Good thinking, granite! I find that an important aspect is that it's ok to fall off the wagon, just don't give up entirely. I do that way too often....stopped going to the gym when my mom was in the hospital last year and then gave up....which also led to giving up on eating healthy, etc. Ripple effect. I need to learn that not everything has to go to h3ll in a hand basket...LOL. Every effort is worth it.

...And I LOVE indian food....I haven't dabbled in making homemade indian food...There's a great indian restaurant in town that has an awesome lunch buffet. I even took myself there for my birthday - by myself - a couple years ago, because I wanted it and no one in my family cares for it. I sometimes meet up with some old co-workers at another local indian place. I'd love to figure out how to make a really good vegetable korma.