Need some Maintenance Friends

[sallyseachange]

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Meat with meat sounds great to me!! Nothing wrong with meat!

[Heidi3]

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GOOD MORNING FRIENDS

I had too much wine last night ..but slept like a baby that is for sure! It is going to be another beautiful day here in the Puget Sound area and I am telling you going to work is not going to be easy!!! I have summer fever and want to stay home and work in my yard again

the parts I finished look so awesome it is hard to leave it! ..oh well I have tomorrow and Sunday to finish before I take off for a few days of rest in Canada

I wanted to see what I was eating vs burning and put a few days of life into fitday...omg I burn more than I eat including the wine go figure on that!!!

I am not a huge meat eater but crave a nice rare steak about once a month ...more than I have ever craved anything actually!!!

[msnicksmom]

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LOL on the yard Heidi. Glad somebody enjoys that stuff. DH and I draw straws for who has to mow the yard even. Ugh. We LOVE being outside and stuff, for some reason yard "work" is the problem. But you have fun...

DIdn't make it back to the boat. DS#1 bedtime was a fiasco and then I was beat and headed to bed a bit after nine. Didn't even work out, and I haven't missed a night in SOME way in months. But, it was a good thing, because rotten teething DS#2 was up from 12-2, and then DS#1 was elbowing his way into my bed at 2:31! How do they DO that? And then of course, both up by 6:30. So, MOTS, I am glad I got a couple extra hours to start

Have a great day all

Hugs
Denise

[sallyseachange]

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Happy yard work Heidi!

Denise... oh boy... do I remember those teething nights!!!

[2big4mysize]

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wow FAWN a veggie smoothie never thought of that. I love to puree them and make soups to get them all in. folk laugh when i tell them Atkins is really an eat your veggie plan and goalies eat 6-8 cups of veggies a day. Such a contrast to the news shows eggs and bacon in a grease pool and steaks as big as the plate with butter flooding it.

Oh man little kids in the bed. How do they do that. one night I was exhausted and woke about 3 to see a dark shape in my bed i jump up and screamed. it was one of my foster little kids who decided to sleep with me. Scared her woke the house and I ended up with 3 in the bed. glad i didn't bash the dark object first.

oh man you just reminded me I need to go work on Mothers wildflower beds.

[msnicksmom]

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OK, Fawn, I must be missing something. I think a veggie smoothie sounds good too. OR a fruit smoothie. But by the way I'm reading, yours have mega veggies and berries together??? What does that taste like???

Don't mean to put you on the spot, I am truly interested, esp in the am I am always looking for good quick ideas.

Uber-shopping after work tonight. We are down to the nubbins TT you all LATE tonight. I WILL work out after the kiddos are down, so it will be a late night

[msnicksmom]

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Yeeah, I'm not working out. But I think I burned a couple calories lugging DS#2 in the front carrier around farmer's market

Night,
Denise

[sadie147]

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I add about cup of raw frozen cauliflower to all my smoothies. berrie ones or tofu/cream/cocoa. I find blended smooth enough, I don't even notice it in there..and it helps thicken it. I'm not a huge veggie person so if i can find creative ways to get my veggies in w/o me noticing they're there i have to go with it!


I've also added raw baby spinach to my berry smoothies but it makes them a very bizzarre colour LOL.

[Heidi3]

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ok I draw the line at caulflower in the blender ..sorry ...

I am still trying to live down the time I made zucchini milkshakes for my family when I had so much zucchini I thought wtf and put some in a blender with all the spices and stuff you would make zucchini cake out of ....they freaked out when they saw the green sludge at the bottom of the glasses and still bring it up whenever possible!!!

I understand the need to get veggies in and love most every single kind ....however cauliflower ....I can not go there


ok I have a question ...are you guys still in Ketosis? I was never really concerned with being there to be honest ..I just followed Atkins to the letter with a few slip ups here and there and lost weight ...I went to a friends and she had some sticks so I borrowed (bad term for using one) one of them ...and realized I am still in ketosis...go figure ..I feel great ..eat a very mixed diet ...drink tons of water.....I do not eat a huge amt of fat but enough to keep me satisfied ....I am just surprised that after a year of keeping my wt down I am still in ketosis ...I dont care I was just wondering if anyone else is as well?

[msnicksmom]

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Still not sure on the veggies smoothies. LOL at the zuchini shakes though

Heidi, I think I'm still in ketosis techinically, becuase my understanding is that means burning fat as fuel vs glycogen/glucose/carbs as fuel. I have never used the sticks or anything though, and the appetite supression part is not the same as it was during induction. I don't know if I'm still losing, but I'm definitely shrinking, so I likely am. And I eat WAY too much fat some days, because if I'm going to overdo it, I'd rather overdo it fat than carb or protein (for digestive reasons too, not just diet).

Feeling supa sexy today. Sleeveless funky print top and black dress pants. Yum. I think becuase yesterday, for the FIRST time since my restart, 30 lbs and 2-3 sizes ago, my husband told me I looked cute in those shorts. I wonder if he has any idea the amount of mileage that was worth?

Probably. He's going away for 5 days on Friday and leaving me alone with these kids...

Have a great day all.

Hugs
Denise

[sadie147]

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LOL @ the zucchini smoothie! I saw in anotehr thread someone making 'savoury' or 'hot' smoothies...blech! now that is gross! I swear you can't taste the cauliflower in there! it just picks up the taste of whatever is in it.


I'm not sure if i'm in ketosis, I'm hoping I am. i was thinking of picking up some ketostix actually because i'm curious. I'm still up a few lbs and i really wanna get rid of them...I'm getting so frustrated

[Heidi3]

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I am up a couple of lbs from my trip that is for sure ....and I believe when you say cauliflower is tasteless in a blended smoothie ..but just putting it in one would be a hard process for me that is for sure

Denise ..it is awesome you look hot today and your outfit sounds darling!!!! OOOXXX

I am attired once again (as shown in my siggy pic) in generic blue scrubs with the adornment of a barcode on my butt ever so attractive !!!

hey I dont have to do laundry or think about what I am wearing to work that is for sure

[msnicksmom]

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Morning friends.

Hey Heidi, taking a page from your book. NOT stepping on the scale this week til Sat. If I can make it, I get new lingerie (my absolutely favorite reward). I feel great about eating right now, farmer's market finally started and I cooked a bunch of chicken and stuff to have in the fridge. Also WAY overdid the hot dogs LOL, something about finally feeling like summer

Have a great day ladies!!!

Hugs
Denise

[msnicksmom]

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Busy day for all it looks like. I did do something fun though, I have a g/f who started Atkins w/me on my re-start date who really struggles to stick to it. I have another g/f who started Atkins w/me a month after my restart who has stuck like superglue. g/f #1 has just 10-15 lbs to lose, #2 started w/90#. We have been doing this together mostly via email, some phone, but virutally nothing in person, our schedules are jsut tough to coordinate. Anyway, we are all going shopping to the Mall of America on the day after Thanksgiving this year. That gives us 5 months to get to the right size, save some money and commit to the time. I LOVE having something to look forward to


Night all,
Denise

[sallyseachange]

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Sounds like a nice spree to work towards Denise; and a good incentive to stay on track!