We went out to dinner with friends tonight and we had italian. It was very hard to stick to a diet when eating italian food, not too much was healthy. I have no idea how to add up the points to what I ate, because honestly I'm not sure what was in my pasta for sure. I thought I ordered something simple, but it wasn't so simple when I got it. It was ( Read more... )

I think more than anything lately I am scared about this whole weight loss thing. I think normally a person would be afraid that they couldn't stick to the diet, therefore not lose the weight. But I'm scared of not being able to lose the weight despite being on the diet and being good ( Read more... )

Star_envy asked me if my icon is me....so maybe some of the rest of you are wondering too! Yes it is me...the picture came from a group of photos taken at my wedding last July. I have been married just over a year now, and it's amazing how quickly time passes ( Read more... )

Do you want John Roberts to reveal his views about a woman's right to choose abortion before the Senate votes on whether to elevate him to the U.S. Supreme Court? If you're like more than half of Americans, your answer is a resounding yes. Join us in demanding that Roberts let us know if he will uphold the protections for women's health guaranteed ( Read more... )

Well I didn't totally blow my diet after all, All those points I saved up during the week really paid off and I didn't go totally over my weekly allowance ( Read more... )

cramps are killing me tonight....I can't find anything to make me comfortable. I think it's more scar tissue than cramps, either way it hurts. I took a bath and it didn't help ( Read more... )

I'm not feeling too great today, I know my period is about to start and I have these sharp pains that come and go on my left side. One in my lower back and the other one starts at my ovary and shoots down my left leg. I know it will only get worse because I'm only spotting at this point. I really hate the waiting game I have to play with my period ( Read more... )

I really thought I threw my diet completely off today, but after I total all my points I find out that I did ok after all. I think I'm starting to get the hang of this. I had some tofu with veggies at lunch today, then for dinner had a really good chicken breast cooked in lemon and wine sauce. The italian place was so nice, they cooked it ( Read more... )

Losing those three pounds yesterday really inspired me and made me feel a whole lot better about this whole diet thing. I mean really, I'm not deprived by any means, if I eat small and healthy portions of stuff I don't have any trouble feeling hungery. It's when I do something stupid (aka La Salsa Chile-Lime salad..19 points) that I feel hungery. ( Read more... )

NOTE TO SELF: Do not eat the Lays Light chips made with Olestra (previously names Lays WOW chips) They taste yummy.....but go right through you along with everything else you eat 5 days later. They are being trashed tonight.