Checking in better late than never to say that sounds mighty positive all things considered mrs Yooly....keeping everything crossed for you!

Banana cream pie is a hard no. Threw it away after a bite. It tasted like the circus peanuts candy. So gross. Ate a key lime pie instead.

I've actually had three good days in a row, for the first time since about 1977 (or at least that's how it feels)...the fear of another bout of heartburn is keeping me on the straight and narrow.

Yoolypr wrote: »

Bella - is the heartburn related to a particular food? Obviously the straight and narrow is worth the effort to avoid the discomfort.

Pastry of any kind is the worse culprit (so no mince pies for me this year!) but it also came on last weekend with a vengeance after I had some biscuits covered with not very good quality chocolate... I had about 4 a day for 4 days in a row and this it was enough to cause some major discomfort that's only just now subsiding. But red wine also seems to set it off...and peanuts...and rich/fried/fatty/creamy foods like mayonnaise. I seem to be fine with spicy food, onions, citrus fruit and tomatoes, which are big triggers for lots of folks...but pastry, chocolate, wine and french fries seem to be off the menu for me this Christmas...

Exactky right, @Yoolypr. So gross.

I just spent most of the third day in a row doing deep cleaning: vacuuming, mopping, bathrooms (2 plus a half bath), baseboards, walls, etc ahead of having all my out if home kids and my parents here. There will be 8 people in the house, easier if it's clean first, heh.

Bella you will probably come up ahead if you do that!

Here in the world of no limits! we're experimenting with the Creamie--and freezing my little paws off!

So far I've come up with a COUPLE of "pints" that are at around 200 Cal each!

Today's experiment for future eating is Silk "festive" nog with a bit of silk zero sugar vanilla almond milk added in. One pint got 10g of gold rum. The other pint got 5g of cocoa powder and a drop of sucralose. These two are coming in at under 200 Cal too.

Today's eating pint was 150g frozen cherries, 53g fudgesicle, 3g of cocoa and about 150g silk zero sugar vanilla almond milk... just about 210 Cal.

Yooly - Are you out and functioning already? My goodness!
Hope all went smoothly.

Just came over to see how it went! Happy to hear you're home and functioning! 2/2 surgery peops at home and (semi)functional! Yeah! 😎

PAV8888 wrote: »

In other news.... not sure if anyone needs to see pictures of the size of problem that is brewing at my place! 🤯🤷‍♂️

What’s going on????

Glad the day surgery went ok Yooly!

Yes, Yooly. Stick to your guns. Much better than to go hunting for them later

Well thank you for these visuals, Yooly

I would've definitely sampled 1 of each minimum!! They look great and job well done to you

What a relief Yooly! Nice Christmas news. Sorry you have to go through all this.

I've had a lovely weekend with my daughter and my son's children - we took them to a hockey game (AHL) on Friday night. Her company shares ownership of a box suite, and the kids love it! My son took them to a game last Spring and they were not all that engaged, hadn't thought about how hockey game = box suite to them lol.

Then Saturday afternoon we went to a Pantomime - my parents used to take my two every year, so keeping up the tradition. The younger one (boy, 8) got very into it as the play went on, booing & cheering & so forth. Perfect show to go to with a loud boy.

Sunday will be hanging with my daughter, sleeping in & bingeing Xmas movies with a big bowl of popcorn, a visit to the hot tub followed by at home paraffin wax foot treatments, with dinner ordered in. So relaxing before the hustle of the next few days!