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@teresaw1020 Woohoo on your Whoosh! Choice is a good thing. The way you are doing it means the weight will stay off. Keep swimming.

@trooworld See, you lost some weight too. We are warriors. I got 25%. Your menus sound good. My hubby is on a histamine kick now that he has seen some YouTube video. YouTube can be dangerous. So he wants me to think about foods and histamine. I'm like you are retired. How about YOU think of foods and histamine and tell me what you want me to cook. I'm busy trying to do my own program.

Yellow Day- Went Over 41/23
Exercise- 31 min physical therapy stretches

@theslightedgeforever Yes! I got about 25% yesterday, too, it was a challenging day. Yes, YouTube can be dangerous. We are all too ready to accept what we see in videos by everyday people or so-called "experts". Hopefully your husband figures out what he wants lol.

@cbabie Thank you! We try to eat well. Hopefully you have a good weigh-in tomorrow.

Hi all. We celebrated my brother-in-law's birthday yesterday, I made a blueberry lemon cake with mascarpone-whipped cream icing and it was delicious. We also had bbq ribs, baked beans, and macaroni salad. I'm glad we didn't bring any leftovers home lol. I tracked dinner but I didn't track what I ate for brunch so I have to go back and track it now. Ugh. Okay I tracked. That cake was 35 pts! I'm -34 pts for the week now after yesterday. Gah. Time to earn some Fitpoints.

My phrase for the year: CHANGE HAPPENS

@theslightedgeforever I’m sitting here debating with myself if I need to Google what it means to think about foods and histamine. That is probably not a rabbit trail I need to go down. I spent quite a bit of time yesterday researching our need for iodine. One health issue at a time.

@cbabie What am I going to do when I get to 80 pounds? Well since that just happened, I will start working towards 90 pounds! I have 25 lbs to lose before I declare myself at goal.

@trooworld That blueberry lemon cake sounds sooo good. I love that flavor combination! You just keep working hard this week and you will work off those cake points.


Good morning! Well, yesterday I stepped on the scale and I’ve hit my 80 lbs loss! You know I did a happy dance as I rushed out to show my DH the number on my Happy Scale app. And now, I need to continue working hard to keep that number and work towards getting to 90 lbs. loss. I need to figure out a time to get in my closet and get rid of all the clothes that are too big. There is no way I’m keeping larger sizes because I’m NOT going back there ever again. OK, off to workout and then hit the grocery stores.

Congratulations, @TeresaW1020 !!!!!

@teresaw1020 Congrats for hitting 80 lbs. That's a huge accomplishment. Now onward to 90. Yes, don't go down the rabbit hole with histamine. You think you've fixed one problem and another one pops up. Yes get rid of those clothes. Someone bigger than you out there needs them now.

@trooworld 25%. I know I need to make it a habit but I'm currently working getting my tracking habit down pat again. There's always something it seems. Your pineapple dish looked really pretty.

@mswatson0777 Yaaay for cooking and prepping for the week. Plus tracking. Dh making dinner. Judgement Day would probably happen first. lol Or I'd be waiting that long for dinner to be ready. He's really meticulous at some things. We have a joke with our kids about "dad" making the PB sandwiches. He made sure all the corners were perfectly covered. All the PB was the same height across the bread. No knive marks in the PB. Meanwhile, "mom" just slaps some PB on the bread and that's what you are getting. Don't like it? make it yourself. They never complained though and said they like me making it because dad takes too long. I'm like they are going to eat it and poop it out. I have other things I'd like to do with my time. I'm not the most patient person in the world. lol So now he makes his own lunch which is usually corn flakes. Since he's retired, I'm not cooking 3 meals a day. I hope you're feeling better now.

I didn't even think about red, yellow, or green days yesterday. But all is good as I lost 1.7 lbs this week. I think I still had leftover fluid to get rid off. Because surely it wasn't my habits last week. But I'll take it just like I took the gain I wasn't expecting. Now the real work begins.

I went to the dr and got my knee x-rayed. Well both to compare. She said it looked like I had some fluid there so we'll wait for the results. Plus my BP was sky high so she increased my meds again. I wonder if inflammation from my knee isn't messing with my BP. Of course could also be I haven't exercised consistently since I hurt my knee a month ago. Not like I was doing. So I'll figure this out too.

Red Day- Went Over 36/16
Exercise-Rest Day

@mswatson0777 The shrimp dish was really good. The BBQ was amazing, my SIL got the ribs and the baked beans from a local BBQ restaurant and my husband made the macaroni salad. I'm sorry you had a reaction, I still have to get my 2nd shot in a week and I'm worried it's going to be a bad reaction. That's good it was a light workday for you, I can't imagine feeling sick and having to do what some of your days look like!

@theslightedgeforever I got 50%. Tracking is probably more important. Thanks, it was really good. I'm glad you lost this week, congratulations! What are they going to do about your knee? Take the fluid out? I hope your blood pressure goes down.

@cbabie Wow, congrats on the loss, that's fantastic that you weren't expecting it and got it! Thank you. My husband doesn't like shrimp either so I had to make the shrimp separately and make him some chicken for his. I wouldn't enjoy cooking if I had to do it for a living lol. The mascarpone-whipped cream icing wasn't very sweet, the sweetness came from the cake itself. The icing was creamy and slightly tangy from the mascarpone (which is an Italian cream cheese). It was really good with the cake! I hope you get your read read read day, make it so!

Hi all. I had a busy day at work yesterday, it always is when I go into the job site as all the work that I can't do from home piles up, and then I have to try to get it done when I'm there (I can never finish it). I'm working from home for the rest of the week.

My phrase for the year: CHANGE HAPPENS

Hi all..sorry it's been awhile. Having a fun day today..it is colonoscopy prep day. Apple juice & beef broth (& I don't really care for either, lol) I am a year late, so praying it will be OK tomorrow.

@trooworld I agree you should be a food blogger. Your food always looks so delicious! Good luck with your 2nd shot. I didn't have any reaction but dd (she's 41) felt pretty bad for 24-36 hrs. Other dd (she's 44) gets her 2nd on Thurs. We'll see how she does.

@TeresaW1020 Wow! 80# is amazing! I think the clothes that don't fit should go, too. That is something I haven't done & it is too easy to fall back into them.

@mswatson0777 Hope you are feeling better now. Nausea is the worst! Yay for cooking for the week & tracking.

@cbabie Great loss. You are doing so well with your walking, that should help. Been trying for at least 10,000 steps also.

@theslightedgeforever Hope they can figure out what is wrong with your knee. That is a bummer about your BP. I think when we have inflammation anywhere it can affect it. Thinking about your dh & hives. I had them for about 2 months & never did figure out what caused them. I decided that it was because I had been eating too many peanuts, so for about 4-5 years I avoided all things with peanuts (& I love Snickers!). Well, after that time, my Dr said I should be tested for peanut allergy & nope that wasn't it. So my avoidance was for nothing, lol. I do hope he can figure it out, tho.

Well, went to Dr & my BP was slightly better & I had lost 3#, so she is letting me continue without medicine for another 6 weeks until I get my cholesterol checked again.

My allergy Dr also wanted some food allergy tests done to see if that is contributing to my cough. I had a few that might be troublesome, so he wants me to do an elimination diet to see. Not starting that for a couple of weeks tho because we are planning to go to OK on Thurs since we haven't seen them since July & gd turns 12 on Sunday. I am ok with it because we are fully vaccinated now, my brother & sil that we will see are also, and dd will get her 2nd shot that day.

Well, need to go down & sew a few spring masks, I am tired of my Christmas ones, lol.

Hope everyone has a great week!!

@cbabie Let's look at your weight loss another way. You had 5 good days. If the people that want something from you can do it themselves, make them do it. Too many years you have been the caregiver and now it's time to give some care to yourself. Also planting your flag saying, this is not working for me right now.

@trooworld Yaaay on your 50%. I don't know yet about my knee. Still waiting for results and then I guess we'll see. Maybe if they take out the fluid, I can lose another couple of pounds. At this point I'm taking it anyway I can. Mascarpone is good on scones. I got 25%.

@teresaw1020 Yes, the scale likes to do head fakes with us. But we will persist. My whole leg just aches. I kept doing point and flex in the middle of the night while I wasn't sleeping because I'm supposed to be stretching my hamstrings and calves. Then my ankle started hurting. lol I made myself walk when I got up for 30 min. I might need to break that up and do two 15 min. I had dropped to 2-3 times a week since I injured it but until I get a definitive answer I will try and do some kind of exercise. I did some Pilates and my therapy exercises today too. Those things really make me sweat. I don't get one zone minute for them, but I'm sweating.

@retiredandlovingit Colonoscopy prep day. YAAAAY. Those are fun. lol That's great news about being medicine free. That is our goal with all this right? To be healthy and med-free. I seem to be going in the other direction. Spring masks seem fun. Do you have GERD? I had a cough with that for a while but it's gone now. Both. I have reactive airway disease and one of my triggers is cold weather. If I'm outside just a bit too long, then I cough cough cough. I just realized that this year wasn't that bad because I was wearing a mask. Yaaay spring is here.......

@mswatson0777 We all experience things in our own way. You felt good just moving. Won't it be good to be back to normal. Although I think some really good things have come out of this pandemic and I hope they keep some of them.

Red Day Stayed OP 95/100 carbs
Exercise-did not exercise

@TeresaW1020 That dish was good but I'll never make it in a pineapple boat again, too much work lol. Aww, thank you! That's so sweet. Maybe someday when I retire! Just hang in there, that metal monster will come back down. I hope you enjoyed your hair appointment and the Zoom call.

@RetiredAndLovingIt I hope the colonoscopy goes okay. Thank you! I'm glad to hear about you and your daughter's experience. We'll see how it goes, it's next...Weds? Thurs? One of those days. That's good your BP is down a bit. And congrats on the loss! How nice that you will get to see your family. I'm sure you are excited.

@mswatson0777 I'm glad to hear that. Unfortunately, there is a mountain of work to do at work so I didn't get through it. It's all stuff I can't take home with me (like shifting the magazine stacks to make more room for more magazines). But I'm not going to stress, it will be there next week lol. It sounds like you had a great day despite feeling cruddy.

@theslightedgeforever Yesterday I got another 50%. I think I am going to reduce my goal for a while. Down to 50 oz of liquids. If they take out the fluids, you can more easily exercise. I can imagine mascarpone is good on scones. I've been wanting to make some scones but have resisted.

@cbabie I hope your allergies get better today than yesterday. I like working from home, I'm going to miss it when I go back to the library full time. That sounds like a good dessert!

Hi all. Yesterday I worked out twice, just doing Leslie Sansone videos but those burn calories. My weight is still up some from Saturday, I'm hoping I can get it off the next few days. I have a migraine this morning so no workouts.

My phrase for the year: CHANGE HAPPENS

@RetiredAndLovingIt I hope your colonoscopy went well. I had a friend do an elimination diet to try to get to the bottom of her allergies. Sometimes it can really help, but I agree that I wouldn’t start it before you got home from seeing your family. You must be excited that your family gets to be together again.

@mswatson0777 Glad you are feeling better and able to resume life as usual. Once you have both shots will you feel free to go about your life as you used to? I have a sweet friend who just returned to church after being gone for over a year. She is hugging everyone!

@theslightedgeforever Yeah, hopefully with you keeping up with the exercises your leg will start to feel better. Pilates are no joke! I always sweat a ton when I do them.

@cbabie Were you able to exercise today? I’m ready for cold weather to be gone for the next several months! Just please remind me that I said that when it’s in the 90s here and I’m dying.

@trooworld I feel the same about complicated dishes. Like I love Chicken Cordon Blue, but why would I pound out chicken and do all that rolling and breading, when I can just turn it into a casserole and still have the same great flavor.


Hi everyone! I spent a couple of unplanned hours today trying to rearrange and get rid of a bunch of my knick-knacks. I have been hanging on to things that I really love and bought especially for my last house, but they just don’t work here, and it was time to send them off to Good Will for someone else to enjoy. I still need to redo things like the top of my kitchen cabinets, but I first need to find decide and find replacements. I didn’t get my hair done because my lady was sick, so that is a bummer. Hopefully soon! Exercise and food have been good today. I’m making a green chicken chili casserole for dinner that I’m excited about.

@cbabie What caused the binging? Can you work on coming up with an action plan for the next time you are triggered so you don't binge? I read something either here or on WW Connect the other day, this woman took a small makeup bag and put things in there to help her from binging: lip balm, essential oils, etc. someone suggested she put little sayings on papers in there, too. You could make something like that? That's great you got so many steps. Yes, it was very relaxing to read for the afternoon, I so rarely get to do it.

@theslightedgeforever I got 100% again yesterday. 75% at 9:37 am is great, I can imagine you must have drank more after your post. Well done! I will share the recipe below. It was really good. That butter chicken looks delicious! Are you willing to share the recipe? Good for you for holding out, I'm not sure I could lol.

@TeresaW1020 Ah I see. It should be fun shopping for new knick knacks, right? I hope your weigh-in goes well...mine did! Good job avoiding the candy!

Hi all. I lost 1.8 lbs this week for a total of 29.6 lbs. I'm very happy about this, I wasn't sure I was going to lose anything. I hope today goes by quickly, I'm ready for the weekend!

My phrase for the year: CHANGE HAPPENS

Eggplant Parmesan (6 servings although for us, it made 4)

2 pounds eggplants cut in 1/2-in-thick slices
6 sprays Cooking spray
1 tsp Fresh thyme chopped
3⁄4 tsp Table salt divided
1⁄4 tsp Black pepper
2 tsp Extra virgin olive oil
2 large shallots finely chopped (1/2 c)
1 pinch Crushed red pepper flakes
28 oz canned whole plum tomatoes
3⁄4 cup Part-skim ricotta cheese
6 Tbsp Grated Parmigiano-Reggiano divided
1⁄4 cup fresh Basil chopped
2 Tbsp Panko breadcrumbs
1⁄2 cup shredded Part-skim mozzarella cheese divided

Adjust oven racks to divide oven into thirds. Preheat oven to 425°F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.

Generously coat both sides of eggplant with cooking spray; divide among prepared baking sheets, arranging each batch in an even layer. Season with thyme, 1/4 tsp salt and ground pepper, pressing to adhere. Roast until golden brown and very tender, 20–25 minutes, turning eggplant and rotating pans halfway through.

Meanwhile, heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add shallots and red pepper flakes; cook, stirring often, until softened, 4–5 minutes. Add tomatoes and 1/4 tsp salt; bring to a boil over high heat, stirring to break up tomatoes with a spoon. Reduce heat to medium; cook, uncovered, until thickened, about 20 minutes.

In a medium bowl, stir together ricotta, 1/4 c Parmesan, basil and remaining 1/4 tsp salt. In a small bowl, stir together panko and remaining 2 Tbsp Parmesan.

Increase oven to 450°F. Lightly coat a 10-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Spread 1/2 c sauce in bottom of prepared dish; top with a single layer of eggplant (10–12 slices). Dot eggplant with 1/2 c ricotta mixture. Top evenly with 1/4 c mozzarella, 10-12 slices eggplant, 1 c sauce and remaining 1/2 c ricotta mixture. Repeat layering with remaining eggplant, 1/4 c mozzarella and remaining sauce. Sprinkle evenly with panko mixture.

Bake on upper rack until top is golden and sauce is bubbly, about 15 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before slicing into 6 pieces.

Serving size: 1 piece

@cbabie Here's an interesting question. What stops you from eating white rice with butter and sugar but you will go over on things like PB, ice cream, other foods, etc. ? You love it but choose not to eat it? So why that food and not others?

@teresaw1020 I love upgrading my decor too. I haven't touched mine in about 12 years. It's time. The only thing new that comes into the house has been via bday gifts. lol Pinterest. Yes, my page is full too. I'm like, I already saved the recipe I want, you don't have to show me 20 more. Woohoo on the 2 lbs. You are doing a great job.

I just realized I already checked in today. Oh well, you get to hear from me twice. Since tomorrow is my bookclub, I may not check in. I watched the movie today but of course the book is so much better. I have 50 pages left to read.