What's on your Monday Menu?

^^yep, that's the reason^^

Good Morning all! I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. Grim came home and brought me the most beautiful chair I have ever seen. He is so talented. It's great to have him home :) But no rest for the weary, because today begins the house renovation madness. We start with removing the oil tank and replacing it with the gas burner. I'm working from home today so I hope it won't be too disruptive! I have tons of meetings so the day should go quickly.

QOTD: Replace all the vowels in your name with 'oob' :) Mine is just great. Jooblooboob!

Accountability: I wasn't perfect this weekend but even when I made questionable choices, I didn't eat enough to do much damage. I didn't lose anything this weekend, though.

• protein coffee
• chicken sausage
• refried beans and goat cheese tostada
• veggie burger

Good morning, everybody!

I did get to the hospital's drop in blood clinic at 6:30 on Friday, but they have a skeleton staff until 7:00 AM, so I still had to wait for about 45 minutes. By the time that i left the hospital, I hit square into morning traffic. But I made it through. And I got a free lunch because my steak was overcooked. And I was able to work out Friday afternoon without any ill effects from the draw. So, not a bad Friday.

Most of the results came back, and to nobody's surprise, I am not malnourished.

The rest of the weekend went well. A couple of trips to the gym, got my haircut, and I am all packed for Asia. I really studied the itinerary last night and realized that I didn't have much idea where I was actually going. But now we are on track and ready to go. The only thing is that I wrote all of the details into a date book that I wasn't planning on bringing with me. I guess that I will have to change that tack.

Three days of work and three workouts before we leave. Since I am going to be away so much, I am trying to be pretty much full time in the office between the triathlon and Thursday, when we depart. So another office day today.

QOTD: Joobm.

Breakfast: egg sandwich

Lunch: catered

Dinner: Bratwurst and Pierogies

Have a great day, all!

Glad your bloodwork came back good and wow your trip is so close!!

What countries will you be stopping at?

We are going to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. We have a flight from Chicago to Seoul Korea and the from Seoul to Bangkok.

Good luck with working from home during the renovations. It will probably be very noisy and your cats will be quite unhappy. They do not like loud strangers to invade their territory. But it will be great knowing that there is new heating equipment this winter.

The chair is absolutely beautiful. I remember when I was growing up there were a few men who did what they called "caning" and they would repair those type of chairs when there was wear and tear to them. It is probably getting close to being a lost art now.

Weight loss is such a frustrating experience. I know it took me about three years to lose 30 pounds. I was not taking medicine, but was at online Weigh****cher meetings one, two or three times a day, especially during the pandemic. I no longer have "good" or "bad" foods and just eat anything I want. But very small portions. My sister went with me to a nurse visit recently and the nurse asked me if I eat big portions. Before I could answer, my sister siad, "She doesn't eat, she nibbles".

That does pretty much sum it up now. I don't track or count calories, but I eat very tiny portions. I still kept the habit of weighing myself in the morning and before bed at night.

QOTD: Moobry

Good morning ~ Great chair! Nice relaxing weekend some fun, some chores and the best nap yesterday so I can't complain. I'm happy to be back to the structured work week. Busy me is more productive and stays on track. On the weekends, I usually have a plan in my head and then don't follow through. I feel like I deserve to do nothing, but finally have the time to do everything and waste it. I never regret doing all the things, if fact it feels amazing. I need to work on that. I received my posture sport bra last week and wore it all weekend. It either really helped with my neck and shoulder pain or it was a coincidence. It is very comfortable and supportive on my shoulders and back - I love it but was it worth the price? I can't wear it to work, so I will find out this week when wearing non-posture things.

QOTD - Oobmy

Accountability - better yesterday, but F/Sa were not good. 5 active min and 6,197 steps. Today I am 171.0 with 30 minutes done on the treadmill.

B- coffee, legendary pastry

l - ham and cheese on protein bread

d - grilled chicken and salad

S - string cheese, yogurt, nectarine

Have a great day!

How are those legendary pastries? I have seen them but haven't tried them.

I like them heated for 10-15 seconds. The cinnamon, chocolate and strawberry are pretty good. 20 grams of protein for 180 cals and bonus - 9 grams of fiber!

Oobmoob. (a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.)