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Good on all fronts except water intake and controlling nut binging. Feeling positive about the marathon this weekend!

snowmen on the mantle this year. Won’t hang the stockings until Christmas Eve. It gets crowded with 22 up there ornament for the year. Scuba shark. got the tree up ready for glaze application. Corporate gifts half-way done.

Myself as much as you love the dogs I would not want joint custody or visitation because that just ties you to Tom in the long run and makes you continue to see him on a regular basis. If I couldn’t get the dog/dogs I’d say a tearful goodbye. Just mebut you are divorcing him. Why give him any opening to control you or…

I use a fat bomb when I am desperate for something sweet or crave a candy bar. I make lemon cloud fat bombs which are just cream cheese, coconut oil, butter, heavy cream, lemon juice and a touch of Splenda. Depending upon the size never more than 1g of carbs. Usually less because of the size I make them. I don’t like the…

Plan for December: Maintain 20g or less of carbs through Dec. 10th. -fail Stay within calorie goal - 1385 fail Meet sodium and magnesium goals met Drink more water - 2 liters minimum met Add 20 new low-carb/keto recipes to my personal keto recipe book found a new one with possibilities! Maintain weight. Loss is always nice…

And off we go..... preferably to lose this month, will settle for no gain. Starting weight 204 Goal weight - 145 12/03 - 155 12/10 12/17 12/24 12/31[/quote]

I never do New Year's resolutions. They just never work. So today I read an article about how people that make December 1st resolutions are often much more successful in keeping those resolutions. It's part psychological, part physical (weird but true) .... so I decided to try it out. Now I just have to figure out what the…

Okay, off to a good December start. I'm not necessarily looking for a loss, I'll take it, but I'll be happy with maintenance. :) Is that a copout? 12/03 12/10 12/17 12/24 12/31

I've been waiting for the beginning of a month to jump into a challenge... I always seem to miss it. lol I finally remembered on the 1st of a month! Plan for December: * Maintain 20g or less of carbs through Dec. 10th. Running a full marathon on the 9th and don't want to kill my fat burning ability and bonk mid-race. *…

December Goals: Maintain ketosis through the month of December and avoid Christmas sweets (think nuts!) Add 20 new recipes to my personal keto recipe book (I only add them if they are a hit) Enjoy every last minute of the last of 2017 Run and finish my first full marathon (December 9th) Won't put exercise or food goals on…

Joyous December. The remainder of the year will be here before you know it. Enjoy every last minute. Marcelyn home in Houston after vacation in the Hill Country

Would you all stop talking about Pavlova? It's time to move on or else I'm going to break down and eat some carbs.... lol! Making note that if I ever have a cast I need to find an artist do decorate it.... Went to a cavern yesterday. Today is lazy day. Marcelyn winding down vacation.

I got them at my local grocery, H.E.B. but you can make them. Just take a jicama, peel it and then slice it as thin as you like. These were almost paper thin. That's all there is to it. There are some recipes out there that add in some other ingredients, I found a couple googling jicama tortillas but we found the plain raw…

Okay, report on the jicama tortillas. Awesome. 2g carbs, 1 g fiber make them a go-to for mexican food. We ate them raw and just warmed up a little bit then filled like a normal taco. My husband loved the crunch that they gave. Better than the cheese flats we usually make (that are greasy and wonderful but not crunchy).…

Went hiking today in the TX hill country. A lovely little hike then while my husband was on a conference call I went and ran sprints on the treadmill. It's the first time I've seen a treadmill that has a negative incline option. I could actually set it to run downhill, which was weird because I felt like I was going to run…

pitbull603: Oh yes, If I go wild with carbs I definitely need to stay near a bathroom. More common for me though is lethargy and headaches. And bloated... oh my carbs definitely bloat me up. On vacation and working hard to find low-carb alternatives. I found some jicama "tortillas" that are only 1.5 g of carbs each. Going…

Retirement: Well I won't ever retire.... you can't retire from being mom/grandma. I have never paid into social security so anything I might receive will be years down the road on my husband's record. My husband is planning on retiring in about 18 months. He will be 61 and have 40 years with the same company. He might…

I have been training for a marathon and suffering terrible leg cramps and foot cramps, mostly at night. After reading the book The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance I zeroed in on the magnesium issue. I started taking the Slow-Mag they recommended, a 20 day high dose and then doing just one a day and within…

Congrats Wendy! Awesome time and you look quite ready for the race in that picture! I'm glad you had a good run. How nice that you had a support staff, it makes a difference to see folks you know when running in my opinion. Marcelyn slower than Wendy!

Took a few days off from the thread and ..... big mistake. Too many to read. So happy belated thanksgiving y’all. We had 22 people for dinner. I didn’t suffer with calorie overload but did have some chocolates and that dumped me right out of ketosis. But it’s one day. If I am strict with staying at 20 grams of carbs for…

Killed my ketosis yesterday but ran 12 miles today. I’m calling it a successful holiday. Lol

Don't know how old Max is but I got my grandson a Q-Ba-Maze by Mindware. It's a marble maze toy, it is cubes that they have to put together to figure out how to get the marbles to run. Some of the kits come with stunts, like a trampoline the marbles bounce off of. A cool engineering type toy. My grandson is 6 but it's good…

Peeps..... you have to look up peep dioramas. I have a friend that does them every year at Easter and they are hilarious. She makes full scenes using different peeps. Last year she did one that was a beach scene, she had peeps in bathing suits out in the sun, surfers, kids with melting ice cream. She puts a lot of work…

This is a nightgown/robe set I made for the doll clothes. I think it turned out quite cute!

I have dealt with positional vertigo for about five years. It usually has to do with the otoliths in your inner ear getting out of place. There are some simple exercises you can do when you feel a dizzy spell coming on to get them back in place. Google vertigo exercises and there should be some you tube videos that come…

They have to dry, slowly. I cover them loosely with a plastic dry-cleaner's bag. Then I bisque (some call it biscuit) fire them to 1911° Then I glaze them. If I dip them it is faster but I don't have enough dip buckets for all my colors so I will paint on three coats of each glaze/combination. You have to let the glaze dry…

a most productive afternoon. Candy dish bowls and a couple of mugs.

Here are some pictures of previous pottery sessions. I haven't been able to throw on the wheel for about a year and am really happy to be back at it. I had shoulder surgery last year and I couldn't use my arm right to make good products, I was just too weak after the surgery so most of my work in the past year has been…

You know I knew that. Why I typed Potassium I'll never know. Maybe I was dreaming of bananas... lol I'm starting the Slow-mag 20 day therapy for muscle cramps. We shall see how it works. That combined with drinking back the meat broth etc will help. It's not real bad, just one stupid calf muscle. I say it means daily…

If it's what you want it's just dandy. It actually is a cute and quirky way of saying gobble (as in a turkey gobble) until you wobble (as in a weebles wobble but they don't fall down.... - *sung in the old commercial tune if anyone remembers that jingle). I would use gobble till you wobble but I've seen several spelled…