These are the cape penguins:-) when I was there, I thought they look a lot like the Magellan penguins we saw in chile but when I compare the pictures they really didn't!

Good morning, everybody!

I have an eye doctor appointment this morning. For some reason, most of my annual doctor appointments have become clustered around this time of the year. I don't mind the eye doctor, but its usually a couple of hours before I can get back to work after the dilations.

I think that I am now all set up on the new phone. Just waiting for my case to arrive which should happen on Saturday. I like the portfolio style cases and I guess Apple no longer offers those in its store. I am kind of nervous to have the phone without the case, I think that i will try and mostly keep it in my briefcase. As far as the transition: the Apple portion was super easy - just place the two phones next to each other, and follow the instructions, but the work part was an ordeal - multiple calls to our Help Desk to work through Okta Verify and get a new RSA token. This should be the last time I have to do that though.

Other than the doctor, I have a few things that I need to do at work, today's gym has more squatting and my legs are already sore, I need to wait for a package for our anniversary celebration, and tonight is Happy Hour.

QOTD: There is a goodwill a couple of miles from our house, which we use sometime.

Breakfast: Bagel

Lunch: Turkey sandwich

Dinner: Not sure, maybe just cheese and crackers.

Have a great day, all!

I had a lot of cardamon in Scandinavia, too!

I don't remember what I ate in Cape Town, but when I did volunteer work up near the Zimbabwe border for a couple of months (this was 20 years ago), and the food up there was super bland. It was basically boiled meat, a cornmeal mash, and whatever vegetables were in season (at that time, it was beets and butternut squash (which they called beetroot and butternut). The speciality there was mopani worms (which are actually caterpillars), but I refused to eat them. The bananas there, though - OMG! I'd never had tree-ripened bananas before. So much better than the ones we get here!!

Some of our volunteers were in Kwazulu-Natal province, so they had tastier fare - there are a lot of Indian immigrants around there - especially in Durban. The regional food reflected that..

Good Morning! I hope your dad makes some progress today and they can't blame him for being grumpy that's for sure. As expected yesterday went by quickly and I anticipate the same for the rest of the week. I need to make time today to call my Dr to postpone my surgery that is scheduled for October. I at least want to see what happens with the shockwave therapy and then revisit in January if needed.

QOTD: It's been awhile but the rescue mission shelter

TSS: 10 years

B: SF latte, Fiber/protein oatmeal, turkey sausage, and an orange

L: Turkey and cheese sticks, carrots, light and fit yogurt and some fruit

S: Mixed nuts, a piece of fruit and yogurt

D: Tri tip, cauliflower rice, a banana, and dark chocolate

ES: Protein ice cream and carbmaster toast

E: 1/2 hour elliptical and 20 mins Pilates bar

V/W: On track

Totals: Cals:1311 Protein:103 Carbs:129 Fat:50

Have a great day!

Good morning ~ It's already Wednesday, very cool. I'm going in early for a meeting so I need to get going already.

QOTD - I pass my things to my sister and nieces - they love my stuff!

Accountability - good, but blurry with bites of this and that , 54 active minutes and 10,182 steps. Today I'm 168.8, 30 minutes done on the treadmill. I've been in diet fatigued for weeks now, just maintaining-ish, eating too much or things I normally wouldn't. Trying to get back to machine-mode and get the rest of this weight off. I read that diet breaks can sometimes help, I think it did me - but they run the risk of going total f***it, so you gotta be careful.

B- coffee, protein iced coffee

l - ham and cheese on protein toast

d - grilled chicken, tomatoes

s - melon, nectarine, jerky

Have a great day!