thank you rosie for you contribution to this thread. I am happy for you that you are learning to incorporate healthier eating habits. yes diet sodas are so bad for us, well actually all chemicals that are added to food can plaque us. try to stay away from the center isles of the grocery store...that is where the non food items are sold and tempt us so. I eat at a health food store monday thru friday so get a good lunch then. I weighed in this morning at 158 would like to be 135 by my cruise in feb. I started drinking herbal teas in the evenings to replace the alcohol and it seems to be satisfying enough. I am an oral person. I am surprised I never started smoking.
have a great day.quinoa is a great grain that cook with instead of cracked wheat. they use it tabouli at the cafe. delicious and high in protein.
bizi

Bizi, I agree chemicals that are added to processed foods are slowly killing us. I try to eat mostly whole foods. You're lucky you never smoked. My DH and I stopped about 10 years ago. It was the best thing we ever did. In my day it was the thing to do. It's seems so funny now to watch the old movies, and how everyone is smoking.

I went to visit my granddaughter yesterday. She just delivered our first "Great" grandchild, a beautiful little girl, Sophia Catherine. I was telling her how when I had my son (her dad) 53 years ago, my cousin brought me cigarettes instead of flowers or candy. In those days they even let us smoke in the labor room at the hospital.

I have cooked quinoa, and I like it. I was a great fan of bulgur but I will switch and try to stay away from wheat. I'm following a wheat free diet as much as I can.

Where are you going for your cruise? I've been on cruises, and they are soooo much fun. The food is unbelievable. You have time to shed some pounds...think positive.

I've been going to the gym inconsistently but have been doing strength training at home on a more consistent basis. I lost a few pounds and have been maintaining. I gave some serious thought to my family and our eating habits. I don't like them and am making changes that my DH and DD are not liking. We don't eat many processed foods, very few in fact, since I cook almost everything from scratch. I do allow myself one can of Diet Coke a day and know I shouldn't be drinking any. I have spurts where I want to drink it but then decide not to for a while and go without.

Rosie 33 congrats on your new great-GD! I hear you on the lost and gained a few pounds thing. I've been doing that since my teens! But when I gain the lost weight back I've been gaining more than I lost. So this time it's not about the weight, it's about how I feel. If I loose pounds, great. If not...not sure how I'll feel!

Bizi I'm still wearing my larger jeans that I bought a year or so ago. They're very loose on me but I'm not ready to get back into my old jeans so I'm stuck wearing these uncomfortable jeans. I bought the jeans to get me through until I lost the weight and could fit back into my old jeans. Hasn't happened yet.