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I posted an introduction a few forums up, but wanted to jump in here as well. I've been away from Atkins for a while. I tried sticking to it when I started teaching, two years ago, but what started out as small cheats led to total carelessness followed by various new diet attempts ... from just watching what I eat (which was useless - I had no problem watching that Twinkie enter my lips...) to WeightWatchers (I was always hungry).
So I'm back here, two years and 35 pounds heavier than last time. I have all summer to get strong in my WOE before I'm back to school and finding candies stuck in my mailbox and cupcakes/cookies/muffins waiting for me at every staff meeting.
I really like this forum - kudos to whomever thought it up!
So I'm hosting three parties this weekend and have out-of-town guests all next week. I wanted to post so I can draw some support from my fellow club members. I've made a glorious cheese/meat/olive tray that I can pull out for each party. There will be birthday cake at two of them so I threw out the icecream (I can resist cake better if there's no icecream). I plan to have a Pisco sour* tonight, as it will be my first time making them, but mine will be very small and without sugar. I making it small because I don't want any lapses in judgement, haha. I'll also stick out a nut bowl, but I'll put MY nuts on a plate before eating them so I don't lose track of how many I've gobbled.
Tomorrow's party will be much eaier - my hubby is a master of the smoker and will create a bounty of low-carb delicacies. He'll also be frying up some naked wings.
My mom is coming next week to make "chicken-n-dumplings" for our guests that will be here for a week. I hate having to make a separate meal for me, but they will understand. Maybe I'll make a nice salad to go with the chicken-n-dumplings, then chunk mine up for a meal-salad.
Thanks to all of the STAC members who visit and post!
*A Pisco sour is like a combination of spiked lemonade and Orange Julius... Pisco, lime juice, sugar (Splenda for me, thanks), ice and egg whites (the secret ingredient to making the froth in the Orange Julius).
So I'm back here, two years and 35 pounds heavier than last time. I have all summer to get strong in my WOE before I'm back to school and finding candies stuck in my mailbox and cupcakes/cookies/muffins waiting for me at every staff meeting.
I really like this forum - kudos to whomever thought it up!
So I'm hosting three parties this weekend and have out-of-town guests all next week. I wanted to post so I can draw some support from my fellow club members. I've made a glorious cheese/meat/olive tray that I can pull out for each party. There will be birthday cake at two of them so I threw out the icecream (I can resist cake better if there's no icecream). I plan to have a Pisco sour* tonight, as it will be my first time making them, but mine will be very small and without sugar. I making it small because I don't want any lapses in judgement, haha. I'll also stick out a nut bowl, but I'll put MY nuts on a plate before eating them so I don't lose track of how many I've gobbled.
Tomorrow's party will be much eaier - my hubby is a master of the smoker and will create a bounty of low-carb delicacies. He'll also be frying up some naked wings.
My mom is coming next week to make "chicken-n-dumplings" for our guests that will be here for a week. I hate having to make a separate meal for me, but they will understand. Maybe I'll make a nice salad to go with the chicken-n-dumplings, then chunk mine up for a meal-salad.
Thanks to all of the STAC members who visit and post!
*A Pisco sour is like a combination of spiked lemonade and Orange Julius... Pisco, lime juice, sugar (Splenda for me, thanks), ice and egg whites (the secret ingredient to making the froth in the Orange Julius).
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