Bethanie0825
Friday
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morenin
Sunday

SW: 255
PW: 216.9
CW: 215.2

digger61 wrote: »

I am going to be off for awhile. I am going to have surgery tomorrow morning and don’t know when I’m going to be able to post again. Will post again when I can.

@Digger61 Prayers going up for you and everyone involved in your surgery! Will you be away for more than a few weeks? If so let me know and we can move you to support, I reported you wouldn't be weighing in but wasn't sure if we're talking a couple weeks or months. Thanks, let us know how you are when you get the chance we'll miss you!

@trooworld Oh my gosh I thought I was having major deja vu from the photos but I saw them on Facebook earlier, LOL! There's some seriously fun unique people at the beach I love them. I'm sorry to hear about your knee and am glad you were able to make it through despite the pain. I really hope in Spring that knee will be feeling way better!

@askewcr Oh no I'm so sorry to hear about your neck plus surgery being postponed! Could your knee be responding to the steriods? Steroids DO cause weight gain I tend to go up about 5lbs from them so hang in there. I hope the neck pain calms down fast. Are you thinking of not having surgery now?

WOOHOO Go Mission Slimpossibles in 1st place for the week, AWESOME JOB TEAM!!!!

@sleepygirl79 @19shmoo69 @askewcr Great job team leaders you all rock!

Hi team! Been kind of worn out all day, I didn't get as much done as I wanted but did some cleaning and yardwork and herb/seed harvesting and flower planting. I'm thinking I'm not working tomorrow as the practitioner I work with is a Veteran though we still have Bible study tomorrow night. I ordered 5lbs of salt to make herb salts to give as gifts, figured I'd try it first before ordering a huge amount. Think I'm going to head to bed early, Asher did his usual yowling all night he does after his nail trims and is starting to settle down. Have a great Monday everyone.

Sorry I have not been checking in. Life just seems to have been really busy this last couple of weeks between my grandkids, dogs and mom. I did get a good start on my basement, the huge dumping ground! Every they I spend at least 30 minutes down there sorting and at night I bring two photo albums up with me to sort out, I am making some progress.
I am getting to the gym at least two or three times a week and I'm running agility with my pups four days a week. I'm afraid I fell off the wagon checking in here nightly, by the time I sit down I am just pooped.
I am going to try really hard to catch up with some posts here tomorrow, during the day :-).
Here's to a great week ahead everyone!

Hi I would like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers. I am back home now because the liver was not viable so now I am back to waiting for the next match. Hopefully soon.

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@trooworld I love the sound of your photography class, it sent me down a rabbit hole seeing what was available here🤣. Love the shots that you took! Sorry about your walking pad, my son and son-in-law both use them, but they work from home so find that they can do it while they are on calls. I can't imagine coming home from work and getting on it. Ty gets the itchy as well, ever since I brought her home as a baby. I took her off all chicken and actually give her a teaspoon of coconut oil every day (I had tried other oils they didn't work), and it really seem to help.

@drewsanna that's awesome that you get support from insurance! I am so sorry that they are out of your medication, it is almost mid November though :-).

@katmary71 poor Asher! Feel so bad for the little ones when you can't figure out what is giving them the itchies.
You are always so busy, I can't get over being amazed that people are still planting things at this time of year!

@Cornanda congrats on the loss!!

@Teresa2024 you decorate really early. I don't decorate until the end of November, but I'm not sure what I will put up this year with Ty in the house🤣

I am all caught up for now. I think what happens is I get a little behind and then find the thought of trying to catch up overwhelming. I know I don't have to catch up, just in my brain.
I did well on my tracking and gym last week, I was surprised when I didn't show a loss yesterday.
I have been trying to do two or three photo albums every night. I'm just taking all of the pictures out of them and sorting them into piles. Each one of my kids has a pile and I think what I will do is take the best out of those and make them into a digital photo album. I will also give them all of the other pictures so if they want they can go through those. I laugh at some of my old pictures, remember the days of printed pictures🤣. I have come across a few very special ones. My ex-husband had a niece and nephew who were siblings and had a pretty tough life. They were in and out of foster care, not much stability. I only saw them twice, but took pictures of them. I used to be that annoying person who took pictures of everybody. His nephew passed away when he was about 18. I found a picture I took of them when they were about six and seven years old and then two more when they were about nine and 10 years old. I reached out to Lyndsay (his niece Who is now about 40), through Facebook and I took a picture of the picture so I could upload it to Facebook for her. I asked her if she would like the originals. She told me she had no pictures of her brother at all. I will be sending those pictures off in the mail to her tomorrow.
The last two days I have just been consumed with the basement of those pictures. I got a little laundry done this evening and was watching Vannie and Ty laying very close together, couldn't figure out what they were doing. They had a yak stick that they were sharing between the two of them. One would chew on it for about a minute then pass it to the other and on and on it went 🤣.
Hope everybody had a great day!

@digger61 I'm sorry it wasn't viable. I hope the next opportunity is a good match.

@Katmary71 Thank you! I am trying to perservere. What a fun bucket list for Nov! Thanks for sharing. I love the Fall. Why was Asher yowling? Is it the allergies? I'm glad you were able to get cream on him. I hope the PT helps.

@laurelfit57 It IS fun! And people are so welcoming and willing to give tips. Thank you. Yeah, after long commutes and a long workday, I get home and do NOT want to set that up and use it. Even if I didn't have to move it in place (which I do, there's no room to leave it flat), I wouldn't use it. That's good to know about the oil. I did take them off a chicken-based dry food and now they are on salmon-based. I'm also giving her Benadryl. I don't know which is helping, but something is helping as she is a lot less itchy. What if instead of trying to catch up, you just jump in where you are that day? Good job with the tracking and gym! That's a good idea to make a digital photo album. I got rid of all my albums a few years ago, I scanned the important photos and ditched photos I didn't want. It made me feel lighter. That's really nice that you have a picture of Lyndsay's brother and can send it to her. I bet she will appreciate it. You are the annoying person who takes pictures of everything...that's me, too lol. You definitely need to find a photo club! I found mine on Meetup.com. Awww, that's cute that the pups were sharing a yak stick! Mine would be fighting over it lol. Great pics. Thanks for sharing!

@bobboyardee Good job sorting through your clothes. No, you don't need to beat yourself up. You are doing something about your health and the way the clothes fit now. And great job exercising! WOOT WOOT!

Hi all. I was so tired at work yesterday, I just wanted to go home (but I didn't). I can't wait to get my sleep apnea mask and see if that helps me sleep better. I hope it does. I contacted my doctor about my knee but she was out for a few days. Someone in her office responded I should wait until after my surgery before we do anything about my knee. So, I will hobble on. Speaking of clothes that don't fit, I have gained a little weight and am finding it tough to fit into my clothes but don't want to buy new ones since my surgery is so soon. If someone said that here, I would tell them to go thrift store shopping but I cannot find clothes that fit at thrift stores. Luckily, I have some clothes that still fit.
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@digger61 Praying that you will be able to receive a viable liver very soon!

@Katmary71 I Love the November bucket list! Poor Asher! I hope he feels better soon. I hope the PT goes well for your feet.

@laurelfit57 I do decorate early. I wasn’t, but the moment the time changed and it went dark and dreary, I needed my sparkle and lights! Going through all those family photo albums is a huge chore. How nice of you to contact your niece to share photos of her brother. I love that Vannie and Ty were sharing a yak stick! My Maggie would never share such a treasure.

@bobboyardee, Good for you cleaning out your closet and finding what to keep, save, and donate. I walk into mine often and think about doing that, but then I turn around and walk out.

@trooworld, I hope the sleep apnea mask will help. Do you worry about hating it on your face at night? I don’t think I could wear a mask the way I toss and turn all night. I know you're so tired of knee pain. Hopefully, once your surgery happens and the weight loss starts, you will feel better and maybe won’t have to have knee surgery, too. Look on Amazon for cheap but cute clothes. I’ve had to do that since I can’t fit into the fall/winter stuff I wore last year.


Good morning! I know I’ve been MIA, but I’ve been so busy. It’s budget planning time at the church, and I had to answer a bunch of questions for our finance committee. Then, the pastor called me and gave me a list of things to do. On top of all that, I’ve been decorating the house for Christmas. Today, I have to take Joe to the doctor, see if my glasses are finally in, go to Hobby Lobby for a few things to finish the decorating, and then go to Costco for turkeys and stuffing for Sunday’s potluck. I’m tired and just want to finish everything and start a new puzzle!

Question: U.S. friends: How are you going to handle Thanksgiving?
I start out by having a big church Thanksgiving potluck. This year, I’m making turkey and stuffing. For home, I don’t know what I will make. Maybe enchiladas.

vegan4lyfe2012
Monday 11/11
SW: 215.0
PW: 208.0
CW: 206.6

Username: FushiaKat
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SW: 245
Maintenance Goal 135 - 140
Weeks in maintenance 45 of 52

PW: 136.7
CW: 137.6

Hi everybody. My new Trike will be here Thursday now, they keep moving the date. I did win First Place in the Halloween Ride Building contest. We have 3 contests a year and I think this is my fourth year winning first place in every contest. I love the trophies.

The power company is swapping out our wooden poles for metal ones, so the power is off today but we have a generator, so I don't need to worry about that.

My friend sent me 2 giant paints by number posters, the print so tiny even with my new glasses. I will give it a try, my husband mounted one onto a wooden board for me. After they are finished, I don't know what I will do with them.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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@vegan4lyfe2012 Here's the recipe I'll probably go with for my salt herb gifts, I picked up Ball jars yesterday and the salt just came then I'll harvest from my garden and add garlic: https://youtu.be/szuHTqkRt74?si=mQbKYuSOAJaOwzWk

trooworld wrote: »

U.S. friends: How are you going to handle Thanksgiving?

I'm a widower since 2001. From 2001 - 2017 I'd still cook just myself "a full-turkey dinner and all the trimmins". Since my MS diagnosis in 2018, that's too difficult. Since 2020 a local church brings residents here a full 2-servings of a Thanksgiving Dinner each which they drop-off at each of our apartments. It's quite good, so I will do that, again. EXCEPT, THIS year I will ration out all the "fat foods" over the whole week, and definitely make sure I get more than my 2 hours of exercise in each day during that time!!!

@vegan4lyfe2012 I’m so glad you had a great time in Colorado with your niece and her family! I lived in Denver when I was a teenager, and I know how beautiful the Rocky Mountains are. Good job on eating healthy and staying in your calorie range.

@FushiaKat, Congratulations on winning first place in the contest! That is awesome, and with all the hard work you put into it, you must feel amazing. It is great that you have a generator, so you don’t have to stress about not having power. I used to love doing paint-by-numbers when I was a kid. I have looked at that diamond art and thought about trying it out, but puzzles own my heart.

@Katmary71 ham and bean soup sounds wonderful! Making flavored salts is such a great gift idea! How many will you end up making?

@laurelfit57 It sure feels like we have a potluck every week. The goal is to have something once a month for our people, and I sure wish it didn’t revolve around potlucks! Our Thanksgiving potluck is the big one that gets the most people coming out, so it should be fun and a lot of work for us who have to organize and clean up. I hope you start sleeping better!

@trooworld Oh, that mask might not be so bad. I was worried you would have to wear that full face mask. I’m sorry you are feeling a little depressed. You have a lot going on, and the surgery has to be all-consuming in your mind. Be good to yourself and tell people to leave you alone.


Good morning! Joe and I had a nice day out yesterday, but he got too tired to finish everything I wanted to do and had to come home for a nap. This morning, my sister and I are returning to Hobby Lobby for a few things I still want and then to Costco for turkey and side dishes for the potluck. Then, I will come home and mop the floors. One of my problems is that I LOVE glitter, and most of my Christmas has it, so the cleanup is a pain. I looked at Joe yesterday at lunch, and he had glitter on his nose! I’m making chili and cornbread for dinner tonight, so that will be yummy! Y’all have a great day!