Hungry Root

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J. is doing the Optavia weight loss program.  After months of various tests, etc. to see about doing weight loss surgery, he's realized he doesn't want to do that.  A friend did Optavia and lost a lot of weight so J. is trying it. 

So far, he's loving it - isn't feeling hungry, eats every 2-3 hours, and it's working.  Weight is coming off and the more he loses the more motivated he is.  Already feeling better, too, so that's awesome. 

I sometimes get negative about these type of programs - because he's done them before and the weight comes back.  Seems so logical and simple to 'do it yourself' - portion control, etc. - but truthfully, we all know how hard it is to eat less. 

I decided I'm on Team J. and whatever works for him is what he will do -

I'm trying Hungry Root - a vegetarian weekly meal service.  Like Hello Fresh only no meat. 

How's it going?  I miss meat. 

Turns out it's hard for me because I am (so far) not hungry for any of the Hungry Root meals.  Largely because I'm eating things I've never eaten before and with no history of what tastes good, it's hard to be excited about eating.  The meals are also sometimes very spicy and my body does not appreciate spice. 

I forgot to cancel next week's delivery so I have another two weeks of torture - 'cuz I still have most of this past week's delivery still in the fridge.  I don't plan to continue.  I'd rather go back to cooking for myself. 

Though that's been hard, too, because J. has been doing dinners since he retired only now, he doesn't.  He makes himself something lean and green - I guess he can start cooking double portions of that for me and I can add some brown rice if needed. 

Another Saturday spent in the garage - geez, we have so much stuff to get rid of but we are doing pretty well.  The Salvation Army came with a big truck and took most everything we wanted to get rid of - but they wouldn't take the mattresses.  We're going to ask our housekeeper if she knows of a family that can use them?  Otherwise, we'll arrange for someone to make a dump run for us - and might even toss in the pool chaises at the same time - why not?  We rarely use them, they are in deplorable shape and it will save us paying for another dump run in a year - but we'll see.

I'm making lists of things to remind J. to inventory and take to our local donation center.  And eventually, I'll trek up to Jackson, too - with a huge load of stuff. 

H. came over briefly on Friday - he was picked up by the mom of his friend N. (who passed away a while back).  She spent time with H. at Starbucks and then offered to drive him to Modesto 'to be able to spend more time with him'.  She's someone I work with and at our Welcome Back breakfast each year, she finds me and asks how he's doing.  We hope he'll come back tomorrow (J. will go get him) 'cuz we're doing some stuff in the garage that an extra set of hands and someone with more height could really help with. 

J. is going to return to Orchard Supply (their closing is very sad for our town because in addition to the store, we also have a warehouse here and a lot of people are losing their jobs) to get mouse traps - we clearly are having some issues in the garage and we need to get everything cleaned out and take care of the source.  That's J.'s job - poor guy.

I'm heading to the office on Monday - year-end is 'done' but I have a lot of things to scan and some Board prep to get going on.  If it weren't a Board prep week, I'd be tempted to take off Monday and truly enjoy a full three day weekend - but it is so I need to go in and get a jump start - not losing a day is in my best interest.  It will lessen the stress as the week progresses.

Harry Potter marathon on this weekend - joy, joy, joy.  In between working in the garage and the constant washing of my hands, I'm enjoying the movies as much as I did when I first saw them.  I will never get tired of them.  Ever.