working out for Disney

[ajrwdwgirl]

My tummy has officially informed me that I need to get my eating back in check. It hasn't been full day eating extravaganzas and I'm back on track with workouts/walking, but once I open the flood gate on the day... it's game over. I've at least frozen the leftover latkes and finished up the rugelach. I swear, there is just something so addictive about that filling. It's like pecan pie filling with the addition of golden raisins...which is why it's been so brutal on my tummy. We start Christmas cookies tonight (K is currently driving home) and while the sugar alone can trigger a binge, none of the ingredients will hurt my tummy quite like raisons, nuts, and matzo meal. We also have our Christmas Eve and Christmas menu set. We're smoking a turkey on Christmas, so that should be pretty gentle on my system and kind to my nutritional matters. We bought a bunch of stuff at Trader Joe's as well but I targeted enough things that will work for me. In fact, the only real trigger risk is me making mac & cheese for the girls.

I think I'm going to avoid the scale until after New Year's since so many potentially inflammatory foods are in the mix but I have some non-scale measures in play. Those new skinny jeans I got a few weeks ago are already more of a relaxed fit than I wanted. So, I ordered two new pairs that are the next two sizes smaller. The smaller of which arrived yesterday. They fit exactly as I wanted until I get to the waist...which is still very snug. The in-between pair arrives tomorrow. At least I know they'll go on but it's motivation to stay on track. I also got a new winter coat which should arrive soon. My old one is about 10 years old and is a men's XL snowboarding coat...meaning it's already a relaxed fit for a larger masculine frame and now swims on me (with huge gaps for cold air to seep in). The new one is a women's medium (different style) and should give me a bit of a waistline. Not that it gets frigid here but school softball season is coming up and it gets pretty chilly sitting in the bleachers for hours. I also might be able to walk in it without having to layer.

If I don't check back in, wishing you all a very Merry Christmas is you celebrate

Smoked turkey sounds good for Christmas. We are doing our normal ham meal for Christmas Eve, but when we go to my sister's house on Christmas Day it will be appetizers. I'm doing a whipped feta dip and roasted tomatoes with pita chips. I thought that might be slightly healthier than the sausage cheese balls I was thinking of.

Hope you all have a nice holidays too!

 

[Sans Souci]

Thank you!

My reaction was also for the pic of Callie. I hope the meds help and you get back to yourself soon. The odor aspect is also interesting. I've had my share of sinus related issues over the years and that's certainly a new one. Feel better and happy holiday baking!

My doctor told me it happens when there is a bacteria overload. I have had congestion in my sinuses from being sick since Thanksgiving, so it's had plenty of time to develop into an infection.

 

[Sans Souci]

My tummy has officially informed me that I need to get my eating back in check. It hasn't been full day eating extravaganzas and I'm back on track with workouts/walking, but once I open the flood gate on the day... it's game over. I've at least frozen the leftover latkes and finished up the rugelach. I swear, there is just something so addictive about that filling. It's like pecan pie filling with the addition of golden raisins...which is why it's been so brutal on my tummy. We start Christmas cookies tonight (K is currently driving home) and while the sugar alone can trigger a binge, none of the ingredients will hurt my tummy quite like raisons, nuts, and matzo meal. We also have our Christmas Eve and Christmas menu set. We're smoking a turkey on Christmas, so that should be pretty gentle on my system and kind to my nutritional matters. We bought a bunch of stuff at Trader Joe's as well but I targeted enough things that will work for me. In fact, the only real trigger risk is me making mac & cheese for the girls.

I think I'm going to avoid the scale until after New Year's since so many potentially inflammatory foods are in the mix but I have some non-scale measures in play. Those new skinny jeans I got a few weeks ago are already more of a relaxed fit than I wanted. So, I ordered two new pairs that are the next two sizes smaller. The smaller of which arrived yesterday. They fit exactly as I wanted until I get to the waist...which is still very snug. The in-between pair arrives tomorrow. At least I know they'll go on but it's motivation to stay on track. I also got a new winter coat which should arrive soon. My old one is about 10 years old and is a men's XL snowboarding coat...meaning it's already a relaxed fit for a larger masculine frame and now swims on me (with huge gaps for cold air to seep in). The new one is a women's medium (different style) and should give me a bit of a waistline. Not that it gets frigid here but school softball season is coming up and it gets pretty chilly sitting in the bleachers for hours. I also might be able to walk in it without having to layer.

If I don't check back in, wishing you all a very Merry Christmas is you celebrate

I am not weighing myself either. For me, it stresses me out because I know it's going to go up because I'm eating more treats and drinking wine. So, I just get back on the horse after the holidays. I do stay active, though and I think that helps a little.

 

[Sans Souci]

Smoked turkey sounds good for Christmas. We are doing our normal ham meal for Christmas Eve, but when we go to my sister's house on Christmas Day it will be appetizers. I'm doing a whipped feta dip and roasted tomatoes with pita chips. I thought that might be slightly healthier than the sausage cheese balls I was thinking of.

Hope you all have a nice holidays too!

I am making a whipped feta dip, too. This dip has crispy, spiced chickpeas on top.

 

[Sans Souci]

Merry Christmas Eve

I'm halfway through my baking so far. I am going to step outside for a walk shortly. We decided to get our Christmas dinner catered this year. My husband and I usually cook on Christmas Day, but he's worn out from his 4 hour work commute and I am still shaking off this sinus infection. We just decided to order a meal from a local restaurant. I did make a cheesecake for tomorrow and I am putting things together for tonight. I'm just heating up a bunch of apps from Trader Joe's for tonight.

I have started my second antibiotic last night, so hopefully the ickiness in my sinus and its gross post nasal drip are gone soon. I'm not super sick, but I am not 100%, either.

I bought the cat a Christmas present. It's this ball that chirps and moves around randomly. You put inside of this round pouch that makes a crinkly noise. The cat is supposed to pounce on it. She was interested, but wary. I'll bring it out tomorrow. She stays indoors when it's cold and I can tell she gets bored. She walks around the house aimlessly and I wanted something to entertain her.

 

[Songbird76]

Merry Christmas!! We did most of our celebrating yesterday. When I was growing up, we always celebrated Christmas Eve because my mother said that the birth of Christ was in the Evening, so we did our dinner, went to church, and santa came while we were at church. So when we got home from the candlelight service, we opened presents.

When I moved here, Christmas wasn't a big thing in the Netherlands. It was strictly a religious holiday. Nobody decorated their houses, people didn't exchange gifts really. That was done on Sinterklaas, earlier in the month and was completely separate from Christmas. We always celebrated Christmas because we had A's birthday 2 days before Sinterklaas, my birthday 4 days AFTER Sinterklaas, and my nephew's birthday a week after mine....it was just too much in a short period, so we celebrated Christmas all together instead of Sinterklaas. And we always had to wait to see what BIL's plans were, because they also had his in-laws to celebrate with, where I didn't have family here, so I only had to celebrate with my in-laws...we didn't have to take turns. So we never really developed a tradition of when to open presents and such. It was just whenever it worked out that we could all be there. Now that my in-laws are in a home, we can't really celebrate all together. They don't have a kitchen, so we can't prepare a meal there, and there's not room for all of us.

My MIL had this pair of earrings that she always wore, and one of the pearls came off, so she wanted new ones. We took her out yesterday to go shopping for new ones. She's been very unhappy with her lack of independence since her stroke and moving into the home. She was always the one who called all the shots, and now she can't even remember what day it is much less organize a holiday family get-together. She hasn't been able to leave the home for anything other than doctor's appointments and funerals. So we took her out for breakfast on Tuesday, and went shopping for new earrings. We took her to Bagels and Beans for breakfast and she ate about 3 times what we've seen her eat in the last couple of years. You could tell she was really enjoying it. We got shopping, get her the earrings, we're walking back to the car, and I point to the place where we had had breakfast an hour earlier and as a joke, I said "Oh look! Bagels and Beans! We should go there sometime." and she says "I think we've eaten there before." DH says "Yes, about an hour ago." and she says "Oh really? Did we?" She couldn't remember.

So then yesterday, we went to the home to celebrate Christmas with them, and E had gotten some bird feeder things for my FIL. He loves to watch the birds, so he can hang the feeders up on their balcony and watch the birds come eat from them. Anyway, DH gives MIL the empty box from the earrings. She opens the box, looks confused, he snaps his fingers like he's a magician and says "They're in your ears!" and she reaches up to feel them there. She didn't remember going to get them. So it was kind of a funny moment, but also kind of sad that she's declining so much. Then we came home and watched Noelle on Disney Plus and opened presents. It was nice. E handled my gifts because we discovered a couple of weeks ago that DH hadn't planned on getting anything for me because he "Didn't know what I wanted" and I had gotten gifts for everyone else, and E didn't want me to have to get all my own gifts.

She made these for me.


Weird...it's not working...I'll have to come back later and try again. But she made me some earrings, and she knows my love of books and stationary and got me a Wicked pocket journal and a Stitch erasable pen. I had just commented that I was sad they didn't seem to make cute/pretty erasable pens, because I LOVE writing utensils, but I prefer erasable ones, but you could only get plain ones. She went to the bookstore to get me a bookmark and found an erasable pen with Stitch on it, so she got it instead of the bookmark. She did a really good job getting gifts for me!