Today I am thrilled that Andy Murray (a Scot from Dunblane, a wee village near Stirling) won the US Open Tennis last night! However, this is tinged with sadness in memory of what happened on this date 11 years ago.
Woke up to sun but now it's sun, clouds, showers, sun, clouds, rain.... Was hoping I could go for a hike today but really don't enjoy it in the rain. I should learn to enjoy it due to what country I live in!!
Workout:
Menu:
TOTAL: 1400
Progress as of today: 36.6 lbs lost so far, only 2.4 lbs to go!
Today I am grateful for the good health & fitness of my husband and I.
Hubby's such a good nephew! He went over to Glasgow again today to check on his 85 year old uncle. So I'm cooking dinner as we don't have any leftovers!
Workout:
All the ones I'm thinking of just stopped posting with no explanation. One man who posted for a couple of years was in increasingly poor health and he kept letting us know things weren't going so well. He wasn't dying or anything, but you have to think he didn't just quit posting--I couldn't think his health hasn't had something to do with it. When you don't hear one way or the other, that person (even though most of us will probably never meet) is preserved as his diary was. He was a gem and one of the few men who posted regularly for awhile here--there have been a handful.
Today I am grateful for A Quiet Mind podcasts! 
No workouts today but not totally restful as I've cleaned the bathrooms and am doing laundry. When I done I'm reading a book.
Yesterday's spaghetti was a LOT of work! I will make it again but will make the sauce ahead of time and not try to do the sauce and bake the bread at the same time!
Menu:
TOTAL: 1397
Hope you lovely ladies have a pleasant Sunday. 
On one of your entries from a few days ago: I know how you feel with people just disappearing--sometimes they come back:-) I've been here for such a ridiculously long time, and I still think of so many diarists who haven't posted in many years.
Today I am grateful for sunshine and my lovely loch!
Happy Saturday, ladies!
My husband makes 99% of our dinners so tonight I'm making something as I have been craving spaghetti recently. It's a recipe I've never tried. I'm also making French bread but have already calculated the calories/gram (once it's been baked anyway). I rarely eat anything made with white flour but I'll make an exception this time. 
The spaghetti sauce calls for red wine so I guess I'll need to have a glass as well!
Vegetarian spaghetti bolognese made with Quorn (you can buy it in the US as well):
http://www.quorn.co.uk/recipes/61/
The scale has finally budged! It's been stuck on 131.* for ages and went up to 132 after the indulgences of last weekend (ice cream, cookies, wine, rolls). But today went down to 130.4 so I'm changing it on my stats.
Workout:
Menu:
TOTAL: about 1700
Progress as of today: 36.6 lbs lost so far, only 2.4 lbs to go!
Today I am grateful for my family!
Seems like my life revolves around my workouts and meal planning and counting!
Although the curries my husband makes aren't all the same and the ingredients vary, I need a change sometimes. The BBQ last Saturday was a nice change, but I guess to have something different I need to do some of the cooking occasionally. So tomorrow I'm going to make whole wheat spaghetti with homemade sauce and Quorn mince instead of hamburger. I haven't made French bread before but I'll be making it tomorrow. Husband is at a political meeting all day tomorrow and he's the one who has made the French bread before. I'll make a garlic spread for it as well. Salad as well. The one drawback about this meal is the French bread is so good it's hard to stop eating it!!
Workout at gym:
Workout at home:
Menu:
TOTAL: 1502
Today I am grateful that I live in a country with an abundance of clean water, clean air, and open spaces!
Hope you lovely ladies have a healthy & pleasant day!
We don't have any trips planned in the near future, not until January. And I've got itchy feet! Guess I'll have to settle for a day trip on the free bus to a nice village and lunch out when I hit my goal.
Workout:
Menu:
TOTAL: 1408
Progress as of today: 35.4 lbs lost so far, only 3.6 lbs to go!
Where has everybody disappeared to???
I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth. Then I ask myself the same question. ~Harun Yahya
I stuck to plan yesterday, then after dinner realized we had to go to friends' house to help with a mock interview as our friend has a big job interview tomorrow. Being wine lovers they kept refilling my glass and I didn't object. 
We stayed quite late and plates of shortbread and biscuits (cookies) were put right in front of me. Argghh..... Feeling a bit tired today and I had intended to do a tae bo/jump rope workout. Or go for a walk. Maybe later.....
Menu:
TOTAL: 1288
Progress as of today: 35.4 lbs lost so far, only 3.6 lbs to go!
Sound like you all had a really good evening! Hope you get your energy levels up today, a cat nap might do the trick. Have a good day :)
Today I am grateful for living in such a friendly country--where you can chat to strangers on the street or at the bus stop, where almost everybody thanks the bus driver when they get off the bus, where the driver will drop you off right in front of your house, and where it's free for people like me who are 60 and older!!
Good news! The Scottish government wants to help everybody make their homes more fuel efficient. So they will give you a grant and an interest free loan to have the new system installed. We have decided on an air heat pump. The house will be warmer AND we'll cut our fuel bills by about 2/3!
Got off track yesterday and started eating the leftovers from Saturday night - chicken, potatoes, a devilled egg, a roll, ice cream. I'm on track now though!
Workout at gym:
Workout at home:
Progress as of today: 35.4 lbs lost so far, only 3.6 lbs to go!
Today I am grateful for DD as I joined 1 year ago today and found friends, inspiration, and support!
Rest day. Had a good time with friends last night and, of course, lots of eating, lots of wine.
Menu:
TOTAL: 1310
Progress as of today: 35.4 lbs lost so far, only 3.6 lbs to go!
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RYC- Amazing how that day 11 years ago still has effects on our lives today with how much has changed. I know someone with a birthday today and she refuses to acknowledge the whole 9-11 issue regarding it falling on her birthday. She says, she had the day first and refuses to let idiots take it from her. I like her thinking. Still, we see the damage around us from it's wake. Nonetheless, I hope your day is great. Thanks for the lentil soup idea. I am trying to go as raw food as possible but the soup is great for those times I just need to eat something cooked!
V on 09/11/2012:
Go Andy! Sorry that the rain has foiled your plans for a hike. I'm with you, I don't think I would enjoy it either especially getting all muddy :( LOL Hope you have a good day :)
selina on 09/11/2012:
Yay for Andy! I love the rain....
selina on 09/11/2012:
For rainy days all you need is a good pair of rain boots.
legcramps on 09/11/2012:
Some days all you can do is just be frustrated with the weather LOL. Hope it turns out better and you can get that hike in.
Maria7 on 09/12/2012:
Hope you are having a good Wednesday. :-)