Hi folks, well I have no plans to travel immediately but this advice is going to be so useful in the future. I am saving up to possibly visit London during our reading week break in February. (Watch out
silverbirch lol!! Just kidding I have no idea where you are in the UK!
) I'm hoping that by that point I'll have lost quite a bit of weight; in any case, I can walk for quite a long time right now as long as it's not super fast, so I hope to do a lot of that.
This weighing every day thing is good but frustrating. I've ticked up the last 2 days. Hopefully that signals a drop in my near future. I've certainly been consistent and I'm telling myself that these fluctuations are normal, and the Happy Scale app shows me I'm still in the green zone, so business as usual today with my eating plan.
Yesterday I had a great meeting with a friend/graphic designer who has all kinds of ideas for our festival. It was very exciting and it seems like there are already 3 people on our board!! Stuck to an oat milk latte (planned) and no snacks. Similarly today I am seeing yet another university friend from long ago. She lives in Bermuda. (Rough life! Her FB feed is full of gorgeous photos of her neighbourhood in Hamilton, which is a tropical paradise.) I once again will stick to my oat latte and enjoy her company. Also another rehearsal with the lovely young violinist in Oakville.
Oh, and I finally saw a few little streaks of pink on one of my tomatoes! Patience pays off right?
MorningPerson - that MyFoodDiary site looks intriguing! Do you prefer it to other calorie counting/nutrition tracking sites? I have been using MyFitnessPal because it's free and has a lot of entries. I also like how you can just copy the recipe ingredients into their recipe builder and find out the calorie content. But I'm curious about what makes MyFoodDiary worth paying for.
gardenerjoy - ouch for COVID!! I hope it does not hit you too severely. You're right! We should have some kind of system for distributing antivirals to people who have it. I agree that we don't take it seriously enough. I have a friend who has a son with Down's syndrome and she's still wearing a mask in public to protect him. She says people don't understand this. ?!?!
silverbirch - ugh! That is frustrating about losing the diary. Hope it turns up. Yes, non-alcoholic wine seems to average 15-25 calories for a 5 oz glass, as compared to 125 for regular wine, so once I start reducing my calories as I lose weight this could really be useful.
BillBlueEyes - yay for on plan eating and fresh cukes and tomatoes!! This Sarangi is getting more interesting the more you tell me about it. They press the strings with fingernails? Maybe my daughter should switch to that instead of violin - she just loves having long, gorgeous acrylic fingernails but this is completely incompatible with fingerboards
Ice cream decreases diabetes? Um... ok
curlyjax - that's awesome that technology is making your dad's discharge an easier process. Also yay for a trip to Lake Michigan! Such gorgeous scenery. I feel fortunate to live near the Great Lakes and don't take advantage of it nearly enough. You're inspiring me to think about taking a drive down there!
Waving to all!
VertOlive, I was thinking about you when someone posted a meme of a Barbie playing a tiny harp
Happy Thursday!