Mz Aretta!

I have been meaning to tell you that you looked so beautiful on Sunday!

The last time I saw you, you had braids and such a young spirit about you. You have truly matured into a gorgeous young woman. I know you'll be extremely successful. I am very proud of you and I'm glad we've had a chance to become friends.

And more importantly,
I hope you smell wonderfully delicious from using the treats from your graduation present! Heheheh!

Much Love!

Tiff

Humm I think I like the sound of this....

So I think you should check her out. I ran across this website on msn.com I think the the pic sums it up.

Enjoy...CLick Me Ya'll...

How 'Bout Some Cake!

Hahahahahah!

Happy Birthday Friar!

Baby Steps

Ok, here is my new thing. I have overcome the whole meatless living thing. However, that was replaced with frnch fries and chile rellanos. I read that if you make small changes every two weeks or so that the changes have a greater chance of sticking. So I am adding no fried foods to my list of don'ts. That will still leave cheese though. Giggle, giggle, tee hee...... And I think I am going to completely cut out sugar sodas and only leave diet sodas for carbonation emergencies. I have pretty much been liberated from soda but I want it to stay the same or get better.

I have a GREAT veggie cookbook for you "Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone". By far one of the best cookbooks that I have ever read. Even if I didn't have an interest in being a vegetarian the food sounds so good. The recipes are easy and the ingredients are easy to find.

I think that when my kitchen is done i am going to make recipes from this cookbook for my family and I don't think they will miss the meat that much. It will be hard at first because they are all eating drive through while the kitchen is out. But, oh well.

How 'bout the similac diet?

Hahahah! You know I had to throw my baby in there some where! That makes 3 posts in a row! I should be good til next week!

I just read your past posts...

My bad again...

Ok...I've only lost about 5 pounds all together, but I feel off the diet. I need to get back on because my skin isn't haven't it! After eating really well and drinking lots of water, for some dumb reason I decided to have ribs and coke Friday night. Of course I broke out! Dam Dam dam Gina!

Let's get it together...not just for our weight, but more just for our health in general. You know women out live men, so we need to be alive and healthy in our old ages...if ya get my drift!

Love you both! And see you next Sunday!!!!

Tiff

Good Website....

My bad on my terrible efforts to blog more...but look what I found.

http://www.theloseweightdiet.com/

It basically tells us what we know, but it also shows us how to calculate our calorie intake that's keeping us at the weight we're at!

I AM GRUMPY!!!

Well, I lost the two pounds that I gained back. That was after a PMS episode of fries and a chocolate shake. But I think that I need to get it together a little better. Yes, I have stuck to a vegetarian diet. With very little problem. Mainly because I can eat fries and chocolate shakes. But I must do better. It defeats the purpose of cutting out meat. So I think that I am going to try running. Yes, I will need the most amazing bra ever created by man or beast. I will continue to go to yoga. (But not on Mondays because the instructor is too chatty and a show off. By the end of the class I just sat on my mat with a "You've got to be kidding me!" look on my face. As she was standing on her hands with her legs in the air in front of her.)

While in line at Jamba Juice, I have noticed a book called "Chi Running" and it is supposed to teach you how to run properly so it isn't painful and you don't get injured. (I think that pain aspect will directly relate to what I am able to find in the way of an "over the shoulder BOULDER holder".) Anyhow, there is a website, www.chirunning.com and on the website there is a grocery list. Seems healthful and has information about fruits and vegetables that have the highest amount of pesticides. (http://www.chirunning.com/shop/pages.php?pageid=24&id=302)

So I am planning on cutting back on junk food and fried foods. Which brings me back to why I am grumpy. My house is covered in debris from the demolition of my kitchen. So I can't really cook. And I have PMS. I think that I planned this out really well. And for some reason there is a lot going on with work. And just the sound of my childrens voices makes me highly upset. Especially when coupled with the mess that they make all over my already debris filled house. That the dumb dog and cat walk through and drag the dust all over. And the cat drags it to his favorits spot behind the couch that he likes to pee. I need to go to sleep. And when I wake up I want it fixed. GOOD NIGHT!

Where is the Love?

Where are the post from three women that were so dedicated to living a healthier lifestyle? What happen to the support of talking about daily struggles and tips on food? Well if you have decided that doing this won't work for you anymore...at least post on the modifications to your diet and an update on how you feel vs. your weight loss.

Good Morting...

So i would like to make a few confessions. I have eaten, two servings of Meat sauce lasagna, a grande Carmel frappachino, and chicken fajitas. (wow it sounds so bad when you actually write it down.)Now, Although I am back on track, I have begun to include limited dairy. BUT> I noticed that I feel bloated almost all the time. I feel like, sort of heavy. I don't like it. But before, I craved dairy, BUT felt lighter and just better in general not eating it; plus drinking soy milk. I guess my main point is that since cheating, I notice a difference in my mood, energy level, and face. (I AM BREAKING OUT) So i think it's time to go hard core for 16 more days. GRADUATION PEOPLE>ugh. So keep steady and strong my SISTAH'S so we glow with health, beauty and slenderness on the loverly May 20th 2007!

For the love of......

Fried Chicken. This morning (after a trip to Jamba Juice) I came home feeling good. Thinking that this whole vegetarian thing was ok. I found a way to make it work. It doesn't even require a lot of thought anymore (mainly because I am ok with dairy; vegan would be too much I think). AND THEN, as I pass the counter to open a sliding glass door I notice a magazine from yesterday's newspaper sitting all by itself on the counter. And on the cover, a picture of fried chicken.

I think to myself, "Hmm, fried chicken. I used to love fried chicken but I am a vegetarian. Boca chicken patties are yummy and close enough. And I AM A VEGETARIAN. I can feel my clean veggie blood pumping so smoothly through my veins. And I love it." (All while I sip on the rest of my delicious Matcha Green Tea Mist with a protein boost.)

So I open the sliding glass door. Fresh air. Birds chirping. My roses looking really lovely. I am at one with the natural world. After all, I am a vegetarian. (Granted only for the last month. But that is a small detail.) Wonderful. I have my comfy workout clothes on because I am going to yoga in a little while. Like Ghandi. I love all living creatures. (Except that stupid cat who lives to shed his fur all over the house.) I breath in through my nose and out through my mouth. Lovely day. I am in God's grace.

Then, I pass the counter again. I reach for the magazine with what seemed, at first, to be very average looking fried chicken on the cover. I think I should throw it away. After all. I am a vegetarian. (And if I were to ever make fried chicken again I already have a kick butt recipe that involves buttermilk and lemon; and that is all I am saying.) Then, upon closer inspection, this wasn't ordinary fried chicken. This was "Dixie" fried chicken. This was "Scott Peacock's Famous Fried Chicken".

WHAT FAMOUS FRIED CHICKEN?! (but wait, I say in a small voice, "Aren't I a........vegetarian?") I love fried chicken. I love Popeye's Fried Chicken. (Spicy with honey to dip it in, please.) I love, love, love Roscoe's Fried Chicken. (No waffle please. It will only fill space in my stomach that could have been filled with delicious fried chicken.)

But alas, I am a vegetarian. Is this the devil's temptation? This must be a supernaturally sourced. The devil wants me to die from heart disease when I am 35. He is playing dirty with the "Famous Fried Chicken". I am sure that is it. So I am going to read the article. (Even though I am sure that my recipe is far superior to Scott Peacock's recipe.) Maybe I can take a short power nap and dream about fried chicken. Then I will go to yoga. Yes, that is the answer. After all, I am a vegetarian.