NJChick

If you love pumpkin, you'll love this.... at least I do. This recipe was give to me by one of my best friends who has lost 85+ lbs by following a Mediterranean diet. She is not banded. She is truly amazing and has learned to cook so healthy and wonderful. Thanks LINNY !!!!! You can adjust this recipe any way you like and it still turns out wonderful. 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1/2 cup chopped onion 1 cup chopped red bell peppers 1 clove garlic 1 pound ground chicken breast or turkey 2 (14.5 ounce) cans canned peeled and diced tomatoes 1 (15 ounce) can LIBBY'S® Pumpkin Pie 1 (15 ounce) can canned tomato sauce 1 (15.25 ounce) can canned kidney Beans, drained 1 (4 ounce) can ORTEGA® Diced Green Chiles 1/2 cup whole kernel corn 1 1/2 tablespoons chili powder 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper HEAT vegetable oil in large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion, bell pepper and garlic; cook, stirring frequently, for 5 to 7 minutes or until tender. Add chicken or turkey; cook until browned. Drain. ADD tomatoes with juice, pumpkin, tomato sauce, beans, chiles, corn, chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low. Cover; cook, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes. MY SUGGESTION, EAT THE NEXT DAY......... YUMMY !!!! You can put in what ever you want, any veggies, beans etc. I also put in to bulk it up, zucchini, squash, green beans, peas, carrots (canned). ENJOY !!!

I'll get it for you shelly...sorry it took me so long. This chili is sooooooo good, the next day its the best, the flavors just meld together.

I rarely go there and we have the dreaded drive thru. BUT not long ago I did go, I got a diet soda of course and looked at the menu for what I thought would be the best choice. I got the grilled stuft burrito w/chicken. Woofed it down, got back to work, looked at the nutritional list and almost puked. ALMOST 700 calories for one stankin burrito.... my heart jumped in my throat b/c here I'm thinking the same... how bad can it be...its grilled for crying out loud. I guess the sauce and cheese killed it. I haven't been back since. I'm not a fast food junkie.......I'm a dinner junkie, I like big meals. Micky D's suck IMHO... Burger King's whoppers are okay but THANK GOD they never call my name. I am also a cake and chips person...yes in that order.

My daughter can do it on command. I'll feed her some tuna salad b/4 I send her Just remind yourself that you DON'T want to be like miss shirley temple, tell yourself that her habbits disgust you. Maybe this will help w/the temptations. OR, you can put a note on her windshield that if she doesn't stop cooking at work, some one's gonna pop her tires :paranoid jk

Spydr, I heard the same about calcium loss. So what you need to do is drink root beer floats, the ice cream should take care of the calcium........... NOT JUST KIDDING !!! I couldn't resist. But seriously, I have heard that. The way to strengthen your bones is to do weight resistance exercise. I love diet soda and I'll miss it I'm hoping fear will keep me away, not just because of the band but because like Lisa said, its loaded with chemicals that are not healthy. You know whats a good cocktail. Crystal lite's sunrise and vodka. It taste just like a screwdriver Bottom line here..... is if you can tollerate it, have it as a treat and not a staple. Try to change our habbits to healthier ones, I mean that is why we all are getting banded or have gotten banded.....right? We wanna be healthy.

*yawn* boy naps are wonderful Beanie, I didn't feed the little one anything, she has not eaten all day. So I said to her about 1/2 hr ago... want ice cream DING DING DING !!! we have a winner. So I ran to the store, got her (yeah, her) some pnut butter ice cream & Cookies & cream. Got home made her a small bowl and she ate it and is laying down again. You really know when kids are sick, they lay like wet rags. I bought myself a big helpin of fresh sliced pineapple MMMMMM! Feels like a friday. Betty Boop, the cool air is perfect. Its light sweater weather, my favorite Sorry to hear about your computer going kablooie. Maybe a new one is in the near future, like christmas? Oh well, back to watching Disney.... wish she's switch to sponge bob for crying out loud LOL.

Woweee, my doctor is giving me off up to 6 weeks. If I ever get there LOLOL !!!!

GO BABY !!!! Its so nice to see you on such a high Ray and I'm glad you feel guilty if you don't exercise, that IMHO is a good thing. Hope your new fill is that "sweet spot" everyone talks about. HUGS & KISSES !!

Plan B always wins

So what does this mean to you Lisa? bottom line?

I agree with the gals. Talk to your surgeon. Good things are worth waiting for.

Betts - 21st GOOD LUCK BETTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good Luck Suzanne !!!!!

Ditto's little Chicklet !!! your amazing and congratulations

Lisa, do you have a fan? put the fan on and blow the smell back at her along with the lysol ROFL !!! I agree, whats this chicks problem glorifying her eating habbits? Sounds like she doesn't think she has a problem, she see's herself just like Shallow Hal saw his gf. ROFL. Oh, I'm 5'10" and the boys shorts work just fine, it covers everything. I get mine from either Lane Bryant or Roamans...can't remember. NO YOU DON'T want to be an ANA... NO NO NO !!!!

My little twisted sister... You do NOT want to be gray, no no no !!! Granny panties arent so bad. You should try the boys shorts undies, they are cute and comfy, no riding up the ol poop shoot thats for sure. Instead of getting out your credit card, why don't you play with those little goodies you sell. That aught to keep your mind occupied :)

3 days before aunt flo visits, I wake up in the middle of the night (each night) and gorge on anything I can get my hands on. Like a drunkin sailor I head on off to the kitchen 1/2 a sleep not knowing what I am doing...and not caring. It never dawned on me that it was the same time of the month I was doing this until a few years ago. In my case, the best thing to do is to NOT have the crap in the house, instead have healthier alternatives. But, then there's the next day and passing all those bowls of halloween goodies, and mexican foods, and ohhhhhhhhhhhh just everything DANG GUM IT!!! I'm right there with y'all.

A book !! oooh can I get a cut? I'm sorry things are slow there Beanie, I hope they pick up. Do you have your resume out there, just incase? I called the insurance company again... they said they would know by tomorrow...yeah okay. I got to work this morning and then about 9 am my sister calls and says that my DD is tossing her Cookies and is sick. So I got her in the doctors office pronto and now I'm home. Poor thing finally fell alseep. Hmmm maybe I should nap too :)

Thats cool !!

GOOD MORNING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well......... yes they can. I've seen it over and over again. Beanie good luck with the insurance knuckleheads. You know you have my prayers. PAT!!! even though I don't like seafood that menu sounds soooooooooooooo good. YUM!!! Glad you had a good time. Well its Thursday, lah tee dah lol. Its BEAUTIFUL outside today, nice crisp fall day. LOVE IT!! Its a warm apple cider donut day But since I don't have them, I'll settle for my south beach diet Cereal bar, cinnamon raisin..... you know, they are pretty darn good. I never buy them because they are expensive, but my grocery store had them on sale so I figured, what the heck. YUM!!! Goes nice with my Hazelnut coffee How is your world today ?

Thank you everyone My HR Department is on their ass. The are putting it thru a 48 hr expidited review (which my friend here at work who went thru the same crap told me to ask for...thank GOD for her) So I'm going to find out tomorrow, but in the mean time I still have to go to my doc for pre op stuff tomorrow morning. I'm going to call again today to see if they caved in LOL!!! Your all right....... I feel like an ass. Its just my nerves are kablooie This too shall pass. LOOK AT MY SIGNATURE duh duh duh !!! lolol LOVE YOU ALL !!!

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Embrace all equally! And there you have it !!!

The answer is FAT! if it taste good, its gotta be fat LOLOL!!! Betty, I'm glad your testing is over. What is with the younger generation, seriously, don't they have any sense of hmmmmmmm whats the word I"m looking for ?? oh... don't they have any COMMON SENSE ? hehehe. Even when I was 18, I still knew to dress up for an interview. But then come to think of it, years ago, people really got decked out for church, now everyone shows up (if they show up) in jeans. I guess the times change with the tide huh. Just think, in 20 years, they'll be showing up butt naykiddddd !!! Okay who can tell me where this came from? WITH OUT googling or yahooing it? Here we come on the run, with a burger on a bun, and a dab of coleslaw on the side. Your taste we will tickle, with a cold dill pickle, all of our potatoes are french fried fried fried! Our burgers can't be beat, because we grind our own meat, grind grind grind grind grind. And when you drive away, a tip upon our tray, we hope to find find find find find we hope to find find find find find

What can I say Sue, except DITTO's to what everyone has already posted. I'm very sorry the band did not work out for you but I am really glad that they figured out the problem and can work on getting you back to normal (for lack of a better word). Its a shame you had/have to suffer. You'll be in my thoughts and prayers. Eileen

Pat, have fun at the seafood thingy I second the notion for long pants. I like Beanies description of how they look ROFLMFAO~ I never wear them out b/c she's right, they make me look 4 x 4 x 4 (okay more like 6 x 6 x 6 ) My legs are so pasty white that they would look most scary. So Beanie, watcha have for lunch? I just had a bowl of mexican ckn soup, 1/2 a HUGE biscuit and a tiny salad....burp! BTW, I'm the same way about my coffee....touch it and GROWLLLLLLLLL WOOF WOOF!