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Seriously September!
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That's beautiful, Carla! And I love seeing your projects so I vote you keep on sharing.
Nance, that's so funny you called an exterminator and it turned out to be a moth. But better safe than sorry! Did you get out and look at the treadmill today?
I bought a new bed on the way home. Delivery is Saturday. My back is killing me and I'm sure my bed is aggravating it. My mattress is probably 12 years old. The new bed is adjustable and I can't wait!
B - mixed berries with cinnamon, slice of ezekiel toast with almond butter
L - rice and cooked greens/onions, an orange
D - small salad, two corn tortillas with fajita veggies
Got into the pretzels again today. Ugh!!! Other than that, a good day.
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Hope your new bed is super comfy and your back problems go away, Mihani!
Sippin' a coffee here with a sore neck from overdoing it on my weaving project last night. I was in the zone and wanted make a big chunk of progress.
I've been fitting in 3 walks a day with the doggos lately. We only go for about 20 minutes each time, but it is hilly terrain and they race around while I can go my own pace so I get my blood pumping. It's good for all of us!
coffee coffee coffee
smoothie
oranges
fajita bowl
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Today's Plan:
coffee
mushrooms, green peppers, onions and JUST EGG with 50/50 green chili sauce
squeezed juice
salad
pizza
tea and toast
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horrible night sleep...did not cave and have Alka Seltzer Cold Tabs...just dealt with it...Lulu had a bad tummy during the night...TWICE...today, ONLY her dog food ...she has a delicate tum...anyway...not Treadmill order yet...hoping for a better day tomorrow.
Just had breakfast...so will prob take a nap and then shower when I get up. If my feet would stop hurting, as well as my knees, I will head over to Treadmill place and take a look...otherwise, will try again tomorrow.
BTW, the Bee guy was so nice...he completely understood, since it was a GIGANTIC moth and I did not get a good look at it. So grateful.
Ok, off to try and nap for a bit. Later, dollies! b0 -
Mihani, the pretzels I get are the stick GF...that's when I buy them...I think they are by that famous pretzel company...Snyder's of Hanover.
You do everything so well...so unprocessed...I think you should cut yourself a break and just allow yourself a portion...stick with that...know it is your totally OK treat and be done with it. I would not use it as a bad mark against your already stellar day...if that makes sense.
Less TABOO on them is my thinking. Knowing you can have them each day, might lessen their appeal. Who knows.
Anyway, I do that with stuff and it works for me.
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Hi y'all... glad we're through the Wednesday/Hump Day workday.
Magic, sorry to hear you didn't sleep well. How is Lulu feeling?
Three walks a day sounds like a lot of fun for you and the puppers, Carla. Hope your neck isn't so sore now.
I am making up my shopping list for the organic grocery. I usually stop there on Fridays after work. Just cut up the watermelon I bought the other day and it is really good. I will probably make the fajitas yet again this weekend!
B - ezekiel toast with almond butter, berries with cinnamon
L - rice and cooked greens, clementine
D - salad with chickpeas added, two corn tortillas with fajita veggies and cashew queso
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Ok, today's the day...slept better...Lulu did not throw up...so, looking good. Having coffee...will stay low key til I leave for TM store. Want my knees fresh to try out the machines.
Today's Plan
coffee
mushrooms, peppers and onions AND spinach with Just Egg
watermelon
tacos
squeezed juice
salad
And...Ezekiel raisin bran cereal with Westsoy.
Have a great last few days of Summer, sweet peas! 
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Done! Done! & Done! https://www.amazon.com/3G-Cardio-Pro-Runner-Treadmill/dp/B00P6VDRXU/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=3g+pro+runner&qid=1631817545&sr=8-2
^ This is what I got...but got it at AT HOME FITNESS in Scottsdale. Just waiting for email giving me a delivery date...2 -3 weeks out. Very excited!
ETA: Delivery…Wednesday 9/29…set up and haul away boxes. 1st year all servicing, free.
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I bashed the hell out of my knee coming inside after a walk. I'm in agony. I just banged into the edge of a screen door but I could have passed out from the pain. I have twin peaks.. smaller than marble sized bumps side by side close together. I'm icing it. Hoping it doesn't require a doctor. it has been only 10 minutes so hopefully it is less intense soon.
Not much else going on around here. Before my walk I finished half of my threading for my weaving project. I hope to finish threading the second half some time tomorrow and weave it over the weekend.
Grats on your treadmill purchase Nance!! Hope you love it!0 -
Woohoo!!! Congrats, Nance! So excited for you!
I am almost through the week from hell aka secretary on vacation week. My desk is a total disaster trying to do her job and mine so I'm hanging out at home Saturday to work and wait for bed delivery, then going to the office for a while on Sunday to get things sorted before another week starts. Will get my cooking and laundry done Saturday as well.
Contractor made progress on the family room. It is going to be lovely. I sure hope it is finished by the end of next week and I can be done with all this remodeling chaos. I will try to get some pics of the kitchen and family room uploaded for y'all when it is done.
Might break down and get grocery delivery tomorrow. I have been good about not doing that for 2 or 3 months because it really is a lot of extra expense, but with being so busy with work plus my back hurting it may happen. Sure hope the new bed helps with the back issues.
B - ezekiel toast with almond butter, some watermelon
L - TJ's frozen entree (not impressed) and more watermelon
D - big ol' salad, probably more watermelon LOL
I am out of preps so I had one of the TJ's entrees that I bought. It tasted sort of oily and weird to me. Some riced cauliflower thing with tofu. I prefer my own baked tofu and veggies. That's a good thing!
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Carla, just saw your post when I hit post on mine. Ouchy ouchy! Ice is a good idea hope the pain is subsiding. Sometimes you hit just right (or just wrong I guess) and what seems like it shouldn't have been painful is excruciating.
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quick update...pain in knee is now bearable...should be okay. I can put weight on it and bend it Phew!0
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hah i missed your post in between my posts too, Mihani. My knee is doing a lot better now...I was able to do my evening walk with Joe, but without the dogs...Ruby and Radar both crossed into the neighbor's field and were chasing their cute little calves. Not good! After much chaos we go the dogs in. Tomorrow we're stopping off at the hardware store to pick up some hardware to repair an area of our backyard fence that Radar can get through. At some point we have to repair a much longer area where the dogs can cross from our field to the neighbor's.
Exciting that your family room will be done soon. Looking forward to seeing the pictures! Glad you made it through hell week. I remember well the nightmare of our receptionist going on vacation or calling in sick when I worked at the construction company office in Canada.
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And it is officially my vacation...Tue - Thu is my weekend. Anyway, thanks ladies...happy that I am getting a TM. Hope Lulu takes to it with me like Ernestine.
So relieved your knee is ok, Carla...you must have a huge lot. Tell me again where you are?
Mihani, looking forward to your pictures. Remodeling is chaotic but so rewarding when it's done.
Today:
Another horrible night's sleep...gosh darn it...but did not cave. Glad I am home today.
coffee
mushrooms, peppers and onions and Just Egg...I really love this...turns out to be a big ol scramble...and then the 505 green chile sauce takes it to a new level
tostadas with Amy's refried beans, LTO and cilantro, lime and more green chile
Maybe salad...not sure...something very light
a squeezed juice in there somewhere
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Do the melatonin pills work for you, Nance? I haven't tried them but a friend uses them. We live in Washington State, on the west coast, with Seattle the closest big city. We have 14 acres so plenty of room for tramping around!
I also slept poorly last night. My knee hurt every time I moved in bed and I had to be very aware and careful when I turned. I ended up reading for a while around 3 a.m. until I got good and sleepy.
Same old, same old for food plans today. Coffee, smoothie and Fajita bowl, and will try for fruit if I want a snack.
Hope your back is okay today, Mihani...and only one more sleep until the new bed arrives!0 -
Sorry, u had a bad night with your knee, Carla...darn darn darn...it's always something, eh?
I fall asleep ok...but wake up about midnight ish...then I take the melatonin and it takes awhile for it to work...truthfully, it could be worse...I am getting some sleep...just not enough...but maybe once I start exercising and if I ever get in the pool, I will sleep better.
I looked up transmission of covid in the pool...says I am safe. So, now, I just have to do it. Man, I used to swim everyday when I lived in CA...brother.
Love that you have so much land...that has to be amazing. I have never experienced that.
Do you have a huge garden?
When does your bed arrive, Mihani? Man, that will make the biggest dif for your back...I totally can attest to that.
Dinner: broc and rice
Later, my sweets!
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Hell week is over. Yay! I am going to have a couple glasses of wine while I make dinner. Forgive me, Dr. Fuhrman!
Yay for vacation, Nance. I've never tried to get my dogs on the treadmill, and can guarantee the one dog I have now would not be into it, although he does lie on the floor next to it when I'm on it. He's not often far from wherever I am, although it's funny on weekends when I'm home he will go up and sleep in my bed for a while after his breakfast. I figure that's his routine when I go to work.
When are you getting back to the pool? I hope you get better sleep tonight.
Carla, how's the knee feeling today? I'm sure hoping the new bed will help with my back pain. It has been pretty bad lately. I usually sleep in my recliner when my back is acting up but right now my family room is all torn apart and covered in drop cloth so the recliner is not available.
I knew you had some land but didn't realize you had 14 acres. We had a "hobby farm" of 5 acres when I was in high school and that seemed like a lot to maintain although probably 3/4 of an acre of it was woods and another 3 acres was pasture. Mowing all that was a BIG job, but the pasture didn't need to be mowed so often.
Bed will arrive tomorrow late morning. I have to move the old bed and make sure there aren't any stray dog hair tumbleweeds under there to embarrass me.
B - ezekiel toast with almond butter, berries with cinnamon
L - salad, apple
D - thinking of some of the TJ's stir-fry veggies, baked tofu, rice
If that's the plan for dinner I guess I best get on it!
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1 to 2 acres of our property is woods, the rest is rolling pasture and yard. We love having the space, but lots of maintenance. Good for us as home-bodies! 10 to 15 minute drive to get to town. We have a fenced in garden with raised beds (strawberries, squash, peas, greens, tomatoes, etc. we switch it up a bit each year), cherry trees, apple trees, pear trees, blueberry bushes, peaches, figs, grapes, 2 walnut trees (just started to produce...we planted them 5 years ago when we moved here), and currants. We've got some raspberries and cultivated blackberry bushes in pots to plant next spring. We really enjoy walking around and just eating off of the plants seasonally. The wild blackberries are coming to an end and now it is pears, apples, and concord grapes. That will be it until next year.
Our neighbor comes once or twice a year to mow our field for feed for his cows, so we only need to mow the perimeter so we can walk around all year long. Our biggest chore is trying to keep the wild thorny blackberries under control.
Yummy off-plan breakfast out this morning. We're going to try to make ourselves a deal - 1 off plan breakfast each weekend, and doing our best to stay on plan the rest of the week.
dinner - you guessed it, fajita bowls! might be time to switch to another kind of bowl for variety. we also need to include beans with this bowl to cover more of our bases.
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The new bed is here! I am going to take a nap as soon as I finish this post. I want to play with the zero gravity setting plus the massage feature.
Do the pups get into the grapes, Carla? Those can be very toxic to dogs so wanted to make sure you knew that. I had a dog years ago who loved grapes and she developed kidney problems although it didn't kill her. Before that I had no idea grapes and raisins were so dangerous for dogs. And some dogs have no ill effects while others it is deadly.
Glad you enjoyed a breakfast out. That sounds like a great plan to enjoy your weekly breakfast. I have a wonderful recipe for a spicy buddha bowl and will try to find it for you. I rarely make it because it's just too much work and food for one person, but it's awesome.
B - ezekiel toast with avocado and tomato, berries with cinnamon
L - salad, an apple
D - (planned) leftover veggies and baked tofu with rice
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Wow, Carla...that is some Little House on the Prairie stuff you got going on.
Fantastic! Sounds like WFPB Disneyland to me.
YES! Your bed is here...so happy for you, Mihani...sweet dreams, girlfriend!
Today's Plan...
coffee
pancakes..well your world sos free pancake mix from WYW website
tostadas
I bought 13 bean Bob's Red Mill soup ... will try making it in the insta pot tonight or tomorrow.
back up dinner tonight...salad
ezekiel raisin bran with westsoy
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The bed is wonderful! I slept better last night and woke up this morning with less back pain. I played with different settings and found the zero gravity to feel best on my back. I also liked the massage feature which automatically shuts off after a period of time. That's nice since I fell asleep while using it. The dog wasn't thrilled with it but it didn't completely freak him out when I raised the foot or head, but he ended up in his dog bed on the floor when I turned on the massage. He'll get used to it I'm sure.
I didn't get a lot of work done yesterday so I need to be very focused on that today. I will work here at home for a while, run to the office around noon for a little bit, then to the grocery and back home to more work. I spent quite a while yesterday cleaning up my bedroom closet. I bought some organizer trays and baskets so I got everything sorted instead of willy-nilly all over the shelves. Still need to do that with the closet shelves in my home office.
Did you make your soup, Nance? How did it turn out?
Plan for today...
B - oats with berries, chia/flax, cinnamon
L - salad with lemon tahini dressing
D - roasted veggie and chickpea bowl
Echoing Carla's plan, I'm going to make lots of stuff for bowls this week. I'll roast a big mess of veggies. Thinking broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, sweet potatoes, portabello mushrooms, onion. Make a big batch of sauteed greens, probably a mixture of kale, collards and mustard greens. Double batch of cheezy chickpeas. Shred some purple cabbage to top off the bowls. Will make quinoa or bulgur for the base. The chickpeas are saucy enough that I won't need to make any other sauce for the bowls. Will make ginger miso dressing for salads this week.
The only thing about the cheezy chickpeas is the original recipe is pretty bland so I punch them up with some spices. I also found that adding just a little cashew cream makes them much richer and tastier.
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did not make soup...decided to wait til it cools off a bit more...we're getting there...thankfully
lots of prepping, Mihani and Carla...wow, you guys are good
happy you love your bed...btw, what is the name of your dog, Mihani?
today
easy...
coffee
peppers, onions and mushrooms and just egg
pizza and salad
broc and rice
ezekiel raisin bran and westsoy...
Vegan Blueberry had this on her face book page today...pretty funny! It was a graphic...decided to put it as my main photo...
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Treadmill will be here in 10 days...back in the day when I had a treadmill in 2011...I used this guy...fabulous for your TM workouts...he has a variety on his channel...he has a few workouts..do check him out...I will be using my phone to walk with this gorgeous scenery. You can thank me later! LOL
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Sounds like a super deluxe bed, Mihani! Happy you got a better sleep.
Bit frustrated with my weaving. I'd hope to be doing the weaving part by yesterday but I have some threading errors that I'm having trouble figuring out. Oh well, not a race!
B - Ezekiel english muffin with raisons, peanut butter. coffee of course
L - ?? (never good to not have a plan...if I try for nothing I end up snacking. soaking beans for tuno salad for tomorrow)
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cross-post, Nance...looks beautiful! i will give it a go the next time I'm not reading while using TM, thanks! 10 days isn't too long of a wait yay! 1
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Maybe that's my problem with anything crafty or artsy, Carla. I do feel like it's a race and I have no patience when something goes wrong. LOL
Hope you get your threads sorted. I love the ezekiel english muffins. Every time you mention the tuno salad I think oh yeah, I need to make that! I think I'll print it out and put it on my counter so I will remember next weekend.
Looks pretty, Nance. I usually just watch TV when I'm on the treadmill. I need distraction to stay at it. If I have good enough shows or a movie I can go for an hour without thinking about it much. My boy's name is Boo after Boo Radley.
Got some work done this morning, went to the grocery and picked up my salads. Usually pick those up on Friday but my friend who makes my salads was busy and couldn't get to it until today.
I got everything to make my roasted veggies. I think I will make rice for my grain. I have a rice mix of red, black and brown that is so good. Topped with the roasted veggies, cooked greens, and cheezy chickpeas it will be delightful. I forgot to get red cabbage but I have arugula in with my salad goodies this week and that will be good to mix in so I have some raw in there.
Better get busy cooking. It is going to take several hours to get all this done. I did buy pre-washed and cut broccoli and cauliflower which is a big time-saver.
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Weaving is still poopity-poop! 💩 I have a headache today, so I'm not going to deal with it. Maybe tomorrow.
We fixed the backyard opening that Radar was getting through this morning and not 5 minutes later he and Ruby found a new forbidden place to go...under the fence and into the pasture that our neighbor rents from us for her horse...so there they are, chasing poor Flip around. Grrr. This time they scootched under the fence so it will be harder to fix since we can't just patch it with wire fencing.
The weather is turning out pretty nice today. Around 65-ish with blue skies and clouds. If it stays dry it might be a good afternoon to catch up on some blackberry maintenance and mowing.
Today is a fasting day. I'm aiming for the entire day though the headache makes that harder. If anything, I'll have a smaller dinner.
so far coffee, water & miso
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I keep thinking I'm going to try fasting one day a week, Carla. Then I don't. Your dogs are determined to get into mischief! Hope your headache is better.
Did manage to get all my cooking done yesterday. Was so nice to throw together a bowl this morning for a nice lunch. I made roasted broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, portobello mushrooms, sweet potatoes, sweet peppers. BIG skillet of cooked greens with garlic... purple kale, green kale, collard greens, spinach. Plus the cheezy chickpeas and rice. I decided to make pickled onions for my salads instead of roasting them for bowls this week. Salads are a variety of lettuces, sweet peppers, radish, carrot, parsnips, pickled onions, ginger miso dressing. The dressing calls for sesame seeds but when I am making a big batch to last a week I just sprinkle a bit of sesame seeds on my salad rather than mixing them into the dressing ahead of time.
B - oats with berries, chia/flax, cinnamon, a dollop of yogurt
L - big ol' bowl (it was more than I could eat)
D - big ol' salad, a clementine and some grapes
Going to eat my salad then get a little more work done, then treadmill time, then bed.
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Not fasting…but going to juice and have two small meals a day for 8 days.
All vegan.
Four juices
Salad or pizza or tostadas
Peanut butter and apple
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Yeah, decided to try something for the short term to lower the inflammation as much as possible in my joints before TM arrives...knees primarily...but feet, too. So, 8 day semi-juice fast is my plan...I just have to stick with it.
Today's plan:
coffee
juice: beet, apple, pineapple, carrot, orange, ginger, lemon
juice: pineapple, ghost pepper, turmeric, orange, lemon, apple
big salad!
juice: watermelon, pineapple, apple, beet, lime, lemon
juice: dandelion greens, spinach, celery, cucumber, lemon
nighttime snack with Lulu
...granny smith with peanut butter
all juices are cold pressed (not frozen) from Squeezed.com
Happy Last Day Of Summer
, Sweet Peas!
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Headache is gone today! yay! Threading issues have been sorted, so now I'm just sampling to see how I want to weave this project.
Lovely day out but the calves are in the field nearby so no walk so far. I may have to go on the treadmill for my first walk of the day...actually almost 11am here now, so I do need to get on that.
I started my day out right with a smoothie. Fajita bowl for dinner. Didn't get around to soaking chickpeas yet so I will do that as soon as I post so I will have tu-no for tomorrow.
Good luck with your juicing, Nance! Hope you notice the inflammation decrease soon.
Mihani, I'm thinking a 24 hour fast once or twice a week...from 5pm to 5pm.0
