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You can make a healthier version of brownies by switching some of the fat and eggs with prunes:

http://www.marthastewart.com/316017/guilt-free-brownies

UGH!! I could just shoot him!!!

Hubby bought a can of Pringles... the ONLY potato chips I really can't seem to say "no" to... and stuck them smack dab front and center on the eye level shelf of the pantry.

I could just shoot him. grrrrrrrrrrr.

So, after 3 days of them sitting there, staring at me like some devious jack-in-the-box every time I opened the pantry door, I finally grabbed the can, and marched it upstairs to his office. I plunked them down in front of him, gave him the "what for", and told him to hide them away, thank-you-very-much!

hmph!

Yeah FMM that you had the control to do that!    Yeah some tempations are just so hard to resist.    But you did!    Yeah!!!!  Good job!

That's great!  Good for you!

Furmonster Mom said:

So, after 3 days of them sitting there, staring at me like some devious jack-in-the-box every time I opened the pantry door, I finally grabbed the can, and marched it upstairs to his office. I plunked them down in front of him, gave him the "what for", and told him to hide them away, thank-you-very-much!

hmph!

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Good for you!

Looking forward to the Friday weigh-in, and so glad I can say that..lol.

Good for you, Furmonster Mom!

I think I'm going to have a loss too, Pat. :cross:

2.7 pound loss this week. I lost what I gained last week and a little more.

For this week's challenge -


Many people don't eat enough fruits and vegetables. There is a good article here on how to incorporate more into your diet -


http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/healthy_eating/fruits_vegetables.html


This week's challenge is to try a few of the tips listed in the article.

That's awesome Abbysmom. I've gained but I haven't done the conversion to pounds yet. I don't want to either! I will post it in the morning.
Good luck everybody.
I just read the article. It's very good. Thanks Abbysmom.

AbbysMom said:

2.7 pound loss this week. I lost what I gained last week and a little more.

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Congratulations!

I lost 2.73 lbs. this past week, and am 7/10ths of a lb. from another one of my mini goals   I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy that my over year long plateau broke in May, I'm loving this!

Abby's Mom & Pat & Everyone else who lost but haven't posted yet -- Woohoo!  You're doing great, keep at it! 

I gained 1 lb this week.  Went from 335.4 to 336.4.  I'm thinking that being back on the steroid meds may have played a part in that but I'm off them again now, so maybe next week will be better.  Also I got a new DVD called Easy Yoga for Arthritis, and I'm looking forward to doing some of the stretching exercises in there. 

I like the challenge of more veggies.  I will work at it throughout the week. 

Steroids and me are HORRIBLE. I feel I am starving to death and manage to eat ALOT!!! I take prednisone when I have bronchitis as breathing becomes very bad(allergic to cats...)

Have yet to get scale out. expecting increase as I had a bit to many oreos this week.:lol3:

Karen, thanks for the article.  I love to eat fruits, but I'm terrible at veggies.  I guess for me it's about preparation.  A fruit, all I need to do is rinse and eat. Veggies usually need some kind of chopping, cooking/steaming... in other words; knife, board, pots & pans.    But I will try to remember that I do have veggies sitting in the bin, and I should find a way to incorporate them.

Pat, Conga-Rats!  I am afraid I am still sitting on my plateau.

Marge Cat, I am laughing, because I have a couple dresses sitting in my closet with the thought that "hey, if I can manage to lose a little, they'll fit again".  Hopefully I'll be able to do it, too.

KittyMommy, we're in the same boat this week.  I have nothing but red numbers to report. 

I don't have a steroid excuse... unless you consider the natural kind, bleh.  I just had a crazy week, and did not eat well at all.  Lots of restaurant food.  oy!

BUT I DIDN'T EAT THE PRINGLES!! 

Sometimes we need those small victories.

Measurments:

neck -   - ( .25)

ta-ta's   - ( 1.5)

belly -   - ( 1.0)

hips  -   - ( 2.5)

booty -  - ( 1.0)

rt thigh  - ( .50)

lt thigh  - ( .50)

This puts me almost back to my starting point last month.  bleh. 

278 STILL  After this weeks eating...  I had way to many cookies.  I notice my 2x tighter shirts are alot looser.  3x is getting a bit insane.

Good going on avoiding the pringles! 

This week proved I have no willpower when it is in my sight.  Working on it.

So I am cowardly posting late. 2.2 lbs gain for me. No excuses. I pigged out pretty much all week. I climbed back on the wagon yesterday and I promise to redeem myself this week.
AS FOR THE REST OF YOU WOO HOO!!
Pat- you rock!!! Such good work
MargeCat- that's awesome! I bet you are SMOKIN!! In that dress! You twirl around with pride!! Go girl!!
Kittymommy, catsallaround and FurmonsterMom. Naughty! [emoji]128576[/emoji]No only joking!! We didn't do so well this week but I think we are still winning. We are making positive changes. LETS GO GET EM NEXT WEEK!! WE CAN DO IT!!!
Good luck everyone else

Congratulations and Condolences all around!  The Pringles and the dress stand out to me, so good going!

I gained 2 pounds, but I sort of figured I'd gained and am happy it wasn't more.  I went out more, had more carbs, and did not do any more exercise than last week.  I also made a fairly rich dinner on Tuesday:  I breaded and baked chicken wings, then drizzled them with a lemon-butter sauce.

Today at our high school staff meeting, there were cookies and dried cranberries.  I'm happy to report that I ate more cranberries than cookies (I had 2 cookies).
 

For the challenge this week, I'm going to go back to what I did last week.  I have a hard time preparing three different dishes for supper.  For one thing, it's hard to make sure they all get done at the same time.  For another, it's a LOT more dishes, and when you're cooking for one, it always seems like the preparation and clean-up take longer than actually eating the meal, and that can get discouraging.  I enjoy cooking and even the preparation, but I don't really like the clean-up.  So, I usually only make two dishes:  a main dish and a side dish.  The first week (last week), I only made meat and vegetables.  This week, on Monday with my salmon, I made white rice, but no vegetable.  So this week, I'm going to stick to only meat and vegetables when I cook.  Carbs will only exist in my snacks, although to be honest, my snacks are almost always protein.

I tried on my swimsuit, and although it doesn't *look* great, it does still fit, so I'm planning on going to my alumni gym where they have this great pool that's almost always empty.  I love being in the water.