Diet Coaches/Buddies – Standard Sunday walk with DW, CREDIT moi. One of the home renovation sites we're monitoring has installed underground snow-melting pipes in the driveway leading down to the garage. Ouch! It seems like such a HUGE waste of energy melting snow with heated liquid. I haven't looked up the actual costs, but it can't be small. Naturally, I'll think of them when I'm out shoveling snow this winter.
Eating was OKish, CREDIT moi. I had too many snacks at Happy Hour; I might do better calling it Fellowship Hour as the others do, LOL. Dinner was cold pasta salad with deviled eggs on the patio. I do like this summer thing.
silverbirch – Not sure what you mean by 'multi-cooker' - but I'd probably not be experienced with it if I did, LOL. My notion of 'dodgy flats' is that you should make the bathroom plumbing work well even if you have to replace stuff yourself; other parts that are run-down are easier to ignore.
nationalparker – Kudos for taking your retirement with financial independence seriously. A greenhouse is a lovely thought.
Karen (karenrn) - Yep, walking with a goal is more fun. I wish there was someone in this family who liked to wash cars.
curlyjax - Splitting a sandwich and cookie is a smart way to have lunch - Kudos.
ennay - Congrats to your SIL for her recommendation by Oprah Magazine. Neat to have six different weeks of meals planned. Family members eating
"anywhere from 3 pm to 10 pm" seems like a major challenge.
anniemaxx - Need your help figuring out
"chgo toerries" - maybe it's a food I need to try.
Readers -
Quote:
chapter 2 What Really Makes You Eat
A Great Example of Helpful Thinking
Emma had lost more than 40 pounds when I counseled her many years ago. I hadn't heard from her in more than 10 years when she called to say hello. She told me that she had maintained her weight loss with comparative ease. I asked her if she still had sabotaging thoughts and, if so, what she did about them. Emma thought for a moment and gave me the following example: About two weeks prior to the phone call, Emma was tempted by sticky buns that someone had left on the counter in the office kitchenette. Most days, she would have ignored them completely, but she was particularly hungry that day. She knew if she tried to eat just a small piece of this high-fat, high-carbohydrate food, she would want more. During the next few hours, she had lost of thoughts: I'm hungry. They look so good. I'd really like to have one.
Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., The Beck Diet Solution (Pink book), pg 31.