Brrrrrrr I forgot how cold it is this early in the morning. Just waiting for the train then off to work :( At least it is only 3 long days lol.

Pearlrose, all went well thank you for asking. This month and next we have lots of "check ups." Trying to get DS to commit to appointment is like pulling teeth. Which reminds me he is due for the dentist lol

Holly so glad to see you back. We are always here for you :)

Nothing really exciting here. Hoping for an uneventful day. Today was my weigh in I was down 2 on Friday but up 4 today. I know I had one off day, but really I know I did not eat 4 pounds worth of food.....or did I lol Not stressing just going to reevaluate my portions and late night comfort eating. Been a little lonely this week.

Tammy how was DH's birthday? Hope DD is feeling better.

I'll check back later when I have service. Enjoy the day

The best grain free baked goods I've found are at Elanas Pantry.
I was planning to make pumpkin bars again but got distracted by chocolate almond joy bars. I had some leftover dark chocolate pieces and cut those up in place of the chocolate drops. I've made a few of her desserts and they are always good.

Twynn found the noodles with peanut sauce recipe. I"m going to add sliced tamari ginger marinated chicken and bok choy for a heftier meal.

A couple of years ago I modified the mock cornbread and used it as a dumpling. I seem to remember it working but didn't write it down. I'm going to try again and will report back if I get a good variation. There's also this one made with garbanzo flour which I might try because I just found a bag of the flour in my pantry. No recipe for the stew - make my own stock and toss veggies in, probably carrots, celery, turnips and cauliflower.

I'll be back after a bowl of crockpot porridge and some coffee :)

:coffee: Good morning! Must run over to Mom's for now, but I'll be back later. Have a great day!

Good morning. Hugs and warm thoughts to Linda. You are one busy lady these days. Sure hope you are taking some Linda time.

Slept in a bit this morning although I'd planned to give Disney a bath. That'll have to be this afternoon as I am doing pet therapy with Jazz this morning. I'm also making a Lithuanian dish called Keuglis to take to our "Girls" dinner tonight. It's absolutely delicious but really SBD porn. Karen is doing a ham, Joanne is making a big salad and Heather is bringing dessert. I could be in trouble but will focus on the salad.

Time to crank up my day. It's supposed to be warmer - finally up to 2ºF! The week will bring more snow and some freezing rain. I miss Cuba!

OH chicks you are chatting away this AM. I thought I wasn't going to get the kids' fever, but lucky me...I did. It will be a lazy day and hope it breaks so I can go to work tomorrow.

Glad to see so many in here today!

You know, I think I'll change my avatar - the snowflake is making me feel cold!

good morning! Sunny but still cold here too. Though anything that is OVER minus temperatures seems balmy!

Ruth, very kewl that you were in Cuba!! Something we USA'ers can't do...bummer for us.

Today will be Day Four on plan for me :carrot: the big test is at always at work, when I am harried and angry and frustrated, to not sneak a cookie or whatever. Yesterday I was all of those emotions :devil: and still did good.

hope everyone has a great day!

Just popping in to give a :welcome: to Holly. I knew you were OK because I saw you around the site. Yes, Cuba was great. I hear rumours that soon you will be OK to go there. American boats can land now.

My new avatar is titled "Hopes of Spring"! When we had our melt two weeks ago, I did see my snowdrops peeping up at the edge of a snowdrift.

Woke up to no heat!! I sure do hope my hubby can figure out what is wrong with it so we do not have to come up with any money. I am very thankful that it is only in the 20's here and not like I have read some of your temps are.

It has been almost 2 weeks since my scale shot up the 3 lbs. I am down 2 of them. I am on plan and even tracking food to make sure I do not go overboard. I need to measure again but it is too cold to do that right now.

Hope everyone has a good Sunday!!!

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I'm off to church...bbl

Holly, glad you're going to hang with us again!

paydaymom, hope your DH can figure out your heat issue!

Still dragging today but maybe my cold symptoms are not quite as bad as yesterday:) I made the broc/caul cheese soup for myself. Tonight I'll make the chicken spinach casserole. It took me multiple visits to multiple stores over 2 days to get all the ingredients. I don't know if I didn't put them on my list or just missed reading them or was just too fuzzy headed to get my shopping done all at once:dizzy:

I need a revisit to PH1 for a bit. And February is full of social eating events! But I am determined to be at a comfortable weight when I leave for vacation in 4 weeks. So time to suck it up for a bit. Oh, apples and bread, how I'll miss you.

Hello, All. Just popping at nearly the end of the weekend.

Is it possible to go into so-called "starvation mode" after only a few weeks? My weight stayed the same last week and I can't pinpoint anything I did differently from the few weeks of 1 or 2 pound losses, except maybe not eat enough. I feel like things have stalled. My weigh day is Wednesday, so hoping for more movement by then. Need to get better about tracking what I eat so I won't under-eat some days.

Bad week at work; someone I liked very much (and used to report to) was let go, and this is not a good sign. I'm not worried about losing my job because this was clearly political. I'm more concerned about a slow but distinct shift in power to some people I don't respect. *sigh*. This is hard and I'm trying not to eat in response! Thankfully, I'd started a job search already, so hopefully can remove myself from this situation.

Natasha, sorry about the break-up. (Your Google remark did make me laugh, though :))

Cottage, hope you're doing OK, and that your 31 party went well (whatever THAT is!)

Cyndi, thanks for the recipe links; I love anything Tai/Peanut, so I'll definitely be trying that this week.

triplestep - Thanks, but I'm good w/ it. I'll be honest w/ you ladies and admit that I probably took a lot of crap off of him that I shouldn't have. It took me humbling myself and talking to a very dear male friend of mine to realize that I was being stupid, for lack of a better word, and needed to get out NOW before things got worse. A controlling and jealous man is NOT the man for me. After I was accused of "hooking up" with someone on Saturday night when I was out w/ a group of 18 (15 of those being women, 13 of those being lesbians who I love to death but am not interested in romantically) I was done. All set w/ that, thanks. LOL

Almost halfway through my 8 days of work, woot woot!!! One of the fire department Lieutenants just called me and asked how I was doing and I said "tired" and he said "aww, baby doll, you just gotta make it 'til 5:30 and you'll have you a couple of days off." Nope, not this week!!! LOL

Hope everybody is enjoying a nice, relaxing Sunday.

Cottage - thoughts and prayers!

All - I have not the heart to say what I just consumed out of sadness and self-pity. I return to work tomorrow at 6:30 am after having a semester with my precious children, getting to be mommy all day every day. It was such a blessing!

So - pre-dinner, dinner, and dessert were all utter disasters. I suspect the next 5 days need to be a return to Phase 1. Truth be told, I am not even discussing things with the scale for the next few days. OY VEY.

Be well -

Bea we all do it, they key is recognizing it, not wallowing in it and refocusing to get back on track. Glad you were able to enjoy being a mommy.

Cyndi, I just checked out the recipe links. Dare I say I wanted to lick my iPad. The almond joy bars look soooooo good. As does the Thai peanut sauce. If you are cooking these decadent goodies, I am on my way north!!

Natasha, a controlling jealous man is not good to any woman. Glad you have a wise friend who has your best interests at heart.

Is it wrong that I am dunking my celery sticks into my PB... I know I shared too much...lol...in my defense no one eats it but me.