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Lana - sorry about the bad dream. Wishing you happy dreams instead! Backstory - DS is currently attending a small private college that is about 30 minutes away from home in a neighboring town. Will be transferring to State University in our city and will live at home. I work for the State University System and he will have…

Friday Another pound gone on the scale this morning! 152.8 for the official WI! I guess we will keep doing this plan and I will try my best not to ruin it over the weekend. Eating steel cut oats with strawberries for breakfast. May have one cup of coffee. Day off. Stayed in bed until 8:30. :) Need to get to the bank and…

Thursday Scale continues to go down! 153.8 this morning! I haven't seen 153 since Thanksgiving. I guess what I'm doing is working. Now to see if I can continue. Will try to make long weekend mostly on-plan. Easter dinner certainly will not be, but will not overdo it. Hoping I can get some walks in this weekend, too. Day 44…

Wednesday Good morning! Realized I am more than halfway through my week since I am taking Friday off! :) Checked the scale today and I am back where I was last Friday, so that is good after having a gain this weekend. Today and tomorrow are very low carb days, so will be interesting to see if the number on the scale goes…

Tuesday Another late check in. Busy day at work. Busy night of homework - both kids and mine. Pretty good eating day, except for a couple of sweets I couldn't resist. I need to not buy things and think "I'll just eat one piece." Better to just not buy it at all! Frustrated with DH as he is not following a good plan at all.…

Monday Sorry, I was kind of MIA over the weekend. Just so busy. Did not stick to my guns as much as I would have liked over the weekend. :( Scale was up slightly on Saturday after my good WI on Friday. Haven't checked since. Back on track today. Did have a couple of days that were more active, but definitely took in too…

Friday Yippee! This is the first Friday in awhile that the scale hasn't gone up! Holding steady at 154.4 from yesterday. Was happy to put on a pair of dress pants today since I'm going to this meeting and they fit! I was worried they would be too tight. Of course, I could wear one size smaller a couple of years ago...but…

Good day. DD had great parent-teacher conferences and good grades. She is our child with developmental delay, difficulties reading and organizing herself. But she is doing well! A couple of teachers commented on how other kids are learning that Kira gets her homework done early or on time and is willing to help other kids.…

Thursday Trip to eye doctor went well. Prescribed steroid drops for two weeks and then back to the OTC drops I had been using. He'd like me to keep using the OTC drops until June when the worst of allergy season should be over. First drops are on board giving weird taste at back of throat. I failed to read directions first…

Broke down and called my dad and stepmom's optometrist. Have an appt for 7:40 a.m. tomorrow. I had held off putting any eye drops in my eyes in case I would see someone today. But since it won't be until tomorrow, I just put some Alaway in! Hoping the doctor can give advice and possible a prescription tomorrow.

Wednesday Great news! I received word last night that my nephew will be going to an inpatient program either today or tomorrow! He will stay in MN. Such an answer to prayer! Cloudy, cooler, with possible rain today. Eyes are feeling a bit better this morning, but I think it's time to see a doctor. Just trying to…

It was a good day. Stuck with it. Massage felt great. Eyes felt pretty dang good today. Until tonight. Skin around eyes are seriously itchy tonight. It's not the eyes themselves. Wondering why? Am I allergic to my house? My pets? My kids? (Haha) :) Nephew was supposed to have two calls today with possible inpatient…

Lana - it is the Fast Metabolism Diet. No caffeine is allowed. We are in our first week and will see how it goes. The first two days are full of healthy carbs, i.e. sprout grain bread, barley, brown rice, fruit, and obviously protein and veggies. The 3rd and 4th days are low-carb. No fruit or carbs. Just protein and…

Tuesday Day Two of our diet plan. Happily, we just eat the leftovers from yesterday. I miss my coffee but stayed strong! Last night's chicken & barley soup wasn't so tasty as I'd hoped but I will eat it for lunch again today. Saving my chicken broccoli bowl for supper. Day Two of very little eye makeup. Feeling pretty good…

Monday night. So tired. Stayed complete on plan with this new diet but already wondering if it's really sustainable. I mentioned this to DH tonight. I just can't see us eating this way indefinitely, which makes me nervous that we'll lose weight jut to regain it. Can't believe I actually brought up WW as a option... I think…

Monday Broke down and left off eye liner today. I usually wear full-face makeup with eye shadow in shades of purple. Today I have on a very neutral shadow, no liner, and just a bit of mascara. Makes me kind of look sick. But wanted to see if my eyes feel any better. Sara - no humidifier. Maybe I should get one? Haven't…

Sara - warm compress felt so good! Thank you for the tip!

Sunday Darn allergies are bugging the eyes more today again. Grrr. DH wants me to go see an eye doctor. Not much they could do, in my opinion, except maybe prescribe different drops? Just so itchy - especially the outer corners of my eyes. Just got done making grocery list for the new diet plan to start tomorrow. Not sure…

Saturday late check-in Scale was back at 155.6. Definitely not a good eating day. Lunch out with 92 year old grandpa and some cousins. Supper was grilled chicken and fajita vegetables with brown rice in a flour tortilla. Only water to drink all day - except I see a margarita on the horizon tonight. I did go for a 1.5 mile…

Yay! Managed a 2 mile walk tonight on my bum leg/hip. Felt pretty good. I wasn't sure if I should, but I took the dog with me and she did well and seemed very happy. She is getting better. Supper was thin crust pizza. I had 1 1/2 slices. Water to drink. My "boo-boo" today was having a dark chocolate mocha from Starbucks.…

Friday The scale doesn't like me on Fridays. It always goes up from the day before. Today at 156.2, so again, really no progress. Very frustrating. Today I wanted to swear and ended up having an egg and a piece of toast for breakfast rather than 2 eggs. Should have avoided the carbs but didn't. Lana - I can totally relate.…

Success having tomato basil soup and oriental chicken salad lunch combo today. And only had water to drink. Still high calories for lunch but felt proud for not having a burger and fries. :) Too much candy yet today.

Thursday Successful trip to dentist. Today was just a cleaning and scheduled a time to have a new nightguard made. Of course, they mentioned that more crowns are in my future as my teeth have acid erosion. I don't eat an acidic diet and it seems I must have acid reflux I don't feel. Trying to take an antacid each night,…

Lana - I have been putting Crystal Light in my water bottle if I need some flavor. I like the Pink Lemonade.

Wednesday Welcome to new people! Here we are in the middle of the work week. I'm ready for the weekend already but have to keep plugging away. DD has had a lot of homework this week and has needed a lot of support to get it done. Draining sometimes. Haircut and color last night leaves me feeling refreshed. Scale put me…

Tuesday It's a beautiful 61 degrees and sunny here in Central MN. I ran home for lunch, ate my chicken breast and salad, and then took the dog for a 1/2 mile (10 min) walk before I had to come back to work. Hoping the weather stays like this and I can start adding some walking into my routine. Maybe then the number on the…

Update: DD broke her board on the first try and earned her yellow belt! Very proud of her. We celebrated with small chocolate shakes from McDonald's. (so much for staying on track).

Monday Survived training new guy. There will be more to do but it was a good start. Good day so far. Broke down and ate 1/2 a bagel with some cream cheese. Ignoring craving for dark chocolate mocha coffee and just chugging water. Breakfast was 2 eggs and 2 cups coffee with sugar-free cream. Lunch was kale/cabbage/brussel…

Sunday night Late check in. Quiet day. Would have been a good diet day if not for grilled cheese DH made for lunch to go with tomato soup. And spiked hot chocolate. Picked up groceries. Good plan for the week. Allergies still bothering eyes. Very watery and itchy. Will continue eye drops and claritin. Worked on some…

Saturday Terrible diet day yesterday. A bit better today, except for the spiked hot chocolate I'm having right now! :) Not checking the scale for a few days now. I have been wondering if I'm not losing due to all the cortisol streaming through my body due to DS's drama. I feel panicky at some point every day. Something to…