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Hey! Sorry for the hiatus - work got CRAZY right before my kids were out of school for Christmas break, and then we got 5" of snow here in Charleston, SC. Supposedly it was the third highest snowfall in recorded history in Charleston. We have no plows and no salt trucks, so everything shut down. We didn't leave the house…

Hey all, still crazy busy but didn't want to duck out entirely! I have five days of work this week, then three full days and a half day next week, then my kids have Christmas break :) @Meghan509 congrats on being in the 160s! As far as your salad, do you think it's the fruit or the quinoa that is giving you more energy?…

You guys, work is killing me. I have carved out enough time to read and "like" or whatever, but I haven't had much time to actually comment. The good news is that it's hard to focus on hunger on light days when you're busy! The bad news is that the nights are very difficult with decompressing and the constant barrage of…

Hey all, just have to post quickly because I have been working like a dog all week! Anyway, thanks for the fitness recs. @Meghan509 I think I still have some Denise Austin and Kathy Smith DVDs. I think I probably got rid of the VHS tapes of them that I had when we got rid of the one remaining VCR a few years ago. I think I…

Interesting!

Oh, and @jknight001 how do I keep it cool? We just keep Christmas low-key. We don't do anything with family on Christmas, except maybe dinner at my sister's house if they're in town (they live a couple of streets over). Thanksgiving is the one big holiday that we do with family. My husband and I are both introverts, so we…

@jknight001 I'm sorry to hear of your medical issues! I would definitely take it easy until you recover. @ryenday that is a great thought about having a fixed menu for light days. I think that's the way to go for me because I can't just "wing it". I think planning also gives me something to look forward to if I can make…

Hey all! @ryenday very cool - do you have any other good ones to share? @Meghan509 sorry you're busy - I've been busy all morning and just now had a chance to catch up on last week's thread and to get here. I had a long weekend full of delicious food and sleep! Five days of not having to wake up at 5:15AM were glorious,…

Now you all have got me looking into supplements and vitamins again. I used to put MCT oil in my coffee and also took a multivitamin as well as a calcium + D3 vitamin. I should probably get back on those for good measure as well as look into what you all take! I really liked the MCT oil in my coffee, too. I also have…

Hey all! I've got to be quick because I have to clean a few things up at work, then head out of here. One of my kids had school today and tomorrow anyway, but the other was supposed to have the week off (meaning I'd stay home and get to sleep past 5:15AM). Because of Hurricane Irma, they had a make-up day already that was…

Light day for me, but I've been busy (so I can't write much but wanted to check in), so I'm feeling fine with it. So far today I have NOT snuck any candy, not even a Starburst, which is a first since Halloween. Tomorrow one of my kids has his class Thanksgiving feast day, so we'll see! I'm bringing these insanely…

When I place my order (which shows what's in stock at the chosen store as well as what's on sale), I choose a pick-up window. They need at least four hours of lead time, so I can't order it, say, when I'm about to leave work and go pick up on my way home. They call me when the order is ready, and if there are any items…

Oh, and how's this for a good food-related story? I think I've mentioned before that I do online grocery shopping, where I pull up to the store, they load up my groceries, and I pay and drive away. I placed an order on Saturday, picked it up, got home, unloaded my groceries, and began making sure I got everything I ordered…

Hey all! Nothing much to report. It's a light day for me. I'm eating some chili (not homemade), which is about 240 calories, so about half of my day's worth of calories. That's fine - I have only had coffee and water otherwise, so I know what I can eat for dinner and still be on point. Thankfully the Halloween candy is…

Thank you! Will definitely give it a read!

I was so busy today I didn’t get a chance to check in, but I wanted to share a recipe I may be trying for our own meal the day after Thanksgiving. It sounds beyond awesome and could be a good lunch, too, when it’s cold out. https://www.budgetbytes.com/2013/11/date-gorgonzola-stuffed-sweet-potatoes/ @jknight001 I am an…

Actually, @Meghan509 I am part Italian but on my paternal side, so basically we did everything as if we were a big Italian family. I literally never heard anyone call it "gravy" until I was nearly an adult, where someone told me I wasn't a "real Italian" because I called it "sauce". Um, yeah, I can tell you where in Sicily…

Hey, Jersey girl here living in SC... so I use "y'all" and "you guys" interchangeably. I tend to change it up depending on whom I'm talking to. Same with the accent, which I have definitely picked up. Of course most people hear me and say, "You don't sound like you're from New Jersey." There's actually quite a large…

Hey all! I hope everyone had a nice weekend. Ours was relatively quiet. Today is a light day for me, but I'm more than fine with it. The first light day of the week is always easier than the second. @Meghan509 I made that taco pasta slow cooker meal this weekend. It was pretty easy and inexpensive to make, and it was a hit…

^This. Sometimes you just have to do your best and hope that you're close!

@mamainthekitchen Baxter looks like a Golden in pictures sometimes, but he's actually some sort of spaniel mix. We think maybe spaniel-setter. He's roughly 40 lbs but leggy, so he looks like a retriever-sized dog in pictures. I love Goldens, though, and have always wanted one. We have two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels,…

Oh, no, I'm so sorry :(

Wow, I missed a lot since yesterday! Just checking in to say hi - it’s been a busy day! Will try to write more later today or tomorrow :)

@ryenday you are awesome! 7 lbs in 4 weeks is fantastic :) @Meghan509 don't sweat it. I have had one of those days so far, too, and it's a light day for me as well, which is just UGH on top of it all. The candy isn't all around me at work, but it's right there on the kitchen counter at home. The kids hauled in more than we…

I thought about Thanksgiving week already and obviously will not be fasting on Thursday ;) I can't win that week because I am only working on Monday and Tuesday, and I hate doing light days when I'm home, but it may be unavoidable. I briefly considered making Friday a light day but knew I would be really sad about that. We…

I'm in trouble - we just hired a new paralegal, and her birthday was yesterday. She didn't say anything, and we didn't realize until late yesterday, so I brought in a cake today. I had a small piece, and then there's Halloween tonight. I had a very light lunch and will just have a light dinner to try to mitigate any…

I learned the importance of stretching yesterday... I ran Sunday night (I posted above about that), and yesterday my calves were super tight, my left calf especially. It felt like (and still sort of feels like) there is a knot in it. Usually I stretch right before I go back inside, but on Sunday night it was so cold that I…

Good morning! Today is a light day for me as well. Last night I decided to set up a 1-hour interval run/walk on my Runkeeper app, and it was cold (well, cold for us, 43 degrees) and windy (25mph winds), so it was MISERABLE. I only lasted 40 minutes, and I'm actually surprised I didn't call it quits earlier. I didn't run…

@rheddmobile Awesome for you for signing up for a 5K! I was looking at upcoming ones and wasn't too happy with what came up. Everything's either too far away or not a good day for me (like Thanksgiving morning). I'm at week 7, which is just 25-minute runs, and week 8 is 28 minutes, 28 minutes, then 30 minutes. I decided…

Haha, yes, I am old enough to remember Tab! (I'm 37, for the record.) My mom would drink it and go to Jazzercise. My brother still loves Tab, and yes, they do still sell it :D Well, the hearing didn't go well - though I did the best job I could given the circumstances, and we had prepared our client for a negative outcome…