Bisky, that is scary and keeping you and Brooks in my prayers. Having the extra puppers around sounds like a great distraction. *hugs*

Nanc, great idea to take your own food to the potluck.

I really, really want to stay home on Saturday. Nanc got me thinking that I haven't done a Mary's Mini week since I've been going to the grab and go place. I have a bag of potatoes and lots of frozen veggies. I think a week of super simple potatoes and veggies would be good for me and maybe break this plateau.

Woohoo 140! Magic… I love bean burritos or in Texas they call them breakfast tacos. I find when I have a big loss I then go up a few lbs and then drop….I think it is mainly fluid shifts.

In saying that I have been on a plateau for a few months ….up and down same 2-3 lbs. a bit has to do with increased chocolate (my drug of choice), traveling and stress but I did stop logging food and when ever I lose weight I have been tracking! Pointed out by the eating disorder therapist (EDT). 🙄 and she is right. One of the good things about MFP is I can go back and look at periods of time when I was tracking, weighing and effort to drink more water. For now, the EDT suggested instead of cold turkey on chocolate or chocolate substitutes I limit myself to two pieces in the evening. For some reason that helps me mentally. Last night the broccoli, mushroom, green bean, edamame with brown rice was very satisfying for us both. Brooks took the rest to work today. I made him spinach/red pepper egg bites for in the morning. Determined he is going to get BOMBS daily. I realized the only way I can help him other than emotional support is to make tons of effort to make healthy food and have it available.

Carla thank you for your,prayers. I can’t wait to see the butterfly pants. The badger is almost 1/4 done. I only work on it when we watch TV. With all the dog walking, playing and feeding….no time for TV. We started the dogs on Farmer’s Dog food. I wanted to be skeptical of it because it is so expensive. Unfortunately or….really it is a good thing CB aka Mr. Grubby Pants has much more energy lately. I bought a cheap grooming table for small dogs from Amazon. It is easier to groom coats and brush teeth. I follow a Canadian dog groomer on You tube lately that inspired me to spend 5-10 minutes a day brushing dogs. Plus I bought a dog grooming dryer. Mr. Grubby Pants may need a new nickname!

Need more mushroom ideas!

That must feel great to have everything organized, Nanc! I bet my boss forgot about admin day. He usually does unless I remind him.

Bisky, I have been adding a mushroom extract to my coffee lately. I tried the powders before that and didn't like them much. Kind of overpowering. I don't even notice the liquid extract.

Carla, we're implementing new software this week so no, things haven't calmed down at all post April 15th. That's hilarious about your butterfly fabric. I'm sure they will still look great.

I left work a little early to help my brother with something so I still got home late. Just having a bit of soup and going to bed early. I'm trying to eat more during the day and much lighter at night. Helps me sleep and hopefully will get some response on the scale.

Welcome Letsgoplay! I thinking prepping and meal planning and being proactive are keys to success. I also recognize I need a lot of back up plans such as precut vegetables, frozen vegetables, frozen homemade soups, canned beans, etc. I am working on my last 28 lbs.

Magic- do you make several bean burritos at a time or fresh ones every day?

Mihani - I may look into the mushroom extract. I too tried mushroom powder in Japan and it was different. Did you see the Netflix special on mushrooms?


I made a shallot, mushroom, kidney bean , sun dried tomatoes sauté topped with fresh parsley with brown rice and again the roasted beet + walnuts + blueberries on red butter lettuce with tsp of lemon olive oil and balsamic glaze. I only had one cup of salad and 1/2 cup of the sauté. No sugar cravings after! Tonight left over sauté but substituting cauliflower rice for brown rice.

Hi letsgoplay! Welcome to the group. Sounds like you have followed ETL before? Are you generally plant based even when not following Dr. F?

Bisky, the stir-fry sounds yum!

Nanc, hope you enjoy the dinner out with co-workers.

Rough day but our new software is up and running so I am going to be working pretty much non-stop tomorrow through the weekend to verify all the data. Fun never ends!