Hi guys. Sorry I have been really quiet lately. Today was hell........ Pure hell........ I purposely slept in. Yet I woke up with a pain hangover. Took Iris to her swimming lessons at 9:30. I swam while she was in her lesson. I came home to a malfunctioning mixer. Managed to use my old one to whip out a batch of chocolate chip cookies to take to the show tonight. Went to the high school at noon for rehearsal. We finally left the high school at 9 pm. The lead actress lost her voice so some of the kids asked if I could make her cake for the cast party. So guess what I get to do..... Then my pile of cookies is low so I am going to make some more of those in the morning before soccer game and final performance. I have so far walked 10200 steps and I haven't gotten the cupcakes made yet. But I was starving so I ate a snack first.

Good morning, misfit losers! Happy Saturday!

Marie..hope everything is okay and your legs are getting better.

Becky..glad you can check that off your list! How is it going with you?

Janice..LOL...mammogram..soooo awkward! I dread it.

Hope all of you guys will have a great weekend!

Stay strong!
Connie

Good morning, misfit losers! Happy Sunday!

It's quiet in here so that means that you all are having a busy weekend.
Hope you all are doing well!
Stay strong!

Connie

Marie-I do eat 2 main meals, I sleep till app 10, I take my medicine and one I am on helps me go to bathroom. I cant eat anything till I go and cant drink until atleast 30 minutes, after I take it, its Linzess, if I do eat I dont go to bathroom. I have diverticulitious and back in Dec 2012, I had a bad bleed out, to where I had to go to the hospital and was admitted, I thought I was going to bleed to death. Luckily it stopped after they gave me some meds. So by the time I go to the bathroom, its lunchtime. But I have never been a big breakfast person, I do like it on the weekend occassionally, but then its brunch. I do usually have a snack between lunch and supper, which we eat late, and if I have calories left after that and maybe a few beers, before supper, I eat a treat, like a cookie. It works for me, some people have 5 or 6 small meals.

Shirley- Its hard to get rid of all of my bigger clothes, because, I have lost and gained back several times in life. But this time is the first time I have lost by counting calories, and knowing that thats really the key, deficit. Also usually before it was like 20 or 25lbs lost and go back to my normal eating which before was larger portions and gain it back. This time I feel like I never want to go back to being bigger, I've lost alot and dont want to sabatoge my success. Anyway sounds like you are having a great summer out on the boat and different functions. Things will start to be winding down after Labor Day, and I am sure you will start losing again. Wel, gotta go. Janice.

Oh no, so sorry Esther
Your daughters are beautiful.
When does school start back for them? In GA some started Aug. 3rd and the rest this week. I think it might be early compared with other states.
Hugs,
Ruthie

Connie, great job on the 3.8 lb loss!! I know you are on a wonderful losing trend. Great work healing your metabolism!

Esther, I am so sorry about the loss of your wonderful fur baby. At least is was a peaceful passing without pain. It is so difficult when we lose our beloved pets...
Your daughters are blessed to have such a great mom who is involved in every bit of their lives. Great job on the costume, too!

We finally got Josh and Jen moved in and the apartment completely scrubbed down on Saturday. Hallelujah that is done for us for a while! They still have lots to rearrange and unpack and the bathrooms left to redo, but they are in their new townhouse, finally! The cat and the fishes are trying to settle in to their new digs, too. :-)

Dave and I spent all day yesterday cleaning the house, organizing cupboards, doing laundry, giving pets their monthly meds, clipping nails, cleaning ears, and brushing teeth, and we completely scrubbed and washed every inch of the wood pieces for the huge swingset/playhouse we bought used a few weeks ago. Now to let them dry Wed-Sat and then spend the weekend restaining it all and replacing parts of some of the pieces that rotted a bit in the ground, and then getting it set in the ground and reassembled! Whew!

With the exception of Emily Claire's first birthday party next Sat from 12-2, we have the weekend for our projects and household chores. Yeah!

Loving the workouts, but disappointed in the fact there has been no loss on the scale or decrease in my hip/belly inches. The pants I bought in April after the 10 lb loss from the smoothie fast (and then regained when I went back to real food within three weeks) still do not fit my fat belly.

I have been at this new plan for 4 weeks and am disappointed that I may have to buy a black and a brown pair of slacks to begin the school year when the students return in two weeks. I had hoped to have lost at least 5 lbs in the six weeks before they returned. I've been wearing slightly forgiving skirts and two larger pair of summery slacks all summer. These won't work for my fall work outfits in the skills lab. I feel a little better after cutting my calories back on my own last week, but still HUGE. I simply cannot continue to eat 1650-1750 calories a day like they want me too with my clothes barely fitting. Feeling very frustrated at my fat self...

I hope you all have a good week,

Becky

Good morning misfits,
-Esther, So sorry to hear of your loss. It is so difficult to lose our fur babies.
-Connie, I think you have cracked the code on getting your body to move in the right direction.
Have a great day.
-Marie, Hope you are doing better.
Nancy

@JLoRuthie school starts here August 26. Honesty it is not soon enough for me. I am exhausted and can't wait for the rest. My hubby will be gone those 2 weeks so I will have the house to myself. It will be so nice to kick back and get a few things accomplished that I haven't been able to do lately. Like crochet some matching shoes with one sole thicker than the other to match my offset legs. I can't wait to wear matching "cute" shoes. I haven't worn cute shoes for almost 30 years. I outgrew women's shoes before I hit high school. I had to have white shoes to graduate from high school. I wore them 4 times and got rid of them because they were too small when I bought them but it was the largest size I could get. And despite almost 25 years and boku technological advances they still don't make them any larger than a size 13. So I have been wearing men's shoes since I was 13. Unfortunately I wear a women's 15 shoe. I could get away with a 14 in a sandal but the still don't make them that big. So I am hoping to be able to make some and then I will have cute shoes until I can't crochet anymore.

Esther