Wishing you a wonderful and restful weekend Shari. I am a lover of sleep, as I am sure you know. It is so restorative and contributes so much to our physical and mental health. Do you have any special plans for your upcoming Thanksgiving?

My day didn't go as planned again. I am ok about it now but was frustrated during the day due to the unexpected interruptions that happened and were beyond my control (not having control over certain things can be an issue for me). So now Friday's to do list is longer than I had hoped. I will modify it as I need to but plan to do whatever I can to keep Saturday and Sunday free from too many demands. On the brighter side, my food choices were good and right on target. Aiming for that for Friday too.

Shari, wishing you a happy and blessed Thanksgiving weekend. We all have so much to be thankful for. Will you serve your freshly pulled beets and carrots at Thanksgiving dinner?

I am pleased with today's accomplishments and food choices. I wasn't tired at all today and managed to cross off a lot of my tasks for today. A highlight of my day is that a former co-worker of mine called today. I haven't seen her since before Covid. We were close at work and always got along very well. She is one of the sweetest and nicest persons I have ever known. We were in different departments. I learned a lot from her and always valued her opinion. We retired at the same time, though she is older than me by a number of years. We made plans for her to visit us for lunch on Tuesday.

I have been blessed with many wonderful caring friends. I attribute much of my good fortune with friends to the loneliness I felt all through my childhood as an only child, surrounded by cousins and friends who all had multiple siblings. And I was close to many cousins who I know loved me and I loved them, but there always came a time when the cousins left and I was alone. My parents had their own "issues," which I guess is not unusual, and I know they loved me and meant well, but the truth is, I was a lonely kid. So, I often say that I have spent my whole life looking for a sibling!

I used to have real struggles with night time eating. I am happy to say that this is no longer a problem, and I am seldom nibbling or munching in the evening. Now it seems the "hungries" are arriving more often in the mid to late afternoon. I have been trying to focus on protein as part of that "snack" such as eggs or string cheese. It worked well for me today, but some days I still look for the sweet snack, often a banana or some no sugar applesauce.

Here's to a blessed Sunday for all!

Shari, it sounds like you have much to be thankful for tomorrow, including your successful day of accomplishments and the yummy healthy foods you made. I think home made salsa is wonderful! Glad you are going to see your parents and taking cabbage rolls...sure to be a hit! Have a very enjoyable and blessed Thanksgiving.

I had a peaceful restful day. I reheated leftovers so cooking was a breeze today. Back to tackling a hefty to do list on Monday!

Hello! It sounds like you both have been doing well and staying busy! Shari, I also treasure the mornings that I don't wake up to an alarm! I had one of those while we were in TN. The rest of the mornings I was up early for dog activities. Paula, we were in Kingsport, TN at a beautiful resort. Apparently, they host quite a few National dog events for different breeds. "Host" probably isn't the correct term since contracts and $$$ are negotiated in the planning stage. It was a nice venue! Next year the event will be in Palm Springs, CA. We would need to have a really good reason to make that trip so we will see what this year brings.
My younger dog finished a Rally title by qualifying for the final "leg" (3 are required for the regular levels) while we were there. She also showed in 3 regular dogs shows for only our breed. She showed really well but wasn't chosen by the judges. That was OK! We had fun doing the shows. I think she will be retired from the show stuff but continue to go to classes and do performance activities like rally, Obedience and scent work.
I took a break from NOOM for the past week-I had enough Treat days to do that. I haven't been on a scale since we left but will face the music in the morning and also be back to work tomorrow. Have a peaceful evening!

DW, great that you are back at the gym and great too that you have an understanding helpful trainer. That is so important. Getting stronger is important too, especially as we age. The friend/coworker who visited me on Monday faithfully goes to her gym twice a week at age 74 and has greatly increased her strength in her legs especially.

Shari, so sad about the woman who suffers from anorexia. Like you, I would prefer my overweightness (is that a word?) to her situation.

I was disappointed in my productivity today but I am giving myself a bit of pass on it since I just didn't feel like myself. I don't feel sick and not even really tired (no nap today) but I just didn't have a lot of energy to do much, so I didn't. I will do my best to be more productive for the next few days. I also wasn't overly hungry so I didn't cook a lot today. My points were higher than I hoped, due to choices not portion size today.

I feel compassion for your friend Shari and have added her to my daily prayer list. Praying for God's guidance for her and for her acceptance of God's will. She is blessed to have you as such a good friend. Her name is beautiful and a favorite name with some Slavic cultures. Your Global Leadership Summit sounds very interesting. Wonderful that DH is participating with you. So good that you can access such events even if not attending in person, definitely a bonus of today's technology.

I did well today with healthy wise food choices. I am getting a grocery delivery tomorrow that will help me stay with good meal planning. Craig was here briefly and did a few small chores. He is quite busy with other jobs which makes me happy that he is doing so well getting work. He is supposed to baby sit Buster next week when John and I go to our dental appointments. I got through my to do list with very few carry overs for tomorrow. I enjoyed some good "me" time and hope for more of the same tomorrow.

I am excited for you Shari that you are a part of this wonderful conference and learning from and enjoying the talks. I know how good it feels to be inspired by those leaders/speakers we admire and respect. Hope you can find a shelf to fit your needs.

I sometimes have difficulty signing in to My Fitness Pal. It requires me to try repeatedly before I can get in sometimes. I am wondering if either of you have had this experience. When this happens it tells me something about a captcha not being right and to try again. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me, and eventually I am able to sign in but sometimes I get frustrated with it....patience Paula, patience, right?

I had a great day today. I tackled a major to do list item that I have been avoiding for weeks. For some tasks I just have to be in the right mood to do them...or at least that is what I tell myself. So I am celebrating taking care of this task....which remarkably was much easier and completed much more quickly than I expected. I did well with my food choices and portion control again too. I must keep this momentum going to see some results.

Thanks Shari. The only cookies I usually think about are the ones I eat! I figured out how to clear cookies on my laptop. I use Firefox as my browser. I cleared some cookies and this time when I logged in it took only 2 attempts. So I think this is progress.

I had a fairly good day for logging and staying within my points. Then by the evening I ended up using some of my "weeklies," the extra points that accumulate on WW. I start a new week tomorrow so I will get a new extra weekly points. They don't carry over from week to week. I am planning for a relaxing restful peaceful Sunday. I didn't do a lot today either and still don't know where the day went. John and I settled in to watch the movie "Reagan," we bought on Amazon Prime. I enjoyed it till I fell asleep (which often happens when I settle down in the family room). I woke up before it was over, but I will have to see the part I missed while sleeping, maybe tomorrow. John felt the movie was excellent. We don't buy many movies on Prime, but John is a history buff and often encourages seeing movies based on true stories. We also own Napoleon which we have watched and Oppenheimer, which we still have not watched.

Shari, I admire you for getting in your steps. That is such a good habit to focus on. It's nice that you live in an area where you can enjoy walking. So much better to do that than to have to do chair exercises which I do.

My day went well with much relaxing and time to do what I wanted to do. My points were within my range, but my food choices weren't as healthy as I hoped. I logged my sweets which weren't fruit today! Back to fruits for my sweet cravings in the coming week.

I sure understand how you miss Moe Shari. Are you open to another dog at all? My nurse practitioner friend lost her 15 year old English Setter in July and on Saturday got a new dog, another English Setter, from a rescue near where she lives. I lasted only 6 months when we lost Jambo till we sought out our sweet rescue Buster. They never replace the dogs we lose but it sure brings us joy to have another heart beating in the house.

Thanks for the fruit encouragement Shari. It helped me stay healthy today! It was a good day for me in terms of doing mostly what I wanted to do. I enjoy being able to work at my own pace and not feeling a lot of pressure with deadlines or meeting timelines set for me by others. I think that is because when I worked we were very overworked and had to adhere to unrealistic timelines established by people who had no idea of what was involved in completing the job. Today I did well with doing what I wanted to do when I wanted to do it. It would have been almost a perfect day except for a visit from the Prez who needed me to do somethings for our church group. She was in a nasty mood for a while which just drives me crazy, especially when I am doing a favor for her. I now attribute her behavior to her just being a very unhappy self-centered person. I pray for her and try to focus on her more positive side (which seldom shows itself).

Congrats Shari on 3 consecutive good days...and likely a 4th in the bag by now! Success breeds success and you sure are headed that way!

I had a good day too. My eating was at the upper point range, and I am ok with that. I was a bit hungrier than usual but satisfied my hunger with better choices than I have done in the past. I had a very busy and productive day. I appreciate what I accomplished yet today found myself wishing I had done more....but really didn't have time to do it all. On Wednesday John and I have dental appointments. I will be ok driving but am anxious (as always) about the walking involved. Our dentist and his staff do a lot to accommodate my needs as best they can, but I am still concerned about how I will do walking there.