Friday February 10

Weight this morning: 135

Macronutrients yesterday:  Cals - 1,549, Carbs - 163, Fat - 58, Protein - 77, Sugar - 100, Fiber - 21

­Exercise yesterday:  Yoga class

Veggies/fruits yesterday:  5 (goal is 7)

Plans for today:  Walk, practice speech, crosswords

Thanks, folks, for the well wishes about my speech.  It's not happening until tomorrow (Saturday) at noon. 

Liz, glad you and hubby won't be stuck on a boat on your "first date" with new neighbors.  Plus, drinking and boating sounds like drinking and driving to me. 

Paula, sounds like you need some springtime in your life.  I hope it comes soon.  BTW, my mom had successful Mohs surgery, so I know a bit about what's involved and that it has a high success rate. 

Also thinking of y'all who are affected by heavy snows and ugly weather.  Ocean, I hope your California flight isn't cancelled. 

T.G.I.F.  

TGIF!  

122's.   Kcal 1446, protein 135, carbs 127, fiber 22, sugar 77, fat 50, f/v 4ish

Seattle natives love boats of all types.  I'm a transplant from Iowa and I WANT to love boats (so pretty!)  But I am too restless in my core to enjoy the moment. Add alcohol to the captain and I would jump overboard.

Diet of a 105 year old cyclist: "simple, focusing on yogurt, soup, cheese, chicken and a glass of red wine at dinner"    I think this bodes well for all of us.

Have a great day, all!

Shel

Morning all and welcome Pat.

ouch Paula!  Your plate is overflowing.  And I agree about the boat and alcohol, dangerous to mix the two.   Here enormous fines are levied.  

Dave I totally understand about having things fro childhood and the tug on the hearstrings.  Ann, all the best for tomorrow.

hope that those of us who are sick are feeling better.  Soon.

well after shovelling and shovelling, turned around and more fell from the leaden skies.   However since midnight the rain has been falling and the sound is so very welcome.

7th day of sugar and white things free.  But other than the shovelling no exercise.  It will be so good to be able to walk with no fear.

have a most excellent Friday!

Good morning everyone!  I'm enjoying a rare day off from work today.  My life is in flux right now, though the outcome will be good.  After all of my gritching and moaning this past year, I finally found a new job!  I feel like it was divine intervention.  I ran into a friend, who told me about this job where she works - turns out it's a job I heard about months ago and really wanted to apply for, but I wasn't qualified.  I've since gotten my conditional LSW, so now I am qualified, and I got it!  My current job stopped providing health insurance as of November, and it's been a financial nightmare since.  I figured any job I got would be a cut in pay, but it was worth it to have health insurance for the whole family.  What a shock when I found out the pay for this new job is $500 more a year than what I'm making now!  Feeling so grateful that my prayers were answered, and vowed to stop feeding the monster, to show my gratitude.  But..the monster is still there, and being fed, though not as much.  I'm trying to not let it grow any more, but I need to let my soul grow and have the monster shrink.  This forum has been such a lifeline for me, but over the past year, I've let pride, "being too busy", etc - all the excuses I could find, get in the way, so that nasty monster grew and grew.  I need to find the strength that I somehow found when I sought having this surgery, and put the carbs down.  I know I can't do it alone, so I have to do whatever is needed, including stopping the excuses and being present here.  I love this forum, so it is not a chore - I have just let my addiction (the monster) rule the roost for months now, and my healthy side (my soul) needs to take control back, with HP leading the way.  Hugs to all!  Mary

Great news, Mary!

Thanks Shel!

It is GREAT to see you and I'm so pleased for you about the new job! Your attitude about the Monster is wonderful. It is work to quell the monster, but I know you have the strength to make it happen.

Thanks so much for the encouragement Devon!  I am trying to find that strength again.

So glad for you Momsey. Every time I made a job change in my former career it always turned out for the best. I am so sure this will be too. Maybe that monster will just shrivel up from less attention. Come here whenever you need to bad mouth the monster. We all have one of those monsters. Sp good to hear from you.  Diane S

Thanks Diane!  This job has felt right since the day I heard about it.  I could actually retire, as of 2/11, but financially it is not the time.  Part of me wants to retire, and longs for the time I can.  However, in some ways, I am still wanting a new challenge, and am not ready to stop working in this field.  This job will use the knowledge and skills I have, while not needing to run around or be on-call 24/7, so I think it will be a good transition for me for when I do retire in 4-5 years.