A relatively quiet week here in that we were able to relax at home. Felt good too, especially since we have two trips coming up this week… another one to Mayo (so Todd can see a specialist about his hip pain – which is caused by extended use of prednisone, and then a trip down south for a small family gathering).

So, with not much to do this week… Todd figured it was a good time to schedule a case of strep throat, lol. That REALLY made it a quiet week.

It wasn’t too bad though, and some medication looks to have cleared it up pretty quickly. Made things easier on the diet too. Was largely a fluid for a few days, so Todd had a pretty good weigh-in.

As for Suzy, she had a solid week and did it the old fashioned way (no sore throat to help out). She was a good girl with all of her rules and was rewarded nicely at the scale.

Some real challenges coming up this week, especially with this couple of days with family. We will have access to a pool though, and plan to take advantage of that. Just need to keep food choices in check. Wish us luck!

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 Friends Update

Carye:  Carye was up 1.9 pounds this week, but she’s okay with that. The prednisone she was on is more than just a little brutal on a diet… as we both know first hand. So the small gain Carye had really was no big deal. In fact, it’s actually pretty good.

Best of all though, Carye is now done with taking prednisone. Happy to hear that! Unfortunately a bad case of stomach flu hit right after that. Hard to catch a break sometime.

Do hope Carye feels better soon and that she can get back into her normal routine… including her daily exercise and diet rules.

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Jean: Jean has had several issues come up recently that she’s had to deal with. Drama at work, a sick family member, a broken dryer, money issues… and more. We all know that there are times when stuff seems to hit all at once, and Jean is definitely going through that right now.

She’s been a pretty good girl though. For the most part she’s followed her rules. A few issues, especially with cussing. Diet rules and taking her meds have largely been on track though, and we’re happy about that. The other rules still count of course, but when stress is high… the core rules become even more of a focus.

Hoping to see Jean before the end of the year too… hopefully the first week of December. So, she has motivation to work at being a good girl.

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Courtney: Didn’t get an update from Courtney this week, but we’ll catch everyone up next week.

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N~ (from Living Domestic Discipline): N~ hasn’t updated her blog in a couple of weeks now. We do hope everything is okay and that we hear from her soon.

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Iggy (from Perceptions From the Edge): Iggy is having a tough time. She’s been sick and been missing work because of it. The missed work means missed pay… which means buying the healthy foods that work for her is a real challenge. We can totally identify with that. The low-cal bread (40 calories a slice) is $2.99, while the regular stuff (80 calories a slice) is about half that much and can often be found on sale for 99 cents. There are LOTS of examples like that. It’s tough!

Beyond that, Iggy’s dad is having a worrisome health crisis. He’s in our thoughts for sure.

With so much going on… Iggy still managed to have a great diet week. She was down 1.4 pounds. Great job and we’re real proud of her. Do hope for some better non-diet news for our friend in the coming week though.

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Good luck to everyone in the coming week.

If you’re interested in the Spanking Diet, we’d like to invite you to check out the Yahoo Spanking Diet Group. It’s a great group. Over 200 members now… lively discussions with lots of encouragement and idea sharing. We’d love to have you!

All you need is a free Yahoo account that lists your ~adult age~ in your *public profile*.

Always feel fee to Email us at ToddnSuzy@yahoo.com too… we always enjoy talking with new like-minded friends.