May-- When you started this thread you started a very good thing! Over 1K now, and looks like MFP doesn't count after that. I'm so happy that you're seeing a losing trend now!!! I know how much you're looking forward to your week of hibernating with your hubby, and I hope it's a restful, restorative time for both of you.

Jane-- Yep, I know what your avatar is referring to, now that you mention it. You cougar, you.

Rebecca-- Some things are so difficult that a sorrow always remains. I've found, though, that time does eventually soften the pain, and I hope that begins to be true for you in a way that brings comfort and peace.

I was asked to bring strawberry shortcake to a family Independence Day celebration, so yesterday I made the sweet biscuits for 24 people. I froze them and will bake them just before heading out tomorrow. Our mother used to make shortcake when we were kids, so it's a culinary journey down memory lane to have it together every year. My siblings especially always look forward to it, and I enjoy making it for them. Have to admit, it will be a little sad to not have any. But I'll keep myself busy serving everyone and that will distract me.

I'm plugging away, but still no loss. But I haven't gained anything in 4 days, so that's at least something.

Good Morning, I hope everyone is doing well.

@ May - I am sorry for the in-law troubles. I am sure it is causing stress for both you and your husband. Hoping for a goid solution.

@Rebecca - Thinking of you and wishing that you get past this crisis quickly.

@ Karla- The crazy things we do for our pets...We adopted a 2 yr old hound/weimaraner mix . He barks all the time and eats anything including paper. He has allergies and takes benadryl. We love him anyway.

Well, I binged last night, so back to square one trying to reach ketosis. It was a reaction to period hormones and emotions.
That said, I am enjoying summer break. We have plans to make extensive repairs on our house and declutter as well.

Hello ladies. Hope everyone is prepping for an awesome weekend. I have oodles to do in garden, then get back at wedding stuff. On another thread we were discussing sun screen, I have definitely noticed I am burning way less easily since taking coconut oil, don't know if this is connected or what. Still ss my face, but arms, back, body, etc haven't worried too much. I am a fair, blonde, blue-eyed girl with lots of freckles. Used to be red, white, then red over & over again. I actually have first tan ever. So I look average instead of ghostly.
@May. Thanks. Did the reset & seems to have worked. Have a good time on your week away. Try not to stress over inlaws too much. (Know that's hard). Just bask in you time and togetherness with hubby.
@Karla. Pets are the funniest thing. We got our Lurcher (border collie/greyhound cross) 13 yrs ago. Then son brought home a blue heeler & next year a border collie who are now ours somehow. We just did another round of porcupine quill removal. You'd think they'd learn, but obviously not.
@Ellen. My family uses angel food cake as base for strawberry short cake, but the sweet biscuits sound delicious. I admire your perseverance & great attitude. At least no gain in 4 days is a victory of sorts. How are you feeling otherwise?
@Cindy. Boy a pool would be nice right about now. Enjoy yours & we'll live vicariously thru your posts.
@Rebecca. Hugs.
@Liana. Yep, late I was. Maybe Canadian thing, lol?
Welcome new ladies. Off to garden, then finish altering wedding dress, & then take off all the beading & reapply as she's decided she doesn't like it anymore. She couldn't have figured that out a month ago? Oh well, 3 weeks left & it'll be a mad scramble til then.
Have a great weekend everyone!

Hi all, welcome newbies. Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend, me I'm working as usual. Sorry to hear all of what's going on with you but such is life. Put God in control and follow his lead. Gotta get on the scale tomorrow cross your fingers for me.

Well, have a great weekend everyone. I do not have any real plans other than helping a friend move, maybe water aerobics and a walk for 30 minutes each day. I going out for dinner with some former coworkers tomorrow night they selected Olive Garden, I am already thinking about what can I eat at Olive Garden other than a salad. I purchase the coconut cooking oil today and a small pack of hazel nut spread. I am waiting patiently to try the hazel nut spread. I finding myself less hungry these days and realizing most time its just emotions. I find the low carb diet okay now, at first I thought how boring and trying to adjust to meat was a challenge as well.

Hi, I'm Karyn and Monday will be 7 weeks with this WOL. . So far so good, although of course the weight loss seems slow to me and the up and down of my weight is frustrating, so I am learning patience... I am 63 years old, so learning to be patient is a frustrating thing in itself lol. . Glad to have found this group.

Hey all. Worked this weekend but it wasn't bad at all. Did fall off the wagon a few times. Went to the movies today and yes I ate popcorn, oh well. Gonna do a water fast for a couple of days and start again. Hope your holiday weekend was great, it rained here in Alabama and we needed the water. See ya soon.

Hi! I'm Lyn, I'm 58 for a couple more months. I've only been on MFP for a few weeks, still finding my way around. I tried just the calorie counting initially, but then realized that low carb has always worked best for me. I've sort of been following a quasi-Atkins diet for the past 2 weeks and I've lost 14.5 pounds. Which sounds amazing, until you realize I need to loose half my body weight. And I know it will slow down soon, it is always easy to loose at first. I'm keeping my carbs between 20-22 grams, is that too low? Is there someway to set that (the carbs at 20%) here on MFP? I tried in the macros section, but could only find %. Water seems to be my salvation, huh, who would have thought that, I've discovered that a lot of time when I think I'm hungry, I'm really just thirsty. Anyway, I appreciate this board and hope to find some friends on here!

Oh wow Kathie, good thing you have your BPC ! You are doing great ! Hello lovely Ladies ! And sure is nice to see you here with us, Karyn !

I was too tired to tell all about my weekend when I got home last night. And I really wanted to post pictures to show you all, but my technical support team ( my kids) just went out for a walk. So maybe another time.

It's about a 3 hour drive to Kenora from my place, depending on the traffic. My first stop was my girlfriend Lorna's new pharmacy, lovely place. Then we were off to her house in the woods. It's such a beautiful private location at the end of a dead end road, with dense forest all around. There is a house across the street, but you can't even see it through the trees, and no neighbours on the other sides of her house. We didn't go down the trail to look for berries, but I hear the wild blueberries are already coming, as well as the strawberries and raspberries. Next time. We spent a few hours picking the last time, and this visit was too short to do any picking....after all, we had wine to drink !

I brought my bacon and egg muffins, some almond meal cookies made with xylitol of course. I figure that if that's the only treat I would have all weekend, then I'd better bring something with me to share. And some of the homemade wine and my homemade garlic dill pickles, and dilled carrots. Burgers for supper Friday and eggs for breakfast both days, sure makes it easy to travel while keto. The wine sure hits me quickly though...lol. It was very relaxing to catch up with my friend, her husband not so much as he's kind of a party pooper. We had a huge fire that evening ( no threat of forest fires where we were.) A lovely breakfast the next morning, then perfect timing for my departure, since my friend Lorna would be going on a day long hike with her good male friend who is like a brother to her, while I would head out to the cottage, while her husband planned to sit around inside on the computer. I tried to sell him on low carb, since he could stand to lose quite a few pounds. Lorna was headed out for a rugged hike into the wilderness, rock climbing and such. It was kind of funny, to watch her husband wimping out and depending on her to do all the heavy lifting around the yard. Even with a newly separated shoulder, she was more capable and stronger than him. She has always kept herself in good shape. She is a pharmacist who gives diabetes education and recommends 45 g carbs per 3 meals daily. She doesn't approve of my keto ways and told me she could smell ketones on me, but she is willing to give me the benefit of the doubt that I know what I'm doing. I must say that she goes a step beyond the usual medical advice, and really educates her patients on what those carbs look like in reality.

Then off to the cottage, armed with a hand drawn map and instructions, a little tricky to get there, off the beaten path. There were 17 of us in total there, all of them immigrants or children of folks from the Phillipines, except me! But after working at the nursing homes with them since 1982, they are my people too. So the sight that greeted me when I arrived was a full buffet of Filipino dishes cooked with love. Luckily there were no spring rolls or lumpia ( tiny meat filled egg rolls), because I am a sucker for them. There were empanadas, my other favorite, but I didn't touch them, or the sticky rice, or stews with sweet sauces. Pansit noodles are always offered, but I just told them that I don't want to eat starchy stuff ( had just one bite though ), and I stuck with roast chicken, fish and I did have some pork filled dumplings, and what they called meatloaf.

These folks are gracious and friendly, and the cottage was lovely and homey, but huge according to my standards. Lots of space for entertaining, a gorgeous kitchen, sitting rooms and dens and screened porches, 6 bedrooms and 3 full baths, and a full wrap around deck off the main floor, then a whole full basement to boot !

Some of the guests headed out on a trip to a casino, so the rest of us went swimming off the dock, in lovely deep water. I love swimming in deep water. No canoe, I wasn't brave enough, but the swim did me good. We took a drive into town in the evening, then watched a movie. It turned out that only me and 2 others stayed overnight, but we each had our own wing and bathroom to ourselves, amazing. It was a very relaxing, enjoyable weekend, even though we had a thunder storm before bed and it started raining again the afternoon I left.

Our hostess' husband arrived before I went home yesterday, so I visited with him for a while. He is a lawyer, and quite overweight. His wife, my co-worker had told me that he has already bought the "Wheat Belly" book, so I knew he knows something about low carb. I couldn't resist, I had to share a bit of info re: my own weight loss. I gave him some tips especially on what to eat when out for a meal, as he usually has lunch out with clients. What could be better than a weekend at the lake, discussing low carb ! What I love the most though, is to be out in nature, among the trees, and by the lake.

I returned to work today to learn that the city had a storm which caused flooding in the basement again at work, and the basement where my office is located, is off limits. We waited for instructions on where we would work, but no one had answers. Payroll day, so it was pretty stressful getting going in a makeshift office without my usual resources. I stayed over an hour extra today, just to get everyone's hours in, but now I am way behind. And there's no telling what will happen tomorrow. It looks like we might be out of our office for quite a while. My BPC supplies are down there stranded ! I'll have to make extra in the am at home and bring it in a thermos I suppose.

Sorry for the long post. Yikes. I couldn't figure out how to post on my home page daily like Jane did while away. How do you start a post on the news feed on an iphone ? Anyone know ?

Geeez... it seems LC'ers like to start a new thread with every thought that comes into our heads. Perhaps a suggestion from the mods to look for a similar thread before starting a new one... Stuff I'm trying to follow is always back a few pages, including our thread, and we comment a lot, lol.
Anyhow, there's my rant for the day. A shout out to all us Western Canadian Gals, Hoping everyone stays safe with all the massive fires in our provinces (esp @Sk8Kate).