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Amberle3 · 2003-12-27T04:26:45+00:00

I went to the doctor yesterday just to get a prescription rewnewed. A few years ago my doctor moved from his little suburban office to a downtown clinic. The problem with this is that the support staff is sometimes reluctant to make actual appointments for him and when they get busy they just tell his patients to come in on a walk-in basis. So I spent 2 hours in the waiting room, well, waiting. When I finally got in to see my doctor he was appalled at the wait and gave me some sample packets of my prescription as an apology. I love my doctor 🙂 Actually he's a wonderful doctor, which is the only reason I put up with his new office. So all I was there for was my prescription. I ended up being told to pee in a cup, and getting blood tests and a mono test run. Maybe that would explain why I've been feeling a little run-down lately! DF arrives for the holidays sometime on the weekend. He's driving, so what time and even what day he arrives will depend on the weather and the roads. I stepped on the scale Wednesday, not really sure why. It read 216. Which I thought was pretty unusual, since it was 219 on Monday. I checked it again today - still 216. Now to see what it is this coming Monday for my official weigh-in! And I discovered something I found very interesting when comparing cookbooks. I have 2 books that I've been relying on pretty heavily for good recipes since I've started cooking more healthily (is that a word?). One is the Weight Watchers Simply Delicious Winning Points Cookbook, 2003. The other is called "Secrets of Low Fat Cooking" by Woodruff, 1995, with most recipes having less than 1 gram of fat per serving. I was looking for a recipe for Shepherd's Pie and compared the recipes in both books. The WW recipe makes 6 servings, and has 269 calories, 7 grams of fat, 5g of fiber and comes to 5 points. The Fat Free Cooking one makes 6 servings, has 265 calories, 3 grams of fat, 5 grams of fiber and comes to 4.5 points. BTW the WW one has no cheese in it, the FF one does. I think this cookbook has spoiled me, because when I look through the WW book I keep thinking that the recipes are higher in points than I thought they should be, or have more fat in them. I don't know if the FF cookbook is still available anywhere - I got it at a book sale several years ago. But it's fast becoming my favourite book. There's a Fat Free Desserts cookbook too! Amberle3 -- Amberle3 249/219/215-minigoal/150? Renewed my commitment to me 3/30/03 - Happy Healthy Holidays Exercise Challenge: http://www.angelfire.com/me4/travelgirl/hhh.htm - New Year, New You Weight Loss Challenge: http://www.angelfire.com/me4/travelgirl/nyny.htm - Take Heart, Take Part Exercise Challenge: http://www.angelfire.com/me4/travelgirl/thtp.htm

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Amberle3
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27 December 2003, 04:26 UTC #1

I went to the doctor yesterday just to get a prescription rewnewed. A few years ago my doctor moved
from his little suburban office to a downtown clinic. The problem with this is that the support
staff is sometimes reluctant to make actual appointments for him and when they get busy they just
tell his patients to come in on a walk-in basis. So I spent 2 hours in the waiting room, well,
waiting. When I finally got in to see my doctor he was appalled at the wait and gave me some sample
packets of my prescription as an apology. I love my doctor 🙂 Actually he's a wonderful doctor,
which is the only reason I put up with his new office. So all I was there for was my prescription. I
ended up being told to pee in a cup, and getting blood tests and a mono test run. Maybe that would
explain why I've been feeling a little run-down lately!
DF arrives for the holidays sometime on the weekend. He's driving, so what time and even what day he
arrives will depend on the weather and the roads.
I stepped on the scale Wednesday, not really sure why. It read 216. Which I thought was pretty
unusual, since it was 219 on Monday. I checked it again today - still 216. Now to see what it is
this coming Monday for my official weigh-in!
And I discovered something I found very interesting when comparing cookbooks. I have 2 books that
I've been relying on pretty heavily for good recipes since I've started cooking more healthily (is
that a word?). One is the Weight Watchers Simply Delicious Winning Points Cookbook, 2003. The other
is called "Secrets of Low Fat Cooking" by Woodruff, 1995, with most recipes having less than 1 gram
of fat per serving. I was looking for a recipe for Shepherd's Pie and compared the recipes in both
books. The WW recipe makes 6 servings, and has 269 calories, 7 grams of fat, 5g of fiber and comes
to 5 points. The Fat Free Cooking one makes 6 servings, has 265 calories, 3 grams of fat, 5 grams of
fiber and comes to 4.5 points. BTW the WW one has no cheese in it, the FF one does.
I think this cookbook has spoiled me, because when I look through the WW book I keep thinking that
the recipes are higher in points than I thought they should be, or have more fat in them.
I don't know if the FF cookbook is still available anywhere - I got it at a book sale several years
ago. But it's fast becoming my favourite book. There's a Fat Free Desserts cookbook too!
Amberle3
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Amberle3
249/219/215-minigoal/150?
Renewed my commitment to me 3/30/03
- Happy Healthy Holidays Exercise Challenge:
angelfire.comhhh.htm
- New Year, New You Weight Loss Challenge:
angelfire.comnyny.htm
- Take Heart, Take Part Exercise Challenge:
angelfire.comthtp.htm

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Miss Violette
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27 December 2003, 04:27 UTC #2

I hope you have a great time with BF during his visit, Lee
Amberle3 <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:
I went to the doctor yesterday just to get a prescription rewnewed. A few years ago my doctor
moved from his little suburban office to a downtown clinic. The problem with this is that the
support staff is sometimes reluctant to make actual appointments for him and when they get busy
they just tell his patients to come in on a walk-in basis. So I spent 2 hours in the waiting room,
well, waiting. When I finally got in to see my doctor he was appalled at the wait and gave me some
sample packets of my prescription as an apology. I love my doctor 🙂 Actually he's a wonderful
doctor, which is the only reason I put up with his new office. So all I was there for was my
prescription. I ended up being told to pee in a cup, and getting blood tests and a mono test run.
Maybe that would explain why I've been feeling a little run-down lately!
DF arrives for the holidays sometime on the weekend. He's driving, so what time and even what day
he arrives will depend on the weather and the roads.
I stepped on the scale Wednesday, not really sure why. It read 216. Which I thought was pretty
unusual, since it was 219 on Monday. I checked it again today - still 216. Now to see what it is
this coming Monday for my official weigh-in!
And I discovered something I found very interesting when comparing cookbooks. I have 2 books that
I've been relying on pretty heavily for good recipes since I've started cooking more healthily
(is that a word?). One is the Weight Watchers Simply Delicious Winning Points Cookbook, 2003. The
other is called "Secrets of Low Fat Cooking" by Woodruff, 1995, with most recipes having less
than 1 gram of fat per serving. I was looking for a recipe for Shepherd's Pie and compared the
recipes in both books. The WW recipe makes 6 servings, and has 269 calories, 7 grams of fat, 5g
of fiber and comes to 5 points. The Fat Free Cooking one makes 6 servings, has 265 calories, 3
grams of fat, 5 grams of fiber and comes to 4.5 points. BTW the WW one has no cheese in it, the
FF one does.
I think this cookbook has spoiled me, because when I look through the WW book I keep thinking that
the recipes are higher in points than I thought they should be, or have more fat in them.
I don't know if the FF cookbook is still available anywhere - I got it at a book sale several
years ago. But it's fast becoming my favourite book. There's a Fat Free Desserts cookbook too!
Amberle3
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Amberle3
249/219/215-minigoal/150? Renewed my commitment to me 3/30/03
- Happy Healthy Holidays Exercise Challenge: angelfire.comhhh.htm
- New Year, New You Weight Loss Challenge: angelfire.comnyny.htm
- Take Heart, Take Part Exercise Challenge: angelfire.comthtp.htm

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Amabile
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27 December 2003, 04:27 UTC #3

Not to worry. My musings ramble too and actually I think your musings pointed out a very good thing
for you--you dropped 3 lbs! That is great!
--
Yet another of those brilliantly amiable Amabiles
"Amberle3" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:
I went to the doctor yesterday just to get a prescription rewnewed. A
few years ago my doctor moved from his little suburban office to a
downtown clinic. The problem with this is that the support staff is
sometimes reluctant to make actual appointments for him and when they
get busy they just tell his patients to come in on a walk-in basis. So
I spent 2 hours in the waiting room, well, waiting. When I finally got
in to see my doctor he was appalled at the wait and gave me some sample
packets of my prescription as an apology. I love my doctor 🙂 Actually
he's a wonderful doctor, which is the only reason I put up with his new
office. So all I was there for was my prescription. I ended up being
told to pee in a cup, and getting blood tests and a mono test run.
Maybe that would explain why I've been feeling a little run-down lately!
DF arrives for the holidays sometime on the weekend. He's driving, so
what time and even what day he arrives will depend on the weather and
the roads.
I stepped on the scale Wednesday, not really sure why. It read 216.
Which I thought was pretty unusual, since it was 219 on Monday. I
checked it again today - still 216. Now to see what it is this coming
Monday for my official weigh-in!
And I discovered something I found very interesting when comparing
cookbooks. I have 2 books that I've been relying on pretty heavily for
good recipes since I've started cooking more healthily (is that a
word?). One is the Weight Watchers Simply Delicious Winning Points
Cookbook, 2003. The other is called "Secrets of Low Fat Cooking" by
Woodruff, 1995, with most recipes having less than 1 gram of fat per
serving. I was looking for a recipe for Shepherd's Pie and compared the
recipes in both books. The WW recipe makes 6 servings, and has 269
calories, 7 grams of fat, 5g of fiber and comes to 5 points. The Fat
Free Cooking one makes 6 servings, has 265 calories, 3 grams of fat, 5
grams of fiber and comes to 4.5 points. BTW the WW one has no cheese in
it, the FF one does.
I think this cookbook has spoiled me, because when I look through the WW
book I keep thinking that the recipes are higher in points than I
thought they should be, or have more fat in them.
I don't know if the FF cookbook is still available anywhere - I got it
at a book sale several years ago. But it's fast becoming my favourite
book. There's a Fat Free Desserts cookbook too!
Amberle3
--
Amberle3
249/219/215-minigoal/150?
Renewed my commitment to me 3/30/03
- Happy Healthy Holidays Exercise Challenge:
angelfire.comhhh.htm
- New Year, New You Weight Loss Challenge:
angelfire.comnyny.htm
- Take Heart, Take Part Exercise Challenge:
angelfire.comthtp.htm

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Brenda Hammond
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27 December 2003, 04:27 UTC #4

"Amberle3" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:
I went to the doctor yesterday just to get a prescription rewnewed. A few years ago my doctor
moved from his little suburban office to a downtown clinic. The problem with this is that the
support staff is sometimes reluctant to make actual appointments for him and when they get busy
they just tell his patients to come in on a walk-in basis. So I spent 2 hours in the waiting room,
well, waiting. When I finally got in to see my doctor he was appalled at the wait and gave me some
sample packets of my prescription as an apology. I love my doctor 🙂 Actually he's a wonderful
doctor, which is the only reason I put up with his new office. So all I was there for was my
prescription. I ended up being told to pee in a cup, and getting blood tests and a mono test run.
Maybe that would explain why I've been feeling a little run-down lately!
Sounds like you have a dr. similar to mine. Mine is great, I first began going to him when I was
pregnant with Nicholas as the doctor I'd been seeing for the previous 20 years or so was no longer
looking after maternity cases. As it turns out I felt really comfortable with him and just decided
to keep going to him after Nicholas was born. He's been great with both of us and I have no plan to
ever switch!
Quoted message said:

DF arrives for the holidays sometime on the weekend. He's driving, so what time and even what day
he arrives will depend on the weather and the roads.
Hope DF arrives safely and you have a wonderful time over the holidays.
Quoted message said:

I stepped on the scale Wednesday, not really sure why. It read 216. Which I thought was pretty
unusual, since it was 219 on Monday. I checked it again today - still 216. Now to see what it is
this coming Monday for my official weigh-in!
Good luck at weigh in. Hope it turns out well.
Quoted message said:

And I discovered something I found very interesting when comparing cookbooks. I have 2 books that
I've been relying on pretty heavily for good recipes since I've started cooking more healthily
(is that a word?). One is the Weight Watchers Simply Delicious Winning Points Cookbook, 2003. The
other is called "Secrets of Low Fat Cooking" by Woodruff, 1995, with most recipes having less
than 1 gram of fat per serving. I was looking for a recipe for Shepherd's Pie and compared the
recipes in both books. The WW recipe makes 6 servings, and has 269 calories, 7 grams of fat, 5g
of fiber and comes to 5 points. The Fat Free Cooking one makes 6 servings, has 265 calories, 3
grams of fat, 5 grams of fiber and comes to 4.5 points. BTW the WW one has no cheese in it, the
FF one does.
I've got alot of recipe books, but most of them aren't low fat. I sometimes still use those books,
but create lower-fat versions of the originals.
Quoted message said:

I think this cookbook has spoiled me, because when I look through the WW book I keep thinking that
the recipes are higher in points than I thought they should be, or have more fat in them.

I've got one WW recipe book, picked it up at some type of book sale as well and I do use some
recipes out of it. There is one with pasta and scallops that is quite tasty, haven't made if for a
long time though.
Quoted message said:
I don't know if the FF cookbook is still available anywhere - I got it at a book sale several
years ago. But it's fast becoming my favourite book. There's a Fat Free Desserts cookbook too!
Amberle3
--
Amberle3
249/219/215-minigoal/150? Renewed my commitment to me 3/30/03
- Happy Healthy Holidays Exercise Challenge: angelfire.comhhh.htm
- New Year, New You Weight Loss Challenge: angelfire.comnyny.htm
- Take Heart, Take Part Exercise Challenge: angelfire.comthtp.htm

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