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Hello everyone! I am new to the challenge! I have been off and on (mostly off) MFP for ten (!) years now. I almost always hit my goal and as soon as I stop logging my food and exercise, I gain it all back. Sadly, I have noticed an upward trend in my highest weight with each cycle of "dieting". I am the very definition of yo-yo, lol. I signed up for this challenge because I have hit my goal and I really want to maintain it! Looking forward to meeting you all, my team (unassigned right now), getting started, and learning from each other!2
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good afternoon everyone! it is a beautiful, warm sunny day here today. my daughter says hi to all. she is working at her part time job after school today. both budgie birds are doing well and say cheep, cheep! i went for a short run earlier this morning and i really enjoyed it. i went for a walk a while ago and i feel great! i will be doing some dancing later on. i went to a free drop in art program this morning at the building that is not too far from my building. i like to do things related to arts and crafts whenever i can. have a great day, everyone! take care and stay safe.1
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@Tabatha_Cain .. Wow, it's really coming together for your job. I'm so glad you enjoy the work. I agree with mkksemail, hoping the weather is perfect
@cormierannie both my budgies cheep back. Glad you got in a good run.
The weather her is also very nice. 80 degrees, with only a breeze. I'm re-potting some new plants I bought yesterday.
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Good afternoon folks, a cool rainy/sunny day here, got my exercise and the LTGL all done and accounted for. It's been a quiet day here today, not much going on - too much munching though, gonna have to boot that snackmonsterintothecorner!!
@Tabatha_Cain - woohoo won't be long now and you will be Joe's Mrs!! I am sure you are excited and nervous as well - it's finally arriving and everything seems to be coming together !
@p21usa welcome to the 5% challenge, have you ever been on sparkpeople? Just wondering. I know I was on and off MFP for a few years as well but I did like their tracking but now I am not so crazy about it. I like these challanges as they teach me new ways to manage my food rather then diet - managing food puts me in control MOST of the time, but I do allow for a crazy day here and there, today is one of them, munching everything in sight almost. Good thing it is cherries and apple and less useless carbs... anyway welcome again !!
@everyone hope you have a wonderful day and evening and you get a lot accomplished. I remind myself that success is not always related to a weigh-in scale - sometimes the win is in something else !!
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Good Evening Everyone!
Sorry for being MIA for so long. Had a great trip for TOPS PRD.
My group also spent June 10 evening celebrating my birthday.
Got home June 11 for a couple hours to finish packing and spend some time with Hubby before heading back out for the second leg of my vacation. Baking in preparation for the Harrow fair went more smoothly than any other previous year. On my last day in Harrow went to the park with my cousin and her grandson. I actually played on the equipment and had a great workout doing it. Came home Friday afternoon and chilled. Saturday cut the front lawn and worked on cleaning up the shattered glass from my patio set. Sunday went to church and then continued with the cleanup in the afternoon. Got the back lawn mowed on Monday morning and then got ready and went to my friends for my birthday BBQ with a group of friends. Today was TOPS. Gained only 1 lb over 2 weeks and am happy about that. Actually thought it would be way more. Also had to lead the TOPS meeting as our leader was unable to attend. Came home and did laundry, played a couple games of cards with Hubby and took a 3 hr nap. Hoping to get back into routine soon with life. But trying to do it slowly to not overwhelm myself.
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Hsppybl Birthday,! How fun ππ₯³2
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Good Morning Airport Friends:
I hope you are all doing well this morning. Today I am off work and will be until next Wednesday after my wedding. When I go back I will be married. I am so excited. I cannot wait to be Joe's Mrs. I love him so much. We have a lot to do today. Packing and cleaning the house. We are heading up to Joe's parents to be closer to the venue so we can get stuff set up. Today I have to get my eyebrows waxed and then tomorrow I get my nails done. We have to get all the wedding stuff to his parents and then to the venue for the dress rehearsal. For the dress rehearsal we have about 4 people who are willing to set up the tables while the bridal party actually do the rehearsing. It is going to be great.
@mkksemail - It looks to be sunny and 90F on Saturday. We are excited. The celebration for Juneteenth was a good one.
@p21usa - Welcome. Cannot wait to get to know you. Congrats on hitting your goal. Maintaining can be just as hard from what I hear. Not there yet but close.
@jeanhickokhaley1 - Thank you. I am learning so much at my job. I love it. Thank you right now the weather looks good for the wedding.
@LindieMaeP - I am so nervous and so excited all in one. I have barely ate anything in 2 days. I am hoping that will improve since we are getting closer and things are coming together more.
@CSEGUIN2 - It looks like you had a great time. I hope settling back in won't be too hard for you. Happy belated birthday.
Well it is time for me to get some breakfast. I hope you all have a great day.
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Good morning folks, it is a dreary dark day here today but the sun should come out sometime soon. Right now the temp is 57F feels like 55F - I like the temps, I do not like having to have a light on especially the first day of summer !!! However, there are worse things going on in this world so I will just get on with it!
@Tabatha_Cain, woohoo won't be long now and I hope everything goes off well - looking forward to hearing about it and pictures after the honey moon of course - understandable if you do not comment the day before and day of wedding!!
@CSEGUIN2 - I grew up in Harrow and I remember those fair grounds well. On the corner of KIng St and the street to the fair ground there was a restaurant - I forget what it was called but Arsenals ran it or owned, one or other. On the side of that building there was a mural of a western scene of a family in western dress and a train track off into the distance. My dad did that mural as well as many of the signs that were preent when one drove into the town. Of course now it is a long time since then and many of those signs and things he painted no longer exists. I remember a jolly green giant on the water tower way back when. No idea what is there today. Those were the days of the cannery factory. My favourite restaurant was of course the Covered Wagon and I am sure it is not there today. many many moons ago. Glad the baking for the fair went well. ANd glad you enjoyed your time away!
@everyone hope you are having an awesome woohoo wednesday !!
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Hello happy Wednesday and happy beginning of Summer. Wishing you all a wonderful day.
βIt isnβt the big pleasures that count the most; itβs making a big deal out of the little ones.β
β Jean Webster, American author, 1876-19164 -
good afternoon everyone! it is a beautiful, warm sunny day here today. my daughter says hi to all. both budgie birds are doing well and say cheep, cheep! i did my strength training workout earlier this morning and i really enjoyed it. i went for a walk a while ago and i feel great! i dropped off some extra food to the local food bank box at the grocery store near my place. i like to help others whenever i can. i will be doing some dancing later on. have a great day, everyone! take care and stay safe.1
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Good Evening Everyone!
Today was physio for my shoulder in the morning. It's coming along nicely. I have range of motion back and they extended me to another 3 weeks to work on strength. They're also adding laser therapy to help heal the tare quicker. I am glad as I don't want to do cortisone shots unless absolutely necessary. Had a quick visit with a couple of friends, did dishes, laundry and played cards with Hubby. Dinner is going to be spaghetti squash pasta, ceasar salad and cheese garlic bread. Tomorrow more cleaning and who knows what.2 -
πββοΈ travellers!
Popping my head in to say hello. Reading along, and getting antsy watching the wedding countdown, lol. π2 -
Another 80 degree weather today. Winds have picked up again, but I got outside for a bit anyway.
Hope everyone has a good Thursday!3 -
Nice, @jeanhickokhaley1 !
It's raining every day from Saturday thru the end of the 10-day forecast, so I'll be getting in some outdoor walks today and tmo πππ
ππππ Tabatha excitement! π
Happy Thursday, flyers π©οΈ2 -
good afternoon everyone! it is a mostly sunny day here today. my daughter says hi to all. she is working at her part time job after school today. she is almost finished school for the year. it is now final exam week. both budgie birds are doing well and say cheep, cheep! i went for a short run earlier this morning and i really enjoyed it. i went for a walk a while ago and i feel great! i will be doing some dancing later on. i went and did some art work at the drop in art program that is at my building every thursday morning from 10 am to 12 noon. there is also a bingo game later on this afternoon in my building, have a great day, everyone! take care and stay safe.2
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Happy Thursday, have a great day.
βTrust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.β
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good afternoon everyone
Had a good progress checkup at the eye docs this morning for my retina surgery. I can't do anything strenuous like lift weights etc for 2 more weeks but I do walk & tho I forgot to ask, I have been leisurely spending time in the pool. I don't remember the last time it wasn't already in the triple digits by June, but it's still in the 80's, low 90's. I do see next Thursday on it should be in the triple digits. After my dr appointment I took my dogs to the dog park & walked around an hour so I think I'm going to stay home the rest of the day. I bought some Quaker rice crisps & they're pretty good. I've been eating chocolate for my treat for a long time & am ready to have something different. My weekends aren't much different from the weekends eating wise or otherwise really except we tend to see one of our sons more on weekends when they're off. They're having an open house to sell their house this weekend & we will be bringing our grand dog over here while that's going on. Other than that nothing out of the ordinary has been happening3 -
@Tabatha_Cain ,,, Awww Tabatha may your wedding day be ALL YOU WISH it to be!! Expect some things to go astray, but later on some of it may be humorous or at least survivable!! Nothing goes exactly as planned, but all that counts is the sweet happiness you and Joe have. The wedding is only 1 day out of so many though awww the love you have for each other, with the love of family and friends, PRICELESS!! HAPPY WEDDING DAY!!!
HI TO ALL others!!! We are working so hard behind the scene on recruiting and helping new members. If you are new and confused, that's VERY NORMAL!! Please assured most of us where ,, at first. You'll soon be on your assigned team, a smaller group of 24 to 30 perhaps with at least 2 leaders, other teams have more, who are all happy to happy to assist you. ALSO any OAL is happy to be of assistance, Kaliswalker may be away slightly as she's getting to travel soon, but the rest of us are here. TY TY TY ALL for the chat being so wonderful because of YOU!!3 -
@mkksemail ... We had a lot of rainy days as well, now dry and windy.
Good for you for getting in some walking.
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good morning everyone! it is a mostly cloudy and mild day here today. my daughter says hi to all. both budgie birds are doing well and say cheep, cheep! i did my strength training workout earlier this morning and i really enjoyed it. i went for a walk a while ago and i feel great! i will be doing a lot of dancing later on, as i will be going to an 80's dance party tonight. i plan to do a lot of dancing and have fun! have a great day, everyone! take care and stay safe.1
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Good Evening Everyone!
Yesterday started out very stressful. Discovered we have bed bugs. I hate bed bugs. Have spent yesterday and today steaming furniture and still have lots to do. I can't afford to get rid of it all and start over. But will if I have to. Son was supposed to visit for the weekend but with the situation he won't be coming for a while. At least he is more understanding than I thought he would be. The new tenant upstairs has a male friend that is over every day. Today he decided to come knocking to give me crap that there was 1 pile of dog poop in the yard. I told him that it was raining when the dog was out and had not had a chance to pick it up when the rain had stopped for a few minutes. I also informed him that I would respect that they didn't leave garbage in the yard. He said he'd clean it up then didn't. I am sooooo tired of the new tenant, her kids and male friend.2 -
Happy Wedding day tomorrow @Tabatha_Cain, we here are all very happy for you. Hugs and blessings for years and years of happiness.
@CSEGUIN2 so sorry about your day yesterday. Hugs.
Hope everyone else is having a great Friday and wishing you a fun and happy weekend.
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I typed this for another group, but I thought I'd share it here too π
(Photo = me stalking, then catching!, the UPS truck! π₯³ π€£)
Btw, nice blue sky! π¦π
It's not raining today!! (Rain returns tmo π)
So, I had a crazy morning π€ͺ. First of all, my daughter has fallen in love with her Turkish spice boy, who she met in December, and has traveled to Turkey once a month to visit π.
It's almost impossible for him to get a visa to visit her. He tried in March, he was going to meet my daughter in Barcelona, when Katie (dd) was going to visit my niece who spent a year in Spain teaching English. Murat (spice boy) put on a suit, went to the Embassy for his visa interview, thought he was going to get it, but got denied bc he has no bank account.
(Turkish lira has been in free fall since '20/'21 - their central bank is not independent, and their president dictates monetary policy. Turkey has had massive inflation for years ... 40%, 89%, other crazy numbers. So the Turks keep their money in euros if they can, not in the bank in local liras.)
Anyway! they've decided to marry in a courthouse in Turkey π, and apply for a marriage visa (which can take a yr). Then have a real wedding ceremony next summer. There's a tonnnnnn of paperwork. She has a lawyer here, a lawyer there, they're rounding up all the documents, dotting the i's, crossing the t's ... and then they hit a snag. Her birth certificate needs not just the state seal, but a special type of notarizing that's done by the state, for international purposes, called an apostille.
She requested (she thought) an apostilled birth cert from MA (she was born in Boston), two copies! just in case .... But when it arrived in Turkey, no apostille. π¬
So, she requested overnight delivery if three more copies - the kind that are 'to be apostilled), at $150 each or some ridiculous number. Then found out last night they were 'signature required', and she was going to be at work. So I drive up to her place to meet the UPS truck and sign for it. Got there just after 1p. UPS tried to deliver st 12:28p π©π©π©π¬.
"Oh noeeesss!"
Okay, so she's flying to Turkey tmo, needs to have the thing, so I look around, what to do? Try to call UPS, ofc get the automated "push this number for ..." menu. That's not gonna work! π€
Ok, fine! So, I drive out the driveway, to the downtown, and start looking for the dsm UPS truck. π€£ Drive awhile, down past Bowdoin college, a bit more ... realize I'm too far, not gonna find the truck this way. And I turn around. Three blocks back towards town - π±π³ I see the UPS truck!!! It's stopped, guy in it, hazards on, on the other side of the street!
I turn around, go down side street, try to park - nothing. Pull into a church driveway, and leave it there, blocking the long driveway lol. I figured - it's not Sunday π€·ββοΈ
Trot back up the block, UPS truck still there. Guy inside now, getting pizza and Arizona Tea. So, I casually saunter inside, walk slowly but with a friendly smile π up to the guy, and ask if I could interrupt his lunch. He says ok, and I go through my story. He says, he's not the guy for that area, doesn't know the guy who is, said he might be at lunch now, but doesn't know. I thank him, and pay for his lunch (we're at the register now, lol,). So, he tells me a few places to check. Says he'll be doing pickups, check this place, this place, Bowdoin College mail room, Gelato Fiasco, Cool As A Moose, UPS store on Main St, etc. πππ
I thank him, and off I go. I'm looking ... I'm looking ... see nothing ... drive a bit through Bowdoin campus - nothing. Head down Main St. Looking ... Looking .... O. M. G. there's the truck!!! Other side of the street! Guy in it! By Bank of America!
I make a 'questionably legal' U turn, lol, and follow the guy. He turns down a side street, I follow at a distance, slowly. He pulls over at a Real Estate agent. I park behind him, get out and start to walk towards him ...
... He's talking to himself (no one else around, he doesn't see me yet). He's saying "Uhhhgh I'm so tired!" He rang the bell, door locked and no answer. I speak up - "Hi! I'm sorry you're tired, I hope you don't mind if I bother you .... "
Lol He turns around, smiles at my story, says, "Sure! That's me! I have the letter in my truck. I heard the dogs barking (at dd house), but no answer." π€·ββοΈ
I thank him profusely! Take the letter, send daughter a pic, she's SO happy! Can't believe it! Over the moon!
Okay, now I have to get to Augusta, the State Capitol, to get the thing apostilled. Drive another 45 min north, arrive in plenty of time, a little confusing finding my way through the campus maze of state buildings, but I find it. Only one person in line! Great!
Get to the window, take out all my stuff, the lady at the window gets the lady who does apostilling ... and she can't do it! It's an out of state document. Has to get apostilled in MA! π±π©π
Mumblemumblemumble
Reach daughter on phone after some doing, tell her what's the what. She is obvs disappointed.
But, lawyer in Turkey says they will send over everything they have, get the translation process started, get her appts set for next week (has to get a health exam, and a bunch of other stuff), and hopefully if I can get to MA Monday morning, get the thing apostilled before 11a ET (which is 6p Turkey time), send them an img, hopefully it'll be ok. (Follow up digital img with FedExing physical document.)
So. That was my day. Monday should be interesting! She'll already be in Turkey, so I hope I can get everything done in time. π€
Okay, I was going to post this on the weekly chat, but I feel like there will be a follow-up here on Monday, so imma put it in a new post π
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Good afternoon all, I am afraid my afternoon has not been as interesting as other people's afternoon/day. Anyway - it's 73F feels like 77F yup staying in too hot for me, I prefer the mid 60's that is warm enough for me. Nothing much going on with me either,
@tabatha_Cain I know you won't see this till later but know I wish you the best on your wedding day !!
@CSEGUIN2 did you pick those up from the hotel ? I know some hotels have bb very very bad and does not take much to bring em home. May I suggest you use Diatomaceous Ear food grade, aka etible dirt - it's actually silica and it will "dry out" the bedbugs, anything you can squish and squash will dry out and be gone. You can get it at a pet store - but do research first to maksuer it wont' hurt you or your family... I used it for another kind of insect that was stinging me 24/7 even their eggs would sting!! Sorry about the poo poo but these things happen, did one of their kids step in it and then dragged it in the house ? Is he a tennant or visitor - if he's a visitor, perhaps direct him to where he should direct his complaint AS a visitor.
@mkksemail wow what a day for you - but what is " a spice boy" ?? Turkey? which is Turkiye as they changed that a while ago Just had friend some back from there, I hope your daughter is in a safe place, has she been there before ? Hard to say how that will work out.... Anyway, try and have a good night and rest if you can after all that !!
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Hi all, I'm new here. But I think a handful of people may remember me from SparkPeople. Username there was puppybug. Been a while since I've done one of these challenges! I'm so excited to have found y'all!3
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Enjoy your 80s dance party, Annie!
CSeguin, π¬π¬π¬ ugh so sorry! GL! LindieMae gave you great advice with the diatomaceous earth!! Also, get bedbug/dust mite proof encasements for your bedding - mattress, box spring, pillows, duvet, all of it. Fingers crossed for you π€
LindieMae, lol "spice boy" is just a cute name I'd taken to calling him, he works at the Spice Bazaar π. And yes, you're right, Turkiye πΉπ·. Altho, I have to work hard to type that, my autocorrect 'fixed' it back to the old way twice π€ͺ. She met him last November, on a 3-week trip to Egypt and πΉπ·. She's gone back every month since. π.
Hi, lj/puppybug, nice to "e-meetcha"!
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@mkksemail Crazy day. The things we do for our kids. Your a wonderful mom!3
