Today's Goal: Walking 3 ish miles of the Centennial Trail!
Weekend Goals
-Meal Plan
-Grocery Shop
-Walk the dog Sat & Sun
-Clean-up Reorganize basement for an optimal workout space
-Get in some Strength training! (a recent thread about lifting has got me motivated to do more than cardio)

I've set my sights on walking, lifting weights, & maintaining discipline through a party tonight.

@Fred77 - so jealous! I dream of having a small greenhouse someday. (Okay actually I dream of living in a giant greenhouse, but baby steps).

Ultimately I want to try a few dwarf fruit trees in our small yard, but that will be a future year.

Do you have a lot of space for trees and the greenhouse? Or are you creatively fitting them into a smaller space?

Cesse - age 72 - Weigh-In

308.6 lbs - starting weight on 3/28
289.8 lbs - weighin on 07/25 -- loss = 0.1 lbs -- (18.8 lb total loss to date)

JULY GOALS ---
(1) Log all food and beverages honestly; Drink 10+ water [week 1 challenge = MEASURE IT!]
(2) Exercise 30 min minimum (3000 steps)
(3) Clean 30 min per day: house or yard or declutter


TASKS FOR TODAY ---
Do 20 min stretches and 30 min of walking
Feed & Water animals -- done
Water outside plants -- done
Bedroom -- reorganize, declutter, strip bed & redo,

Basically stayed the same. Understandable. Had ham ... yummy ham! ... for 3 days. Blew sodium levels skyhigh. So, will have to up my water and watch sodium this coming week. Hopefully, will see better loss next Sat.

Meeting daughter for breakfast this morning. Usually spend about 2 hours when we meet up. Then, it's home to start on the bedroom.

cesse47 wrote: »

@Fred77 I need to do some cleanup work in my yard; mainly, pruning and weeding. It's a never ending chore, but I do enjoy it when it's not too hot or too cold. I just have to be careful not to overdo. Dwarf fruit trees sound really good ... do they require much maintenance?

@cesse47 I dont think so. I haven't got any planted yet, but from what i can gather from the interweb, you just stick 'em in the ground, they dont grow too big, so no ladders or anything needed to pick the fruit, and no real pruning needed

Tomorrow I need to clean out the low freezer (I have, gods aid me, three freezers now to manage!) and put in it only the meat and vegetables that I'm going to be cooking this week, plus the bag of ice.

The other two are a big upright freezer for storage that we brought with us, and a regular refrigerator with top freezer that the previous residents left behind in the garage. That actually works out because frozen treats (including chocolate, in this weather!) can be kept out there, and that way they aren't singing to you when you open the freezer in the kitchen to get some ice. I wouldn't have bought a second fridge for this, but since I have one, I may as well use it to help me out, right?

Also need to make a quichecake tomorrow, and slice and freeze the meatloaf. That has to cool under weights tonight to give it the firm texture it needs for slicing. (If your meatloaf crumbles, that's the secret trick; put a similarly sized pan on top of it when it comes out of the oven, put a couple bricks in it, and let it cool under the weight.)

Plus tomorrow is also when I plan to clean the downstairs. Given the heat, I'm really not sure how much will get done. I hate that, but it is what it is.

eliezalot wrote: »

Weekend goals:

[*] Rest!
[*] Bake a batch of sourdough, make some pasta out of the discard - didn't get to this yet - Suzy (my starter) needed an extra feeding to really get going
[*] Finish canning my peaches and green beans - HAVE to do this today. Peaches are super ripe, and there are more beans to pick
[*] Reconnect the wiring to the garage (I accidentally cut through the buried wires while gardening) - put off for another weekend
[*] Plant my new perennials - I got about half planted (then accidentally bought some more today...oops), and will get the rest in t
[*] Probably hit up the grocery store

Saturday I did an hour of strength-focused yoga, and accidentally went on 3 bike rides (two were planned...but when I biked to the pharmacy I forgot my wallet, so had to go back to get it lol).

I spent several sweaty hours planing my new perennials yesterday morning. I slept in until 7, so didn't get started as early as I'd like. The heat got to me before about half way through - cutting through the grass/sod in our clay soil is hard work when it is in the 90's (and I already was feeling pretty beat from Saturday's yoga).

Did a lot of extra errands yesterday too. We're replacing our dishwasher, which has been a several month process. We bought one, they came to install it, took one look, and told us it wouldn't fit (1/4" too big), so we had to return it. In the mean time, we found someone to adjust the cabinet space. He stopped by yesterday and did that, so we went out, bought a new dishwasher, it was just delivered 15 minutes ago, and the installers will be by on Thursday. I can't wait! (Even though my husband does most of the dishes, lol.)

Today:
[*] Can the peaches and green beans
[*] Feed Suzy, save discard, mix-up dough and set to rise
[*] Review some stuff for work that I've felt behind on for ages
[*] Short (maybe 30 minutes) of yoga
[*] Cook supper - I picked up some ground lamb, so will probably use that in some way tongiht. Ususally I go for spicy lamb burgers or meatballs, but we have no burger buns (and its too hot to have the oven on to bake some today), and we just had meatballs last week. I'm open to suggestions!
[*] Stare at my new dishwasher and dream of reclaiming my sink from the tower of dirty dishes that has encompassed it for the last 2 months.

Slept late, which is what I get for not taking my Kindle up with the alarms set. Oh, well.
I have a bit of a headache. That does not bode well for getting my above set of things done.

Do three loads of laundry
Change the sheets and duvet covers on the weighted blankets
Tidy up the dressing table
Clean and dust the master bedroom and mop the floor
Make lunch: Hamburgers, chips, pickles.
Make dinner: Sweet and sour pork, steamed broccoli, and either cauliflower rice or white rice. (I have a sugar-free sweet-and-sour recipe!)
Tidy up the floor area of the pantry and begin working out how you're going to redo the dry good storage in process. (Where am I going to stack all this while I'm unloading and reloading the shelves?)

JULY GOALS ---
(1) Log all food and beverages honestly; Drink 10+ water [week 1 challenge = MEASURE IT!]
(2) Exercise 30 min minimum (3000 steps)
(3) Clean 30 min per day: house or yard or declutter

TASKS FOR TODAY ---
Do 20 min stretches and 30 min of walking
Feed & Water animals -- done
Water outside plants -- done
Bedroom -- reorganize, declutter, strip bed & redo -- still need to do

Love our Farmer's Market!! Yesterday picked up cucumbers, tomatoes, peaches & creme corn on the cob YUM!!, huge head of cauliflower, 1 each fresh caught Lake Perch & Lake Trout, 6 duck eggs, yellow & green beans, and snow pea pods. I also picked up a bouquet of mixed flowers and a dozen glads in purple, yellow, and pink. They are lovely! The food stalls are easily 8 ft apart, everyone wears a mask and are very conscious of social distancing, and only the vendors are allowed to touch the produce. Each stall is set up with a hand sanitizer station for customers and vendors. And, the vendors use it between handling each order. We have a semi-pro ball team and after our flood, the Market changed it's location to the parking lot of the ball diamond which allows for the distancing of the food stalls. Because it's so large, it's also a great way to fit in some outside exercise ... even though it's more of a stroll.

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@mssue18 I cook for one which I think can be tougher than for 2-4. Since the beginning of lockdown, I think I've gotten better at it. I joined a Facebook group -- Cooking For One - The One Dish Kitchen Community -- and that's helped as well. I also made it a goal to try a new recipe at least every other week to keep meals from getting too boring.

@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Great idea to put your treats in the garage frig!!

@tinkerbellang83 I'm also an audiobook reader. My library just recently changed their process and my tablet won't download it because "it's not supported" by the new process. GRRRRrrrrrrr!!

@eliezalot OK, I admit I'm curious. Is Suzy a pet?

Have a great evening Y'All!! 👋