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Thanks!!! Ali and Tilliesmommy, im going to try one of those tonight.

AliNouveau wrote: »

@hickchic67 I've been curious about those paint nites. Everyone always makes such nice paintings. do they guide you or as you say you don't care because of the wine?

There is a certain picture everyone does and there is an artist there who leads you through it. They go step by step. Our instructor was an elementary school art teacher so she was really patient and had fun ways of telling us how to do things.

I have gone to one where we emailed in pictures of our pets before the event and the photos were printed on canvas like a paint by number. That was when I learned black dogs are the most difficult to do. Everyone else had a canvas that looked like a page out of a children's coloring book with large areas to paint. Mine looked more like a topographic map of the Andes with thousands of tiny spots and no large areas. I wasn't able to finish it that night so its in my hallway, still unfinished.

Hey there Dallas Lady~~

Try your best to get a decent amount of protein for your dinners along with a reasonable amount of healthy fat. This should help you last the evening without being starving again.

Go easy at dinner with the refined carbs and sweet stuff because that can set off that hungry feeling later on.

Hang in there!

Lana

Friday

DH surprised me with donuts for my team at work. Did not need that sugar/calories but it was a sweet gesture. Ate a salad for lunch and lots of water. But seriously need to buckle down with no excuses after the 4th!

Just got word on the new union contract agreement for my job. Man, I wish DH could have waited until 2018 to have his crowns done! Our dental insurance benefits are getting better! And I wish we would have waited on DD's braces! She'll get them off next year but all the payments are done already.

Annie - your dental benefits are getting better? That is awesome and rare these days.

Ali - I have no real plans. Thinking about getting myself to the health club pool for some exercise and then some hanging around the pool relaxing and knitting! It will be interesting to see whether the place will be crowded or empty......I'll need to go to find out. It's going to be hot here in NYC tomorrow.

Lana

Sara - my best friend from college now lives in Lander Wyoming. She always goes away somewhere, anywhere, around the 4th of July because so many people in the town just go shooting off their guns, at all hours, for the whole weekend. :O I am surprised you deal with that too in California! Yikes!

I should go to sleep now. See you all tomorrow ~~

Lana

Dawn - (Sound the foghorn, Lana is on her highest soap box on the beach)

I am here to tell you that YOU must take care of YOURSELF first. Nothing healthy or good ever comes of a person putting another person before themselves. It will ultimately cause you yourself more misery to put yourself last than if you put yourself first.

Your mother has strong reasons for guilting you now:
1) she needs to be able to control you (if she fails now, she is sunk)
2) she needs to set up a life-pattern, so that she has control over you, as an insurance policy to take care of HER, at your emotional and practical expense, later on when she is elderly and needs a caretaker.

You are an adult, a human being, and you are entitled and obligated to yourself to take the best care of yourself as you can. If you do not take care of you and look out for your own best interests, who will? Nobody.

This all will not be easy; it will cause changes in the relationship you have with your mother and maybe other people in your family, but I am strongly urging you to be strong for yourself!

Lana

Hey everyone!

Another grey day here. Will it ever be sunny again?

Chisom - The simple math of losing weight is calories in < calories out, so as long as you burn more than you consume even after you reduce your workout and eat more again, you should not be gaining and still losing.

Dawn - I'm with Lana here, you need to take care of yourself first. You're not being selfish if you don't want to give up your entire life for someone else, even family. We're not just talking about dedicating a few hours of your freetime here but actually giving up some of the staples of your own life in favor of your family members. Nobody should ask that of you.

Dawn listen to Lana there's good advice there especially look after yourself

It's Canada day today!!! Happy 150 Canada...ya we're still pretty young. To celebrate I'm making cinnamon buns and going to attempt to use maple syrup as part of the gooey part. Doesn't get much more Canadian than the syrup of the maples hah

Ali - Happy Canada Day! I hope that your cinnamon buns come out well. Mmmmm.......maple syrup!

Sara - enjoy your lovely orchid plant. Good for you!

I scored a good thing today: On the way home from my 2.5 mile walk to/from the river, I was going to buy some salmon. I figured if I ate a high protein lunch today, I would be less apt to be "looking for something" in between meals. Well they just brought out a hot tray of baked salmon for their "salad bar" thing. $9/lb. which is the same or less than the uncooked salmon cost and no heat or mess or fish smell in the kitchen today! I got enough for two meals.

Lana

Sara - there is enough family members to take turns helping..4 siblings, myself and 1 cousin... if we could get home health for a few days, there would be enough to split the time between all of us... unfortunately, 2 siblings refuse to help...
Nice find on the Orchid.. sounds lovely... hope you are able to visit with family

Lana -thank you so much...I agree with everything you say...I've had a lot of pressure put on me, my whole life... with grandparents, I think it's just myself not wanting to disappoint... with Mom, it's same but more...I am an only child, Dad passed away when I was 18, I feel responsible for Mom... I'm constantly worried about what I will do, when Mom needs help... even though, she is in good health and only 61...I am a worrier... Mom says I get that from Great Grandma ... wish I could turn it off... some days, it's incredibly overwhelming..
Sounds like a great deal on the salmon.. not having to cook is always a plus to me...

Missy - I took a pay cut with new job... although, it really wasn't my choice, due to losing last job...I will call Vet office and just see what they are willing to offer... the stress is a huge factor, even over the salary...

Ali - thank you! I've never been able to put myself first in any situation... makes me feel I'm being too selfish...
Happy Canada Day! Would it be wrong to request cinnamon buns in exchange for meatloaf? They sound yummy!

Thank you all for your good thoughts and encouraging words..I am so easily overwhelmed... always worried about hurting others..

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

AliNouveau wrote: »

Mmmm I love salmon yay for the score

My buns were delicious. I also made pastry this morning which will become butter tarts tomorrow. We're heading to a Canada day party Soon with some friends. Should be fun

Ali - I just saw a thing on FaceBook about Canada Day, and they were listing all of the cool things about Canada that you can't say about the USA, and one of them was Butter Tarts, and this guy had this yummy-looking round thing that was not a cookie, that had a darker center.

I have to go look them up now.......or maybe I better not? I won't look at the pictures.

Lana

Good morning All~~

I am inspired. For official Sunday weigh-in, I achieved my weight goal for this week.

I'm still tweaking and discovering what can work for me. For now, I've settled on rough-planning my day in my paper journal when I have my morning coffee, asking myself what do I have on hand that can be the major protein, the fruits and veggies, and the starchy-carb, and I write it down.
Then I actually track on the MFP phone app as I make and eat my meals throughout the day. If I can enter things earlier in the day, I do it.

My plan is to stick very closely to my plan/calories 5 days of the week, and to leave room for two days to have possible eating out one breakfast and one dinner in a restaurant. Those days I plan a protein shake and then soup for the breakfast and dinner.

......Just offering up some ideas.

Sara - also I am trying to figure a lot of meal prep that can be done with a minimum of cooking during the summer to keep apartment as cool as possible. I think of you often with your high temps.
Very good of your neighbor to rescue the greyhound!
Happy shopping!

BBL
Waves to all who stop by later~~

Lana

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