@p8m6bwghh9 Glad to hear that you are recovering well and that you can start to eat more foods. I agree. Definitely not a fun way to lose weight.

I love words and had to look up the word 'hoarfrost' because I've never heard that word! Turns out that I love hoarfrost! It's beautiful, unique and interesting. Thanks for sharing the pics.

If you don't know what 'hoarfrost' is, I'll save you some time.

Why do they call it hoarfrost?
Hoarfrost is a type of feathery frost that forms as a result of specific climatic conditions. The word 'hoar' comes from old English and refers to the old age appearance of the frost: the way the ice crystals form makes it look like white hair or a beard.
-a grayish-white crystalline deposit of frozen water vapor formed in clear still weather on vegetation, fences, etc.

Good morning Shape Shifters. A very grey day again. There was some drizzle on the weather map, but my walk was dry. I didn't go too long this time since my body felt a bit tired. I got groceries after the walk, did my gym rings workout after lunch and the rest of the day was lazy because I also had a headache. I got a vegan protein chocolate milk you can warm up + protein lentil chips to replace the banana shake. I enjoyed that a lot more and my protein only dropped by 5 or so. Might keep this up for the winter and switch to the chocolate shake later, will see. The scale was very nice yesterday morning. I am happy with my weight loss so far, though of course I wish I didn't eat 30+ pounds back on since June. Just looking forward to breaking out of the 200's for good this time. Happy Thursday everyone

Happy Thursday!

Wednesday steps
7359

Still below what they should be but I'm working on that. Taking off today and tomorrow for some mental health time. I'm going to a quilt retreat. Not many steps from sitting at a sewing machine all day, but it's better than work!!

Good morning Shape Shifters. Long walk, found a cute clover and some more mushrooms. I can't wait for walking to feel easier again. While I am never in pain, my body just feels very tired after 45 minutes or so. I can go longer without it getting worse which is nice, but I hope to feel better at a lower weight. The rest of the day was lazy as usual. Tinus wanted on my lap a lot.
I got a package deliver in the evening from amazon. I found a really cute book with cat comics called "the book of purrs". I will put some pictures under the spoiler. Not going to show many pages though. I want the book to last, so I will look at one new page a day. The second thing I got is a beautiful planner for 2025 from Kokonote. It has stickers, budgeting pages, quotes, a lesson on haikus, two bookmarks and so much more beyond the usual. Every month starts with a gorgeous page of Japanese art. I am obsessed with it and I can't wait to use it for my weight loss/health journey next year. I track in a lot of different places, but having a whole year in one spot in such a pretty package is going to be awesome. Will share some pictures of the planner as well. Happy Friday everyone

Pictures from the walk The book of purrs The 2025 planner

@Pupowl I absolutely could finish something. With proper planning... which I didn't do. 😂 I planned on making a table runner for Thanksgiving, but forgot to cut the border fabric and didn't have it with me. 😕 So I moved on to making a few pillowcases for charity. Those are quick and easy so I made 3 and have fabric cut for 3 more. Easy win there. LOL

Then I moved on to a project I've had kicking around for a few years. At our silent auction one year I got a huge stack of beautiful holiday fabric cut in strips 2.5 inches wide and 10.5 inches long. I came up with a plan so have been working on that.

I get bored easy so usually have several projects with me. I find it hard to work on one thing for 8 hours at a time. I will definitely take some pictures and post them. Might be a couple days as I'm one of those who can't post from my phone. 😔

pedal__power
PW 216.2
CW 216.4

Happy Friday! I've been sick since last week with a terrible dry cough that just seems to be lingering, so not getting as much exercise. It's just starting to go away and I'm feeling more energetic just in time for the weekend.

My weekend plans include going to the theatre to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the musical, coaching some hockey practices and costume making. I've been volunteering making costumes for a local community theatre company. One of my kids who is in one of their upcoming musicals. My sewing machine has been working non-stop and we've been having fun painting shoes. It's been fun!

November week 2
Weigh in day: Friday, November 15
PW: 253.7 lbs
CW: 254.8 lbs (↑1.1 lbs; 0.43%)

Daily step goal: 10000

11-13: 10394
11-14: 10295

No intentional exercise on Wednesday, chair yoga on Thursday. I am feeling better, was over 1200 cals both days, and I’m pretty proud of myself for being consistent with my steps.

How I was feeling:

Friday
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pw 170.8
cw 171.0

Have really been on a rollercoaster with the scale this week. My eating has been more nibbly than before, there's quite a few things making it to my mouth but not the tracker! Going to focus on tracking well this weekend.

@iradi8 Yeah, that's the barn for the Drenthe heath sheep. They go out every morning to graze with the shepard and return in the evening so they have a pretty good life I think! It is also open to visitors so lots of kids come to see them as well. I think the cutouts are cute too.