Happy Black Friday...sighhh for 51 weeks a year weigh in day as Friday is a good thing. Well today ain't so bad. With all the extras I maintained. No loss but No gain is just about perfect.

Isabella.....I did it just 20 pecan halves. Of course if 2 were stuck together I might've counted that as one. Knowing the GG were watching kept me in line.

DH slept in hour long naps all day yesterday and again today. Dash is so confused that he climbed in the shower with him this morning. I had to drag him outside yesterday for a bath and today he is standing a close to DH under the running water. Both boys smell lovely but the bathroom is a mess. my sides hurt from laughing and now both are snoring.

Rie....Good luck at the Bighorns tourney. Kick a** and enjoy yourself after all you are a Golden One! We were in Sheridan one year day before opening season on antelope...every yard/dooryard, street corner had a pronghorn eating grass. Next morning NOTHING.....Went from there to Little Big Horn. Early early morning when the heavy clouds were almost touchable....the only people there and if you had done a warhoot I'd had dropped over dead. Spooky was the word. Of course the rattle snake signs didn't help.

Have to go order the orange/grapefruit boxes to a shipped North. You all love your navals and can't wait for Jan and the honeybells. Shipping is the killer cost. I can buy a bushel of juice oranges locally for $3-5 but can't ship them out of state. Like the local honey at $5 a quart and $30 to ship!!!!! Next time I'll just send the bees.

Anyone go shopping at 12m? I was curled up with my kindle and thought about the shoppers......

Off to Homasassa for vegies and Oranges....they opened the Spring up for the wild manatee again this year. Makes the captured ones a bit love sick, but they are too wounded to ever survive in the wild again. 1000 lb Romeo and Juliet love story. k3

Red ~ I'm sorry for your frustration with this weight loss thing. And I'm sorry that I don't seem to have much of any comforting words to offer to you ~ except if it helps any at all to know that you are not alone. We're glad you're here with us. Hang in there.

Good Morning Chickies.

Hope everyone made it through Thanksgiving on a positive note, ours was very enjoyable.

It is pouring rain here right now. Good day to declare a Sew Day! So, that is what I plan on doing today.

Karen3, ship the bees, I love it (LOL). I always heard you were suppose to eat honey made in your area for the best health benefits anyway. And yes, you guys have the best oranges, too bad shipping them is the killer.

Marie, I agree Black Friday is over rated, people get so out of hand. We went to three stores (pet store, craft store and electronics store), then we went home. I have decided to hold off on a trainer and joining a gym. I am going to try and do this on my own. I have two pieces of exercise equipment at home, why not put them to use.

Hi to everyone else.

My thumb is healing, I am thinking of covering it up when I am at work, just because looking at it now, it is ugly (even though they told me leave it open to the air and do not put any ontiments on it!) I can't wait til I can get full motion back to it.

Happy Saturday.



Red, don't give up, even if no one comments on your weight loss, you are doing it for yourself. Even if you feel better because you know you are eating healthier and getting some exercise, that should count for something. It makes a difference. This is for you. I went I think 2-3 weeks without the scale moving (and I mean I stuck to my plan), and thanks to this forum I kept to it. And then all of a sudden 3 lbs gone. The body is really doing its own thing. Just hand in there. Alll these changes we are doing, are really for us, no one else.

Red ~ I agree with Chickadeee ~ do it for yourself. And also what she said about feeling better. That is what is motivating me ~ I'd like to see the scale move, but feeling better is "right up there" with the numbers going down for me.

Maybe you can experiment and find a way that works for you to enjoy the things you like to eat. What works is different for everyone ~ you just have to keep trying until you find what works for you. Our Nancy here has a weekly ~ she calls it a pig out meal, and a nightly snack that she looks forward to. She has lost a lot of weight and kept it off doing this. I tried what she was doing and it was a disaster for me ~ I do not have very good self discipline.

I have somewhat better luck with ~ if I want something ~ get a single serving size of it. One of the grocery stores has single pieces of pie and cake. Or a case where you can but just a couple doughnuts or cookies. Single serving size bags of chips. There are single serving cups of icecream. Or, a single candy bar instead of a whole bag. And single serving size cups of mashed potatoes. It is probably not very cost effective to do it this way, but it keeps me out of trouble. The part I have to work on with this is not doing it too often

Keep coming here ~ these ladies are wonderful. You don't feel alone here, if you need a hug or a kick in the rear ~ they'll do that too

Hi Everyone,

Please check out the Honesty Thread.

Waiting for handyman to come and fix my bedroom ceiling fan/light. I HATE not having it when one of my hot flashes hits.

Yesterday, I kind of crashed. My DF and I met for a walk and lunch. We were supposed to go to a movie after lunch, but all of a sudden I just crashed. I was just too tired. Too much cooking and eating. My blood sugar is probably totally out-of-whack.

I MUST get my act together again.


Hi Freda, Yes - I agree, the Golden Girls are family to me.

Hi Donna, I am becoming less and less in love with Thanksgiving. One of my traditions is watching the Macy's parade. I could not get over how commercialized it has become. Almost EVERY float and every balloon was advertising something. I don't mind the "advertisements" for the Broadway musicals (dances/songs performed by the actors), but the rest I could live without. Also, the focus on food is kind of turning me off. We had so much food left over that it was kind of sickening.

Hi Bobbi, I will post my recipe for sweet-potato pie up in the recipe thread. It is delicious but NOT calorie-friendly.

Hi Mary, my DD and SIL and I are also in a quandry about our winter travel. We have airline points that we must use or lose by end of December - our trip can be after that, but we must schedule by then. Between SIL's back problems and their B&B staffing problems, it is REALLY difficult to plan.

Hi Karen, So HAPPY for you that you found buyers. Maybe my DD & SIL will have the same good luck.

Hi Isabella, This is off-topic, but while you were away, I found a site that I LOVE. It is the Presidential fitness site. You keep track of your exercise, and when you get to certain milestones, you can order medals to reward yourself. Rie and I are both doing it. Check it out - http://www.presidentschallenge.org

Hi Karen, did you ever try the cauliflower recipe where you cook it, beat it with a little skim milk & eat like mashed potatoes? It's pretty good.

Hi Gayle, I will DEFINITELY add that pumpkin one to my non-healthy-but-delicious menu box!

Hi Marie, I also have a craft room. I am thinking about getting rid of all my scrapping stuff and changing it to a real guest bedroom. I used to go scrapping with two DF's. One now has altzheimer's and the other is now a shut-in. I have never liked doing crafts alone (except for knitting or needlework). So, no more pretty scrapbooks in my future.

Hi Carol Sue, 142 is NOT a happy number. I am worse than you - when I know the number will be high, I just don't check it.

Hi FL Karen, I don't even like shopping when the stores are empty. I would NEVER go near a mall on Black Friday!

Marie, I agree Black Friday is over rated, people get so out of hand. We went to three stores (pet store, craft store and electronics store), then we went home. I have decided to hold off on a trainer and joining a gym. I am going to try and do this on my own. I have two pieces of exercise equipment at home, why not put them to use.

Chickadee - I have a list of reasons to exercise at home instead of going to the gym.
By the time I get ready and get to the gym, I could have half my workout in at home.
I don't have to worry about what I look like when I exercise at home.
I don't have to wait for someone to finish with a piece of equipment, and I don't have someone waiting for me to finish, and I don't have to worry about other people's germs on the equipment.
I can have the TV/Radio on to whatever station I want as loud or soft as I want.

I know there are also benefits of working out at a gym. There are many people who won't make the effort to get up and exercise at home....they need the gym to make them do it. And you have access to a personal trainer to help you and make sure you are doing the exercises correctly.
But I really prefer exercising at home, and I try to work at making myself do it. I feel so much better afterwards.

Here's an interesting Thanksgiving story. A restaurant in our area was closed for Thanksgiving, but a 15 lb wild turkey flew into the window, shattered the window, and ended up inside on the floor....dead. Some people passing by saw the broken window and thought the place had been vandalized and called the police. I think that turkey had a death wish!

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Enjoy!!

Too cute for words.

Good Morning! Getting some laundry done this rainy day! Still trying to decide between a few houses that we have looked at. One we really like and it has several Weeping Willow trees in the yard and just in a beautiful setting. But is a little further out. Don't know if that is the smart thing to do or not. But really like the house. Have several others that are closer in to town that we like too so we are not without choices.

Red, don't give up! We all have those same feelings once in awhile (go back a few pages and read where I was ready to give up!) I think we would all like to see 5 or 10 pounds drop every week or two but that isn't realistic,,,, but it doesn't stop us from getting frustrated! I think we need to really be happy even if we lose just a pound every week..But know that is hard. It would be so nice if it was easy to take off as it is to put on--- but it isn't. Just keep working and there will be progress. I need to listen to me too!!

Donna, loved that video--- had to post it on my FB too. Just so cute and loving!

I'm going to save all these yummy recipes too. Thanks

Well, laundry is calling my name so I'd better get going. I know I have missed several but will get back later.

Have a great day!