sisters I am sinking plain and simple

And, that's all I got

Could it be true...
that we may be breathing life back into our Blog? Leslie's Comment to my Post today stirred in me a hope for it might be true. Just finishing my green drink of the day. One note on Green drinks, at least for me: not only do they taste great, but somehow readjust your palate into wanting nutrient-dense food, you know, the good stuff.

Thinking Back, Looking Back
I found my WW daily logs from 2012. My last entry was 10/13/2012. I've been on the slippery slope ever since. We started our blog in May 2012. Mom's 90th B'day was in August 2012. During those 3 months, I slimmed down to where I was really liking how my clothes were fitting me again. Kim got the red bikini award for losing the most weight. Leslie, can't remember the specifics, but you slimmed down too. (Camille's physiology was an enigma to her and to us.)

So my last WW entry was October 2012. In December, Wigley and Mathai told Colleen she needed new lungs NOW. In January, Colleen got her February date to go to Pittsburgh. I remember packing really healthy food -- even brought our NutriBullet. Veggie Soup. Nuts. Oranges. We may have stopped for soft pretzels en route. The communal kitchen in Family House had all sorts of cookies and temptations, so I went crazy eating all that. Col, of course, never over-indulged. (Or course, too, no one over-indulges like me.) I came back to Col's in late April and proceeded to eat all the ice cream in her freezer. By that time, Colleen was just eating anything high-calorie that she could tolerate. So there was a lot of high-calorie sweets around. I had to keep replacing the half-gallons of ice cream. I was pretty mortified at myself, I remember well. I stayed almost until the end of May - with that 10-day visit to Hopkins mid-way. I couldn't afford to eat out in Baltimore, so I would start my day with the free Continental Breakfast pastries (D+) at the hotel. And it went downhill from there. I don't think I had a single regular meal while I was there. By that time, all bets are off. I don't know if I was even still juicing at that point. I just remember that every time I went to Col's in 2013, I ate anything sweet I could get my hands on, and there was a lot. Remember Tina's Hershey Kisses? Oh, yeah. I had more than my share and had to replace those too. (It was harder to gobble down Col's ice cream supplies with Tina around because I was mortified at being caught out with how much I was eating.) So what am I talking about here?  Gaining, gaining, gaining, gaining, gaining.  No restraint.Lost.
My first green drink after all that time was only a few weeks ago. So hard to turn the ship around toward high-nutrition food and, hopefully, slimming down again.

Mos Def Here
Getting back to Greens and Water and No Sweets feels like getting back on a bicycle after twenty thousand years without riding. I'm carrying a notebook around with me so that when the craving strikes for cookies- pie-cake, I write it down. It's a way to pause before saying "F___ it" and turning into the grocery store parking lot. I'm amazed at what I've forgotten in the past year. I forgot, for instance, that I have the Weight Watchers Calculator on my easy access Bookmarks Bar (in spite of the fact that I can't piggyback onto Kim's WW membership like I used to). I printed out some new Weight Watchers logs which really worked for me last time -- along with my chart of points for the things I eat regularly. I'm making green drinks again -- wow that was a hard barrier to break through for some reason. No sweets for a least a few weeks. I think sugar was my first addiction. More to come from me, I trust. More to come from you, I hope.

Meatless or should I say beefless

I haven't had beef in I think 10 days. I'm at 146.5. Going in the right direction. My cabinets are filled with nuts and my frig with greens. Col would say I told you so. My family is hanging in there. I have been cooking again which I really do enjoy. It's taking the time. I'm really not thinking it cost that much more and less coupons.  I made a large stash of turkey meatballs today - they really do not taste much diff.  I haven't had much white bread either. Funny thing is my psoriasis seems to have calmed a bit. I'm interested in anti inflation now. Robert took his last test (sat) today and has nothing till may. Thank God. What a racket it all is. Hope your out there.

LIMPING
Lost my trusty water bottle at my morning meeting some time back. Finally ordered a new one from Amazon. A nice translucent aqua--thought the color would help. Yeah, sure. As I write, it's sitting on the kitchen counter, half-full. It's been sitting there, half-full, with the same water, for at least a week now. Thought I was back, mentally, to at least drinking water again. Thought the new aqua bottle would help. Oh, sure. My water chart used to sing to me. It'd dead silent. But your blogs will help, I know. Thank you.

Help Help I cannot do this alone!

Okay, hopefully you have all received my email. Come back. I am so much in my own way.  If you've spoken to me and I think I have talked to you all, the first yoga attempt was a disaster. I never made it onto the mat. But, it also was a huge turning point.
Today, I started with a glass of water.  I opened my bluish green envelope with my name and personal note dated August 2012 including my book mark for modified push ups. I did 15 modified on the wall.
When I wrote out my list of things to do today as usual, the very first thing I wrote was ME.  I colored my hair. What did you do for yourself today?
I am attaching a copy of the water chart to your email
REMEMBER, REMEMBER
The first hint was when Jodie said "oh looks like you've got your life on tract" (because I now have a husband and kids)  you used to give Colleen and I so  much to talk about. I was living my life!
I am not starting the mirror, scale or tape  measure until February 15. 
We were all doing and feeling so great. Let's get those healthy feelings back.
Hope to see us all here. Have a great day. Love, Sister 6