20 pounds by Easter challenge

Stephanie-So glad your eye check up went well and you dont need special glasses, I wear readers too.

Becky-You must have needed the sleep, our body lets us know when we need to rest. Enjoy your workout, I know you are learning things everytime you see the trainers

Connie -Looks like you are definitely paying attention to all the options, the vacum system Nancy mentioned sounds like a good option. Anyway I am sure you will do fine.

Shirley-It will be soon on your tomatoes, once they start getting red, it really seems like several do. One day I had one then next thing I know there is 9 red ones. I had some of our tomatoes, last night and today with lunch. Have fun on your retreat.

Eninad-You can and will get into the 100's, it sounds like within the next week or so, the same thing happened to me last year.I am now 179, the 190's flew by but I have really had trouble with the 180's hang in there, this is probably the first of many milestones to come. I had another salad today for lunch with grilled chicken. I have been making a large salad in a 9x11 metal pan with lid, I start off with lettuce, and add layers of other vegetables, grapes and jalapenos, plus I add a small amount of cheese and bacon bits on top. I have been doing this since last year, I do vary it up, I have put more protein like pepperonis or different lean meats, on occassion. I was putting the dressing on top, but it dont get soggy, doing it when I eat it. Plus my husband wants different salad dressing than me. It comes in handy.

Marie-Didnt eat my bacon tomato sandwich for lunch, but I will soon. I had more salad, as I said earlier.

Nancy-Love the view from your house, very pretty area. How is your son doing?

I think the rain, is out of here for a few days, its been alot of rain this past month, going on 14inches.
Hi everyone else I missed, have a good day. Janice

Janice, Our son is doing great to have had such a bad injury. Pretty bad scar on forehead and scalp but I think
it will look better with time. Still has a pin in thumb but it is healing ok.
Thank you for asking.
Nancy

Esther, Ketchikan is the coolest city. We docked there on cruise ship and spent the day shopping and walking around
the town. Would love to come back there someday, that was the best cruise ever. Loved Alaska!!!
Looks like you are busy as a bee as usual. You are an amazing lady!!!
Nancy

Barbie You do have a system that works, I dont know when I will become that regimented, maybe one day, that is good about the mexican restaurant and always getting same thing, how many calories do you estimate in that meal.

Esther -Your kids are into alot of things, when mine were young they did too and like and wanted it, when you got older they were kind of burnt out on all the activities. Pretty picture.

Nancy-I am so glad your son is doing good and didnt lose his thumb, like you were worried about one of the last times I heard about him. Your right the scars will heal in time, my sister was in a horrible accident, where her fore head was split wide open, when she was younger, and over the years it has faded, plus she has bangs.

Getting tired, so you all tommorrow. Janice

Nancy, the view from your new porch is gorgeous! I am so enjoying all the pictures! Great news about your son, too.

Esther, Your town is so pretty and I love the mountain view!! I Googled pictures of the city and it would be great to visit one day. I didn't realize how far south you are.

Barbie, I do the same thing when I go to Mexican restaurants. I get one cheese enchilada and a beef taco. Mmmm

Connie, we installed a central house vacuum about 10 years ago and we LOVE it!!! Installing during the build would be much easier than how we did it.

Cristina, So glad to hear you like the new gym and kickboxing. I'm sure that's quite a workout with all that kicking and punching! As for the sleeping, many years ago I would read in bed before going to sleep. I always had trouble sleeping. I read about not using the bed for reading or watching tv or using your phone, etc. because you are training your brain to stay awake in the bed. Once I stopped doing that, I slept lots better! I, too, have to get up and go to bed at the same time pretty much every day. I like it on the weekends because we get a nice early start on all the "stuff" we do on the weekends and accomplish a lot more than if we had slept in.

Eninad, I'm cheering you on and know you will break into the 100s SOON! We all get plateaus at certain weights and once we break through, WOOT!

I worked on arms yesterday with my trainer. He put me through my paces for sure! I did dips off the bench just using my arms and I think I must have been to far away from the bench or gone down a bit too far because the anterior aspect of my right shoulder hurt a bit during the three sets of ten.

By 2:00 am, I woke up because of pain in that area. In fact, I had to get up and put a Lidoderm lidocaine patch on the area. I think I'll tell him no more dips for now until my weight goes down more and my arm strength has increased. Today is chest and back and I'm a little worried about my shoulder. I'll take it one exercise at a time and stop if anything causes the pain to increase. I'll have the patch off by then so I'll really be able to feel if I'm pushing it too much in that area.

After the gym, I will drive an hour to get down to my daughter's house. I've packed my dinner and an ice pack to keep my food cool while I'm at the gym and driving. I'm babysitting Joseph and Emily so mom and dad can go see the musical Under the Sea that two neighborhood kids (15 and 12) are in. The kids LOVE Joseph and Emily and the daughter spends lots of time with my daughter and her family. I'll get to spend a little time with the babies before their bedtime at 6:30-7:00 pm.

Make it a great day with healthy eating, reducing stress, and getting some exercise!


Becky

Well I am getting good at losing posts lately.

Connie - I know what you mean about obsessions, as we get older I find I can do only one thing at time. I used to be a
good multi tasker but not anymore. Good luck on the land hunting, it is a process.

Esther - I remember your home too when I was docked with the cruise ship. Loved all the shopping and stores.
I too live in a tourist town, but our isn't thriving like yours.

Nancy - Glad to hear your son is doing well and mending. I love your pictures of your grounds.

Becky - Take it easy today, I would heal that shoulder first before going to weights. Be careful!

Cristina - Good to see you are checking in and like to hear about your continuing weight loss plans. Keep it coming!

Hi to everyone else!

I got on the scale this morning and I gained 3.2 on my week off on the boat. This was after two bikes rides and
walking over 20,000 steps. I joined the Thanksgiving challenge so I hope I can see some results.
I will be leaving tonight for my daugther's and stay overnight so we can get a good start in the morning to the
Yoga Retreat. My hubby is taking our friend Tom up to the cottage fishing this weekend.
We will be eating all vegetarian maybe I can lose a pound this weekend. I will let you know how it went when
I get back.

Shirley

Good Morning,
Glad to get back into my usual routine.
Not planning on taking on the heat outside today.
My husband is able to cut grass, etc. today and am thankful for that.
Want to go to farmers market and get fresh veggies today.
Have a good day.
Nancy

SeeAhtter787 wrote: »

Hi gang. Now that my littlest has art school ( it is a 4 week acting school) 1 hour a day 4 days a week I get to play Dodge Tourist every day. The school is being held at the ballet studio which is located in out downtown area where all the tourists are. The studio is 1 1/2 blocks from the docks where the cruise ships tie up. Here is a pic of our downtown area the church is the oldest church in Ketchikan. It is the episcopal church. And Deer Mountain is in the background. Tallest mountain on our island at 3000 feet tall



Esther

I was LITERALLY right there just in May! Alaskan cruise for my honeymoon :-)

:;; rushes into Salmon store:::: eats all the salmon, can't get out.

Eninad

moving...see ya there!

SeeAhtter787 wrote: »

Hi @jrue1985 You came at the best time. May was actually the driest month we have had this year. It was sunny almost every single day that month. Hope you enjoyed your time here.

Esther

It was gorgeous! We had high 70s and low 80s the entire time we were on our cruise! I would do another Alaskan cruise with Carnival in a heartbeat

so I just read an article on yahoo that said new research says it takes 7000 calorie deficit to lose a lb!! seriously, there is no way that can be, it has been 3500 forever. no wonder it is taking so long, haha!! did anyone else see this?

Stephanie