Joanna! Welcome!!! Good luck with the work (and the crap food.) Both challenges but you're up to it!!!

Mike, bummer about it being negative so it's good it's not that often. It IS creepy tho.

Cassie...Otto?

I named my mixer. I love him :o.

Were you thinking Austrian kitchen boy-toy?

1) Keep calories under 1900/day: Y, Y
2) Walk with dog at least five days: N, Y
3) Work out at least three days: Y, N
4) Stretch: Y, Y
5) Meditate before bed: Y,
6) Stay Positive!: Y, Y
7) Work on Christmas gifts: N, N

Phew! Turning in for the night while watching my traditional and favourite Christmas movie: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation!

Can you blame a girl for trying to live vicariously? lol

Goals:
1) plan meals -yes, yes
2) stick close to plan - ate much less, very close
3) 1600 cal max -840, 1016
4) drink 6 glasses water minimum - 5 or 6 6
5) stretch every day -no yes
6) get back into exercise reasonably- no a bit
7) don't overdo -yes, yes
8) let go of anger - no better
9) meditate -no, no
10) write -yes writing class
11) don't be a self (or any other kind of) hater -no YES
12) don't answer phone or spend too much time online till I get work done - no but this will be one I will try and follow better

I get an I for improvement. Anybody else remember getting that on their report cards?

Wed eating plan:
Bkft:
egg white and chicken sausage
fruit

Lunch
ham or turkey and goat cheese
cucumbers
fruit

Dinner
Roast chicken
broccoli
Potato latkes (It's Chanukah and my girl is coming home!)
sf cookie

Snacks
fruit
nuts

Tuesday:

1. Calories under 1100/day. Yes, Yes
2. Weigh in daily. Yes, Yes
3. No mindless eating. Yes, Yes
4. Take all vitamins and supplements. Yes, Yes
5. Be proud of every, single thing that I eat. Yes, Mostly...
6. Have a happy, grateful attitude. If that means bagging some long-time traditions that the family expects, so be it. Yes, Yes

Haha... I named my GPS Stella, as in STELLLLLLAAA!!!!! (For all of you Seinfeld watchers. lol)

I took Stelllllllaaaaa differently I guess...

As in Stella for star? Star as in Con-Stella-tion? As in a Streetcar named Desire? :)

Hope, your food choices look really good but what is chicken sausage?

That was my first thought.

I'm crashing...will update goals tomorrow but today went okay, aside from being in panic mode with everything I have to do :eek:.