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Thanks @trooworld. I didn’t end up weighing in for a couple of reasons, it was a decent day food wise though. It’s great that your husband is so supportive. Must be extra motivating to have him actively involved in your journey. I really miss walking through lunch - helped me destress and reset for the afternoon - that little bit of personal space is so important. I’m sure you’ll enjoy the walks . For breakfast I sometimes have mixed veggies with feta and maybe some nuts or seeds. I eat pretty late - once everyone else is sorted. Breakfast is my favourite meal because I have time and headspace to both enjoy it and feel good about it. Anyway so my regulars are spinach, mushrooms, roast pumpkin (I do it in the air fryer and always try to have a tub in the fridge ready for adding to things or snacking on) and then whatever else I have on hand. Then top with 30g feta and pepitas. A weird breakfast I know, but sometimes it’s perfect

@cbabie thanks, I know… and I’ll do it soon…. I promise

Hi @theslightedgeforever Yeah books are expensive here. Well, pretty much everything is expensive now. Even digital versions are no cheaper. I rely heavily on the libraries. My daughter still buys a lot of physical books though - she has always been an avid reader and most of her birthday and gift money always goes on books.

So I just googled “croque monsieur” - oh my gosh that is one fancy cheese toastie!!! Just looking at that thing gained me a kilo!! It does look delicious though 😁

I didn’t realise I missed a day yesterday. So much for my being regular again. It was a decent day for food, and I did some exercise. Last night Dh was really restless so I didn’t sleep much so am still in bed and can hear everyone else up and about. Has been nice to write this in peace and quiet. Hope you all have a great start to the weekend.

@trooworld Hope you’re feeling better? Random unexplained pains are unsettling and the worry never helps. Did you get to your dinner? You are so social - always out with one thing or another - must be fun! Seems the most I manage these days is driving kids to the park and the bus

Hi all. I still have the stomach pains but I was able to cook for my husband for his birthday yesterday (his birthday is actually Tuesday). We didn't go to my BIL's apartment. Just hung out here. I have a phone appointment with my doctor on Tuesday morning, I'm sure we will talk about the stomach stuff. I made Instant Pot Red Wine–Braised Beef Stew for dinner with a cast-iron skillet chocolate chip cookie with ice cream for dessert. It was all very good and my husband was a happy guy.

Water yesterday: 30 oz

My phrase for the year: "Every choice is another chance to change my health for the better."

Morning. @cbabie Monday was good, i was able to help someone in crisis so felt useful.

Didn't track but food was okay-ish.

Todays i have two seperate shopping expeditions and the plan is to track everything BEFORE i put it in my mouth, theory being if its too much edfort to track it i mustnt really want it that much 😊. Will let you know how it goes.

@trooworld sounds like delicious birthday fare - a good effort when you’re not feeling great yourself.

@cbabie I hope your back feels better. I think lots of the aches and pains in aging are just do to lack of movement. Unfortunately technology and convenience has made us move less.

@Tamevv Fancy cheese toasty made me laugh. That's why I only eat half. But I do eat some salad with it. That's been a change because used to be I wouldn't eat salad for breakfast. There are breakfast items and then lunch/dinner items. Any way that's how I was raised but I'm learning to change that thinking.

@trooworld Sorry to hear you were having stomach pains/fever. Do you still have your gallbladder? Yikes on the murder by your house. That is scary.

Today I had breakfast with friends and then just now I took a walk with hubby. I'm still working on my other habits. I'm leaving Saturday to go stay with my daughter for awhile. So busy with all that. Dh will stay here with his mom and I'm trying to show him where everything is and what to do.

Hi everyone, good day at work, not great at home. Was in a weird mood and DH didn’t help 😤. So I ate chocolate for breakfast and went with DD to the bakery when she suggested afternoon tea. Did halve items but could have been better. Skipped lunch and didn’t eat dinner but am still 600cals over budget.

In the bath (sulking 🙄) and trying to reset for tomorrow. I lay in bed this morning talking myself out of exercise cause I was anxious about work but tomorrow I will get up and do it and I KNOW that will shift my mood.

@cbabie I tell myself that too, that I will be one of the active ones, but I’m so scared I won’t be. My kids tell me that by the time I get there technology will have advanced so that physical bodies don’t matter as much. Not sure if I like the at idea much better!!!

@theslightedgeforever Must be exciting to visit your daughter. How often do you see her? Mine is starting to talk about moving away in a couple of years and I’m dreading it. Silver lining is the excuse to visit and get to know her as an independent adult. I’m trying to keep the positives in mind so I don’t lose it completely. How long are you going for? I’m pretty sure DH would LOVE it if I went away for a while.

Hi @trooworld. I yesterday went great! Today…..not so much. Tracked though and tomorrow will be better. I have a plan 😊. Those random incidents are the ones that keep me up at night - the things you can’t see coming. Scary when it’s so close to home.

@cbabie Are you taking any pain meds? Or doing anything else for the pain other than sucking it up and living with it. Dh just basks in the silence while I'm gone. Usually I leave him for a few days and then I text him.

@Tamevv I go and stay with dd at least once a year for an extended visit and then she comes for short visits because of her work schedule. She just likes me there so I can do the cooking/cleaning. Usually hubby goes but not this year. I give him 8 weeks and he'll show up. But I always end up gaining weight at her house. We are food buddies. I told her this year will be different. I'll be gone til first week of November. We've got a couple of trips planned out when she takes her vacation.

@trooworld Things go alot better foodwise when I'm alone without hubby. He's a food pusher. I can eat the same foods for breakfast/lunch most days of the week. He gets bored and will say hey let's go out to eat. Yikes! The guy lived on your street? I'm so glad they caught him. Are you taking planned snacks or lunches into work? You always do so much better when you do that.

I think I'm going to give the MFP meal plan another go. I'm on my last week and have really only done about 30% of it. Having youngest ds here has me distracted since I like spending time with him and going out. Today we played Trivial Pursuit. He beat me. My other son wouldn't join us this time. I said Why? Tired of losing?

I think I've figured out how the meal plan works now and how I can tweak it to foods I really like once I finish one more go at it. I'm doing the Low Carb one. My friend is doing the High Protein one and she said basically wouldn't it be the same thing? I found out the High Protein one has slightly higher carb counts. I saw a thread today on here that one lady lost 40 lbs and her protein amount is only 20%. I know usually my protein is never high enough but I lost weight too once upon a time.

Ds fixed black bean burgers today for lunch. They were really good. I told him that I could make those smaller like sausage patties and have them for breakfast too.

@theslightedgeforever Ah yes. And yes, that guy lived on my street, I think a few blocks away. I'm glad they caught him, too, I was so scared. I am taking planned snacks and lunches. Maybe not enough snacks, or not enough appealing snacks. Yesterday, I brought grapes and I had granola bars at work (as well as chocolate). I didn't reach for the grapes but I sure reached for the granola bars and chocolate. I think I'm just really vulnerable right now because I'm so busy and stressed. It was a victory not to eat at the cafe for breakfast yesterday. Hahaha about the Trivial Pursuit. I'm glad you are getting quality time with your kids. Did you lose weight when you were doing low carb or was it high protein or a combo? That's a good idea about the black bean burgers.

@cbabie I hope you have a good day today. Yes, that was very scary and I think it was just a block or two away. You could use your job as an escape from stress when it gets stressful at home. What do you want to do as your dream job? What did you want to do when you were a kid when you grew up?

Hi all. I am working fast and furious at work, we are having to get rid of about 15% of our printed magazine collection. We never, ever get rid of anything out of our collection but we are out of room. It isn't as simple as just taking them off the shelves. We have a process. My part in this is taking them out of our library catalog, each.individual.issue. I've done about 1,200 so far. I have to take them out and then take a marker and cross through our labels that say the library name and then also the barcode. It's time-consuming. Not all titles that we are removing have to have their individual issues removed from the catalog, only the ones that we are keeping some of the issues. So some titles go faster than others. Yesterday, I barely drank any water. And the only break I took was lunch. I need to take better care of myself at work or I'm going to get hurt.

Water yesterday: 35 oz

My phrase for the year: "Every choice is another chance to change my health for the better."

@trooworld I lost weight when I did carb cycling. It averaged about 0.8 lbs a week but I was consistent. This last plan I've not done well tracking plus unfocused because of ds here. But I finally weighed today and I'm down 0.7 from about 10 days ago. That was a big shock. I was expecting a gain of 3-5 lbs. Celebrate you are tracking and then see here and there where you can tweak. Even eating half/serving.

@cbabie I don't think you have to worry about the fat in the regular PB as much as the sugar. Your shake reminded me I didn't make the shake today that I wanted to so I'll have to do that tomorrow. I just want to get rid of some cantaloupe before I leave. Should have been like me and not do what you were told.

I've been doing a bit better with my water. I had 60 oz yesterday which is A LOT for me. I did some wall pilates and stretching for 40 minutes.