Linda, I tried to reply to your post and it wouldn't let me today. I think it's mad at you because you ate all that stuff at work, heh heh. I pulled a good one today too. Since I am going to start my NutriSystem diet on Monday of course I rationalized that I should be able to eat what I want today. Make sense? No, it never has. While out shopping for dressy pants for my trip to New York next month, I stopped in at my favorite Vietnamese restaurant, (not that I really like Vietnamese food, but they have these Spring rolls served with this fantastic peanut sauce to dip them in), and got an order of the rolls to go, (six rolls and I ordered extra peanut sauce because it's so good). Well I downed that while driving to my next destination, which was a beauty supply store (to buy hair coloring products), and it happened to be right next door to Baskins Robbins. I thought what the heck, too late to save myself now, so I got an icecream cone with chocolate peanut butter on it (my favorite). I was pretty bloated after that. Smack, smack, smack, that's me mentally hitting myself after I do stuff like that. I mean I'm putting the money into two weeks' worth of NutriSystem food so I can hopefully lose five more pounds, and then before I start I eat bad stuff, which will make me gain a couple of pounds before I even start.
The NutriSystem food arrived on my front porch yesterday. My daughter (not the one with high cholesterol) and I are splitting up the 28-day supply. We'll start together on Monday and hopefully stick to it for 14 days. The meals sure are small, but you add fresh fruits and vegetables to it. It all adds up to 1200 calories a day, which is what I should be doing anyway, but not of course. Renee is the one I'm going to New York with in September and both of us want to lose just a few more pounds. I hope this works and then I hope I can keep it off. I still need to figure out the fat grams per meal to see if I need to take any allis during the two weeks. You get a dessert each day and I read the nutrition labels on some of them, they're about 180 calories and 7 to 9 fat grams. Seems like a lot for just a snack, but as long as the whole day only adds up to 1200 calories I guess that's okay.
Linda, you seem to have a lot of thunder, lightning and rain where you live. Are you able to get out and walk and exercise on those days. It's funny how different the weather is in different parts of the U.S. It has been about 103 here in Sacramento area the past several days. That's way too hot. I've been using weights, trying to build up my strength in my arms, and Renee is coming over this afternoon to show me how to use them properly, (she works out all the time). I've been doing 50 each of several different things with the 3 pound weights and she said that's way too much, it should only be 15 and that if I were doing it properly it would be all I could stand. Sounds like I've been wasting my time, but she'll help me get it right.
Elia, sistah friend, it's been way too long since you've posted. You were supposed to get this job down so you could relax and post in the afternoons. What's going on? If I hear you've had to give up the pool and the beer, I'm going to be very sad. I will call you tomorrow afternoon if you haven't posted by then. Kimberley, how is it going with the new puppy? Are you feeling better? What do you hear from your son in Iraq? And your mischievous daughter?
I'm going to go sort through all the NutriSystem meals now, divide them up between myself and Renee and sort them into breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert piles, and get them ready to go for next week. When I look at those meals and think about what I've been eating lately (I'm talking about the healthy food too), I can see why i haven't been losing weight. This should be torture!
Love, Judy (Oh great, this stupid board won't let me scroll back up to check for mistakes, so I apoligize if there are any.)