Hello beautiful Ladies! I've been peeking in here and there. Well, we had another devastating flood at work on Friday. I barely had time to log off the computer and grab my purse before the raw sewage reached the office door. Who knows where I'll be working tomorrow. I'll have to rescue my things from 2 separate places now. Sure hate to leave my little haven. Sigh.

On a brighter note, the scale is now moving down again, hurray. And I've had some lovely walks to the park near my home. Here are some photos of my walk today.

Great pictures Janice. Sorry the flooding keeps getting your workplace. It's poured rain here since Fri night so walks/yardwork/gardening are out for a few days. If my basement floods everybody better grab a canoe. My house sits on a hill (essentially a big gravel pile). Kids finally settled in their new place (in my yard). Now I get to go thru everything & pack up anything they forgot & reorganize my cupboards that the grandbaby moved stuff in. I brought 2 kitties home to try & help with some mice that moved in. They helped so much with daughter's anxiety/depression I really don't care if they get any mice, tho that would be a nice perk. Have never had indoor pets so it's quite the learning curve.

Hello ladies. Sun's finally out so sitting on my deck procrastinating. Have to get at house & yard but BPC in the sun is far more appealing. My daughter is back in class & seems more settled, thank goodness. The poor thing is extremely directionally challenged & I've already had a call this morning cause she was lost on campus. Took a "shortcut" thru a building & got completely turned around. Hard to give directions over phone, when I've only done it once myself. But I got her there. Told her to find some kind of app where she could map her footsteps, then save it to use again. Don't know if such a thing exists. But when it's-40 out she'll want to walk indoors as far as possible.
Have a good day everyone.

Yes, I'm sad too. Where are all our old friends ? Hope everyone is keeping well. I'm pulling out a lot of the garden this weekend, and off to the Chinese buffet tonight.

Hiya I'm Lorraine from South Staffs, UK. I'm 54 and have at least 140 lbs to lose I started following the LCHF way of life about 10 days ago. I need some LCHF friends to help me along the way. So far, I'm doing well but dreading that 'plateau' - that's normally the time I see my enthusiasm and resolve to sort my weight once and for all go out of the window! Hope you all are doing well x x

Welcome new Ladies ! I am Janice and I am from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

I know how difficult it can be at first when faced with the prospect of losing weight, especially when one has a lot to lose ! My highest weight was ( gasp! ) 284 lbs / 129 kg. I lost about 40 lbs in 4 years when I gave up eating grains and sugar, but upon switching to a lower carb diet, I have lost 54 lbs / 24.5 kg in the past year. I logged a new low weight of 190 lbs / 86.4 kg on Friday.

I have to credit my decision to join MFP and especially the LCD group here for my success since the beginning of March 2015. Eating LCHF feels like such a sustainable way of eating for me. I love it ! Although at times the weight seems to come off slower than I'd like, the way I feel is amazing ! I have never felt better in so many ways ! I have not experienced the usual frustrations of past dieting regimes. I honestly believe that I could eat this way forever, possibly with slight modifications here and there. And the support of the people here is amazing ! There is a lot of experience and knowledge here. Feel free to join in the discussions on the forums, and ask anything. There are no stupid questions. There is always someone here who can help. Also fee; free to send me a friend request. I eat mostly keto, with occasional experiments with higher carb counts, but want to transition back to very low carb, almost zero carb by the end of this month, and I log daily.

Well Ladies, I pulled out the last of my cucumbers yesterday, found a few green beans, picked a few tomatoes, but have more left on the vines that I hope will ripen soon, since I don't like to pick them green if I can avoid it. Today I will dig up the carrots ( I just planted a few) and the beets. So that means that probably this week I will be pickling beets, and making my long awaited borscht. I have to admit that my enthusiasm for the garden is gone, and I am looking forward to the end of the veggies, partly because I am losing my taste for them ( my fridge is a wall of cucumbers that I have lost patience with ) and partly because I am tired of all the work. I will likely scale back my planting dramatically next year.

I am now faced with the task of putting all the veggies and flower beds to rest for the season, but have lost my energy for this. I'm also mindful of my back and I am not looking forward to all that physical labour in turning over all that soil. It could be that all the work and stress since the flood at work has tired me out, along with my desire to spend my free time walking to the park instead of digging in the garden. I'm trying to find some balance in my day and it is hard. I also have a lot of work to do around the house and the thought of all awaiting my attention has me feeling kind of frazzled.

I feel unsettled since that darn flood. On Friday I went down into the wreckage on my own ( no help or support from management) and located my personal things and my old office contents, and brought some things home and stacked up boxes of office things in my makeshift office. I feel uprooted and homeless. I know it's a silly thing, but just the thought of having nowhere to store my coffee mugs, coffee and tea at work, along with my sweater etc, have me feeling down. I miss the cozy arrangement I had this summer. I'm hoping things will get better. I'm trying to maintain a positive attitude however.

I think that just by eating LCHF and having MFP to log onto daily helps me keep things in perspective, keeps my mood up and gives me the strength not to make unwise food choices when faced with stress. So that's a very good thing !

Well, off to get my housework done, then off to the garden. Have a lovely day !

P. S. Kathie, I'm also missing my men from the basement, who catered to me for the past 2 months. We had lots of fun all summer and I felt like a queen. If anything has come of this, it's the realization that I'm probably ready to start dating again. If I'm not too chicken, it's been so long.

Friend request accepted ! If you can get through the first couple of months LCHF, and get your initial questions answered, you'll soon fall into your own rhythm and trust this WOE to keep you going. That being said, I still feel adventurous even though I've got a good routine, and I like to shake things up a bit !

Janice, I was single for 20 years before I started dating again. (widowed at 24 with babies) Anyway, dipped my toes back in around age 44. Met my husband when I was 47. The whole dating and being romanced was fun!

Hi again, and welcome to the new ladies! I'm trying to get back to normal routine after a lengthy unsettledness. My son who lives with us has mono and is undergoing tests to determine whether he has lymphoma, I've been ill and ended up in the hospital, and a dear sis-in-law died after a lengthy battle with cancer. It's been a difficult time and continues to be challenging until my son's test results put our minds at ease. We expect them to be negative; I surely hope they are. I'm feeling better; will be glad when I'm healed and finished with antibiotics.

Sorry; I don't have the ability now to respond to everyone individually. I'm just to happy for Karla and Janice that you're seeing such positive, long-awaited weight loss! Just grand!

I miss May and Jane, too---get back here, ladies! We need you!