Hi all,
Jaz---Wowzer. What a story. And here I came prepared to talk about the story you shared about pulling away from the curb of the highway and taking on the storm. I loved that.
So I'll still talk about it in those terms. Don't know if this is time to pull away from the curb w/this guy. But of course, that is up to you. I will say you don't owe it to him to marry him and make his last days what he wants them to be. There are all kinds of ways you can be with him and make his life better if he doesn't have long. So just please dear friend, don't feel trapped, no matter what you said last night or thought you could do.
It is fair to find a way to return his feelings in a way that works for you too. Seems at the very least, and maybe the very most, you two are friends. So be a friend to him, in whatever way seems honest and REAL and RIGHT FOR YOU.
IOW, certainly NOT "sorta creepy." Your words, not mine. In short, I don't feel FROM YOU, the comfort or happiness I'd like to hear with this decision. And I want both for you, or at LEAST one of the two.
Nic---So interesting about Jimmy Moore. I've followed his story too. It's kind of a mystery and I don't know exactly what to think about it. I tend to go your way a bit and wonder if for some people, super LC just stops working in terms of weight loss. But that doesn't explain his big weight gain. I also wonder how MUCH LC food he eats. And finally, gotta be honest, I wonder if he's being honest about everything he says, as he has a huge investment in being LC Jimmy Moore, money and career wise. Doesn't really matter to me, just wish him well. I have always sensed he is a kind person.
K-mom---I am so delighted to hear your news of continued peace with your heart beat. Can't imagine how great that feels for you.
As for the BLT salad dressing. I really can't give you exact measurements, as I do it to taste. But generally, think a third oil and vinegar and 2/3 mayo. The consistency in the end should be like say, ranch dressing. As for the spices, for me, ALWAYS a real garlic clove mashed thru a presser. NEVER garlic powder or garlic salt.
IMO, no comparison between real garlic and processed. Then I usually throw in a "heart of my palm" full of basil. Bottled is fine for me in this case, but I mash that w/my thumb too to release max flavor. It is really hard to screw this up, just taste as you go. You'll get the hang of it fast, and I swear, as I often have here, once you start making your own dressings, you'll not settle for bottled shelf dressings easily again.
Saturday water: 3/3. Sunday water, 3/3. Wish it was better.
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I have had an off plan couple of days gals, and I just have to confess straight out. NOT all day, but two nights in a row. I was kind of amazed I made it thru more than a week after my world changed on plan. But this weekend, I just kind a lost it.
Dinner w/the realtors for one. They are lovely good friends, and had much to say to help us w/our decisions. But I was stressed w/the conversation and didn't give a dang about my woe. Then tonight, dinner at my brother's. Pix of the wedding, nephew and girl friend there. Happy night, great escape. Again, didn't care about my woe.
Thing is, I really DO care about not gaining back. And I KNOW eating off plan for any prolonged amount of time is only going to make me feel worse. I DO KNOW THIS.
But I won't mince words pals. I'm struggling right now. I want so much to just snap into a positive outlook, to put it into Jaz's words "pull away from the curb and face the storm!" And I will, but it is not coming easily for me at this juncture in my life.
And this isn't going to be over soon, not going to just pass on quickly. Big decisions, discomforts are going to be there for some time to come.
Still, I am here because I don't want to let go of what I've accomplished on my LC woe, and I don't want to give up on it. I have been happy on it most of the time for almost 5 years now. So I gotta get my arms around it again.
Just struggling right now. But as Scarlett would say, "tomorrow's another day."