Re: Fessing up. It's bad...

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Oh my gosh! I HATE those little animal cookies, because they are SO

delicious and I never had ANY idea how many calories were in those

things!!! My kids love them and beg for them every time we go to the

store, but I try to keep them out of the house because I could easily

eat a full meal's worth of calories without even stopping to take a

drink of water. ACK!!!!! Bad, bad, bad, bad cookies!!!!

Twinmom

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> I love them so much. It's like those pink-and-white

> frosted animal cookies. Those are heroin to me (smile).

> Eileen in very cold OR.

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Well, I did this baked spaghetti casserole, a little strange, but hubby took (small dose of ) seconds, which almost never happens. And because there's only the three of us, a 9x13 casserole will easily do three dinners. Tonight, we finished off some leftover squash, but I have salad stuff for the other days. If anyone wants the link, it's here: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Three-Cheese-Spaghetti-Bake/Detail.aspx?ARBMID=842 & ARFMTID=1

it's not necessarily weight loss oriented (smile), but you could make changes. The original recipe was vegetarian, but I added browned ground beef, chunks of onion and mushroom to the tomato sauce; that might be why mine seemed a little dry; the mushrooms would have absorbed some of the liquid. I think if I were to do it again, I would make pasta ahead of time and cool. The sauce mixed INTO pasta (not the sauce on top) was basically eggs mixed with cheese and onion, and of course, the egg wanted to set up as soon as it hit the hot pasta. You could also use low-fat or fat-free cheese, egg whites only and add chunked veggies to jarred sauce, like zucchini, carrots, celery. And, whole-wheat pasta. We'll make this healthy yet!

For the workweek, I am taking rice cakes (I actually don't mind them; the lightly salted and white cheddar ones are quite good) to snack on. They are good with my ever-present herbal teas, and they usually keep me out of the vending machine. I also bought a package of "peanut butter choc chip" flavor for daughter to take to school (comm. college - just a mile from here) That sounded a little too much like "dessert" to me but she said she'd test them. A lot of people call them styrofoam but as a lifelong nibbler/grazer, I need the chewing action. If someone doesn't like them or makes fun of them, that's fine. All the more for me 8>

Re: ganglion. Now that I know what it is (I hoped it was something like that), I can manage fine just leaving it alone. I live in sneakers, so it's not a problem for shoes. I'm just glad it wasn't anything serious.

Now, I think I will make an early night of it; take my meds like I'm supposed to and get more than 6 hours of sleep. What a concept!

Eileen in not quite as cold Oregon

-----Original Message-----From: 100-plus [mailto:100-plus ]On Behalf Of ABrite@...Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 7:55 AM100-plus Subject: Re: Fessing up. It's bad...

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If I do it after work, I need to know what I'm doing for dinner because it will be nearly dinnertime when I get home. OK, plan a big meal on Sunday, like roast chicken etc. that we then use for dinner on Tuesday and Thursday. Fail to plan = plan to fail, I know.

Hey - crockpot too!! And, if you do it afterwork, then with the travel home time, you might not be hungry right away, so it may not be a crisis. Does dh fend for himself if he gets hungry, or does he wait for you?

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In a message dated 1/14/2007 9:28:51 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, ebax@... writes:

Well, I did this baked spaghetti casserole, a little strange, but hubby took (small dose of ) seconds, which almost never happens.

It sounds good - and I hate to say, I probably wouldn't tweak it too much right off the bat. Get the kids used to it, then start making changes one by one LOL. Sounds good. Glad hubby liked it. The meatloaf I planned last weekend for after the ds' BB game... he liked it (yay me!) and even "asked" for it Monday night - wooooohooooo! This is from a kid that hates leftovers almost as much as I do, but I wasn't about to slap that one down...

For the workweek, I am taking rice cakes (I actually don't mind them; the lightly salted and white cheddar ones are quite good) to snack on. They are good with my ever-present herbal teas, and they usually keep me out of the vending machine. I also bought a package of "peanut butter choc chip" flavor for daughter to take to school (comm. college - just a mile from here) That sounded a little too much like "dessert" to me but she said she'd test them. A lot of people call them styrofoam but as a lifelong nibbler/grazer, I need the chewing action. If someone doesn't like them or makes fun of them, that's fine. All the more for me 8>

I hadn't really even considered them again. I am gonna have to do that - get some to try out again.

Now, I think I will make an early night of it; take my meds like I'm supposed to and get more than 6 hours of sleep. What a concept!

Ahhhhh but it isn't happening for me tonight (Friday) - I am sure I will be up late and want to get up early to hit Curves.... Sunday, I will make my sleep in day (LOL!!) I really need to get my meds going in again for sleep. I haven't been taking them and it shows. I just go to bed and my mind starts running.

Eileen in not quite as cold Oregon

We've had the strangest week, I think, for weather here in WA. It was really super cold last weekend - sub zeros, etc.... brrrrrr.... got some snow... then it warmed up. Tonight, the roads were all clear, side streets mush. Yuk (was like 34 at last count)....

p.s. I know you have had a rough week Eileen - if you make it to WW Sat don't be discouraged if the scale is not friendly, ok..? Stress really does play a number in that. :'( Hugs!