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Shari…So sorry this is all happening. I will keep you and your family in my prayers. Sadly, I know too many people going through so much right now. Please share anything/anytime you are needing to. Remembering to take things “one day at a time” and knowing that “this too shall pass”….along with the Serenity Prayer have…

Happy Post-Thanksgiving to all!! I hope the celebration and family time was wonderful for everyone! I took time to be thankful for the many blessings in my life. Including my one piece of pie, I ate too much over the day but fortunately sent almost every scrap of leftovers home with our grandson. We kept a few slices of…

Welcome back Shari! Glad you had a sun filled getaway! Surely the extra vacation weight will work itself off once you are back to your healthy eating routine. Paula…WooHoo on the weight loss! So encouraging!! Go WW!!! Enjoy Thanksgiving without strictly dieting (what I plan to do) and then get right back on. Of course, I…

Paula…so glad you were able to get the booster! Covid cases on rise in MN and somewhat in AZ too. I don’t get why as so many are now vaccinated? Guess all we can do is get our shots and mask up when needed? DW…happy you had fun shopping and at dog show! You are very active which should work well with WW points as more…

Paula…my choices have not all been healthy lately either. I am sure it’s because I “can” now have things I was deprived of for so long…I am allowing myself to have a little taste of this and that, lol…hope I get more control soon. My calories are pretty much on track which is good. I know you will be right on track as you…

Good news…NEGATIVE…on Covid test. Actually seems pretty much back to normal. Still some sinus cough…needs to keep on flonase for those allergies!🤞 I was down over 1 lb this morning but had upset tummy yesterday and so may have lost wait running to bathroom, lol. Goes to show me I am close to another real weight drop (I…

DW and Paula and Shari…..Sorry, I have been missing in action. So many personal family issues which I can’t really share. Some stressful times. One stress I will share is DH started coughing Friday during the night. He was feeling quite sick Saturday morning with no fever but yucky cough. We scheduled a Covid test for this…

Hello everyone! Struggling a bit. Between sciatic flare on my left side (aggravated by golf but was already flared previous) and toe on right foot still not healed. I am going to make a follow up appointment for Thursday as I take last antibiotics tomorrow night. It is better but still aware of it. May need more…

Paula…I am aware of some people going back to work after 10 days past positive Covid test…so your hair stylist could be cleared to work by 15th. I think if you have fever it’s X amount of days past fever etc?? So many rules and hard to keep straight. Hoping she does not have Covid so you cannot be exposed at all! Have you…

Thanks DW and everyone for your continuing prayers for Peggy. We never know what other people are suffering with and that is brought home to me so often….part of being human and with God’s Grace we find strength to persevere. Sounds like everyone is doing their very best to keep eating healthy and stay the course. Way to…

Feeling good about “extra bounce” this morning as the scale hit a new lower digit number for me!! I know I will likely bounce up again and down again but at this new plateau level! 👍🤞 Feels good. Especially since I am eating foods I have not allowed myself for years. Just keeping within my 8 hour eating window, the no…

Paula…that is really nice looking…should be very cozy!! 👍😍. Good luck tomorrow eating the pizza….I can never be that strong to stop at 1 1/2 pieces!💪 Hope everyone is enjoying their Saturday! We are being lazy but will hit it in gear soon and get at laundry and changing bedding etc…which is top of my list today. We…

Shari, I hear you about weighing daily and the reality check!! Weighing in daily (for me) is absolutely necessary to keep me honest about my eating when I am dieting.…as soon as I start not to weigh I subconsciously give myself permission to treat myself and indulge in what I know I should not, lol! Last night I wanted a…

Shari…so productive as usual! Ceilings are tough to work on….hard on necks and backs, lol! So glad you are happy with results! 👍😎 Thanks for your prayers for my hubby’s sister (she is his older sister, lives alone with her doggie, as she never married). She continues to be optimistic and will likely go to rehab in Philly…

Thank you for your prayers and John’s, Paula! We spoke with Peggy today and her spirits were good…she has a positive outlook which will help recovery. Perhaps being so far from home she has had to just “let go” of stress (like what is her little dog going to do without her)? Dog care is covered well but normally she would…

My DH’s sister has had a stroke. She has weakness on left side. It could have been worse but was promptly treated so is considered mild. (We have also been experiencing some other family illnesses and stressful situations which I have not shared and will just hope for the best outcomes). Prayers would be greatly…

Paula…I just had a dental cleaning followed by a crown and then this week another crown. The dental office has air purifying going on in each treatment room, everyone had on masks but me and I had to wear one anything not in treatment room. It was ultra clean atmosphere. They have had no Covid work related cases. I felt…

DW…I have been avoiding a couple to do list items myself, lol! Somehow I just keep not getting to them…but I will one of these days soon!🤪. As to weight…I hear you about up/down in a small range. Have been that way for about a week now but seems longer especially when, like today, I am up that pound! Just keep doing our…

Paula…yes, I have been seeing same info that JJ for first vaccine and recommending those people do Moderna or Pfizer for booster. I feel like it’s because of the variants etc. I know in Europe and Canada they have mixed various companies vaccines quite often….that may be where they are studying how that worked? Confusing…

Shari…good luck with your husband’s Covid test! Hope he does not have it! We are hearing about too many people we know, including family, or acquaintances that are getting breakthrough cases of Covid. No one so far we have been in direct contact with. When Covid first hit we knew no one who ever had it…now after almost…

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving, Shari! 🍁🍁🍁

Glad you are feeling better Paula. And glad you are enjoying the Lose It app. I have found so many odd foods and it is easy to add your own foods to the list too. I have used calories on packages and figured out what I use in certain go to foods so I can easily put in the food tracker, like 1/2 small avocado on toast with…

Oops…guess it. Didn’t go back to Sept..start date but is much the same. Red is when I went over budget mostly on the road trip.

My tracking since starting IF

Paula, this will be my last detailed report on my IF earing. But here is my yesterday report on what I ate. It seemed like a lot to me, lol! We had friends over at 6:30 last night. Sat outside as weather was beautiful! We invited them to join us for dessert and decaf coffee. Which we served right away and ate before 7:00.…

I am pinching myself again this morning to see if this is real!! Day 34 on IF. I am down again on the scale! Total 7.2 lbs! Less than 3 lbs to hit my loss number last January/February. Hoping this continues and I don’t plateau out like I did then!! 🤞Yesterday I ate my egg scramble for lunch. Had a 120 calories ice cream…

Paula…good luck with e heart report and the rheumatologist! I always want those reports as soon as possible so I can move on with life….or deal with new meds or whatever the results require! I hope all news is good news! Wow, that’s quite the bear sighting! We get them often in MN during the summer months and always scary…

I am down another small amount today just .2 lbs for total of 6.2 since September 3rd when I started the IF and tracking on Lose It! These small decreases in weight are spurring me on to keep doing the IF and keeping my calories within the 1395 I am allowed/budgeted to allow me to lose weight. I found out (by accident) if…

Paula…my DH will only eat chicken now and then…we used to eat it almost every day but he says he has OD’d on it, lol. So we do have red meat and other meats, even pork baby back ribs in crock pot once or so a month. I don’t worry about what the actual meat is as much as portion size and the carbs I want with it🙃. Now that…

PS….DH started last night to join me in the IF fasting. He had no evening snacks. We read several articles, including Mayo Clinic, about it because he does have type 2 diabetes but low numbers, just above borderline and was almost taken off medication last year (but is still taking small dose of metformin). There are some…