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@RetiredAndLovingIt It’s so nice to hear from you! My friend did the elimination diet so I know how hard and tiring it can be. Especially when it doesn’t seem to be working for you. Hey, maybe this will be the best pumpkin year ever! Maintaining your weight can be a very good thing and when you are ready to really buckle down your body will be ready to drop more weight.

@trooworld With the way you and your husband love to cook and eat you need to really pat yourself on the back for the fact that you are consistently losing weight. I don’t think I would be so good! 😉 Although I do love to cook so my pancakes and sausage turn into chaffles with sugar-free syrup and turkey sausage. And the hamburger would be without the bun because thankfully my DH doesn’t know who to make such wonders as homemade buns!


Hello everyone! I somehow thought my hair appointment was today but it’s tomorrow, so I did the grocery shopping, went to Sams, and then washed the dog. It’s been 16 days since I started the DDF challenge and so far I’m really liking it. Yesterday, I splurged with DH and had some beers and dark chocolate for Father’s Day, and today I just had a small lunch and waited for my trigger to tell me that I could have dinner. I started the challenge with my blood glucose trigger at 85 and now it’s at 81. It will continue to move down and that is good. I’ve been testing before meals and usually, it’s between 80 and 70. Today it was 67 which tells me that my body was ready for some fuel and boy did I give it some! I made a super yummy meatloaf, mashed cauliflower, and sauteed and now I am so full!

@teresaw1020 I've never had a chaffle. I'll have to try it. I might work it into my weekly breakfast rotation. Yaaay on lowering your trigger. What happens if you go too low? I mean I know hypoglycemia in a diabetic but does same thing happen for non-diabetics? What would they consider too low?

@trooworld Good for you for no snacks at the cafe. So lesson learned is you let yourself get too hungry before lunch. Plus the cheese dip and pretzel thins. What's a good way to make it a smaller portion and enjoy it? Yes, alot of it is sodium bloat.

Having my son around seems to be a trigger for sweets. So more focus is needed. I have 2 red days coming up. That should help.

189/164 Yellow
No exercise
25% water

@theslightedgeforever Next time, I need to plan my own yummy snacks and portion them out ahead of time when I'm not hungry. I think having company, in general, is a trigger for sweets!

@TeresaW1020 I definitely need to drink more water. Maybe I will add some lemon to it. Your hair sounds really pretty! Maggie, what's wrong with you? LOL

Hi all. The cheese dip is gone (spoiler alert: it's in my stomach). At least I don't have to worry about it anymore.

My phrase for the year: CHANGE HAPPENS

@trooworld Well your stomach isn't the best place for the cheese dip but at least it's gone! I started buying bags of lemons at Aldi's and squeeze half of one a day in a big glass of ice water.

@theslightedgeforever The challenges go for 30 days and then there are about two weeks or so before the next one starts. I will probably go into maintenance mode on the app and then start back again when the new challenge starts. I use this waffle maker Dash Mini. Wait for it to go on sale for $9.99 which it does all the time. I also have the Dash Mini Four which is good for batch Chaffles or for breakfast for dinner night. When I make them sweet I will add a little vanilla extract and a couple of TBS of almond or coconut flour.

Hello! Well, my eyeglasses, which had this messed up arm due to a bad screw finally broke, so I had to dig out my old pair and go buy some a new pair. I went to the where I got my eye exam and contacts but the cheapest frames they had started at $200! I ended up at Sams and got frames and lenses for under $250. I'm still waiting for my contacts to come in so I'm being careful with the one set I have that is on their last leg. Tonight is VBS final setup before the big event that starts this Sunday. I'm excited and hope I get a good group of kids. Trigger went down to 79 this morning and I didn't eat until after 2 pm when it said 83. One of those days!

@teresaw1020 At least this meal plan you are doing is teaching you patience. I've heard lemon in water is good for you but I really don't like the taste of lemon unless it's a big glass of sweetened lemonade with mint. I have the best recipe for that. Thanks for the info on the waffle maker. Glasses are so expensive these days I think. Which is why I don't change mine too often. Although I'm usually out of style, but just wait and those big glasses come back in style.

@trooworld If I didn't exercise I would have to eat less and drop my calories which I don't want to do. But I need it to stay mobile and not stiff and to be able to hike and not be the slowest one. lol I need to start making my moonshine again now that it's summer. I write it on my list but it just doesn't seem to get done. I count that towards hydration. I've also found that sipping water through a straw makes me drink it faster. Problem is I just don't "think" about drinking water. Buying new water bottles didn't help; having an app on the phone to remind myself didn't help. I killed all the plants on that one app. lol OK, so now you know the problem of having 3 days a week to figure out a plan to stay on track. What will be your solution? Looking backwards now from a distance, what made you eat more while working? I hope you get to stay home on Thurs and Fri.

I woke up and did a nice YouTube video this morning.

67/100 Red
No Exercise
50% water

@trooworld Yeah, since I just spend a fortune on new contacts I didn’t want to spend that much on the glasses. Plus, I’m just a plain black frame kind of girl. That is a bummer that you have to go back to work when obviously you have been doing great working from home. Hopefully, they will give you the days you want.

@theslightedgeforever They do say patience is a virtue, right?

@renaegry Hi and welcome back! I will get you onto my team over at Fit2Fat. We will be happy to have you!


Hello all! I am tired and my body is so sore. Last night, I somehow got the job of going up and down a ladder hanging like a hundred paper vines to the ceiling for VBS. My weight was up 2 lbs and I know it’s water weight from the workout I did and then the ladder workout. Whatever! After the staff meeting today, I started cleaning our Fellowship Hall. The place was such a mess and took me forever to get it presentable for Sunday. I still have to go do the main building tomorrow. Then I will go to Sams and Walmart for all the food and supplies we will need for VBS. Each night the kids have a different snack that goes with the lesson of the night. It’s crunch time this weekend and on top of it all, I’m teaching children’s church this week too. At least I got my lesson pretty much done and ready to go.

I need to find a jug like this

@cbabie I was wondering about you and was about to send out the hounds lol. That sounds good to track those things. That's good you went for two bike rides. Where do you ride, just in the neighborhood? Thank you, I'm excited about my art, too.

@theslightedgeforever I'll have to think about the imagery. Maybe it will be a stop sign with CHANGE HAPPENS on it. Thank you! I'm looking forward to the opening. That's a funny picture lol. You DO need to find a jug like that!

@TeresaW1020 I hope so too. Story to follow on that. It sounds like you are all ready for VBS. Good luck with it! I love spaghetti and meatballs. I hope you enjoyed it.

Hello all. The HOA finally accepted responsibility for both of the windows. Now we'll see how long it takes them to fix them. They are going to have to totally remove the back wall to fix it, there is a problem with the way that the wall is constructed. It's going to be a hassle. But I'm glad they accepted responsibility. I'm up 1.2 lbs. Not surprising. I have to do a lot of things today, a lot of errands.

My phrase for the year: CHANGE HAPPENS