Thanks for the support regarding the diabetes, ladies. My fasting blood sugar was at 6.7. I won't have all of the numbers until my appointment at the end of the month. The info I have was given to me over the phone.

Donna, what an ordeal! I'm sorry about the flood. It sounds like it was a ton of work to clean up and then to have the floors buckling too...ugh! I hope your back is doing okay after all of that bending over and cleaning. I did the same thing, thankfully on a smaller scale, at our last home. I plugged the sink on the top floor in the laundry room and left the water running and forgot all about it. I was 2 floors down. Luckily Joe was home and heard running water. The flooring in the laundry room lifted up, and we had water running down through the light fixtures on the middle floor.

Mihani, I have "Then End of Diabetes" and I'm planning to read it again. I don't really want to read what's going on in my body, but I do want to refresh my memory on Dr. F's advice for what to eat and what to avoid, and whatever else he suggests.

Next week's meal plan sounds appealing to me and I'm definitely motivated to batch cook it this weekend and have it ready to go! There's a Greek style dinner with veggies and rice, an eggless egg roll noodle bowl, a roasted veggie bowl with smoky paprika sauce, zucchini enchilada boats, and a caesar salad bowl. I'll have a smoothie every morning for breakfast and a big salad for lunch to boost my greens.

The treadmill lubricant arrives tomorrow, so if that does the trick, the treadmill could be functioning by Sunday. If not, we have to order a new drive belt and wait a few days for that to arrive and try again. In the meantime, I'll be walking around in the rain.

Happy Friday!

Why haven't I ever thought to freeze greens before they go bad?! What a great idea! Thanks for the website link, Mihani! It is new to me and I like the idea of roasting up a bunch of veggies for the week to go on my salads.

I had a successful food day yesterday. I had my morning smoothie, a big salad with baked tofu and nut dressing for lunch, and then we went out for dinner at the Thai place where I got a big veggie stir fry with tofu, no rice, and water to drink. Yesterday was day 2 of no snacks after dinner (none all day, actually).

We have all of our groceries in the house and ready for batching tomorrow. We're getting a break from the rain today so we'll be cleaning up the branches that fell during all the storms, and pruning the fruit trees.

Thanks, Mihani! It's great to have you along for the ride! I hope you have some luck getting out of the office early today. The party sounds like a nice change of pace, when is that coming up?

I had another good day yesterday and no snacks in the evening. I was hungry around 3 pm so I had most of a pear. I've been really enjoying pears lately. I like them a little crunchy, not soft or mealy textured. While I've been doing good with what I eat, I've also been thinking about food a lot. Hopefully that lessens over time.

Joe and I went for a nice walk in a local park. We were there around 9 am and it was pretty quiet. There are good trails and a number of routes to go. Once Ruby's leg heals up, I might start going there with her. It seems like a nice enough area, and visible to houses even though it winds through some open woods along a creek. I would like it to be a little more populated to feel safe, but it borders on 2 schools, so if I time it right it is probably pretty busy.

I'm off to do my batch cooking! It always feels a bit overwhelming before I start, but once I get into it, it isn't bad. Joe is going to help.

Another good food day for me yesterday. I'm in my smoothie groove and not snacking after dinner. Joe hasn't worked on the treadmill yet, but he might look at it today after work.

Friday is supposed to be a nice day with no rain, so my mom and I have tentative plans to go for a walk at a beautiful park nearby that is along the ocean. There's a little coffee shop right there so we can get some herbal tea when we're done.

Looks like a great walk in nature, Donna! I used to live near a Lush store, and I would get bath bombs all the time. I love them! But once I got one that was filled with potpourri and with the oils in there, it stuck all over the bath tub. What a mess!

More snow, Mihani? Yuck! Safe travels to work and back! I think we're done with snow around here. The last snowfall was right around Christmas. We have crocuses and other bulbs starting to poke out so it feels like spring is just around the corner. I'll be batching with you on Sunday.

Joe is working from home today, so I think I'll take advantage of having the car and buy myself a few new things to wear. I don't want to go too crazy because I've started dropping weight and I'll be changing sizes soon, but it is still nice to have a few things that fit and look good now, instead of always waiting for the next size down.