with a lid. Cover chicken with cool water. Place saucepan over a burner on low to moderate heat. Bring to a simmer; cover with lid and poach for approximately 20 minutes or until chicken is cooked. (This step can be done the night before.) Prepare the white sauce by placing the butter in a small sauce pot that has been preheated over medium heat. Once the butter foams, add flour and stir for 1 minute; try not to let the mixture turn brown. Add milk to the mixture and continue to stir until it starts to bubble. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add pepper, Italian seasoning and parmesan cheese to the sauce. Stir to combine. Cook pasta according to package directions. While pasta is cooking, preheat oven to 350 degrees. During the last minute of the pasta's cooking, add the chopped broccoli to the water. Allow to simmer for one minute. Drain the pasta and broccoli. Spritz the bottom and sides of a 9 X 13 oven-proof casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine the pasta and broccoli with the chicken and chopped vegetables; cover with the sauce. Place in the baking dish. Sprinkle with the Monterey jack cheese and cover with foil. Bake for 20 minutes; remove foil and continue to bake until cheese is melted. Number of Servings: 6 Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user CHEF_MEG.

I`ve been lurking, just not posting... if I don`t have anything possitive to say, I just keep quiet:blushing:

Julie, loved the pictures!! You have such a nice big kitchen!!:scared2:

LEFT OVERS!! I have been the queen of leftovers lately, last week I made my Aunt Flo Beans and we ate them 6 times!!! Gotta take a chicken out today and make something NORMAL to eat.... Terrible times for you community, that is a lot of grief for so few people... Have you had any flooding? Its been bad in western Canada too. Did you see the hail that came down in Calgary?? Totally bizarre summer weather.... Karla; How you doing today? We`re thinking of you girl!! Yes, Janet: ZUMBA is tonight!! Get up off the couch and go with your friend, she probably needs your Support, just like we all do. Forgot to take my nighttime meds last night, I was UP at 6 a.m. could not get back to sleep... was gonna go outside and garden(catch up with the weeds) looked outside, and its freeking raining:mad: so I am down in the basement, just about to go quilt for a few hours then meeting a GF for coffee.. ya, I`m at the clinic tomorrow...blecht:crying: but it`ll be $300 I can stash away for travel, or botox:biggrin: oH YEAH weight this a.m. 186!! Totally gross....

Hi gang: I;m here, I''m here.... had to work today, and came home with a WHOPPER of a headache. Took an Advil, didn't do anything, then I took a Tyl#3 from an old tooth Rx of Peters.... Had Beans/Chicken/Pineapple for supper. Tomorrow Zumba class... yeah, and I heard from my ol' gym friend Michelle... she's back in town!! She is so sweet like my 2nd daughter. O.k. Clinic just called, I was supposed to work this Thurs, next Tues, Wed & Thurs... oh now thy only want me for 3 of those days!!! GRRRRR.. see why I quit working there, tired of being yanked around!

Ya, it makes all the difference when you LIKE the instructor... just like last week, my Wed night Zumba, we had a diff teacher and she sucked!!!! It was like she was 'there' all by herself... no class participants to helpa long, make sure they were doing it right, or asking us:cursing:

Gosh, I just kill myself laughing when I see Pictures of EARL and the dog... remembering of course how adamant EARL was on NOT getting a dog... and if we do its gonna be ALL your responsibility!!!! What an ol' sofie he is!~ Yes Phyl, you should ck into doggie FUN days in your area, you would have a blast with Zoey... ( ahem, so would Earl) your little Zoey is so clever I am sure you could train her to do more fun things... Janet: Yes, I am CURED of the cheap haircuts.... no more!!! Went to the gym and did my thing this a.m..(Peter and I went together).. but I gotta tell you when I woke up this a.m I am so STIFF and SORE, my left hip is hurting as much as my everpresent Right Shoulder!!!! I guess I ran around on the weekend MORE than I gave myself credit for... plus lifting the DOG up and down between races... (didn't want the little dear wearing herself out walking back to the starting gate!) Ha,ha,ha... then I'd dunk her in the wadding pool to cool her off between rounds. Tomorrow is ZUMBA again and I can't wait for that, it really gets my heart rate up and that is good, cause you ALL know how easily I can talk myself out of working hard!! LOL Don't ask about food, its not good, I am going to concentrate on EXERCISE until I get my mojo working again on the calorie front... Here is a great picture of Our Prime Minister (left) Stephen Harper with our Queen Elizabeth inspecting and chatting with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on her visit to Canada in July. Dosn't she look lovely for her age? 80+ years !!! WOW

hee,hee,hee.... sounds like a Maintenance Day....I love Sunday`s like that! Did I ever tell you about my last haircut? I went to FIRST CHOICE HAIRCUTTERS.... it`s like $20... but I came out with ONE side of my hair LONGER than the other side!!! Can you imagine!! And it wasn`t one of those Asymetrical cuts either... I went back the next day to make her FIX it... well she made it shorter on the long side, but at the back on one side its STILL longer than on the other side...» now I`ll have to wait 3 mos... for it to get really long so someone else will have ENOUGH hair length to fix it properly!!!:bolt: That`s what I get for paying the PETER price for a hair cut:bored: gonna go and see if anyuone else has posted doggie photos yet,,, that I can COPY 4U:wink:

Hi Girls; Been gone all day yest. and today... I took my BRIDGET to the Jack Russell Terrier Trials in Port Hope. Which is about a 3 hr drive from my place. I met my GF Andrea there with Her dog. Bandit.. Now Bandit is a National Champion Racer!!! And she is VERY into her Dog!!! I gave her her first Jack Russell, Ginger... who is 12 yrs old now.. Bandit is about 7 or 8 yrs old... He is still very fast but now competes in the VETEREN Catagory! My little Bridget came home with 2 FIRST's and 2 Reserve's (2nd best in something) She won in the Puppy catagory of LURE Racing and Barn Hunt( they hide a RAT in a tube, then burry 4 tubes throughout a barn haystack) then the pups had to find the RAT... too funny!~! The rat was never in any danger, the tube they place it in is very secure... it was actually somebody's pet!!! Now they'll pay for post tramatic stress therapy for the RAT!!!! Bridget had the time of her life.. stayed overnight in a motel that allowed dogs... and they were BOTH very well behaved!! no barking whatsoever!! I was so proud of her... will post pictures later.. Oh, and yeah, I got MY exercise... cause when they put the dog int he racing cage YOU gotta run down to the end of the 100 yd course and CATCH your dog as they run thru a tiny opening ( only one dog can fit thru) in a bail of hay!!!! I ran her many , many times as she LOVED it and scwiggled and screamed when she saw the other dogs running!!! She go electrified with excitement~~~ I'll post the pics later...:bolt:

Stephanie, good for you driving with the «SIL« I am Praying for YOU!!!! Great news on the family counselling... you are Jeff are still talking so that`s a step in the right direction, PLUS while you are gone at the wedding, he`ll have time to THINK about what was said in counselling. Say HI to Rose for me!!! AND hugs TOO!!! Did you tell my gambling buddy that I won a jack pot last Sunday!!!! Sure wish she`d been with me. Janet: How cool, new phones... are the contacts what you wanted ??? Can you read any better??? I laughed when I read that BEAR went nuts when he saw the leash.... oh my they are creatures of habit eh?? Alls quiet again today in W.B.... they have a discription of two young men that they think did the shooting... thankfully only property damage and no one was hurt!!! What a day!!! I did my STEP aerobics class this a.m. GOD am I ever uncoordinated!!! I did much better at ZUMBA and the latin moves... but I`m not quitting, I`ll be better at it next week... all the ogther ladies have been doing it a long while... oh yeah, and they use their STEP on level height 3!!!! no freeking way for me... one STEP level is just fine for now!!! I don`t want to get a nose bleed lol. Karla; Just think of it as `doing a good turn` for someone else, and it was also a ``girly day get-together` right??? At least you weren`t all alone all day in your yard, with just a pile of dirt for company LOL

Hi girls; Early start today. At the gym by 7:45 a.m.... did the bike while I read... am currently HOOKED on this crime novel and can`t put it down. Then came home to find that there was a SNIPER on the loose in W.B.!!!! So part of the town was on lock down, it was a good thing I got out of the gym when I did as it went into LOCKDOWN mode too for several hours!! Tonight on the 6 p.m. news they reported that 2 shots were fired into somebody front door... but they are still looking for the guy(s)... yikes... in my quiet little town. :thumbup: Tomorrow, ELVIS FESTIVAL starts ... runs all weekend, but we are expecting torrential rains all weekend... not good for the crowds. Last year at this time all you girls were here :biggrin: I am gonna miss ya`ll.... I am supposed to go to the Jack Russell Trials on Sat and Sun in Port Hope... I am putting Bridget in some races in the `puppy`class. Should be a hoot.