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That yogurt pudding recipe sounds quite good. I've done diet hacks like that in the past, but without much success. I tried making "protein pudding", which ended up like runny pudding with a bad after taste! YUCK! Your recipe sounds like a winner!
on 1/25/26 8:08 am, edited 1/25/26 1:25 am
197.8 today. So hovering, which is logical. I went to the grocery store and took Kirby on a short walk. I should have done longer, but it was cold: 49, which as I think on it was 49 degrees warmer than MI, so not that cold in the scheme of things!
My neighbor asked for help taking her Christmas decorations down today. I had enough trouble getting my own down, but saying "I don't wanna" seems not...nice? Sigh.
Did I ever mention Souper Cubes? They are great for freezing meals and meal components in portioned amounts. I had gotten Chinese takeout a while ago and froze the extra white rice. Last night I made shrimp stirfry and used that. So much easier than cooking it at the same time. I froze some soup I made too and just got that into Foodsaver bags. I've never been really good at using my freezer to make feeding myself easier, but I'm learning and trying.
One more food hack... While I'm trying to avoid really processed foods, being perfect never works out well for me. So for a treat I found a "recipe" where you mix a quart of plain greek yogurt (I used 2% Fage) with a small packet of sugar free cheesecake jello pudding. I'm telling you, I don't like diet food dupes, but this with some berries and a sprinkle of granola taste and texture-wise feels like I'm eating cheesecake. They called for vanilla extract too and I forgot it, but it's still pretty great. I mixed it in a big bowl, then put it back in the original yogurt container.
Off to forage something for breakfast... take care!
Last full day on vacation. I'm ready to get home. It has been 10 days, so I think my limit these days is 10-14 days. Not so thrilled with the 3+ week trips anymore.
We had a really good day in Old San Juan yesterday. The last time I walked around there was 1996 and I don't remember it as being so clean and friendly. It reminds me a bit of Spain walking down the narrow streets lined by pretty attached houses with big wooden doors. We ate lunch at a place called Chocobar where EVERYTHING has chocolate in it. I had half of a chocolate grilled cheese and a chocolate martini. Wow! We walked for a long time both before and after that so ended up in 2 very local feeling bars in the afternoon. The second one which we went to in late afternoon was called Birra and Empanada and is well known for their empanadas so that is what dinner was. I had the carne amarillo one and 1/2 a pollo. I was stuffed. Really eating off the ranch this weekend!
The plan today is to hang around the pool/beach at the resort until early afternoon, then clean up and go to a nearby sports bar. We have identified Lupi's Mexican Grill And Sports Cantina as a good place to watch the Patriots/Broncos game and it is only an 8 minute walk from here.
Glad not to be in New England today. Where our daughters live there is 1-2 feet of snow expected, and on Cape Cod 8-10 inches between today and tomorrow. I think they will all be watching the game from home today and are planning to work from home tomorrow. One good thing is that the snow is supposed to be light and fluffy, so power outages shouldn't be a big issue.
Go Patriots! Have a super Sunday!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I love Sarasota! Sorry you didn't find your artist though. I guess we are getting back to cold weather vs nice warm weather...
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Have you googled the ear soreness to see if it appears normal for some people? Maybe it happens more to men because of the hair follicles caught behind the ear?
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Sounds like you are settling in nicely there! Loving the pictures on FB!
Do enough people in restaurants/stores speak English so a non-Portuguese speaking person can manage? I may get a bug to go to Brazil after viewing your trip.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Pilates is big thing in our community. I haven't tried it yet and don't know if I will - I stick to yoga for now.
Most individual depositors do it online via apps these days, so maybe that's why they don't think about replenishing deposit slips?
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Nice that Peps had a trainer to recommend!
Ultimately those senior moment lapses in names will increase but the good thing is they do for everyone else too so pretty much everyone volunteers their name quickly and doesn't mind if they have to be asked. Unfortunately it goes with the territory. I have never been good at names (though I am good with faces), so I have had to deal with missing names when introducing people a lot in my life. Much easier now that it is acceptable LOL.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I don't think we will ever lose appreciation for lovely weather after so many northern winters.
I remember when friends and I moved from talking about college, to getting married, to houses, to kids and around 45 we started talking about our health at almost every get together. No one seems to escape the aches and pains. At least we can commiserate.
