SHORT ‘N SWEET GODDESSES. — 2019. — January

Happy New Year—2nd day already!

Sue I hope you are feeling better!  I, too, picked up a cold that hit me on Friday and is quite a lot better today.

It’s winter in Las Vegas—was 25º at 7 am this morning—now about 32 with no wind so far.  Yesterday was brutal for us—about 35 with wind and it felt really cold.

I hit JJill New Year’s sale (always do) and hit the jackpot—they had a new version of my chenille infinity red scarp that I bought same day about five years ago in Sacramento—on sale for 40% off—I snatched it up so greedily!  Also bought a nice pair of gloves (something I’ve not bought in about 20 years and need for NYC in Feb as well), two pair of pants (one dressing and one jeans leggings), and two new tops—one very dressy for plays and the other a wonderful thin Merino wool in a gray that looks good with my hair now.  So excited.  One of my NY goals is to weed out from my closet out of date clothes that I tend to avoid because of that.

Went back to My Fitness Pal to track and stayed at 1400 cal yesterday—also decided I am literally off of sugar and all flour except for one evening a week when we play cards—will try this for January and see if it makes a difference. i want so badly to drop the same 6 pounds I’ve wanted to drop for about 3 years now.  Since learning to drink my tea and coffee without sugar in Dec this may be easier.  Also had a small greek yogurt last night with some berries and Pom seeds and no sugar and it was great.  Today I start back at the gym with yoga and weights—am trying to psych myself into walking at the gym park prior to class!  Have not walked the past three days.  

Made a ramen bowl last night with a ton of veggies and a marinated soft boiled egg—love that egg.  Tonight will be a ton of veggies stir fried with some baked sweet potato that I have left over and some tofu.  Have to get ready for housekeeping tonight.  

Hope you all had a good NY first day!

Day 2 almost done—no sugar.

Made a stirfry of ten veggies and shrimp leftover from Christmas (I had frozen it) and some tofu—trimmed it down a bit by making it very less sodium filled—cut the sauce by a huge amount—and had a half cup of br rice/quinoa with it.

Tracking religiously, day 2–LOL—not much to brag about except that I had quit so it’s an accomplishment.

Went to hard yoga and weights but did not do my walk—it was very cold this morning—27 when I would have walked.  

Tomorrow—goal is to walk regardless of temperature, and do tai chi—have a massage at 9:30–housekeeping tomorrow so need to go iron my sheets and pillowcases.  Our house is really in need with having had so many staying here.

Miss hearing from all of you!

Day 4–no actual sugar—did have a TJ Corn and Roasted Pepper Soup and it has a bit of honey in it but no corn syrup—no weight loss yet—still working on portion sizing.  Tracking religiously tho!

Took Jordan to the DMV and he has his dr permit so on the way home I took a backstreet and made him drive—he was so nervous but did really well.  Made him drive all the way to his apt—which put him on one busier street.  We will be doing weekly driving sessions till he is ready for the dr test— so excited—way more so than he is!!  LOL. 

Did dance and weights today—have not walked yet but will this afternoon.  

Hi all,

Joan, good job on the no sugar. Congrats to Jordan!

I started back with work on Wednesday. I am starting an English graduate studies program on the 14th. This will allow me to teach English at the undergraduate level.

It will take about 2 years to finish the Master’s. I’m studying writing for digital mediums.

As an undergrad, I double majored in web design/information systems and English. It is interesting how different those two disciplines seemed at the time, but as technology has changed, they have come to overlap a good bit.

My long term goal is to be professor and to teach online. I’m just not sure I can sustain the straight eight hour workday for the duration of my career without physical repercussions.

Joan- dodo sorry about your car! What a mess! Has all been repaired now?

Holly- glad that Charlotte is okay! Scary!

Sue - Get well soon! Looks like all of us except Holly have had a Winter bug.

DH has lost 15 lbs so far. Doing well with leaving the snacking off and watching portions.

Joan- you have a great start on your new diet.
DH went on the 2nd for the carotid ultrasound but we haven’t heard results yet. He goes to ENT tomorrow. Has not had more dizziness
Lately.

Had the kids Monday-Tuesday forNew years- Alinda all they were pretty good. All stayed up to welcome the new year. Their school does not start til Tues. I will have them tomorrow also til 12p

Sunny and warm here today-wonderful since we have had so much rain. Joan isn’t the cold weather unusual for you in L .A.?

We bought a new sleep number bed for our new bedroom- won’t be delivered until the remodeling is done. Remodeling going well but slow.

wow, did not know you were sick, Sue—thats really a bummer for Christmas.  Did you not get to spend time with your parents and sister and nephews then?  Do you think it was the flu?  When do you leave?

Joanne, we have a sleep number bed—at first I had quite an adjustment from my Tempurpedic but once Sleep Number sent us another foam liner I was very happy—they are super accommodating so if you don’t like it at first call their line for solving problems—they were great.  And would have tried more had we not felt just fine.  DH just discovered that he does better with his number up higher like mine—he started having a bit of back issue from moving his super heavy ladder for lights...  Once he turned up his number the back started feeling better.  Anyway we have gone through many beds—I think this one wil be our longest lasting because you can replace parts and not rebuy a whole bed.