 It says I'm live Does anybody want to come in and chat with me about Here we go again, I'm sitting in a spot that I don't like Cameras over there. I'm really really really really really need my camera back So I don't have to do this on here anymore Kiddies here. I'm here. I'm on here to avoid having to do laundry and And dishes the kitchen is a mess. Hi Andrea, how are you? I am literally I had three options. I could go in my bedroom and fold an entourage Hey, you know, I could go in the kitchen and clean up It's a massive massive massive mess in there because the kids were all here for dinner last night Steve made dinner and Wait, was that last night? Yeah, it was last night Um, but I don't want to get my hands wet because my fingers and then I thought dinga ding ding ding ding It's Wednesday, right? It is Wednesday, isn't it? Check in with all the swells and see how their program's going this weekend, but I didn't plan very well because The cameras over here and your comments are over here and I messed up. Hi, Andrea Busy B. Jerry Sarah. Hi Ruth with that big ol lost this week. Hi Patty. I Hope everybody's doing well. Hi cam. I Looked like a drone rat because I went out for my walk and lo and behold We got rain in Southern California and oh how glorious it was. I knew it was gonna rain. I listened to the news and I put it off and put it off and put it off and I thought okay Needy you got because I wasn't feeling it today, right? Because when we're not feeling it We don't just jump out there and we just don't do it And then the little walking guy on my shoulder said get out there and get some steps And sure enough I was about a quarter and high Reese I was about a quarter into my walk and the skies just opened So it just encouraged me to walk a little bit faster So then I got home and I changed into one of my favorite t-shirts that I'm very happy to report. I'm sorry This this just need you need to get your camera and a computer fixed And so I have one of my favorite t-shirts on and I have Jammie bottoms on Minnie Mouse Poke it out that Oliver gave me for Christmas last year I think So I thought what a better way to avoid all the housework and then to come in and see how everybody's doing on their programs now I haven't been able to spend a lot of time online looking around Because it's been a very tumultuous week with Oliver Hi, Teresa Hi, Sarah She got her 30 pound charm. Congratulations to her. Did you tell me your name? Oh? my gosh Congratulations Sarah's wife Ah totally comfy cozy Andrea. I can't wait till Steve gets home, and I'm gonna have him light the fireplace. Oh Sarah's wife. I'm so excited for you I'm sorry you guys. I missed Randy. Congratulations Randy. That's good stuff, man I didn't even know there was a 30 pound charm. I thought it was five ten 20 25 and 50, but that's awesome You just got back from a walk see now I'm looking over here and the cameras over here, and I asked I'm sorry you guys I just I didn't I know kiddies No, go lay down That's great. What what program are you guys doing Sarah? Are you and Randy doing the same program? I did okay, so I started to say I haven't been able to do a lot of checking around and we've had a tumultuous week with Oliver We started the week off. Oh Lord oh The drama um But um, hi Cindy. I'm waving madly back at you. Hi. Well You've been out without internet since Saturday. Oh, oh That must have been horrible. Did you send it flares and send out pigeons and carry your pigeons and smoke signals? I don't know what I would have done. So Sarah's doing green and Randy's doing blue congrats to her. That's awesome Um So I wanted to check in It seems like just just in randomly. I'm talking randomly. You know, I want to say something here Um and Cindy, I'm glad you're here because you're kind of I'm glad you're here Kind of help me back me up on this There's the community of people who do things like we have our white watcher community. There's makeup communities There's all sorts of communities trying to get comfortable For the most part all of us, you know, we hang out we message we do collaborations, you know We know who so-and-so is and home so-and-so is but that doesn't mean that we all agree on the same thing like anything else in life We don't all agree on everything and that's just how the world works, right? I mean My best friend Cindy and I Our views overall on the world. There are a couple things that are completely different But that doesn't Interfere with our love for each other If you guys knew the differences between Steve and I your minds would be blown think of that emoji Um, I often have different opinions than some of the larger youtubers some of the ladies. I don't even know Um Most of them I do know who they are Just because we all do this doesn't mean That we're all holding hands and agree on everything and that we all watch each other stuff and it's just not how it works I'm doing this for me. This is my reason. I'm doing this because of you guys and That's it Um, I've had a kind kind lady named Joanne Williams pop up on all my videos Saying that uh along the lines. She would like to watch me But she can't bring herself to watch me because I because Anita hates all the other youtubers Um, I thought it didn't bother me but I guess it does Because it's the biggest pile of caca la toro That could ever be written about me. There could not be anything further from the truth Just because I disagree with another youtuber and I may not even be Aware that I'm a disagreeing with this other youtuber does not mean that I hate them. I don't hate anybody I may hate my ex-husband, but in the grand scheme of things. He really doesn't count I know losing that fabulous Thanks to you guys So let me just finish and wrap this up real quick If you guys hear me say anything That doesn't coincide with what's popular Or what one of the big, you know popular gals is doing or one of the smaller popular gals is doing That doesn't mean I have any discord dislike I don't wish anybody ill Will anything of the kind we're all out here to have different opinions and show different ways and do things in a different way And this this lady this joanne williams. He keeps popping up and I keep asking her You know, please don't put this on my page This isn't so and I leave the comment there so other people can read it And see my response because if I if I just remove it Then that gives her all the power of well, yes, you need a must hate all the other youtuber I wouldn't even have a youtube channel if I hated all the other youtuber. Excuse me guys. I need to get a Kleenex Hi janet hold on you guys cover your ears I didn't have sandy and amy And lisa i've missed lisa so much and kerry and the whole line of them Who came before me julie julietta? I would not have a youtube channel and I wouldn't have you guys as friends And I wouldn't have this wonderful wonderful place to come and talk about First and foremost white watchers because that's what i'm here for but also my family when I need to Oliver when I need to some of you are educators some of you are doctors Some of you are just just my friends with huge hearts who are here for me So if I ask you please if you ever see these comments Please don't pay any heed to them because they aren't true and Maybe now that I've said something Excuse me Do you have your water do you have your water? Maybe now that I have addressed it I'll feel better and sleep a little better at night because I don't want to be represented or Thought of in a way that could you know if you're gonna talk about me and and call me names We'll just make sure there are things that apply to me Oh man, she gets those darn fever blisters and she looks ugly as sin from time to time true You know, there's a lot of things about me that aren't perfect But I do not hate my fellow youtubers just because I may not agree With what they're doing just like if they don't agree with what I'm doing. I hope they don't hate me All right, that's all I'm gonna say on that Hopefully miss Joanne Williams will stay in her own lane And leave me be hi suki now Let me jump on here and say who's here as I don't know if you guys saw loose post I have four thousand subs. Isn't that fabulous four thousands of my closest best friends And um sarah posted that her rife her rife her rife randy I'm sorry her wife randy got her 30 pound charm. I'm sorry, but aren't we all Uh, don't we all have an inner kindergarten or don't we want our Bravo stickers back to Reese I have not put up my christmas tree yet. Our christmas tree is a funny thing Um, we got it off of qvc a few years ago and it's just the worst tree in the world. I hate hate hate it And every year I tell steve. We're not using it. Yes next year Then of course we do so i'm standing tough this year There's lou. She's back so glad she's back elisa. What a beautiful name I know four thousand my lip hurts. Thank you ruth. You know what? I I try to I have a good heart. I can't be great and sweet nice all the time But I for the most part I try to be high connie Lou ridiculous is the perfect word for it It's ridiculous Just joining I guess it's the end. No janet. We just started we just started Thank you petty Thank you. I'm glad hi donna I'm glad you guys don't take it seriously It's just it's you know, it's hurtful. You know, I sit here and I'm I pour my heart out and I pour my soul out and then I get something like that and it's like Come on lady. You must have something better to do than come over and insult me You bought one at los. It's a pre-lit one Connie you made goal. I'm sorry reese not to take away from your tree. Connie brown made goal Give Connie. Give me it. Is that am I reading this correctly? Yeah, gosh, I wish I could set off like little fireworks or something for you. How you heading? Yeah Yeah, at least did you do it today? Oh my gosh Oh, Eliza. I'm here to help friend And we'll talk we'll talk and we're gonna oh, we're all doing this together. It's a fabulous crowd With the occasional person that comes over from another channel and they just need Connie made gold. Now Eliza. I want you to see this Connie made goal and that is so fabulous So I'm so glad I came on we can have a little party for her Yesterday now to hold on to it for two six weeks You've got this You've got it. Oh, I'm so so very excited for you truly. I am. Oh my gosh Oh Okay, everybody grab your water Here's to Connie. She made goal everybody better have their water if not get after hiding and go get it Eliza just in case you don't know. I'm a water pusher. You have to have your water. Oh, look the sun just came out That's fabulous You know, I don't think I'm ever gonna make goal. Um to be honest, and I don't say that in a negative connotation Let's do it. Let's do it. Oh, man Um, they just want me too low. I do have a doctor's note And I don't even think I want to be as low as his note. Is it something I've talked about in the past, but Thank you Thank you this mama Thank you And also I want to say something a lot of the folks don't like the lives and I don't blame them because I stop and I talk and when I watch my friends Who do lives I helped Carrie do her life the other night and moderated for her. I help moderate Amy You know, and it is it gets hard when you come in later and you're watching something if I'm not talking Consistently and I understand and I appreciate that for anybody who may have missed it My I cannot get what's on my camera onto my ipad and post regular youtube videos Are you guys I'll sit up to like one in the morning sometimes trying with the wi-fi trying with the bluetooth just over and over and over I'm nothing if not, you know, I'm determined And I can't do it. So sometimes I'm sorry. I keep biting my lip Sometimes I just want to come on here and to do it live is kind of the only way But I'm doing it what I ate today today. So I'm going to post that tonight So it's Wednesday and I'm feeling really good. I've had a great Monday a great Tuesday a great Wednesday I've got all my walking in I've got all my water in I went over points one night by just a couple, but I had my weeklies for that, right? um Oh, Eliza, I love that you think of me as a busher That's the right type of butcher, right? Like south dakota my friend Um My friend Pam who used to live in south dakota. They were just talking about their new Drug campaign in the back there and it's a little funky. I'm getting off subject So how's everybody doing with the new the new the green the blue the purple tell me what program you're doing And tell me how it's working out for you You are so funny I if uh, you are new here. I'm on the green program. I'm thrilled as thrilled could be to be able to track my chicken and my eggs and today I had a tuna sandwich And um, okay, so lose so many people are doing purple I think it's so awesome. There is so much rejuvenation In the white watching community since they did this. Don't you guys agree? I mean everybody just seems to be thrilled. Did anybody besides me um Stayed on the blue and you know what for all you folks who have had all this great success on freestyle Absolutely, unless you want to mix it up, you know the thing with freestyle that's I think is kind of interesting Awesome this mama. I'm gonna have to know your name. Um I forgot what I was gonna say purple lifetime, but had a little vacation came but getting it off perfect Oh, what I was gonna say about freestyle is freestyle What seems is is that it's awesome for maintenance and it seems like what a lot of folks are It's like they're losing their weight and then Since they're still eating the same amount in the same foods. Well, then they kind of plateau and so I think the purple or the um Green for you when that happens is an awesome Awesome opportunity Patty, uh, jerry blue lost 2.6 This is a high five for you my friend 2.6. Look at these great losses. Hi sus What's happening? My watcher failure was partially due to the lack of structure mine too you guys. I mean, well, no, that's not all together Well, kind of yes and kind of no But we've got this you guys we have this all together. Oh, I'm so happy you guys are here um my thing with I I never was able to really pinpoint why Freestyle didn't work for me except where I've mentioned that gazillion times is that I can I can eat chicken boy. Howdy. Can I eat chicken? I can eat a lot a lot and I did eat a lot of chicken It just wasn't my thing. I like to track everything. Hi sherry. How are you today? 0.4 for sarah. So you and randy are both there. Oh my gosh Everybody's just just you know, it's so awesome. I love seeing and I'm feeling such a You know levity in everybody's hearts and it's like, oh, we're having the losses and this is working well For whatever program everybody's on it's just such a nice feeling because for those of us That didn't care for freestyle It's funny. I was talking smack about freestyle for all this time and then I chose purple which is like freestyle on crack But it's still different, right? It's still, you know, the foods are different and stuff Let me see. Who is I reading today that was purple? um I haven't lost that much yet Back taken it day by day. I will see how it goes on Friday. That's my way and say same with me Teresa and that's all we can do right day by day meal by meal track water Track track track track have your water. What's the third thing I'm missing? I'm forgetting something Um freestyle Some of us just like the feeling of What's that word I'm looking for Lou, you know, you're my reader You know my words when I can't think of what they are Okay, well, I'm your girl then Sherry you need to have like five of these things around your house like I do I have one in the living room. I have one in my bedroom and I have one in my kitchen That way no matter what I'm doing. I always have it right there to pick up and and drink everybody drink We're celebrating Connie made gold today Feels good to feel good too, doesn't it? I know that I feel really good when I'm right on program Just water only yes um Yep I'm luckily I I never drank soda so giving up soda and I know how I you know I hear you guys how hard it is and I watch my dad My dad has to have a soda in his hand all the time Yes, Suzy. It's nice having the option A portion is a lot of problem for a lot of people too. And I think that's the problem was There was only two things on freestyle You know for those who didn't catch on I went for a walk and got caught in the rain and that's why I looked like a drowned duck um the taco soup that I made into chili And the chicken both of those I could just eat and eat and I did and I would lose And I would gain and I would lose and it just was like why am I spending 45 dollars a month to do this and it was really starting to bother me and Now to be able to have my green back my 30 smart points. It's just fabulous. It's just Right where I want to be So what is the problem with with water for you guys? Is it specifically you just don't like the that Portions is the topic at this week's meeting awesome. Um Yeah, I don't have portion problems because oh my gosh, I keep biting my lip Because I weigh and measure everything and I weigh it and I measure it and that's my portion And that's it which I guess on on freestyle or blue And purple it would be a different oak for a window So what is it about the water you guys? How can we help with the water? Is it that you don't like the lack of taste of water? You don't oh, you don't think about drinking the water patty Um, okay, so iced tea is good cherry iced tea is fine. Just don't put any real sugar in it Ice tea is great because it's all that water Here's to you Lou. Here's to you. I haven't had any of mine choice And that's because I just I need to get this weight off I I don't like the way I'm feeling my shorts are so tight. Oh my gosh When we went to Disneyland last week, I was like, oh, oh my goodness And when we took that picture at the table Crystal light is great. Yeah, Joe. Are you mentioning it to them? Well, sometimes it is though like when you're a nine-year-old just makes you want to jump off a mountain It is worth it Love water, but I'm so hooked on soda I found whoops, let's bring that up again. I found that I like coke zero and diet sunkist Okay, this moment is anybody who drinks soda have any suggestions for her because since I never drank soda I can't address that but you know what? There's so many Lovely people here makes me go to the bathroom too much too with water. Okay, and I'm with you on that and I want to tell you a funny story. I don't have problem with water in summer But once it gets cold But can you drink just like warm water with lemon Janet? You like a hot beverage, okay Um, here's the thing about water when you're on a weight loss journey and I learned this from the funniest source my dad had this friend And he was a priest and he was a very very very large priest and um Yeah, she was like 400 pounds and he did this I was a teenager And I remember he was talking about he did Jenny Craig and I hope this isn't tmi. I I always still think about it and I think it's kind of funny And yeah, you guys put any ideas in here For this mama loves for anything that can help her with the soda um, but he Hated drinking the water hated hated hated it So he would get up early for his devotionals or whatever and he would like just Guzzle all the water he was supposed to have however much that was And then he would take a shower and be it all out and then he didn't deal with it for the rest of the day And I don't know why that always stuck with me because I think at some point I asked one of my white watcher leaders, you know Is that right? Can you just just drink it all and get it over with? And it has been validated for me on more than one occasion that yes You can do that now. I don't know if you want to do that, but you can't do that Because going to the bathroom is an issue for me too. I start drinking my water First thing in the morning when all over and I get up I drink it I drink it I drink it all day long And I stop at three at three o'clock. I stop That's it because My side of the bed is not next to the bathroom steves is Let's see what you guys are saying Lou have you tried zivia? Slowly cut back on soda and win yourself off. I just quit drinking diet soda called turkey hardest thing I did Congratulations, Aaron. That's super hard And you know, don't give yourself a hard time. Do you know, do do sorry for this table you guys Do what's good for you. You know do everybody's different and what one Might work for one person will not work for another person. You know, it's like people always tell me Because my big thing is alcohol. I love to drink vodka and vodka loves me to drink it And um, oh, Teresa found an app. Is it like one of those water the plants app? Um, you know, I had a gal once say well, just don't have it in the house Well, I've been known to take a trip or two to the store to get it whenever I want It's all a matter of what works for you now with me. I just have to get into mindset Excuse me guys. I have an itch and just I have to look in the mirror and I have to say Okay, she says I'm a stay at home mom. So I find it even harder to stay on track I have been carrying a thermos of cold water around the house with me lately. It's been helping. Okay. Awesome. There you go Hi, jessica Suki if you let coffee, but don't want caffeine At some point later in the day, there's an herbal tea called titino Okay, there are all these great ideas for you. I'm a stay at home grandmother Um, so I hear you because we have a little extra time But the thing that we have to our benefit is that we are at home with bathroom And but yeah, and if you don't like it cold, you know, I put lemon in my water I have a bottle. Let me show her you guys keep talking while I get my bottle to show her Oh my gosh, I'm stiff So this mama I have this on my counter at all times And I get them at the 99 cent store actually my husband buys them for me. This is actually kind of funny He knows how important my water is to me and he's got like four of them in the garage And when he sees me running down out, he brings me another one isn't he just swell So that's what I do to get my water down See like I don't care for tea Excuse me That's Steve. He's a keeper Yeah, he is except for when he's not Our last Disneyland trip Yes, he is a great happy and but it's it's He's he's got his own um, what's the called when you stock stockpile of things down in the garage That I don't even know about so like oh, I'll be happy her need something It's like I got it in the garage But yeah, he's a keeper. He made dinner last night. Did you guys hear my story about dinner last night? Stash, yeah, I never eat dinner with my family because I eat my own foods I know that's not how you're supposed to do weight watchers. You're supposed to eat their foods with your family and everything but I choose not to because I don't like their foods. Well Oliver has been saying nana. You never sit at the table with us I want you to eat dinner with us And Steve and I bought this big thing of beef stroganoff at Costco We made it last night Casey and Jessica Casey's Oliver's dad just because Casey's girlfriend Everybody came over for dinner I told Steve I said because he made dinner Because my hands are in a rough place right now so I got out of the shower And I came in here and now four of them are sitting around the table and Oliver's at the head of the table just the happiest little clam you've ever seen Family means the world to that little boy all if he could have all of you over sitting at the table with him for a meal he would And um, they're all sitting there eating and I'm going to kitchen to get some And they didn't save any for me because they didn't think Hi Barbara How are you doing? They're so used to me not eating with them that they didn't save any for me So they saw the look on my face And uh, then they I went in the other room and they pulled some of their noodles together and gave me a plate Christmas shopping, oh man Christmas shopping Christmas shopping and divorce court always seem to go together in my brain Steve gets freaked out every year at Christmas. He just doesn't do well. He stresses out more than he needs to and then it's just I just Good for you, Barbara. I wish I had that advantage to be able to do that and just go knock it all out So, um, what about Thanksgiving? Does anybody having any problems or worried about the upcoming? Oh, you have cataract surgery coming up So what hubby went first and then you went didn't he have lasex or some what did he just have done? I'm sorry that I'm not remembering exactly Well, you're smart you're And I I hope everything goes okay. Oh, I know it'll go okay, but yeah, that's I'm tongue-tied um Thanksgiving that's what I was going to ask about Is anybody here like us who we just kind of really? But didn't he just who am I thinking of who's a regular person that I should chat with whose husband just had Sorry you guys I keep doing that Who just had something done Huh, I apologize So, okay, so I know it and you know at the minute we're all done. I'll probably think of what it was This is probably the wrong thing to say, but it's only one day and I'm gonna eat what I want Lou, there's no wrong thing to say especially with me Especially with me It's it's just one day and you know what if you really think about it Well, I guess maybe at our house or in my family the foods that we have aren't overly horrible Going christmas shopping on black sundae at the mall. Oh, sarah's a brave one This Thanksgiving taking my scale and measuring cups Look at you go jessica. You know when I first started that I put that out there I said hey everybody and oh my gosh. I was tart and feathered and sent on my way Because why not if somebody came to your house And they were on a weight loss program and I said, you know what it just I'd feel better if I could weigh out I would be like Hand at it and I would have tip my hand to them and I'd have appreciation for them I mean why the heck not right good for you jessica. You're a great example to what couldn't should be done So fantastic, but turkey. Okay turkey. We're not turkey's okay You're stucking up on your points. There you go That's awesome. I remember this lady once when I first started she was on It was a facebook page. Oh, I remember now it was a facebook page She wanted the poor thing had just started I think she had been in the back and in the back and she was on a really good role if she was really Really good about herself and she said I just want to take my own turkey lean cuisine and she said and you know how message boards and facebook pages can be They just ripped that poor little thing up. I messaged her and I'm like, you know what some people just don't understand Family dynamics are different friendly dynamics are different if you're my family or friend I would show you where the microwave is Tell you to knock yourself out, you know do what you think is good for you Don't listen to all these people because some people take the holidays very seriously. They take their meals very seriously um If I write you over Which hopefully for you you hope I won't because my food isn't any good 10 hard pounds over the holidays took me six. Okay, jessica Ding ding ding ding i'm gonna read this to you guys might not have read it Jessica said last year I gained 10 hard pounds over the holidays took me six months to lose them not this year Ding dong that exactly happened to me too. It took forever to get off because the right thing was freestyle So why not think ahead? You know people go to any of the facebook pages anymore for this reason Then I think people and again, this is just my opinion I has just my opinion in the end When the lights go out and everybody goes to bed at night None of it matters right what my opinion is Um If you turn down my pumpkin pie because you're watching your weight Or you're diabetic or you hate pumpkin. I'm not gonna lose any sleep that night. I'm not gonna banish you from my house I'm not gonna erase you from my contacts. It's just food people and people get so Oh Oh, you know that's rude to turn down somebody's yam Marshmallow pecan casserole But is it really rude? It's food you guys. It's I don't know. I think maybe i'm on my own on this opinion. I don't know cement And because because like jessica said More for me, right? It's just it's nothing personal. I'm not turning you down I'm not turning your hard work down. I appreciate your hard work, but I don't care to have any of that right now It's just too hard for us To get to where we're trying trying to be and anybody who's been on a weight loss or has had a weight problem We'll totally understand and anybody who doesn't then they just have to get over themselves My plan is kim says my plan is to track everything and use some weeklies. Okay, there you go Thank you sherry You know I tried it with Oliver one of our problems with him right now is he's In this will segue Steve and I have to pick my battles with him on what we're gonna, you know Tell him he's doing wrong or don't do this or don't do that or whatever And I think that's true with life in picking your battles There's so much going on. We all have so much going on And I don't think that food should be one of those battles when we're thinking of other people Let us do our thing and and am I making any sense? There's just so much more, you know And You know, I have a father who's the greatest man in the world who doesn't know me anymore because the else Alzheimer's I have a daughter who thanks be to god, I guess Uh to her own hard work is sober and has two other children that she cannot get custody of I have her other child here who just wants to be with her or Her his father or the two of them together Let's pick our battles in life. What's really important whether you eat grandma's corn hash pie or Whether you're all together enjoying the day Hating the day in football game that they're all making you watch because that's what they make you do every down year But you're gonna enjoy you're gonna sit at the table with somebody with one of your favorite aunties nieces and nephews friends A white watcher friend And talk and enjoy yourself. I have a friend named Eric He's the same age as steve and I at one time he was engaged to my sister He's a terminal bachelor And he comes over everything's giving at christmas And we just sit and enjoy each other's company and we talk we play cards. We play uno I usually have a drink or 10 and to me. That's what it's about And I make sure everybody has the food they want. I want everybody to be happy but Nobody cares whether I am chowing down And then putting on you know putting on the feed bag or not. There's just more important things Oh barbara I need to get a job to support the Dang gross rebuild from that kid. Okay mama says it's going to be a heck for me My birthday is monday. Happy birthday. My husband is taking me to my favorite restaurant In thursday for Thanksgiving with the in-laws. Okay, we can help you with this I'm going to do what I can to stay close To on track for the holiday plus I'm a picky eater So there are a lot of Thanksgiving foods that I'm not Okay, so you're going to your favorite restaurant for your birthday. So then you know the menu Plan ahead pre-track You know plan the day before and the day after to stay on or the at that if your birthday is monday I don't know what your weigh-in day is Use your rollovers It can be done my friend. It totally can be done And I don't know about your in-laws, but you know It's hard. I I know it's hard. I make it sound like it's so easy, but some people it's not You have to do it's right for you in life Susie, yes, you have to do it's right for you because you know You know why you have to do it's right for you because nobody else is going to do it I mean, we'd like to think that well steve will do just about anything for me But um, it's okay barbara. Everything's good. I'm just trying to make a point. You know what? I mean, it's like there's there's bigger things in the world to worry about than Then food or what someone eats And it's not all about food patty and drink or ten. Well, I gotta be honest Family is the most important not the food or maybe in situations like mine, you know, it's not necessarily I'm not always surrounded by family on Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a weird thing in my family. I mean, I don't get into it Friends, it's whoever you choose that is your family. Let's put friends. Whoever you're with whatever the day is about Um, I've had Thanksgiving With all of his other grandparents. I've had Thanksgiving at restaurants I've had Thanksgiving in mammoth on ski slopes. I've had Thanksgiving in Canberra I've had many Thanksgiving at Disneyland and it's about the day It's not and you know what? I want to ask you guys something who who worry about um, and use your weeklies. There you go stockpile them Let me ask you something if you host Thanksgiving and I want an honest answer Your host is to Thanksgiving Are you standing in the kitchen around the corner eyeballing just what everybody's eating and taking notes? Well, uncle bob, he didn't eat this. He did eat that I mean Does anybody really care? My mother-in-law knows I'm on white waters and she has been very supportive There you go. Then you're good. Your birthday is going to be good. Thanksgiving is going to be good It's going to be an awesome week. Hell no, right patty. Hell no I mean, it's just ridiculous And the kids love time with their cousins Yeah, that's what I remember um Yeah, thanksgiving I remember I was 10 and I've told the story before but my my my great aunt who is also my godmother My tia Anita I remember I love pumpkin pie man. I love pumpkin pie And I was a chunky kid. I mean I wasn't out of control or anything and I remember once I was coming around the corner with my piece of pumpkin pie and I was so excited because The only time we ever had pumpkin pie was at Thanksgiving. We didn't have things Christmas And she said oh Anita Uh, are you gonna eat that whole piece of pumpkin pie? And I mean I was tan you guys and I still remember the look in her eyes and the look on her face and the disapproval When she said it and I remember I think I just took it and I just set it down somewhere And and my 10 year old heart is still broken over that, you know, it's just like Come on. It's it's just just enjoy for one day. What do what you're gonna do or don't do what you're gonna do more importantly Our holidays have at least 40 plus people No one is watching what each other eats just hoping the favorite dish doesn't go empty before they get to it Charlene that's beautiful. I mean that that's super beautiful It's super beautiful I wish I could put that somewhere on all the facebook pages that I don't go to anymore I just can't take all the ladies scrapping over the dumbest things. I don't know Anybody who's been doing this the same amount of times I have you guys know It's the same stuff over and over and over and you should the food police No food police That's super beautiful. I love that But um, yeah, so, you know that kind of ruined every, you know, and then and then I had I had to I'm telling this because it's funny my um I have one, you know, there's always one defunct sibling in the family I'm the oldest and then I have my sister christie and then I have a younger sister who shall go and named and every Thanksgiving She and and My mom had this. I mean my mom decorated for Thanksgiving like I mean, she outdid Martha Stewart every year. I mean beautiful beautiful tables and food and everything And she would allow my sister to bring a different guy home Everything's giving and they get slashed and then, you know And we all had to sit there and pretend like it was okay So that we wouldn't upset my mom, you know, I mean we all hated the whole thing But mom put on this beautiful shebang and show and everything but we weren't allowed to say anything Because then, you know, we would ripple the waters. Meanwhile, my sister and her wife running god bless tiny Tim and it was like, oh my god Because somebody just get them out of here That's why I don't like Thanksgiving Oh, it was something else Lou, you know, no idea Because as much as I talk about how I enjoy my cocktails from time to time I'm not that person that does it with the family and then they got to go sit me in a Aluminum webbed chair in the backyard in the corner by myself, so I don't embarrass myself But yeah, my sister would stand up and she would just like We're not a religious family. I mean, I've never prayed with my family a day my wife with Oliver, but not my folks and Oh, and she didn't just stand up and I'm so grateful for Nina. I just love Anita I mean, we couldn't hate each other more if we wanted to And then, you know, whatever boyfriend she had at the time was like sitting there trying to hold his head up And my mom's sitting at the end of the table with a huge smile on her face because the whole family was there together But usually the funny part is My mom would get up at four o'clock in the morning Get that bird ready But she had that bottle of brute sitting right next to her on the counter And then she'd nap all day till it was time to pull the bird out Maybe we should have been spending our thanksgivings at bitty ford No, I'm I'm I'm embellishing you guys, of course, because if you tell them regular Maybe I'm not but Thanksgivings were just always an issue But it doesn't have to be And especially the new weight watchers if there's new weight any new weight watchers here. I doubt it um Don't let's not take it so seriously. Let's not let it ruin our our holidays. Let's not let it ruin our time with the people that we love um, I haven't Is anybody else listening to this? I haven't made thanksgiving and Since I've been with steve we've done one of two things Either we've gone to disneyland or him and eric have made thanksgiving already by the premade ones Yep jail and especially oh, I keep biting my lip, especially, you know, how you feeling, honey How you doing are you moving around? Okay I know lu and you know what it's it came to a point in my family where um I put up with so much for so long and I finally went man I can I can pick my friends, but I can't pick my family and would would I choose to spend time with these people being treated Like this. No, I'm just sorry. They took me so long to realize it 4,000 For 4,000 steps. That's fabulous I went out and how many steps did I get in the rain? I don't know. I took my thing off because my band bugs me Barbara, are you still here if you are I'm curious to know what you do for Thanksgiving. I bet it's a beautiful Thanksgiving I got a 8,000 just a few more So anyways, I just wanted to pop on and see how everybody was doing My husband turk cooks turkey on Weber grill. I haven't cooked in 20 years right on That's fabulous You get released on Friday This Friday after tomorrow I'm looking forward to rain. I should have a loss. I hope Oh my goodness If I can get all of her up and out of here. Oh, I need to go get him in pretty soon and I wonder if it's raining I I do appreciate you guys the 32 of you that come in and you come over here and talk to me um Love's mama. We're here for any help that you need these girls And we're all ladies of all different ages, but I'm always going to call those girls We have so many good ideas and advice. You just need to come and ask and we're happy to help. We do we do got this jail I mean come on now if any of us have anything it's this all right I wish you guys could see my kitchen right now. It's a disaster area. Oh, but you know what I made today I made kates creamy salsa chicken In the crock pot and I can't wait to have that for dinner tonight All right, well, I'm gonna cut out a dodge because I just realized that all of her can't walk home I have to go pick them up because it's raining And I always just get down here and babble about nothing it to anybody I keep biting my lip to anybody who Saw this or is going to see it later And in my little family anecdotes. They aren't meant to it's only one meal girls Listen to snooze listen to her. She knows what she's talking about Janet it's always fun with you guys um Oh any but my family anecdotes they are made to give you a google they are not made to have you go Pearls clutch poor nato family I grew up in and you know, it's kind of fun It's it's fun to talk about I have I have a lot of very good interesting stories Actually, I have one more story. I want to tell you Susie if you're still here. I want you to hear this one Barbara stay hanging on for one minute So this one sister of mine She's the youngest and she's you know, and um She she tried to She just made my life miserable One day she told me um That she had all my diaries that when we moved when my first husband and I moved She got ahold of my diaries And that she read my diaries and these were all my diaries from when I was like 13 to at the time. I don't know late 20s early 30s And I lived a very colorful life Okay, I had a lot of fun And I wrote down all that fun And she told me she's mad at me for something and she said she lived three houses down for me. She said I'm gonna give uh my first husband I'm gonna give him your diaries and let him see just what he married And at the time, you know, you're still young and you're still worried about what people think about you whether they're married to you or not No, just give me my diaries. No, I'm not giving them to you. Not me. This is all over the phone So finally I walked down to her house She was dumb enough to open the door and I said Sam Just give me my diaries. Let me have them and I'm out of here. She's like, no I'm gonna give it to him tonight. He's gonna read all about you. He's gonna know all about your past That's just too bad for you, isn't it? And I'm and I said like five times I don't want to fight because we've been fighting our whole lives Well, I happened to be standing next to her. What are the sides her sideboard? She had a very nice collection of antiques And I picked up one of her antique teacups and I said Sam Give me my diaries. I'm gonna break this teacup She said no, I smashed it on the floor And then I picked up the next biggest thing and I said give me my diaries Nope, I'm giving it to him the minute he gets home out there in a box Took it smashed it on the floor. I mean she had some nice antiques We got to like the sixth thing That I smashed against the wall into hundreds of itty-bitty pieces until she finally copped to saying She didn't have my diaries. She was just trying to upset me I mean, that's the kind of person we're talking about. This is the same one who had come home in Thanksgiving with a different guy Not too bright. No, but Jessica, seriously though, who was the not so bright one? It was me for not realizing it because I dealt with this behavior our whole lives No, Barbara. No, no, never Never I won't even go to her funeral when she passes away um, it was just it was She tormented me my whole life and I let her and and I knew that she couldn't have had my Diaries, but I couldn't figure out where exactly they were. So I let her scare me And to this day it goes on and she's mentally ill and um, no And I get a lot of flak from people, but she's your sister. It doesn't matter that she's my sister I didn't choose for her to be my sister I don't speak to my only sibling haven't talked to her since shortly after my mom died Well, then Lou you get it And I bet you probably get people like me who are like the old but it's your brother or it's your sister It doesn't matter. She tormented me for 30 years Before that brandy Oh, yeah, there's lots of things that had to do with her mentally toxic with a tea Lou That's the only word And you know when I hear myself telling you guys the story some of you probably go wow, what the hell lady You're breaking your sister's antiques. It was the only way to get through to her And you know some some families just aren't Maybe like yours, you know, maybe you have you see I have friends who they're all three sisters and they're just love each other so much and You know, Steve and his family What did Sue say? No, you have to keep unhealthy people arms distance or further and and I haven't I haven't been healthier since I have chosen to do that So I don't even know I got off on that little tangent just because I've had such a weird life because of that We don't know we think my mom dropped her on her head and was afraid to tell us or something But anyways what I was when I started to say is anybody who's watching this now or sees it later these little tidbics and anecdotes weren't made for um I keep biting my lip For sympathy or anything like that. I find them all to be very entertaining And you know, Charlene, you're right. You have to live in one to really get it All right kids, thank you for understanding you guys I'm not I don't worry if you bite me over your house. I'm not gonna break your Unless you blackmail me, which is what she was doing All right, I love you guys. I love you Susie. I love you Lou. I love you all Charlene Thank you for that great bit of advice back there this mama loves any um Advice that you need please come and let us know Barbara remind me about your eyes Before you go get them in because I'm gonna forget because I forget everything because I have to pee So bad right now that my eyeballs are floating in my head, but I didn't want to stop talking all right you guys If I'm not here, oh, I'm gonna post tonight what I ate today And if I don't see you before I'll see you friday at weigh-in. Okay I love you guys. You're the best and this mama. We've got you here. Gotcha