I hit the big 5-0 in weight loss yesterday. I wanted to wait a day and see if it held. This morning the scale teetered between 208 and 207.5. So, I feel comfortable with publishing my 208 weight. I had set a goal of 202, but I now realize I was very ambitious with my goals. I am very happy with approaching my 200 pound…
Thai Black Bean Dip
I apologize for our absence over the past month. After an eight day business trip to Vegas in mid November, the Thanksgiving holiday, and a 10 day Caribbean vacation, we are slowly getting back into the daily grind. We hope to post some healthy holiday recipes in the coming weeks. This past week, our bariatric support group held its annual holiday party. We were asked…
christmas stockings
I thought I would periodically reminisce about Christmas pasts in the coming weeks. Memories of Christmas at our house are some of the most precious ones I have. Today, I thought I’d start this off with my memories of Christmas stockings. The stockings that I am speaking of are not the ones hanging from the mantle; filled on Christmas Eve by Santa. In the 50s…
a christmas story on stage in cleveland
Yesterday we went to the Cleveland Playhouse’s production of “A Christmas Story”, the play based on the Jean Sheppard classic TV movie. We made it our holiday get-together with our friends Nancy, Jim, Debbie and Louis. After the matinee, we had dinner in Little Italy at Il Bacio, a contemporary Italian restaurant, and then desert back at Jim and Nancy’s house in Euclid. Here’s my…
back to reality day
Today was my first day back to work after our 10 day vacation. I was out of the office for the week before Thanksgiving. I was actually in the office for 2 days over the past three weeks. There was plenty of work and email to sort through today. More depressing was my weight this morning… 214. I was up 4 pounds to the dreaded…
our vacation is fading like our tans
Our vacation is coming to an end. I am writing this blog entry from the San Juan Airport as we wait for our flight home. It has been a wonderful sunny week with temps in the 80s and no rain at all. This morning the debarkation went very smoothly. We were on our way to the Bacardi Distillery by 8:30 a.m. for a final excursion….
barbados… cool runnings and swimming with seas turtles
Today’s excursion was an early one again. We left the ship at 8:30 a.m. for a short bus ride to the docks in Bridgetown, Barbados. We boarded the Cool Runnings catamaran for a day of sun, swimming and snorkeling. I was along for the sun since I unfortunately can not swim. I still love these outings. The snorkel stops were beautiful and the crew on…
going bananas on st. lucia
OK… I have to rub it in. It was 87 and sunny for another day. Early Wednesday we were off on a 9:00 a.m. 4X4 excursion to explore St. Lucia. This was a challenge given that we got back to the room at 3:45 a.m. after our group’s mid-cruise midnight white party at the pool. Somehow the wake-up call did not work. So, we hurried…