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OSSIE: A question about green and red bell peppers: I’ve heard that both colors of peppers should be cooked before eating them if you’re watching carbs or sugars. Is that true? Is one better for you than the others of the red, orange or green bell peppers? I like them in lettuce salads with raw veggies but it they are cooked they would be mushy. I don’t like mushy peppers. But I need to know what is the correct thing to do with them, so I can do the healthy thing. Thanks.

Hi, thats wonderful news NANCY 10 pounds, WOW I’m impressed, well done to you.
Thanks very much OSSIE, I’ll give it a try (in moderation).

Hi everyone,It’s going to rain here on Sunday.We will have a good Easter meal.Part of the family is out of town so we will not have as many around the table.
Jackiee,it is good to hear from you.I do not get into how to cook with my girls.They are great cooks.Robin loves to make breads and makes many kinds.I usually eat a little if I feel it is to rich.It is usually made with King Arthur flour.Sometimes whole wheat sometimes not.Hey I have lost 10 pounds now .I am eating whole food and leaving the boxed stuff alone.Am also using the menus amount suggestions.Have been doing more outside ,that helps too.
I’m learning how to eat for the long run.This program has helped me get going.
Have a Happy Easter all. Nancy

lol Apensa, teasing those poor ducks, their probably hocked on white bread anyway. Cheers for the tip, think I’ll do the same now with the emails and just check the site for topics of interest. Save myself getting annoyed.

Hi everyone, hope you are all ok.

PPEEDLE, praying everything goes ok for you, keep us all informed how you get on. I hope you find the motivation to get back on the treadmill and stick to the healthy eating, so those ever few pounds melt away.

NANCY, the home made bread sounds yummy but have you tried getting your family to try baking with different flour that trim down recommend.

BEV, oh I do hope your new nasal mask makes a different, can’t imagine how tough it must be to lose your bounce and I bet Bill would prefer to have cheery Bev about the house. Fingers crossed you also find energy to get some walks with the camera in over the weekend.

ANNA, SHARON & LUCKYLADYKY, excellent news about the weight lose, hope that keeps up for you all.

APENSA, I was a little annoyed again with the last email from Trim Down, regarding the water retention. I should now by now not to spend so much time reading it all but I got pulled into reading it because I suffer from this type of pain, but as I kept reading I just knew it wasn’t an email giving information about how to prevent it but an email that started by encouraging you to stop medication tablets only to be replaced by YIP other tablets!!!! oh I was annoyed with myself for spending the time reading it as I genuinely believed it was giving me some information to help me, ah well, maybe this time I’ll learn.

EBENNER, hope your enjoy eating so much food and losing weight, it is very surprising at first.

LYNNM, glad your trimmer, I’m on a plateau just now so hopefully that will change soon.

ANNA- 1982virgo, good luck with your healthy eating plan and hope your plans on starting a family come about soon.

Well folks, I am still trying to limit my time on-line with the headaches but at least I have specialist appointments now for these and my ankles which seem to cause me tons of pain in the evening, especially if I’ve walked in the morning. However with the Easter holidays my little one is home so at least I get a break from the walking, even if my flat does turn into a playground for angelina and her mates. Today, I had 2 of her mates in the morning, 1 for lunch and then off to the park with tons of mates in the afternoon, I started a queue at the swings with the kids, which I had to push, but it was fun because we done counting in both English and Italian while the kids took turns. I’m looking forward to Easter Sunday at church, then onto family lunch and relaxing day with them all. I do hope everyone that celebrates Easter has a blessed Easter weekend and a wonderful weekend to everyone else. Take care, happy healthy eating all x

Hi all! Welcome newcomers! I usually see this post come into my email which is great because I always have my smartphone with me and this group really keeps me motivated. But I suddenly realized that I haven’t gotten a “2013 Newbies” email in a few days and figured I’d better make sure the group is still going. 🙂

Well, the job layoffs started today, so we’re all nervously waiting to see if we get that call to visit the HR office. I had lost 5 pounds but gained about 4 of them back in the last week. I haven’t been on the treadmill this week either…naturally the anxiety is keeping me awake nights and I haven’t had the morning get go. I know exercise is supposed to help with stress, but I just can’t get myself there. I did get the swg english muffins and with some organic cream cheese that’s been my stress eating….better than chocolate chip cookies, otherwise I’d be more than 4 lbs up by now!!! :-). Anyway, I do have a unique skill set that no one else in the organization had, was originally hired for that purpose (it was a brand new position I had stepped into), and I just keep hoping the powers-that-be still think they need that role!

Anyways enough of the sad stuff…after an unprecedented warm spell we have no more snow! We still get a small bit but it melts right away. I shouldn’t get too excited…we’ve had Sheila’s Brush as late as April before, but I don’t care…I expect to see the crocuses popping through the ground any time now! Good thing too because it’s been over 6 weeks and my snowblower still isn’t fixed!

With Easter weekend a few days away I’m trying to keep our big turkey dinner reasonably healthier. My family is picky so I can’t change the stuffing…my plan is to have mostly vegetables, minimal stuffing and minimal gravy. Good Friday is traditionally fish at our house, but for me its pasta because I hate fish. So I found some whole grain pasta shells, and I’ll make an Alfredo sauce with some organic cream cheese and skim milk…probably still not the best but I’m sure it’s better than the store-bought stuff I used to use.

Must toddle off…happy holiday weekend!

Ossie, thanks for your reply; I was on 1000-1200 calories to lose weight but as of this morning I am down 4#! just from 3/21 when I
signed up so I’m jazzed. I love that I can go in to menu planner and exchange foods.
ebenner