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Good evening, all - just a quick drop-by before bed. I spent the day working and working in the yard - a bit at lunch, then several hours tonight. I came in when it was getting dark to find DH had texted me that he was going to happy hour with a friend. Needless to say, it appear that "hour" has stretched out some. Anyway,…
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Good morning everyone! After managing to work two whole days in one yesterday (17+ hours) I finally was able to call it a night around 9:30pm. I slept like the dead – and woke up to no more quarterly reports! Yay! I’m taking a mental health day today to go work in the yard. Fortunately not all of the US is getting socked…
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Viv, poor kitty! My cats get abscesses occasionally – and that’s what they do – they get big, then they burst. It’s important to keep it clean and not let the kitty lick it too much. Ugh, team meetings. Good luck catching up on work. Linda, you’re right, sugar is bad in so many ways – but artificial sweeteners aren’t much…
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Happy weekend everyone! Whew, it was a looooooong week. Still buried under at work, taking an hour or two every night to shovel more rock and move paving stones, but I have just a tiny bit left to do in the garden, then the walkways will be finished. DH has PROMISED me he’s getting up early to go with me to get a new…
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I became a vegetarian about two and a half years ago, I think. However, I simply didn't watch what I ate, ever. It wasn't until I religiously tracked calories, cut waaaaay back on the empty liquid calories, and started exercising a lot that I finally got the scale to move. Last June I started a program of exercising more…
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Good morning everyone! I managed to get another section of the garden walkway done last night after a super stressful day at work – I really need garden therapy these days. We have quarterly reporting coming up for the first time in on my project so everyone’s in a dither about what’s going on. Yesterday I took ownership…
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I just discovered this when I was playing with MFP this morning - if you click on the "APPS" tab it has a BMR and a BMI app on the menu bar - just click on it and it will use your data to figure it out. There are other ones that may or may not be more accurate you can find by googling - but every single one I've done comes…
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Good morning, wonderful ladies! Today I am NOT exercising, at least not until the sun comes out. Why? They delivered my mulch and pea gravel yesterday, and me being me I couldn’t WAIT to start pulling up the walkway stones between my garden beds and smoothing everything out with the gravel. Net result: 1/3 of the garden…
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Good morning everyone! I hope you’re enjoying your week. We had a very sedate and enjoyable evening – DH is back on his best behavior – I guess I shocked him out of his shell because he’s agreeing to everything, even helping with the new walkway (that he wants anyway). The mulch is here already and the gravel is on its…
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Katla, that's exactly what spinach looks like when it starts. It sounds like it's doing fine. When the leaves are a decent size pick the big outer ones; the inner ones will continue to push new ones up and you can eat from your plant for some time. And yes, it's so much better to keep the food away from anywhere but the…
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Good morning, everyone! I guess my work computer doesn’t think so though as it just went blue-screen-of-death on me. Grr. Aw, well, I’ve been wrestling with the urge to play hooky and go work in the yard again today – it’s a little cool but gorgeous out right now. I just ordered my mulch as extra incentive to finish up…
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Good morning everyone – apologies for being MIA but it’s been a crazy week at work. I’ve been overwhelmed with grief and oddly guilt – but we’re trying to trudge forward. I’ll be taking over my manager’s duties while she’s out for surgery and whatever comes after, so I’ll probably be even busier. My biggest goal will be to…
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BJ, I make an AB&B smoothie frequently: a scoop of protein powder, 1/2 of a banana, a tablespoon of almond butter, sometimes some ground flax seed (which is something you can add to all smoothies for a little extra fat and lots of nutrition), ice and water. You can add a spoonful of greek yogurt for extra creaminess if you…
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Good morning everyone - just a quick pop-by to say hello. I made myself work out yesterday even though I didn't want to, and then I made a yummy vegetable soup to try to wash the weekend away with. I had a great time shopping with my sister on Sunday for her mother-of-the-bride dress - and we were successful! She's going…
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Good morning, everyone. Eileen, I’m so sorry to hear about your mom. Peace and blessings to you and your family. CityJane, it’s always that way with men. They have different metabolisms and structures and, quite honestly, functions, than we do. There’s no comparison. Congrats on the NSV smaller pants. I’ve seen/heard of…
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Shorts and tees yesterday, pants and sweaters today. That’s how we roll in PA. Temps dropped about 20 – 30 degrees overnight and now I’m hunkered down. Made it easier to work out today, but I really need to do more stretching – I can tell now it’s just a muscle in my back that’s cramped up on the left side, and it needs to…
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A number of the BB coaches swear you have to eat more, not less, especially when training hard or in an intense exercise program. They recommend adding 100 calories at a time until the scale moves, then sticking at that level. Meaning, add 100 calories/day for a week, weigh yourself, then if you're still the same, add…
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Good morning, ladies! We had a downright HOT day yesterday – was wilty by the end of the day and had a tough time sleeping – no covers either. However we had a lovely rainfall overnight that started right as our closer threw the last strike to end another Phillies win – so it was an awesome night. For those keeping score,…
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Just popping by for a sec - Lucy, yes, sadly DH was watching. I made him switch to the NCAA game but it was too late. He's banned now. Someone else was asking about protein - it's a little trickier for vegetarians, so I cheat. I've been doing a pretty rigorous workout for the past nine months that calls for a…
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Good morning, ladies! I finally got around to checking out my lab results from my bio screening last December – gloating ahead – my cholesterol, which is generally low anyway, was excellent. It’s 166, with a 69 HDL/81 LDL/75 Triglycerides – I think I’ll be OK. My blood sugar is still a little off – it was 97 with a fasting…
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Good morning everyone – spring has sprung into full bloom in PA – yay! It’s supposed to get up to 80 degrees by Wednesday – so happy. LisalnUP – congratulations on the NSV of having dresses fit. PeachesStateGal – I’m so sorry to hear about your husband – I’ll keep both of you in my thoughts. Smoking is a tough addiction –…
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Good morning everyone! I’m feeling GOOD today. I worked in the garden yesterday (and talked DH into coming out and stabilizing the fence posts with some quikcrete), got three of the beds weeded. The question is how do weeds thrive so well when everything else is still dead? Anyway, going out this morning to put in some…
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Good morning, everyone. I'm not going to try to catch up right now - just popping by to say I hope everyone really finds something to enjoy this weekend. We had a lovely evening with my sister and a friend I haven't seen in a long time - and it was truly fun. We fired up the pizza oven, opened the patio, listened to the…
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Good morning, ladies – Grandmallie, I know a little about how you feel. I struggled after my DD got married and I tried to have them out at my mom’s for Christmas, but they had her in-laws in another city in the same State and had to split her time between their and her dad’s and my house. It’s tough on the kids too. Try…
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Oh, Jane - I'm so sorry to hear this. Unbelievable that the techs missed this. Such major incompetence. I hope they are able to find an approach to help your father. Your daughter's wedding sounds and looks magical. I hope they have many happy years together to look back on that ceremony.
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Happy April everyone! Barbie, thanks again for starting the new thread. I love Pooh – and Piglet. I won’t even go over my goals for March – I barely registered any of them. I didn’t log every day since I was out of town for half of the month, and I think I lost about two pounds at the most. I continued to work out when I…
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Good morning and Happy Easter to those who celebrate and Sunday Funday for everyone! I had an awesome night's sleep - Aleve is my new best friend lol :laugh:. Seriously though the nsaids are completely different from ibuprofen and acetaminophen. I may even have read that here, but finding a pain reliever for muscle aches…
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Sue, this just made me LOL. I frequently have popcorn for dinner, but a banana split is a whole 'nuther level. I think they have wifi on the cruises, but I'm sure they're an extra cost - and in some cases they don't have anything. I just hope the cruise goes great for you! Yes, if you don't log in at all for a day it will…
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OK, you should definitely listen to your dietician. I don't know what to say to you about the cooking/processed foods thing. I grew up in a cooking family so to me it's kind of second nature. I know a lot of people don't cook though - do you have any interest in learning to cook simple things that aren't greasy/heavily…
