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TBH? Sounds like an awesome price! And way less than what cccgg's trips have been costing starting "next door" to Italy and ending, well, almost🙀 "next door" to you in Canada!😹2
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Good morning!
Calmer day in the Alla Atki household today? Do hope so!, though “guest” son No. 2 is AWOL… he may or may not turn up!
And especially determind to meet goals and aims for my habits I want to improve/ continue to develop….royally told off for my lack of 🐰🐰🐰’s yesterday & quite rightly so! Especially as I sneaked 3 squares of cute Caramac in there! 🤗
Going hunting as we “speak” … and 100g of deliciously sweet & wet grapes being bolted down….Ravenous this morning! 😬
Beautiful day lifting through the haze here this morning, no footy to go to as tha aforementioned offspring is on a red card with a monetary fine, for some heat of the moment,choice words to the referee last week…. Did I drag that boy up😡
Calls for a day in the garden, greenhouse to winter decluter & fill!
Addendum Not starting well.. took me 5 to get the Wordle this morning!🤨🤪
@lauriekallis .. impressed with speed of booking flights to Romeo…. Window shopping here for trip to Japan & that is not till mid or even late 2023… and son isn’t even there yet to visit 🤣🤣🤣2 -
Morning everyone - it's a beautiful warm sunny day here in the UK so I've been for an 11km walk and a 40km bike ride to get me off to a good start for the weekend. It was glorious whizzing along the lanes just after sunrise - I spotted a few bunnies but they were of the furry variety, glaring at me from the hedgerows for talking about the desirability of increaing my bunny-eating.
Today is day 36 of maintenance and my weight is holding steady (63kg this morning) - I'm still vacillating about whether to push on or enjoy maintenance for a while, but it's looking more likely that I'll plump for another couple of months at maintenance before pushing on to lose my final few kilos in the autumn.
Have a great weekend everyone, whatever plans you have. My weekend involves lots more cycling to take advantage of the lovely weather and - when I'm not out on my own bike - watching the men's and women's Paris-Roubaix cobbled bike races today and tomorrow afternoon. Can't wait!4 -
Getting ready for a hot and stormy Easter. But the coming week looks wonderful!
I love reading PAV’s posts on shopping - for anything. So reminds me of hubby who has to examine all the angles of a purchase ( including groceries). Sales? Cash back? Twofers? Clearance? Senior discount? Buy one get one? Which card to maximize airline fares? 🤯 The agony and what ifs drive me nuts. Hours of indecision and analysis.
It’s not about the money as much as a blood sport or challenge to weasel out the absolute best deal. The pantry is cluttered with odd items that neither of us likes BUT the price was soooo good it couldn’t be passed up. That’s why I no longer shop for groceries unless I can go alone. I tune out when vacation plans are being made because the options go on and on.
I’m with Laurie. If the price is good, stop looking. Book the dang flight and move on.
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Yep, me too. Look, book, forget about it.
And never, ever compare what you paid with the person in the next seat as they’re sure to have found some hen’s teeth never-to-be-repeated deal. Ignorance is bliss.4 -
Wimin🙀
What if that OTHER person gets MY deal???????🐹🐹🐹🤯🤬
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Men! I’ve got less time than money 💰.6
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Today is the day, I can feel it--I am ready to start pushing again! Right in the middle of the most Holy weekend--both Easter and Passover coinciding, and Ramadan also going on as well. I am right in the middle of reading two books--"What to Say When You Talk To Yourself" by Shad Helmstetter and also "With Winning in Mind" by Lanny Bassham--these were recommended to me by two different singing coaches recently, as we get ready for our regional singing competition May 13th and 14th, and they are very motivating. They are oriented towards helping people believe in themselves and make decisions to increase chances of success, and I started reading them to help me with some residual stage fright and negative self-talk, but the words are resonating and can be applied to this weight loss journey as well. And I will be turning 55 June 16th, and have a vacation in San Diego planned for late July and a family reunion at a lake cottage in Michigan in early August--how awesome would it be to reach my goal weight by then! Renewing my resolve, particularly about only choosing to eat when I am actually hungry and listening to my body's cues and noticing the moment I am satisfied and stopping at that point instead of a few bites later. Not letting myself get sidetracked by the sights, smells, and sounds of my husband or others eating snacks when I know I am not hungry. Every day I have plenty of reminders of how well mindful, intuitive eating works, when I put on my new clothes, feel how much easier it is to go up and down stairs or do something simple like cut my toenails or buckle a seatbelt in the car, or when we do something new like these dancing lessons and I can feel how my body fits in a "normal" space. When friends hug me, they can reach around easily now! 22 lbs to go to reach 140, and at that point I will have lost 160 lbs and will be at a healthy body mass index for the first time since I was around 8 years old and already wearing "husky" or "chubby" sizes. I know I can do this, I have already done so much, and the time is now!9
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You’re well on your way Jennifer. Losing 22 lbs. by August might be a bit ambitious but certainly you can continue to lose. Some is better than none!
You’re doing so well and seeing positive results in your daily activities which must be wonderfully motivating. 😁
We’re doing some traditional Easter fun for sharing.
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Did a lot of precooking today, and now I am a tired girl and just sitting down. Today is Girlfriend's birthday, and I got her a pretty cake, and we are going to have presents and eat cake after Doordash delivers her birthday dinner, which is from Jack In The Box. (shrug) You get what you want on your birthday. That's what she wanted. It's okay because I had beef stroganoff which is a favorite of mine, and I ate it and am happy. I'll have a little slice of cake later, but I'll let that be that.6
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Happy celebrating❣️😘1
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I hope you’ve had a healthier day than me! Our best friends came unexpectedly for an impromptu lunch and my husband quickly made some pizza dough and rustled up a couple of pizzas... I ate two large slices...plus as the afternoon unfolded and the booze flowed I had 3 scoops of ice cream, a chocolate biscuit and a hot cross bun. Only good thing is I didn’t have any Doritos and dip, no cheese, no chocolate cake and no beer or wine. Instead I drank zero alcohol gin and slimline tonic at only 6 calories a glass...that saved me a couple of hundred calories.
Ending the day at 2300 calories...so about 400 over maintenance. Could’ve been worse...
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And only my prune bunnies! 🐰🐰5 -
Ugh, today, my hubby keeps asking me if I want some garlic knots, some ribs, and insisted on pouring me a glass of wine for no reason at all. I am choosing to assume that he really doesn't understand how much this derails me, as opposed to thinking that he is intentionally sabotaging my efforts! I tell him I am really focused, but he presents the opportunities so sweetly!3
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The cake was good but MAN was it rich! Rich enough that I keep looking at the box and thinking.....nah.
Got the bread done today and a good start on the laundry before my nap, and now I just have to finish off the laundry and make cashew chicken for dinner, and that's my day done.5 -
Well it’s Easter and a semi feasting day for us. I fell off the 🐇 trail with a bang. Started with deviled eggs and went on to Peeps and on and on. Many goodies later 😳🤭
So I’ll not try to tally the damage and move on to tomorrow.4 -
Family dinner - lamb roast. Lovely 💕2
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Do any of you have to deal with this? Hubby was actually pretty hurtful when I weighed 300 lbs, telling me how unattracted he was to me, and that our lack of intimacy and so on was because of that. He was the food police when I would try to work on weight loss, which was distinctly un-fun. I decided to not allow him to be aware of exactly what my efforts were and just do my own thing, and as you know, have been very successful. He barely has made a comment as I have lost the 140 lbs that I have lost so far, up until recently, when he has finally started saying that he sees and feels a difference. And now, he is sabotaging me, since I weigh right around 160 and he is at 189 (when his healthy weight should be 160). Other than noting that perhaps this is a sign that I need a new husband, any suggestions?5
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Perhaps you can let him know exactly what you’ve written here? Maybe he is unaware of how this is hurtful? Then some counseling might work.2
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Hi @jenniferelizabthwiseman!
I wouldn’t like to pass a judgement about your husband sabbotaging your weightloss or indeed about any issues in your relationship. To me it generally is never clear from the outside. I do suggest that you try to talk to him about your feelings, as in my experience, he need to know how he is making you feel and how he made you feel before you lost the weight. Good luck to a productive conversation 🤍3 -
Thank you--I HAVE tried to make him aware, and we have been in counseling at times. He is autistic, which makes it a little harder because he has a lot of difficulty understanding how his directness and honesty can be perceived. Sometimes I just need to vent, since I know this is how he is, and I need to rely on others for support and validation when he is unable to give it for whatever reason. There are lots of good things about him, but this is one area where he is not the person I can rely on!2
