Whatcha Eating Today VSGers? Monday 12/18/17

I hope you have a great time with your friends.

Thanks, Gwen! I looked up your chocolate cake. Wow, looks delicious!

I made it for our Cookbook Club dinner in October and it was delicious. Super rich. I was surprised that Lance requested it for his party since that means it has replaced his previous favorite chocolate cake!

Yea, soft food! Have a good time at your luncheon today!

Hope you have a nice lunch Cecily :) and congrats on getting back to solids - you are doing well

Good morning! Raining and 36 here today, all of our snow melted overnight. The forecast is a high of 5 degrees on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, no snow. I don't even want to know what the forecast for our low is:-)

QOTD-My family can sing, me, not so much. My uncle has been in Chorale and barbershop his entire adult life and my mother was in a community choir up until a few years ago. As a child I remember my grandfather sang and played the banjo in a band for years, he also was an amazing organist.

B-plain Fage w/pumpkin puree and SF vanilla syrup

L-PP Shake

S-Chai tea w/cream & stevia, cottage cheese or turkey jerky

D-TBD, probably roisterer chicken and a veggie

E-Walk with Emmy on a new trail today, practice yoga poses in the evening

I have been grazing on Christmas cookies and Lindt truffle balls for the last few days, I am up 4 pounds this morning. I have been exercising really hard this past week and thought I could get away with it, but I can't and I knew that but I lied to myself. It's an old way of thinking that I let creep back in. I made a pledge to myself this morning and now to my menu friends that I will stop this old habit now. I will be 100% compliant this week, no more grazing.

I hope everyone has a safe and peaceful Monday.

I had to accept that exercise would never offset my eating years ago (much as I wi**** did). Whenever people say they can eat whatever they want as long as they keep up their exercise routine, I assume they either have a much faster metabolism than I do OR they really don't eat much anyway (like my DH and SIL whose view of eating a lot is nothing like mine).

I agree Liz, it's definitely one of my old mind tricks..."I can have that cookie because I walked longer than I normally do"...that doesn't fly anymore:-)

Hey, everyone! Home from work today with a stomach bug...yuck! Hope I feel better tomorrow, as it's our office Christmas Potluck. I'm taking Fauxtato Salad (my standard potato salad made with cauliflower instead of potatoes). The first Keto dish I am bringing to work. Will be interesting to see how it's received...people really like their potatoes! (At least 4 potato dishes being brought at last count lol).

QOTD: Yes, I sing. I am blessed to come from a family with musical ability and great singing voices, but no formal training. I actually have recorded cover songs and posted a few of them on SoundCloud under the name of my alter-ego. When I DJ'd online, I sang along and got so many requests that I actually did a couple of shows streaming live singing with backing tracks. No time for it anymore, but I do miss it.

B, L & D: Taking it easy with light stuff today, broth and such, not sure what will happen.

Water and vites on track.

Get better quickly Cathy x