I LOVE NOVEMBER!!! It is, by far, my favorite month! I love the fall and the weather and the thankfulness and the mashed potatoes and the fire in the fireplace and the time change and all of it. I love November!

Way to go @Meghan509!! That is great that your 12s are fitting!

I am going to take the night off, eat pizza, watch TV, and go to bed early. Then I can get all my work done this weekend so I can do housework next weekend. Actually really excited to have time to do housework. This place is a mess.

Have a great weekend! Happy November!

Awesome Kate!! ^^

I feel like I’ve been sooo busy this past week... and I’m OT stepping on the scale! We’ve had power outages, our phone is still not working, a friend’s bday lunch out, Halloween, a memorial at a bar, and my sons bday tomorrow but he’s sick!!

Meghan our weather is the opposite... calm & sunny!! And I ate more Halloween candy than I gave out!!!

Happy Sunday people!

STEELY DAN!!!??? Omg!! That was my first concert Meghan!!! Waaay back about 1978 I think!!!! Haha... I love Rock! What a funny coincidence! Glad you had a good time!!

Feeling tired this Monday! I’ve been burning the candle at both ends lately!! I’ve got to stop this madness and take a ME day!! Hoping to fast until dinner! Getting our house phone fixed today, but I gotta admit it’s been rather nice and quiet without all those soliciting calls!!!

Yes that is fabulous Meghan! Another 2 lbs!! I’m the opposite over here... refuse to get in that stupid scale... it’s all Halloween candy! The sugar I’ve consumed in the last month!! I feel swelling everywhere because I was sooo good about only having that 90% choco !! Oh well I’ll figure it out! Timing is everything! I’ve just been so busy! Having the sons family bday dinner tomorrow... I’m dreading the gluten free, sugar free, dairy meal... the daughter doesn’t eat roast beef and that was the sons choice! Soooo I’m making her chicken! *sigh* I’m preparing a gluten free brownie for her since she won’t be able to have the cheesecake!!!

Have a great weekend people!

Hey all! Not much to report here. Just chugging along like the Little Engine.

@orlcam I like the name change and new description. Don't worry, you will get back on track. I think the best example that you can set is to get back at it, even when you stumble.

@Meghan509 Woo Hoo! Congrats on the loss! You will feel fabulous in your bathing suit!

@mamainthekitchen I hope you are doing well!

I hope everyone has a great weekend! It is supposed to be lovely here. I fully plan on going outside and doing homework in the sunshine!

Any ideas for the banner? something wintery...thanksgivingy(?)...christmasy? If you have any pics that fit the season, let's see them.

LOL @Meghan509 yep, temptation, food is a double edged sword. Sometimes I wish I could just get a feeding IV and be done w/it...completely avoiding the orifice in my face that contains thousands of tiny sensory receptors yelling at me to take another taste.

On chocolate: Lily's chocolate chips is our goto. They use stevia and erythritol (very low glycemic index sugar alcohol that is digested through the small intestine so it doesn't cause the same discomfort as maltitol, xylitol, etc.) There are 3 flavors including milk chocolate and our local Rouse's carries all 3 (yippee!)...around $6 a bag. Almost double that on Amazon though (don't ship well in the heat.)

@KateNkognito what happened when you went to the group? Did it take some extra steps? The link I keep on my toolbar brought me to the right page. I want to make finding us easier just in case some past members try old links.

@mamainthekitchen (imagining post) ...yep...amazing.

Again, sorry, I've been committed to and sidetracked by other things, but will try to start posting daily again. This group is always in the back of my mind...I guess it means more to me than I realize. When you get into the habit of coming to a place (even a cyber one) on a regular basis, it becomes a place of comfort...solace. It's the people here I'm sure; always gently urging when I'm motivated and consoling when I fall...thank you for that.

I've been stuck a few times Meghan. Sometimes eating normal calories for about a week can get your bodied primed for another run. With the holidays coming, that could work in y'all's favor. Eating calories below your BMR over an extended amount of time will eventually reduce your metabolism...it depends on how long you've been doing it and how low your intake is. That's actually an interesting concept; something I'm not sure anyone's ever done. A calculator that will give an estimate (based on your BMR and your cal intake) of when your body might shift it's metabolism. Could be a little holiday project. I'm not sure if there have been any new studies done on that specifically. I think the last one I read (when I did the TDEE calculator) was done over 30 years ago and on a sample of 50 Italian men. They were given something like 100 cals a day and it took roughly 9 days before their bodies went into lockdown; metabolism increased before that. If someone has done a reliable study that tests this for different daily calorie intake values, then it should be the only data needed to calculate a result. Hmmm