Now that I'm back - the low down on me.

Smooches to my old friends and a happy hello to my new ones here!

I haven't been around in a long time, but I've never forgotten about
you all, and I've missed quite a few of you.

The oldies can skip this part, but here's who I am and what I'm about:

I started low carbing in January 1998, when my weight was 412 pounds.
As of December 2002, I got down to 220 or so, with a loss of about 190
pounds, but due to various reasons (most of them involving eating the
wrong foods - although I never went "high carb"), I did gain back
about 70. However, since January of this year, I've taken off 31 of
those pounds, and so I'm not too far off of my "low" of 12/02.

As of this past Saturday, I weigh 261. And just in case there are
lots of cute single guys lurking here - I'm about very youthful
looking 45, 5'4 with blonde hair, gray eyes, divorced, really nice,
funny, sweet, smart and considered a fairly good cook. LOL!

My goal is not a scale weight, per se, but, rather, a body fat
percentage of around 25%. I think that's a more accurate and healthy
way of judging weight loss than using a scale or clothing sizes.

If you've come to this newsgroup in the last two years, you may have
heard of me. I understand my cheesecake recipe is rather popular, as
are some of my others. My mother has been making a batch of my
lemon-blueberry muffins every single week for over two years because
my father eats one for breakfast every morning. I swear, the woman is
keeping www.almondsonline.com in business all by herself! Both my
parents low carb, and my father is maintaining a loss of 90 pounds.
My mother won't say how much she's lost, but I've never seen her as
small as this - she's wearing size 8-10 slacks, etc.

If you're wondering what I eat when I'm in serious low carb mode, I
keep my daily food rather simple. Usually I have two scrambled eggs
for breakfast, some sort of salad with tuna, chicken or salmon for
lunch, and meat and broccoli or cauliflower or whatever low carb
veggie I have on hand for dinner. On weekends, I eat a late breakfast
and skip lunch, but I might add bacon or homemade sausage patties to
my eggs. I stay away from the low carb junk food - except for an
occasional chocolate bar (it's a lunar thing, like being a werewolf).
Even though a low carb store opened up 18 months ago - literally
around the corner from where I live - I only go there to get DaVinci
syrups, and I steer far away from everything else. I drink at least
2-3 liters of water every day. I do drink one (that's just one) cup
of coffee in the morning, and that's all the caffeine I ever consume.
Okay, I occasionally indulge in a fine tea.

Okay, oldies, you can come back now.

Myra

Myra writes:
I understand my cheesecake recipe is rather popular,

*That* is an understatement ;-)

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Myra wrote:


If you've come to this newsgroup in the last two years, you may have
heard of me. I understand my cheesecake recipe is rather popular, as
are some of my others.

This sets a new standard for understatement!

Welcome back.

Susan

{{{{{Myra}}}}}

Welcome back!

Hugs & HappyDance!

Steve

p.s. You still owe me a batch of Macaroons!
(Just kidding!) :-) :-)

Myra wrote:
As of this past Saturday, I weigh 261. And just in case there are
lots of cute single guys lurking here - I'm about very youthful
looking 45, 5'4 with blonde hair, gray eyes, divorced, really nice,
funny, sweet, smart and considered a fairly good cook. LOL!

Hi Myra,

This is Ada. Posting from Google as AM because my newsreader has gone
nuts. From what I've heard you sounds like a cool gal and with
descriptions like that, you're going to get guys beating down your
door. So, hello to you and good luck with getting to your bodyfat
target. :-)

Ada

"Myra" wrote in message
...
Even though a low carb store opened up 18 months ago - literally
around the corner from where I live - I only go there to get DaVinci
syrups, and I steer far away from everything else.

I'm curious... is this a "local only" store, or the beginnings of a
franchise? What's the name of it?

Mark

Hi Myra,

Welcome back, although we've never met before. I'm a new face around
here, but thanks for sharing your story, and the best in your LC
journey

Nicole
290.5/181/137 monthly-goal: 6 month-start: 181 since: 19/04/2004

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 04:21:19 GMT, Myra
wrote:

Smooches to my old friends and a happy hello to my new ones here!

I haven't been around in a long time, but I've never forgotten about
you all, and I've missed quite a few of you.

The oldies can skip this part, but here's who I am and what I'm about:

I started low carbing in January 1998, when my weight was 412 pounds.
As of December 2002, I got down to 220 or so, with a loss of about 190
pounds, but due to various reasons (most of them involving eating the
wrong foods - although I never went "high carb"), I did gain back
about 70. However, since January of this year, I've taken off 31 of
those pounds, and so I'm not too far off of my "low" of 12/02.

As of this past Saturday, I weigh 261. And just in case there are
lots of cute single guys lurking here - I'm about very youthful
looking 45, 5'4 with blonde hair, gray eyes, divorced, really nice,
funny, sweet, smart and considered a fairly good cook. LOL!

My goal is not a scale weight, per se, but, rather, a body fat
percentage of around 25%. I think that's a more accurate and healthy
way of judging weight loss than using a scale or clothing sizes.

If you've come to this newsgroup in the last two years, you may have
heard of me. I understand my cheesecake recipe is rather popular, as
are some of my others. My mother has been making a batch of my
lemon-blueberry muffins every single week for over two years because
my father eats one for breakfast every morning. I swear, the woman is
keeping www.almondsonline.com in business all by herself! Both my
parents low carb, and my father is maintaining a loss of 90 pounds.
My mother won't say how much she's lost, but I've never seen her as
small as this - she's wearing size 8-10 slacks, etc.

If you're wondering what I eat when I'm in serious low carb mode, I
keep my daily food rather simple. Usually I have two scrambled eggs
for breakfast, some sort of salad with tuna, chicken or salmon for
lunch, and meat and broccoli or cauliflower or whatever low carb
veggie I have on hand for dinner. On weekends, I eat a late breakfast
and skip lunch, but I might add bacon or homemade sausage patties to
my eggs. I stay away from the low carb junk food - except for an
occasional chocolate bar (it's a lunar thing, like being a werewolf).
Even though a low carb store opened up 18 months ago - literally
around the corner from where I live - I only go there to get DaVinci
syrups, and I steer far away from everything else. I drink at least
2-3 liters of water every day. I do drink one (that's just one) cup
of coffee in the morning, and that's all the caffeine I ever consume.
Okay, I occasionally indulge in a fine tea.

Okay, oldies, you can come back now.

Myra

"Myra" wrote in message
...
| Smooches to my old friends and a happy hello to my new ones here!
|
| I haven't been around in a long time, but I've never forgotten about
| you all, and I've missed quite a few of you.
| snip
| Myra

Myra, a lot's happened with me since we talked last.

I moved to historical Williamsburg, VA a few months ago, where I'm GM of a
brand new Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott hotel (hmmm, maybe a great
place for a future ASDLC get-together? --- lots to do here!). My cat Yoda
and I are very happy here.

Also since we spoke last, I've visited two more corners of the USA by
Amtrak -- Florida (twice) and New York/New England (twice). Having made the
rail journey to southern California a couple of years ago, that just leaves
the Northwest. And I'm already planning a 2006 train trip to
Seattle/Victoria/Vancouver to visit Laureen and Larry.

My ill-fated near visit with you in L.A. has given me much fodder for
cocktail conversation. How I got within 75 miles, had a car crash and we
ended ended up giving our Lion King tickets to a nurse at the hospital we
ended up in so they wouldn't go to waste. *Sigh!* I was *that* close to a
slice of Myra's authentic amaretto cheesecake, specially made by the Queen
herself for my 50th birthday!

I was down to 215 pounds (from 270) and gained a few back because of
relocation, living in hotels with no cooking facilities. But I'm back on
track and am about 230 and dropping again.

It really is so good to have you back; it is simply not the same without
you. It's been kind of like the Wild West with the sheriff gone out of
town! Well, those bad guys better look out now! Myra's back!

Peter

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:21:54 -0800, "Scionyx"

p.s. You still owe me a batch of Macaroons!

You're not the only one!

(Just kidding!) :-) :-)

Whew - oven's on the blink right now anyway.

Myra

On 28 Feb 2005 13:09:15 -0800, "AM" wrote:

This is Ada. Posting from Google as AM because my newsreader has gone
nuts. From what I've heard you sounds like a cool gal and with
descriptions like that, you're going to get guys beating down your
door. So, hello to you and good luck with getting to your bodyfat
target. :-)

Hi Ada!

Did I forget to mention the guys all have to look like Gerard Butler,
with extra added bonus points if they have his accent and can play
classical guitar?

Myra