Marathon weekend in the office. Spent all 3 days of the "holiday" weekend in there. Sad part is that I'm still not caught up, but I'm a heck of a lot closer to on top of things. Hope to keep up this momentum for a couple more weeks and really get on top of it all. On the bright side, I am sticking to my smoothies and salads plan, other than I had hummus wraps a few times this weekend, but overall I'm down 3 pounds for the past week.

Hi all! Well, what a whirlwind weekend! Managed to get my huge economics paper in on time Friday, spent every bit of my free time Friday night into Saturday morning pulling weeds, mulching the yard and cleaning the house. Graduation was wonderful. It was the happiest saddest day I have had as a parent. Seeing him sit there in his cap and gown all I kept seeing was this tiny 2 year old boy with his feet not touching the ground sitting there. I bawled my eyes out. Where did the time go?? Sunday was the party. We had perfect weather and everything went very smoothly. My oldest seemed to have a great time and so did everyone else. Monday we just kind of collapsed.

The weekend was totally not ETL by any stretch of the imagination. Honestly, I was so focused on getting everything done and pulling off everything that I just didn't have the focus or the energy for anything else. But, I did go grocery shopping yesterday and did some prep work and am more than ready to get back to my "normal". My stomach is not a happy camper. Too big of a crazy swing in what I have been feeding it. With no more school now I am looking forward to going home and getting in an evening walk every day too. So, hopefully I can rebound from this ok.

Not sure if I will be able to catch up on posts, but, hope everyone is doing well!

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Hi guys! Hope the Americans here had a lovely memorial weekend, minus Mihani who can't stand to be away from the office lol. I am very worried for your poor hands and wrists! I hope you can get in. Maybe you should take an extended absence so your boss hires a second person while you're gone!!!! Great job on the loss

I had a pretty healthy weekend but I had a binge on nuts on Sunday night. I suppose that is better than chocolate, but a lot of fat and I was disappointed. I'm going to weigh myself this Friday. Still been doing really well with no sugary treats! I survived two birthday outings for friends with relatively healthy food although some alcohol. Last night I had a mega headache from my awful office day but I still got on the treadmill and did some weight lifting and feel much better today.

Sabine, sorry to hear about the flare-ups. What do you find helps diet-wise when they happen??

Zooty, did you get to use your day yesterday to do some self-reflecting? How was your mom-date?? Maybe some nice stress relief will help you see clearly, it's hard when you are being pulled every which way.

Karrie, AWESOME run!!!! Super excited for you to ace this race. Your hard work is paying off!!

Terri, great job on the loss again!! How was your husband's trip to Morocco? I wish I could keep that mantra in my head at all times, because my body likes to trick me into thinking there is nothing greater than sweets! Haha.

Eating very back to basics. Really focusing on nutrient dense foods. More beans, more vegetables, more soy (Yes, definitely helps me), less crap, less wine, less caffeine.
It's pretty basic stuff but it definitely seems to help.

Sloth - LOVE that!

WHN - "MBS" my mantra too. Glad to hear you are feeling optimistic about your run. Always a good place to be mentally. I am sure you are going to do great!

Sabine - basics...yep...I think that is why this type of life appeals to me - it can be a very simple thing to adhere to when you really boil it down.

The kiddos are immensely enjoying their first day of summer today, though, I think my husband is going to be ready to pull out his hair by the time I get home. He works from home every day and apparently the first day of summer is always the hardest. The kids forget that while they are off mom and dad still have to work. So, some adjusting will be required.

I am planning to make a big pot of lentil soup tonight as I thought it might be a good option for dinner choices. Any advise on recipes?

Also just a fly by :-) Spent some time catching up on posts a couple of days ago, then got behind again. I was at a work conference (8,500 critical care nurses, yikes!) in San Diego last week. It was at the conference center, and our hotel was in the Gaslamp Quarter, so...we ate all the foods, drank all the craft beer, tasted all the wines...lol! Totally worth it. We don't have *really* fresh seafood here in central WI, so that was SUCH a treat, then there was the authentic Mexican, California Mexican, sushi (I LOVE veggie sushi rolls...), donuts as big as your head, an assortment of restaurants featured on the Food Network, a cupcake shop from Cupcake Wars...anyway. It has all seemed to have fallen away now that I am back to my regular eating programming. I had a lovely fruit plate for breakfast today, I am so excited for watermelon and cherries!!!

I have one class in the current three month session, but it has a lot of work attached to it, so I need to get cracking...take care today, everyone!

Hi all! Last night was my daughters last soccer game of the season. Was really great to see her back out there. Very thankful she at least got to get in the last two games rather than being out for the whole season. Her heel seems to be holding up fairly well. We are still going to force her to take the summer off as I think it would do her some good. Dinner last night was an epic fail. Soccer games right at dinner time coupled with a late work day is not a good combination. Today is a new day though, so, focusing on that and moving forward.

I have been immensely enjoying not juggling school any more. I actually spent a little time on Tuesday night folding laundry. I know that seems kind of silly to be excited about doing that, but, to just have the time to do something as simple and basic as fold laundry rather than living out of baskets of unfolded clothes is a pretty nice luxury to have! lol

Liapr - ohhhh...out to the movies on a work night??? Whoa. That really is living dangerously...I am not sure I could break that rule myself! I have been thinking a lot lately about how I tend to box myself into my life with a list of rules. Good for you for being a rebel! Have an awesome time!

Mihani - I hear ya on the tired grumpies. Hope you got some sleep and are feeling ready to take on the day! Thanks for the tips on the lentils. Going to give it a try!

OK folks - off to break some more rocks...er...get back to work. ;-)

I haven't heard much about the new Mad Max. Mel Gibson was oh so dreamy when he was young though. I loved Lethal Weapon. The first two. After that they got pretty stupid, I never even saw past the third. How was your smoothie?

Laura, so glad you are enjoying yourself and you sound much happier and more relaxed already. I think you made a wise decision! I had to laugh about living out of baskets of clean clothes. I do that all the time! Every couple months I put everything neatly away and it lasts a couple weeks max. But those two weeks are really nice. Glad your daughter got to play.

I am slightly (slightly) less grumpy today. I don't know if I can take the whole weekend off as planned, but definitely taking Saturday. I need to do something about this house. Did better on food today.

GO KARRIE!!!! Can't wait to hear how it goes, you've worked so hard!