Healthy Weight Loss

[Thinker]

Originally Posted by PinkieLee

**ps, with the holidays coming up, maybe we can start posting some healthy receipes for the traditional comfort food that is oh so bad for us. So, if y'all have any ideas, let's start sharing*

Great idea!

I don't know how good I'm gonna be at this part though. I'm stubborn. There are some things that make Thanksgiving feel like Thanksgiving......and Christmas feel like Christmas (no offense to those who celebrate other holidays).....for me.

I think moderation is going to be critical for me in all of this. I will try. And I will be open to trying some of what is posted here. And we will *definitely* prepare our favorites with better health in mind. But pumpkin pie???? How will I ever resist???????

[PinkieLee]

Originally Posted by Thinker

Great idea!

I don't know how good I'm gonna be at this part though. I'm stubborn. There are some things that make Thanksgiving feel like Thanksgiving......and Christmas feel like Christmas (no offense to those who celebrate other holidays).....for me.

I think moderation is going to be critical for me in all of this. I will try. And I will be open to trying some of what is posted here. And we will *definitely* prepare our favorites with better health in mind. But pumpkin pie???? How will I ever resist???????

Pumpkin pie... that's what I am talking about! I'm thinking even if I switch to the sugar free or lite cool whip it will help. Yep, moderation just might be the key.

This year, I'm cooking for my family. I have decided ahead of time, that I'm gonna throw a big ol' salad into the mix and/or a fruit tray. That way, I can load up on that kind of stuff first, and then add the other stuff.

[little_ms_sunshyne]

Naughty! Naughty! Naughty! I ate my way to the other side too this weekend! But...its a lifestyle change and I wont deprive myself!

I will start doin some healthy recipe research I love thanksgiving....pumpkin pie and buttermilk pie being my favorite! Yummola!

Oooooo and Sweet Potato! Oh my! I am making myself hungry!

Happy to be back....the first day back on the healthy routine is always the toughest!

Lets do this!

[PinkieLee]

Originally Posted by little_ms_sunshyne

Naughty! Naughty! Naughty! I ate my way to the other side too this weekend! But...its a lifestyle change and I wont deprive myself!

I will start doin some healthy recipe research I love thanksgiving....pumpkin pie and buttermilk pie being my favorite! Yummola!

Oooooo and Sweet Potato! Oh my! I am making myself hungry!

Happy to be back....the first day back on the healthy routine is always the toughest!

Lets do this!

Sweet potato pie... come here hot stuff and let me smack you for mentioning that

Yep, we are all getting back into the swing of things... oh it's on!

[Zimmeh]

Yes it is!!! Next year, we should do the walking thing...Medusa said she wanted us to be healthier...Where is Candace?

Zimmy

Originally Posted by PinkieLee

Sweet potato pie... come here hot stuff and let me smack you for mentioning that

Yep, we are all getting back into the swing of things... oh it's on!

[PinkieLee]

Originally Posted by ZimmygLrL

Yes it is!!! Next year, we should do the walking thing...Medusa said she wanted us to be healthier...Where is Candace?

Zimmy

Candace works all the damn time... so she hardly ever posts. I saw she was online earlier, but she could be just checking from her phone. They didn't get back to Austin till almost midnight last night.

Yes, we will figure out a way to incorporate more healthy food/exercise so we don't overdo it next year. **ie, meaning ME*

[little_ms_sunshyne]

You mean US! I wont mention how many tiramisus I devoured!

[QUOTE=PinkieLee;439963]Candace works all the damn time... so she hardly ever posts. I saw she was online earlier, but she could be just checking from her phone. They didn't get back to Austin till almost midnight last night.

Yes, we will figure out a way to incorporate more healthy food/exercise so we don't overdo it next year. **ie, meaning ME*[/QUOTE
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[Dominique]

Originally Posted by PinkieLee

Sweet potato pie... come here hot stuff and let me smack you for mentioning that
!

(pout) did the wink mean you were just kidding? I like smacks (in the right place, properly administered)

Sugar is not our friend!

[foxyshaman]

Originally Posted by Yellow band

(pout) did the wink mean you were just kidding? I like smacks (in the right place, properly administered)

Sugar is not our friend!

Odd story kinda unrelated to weight loss but still....

I went to a San Pedro (holy cactus with psychotropic qualities) ceremony with a beautiful shaman from Peru. It was a 10 hour ceremony. But.... when drinking the horrible (and I mean horrible) concoction my prayer of intent was for love. On the way home the next day my GF (ex now) and I stopped for coffee and I got a sweet. I then got sick. It took me a few times to realize that sugar now made me sick. I was cured of my addiction to sugar (unfortunately not high processed white flour food ugh) and have not had a real craving since. I have eaten sweets, but I always pay for it. Sugar is so not my friend. The reaction is IMMEDIATE.

Anyway, just sharing a story that makes me happy.

[Dominique]

Originally Posted by Thinker

Great idea!

I think moderation is going to be critical for me in all of this. I will try. And I will be open to trying some of what is posted here. And we will *definitely* prepare our favorites with better health in mind. But pumpkin pie???? How will I ever resist???????

Like so many of us, I struggle with sugar. If I have even one cookie, or even one of those snack size halloween candy treats, it's all over. My sugar cravings start all over again. They are terrible! Fortunately, for me, Halloween isn't too bad as I don't like chocolate. But Thanksgiving and Christmas, cookies and pies. I struggle. Last year I had none, not even one. I knew it would be all over. However, I did make two sweet potato
pies with marshmallow topping. It was better than pumpkin pie and coolwhip or ICE CREAM and somehow, I made it through. Another really tempting thing for me, is all that bread...then I want butter.....I have to say no to it all, because I am like a *JUNKIE* give me some, and I can't stop, I'm on a binge. It's awful. So no thank you, teeth clenched for emphasis, because my relatives are food pushers. I try to avoid them as much as possible during the holidays, but there comes a point where I have to make an apperance.

Just a side bar, when I worked in the Hotel business, and I worked shifts, I always used I'm working, or I worked graveyard last night to be able to beg out, without the guilt trip. A couple times of me falling asleep on the couch during festivities, they stopped nagging me. LOL. Oh, I miss those days! to all of us. Sugar is not our friend.

[Kelt]

Originally Posted by Yellow band

Sugar is not our friend.

Mantra for the season

[foxyshaman]

Originally Posted by Thinker

Great idea!

I don't know how good I'm gonna be at this part though. I'm stubborn. There are some things that make Thanksgiving feel like Thanksgiving......and Christmas feel like Christmas (no offense to those who celebrate other holidays).....for me.

I think moderation is going to be critical for me in all of this. I will try. And I will be open to trying some of what is posted here. And we will *definitely* prepare our favorites with better health in mind. But pumpkin pie???? How will I ever resist???????

My pumpkin pie revenge this year was tart sized pumpkin pie. Instead of making a big pie I made two sizes of tarts... I cannot remember the points off the top of my head, however (looking inside deep cavern aka brain) each tart (rounded up) was worth two points. (???) The crust was where the points lived.

So, if you love it, and I do.... try making it different.

[Cowboi]

Baked chicken, baked sweet potato for dinner. Gotta get back on the wagon after the reunion.