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boy do I need that one!!! Said the queen of the lazy olympics 😂

after 3 vegetarian days, I am cooking greek chicken. Cutting down to meat twice a week wasnt as hard as I thought it would be and we are trying lots of new recipes.

not sure why it took me 72 years to realize the scale is the wrong focus 🤪

i am changing my goal. Instead of losing 30 pounds, I want to loose my belly and be fit and strong. I hope to quit obsessing over the scale.

i miss my garden since we downsized, but it is only a mile to the farmers market and I can walk there. Three things I am grateful for is hard to narrow down because I have hundreds to choose from 😊

i find that I eat better and am Less likely to stray from the plan if I shop the farmers market. i got the cutest little Italian eggplants. Trying to decide how I want to Use them

i am down 2pounds!!! I contribute this to the power of chasing a two year old boy plus his six year old sister for three days last week. My positive affirmation note on the mirror this week: “I am eating better, getting stronger, and my A1C is going down.”

you are so right! Adding I will not entertain negative thoughts to my mantra

thank you! What did you choose for your mantra? Do you think “I love to exercise” would make me quit hating it? My daughter is a psychologist. She calls this positive affirmation. When she was pregnant with twins after a difficult first pregnancy and premature baby, she used this to carry her babies full term with no…

@2t9nty What limit do you aim for on carbs?

randi, I always think of you as full of motivation because I think you like exercise. Now that I hear you think you are lazy too, I am grateful for the company. 😂

i think I am just plain lazy. I like my limits and never push myself. That needs to change!

three days of babysitting. Whew! Home now and got my laundry going. Ate badly but will try to make up for it starting tomorrow. Going to bed at 7:00.

up 1.4 I was good but didnt track calories. That’s all I can figure. Thought I did well with eating, but evidently not. I know I only missed one day for exercise. Try harder this week.

A dear friend brought me sugar snap peas from her garden and I made this salad for lunch from a Barefoot Contessa recipe. It would be easy to sub tofu for the pancetta or leave it out if you dont eat meat. It was exquisite!

down .6

cooked a turkey breast yesterday. Sliced it up and put it in the fridge for snacks this week. Will hardboil eggs today to add to the stash.

bad thunderstorms kept me awake for hours lsst night. Woke up tired. I will be a slug today.

Fridays are just like any other day now, aren’t they? I admit that half the time I don’t even know what day it is anymore. I hate physical therapy. It is so hard! But I am getting stronger and my balance is improving!

I had a journalism minor in college and learned shorthand as a reporting skill in the early 70s. It was super fun! Now it is obsolete.

after yesterday’s junkfest, I plan to be goodtoday

oooh I love the collage! I havent seen shorthand in years! I remember how to read a few of the symbols 😂. Whatfun! I am babysitting and eating junk and not exercising

i would love to see your collage. You are blessed with talent to make your best memories visual. I am up half a pound, but yesterday was a slugday, so no surprise. Traveling today and restaurant eating, so not getting any better today. Great that you stayed the same.

i think i remember you have a studio in the basement. That would be a fun hangout! Stay cool down there and you wont even know how hot it is.

i NEED those inspirational messages! Don’t stop. It’s my daily lifter upper. i am in the mountains of Virginia. We are getting heat, but elevation and forest keep us about 10 degrees cooler than the cityfolk. I dont mind heat but I cant stand to be cold. How about you? You going to shake and bake where you are?

thanks, Randi. I have decided to try to do an act of kindness every day

”engage in activities that bring you joy”! Love this!!! Parked myself on the couch with a cup of Yorkshire Gold tea and a library book. Delightful afternoon!!!

i like #10 on that list. The focus should be health and balance in our lives. So easy to focus on just losing weight and forgetting it is part of a bigger picture.

i know! If only I could have your work ethic on exercise, I could stop this insane yo-yo business with the scales. Being pre-diabetic works wonders with food choices.

my goal this week is to walk every day and do my physical therapy exercises