This is a couple of the bazaars that we did.

Good afternoon

It’s actually morning but will be noon soon. I have a doctor appointment this afternoon, right after lunch. We’ll eat at Cracker Barrel. I usually hav grilled chicken tenders wit steamed broccoli and fresh fruit cup. There are good choices at Cracker Barrel!

Out TOPS meeting was this morning. I thought I would have a loss, but I gained. That means I probably have to change the batteries in my scales. We are making plans to attend our SRD in June.
Mother’s Day was my challenge this last week!

I think (but don’t know for sure) that maybe Connie has too much on her plate. Problems with her husband that is leading to divorce, new career, moving, and who knows what else. I just wish she would stop in once in awhile. It’s been months since she posted anything.

Good evening

It’s beginning to look like only 2 of us will go to SRD. One of the gals has a husband in ICU and it’s not looking like he’ll last long.

Our TOPS meeting is canceled for this week. No on is able to be there except me.

I spent the day today mowing our lawn. Im almost done. I should be able to finish tomorrow. It’s a big job. I’m tired now’

Good evening!

We just got back from SRD. It was all good. We had a fun time. I’ll show an activity we did at SRD. We’re doing it tomorrow at our chapter meeting.

We’d probably more active here if notifications were sent out when someone posted. I would make that suggestion for tech support, but MyFitnessPal is not friendly to Apple users. Since I got my iPhone, I haven’t been able to post in the community.

Your challenge sounds like a good idea. I’ll check it out.

Good afternoon

My goal for next SRD is to regain my KOPS status. I’m going in the right direction. 20 pounds to go. I will do it!

The trash bag activity sounds good. Not much junk food in my home. I don’t bring it in or any healthy food (like grapes) that I can’t control and end up over eating. I rarely bake any goodies unless I know I’ll have help eating.

Have a great day!

Good afternoon

I definitely do buy things that will cause me to over eat, including healthy food. Too much of a good thing is usually not good. I rarely buy grapes because I’ll eat one more and one more and one more until they are completely gone. But I really enjoy them when they are offered to me.

We have 3 contests that we do every week. I’ll explain later. I have an appointment this afternoon.

Have a go day!

I love the fruit basket idea! So fun and yummy!

Sorry I didn't post last week. I probably should have for many reasons. I was on a loosing streak then, I turtled last week. This week I gained, not a little either. I'm mad at myself for not staying on track and I feel like I'm behind on my goal which if I really focus is totally doable still. Just needs more focus. I've reset my goals on MFP to reflect " new" goals and started to recommit to myself.
(Sorry for dumping thanks for listening)

We used to do a gain fee, now it is voluntary (rather than mandatory) and is just donated to the club.

Week Four of the challenge was to measure yourself and dicuss non-scale victories with your badge Buddy. The point is to focus on things other than the scale. It was recommended to measure for three months. I gave out measuring tapes and a print out of a tracking/info sheet I found online (not tops). I've attached this image.

Week Five ( this week) we are to track food at least four says including one weekend day and talk to our badge buddies about what we learned from it. For this I printed out the tops tracking page.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I hope it was TOPS-tastic!! It is great when family / friends can get together and enjoy time with each other.

I love Non Scale Victories! way to go on the watch band! I'm proud of you and the work you are putting into yourself. (P.S. I count a turtle as a win)

Ironically, I tend to get scale fright and not be able to go that day, however, last week I think it was water retention. I have been researching migraines and one of the symptoms before the big headache is water retention. I ended up struggling the latter part of the week and leaving early one of the days to recover. I'm new to the migraine thing. I do admit to messing up but I've been pretty focused lately so it was a surprise. I'm really going to focus and work at it this week. I'm hoping my badge buddy doesn't let me down.

Week Six of our Accountability program started today. "Get Moving to Goal" Badge Buddies can earn this badge by seeing a weight loss, even if it's just a fraction of a pound. Both partners must have lost weight (or stayed within leeway if a KOPS) on this week in order to earn the badge.
- I paired people who tend to lose easily or consistently with those who do not.
- I've been lenient about passing out badges, pretty much show up to the meeting and at least think about the challenge. This week, I will hold them to it. No loss, No badge.

I'll be keeping busy this week, got four days at my part-time job to keep me busy and active. If you see me tracking 3.5 hours of light cleaning it's usually that. It's a coffee shop so I'm "cooking", making coffee and other beverages and food; "cleaning", dishes and wiping everything down; and stocking / moving supplies and replenishments. It's a small drive thru only and it's hot inside, despite having ac units, so lot's of sweating.

Anyway, I need to jump off and get a shower before bed.
I hope everyone has a great week! JP

Good afternoon,

I started this this morning, then was interrupted without saving it so it disappeared. Grrr!

I lost .5 pounds last week at TOPS. I hope to at least match that this week. And tomorrow is TOPS again!

It’s been hot here this week (in the high 90s) and it don’t cool down much at night. And it’s smoky! Yesterday we had a major power outage. It affected 4 towns and lasted 4.5 hours. Needless to say out a/c didn’t work. I heard that one of the power stations was throwing sparks, so the power company shut it off until it was fixed. Luckily it didn’t start a fire!.

This last weekend out town had its town’s celebration. We watched the parade. One of the best displays was from our grocery store, Rod’s Harvest Food. They called it Rod’s Cart Brigade. The employees were pushing grocery carts and walking like a marching band. It was hilarious!

Loser of the Week, with 1.4 pound loss.

Summers can get busy especially toward the end of August. We went camping last weekend. It was up in the mountains and in tents. Who would dream that the temperatures would be in the 39s in the morning?

This coming weekend (Labor Day weekend) we’ll be at church camp, but we’ll be in a cabin. It’ll probably be cold this weekend.

We’ve had a lot of wind storm this month. We haven’t had any property damage, but some people in our area have. We’ve had mostly very small branches fall off our trees.

Tomorrow morning we have TOPS. I have a feeling that the best I can do is turtle.

For Loser of the week, we have a couple contests. We each bring a healthy food, like apple, banana, cucumber, or whatever. The Loser of the week takes it all home. The other, everyone brings a quarter to the meeting. This can accumulate if not earned. If the Loser of the week loses or turtles the following week, then you get to take home what has accumulated. Right now, what has accumulated makes a rich pot!

Good morning

I don’t usually put a message in the mornings. But here I am!

I did a weigh in at TOPS yesterday and then left, because I had a Doctor appointment in Missoula. I lost 1.4 pounds which really surprised me! I know how I ate over the weekend. I do well eating at restaurants because I know how and what to order. However, we were at a church family camp and eating meals prepared by cooks. It’s all in front of you.,.. pancakes, deserts, fry bread, and lots of fried foods. I finally gave up and enjoyed!

Doctor appointment: I heard what I expected to hear, but still not good. It’s about my neck. I was strongly encouraged surgery on my neck. It’s only going to get worse and harder to repair. This is the 3rd doctor that has said it. First was an orthopedic surgeon, Next was an orthopedic doctor who doesn’t do surgery. And the one yesterday was a Neurosurgeon. I was really impressed with the neurosurgeon. He gave me a lot of insight. Your spinal column is like a freeway for the nerves. Nerves are all over the body. I feel numbness in my arms, which shows a problem in the neck. The doctor was impressed that I could still crochet. I usually crochet while waiting. I call it my wasted time activity.

Good evening

I check in here every 1-4 days. If no one posts, I don’t either.

I have a surgery day on my neck. It’s less than 2 weeks, November 5, Election Day. We plan to vote sometime next week.

Lately, I’ve been doing well on the scale at TOPS. Last week I was Loser of the Week. You just need to hang in there. Remember your TOPS friends are your support group. They’re there to cheer you on and you are to cheer them on also. We’re all in this together.

Hello, I hope you are well.
I made it through Halloween week. Our nono was no candy, I paid a dollar. 😐
This week no cookies or cake. I have two birthday celebration this weekend. One is dinner and cake. The other asked for me to bake a certain cookie as a gift. Guess I'll be paying up next week.

Today my group had four turtles, out of 8 weigh ins. I was a turtle.

Well, I need to sleep. Sweet dreams.

Good afternoon

I’ve had surgery last Tuesday and I’m doing good. This morning was the first morning since surgery that I could fix my own breakfast. I swam to sleep a lot, but it could be drug related. I’ll be glad when I’m off the pain killers! I’m to the point now I think I can reduce how much I take.

Our church people are bringing us meals. I really appreciate it, but I wish they would bring less. Tonight, it will be a tater tot casserole, jello, cake. Probably enough for 6 or more. There is only the two of us! The meals are supposed to come until Thursday, I think.