Thanks for the recipes, Terri! I am in need of some inspiration and that Mushroom Stroganoff sounds good!

Welcome back, Lisa! I am now following you on Craftsy. They don't seem to have a great platform for messages or friends, but they sure have the crafting part down! I see that you follow Carol Ann Waugh. I am enrolled in 2 of her classes, Stupendous Stitching and Snazzy Stitched Portraits. I'm Carla_E if you're looking for me there.

Mihani and Karrie, I'm so sorry to hear about the bug you have. It sounds really nasty! Hopefully since it came on hard it will leave quickly. Karrie, I can't get those socks out of my head! They really make we want to take up knitting but I'm sure that creating something like that would take years and years of practice.

Lia, wishing you lots of luck with the sale of your house. It is nice to have someone going through it at the same time as me, but I wouldn't wish all of this stress on anyone! It will all be worth it when it is done!

Alright guys, time to admit what's been going on here. I've been back in full food addict mode, and on the weekend I bought 2 packages of scones covered with icing. I had 2 on Sunday night, and as expected, ended up with a headache and sugar shakes and major guilt. After much hesitation, I managed to throw out the remaining scones yesterday. I had to take them downstairs to the stinky outdoor bin to make sure I wouldn't be tempted. (yeesh)

No offers on our house yet, and after dragging our feet for a while, we're finally lowering our price tomorrow morning. After the house we wanted to buy went pending, we went out house hunting again and found one we love even more. There are other interested buyers though, so we'll have to move fast if we get the chance.

The plan for today:
Breakfast - banana berry oatmeal, coffee
Lunch - Amy's chili with a vegan sausage
Snack - Orange, coffee
Dinner - red lentil cauliflower curry

certainly won't be acing it, hardly any greens, but still an improvement

CarlaEnsink wrote: »

I've been back in full food addict mode, and on the weekend I bought 2 packages of scones covered with icing.

I've had a little carb binging myself - but for me it's been pretzels and chips... Maybe that's why my stomach is off...

The first step is admitting it...

Hope all of our sickies are doing better today! And that you are able to stomach some more food today.

I am also allllllllllll over the place right now with my eating, some good, some really bad. Especially with the house stress. I have been having semi-regular cookie binges. I haven't weighed myself in 2 months almost and I'm okay with that, but I can feel it in my clothes. At the same time, my body is telling me "more smoothies, less bread/sugar" and that is also a good thing lol. So impressed that you threw out the scones, Carla! I almost drooled over the word "icing". Sad.

Oh Carla, I feel your pain, too. But I'm in awe -- how much strength it took to actually throw out scones!! I'm not sure I could do it. Pat yourself on the back for that one! I'll look for you on Craftsy! Carol Ann Waugh is so creative; I've been to her studio in Denver. I love Amy's chili too but I can easily eat too much of it and the sodium is a killer for me. Fingers still crossed on your house buying.

Karrie, my mother taught me to knit when I was 17. She was a knitter, crocheter, tatter, and seamstress but I only learned knitting and sewing. Now I wish I'd paid more attention. She can't do or teach any of it now, with an almost total loss of short term memory (lots of small strokes did this). I am inspired to start knitting more adventurous socks, thanks to you! Yes to Ravelry!! I'm LisaBinSD there. Let's hook up and share projects.

Hope that bug has worked itself through everyone. Yuck.

Mihani, yes, we've been talking about downsizing for almost 10 years now. Our retirement move was supposed to be a downsize but we bought a house even bigger and brought all our crap with us. It's time to get serious. We really are too old to take care of even 5 acres. Shoveling snow two days in a row (a large car pad, two long sidewalks, a deck, a porch and a patio and steps/stairs -- never mind the long driveway!) is great exercise but it takes a toll on both of us. Mom doesn't want to move in with anyone; she wants someone to move in with her! So we're mulling that one even though it means moving away from daughter. That's a tough one.

7 pounds since Friday? I'd call that the silver lining in the storm cloud!

Just took the grandkids back home tonight. They were good but man, the energy! We are just chilling tonight, worn out from 4 days with kids and 2 days of snow shoveling. Now that's sad. Hard to admit to myself what I can't do anymore.

More snow this weekend. I shoveled snow last night under a waning moon so we could get at least one car out, then shoveled this morning to finish it up. Grandson helped. It's a good thing I like to shovel!

Happy weekend, all.

Almost ready to start a new month! Been quiet around here. I now have a cold. I never get sick and I have been sick off and on the past two weeks. I think it is partly just emotional stress and overdoing it at work, my body is saying stop! Sticking to a pretty basic diet still. I haven't really got my appetite for junky stuff back, which is a very very good thing, so I'm riding this wave.

Today...
B - soy yogurt
L - lentil soup from the freezer stash
D - hummus and lettuce in a spinach wrap
S - luna bar, orange

Need to get back to a more ETL'ish way of eating. Grocery this weekend!