Hello August!

Me too...just go with the flow this month........ too many trips away to worry about keeping to the plan.....starting tomorrow when we head off up to Scotland for 5 days ........

Jean

August is never my favorite month. Usually too hot. Usually too dry. And I hate the sound of cicadas! That mournful rattle always feels so depressing. :frown:

But, August is the Irish Festival that starts tonight, but I'm not going until tomorrow and then again on Sunday in Dublin, Ohio. I'm leaving work early tomorrow to get there early. It is always a fun time and an event that the entire family enjoys. :drinker:

New play this month for the theater in the park. The Merry Wives of Windsor! Will wait for a beautiful weekend evening. A little wine, a little snack! A beautiful evening! What could be better?

My gym will close for 3 days for annual repairs this month. Will have to find alternatives. Hope it isn't too hot so I can walk outside.

Really tightening my belt this month to save for my vacation the first week in September. Since I had the getaway a couple weeks ago and a week with the family, I hadn't planned to take anymore this year. Consequently I hadn't planned or saved for this, but realized I was going to lose way too many frequent flyer miles, so I ended up not only spending miles on the flight, but to pay for most of the hotel, too. But I do want to have some fun, enjoy some upscale restaurants, etc. I will be packing breakfasts and lunches and not eating out too much. I am looking forward to the trip.

Also, I need to brush up on my French before I go. I'm not very good, but I did take classes a few years ago when I was unable to travel. Thought that learning French would be fun. Of course, I'm not going to France, and I don't know Quebecois, but it will help. I am not a natural when it comes to languages.

Wooken, have fun "pedaling" away.

Jean: I've always wanted to go to Scotland. Hope you have a great time. Nova Scotia is the best I've done! Maybe next UK trip.

Fig: Get some sleep! :yawn:

Hope everyone has a good month!
Charlie

Hey ho, starting a new month is invigorating isn't it? I wonder if anyone uses appetite suppressants? I investigated garcinia cambogia and am going to give it a try. I will let you know how it goes. It will be combined with regular 1240 calorie diet and daily exercise of 60 minutes, lots of water.

August always seems more like the end of a year to me - summer is ending, school is starting, holidays will be coming at me in no time!

It's been a good summer so far as I have really taken a serious approach to improving my health. Just looking forward to enjoying each summer day - getting outside as much as I can.

We have two RV trips planned this month, a weekend getaway mid month and a week in upper Michigan wrapping up on Labor Day. Hopefully I can indulge my yarn addiction a little on each trip, that includes knitting and buying more yarn of course!

Good Morning 60's and Older,

I am officially done with my12hr night shift and can finally get back to my routine. As off 7:30 am I will be on my way home. I'll sleep a little, get up and do some cleaning, take a walk with my hubby, maybe catch some sun. What I love about August is to me it's the winding down of summer. Altho I love summer and hate to see it end. Upstate NY can be dreary late fall and ALL winter.

I'm excited to see what will come as I (hopefully) begin to see success. I'm also praying that my husband starts a new job. He has been out of work since Sept. 2013. We are skating on thin ice about now. No traveling for me for a while.
I'm hoping you all have a great day and I will stop in later!!

Go buy a new gold/silver band with a nice stone in your current size…when that's too big…go buy another gold/silver band with a nice stone..and so on and so on. Just be sure the stones match so all can be reset in your final weight loss "reward ring."

Problem Solved!

Soooo... I told Rick about your suggestion and he busted out laughing. He says, is this the female version of truck and boat buying? 'Honey, I need a smaller ring' then a few months later 'Honey, I need an even smaller ring' :laugh: (those who read my little ditty on the truck adventure will understand that )

Temporarily, I bought a CHEAP (really really cheap - will probably turn my finger green) ring and moved my good set to my right hand, where it feels weird but fits well.

Off to take two more vehicles to the used car dealer. Which has been a total adventure today so far in itself..........

@ Gramanana: Happy Birthday Month!!
@ Ustillcan: Spent the month of May last year poking around Mackinaw City and slowly working our way across the UP over to Duluth MN. What a beautiful part of the world. (Hint: Take LOTS of mosquito repellent!!)
@ Ker95texas: I do remember the truck & boat ditty so if you can't fight 'em…join 'em!

Update to using of Gold Gym Hand Bike

I've worked out for 4-days (15-min sessions) and must say I like it. I sat the hand bike on the desk in front of the computer and krank away while reading or watching a video.
Using NO tension, I am really feeling it across the shoulder or what I call the computer muscles. In a week or so, I'll add a bit of resistance to start building arm muscle to help get rid of that "bye-bye" flesh.
What is bye-bye flesh you ask? It's that loose upper arm skin that keeps waving bye-bye after your hand has stopped.

Have a great Sunday everyone! ~w3

Happy August All: and special 65th birthday wishes Ronna :flowerforyou: After the past several months with MIL's house sale and moving to a retirement residence, I am looking forward to a quiet August! It was a long weekend here, but we decided not to go to the family cottage up north and just rest. Hey, my DH has been around all weekend and I am finally starting to recognize him! His Mother did go up to the cottage with one of her "younger" girlfriends (who still drives) and will return tomorrow rather than fight the long w/e traffic! I have committed to going and helping her organize her new apt. so that she could go to the cottage this past week, rather than fix up her new place, which was fine with me as we could use the welcome break.

As my sister took my Mum for a few days in July, I won't be able to go anywhere this month. My DH's aunt is flying in from out of province for a few weeks now to visit my MIL so DH will be driving them up to the cottage, stay a few days with them (fix a few things) and then return to work for a week. He will then take off a few more days from work and drive up and pick them up. Hopefully, during one of the 3-day visits he will find time to get his laser out for a sail on the lake! The albacore really needs 2 people to sail it, so he bought the laser last year as it is a one-person boat! W3, where are you when I need to insert one of your fun graphics!! He got it out late last year and really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, the cottage is not a good place for my Mum, with her very low vision, walker and hearing issues - the last time she went she fell and broke a bone in her foot - no more of that thank you very much! :grumble: So Mum and I will stay home but that's ok, maybe I will finally find some time and ENERGY to do some tidy and cleanup around our place! I really have let things slip over these past several months, as care of my Mum and helping out with MIL were the priorities.

My best girlfriend is back from her trip to Italy with her DH and daughter so I am looking forward to dinner and a gab with her later this month. :happy: Also, as much as I am dreading it :sad: :sad: I plan to go shopping for a couple (read very few) items of clothing! My really fat clothes look silly on me now (yippee!) but my thinner clothes don't anywhere fit yet. I still need to lose 2 inches on my waist for any of them to even do up, let alone let me breath! Hey, I am not complaining as I am so happy to have lost some weight ( thanks everyone for your encouragement, it really does help, this is way too hard to do alone, don't you think?). Oh, I hate shopping (I missed out on that gene) and I would prefer to not buy any really good clothes just yet, as optimistically, I will lose more weight :drinker: !

I do plan however to try and walk more this month, a challenge for me as exercise and I don't speak the same language, as many of you know

Very dark and noisy outside right now (4:30pm) as a very large thunderstorm is passing overhead, yea, it will water the garden, but will not be nice for those driving home after their long w/e away!

Hope you all have a great August, talk again another time, cheers, Marian

W3, thank you, they are all great, and the 1st from the left is perfect! DH sails with a Tilley hat so it looks just like him! I showed them to him and he laughed happily!

The last one on the far right is perfect for our friend who has a Catalina with portholes, you can sleep on, with kitchen, etc and can be sailed by one person because of all the motorized sail lifts and gps auto pilot!

Thanks for the chuckles, cheers, Marian

Wanda, you are just glowing with family pride. Good for you! I love my 6 sons and each one is different. When they are happy, it means the world to me. I am happy too as we are all in a good spot right now. My Dad is adjusting to loss of eyesight, or rather I am adjusting to his loss of vision. There is nothing I can do about that, but love him anyways.

This first week must be the hardest so if I get through it and meet my goal, it will get easier. It is only the first Monday of August and I weigh 154.4 with my goal for Saturday at 152.6. That is nearly 2 lbs now. Ha! I cannot consistently lose 0.5 lb. Seems unrealistic that I will meet my goal, but I guess I will keep trying. My trend is going down and I will probably reach my goal by my birthday in 2017!

I am doing good on my EXERCISE GOAL of 60 MIN A DAY: Saturday did 40 min, Sunday did 60 min and so far today Monday did 60 min and going to go swim for another 30. Doesn't seem that hard to get 60 min a day in of exercise, but not eating back the calories is tricky somewhat. .

Seriously wondering if there is something wrong with me mentally or what? I exercise and don't lose because I just like to eat when I want to eat, even if it has to be healthy foods. As soon as I start to feel hungry after I exercise, I want to eat. I am trying to spread out calories through the day and that does help some. I also added water-volume fruits and soup to help fill me up. I just am starting to want high calorie dense foods lately and we are talking stuff I don't usually eat, like french fries, chips, and cookies. For now, I am eating fruits and low calorie fudgsicle, granola bar etc. It would all be worth it if I was losing. I guess it is too soon to tell if I am going lose anything this month.

Just hanging in there! Hope you have a good week

Smilesback: 6 sons! You are a superwoman!

Granmanana: Love your craft idea. I love to craft, especially with my granddaughter.

Well, I need to come down from my Irish Fesitval high! Had so much fun! In fact, yesterday afternoon, my daughter and I were dancing up near the stage just like when I was 16! It was hot, too, but it was our favorite band! We danced around some on Saturday night, too. No jigs, we like the celtic rock bands!

Drank only 2 beers each day and tried to find food that wasn't too unhealthy. However, I did have fish and chips for dinner one night.

Need to buckle down and get back on track now. Think I will go back to some early diaries when losing seemed easier and replicate some days. I think at times I have gotten a little too lenient with myself. I just keep landing on these plateaus that seem to get longer and longer.

Hope you all have a great week!
Charlie

Welcome LRinFL. I think you will like it here.

I had a doctor recommend Medifast a couple of years ago to me. Just didn't seem like something I wanted to do. Didn't seem, as you say, "natural." Also, I'm not a huge sweets lover and all that stuff is so sweet!

We have fun here and everyone is so helpful! I love this group!

Charlie

Wanda--I used to be addicted to the scale, but we did a lot of traveling in March and April so I got away from it. When we got back I weighed 2 lbs more than when we left and it hasn't moved since. I now get on the scale about twice a week, Monday and Wednesday morning--scale still hasn't budged an inch. Sorry DH has to work, but enjoy your holiday.

LRinFL--I've never done Medifast, but I did do WeightWatchers. I got discouraged and stopped and put on the weight I'd lost plus 10 more pounds. MFP is a much better place to be--same essential program and I can check in on my own time. Friends are imporant, too, and I have several good ones here. Welcome.

Charlie--we went to hear music, too, on Sunday. A group that we liked years ago was doing a free concert and it was great fun. It would have been better if my granddaughter had been available because she would have danced with me!

Craft project moving slowly along, but it is moving. The pics are cut out, next is the plastic covering, then the embroidering. There are only 8 pics, so there shouldn't be any problem. Too many meals out these days, partly due to running errands and partly just due to laziness. Oh well, go with the flow--LOL

Darn, I have been really messing up with forgetting to log my food :grumble: So thing It goes to day 1 again! At least I am trying to stay on track!! I need to beef up my excercise, I did not lose again last week. ON WARD I GO

Heading back home today - not planning on getting weighed until next Wednesday ... the day before we set off again for another long weekend!!!!

Will read all your news when I get home ..... Scotland has been lovely!

Jean