Wednesday December 21 - Winter Solstice (corrected day)

So today is the first official day of winter and the shortest day of the year.  Which means the days are going to get longer now (yeah!).  I do not do well with all this darkness (thank god for Christmas lights). 

Paula, I just saw your post from yesterday! Wow, that is a mind blower - to make a life changing plan then find out that the "rules" have changed! Maybe it could work out better with your siblings assisting with your parents half the year and you the other half?  Good luck on figuring out what to do. Life certainly throws curve balls!

116 OTD - had intestinal issues yesterday (maybe nervous about colonoscopy?).  BTW, the reason I am doing it this time of year is because I exceeded my medical insurance deductible for the year so have been getting a full "tune-up" on anything due or overdue before the end of the year (colonoscopy was a year overdue). So I will have had my physical, mammogram, colonoscopy, and 9 month post-WLS check all in the last month of 2016. 

Bought myself an instant pot on sale from amazon yesterday - I'd been eying them, and then the price dropped.  I feel guilty buying myself something this close to Christmas, so I'm going to have my son give it to me (since he is broke so can't buy gifts).

Have a good day - keep warm and don't stress too much over upcoming holidays and life events!

LOL - just had to correct the day. I lost Tuesday while at work yesterday apparently!

120's today --- Activity is a bit down in general over the last couple of days mostly due to end of year errands.  

Liz, people like you (whos deductibles partly drive their health care consumption) have made the medical industry seasonal.  The last couple of months of the year are the very busiest.  We aren't complaining.  

Giant Pecan Pie Watch:  it is back!  Only two slices were taken at DH's work.  It is looking at me from it's perch in the kitchen and I know it is now cut and suitable for nibbling.  It is going to have to go into the garage.  

Best wishes for all of you in these coming days -- so much going on.  

Shel

That darn pie!!!!!!

OH my!   Such a time of year.   For love and changes and added stressors.

Linda, huge hugs to you and yours.  Paula, ouch.   A good cry always help.   Your plate has been so very very full.  Joeyjo- very nice..

and to the rest of us am full of admiration that we are ALL so mindful of not only food but of each other.  And Dave kind words re: burnout.   Kairk take care.

another day and opportunity to have a peaceful attitude towards food.

Dave you asked about exercise and knees.   Here in B. C.  The Medical system is well aware of the predominance of arthritis and they have 'programs' to help.   I had a two hour assessment and have been given some exercises that have made an amazing difference.   I have, apparently, slight muscle contractures that the exercises are overcoming slowly.   The Orthpopaedic surgeon , said, after his assessment that, those of us who have muscle 'contractures' don't do as well after joint replacements.   And so I thoughtto myself that if this is true why would I get the hardware done when the main issue is the 'software'.  

  As mentioned before the wait list is at minimum a year and possibly longer.    Because so far the pain has diminished at least 75% with the exercises am going to see how it is by the time the surgery calls and if I don't need to have it then will go to the bottom of the list.   I would rather do the exercises then have the surgery. 

Walking helps of course but again when we walk for an hour there is some muscle tightness and discomfort but a rest helps.    I might add though that any situation where   

there is twisting incurs pain and am unable to walk downhill or stairs without trouble, but in the main life is less painful then before.  

Long answer.   Yikes!!!

Ack! Where to post, where to post????? I'm posting on post threads! I'm an equal opportunity poster! LOL! 

Weight up .4 - I can live with that. I am not logging or being particularly careful right now - but I'm not being over the top or bingeing. My stab at beginning my healthy eating program proved to be too difficult on an emotional/psychological level. Oh well,.... Just another chapter in the story. Eventually I shall prevail.... (said the broken record)

Trying to take stock and deal with my stress is stressful! Go figure! 

Not sure when I will check in again - maybe Friday???? Breeding Blue today, tomorrow and Friday. Also have to drive to Lompoc (about 5.5 hours south) to pick up Ace. Stress there, too. Looks like my baby boy is not going to make it in the show ring due to a tail that insists on practically lying on his back. I love that little bugger so I'm torn as to what to do. I should find him a forever home, but that was not my plan... DAMN! Makes me want to cry, but like most stuff the feeling is only fleeting then gets buried. I know I will be able to find him the right home, if I have to. I just don't want to have to do that. With limited space (1/3 acre) I have to be careful how many dogs I keep and as a breeder I "should not" keep a "pet" dog. It's not logical. Of course, my feelings for the dog have nothing to do with logic. 

I am having trouble listening to my body lately. I know my sleeve is "full" after eating, but I still "want" to eat. What's up with that? Does that ever happen to any of you? I'm sure it's an emotional thing, but I do not like it. It feels like addict behavior. 

I am still not in the Xmas spirit. Hopefully, now that all my grooming is done until after Xmas, I will relax into the holiday spirit. 

Happy hump day to all - though for me it's not really a hump day being on school break. 

Wt none today Cal ~ 1300

I wanted to eat all day yesterday.  Trying to reign it back in today with very little success.  Not hungry, not hungry.  

Shel, Giant Pecan Pie Watch:  Hide it, freeze it or garbage dispose it.

Diane S  We love memory foam mattresses.  Best sleep I've ever gotten has been on a tempurpedic mattress.

Diane O.  Good luck with  Boot Camp, starting the 2017 year out well.

Kairk  I have trouble listening to my body, too. I still "want" to eat.  It never taste as good as my want.  It does feels like addiction. 

CARBON  Glad you have exercises that help.  Sounds  something like pettella femoral pain syndrome.  excruciating.  I would put off surgery too if I could fix it with exercise.   

JoeyJo  nice picture.  Hang in there the scales will move. 

Greetings Solstice Celebrators

Well its 132 today. Didn't really eat that much but it was stuff like cheese, an Atkins bar etc. 4.5 hours at the art gallery and I have to have something to eat while there. I truly get hungry.  Another shift today as its the buying season. We were busy yesterday and sold lots of stuff. Near the end of the day a friend of my coworker came in and talked and talked about every gloomy subject imaginable. Politics and every sick or dying person in town. It really made me annoyed and anxious and we were at closing time and they just wouldn't leave so I just started counting up the register to close the books for the day. Good reminder what a downer it is to focus on such things. Then just as I was finishing the phone rings and its someone telling me our housekeeper has stage 4 lung cancer.  I had to tell her I was closing up and would call her later. Went home, drank some wine and took a nap. 

Well there, thats my whine for the day.  On the good side its sunny and calm, the house is quiet, and I get to lounge about for another hour or so before running off to the art gallery. 

Hope we all can hold it together for the next few days. 

A few years ago I went to a winter solstice ceremony. Part of it was to cast something into the fire that you wanted out of your life. I tossed a pat of butter symbolizing the fat I did not want to come back into my life.  So maybe that pecan pie should be tossed into the fire. Or garbage disposal. I guaranty its really bad if only two pieces were eaten at DH's job.

Hug your fur friends everyone. Cheers.   Diane S

No weight today. Was rushing around this morning getting ready for work and I was already all dressed before I realized that I didn't weigh. May have been my subconscious not wanting to know.

Still down about the whole moving/not moving/what should we do situation. Shel is right though, it will all work out in the end.

Paula