Good morning,

Hope everyone had a great weekend. Ours was quiet and peaceful.

We have cut the grass, edged, done weed eating and blown off all grass clippings by 10am.
Now a bath and rest for a bit.

Looks like rain for us.

Nancy

Hello, ladies! I'm here for what seems like my quarterly check-in!

As of Monday I'm back to calorie counting. I had set a weight in my head that was not "acceptable" to cross (155 lbs.), and last week I was starting to feel bleh, so I decided to climb on the calorie-counting wagon again. I weighed myself that day, and I was exactly at my "do not cross" weight, 155 lbs. I'm glad I had already felt to do something before weighing myself. The motivation was there first, which is good! So this means I've gained 20 lbs. back from my lowest. After moving last year, I stopped counting calories, and we all know what happened next. :P

I think last time I was here I was starting a new job. After 3 weeks of that, I left that employer. They way they ran things was very bad. They liked to try verbal abuse and intimidation to keep people "in line". Luckily I had the choice whether or not to be there, unlike most of my coworkers, so I left.
I was given an opportunity in my field about a week after that, and I wasn't too excited to take it. But it has turned out to be the best job I've ever had, so far. I've been at this job for 2 1/2-3 months now. I was initially supposed to be a 2 week temp. employee, but they extended me to June, and then to next January, and now I am told I will be hired on as an actual employee of the company around September. It's a great place to work, and I'm very grateful this opportunity fell in my lap. I will graduate in December, and to graduate with a full-time position in my field is perfect.
My husband has also moved on to a better job since last time I was here.

Weight loss will be slower this time since I won't be getting the exercise I used to (desk job, school), and I will be counting calories on weekdays and not counting on weekends. I'm optimistic though! It's been pouring rain and will continue to for the next couple weeks, but when the sun comes out I'll be glad I started again.

Connie, your house is beautiful! I hope we'll get to see the inside when it's all done. I love seeing other people's houses.

Marie, your tater tots look good!

I'm very glad to see you all still here!

-Rachel

Afternoon,

Ray - Nice to see you check in, lots of changes in your lives but good ones.
Keep checking when you can. As far as weight goes, we are all still here.

I just finished my walk and thinking of making some chili in the crock pot and I use turkey instead of ground beef. I have to pick up a few things, I broke my hand mirror to look at the back of my hair, so I will pop into the dollar store later. I still have to take down laundry and I changed the sheets and have to make the bed.

A beautiful day and Dave is back at the boat. He was going to go Friday but we have to go to a funeral for a friend's mom.

I saw a video on Facebook this morning from a doctor on why people can't lose wait. She gave all the ins and outs and said stay away from whole wheat bread, yogurt and cereal bars. We all know they contain sugar. She said make sure if anything you take a probiotic at least 10 million and 10 strains.
Another thing was digestive enzymes. The short of it was we can't lose weight because of our digestive systems are not working properly. Just a little info if you see on Facebook ready it, its very interesting.

Shirley

hi all,

ray, so good to see you!! glad to hear you found a great job!!

connie, have you tried having dome healthy carbs like sweet potato, brown rice or oats early in the day? you might just mix it up. i am the worst at this but people swear by it! resetting your metabolism with one meal a week....

nancy, hope ben is doing well

shirley good to see you!

janice, please let us know what you hear from the doc, my fingers are crossed.

i am not sure that i am on a challenge this time as i haven't really made a dent:( i have cut back my cardio and have fluctuated a few lbs. i am not sure what to try except not cheating!!

hope all of you are hanging in there!!

Stephanie

Good morning,

Connie, Great news!!! Way to go........

Not much planned today, just some house cleaning.

Marie, Your tater diet is really working for you.

Have a good day.

Nancy

Marie........ So glad the spuds are working for you. I'm so glad to see things are going so well for you.

I have been keeping busy as usual. As my grandpa called me Powerful Katrinka.... Has been hitting the weights at the rec center. My hubby came home after 14 days out and swears I lost sizes. I didn't yet however I have so much more muscle definition now.

Ruthie...... How is that Alaska cruise planning going? Hopefully going well. Any questions fire at me. I will do my best to answer them. And if you come to town here I can give you guys the royal tour and show you all the insider places to go to see the real town. Not just the commercial crap.

Esther
Ps when I fire up the computer next I will post a few pics of the ballet performance. It was awesome