20 pounds by Easter challenge
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SeeAhtter787 wrote: »@tenpets I go back to see the doc on June 12. I leave on the 10th on the Alaska ferry and we will arrive in Seattle on the 12th. We will be leaving Seattle June 13 to come home arriving home on June 15. It takes 36 hours by ferry to get there and another 36 hours back. It will be A nice relaxing "vacation
Esther
My hubby goes to the doctor in Seattle, too, but for us it is a 90 minute drive followed by a 35 minute ferry ride.....your adventure sounds like fun in an odd way....when we go places around here we remind ourselves that many people who are on the road or ferry with us are on vacation and have been planning and saving for a long time to get here.
Barbie
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Happy Sunday everyone So sorry I have been MIA the past couple of weeks but life keeps throwing me curveballs. I did finally get on a roofers schedule but only if I did the roof repairs myself, so I have been hanging off the second story roof since last Sunday tearing off the roofing, tearing off and replacing 10 sheets of plywood and repairing a couple areas of understructure. So glad it is done and the new roof is 3/4's on as of yesterday. Yay!! What a journey that dang roof has been
So very happy and proud of you Esther!! Are you by chance going through the UW Medical Center or Swedish?? They are both terrific!
So glad everyone is doing well.. Marie... How exciting your new Vegan diet is making you feel so much better! Ray.. I am sorry about the house, but I learned a long time ago that just means there is something even better in store for you!! Great job on the size 10 jeans!!!!! Vicki... So happy for your recent loss!! Can't wait until I am only a pound from goal!!! Nancy... I know how it feels to work your patoot off and see the scale go the opposite direction 
. I was up4 at one point this past week and my hands were so swollen from all the exertion and hammering... I was also just dog tired and a day or so later I showed one whole pound down finally!! It will catch up to you too!!!
Well, my one pound loss over these past three weeks was truly exciting instead of the half pound every2-3 weeks I have been experiencing. This puts me at 3 pounds since the start of the July4th challenge, but down 25 total since December. We may not be setting any records, but we're sticking with it and that's what matters
Hope everyone enjoys the long weekend. I am off to do some more painting and yard work today
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Hope everyone is having a great Sunday.
I am being lazy today. No big plans for the holiday.
Tami, Wow you are something else!!! Can't imagine hanging off a two story roof, that takes a lot of guts!!!
So glad you are finished and safe. I certainly understand the swollen hands, I had that too.
Nancy
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Hope everyone is having a great Sunday.
I am being lazy today. No big plans for the holiday.
Tami, Wow you are something else!!! Can't imagine hanging off a two story roof, that takes a lot of guts!!!
So glad you are finished and are safe. I certainly understand the swollen hands, I had that too.
Nancy
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I have to agree I couldn't hang off a roof much less climb the ladder to get there!!! You go girl!0
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Tami, you're awesome. I'm with the others, no way would you catch me hanging off a roof! And you're right about the house. We've moved on, and have a perspective house we'll probably be making an offer on.
Becky, I bet you'll be at a size 10 in no time. I would imagine the smallest size I could ever be is 6-8, I have a good set of hip bones on me. I had sort of a realization thought the other day, and then it started happening this weekend. I thought, what if in the process of losing all this weight so as to fit into all these smaller sized clothes I have, the smaller sizes end up being too big? And then I still won't have any clothes that fit! Well, yesterday I was going to wear this button-up shirt that I wore on my first date with my husband 6+ years ago, and it was way too big to wear. It is a Large though. And then today I decided to try on this pastel pink pair of jeans I've had for a long time that have always been tight, and I had to wear a belt with them because now they're a little too big. So I'm definitely a Medium now, heading toward Small-Medium. Oh. My. Gosh. I've never been a size Small, that'll be so cool and weird! Haha. I also had to start wearing my wedding ring on my middle finger today, because it's actually started falling off my ring finger now. My ring size is 5, which is pretty small, and I didn't think my fingers would get any smaller. I've always had very slender fingers. I guess I'd been kidding myself more than I thought with my previous weight. I've had a hard enough time with rings never coming in a size smaller than 6(costume jewelry), no way am I going to be able to find a 4.5 in a store!
Marie, your butter bean breakfast sounds so good! I love beans. Butter beans and garbanzo beans are probably the top 2 on my list.
I can tell your weekend has been a blast!SeeAhtter787 wrote: »Yes. Moonshine and homemade amaretto.
Shirley, I love deviled eggs, and made with avocado sounds amazing! I so look forward to my Easter lunch at my in-laws, because I know I can count on deviled eggs. And now I really want some right now.
Thank you all for the compliments and encouragement. I'm still so very happy to be a part of this bunch.
Today was my rest day. I think the only real reason I took it was because I needed the extra time for school work. The upcoming week is my last week of the 1st quarter, and then we get almost 2 weeks off before starting the 2nd quarter. I spent 4 hours sitting at Starbucks today working on assignments, and around 4 1/2 hours doing the same thing yesterday. Luckily there is no school tomorrow for Memorial Day, so I'll be doing the same thing tomorrow. I have a final test for my computer class on Tuesday, so I need to study for that as well. And on Thursday I have a one-on-one PowerPoint presentation to give to my instructor. I'm not very confident on my work, but hopefully I'll get a good grade. I really want to get all A's in each class, a great GPA is very important to me. My goal is to be in the National Technical Honor Society when I graduate. I want to have that purple sash on! I hope all goes really well, I'm starting to feel the pressure for sure.
The weekend after next I should be having a yard sale with my sister at her house. I hope we have a very successful one. She always does pretty well, since she usually has a lot of H&B to sell. I still have a whole corner of yard sale stuff in our storage unit from last year, I need it to sell this year. My husband and I are into dumpster diving(he does the diving), so we've been collecting some good yard sale items the last few weeks. You wouldn't believe some of the things people throw out. We've found so many really nice items. My favorite find is jewelry, I've gotten some cute and pretty earrings and necklaces from it. Some of our favorite or most used dishes have come from a garbage bag. We got a brand new laptop/messenger bag a couple nights ago that retails for $60. The laptop I'm typing on right now was a throw away. It just needed a new hard drive. It's a ThinkPad with a fully swiveling screen, it's pretty cool. And I got an authentic snake skin Liz Claborne belt yesterday. Some people might think it's crazy, but we get really excited over it and have found so many cool things. Oh yeah, we also found a solid gold ring once. Of course we always follow the laws when we scavenge. Some places are off limits.
I hope everyone has a successful Monday!
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lovesretirement wrote: »@SeeAhtter787 I hope you and your hubby have a "rip-roaring" good time showing each other what you both have been missing!!
Esther oh a second honeymoon, how exciting. Jerry and had us one on our 50 th Anniversary whoopee. Went to a casino and spent the weekend there. Have a great time.
marieeyegirl777va wrote: »Esther, Don't get into too much trouble. That moonshine might make you do strange things!!!
Have fun
Nancy
We had a BLAST!!!!!!! And what happened on the island......stays on the island.......
Esther
Sorry I didn't post last night. I posted on my newsfeed and that was difficult enough. 0 -
I bet she already got it plan She is not a senior like some of us are.
Marie
We had a rip-roaring plan. It was to "spread hate and discontent among the masses". The wedding was great. One of our friends made a ball and chain for the groom. The friend locked it on the grooms ankle and gave the bride the key. It had the date and welcome to the club written on the shackle. Then after the reception we had a bonfire. And moonshine. Don't worry. I have to catch a ferry at 7 am so I was a driver
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@Sandcastles61 I am going to Swedish. I see Dr Toomey. I know 4 people at home who are seeing him too.
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Good morning, losers!
Happy Memorial Day! As we honor our nation's fallen heroes, I hope you and yours have a wonderful day. I am headed out to the gym for Aquazumba and will check back later. Stay strong!
Connie0 -
I see lots of post here this morning. Will have to come back when I can focus my eyes better. I did get on the scales this morning and show a 2 lb loss almost back to my Easter weight Yay. These beans are paying off. Once I get my confident on this plan there will be no stopping me. Something I have not had in a long long time. See you later guys
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That sounds like such a blast! I love your plan, lol!SeeAhtter787 wrote: »We had a rip-roaring plan. It was to "spread hate and discontent among the masses". The wedding was great. One of our friends made a ball and chain for the groom. The friend locked it on the grooms ankle and gave the bride the key. It had the date and welcome to the club written on the shackle. Then after the reception we had a bonfire. And moonshine. Don't worry. I have to catch a ferry at 7 am so I was a driver
Esther
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Marie, that's so exciting!! Your new plan really is working great!0
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Yes Ray I am very please with it I have been hunting for 7 years for something thar would work for me I am so happy
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Marie..I am sooo happy for your loss! As you have said many times, we can never give up the fight! I have been gradually upping my calories over the last several days to prepare for my big upward plunge next Monday. The good news is that despite the climb and 2,000 calories Saturday, I have not gained any weight yet.
Connie0 -
hi everyone,
just trying to take a little bit of a mental break from food thinking this weekend. i am going to do a decent cheat tonight to see if it helps me boost the old metabolism a bit. i keep saying I'm going to do it, and then don't:( i ave pre logged what i think i may eat, although I'm sure it will be a little different. i am going to try and stay away from sugar as it is a problem for me:( we are going to a buffet BBQ at our club. there should be some good choices.
marie, sounds great about new food plan
connie, i looked at your diary and it looks good!! proud of you for trying something new!! it can be so hard to give up what had been working.
rachel, way to go on the loss. you are almost there, if only i was 20 years younger:) how tall are you? i am 5'6 and shooting for 130
ester, you are a little devil!! hope you had a blast with the hubby. it can be challenging with younger kids to keep that spark and get some alone time. it is very important.
tami, my my are you handy!! i don't think i would be capable of roof work!!
shirley and nancy, hope all is well with you!!
check in later!! happy memorial day!!
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A bad storm is on its way here getting out dark I guess it will head up Nancy way. All we need is moe rain. What a terrible late spring. Kathy is planning on Kylee second birthday party this coming Saturday and it is suppose to rain all week I have not learn how to post pictures on the I pad yet . Lots I got to learn yet. Storm here now
See you late
Marie
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Marie - don't worry about not posting pictures, I still can't copy and paste on this table. Too touchy and no patience.
Stay safe I heard about all rain and flooding in Texas. So happy you have found an eating plan that works for you.
Ray - You are doing amazing on losing. My hubby is away and I will play at night with snacks I probably
shouldn't have. I did get my Yoga in and I was going to walk but it started raining again.
I did pretty good all day. You will be in those smaller sizes before you know it.
Connie - At least you are not gaining, I hope this increase works for you. I would be scared to increase
my calories so high. I try not to go over 1400.
Esther - Good luck on the doc apt. and your surgery. Fingers crossed.
I have started the last two weeks with Level 2 Yoga and it is getting harder but I will not give up. Sometimes
my body doesn't want to bend in that position.
Yesterday I did 11 miles on my bike and forgot to stretch after and I had a nasty leg cramp last night after falling
asleep on the chair. Will I ever learn.
Hi to everyone else and good luck this week.
Shirley
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A bad storm is on its way here getting out dark I guess it will head up Nancy way. All we need is moe rain. What a terrible late spring. Kathy is planning on Kylee second birthday party this coming Saturday and it is suppose to rain all week I have not learn how to post pictures on the I pad yet . Lots I got to learn yet. Storm here now
See you late
Marie
Marie, It's supposed to get here some time after midnight.
We have had about 6 inches of rain in the last week.
Nancy
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@Shirley61.. After reading and researching , I am convinced I am not eating enough for my activity level and my body is holding on for dear life. The only way to test it, is to eat more to find the right caloric intake for me. I'm in for the long haul.0
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Have been at hospital a big part of the day. Our son had a serious accident with table saw yesterday!!!
He cut his thumb really bad on the table saw and then went inside, passed out, hitting the wall as he fell breaking thru the sheet rock
and hitting the electrical outlet with his face and head. It just peeled back his scalp from the eye to the middle of his head.
He doesn't remember much about it but did dial 911 at some point. He was in surgery for several hours last night as they
repaired the wounds. He will be ok but is in a lot of pain right now.
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eyegirl777va wrote: »Have been at hospital a big part of the day. Our son had a serious accident with table saw yesterday!!!
He cut his thumb really bad on the table saw and then went inside, passed out, hitting the wall as he fell breaking thru the sheet rock
and hitting the electrical outlet with his face and head. It just peeled back his scalp from the eye to the middle of his head.
He doesn't remember much about it but did dial 911 at some point. He was in surgery for several hours last night as they
repaired the wounds. He will be ok but is in a lot of pain right now.
Nancy
Oh Nancy. Will keep your son in my prayers. Wishing him the best for a speedy recovery.0 -
So sorry to hear about your son, Nancy. You and yours are in my thoughts and prayers!0
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omg nancy, thank god he is going to be ok!! what a crazy accident:( it is awful when they are in pain but at least you know he will be ok. my thoughts are with you and your family.
stephanie0 -
Thanks, Connie, Vicky and Steph. Your thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated.
Nancy0 -
Oh my Nancy! That sounds like a horrible freak accident! I hope they can get his pain under control soon.
Ruthie0 -
Nancy-So sorry to hear about your sons accident, it sounds terrible, I will keep you all in my prayers. I hope he has a speedy recovery. Janice0
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Nancy, that's insane! I'm so glad he is going to recover ok, it's amazing that he thought and was able to call 911. You all are in my thoughts, I hope the doctors are able to numb his pain.0
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Nancy........ So sorry to hear about your son. Luckily he wasn't zapped when he hit the electrical outlet.
I had a really nice relaxing day today after this weekend. I haven't laughed that much in a long time. We had a blast. Today I sat out on the porch of a friends house while our kids played together enjoying the sunshine.
But I can't wait to get back into the swing of things
Happy Memorial Day. And thanks to all who have served our country.
Esther0
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