Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

@mountmary (barb) What a nice pic of your DH swans and your cookbook... aren't your glad they are done! Tomorrow is almost here! I thought I heard sleighbells ringing just a minute ago! Have a a wonderful time with your family. Congrats on your weight loss!

@grandmakaye - your holiday really covers the full weekend - I suppose that's only fair for that's about the only way all your kids and grandkids get equal time with you these days. It sure sounds like fun. I'd love to taste your cinnamon rolls sometime. I miss my Aunt Jean's rolls - she carried them home each Christmas from San Francisco - best ever! Ymmm.

@LooEdna - just relax and enjoy yourself - it a big Holiday - just don't WAY overdo it! Enjoy the people your with and try and feel the love as well.

@Slimblue - yes the days after do present a good time for introspection and reflection. I enjoy doing the same thing.... Happy holidays to you too.

@Morgori - Tom - you have a true santa smile - and Amy would look great in costume as well - those kids look so happy! You must have brought a lot of joy along with you!

@Skinnyjeans - er, I mean, @Thumbless - really, I do feel bad for you! If your'e having trouble keeping bandanges on try liquid bandage - it would pretty good for me on smaller cuts. I'm not sure the size of yours. Sorry it hurts. Have fun tonight.
I'd love to visit Susan in Charleston too! Take me along!

@Susan - I agree with your soapbox stance. What I really feel bad about with America is that we've progressed so far so fast on gay rights; and yet racism and profiling is still so prevalent everywhere. It is just so unfair. I can't believe the lousy Grand Jury decision in Ferguson.

Another stupid thing going on is our Nebraska Attorney General has decided to sue the State of Colorado for legally selling weed (only in Colorado) because it has caused an increase of approx 250 pot busts on I-80 in 1 year. Oh, give me a break. He's losing his job, and is just trying to get his name out there for national publicity!!! SHEESH! One man's hubris - and he's spending thousands of our state's money just to promote his own name.

Savannah and Charleston sound so lovely. I must get out there one of these years and visit. Maybe for Cyrus graduation, huh? Or when you are promoted to VP of Honey Baked Hams?

@Kah -Kelley - thanks for sharing Zoe again - and enjoy your French Onion soup with your parents - and your Christmas day should be nice too.

@NK - Niki - thanks for answering Mara about the "all in" as well as the break-down of good and bad fats. I'm going to save your post so I have it forever.
You have a great holiday. I love the description of your efforts making the sleighs and extra's for drop ins. WHen I was young and my family was still together my folks did host gatherings and drop ins added to all the fun and excitement. Our home was such a pleasant spot that lots of people would drop by on their way to their own family even for a drink of nog and a song. Such good memories - sigh -

@Laurie - I can always count on you to be exercise concious and put your exercise efforts and planning first on your post - good for you. Sorry you had to miss the Navy game because it ran so late! Happy you started vacation! Hey, been a long time since you posted your village figurines, but I finally got my camera working and my internet speeds up (had to buy new modem) so here's a pix of my favorite lil figurine. My snowman throwing snowballs. Unfortunately, the real snowball in his hand is missing, and I glued a peanut in his hand to replace it ! Ha! Ever since then, he's been feeling kinda mischevieous. He keeps asking me to find another figurine to have a snowball fight with. I looked all over this year and didn't find one! So next year and so on, I will keep looking. The treats are from my kind neighbors!




I'll pick up the rest of posts from the previous page in a second one.
Great posts everyone - nice you all made time to get on here!
Hugs!

@CaseyG710 - welcome! I'm excited to see you here - I posted our new challenge for January on p. 626 -way at the bottom. Hope you come back and see it. Have a happy holiday. I hope someone else answers you questions about exercise. I'm not good in that area. Can you tell us what level of exercise you are at right now? That would help us answer that question.

@Bumblbee - jennifer - hope you do come back!

@LooEdna - I just want to congratulate you on how well you've become such an active participant - you're giving it your all - way to go- hugs!

@Saofei - welcome! Where do you live? you gave such interesting clues in your post - I am guessing but I don't want to be wrong! Hong Kong is on my "bucket list" of places to visit but it sounds like its a lot closer to you, plus you talk about weights and measurements in Kgs so I thing you're a lot closer to it than I am. So happy to have you here. You've done a great job at weight loss so far and your meal planning is excellent. I think you'll like the people you meet and the support you'll get here.

@aimeemarie - Happy Holidays and so nice to hear from you! Glad to hear your losing weight slowly (the best way!) and still active at it! Sorry the winter months have gotten to you. Do you live in the dark north states? I sympathize with you. The blues bug me from time to time. I tend to roll with it. But I have the luxury of hiding out. Listen, I hope You have a great year and stop by when you can!

A KITTY A KITTY @cblue has a new kitty! YAY!! so happy for you - altho you can't take the thorny thing to work, can ya? I adore them, but they are time-wasters, because you just want to cuddle and play and play and play! Hope you have lots of time to do that! Hope works slows down miraculously! Happy holidays to you, DH, and kitty and the rest of the family.
Beach bodies - well, I can say beached body! as in seal or whale but not those teeny boppers with no boobs or hips or things. I jingle jangle all over now. and permanent dimples down the backs of my legs!. Thank god theres fabric to cover my stomach. Ha1

@Toots - Happy Holidays! sorry the boy needs so much special treatment. It was a rough life for him back there. The other boy is adjusting well? I hope so. And the regular family is doing OK? Hubby? You? OK except for the weight ? I'll pretend all the answers are yes, until I hear back from you and wish you a Merry , er Hapy, Holiday and Happy New Year!

@Apape56 - welcome - wonderful timing and a great day to join us. Hope to see you again soon! Have a beautiful day.

Merry Christmas and all Holiday Greetings combined to all of you!

@Cblue - Lori - I think you're quite expressive - you're very serious minded it seems, when you post. I've always thought its because you have so much important stuff going on in your life and you're under a lot of pressure! What you say about your sister, for example, is quite interesting, and a situation that must have caused some sleepless nights as you weighed the pros and cons. If twas me, I'd be doing the same this next year. My approach is often to steer a relationship to the better with a sprinkling of thoughtful small gifts and compliments on non-occasions, just to make the other person feel more appreciated. Often insecurity and a smidge of jealousy makes them somewhat prickly. So I shower them with love and interest in what makes them tick.

Your kitty is adorable. And the story so interesting. So, Niki the kitty was a shelter cat and - she just smacked your hubby and he fell in love? Does that tell you anything? Smack him yourself - as often as possible! Hahahahahah!

@Saoei - so glad you came back! Thanks for your post. Such interesting information. I agree, we can eat pastas, breads and carbs as long as we incorporate them into our planning. I don't touch teas or tofu however, due to my personal tastes. I'd love to try kimchi, once my eating is back to normal. I am unable to eat anything spicy at this time. Woe is me - too bad, huh ! I guess I am missing out on the "burning calorie effect" you mention. By the way, I read an interesting article today that I am going to verify first, and if its true, I will post it later today.

AFM- slept in recliner - laptop kept me warm all nite ! Santa in the hallways woke me up! I average about 5-6 hrs a nite, that's all I need. Had nice omelet breakfast and have the dishwasher going. This AM, to a choir on TV, sang carols loudly - one of the traditions we used to do when I was married that I enjoyed so much. My voice is terrible, off pitch, and dogs howl - Lord, grant me a voice in Heaven please, so I can sing with the angels! but I do love singing! When I was a little kid it was still tradition to go around the neighborhood, ring doorbells and then sing carols. What fun that was!