I'm not enjoying this season of Ted Lasso quite at much either. We've been watching the new Succession episode on Sunday nights. Then the new Barry on Monday. And then Ted Lasso the rest of the week. Dh hadn't watched it so I re-watched the earlier seasons with him and now we are catching up on the current season. I still need to watch the current season.of Somebody Somewhere. I don't think DH will be interested. This season of Barry is out of control - I'm not sure I like it but I can't look away. I hope there's a satisfying ending because right now I'm just depressed. lol

Yes! I just saw Somebody Somewhere has a new season soon and I’m very excited about that. I’m going to resubscribe to Apple as soon as Ted Lasso is over and then binge it and all the other great shows there. Lol

I received notice that HBO Max is turning into Max. Was wondering what that meant so I googled and it will be HBO + Discovery+. Uh oh! lol I canceled because going down the HGTV hole of endless tv viewing is hard for me to resist. So I'm happy, not happy about this development. :) The first episode of the last season of Barry starts today. Looking forward to that as well as the rest of the final season of Succession.

I found it on Paramount + . Funny! I liked the scene sit around the campfire.

I forgot to mention that I've been watching the current season of The Bachelor. I'm not really sure why but it's mindless guilty pleasure. I used to watch the the Bachelor/Bachelorette seasons every one but I finally lost interest about 10 years ago except for the random episode here and there. I think why I'm into it this year is because I also found a Youtube channel with funny recaps and some sleuthing from the previews. So it's kind of fun - actually I could just watch the Youtube channel by itself - no need to watch the show, but we're almost done. Anyway the funny thing about this season if you're totally off the Bachelor radar is the guy's thing is no drama and any women who show a hint of drama don't last long. But he ends up being the biggest drama instigator of them all. It's also kind of funny to me that he's only a year older than my son and I really just can't imagine that!

I'll look for that!

I’m going to wait and binge Ted Lasso all at once. I just had the free trial of Paramount + so I could watch Maverick Top Gun. I saw the original as a teen and it was so good at the time but so cheesy on re-watches. Maverick brought back that original feeling, I really enjoyed it. This one looks good, Skwigg I’ll check it out.

We are caught up on Last of Us so now just waiting for the finale. I'm pretty sure both Succession and Barry have new seasons starting within the next month and I can't wait. I got the free trial of Showtime so I could watch Everything, Everywhere, All at Once. Woah - the first half was out of control. Not really my thing and too frenetic. But then it got better. Dh's friend had encouraged him to watch it and she said she watched it twice she liked it so much. We both thought now way can we watch that again. But I keep thinking about it and hmmmm, perhaps I could watch it again. lol As for really trashy, I've watched the whole Bachelor this season. I've been watching a Youtube fan account too so I don't think the end will be a surprise but we'll see. Total guilty pleasure. :)

I agree on this season's Stranger Things. The first season was the best for sure but I'm so invested in the characters that it's all good.

We finally finished Stranger Things and are on Last of Us - two more episodes and we'll be caught up. Enjoying it but I don't really liked being scared. lol Stranger Things was so campy that it wasn't scary to me, but Last of Us is too real. Looks like the new seasons of Ted Lasso and Succession are coming up soon so that will be more good watching.

Hello and welcome to unlurking! I want to add my encouragement. I definitely don't have it all figured out. We're human so perfection isn't possible but know that you can get to a much better place. I was a religious tracker for year and years. And now I can't even imagine doing it. The thought of it is like nails on a chalkboard. For me, a lot of it was about control and finding comfort in the control. And also I was very good at it. But eventually the body rebels and it's hard to fight the body's backlash to restriction and control. If it takes restriction to maintain a certain weight, then that's not a healthy weight. And maintaining the control of tracking just gets tiring after awhile, which it sounds like you've discovered. One thing that has helped me find happier eating and just general better well being is to allow myself to feel my feelings. And to really try to get in touch with what those are and not be scared of them. I grew up in a family where no one ever expressed strong emotions - good or bad. So they kind of scared me and I preferred to think and intellectualize my way through life. But I've been working on letting my feelings come out and wash through me. We are not our thoughts or our feelings. They aren't set in stone. It can help to just try to acknowledge them, not judge and move on. I'm rambling now but it sounds like you are on the right track!

Thanks. I like short & sweet. :) I like Pavel too. His latest 20 min KB workout looks good. I really like his format

That ones next!

Late to the bandwagon, but we are one episode away from finishing season 1 of Stranger Things and I am hooked!

We finished season 2 of White Lotus. So good! I liked it better than season 1 even. Need another good show to watch with my husband. Has anyone seen Severance?

Just want to say that despite having only wavy hair at best, I read every word of your curly girl novels. :) Agreed that the cheap drugstore stuff is the best - I like Garnier too.

I haven't worn makeup in a few years. Your post reminds me that I need to dump out my makeup bag and start over. lol I stopped wearing it when masks were mandated. Seemed too much trouble when most of my face was covered anyway. And then I really stopped when I quit full time work Aug 2021. Now that I'm part-time remote I see my face way too often on zoom and I think I would like to start wearing it again here and there.

I'm still watching the Boys with my "boys". I definitely wouldn't watch it on my own but it's been fun watching it with them - just a few episodes a week. Of course I'm watching the current season of The Crown. In seasons past I would've binged it but it's not quite as compelling to me this season. I do like the actress that plays Diana - she has "the look" down. I need to subscribe to HBO again for the new season of White Lotus and I'm sure there are some other new things there to watch. Oh yeah, just finished the recent season of Great British Baking Show. It seems like they pulled back some which is a good thing in my opinion. Some of the showstopper bakes in the past few season were getting a bit crazy.

My son and husband convinced me to watch The Boys. They said they liked it so much they'd re-watch with me. Which is good since I'm not yet convinced. I can see that it's well made but it may be a too graphic for me. I'm going to stick with it for a few more episodes - we've only watched 2 so far.

@snail I've only ever tracked calories and points when I was deep in restrictive eating. It was really destructive for me. I never really learned about macros in that I can tell you exactly how many calories a banana has but I have no idea how many grams of carbs are in a banana. I think knowing generally how many macro grams or calories we should be consuming may be a good guide but our bodies aren't that simple. Some days you may need more or less or generally maybe someone thrives more on carbs than protein. My theory based on nothing I've read but just my own hunches is that people who like animal protein and thrive on it maybe need or do better on higher protein diets. And vegan/vegetarians who feel good eating that way don't need as much. (That doesn't mean that I think vegetarian/vegans diets are deficient in protein.). If I felt like I needed more protein I'd probably try to base each meal around protein FIRST and sort of get in the habit of choosing protein rich foods.