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@NovusDies I thought having a dog was supposed to help? Lol everyone keeps telling me I ought to get a dog for protection when I walk but I am definitely not a dog person and my stress levels are high enough! The scale popped back up to 222 lbs this morning. *sigh* I figured it would but after yesterday’s low it was still…

I'm still rather in shock this morning. Even though I got no activity in Thursday or Friday, and even though I know for a fact I was over deficit eating yesterday and probably over maintenance level as well because I spent the evening on the phone with the best friend and caught myself mindlessly munching while talking to…

@Kitty2Katz You should have it now!

same thing I've noticed in the women's sizes, too. Lee is snugger than others. Walmart's Rider's Jeans for women are as well. The Levi's I've gotten at Walmart are fine in the waist, but they seem to be narrow in the thighs which makes it rather frustrating because I have to buy a size up which then makes the waist too…

There are a couple of different groups that I'm in that you might want to take a look at. Both are for people who have a lot of weight to lose. The first is pretty active: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/133315-larger-losers The second would love to have more active members join up:…

Today is Friday, I'm feeling just a bit of a good mood this morning, its freezing but the sun is shining, and even though I got no activity in yesterday and went over my calorie limit, I got up this morning to see 220.2 on the scale, which rather shocked me! New low, though we're going into the weekend, so I sincerely…

another big example would be in buying clothes as I'm still fighting this one. I wore between a size 26W to a 32W and 5xL for over 20 years of my life. I've lost enough weight that I am now wearing 18W's and am in a XL. However, whenever I buy clothing, my first inclination is to grab at least the size 24W's off the rack.…

@NovusDies The energy thing is what I can't figure out - by all accounts, I ought to be brimming with energy but I'm not. That's part of my struggle right now, I think; I'm not nearly as active now as I was back in the spring. My brain apparently wants to still eat like it is that active, but before I was getting the…

OH, I didn't see this this morning but that's fantastic, gewel! Congratulations!

@rieraclaelin Oh, I remember when this happened to me! I didn't know what to think as I hadn't seen the deep wells the collar bones make since I couldn't remember when :) Wait until you've lost enough to actually see your rib cage - that will blow your mind! :grin: I'm getting to the point now where I'm feeling positively…

Scale was down to 221.8 lbs this morning, which is 1 lb down from my all time low at the end of August, which means for the entire month of September, I lost 1 actual pound. Measurements did not change this month, either. I'm frustrated but learning to live with it because I can't do anything about it - I'm not going to…

I'm rather jealous of you both! lol Except for a very brief window of time - and we're talking like 1 or 2 weeks - in May, my energy levels have tanked. I mean, I'm obviously doing a lot of heavy duty work, like the push mowing and the wood cutting, and I've gotten some pretty good distance walks in, but at the same time,…

that's really cool! I enjoy the blacksmith shops at the Ren Faires - have him teach to smith; swinging that hammer has to be good exercise too lol

@conniewilkins56 Thanks for the tip! I've heard good and bad about both. And I don't want to come out looking like a, as my mother terms it, a "french *kitten*" either lol I definitely want help with foundation and liner, looking to get it matched right for my age and skin type. I'm conservative and don't want to looked…

I got my pellet stove working! Thank goodness! I"m going to need it this coming weekend!

I do use Duck Duck Go in place of Google for pretty much everything except the mapping. I've been pretty pleased with it. And Infogalactic is advertised as being a more vetted version of Wikipedia; supposedly they work harder to keep the bias and outright misinformation out of the articles, though when you look at them, it…

This winter is going to be hard. The only place I have to walk is along the main highway into town. When winter hits, that's not not going to be practical most days of the season - if we don't have snow on the ground, it will be a muddy mess. There might be a few days I could get a walk in depending on whether we have a…

I personally find cycling to be pretty hard on my knees. I've adjusted my seat and got it as well as I'm going to get it, but it doesn't take long for my knees to start complaining when I'm riding. I like to ride once in a while, but this is why walking has become my go to exercise. Well, that and push mowing my lawn lol…

I decided to walk to my church today after dinner, but mistimed it and had to catch a ride with mom for the last mile - I didn't think I could get to the church in 10 minutes and get changed in time for service :) Still, it was a 7.25 mile walk in 2 hours! That's 3.6 mph - I was hoofing it! :g I counted the whole thing…

*winces* I hate Chrome, though lol I use Firefox myself, though my friend mentioned one called Brave that I might give some try to. Supposedly, Brave does better at not tracking your internet usage.

anyone else having trouble with the stupid website and logging entries? I'm having a time with it lately - either it gives me an application error, or it won't pull up my recents list. And the item I want is never on the frequent list which shows up without a problem every time, but I have to try sometimes 5 or 6 times to…

This might be consider TMO, but TOM finally showed up today so hopefully the munchies I've been fighting will abate now! And I've been dropping water today like crazy (I know, even more TMO lol) so lets keep our fingers crossed that the scale shows it tomorrow? I blame a lot of the water weight on the ham I had in that…

its my "special" time of hte month right now, or at least the pre part, and hormone eating is driving me insane right now. I'm not craving anything in particular; my mind just wants to eat! *sigh*

@bobsburgersfan I've been to Yellowstone twice but its been 12 years now. I was in Idaho for a temporary assignment in a previous job and got to Yellowstone and the Tetons as well as Virginia City, MT. I had wanted to get up to Glacier then, but didn't make it. Yellowstone was definitely beautiful, but I was by myself and…

I've been saying for 4 years now that I want to go out to see Glacier National Park, so I thinking depending on what it costs to get my house worked on in the spring, maybe I can get it in next summer - HOPEFULLY Covid will be handled by then...... I'd love to meet up! And Connie, you're more than welcome, except when I…

@conniewilkins56 *laughs* the wonders of makeup! At least that tells me that my self taught makeup skills may be rudimentary but they must be decent :) I have never colored my hair, but mom used to color hers. She claims she quit because dad wanted her to quit, but sometimes I think she uses dad as a convenient…

Does scotch guard really work on water proofing things? Because I found out this summer that my new hiking shoes are definitely not water proof

These are from Sunday; I like to think I clean up decently lol

I don't know if its what I had on Sunday when I dressed up a little and even put on makeup, or the jacket I had on yesterday, but 2 different people caught me yesterday and asked "are you losing weight?" and "how are you doing it?" And even my mother admitted that I look taller the more I lose :)

making them prayers is an excellent idea, though I've got a lot of baggage I'm working through when it comes to me and my relationship with God - I'm very glad He's patient, that's all I can say lol