I just followed the recipe on the back of the cornmeal cannister to be honest - all purpose flour, Splenda (instead of sugar), etc. The only thing I did differently was accidental - it calls for 2 egg whites or 1 whole egg and I wasn't paying attention and used 2 whole eggs.... Figured it would ruin it but tried it anyway. It actually came out quite nicely - pretty light, for cornbread, although next time I think I'll try a little more Splenda.

Yeah, I'm going to switch to wheat flour next time, I think. I typically take a standard recipe and then one item at a time, health-ify it... If I try to switch everything over at once and it comes out not-so-great, I can't pinpoint what made it not-so-great, so I trade things up one at a time until I'm happy with it... I did use more Splenda and more bananas than most recipes I found called for, even though I know sometimes Splenda does goofy things to baked goods. I'm SO amped about this fall season - baking - I LOVE IT! But, after yesterday's performance, I don't know if I can be trusted to bake all that stuff!

Thanks, Becky! I make banana bread all the time and use wheat flour and a little more Splenda than the sugar the recipe calls for (the recipe that I use is from a regular cookbook). I also use light butter instead of regular butter. My hubby doesn't like nuts either so I don't ever use nuts in my recipe either. Sometimes I'll put in semi-sweet chocolate chips in the bread (if I have any on hand) and THAT is yummy, too!! Michelle

Laurie, I do encourage you to get exercise as a regular part of your day. I used to post the Gym Is Open post on this list, but, because not very many people participated I stopped. I still post it on the BMI over 50 list. There are quite a few women on that list that like to post to it. Posting it also keeps me on track. What am I gonna do, consistently post that I did not exercise??? No way. So, even if I don't feel like it, I'll drag my butt to the gym and come home and post it. Actually, I've really grown to love exercise. I never in a million years thought that this would happen to me. Thank goodness it did! I haven't been one that has easily lost the weight. Well, the first 150 lbs came off relatively easy, but, now I've been stuck for 3 months. I really really want to lose another 40 lbs or so to get under 200. All the exercise I've done has given me a very good shape, most people don't think I've got that much to lose. Today, I exercised 2 hours. I started about 1 year ago with walks around the neighborhood. Now I can do all kinds of weight lifting and can do 5K walks...it amazes me. A person who used to limp along with a cane... Like the commercial says: Just do it! You won't regret it! Hugs, Lori 384/236.5/199

Congratulations Angie! We all measure our "wow" moments and milestones in different ways. This is a big one! Hugs, Lori