Good morning! I am the opposite on the election today, Mary. I have a lot of anxiety and feel strongly that the choices I made last week and the choices made today will have a strong impact on my Grand girls in the years to come. I hope everyone feels comfortable voting their conscious and I'm working on hard on keeping my "girl with the half full glass" attitude today. I've done what I can and now it's time to accept what comes next. I really think I will have less anxiety no matter the outcome because at least I won't be assaulted from every angle with political ads and pleading for money.

I love the meme today.

Today is another travel day. We are heading up to Paso Robles and taking two days to get there. Tonight we'll be in Carpenteria and hoping to have a beach view from our hotel. After we get everything packed and the dogs to the sitter, it will be a low key day. I done my chair yoga session and repeated yesterday's as well. One more way for me to get some movement in. I am hoping for some sort of walk to get my steps in after we arrive this afternoon.

QoTD: Definitely not since I was a child.

Bites today are up in the air. I think I'll have an egg and cottage cheese just as we leave here and I've packed healthy bites for emergencies. Other than that, I just have to try and make good choices.

Peace.

Good morning! I'm up, showered, packed. Ready for Viva Las Vegasing myself all over the place this weekend. Happy 65th to Rog. Thank you for turning 65 and getting on Medicare and reducing our health insurance premiums. LOL. As I expected, yesterday was sluggish for me. Lots of puttering around to keep the grands happy, but nothing worth noting. I ate one egg, two strips of bacon and two bites of hash browns for breakfast and brought the rest home. Lunch and dinner I totally punted on and we ate leftovers/freezer finds. I ended up having TJ's turkey meatballs, cottage cheese and a little marinara for dinner. That used to be a go to meal in the first year. I forgot how much I like it and I cleaned out the cottage cheese and frozen meatballs.

Today is traveling to Vegas, hanging out, Rog is going to the Knights game with Ryan and then we'll meet up for post game ****tails and apps. Food will be TBD until next Friday. I'll do the best I can but I'm not going to be militant.

QoTD: YES!! I do take them if they interest me at all. I usually go to TJ's or Costco after big workout mornings so I don't feel guilty. I love having the bite and I almost never buy the product. I feel like I'm getting all treats.

No menu planning for me today. But I have emergency beef jerky in my carry on!

Peace

Boo! Happy Halloween everyone. Lets get that candy out of our houses and into the mouths of babes so they can make their parents crazy tonight. I feel badly for the teachers whenever Halloween is on a school night!

Accountability for yesterday. Pretty dang good. I finally talked myself into a walk around 4 pm. So glad I did as I don't think I can work one in today and I would have been mad at myself when I realized I passed up on a perfectly good day for no reason. Move calories, 408, exercise minutes 46, steps 10,123. Protein came in at 95 with a late evening snack of chicken. Keeping rotisserie chicken torn down and ready in the fridge is working really well for me. Though I may start clucking soon.

Today is an early event at the little Grand's school, prepping for hosting 12-15 people on the lawn tonight. I've got the candy broken out of the bags and in the bucket and all the candles ready to go. Quick turnaround as I need to pack all the Halloween decorations away in the morning because I'll be gone for 7ish days. Leaving the fall stuff up.

QoTD: I don't have any idea!

bites today

B: on the fly, so cold chicken probably

L: leftovers. Need to kill off the Shakshuka

D: Someone is bringing spaghetti and meatballs. I'm making Hawaiian bread sliders. I'll eat the insides of stuff.

yogurt w/mix ins and beef jerky/rotisserie chicken as needed

Be safe out there kids!

Good morning! Thanks for all the congrats yesterday. I felt like Super Woman all day long. I had a great day and am ready for another one today.

Conclave was excellent. Just excellent. Dinner out was a bit of a bust. Had to send my food back and I ate 30 minutes after Roger. Lots of leftovers. I've promised him steak and eggs for breakfast. Under accountability, 1 See's candy. 554 move calories burned, 107 minutes of hard exercise, 10,330 steps and 1 perfect 20 minute nap. I was way under calories at the end of the day even over estimating how many french fries I nibbled on.

Today is my oldest Grand's birthday. We have a teenager. 13. Unreal. I've done lots of cleaning and scrubbing already today and my workout gear is washed and hanging to dry. I need a trip to the market and I've got paperwork to do. I don't know why I can't settle down and get this paper work done. I need someone to give me a stern talking to. We are leaving for 2 back to back trips on Saturday, I am trying to use up all the leftovers or freeze them into single serving sizes. More work to do on that today too.

QoTD: I'm back to tracking on MFP. 31 out of 32 days so I'm getting in the habit. I use it mostly to track protein grams, but it also works as a rude wakeup call when I am thinking I'm getting away with something. Also, I am addicted to the move app on my Apple Watch. I will do almost anything to close those damn rings. It's such a sense of satisfaction when I do.

bites today

B: steak and egg

L: more leftovers. Shakshuka?

D: tbd. Need to go buy a few proteins.

Greek yogurt w/mix ins, and jerky/rotisserie chicken if needed.

Peace.

The Yankee fans did a good job of embarrassing themselves last night stripping the ball from Mookie's glove! I hope they ejected those two idiots.

oh please, "if you forget your readers"...haven't I seen you in Marilyn's glasses?

Good morning! It's softball Sunday. That starts after I serve breakfast to our house guests who are currently still snuggled tightly in their bed. I've got a big spread for them, so they better come down here hungry!

Accountability for yesterday. I stuck to my decision to not get in a workout. But as always, when we are serving up on the patio, I got in a lot of steps. 473 move calories, 18 minutes of exercise, 11,273 steps. I have no idea on how I did on protein grams. We had excellent Carne Asada, Mexican roasted chicken leg quarters, traditional refried beans, freshly made tortillas, lots of grilled veggies, rice, 4 kinds of cheeses, guacamole, salsas, dips, chips and chicharrons. And coffee flan for dessert. I ate only the protein items and 2 chicharrons plus the grilled veggies. Full stop there on food. I did not overindulge on food at all. I enjoyed a few glasses of wine. Definitely over board there.

Maybe I will try for a walk today. Maybe I won't. My hip is bad. But I will try to hit my step goal just by doing little bursts of things. After I get the company on the way and get back from softball, I'm not sure I'll have to cook anything today. The fridge is stuffed with leftovers already. No Carne Asada though. That got demolished. So sad.

QoTD: I have never been a big eater. I have always packed my breakfast and lunch for work. I rarely went over 1200 cals a day. I did WW's and Keto and calorie restricting. A couple times a year I would go crazy and eat a ton of Doritos or fruity candy and hate myself for it. I was born pudgy and I was certain I was going to die pudgy and I was sort of ok with that. As long as I could fit in my size 12 button fly Levi's, I was pretty happy. But then I just started gaining and gaining and gaining and nothing stopped it. Not 600 cals a day. Not being 100% sober for months on end. Not Keto. Nothing. WLS rewired me so that I don't seem to hold onto as much calories out of food. I'm back to eating approximately 1200 cals most days, and I make really good picks most of the time, but I did before as well. So frustrasting.

Bites today!

B: I'm not eating all this, but I am making: Shakshuka, roasted potatoes, cinnamon coffee cake, crostinis with garlic and olive oil, hummus, sour cream, greek yogurt, basil-walnut-parm pesto.

L: leftover chicken meat

D: TBD, but most likely more left over chicken meat, refried beans, grilled veggies.

Peace!

The white material actually has shiny spritzes on it!

Ding, ding, ding, Chrissy! You are a winner. Definitely a Pop tart and a recycle bin. Alivia designed both. She's very creative.

Good morning!

I did skip actual exercise yesterday and am feeling a bit less painful this morning. I tried to get in as many steps as I could, even with the limp. 323 move calories (my goal is 360), 16 minutes of exercise and 8,815 steps. 128 grams of protein! and 10 straight days of tracking. I stayed really busy puttering around the house after a trip to the mall with Roger. We needed specific things and crossed them off our list and got in a few of the steps by parking as far away as possible. With the weather we are having, you just cannot complain about taking a walk in it.

Today I am going to the gym. I need to do the weight circuit and I don't see that hurting my hip at all. Also, I will get in steps on the treadmill. That is all I am willing to commit to at this point in the exercise arena. I am also going to find a chiropractor near us. Ours is 20 miles away and while I love them and their methodology, I cannot stand how unorganized they are and no matter when you make an appointment, they will be running way behind. Even the first appt of the day. It makes me crazy. But I'm scared of the traditional method Chiropractors use and mine used an impact instrument instead of torsion. And Amy's experience early this year has me scared. But I woke up this morning at 4 and my skull was literally stuck and I couldn't move my head for a few seconds. Must find a resolution for these things.

QoTD: My weekends don't look very different from my weekdays. But, I never go to the gym on the weekend. I concentrate on taking walks. And I never go to the grocery stores or big box stores if I can avoid it. We only eat out once or twice a month if we are not traveling. Though you could argue all the dinners with the neighbors is in fact eating out. Luckily they are all great friends and understand my restrictions and always make sure there is a good pick for me. And if I'm hosting, I always makes sure there are fun foods for them.

Bites today.

B: egg and carnitas with a bit of cheese

L: leftover carne asada and veggies

D: Italian sausage, gnocchi, broccoli sheet pan dinner

3ish: yogurt w/mix ins

9ish: chicken meat

Peace

Good morning. Rough night again. My hip is killing me for unknown reasons and woke me up all night. Roger had not activated his Inspire implant and I was ready to scream out loud. I did not. I got up before the sun and sat in the jacuzzi and watched the sky wake up. I can't see the sunrise from there, but the sky itself was full of pretty colors. Hoping the jacuzzi and a forced rest day help with the hip pain. Add a shower to all that and I've got myself a much better frame of mind going.

Accountability yesterday. Good on all fronts. Still pushing protein. Still really struggling to get to my number. But focusing on that reduces the carbs and veggies I eat. 524 move calories, 98 minutes of exercise and 10,330 steps.

QoTD: I eat anything I want. I am just grateful that I rarely want processed carbs. I will take a small serving of things and know I can go back for more if I truly want it. I don't often want more. But, I still don't allow Doritos in the house and if the is caramel corn it feels like it's in the cabinet calling my name. So I try to limit that. Cakes, cookies, ice cream, have no draw for me.

Bites today

B: egg/cheese/carnitas omelet

L: leftover carne asada and veggies

D: taco stuffed sunshine squash

3ish: yogurt with mix in or beef jerky

9ish: either carnitas meat or what ever I don't have at 3

Peace!

Good morning Tuesday! Quick post and then I am out the door for the gym. I don't want to go but I'm repeating the mantra "what's the point in making goals if you are not going to push for them" over and over in my head. No excuses. Or, at least that's the effort I'm trying to make.

Yesterday was successful on all counts. 452 move calories, 58 minutes of exercise, whi*****luded credit for 20 flights of stairs. 10,286 steps. I had my Dexa scan. I don't love all the data, but don't have much to compare it to. I've got 39 pounds of fat on this body. I need some of it, we all do. But I don't love where the majority is accumulated. I'm 35 percent under the average total body fat for women my age/height. I'm waiting for my trainer to review all the rest of the data and weigh in. It's confusing to read this report and then try to google it and see if I am doing well. So many opinions out there. Great choices in food and lots of water. Not a good nights sleep. Currently needing the sleep idol back in my hands.

QoTD: Very, very rarely now. And if I do, it's preplanned and brought with me. Pre surgery, some of our favorite words were "Road trip snacks!" There was cherry sours, Doritos, etc. Sitting on my ass for hours in a car seemed like the perfect excuse to eat crap.

Bites today

B: egg and bacon

L: leftover carne asada meat and veggies

D: Turkey and cheese burger minus any bread. A few oven baked fries

3 ish greek yogurt with mix ins

9 ish: 2-3 ounces carnitas meat or turkey

Peace!

Good morning! I'm fresh out of the shower and having my coffee in the sunshine. We are having an unexpected third? summer and it's pretty perfect outside.

I also to a rest day yesterday. I ate well, but no intentional movement. Had a great time out at the Softball trick or treat event and only ate 1 mini butterfinger. I mean, come on. Candy everywhere. That's a huge win. I also ate 1.5 street carne tacos. Really could not have asked for anything more on plan. All water, all day. 264 move calories, 11 minutes of exercise minutes, 5,593 steps, 90 grams of protein.

Today is softball again and then a list of chores I'd like to accomplish. I have no exercise planned and I am not dressed for it. Maybe I'll surprise myself with a walk this afternoon.

QoTD: I buy about a weeks worth of meals and have all the stuff in the fridge. When I shop, I plan out each of the meals and decide what sides I need with the proteins. Then I usually create a menu for the week on my phone so I remember what I bought everything for. I rarely pre-make stuff, but I'm saying I'm a half prepper for all the good choices I load into the fridge once a week or so.

Bites today

B: chicken, hb egg, cottage cheese, EBTB

L: Quest cheese crackers and single size serving of jerky at the game

D: carne asada and grilled veggies

3 ish: greek yogurt and Jello chocolate pudding mix

9 ish: jerky if I am hungry and need more protein.

Peace!