<p>I’m down almost 2 pounds since last Friday. Sort of surprised since I’m eating the same old stuff!</p>
<p>I like the idea of roasting the butternut squash before boiling it.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Mathmom!!!
I don’t know what I weigh since the battery in my scale died AGAIN! I replace that thing constantly. I think it is so sensitive that just walking into the bathroom turns it on and drains the battery. Anyone know of a better digital scale that doesn’t go through the batteries?</p>
<p>I like to buy that pre-cut squash from Costco too, but it seems to not last long…goes bad fast?</p>
<p>My scale is a Homedics…bought for $10 on the clearance “rack” at BBB…because it was a return without a box. I love it and the battery has lasted well over a year.</p>
<p>abasket- I search the Costco produce to check for the furthest out sell buy day. That is usually not the stuff at the top of the pile.
I used to make the soup without roasting the squash. The roasting pushes the soup to a whole new level of creamy goodness.</p>
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<p>If you only weigh yourself once a week, I’d take the batteries out and put them in right before you want to weigh yourself.</p>
<p>My OLD scale was a Counselor digital…it didn’t have the 10th pounds which is why I got a new one. I think I’ve had that Counselor for well over 10 years…and I might have replaced the battery…maybe twice. </p>
<p>If your batteries are dying that quickly…must be something wrong.</p>
<p>Hey, I USED to wear 26 in J Crew cords but no longer. Now I’m in the 27. Weight is actually a tad lower but I think menopause is thickening me around the middle. Darn. I hate doing planks and abs and stuff. I love walking/running but not the other stuff. </p>
<p>Pizza tonight, delivered. Thin crust, “easy” cheese.</p>
<p>sewhappy, my waist is much thicker, but the cords are lower cut so they cross my hips and they fit.</p>
<p>I have no food in the house. Boo! I hate going to the market on the way home. In the rain. On a Friday night. And with that symphony of misery, have a nice weekend everyone.</p>
<p>Happy food shopping, Alumother! I will have to stop at Costco on my way home, since my “fruit bat” hubby ate every single piece of fruit in the house (I hid the dried figs, phew!).</p>
<p>As far as sizing goes, I can no longer tell which size I really am: i have clothes in sizes 0 (Nordstrom’s Classiques brand pants) through 10 (vintage-y Gucci top), all fit perfectly! :eek:</p>
<p>I use leeks with my butternut squash soup recipe and two sweet potatoes. I think the soup tastes a little richer. </p>
<p>I also use a dollop of non-fat sour cream and chives as garnish.</p>
<p>You know, whenever this size/shape thing gets discussed, I think it would be funny to have a group meet-up and see if we could match people to their descriptions. OH! There are the two apple shapes, must be EK & Mom60. OH, and there’s a woman with short legs, must be Alum. And then we would all reassure each other that we didn’t have ANY figure flaws.</p>
<p>Yes!!!
I have thought about that and when one of the posters describes herself I think "Wow! That’s not how I pictured her at all!!</p>
<p>It would be funny to start a thread in which posters tell what celebrity they most resemble…I mean if you absolutely had to pick one.</p>
<p>I’m a Suzanne Plechette type mixed with a little Cindy (what’s her name from Laverne and Shirley). Of course, much more ordinary than either one of those women.</p>
<p>I looked like Meg Tilly when I was younger (and she was younger). Meg has aged more gracefully than I have, though…</p>
<p>How fun – My DH has always told me I look like Elizabeth Montgomery from Bewitched. When I had long hair and bangs and was younger people would tell me I look like Sissy Spacek.</p>
<p>My “aging gracefully while dressing young role model” would be Diane Keaton. But one can’t exercise oneself to bone structure like that . . .</p>
<p>ellenmenope – Meg Tilly is such a distinctive, quiet beauty. That’s so neat you look like her. </p>
<p>EPTR - wasn’t Suzanne Plechette on Bob Newhart? Classy looking lady. Do you have the great voice, too?</p>
<p>I’m a Hailey Mills with brown hair.</p>
<p>In my day, my best bet for looking like a star was Sophia Loren - basically same height, weight, coloring, and shape - but I was not remotely sultry and her body was certainly more…alluring…than mine. Then eventually I turned Rubenesque (so much less so now than last June - yay), but she sure didn’t! Maybe if I had her plastic surgeon and support garments 
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<p>No. but if I start smoking a pack a day, I could have it! I’m going to start a new thread for this. We need a fun diversion from all of the Penn State talk. Join in, ladies, to get it rolling.</p>
<p>Good news here…I’m wearing my second favorite pair of jeans…a size smaller than my favorites (due to size inflation) but I could NOT get these on two months ago. I’m happy. Now…if I could lose 5 more pounds…that would be great…maybe too much though.</p>