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@prisoner2food, that is fantastic that you went to Vegas and lost weight!! Way to go!!

@TrishasTime, good news that the surgeon released you. Now you just gotta keep up with your exercises and wait for the healing to happen. Don't beat yourself over the scale. The scale is evil!!

@its_cleo, that is great that you have a trainer that is fun to work with. I'm sure that makes the workouts a lot more fun and pretending to be Rocky is great!!

@trooworld, well I hope you learn a lot since you have to work and not get paid. Can't wait to hear how the condo search went!!

@theslightedgeforever, Yes I remember and you are right...as usual! Today is a day that I will eat more than normal and because I'm planning for it that is OK! It's when I go off the rails and it's not planned that I have to keep working on. Dancing is the best kind of exercise!!

So, yesterday we went to Sams to pick up the deli trays I ordered and get the other food for the worship pastor's send-off party. While there the power goes out, the alarm goes on and we are stuck like that for 30 minutes before they decide to shut down the store. My pre-paid deli trays are in the cooler and they can't get them out!! So, I talk to a manager about coming back to get my money and we head to Walmart and Kroger to try to figure out what to do for this "light" luncheon party. I just pray I bought enough! Then tonight is my little dinner party and I'm looking forward to it. But so much to do today!

Good morning

I go back to work for a full day today - hope all goes well. Unfortunately yesterday, Without thinking, I tried to lift a roasting pan with large chicken on it out of the oven and hurt my wrist, the pain was awful and I immediately went into comfort food. Ended up with strong (script) pain killers

@theslightedgeforever - 6 months for your next book club? Is that usual??? Congrats on your big sticker day which I read, you managed despite going to a wedding Please say hello to @cbabie as I can see she is not on lately

@Teresaw2010 - I was thinking about you last night - I think you should update your picture with the new skinny you. Hope the catering went well

@trooworld - It is always very scary making your first house purchase, I remember ours so well. You may have to compromise on a few things whilst you get settled, but just think - no more rent inspections If you make an offer, would love to see piccies.

Hello to Its_cleo, @prisoner2food and anyone else who cruises by


Trish

@trooworld So how was the condo search? How was your weekend foodwise?

@trishastime Ouch on the wrist. I guess more progress needed on that too. One of the upcoming lessons in my 100 day journal is called Ditch the Parent. It talks about eating foods and feeling good/bad based on those foods. Instead we chose to eat those foods and then journaling how we felt when we ate those foods. So you chose to eat for comfort. It happens to the best of us. Then the next lesson is Beat Myself Up. You tell yourself well that was unfortunate and not what I planned. Here's what I learned..... Bookclub is only on break for 4 months. Yes normal. It's usually 3-4 months off during the summer. We usually meet in May but people had graduations to attend. We read 2 books over the summer and then discuss both in September. I can't wait to read my pick for the year in February. It's called The Gown. Fiction story about Queen Elizabeth's wedding gown. They weave fact and fiction together in this novel.

@prisoner2food Enjoy your time with your family. Get some rest. Make good choices while you are there.

@TrishasTime I'm so sorry to hear about the chicken incident! Do take care and don't overdo it, especially today going back to full time. Good luck! re: the home search...we found a condo we liked and we MADE AN OFFER!!! We did have to compromise on a few things (no washer and dryer in the unit, no patio, no 2nd bathroom) but it's been beautifully redone. Here is the listing for it, I don't know how to share photos of it any other way: https://redfin.com/CA/San-Diego/2840-39th-St-92105/unit-9/home/5398221

@theslightedgeforever Condo search was good. We saw one that was good but already had an offer on it that they were going to accept (the agent didn't tell our agent that), one that was not acceptable because it had a pool right outside the front door and was also right across from a high school, one that was pretty nice but there would be no guest parking and one that was perfect and we put an offer in (see the link in my comment to Trisha above). We will find out tonight if they accept our offer, there is another offer in on it too. Food: it was 50/50...Saturday night, we ordered Chinese take-out which is the first time I've eaten off-plan since being on plan. Yesterday was good. Great big sticker!!!

I have a migraine. Likely the weather, but could be from all the excitement.

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@cbabie just focus on you, and taking care of yourself...

@trooworld that is beautiful! I hope you get it. So exciting. I think I should move to California lol. Condos here are going for half a mill.

@theslightedgeforever well once in ten years is not bad! I've learned not to buy packs of sweet things even though sometimes I get tempted. If I decide to get a treat I will go buy a single of something usually. It has helped me to cut down.

@TrishasTime oh that sounds painful. Sometimes I grab things from the over without an oven mitt without thinking. It happened a couple times last year. I am just kind of dazed in the kitchen lol.

well yesterday was end of week for me, and I gained a pound. Also somehow I was about 300 calories over my weekly total so I'm not sure how that happened, bc I was keeping track daily and I guess somewhere along the way I got confused about what I had in the bank and ate too much.

Ah well. Starting again- yesterday was on track. Today on track so far.

Lessons learned from last week-

I need at least 500 cals for dinner.
On days when I am in the office I need to plan for more food bc I eat much more than at home.

Ex- yesterday I ran 2 min cycles for the first time in a long time. It was an easy route but I was still pretty pleased.

Today I went to a pilates class.

Slow at work right now bc I have more time.

Stayed under calories!!

Karen in BC

@trooworld, my fingers and toes are crossed for you to get that condo!! Love how bright the place is and those floors are awesome!! I can’t wait to hear the good news!!

@TrishasTime, so sorry you hurt your hand. That is going to be one of your biggest issues is that you will feel fine and stop thinking about being careful with your body that still has a long way to go to being fully healed. I know this because that is what I do whenever I hurt myself. 😉

@prisoner2food, snuggling babies is the best medicine for a tired body. Yayyyy for staying under your calories!!

@theslightedgeforever, NO way could I have sweet rolls in my house! I have half a pound cake right now in my fridge from my Sunday dinner party that is calling my name and probably needs to take a walk to the trash can outside.

@cbabie, hey girl!! Thanks for checking in. I am doing well and yes we just lost our worship pastor who decided to go become a senior pastor to a small country church. This guy is 28 and is the least country person I know. Should be interesting for all involved.

@its_cleo, bummer about the pound gain but you are doing so great that you will get it off! Are you sure you are eating enough for the amount of exercise you do? I think trying to figure out how many calories we really need is the most frustrating part of losing weight.

Hello everyone!! So, I ended the month with a one pound gain. Not too surprising considering all the eating events and the conference I went on where I lost my mind in a sea of Southern cooking! I have got to pull it together! Which is much easier said than done. Tonight, I’m going with my ladies Bible study group to eat Mexican and then go bowling. I haven’t gone bowling since I was a teenager so that should be interesting! I'm also leaving on May 11th for Florida to see my family for a few days and I’ve already told my mother NOT to make a bunch of sweets. She is diabetic and will use me as an excuse. Not this time, mama!!

OK, I have also decided to do something radical for May. I weigh every morning and record it. I know that weight fluctuates and am usually ok with it but if I'm honest it does mess with my head. So I'm doing No Weigh in May except for when I do my WW Tuesday weigh-ins. Does anyone want to join me?

@prisoner2food Kudos for staying under calories. Now shoot for two days in a row.

@trooworld Waiting anxiously to hear if you got the new condo. If the answer is no that means God has an even better one out there waiting for you. I don't know if I'm solidly back on track but at least I'm on the right path now.

@teresaw1020 Sweet rolls: it didn't stay very long here. I'm usually okay with having desserts in the house. I eat my one portion and then I'm done. I went crazy it seems with these. Ha on your diabetic mother. I remember visiting my diabetic parents. There was always sweets around and ice cream in the fridge. Good thing I don't care much for ice cream. I do miss the Austin cheese crackers he would buy from WalMart. I can't keep those in the house. No weigh in: I do better if I weigh in every day. It nudges me in the right direction. If it's up and I know I've eaten out or popcorn then I ignore it but if I know I haven't been staying within calories, its my reminder. But then like today it dropped a bit and I was like woohoo, just keep going. To thine own self be true is the saying. So try this and see if this works for you better. The good thing is you won't see all the ups and down that are a normal occurrence.

@trishastime At first I wasn't liking this 100 day journal as much as I liked the first but it's getting better. So I don't know if I just wasn't in a good place or what. Reading the book along with the journal is alot better. More explanations. More context. So if you redo the first two 100 day journals again next year, I recommend you getting the books that go along with them.


I stayed within my food boundaries. Exercised 67 minutes. Drank all my water. Wrote in my journal. Big sticker day.

@trooworld congrats!



That's exciting...I never ended up buying a condo though I looked. I chickened out, partly because I'm on my own and it just felt like too much. But this is great for you! Sometimes I regret it. A little piece of cake due to stress is totally understandable.

@TrishasTime I work like a consultant. So I'm assigned to a client and we bill them, but sometimes they have nothing for me to do. Usually because i produce a project then they take a couple weeks to review. So I end up with a lot of free time and my boss doesn't care bc we're still billing the client. This is also why I work from home so much. Clients don't usually care where I am.

Sometimes I have multiple clients and I can switch but not often. Right now my next client is also not ready, so I'm just relaxing lol. It won't last though. I expect things will pick up next week.

@teresaw2010 1lb is not bad at all, and you can knock that in no time! I will weigh in only once a week with you, but Sunday is my day. So if I can keep my day, it's a deal.

@theslightedgeforever that's a good approach, on target for three days in a row.

I went to the pilates class Monday and man was I sore after lol. Not sure I will keep going. There are some women there that didn't like the class and they complained after, it just felt like a bad vibe. So I don't know.

I am under cals so far this week, and have a surplus. Tomorrow I will go in the office so I expect I will eat more so I've tried to bank a little surplus for tomorrow.

Today I will do stairs again. When the trees/flowers are all up I'll take a picture, but right now everything is grey and rainy.

@its_cleo, yes, of course, you can keep your Sunday weigh in!!

It was strange not to weigh in this morning and see how much eating out at the Mexican restaurant did to me. But I'm committed to it and hubby won't give me my scale back until June, so I better just suck it up and be a good girl. I did an hour treadmill walk and got in 3 miles. That felt good! Plus, I'm leaving for Florida in 9 days to see my family and I really want my weight loss to be evident and my new cute capris to fit!

We didn't go bowling last night after all. There were league games going on and three of our ladies couldn't stay anyway, so I just came home. We had a great time at dinner and agreed that we should do that more often.

@its_cleo Thank you! Yes, it is very, very stressful and feels like too much but...I'm doing it anyway!!! It sounds like you have a nice job. I would like working from home. At least you tried pilates!

@TeresaW1020 Thank you so much!!! I think the no-weigh-May will do you good. Hang in there!

@theslightedgeforever Thanks! Yes, indeed, no weight gain! So far, I am still losing. I am imagining a giant wine glass in your hand that you have to hold up with both your arms lol.

Hello all. I have 3 weeks to pay up my apartment and clean out my garage so I'd better start doing it this weekend, that time will fly by! We officially gave our 30-day notice yesterday to our apartment complex. It was so scary to do so.

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@theslightedgeforever Thanks! You are right! lol The condo is slightly further away by one freeway exit. Waze says it is 8 minutes away from our current address. I was hoping for a shorter commute as well, but everything that we could afford was even further away. Good luck with the bday party!

Hi all. This weekend is going to be busy...have to start packing but I have to find boxes. I'm going to put a listing on Nextdoor to see if anyone in the neighborhood has any free ones before I buy any. My husband's back is still messed up, so I don't know how much help he will be. It might be me packing this place up. I didn't eat the lunch that I brought yesterday (it didn't turn out well), I ended up buying falafel and rice pilaf from the cafe, which was not on my food plan. I also bought a chocolate chip cookie on impulse. I was very stressed yesterday, related to the condo, and I took it out on food.

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@TeresaW1020 okay I will do the once a week weigh in with you! I wanted to weigh myself yesterday and today but held off. I have done ok with food, except yesterday I was hungry and ate a lot, but I had built in a buffer for that ie eaten less other days so I think I'm still under for the week. I actually do think it is better to weigh less at least for me. It feels like less pressure, whcih is good bc then I want rebel lol.

It sounds like you have a nice trip to Florida planned! I've never been , except I was once stuck in the Miami airport for a long layover. I got to know the airport very well lol.

@trooworld good luck packing! Good opportunity to get rid of junk. The thought of paying for boxes always drove me crazy. Does your office have boxes of paper for the printer? Those are great boxes if you can snag a couple. And they usually have nice lids.

@theslightedgeforever sounds like you will be travelling too! I'm jealous, no plans to go anywhere this year. Good luck with the party tonight.

I have to buy a new phone. My old phone is about 5 yrs old and it still works but I've smashed the front of it by accident. So I've been researching phones for the last two days. They are very expensive here so it's kind of a pain. At the same time I'm kind of excited to get a new phone lol. I think I've decided on the Samsung S10e. I would get the S10 which is slightly better but too expensive. I think I will pick it up Saturday. I have to cancel a plan with another provider so I'm sure that will be a nightmare.

Food is going ok. No exercise today. Yesterday at the gym worked on pushups and some other arm stuff. My low back/left hip is a chronic problem, I'm kind of frustrated. It is just tightness that leads to pain but nothing I do fixes it.

Happy Friday!

Morning everyone :0

@trooworld - CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!! When is settlement and when can you move in??? Have you thought about rearranging the kitchen / laundry and buy your own washing machine. I image it will be cheaper in the long run

@cbabie - So terribly proud of you for no sugar !!! Glad so are dropping in. Can someone tighten the top for you??

@teresaw2010 - I have not weighed every day, since we made the commitment. Fastin 21 hours wow - not sure if I could do that

@theslightedgeforever - How did the birthday party g?o? Did you stick to the plan you made??

@its_cleo _ If your phone is 5 years old - would that mean you are out of contract and go where ever you like ? (that is how it is here in Aus) Fingers crossed for you

In Aus - it is all about the upcoming election for our new Prime Minister (election date 18th May. My broken bits continue to cause me grief every day

Catch youall

Trish

@TeresaW1020 Yeah, I'm super stressed right now. I'm doing the best I can which is pretty darned good, I must say! Yesterday, we managed to eat OP the whole day. I hope today is the same. Thanks for the tip about the boxes! Good luck with the fast, remember the trick about putting sea salt in your water, it really helps! You sound like a fun Sunday school teacher, I bet the kids love you!

@its_cleo Thanks! Yes, good reason to get rid of stuff. I've already told our admin to keep an eye out for boxes. We picked up some free boxes off Nextdoor (a neighborhood app) last night, but we need many more. Good luck with the phone purchase. I have always loved Samsungs, I have a Note 9 right now and love it. Expensive? Yes, but worth it. Just make sure and get a good case and screen protector.

@cbabie Good morning! That's a lot of people that have diabetes/pre-diabetes! I'm glad you are still no sugar. That's amazing news about the treadmill, yay!!!

@TrishasTime Hello darling! Thank you! May 21st is the closing of escrow and we pick up the keys that day. There are no washer/dryer hookups in the condo (unfortunately), so that is out. We are looking at this as our first home, a starter home, and maybe we will build equity and move in 10 years.

@prisoner2food 25 lbs is an amazing weight loss, congratulations! Have fun in Mexico.

Hello all. Every day seems like something else needs to be done towards the closing of the condo: last night, I had to do a 1 hour online homebuying course for the certificate. I also had to submit a bunch of paperwork that I felt I already submitted. Hopefully nothing is due today. I want to relax this weekend. I'm supposed to go for a walk later today with a friend, I'm looking forward to that. Here's my menu for this week (remember: I'm eating keto):

Smoky Turmeric Chicken Wings + Quick and Easy Parmesan Zucchini Fries
Low-Carb Keto Cheese Taco Shells + ground turkey, etc. for tacos
Keto Meatloaf + Loaded Cauliflower
Keto Chicken Thighs with Mushrooms Sauce (except I'm using breasts) + roasted broccoli
Easy Low-Carb Cauliflower Fried Rice (adding chicken breast)
Fathead Pizza Crust Recipe (Low Carb Keto Pizza) (we love this!)

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