Like Minded Lushes - November

Happy Friday fellow lushes,

Trivia question:
who use to sing that song that goes "Well I'm gonna get drunk and I sure do dread it cuz I know just what I'm gonna do,I'm gonna spend my money callin everybody honey and wind up singing the blues"

just sayin!!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

I was singing like this last night... Will probably sing the same song tonight after I do my counter workout!!:bigsmile: By the way, good one Tex!!!

I've not had a great week food or exercise wise. I've only been to the gym twice and I've eaten tons of chocolate etc. Feeling really fat and sluggish, will be amazed if I haven't gained this week and I really don't want to get on the scales tomorrow but it might be the wake up call I need. I'm finding it harder to eat healthily now the colder weather is here, in summer it is easy to eat salads but now I can't face cold food, I guess it might help if I took the veggies out the fridge ahead of time though so they're not so chilled. I was just wondering how you all manage and if you have any tips for me?

Thank you again, Pam.

I managed to have 4 beers Thurs, cause the neighbor came over. Not too bad, but was not going to have any. Friday, well Katie bar the door, well into a 12 pk. But adjusted calories for it. Today, much the same and probably soon. Got all the housechores done.

I finally heard from my son after a couple of weeks trying to get ahold of him.....so busy.....I remember how it used to be. Made my day anyway!

Have a good one lushes!! I'm adreadin' it........

Well woke up this morning to a heck of alot of snow out there, Think I should put on my winters and go shovel, that'll be a good workout to burn off all the liquid calories I consumed Friday night, considering that the most I did yesterday was get up off the couch to go to the bathroom....lol! But 2 more sleeps and I'll be right back at the liquid calories cuz Mexico here I come!

Hi Lushes. Nearly the end of another weekend here in the UK. Sounds like most of you are having fun, even those with snow!!!

Karin - hope Kitty continues to make good progress.

Robin - the hot butter rum sounds delicious - think I need the recipe in case we get snow here again this winter!:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: I make a brandy butter to go with our Christmas Pudding - this is made with a lot of dried fruit, breadcrumbs, dark beer, brandy & flour and then steamed for several hours, depending on size, so that it is very dark and very moist. The brandy butter is unsalted butter, icing sugar and brandy - I think my son would eat it by the spoonful without the pudding, given the chance!! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Had a great day yesterday with my daughter and two youngest granddaughters. We went to their church which was running an arts and crafts day. Amongst the crafts were batik, jewellery, silk painting, sugar paste craft, patchwork, acrylics, pastel, water colour and oils and beadwork. There was also a table for the children to ry out various things. My daughter and I both tried the sugarcraft so I now have two decorations for the Christmas cake I am making. She then made some wine glass jewels by threading a colourful bead onto some silver wire and making hooks. The idea is that the jewels are placed around the stem of a wine glass so you know which one belongs to you!! I had the chance to do some silk painting and made two cards from the results - one is a butterfly and the other of a poppy. As I have never done anything like this before I was thrilled with the results. We are hoping that there will be another day like this at some future date; if there is we shall take our lunch with us and spend the day there!! Later in the day we took the two little ones to a local garden centre to see all the colourful Christmas decorations.

Tonight, thanks to online shopping, I have managed to get two thirds of my present buying done with everything to be delivered here later in the week, so no need to struggle around crowded shops!!!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Have a great week everyone.

Pam

So I've been doing well with the no drinking on work nights pledge, but not so well on the no more than once a week one! Way too much Friday night, then for some reason decided a few drinks would go well with fixing dinner...followed by a bottle of wine. I'm feeling really sluggish today and probably undid all my good during the week. But oh well! We start anew today! I'll probably have too much wine on Thanksgiving, but I've decided to cut out the vodka until New Year's Eve -- it's just too darn tasty! And too darned many calories when consumed in large quantities!

Yvonne, I moderate a dinner blog: http://itsdinnertime.blogspot.com/
that has a ton of recipes on there. I think there's a few soup recipes on there, as well as some different chili recipes as well. Feel free to peruse. I can't guarantee that everything you'll find there is low-cal, low-fat, but there's quite a few that are. Also, allrecipes.com has a billion recipes, and I go there often to find some great recipes.

I'm with you guys in regards to the online shopping. I plan on doing as much as I can on Cyber Monday. Busy shopping centers give me the hives and make me feel like I'm going to have a heart attack. I went to Costco yesterday and about died.

Good Monday morning to all....I managed to behave Sat night at the party. I think I may have gone over my limit by one (or 2??), but I felt fine yesterday and didn't find myself head first in a bag of salt n vinegar chips with just my head sticking out. :laugh: So I got a lot done and we're all packed for our trip to Florida Friday. There will be drinks galore down there so I'm just going to try to make sure I get up every morning and get my walk/run in on the beach (Yay!) and try to eat good for the most part. It seems I can control the eating more than the drinking on vaca???

Oh debbie...you make me laugh!!:bigsmile:

Have a great week lushes!:drinker: (I think that icon is this thread's mascot isn't it???)

You lushes have been very busy posting....

Friday, 5 beers
Saturday, 5 beers

Also, managed 1 1/2 bottles of wine this week and 2 sangria 'ritas...that's about 20 for the week...YIKES...They add up quickly

My goal for this week is to be between 10 and 15...wish this lush some luck...working on moderation

Well, I had a lush weekend and was at goal-weight for the first time on a Monday!
Friday night I had 2 fru-fru martinis, a bud light and half a bottle of Cabernet.
Saturday I had 6 bud lites and a pear tree martini.
Sunday I had a small glass of wine.
Happy hour tonight, maybe tomorrow night too. then over the mountains to the in-laws for the long Thanksgiving weekend. I imagine there will be drinking but I am going to try and keep it reasonable, considering all the eating that is expected.
Although, Friday is vineyards tour so that should be a lot of drinking...

Sunlover, what part of Florida are you going to visit? We are right outside Ft Lauderdale and it has been warm for this time of year so far. Not sure if the ocean is warm enough to go in though.

Robin thanks for the tips on the settings, I will check it out.

Hello lushes, haven't been here in a few days. Robin, glad your colonoscopy went well. I may join you in that half marathon challenge. or not. :happy: I may try the couch to ... forget the rest. I have not been on the treadmill or walking (except for the mall) in forever.

Maybe if they did a couch to fridge or couch to wine rack they'd have more takers ...me for one

Crazy cat and Amy, thanks for the tips on the soup recipes, I am proud to say I am sitting here eating home made soup. Found a really simple recipe earlier for carrot soup and I've added some potato, cumin and coriander etc to liven it up a bit and it's pretty good even if I do say so myself :happy:

oh and I've made it through day 1 with no chocolate. If I was any better today I'd be in danger of growing a halo.

Well done, Yvonne, keep it up.

Pam

Holy crap, Kim!! What a nightmare!!

I drank yesterday. Red bull and watermelon vodka...which tastes like Bubbilicious Watermelon gum. Yum! I only had one, though.

We're leaving tomorrow for the bajillion hour drive to Omaha, from Denver. 7 adults, 4 kids, 1 dog, 1 35 foot RV. OMFSM, I'll need a vodka drip!!