Andi, sorry to say this, but you do cheer up my life!!! Hope you enjoyed the rest of the meatballs (but if you're anything like me you didn't!!!) big hugs, Ruth

So i'm making myself a weigh****chers dinner because i need an easy no brainer meal. My teen walks in and goes "can i have a meatball" so i said of course you can't have a meatball those are accounted for and he called me the food miser. Now not for nothing i made 2lbs of shrimp scampi for them, sauteed spinach and a pound of pasta so no one is hungry. While we are arguing back and forth one of my kittens comes and heists a meatball off of my plate. I saw a rage i've never seen before, I ran for that cat with all the speed born in me and I retrieved my meatball, i was panting and sweaty and my husband goes "seriously what now Andi are you going to actually eat that meatball?" and I had no idea what to do with it but i sure as hell didn't want the cat eating my already counted for the points meatball! Andi

So I'm watching the Biggest Loser, Couples series (probably way behind you guys though). The episode I've jus****ched is where the blue team lose hardly any weight at all and one man even put on 3 pounds. Now these people are working their butts off in the gym, and it turns out they are eating 500 - 1000 cals per day!!! With that you'd think they'd be dropping the big numbers, but Jillian was saying that the low cals is exactly why they didn't lose much and that they HAD to eat the right amount of calories. Hmmm...and I put it all down to the amount they worked out for the huge loss we see them having. So I guess what I'm saying is that it was a light bulb moment for me. Yes, I know there have been many posts saying eat more, but haven't really believed it - after all, cals in verses cals out should balance surely?????? I get daily emails from Jillian (trying to get me to sign up to her program) but also gives daily hints on losing weight. I have 2 of a three part info on how to calculate the amount of calories you should be eating to lose weight. I get the next installment next Friday. I've posted the forst two on my profile if you want to take a look. I'll post all three next Friday when I get it. How have you all calculated how many calories to eat per day?

Ruth, ty so much...you always have a kids word for everyone Maria

I'm one of those non-posters but thankful for all that do...kept me going when times got rough... I have posted a few pics of myself..feel free to take a look...once again, thanks to all for your support . Maria -215