I just spent the better part of the day working on our Finances. This is when I really get a clear picture that I am no longer employed and do not have a income I am starting to realize I my spending is for NEEDS only. I'll have to avoid Quilt and Fabric shops. Still I would rather be home than working !
I wish everyone a great February, may we all be losers

Hey ya'll...

I don't have any positive news to report in the weight loss department, but my A1C is down again.. which was a complete shock.

But I'll take that good news any day.

I hate January; I always get down in the dumps, and this year January ended badly with the death of my BFF; we'd been friends since we were 14 years old. So I kind of fell off the low-carb thing. ::munch munch munch::

I was so bad, I even made BREAD. I haven't made bread in YEARS.

But I'm snapping out of it, and I need to be good to myself. Again.

This am I stopped by Kohl's on the way back from the Dr's office and ?? WTH. Everything was ugly. Dreary, drab colors.
I was going to buy some socks but I lost my shopping mojo after about 15 minutes of trudging through racks of grey, dark green, black, UGLY clothes. And I'm not even talking about the plus sizes...I didn't get THAT far. I got depressed and left before I could talk myself into buying some *new-cheer-me-up and motivate me-exercise clothes*.


Wandakc: if you like fabrics and crafts and quilting.. you might check to see if your area has a Project Linus group.
In Raleigh our Blanketeers group gets a lot of donations of fabrics and yarns for blankets we donate back to Project Linus, who sends them on to kids in hospitals. Once a year we have a Make a Blanket Day and every year I come home with 5+ bags of FREE, brand new fabrics and assorted yarns... I haven't been in a fabric store in months.

Here are some of the fabrics on the free table





Now, if I can find a way to crochet or knit while on an exercise bike (without killing myself) I'll be set.
I can actually crochet small items while pedaling but I haven't done it (or any other exercise) in awhile. My bad)


Here's a quilt I made out of donated fabrics.

CrisEb True that quilt is adorable, I also love the photo of your fabrics 🤗. I just returned from a quilting w/e with friends most are retired as well. It’s great to get together with like minded friends.
Since Monday I’ve been up to my eyeballs with helping mom sort {stuff}. It’s quite draining
Time to get refocused on me ! Have a great February 👌

Good morning everyone. Have not been on for a couple of months. This winter really knocked me for a loop as far as the intermittent fasting but it is FINALLY Spring in upstate NY!! I tweaked my fasting window and have now lost almost 5 lbs this month. (this is of the 8 that I gained after moving from Florida to upstate New York. My first winter here has been quite an adjustment!) Now I am looking forward to the month of June. Because I have been living in different places over the years, and mostly because I love the Fall, I have never been home during our annual high school reunion and this year will be something special. It will be my first reunion and it will also be the 50th for my class!! My goal is to attend it weighing less than I did when I graduated! I only have 8 lbs to go to make that goal!! Since starting first Paleo AIP (to put my RA in remission) and then IF to lose weight, I am now at a total of a 70 lb. loss since the spring of 2016 so I am pretty happy with that, but still want to lose at least another 40 for the arthritis in my knees. I live in ongoing gratitude for having discovered the power of nutrition and health and FINALLY doing it without resorting to things like Weight Watchers. I hope everyone is doing well!!

I have been stopping in a lot more lately as I struggle to get back on the intermittent fasting regularly. I am going through a spell where some days my appetite correction kicks right in (two days ago) and I only really want one meal and then follow it with a day like yesterday when I seem to be hungry all day long! I think my problem yesterday was that I had a bag of pears that were starting to get very ripe and I did not want to waste them to I put a pot of homemade pear preserves on the stove and subconsciously that scent was triggering my appetite! lol I should have known better than that! It's almost time for that monthly weigh in so for the next few days I need to behave myself! Still I am grateful for all that I have learned about weight loss in the past couple of years. If ONLY I had known about intermittent fasting for so many years! For me, its really the only way to go!