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@_inHisGrace and @conniewilkins56 *laughs* I've been a bit pre-occuppied of late to post :blush: Besides, it isn't exercise related lol

@MuttiNM Wonderful news! that's great to hear! you definitely deserve to enjoy that "1" :)

@conniewilkins56 *blushes* going VERY well - I haven't scared him off yet :) The biggest downside - he's in Wisconsin and I'm in WV...

YOu are doing so well, Connie and are a great inspiration! I am so very happy for you!

That's fantastic, connie! Congratulations! You've fought for that so long :)

And another thing to make me feel good: I went to a writer's conference a few years ago - one for Christians who write speculative fiction (fantasy, sci-fi, horror, etc). While I'm not a writer, I love playing with characters in a fantasy setting and was looking for a group of people with my similar values and interests. I…

@eliezalot lol unfortunately, it didn't last long; only still there in the shaded areas. But I'm hoping thats Mother Nature's teaser for the winter - I want snow! we didn't have much last year.

I enjoyed rice cakes sometimes - a cheese rice cake with salsa and a little fat free sour cream is a great snack. And I like to use low calorie Simply Hershey syrup which is 20 calories on a plain or chocolate or even caramel rice cake. Can even top with low cal whipped cream - 2 Tbsp of cool whip is only 25 calories.

I haven't posted in this for a while, but I'm as giddy as a kid on Christmas Eve because we are getting snow today, the first snow of the season, and its sticking! There's a good heavy dusting out there, and we don't usually get the very first snow to stick! (and yes, I am one of those weird folks who loves snow lol)

I've got that with bras - I went down so quickly in bra sizes that I have several "D" cups that are still in decent shape, so I hate to throw them out! But they are entirely too big now for me!

Things are looking up for me, even if its Monday morning. The last 2 weeks, the scale has finally stabilized and started back down again-in fact, I've been dropping water weight like crazy. I was over maintenance levels on Friday alone, but while I was still over deficit on Saturday and Sunday, I stayed under maintenance…

congratulations, @conniewilkins56! that's a big milestone!

well, Friday diet-wise was a failure. I know I was over maintenance. It was one of those days where my calories just seemed to disappear. Then the pizza craving really asserted itself so I gave in. Followed by an apple pie from Hardee's. And a chocolate milk from Fair Life (140 calorie bottle) in hot chocolate. And a…

I ended the day at about 400 calories over, even without the cake, because dinner didn't fill me up. But its still a deficit, so I'll take it!

autocorrect is such a pain. Most of the time, I don't even realize it changed entire words until i re-read what I posted after its already posted!

@bobsburgersfan I don't know; it might be a factor, but for me, this time of year is when I always stall anyway - this is the 3rd time I've had this problem during this time of year during weight loss attempts. I'm just hoping I can ride through this and get it re-started quicker than before - the last plateau was over 18…

sometimes the freezer idea works but sometimes it doesn't - I unfortunately own a microwave lol

My Starting Weight: ~375 lbs (01/01/2017) My goal: 180 lbs Milestone: 215 lbs Current Weight: 222.9 lbs Loss this Week: -2.9 lbs Total Loss: -152.1 lbs What's Working/What Needs Work: Okay, I fully admit today's weight reading threw me for a loop and I tested that weight 10 times. When I first got up and stepped on the…

@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Unfortunately, no. I've been struggling so much lately that I won't be able to keep it in the house - even if I cut a piece in half and tried to keep the other half, it wouldn't last as my brain would know it was in there and my willpower is very low these days. Better to just not have it at all.…

*laughs* Connie, either your phone is giving you fits on the autocorrect or your fingers were being quirky yesterday! lol

I ended the day today not too bad. I did get my house cleaned which earned me a few extra calories. After church, I stopped at McDonald's for a decaf coffee and instead of milk like usual, I put 2 creams in because I new I had extra calories to cover that. they didn't put the ice like I asked and they didn't put the…

Oh, and my weight was down 4 lbs from yesterday! I did not realize I was carrying that much water weight! So 224.7 lbs is way, way better than the 231.1 that was recorded on Monday and the 228.6 recorded yesterday!

I got my dishes done yesterday but that was it. I spent the evening working on updating the story timeline with all the info the friend and I conjured up over the weekend and formatting it so I could copy it from excel where I prefer to work to Word that she has (she's not real computer savvy and doesn't have excel on her…

I like the BodyProject workouts which have a few free ones available, as well as pay membership for me, but the problem is not just the cost but the fact I hate that sort of workout. I don't enjoy it while I'm doing it, so it becomes a willpower thing. Just like I really hate using the elliptical. I hate a gym environment…

I got more sleep last night; in fact, I was in bed by 8 PM and fully asleep before 9. I do remember waking up several times through the night, though. I still didn't get up before 6:30. I hope to get a walk in this morning, even if that will push my workday to 6 pm. Its cloudy out there and rain is supposed to be setting…

@eliezalot Nope, I wouldn't trade the long talks! Though I wore my voice out over the weekend and I was supposed to sing Sunday night at church. I ended up just playing a piano special instead - good thing I had that option! In addition to pacing the house, I have done chores, too - Saturday night I washed dishes, made…

Maurice's was allowing clothing try-ons at least back in the summer the last time I was in there; I don't know if they still are. Walmart was allowing it in some locations, too - though anything you decided not to purchase was set aside for a period of time. But I haven't tried anything on since mid-summer, so I don't know…

@eliezalot Oh honey, I know that boat quite well! Except the sleeping all the time part - I seem to be more of the other; I'd like to sleep, want to sleep, but I spend more time dozing than really deeply sleeping. I'm glad things are changing for you and hope they continue on the up! I'm taking this afternoon off to try to…

I was doing better Thursday & Friday, but while I love the talks with the best friend, this weekend's long talks killed me on the diet front. I got in a long walk on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, but because of little sleep due to the conversations, over eating was a problem, especially yesterday. I know, its my fault,…

Fate? Providence? Or just very, very curious coincidence? My mother stopped by on Monday, looking for her purple sweater. It was a cardigan type sweater that she has had for years and used for outdoor activities in cool weather. The last she had seen of it was when she and dad were here the week before last, putting the…