Hi Austin, great thread title and picture for October! Thanks for starting it up.

I have a few more days of crazy at work then I hope things will settle down a little. My goal is to stay 6 week plan strict through the rest of the year, with a few more relaxed days for holidays and some social events coming up. I have managed to hit the treadmill twice this week.

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Mihani chopped salads are the best. Think I will have one for lunch.

Karrie, I love your Halloween crafts. Wish I was closer to take your class. Do you have everything cut out and ready to assemble for class?
Here are few cards I made before I went on my trip.



I got back last night. Managed to lose 2 lbs with all the walking I did despite wine and carbs for stress eating.

Not completely back to ETL...schedule will be crazy. Home for 20 days, back to Hilton Head, Home for another 2 weeks. Then to Italy and then when I get back we might turn around and drive with 3 dogs back to Hilton Head and I will stay a month there. Brooks was asked to help out at West Point for first 2 weeks of Dec and then we had planned to go to Hilton Head for almost 2 weeks end of Dec. Instead, we might as well go for a month so I can help my sister. My niece just bought a little house and she is retiring there in June so we are just trying to take turns caring for my BIL until my niece moves there. Anyway I will stay in her house as she won't start with major renovations until summer.

Hi everyone. I'm new here. Fellow Canadian. I've been following Fuhrman for the past several months. I've been eating WFPB for several years and heard about GBOMBS so looked into him further. I have his cookbook and am following his 10 in 20 plans. Some days I'm better than others. Found after I injured my ankle 7 months ago that I developed some bad habits and am trying to get back on track pre injury. Back to the gym and back tracking. It keeps honest and motivated. I know many people say if you eat this way you don't need to track but I find if left to my own devices I slip. I'm looking forward to this group.

I actually got to the grocery yesterday on my way home from the office but never got around to prepping veggies or making the casserole. Will get that done tonight, and maybe make a batch of E2 hummus. I recently discovered that Fresh Thyme store brand frozen green beans are delicious steamed in the bag. I am so fussy about frozen veggies, they are usually too mushy and tasteless. Working from home today so I can catch up laundry and do some cooking, and fritter away time on the internet of course.

Hi Jacquie, good luck with the new job and WW.

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Michele, I find I do much better when I track what I eat...when I am not tracking I am on a slippery slope. I think some people here have it more under control than me. Welcome.
Is your ankle healed?

Jacquie that is awesome! I think the more we connect eating poorly to not feeling well, it will help us to make better choices. After my last triathlon...I really slipped off with sugar and alcohol. I was staying with my sister & BIL and my sister loves two glasses of wine in the evening. I don't have a problem not eating meat, poultry or much cheese...but cookies, cakes, chocolate and I am a goner. When I was eating better I had so much more energy.

Mihani - I will have to look for the Fresh Thyme green beans. I recently water sautéed frozen precooked brussel sprouts that were delicious.

My BIL improved the week I was there. I persuaded my sister to take him off the klonopin and use Melatonin instead for his nighttime agitation/sun downer's symptoms. He started sleeping much better and more awake & alert during the day. He was up all night and then sleeping the day away. We figured out a good schedule to keep him on. He has a night aid and we try to have dinner finished, teeth brushed and into pj's right before she arrives so he associates these night aids with sleep time. Then during the day we try to keep him active so he will be tired at night and not be wandering around. The first night I was there he tried to go out the front door at 2:00 a.m. It is scary because they live by the ocean and on other side is lagoons with alligators.

Carla - happy belated Thanksgiving. Did you take pictures? Any snow yet?

Temperatures here have plummeted to 78* hahahaha I went to swim outside...I thought the pool was heated because it is still warm. The lifeguard had a long insulated coat on. I guess it is all what you are adapted to.

Brooks has a 3 day conference in Galveston this weekend. I needed some alone time to recharge and plus I didn't want to leave or take the dogs. Grilled veggie salad tonight plus SF TJ chocolate (to wean off). Fruit, nuts and oatmeal in a.m....have already had a great swim and going to walk Cleo the wonder dog 3 miles. Then card time!

Hey y'all, been another busy week here, plus I feel kind of blah. Just run down I think, not anything specific. Looking forward to the weekend and maybe only working 7 or 8 hours a day! I need to take time to make some soups this weekend too. I am craving the OSG red lentil kale soup with the cooler weather.

That's the soup Austin. It is my favorite! It freezes very well too, so I make big batches at a time. I just leave out the oil.

I am going to make a caesar salad for a dinner party tonight. I'm hooked on this recipe for caesar dressing: https://itdoesnttastelikechicken.com/creamy-cashew-caesar-salad-dressing/ and I'll try Carla's recipe for walnut parm. I'll probably just buy croutons rather than making my own, and it's hard to find store-bought with no oil, so I may be cheating a bit there. And there will be wine.

What does everyone have planned for the weekend? I think I'm going to work from home both days so I can catch up laundry and cleaning, plus I really just need to be away from the office for a couple days. I'm feeling extra burned out lately.

Mihani I like to do the group classes at our YMCA. I usually go to Zumba, aquafit, yoga and gentle strength. I also see a trainer at her house once a week. My husband and I like to walk too although I've slacked on that due to the foot. I'll have to get him to push me harder to go.

Michele, chat with the boss went okay and he has been pretty good this week about not asking if I can do this, that and the other just as it's time for me to leave. We're just always super busy and I care about the clients, so it's hard for me to let go myself and get out of there on time. I just don't have it in me anymore to put in 70-80 hour weeks. I'm trying really hard to get caught up though, because things are piled up. I can't give up my weekends and evenings right yet because I really need the uninterrupted time for more complicated projects with nobody walking in with questions, no phone calls, etc.

Michele, I'm the same way. I've been with my current boss for 20 years now. I'm still 8 to 10 years from retirement. I wouldn't leave him for another job, but I keep telling him I'm not doing this into my 60's.