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That is the consensus - model good behavior especially as a board member and we don't get to choose which rules we enforce or on whom they are enforced! He's mad though. But I think some of that might be embarrassment masquerading as being mad in an effort to somehow save face. Though I have always thought owning up to your mistakes and correcting them with no fussing saves way more face than bravado!

I have to agree with Liz. I am more myself when I can have outdoor time in comfort : ) Obviously I can go outside in Minnesota whenever I want, but I don't enjoy it in winter.

Sounds like full days in Sedona!

When you mentioned the avoidance of sugar and bread and feeling mad when other people have them I realized how much easier it is right now to avoid that stuff. DH is staying away from it too so there isn't any in the house. Deceased DH never had a weight problem so would keep stuff around that I shouldn't have been eating and the same happened in the first few years with current DH. Hence the weight creep. So much easier when it isn't around to temp me and no one else is eating it.

191.2 Goodness, avoiding sugar and bread and taking tirzepatide is a good combo. The refined carbs (and their easy consumption and calories) were killing me diet-wise and keeping my weight and appetite up. The sad part is I love those, but as the days go on, it's getting easier to not feel mad about not eating them when other people are having them.

I had an HOA day from hell yesterday. 4 separate conversations about a fellow board member who is walking 4 of their large dogs off leash. They are all exceptionally well trained search and rescue dogs on e-collars, but the rule is "on a leash" and two separate homeowners aren't happy about it. They are usually heading out of the neighborhood to the trails, so they aren't walking in here for long, but a rule is a rule.

One of the people I talked to stopped by the house to talk to me about the dogs. She was nice about it. And the best part, at the end she abruptly changed the subject and said, "you look really good!" and started talking about how she needs to lose weight. So the weight loss is now starting to show.

It's raining today. Woohoo! Not hard, but I'll take what I can get. Yesterday we didn't do much beyond walking the dog, but it was beautiful and included some sitting in the sun. We tried to watch Unfamiliar on Netflix, but between the awkwardness of the voices dubbing it and the fact that the subtitle script didn't at all match what they were saying, we gave up. It was slow and hard to follow too, so kiss of death. Oh, we also watched a lot of Olympics. Given Claudia was from Vail and worked for the Vail Co. for nearly 40 years, she knows a lot of the Colorado kids skiing in the events and worked with some of their parents. And she's good at explaining events and stuff to us as we are not skiers.

Tonight we are heading to dinner with the family friends who moved here from MI. We're trying out a new bbq place and seeing their new house (and visiting the rugs, lamps, and furniture in their new home).

So that's the news from Sedona!