@Cornanda I know you understand what I meant about missing Joe.

@trooworld Enjoy your last hurrah meals!! And it’s not forever. Just think of all the money and time you will have once you can take a bunch of leftovers home. Good idea to get drinks that are high in protein. That will help you feel full longer!


@vegan4lyfe2012 I am soooooo happy for you!! Your relationship with Hunter will improve and you will get your peace and quiet back! What a wonderful Christmas gift for you.


Good morning! There is not much going on today other than working on a church baptism invite card that the pastor wanted yesterday so those getting baptized can email it to their family and friends. Couldn’t these people just text those they want to invite? I also need to straighten out my workout room, which has become the overflow room for kids’ Christmas presents and other household stuff. Not very Zen for my workouts!

@vegan4lyfe2012 LOL well darnit. How about writing a letter you'll never send or journaling? Thank you! I think it will be good. Oh, I'm so glad they got approved! I know you are relieved. I'm glad you were able to reconnect with your dad. I'm sorry about the 7 years. I was not connected to my dad when he died, we had a very poor relationship, he was very abusive in many ways. I stopped talking to him to protect myself. The thing I regret about that is that it really damaged my relationship wtih my younger brother.

@gemwolf110 I'm sorry about the diagnosis for your bichon. I'm glad she's still happy. I love the pics!

@TeresaW2024 Thank you! That's true! Thank you for pointing that out. That pastor sure keeps you busy, doesn't he? LOL I hope you get your room straightened out.

Hello all. I ordered all the groceries I need for the diet. I am going to make the bone broths tomorrow and freeze them. My sister-in-law wants to have Christmas next Saturday so I can enjoy it, too. It's a good idea except I won't be able to eat and I will be surrounded by the sights and smells of food. I would almost rather have it on the actual day when I won't be tempted because I won't be hungry after my surgery. I just pointed out that I will be on a liquid diet to my husband and he said, "You are going to be on a special diet for the rest of your life so you may as well get used to it." NOT helpful! lol
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Hi all. It was super warm yesterday here, not to rub it into those that are experiencing cold. It was a high of 80F. It was nice as it's been in the 50s and 60s here lately. I went to a jewelry pop-up event at a jewelry designer's house. She's from Hawaii so has a lot of island-inspired modern jewelry. I met my old boss there as well as my officemate whom I work with. I bought a pair of earrings for my BFF and a pair for me as well. After we shopped, we went for coffee. It was nice to catch up. For dinner, my DH and I went to an Ethiopian restaurant. It is a cuisine that I love (and I've even made it several times) and the food was really good. If you've never had Ethiopian, it's a bunch of stews served on a big round platter. The base is a bread called "Injera" made of teff flour, a special grain from Africa. I ordered the vegetarian combo (here's a pic but it's a pic from the restaurant's website). My husband ordered a beef dish.
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Sorry for being late with this gang!

@laurelfit57 Thanks! I honestly don't have much willpower either this time of year. The pups at class togeher are too cute!

@Cornanda We HAVE talked about the organ so weird you played too! It sounds like we had the same teacher I had an older teacher who was real boring I didn't care for. The last couple years I played my parents found a younger teacher who let me modify songs, she was the best but her family went on tour and she stopped teaching so I ended up quitting. Do you still have an organ?

@trooworld Thank you! Holy cow I didn't know any protein drinks came with that much protein that's impressive! Your last two outings for food sound delicious. While it's true your diet going forward will change that's a tough challenge to be surrounded by a Christmas feast right after starting it. Will there be a sit-down dinner that night? I'm hoping not as that could feel awkward. If there is and you can't go in the other room and read maybe you can have a real good tea at that point to keep you busy? I'd love to go in the other room and read if I were you but that's a little anti-social too. Keep remembering your why (still think that's real hard I'm sorry). Your Ethiopian food looks delicious!

@vegan4lyfe2012 Yay I'm so happy about Hunter getting approved that's wonderful! I bought a sampler from Tiesta on Black Friday, I'm planning to put a few in Christmas stockings like Earl Gray crème to my Mom and Ginger Sweet Peach to my SIL. Not sure if I'll give more or keeo the rest there's Merry Cocoa Cherry, Sexy Hot X-Mas, Nutty Almond Cream, Tiramisu Coffee Black Tea, Fireside Spice, and Peppermint Cocoa. It's the 2 ounce samplers, I feel like I should give 2 more but not sure which ones. You feel about the exit interview as I do especially since the exact same letter was sent to the other person who resigned. That's amazing about what happened with your Dad being in the hospital, I'm so glad you two were able to reconnect!

@gemwolf110 I love seeing your beautiful pack! You must have a seriously great vacuum to handle all that hair! I'm a little resigned to always having hair everywhere and I just have two cats. I hope you're back in the gym soon taking classes.

@TeresaW2024 I hope you get everything done today and that workout room has space for you. Funny that's true about emailing invites these days. Chances are the parents may be the only ones who may want to save a physical copy (I have mine in a baby book).

@bethanie0825 You'll get it back down hang in there!

@lisalisa123 No worries just logged it. I think Lauren already tallied the weigh ins so it's too late for it to count in that but it's logged and will count for next week, She forgot to put you as a “No Weigh In” so I don't have to report it thanks for getting it to me! Oh no is your machine fixable? It's awful how easy it is to struggle when a few things change such as not logging and not being able to do the same workout. Covid threw me not being able to go to the gym but I think my pain condition coming out of remission then losing the feed have been the hardest to get through. There's a lot of fun Christmas Challenges on YouTube, I'd be happy to post them if you're interested.

All caught up sorry for not being around too much the last few days! Dinner out with friends went real well, the charity friend who also resigned snuck and told them it was our friend's birthday. We were in the trolley and got to sing happy birthday to her, there was a kid behind me singing as loud as he could and we couldn't stop laughing. We did vent some but plan to go out once a month now and stay friends. Friday I took my neighbor a picture of her cats in a 2024 ornament frame, she was so touched and surprised it was worth the effort. I'm currently watching her cats as one need thyroid compound medicine rubbed in his ear every 12 hours plus they need extra love and food. The garden club party was a blast, afterward my SIL and I met at the farmer's market to buy two aunts that are in town mushroom growing kits. We went to my parent's house where the aunts are visiting and all put up decorations together and got the tree all done. The one negative was we get the tree decorated and my Mom turns to my SIL (honestly she's like the dream daughter she's always wanted) and thanks Tracy for all her help and ignored me and her two sisters that were helping. I pointed out how incredibly rude that is and my aunts seconded it. I'm not going next year, my SIL felt bad but she didn't do anything wrong it's not her fault my Mom is like this. It's tough when everyone else is close, I told myself not to do it again after last year when the same thing happened. Drives me nuts when my MOM taught me not to leave people out too.

Have a great Sunday night and Monday!

Congrats goes to @Cornanda for 2nd place by percentage! And a shout-out to @vegan4lyfe2012 and @baodell17724 for making it into the leaderboard! Way to go!

@sleepygirl79 @morenin Congrats on the losses!

@Katmary71 Yes, I don't think there are many but this one does! That is correct about Christmas: sit-down dinner. There is only really one room (It's an apartment), so I won't be able to escape lol. I could go outside and sit on the patio, maybe. That may be a good idea. Thank you! I'm glad you are staying in touch with your charity friends. That ornament was really thoughtful. Boy, you've been really busy! I'm sorry about what your mom did. It's the worst when you feel left out.

Hi all. Instead of Salvadoran food for lunch, we went to Little Italy for pasta. It was fun: good people watching and good food. Our table was right on the walkway to the main area so we saw a lot of dogs, lots of tourists and locals. I made a beef broth last night that I will drink this week. I'll probably freeze part of it for after my surgery. I still need to make a chicken broth. I'll probably do that tonight. The liquid diet starts tomorrow!
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@morenin Congrats on the losses!

Pretty sure the weight is just water weight going up and down. I just wish it would settle on down! Trying to at least stick to calories, mostly. With the holiday season and poor planning, it's not always working out.

@19shmoo69 If you got a reminder before I could delete your name in the weigh in needed please disregard it, I deleted it once I saw it. Hey for last week 243 is logged are you sure it was 241?

@Cornanda You rock check you out in 2nd place by percentage for last week! I just thought of something funny I'm wondering if we may have had the same organ books since we both had boring teachers!?

@Cornanda @vegan4lyfe2012 @baodell17724 Way to go team top winners!

@trooworld You're welcome! I was just thinking of how much I loved cigarette breaks to regroup but don't take up smoking just to get away. Thanks my Mom's a tough one. The pasta adventure sounds delicious. Is today day one of chicken broth? I see it's tomorrow, hope it goes well! First day seems to always be the toughest you got this, you got all of us cheering you on.

@TeresaW2024 Thank you! My brother's family and I go for walks after dinner when we're at my folk's house, Tracy apologized to me for it and I told her I also think she's amazing which isn't the problem. This happened last year too I'm just going to not go anymore. Great job getting the workout in, hope the to-do list is shorter now.

Hi team! Super worn out tonight, work was good but I'm just super tired. I went to a store hoping to get a few gifts I'm struggling to pick but just ended up with a magnet for my SIL's stocking. I want an amber piece of jewelry for the practitioner I'm working with and am having a hard time finding what I want. Haven't been eating well I'm trying to at least maintain through Christmas but kinda fell off the wagon after The Spaghetti Factory. Have a great Tuesday friends.

@TeresaW2024 Because I am a broth snob lol. And I want it to have all the best ingredients and the most protein as possible. I figured homemade broth would be better tasting and healthier! Thank you!!!! Sorry about the cold and rain. Good luck with your work!

@vegan4lyfe2012 Woo hoo!

@morenin Yeah that is frustrating when that happens. The holiday season is hard. Did you make a goal for the season e.g. It is acceptable for me to 1) gain "X" lbs 2) stay the same 3) lose "X" lbs? Some people think that helps. You got this.

@Katmary71 lol yeah I don't smoke so that's out the window but I can see it's advantages! Today is day one. Yeah the office said it's the first 3 days that are the hardest. I will survive! LOL What are you looking for as far as amber goes? I may be able to give you a suggestion. Have you tried Etsy?

Hi all. I started feeling nauseous and dizzy/lightheaded at work so I left at lunch and worked from home. I took my blood pressure as I assumed that was the problem but it was fine. When I went to bed, I turned my head to the right and discovered the problem: vertigo AGAIN. At least now I know what is going on, I can drink ginger tea at work and just be careful not to turn too quickly to the right. We got Salvadoran food for dinner last night: pupusas + plantains with crema. It was delicious and was my last actual meal. Today is the liquid diet. The below is my meal plan for today.
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Good morning Slimpossibles!
We had rain last night, which changed to ice, and then to snow. I've got some scraping to do to get the ice off the car windows. The walk and driveway are icy too. I may hold off trying to clean the pavement, as they are predicting more Wintery Mix for tonight, and then 60° tomorrow with pouring rain. The rain and warm temperatures tomorrow will remove all the snow. I'll just have to be careful for the next 24-36 hours walking to and from the car.

So it's going to be indoor workouts today. And decluttering, which is my annual winter project. Also will start wrapping the Christmas gifts that I've purchased so far, and see what more shopping is needed.

-Mica