Grilled Monday: onions, bell peppers in one pan broccoli and carrots in the steamer corn and peas in second pan chicken with seasoning salt in caste iron heat and serve with Contadina Sweet & Sour Sauce Taco Tuesday: I lay a flour tortilla on the saucer, smeared sour cream over it, laid a leaf of romaine lettuce, would have sliced up some avocado if I had it, sprinkle some picante sauce, caramelized onions and bell peppers, some grilled chicken or hamburger, sprinkle with mozzarella cheese, roll tightly .. oh baby Wednesday: spaghetti... same marinara sauce as Sunday Pizza over whole wheat spaghetti Soup and Sandwich Thursday grilled cheese on whole wheat and hard boiled egg sliced and served in the middle of a bowl of Amy's chunky tomato bisque Fish Friday: I go to the local fish monger. he gets the freshest freshest fish flown in... it is amazing. currently we are on the 'Kona Kampachi' Kick. this stuff has the texture of chicken, you can not over cook it and you can not under cook it. it is AMAZING. I sprinkle with lemon pepper, italian seasoning and cook on the stovetop in caste iron for 30 minutes (1 lb filet) with out any oil, served with steamed broccoli and baby carrots. French Crepes Saturday: Every Saturday we make up these little darlings, I sliced up a banana in mine, roll, slice and devour. 3 eggs 2 cups of milk 1 tsp vanilla 1 tsp cardamon 1 cup of flour Pizza Sunday: we make a pizza dough with arrowhead mills unbleached white flour water, honey, yeast, oil. toppings are homemade marinara, (1 can diced tomato, 1 can tomato sauce, 1/2 can sliced black olives, Italian seasoning. on the pie, we put mushrooms, bell peppers, onions, pineapple and shredded Italian four cheese blend. bake and slice into 8 slices, I get one. my dh gets 3, erik 2, and magnus 2 sadly, this is truly how structured our dinners are, EVERY SINGLE WEEK since 1999. they rarely deviate. every 6 weeks we might eat out at a salad bar by the mall. occasionally I will go out of town and eat at an olive garden, or meet clients at a steak house. but for the most part, we buy the exact same ingredients every week in the exact same quantities and we do not deviate. my dh does 90% of the cooking and this is what he knows, this is what he does, and this is what makes him happy. he cooks, I do not complain. ;)

You're not alone! I have lost all my weight and then some, I stay about 120 to 122 give or take a day... I don't have a monthly cycle to blame, but I get tired some days and always see a fat girl... the fear of being fat is terrifying... I have to fight every day to eat right, I don't always win that fight .... and I have literally NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! boobs left, just empty containers were they once were.... so empty that I have trouble finding a bra that will work..

Well Kat, you are obviously doing ok on it, so I'm not going to knock it! I may just try and follow your example and maybe I'll get my body moving downwards again! At this point I'll try anything, as I haven't changed what I do but my body isn't responding like it used to (albeit slowly!). Thanks, Ruth

Exactly Andi.. get up.. make your own happiness, run up some dumb old stairs.. turn on the radio or some exercise show and shake your booty and take a second just to smile. I know winter in NY can be tough, it has to be with all that cold and snow making getting about hard to do. the days are shorter, the world is quieter, and the big push from the holidays has ended leaving that feeling of a void. I know you have that kind of get off your butt attitude and make life work for you. Close your eyes.. dig down and find that Andi we all know and love and plow her out from under all that snow and just be you girl.. you know you rock and you are the captain of your own ship. Be good to yourself Carla

Is that all you have for lunch - a boiled egg or a cheese stick????? I know that wouldn't be enough for me, but maybe that is my head hunger?