OMG ~ Discussions Starting 1-11-16 and Beyond
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Good evening to those of you reading. Dinner with mom yesterday was so lovely. Sh mad homemad chocolate eclairs, my cousin requested them and mom loves her so. Home in time to watch some dreadful football (for me any way, lol). Dinner was Chex mix and Chic filet chicken chunks! Cousins stayed till this morning. We spend all day moving son and DIL into their new home, plus some painting for me. Just now sitting down to left overs. I logged nearly 11K steps and 36 flights of stairs today. Moving from a trilevel to a bilevel,lol.
Have enjoyed all your posts and pic here and on FB. I do dearly live and cherish each and every one of you. Thank you all for the cards you sent to Mom, your have no idea how much they mean to her and to me. I am amazed at how much love and generosity flows through each of you to enrich my life.
This will be a busy week for me. I work Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Plus mom has eye appointment on Thursday. We will be heading to the cabin Saturday when I get off work, to celebrate our 25th New Years at the cabin. Have I told you lately how blessed I am?
Patti0 -
Home. Have driven almost 2,000 miles in last ten days so pretty tired. Had a GREAT trip - saw many friends, spent time with family and today saw cousins before heading back.
Caleb was total joy. Not up to anything but cat spoiling, a shower and sleep. And the only thing that's getting set tonight is the timer on my coffeemaker - hoping I can sleep LATE! Hugs to all.0 -
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Hi gang! Just got through reading and catching up with all of you and your Christmas celebrations. We've had a very nice one here and the girls and I shopped all day today! I'm just looking forward to getting everything back to normal - normal eating, normal tracking, and normal exercise - this week. Next week we head to Galveston for a week traveling in Tulip with Ellis. It will be his first big trip and I can't wait! He's quite the comic and keeps us entertained! Dinky and he have really formed a bond and spend a lot of time wrestling and playing chase. Dinky is more serious about his naps though and Ellis is a bit of an interloping antelope when Dinky decides he's done playing and ready to nap!
Ok enough about the dogs! My pledge to you is to track everything I eat tomorrow and to post here to tell you I've done so.
Nighty night,
Suzi
PS MaryLynn, I LOVE the pics of your paradise!0 -
Good Morning, Ladies. I'm taking down the tree today. I'll also take down the balcony decorations but will leave the porch lights on as it's so dark around our house with neighbors gone to visit their families. Depending on the temperatures, I'll decide whether or not to walk in the neighborhood or at the gym. Dan and family are in CA to visit Annie's family. It was fun to watch the app to see where the plane was at certain part of their flight. Have a great day, everyone!
Bert0 -
Mornin' y'all! Now that Christmas is behind us, how are you doing with your WL plan? On a scale from 1-10, how terrific can you say your overall holidays went regarding:
1-food/eating
2-planning and sticking to it
3-activity
4-finding time for yourself
5-fun with friends/family
Let's see how I did.
1-food/eating - I'll give myself a 7. Had a few unplanned sweets. I'd intended to allow myself some sweets at actual parties and holiday meals and I didn't go overboard with them, but listened to the sugar monster and he bit me a few unplanned times between those occasions. Note to self: driving past my favorite bakery is not an "occasion". Still didn't go whole hog on those either though.
2-planning and sticking to it - 5 too much unplanned sweets and not enough tracking.
3-activity - 7 not enough but I'm giving myself a bit of a pass. My ankle has flared up again. Walked nearly 10,000 steps yesterday wearing my ankle brace while shopping, so I'll work myself back into more walking by wearing the brace. Won't that look sexy on the beach!?!
4-finding time for yourself - 8 didn't feel overwhelmed and made it to my WW meeting on Saturday. If I'd made it here to think more about my behaviors and chat with you maybe I would have done better with my plan.
5-fun with friends/family - 10!!! All parties and events were fantastic successes! I even had a good time at Dave's fancy dress-up bank party. I worked there too for 24 years before switching 11 years ago and my BFF still works there, so there was no feeling out of place or out of the loop. In fact, several of the other board members came up to me and expressed how much they miss my work! Another huge, unexpected success was Christmas Day dinner here at home with my girls and my SIL. Normally any gathering that includes my SIL is unbearable, but this one was actually very pleasant!
I'm ready for the return to normality and make sure my holiday indulgences remain in their place and that place is with the holiday, not a part of my normal, healthy lifestyle.
Happy Normal Tuesday,
Suzi0 -
Good morning and welcome to the after party!
Janet, so glad to have you back and it certainly sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas with your friends and family. Just sorry you have to drive so much. Now rest up, you have surgery soon and need to be emotionally and physically ready.
Bert, hope you get to walk outside today. So much better than the gym. Glad you got to follow along with the kid's trip.
Karla, enjoy your time with family and friends in FL.
Mary Lynn oh the splendor of your world, so much like you... Beautiful!
Suzi, good job and thanks for the thoughtful questions. Ellis seems to be making himself an integral part of your love very quickly.
Here is how I rate my holiday choices
1. Food/eating: about a 6. Indulged in some treats a bit too often but exercised portion control on everything. Still need to get back to tracking. I know I will never lose if I don't. It is the cornerstone of what works for me.
2. Planning: I have to say 5. I left too many days unplanned because I was working off hours, so we had too many take out meals. The meals I did plan, I stuck to and they were on plan for me.
3. Activity: nothing formal but got over 10K steps at least 4 times a week. Really looking forward to getting my work schedule under control so I can get back to my classes.
4. Finding time for myself: I think I did a great job, so about an 8. I let go of some things that stress me during the holidays and found the joy in just relaxing in my craft room and watching holiday movies without feeling like I should be doing something else.
5. Fun with family/friends: a definite 10. I have the best of both and spent as much time with them as I could. I am truly blessed to have so many people I love near me!
Patti0 -
Suzi, I did horribly on all but #5. Oh well. That's the success that means the most. Got and gave many hugs, was thrown up on by the most adorable four-month-old and seemed to do OK with my gift-giving. Grateful to be safely home to two cats who are glad I'm here.
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Good Morning, Ladies.....today marks 21 years of my mom's passing. She is with me every day, and I can feel her presence. My dad passed 32 years ago. I have great memories of both of my parents, and they are definitely with me in spirit.
Suzi: To answer your challenge questions, here goes.
1-10, how terrific can you say your overall holidays went regarding:
1-food/eating It wasn't the best, especially with my first year with making and decorating Christmas cookies. I also indulged in my homemade Monkey Bread. So I would have to give it a 5.
2-planning and sticking to it: I was good about planning breakfast and lunch. Dinner, however........ I would give it a 7
3-activity: I was good on the activity, a 10
4-finding time for yourself: I definitely found time for myself, a 10
5-fun with friends/family: A 10 on that one.
Today is a sunny day and is supposed to get to 45 degrees. A walk is calling my name today after I run some errands. Have a great day, everyone! Molly gets a pedicure this morning!
Bert0 -
Good morning. Cleaner will come Friday because she's going to welcome her fourth grandchild today. Works better for me anyway. Errands commence shortly - I have almost no fresh veggies in the house - oooofff!
Bert, big smile when I saw your Christmas tablescape because I have Oneida Coronation flatware too!
Cool and sunny here too, so I must be off. Trying to do better in terms of food but drawing a VERY firm, bold line on January 1. Have a great day, everyone - LOTS to do here in the next few days!0 -
Hello one and all,
Last two days at work have been challenging. I accused the manager of putting a sign out front asking all non sewers to come in and ask for lessons at the cutting counter. Very few simple cut and go customers. Everyone needed lots of help and instructions for whatever project they were doing. I don't mind, but when my answer is I don't know, because it is something I have never done, they get attitudes. Luckily most people are kind and understanding.
I messed up and didn't request any time off for New Years so I am working the Eve and the day. Will not make it to the cabin, first miss in 25 years. Edd is a bit miffed at me but it happens. Not to mention that he doesn't even like to celebrate the ringing in of the new year.
Time to start diiner. Going to try cod augratin, wish me luck!
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Patti, the cod sounds tasty - if you like it, please share!
Had several weird dreams in a weird night so using coffee to get me moving. Am going to unpack, organize & repack my big assortment of Christmas wrap - & get boxes labeled. A friend burned me a bunch of CDs for Christmas so will listen (starting with a collection of music from the '40s) while I work.
Not feeling super hungry today, for the first time in weeks so perhaps today is my day to get back on the beam.0 -
Mornin' y'all! It's sunny and cold this morning here in OK where the wind will be sweeping down the plains this afternoon! No surprise there...
I'm feeling thankful today; thankful to feel much more in control having made my multi-bean salad so I can veg-up for lunch more easily. I've meticulously tracked the last 2 days, so back in the swing there, although it was uuuuuugly! Let's just say the sugar monster has been lurking! But, I now feel equipped to shove him back in his place and proceed into 2017 without him chained to my leg. This is a big win for me - to rein it back in less than a week after Christmas, rather than 2 or 3 months later. I also now know that tracking helped me get through the holiday season - meaning Thanksgiving through New Years - with a net loss instead of a net gain. I'm very thankful for that! I will make note in my journal that taking even a one-day holiday from tracking throws me off course for several days and will make appropriate adjustments next Christmas.
I'm very thankful that Jessi, my youngest DD is ending this year in a much better place than she started it. She was suffering with out of control depression, in a horrible job and we had been unable (due to OK's mental healthcare crisis) to get her an appointment with a psychiatrist - at all for over 4 months! We were looking at buying out her apartment lease and moving her back home at the beginning of 2016. She's now changed jobs and is working for a national company consistently rated among the best companies in the country to work for, under the care of a psychiatrist, with excellent healthcare insurance that costs her only $1 per pay period. Her depression has been very well controlled with the first medication the doctor prescribed and only one dosage adjustment. She's returned to her happy, friendly, never saw a stranger self. I will still worry about her and I constantly keep in close contact, but I'm no longer frantic like I was at the beginning of this year. I'm very grateful to Cindy and Diane and all their advice as we were working through all that. The best Christmas present ever....well, until big sister and her husband give me that grand baby I want so bad - and they're working on it!
Janet - you're my favorite success story! I'm sure you can get your mojo back! Sounds like today may be the start you're looking for.
Patti - sorry to hear about your New Years scheduling snafu. It may have been tough to be granted holiday time-off though anyway with you being the new kid on the block. Are you still hoping to stay on after the holidays?
Later,
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Glorious day today. I couldn't wait to get here and tell you all the good news. Mom's eye appointment was the best gift we got this year. The swelling is completely gone inside the eye, the hemorrhages are completely gone, the retina is lying flatly, as it should and she did not have to have an injection! We will continue monthly visits to monitor but, unless or unti, there is a change no further injections. Her vision in 20/70 (or 70/20 I always get that backward) and most likely that is as good as it will get. We are to go back immediately with any change in vision. There was a lot of cheering going on in that office, then the car and more at home. She is thrilled, even though they said she still could not drive. She can read everything that scrolls on the bottom of her tv, her TV guide and mail with her 6x readers and for that she is grateful and so am I!
Janet, so nice to have new music. Glad you are not hungry, lol.
Suzi, what wonderful news about your daughter. Total turn around for the new year! I am staying on after the holidays. Just need to get with them and change my availability from any day, any time to having planned time off so I can return to my classes at the gym. Can't tell you how much I miss them and all my workout buddies.
We are expecting snow and storms the next 2 days, just hope the streets are cleared for me to travel to and from work safely. Working 12-5pm is awesome for this very reason.
The COD augratin was really tasty.
Made a basic white sauce with fat free milk and added a tbsp of buttermilk powder to make it a bit richer. Also a good dollop of spicy mustard and some Parmesan cheese (not needed, didn't even taste it so will leave it out next time). Placed frozen chunks of cod in a small casserole dish, covered with sauce and then topped with a bit of crushed crackers/Panko mixed with a bit of olive oil. Baked 350 for 30 minutes if I had lemons I would have added when I served, but alas I did not. Edd loved it and it will be made again
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Patti, GREAT news about your mom. WOW! Thanks for the cod idea too.
Suzi, best possible news about Jessi too. 2017 dawns promisingly.
The not-hungry didn't last. I WILL rein it back in on or before January 1. Period, Because I MUST.0 -
Good Morning, Ladies. I had a great day with my two best friends. We traveled to Bloomingon, IN (I always drive) to see La La Land. It was definitely a weird movie, in my opinion, but it up for many awards. We then went to eat lunch, and I parked on the square. We put money in the parking meter and thought we had 1 1/2 hours left. When we returned to my car, there was a ticket on my windshield. The meters were positioned in an odd arrangement, so maybe we put money in the wrong meter. I can pay the fine online, but also can file an appeal. Not sure about what to do about the appeal process.
Suzi: So glad about your daughter.
Janet: My non-hungry issues never last, either.
Patti: So happy about your mom! Good luck with work. We haven't celebrated the New Year in many years, we are always in bed. (must be our ages)
Have a great day, everyone! I'm taking Jillian and Cole to see Sing today. I love animated movies!
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Good morning, still on cloud 9 about Mom's eyes. Working the next 3 days and since it is a skeleton crew to begin with I am sure I will not be called off. So glad I got my groceries yesterday and the laundry done. Edd is sick, something that rarely happens, and I am staying far away so I don't get it. He goes to bed and stays there until he is better. No whining or moaning and just wants to be left alone. The perfect patient, lol.
Bert, what a frustrating day for you. Hope the lunch was at least tasty. I love animated movies too, my GFs and I generally go to all of them. Have fun today.
Karla, hope you are enjoying your time off with Glenn. Are you back home yet or still in FL?
Waving hi to the rest of the crew
Patti0 -
Waving good morning to you all!
Patti, it is SUCH great news to hear about the huge improvement for your Mom's sight! We're all thrilled here and grateful for the fine care and attention given by the physicians caring for her!
When we are humbled through physical challenges and must rely on others it adds stress to our life and those around us. The restoration of sight is also a restoration of independence. This miraculous answer to so many prayers reminds me that we are in capable hands always.
May your end of year celebrations include time for reflection on the many little miracles we all experience throughout the days of our lives.
May the joyful noise we make awaken us to the new hope ahead for us all!
Hugs,
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Good Morning, Ladies. Happy New Year's Eve! I'm up early again today. My aching joints were telling me to rise and shine!
Sing was great! The kids loved it, and so did I. Great music and all characters were animals. I love animated movies. Mike and I are going to Menards today to get a shower rod and shower curtains. It's my romantic Christmas gift! We are finally going to get our new shower installed. In August, I contacted another guy recommended by our friends and between my schedule and his, it kept getting postponed. He never did call back after the 5th time I contacted him, so I found someone else. I won't tell him I hired someone else as I'm hoping he will call one day, and then I'll express my disappointment. I'm hoping the shower curtain will work as we have doors on the shower now. I don't like them as they are hard to clean and maintain.
Have a great day, everyone! It's time to track breakfast.
Bert0 -
Happy New Years Eve to all, sure miss the chatter here when the holidays hit but am confident we will all be back soon and just as talkative as ever. I work today at 11 and back tomorrow at 4pm, so we will have our pork and sauerkraut today with leftovers tomorrow. I got one of those electric pressure cookers, as seen on tv, for Christmas from the kids and am itching to try it out. They bought the 10quart size so mostly it will be used at the cabin. Almost too big for just me and Edd, I bought them the 6 quart size and they love it.
Bert, you guys are so romantic, lol. Hope you find something you love. I hate shower doors!
Karla, have been praying for good outcomes for both you and Glenn in your upcoming medical encounters. Did you read about my Mom's awesome news?
Janet, hope you are getting some rest and enjoying your new music. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers for your surgery.
Suzi, when is your next adventure in Tulip? I bet Ellis will be a hoot.
Cindy, you have been on my mind, as you always are. I hope you have had lots of LR time this holiday as a gift to yourself. Anxiously awaiting the next book.
Mary Lynn, so agree with embracing all the little miracles this year has brought me, including you.
May you all believe in miracles for the coming year.
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Happy good-ridddance-to-2016 day! Let's celebrate the good, try to forget today about the bad and greet a fresh year with an open heart and fresh resolve to make our lives better and happier.
Used neighborhood FB group to find a tech whiz who got my computer talking to printer and installed my new router (for faster internet). I prefer to hire a neighbor than pay a company like Geek Squad - safer, cheaper & supports community expertise. Going to run a few errands then work on putting Christmas things away in an organized manner while watching football. Thawing shrimp for holiday dinner. Hugs to all!0 -
Good morning, ladies,
Looking forward to our continued mutual encouragement, energy and accountability in 2017!
What a generous gift of time we have already given to one another during this past year. The relationships that have germinated, grown and blossomed in our lives have changed me for the better. It is so important for me to continue to learn and grow from our many shared experiences.
While technology certainly has it's down-side from time to time, our tightly knit OMG group falls into the category of the AWESOME up-side potential of positive and open sharing despite the miles that physically separate us.
Actively holding one another up through thoughtful words, engaging ideas and sincere prayers has already led to deeper and more meaningful relationships. Very likely this effect may even trickle down into our other relationships, as we continue to become more confident in being who we truly are ... with all the imperfect lumps, bumps and even our less than wise decisions.
It would be great to give each of you a huge hug in person, but I offer you my "virtual hug"!
Happy New Year Hugs,
MaryLynn0 -
Happy New Years Eve my friends! You're my last hurrah of 2016. I couldn't let the night pass and go to sleep without greeting you guys!
MaryLynn - virtual hug right back to you. I love reading your posts - you somehow manage to call us back to what matters most when we wander. I'm so very grateful to have you and your positive perspective.
Patti - WHAT WONDERFUL NEWS about your Mom's eyes! That is definitely a true Christmas miracle!
Janet - I've had a tough time reining in the Hungry's too. Today was finally better, but after taking a tracking vacation for a few days, I used up all my WW WPA+7 in two days! Oatmeal with berries for breakfast and a few peanuts for a late afternoon snack really helped, I believe. What a great idea to use the neighborhood FB group to find your own Geek Squad!
Bert - that was some crazy day you had! When I was traveling full time for work, I got a ticket every time I visited our branch in downtown Fayetteville! Dave and I went to see LaLa Land last night. I really enjoyed it because I like musicals; Dave not so much...
Karla - I hope you're somewhere doing something fun!
We've been busy the past couple days, with at least one more day to go, getting Tulip ready for our next trip. We're leaving Tuesday morning for Galveston to take Ellis on his first RV trip. Dinky will get to spend the week with Jessi, Stephanie (Jessi's roommate and Dinky's favorite person next to Dave) and Ella, the cat. Getting Tulip ready this time of year is always a big cleaning job because of the fall/winter mice invasion that happens with her stored in the barn. I'm absolutely, ridiculously phobic about mice anyway so Dave does everything he can find to do to try and combat the problem, but the filthy things still manage to get in. Therefore, every non-upholstered surface and every pot, pan, dish and utensil get bleached because if I find one additional piece of mouse poop once we get there, I have to stop and bleach everything all over again. I simply can't stand the thought of one of those filthy things having walked on or touched anything I touch!!!!
Good scale news this morning at WW - I'd gained 2.2 over the previous two weeks, but somehow managed to wrangle myself back on the wagon in time to lose 0.8 this week. So, as of right now, I'm down an even 2# for the time period Thanksgiving week through Christmas week. By next Saturday, I should be able to add to that loss although we'll be in Galveston and I'll miss my WI. Just checked - that's 10# down for the year. Doesn't sound like a lot, but it's a huge improvement over the last several.
Talk to you next year,
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Good Morning, Ladies! Happy New Year! Our neighbors set off fireworks at midnight.....they were gorgeous! I've been up since 6:30 (the first time was 4:30 with Molly) as my joints were telling me to get up. Mike and I are singing special music today at church. It will just be a hymn, but that's fine. Dan, Annie, and the kids are returning to Chicago today. Have a great day, everyone!
Breakfast is tracked.
Suzi: Congratulations on your 10# weight loss!!!!
Bert0 -
Happy Truly New Year to one and all! Suzi, congrats!!!!! Hope your trip with Ellis is wonderful. MaryLynn, hugs to you and your giving spirit. Bert, hope the aches go away - I know the congregation will be inspired by you & Mike.
2016 was a bad food year for me - gained about 20 and WILL relose it and keep it off this time. As of today I am back on traacking evverything and fleing y "NO!" muscle. With your love & support I will wrestle this stage. May rejoin WW online for free, just to restart. BIG hugs to everyone.0 -
Welcome to 2017! A new year and a fresh start. A time to renew our commitment to ourselves and each other. To continue our journey toward whatever goal we set, with the loving support of this group. I am looking forward to getting the weight off for good. I have played around far too long, made too many excuses and am tired of how I look and feel. I know I can do this, just as I know each of you can too. I am restarting my gym schedule this week and have stocked my fridge for success. I am not making any resolutions, I am making promises to my body for better treatment.
So whatever your plan for the new year please know I am here to support you, honor you and help you in any way that I can. I truly hope we find a way to get together for a live group hug!
Happiest, healthiest new year to you all!
Patti
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waiving hello to everyone! i'm still alive I promised myself I'd only post positive things today, so here's to an upcoming much improved year..... hear that 2017? yep, good things are happening. I have missed all of you. happy new year, Myra 0
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Myra, wonderful to see that smile! Happy New Year! We will all MAKE good things happen.0
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Hi gang! Back from basketball, Tulip chores done and ready to start packing, supper in the crockpot so I'm checking in with y'all.
Myra - good to "see" you!
Bert - your duet was lovely, I'm sure!
Patti - glad you'll be able to fit your fitness classes in with your new work schedule.
Janet - I'm really glad to hear you're returning to WW and I sincerely hope you'll give meetings a try. The program is much changed over the past couple years and the focus is NOT on the scale. A good group with a good leader is a true blessing and they're out there, you just need to experiment until you find one that fits you.
Speaking of meetings, I have a story to tell you about mine. It actually started last Saturday, Christmas Eve. Ever since I saw he light, I've been extolling tracking's virtues at my regular WW meeting. We're a very large, welcoming, comfortable group and refer to the group collectively as our "tribe". Totally appropriate here in Indian Territory! I'm NOT shy as you well know, and frequently speak up in meetings. Most of the time I'm comic relief. Anyway, so back to the real story.
After the Christmas Eve meeting, a young woman about the age of my youngest DD, who had gotten a 5# star earlier, came up to me in tears. She said, "I just wanted to tell you that something you said a few weeks ago really resonated with me. You were talking about tracking and said that you finally just stopped lying to yourself when you started tracking. I realized that's what I'd been doing, just lying to myself." I was pretty dumbfounded and kind of mumbled something as I hugged her with tears in my own eyes. I'd kinda slacked quite a bit over the previous couple weeks and had just posted a gain that had me up 2.2 over those 2 weeks. I walked out to my car and thought "Well, dammit! I can't let her down now; I'd better get my butt back to tracking.... ". It took me a couple days, but I did get it turned back around. Then this Saturday this guy got his 50# medal and in his statements quoted me again! I was very flattered to realize that what I said actually mattered to someone!
So, Janet, I wish you meetings like mine.
Happy New Year,
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Suzi, how sweet of her! And especially him! That is a great way of motivating you to stay true. Am not going to do WW yet ($$$) and would never do meetings - am just not the type of person (personal history with public stuff and All Things "motivational") that works for. I'm just weird about things.
I won't be able to get out much for several months anyway. So for now, I'll be going for healthy food and minimal but nutritious. Hav tracked all today for the first time in a couple of weeks. Day One!0
