That's it - I'm throwing in the towel on the pre-packaged food diet. I just can't do it anymore and it did what I needed it to do to get me started and get some of the weight off but it's time for me to graduate to real food. Now to pick a diet (because I absolutely cannot keep going on my own). I need direction, ideas, motivation & the big one - accountability. So this week I will make a decision - Weight Watchers is at the top of my list but I've been looking into TrimLine (congrats to a friend of mine, Sue, that lost over 50 pounds on that diet plan). The only problem with TrimLine is that there aren't any in the county I live in but I'm going to do a little more research about that one. Ideally, in my perfect world I would have a plethera of chubby friends that would all be on a mission to lose weight and we would share recipes, exercise together, encourage each other and weigh-in in front of each other (and probably wear matching t-shirts, lose a ton of weight and be featured on the Today show for such an inovative idea - hey, I said in my "perfect" world). But in my non-perfect reality - not all my friends are chubby and all of them are busy. We can't even make time for our weekly Wine Wednesday lunch. And if Wine isn't a big enough motivator then talking about being fat surely isn't going to bring them out in droves.
What about a private Facebook page where whoever wants to join can - fat or thin (we need input and ideas from the skinny people too). I did something like this (about a year ago) w/a group someone started locally and it seemed to work pretty well. They charged $20 to join and then at the end of 12 weeks whoever lost the largest percentage of body weight won the pot. Everyone that joins this page can post their recipes, their struggles, their exercise ideas, and once a week we post our weight (a photo of our feet on a scale w/the weight displayed). Would anyone be interested? Like I said it would be a private page - if you join you need to participate (no creepers allowed). Hmmm... I'm kind of liking this idea (and it would be cheaper). Let me know what you think.
Oh, and my excitement for the weekend was I dropped my iPhone in the toilet (yep after I used it - #1 only thank you Lord) and I was a little shocked by my reaction time - I pulled that little package of knowledge out so fast you would have thought it was one of my children. Wrapped it up in layers and layers of toilet paper (I wasn't home) and then left the bathroom carrying what looked like a tiny baby Jesus (all swaddled up like that). Stuffed it in a bag of rice as soon as I got home where it stayed all by itself for the weekend. Without my phone all weekend I felt like a mom that feels like they left their child somewhere and doesn't realize it for awhile - ask my kids - I did that to all of them. It was for very short periods of time so they were fine. You know what I mean, that constant reaching for your phone and then the split second panic - where is it? It was very stressful. It does appear to be working but I guess they rarely go unscathed after being submerged in toilet water but we'll see.
RECIPE OF THE DAY - Mine
VEGGIE PIZZA (The veggies are healthy but that's about the extent of it)
2 pkgs. reduced fat crescent rolls
1 pkg. dry ranch dressing
1 C low fat Mayo
1 - 8 oz. pkg 1/3 less fat cream cheese
1 C Grated low fat Cheddar Cheese
2/3 C each of Broccoli, Cauliflour, Carrots & Tomato
Spread rolls on cookie sheet & pinch edges together. Bake as directed & cool. Mix together mayo., ranch dressing, cream cheese & 1/2 of the veggies. Spread over crust. Top w/remaining veggies & cheese. YUM!
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