Sorry folks, but it is Monday. WHAT'S NEW WITH YOU?
applesauce sounds good, I use low sodium chicken broth to moisten mine, but I'm going to try the applesauce version soon. . .
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
Annette, we must get together cause your hubby sounds an awful lot like mine. HmMMM, maybe they are the same, or they are brothers, or they are the same. LOL. I buy the turkey bacon and he doesn't know the difference; however, when he is shopping with me, he says, don't buy that turkey bacon, I hate it. Same with ground turkey. I use it all the time and he is never the wiser. I do him like I used to do my kids, hide the ingredients so they didn't know they were eating the carrots and other vegetables. LOL
Annette 
My ex son-in-law is a big hunter and we get tons of deer every season. IN fact, he kills one for me and dresses it and we have such tasty steaks and roasts and ground deer meat. My favorite soup is venison stew. My weekend went well. I'm off today for MLK's day and am so happy to have the extra day. I, too, use my crockpot for so many different dishes. Before I leave for work, I put the meat or vegetables or both in the crock and cook it on low all day long. By the time I get home, the meat is pull apart tender and if I haven't already added vegetables, I add them and wait a few more and we have the tastiest dishes in the state. Today, I'm cooking chicken for tortillia soup for today and chicken casserole for tomorrow. Get it all done in one day.
Good Monday morning to you, George and other OFFer's. I am just so sad that it is Monday already.......time to start it all over again. Oh well, it beats the alternative that is for dang sure! That alternative is for a long time and I am not ready to make long term plans yet. 
I don't have much planned for today. I was going to pick my great niece up after school but then I got a call from my niece and she doesn't need me to do it so........that ends that plan.
Yesterday went well. I guess everyone liked the service at church. I personally am glad it is over and done with. Nothing exciting happened so it must have been alright. No one got up in the middle of the service and left so I am taking it as a good thing.
It snowed a bit more during the night. Like we need more. It just looks like a snowy winter early morning out. You know how they look~almost like a foggy morning. Traffic is moving a bit slower but not to much slower.
Misty is looking out her patio door. She is probably searching for her friends. They haven't been around for a while to see her. At least if they have the new snow covered up their footprints. Oh the life of a cat! Must be nice.
I better get moving. Nothing much to chat about this morning. I am wishing everyone a good Monday and stay safe and warm. I am sending my love and hugs to everyone and prayers and special thoughts going out to all. Don't forget to smile and remember that will help to keep us warm too.
I don't have much planned for today. I was going to pick my great niece up after school but then I got a call from my niece and she doesn't need me to do it so........that ends that plan.
Yesterday went well. I guess everyone liked the service at church. I personally am glad it is over and done with. Nothing exciting happened so it must have been alright. No one got up in the middle of the service and left so I am taking it as a good thing.
It snowed a bit more during the night. Like we need more. It just looks like a snowy winter early morning out. You know how they look~almost like a foggy morning. Traffic is moving a bit slower but not to much slower.
Misty is looking out her patio door. She is probably searching for her friends. They haven't been around for a while to see her. At least if they have the new snow covered up their footprints. Oh the life of a cat! Must be nice.
I better get moving. Nothing much to chat about this morning. I am wishing everyone a good Monday and stay safe and warm. I am sending my love and hugs to everyone and prayers and special thoughts going out to all. Don't forget to smile and remember that will help to keep us warm too.
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter
that tells what kind of life you have lived.
Hi George and all...
Well, this is hard to write but I am going to anyway...I am up 3 lbs from yesterday! It is making me very upset....I haven't weighed this since last summer. So I am up a total of 6-7lbs. There, I said it. I walk the treadmill daily. I have been eating too many carbs but I didn't think that many....I feel like I am back to feeling starved if I don't eat what I have been eating...I know it is a total head game I'm playing but I do think that my body is not helping me here either, it seems like the old days when if I didn't starve myself I would gain.
OK, I am getting a grip and will go back to the basics.
One wondering I have..I have been drinking lots of tea...and adding LOTS of Splenda...I have been reading that Splenda may cause weight gain...but can't figure out if they mean the Splenda causes it or it causes cravings for sweets which then causes the weight gain. What do you all know or think about this?
I weigh every day (every morning) and write it down so I can't trick myself into thinking I am not gaining or losing...If I don't I am afraid that the mind games I play will really go wild...So, there you have it folks my confession and I feel like crap today.
OK, I will buck up and head up to the treadmill anyway...protein shake for breakfast...I'll keep you posted...gotta get these nasty lbs back off or I will just keep going....
Thanks for listening...this was hard to write...
Take care all, sorry for the self absorption this morning.
Cheryl
Well, this is hard to write but I am going to anyway...I am up 3 lbs from yesterday! It is making me very upset....I haven't weighed this since last summer. So I am up a total of 6-7lbs. There, I said it. I walk the treadmill daily. I have been eating too many carbs but I didn't think that many....I feel like I am back to feeling starved if I don't eat what I have been eating...I know it is a total head game I'm playing but I do think that my body is not helping me here either, it seems like the old days when if I didn't starve myself I would gain.
OK, I am getting a grip and will go back to the basics.
One wondering I have..I have been drinking lots of tea...and adding LOTS of Splenda...I have been reading that Splenda may cause weight gain...but can't figure out if they mean the Splenda causes it or it causes cravings for sweets which then causes the weight gain. What do you all know or think about this?
I weigh every day (every morning) and write it down so I can't trick myself into thinking I am not gaining or losing...If I don't I am afraid that the mind games I play will really go wild...So, there you have it folks my confession and I feel like crap today.
OK, I will buck up and head up to the treadmill anyway...protein shake for breakfast...I'll keep you posted...gotta get these nasty lbs back off or I will just keep going....
Thanks for listening...this was hard to write...
Take care all, sorry for the self absorption this morning.
Cheryl
We never touch people so lightly we do not leave a trace.
Peggy Tabor Millin
Thanks, Annette,
I do feel it!
I can't eat pasta or rice...it hurts and gets stuck.
However, toast is my weakness. Saltines too. I make a really healthy (except for the corn syrup part) fruit and nut bar with rolled oats, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, pecans, raisins, walnuts and rice crispies that I think has pushed me over the edge. I found them at Starbucks and when Starbucks discontinued them I figured out how to make them and MAN! mine are better! DAMN them!!!
I need to stop making them. I have one in the am and then on weekends I just can't stop.
Today went well...
Thanks again,
Cheryl
I do feel it!
I can't eat pasta or rice...it hurts and gets stuck.
However, toast is my weakness. Saltines too. I make a really healthy (except for the corn syrup part) fruit and nut bar with rolled oats, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, pecans, raisins, walnuts and rice crispies that I think has pushed me over the edge. I found them at Starbucks and when Starbucks discontinued them I figured out how to make them and MAN! mine are better! DAMN them!!!
I need to stop making them. I have one in the am and then on weekends I just can't stop.
Today went well...
Thanks again,
Cheryl
We never touch people so lightly we do not leave a trace.
Peggy Tabor Millin
cheryl..the splenda itself doesn't cause the gain but it is sposed to be responsible for causing cravings
don't feel self absorbed- it's a concern- and you wanna nip it before it gets worse- it is probly the carbs tho--i am guilty as well...it's sooooooooo easy to grab things that are NOT good for us...switch them out for veggie type carbs...
hugs to you- sounds like you need one!!!!
don't feel self absorbed- it's a concern- and you wanna nip it before it gets worse- it is probly the carbs tho--i am guilty as well...it's sooooooooo easy to grab things that are NOT good for us...switch them out for veggie type carbs...
hugs to you- sounds like you need one!!!!
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
- E. B. White
Thanks, Margo,
I don't feel the need for sweets so much, I just need the feeling of eating...I am noticing that even when I am full I sit there and stuff a bit more down..like at lunch when I have time,,,I just eat very slowly and eat more. So today I only brought the exact amount of everything and when I was done, I was done. Went better today. Was hungry a couple of times but just kept trying to think of something else and about how much work and money I spent to get where I'm at...
Thanks again, Margo, for the hug. I sure needed it.
Cheryl
I don't feel the need for sweets so much, I just need the feeling of eating...I am noticing that even when I am full I sit there and stuff a bit more down..like at lunch when I have time,,,I just eat very slowly and eat more. So today I only brought the exact amount of everything and when I was done, I was done. Went better today. Was hungry a couple of times but just kept trying to think of something else and about how much work and money I spent to get where I'm at...
Thanks again, Margo, for the hug. I sure needed it.
Cheryl
We never touch people so lightly we do not leave a trace.
Peggy Tabor Millin
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