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Ok doing yesterday and today as I'm now away for a singing weekend!  Office yesterday and chorus after - had an exam (that I passed, woo but stress!) so I had some Turkish delight that were emotionally required.  Today was a bit of a faff - drove to the Midlands but the place I booked didn't have parking, and hadn't been cleaned and I had to join some work calls, so after trekking there with bags, I trekked back to the conference centre to finish work. Thankfully they refunded me and a friend is joining tomorrow so I have their bed for the night, and have booked a night in this hotel for tomorrow, and crashing in ANOTHER person's room the last night(!) Had some comfort food but then got a sensible dinner instead of pub food.   Yesterday: 🇹🇷 5pts 🏃‍♀️ 5pts 🚶‍♀️5pts 🌞 5pts 🛏️ 10pts Today: 🍜 0pts 🏃‍♀️ 5pts 🚶‍♀️5pts 🌞 5pts 🦵 5pts ➰ 5pts 🍑 5pts💡 0pts Total: 950pts

This week has been a busy one again! Yesterday I saw my regular doctor and she was thrilled with my weight loss from last year,  and she likes my diet and exercise plan. She should because it's the one she recommended   But it was a relief to see her and have her say that everything looks good for now. I feel like I can relax.     Tuesday, I got my hair fixed up, so it looks really pretty, but it's just doesnt' feel like ME. I don't know why. It's perfectly good hair, but lately it feels like someone else's hair. Does that make sense?   My friend opened up a boutique for plus sized clothing! She and her cousin were tired of shopping for clothes online and having to return them and they figured other women feel the same. It's a really pretty little store, and I'm really excited for her. I went to the soft opening last night, and her parents were there, and I haven't seen them in years.  I hugged them both really hard and sat and talked to them for almost an hour and listened to how happy they were and how proud they were of my friend. We were best friends in middle school and we spent so much time sleeping over each other's houses and she and I joked that we shared parents. When I saw them, I felt so many things, and I don't really have the words for it. I'm so glad I got to see them.   Today I got the car inspected, took Dad to the gym and ran errands, my brother stopped by and then my aunt and uncle are coming for dinner tonight. After tonight, I have NOTHING on my plate for DAYS.  I also realized there's a wedding May 11, and I HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT, so summer vacation will start after the wedding.  I know the wedding cake topper has dogs on it! I wonder if their dog will be in the ceremony! I can't wait to find out! Well, I CAN because I have to find a wedding present!      

I hope your bum is better 

That's awesome you are wanting less sugar. There's hope 🤣 ok that's a good baseline. I'm also going to look at low carb cookbooks at the library to see if I can get some more ideas on meals and lunches.    Ok that's reassuring! 

Running 10 minutes   Added 1 minute.    I didn’t like the colour of the Gretsch guitar I bought so I will sell it. I bought one of these and really like the colour:     Note to self: no more guitars!

Just popping by to let you guys know that I'm still among the living. Lots of stuff going on and I basically didn't get around to posting, then got obscenely busy and just skipped this challenge. I'll try to stick around the next challenge and will update some of what's been up with me then and see if I can put together some stuff to focus on. Probably (shocking no one that's glanced at any of my other challenge threads) getting off my bum and walking LOL.

I'm sorry to hear they aren't well.  I'm sure there's a lot of mixed feelings around all this. Still, it does sound like it'll be for the best.

W5D4:  I'm only counting sugary sodas for my Drink goal now, so just one large DrP after a DPZ and a DDP in the morning.  I'm going to finish up my sugarless drinks then cut them out and go back to just the regular one.  Having zero-calorie sodas available has severely increased my caffeine intake which has messed up my sleep; and for some reason they seem to increase my appetite.  By the beginning of the next challenge I'll be right back on track with my Drink goal.   Eat was another 4k disasterpiece.  Too much snacking on junky 'food' while at work in addition to my regular meals led to a small but not terrible overage for the day, but then I went to the store and took advantage of some sales.  One huge bowl of Cocoa Pebbles and another huge bowl of rocky road ice cream later I had easily blown the day's target.  4033 kcal, and the week stays red.   Move was good.  I set up my net in the backyard as soon as I got home and spent an hour working on my golf swing.  It was continuous and decently sweaty.   I'm half dreading and half looking forward to the scale this week--it's not going to be a good number, but that could be a good thing for the next challenge.

I am going to try spinning it by itself and in blends. It looks a lot like pearl cotton, so I may try for a finer weight. I want to find out how strong it is when spun. Silk is immensely strong as well as having a lovely sheen. My idea was to add silk to the alpaca yarn to make it stronger while retaining the softness. This gives me something new to play with.      Solidarity. I know that I have not needed the stuff for years. It could be donated, recycled or thrown out. Or it is buried treasure and I will be happy to rediscover it. Some things should go to the historical society. It is just a question of being willing to take the time.     I read a bit more last night and it continued to be disappointing. I already know to wash up the dishes as I am cooking. I do not get extra dishes dirty without a good reason.  In a perfect world I would not leave things to soak in the sink overnight. In my world, I try not to leave them more than 48 hours.   It is a short book so I am going to read some more of it. Maybe the later chapters will have useful tips. I will let you know.   ------------------- I talked with the young people again last night and they are not coming to the wedding. Elf had to go to urgent care yesterday. Things will probably be fine, but they are not good right now. Cleo is too unsteady to walk not hanging onto something or someone.    It took me about 15 minutes to go from being disappointed to realizing that them staying home will make the trip better for me and Dumbledore. We do not need to get up early on Saturday so that they can have breakfast with my brother who lives on the east coast. He is hosting the groom's party on Friday, so he is thrilled to get more sleep Saturday morning. Dumbledore can do things on his own while I am spending time with my mom. This will make everyone happier. We are going to Ikea on Sunday to look at possible new furniture for the living room. We can take our time and not worry about Elf and Cleo waiting for us in the restaurant. I will have to answer the "where is Elf?" questions, but that is a small price to pay for a much rosier attitude towards the weekend.  

Things have still been going well. Tracking food, still moving, making progress on several projects. Biggest difficulty is not wearing PJs to work from home.