Hi everyone!
I am all in favor of the word "NO"!
Only when necessary, which happens to be often, lol.
DTimpma and Amarantha, I happen to be a piano teacher (among other things) myself.
I understand where you are coming from...
For some good laughs have you, by any chance, checked the pianoforum.net site?

Amarantha, Dijon chicken with mushrooms and a nap should do it, lol!

It kind of did, Aria! The chicken was really good. I braised chunks of chicken breast and mushrooms in a mix of canola oil, water and dijon ... I found a brand with NO sugar or other high glycemic ingredients ... have been taking servings of this out on jobs all week.

Hey Aramantha, I'm here..

Oh, we don't want restless towel boys....or do we? Perhaps if they are tall, handsome, Irish towel boys, it wouldna be such a terrible thing...but I digress.

You will have to forgive me as I've had one or four glasses of wine during dinner at a friend's place. DH was finishing up some extensive computer rebuilding for him, so he invited us both to have an early dinner with him. It was quite good...lean grilled pork, green salad, and a lovely white merlot. Very lovely. Yep...yummy.

I was thrilled to learn this friend is a new fan of my beloved Jesse Cook. Friend, his sister, and her husband are going to accompany us to Jesse's concert at the Toronto Zoo in August. Which reminds me, I need to order those tickets online.

A big hello to NewfieSara! We are honored to have a Royal of such fine lineage among us, as Newfies are as strong, proud, and extraordinary a people as my own Cape Bretoners are. Welcome to the palace!

Greetings to all our s. Hope you are enjoying a lovely Saturday.

It is rainy and dark here today, perfect day for doing nothing...and I've done pretty much that all day. Now the decision is do I tackle Mt. Laundry, or do I open that bottle of wine that is so nicely chilled and veg for the night. Decisions, decisions....

P.S. Wildfire, I would go for the wine if I were you!

My challenge is to do 300 minutes of exercise per week, starting tomorrow. :-D

*makes myself comfy on my throne.. orders a poolboy*

oh WILDFIRE.. aren't we wonderful?

Being a betting woman, I'll say Wild Fire goes for the wine!
Welcome, Newfie.

Morning arrives to an empty palace - ah well, we had a busy day yesterday, didn't we?

QOD - Since I started on this journey about three years and 45-50 lbs ago, I've been more or less on and off the same plan - eat less of more healthy choices, exercise more, and drink lots of water and tea. Before that (or the other two of the five years) it was eat whatever, whenever, exercise, drink tea/Tab. The two biggest changes have been in percentage of better choices and drinking water. No name brand diet programs involved, more a utilizing of all the info garnered through the years and from different posts on 3FC. I do still need to lose lots of weight but I'm working on the theory that when things are tough I try only to NOT GAIN and consider that a victory and when things ease a bit, then I try to cut back more. I need the consistency that changing my choices has allowed. Not as many bad choices hanging around trying to seduce me and while I sometimes feel I have too much tea, it's substituting for earlier habits that were worse.

Another day, another clean slate. Hopefully a few steps further on the journey (as vs. backward).

Even the Towel Boys be asleepin' methinks, Anagramatic!!! I am going back to bed as I got up to work but find I canna do 'er right now. I need to write three stories today unless I want Monday to be verra problematical, but I can't quite tackle 'em right now!!!

I am missin' K's tea!

Went back for a wee naplet myself. Helps sometimes. Lovely day outside. Feeling almost relaxed as have no major things to get done until tomorrow. Planning to see a Mummers Band this afternoon.

Got back from the beach late Friday night and had a splendid time and already want to go back.

Sorry to say that my dad's still not recovered--I'm really worried about him.

Ate way too much at the beach, but it was all 'too much of the right stuff' as Amarantha says! Anyway my weight is up and I have to get serious again. I bought "Body for Life For Women" while away and am thinking of giving that way a try. I'll be reading and considering it today. I'm feeling a tiny bit bored and want something new to do.

Speaking of that I was considering Amarantha's query about the different plans we've tried. [Great question!!!] I started out being rabidly low-fat and followed Susan Powter's plan, stuck with that for a long time, and have had brief flirtations with The Zone and off and on with macrobiotics. I know there are A LOT more! Now I'm peacefully settled into the Radiant Recovery way of eating. Exercise: step aerobics, dumbells, weights, The Firm, yoga, Pilates, bellydancing, tai chi, walking, some running.

Didn't work out at all yesterday. Spent most of the day with my dad and getting settled back home and I was really tired. Have to get back into the groove today!