[Elanajel]

Wanted to let everyone know I finally had a chance to post the chocolate cake, carrot cake and tofu cheesecake recipes here: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/show...4&postcount=12. I hope you enjoy them.

I made it to a WW mtg. last Thursday night, was down a pleasantly surprising 2 lbs. Tried a Spinning class on Friday morning (my first time ever) and my quads survived, tho. they did feel like Jell-o afterward. My parents are coming for a 4 day visit; I am generally looking forward to it. It's certainly easier to manage the food in my own house. I exercised this morning, and can fit in 2 more workouts before they get here Friday afternoon.

Four more days until school vacation! I need it.

[jansan]

Originally Posted by Airegrrrl

Jan, I'm exceedingly interested to hear your reaction to the Zen of Eating. It's on my list. If it's even close to Fit From Within, I'll grab it. And belated congrats on the Ones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Enjoy your break Indy Robin. I did have a chance to look at Zen of EAting. It was not to my liking. It is very eastern. I really like western eastern books, if you get my drift -- Like Fit from Within. And Geneen Roth's books. But not really hardcore Buddhist books. That said, you might see if your library has it. I would recommend one of G.Roth's later books for you. The title is something like 'If you stand at the Refrigerator, pull up a Chair.' It is very much like Fit from Within - very short pearls of wisdom chapters.

Except for the holidays themselves, party season is pretty much over for me. And a mighty nice one it was. The gathering last night turned out to be a surprise early 60th bd party for me. I was totally surprised to say the least, And very pleased of course. A very pleasant evening indeed. Food-wise I said 'what the heck' and ate and drank pretty much what I wanted. But then that is what I mostly do anyway with moderation at gatherings. In retrospect it wasnt all that much, and the scale rewarded me this morning with a pound and a half birthday present loss.

Alas today was cookie exchange day....
And, I pretty much only have eaten cookies today and not much else. I suspect I have exceeded my daily caloric allotment, but probably not by much-- it was not a cookie binge, I just chose to eat my own cookies in lieu of other food. The cookies I received at the exhange for Christmas Eve are now duct-taped in a box in a metal filing cabinet in the garage - most are not very appealing, and frankly I feel pretty sugared out. The scale will probably reflect a gain compared to this mornings good number, but then it can be vindictive at times. The coming week is going to be pretty quiet celebration-wise, and I am really looking forward to that. I plan to spend much of the free time peacefully weeding in the garden, communing with nature.

Jan