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@ JAN...YOU have a GREAT Sunday TOO!!!

Hi Jan the shred is eating everything pure organic clean earthy foods like greens, garbanzo (chick Peas), carrots, celery, fruits and berries, nuts, fungus (mushrooms). then you eat like 5 meals a day but all in 1/2 cup or less sizes. Thanks for the encouragement on the exercising, I know I will get back in gear soon.…

Wow it is way too quiet around here...still into my 7 day shred but really slacking on the exercise now. Need assistance, can't get into position to kick my own butt.

Hey Jan and Darlene, I jumped off the wagon and gained 9 pounds...things just fell apart after one day, it is my personality really always been an all or nothing type...just have to stay on track, I was doing so good, that is why I hate messing up so bad, it takes so long to get caught back up to par. I plodwaddled (a word…

Keep your chin up Darlene. When life challenges us, we learn. Best wishes and healing prayers to you and yours. Vent all you want, I will listen and not judge.

Hey Jan, it has been very quiet around here, most of the group has gone back to work. I still check in everyday, but have had a set back and had to get back in to routine...I found it an unreality that it happened so fast. I thought I was in control, and I had been, but how easy I slid over the first time opportunity…

Take out Fried chicken, French fries, fried okra....I feel greasy...not going back to that...I won't go into the desert. And libation, or snarking down the left overs next day... I feel dirty...NOT, but I am glad that I am back on track, that is not who I want to be.

Wow Jan, sounds like you had an incredible vacation. I am so glad you had a great time. Welcome back. :smile:

Darlene, I remember when I was working at my last job, cook at a daycare center, 100 to 150 meals breakfast and lunch and a snack for kids and staff a day, mon. thru fri. I had one part time helper. I would get up daily unable to feel my fingers from the nerves pinched in my back. I would stretch and cry and then put on my…

@ Sandy :happy: Thanks girlfriend!!!

Hey Sandy, I forgot where you are living....down here in South TX we are still in middle summer. It won't cool off until October. I liked the way you said, ' regain the body and spirit'. The School has a gymnasium right? Can you use it? Even if you just walk laps, exercise is exercise right. And they have menus for the…

'BUMP'

I am still trying to process the fact that they are calling it a suicide. Ultimately $$$ and Fame do not solve everything. I am sad, he was so brilliant. What a waste. I am at a loss for words. :cry:

Eleanor, Wow, You did great on your exercise over the weekend. Ahhh, the cucumber dilemma, I have made cuke drinks, cuke dressing, cuke au gratin, cuke soup, cuke pickles, I've given away cucumbers, and I still had cucumbers. PM me if you want and I will give you any of the recipes for the above. Meanwhile, I must get…

Hope the Magic works Sandy...it usually does with me as long as I keep it to once a month...:tongue:

O.k. so I said all in all a good day and I meant it...the only down side was that I got out the same exact outfit out of the closet today that is in my profile pic. It is a size 18, so the scales say I lost 17 pounds, so I figure, well, it will be a little loose so I better grab a belt. Now, I know that the pants are made…

Well I am back from the city, we ate lunch at Luby's, so I did very good, having a side salad of (mixed greens only), about a cup of steamed broccoli, and a steamed butterflied chicken breast ( which I ate 1/3rd of and came home with doggie bag, fed another 1/3 to my puppy dogs) and still have enough left for my supper. I…

Sandy, Ha, I use Fat Free Creamy Ranch, although I will use French once in awhile. Lately I have just been squeezing a little lemon or lime juice on my salad. I don't really feel like it is something that I made since I am just taking broken pieces of already made jewelry and making a new piece. I might just for fun take…

Hi Sandy, Yep that should work to get you noticed, what doesn't kill you...makes you stronger, right, lol. I overdid it this morning, hoofing out my 2 mile walk at 4 mph. my back is feeling it so I had better settle back down to my 3 1/2 mph for a while longer. I had a meal replacement drink for breakfast, which gave me…

Hey Darlene, I am probably not the best one to give advice in this area, but I will tell you what I do. I eat popcorn, lots of it...it helps keep me regular, it fills me up and it is low calorie. Best of luck with what you decide you want and or need to eat. A lot of the younger ones all have a cheat day, and apparently do…

Hey Lydia, thanks for the tips, I usually keep the feet filed, but slipped my mind this time. I will look into that joint advantage gold, although I do not know if it will help a totally demolished disc in my back. Wow, your vacation is like right around the corner. Florida is so great, will you be visiting the coastal…

Lydia, Thank you, I am feeling very much better now, having talked about it to a friend, for my first time ever. It was the holding it in that was hurting me so. Thank you for caring. dj

Thank You Darlene!! Actually, I am getting wonderful help from someone that I can talk to it about, I never knew that could be so helpful, I have always kept my problems to myself, it is like letting the elephant out of the room to just say it to someone else. I shall be forever grateful and in her debt for being there,…

Thanks Jan and Sandy! Haven't ever considered blogging, and wouldn't know how to anomalously??? Might be a good idea...although...I know, that there is really no solution to the problem and it won't go away. Hmmm...just trying my best today not to let IT get to me. :noway:

Sandy- So sorry about the delay on getting your new oven. I would not blame you one bit if you called them and gave them what for. I hope they get it straightened out soon. Fingers crossed for you.

@ Jan, YEA!!! Congrats on the good news at the doctor!!!

Hey Sandy, 1. Yep still good for posting daily, and where ever and when ever, as I check in on all the topics all the time. 2. Only about every two weeks do I weigh and measure, I plateau so often on both that I would go crazy if I did it any more often. When I do weigh, it is after my morning walk and before breakfast. I…

Sandy- CONGRATS on the CONTROL!!! It's Working!!! We are changing our attitudes and accepting the healthy lifestyle as NORMAL!!! You are doing GREAT!!! :smile: Jan- I hope you Dr. appt. went well, when will you know the results...prayers to you for ALL GOOD NEWS. :flowerforyou: Darlene- A BIG GIANT KUDO'S to YOU for just…

hey Sandy, I have struggled with this prob. for all my life, whether or not I am eating less. If I eat popcorn everyday, I do o.k. but it gets old. I take a stool softener at the first sign of trouble (if I miss one day). Other than that, since I am a naturalist, I do pears, prunes...fibrous veggies too. I hope that this…

@ Jan, Best of Luck with your Dr. appt. I hope all of your results are good. It is great that you have been able to keep up with your exercising, maybe you can figure some way to exercise on breaks or lunch after you return to work. I wish you well on your mini goal and hope you get to splurge guilt free on your upcoming…