Saturday September 2

Greetings Skinny Ones

138.5 today. Higher than I would like but as least while working at Art Night last night I stayed mainly with the veggies and some cheese. It turned out to be dinner. I did so enjoy those veggies that someone else cut up that I resolve to have more of them around. I used to eat those mini sweet peppers all the time and need to get back at it.

Liz so sorry for your family woe. Seems like every family has such a person (we did) and they only change when they decide to. Wish he could find another way to deal with the anxiety. Meditation and exercise are good non toxic substitutes plus almost any meaningful activity. I knew a man who was always in the bars after work. Then he got a puppy (an airedale!) and he was eager to go home after work to see what that dog was doing. He credits the dog with the decrease in his drinking.

Ann, interesting that you are accidentally losing weight. After life long emotional relationship with the scale it can indeed be intoxicating to see it go down. After I reached my goal I kept losing weight and got down to 117 which left me slightly below 20 bmi. That was not good. Dr. told me not to worry as it would adjust. It did and now I would like to get a few pounds off. Funny how it works. You are active and probably sort of resetting metabolism.

BB love your pictures and congrats on your girl. I so love those reveal cakes. So cute. Thinking of names yet? Around here were there are lots of hippie types, I like to read the birth announcements because people name their kids weird stuff (like Waterphal or Forrest Legend).

What Kairk, you don't like rattatouie? I love the stuff. Maybe with the farmers market I will go buy the ingredients and make some. I used to do it all the time as a side dish. I would take it to our labor day party but one woman is allergic to all squash. There is this one really slim woman at our art studio - one of those naturally thin people we all used to hate. But I have noticed she always eats salads for lunch and brought in pears and apples from her own trees.

And I like zucchini enough to pay for it. I have friends whose neighbor had to many zucchini that they built a speed bump out of them and drove over them with a truck and put it on Facebook. I would have eaten those!

Well time to prepare for evening college football. diane s

Oh no Liz!

What a tough spot for you all to be in right now. Hope he seeks help for his addiction(s)!

142.8, back to normal BMI - WHEW! Still going to stick with MFP and try to avoid sweets and keep calories around the 1,200 level until I get back to goal weight.

Went to Farmer's Market with DS#1 today (he asked for a Mom date before school starts). We also stopped by the coffee shop and then went out for sushi.

Cloudy day with the beginnings of rain. My bed might be calling me for a nap with 2 puppies!

Paula

Damn, girl! That was fast! :)

Maybe someone else would know better, but I think that Al-Anon might be helpful to your family. Even if your BIL is not attending AA, Al-Anon could still help.