SoWell on Sowal

Grayt recipes Paula. Thanks for the help.

thank you iwiwt for jump starting this thread. DD and I have been talking (PMing) about doing so for a few weeks now. I truly need to be inspired by all of you.

uh.. Miss Kitty - pandoras? you don't likey? what is the story???

thank you iwiwt for jump starting this thread. DD and I have been talking (PMing) about doing so for a few weeks now. I truly need to be inspired by all of you.

uh.. Miss Kitty - pandoras? you don't likey? what is the story???

Well missy...it's about time you got your self back on sowal! One of our members had a bad experience at P's last night. There is a whole thread about it.

Well missy...it's about time you got your self back on sowal! One of our members had a bad experience at P's last night. There is a whole thread about it.

thank you iwiwt for jump starting this thread. DD and I have been talking (PMing) about doing so for a few weeks now. I truly need to be inspired by all of you.

uh.. Miss Kitty - pandoras? you don't likey? what is the story???

I thought you had been kidnapped and hawg tied! Glad you're back.

thank you iwiwt for jump starting this thread. DD and I have been talking (PMing) about doing so for a few weeks now. I truly need to be inspired by all of you.

uh.. Miss Kitty - pandoras? you don't likey? what is the story???

You are welcome, Tootsie. I need this thread as I do not want to vacation in August and be mistaken for a manatee/

Glad to have you back posting....where ya been?

Chewy Apricot-Almond Granola Bars
From: Smart Cookies by Jane Kinderlehrer

Have you ever tried the granola in vanilla yogurt? Sounds like it might be satisfying.

I haven't tried the yogurt with granola sundaes yet (I hear it's nice to layer it like a sundae) but just today decided I would add that to my diet because I'm not a big milk drinker (though I love cheese). I've heard the new probiotic yogurts by Dannon are great so I'll see if they have a vanilla yogurt.

Frankly, now that I've made the exercise/diet changes, I'm hoping it's a lifestyle/health change and it really doesn't seem that hard anymore (and I'm really going to try harder to like the training with the trainer -- I like her so much). I eat light during the day and have a very nice dinner, including wine. The differences is I eat just a regular portion of the meat/fish/poultry/pasta/whatever and then lots and lots of vegetables followed by fruit. I always feel very full when I finish dinner and then usually don't snack before bed. So, I think honest portion control is part of my new diet (so it really isn't a diet in the "lose weight" sort of way. It's more of a diet in the "eat healthier and use portion control" sort of way. I have a feeling I was eating much more than I thought I was (e.g., lots of second servings). I also cook up things like salmon patties and leave them in the fridge cooked so I have them for lunch on a wrap with lots of vegetables.

I think I was just so busy for the past decade with young children and a full-time job that I put everyone else first. But Oprah Magazine (my favorite magazine) reminded me to put my health as the number 1 time priority and that's what I did. And so did this thread. It hasn't taken time away from the family, it has taken a tiny bit of time away from work but I'm just more efficient or dropping things that aren't critical (and no one misses them, frankly, so I guess they really weren't critical).

Anyone have any really good healthy recipes?

Well missy...it's about time you got your self back on sowal! One of our members had a bad experience at P's last night. There is a whole thread about it.

I just saw it today - the Pandora's thread. too bad. so sad. I don't have a bit of sympathy for anyone who walks into a restaurant and expects them to cook for them after they have stopped taking customers, because they are a local.. sorry. there. I said it. I know, wrong thread...

I thought you had been kidnapped and hawg tied! Glad you're back.

You are welcome, Tootsie. I need this thread as I do not want to vacation in August and be mistaken for a manatee/

Glad to have you back posting....where ya been?

I was kidnapped and hawg tied for a while there... but not anymore.

I haven't tried the yogurt with granola sundaes yet (I hear it's nice to layer it like a sundae) but just today decided I would add that to my diet because I'm not a big milk drinker (though I love cheese). I've heard the new probiotic yogurts by Dannon are great so I'll see if they have a vanilla yogurt.

The best yogurt I have had is Stoneyfield....hope it is spelled correctly. Not so sickly sweet and the vanilla is really good. The downside is I have to drive 30 miles to the nearest Publix to pruchase it!

I was kidnapped and hawg tied for a while there... but not anymore.

Glad you are free!!!

Glad you are free!!!

thanks!

GTTBM needs to share with us her weight loss story. get me motivated!!!

OK, I talked to my trainer about the sickly sweet probiotic Dannon yogurt (even too sweet for me) and she said that there's a Kefir (consistency of a milkshake) that is plain and probiotic (I believe probiotic means lots of bacteria that's very good for you) and you can add you're own flavorings and sweeteners. She said you can get it at Whole Foods, but maybe that healthy food place in Destin would have it (maybe even Publix).

OK, I talked to my trainer about the sickly sweet probiotic Dannon yogurt (even too sweet for me) and she said that there's a Kefir (consistency of a milkshake) that is plain and probiotic (I believe probiotic means lots of bacteria that's very good for you) and you can add you're own flavorings and sweeteners. She said you can get it at Whole Foods, but maybe that healthy food place in Destin would have it (maybe even Publix).

Publix does carry it. FBB drinks it all the time. I know it comes in peach, raspberry, and plain flavor. There may be blueberry as well.

Thanks, GTTBM. I will definitely put it on my grocery list. And why haven't you crossed over to the workout thread, my dear?

Toots, ask and ye shall receive.

I'm going to have to be very quiet though. I am still having the motivational talks with myself.

Toots, ask and ye shall receive.

I'm going to have to be very quiet though. I am still having the motivational talks with myself.

I love you DD. with all my heart.

okay wenches. I'm ready to do some serious sheeit. what about you?

I don't know what or how. but I'm ready. let's discuss...

I love you DD. with all my heart.

okay wenches. I'm ready to do some serious sheeit. what about you?

I don't know what or how. but I'm ready. let's discuss...

Back atcha.

Toots, ask and ye shall receive.

I'm going to have to be very quiet though. I am still having the motivational talks with myself.

OMG, I went back and read this thread from the beginning. Man, I felt pretty good in June of '06, WTF happened to me????????? I fell off the train, and I HAVE to get back on it. Geez, I sure do have a lot of work to do. We can do it, all of us. I know we can!!!!

I love you DD. with all my heart.

okay wenches. I'm ready to do some serious sheeit. what about you?

I don't know what or how. but I'm ready. let's discuss...

I don't know what or how either, but I am ready!!! Let's go!!!!

OMG, I went back and read this thread from the beginning. Man, I felt pretty good in June of '06, WTF happened to me????????? I fell off the train, and I HAVE to get back on it. Geez, I sure do have a lot of work to do. We can do it, all of us. I know we can!!!!



I don't know what or how either, but I am ready!!! Let's go!!!!

Get out! So did I!! It was a funn read.
I have got to find that DD--the one who was motivated. WTF is right, Darlene!!

Y'all read all 52 pages? Do you think if I read them I'll be motivated too? I guess it would be a lot like laying on the sofa watching a work out video. ( I've done that a few times )

Really, if not fitting into most of my clothes and basically everything I put on looks like sheet, that should be motivating enough!!! I am so there!!!

Starting Jan 1 or 2nd right?

Who needs a personal trainer? I found my new work out program.

http://www.wiihealthy.com/?p=15

My jeans are soo tight right now and I refuse to buy bigger ones!
I have been thinking about ordering the nutri system food but I probably won't. I have a big birthday coming up and have 60 days to get at least 5 of the 10 lbs off I want.
Weight Watchers were meeting at Good News. Does anyone know if they still are?

How about listing our favorite low-cal meals/snacks so when we're hungry we get something low-cal and good for us. So, it means stocking our pantries/fridges with good things. My favorites things that don't make me feel like I'm dieting - just eating well -- are:

• shrimp cocktail
• peppered turkey
• activia light vanilla yogurt with berries and home-made granola I made (will share recipe soon)
• tuna fish with pineapple, walnuts and a tiny bit of may which I will probably replace with high-quality balsamic vinegar
• 100 calorie granola bars
• Muffins from Cooking with Oprah cookbook (I'll share recipe soon)
• poached egg on toast
• egg white omelet
• salmon
• eating dinner with 1/3 meat/pasta/whatever and 2/3 or more veggies
• pasta heaped with veggies (shrimp would do, too)
• steak now and then

All that said, I'm sure I'm putting on about 5 lbs during this 2 week vacation we're taking - but at least I'm still exercising on a treadmill daily - and I'm off to the treadmill now...

All that sounds yummy, Paula! I never thought of preparing tuna like that. I must try this.

I frozen raspberries and blueberries added to stuff like cereal or yogurt, low fat muffins, pancake syrup, frozen yogurt, etc., etc. Ooh I just thought I bet they'd (the raspberries)would even be good crumbled on a salad. I love putting oranges and grapefruits in salad too, and nuts or sunflower seeds too.

I pretty sure weight watchers is still meeting there. My father-in-law plans to head back over there in the new year -- mondays at 5:30pm

My jeans are soo tight right now and I refuse to buy bigger ones!
I have been thinking about ordering the nutri system food but I probably won't. I have a big birthday coming up and have 60 days to get at least 5 of the 10 lbs off I want.
Weight Watchers were meeting at Good News. Does anyone know if they still are?

I pretty sure weight watchers is still meeting there. My father-in-law plans to head back over there in the new year -- mondays at 5:30pm

Thank you. I will plan to be there!