Hi all
Walked today despite the Higher temperatures and Humidity, 2.8 miles approx, & 1Cent. I was out the door at 5:1, The rain had stopped,it was fairly cool and everything was wet with puddles here and there, By the time I got home the streets were drying and the humidity was at a uncomfortable level.

Have a Great Tuesday
Roger

scrappin999 wrote: »

Val - that sounds like shin splints to me - youch! Used to play softball in my 20s - experienced that pain then. Good on you being able to do that many stairs! You go girl.

Roger - you're so inspirational with all your walking. Good on the coffee too.

Watering back yard trees - mid 80s - little rain all month - looking ragged.

Hi Shirl
I figure how much harm could a cup of black unsweetened coffee do, Even the Large one.
We had some rain overnight, Now I do not have to water!

Have a Good Day
Roger

hope4change_val wrote: »

I'm so glad the shin pain did not resurface. I took the dogs out walking...they wanted to jog and I held them back. I did jog a little and no pain, but I didn't want to push it.

My kiddo starts school on Wednesday...so now my schedule will get even tighter. But I am firmly on my priority list.

Hi Val
Is it me or does school start earlier than it used to? I always figured after labor day for the start of school.

Nice that the pain did not come back
Roger

Hi All
Wow was it warm and humid today when I walked, 2.75 miles despite that. Then some down time and a run to Home Depot & Costco and a sporting goods store on the way home, then on to McDOnalds for Decaf Coffee for Myself & regular for my brother. Home Depot stop not successful. Costco I got two 5 pound bags of frozen vegetables, Some Light & Fit Greek Yogurt, a Bath Towel and replacement slippers. Then So I can stop at a local supermarket on my walks I picked up a inexpensive Backpack $10. The Frozen & Yogurt was sitting on the bath towel in a large box in the trunk & covered with a Knit Blanket and stayed frozen nicely.

Have Nice Day
Roger

Daisylee87 wrote: »

Mowed and weed whacked my yard this afternoon in the heat.ll makes for good cardio since I push mow just shy of a half acre. I always see the neighbors with riding lawn mowers and wishing I had one,,, but 1) my mower works perfectly fine and 2) I'd be missing out on the working off some fat. Maybe my mower will break when I'm at goal lol. I do plan to be out of this house within the next 10 years or so. I really want to buy a chunk of land and move out to the middle of no where. Want a huge veggie garden and fruit trees and fruit bushes. Not to mention peace and quiet. So probably just going to hang on to a push mower until then. Bought a new whacker today and my arms are sore. Thing is heavy compared to my old one.

Almost been 30 days (on the 22nd) on Nutrisystem... So far down 15.6... Which if I keep losing for the next few days means I'll have lost more then half a pound a day. I have 140-150ish pounds to lose from when I first started... So I know it'll slow once I get a lot closer. Don't feel hungry, headaches have disappeared for the most part and feel like I'm sleeping better even though it's only been 15 pounds

Hi DaisyLee
Congratulations on using a Push Mower. That Also means You could get out nice and early to mow before the heat.

You are correct that the loss will slow down. The Thing to watch out for is to not let it bother You and to not try and reduce Your calories below the NS Plan to improve the loss. I fell into that trap last year and over a short period of time I lowered my calories by 300 a day. That caused a short period of better loss then a plateau. A Call to the counselors and being pushed to put the 300 calories back and the weight loss resumed.

The headaches are long gone as well as the NutriToots.

Good Luck
Roger

hope4change_val wrote: »

Congrats Daisy on your progress! You're doing great. I view mowing as multi-tasking exercise and accomplishing something.

Roger - when I was a kid, school was Sept through mid-June. Lately it's been late August to end of May. We've been in San Antonio for 5 years now, and previously all schools aligned their schedules and it would start mid-week before Labor Day (so they'd go to school 3 days, then have a 3-day weekend). This year Catholic HS started a couple weeks ago, then Catholic K-8 started, now charter schools start Wed, and public schools on Monday. Everyone is confused as to which school zones are active and which aren't.

I'm doing well. but feeling mildly glum (no reason). I've been loving my veggies lately...made baked crispy-asparagus and ate them ALL up (ooh, 54 calories for 2 cups!). Then made baked broccoli...family has been munching on that all day. This morning I cooked (pam spray) fresh mushrooms with garlic, turmeric, paprika, and a little black pepper...that was yummy.

Wishing you all a happy evening and progress toward all your goals!

Hi Val
I am not sure why they have changed things. However Thank You for the Information.

In the past I have fried Yellow Summer Squash with a cooling spray. I cooked them until they were near a burnt state, Nice and Crispy and Tasty that way too. At this time of year I tend to avoid using the oven as much as possible.

Any recipe requests? I did save many (Most) of the recipes from the NS recipe center and the ones from the user pages. I have posted some of them here in the recipes section. I keep meaning to print out a couple of interesting looking ones that use the NS pancake mix as the base.

Have a good evening
Roger

Daisylee87 wrote: »

So got my water bill... Was excessive.. Instead of the normal $20... It was $85. Called a friend who's brother is a plumber... Friends brother came over and did a check of everything.. Going to be a leak underneath my concrete slab more then likely.. Sigh. Something he can't fix.. Told me to call a leak detection service... $350 min on Monday morning just to find where the leak is. Not including repairing it. They say things come in 3... So I'm counting emergency vet, my bank, now this as the third so things can stop happening. Im such a stress eater... But instead of eating I came on here to vent so I apologize.

Hi Again
Did You do the the easy test for a leak to be sure it is not the meter first. The easy test is two fold.
1. Have the water company change the meter.
2. With everything turned off look at the meter and see if it is registering any usage.

It sounds as if You are in one of the areas where instead of having the meter in the house it is located at the curb.

Where I am the water company also offers a water & Sewer protection plan that is a monthly fee. Is that an option? if Nothing else that would spread out the expense over a period of time.

Good Luck
Roger

Hi All
I do need to go double check my upcoming order today, tomorrow is the last day to do that unless I make a last minute decision to delay it again. With the Holiday in 2 weeks I am ambivalent regarding doing that. OTOH doing that would let me use up more of the on hand food.

I was walking and what a beautiful day, cool and low humidity and a mild breeze. I walked past 7 deer in three locations, one in a front yard near the brook, and two clusters of three along that brooks parkland. I keep looking for the Owls I hear every day during the walks and have yet to spot one.

Have A Great Weekend
Roger

Daisylee87 wrote: »

I was going to rip up all the flooring anyways. Carpet that's 15 years old, going on its third owner, and I have two large dogs. So that doesn't bother me

On to happy news! First month today on nutrisystem... And in down 16.4 pounds! And that's even with the cupcakes, beer and dinner with friends one night, pizza slice, and a piece of candy!!! Yay! 15 pounds until I'm out of the 300's.

Hi Daisylee
Congratulations on the loss, Try and be strong in the face of temptations. I have posted a recipe for a Cupcake that works as a NutriSystem Dessert/snack recently, even has a frosting recipe adjacent to it in the recipes section I had created.
For Pizza Temptations why not order a couple of the Shelf Stable Pizzas A La Carte with Your order? OR if You are getting Frozen foods there are several Frozen Pizzas that have a Nice Crispy Crust too.

Good Luck getting to the 200's, I was happy to get there myself.
Roger

hope4change_val wrote: »

Roger I like Costco better, but SAMs is 5 minutes and Costco 30 minutes so I never drive 1/2 just for gas. Plus their gas lines are super long, not as bad at SAMs. SAMs has ink for my kodak printer (costco doesn't). Plus there was a discount Groupon for SAMs. Both have 50# bags of dog food!!!

Hi Val
That explanation makes sense. The nearest CostCo has no gas but the two next closest do. saving 25 minutes and the commensurate Gas + Wear and tear on the car and the Kodak ink makes it worth the switch.

Cheers
Roger

scrappin999 wrote: »

sorry - the link didn't work for anyone except me. I'll try again tomorrow.

Awful day here today - got pinched by a scam for 2k. Been involved with trying to sort that out since noon - right now I have a J floating in my right eye - go figure.

If you get a call that your grandchild is in jail, has been in an accident, and that person doesn't state his name - hang up and then call your kid! It should save you lots of grief and time and energy. So far today have spoken to the cops 2 x, the bank 2 x, the drugstore who wouldn't refund our $, Apple corporate who doesn't give a rip, and Walgreens corporate. What a waste! We may or may not be out the $ - if the transaction doesn't go thru, then Walgreens is out the money, not us. Won't know until tomorrow.

International crime - but local police will make out report if needed. Is there anyone federal I should be calling?

There were so many red flags on this, if we'd sat down and talked it thru before spending the $ it would have saved us all round. My kids rarely travel - but one went to Chicago yesterday.The crook didn't have the right location but our parents didn't know he was even out of town - and grandpa was happy to keep it under wraps without sharing with us to protect his grandchild. Thank God that he had loaned his car to my SIL or this would have come down without our knowledge. Thankfully too - our son is ok, no broken nose, no trouble, he's prolly the only one not upset about this mess. He's off having a good time.

Off to bed - the alphabet floating in my right eye is very distracting.

My cataract surgery in same eye will be at 3 pm Monday.

Have a great weekend.

Hi Shirl
I am afraid that is a fairly common type of scam. They usually have You use a money transfer service such as MoneyGram so that there is no recovery. I hope You get Lucky that way.

I have had calls from some subhuman piece of scum with an American name and a think Indian accent trying to get me to pay a debt that I do not owe or I will be arrested that day due to a arrest warrant. They do not seem to like it when I say arrest me With those calls my BS meter is pegged. I know we do not arrest people for unpaid private debts.

Good Luck
Roger

Daisylee87 wrote: »

scrappin : I understand your pain.. They duplicated my bank card and cleared me out. Was painful waiting for everything to clear up. I hope everything works out for you soon! I'm a dispatcher for a communications center that handles 9 different police agencies. The report will get shipped to the investigations desk (detectives), and they will put it out from there. If they enter anything into what we call NCIC... It's like one giant message board.. The information can be entered in small town USA, and NYC will have instant access to it if they run the same or even similar numbers, names, dates of birth. The new scam now is too that they will even pretend to be an officer. We had some guy going around calling people trying to tell people so n so was arrested... And The name he was giving really is a deputy's name. If it's a real officer.. They will have zero problem with you telling them you want to call dispatch to verify cause they will have nothing to hide.

Just make sure you give the bank your police report. That will give you more backing in the fraud.

Hi Again
Good Advice, Always verify when someone wants to dig into Your pocket for the hard earned money. I suspect it is not hard over the Internet to get a police officers name.

Have a Great Day
Roger