http://lise.buddyslim.com Diet, weight loss, fitness blog from BuddysSlim.com Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:01:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I first joined buddyslim last December right after Christmas. I didn't think it would take 11 months to lose 10 pounds, but the thing is, I've lost almost 8 in 5 weeks. I finally have a plan and it's working.  :) Joy, joy, joy. Happy, happy, glee........ I've mentioned in  my blog ... http://lise.buddyslim.com/2008/11/14/i-finally-lost-my-first-10-pounds/ I'm getting questions from people at the Weight Watchers meetings about what I've been eating and I thought I'd post a few in case you'd like to see them. I'm still figuring it all out, but I'm having good results and I feel really full throughout the day. So here are ... http://lise.buddyslim.com/2008/11/04/food-to-lose-weight/ Thank you Weight Watchers for teaching me how to eat properly again, and for giving me a plan I can stick to. I was happy to find out at my meeting this morning that I lost another 2 pounds this week. In two weeks I'm down 5 pounds! I'm telling ... http://lise.buddyslim.com/2008/10/24/5-lbs-down-in-2-weeks/ I joined Weight Watchers with a friend on 10/17, and last Friday when I weighed in - I LOST THREE POUNDS AND MY FRIEND LOST TWO!!! I was so happy because I felt like I had eaten a lot over the week - even homemade cookies. My friend and I decided if ... http://lise.buddyslim.com/2008/10/20/i-lost-3-pounds-my-first-ww-week/ I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE pumpkin. Pumpkin bread, pumpkin cake, pumpkin pie, if it has pumpkin I'm gonna eat it. So you can imagine my delight when at my Weight Watchers meeting on Friday the facilitator gave us a ZERO point pumpkin soup recipe. Did I make it the same day? ... http://lise.buddyslim.com/2008/10/13/low-cal-pumpkin-soup-recipe/ Talk about inspiring! For those of you who didn't see it, the yellow team (daughter/father) were below the yellow line and had to make a decision about who was going to leave the ranch. The dad was over 350 pounds and has many serious health issues. His daughter has been keeping ... http://lise.buddyslim.com/2008/10/01/did-you-see-the-biggest-loser-last-night/ It's been almost 45 days since I lost my job and got the privledge of getting off the crazy working mom career merry-go-round. I am so filled with gratitude about how my life has changed I swear, I want to put in on a bumper sticker (I got canned and ... http://lise.buddyslim.com/2008/09/17/loving-my-new-life/ A few days ago I was watching Susie Ormond on Oprah and she was talking to people about spending too much money. She was saying that when you get yourself in debt or don't have enough saved it is a reflection of what is going on in your life. I ... http://lise.buddyslim.com/2008/08/18/losing-weight-on-a-budget/ Thanks to the buddies who gave me a little kick in the right direction. It really helped. Especially Kama, who reminded me that this is about being healthy too, which is something I forget about. I'm usually more concerned about how I look in clothes and I forget that the ... http://lise.buddyslim.com/2008/08/13/im-back-on/ Hi buddies, I need your help. I need you to turn me around and kick me in the booty. I need some focus here. I do want to lose weight, I really do. I just can't seem to say "no" to the foods I love to eat....tortillas, guacamole, chips, you ... http://lise.buddyslim.com/2008/08/11/i-need-a-kick-in-the-a-can-you-help-me-out/