Thank you for the pictures living in Florida I sure miss the fall.

retirehappy wrote: »

Chats are kind of quiet. Is everyone bracing themselves for the holidays, LOL.

I am pretty happy these days eating low carb/high fat/mod protein. My weight is slowly coming off and I hardly ever feel hungry. The research is plentiful to show this is healthy and safe way to eat. I am following the new Atkins, plenty of healthy fats and veggies. Just low GI/GL ones.

How are the rest of you coming along?

That's great that you found something you can work with.
I looked at the Atkins plan.. but...I just don't think I could deal with eating less than 20 g of carbs a DAY for 2 weeks. For example: half of a small banana has 12+ g of carbs.

I try to keep my carbs under 100g a day and that can be a struggle. I get hungry.
I'm trying to eat Good Carbs and keep my blood sugar under control which is a wacky, insanely bumpy road which seems to defy logic and my food choices.



So. I'm not losing weight; when I really cut my carbs I don't have the energy to exercise; I just want to lie down and take a nap.

Oh well.

What does everyone here do for fun?

I love to embroider, quilt and sew. Made my first quilt top 10 months ago. Recently finished a baby quilt for my niece's baby. I would add a picture but don't know how.

I am from Minnesota so I want to hibernate on cold days. Lol. My digital camera is no where to be found lately. I wish I could take decent pictures. I bought a student copy of Adobe's Creative Suite CS4 years ago so I have Illustrator and Photoshop included. I have modified some photos. I would love to do some video editing but it's too expensive.

I have a sewing/embroidery combo machine so I don't do much by hand any more.

I tried doing digital books through the library here but they said they weren't set up for it yet.

I used to run 5 to 10 miles a day and was very active. Loved to garden and canned anything put in front of me. I now have Systemic Lupus so I had to give up almost everything I love except sewing.

Because of this I gained 40 pounds. I am determined to get rid of the weight so I have more energy. Being a couch potato is not my style.

Will have to check on the picture thing. I am on my phone so I may have to go on a desktop computer for that.

Have fun with your new camera!

I don't get a camera icon on my phone. I see icons for: bold, italics, quotes and smiley faces. Bummer.

Thank you so much. It was a tearful day yesterday. My heart broke for the grandkids. They took it very hard.
I am exhausted from taking care of husband and everything by myself.
Because of my energy limits, my husband did 99% of the cooking. I sure am in survival mode. So tired, I don't dare drive. I am doing only what my energy allows. Housework and laundry will have to wait their turn.
Thank you for allowing me to vent. I'm usually upbeat and don't whine....lol

It has been a long time since I have been on here but I see some familiar names and some new ones. I reached my goal in April 2015 but in August 2015 I went up a few pounds but I was feeling comfortable so I stayed at that weight for over a year then it started to creep up as it often does. I was going on vacation in September and needed to fit into cold weather clothes so, with the help of MFP, I got back to my comfortable weight but the vacation added 6 pounds! so I am back again.
My vacation was hectic but interesting. We spent a few days in England and then to Budapest where my DH was attending a conference. That is a beautiful city! Then off to Canada to freeze my buns off. I spent a week with my 91 year old mother who has just moved into assisted living. She is awesome! I saw a lot of people in both England and Canada so it was a tight squeeze to visit with so many people. I am so fortunate to so many friends.