Hey y'all,

Want2be- I hate those hungry days! No spa, they are booked. OP except for veggies today. Sometimes life gets in the way, a friend really needed a shoulder. The only safe thing on the menu was plain shrimp cocktail(sans sauce) not even the salad was safe! Refused to pay the price for plain lettuce. Will do better tomorrow. Def. drank enough water though and resisted wine.

How are you doing friends?

Hi all,

I wrote a nice long post last night and magically lost it by clicking a random button on my lap top. I can't even count how many times I have done that on this forum. So frustrating!

I needed some stress relief so I hit the treadmill tonight for some running and walking. It felt great. I am now deliciously tired and ready for bed.

I hope you all had a great day with plenty of control.

S.

Slip: life definitely gets in the way at times. Good job staying op. It's very hard to resist at a restaurant. Bummer about your dinner out, you are not having much luck with those this week.

Steph: exercise is good for stress relief. Hoping you have a better day today.

Happy Friday everyone! Hope everyone has a great op weekend. What are your plans for the weekend? I plan to sleep late and get some walks and relaxation in.

Hi, good food day, weird combo for dinner but Lent makes it tough. Since the Spa trip fell through, I plan on heading to Marshall's and grocery shopping. Other than that, I do not intend on speaking to anyone. This has been the longest week, and I am tapped out on human interaction.

Steph, sounds like stress is going around. Glad you chose healthy and walked. Hope you got a good night sleep. Does the exercise have any impact on your losses in Phase 1?

Want2b, your weekend plans sound perfect. Funny, but resisting when I am out to eat is not hard for me. Home can be an issue, if I am not motivated or bummed out.

Hi all, good to see everyone staying OP. I went out for dinner tonight after a very hectic week at work. Managed to stay OP with steak and salad. Best of all I didn't have the wine. It was hard, I swear I could smell it wafting from my friends glass! Looking forward to a great nights sleep tonight.

Tomorrow, my plan is do laundry and the grocery shopping and then find a crock pot recipe from Slip's post during the week. And then I have to go to work but still my crock pot dinner will be waiting for me when I get back. And then there will be enough for leftovers during the week. Good to have a plan!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Good morning,

My attitude is so much better after a good nights sleep! Guess I was just worn out. Fell asleep really early, which is highly unusual, but woke up at 5:00 a.m. refreshed.

Feeling thinner too! I see this reboot lasting through the end of April. I will be going off for one night in mid March.(big event) Beginning to see this process differently. While staying 100% on my first journey to goal, maintenance is very different. All or nothing forever is not working for me. I think my focus will be healthy eating most of the time with special occasions off.

Rosie, I like your plan. Going to pre-cook food for myself too. Least favorite thing about OP is having to cook dinner on work nights. My friend kept saying home great her wine tasted the other day! I just kept reminding myself of my bathing suit in June.

Ladies, what has been your approach in Maintenance? I am not talking about our recent backslides, although I do think it is interesting that some of the bumps happened at almost the same point after 2 years.

Hi Slip, I'm not doing Phase 1 right now. I am bouncing around Phase 1-3 so I can still work out. I know the extra lbs won't come off as quick but I am needing the stress relief right now.

Rosie - well done for getting through you dinner wine-free :) I have a birthday lunch to go to at Tony Roma's tomorrow. Not my favorite place. I've had to go there on IP in the past and the options are terrible. The chicken and steak were awful. Not worth the money spent on it. I have no choice in the matter unfortunately. My in-laws insist on going there every year for both of their birthdays :(

I hope you're all well. Just a bit more work this afternoon and then I can start my weekend. Yay!

S.

Steph- are your clients allowed to walk a couple of miles/ day while in Phase 1? Ready to start getting my legs ready for Italy, tons of walking will be done there. But, I do not want to slow down my losses. Hope you survive Tony Roma's. Do you at least earn wife\DIL points? Glad that you are turning to exercise to deal with your stress. Lately, I have been wishing that I owned a punching bag,

Slip, walking on Phase 1 is fine. You may initially see a bit of a stall but if you're walking regularly it should work itself out after a week or two. I won't gain any brownie points tomorrow. My presence is mandatory. I'm crossing my fingers and toes that my MIL won't choose to go there for her birthday in a few weeks but I've burned before. March is the Tony Roma's month. I feel like such a drama queen over this issue :P I know you all feel my pain though. We have our safe places to eat out and it hurts to pay $ for food that you don't enjoy and isn't "OP".

S.

Steph, I completely understand, restaurant issues for me twice this week-$12.00 for a bowl of lettuce! Heck no. Thanks for the answer about walking.

Good morning,

WI day, down 3 1/2! Yahoo

So, I followed through and am in the process of cooking 2 of the crock pot meals- Cinnamon Chicken and Captains Chicken. Will let you know how they turn out. Going to make some chicken buffalo meatballs too. Absolutely hate to cook during the week.

I had a cheat meal yesterday. But back today. Slip, funny you should mention maintenance this time around. I have been thinking about it too. The all or nothing approach doesn't work for me. I think I am going to try to have a cheat meal once every couple of weeks during my loss and see how that goes. For the most part the clean eating works, but not having cake on my daughters bday seems ridiculous to me. That is not something I can live with for life. I know the cheat meal will slow my progress but I think it may save my sanity. Lol. I guess I will see how it goes. WI day for me tomorrow, the scale was down before the cheat so it should be interesting tomorrow. I'll keep you posted.

Happy leap year!

Slip- woot woot on the scale coming down! that's to bad the spa weekend fell thru but sounds like you had a nice quiet weekend. 20min for lunch is horrible. I often eat at my desk, I come in late due to gym or it's the only thine to get paper work/phone calls done. I try tho to make time to read.
When are you off to Italy?

Want2b - I think you need to do what works for you. My mom has lost over 100 and has kept it off for 7 years. She does weight watchers and some IP but works at it everyday. In order to not feel deprived she will take a bite out of muffin or dessert and then throw it out. I want to try that. I need to work on willpower and self control.

Steph - how is the working out going?

Rosie- great work on not drinking the wine. Sounds like you have a great plan for your food.

I ripped a tension or something in my foot and am on complete rest - had x Rays no break. I know it will heal by put frustrating. All the more reasons to be OP now that I can't be active.

Hi Ladies,

Want2be, today is a new day! I am waffling about the day off. Not sure that I want to stop my momentum and lose 3 Days getting back into ketosis. It is not for a couple more weeks, plenty of time to decide.

Jenny, so sorry to hear that you hurt your foot. I know that running gives you peace, bummer. Working protocol will def. help during your recup. time. As for me, I am going to Italy from June 23rd to July 6. Lunch does not take long, when it is water and a protein bar, lol. My weekend was quiet but busy with aundry, taxes, and cooking.

Good food day, working on water, cinnamon crockpot chicken for dinner with salad. Love the Captain Chicken in those crockpot recipes.

Jenny: sorry about the foot. Hope it heals quickly. Thanks for the support.

Slip: Italy sounds wonderful. Is this instead of the yearly trip with your mom? We all have to do what is right for us, if you don't want to lose 3 days of your momentum for one meal then don't. I think this time around we have learned what works for us and what doesn't. I think you will figure it out at the time, try not to stress about it.

WI day for me, down .5lbs. I am happy with that. On to a new week.

Want2be- yes, Mom, Niece, SIL and myself will head to Italy. Big birthdays, Mom 75, Niece 25, Me 50.

I agree about finding the right approach for ourselves. I am thinking of a WW or clean eating based approach to maintenance. I guess I am just in a hurry to undo my slide, 15 pounds to go. The second part always goes much slower. I want to be able to start shopping for pants and clothes for my trip. I always do better when I have an event goal, I swear I maintained for 14 months because of my other niece's wedding and the family photos!

Jenny, I'm sorry to hear about the running troubles. Now that I'm back on phase 1 I've given up all forms of exercise and I don't miss it at all!!

Slip - the maintenance saga is bothering me too. I'm wondering if I need to be more stringent in having a P1 day (or similar)'after a splurge day. I've heard that naturally thin people moderate their eating after a big meal the next day by cutting back. That is something I haven't managed to achieve. Not sure if I'm capable of eating one bite of cake or muffin and then throwing the rest in the bin!

I made crock pot pork roast with parsley and thyme over the weekend and it was amazing. So good to come home from work to delicious smells! Today is going to be tough. I have WI this morning and then a work lunch at a restaurant followed by a work function tonight for a couple of hours. I'm going to take some veggie soup from the freezer and have that just before the evening function so I'm not starving hungry.

All the best everyone.

Jenny, I'm sorry to hear about your injury. I recently had ultrasound/xray on my ankle and it confirmed that I have two tears and some fluid buildup. I should have had it checked out when it started bothering me a year ago! I have a physiotherapy appointment next week. I have tennis elbow too so it seems my body is protesting against any sort of exercise. So frustrating!

Rosie, the Phase 1 day follow-up after an indulgence day is hugely important. I'm finding maintainers at my clinic who aren't doing this are having issues like those of us here re-booting. It's definitely the magic formula. Interesting how easy it is to get complacent about this.

Hi ladies,

Before I hit my wall/slide in November, I always did my Phase 1 day after my fun meal. My issue is with the constant separation of fat /carb meals- just got sick of it after a year and a half. Just do not see how I can live a life time doing it. Constantly thinking about what I can and can't eat together.

Steph, so bummed that you are having pain. I know that exercise is a great release for you :(

Rosie, will definitely make the pork soon. Did not love the Cinnamon chicken recipe. Good luck with your busy day! Hope your weigh in goes well.

Want2be- the scale is going in the right direction! Yay!

Long day, happy to say that dinner is made and ready to heat up.

Slip, I am also still looking at the “ongoing maintenance” saga…. seems so tricky. I know it should be simple but there has just been one thing after the other troubling me… hormones being the main one… but also I don’t seem to tolerate well all the protein in P1, and my body seems to be reacting to the products and just rebelling against P1. So I am trying a few different things just to see how to keep it all together… I know a big issue for me is when I get injured, which seems to happen more often now as I age, and I can’t keep the metabolism going with exercise.
I had some liver/gall bladder things the last two months which I guess can come up with quick weight loss….something about the body not metabolizing the cholesterol in the same way. Quite a few stones, but I don’t have to have surgery because I was able to address it naturally. So I am handling that.
I don’t feel out of control but I also don’t like the extra pounds on… my doctor seems OK with it, but of course I am troubled.
Still working it.
I like checking in here and seeing how everyone is doing.

Hi Amber, I had my gall bladder out in my 20s. Horrible at the time since I was misdiagnosed for almost a year. I feel your pain! As for Phase 1, I am sticking to it to lose 15 more pounds. A few of my work IP friends (they inspired me) follow the paleo diet for maintaining. I think accepting that slides are going to happen, and correcting and getting back to a healthy clean eating diet is going to be key on this endless journey. Just need to keep working on it. :)

Love your positive attitude Slip. I guess this is a journey with no destination in sight, but rather a continuous round the world trip!

WI today was fabulous! Down 3.8 which is great as last week I lost nothing. Work lunch and drinks functions today went well. i didn't have the soup beforehand as planned because I left it on the kitchen counter at home. Grrrrrrr!!!! Even the best laid plans aren't Rosie proof sometimes! But I had club soda at the drinks, didn't eat anything and then got home around half 8 without any real plans for dinner so did scrambled eggs and raw celery. Rather strange meal but better than falling down and getting takeout!

Thanks Steph for the info on the Phase 1 day after an indulgence day. I will make that an absolute must in maintenance. I never really got to grips with the separation of carbs and fats. Hence why I'm back! But that is something I definitely need to pay more attention to.

FYI ladies: my dieters are also sucking at the separation of carbs and fats as well. When you think about it, meals that are high in carbs and fats at the same time are obviously not great and are suited better for indulgence days for example: pizza/pasta w/ cream sauce/burgers and sandwiches/bagels w/ cream cheese/popcorn w/ butter/lasagna/etc. I have to remind people of this all the time. High fat, high carb combinations are the worst for fat storage in your body. It doesn't mean you have to have protein w/ cabs only or fat only. Just keep either one low. I know it's a pain in the butt but the easiest way to do it is to keep your meals similar to Phase 1 dinner but add a small serving of sweet potato/squash/etc or a salad with some meat and cheese. Best to keep it simple to start.

I know all this but I struggle as well.

Hi gals.... I'm back from my MX trip now and looking slightly browner although I wear 40 SPF Zinc & Titanium Oxide all the time when I am down there. I look at all the flabby, beet red, peeling bodies of the other tourists and am appalled. Doesn't anyone care about their bodies anymore??!! I'm telling you, there were Brazilian Bikinis down there on some sz XXL bodies, I'm sure of it. Ugh, if anyone shouldn't wear a thong-ish sort of outfit with a couple of pasties it's someone who is peeling from a burn & 100 lbs overweight. On a couple of really hot days I strolled along under a blindingly neon pink Victoria's Secret umbrella, lol. Perhaps I will bring back the pale look one day.
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So much reading to catch up with everyone!
Sounds like everyone is back in the swing of things, I hope we get all our issues straightened out whatever they may be, physical or emotional traumas. I don't remember ever being in a Tony Roma's... sounds like I won't even bother. The restaurant I hate & my MIL loves is Swiss Chalet. YUK!! Lucky we don't have either around our little town.

I am up a couple of lbs, back to 140, but I weighed myself after a 36 hr day filled with pyramid climbing, cycling, long bouts of walking, red-eye flights with screamingly tight connections, and then home to find an 'issue' with the phone company that we got DH's mom's cell from. So perhaps it is just inflammation... we'll see in a couple days when I weigh again. I will vent about the cell phone/family issues in another post when I feel a serious craving for a couple jiggers of the SKYY vodka that is sitting in my fridge.

I don't know... personally I love the carb fat separation thing, but that is how my cravings usually go anyhow - sometimes I just want to eat all the salty fatty things, mac nuts, blue cheese, avocados, bacon; and sometimes I want to eat all the carby things, fresh strawberries with balsamic vinegar syrup, crunchy jalapeno tortilla chips & salsa, fresh pineapple, a mound of perfect fluffy basmati rice with only fresh ground seasalt & pepper. It just seems that that is my intuitive way of eating anyhow (it was before I gained weight due to illness). I figure if I want something that is too much of an equal mix, I can eat it for breakfast, which was the answer I was given when I wrote in to ask IP head office if it was an OK thing to do for maintenance.

My issues these days is just an off schedule, with way less time to exercise & I need it for my sanity, and hardly any time to connect with friends because our schedules don't mesh. I feel bummed about planning the meals lately. Good news is DH has started his work season so I won't have to contend with fitting our day schedules together and consulting on what's happening when. It is much easier when you are on your own for the day and don't have to take into account someone else's plans.

Tomorrow is a day filled with a dental cleaning appointment, a possible emergency-brake repair job (rear caliper seems to be sticking slightly & heating up), and a write up of a little 5 minute presentation I am doing on Thursday. Luckily no work til March 8th. I won tickets from the radio station this morning for playoff seats with our local Junior A hockey team - that's Monday. DH & I and all 3 parents are going out to celebrate our 2 anniversaries (on the 13th it is our 34th, and on the 22nd it is Mom & Dad's 53rd) at a concert of El Mariachi Los Dorados on the 15th. http://www.losdorados.ca/home
And we have an 80's Film Festival with dress up potential and prizes that runs all three days & nights this weekend, lol. Gotta figure out a retro costume.
I am busy this month, holy smokes, at least with fun stuff...

Liana

Hi girls,

Welcome back Liana! Your trip sounds amazing. I hate putting on a bathing suit! Your month is busy. Sweet to celebrate with the parents.

Rosie, my dinners last week were weird combos too, just trying to get my food in. Proud of you for staying strong, bet you were ravenous! An endless round the world trip makes it sound so much better, :).

Steph, good info and feedback! Def. true, but sometimes I want a tuna sandwich with avocado or a salad with fruit, goat cheese, and nuts. Not crazy portions in maintenance, but choice. I know the separation works, but it feels really confining.

TOM is here, so I am tired. Not expecting the scale to be kind on Sunday, because it never is around this time, but staying focused on the long range.

I am really proud of all of us! Slip or slide, we have not thrown in the towel and accepted our gains.

Rosie: Great job on the WI this week!!! Your advice to Slip. "this is a journey with no destination in sight" made me really think tonight. I think I need to stop thinking of this with an end in site, or I am going to be back here again next year. Tough to wrap my head around though.

Liana: Your trip sounds interesting. Lol. It always makes me laugh at the people who think they can pull off a bikini! Oh well that is why we are good people watchers!

Slip: Be strong this week with TOM. It will be hard but the scale will usually reward us the week after. You got this.

I am still plugging along. On plan which makes me VERY happy with myself. I have been too busy with work/home to post much.

Hi,

Another tough day at school,problem/troubled kid with no help in sight. There has to be a better way! Had a work baby shower after school- did not eat or drink anything. Really hope tomorrow is a better day.

Tomorrow did not start out great! Unfortunately, the car broke down. Got all ready for work, went to start the car, turns over but does not catch. They came to tow it to the repair shop. Ugh. But maybe, it is an expensive blessing, because I was about to give my bosses heck. Hopefully with a little extra time, I can find a more diplomatic approach to getting what our class needs. Right now, I am in the midst of irritation and TOM is not helping.

Update- engine was blown :( Bought a new car- budget time. 2012 Honda CrV with 30,000 miles.

Feel a little like I am talking to myself again, but going to post anyway.

This has been a difficult life week! I am getting to a new stage in my career. After 29 years of teaching I am starting to contemplate a plan for retirement. It will take ten years but before Wednesday, I had never set a plan to leave even in my head. I love the kids, but am beginning to feel completely unsupported when a child has discipline/mental health issues. It is wearing me down and makes me sad. Not to mention, I am tired of being yelled at by a 13 year old bully/tyrant. I remind myself daily, to be compassionate toward him, because he must be carrying a heavy load to be so angry and cruel.

Then the engine blew on the car. I now, have a new car and a car payment. Was so hoping to avoid this before the Italy trip, but nope! The car is filled with fun gadgets though.

Through my trials and tribulations this week, I realized that this too shall pass. Next week will be better at school, my budget will adjust, TOM will go away and life will go on.

I have been on Program but missed my veggies yesterday. Just no time with all the car issues. WI is tomorrow. I wonder what it will bring? I think being in control of my food is helpful right now, since it seems to be the only thing I have control over lately :P . About halfway through my reboot, yay!

Hi girls, shared this on the maintainers thread, but not sure who reads there. This is how I have been feeling about my weight loss.

I think you are very brave and strong to share. This is a challenging journey and figuring ourselves out is key to lasting success. Your last sentence resonated with me, "I think I thought that by losing weight...." I struggle with this too. I think I thought that by losing weight, I would would be able to wear sleeveless dresses without worrying about my arms, nope. I think I thought that by losing weight, I would be able to stay off my BP Meds, nope. I think I thought that by losing weight, I would feel confident with my body naked, nope. Even with some of the disappointments in the reality of losing the weight, the thing I realized after chasing my goal weight for half of my life, getting there wasn't the magic pill. I know that I am healthier at goal. I like being perceived as thinner, the world is kinder and I enjoy shopping for clothes at a smaller size. I also found after my slide that I am not very kind to myself when I am gaining. All reasons to continue on the maintenance journey even if the results were not fairy tale perfect. Life is still life and size 16 or 8, I am still me, a constant work of joy and imperfection.

Slip - what a week you have had. I'm in awe of you staying on plan and posting during such an horrendous hard time. I hate car trouble because I don't have any control over it and every solution is expensive. Congrats on the new car with its many buttons and gadgets. Gotta look at the positive side - now you will enjoy worry free motoring.

Sorry to hear about your troubles with your 13 year old tyrant. I have no advice unfortunately except for just breathe. This too shall pass. There must be something awful in his out of school life to have him acting up so bad and that makes this so sad.

We are all here for you though and I think being able to talk about the tough times with the car and school is so beneficial and allows you to sometimes figure out solutions as you are writing down the issues. That's what I find anyway!

I've had a pretty good week. Working super long hours which actually makes being OP much easier as I don't have the time to obsess over hunger or choices that im making. I did go out for dinner on Friday night. My friend had a gorgeous smelling glass of wine and I stuck to my club soda. It was hard for the first minute or so and then I sucked it up and started thinking about how in a couple of weeks I will be able to fit into my smaller sizes again.

Liana - you have such a busy life! I don't know how you do it. You have some fun functions coming up. Your trip to MX sounds like so much fun. I'm booking flights today for my trip to Chile and Argentina in October. And I've also just been invited to a wedding in Toronto in May. So I'm looking at flights for that as well. I love booking holidays. Good to have holidays to look forward to while I'm working long hours.

Steph, thanks for the support and the realization that I wasn't the only one who struggled with the carb/fat separation. I was good at home but when I went out for dinner, which happens a lot with my lifestyle here, it would all fall apart and then I wasn't following that up with a P1 day. I can see now where there are things that need more work when I get to maintenance this time.

Weigh In this week is being moved from Tuesday to Wednesday morning as I have a breakfast meeting on Tuesday. There will be lots off off plan food so I will be prepared with my coffee mixed with chocolate drink. I love it. So delicious - it feels like a treat every time I have it.

All the best everyone for an OP week. Slip, I'm sending you happy vibes for a fabulous week.

Hi Rosie,

Thank you! Writing down all of it, seems to help. Otherwise, the stress builds up and food/wine become an option.

Glad your week went smoothly. Your holidays sound fun. I think the anticipation for a trip is a wonderful mood booster. What adventures are you planning for Chile and Argentina?

As for me, the week ended on a positive note- WI- down 3 pounds.

I'm doing a trekking holiday in Patagonia with a friend. It will involve about 5-6 days of solid walking so once I'm done with P1 (and busy season) I will start to do some walking and get in some solid training. I want to be fit enough to enjoy it otherwise I'm just going to be miserable. Booking holidays makes me very happy!!

Yaaaay, Slip! I'm glad you made it through all the headaches, and with flying colours to boot! 3 lbs down WOOT WOOT! And congrats on the new car!

It's been busy as you guys already know. Besides all the fun stuff (junior hockey playoff tickets tonight), family drama is happening as the daughter & husband (who are money hungry) have been hassling DH's mum about her spending habits and how expensive the seniors' residence she is living in is (not for what she receives in services), and the cell phone bill.
The cell phone bill is a regular amount every month with unlimited calling through the US & Canada (she has kids & a sister all over the two countries). They want to cut her service to unlimited Canada only, saving $10/month, but meaning that she cannot phone her other daughter or her only living sister in the US. She would have to wait for them to phone her or have a horrendous per minute charge for off-plan calling. She's 90..... really in the whole scheme of things is $10/month that much? How much longer will she live & use the cell phone anyhow? Even if she is able to use the cell phone til she is 100 that is $1200 over 10 years. She has money, obviously they want more of it 'left over' in the will. The rest of us think this nickel & diming is ridiculous. She just needs something simple and uncomplicated so she doesn't have to keep track of who & when she phones and for how long the call is.
The really nasty part is that they accessed the plan that is in my husband's name while we were away in Mexico and somehow convinced the company to change it. Fraud plain & simple. We only found out about this because of an automated email from the company telling us 'the changes we requested have been implemented.' This was done without consulting DH - or even the other son & daughter. Needless to say, we gave them & the company ****.
Soooo, yes I did get into the SKYY vodka in the fridge but at least had it straight w/o fruit juice, lol. Just a couple of jiggers over the worst evening.
This is ongoing as we have not heard back from management yet & they were supposed to call us to get this straightened out. Perhaps they are consulting with their attorney. Not that we would take them to court over this bitty amount but we are pissed off. :mad::mad::mad:

On to better stuff.... We were at an 80's Film Festival this weekend (a yaay for big hair, lol) and did dress the part on both nights. Got two draw prizes of compilation soundtrack CD and double DVD of movies we don't have yet, and also won a $20 gift card from our local grocery store (for costume). Funny thing last night... watched the last Sean Connery Bond movie 'Never Say Never Again' and my draw ticket happened to end with the numbers 007! LOL Pictures on my facebook page for those that are linked.

RosiePosie! I am jealous about the Patagonia trip... it's on our list, but so are many other places, although soon at this rate I will be too old to trek anywhere and may have to ride some sort of animal to do it, lol.
Liana

Wow Liana! The phone story is crazy. What was DH's sister's response? Family can be sooooo difficult.

Congrats on winning! You are a lucky lady.

Better day today. Met with the VP and the tyrant child. TC was completely resistant, but my boss let him know that the yelling/bullying would not be tolerated. Praying for a change.

Ahhhh, Slip.... there was lots of backpedaling and changes to the story, but it is still easy to see it for what it is.
Happy that you had backup from the VP! No parent participation in this?? Or maybe they are the cause of the problem in the first place. They probably have no respect for duly constituted authority and have 'trained' their child the same way.
EEEP! :(

Liana, the mom seems beaten down, sad, and resigned. As for your SIL- serious breach of trust. Hard to recover :(

I am so tired today. Thankfully, I cooked on Sun. I made a small pork tenderloin with sauerkraut and chicken curry (both in the crockpot) I also baked tarragon chicken in the oven. My days are so much better when dinner is ready. I need a house husband!

Hello ladies,

Slip- congrats on the new car:). What a week you have had. Car troubles are a pain and a huge stress. How ip did it feel to start thinking about your retirement? 10 years can fly. I have a co worker who is in final count down, she is a part time nurse on our team, 21 working days to go for her. You have such a lovely heart and care so much about your students, it sucks when they crap all over you.
Totally impressed and super prod of you for letting 3 lbs go this week

Liana - lol the pic of the woman in the thing. Sounds like you had a great trip and then sucks to come home to family stress. Did the cell phone p,an get sorted out? I love that at 90 she is able to use the cell phone. The 80's film festival sounded great. I saw a few pics lookup ex like you were having fun

Rosieposie - yay booking holidays! When do you leave? I have never been but would love to go?

Steph - sorry to hear about your ankle troubles. I hope physio brings some relief.

I am in a waking boot and tring to be a patient and let things heal. Going for an ultra sound Thursday and a referral made for a bone scan. Missing my exercise which makes me feel down and grumpy. Nit gaining but not losing. Successful resisting the sugar which is what I want to soothe pain.
I have been enjoying chopped salad from subway...anyone else try?

Jenny38: Chopped salad from Subway is my go-to fast food for a filling meal and pretty on plan too. Just watch the cheese & sauces/dressings and you can make it just the way you like it. When they have the steak sandwiches featured that makes for salad awesomeness (with Frank's hot sauce as dressing) or chicken with 'buffalo' sauce (1/2 Frank's and 1/2 ranch). There is always Wendy's Apple Pecan Blue Cheese Chicken Salad... with extra mac nuts or pecans from home - when on maintenance though.
I bet it's good to at least have a walking boot on. Can it be removed for a deep water workout in the pool? Talk to your orthopedist/physio. Or maybe they have a sturdy waterproof one. Lots of options for athletes but you don't get if you don't ask... they somehow just assume people want to lie about like slugs during their recovery.

And now for the 'cell phone news...' We phoned the company again and got things straightened out, in fact they switched her to a cheaper plan (special offer, lol) which will cover unlimited US & Canada for $10 less. That should make everyone happy now. DH took her to her hearing aid audiologist appointment (first one in this area) and the girl was really helpful yesterday. While they were on the mom & son roadtrip he asked her exactly what type of plan she wanted and she confirmed total unlimited 2 country and didn't even care about the extra $10 it would have cost. Ya think the daughter would have discussed this with her before screwing with the plan, wouldn't ya? Since her phone minutes are easily over 1000 every month, unlimited is definitely the way to go.

Hiya, Steph/Rosie/want2b!!

Slip this pic is for your new car, close your eyes and pretend... but not while driving of course... :D "Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Off to Work I Go..."
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Liana