[Nammu]

Congratulations and happy thanksgiving.

[bizi]

Staying AF tomorrow won't be hard....
Will drink lots of hot tea and hold it in my hand.

Plus karen will be there and she doesn't drink.

Tomorrow, I am picking her up at 1030 and taking her

to her mothers house for an unexpected thanksgiving lunch.

She does not get along with her mother nor her daughter

who will be there as well.
Then come get her at an unknown time after that.

Well I have 2 things that I need to prepare tomorrow.
Green bean casserole and crawfish dip.
The dip will take the longest to make.

Once combined the green beans cook about half an hour.

And heat up her vegetarian chili and shredded carrots.
WE are supposed to be there at the pot luck around 3pm.
bizi

[bizi]

Well we dropped karen off back to her apartment.
Nell and Suzie were awesome hosts.
There was a good turn out. 15 people at least.
Every one brought lots of food. All of it was great. I had small amounts of almost everything.
They liked our food but did not eat but half of the green bean casserole so I gave some to Nell, she loves them. and there was too much dip.
My social anxiety was not that bad because I knew half the people there, I talked to karen mostly all evening.
I am so full I think I would have been ok with everything except I had 3 different desserts sigh, when will I learn? Hoping I can sleep tonight. We stayed until 7;30.pm.
Bizi who is stuffed!

[Nammu]

I had too much too. My contribution was green bean casserole and buns. There were about 17 of us but that includes three kids under 6. There should have been 21 but not everyone could come. All low key and family. The 2 one and a half year olds provided most of the entertainment. Mums new great great grandson was born premature yesterday but is hanging on. That's her third great-great grandchild.

[Wild Coyote]

Congratulation, Bizi!


WC

[bizi]

Originally Posted by Nammu

I had too much too. My contribution was green bean casserole and buns. There were about 17 of us but that includes three kids under 6. There should have been 21 but not everyone could come. All low key and family. The 2 one and a half year olds provided most of the entertainment. Mums new great great grandson was born premature yesterday but is hanging on. That's her third great-great grandchild.

I hope the baby pulls thru.
scary
bizi

[bizi]

It was an interesting day.
Jeff had lunch with a friend so I had lunch at sandras with karen.
I ate salmon and chard and squash and carrots.
I had brought karen some of the left over chilli from last nights thanksgiving meal.
She asked me if she could cancel her ride on the handicapped bus and I said I could give her a ride home. So we ran to her house and dropped off the chilli.
Then I asked her if she needed to go anywhere.

We went to this store called the drug emporium she had never been there. So we looked around and she ended up getting some groceries, they were cheaper than where she has been shopping. I talked her into getting some ice cream...she was so excited.
She has denyed herself of simple pleasures.
I dropped her off at her apartment and I went to get my nails done.
Then called jeff to see if he was going to trivia and I would meet him at home by 5pm.

Our friends showed up which was a surprise, trivia was fun because they were there.
Melissa has become a close friend of mine....
Before then, I had an internal battle/cravings going on in my head about drinking beer at whole foods bar for trivia night. I really was considering it. I felt like no one would know if I did or not. My weight was up from all of the eating I did for thanksgiving. But then I thought about my challenge for a dry november to see how much weight I could lose and did not want to disappoint anyone on here. So you held me accountable.

So I ordered food and drank water all night long.
Ate a double pepperjack cheese burger with sauteed onions, mushrooms and bacon with a big salad with ceasar dressing.They were delicious! I am full but not stuffed.
I am so glad that I did not drink.

In the bar as I was drinking my water I looked
across the bar and there was my psychiatrist, playing trivia and having fun.
I have never seen her in public before, I wonder if she saw me.

We finished trivia in 4th place so no gift cards for us.
It was a good day.

bizi day 23 done.

[Wild Coyote]

Originally Posted by bizi

It was an interesting day.
Jeff had lunch with a friend so I had lunch at sandras with karen.
I ate salmon and chard and squash and carrots.
I had brought karen some of the left over chilli from last nights thanksgiving meal.
She asked me if she could cancel her ride on the handicapped bus and I said I could give her a ride home. So we ran to her house and dropped off the chilli.
Then I asked her if she needed to go anywhere.

We went to this store called the drug emporium she had never been there. So we looked around and she ended up getting some groceries, they were cheaper than where she has been shopping. I talked her into getting some ice cream...she was so excited.
She has denyed herself of simple pleasures.
I dropped her off at her apartment and I went to get my nails done.
Then called jeff to see if he was going to trivia and I would meet him at home by 5pm.

Our friends showed up which was a surprise, trivia was fun because they were there.
Melissa has become a close friend of mine....
Before then, I had an internal battle/cravings going on in my head about drinking beer at whole foods bar for trivia night. I really was considering it. I felt like no one would know if I did or not. My weight was up from all of the eating I did for thanksgiving. But then I thought about my challenge for a dry november to see how much weight I could lose and did not want to disappoint anyone on here. So you held me accountable.

So I ordered food and drank water all night long.
Ate a double pepperjack cheese burger with sauteed onions, mushrooms and bacon with a big salad with ceasar dressing.They were delicious! I am full but not stuffed.
I am so glad that I did not drink.

In the bar as I was drinking my water I looked
across the bar and there was my psychiatrist, playing trivia and having fun.
I have never seen her in public before, I wonder if she saw me.

We finished trivia in 4th place so no gift cards for us.
It was a good day.

bizi day 23 done.

Great job, Bizi! So very proud of you.


WC

[bizi]

thank you for your support!
(((((HUGS))))
bizi

[bizi]

Thank you jenn for reading!
(((HUGS))))
bizi

[liveforsummer]

That’s great bizi

[bizi]

Thank you summer.
((((HUGS))))
bizi

[downandlonely]

So glad you didn't drink! You are doing the right thing for your mental and physical health.

[bizi]

thank you down and lonely!

Have a great weekend!
bizi

Glad we could help in holding you accountable! I am very proud of you.

[bizi]

Thank you innerzone.
Hope you are well.
(((((HUGS)))))
bizi

[bizi]

Jeff and I went out of town to take a hike. Drove to an area that we had never been before and liked the park. It was only 3.5 miles and I thought we would never get done. It wasn't that is was a hard trail just a bit hilly on occasion, and we were stopping to watch some birds on the reservoir:herons and egrets and some birds that were grunting! lol It was an hour and half from our home and when we came back I slept in the car as I was falling asleep.
We were invited to a green gumbo party. We brought our left over crawfish dip and the rest of the green bean casserole. The food was very good! I helped wash some of the dishes trying to be helpful....Now to watch Dracula.
bizi
we enjoyed our saturday!

[bizi]

Originally Posted by Nammu

Ooo that sounds nice. I'm treating myself next month and having a spa day on my birthday. Ya only turn 60 once!

I don't think I ever wished you a happy 60th birthday!!!!
bizi

[Nammu]

My birthday isn't until Wednesday. I'm getting nervous, I'm giving them freedoms to cut and color my hair in anyway they think will look nice. The only limits are no blonde.

[bizi]

I am glad that I did not miss your birthday nammu.
I am sure you will like what she creates for you!



Had 2 cups of coffee this morning. Got up at 3am and went into the other bedroom to sleep as I was having restless leg and did get to sleep and slept in till 10;30.
Went to brunch at the diner and had 3 scrambled eggs, with spinach and a side of louisiana smoked sausage. IT was delicious, hubby had a bloody mary...no twinge of jealousy today.
Happy to be alcohol free and losing weight.
Stuck at 178.6 this morning....at least it is not 180 like I feared with all of the food that I ate over the thanksgiving break. I will throw out the rest of the green bean casserole and crawfish dip after jeff eats his desired amount.
Back to dietville today.
Not sore today from the 3.5 mile hike yesterday so that is good.
It is rainy today so it will be a chore day. Laundry and paperwork for this afternoon.
We have calf meat that needs to be eaten. Jeff was not happy that I bought calf beef, I did not really think about it.
It is grass fed and pasture raised and looks great so I need to come up with a recipe for tonight.
It has been a really nice 4 day weekend!

Bizi

[bizi]

I volunteered to help karen out today after I was done with a couple of errands. This is the first time I have ever dealt with someone who has real mental health issues in real life.
She has an eating disorder, she is OCD, She is kind of a hoarder. not bad but I can tell that she could be. I helped her try to organize a room and found that she has lots of half full boxes, plastic bags and plastic utensils. She lives out of boxes...doesn't really have furniture. She has a bed...mattress is on the floor in the living room. She is ordering a zero gravity bed to put in the living room and then we can put her mattress back on the box spring in her bedroom.
I then decided that I would go to the store and buy her some more yogurt and ice cream that she liked so I bought her 3 coconut frozen desert and 2 big containers of yogurt vanilla. I had stopped at walmart to buy some mugs so that we could have tea together but she doesn't have a table so she gave them back to me. I told her that I would keep them at my place for her and that she could come over here for tea sometime. She liked that idea.


bizi

[downandlonely]

That's nice of you for helping your friend.

And way to go for staying sober! Quitting drinking helps a lot with weight loss.

[Wild Coyote]

It's very nice of you to continue to help Karen.
I am sure she appreciates your interest and your help!

WC

[bizi]

Thank you for your support!
(((((HUGS)))))
bizi

[Tryingtobehappy5]

Great job staying sober bizi! And thats awesome that you are helping Karen out. I know helping someone else always makes me feel better and Im sure she appreciates you too.

I screwed up Wednesday and took a bunch of advil and had a few beer(all that was in the house)but I didnt go get whiskey even though I wanted to. Im not sure why my cravings had gotten worse again early last week and that mixed with anger and alcohol in the house pushed me over the line.

I havent drank since then despite some serious stress this weekend so I guess I still feel pretty good about how I have done.