WHEW! Busy weekend. Tons of cleaning and cooking for my in laws, who came over yesterday for dinner. Salem's father is Moroccan, so I wanted to prepare a traditional Moroccan meal. I made Lamb Tagine, Cucumber Raita (a yogurt based salad), and Moroccan style cous cous. It was a huge hit!!! His dad even had THIRDS. So I was happy.
I guess all that cleaning and cutting up veggies and running up and down the stairs over and over doing multiple loads of laundry counted as exercise because I lost weight! For the first time in YEARS I am under 140, at 139.4 this morning!
Friday night I tried my hand at Pad Thai. It would have been AWESOME... except I screwed up the noodles. I guess I didn't let them soak long enough so they were still hard and we just basically separated all the chicken and sauce out and ate it and scrapped the noodles. Oh well I learned and will do better next time. :)
I am also excited because once I put in my capital loss in my tax return it dropped my AGI to the point where I qualified for a $2,000 educational deduction. Now I'm getting a refund that I'm happy about! Of course, it will be going straight into the Wedding Savings Account.
My sister-in-law told me about a cool savings/coupon website that I wanted to share with my fellow minded food shoppers on here. She actually got PAID money back she was so good with combining coupons. The lady's site she uses is Hip 2 Save.
THREE THINGS I'M GRATEFUL FOR TODAY: 1) Tax refunds 2) Family time 3) Finally being in the 130's
Have a great Monday friends!
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139.4 lb
Lost so far: 14.6 lb.
Still to go: 0 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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losing 4.7 lb a week
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Good Job on the loss!! It's always nice to see the number go down when you least expect it. :)
01 Mar 10 by member: closertofate13
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WoW.... great job on the loss!!! You are soo lucky that you can cook different culture foods. Honestly, I get nervous with trying something new so at time I just give up trying! lol... Its nice that one of us had a great weekend =) Can you do me a favor? can you PM me the website to that coupon website! Thanks soo much!
01 Mar 10 by member: Beautiful95828
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Hey Beautiful my work blocks the PM option here. The website is exactly how I spelled it above, just add on the .com at the end and you've got it. :)
01 Mar 10 by member: Chris1979
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Glad you had a great weekend!! Congrats on being in the 130's ... that is truly exciting!!
01 Mar 10 by member: madaboutmoose
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Congrats on the new low! oh, you morrocan food sounds good. Or just the thought that you go all out for his family, thats too sweet. Glad you have fam that likes it. ugh, i need to do my taxes.
01 Mar 10 by member: cindyshine
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Great job on the weight loss! Good news getting money back and also the cooking. You must have felt great to see your FIL enjoy feasting on it.
01 Mar 10 by member: chattycathy1955
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