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fabgeekmom

@trooworld You and your husband look really cute in your costumes. I’m glad the headache is better. Hi, all. We are having perfect fall weather: cool in the morning and evening and warm in the afternoon. I went for a walk after breakfast and sat outside this afternoon. We had the chicken for lunch today. DS is making beef ramen for dinner. He made this a few weeks ago and it was good. Our daughter and her family are eating with us indefinitely as they have water damage in their house from a leaky hot water heater.

fabgeekmom

@trooworld That’s really cool that you’re entering your art work into another exhibit. A lot of people in our neighborhood have put up Halloween decorations. I love the huge skeletons. Hi, all. Today was a swim day. I ate leftover ramen for lunch. I have some Bok Choy that wasn’t used. I’m going to freeze it to use in soup. Tonight we are having meatball subs, baked French fries and salad.

trooworld

@fabgeekmom Thank you ! I love those huge skeletons, too. If we lived in a house, I would probably have one of them! Good job with the swim. Good idea to freeze the bok choy. How were the meatball subs?

Hi all. Well, MFP has messed up: ALL of my discussion board bookmarks have disappeared! I found this board by searching "WW" and it popped up. I am so upset. I had a lot of boards I may not be able to find again. I hope you find yours. I also cannot see my previous replies on this board, so I don't remember what the motto I had for the year was. :( Anyway, my day was fine yesterday. I had to work. For dinner, I made a good recipe, a NY Times recipe for Oven-Roasted Chicken Shawarma. I also made some roasted red pepper hummus. It was very good. Today is more work.

Water intake yesterday: 56 oz

fabgeekmom

@trooworld I saw your post about an hour ago and when I wanted to reply, I couldn’t find it. But as in the past when that happened, I went to categories and then motivation until I found it. I’m glad your day went well. The dinner sounded good. The meatball subs were good. I only ate half. The recipe is on ATK. We had leftover meatballs that I put in the freezer. Hi, all. It’s going to be 80 today so I will go for a walk when I finish my coffee. I need to go grocery shopping for tonight and tomorrow. Plus we’re going to the cottage Thursday. My daughter and her family are joining us so I have to make sure I have enough for everyone.

trooworld

@fabgeekmom I'm glad you found this board . I have lost my way to some boards that I used to go to daily. I hope that whatever they've done, they fix it soon. I feel bad that the people I interact with daily will think I have disappeared. I'm glad the subs were good. I hope you enjoyed the walk in the nice weather.

Hi all. Super frustrated about losing all my bookmarks and not being able to find them again. I did find some of the bookmarks, but yesterday, when I went to post on the boards, the reply box wasn't there, so I couldn't respond to posts. So bad. Anyway, I am doing okay. I did not do well with eating yesterday: I had about 410 calories worth of unplanned chocolates at work. On the bright side, I did drink more water. I had an easy meal for dinner: Trader Joe's cauliflower gnocchi with a marinara sauce and a little chicken Italian sausage.

Water intake yesterday: 64 oz

fabgeekmom

@trooworld That’s too bad about your groups. I miss the community from WW. That was much easier to use. The good news about the chocolate is that you tracked it. The dinner sounded good. Hi, all. Today was a swim day. It has been drizzling rain all day so I cooked hamburgers inside instead of on the grill. We also had air fried tater tots and salad. For dessert I had a few pieces of dairy chocolate from London. We were going to go to the cottage tomorrow but found out that the coast is getting a bad storm. Hopefully next week the weather will be nicer. This is the second time this has happened.

trooworld

@fabgeekmom Thank you . I am very upset about it. I miss the WW community as well. That's true, I did track it! Good job with the swim. Yummy dinner, and dessert! Sorry about the storm.

Hi all. I emailed support but haven't heard back from them. I don't expect to hear back from them, though, because it's for premium members and I'm not a premium member. I will try to access things on my phone after I post this. Yesterday went better: I had some chocolate, but only 135 calories worth (and I tracked it). I made a gyro salad for dinner with gyro meat from the grocery store. It was really yummy! Water intake improved yesterday as well.

Water intake yesterday: 72 oz

fabgeekmom

@trooworld Good job on tracking the chocolate. The dinner sounded good. Hi, all. It’s a little cooler today but sunny. I will go for a walk after breakfast. I’m making a Skinnytaste one pot meal with Italian turkey sausage, spinach,orzo and corn. I’ve made it before and it’s good.

trooworld

@fabgeekmom Thank you ! The weather sounds nice. I hope you enjoyed dinner.

Hi all. We made it to Friday! I didn't work too hard yesterday; I was distracted. I guess everyone has days like that. Today is my work-from-home day. I am going to the gym tonight and then grocery shopping, only to Trader Joe's. Did anyone buy anything from Amazon for Prime Days? I got some new pants and a skirt, as well as some regular stuff we buy. I lost 1.2 lbs this week.

Water intake yesterday: 48 oz

fabgeekmom

@trooworld I hope your work from home day and everything else you want to do goes well. I didn’t buy anything from Amazon during Prime Days. Hi, all. I woke up at about 4 and didn’t fall back asleep even though I may have drifted off for a bit. Today is going to be a slog but at least I am retired and don’t work. Today is a swim day. Dinner was good last night. My son made a boiled fruit cake that was good. Dinner tonight is salmon.

trooworld

@fabgeekmom Thank you ! That's too bad you got up so early. I hope you enjoyed the swim. Boiled fruit cake...I've never heard of that!

Hi all. I enjoyed my work-from-home day yesterday: I made a large cut-out of a cartoon pet rock for a pet rock-making workshop I am hosting for the students this next week in celebration of Earth Science Week. It should be fun! I have no idea if they will want to do it, but I guess we'll see. I also went to the gym. Today will be busy: the gym, coffee, then I am participating in a research study about athletic clothing, and then we are going to a pug Halloween party. It should be a fun day!

Water intake yesterday: 48 oz

fabgeekmom

@trooworld Boiled fruit cake is an English dessert. My son brought home a cookbook from Bath, England. He boiled some raisins, currants and spices, cooled the mixture, drained it and then added it to the other ingredients. I don’t like fruit cake but this one was good and not too sweet. Your project sounds interesting and fun. I hope you enjoy your busy day. Hi, all. I’m going to go for a walk before it starts raining. We’re eating at a ramen restaurant to celebrate my daughter’s birthday. I’ve never eaten there so it should be interesting.

trooworld

@fabgeekmom Ah I see . Interesting! Thank you. I hope you enjoyed the walk and didn't get caught in the rain. I love ramen, I hope you enjoyed it.

Hi all. The gym was good. I noticed later in the day that I have developed muscles I can feel in my shoulders/upper chest. At first, I thought something was wrong, but then I realized it was just muscle! LOL We took the pugs to the pug Halloween party, but Violet was such a jerk (at first, she was okay, but I think she got overstimulated; she started lunging and barking at other dogs), so we had to go after about 20 minutes. I got some reading time in: I am reading The People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. It is a historical fiction novel about the fictional events surrounding a real historical text: the Sarajevo Haggadah, one of the oldest surviving Jewish illuminated manuscripts. It's very interesting so far, and I would recommend it. This morning, we are going to the gym, and then to the zoo to walk around. I am bringing my camera, so I will try to get some good pictures to share. I hope to do some crafting at some point.

Water intake yesterday: 32 oz