Gratitude...it's what does a body good...especially this November!
magic71755
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This month, the focus is on gratitude. It makes the day better. Waking up to what you think will be a not-so-great-a-day can change if only we focused on what we have to be grateful for.
Without our brave service men and women standing the line ... well, who knows where we would be. NOT sleeping soundly in our beds definitely comes to mind for one!
And Thanksgiving...no matter how you celebrate this holiday, or with whom, giving THANKS is always a good thing. I know I have a ton of people and furry kids who I owe my life to...so it really is not about the food on Thanksgiving...it's about GRATITUDE!
Have a great month everyone! And thank you all for being here!
With Veterans Day 
and Thanksgiving
all wrapped into one month...these two holidays are truly the most important in my mind.
and Thanksgiving
all wrapped into one month...these two holidays are truly the most important in my mind.
Without our brave service men and women standing the line ... well, who knows where we would be. NOT sleeping soundly in our beds definitely comes to mind for one!
And Thanksgiving...no matter how you celebrate this holiday, or with whom, giving THANKS is always a good thing. I know I have a ton of people and furry kids who I owe my life to...so it really is not about the food on Thanksgiving...it's about GRATITUDE!
Have a great month everyone! And thank you all for being here!
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Off to sauna...
coffee
McDougal soup for breakfast
Gardein Burger
Bean Burrito
Green Juice
smoothie bowl
Grateful for this home, Lulu and I share.
Grateful that they built a gym (with a sauna) five minutes from my home!
Have a wonderful day everyone!
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Mornin' All. Thanks for getting November started, Nanc.
I am heading to the office shortly. Just finished a huge bowl of steel cut oats with fruit and a couple walnut halves, cinnamon, almond milk yogurt. Should keep me energized well past lunchtime. I need to reduce fat to work on lowering cholesterol so I'm giving up the yogurt after I use up what's still in the fridge.
Other than that just busy with work and nothing else going on.
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oh I love the theme for this month! TY!
I am grateful for Brooks, my health and my dogs. also thankful for Ka’Chava vanilla vegan protein powder. Starts my day off right. I add ice, water and a tsp of instant coffee.
Went to my favorite Puerto Rican restaurant after a morning of walking dogs, swimming and yoga. was starving by 1:30. i get sides of bean, rice and sautéed vegetables. mix it in a bowl. comfort food. my comfort food use to be mac and cheese but now beans, rice, quinoa and veggies. Maybe with sweet potatoes.
My sister who is keto and swears that it is the healthiest diet since beginning of time…her cholesterol was 300! 😳🙀🙀🙂😞 She went back on a statin. She was all excited about visiting my oldest sister for xmas. She is 75 and I haven’t seen her in 10 years. the last 3 times i did see her we drove or flew. I stated I felt disappointed that if I wanted to see my family I had to be the one to travel. She said that was because I was younger than them. I stated my mil when she was in her 90’s visited us in Italy. Then she stated it was because she couldn’t afford to visit me. 😳. she lived in Albuquerque and tickets to SA are less than $200. She kept telling me I had no right to feel that way. I know we don’t have a good relationship but I felt very dismissed by her. As if my feelings were not important.
Sigh, thank God for friends, dogs and nature.
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Howdy all... heading to the office again today. I think one of the other gals is coming in as well so hopefully we can get a little bit caught up. I am really having trouble with managing stress right now and going to work on my routine to carve out time for relaxing activities and exercise. I'm sticking with the morning treadmill but that's generally the only real physical activity I get all day and I need to start adding another walk or strength training or yoga etc. in the evenings. Plus maybe dig out my knitting or look for some fun new books to read.
Bisky, glad you are taking the sister friction in stride. When do you leave for Alaska?
Nanc, when do you find out about Lulu's tests?
Never got around to making the soup and wanted to use the bag of little potatoes before they rotted so I am just boiling them this morning. I can eat a few with my steamed broccoli at lunches the next few days. I also got a couple boxes of steamer bags of broccoli and cauliflower at the wholesale store and will make some rice to eat with those this week at lunch. I am not fond of frozen veggies but a little nooch and bragg's makes them more palatable. It's funny when you look at the little bags of frozen veggies and they say 3 servings. Really? Try one serving for a WFPB kind of gal. LOL
I am back to adding mushroom extract to my first cup of tea. I try to eat a couple mushrooms every day by throwing them in with my broccoli in the microwave steamer, but they go bad so fast I often don't use them up.
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Mihani, Everything looks good except they need a urine sample fresh in the AM...good luck to that.
today
coffee
oatmeal and blueberries
Veggie Banh Mi
bean burrito
green juice
smoothie bowl
#1 Grateful that one of three mean boys quit on Thursday. And of the remaining two, one apologized. The third one who pretty much started it all, will never change. But I will not be caught off guard again...because I will never give him the chance to "cozy" up to me again. Fool me once, shame on YOU...fool me twice, shame on ME. There are no more FOOL ME CHANCES, CREEP!
#2 Grateful that I have a home to clean (there, I have changed my attitude about cleaning)!
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Mihani - is there much flavor in the mushroom extract? Thinking that would be a good addition to our morning smoothies. Esp. for Brooks as mushrooms support the immune system.
Magic - one down two to go! Yay!
we unpacked and organized garage yesterday. Then unloaded more boxes from our storage. i am so over packing, moving and unpacking. Brooks starts his job mid March. i am going to fly up there for one week and come home. Then end of April he will fly back and we will drive up with 3 dogs. 🫣. After losing 4 lbs in another plateau. 3.2 mile hike. Charlie Bear was in the doggy back pack for one mile.
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Killing that weight loss...holy crap, Bisk! That will surely shut your sister up! Love the pics of the doggos...especially the doggie back pack...so sweet, Dog Dads...almost as good as dog moms (hehe)and coffee.
Today...
Sauna...on a roll to get there first thing in the morning...it is helping with my overall mood and sleeping and joint pain in my hip. Win Win Win
coffee
stir fry veg with rice lettuce boats
gardein burger on dave's killer bread
last of the just egg with spinach
smoothie bowl blueberry/mango/soy milk/walnuts
HAGDE!
Grateful for cooler weather, finally, in the desert southwest. NO AC for about a month now!
Grateful that election
is finally here. I vote in person. Polls
open in my complex at 6 AM. Will leave the house at 5:15 and drive to the parking lot with flashlight0 -
Brooks and I were at the library to vote this a.m. by 6:15. We were 3rd in line. I will be glad when this is over.
It is frustrating that my sisters are waiting to see if I gain my weight back. They constantly ask how much I weigh. In the past I did lose weight but then gained it back. Middle sister on keto diet and cholesterol of 300 asked me if I thought high cholesterol ran in our family. I said no, it is diet related as my numbers are all down plus my A1C is 5.2. Reason years ago I went ETL with fish was my cholesterol was up. For me it was also cutting down on processed foods. Still battling chocolate.
Need to find the box with my cookbooks. Want to make minestrone.
Had a vegan eggplant curry from Trader Joe’s for lunch. Added garbanzo beans and red pepper. Was tasty.
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You were 3rd in line...I was 4th in line. I left the house at 5:30.Up now 2:20am!
God Bless The USA!
coffee
oatmeal
stir fry veg/rice
beans with LTO, pico and tortillas
smoothie bowl
HAGDE!
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Mornin' all,
Bisky the mushroom extract doesn't have much taste. It's alcohol extracted so a tad bit bitter straight. I add it to tea so I think the heat gets rid of that. The doggie backpack is adorable. Congrats on your big drop on the scale!
Nanc, sounds like maybe the guy who quit wasn't happy and was taking it out on you. That's a relief he's gone.
I scheduled this morning off and debating on whether to sleep a bit more or go ahead and get moving, head to the office.
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From my phone
Coffee
Oatmeal
Stirfry
Burrito
Smoothie bowl
Wishing everyone a glorious day!
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Quick question. Does $80.00 hour sound fair for an organizer?
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I have never hired an organizer but a quick google says $75 to $200+ is common so $80 is probably reasonable for your area.
What do you put in your smoothie bowls, Nanc?
I have been completely off the rails for days now. Eating junky snacky stuff and indulging in wine. I am going out with friends tomorrow and then Saturday I will get back to normal. Stopped tonight and bought broccoli, sweet potatoes, lettuce and salad veggies so no excuse not to get back at it. I have tofu in the fridge so I will bake that this weekend. Oh, just remembered have a gathering on Saturday evening. Yeesh. I'm usually not so social but there has been a lot of out and about involving cocktails and food. I think the time change threw me too. I've been tired and sleep disrupted. I need to get back on schedule.
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I hired my organizer back in 2019...she was $35 hr...if you bought a package...ten hours. Now she $50 hr.
Smoothie bowl...blueberries, banana or mango (all frozen) bout a 1/2 cup non dairy milk, bit of maple syrup, 2 T peanut butter powder stuff. I watched SMOOTHIE FLIP on youtube and he got me into them.
Here's a sample of how he makes them...but he has a bunch. I make mine a bit different that he does since I do not use protein powder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJB_ZATvb48 0 -
Just leaving sauna
Coffee
Matzoh brei
Sandwich
Bean burrito
Smoothie bowl
HAGDE0 -
Gathering tonight was postponed to next week. I'm relieved. One of my co-workers has been off a lot of days over the past month and I need to really concentrate on getting caught up a bit at the office this weekend.
The smoothie bowl looks good. I'll have to keep that in mind for a treat sometime.
I slept way in this morning. I've been exhausted the past few days and battling headaches so I hope catching up on sleep helps with that. Should be at the office by 10:00 or 10:30 and will stay 6 or 7 hours today. Today I'm concentrating on eating lots and lots of veggies, fruit, beans. I need to get off this junk food kick.
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Smoothie bowl, you can keep it simple… berries, banana plant milk.
I just like it a bit sweeter… that’s why the maple syrup and the PB powder.
When I don’t use the maple syrup and the powder, I add dried fruit from Trader Joe’s big assortment, and I got that trick from mommy Tang0 -
Mornin' all. Got up reasonably early and decided to work at home today. I need a day of solitude. Just tired of people and chatter. Catching up towels and bedding and the last load should go in the dryer soon then I can head up to my desk.
Today's plan...
B - ezekiel toast with tahini
L - sweet potato and steamed broccoli
D - big ol' salad with a variety of veggies and some beans added
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Lulu groom/laundry/day...
coffee
matzo brei, ton of spinach
bean burrito
rice and broc, cabbage and kale
Tea and crackers
loads of energy today...life is pretty darn good! Later. HAGDE!
Gratitude! Beyond Grateful...
#1 oh what the hell... TRUMP WON!
#2 see #1
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Mornin' all, was a busy weekend of working but feel like I'm settling back into routine. Treadmill 2nd consecutive day and will be a good day of eating WFPBNO as well.
Plan for today...
B - ezekiel toast with tahini
L - oats with the usual goodies (berries, chia/flax, a few walnut halves, sprinkle of grapenuts for crunchiness)
S - apple and a yogurt
D - big ol' salad
I'm cooking up enough steel cut oats for today and tomorrow.
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Thank you to Brooks, our very own veteran in our group!
Up way too early today...got all the laundry done yesterday, washed, dried, folded and put away. Phew!
Today, start on the kitchen...it's not too, too bad, but needs about 1 to 2 hours of work...including steam mopping floor.
Did not sauna yesterday...but will this morning, after I spend about 30 min in kitchen.
today...
coffee
matzoh brei
vegan sand (bringing my own food to my sister's...Veterans Day/Victory Party she is hosting)
bean burrito
smoothie bowl
HAGDE!
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Darn it anyway! Sauna is not working!
I am in the cryogenic room
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Bummer about the sauna, Nanc.
I overslept. Got home and continued working until almost 11:00 last night. So no treadmill.
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Thanks, M! Sorry you have to work extraordinary LONG hours...that's crazy. How much longer til retirement?
Sauna worked yesterday...felt so good. Back to work today.
coffee
matzo brei
vegan sand
bean burrito
smoothie bowl
Making life as easy as possible this week-food wise. Got most of the kitchen done and all the laundry. Next weekend nothing planned except getting the rest of the house in order for the holidays. My niece comes in 11/21 from Houston and I want everything in order by then since I will be spending my entire weekends over at my sister's for the TG holiday.
Life is so much better at work. Since one of the three "mean girls" quit and one apologized for his nasty behavior, it leaves the last and worst of them all. I gave two chances after negative encounters with him (he's just an *kitten*), and this would be #3. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Of course, I will be polite and whatever he needs work related I will easily comply with. BUT THAT's IT!Have a great day everyone!
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Good planning for the week, Nanc. Hard to believe Thanksgiving is right around the corner. I was in the store the day after Halloween and they were playing Christmas music. Ugh...
Missed yesterday but got up and did 3/4 mile on the treadmill this morning. I need to get to bed by 9:00 consistently. I've been staying up later reading, partly because I'm rarely getting home before 6:30 these days working late.
Plan for today...
B - steel cut oats with all the usual goodies
L - steamed broccoli and baked beans
D - big ol' salad with sweet potato
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2nd mean "girl" quit. Are you kidding me?Now the wind has been taken out of the worst of the worst, who remains. Life is good at work. Thank you, G-d!
Today, loads of rice and stir fry veggies...and a bean burrito. Smoothie bowl when I get home.
I do need to amp up my exercise ... let's start it this weekend.
Off to go to the gym and get in the sauna this morning. It really does start my day off on a positive note.Later, dollies!
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Glad things are going better at work, Nanc. How'd your sauna go?
I did 4 out of 5 days hitting the treadmill first thing so I'm happy about that. I stopped at the store tonight and stocked up on stuff to make my GBOM soup/stew. I get my greens, beans, onions and mushrooms that way, and the berries and seeds/nuts are taken care of with morning oatmeal. Plus veggies to chop up for salads. Now to get into a routine with strength training 3 times a week. I can do it, just have to make the time and find the energy.
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Loving the sauna. The cleaner I eat, the more I sweat!
Bean burrito today.
Oatmeal with spinach and blueberries
Ugh… Gardein turky sand on Dave’s Killer Bread!
Dr McD spring onion soup
Great job on the food and TM, M!
HAGDE!0
