Serial Starters

*** July 14 ***

Good morning Y'all~

Just getting us started….

Welcome Kate — where do you live?

Lana

256.0 today

Hi everyone... I hope I'm doing this right with an introduction 😂.

My name is Sarah, I'm 35 and I'm starting over AGAIN. I've been on MFP since I can remember, I think I started back in 2012 or 2013.

My last success here was in 2019 I was doing great, but as it happens sometimes life happened and I got off track.

I want this time to be different, I want this to be the time I fully stick with it and get to the place I want to be and then can be here to maintain.

I'm currently sitting at 251 pounds and I'm 5'1" so I have a lot to lose, I just don't want to keep living this way. I enjoy a very active lifestyle and right now that's so difficult. So, here I am again! Let's start.

Hi All

For those who asked, I am in Perth Western Australia. We are currently in our winter, at this time our temp ranges between 7 degrees Celsius minimum and 19 degrees Maximum, and even though many of you think this is mild, I have felt the cold this year 😂 Don't ask me to convert, I am so used to Celsius and Kilograms etc I cant really convert. Strangely I still use Calories and not Kilojoules

Maureen you wont know yourself once you get the sleep machine, it certainly improves your sleep and you might not be so tired. While I am not officially using intermittent dieting, i do try to have my first food of the day around 11 am and then it is something light, and I have a bigger meal at night. This time around my policy is that I can eat anything I like as long as I stay within the max calories for the day

Cheers to all, hope you have a great day.

Hi, all. Kate, that's 44F-66F. Mild for me—I spent 35 years in Wisconsin, so sub 0F wasn't unusual, with temps down to -25F, -30F each winter for a week or two and wind chills hitting -45F sometimes (-42C).

I'm in North Carolina now, where our winters are only somewhat cooler than yours. I wear sandals year round. My students think I'm crazy. I might put on socks for a week or two, especially if it rains at the coolest times.

Today my son and I went to visit a little museum in a small town, but it closes at 12:30 pm, so we were a bit too late. We will try again. We stopped to eat instead. Had a nice drive on a sunny day.

I got in 3.5 miles this morning. That felt pretty good. And I earned 193 extra calories for exercise. I'm really full from lunch and don't know if I'll eat anymore. I had to guess at my serving sizes for lunch but I ate half the portions or less, and I doubt I can finish anything today. I will have a few calories for veggies if I do get hungry later, but it's already 2:47 pm and I can't imagine being hungry again. I go to bed pretty early when I'm getting up so early.

I hope everyone is having a good day and a good week!

Maureen

*** July 17 ***

Hey Y'all~~

I'm barely awake today. I didn't sleep enough before the recycling truck banged its way through the neighborhood. Boy they came early!

Lana

254.4 today

Game Day! Haha. I'm hoping to get to know some of you better. Please add your own question(s), and be sure to answer all you are comfortable answering! Copy and past Questions and Answers into a new Post.

—How many siblings do you have, and where are you in birth order?

Maureen: 5 kids, I'm #3

—Current Pets?

Maureen: 2 Dogs, 2 Cats

*** July 18 ***

Good morning all~

So glad that it is Friday.

I have one little sister, two years younger, but much smarter. No pets, as I can barely take care of myself.

Time to jump into the shower 🚿

Lana

255.4 today

I'm not answering questions that can be security questions on passwords. Though my profile picture answers one question.

Good Afternoon...

Maureen, that's a cool idea! I'm "game". 😉

Sandy - 4 siblings - older sister (deceased), oldest brother, me, older brother, younger brother.

Sandy - one dog, one snail

New question - Did you graduate from college?

I did not....I took enough courses TO graduate but not to earn a degree in anything.

My son and his family has been here all week….they are leaving tomorrow. I am having dinner with them tonight. I will miss them....they won't be back until Christmas. Its not easy when you live alone and family is far away. 💔

They treated me to a shopping trip to Costco. I was able to get a lot of bulk food I normally wouldn't be able to afford. My son's partner gave me a couple crochet kits....a Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Nutcracker kits. I will have plenty of time to work on them after I finish the afghans I am working on.

I have been crocheting these little octopus for my RAOCK giveaway....simple to make and easy. They are all ready to go! And I am still making more.

Till tomorrow...

Sandy

TMW - 166.4

Happy Sunday!

Maureen, big sis developed pancreatic cancer (probably from smoking) and it was stage 4....wasn't much that could be done. But it was the chemo that actually killed her....she could have lived longer without it. Her body couldn't handle it. It was 25 years ago, but I still miss her. She took care of me when I was a kid...took me places. Its not the same with my brothers.

RAOCK is "Random Acts of Crochet Kindness" We crochet little gifts and leave them out in public...stores, Dr's offices, etc....for people to find. We encourage the finder to post their gift in our group but they are in no way obligated to do so. Just happy to spread the love!

And kudos to you for your exercise! My exercise is mostly housework and climbing the stairs to my apartment. 😉

My water weight is gone, even after having a Jersey Mike's hoagie for dinner last night with the family. Back to normal eating now. Had scrambled eggs and sausage for breakfast. Will probably skip lunch and have an early dinner.

Waiting for the Phillies game to start....its pouring at the park. I guess we will get it next.

A HELLO! shout out to everyone!

TTFN

Sandy

TMW - 165.2

Sandy, I love the RAOCK. Very sweet idea.

Pancreatic cancer tends to be found so late due to its lack of symptoms until late stages. I have friends who've lost family in 2, 3 weeks from Dx. Always tragic. Again, so sorry.

I showed a gain this a.m. Not overly concerned. Lots of extra salt and goodies last week.

Up to 3.7 today. Oh, my. I'm "done in," as Eliza Doolittle might say, although not the same context. Might need to back off a bit for a week or so!

New Question from Sandy: Did you finish college: yes, I did! I have my BA in English from UVA (started at UNC-Chapel Hill); and a MA and PHD in History from UW-Madison. I love learning and teaching. I'm a real nerd :)

TTFN!

Maureen

4 weeks left of summer break. 4 years left of teaching. AKKK!

Maureen - OMG, you studied at UNC Chapel Hill, which is where I am, literally! I live 4 blocks west of the campus, just south of the Co-Gen plant for the campus.

My little neighborhood is a mix of 8 students renting one house and professors and staff with their littles. We share this area with a great many tall trees that regularly threaten to fall over on our houses.

I went to NY State college at Fredonia NY for BA in Theater Arts. This was before they offered the highfalutin' BFA. It was a great place to flounder around and get my footing.

The real education came when I moved to NYC and scraped around for almost 10 years until I got to be one of a handful of women in the NYC stagehands union Local One IATSE. Nothing prepared me for that education. No ivied halls there. Nothing but unvarnished sexism! But there were a couple of progressive guys who hired me, and the rest is history. Cool thing is that now, many decades later, there are so many women in the local—I don't know any of them.

Lana

3.7 done; killing me, haha. A "cool" morning at 77 when I finished, dew point 73.

My weight was 204.6 this morning.

Meeting a friend and colleague for coffee today. It will be fun to catch up before we head back. I have 2 new books to read too. What a good day.

TTFN.

Maureen.

Good day, Everybody!

Last night was historic! (If you're a baseball fan, that is) I was in attendance at the Phillies/Red Sox game. It was the bottom of the tenth, tie score, bases loaded for the Phils. The rules say that if the catchers glove interferes with the batter's swing, the batter gets the base. All night, the Sox catcher Navárez was trying to frame outside pitches and stretching his arm into the batter's zone. He got away with it until he tried to frame a pitch way outside to Edmundo Sosa...whose bat hit his mitt. Sosa immediately informed the ump of the infraction, who called for a review. Sure enough, the play was ruled catcher's interference, Sosa was awarded first base and Brandon Marsh trotted home from third. Game over.…PHILS WIN!!

Now those who don't know the rule made up all kinds of excuses as to how it was a bogus call....it wasn't. Like Sosa shouldn't have had his foot on the line of the batter's box (that was a reach), it was a check swing so not a real swing (doesn't matter according to the rules), the ump sucked (they sometimes do, but not this time). The last time a game was walked off from a catcher's interference was in '71 and Johnny Bench was the catcher.

Basically, the Sox gave that game away. The Phillies had NO hits....the zombie runner (for extra inning games, Marsh, was on second), then the next 2 batters were walked....one unintentionally and one intentionally...which loaded the bases. The Sox thought they could play the odds, get a ground ball double play and hold Marsh at third. It was a nice thought, but that didn't happen.

We had an obnoxious Sox fan two seats down from our group (my brother's leftover season ticket he sold at a good price). I was SO happy with the outcome of the game just so he could be pissed off while the rest of us were freaking out with joy!

Found out my SIL insisted on having the cover put back on the pool. Water is too warm again. No swimming for me. Oh well...

I haven't eaten yet today...need to do that. TTFN..

Sandy

TMW - 164.2

Good morning all. I took it easy this morning, planning to start doing some of my walk in the afternoon/evening to start adapting to the heat I'll have to face once school starts and I'm back to work. It was cool and lovely and so nice to finish without being exhausted. I did my stretches and floor exercises right away. I've had my fruit and protein shake and am stopping in to "see" my friends here.

Lana, I don't know if I'll be on my own or not. Maybe for the first visit I should. What are you doing the next week or two? If I knew I could meet up with you, I might make the trip. I'm going to message you— do you know how to find messages on here? FYI, you are doing great with your weight loss. Keep it up.

Sandy, that game sounded crazy. I'm not a baseball fan, but I'm so glad you are enjoying it.

I've noticed that when I am consistent with my eating and exercise, my scale shows a regular drop of about 0.4 lbs. I've had this scale since 2002 and it has always been like that. AND I have to pee 2x a night every night, without fail, when I weigh above 200 lbs and am losing weight. Can't remember what happens between 199 and 179. We will see—soon, I hope :)

Hello to everyone else.

TTFN.

Maureen

204.2