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Colleen Coble writes romantic suspense with a strong atmospheric element. A lovable animal of some kind--usually a dog--always populates her novels. She can be bribed with DeBrand mocha truffles.
Denise Hunter writes women's fiction and love stories with a strong emotional element. Her husband says he provides her with all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too.
Diann Hunt writes romantic comedy and humorous women's fiction. She has been happily married forever, loves her family, chocolate, her friends, chocolate, her dog, and well, chocolate.
Cheryl Hodde writes romantic medical suspense under the pen name of Hannah Alexander, using all the input she can get from her husband, Mel, for the medical expertise. For fun she hikes and reads. Out of guilt, she rescues discarded cats. She and Mel are presently taking orders from four pampered strays.
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I'm so with you! I have tried the "eat one square of dark chocolate every other day after dinner" but then it becomes one after lunch and dinner, then two after lunch and dinner, and, well, it's amazing how one of those little bags of dark chocolate squares can get emptied!
It's SO unfair, isn't it, D? Why do some people get to eat anything and are thin? Life is unfair!
One square of dark chocolate a day is just torture.
My 16 yr old eats like a pig and he's skinny. So unfair.
Hear, hear!!! After having a baby I'm having to be extra careful for the first time in my life. Frustrating. But worth it.
Wal-mart can be your friend:-) In the bread aisle, you'll find 100 calorie packages of your favorite treats, like Twinkies...and even if you ate the entire box, you would inhale as many calories as a three pack of the regular stuff! My husband loves the strawberry cupcakes, which are one point a package on Weight Watchers---so an entire box is 6 points, and that is so doable when you're trying to lose weight.
PLUS, we buy the sugar free Klondike ice cream bars...they're HUGE, taste like real Klondike bars, and are only 100 calories or 2 points on WW.
Just some "food for thought" LOL!
Father, help my sister Denise with her cravings and her desire to be fit and healthy. Give her extra energy and feed her with Your word and let her drink deeply from Your Spirit. Satisfy her in You above all else, and walk with her through this new challenge.
In Jesus' name, amen.
HA! I can so relate. It can be done, but it's SO hard on some days. For me, it's better to go "cold turkey" on the sweets rather than doing the "one square" thing because one square may lead to two or I might consider a square to be the whole bar - after all a rectangle is kinda like a square, right? :)
Best of luck, Denise. Hang in there.
Girl, I got the high harmony with ya on this song. I'm the same way! Thus, the gym routine of my life.
I go to Weight Watcher but a diinner of just veggies to stay under my points just... is just so... I don't know... what? McDonald's is on the phone? Wait... but the veggies. Steamed squash... mmmm... or golden hot french fries? Well, how many points is too many points?
Suddenly, the fun food is way more tempting than it used to be. Especially sandwiches and chips.
But, we shall carry on! Solidarity my sister.
Rachel
Ditto! I'm trying to eat healthier by telling myself that if I get into those ultra-skinny jeans in my closet, I can eat something really good and fattening (in the jeans, as a form of mockery of my metabolism). It's not so hard until my friend (who is built like a slender, figured stick) calls and tells me about the cheesecake and chocolate that she and her mom bought. Not fair!
What IS it about dieting that brings out the used car salesman in us?!! We negotiate...with OURSELVES!
"You can have a small treat if you make it through the day without snacking."
"Okay, you made it through the morning without snacking; a day is really pretty long. Perhaps you've earned a Hershey's kiss. But nothing else until 8 p.m."
"Didn't Oprah say nothing after 6 p.m.? That would negate the treat you've worked so hard for! It's 3 p.m. now and really, the day is almost over. Okay. You can have another 3 Hershey's kisses. But that's it!"
Pretty soon, all you can think about are those crummy Hershey's kisses! You can smell them. You can hear the foil crackle. The diet has turned you into someone you don't recognize...snarling, coveting, weepy, making promises you have no intention of keeping.
Not that I've ever been there...
LOL! I see I'm not alone and you know what they say . . . misery loves company.
I'm with you, Denise! I've hit that place in life where it takes three weeks to take off 1 pound and I only have to smell a dessert to put on 3.
Life ain't fair.
I agree! Honestly, the harder I try to "be good", the worse I am!
My hubby is one of those people who eats anything (and everything) and doesn't gain an ounce. Even when I'm dieting, I think I'm gaining the weight that he is not gaining. It is so not fair!
But I agree with an earlier Deena - those 100 calorie packs are lifesavers!
wait until you hit menopause then you really want chocolate everyday now that is bad and the worst part of it all is i make up some reason to have it and not excesice tell me is there any hope for me:( marina
I just exercise when I need to lose weight because I cannot skimp on food for the life of me. When I hear people ordering a non-fat, no sugar skinny latte, I think oh shoot me now. Who wants to live that way?
I did Weight Watchers when one of my kids was born, and I remember a mocha was four points. I would starve to save those points. LOL Some of us are more motivated by rewards than others. LOL
I know, it's really hard! My metabolism quit letting me eat anything I wanted about 5 years ago, so now I have to be really careful.
My secret to staying thin and off sugar is eating lots of fruits, especially pineapple and strawberries, and exercise. I also cut out white flour products. It's the only way I can maintain my weight or even lose a little.
The good news if if you can stick with the no sugar thing, you won't even want it after a couple of months.
As far as exercise goes, try to find something to challenge yourself. I recently completed a biathlon. You all know me, I'm a klutz! I'm not athletic at all. Yet, I wanted to do something to celebrate getting healthy again and that would be challenging. It was challenging all right! I finished last in my division, but that's ok. I know now that I trained wrong and yet my running time was better than I expected. Next year, I'll train differently. I'm also starting to train for a 5k. I'm not athletic by any means, but if there's a goal, it helps to keep you focused.
Good luck Denise, I'll be praying for you!
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