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Costacat

Friday, September 06, 2002 - 08:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh geez, Nutsy. I can't remember how much I paid for the one time fee -- I think it was $49 USD. The monthly fee (deducted automatically from my checking account) is $29 USD. Not counting the one time fee, if you go three times a week it's a paltry $2.50 a visit. They are VERY good with their memberships -- if you are going on vacay you can get a travel pass to visit any other Curves. You can sign up in one and "visit" another regularly in your own home town (like if you decide to go to one by the office once a week). If you move and there are no Curves within some certain distance (can't remember but I'm thinking 25 mi) then you can "suspend" your membership.

Can you tell how impressed I am?

Does that mean I get a discount on your PC stuff? <snicker>

Nancy

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 11:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
2pt Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
servings | 60
estimated POINTS per serving | 2

Ingredients

1c light butter
1 1/2c sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp creme de menthe
2c flour
2/3c cocoa
3/4tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
12oz semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions


Cream butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla and creme de menthe in a large bowl. Add flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; blend in. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 8 to 10 minutes. Cool 1 minute before removing to wire rack. Makes about 5 dozen cookies

Nancy

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 11:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
my birthday cake..(today)..

Better Than Sex Cake

servings | 20
estimated POINTS per serving | 3


Ingredients

1 yellow Jiffy cake mix (25)
8 oz ff cream cheese (8)
1 large box sf vanilla pudding mix (8)
2 cups skim milk (4)
20 oz can crushed pineapple, drained (4)
8 oz tub ff coolwhip (8)

Instructions


Prepare cake mix as directed & spread in 9 x 13 pan. Bake about 15 min. While cake is baking, mix pudding mix, milk, & cream cheese; and allow to set in fridge. Once cake has cooled, top with pudding mixture (you may have to mix it a little when you take it out of the fridge to make it smooth), then top with pineapple, then top with cool whip. Store in the fridge. Cut into 20 pieces.

Special Notes


Total points 57 divided by 20 = 2.85pts, I rounded up to 3. Also, if you can't find Jiffy cake mix you could probably use half of a regular yellow cake mix (it needs to be a thin cake to allow for the other layers)and make cupcakes out of the left over cake mix, but you'll have to refigure the points.

Nancy

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 11:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
2 pt. Chocolate PB Pie

servings | 8
estimated POINTS per serving | 2


Ingredients

4 TBSP Peanut butter
1 TBSP Honey
1 1/2 C. crispy rice cereal
1 pkg. SF chocolate pudding
4 TBSP. FF coolwhip

Instructions


In a small bowl, combine PB and honey, microwave on high 20 seconds. Stir in cereal. Press into a 9" pie plate & chill. Make pudding w/skim milk according to pkg. directions. Spread over pie crust and chill. Top w/Cool Whip.

Reader234

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 12:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
(ah, Nancy, my "better than sex cake, is CHOCOLATE!!" LOL, I guess I'd better say no more!! Yours however has better points, and is better than no dessert!! *beg*)

Costacat

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 06:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Nancy! That is MY FAVORITE CAKE!! I love it! Except I think my recipe has considerably more points!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

Nancy

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 07:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
yeh--you can prob substitue chocolate pudding for the vanilla as I think that's how i;ve had it b4--(when i ate high fat stuff LOL)...

thanks costa--off to look for some more yummies to share--

Costacat

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 08:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Nancy, you ought to just start a WW recipe thread. That way I can print out the entire set o' recipes you've got! Some of 'em are awesome!

BTW, for those of you watching your whatevers, I've heard (no personal experience, but two of my dearest friends swear by this) that the Healthy Choice frozen fudge bars are BETTER THAN real, full fat fudgcicles. Again, I don't know (sorry, I don't do diet to often) but Glo swears that one a night cures most everything that'll ail you AND puts a big old smile on your face! <grin> I've no idea of the carb count, but if you are craving chocolate/sweets, that might help.

Babyruth

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 08:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Costa, I'm confused, is Glo talking about sex or the better-than-sex cake?

Costacat

Monday, September 16, 2002 - 07:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey guys! How are you all doing? No one's posted here in days! And I'm missing Nancy's WW recipes! I've started a Word doc with all of 'em, so in case this thread ever gets lost I'll have 'em.

For those of you on Atkins, please be careful. I'm not so sure it's a "safe" diet. And I've been reading more and more press about it lately. And I saw this article in today's local paper and thought of you guys: Losing weight by the numbers.

Anyways, hope you all are doing well!

Aria

Monday, September 16, 2002 - 10:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey all! I figured since I started this thread that I'd better stop by and post in it! My diet is going well. I have managed to cut out some really bad habits (like snacking late at night and eating way too many carbs) and I have been exercising regularly.

I have also had a couple of set backs. One was a food related illness that lasted a couple of days and the next was a serious Asthma attack that landed me in hospital last week. I didn't even know I had Asthma until then. All is well now and I will be going to an allergy specialist to have my allergies reassessed soon. If anyone here has any advice about exercise and asthma it would really be appreciated.

I hope everyone else is doing great! BTW Nancy, thanks for that excellent Better Than Sex Cake recipe I will definately be making that soon.

Nancy

Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 07:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
hi cat--i'm going to start a new thread with ww recipes i think... i've lost 38 lbs as of this morning :)

Nancy

Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 08:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ok--10 recipes are out there on its own thread--let me know what your interested in in this thread and i'll find it for ya.. :)

Margie

Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 08:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Nancy, Congratulations on a terrific weight loss! :)

Nancy

Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 08:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks margie..its been 6 months of hard work but oh so worth it.. :)

Costacat

Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 11:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Nancy! What a star! That is an AWESOME weight loss!

Thanks for the new thread. I'm gonna go look for it right now...

Costacat

Monday, September 30, 2002 - 09:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thought it was high time to bump this thread up, and say hi! And see how y'all are doing.

I just got my second weighing/measuring after my second month at Curves. WITHOUT changing my diet, I lost another pound, and more inches (or really, parts of inches) everywhere. This month I did an experiment and ONLY worked out the three days a week (for the half hour to run thru the Curves circuit) to see what would happen. So just working out at Curves works! I know I've got the least amount of weight and inches lost at my Curves, but I don't really have a whole lot of weight to lose (5'10" 131 lbs).

My mom's joined Weight Watchers again and is doing great!

Reader234

Monday, September 30, 2002 - 11:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OK fine, I will stop in to curves AGAIN this week. LOL, thanks all for posting, and helping me!! ITs rough

Nancy

Thursday, October 03, 2002 - 06:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
~~bump

Costacat

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 06:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Reader... did you stop by Curves again? It's not so much just Curves, but the exercising. What I like about Curves is that it's QUICK. In 'n out in no time flat!

Best part? One of the women who works there could not believe how old I am! She thought I was around 33. Since I'm a good 12 years older 'n that, I told her I love her! <grin>

Nancy

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 07:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
yeh--exercise is key to good weight loss--i've only been once this week to the gym because i've got a bad cold and i can feel it...but i hope to make it tomorrow---

lol cat about the age thing :) i turned 44 on sept 11th and i'm now getting the 'younger' thing again--funniest for me is looking in the mirror and seeing my much skinnier butt looking back at me :)

Costacat

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 07:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Happy (slightly belated) birthday Nancy! Don't ya love it when people think you are so much younger? I've always gotten that (maybe because I'm not a conservative dresser, or maybe because my hair is so long and curly and a little wild?), but even more so lately.

I caught a half naked glimpse of myself yesterday and actually noticed a diff for the first time. Now my slighly skinnier butt still needs a tad bit of lift (funny what years of sitting at a computer will do to your physique -- or maybe NOT so funny!).

I'm getting ready to go walk to my farmer's market. Walking fast there -- great cardio! Walking back not quite so fast but loaded down with pounds of fruit and veggies -- great strength training. As long as I stay away from the french pastry guy (his lemon tarts are, I swear, to die for and the best I've ever eaten!). <grin>

Nancy

Friday, October 11, 2002 - 07:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
lol my boss called me skinny for the first time this week(after 44 lbs loss he finally noticed--Men!!!

but i'm not skinny yet even tho people tell me to stop i'm not even at the top of the ww weight range for my height yet(148) i still need to loss 18 to reach that --but i will grant you that with my gym work its distributed my weight differently i now have a waist again and i can see my hip bones for the first time in about 15 years :)

Costacat

Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 04:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Nancy! And congrats! At least your boss finally noticed SOMETHING! <grin>

Nancy

Friday, October 25, 2002 - 05:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Bump--

how is everyone doing in here :)