Diet Coaches/Buddies - Went out last evening to a brick-and-mortar movie theater to see
Avatar: The Way of Water. Three hours fifteen minutes sitting in the same seat. Time passes more slowly when you're struggling to find the spiritual depth that characters keep referencing. It's worth the effort to meet "Payakan, a Tulkun—an intelligent and pacifistic cetacean species whom the Metkayina consider their spiritual family." (
wiki) The Tukun are humongous whale-like creatures easy to love. The underwater photography is stunning. The blue people, the Na'vi, are as endearing as their first movie. And as blue. The plot won't feel strange to those who have seen Moby Dick, Star Wars, John Wayne in Cowboys and Indians, and Romeo and Juliette. DW tells me to stop complaining; there are only so many plots so they have to be recycled. Call me Ishmael.
Eating was on plan, CREDIT moi, with no evening snack because the evening was spoken for. I spent my day watching the US Congress attempt to elect its Speaker of the House. In my decades as a US Citizen, I've never thought of this step in the administration of our country before. It just happened. Maybe I noticed in the papers that it had happened.
Joy (gardenerjoy) - I, too, continue to read
Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown. Really like that it makes sense to read it in small chunks. Thanks for the reminder to think gratitude. Neat to have a list of physical things to do to address pain other than eat.
maryann - Yeah, indeed, for a recipe system that works. Congrats for moving forward away from a med with side affects.
Karen (karenrn) - Do enjoy the image of picking grapefruit from a friend's yard.
curlyjax - Super Kudos for
"2 unpleasant things that really stressed me out, and I did NOT eat over." Love being reminded that eating doesn't solve unpleasant. Hope you and your DD can figure out a living arrangement for her first year of working. Perhaps if she accepts a high-power job at Mass General Hospital in downtown Boston she'll need to live close to that. Good news that you'll have more companionship care for your dad.
Readers -
Quote:
Chapter 6 Stage 3 - The Challenging Situations Plan
Create a Holiday Mindset
Left unchecked, these thoughts can cause serious damage. To follow your plan during holidays, accept the reality that you can't eat the way you used to if you want to get and stay thinner.
Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., The Complete Beck Diet for Life (Green book), Pg 155.