20 pounds by Easter challenge
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Hi everybody.
@slw19 The plan I am on is eat whatever I want but stay under calories. I have been swimming my butt off (literally).
And I rarely eat back me exercise calories.
@CALIECAT Sorry to be laughing but in today's newspaper on the front page the headline reads Ketchikan ready to set dry record for May. We have had .68 inches of rain this month!!!!!!! The existing record dry is 2.12 inches. And 3 pages later there is a big article about Texas rivers likely high until July.
@Sandcastles61 Yes that was one of the costumes I had to work on. In order to get the length she had to get a size bigger. I had to shrink the top around without interfering with the fullness of the skirt because she had to spin and it had to act right during the spin.
And thank you ladies for the compliments. They sure are a confidence builder.
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Marie-It is amazing that you have missed all of the flooding. I was concerned for you and your family. I hope it ends soon, its been crazy there. Congratulations on the 5lb. loss, sounds like the scale is moving in the right direction, with your vegan diet.
Nancy-So glad to hear your son, Tony is home, I hope he has a speedy recovery. The frames are really nice, my husband is a trim carpenter and I am going to see if he will make me a frame. You are pretty handy yourself making those frames.
Italy- Your daughter is really pretty, it looks like she is an amazing dancer, she appears to have been dancing for years.
Barbie-We planted several tomatoe plants about 3 1/2 weeks ago and they are really growing fast, we have had rain alittle bit everyday it seems for the past week. What kind of seeds did you plant?
Rachel-Hallmark sounds like a very low pace job, perfect for you going to school. If you want $9.00 an hour, tell them thats what you need to start.
Esther-Thats great that you treated yourself for your big accomplishment. It sounds like your taste buds have changed since starting this journey. Now I am hungry for something sweet.
Connie-Looks like another busy day for you, hopefully you'll see a good loss from changing your calories. Have a nice, restful weekend.
Shirley-Good to hear from you, enjoy yourself boating, with it getting hotter thats the place to be , on the water. Plus with the heat, it makes you not want something heavy on your stomach. I a sure you will lose what your up.
Stephanie-Sorry your feeling under the weather. Thank goodness you work at home, feel better soon.
Tami-I will be praying for your friends recovery. It seems like your 2nd prayer wish, is about to come true, they sounds really interested since they called you and they have lived there, sounds like you have a buyer. I hope your stress level reduces, I have felt stressed out the last month, and its getting old. Thank you for the compliment, also, my grandson is a cutie and so sweet, his name is Mason, he will be 6 next month.
I weighed today and I am up .8 from my least of 179.6. I just cant stay out of the 180's yet for good ,but I will soon.They have been the hardest for me to get thru so far. I have been eating less meat,and plan on continuing to do so.
Enjoy your weekend everyone Janice0 -
Janice I would be happy to get in tin the 180's I been in the 190 for 7 years and up to 203. More than I liked to.
We will make it Just wait and see.
Marie
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Thanks Janice!!!
I am not real comfortable using the table saw and especially since Tony's accident. Using a jig to make the cuts makes it a little easier. Only have about 9 more to go.
Hope everyone is doing great. Didn't expect to be out of the loop this week. Staying as close as I can to my eating plan.
Nancy
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Connie, Stephanie, Marie, Tami, thank you all so much!
Janice, that'll be my plan.
I've decided if they won't do atleast $9 I'll have to turn down their offer. I can get job placement through my school starting at $10 an hour. I have too much retail and customer service experience to be working for less than $9. I do think it will be mostly low pace also, I think it'll be better than other retail environments I've been in before for sure.
Tami, I hope everything goes well for your friend. And I hope your house sells very quickly for you!0 -
Good morning, losers. Happy Saturday!
Glad to see everyone is doing well!
This is rest day for me, and I need it.
Will come back later..gotta get the dog out for his walk before it gets hot.
Stay strong!
Connie0 -
Enjoy your walk with Cooper , Connie I am sure you both will enjoy it. Week end is here. We are in for yet another rainy day. Also Birthday party for my little 2 year old grandaugter.. We will be going out to KathyS house in the country however don.t know if the weather will corperate I see there is a line of heavy storms going thru the area. If we get to go my job is cut out for meStaying out of the cake and ice cream. I can do it can't i? I will do it. My new motto I will not try anymore I will do it Marie 0
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Tami- Prayers are with you in time of crisis. Cancer is an awful disease. We lost my SIL at the age of 66 two years ago to
lung cancer and I just recently lost my best friend from colon cancer last November at the age of 58. So I know how you feel.
Good luck on selling the house, may the house god's be with you. I hope you sell it and move on to other things.
We actually had a scare with my hubby just a few weeks ago. He had a biopsy done and so we were on pins and needles
and found out this week that is negative. He just retired in the end of March. I could see our whole lives flashing in front of us.
He goes back in September and the doctor said it might go away, if not he will take it out out. Such relief. I did alot
of praying too.
On a lighter note I just want to say to Esther, Janice, Rachel, Nancy and of course Marie and Connie I am so glad I kept
coming back to this thread, you ladies are amazing and we will get these pounds off one way or another. I just enjoy
every day reading about your lives and getting to know your families through pictures.
Enjoy your day, make the best of it, life is short and we are only here for a short time so make your journey a good one!
We will be going back to the boat this morning, and my hubby will be working on the auto pilot installing it and I will take a nice
walk for my exercise, it's so beautiful around there, and read my book.
Shirley
Ontario, Canada
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If we get to go my job is cut out for meStaying out of the cake and ice cream. I can do it can't i? I will do it. My new motto I will not try anymore I will do it Marie
Marie, you can do it! Remind yourself that you don't want the cake and ice cream because it's not vegan. And right now you're vegan. Not because of the calories. This helps me out a lot, since I don't eat meat. If I see something tasty like loaded nachos, I think "I'd like to eat some of those, but there's meat on them", and that keeps me away from a lot of high calorie things. You'll do just fine! And try to bring some snacks for yourself. 0 -
Shirley, have a beautiful day! It's sounds so relaxing.
Connie, enjoy your rest day! I hope it doesn't get too hot for you there.
I don't drink coffee every day since my hiatus from working last year, but today it sounded good, so I'm finishing off my big round mug and then I'll get ready for the gym. My hubby is still asleep, he always stays up extra late on weekend nights so he was still up when I went to bed at 1:00 a.m. this morning. (I need to get my schedule in check soon!). I'll need to get him going soon because I think he might be going to the gym with me today. I feel like the brewing coffee should have woken him up like in the commercials, haha. Hopefully we'll get a decent amount of cleaning done today as well. And I'm really hoping for clear, sunny, rain-free days this upcoming weekend. We were supposed to have a yard sale but so much rain is being forecast we don't know if we'll be able to now. And there's so much "stuff" sitting around here for the yard sale, I'm really hoping we can still do it. I want to get this place cleaned up! Especially before school starts again and the new job.
It looks lovely out today, crossing fingers for no more rain!
I hope everyone has a relaxing Saturday! Make it count in one way or another.
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Rachel I did not know you were a vega. Now .i know I am staying on this plan , so I can have an hour glass figure like you. Marie
pS we did not go out to my daughter for Kylee Birthday. Another storm came Thru and did not want to take a chance on a flas flood its is suppose to be rain free so. We will go out there tomorrow0 -
Marie, when I started this journey, one of my first rules for myself was "say no to birthday cake"....since then the only desserts I've had were cake at one of our anniversary dinners and lavender ice cream at the lavender festival Rachel, trying to find a house to buy is an exercise in trusting whatever "higher power" you believe in.....just put one foot in front of the other and stay busy with whatever is next and the right house will come along.....when my first husband and I were looking for our first house at about your age, we would tell each other that the owner of new house was just finishing getting it ready to go on the market and one day, my dad drove by a house at the moment the for sale sign was being put in the yard, we looked at it immediately and fell in love the minute we walked in.
Janice, the seeds I planted are marigold and sunflower and somebody or something ate them...maybe birds, maybe snails or slugs. gotta go, the dogs want to walk. Barbie 0 -
Barbie we did not get to go to the party But I did have me a small bag of cherries and grapes to munch on while they had cake and ice cream the weather was too unstable to go. We will go tomorrow. Weather is suppose to be rain free.
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Barbie we did not get to go to the party But I did have me a small bag of cherries and grapes to munch on while they had cake and ice cream the weather was too unstable to go. We will go tomorrow. Weather is suppose to be rain free.
Marie Marie, sorry you didn't get to go to the party because of the weather.....that was a good plan to have fruit
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@CALIECAT Sorry your weather sounds a lot like southeast Alaska weather. I think the states got flipped upside down. We are having an unseasonably dry May. People are already complaining about a lack of water. Especially those who live outside of city limits and live on water tanks. The have to buy water when it gets dry like this. I was actually dreading trying to lose weight over the summer because we usually have such fluctuations in our weather that one day is nice and the next 5 are raining which makes it hard to get a routine down. I will be praying for you and your family that they stay safe in the storms.
On a different note........my hubby came home yesterday from his fishing trip. He noticed a difference from the weekend at a friends wedding to now. He is leaving again on Monday for two weeks. I am getting excited for him to see me when I come home from the doctors. We will be riding the ferry home with him after I see the doc. I have less than two weeks before the doctors visit. I can't wait. I know my knee is even worse now than it was before. It is more angled the wrong way and my back is bothering me even more because the leg is even shorter now than before
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Hi everyone,
Hope you have a great weekend going on.
I am glad to say the picture frames are finished and I am so happy about that. I am too old to work in this heat in our garage. We did 20 frames in 3 days.
Hope to have a more normal week coming up.
Hubby's MRI shows a torn meniscus so not sure what course the Dr. will take on this. Will find out Monday.
Have a great rest of the weekend.
Nancy
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Hehe, you're so sweet.Rachel I did not know you were a vega. Now .i know I am staying on this plan , so I can have an hour glass figure like you. Marie I'm actually just vegetarian, so I still eat dairy products. I love your fruit snack you packed, cherries and grapes are my favorites! I'm hoping I can find a good sale on cherries soon.
Barbie, thank you for the advice. I'm starting to remind myself that there's no rush, and we'll have our house at some point. If it's meant to be it will be, right?
I'm sorry about your plants.
Esther, I'm so excited for you to get your new knee! Once you're healed up you're going to be unstoppable! You have the drive and dedication to reach your goal in less time than most. I can't wait to see your success grow and grow.
Nancy, great job finishes those frames so fast! They really are gorgeous. I hope the upcoming week is a relaxing one for you. And I hope your husband mends well.
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Good morning, Losers! Happy Sunday! Marie...I hope you get to go to your daughter's house today, and I know you are sick of rain! We need it over this way. Nancy...I know you are glad the frames are done. Esther..relief for those knees is in sight. Barbie..glad to see you! Ray and Shirley...hope your Saturday was a good one.
I rested yesterday and feel a lot better today. I was really, really worn out.
I ate most of my exercise calories last week so my increase tomorrow won't be so mind-blowing. We will see what this "science experiment" will yield. It has to be better since eating "less" is not getting me anywhere.
I'm headed to church in a few minutes, and I hope all of you have a wonderful, productive, and mindful day.
Connie0 -
We are getting rain today but we need it. It was starting to get dry around here.
Yesterday we spent our time at the boat. Dave was getting the auto pilot ready for the boat and has one more
part to go and then we can use it on our next cruise in June. I relaxed and read my book but I did take
a 50 min walk on the trails.
Ray - Good luck with the garage sale hope the weather is better for you.
Nancy - Wow, 20 frames made and they are lovely. Good job.
Esther - Good luck with the doctor on your next visit.
Marie - I hope you get to see the family soon and safe travels with all the flooding down there.
Since its raining and we don't have any plans today I am going to Yoga. A gentle class and they take
donations today.
Have a good day!
Shirley0 -
Hello, friends! Sorry to have been mia, but we've been busy almost nonstop with work, clinical, gardening, and the new pond build! Hoping I remember to weigh in tomorrow. I see 63 posts I've missed! I need to do lots of catching up soon. I miss you all and hope you're doing GREAT. ☺☺☺
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Connie, I hope you have a relaxing Sunday! I'm excited to see what your experiment brings you. I think we'd all be jumping up and down if you started seeing results like Marie's!
Shirley, thank you! We need luck with this weather! I've been monitoring the forecast, and I was thinking we'd probably be cleared for Saturday and Sunday, because there was only a 20% chance for rain, but a 50% chance for rain on Friday. Today I checked and now it's 20% chance for rain on Friday, 50% chance on Saturday, and 20% chance on Sunday! It needs to decide! Haha. We'll make a decision on Tuesday or Wednesday as to whether we'll tempt fate or not.
Becky, you've been busy for sure! I'd imagine you'll see a loss for your weigh in with all that activity!
I'm sitting out on the balcony with my coffee today. Today is my rest day so I'll try to stay out of the gym. I need to get two final homework assignments submitted today(tomorrow is my last class for this quarter, group presentation!), and I need to finish up house cleaning today. We got half of it knocked out yesterday, I just need to get the bathrooms and bedroom clean today, and do a few loads of laundry. That should keep me pretty well occupied.
I'm so excited to get back in the gym tomorrow, after taking a couple progress pictures yesterday I got pretty motivated to finish this fight! I can't believe I'm to the point of posting belly pictures on a fitness website, but I figure seeing that picture every day will give me an extra push to make it even better! I have decided I want to gift myself my goal weight for my birthday, so I'll need to drop the last 9 lbs. in the next 7 weeks. I think that's pretty doable, we'll see! I know just getting into the 130's will blow my mind, haha. I credit a lot of my recent body changes to my starting to jog/run. I think it's made a great difference.
I'm going to put together some before-and-after shots soon. I looked at my first "before" photos I took back in February(3 weeks after starting my journey), and it's pretty awesome in my eyes. I had no idea I was so big and I had no idea some things had gotten so much smaller. I can't wait to post those side by side.
I hope everyone has a beautiful Sunday. And remember, hard work and dedication pays off!
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@rayw89 I'll be jumping up and down if I get Marie's results, too!
There are only 5 weeks left in the July challenge, and folks are moving right along over there! It really went by quickly. The reporting dates are June 30-July 3...save the date! Our own Rachel will be the numbers cruncher!
Connie0 -
Howdy - I am on one of my old computers so do not know how long this will work....but for now I am at least not having to use my iPad.
typed by Alice - hi all!0 -
I'm excited to see the results! I'll need to go back to the beginning and see what my starting number was the for July challenge, I can't remember. I haven't been over to the 4th of July board in a while, I've just been over here with you all. I feel like I get all the important stuff from over here though. But I think I'll go poke my head in for a minute.
After I've totaled all the lbs. lost, I think I'll find a comparison picture as to what the equivalent is that everybody's lost(like the equivalent weight of a car, etc.). Visuals really put the impact across. 0 -
Pouring rain today. I took in a Yoga class this morning, it is usually "gentle Yoga" but I worked my butt off and was
sweating. I had a girl next to me probably in her twenties, I don't know how much yoga she does but she was
struggling today. It felt good to see this 66 year old body do yoga and feel good about it and stay grounded.
We had a 10 min meditation afterward but she also took the meditation bench which I usually use and liked it.
I am having my DH make me one to take to class and I think I will talk to the studio owner and see if he can
make some extras and sell them to the gals.
Now catching up on computer and see what the day brings.
Shirley
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Raining here too. Just had a thunderstorm roll thru.
Went to church this morning and was good to get out and see friends.
Don't plan on doing a thing that I don't have to today and tomorrow!!!
Fortunately I am holding steady on the scales.
Have not had time to plan a meal so I just ate whatever was handy and fast.
Will post my weight Tuesday.
I did a big cheat today!!!! I needed some chocolate so I had some chocolate covered peanuts!!!
Plan to be back to 1:1:1 tomorrow. Is anyone else still doing 1:1:1???
Nancy0 -
Surprisingly we haven't gotten any rain here yet. But it's been chilly all day so I think we're going to get some rain over night.
I didn't turn on the TV until a few minutes ago so I got a lot done today. Got all my cleaning done, washed the bed linens, put away laundry, getting ready to hang another load to dry, and put another load in. Going to submit a homework assignment and then get the last one out to do here in a bit. I also pulled out a tote of clothes and tried them all on. I was excited to find my Dicky's work pants from when I was 17, I love those pants and they've held up well, but they're too large in the waist. If I wear a belt with them I'll need to wear a long top because the fabric bunches in front.
My husband had a french fry craving so he ran down to McDonald's a little bit ago to get us some fries. Luckily I've barely eaten all day so a small fry fit into my calories just fine. I still have plenty left and I'm hungry so I'll make a big salad here in a minute. As long as I get my last homework assignment submitted before bed this day will be a complete success! Feels good.
Shirley your yoga sounds wonderful. I love yoga.
Nancy, enjoy not doing a thing you don't have to.
-Rachel0 -
Good morning, losers! Happy Monday! Marie...glad you could use your old computer!
:)Ray.. Your new profile pic looks great! Nancy..I am doing 1:1:1 and trying making sure I have one of each in each meal/snack. Scale is holding for me, too.
I had a relaxing Sunday, and my body feels rested today. I exercised at home this morning for a change...45 minutes of aerobics. I start with a lot more calories today. I slowly increased some last week when I ate most of my exercise calories. I am also measuring, weighing, and logging carefully. Decided to use MFP's goal settings. For an active person of my weight to lose 1.5 a week is 2,000 calories with exercise already added in. Yikes!
I'll never know unless I test it out!
Make it a great day, losers!
Stay strong!
Connie0 -
Good Monday
morning misfits, my old computer did not work out so back to my I pad. And it is really taken a toll on my bad eyes.
Had w wonderful day yesterday we saw a lot of the floods east of us. no roads closed tho we did have a hit and run getting on to I 20 . Some guy try to make a 2 way road out of the entrance to the interstate and hit Alice rear view mirrow and damage it. His license plates was too dirt to read it and then coming back home Animal control detour us on the country road we were onager country road. Don' know what happen, but we got back on the interstate and made it back to Interstate and home.
Had a good dinner at a Bbq place.
Have a great day all.
of pinto, boiled cabbage, green beans Chopped pickle onions and cole slaw, ice tea
Have a great day. Marie 0 -
hi everyone,
I had a really busy weekend so I didn't get a chance to post. I have been hanging on to the same weight for a couple of weeks which is a little frustrating! I have a really bad cold also which is not helping:( it is really cold here for june. I am done venting
I ate well all weekend and am off to exercise. sounds like all of you are doing well!! I realize there are only 5 weeks left so I am going to try and make june a better month than may!! hoping for a 5lb loss:)
Stephanie0
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