20 pounds by Easter challenge

Lol Stephanie I thought it was some sort of special diet.

Sonya

First weigh in for me since starting this challenge!

SW:213
Sw in challenge: 163
CW: 161.6

GW: For challenge 143

Down 1.4lbs!

Happy Friday, all! Esther, I hope you are feeling better this morning. Your body must have needed the "rest day" yesterday.

Nancy, you called us right - the Easter Misfits! We're happier here in our own little group

Shirley, I hope all your tests come back ok. We had the snow also, and the day before, it was hailing - this weather is something else. Come on, Spring!

I am still in sticker shock from the meeting at the kitchen remodelers. It was so much more than I imagined, but my husband said we should go ahead, so I guess I'll get to seriously clearing out cupboards and drawers. They will not start till early to mid-July, so you'd think I have time

Marie, you've earned the right to not cook! I love to, but it has gotten strange the past year, what with one son leaving and the other just home occasionally for dinner - I have had to change what and how much I make, and often, it is just easier timewise and on our schedule to eat out somewhere. I just have to be very careful to choose something healthy!

Wishing you all a happy weekend!

Belinda

Good Morning and happy Friday! We are in store for another sunny day here on the east coast and then rain tomorrow.
Hehe Esther after I asked I thought that might be it.
The Cheat would be a fun diet!
Connie you are up and at the gym before I have done very much - great work!
Enjoy the rest Marie. We all need it. Sorry about your neck I know that is very aggravating to deal with.

Will push mow the backyard today after a workout video at home.

As Connie says, "Stay Strong"
Ruthie

Afternoon,

I just put in my weight on the Group thread and it wasn't pretty. I gained 1.4 lbs. and not a happy camper.

I hope next week is better, the evil scale is not cooperating. Although, we did have company last night and
ordered chinese so sodium will be the culprit . I see some of you are doing well.

Feel better Esther and do some laps for me. It was Yoga class this morning and stretched my body.

Marie - My MIL just said to me today that she got rid of her canning jars she will no longer make jam and
chili sauce. She is 89 now.

Have good weekend.

Shirley

Good morning well almost noon. It is a very busy an extremely windy day here in the Ca high desert.

Ester I hope you're feeling better.

Congratulations @dyemysoul and Ellen.

Cristina that sounds beautiful. Some day I want to live on the beach. I love the sound of the water and the birds. I also like the idea of watching the sunset over the water and walks on the beach.

Well I'm happy to report I am back down to my ticker weight.

SW 183
SW 4JC 166.8
CW 164.8
GW 145 well maybe 150

Sonya

I have had the best week for losing in awhile, I lost 3.2 lbs, also I reached another goal of mine, I am now in the 170's, to be exact 179.6, barely in but I'll take it. I hope everyone has a good weekend, and that the scale gods shine on you. Janice

Thank you Marie, its about time.I hope your neck feels better soon.Have a good weekend, we're suppose to have bad storms tommorrow, with hail, and chance for tornados. I will stick near home, I dont want to be out in the middle of it.

It is finally sunny here in the rainforest. And as they say make hay while the sun shines. So we are. And a rolling stone gathers no moss. I aim to stay moss free

Esther

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Marie, I hope you will be safe tonight. Your weather is headed my way.
Nancy

It's coming over to me Saturday.
Stay safe, ladies!

Woo hoo the weekend is here!!!

No movement in scales this week for me which is disappointing considering I went to the gym twice and cycled to work twice! Maybe it will show next week !

Double dragon boating this weekend as we are preparing for a race end of May.

@nancy - I feel your pain the slightest deviance from plan and I gain too. It's such a hard slog for us but we will get there!

@Ruthie - I am here for as long as I want really. I suspect I will stay another 2 years then I think it will be time to head home and settle down properly...maybe start a family who knows :-)

Stay safe everyone with the various weather reports I'm reading

Faye

Good morning, misfit losers! Happy Saturday!

@SeeAhtter787 What is thatching? Is it planting grass? Good for you getting in all that exercise. Lucky you-50 degrees in SC is not tank top weather..flip flops maybe, but no tank top.

@eatless83 No movement of the evil scale for me in a while, either. I think I've lost my quota for April. Have a great time boating!

Very cloudy/rainy today..this is definitely gonna be a rest day for me. I will look forward to a sunny Sunday!

Stay strong, losers!
Connie

Good morning, everyone! So much to catch up on from all your posts! :-)

Esther, I see my chiropractor twice a week right now from the car accident I had in Jan. Once that's settled down completely I will go back to twice a month as I have for years now. I, too, have an old back injury from when I was 21 (30 years ago!) that gives out when I overdo gardening/renovations, etc. But seeing the chiro regularly keeps bad episodes to almost nonexistent.

Like Esther and a few others, my weight is hovering still up two pounds from the start of this challenge. :-( BUT, I do feel much better eating LCHF. So, I'll take it. I know what I need to do to get the scale moving in the right direction... so why don't I do it? That's the real question. LOL Here's hoping for a completely strong resolve for this week to do what needs to be done to lose weight.

We remodeled our kitchen in 2005 and then last summer redid the counters and floors with the high end material we couldn't quite afford in 2005 with all the other renovations we were doing to our house back then. It was REALLY tough to live through, but SOOOO worth it in the end! The reason it was so tough was because we did everything all by ourselves and were both working full time and I was in college earning my masters in nursing. It was a chaotic 5 months. :-)

Marie, I hope your neck is feeling better today. It's fine you no longer enjoy cooking. My mom pretty much gave up cooking when she was about 70. She is now 80. She is a WONDERFUL cook and baker, but now that Daddy is gone she really sees no reason to go to all the fuss. Fortunately, David and I both love to cook. I used to love baking, too, but I ran a baking business out of my home for 6 years and after that... I was so sick of baking. I have Baking PTSD! LOL

I had a busy morning. I cooked up 5 lb of bacon and got it in the freezer. I then made three of my favorite quiche recipe and just took the last one out of the oven. I cut them into 6 servings and put them in single containers and freeze them. They make a great breakfast and lunch and there's no work to make them each day. Only 2.6 carbs for a good sized piece. YUM! I really enjoy large batch cooking and then freezing. It makes busy work days simpler.
Hubby is amending the gardens with manure and peatmoss, then I will get out there and plant all our vegetables!! Love my gardens!!

Tomorrow we head to Baltimore with our daughter's family and her adorable Joseph and Emily! We are going to "A Day Out With Thomas the Tank Engine!! Can't wait to see Joseph's little face light up when we all board a real Thomas, Annie, and Clarabelle train.

Congratulation to all those who have had a loss this week. I know I hope to be one of them in the near future again!

Have a great weekend!


SW:186
CSW:173
CCW:175
CGW: 165

Becky in MD

@lovesretirement Thatching is when you rake the grass and basically scratch all the grass to stimulate growth. But it also pulls up some of the moss that has started to take over my yard. As well as all the spruce needles from the neighbors trees and the sticks and branches and spruce cones and all other junk that has blown in over the winter. Next dry spell I am going to spread moss-out on the yard go kill the moss and get the grass to regrow in the thin spots.

Esther