Paula…good luck with e heart report and the rheumatologist! I always want those reports as soon as possible so I can move on with life….or deal with new meds or whatever the results require! I hope all news is good news! Wow, that’s quite the bear sighting! We get them often in MN during the summer months and always scary in urban areas with kids, dogs and people in general!😳

Shari….glad you are finding the IF doable. My DH is doing well on it too and is looking for weight loss (after just 4 days) but it does take more time I told him, lol. Guys (my family anyway) are wired to want fast results and find it hard to be patient, lol! I am down another .4 lb this morning for total of 6.6 lbs! One of my sisters is “taking a break” from Keto she has been on two years. She had stalled in weight loss and is giving up and enjoying just eating what she wants for a bit. She is waiting to see how I do with this program and may join me in IF routine? I read that 10 weeks is the point in IF where you know it is sustainable and working etc. today I feel like I can do 10 weeks for sure!!


DW..so good to hear your dog is feeling better! Nice to get a full nights sleep too!👍. My weight loss is not new either…was down 10 lbs from January try at 17dd C1-then C2. Took about 2-3 months then stalled. I just slowly gave up and gained back those pounds…all but 2 of them. Good luck…we are all doing our best!!💪👍❤️

I am pinching myself again this morning to see if this is real!! Day 34 on IF. I am down again on the scale! Total 7.2 lbs! Less than 3 lbs to hit my loss number last January/February. Hoping this continues and I don’t plateau out like I did then!! 🤞Yesterday I ate my egg scramble for lunch. Had a 120 calories ice cream bar at 3:00 with my green tea, instead of my Apple. And for supper left over homemade meatloaf with 3/4 cup mashed potatoes and small amount of peas and carrots. Was nicely full and still under calorie budget for the day. I was able to not eat after dinner…even when DH had small dish of ice cream at 7:30….so he says he won’t eat until 11:30 today instead of 11:00? He is not counting calories like I am…just eating whenever and whatever he wants in eating window…obviously going to be more flexible on evening cutoff…will see if he loses…likely he will because guys seem to lose much easier!🤔

Paula, this will be my last detailed report on my IF earing. But here is my yesterday report on what I ate. It seemed like a lot to me, lol! We had friends over at 6:30 last night. Sat outside as weather was beautiful! We invited them to join us for dessert and decaf coffee. Which we served right away and ate before 7:00. Then we sat and visited for a couple hours, time flew by!! Neighbors and friends we have known since 2005 and they were aware of our IF meal plan etc. and on board to come have dessert before 7:00. Had a normal piece of apple crumb pie with a tiny 1/3 cup of ice cream on top for me. Did not break my calorie budget for the 11-7:00 eating time. Am down again .2 lbs on scale. Could hardly believe my eyes…expected from C1 experience to see a jump upward with a treat like that!! Other than cleaning the house in prep for their visit I did no extra exercise yesterday.

Saturday food: I had my egg scramble for lunch (I started cooking at 11:00 ate about 11:20) which I calculate as 320 calories, a 1/2 large honey crisp apple for snack with tea about 2:30, snacked on (1-3 at a time) nuts from bowl on counter during the day total about 1/8 cup, a plain 6oz home cooked burger with ketchup on bun for dinner at 5:45…no sides (early because we planned on our guests arrival) and my pie dessert with neighbors.

I feel very satisfied on the food I am eating for meals and snacks. Yet I am almost always under 1395 calories everyday except on our trip across country. My body seems to be liking this new plan….the only time I am really “hungry” is about 2 hours after I wake and I want breakfast…but that hungry feeling I am strong enough to resist in morning where I was unable to resist treats after supper before. I visualize fat burning off my tummy when I feel that morning hunger burn…and get busy doing some cleaning, laundry, chores and it goes away. Some days I all of a sudden realize it’s 11:30 or noon and I could have eaten at 11:00 but forgot the time.

Oops…guess it. Didn’t go back to Sept..start date but is much the same. Red is when I went over budget mostly on the road trip.

Glad you are feeling better Paula. And glad you are enjoying the Lose It app. I have found so many odd foods and it is easy to add your own foods to the list too. I have used calories on packages and figured out what I use in certain go to foods so I can easily put in the food tracker, like 1/2 small avocado on toast with one slice of Oscar Mayer ham etc…and it’s all free! Can’t ask for more than that😎

I had another good day, busy with chores I felt up to doing and getting a lot done. I made a pot roast in the slow cooker with carrots and potatoes. It was soooo tender and delicious. Glad that I bought 2 and have the other one in the freezer to make down the road sometime. I already have my "to do" list ready for tomorrow and have given myself a lighter work load since I got so much done today. I hope to spend the extra time catching up on some reading.

Hope the week is off to a good start for everyone!

Shari, Hope your DH doesn’t have Covid, but better to find out asap. I applaud you for tracking even if you know/think you are over your range. I do that too, as a form of helping myself face reality (at least that is what I tell myself, and I think it does help to get me back on track).

Diane, I heard on the ABC evening news today that it is ok to mix vaccine boosters, and for those (like me) who had the J & J, getting the Moderna or Pfizer booster has even more favorable results. Encouraging. I also heard elsewhere that it is recommended to wait at least 2 weeks after getting the flu shot before getting the booster. Since I just had my flu shot today, I will wait at least 2 weeks before inquiring about the booster shot.

I weighed in today and am down almost a full pound, but since it is not a full pound, I am counting it as only .5 pound. I am pleased however since I had a few “days off” over the past few days. It tells me that even when I stray I don’t do all that bad….well, except for today. I started out strong but by evening decided I was going to have a drink. I had a can of Clubtail Margarita. This was the first time I tried this, and it was great. I searched for nutritional information but really couldn’t find it online. I just know it was a lot of carbs from how good it tasted. But now that I had it I and don’t have anymore (I bought only one can), I don’t plan to indulge in that anymore. But I must say, I loved it. I have always loved Margaritas, and this was really a great guilty pleasure. My food choices were all on track, healthy and nutritious. So I am telling myself I didn’t do too much damage.

Great news about your DH Shari! Glad your nephew is doing ok.

I had a good day for eating today. I wasn't very hungry which sometimes happens when I am stressed out. With me and stress I never know what will happen with my eating. The good news is that I got the report of the blood tests that my rheumatologist ordered as far as I can tell they are fine. His office hasn't called me, and I think they would have if there was anything to worry about. The bad news is that I haven't heard yet from the electro physiology cardiologist whose lab results (that I received) suggest some elevations that could be indicative of a kidney problem. His office hasn't called me so far, and it is about a week since I had the blood work done. I am hoping that his interpretation of the elevations is that they are not all that significant. I am partly looking at this with a "no news is good news" approach so I am not planning to call his office, at least not yet.