Ferdie
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I have lived in CA and TX. Definitely TX.
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I started the new points plus plan and am losing weight faster than last time I did WW 2 years ago. I am stunned because I went through menopause and was certain it was going to take more time and effort.
I go to morning meetings so I am not sure when to stop eating. I track the difference between WW scale and mine, and sometimes there is a pound difference just depending on the type of breakfast I eat before the meeting. I imagine by the end of the day there could be a several pound difference. I also notice then when I eat processed food my weight can go up 2-3 pounds overnight from water retention.
Don't dispare. Go to the meeting, weigh in and keep trying. Weight loss is a journey of self discovery. You will find what works for you and you have the weekly weigh in to keep you accountable.
P.S. I did have to cut back on fruit to speed up my weight loss. I was eating 6 pieces of "free" fruit a day and am now down to 3. I started the week after Christmas and have lost 13 pounds sticking with my daily points + unlimted veggies and 3 pieces of fruit.
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Never mind. I just realized that this is an old post.
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We did that a few years ago. For my oldest all three quotes came within $100. For my youngest there was an $800 difference for the exact same procedure. Yikes!
The other benefit of getting multiple quotes is that you will be exposed to mulitple treatment methods. My oldest needed additional work and two of the ortho agreed on same procedure. The third, who came highly recommended, suggested something that didn't sound right to me. We ended up going to a different ortho, and I am glad we got three quotes to put my mind at ease.
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Ideally, I would cook them in the crock pot, but I did not know if they would cook that way, I can always just throw a lunch portion in a pot for me, the chicken is cooked, just needs reheating.
For me, there is no lunch option :) I am craving Dumplings for breakfast actually ;)
I've made chicken and dumplings in the crock pot. The recipe I used had the chicken part cook for 5 hours, and then the dumplings were added during the last 30 minutes of cooking.
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If it involved candy, even my 13 year old would be bummed and feel left out. My 8 year old would cry. LOL
(but, alas, since all I have is 2 boys, they both got something. :))
Ditto. If food was involved even my teenager would feel left out.
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We have deviled eggs and mini-bagels with cream cheese for our breakfast road trips.
My children drink homemade smoothies in the car on the way to school some mornings.
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I switched to coconut oil for sautees.
I also started using whole wheat blend pasta and brown rice. It took my family a few months to get used to the switch, but it was worth it.
I try to bulk up my meals with veggies. I add grated carrots and zuchinni to everything - spaghetti sauce, casseroles, baked goods, pancakes (peel the zuchinni so they don't see the green part). I also bulk up my lunch and dinner with homemade veggie soup, broccoli slaw or a salad. For diet coleslaw dressing I use 1 T Marie Calendar and 2 T Walden Farms FF coleslaw dressing. My family doesn't even notice the differnce and it saves alot of calories.
We got rid of fruit juices and added more fruit to our diet.
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ETA: I forgot to address the exercising thing. Right now, my dh is working out of town through the week and I can't really do the gym-thing. My only option right now is exercise videos, which I HATE. So I need to work on this, because while I believe that weight loss is more what you eat than exercise, I do know that in the past exercise has helped me to feel so much better and has helped me to eat right.
One thing that really helped my was to buy a pedometer and try for 10,000 steps per day. I am numbers person and it really helped my to get up and move. I started parking far away from the store, walking up and down stairs and taking my children on longer nature walks just to make my goal.
I also wanted to add that I attend Weight Watcher meetings and quite a few people rave about the WW app on their iPhones. If you have an iPhone you might want to check that out. I think it has a trakcing feature, WW points calculator for eating out, and even a feature where you can scan the bar codes of food as you grocery shop to get WW points. Something like that.
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I love Pinterest, and I don't even have an account. LOL!
Stair baskets - wish I had thought of this years ago. I can't find the original blog, but here is a repin, (3rd pic down):
http://realdanagentry.blogspot.com/2011/09/oh-how-pinteresting-monday-day-late.html
Pencil holders - no link, but modge podge scrapbook paper to tin cans. I make several for our den to hold colored pencils, highlights and expo makers.
Painted laminate bathroom cabinets - I didn't know you could paint laminate cabinets. They came out fabulous.
http://www.centsationalgirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/mia-bathroom-after.jpg
Bathroom mirror frame - Not the original link, but we framed the mirrors in our master bath. I painted them Betty Ross Brown by Valspar to match the cabinets.
http://prudentlypaintedvintage.blogspot.com/2011/01/framing-out-mirror.html
Floating shelves - I don't have a link for our current project, but my dh made floating shelves for our water closet in the master bathroom. They go wall to wall over the toilet.
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I make heart shaped pancakes for breakfast. You can free-hand them or make round pancakes and cut them with a cookie cutter. Do not put a plastic cookie cutter on your fry pan thinking you can fill it with batter. It will melt the cookie cutter - duh!
When we homeschooled my children would make Valentines cookies for neighbors and friends. I used a regular sugar cookie recipes with a little peppermint extract to replace vanilla in the dough and frosting.
Some years we make a decorate a heart shaped cake. Bake cake in one square and one round cake pan. Remove the square cake from the pan and put on a plate with one point facing down, (like a diamond). Cut the round cake in half and place each half against one upper side of the diamond to make a heart. I let the kids frost and decorate.
Another favorite Valentine dessert is baked fudge:
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/02/sweets-for-your-sweetie-1-delicious-baked-fudge/
Enjoy!
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Here is my disinfectant spary recipe: 15oz distilled water, 1oz liquid soap, (I use Dr. Bonners or Meyer all purpose) and 1/4 tsp tea treee oil. Shake to mix in spray bottle.
I have no idea if it really works but it is what I use in the bathrooms and once a week on kitchen counters. I also keep Clorox wipes on hand to wipe down door knobs/phone in the event that of my children gets sick.
I just found a glass cleaner recipe that I love. My dd cleaned her bathroom last week and told me that her mirror has never looked so good. LOL! It has rubbing alcohol so probably not for younger children. Glass cleaner: 2 c water, 1 T cornstarch, 1/4 C vinegar, 1/4 cup rubbing alcohol. Shake in spray bottle before use due to cornstarch. (I warmed the water and then added the cornstarch to help it disolve.
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My new favorite is to cook a scrambled egg or egg whites in the microwave. Put in a whole grain wrap with salsa.
I also make sauted spinach or mushrooms for breakfast with egg whites. Not easy though, but so good for you.
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Cabbage is great in a stir fry with other veggies.
Also I am eating coleslaw right now for lunch. For dressing a use a blend of Walden Farms 0 cal coleslaw dressing, (2 T) mixed with Marie Calendars coleslaw dressing, (1 T). Not sure if there is mayo in that, but it make a great side dish for lunch and is only 2 WW points.
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What if you wore a yoga style that you could pull up high and roll down an extra time.
I like Danskin brand and buy them at Walmart. Something like this:
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I am also 5'11". Last September I weighed 168. I am now down to 153. It has been a slow process. I joined myfitnesspal.com and keep track of everything I eat. I also keep track of exercise on the site. It is the only way I have been successful. I had no idea the actual amount of calories in the food I was eating everyday.
:iagree: I got down to my fight weight by tracking. I did WW and used their manual tracking guide. Tracking really helped me with portion control and choosing nutritional dense food.
The other thing that made a difference was to weigh my lean meats and casserole type meals. I am so bad at estimating and when I weighed my food there was no quesition of how many WW points I ate.
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I would check them out of the library first. I liked Sneaky Chef for the nutrition information. I still use her flour blend suggestion, (1/3 ww, 1/3 reg flour and 13/3 wheat germ) in baking.
I haven't tried Deceptively Delicious.
If you decide to try the puree veggies, it was easier for me to make a large batch and freeze them in cupcake tins. Once they were frozen I transfered to a ziploc bag. Each cupcake size portion made 1/2 cup. I added them to everything: casseroles, spaghetti sauce, pancakes, baking. So easy when they are ready to go. I used the califlower/zuchinni and sweet potato/carrot blends the most.
Tip: I peeled the zuchinni at first so my children didn't see green stuff in their pancakes.
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Cute website...is there anything out there that shows bigger women, in their thirties/forties, and wearing clothes that are easy to find?
http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/tv/what-not-to-wear
It is a TV show so it takes a while to watch espisodes, but I have learned so much from the hosts. They also have full espisodes on Youtube.
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Make and freeze an extra dinner, Progresso soup, Morningstar veggies burgers (my dd like the black bean and mushrooms lovers version), wraps with sandwhich meat or rotassarie chix, and canned turkey chilli.
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Wow, you must be so excited! Here's my 2 cents:
The sleeper-sofa is a great idea. Snuggle time during read-alouds is the best part of homeschooling.
We prefer 1 large folding table to several desks. As a bonus it can be brought down for Thanksgiving and other large dinner parties.
I use our laptop instead of a TV in the school room. The laptop is already there and it can be used for online programs like Veritas, etc.
I prefer white boards to chalk boards, specifically because I need a wide variety of marker colors when teaching place value in long division etc.
My favorite classroom color is a buttery yellow. It is bright and cheerful, but not overwhelming. I also try to keep the Stuff-Hanging-On-The-Wall to a bare minimum. Our room gets cluttered enough with normal use. Extra stuff just makes it look messy.
Don't forget sturdy bookshelves. Even though you will have a separate library, you will still have materials you will use every day. My favorite shelves have cabinet doors on the bottom to hide art supplies, science materials, etc.
:iagree: I would add a photocopier. Wireless is so helpful with laptops.
Store school supplies on the table top so your children don't have to get up and down all day. I used a cleaning caddy filled with pencils, scissors, stapler, hole punch, and tape.
Keep extra school supplies in an over the door shoe pocket organizer, like this:
http://abowlfulloflemons.blogspot.com/2012/01/over-door-school-supplies-organizer.html
My children had trouble focusing on their school work when that sat at a table all together so I ended up making partitions out of a tri-fold presentation board. I cut them in half which was the perfect height and let them decorate them. The best part was that the boards fold and store easily. Eventually, my children ended hs in separate rooms. I drove them crazy when I was talking and explaining things to one of them while the other two were trying to study. In those year I stayed at the table with my youngest on the other two had designated spots in another room.
Congrats on your new house. Enjoy the journey!
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We sold an older home in CA. We interviewed 4 realtors, and part of the interview process was to tour the home and have them give us their fix-it wish list. It was very informative and helped us determine what really needed to be done. It took a while to meet with each of them but we ended up selling our home for more than we thought we would get.
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And I wanted to add - did you find it helpful in putting together your own wardrobe? I feel like I really need to spend some time and money on a wardrobe update after this baby arrives - when I look nice, I feel nice and I act nicer. But left on my own, I am rather clueless.
If you have other suggestions, please share!
Do you have Netflix? I rented a DVD called What Not to Wear, which were TV show episodes. I learned so much from watching that DVD. They also have some full episodes on Youtube that are interesting. I think there are two TV shows with that name, one in Europe and one in the states. I watched the one filmed in the states.
They also have a book with the same name that I got at my library, but I like the TV episodes much better.
Have fun shopping.
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I voted for #1, but would love #1, #2 or #4.
My all time favorite dessert was the chocolate souffle at the Moustache Cafe in LA. They served it warm with fresh whipped cream. Yum!
Would you question/call someone if.....
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I would because won't that affect your property value when you go to sell? Some people don't want to buy a house right next door to a business.