Was didn't eat much fruit growing up either. Occasionally we had oranges and my mother would squeeze them for fresh orange juice. Occasionally we would have apples or bananas. We didn't even get fresh vegetables, mostly canned. It was only when I got older that she started buying frozen vegetables instead. Still not fresh. This is probably why I don't buy fresh.

Not a lot of new homes being built here but other homes are selling as soon as they go on the market, and for a lot more money than expected.

We went to Bob Evans for breakfast but not til 11:30. I don't like it but I do what DH wants. And we will probably go to Rodneys for dinner.

I bought a pork tenderloin. I never cooked one before. This one is only 1 lb, fine for 2 of us. Now to find a recipe.

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I had grilled salmon and green beans at Rodneys for dinner. It was scrumptious! Total of 1296 calories today.

I ended up with over 1400 calories but net carbs were 44 g. Sodium and fat was high but no big deal when low carbing. I realized sodium a little higher might be good too because that will keep me from having leg cramps. Up late watching tv with DH. Did another 6 hr eating window.

Carol Sue I grew up on canned veggies too. We ate a few frozen tv dinners but that was very rare. Never had pasta until I was grown and married. Except for holidays and Mama's home made fudge when Daddy wasn't home, dessert was an occasional bowl of ice cream. Menu was planned around what Daddy would and wouldn't eat. LOL That sounds familiar doesn't it? Things haven't changed that much.

Happy to report I'm just over 158 after fasting yesterday. This is great as I really overate on Thursday. I was not supposed to eat after my wonderful and filling lunch out with friends. I ate mussels and a lovely salad, but then ordered dessert. I will blame peer pressure as my friends had ordered it. When it arrived, I asked for a take out container. It was flourless chocolate cake, I ate 1/3rd of the cake, and the ice cream, and put the rest of the cake and a large piece of chocolate bark into the container. DH ate it when I got home. So I ate less of it than I might have, but then ate a piece of chicken and some mashed potatoes when he was having his supper. The sweet cake had put me into a carb jag and I could not resist.
SO truly, overall I am doing better, but a little treat like that overwhelmed me easily.
This week I am hoping to stay under 160 and not planning to lose. On Tuesday we go out for supper for my birthday, and again on Saturday with the kids.
And the weekend after that, out with friends one of whom also has a November birthday, for us to have a nice meal out in our honour.
I am no longer interested in large gatherings (we had a big party for my 50th) but it seems the alternative is to have several smaller ones! Am I being silly to still want such celebrations, at least for the decades? I think it comes from only have one birthday party as a child at age 6. With it coming just after Hallowe'en and being poor weather, my Mum just could to cope with doing kid parties in the house I guess. To be fair I don't think my sister had more than one or two parties, and she was a summer birthday. It sounds a little silly and immature when I put it that way, LOL
But either way, I have to plan eating and fasting around all of this if I want to maintain, and return to losing and get down to a good weight before Christmas.

Hope everyone else is doing well and will cope ok with Hallowe'en and temptation.

Trish, my mother cooked what she could afford at the time. Everyone was hungry. No one considered saying they didn't like it. Father was sick as long as I can remember. But I know my Grandmother cooked according to what my Grandfather wanted and he was served first before everyone. Same in DHs family. Maybe everyone ate canned vegetables in those days. Corn, peas, green beans. Pasta was a favorite dinner as a child. Spaghetti or macaroni and cheese. It was a cheap meal.

Mad, I had one birthday party at age 6 but birthdays were always observed with a cake. As an adult, friends celebrated birthdays with dinner etc but no big shebang.

DH hates birthdays. We eat out so often that its not a big deal for birthdays. Just another day. I can't remember ever ordering dessert in a restaurant. I don't mean to sound boastful but sweets and desserts rarely interest me. I don't consider it a badge of honor. I overeat real food, large portions, second helpings. Ice cream is the exception. I like ice cream.

I haven't weighed yet. Probably will.

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Hmmmm. I feel thin they day. I didn't overeat yesterday and did not eat after dinner. But I'm up .2 to 188.0. You never know.

Trish, I don't understand your other 6 hour window. Did you have your 4 hour window then eat again in a later 6 hour window? That's ok. Its not something you do every day and I think its good to deviate once in a while. I do that sometimes. When you stay up late with DH you're bound to get hungry. I never like late night tv but sometimes DH is watching and I'm deep into a book.

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We had to go to Wal-Mart because we bought a roll of sausage yesterday. Today DH opened it to cook it and it looked bad. We looked at the expiration date and it expired 10/26. I didn't want them to think we kept it a long time so I took it back with the dated receipt. They only had 2 more rolls left, both outdated. We got Great Value brand dated in November. DH prefers Bob Evans.

I also had a prescription to pick up. I could not wait to get out of there. So crowded!

Carol Sue I just meant that I seem to be settling into a 6 to 7 hr eating window instead of the 4 hr eating window that I had planned. So just going with that for now. Regardless what eating window, I do not like to eat anything after 7 pm. Don't want my eating winodw to go over 8 hrs though or I would try the 10 hr eating window with 5 hrs between meals. You are right. I could do the 10 hr easy staying up as late as I do but not sure I want the habit of eating later.

This week I am stuck at 184.6 up .8 lb from last week. I was 183,8 last Saturday then Sunday bounced back up to 185 and finally settled at 184.6 for several days.

Although weight hasn't done much this week, I am rethinking things. I want to keep my carbs lower and realize that if I do not to worry too much about the sodium as long as bp is not going up. Also I realize that weight staying at one number doesn't mean a whole lot when doing low carb because I may be losing inches. I say all that because now that DH and I are both drinking almond milk, I'm finding it easier to lower the carbs. We are having pizza today and I have modified the way I make mine so that calories for today will be 1092 and net carbs will be 62 g. and my protein, carbs and fat are low carb balanced so that fat is higher then protein and the carbs lower. I had eggs and bacon with grated fresh parmesan cheese and it was good and satisfying. So will keep the low carb breakfast at only 13 carbs for breakfast.

I don't remember birthday partys so much when growing up. Daddy always took is vacations in August and I remember we would be on the highway and he would announce that "At this time today" giving my age and say "Patricia was born". I think he tried to make it such a big deal because he was stationed in Biloxi when I was born and couldn't be there. I think I was 6 wks old before he got to come home and see me so felt the hurt of not being there. One time on a trip, we came back through Dallas, the family there met at my aunts and they gave me a surprise birthday party but we would have all gotten together without it being my BD. I had a surprise BD party when I was 16. So that is about all I remember about it.

Have a nice day every body.

Trish, I understand, you did a 6 hour window instead of 4 hour. My eating window depends on what time I eat my first meal. I like 11:00. DH has been doing better waiting until at least 10 to cook so its done by 10:30. Today we had just eggs because the sausage was bad. When we got home with the new sausage DH made a sausage sandwich of which I had half. Then I got hungry before dinner! I think that was because of the bread in the sandwich. So I ate some celery with hummus. We had dinner at 3:30. Kielbasa with diced tomatoes, mushrooms and noodles. I like that and its quick and easy to make.

So even though I ate a lot of food it was 1083 calories. The noodles made it 89 carbs. Its an estimate because its hard to measure the kielbasa meal I made. The sodium was low but I don't believe their numbers either. The canned tomatoes would have a lot plus the kielbassi. I am not hungry now at 7:30 but could eat something out of habit. I'm trying not to.

Tomorrow is Halloween. I want to eat low carb because of my blood work Monday morning. We have candy but I don't want to eat any. Pray for me!

Today I finished up my shopping for Thanksgiving except the turkey. I will make pies for us and anyone who wants them. (Step daughter.) I had a hard time finding canned pumpkin but Wal-Mart finally had it yesterday. I couldn't find pie crust until today at the local grocery. So, things are in short supply but available if you look around. No waiting for the week before like I usually do. Not many turkeys available except monsters. I will check every time until Thanksgiving. I won't wait til the casino turkey giveaway because if I dont get them it will be too close to shop for one. I don't want a big one!

Carol Sue I pray you will be able to resist the candy tomorrow. I want to get a turkey for us too but I don't want a big one. I still don't know what plans will be with family. DS bought their Thanksgiving dinner from QVC and it will be delivered in time for Thanksgiving. I guess I could order one cooked from the local store or Sam's but not sure about because DH doesn't care for some of the foods I like.

I had another good day. Net carbs ended up being 74 so that is good as far as I'm concerned if you can trust what that new Atkins book was right about keeping carbs under 100 g. Calories were around 1200 because I'm eating nuts for the magnesium because I don't want to take it in a pill. Macros were balanced for low carb.

DH likes the unsweetened vanilla almond milk. So it looks like we will be drinking it from now own.

I've been sleeping a lot lately even after a very good nights sleep. I go to bed go to sleep and don't wake up until around 5:30 or 6. I got up this morning around 7:30 am and slept for a good hour after dinner. Not sure why. I hope that will get better.

DS has not had any reactions to the booster vax. She said it was easier than the first 2.

When is you appointment? I hope things go well.

Scale up again to 188.8. I don't know why. Not worried yet.

Trish, I thought you were taking the magnesium that does not cause potty issues. I eat nuts regularly, almonds, walnuts and pecans. A few of each 3-4 times a week. I can limit them because only the almonds are salted. The salt is what makes them addicted I believe.

Today I have to do laundry. I hate doing it on Sunday but I didn't do it yesterday. Cooking pork tenderloin if I can figure out how. Then trick or treat this evening. I don't think we will get many kids but we will give to those who show up. If they climb our front steps they deserve a treat!

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I'm cooking the pork in the slow cooker with mushroom soup. I saw a similar recipe online that used barbecue sauce but said mushroom soup could be used instead. 4-5 hours.

Carol Sue No I'm not taking the magnesium any more. I'm not sure I even need it any more but I figured that nuts have such good health benefits that I could get the magnesium and the benefits by eating a few each day or at least almost everyday.

I've got the blahs today. Couldn't decide what to cook today since nothing sounds good. So I may make DH and salad and then we both will have either soup or a pot pie. Carbs will still be under 80 grams if I do this right today.

Weight was still 184.6 when I got up early and then when I got up later to stay up the second time I weighed said 184. So I either stayed the same or lost .6 lbs not sure which. Taking the 184 weight, I only lost 3.6 lbs this month but I have to just be thankful that I lost and didn't gain.

I am not feeling too great today. Not sure why so I think I will take a quick nap before DH gets up and I have to fix dinner. I will be glad when Halloween is over since we have been watching crazy Halloween type movies this week. On the other hand I look forward to the Christmas movies that start pretty soon. Can't watch our Cowboys today because our local station and Dish are in some sort of money negotiation so we don't have that station right now and they carry our Dallas games plus our local preacher we watch. We went through this once before. Makes it hard for Dish since local stations are offered for free in our contract.

Hope everyone has a nice safe day.

My pork tenderloin turned out good. When I opened the package I could smell the seasoning so strong I rinsed it off under hot water. Some flavor soaked into the meat but some got washed away. I cooked rice pilaf and broccoli with it. It was fork tender and very tasty. I am not a fan of pork but I liked it. On the other hand, DH only took a piece the size of his thumb and fed it to the dog. I asked him why and he said "I don't know what it is.". I am going to make it again because its $5 for a piece the perfect size for 2 people. Easy to prepare and tasty.j. k I will buy it again but prepare it differently so it looks like pork to him. I think the mushroom soup disguised it. He should have at least tasted it because I know he would have liked it. Or I should have coated it with sugar.

Trish, you are lucky that your DH eats what you cook and will at least try it. DH used to, long ago.

I fell asleep this afternoon, as I did the two days before. I sleep well at night but wake up too early and can't fall back to sleep. This new chair is better for napping than the old chair because the back and neck are better supported.

I think I have heard about some problems with Dish and local stations.

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First hour's over. No kids so far. We can hear them on the next street over but none on our street. I have resisted the candy.

Carol Sue Actually DH eats what I fix because I pretty much cook what I know he likes or will tolerate as long as I don't cook some things too often.
Glad you like your chair and it is comfortable. I sleep in my chair more than I like lately. I'm not sure why.

I'm still up because I'm sick at my stomach. I will try to go to bed in a bit. I ate a few crackers with pb for supper and it didn't settle very well.

Weight up .2. Did not overeat, and no candy.

On my way to get labs done. I want coffee!!

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Well, I didnt get my labs done. I was a walk in and there were so many people ahead of me the next available time was 11:00. DH wanted to go out for breakfast so we did. I told him I would come back tomorrow at 11 but he said "You won't be able to wait til 11 to eat!". I told him I want to eat at 11 every day. He said " No you dont. I cook earlier every day.". I said "So I eat when YOU want me to eat but I'd rather wait til 11.". He just does not get it.

I came home and made an appointment for tomorrow at 9:20. But I told him I'm not going out for breakfast again. From now on I'm refusing to eat until 11.

I could have gone to the other lab across the street but I have a copay if I go there. Now I have to go another day without a candy bar.

Fatmad Can't remember when your birthday is so I am going to wish you a Happy Birthday week and month as a lot of people celebrate their birthdays for the whole month now a days. Have a great one.

Carol Sue Sorry you couldn't get the lab workd done today. It takes DH a while to learn. I still think the only reason I have no problems with DH any more is that he has to do work at keeping his bs down too. He didn't understand a lot until then.

Haven't eat breakfast today. We are going to store instead of tomorrow because we need lettuce. I want to go to local store that is closer so we will end with McD's CB for dinner. My tummy still is unhappy today but better. So I'll be careful with eating today. I had too many carbs yesterday. Although I ate low carb a couple of days, it isn't really the way I want to eat long term. I like th fact that eating more of a WWSF plan, the weight is more stable for me than it is on low carb. However, I still like keeping net carbs less than or around 100.

Weight up to 185.8 this morning which I know is probably not a weight gain. I do want to get back to 2MAD. i am going to work at doing 5 or 6 hr appart but have first meal around 3 or 4 and then eat breakfast for supper. I think it is time to get serious about a 2MAD and work it around lifestyle.

Hope everybody has a good day.

Trish, I want to get some magnesium to take out of curiosity to see if I feel better. If I feel no difference I will assume I'm not deficient. I read about the different kinds and I want glyconate. Every one I saw online was charging shipping. I don't know if I can get it locally.

We had Wendys for dinner and I had crispy chicken. DH didn't feel good. He moved the old chair out for trash and did something. He took Tylenol and Its gone now, whatever it was.

I think I might try waiting longer to eat in the morning. If DH cooks I can heat it up later. I am just not hungry in the morning. I need to be firmer about what and when I'm going to eat.

But hope you feel better, Trish.

I did OMAD yesterday for Hallowe'en. and I did have some candy, just little ones called Rockets. They are like little tiny sweet-tarts in a roll. Not sure you would have similar in the USA.
I was a bit over 160 this am. Fasting today, having some broth now as DH has soup for supper.
Tomorrow is the actual birthday, but you are right Trish, it will go on more than one day. Tomorrow night DH and I will go to the steakhouse and have steak and salad.
I will be careful to just order what I want to eat and not more. Thats always hard.
Saturday out with the kids for another supper out and general birthday party stuff. I assume there will be cake. I told DH I did not want to do any cooking or baking because the kids don't do that for me, and for my birthday and mother's day it seems I have to do the cooking. I also told DH I did not want him paying for everything. (I bet he will anyhow) I had suggested they just come after supper for cake, but the group of them have this plan, which is also fine. We are going to the restaurant with a good GF menu.
Then later in the month, I have a friend having a birthday. He always wants a big extravaganza and a large group lunch or supper and a trip to a museum or art gallery. We have said before we don't really enjoy group dinners, but he didn't really listen. This year we just said no. Covid rules to stand one's ground I guess. We offered instead to take him and his wife out for a mutual birthday meal and he could still do the group dinner with the rest of the group. So that is still the plan as far as I know.

Carol: I am sure you are retaining fluid for some reason. When we gain without reasons like over eating etc its almost always that. Maybe get your blood pressure checked as well.
Too bad you can't get appointments at your lab. Its the joy of Covid to me here, that the labs do appointments now. Makes it easier and less waiting around.

Trish: I agree a little movement on the scale is not yet a gain. You are doing so well and your own version of IF suits you well.

Best wishes friends.