@MusicCandy @SadMe70 A place to communicate

I know that movie break was so nice for you. I never had a child go away for school but I'm sure it is hard, expecially when you have a close relationship with your son. Abi sent me a card with a bunch of "fill in the blanks" with stuff like " I remember when we cooked-- together, and The most fun in summer we ever had was -- . My fav was I'm lucky that you didn't --- Put Me Up For Adoption In My Teen Years, she wrote. That;s almost true. But we are great friends now. Good for you eating healthy leftovers and getting some exercise. It is always better for both of us with a regular schedule I think- so it will get better.

I've done a lot of the right things Mon/Tues and Today , but I did stay up late doing housework projects 2 nights and had 2 glasses of wine each night. Everything else pretty much on track and I am holding weight steady. I will do another week with no wine and stick to all goals starting Friday. I am not a dedicated meditator, but I did add it to my goal since I know I function better when I do for 20 min. a day.I have some CD's at home and the some of the ones here are OK too - but I don't like all of them. I like a female voice, and some music .They say it helps your brain "destress". I also have an app for listening to the Daily Readings as a meditation, I just lie on the couch and listen. It is the Episcopalian daily office from an Abbey in MD - very soothing and it includes prayers and music. It really helps with spiritual attitude and staying calm.

Have a wonderful evening .

Went to the Y tonight. Did 20 min of cardio and it was so crowded I couldn't even do anything else so I just stretched and came home. I've been eating well and lost another pound! Seven pounds to my goal weight. My alcohol consumption has been more than the first week of Jan, but not too bad.

My older son could not go up to see my parents with me at Christmas, his first Christmas away from his grandparents, so he decided to go up this weekend and invited me along. I had to line up someone to feed my goats on Sunday, but a friend said she could do it so I am going. My husband will have to do the evening feeding on Sat, so I'll worry about him getting hurt, but I want to see my dad as much as I can.

I'm so glad your relationship with your daughter is so good now! I'm glad mine is good with my boys. I will need them more and more as I get older!

Sounds like you are really back on track too! I don't need any more holidays any time soon! I have only tried online guided relaxation, not really even meditation because I am listening to someone talk the whole time. Your Daily Readings sound soothing too.

I'm making some yogurt tonight and then going to watch a little TV before bed.

Good to hear that you got some exercise and you lost a lb. Good for you! I don't really know if I'm am on track as I want to be- seems like its always up and down. I hope you have a good ' safe trip to your Dad's. I have done most of my goals this week, but I want to give another try with doing everything for 7 days. I felt really good after that first week. I have the week-end to work and that is a good time for me to "start" since my routine of eating/sleeping changes today. Wish me luck.

How is your routine going this weekend? I met most of my goals but not quite all. Not a bad week.

I enjoyed my massage but started to get congested while facedown. I thought it was just from lying that way, but I felt worse yesterday morning and even worse this morning. I'm at my mom and dad's and worried about giving my dad a cold. My son and I are headed back in a few hours. Mom made a lemon meringue pie and I had 2 giant slices. Probably will mess up my Monday weigh-in but it was worth it. She makes the best lemon meringue.

We seem to be on the same wavelength , I met some but not all of my goals. It is a shame that you couldn't totally enjoy your massage. So sorry that your sinuses are congested again. It seems like you and I both just got over that last cold. Good to hear that you had a good visit with your parents. My Mom used to make lemon chess pie that was so lemony- it was a specialty of hers so I know what you mean. I would have eaten it too. I had wine this week-end after work and before sleep. That should be an easy time to resist, but it was not. I really did enjoy relaxing with the wine and, in my case - breakfast before going back to sleep. Oh well. That is depressing when I don't keep my resolve. I'm keeping up with everything else though, so all is not lost. I hope you feel better for school tomorrow. Don't let the scale scare you out of moving on. Same advice goes for me!

I feel worse today and called in for a sub. I really felt like a wimp since the person we leave a message for to request a sub is our vice principal who is back to work part-time after having a double mastectomy just over a month ago, and I've let a head cold beat me. No exercise since Friday, meals have been ok except for the pie but I gained back that one pound. On the plus side I haven't had any alcohol since Saturday since I feel so dehydrated as it is. I didn't even feed the goat last night. I did this morning's feeding at the usual time (crying like a baby), then went back to bed around 8 and just woke up again. I don't feel any better at all, but I am hungry so I'm going to see what there is to eat. I hate to waste a sick day on a cold, since I used up 5 days in my husband earlier in the year, but I just couldn't do it today.

I rested all day yesterday and I'm going to work today. No exercise today but I will keep my meals decent. I'm still all stuffy and runny but hopefully it is on it's way out. Fingers crossed!

I am having a pretty terrible time at work, difficult cases and such. I don't know what my eating or wine will be this evening, but I will do my best. I hope you feel better!

Hi, I am feeling a little better this morning cold-wise. Feeling very down though. Probably the lack of exercise. Also some frustration with my husband. We had a fight last night. I doubt I will exercise today. No energy. But hopefully tomorrow.

I'm so sorry you are having a hard time at work. This is a bad week for us, but we will get through it, and next week will be better!

I am planning to go to the Y today after work and do some light exercise. I need to do some cooking this weekend. I've been depleting my frozen meal stock and am down to just two left. Same with my frozen lunches. My son that I was with this weekend and my mom are sick with the same thing I had. I don't know if my dad can escape it, but I am really hoping so. I hope your day goes well. I'm thinking of you and our mutual struggles! Next week will be better!