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Thanks everyone!! Well, we chickened out & bought some bottles of good wine for the party. The old bottles are still there. Hubby says we'll just open them ourselves & if they're nasty, we'll dump them.

Yes, I do believe I'm getting the prism thing. Thank you for the advice to shop around the storefronts - I figured $989 was probably the price. Of course, it would shave some off the price if the glasses weren't designer label and so darned smashing-looking on me!

Turned 50 last summer, would love to be your friend. Add me! :-)

That's what the woman at the optical place said - she said that the places online get it wrong too many times, and with progressives, there are even more opportunities to get it wrong. On the other hand, $100 vs. $1,000 - sheesh, if I buy 10 pairs online and one pair turns out okay, I've still spend the same amount of…

Well, apparently, the thinking has changed in the dieting milieu since I was here last. The metabolism slowdown seems to be myth. I googled it. For those of you who provided a friendly correction, thanks. For those of you who are snarky, pffffffff!

The message is good, the tone is off.

Well, I'm starting over anyway - - drifted away for 4 years, gained all my weight back & and some, so now I have a chance to try it again. Counting as accurately as I can. Funny you should tell me I'm confused - when I was here 4 years ago I took your position and argued with about 10 people. I said there's just no way…

Good advice. I'm in Canada too - which Canadian company do you have success with, if you don't mind my asking?

Hug hug hug! I just came back 5 days ago after being gone for 4 years. I didn't break any bones like you did, but I had some life crises and this & that & the other, and came back weighing more than my original starting weight! Urgh!!! Glad you're back!!!!! We can do this.

HA HA!

Yeah, that's what I've been doing this past year, just buying cheap readers. But my right eye needs to be pulled in - it drifts around, apparently. So I have to make an investment - - sigh! Too bad because I have some really cute & stylin' readers sitting around the house!

URGH!!!!! This thing is so frustrating, and it's so hard to buy. There are people all over the world starving to death - their metabolisms have shut down, yet they continue to emaciate. Many of them ARE eating, but just insufficient calories. Why is it that only people who are TRYING to lose weight experience this…

If I can't find an item (which is rare) I try to do it by ingredients. So you might search thick pita bread, search the meat (and guess at the quantity) and so on. In fact, when I cook, I track ingredients, not the dish, unless it's something I make frequently. My food diary looks very funny as a result.

I make this sometimes - I don't cut the tofu into nice triangular wedges though - I just slice it ugly!

Wow. A very telling demonstration.

This is going to sound so shallow & ungrateful. I'm not worried about my coworkers judging me or looking at me. Everyone here is really nice. It's just that . . . oh gosh, I'm so visibly overweight, and I don't want everyone to get all . . . hmmm . . . gushy encouragy, and all that. Plus, if they notice that I'm going,…

Love that!!! Keep up the great work!!!!

My limited understanding is that protein shakes can help with recovery - meaning that your muscles rebuild better, and that they're also good with weight loss because protein helps you feel full. To know which protein shakes are best, you have to see which ones have the full complement of amino acids. If you're missing…

Everyone, I just don't have time to answer all these WONDERFUL posts individually, but just want to say THANK YOU for chiming in and letting me know I'm not alone! I'm better now - lost 2 pounds in 5 days - - probably water weight, but hey, I'll take it! Coworker put a candy bar on my desk when I stepped out. Instead of…

Sometimes you just have to shrug and let them think whatever they think.

ha ha, oh, I giggled at myself as I tiptoed into the fitness room.

I think I was intimidated because I thought I'd see people from my office there. I don't know why that should intimidate me - I don't have any enemies there, and in fact, I like just about everyone there. I think it would have been easier to go to a gym full of strangers. As it turns out, I caught it at an empty time. But…

That's so exciting that you go for miles & miles now! I always thought I would enjoy running, if I ever could do it. I don't know if I ever will now - I'm 50 and my knees are shot from my weight.

WOW!! That's gooooooooood.

Thanks for your words of cheer! And you're so right - a year is going to pass anyway. Might as well make the most of it!

Zucchini latkes! Must google that! Fortunately we don't do the doughnuts at our house, or I'd just have to give up entirely! :-)

I did log everything before I ate. I just added to it, that's all - *lol!* And I didn't use any sour cream at all or applesauce. Just straight up latke-liciousness!

That's an idea! Kind of cuts down on those edges, which seem to collect a lot of the grease. Of course, I'd look at it and say "Hmmm, one latke, don't mind if I do" and eat the whole thing!

Ha! Isn't that the truth!!!!! I'd take home so many medals in that sport! Good luck with your weigh in.