Good Morning Everyone,
Hi Donna,
Here with my morning coffee, loved reading your post. It's wonderful getting to know you, sure wish we were closer and could get together. Hope your sons find a home that they can enjoy, purchasing a home is a great investment for anyone, it is the same advise I gave my own two boys. My older boys are 23 and 21. I think I will make that Sheppard's pie recipe tonight. It seems very simple. I belive that it will be hit with the entire family. I cook one main meat dish and vegetables which I can eat then I add a starch like rice etc for the rest of the family. We eat in all the time. I cook everyday for my family. I plan ahead and always ate the right type of foods, but I also ate too much Ice cream and other things that was not good for me. I started this when I came to Canada, nine years ago. Before comeing here I never had a weight problem and looking back it was because I was very busy with my job, family, friends and I ate well but never with any excess and kept very active, I went to the gym five ( 5) times a week. It was quite a change for me, I had left my family and life long friends behind to be here with my husband. I then had two babies nearing the age of 40 and got into a rutt. I became so tired, and wanted to rest or sleep all day, I began to feel depressed and home sick for Trinidad and my family there. I knew that I needed to change things. I knew I had become boardline diabetic and not fit. My Dad is a diabetic who has managed to keep it under control through his diet. My two younger ones and my husband as well as the older boys needed me to be around for a long time. So when Cindy decided to go on Atkins to lose weight I went along for the ride, I did not know at that time that it would make me feel so good and would have so many benifits daily. We have been on this plan 8 weeks, we talk everyday she is my support and hopefully she thinks that I am her's. I have lost some weight, but best of all I have regain a part of my life and Joy in myself.
I never want to go back. If I fall off I will get back on at once. I know this is how I must live my life.
I love the forum, it is part of my daily life to come here.
The only thing missing right now is to excise. I need to go out and join a gym, for now I am just trying to catch up with delayed house work. Yesterday I cleaned and I mean really cleaned my kitchen cupboards. Keeping very busy. We will be outside alot over this weekend. We are going out to cut our christmas tree. Lots of fun planned. I am also going to bake some cookies with the wee ones. I will be enjoying the smell. My older boys grew up eating so well. Because I was in a rutt I was teaching my little ones an unhealthy way of life, since being on this WOL their WOL is also better. I just have to convince my husband to come along for the ride. It will take time and gentle push in that direction
Also I am not that computer savey. I leave that to my sister in law.. as you can see from my profile there is no photo of myself and very little information. I am waiting until she can do it for me. The next time I visit I am going to take my laptop. To get the additional smiles etc, I just go to advance post and click on the faces there. Go try it.
I will say hello to 'fredsMom for you. Hope I did not bend your ear too much. I hope you have a good day.
Thank you Donna.
To all the other girls:- Keep posting and reading. Hoping to see you all back soon. If not have a great weekend. Will check back tomorrow and next day and so on and so on
Let keep us together.
Warmest Regards,
Joy
They are already sliced and each piece is a different flavour. I also bought some cranberry bread to make stuffing. Joy has made a great sausage stuffing but it needs a binding agent so this bread is perfect. I was thinknig that we would make a completely LC dinner and not tell everyone until after. Except for the mashed potatoes. Well, I need to get my butt in gear and clean out my pantry which is threatening to spill out every time i open the door. 
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