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Post by louise on Dec 1, 2016 23:47:16 GMT -5
What's on your mind - how to make a kugel? This week's torah portion? Life goals? Prayer?
I'm going to leave the opening at that because somehow I can't copy and paste it today.
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Post by louise on Dec 2, 2016 0:05:19 GMT -5
Can't seem to copy and paste the post I wrote either, so I am typing it again.
We had a busy week together - thank you for coming along with me. I don't have a lot to say today. Partly I'm crashing I think from the holiday plus stuff going on at work, and too many things scheduled. At work the problem has been that my computer is not connecting to the server so I can't access information I need. No solution yet. As for crashing, good as I was, at least comparatively, this Thanksgiving there was some sliding and so I have been plagued with cravings this week. I am anxious to get back to where I was - nice and even. It's such a fine line to stay on the right side of. My mother left on Monday and I'm looking forward to getting back to normal. Need to go back to my mantra (Less weight, less pain - Do it!). Funny I should be concerned about food - the parsha this Shabbat is Toledot which has some very significant happenings around food and cravings - Esau selling his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of lentil stew that he absolutely had to have (though probably not "at the point of death" as he claimed) and Isaac asking for a special meal before he gives his blessing ("Take your gear, your quiver and bow, and go out into the open and hunt me some game. Then prepare a dish for me such as I like, and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my innermost blessing before I die"). But we all know about the power of food and also about manipulation concerning it!
Happy to hear whatever comes to mind for you about the power of food, recovering from a feast, manipulative behaviors around food.
On a whole other note, I have been having significant pain in my upper arm and shoulder. I had a Prevnar 13 (pneumonia) shot a couple of weeks ago and I'm wondering how long the side effects can last. I see a lot about pain at the site and also limitation of arm movement, but I don't see much about duration for the side effects. I would have thought just a few says.
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Post by gazelle18 on Dec 2, 2016 0:31:04 GMT -5
Louise, thanks for a great week.
Re: shoulder pain, I have also been suffering. My pain was diagnosed as rotator cuff tendinitis. Just FYI
Re: the power of food. Lately, I have been blaming many things on the election. There was an actual weight gain phenomenon after Katrina which was dubbed the "Katrina 15." The other night I found myself watching MSNBC, where someone was warning us to beware of a possible coming police state, While transfixed, and scared sh&@&$&@$less, I devoured many handfuls of crap. JUst saying.
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Post by hollygail on Dec 2, 2016 2:22:57 GMT -5
Louise, good luck finding out about that pain. Does your doctor have anything to say about any side effects of that shot?
Food... I'm a sucker for good chocolate. I'll eat whatever amount is there. When I go to Costco for a chocolate frozen yogurt, either I ask for half a serving, or else I ask for them to put the whole serving into two different cups (and I pop one into the freezer for DH). Unfortunately, if DH doesn't see it, or eat it soon, I generally eat the second one late the same day as I had the first half... One of the desserts on Thanksgiving (and again on Friday) was this incredible chocolate mousse (and another dessert had a special whipped cream on the side) and I didn't have just one small serving either day... It really was an outrageous chocolate mousse and an outrageous whipped cream; together: I don't have sufficient words to describe the taste of heaven that was on my plate...
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Post by lee058 on Dec 2, 2016 10:19:57 GMT -5
Good morning everybody. Hope you are all well today. Thanks for an interesting week, Louise! I woke up at my usual time this morning, but since I had blood tests, I wasn't able to eat until about 8:30AM. Waiting such a long time made me feel a bit woozy, but I am feeling better now (it's just after 10). Food is so important!
Which leads me to today's topic(s). I really enjoy good food, and sharing it with people that I care about. I love cooking for holidays and get-togethers. It really makes me feel good to share the things I make with other people. However, I don't like cooking every day. That is more like a chore. My solutions are to keep plenty of ready-to-eat foods available, and to take advantage of H's enjoying cooking on the weekends. For example, I asked him this morning if he wanted DS and me to go to the supermarket today or if he wanted to go tomorrow. H gave me a shopping list, so DS and I will go later this morning.
We are definitely going to get a lot of apples today. I like looking at the produce section in Wegmans very much --- it's so pretty and varied. I haven't been trying anything really new for awhile, but I have been trying to vary the types of apple I buy, for example. Maybe I can find some new vegetable today.
I just want to add one short comment about manipulative behavior re food. My mom constantly talks about food, calories, dieting, how I should eat less bread, and so on and so forth. I try to let it go in one ear and out the other, but it is hard sometimes when I feel like she is trying to manipulate me. I know she is only looking out for my good, so I try to not let it bother me.
Anyway, life is good, and I am looking forward to going shopping later. Have a peaceful day, Lee
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Post by peachymom1 on Dec 2, 2016 11:58:16 GMT -5
Good morning everyone!
Louise, maybe you should have the doctor take a look at that shoulder, just in case. It's been a year since I had such terrible shoulder pain that I went to urgent care. The diagnosis was that the bones are too close together, an effect of age, mostly, but the bones apply pressure and cause pain. I went to physical therapy for six weeks, and I still do the exercises almost every day. It helps enormously, and my shoulder is manageable. I hope the other things settle down a bit for you, so you can enjoy some peace. Thank you for a great week.
I decided to take today off work, just to get some things done, get my hair cut and permed, and look at pictures of my sons when they were babies. They will be 26 tomorrow. Bffs are hosting Shabbat dinner, so we'll celebrate DS25s' birthday then. I've picked up the cakes, I've been to the gym already, and I'm about to shlep out the photo albums.
About food and this time of year, there is junk all over my office nearly every day these days. I have a rule for myself that I don't eat food at work unless I brought it or bought it myself. It's just too hard to keep having to decide which I'm going to indulge in, which I'm not going to try, etc., etc. Besides, no matter how lovely my coworkers are, I don't know the state of their kitchen, I don't know whose hands touched what, or who sneezed on those beautiful cookies in the breakroom. So for me, it's better if I don't have any of it.
Lee, the way I deal with people who go on about food like your mom is to simply agree with her. A few nods, a few mmm-hmmms, and I don't engage them in the subject. One of my sisters went on this ridiculous diet right before Thanksgiving a couple of years ago, and flew down to join us for the holiday. She's not normally a know-it-all PITA, but she was then, and I heard all about how bad sugar is, blah-blah-blah. I just let her drone on, because taking it personally would have just irritated me. I think people who behave that way are looking for validation of some kind, such as their knowledge, their judgment, their influence on you, or whatever. If I challenge their knowledge, their judgment or their influence on me, they bristle and get defensive. But if I refrain from engaging in that, they can feel free to bask in their own knowledge/judgment/perceived influence or whatever. I'm not going to change them, and they're certainly not going to change me. But this way, I can get along with them without letting them annoy the crap out of me.
If I don't get back here later, everyone have a beautiful day, stay warm, and have a wonderful weekend. Shabbat shalom!
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Post by louise on Dec 2, 2016 13:23:28 GMT -5
My office computer is back up! Yay!
As for my arm/shoulder it definitely seems muscular rather than bones. We shall see.
Anyone else having trouble with functions like copy, cut, paste on the boards today?
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Post by savtele on Dec 2, 2016 13:52:44 GMT -5
Boker Tov All! Louise - I also have enjoyed this week immensely!
I just got home from the pool, I'm putting my warm fuzzy slippers on & having a piece of (thin sliced) Dave's Killer Bread - Good Seed. I love this stuff!
Our regular instructor is on vacation (new twin grandson!) so we have a substitute, from the evening class. Come to H2O aerobics, find out how out of shape you really are! I'm wiped.
Have a good day all!
Shabbat Shalom!
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Post by hollygail on Dec 2, 2016 14:21:45 GMT -5
What’s on your mind — how to make kugel? This week’s Torah reading? Life goals? Prayer? We are all engaged in weight loss/weight maintenance journeys and we are all Jewish or at least interested in Judaism. We like to eat, we like to discuss. It is our goal here to provide each other support on our journeys, to share experiences, to call on our rich cultural heritage and texts, and to help each other grow spiritually.
Some of us take weekly turns starting the thread:
Angelika
Holly
Lee
Louise
Lynne
Peachy
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Post by happysavta on Dec 2, 2016 16:17:00 GMT -5
Hi, banot. I'm heading to pick up my 3 year old granddaughter from daycare and take her to Angelina Ballerina at the Chula Vista library for ballet class. You don't need a lot of imagination to conjure up how adorable a bunch of 3 and 4 year old little ballerinas look in their tutus.
The leftovers are finally gone and I'm still feeling rebellious, not remorseful. I hear the words, "You deserve" flying around in my head and landing on the branches of a cookie tree, chirping at me.
I just had a very filling lunch. 2 scrambled eggs and 2 slices of Nature's Harvest whole wheat bread (50 calories a slice). But I still want to eat, something, even though I'm full. I'm just sitting here writing, waiting for the internal nagging ("Feed me, feed me") to go away.
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