Hi all you crazy rabbits !

Sounds like everyone is upbeat and keeping on keeping on. Same here.

Today's menu...

Break - egg salad/sausage wrap
Lunch - 1/2 walnut chicken/rice
Dinner - grilled wings, lite beers, three bites of hubs pub fries (so good, but sooo bad)
Snack - cranberry water

Bro update: meals are all plated food (puréed/mashed) but still getting nutrition via tube to gain weight. They're saying home in a couple of weeks

SeeMyFeet, yes, we do have a deposit, which they won't be getting back. Unfortunately it's not going to cover it I'm afraid, but at least it helps! I hope you get a good number on the scale today!

PrairieQueen, that is such great news about your brother! Did you remember to say rabbit-rabbit-rabbit? I remembered at about 10:50 pm on Feb 1st, lol! Since you're supposed to say it upon waking, I'm going to have to count that as a miss, again! Maybe next month, lol!

I have to get serious about eating salads again. I am relying too much on protein bars and I think it's triggering my hunger. They are too sweet with too many carbs I guess. I don't think it's the fruit that is doing it. I keep forgetting that I have fruit, since I haven't eaten it in so long. Since I bought it, I've only had 3 clementines and today was the first morning I remembered to add blueberries to my yogurt. No, it's the protein bars. I bought them for convenience for when I was on the run, but I've been eating them at home just because they are quick and easy, not to mention they taste like candy bars. That being too lazy to prepare a good meal is taking a toll. I am still up at 167.5 today and since I haven't been eating off-plan foods, I know it's just that I haven't been drinking enough water and I've been eating protein bars as lunch and usually again as a snack. I usually don't eat snacks, but my hunger is triggered and then I'm eating too much for dinner also, because I'm hungry. Yeah, I'm going to have to go back to eating protein bars only in the event I'm out and about, don't have time or opportunity to sit down to eat, and need something to keep my blood sugar from dropping. That's too bad. I really do like that they taste like candy bars, lol! But ever since I made goal, my weight has been creeping up, so I have to buckle down!

Hi Carol Sue, Rennie, UpandAway, Trish!

Week 36: High 168, Low 164
1/17: 167.5
1/18: 166.5
1/19: 168
1/20: 166.5
1/21: 165.5
1/22: 165.5
1/23: 164 Carb Day

Week 37: High 167, Low 165
1/24: 166
1/25: 166
1/26: 166
1/27: 166.5
1/28: 167
1/29: 165
1/30: 166.5 Carb Day

Week 37:
1/31: 167.5
2/1: DNW
2/2: 167
2/3: 167.5
2/4:
2/5:
2/6:
2/7:

Today's Meals:
Breakfast:
2 fried eggs
2 slices of bacon
Fage yogurt with Mio and blueberries
Mio water

Lunch:

Snack:

Dinner:

Today's Exercise:

PrairieQueen that's great news, glad to hear

Jacqui, 164 YOU ROCK! you'll get back there, this is only a hiccup

Hi all!

Jacqui I could never eat those bars, because they do same thing to me. T seems they make me hungrier.

Break - egg salad/sausage wrap
Lunch - 1/2 walnut chicken andrown rice
Dinner - beef fajita w/sour cream
Snack - cranberry water

Please, all of you, pray for my 57 year old niece. They have been trying to get in touch with me for 2 weeks but she is the only one who had my phone number. She had a series of heart attacks and is in intensive care on life support. I am heart sick and will probably cry myself to sleep. They were going to do heart surgery but there is too much heart damage. Her brother called me. He is going through cancer treatment and is the one we were all worried about. He is talking about how long her recovery is going to be. I am wondering if she is going to make it, and what condition she will be in if she does, but didn't tell him that. I am just in shock.

Thanks Rennie! Glad to see you!

PrairieQueen, now you tell me, lol!

Seriously, I feel so much better today! I don't know if my more sensible menu will be reflected on the scale tomorrow morning, but my hunger was back under control today and I'm so much happier! The protein bars are definitely the culprit! Now if I can just drag myself back to the gym, even though I don't feel like it! That's going to be harder.

I wonder where the rest of our gang is! I hope everyone is doing well!

Edited to add: Oh Carol Sue, I am so sorry! I will certainly put your niece and nephew in my prayers!

Oh Carol Sue! That's awful. I know it's the worst feeling. I have hope for your niece. Miracles do happen. I am keeping her and your family in my thoughts and being positive.

Hang in there, Carol Sue....hoping for the best.

Thank you all for the prayers. She needs them. PrairieQueen, I keep thinking of your brother's miracle and hoping for the same for her. Either way, I just don't want her to linger for years in that bed, and she wouldn't want that either. I'm trying not to be negative.

Carol Sue sending prayers for healing to them both.

Carol Sue you have to be positive. I never let the negative take over and get in the way of hope. Sending my good vibes to her.

Evening all. Long day today, parent/teacher conferences. At least they provided a great dinner (tasty and healthy).

Menu....

Break - egg salad/sausage/bacon wrap
Lunch - beef fajita
Dinner- 1/2 chicken/bacon wrap w/avocado-lime dressing, corn salsa
Snacks - cranberry water, lite beer

Bro is scheduled to go home Tuesday (11 weeks and one day after being admitted)! He'll still have some home health care, and mom is making arrangements to get him "fitted" for his teeth. He can't wait to have some chicken wings and fried gator tail

Got a call this evening that Nancy is improved today. Still on respirator. She forgets to breathe. Thank you for the prayers and well wishes. They are working!!

Carol Sue I am so so sorry about your niece. I will say a prayer for her and your family tonight. I absolutely believe in miracles. My 19 month old son has had medical struggles from birth and would not be here today without the grace of God. I have faith that God is with your niece.

Hi everyone! It's been a busy busy week. I'm hoping things calm down so I can get caught up with the threads. I hope everyone is doing well!