Day 4 NZ NFD 68.4kg 🏃🏼‍♀️

There was a gorgeous slither of a new moon in the navy blue sky last night. I turned over a coin and made a wish. It turned out that it was day 2 for the moon but who’s counting!!
@excelsior12309 Loved hearing about the bear! A Californian friend who has a house at Lake Tahoe had a visit from a bear – through the window, which was closed😵‍💫. He opened the freezer door, ate all the strawberry ice cream, took a 💩 and left…!!
@at and @stitchincarol Next time I have the opportunity I’ll order duck confit on your advice 😁
Welcome back @davinac It’s great to hear about your success!!
I have to go and tidy up the house and do some cooking prep. I have friends coming over tomorrow. I’ve made sure I have the ingredients to make a Dark & Stormy 🇯🇲 cocktail… rum, ginger beer and lime juice on ice…
Cheers everyone!!

2nd Post – Day 4

Didn’t realise we’re on page two already, duh

@songbirdme – Tamarind Hills looks blissful😍

@merryapple – your bear story 🤣 Down a little after an NFD?! 🎯👏

3rd Post – Day 4

Another ‘duh?!’ here’s the article that was supposed to show up in my 1st Post 🙄

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14149531/scientists-pinpoint-three-lifestyle-choices-cause-dementia.html

Day 4 NE England NFD

Victory on the scale today, another pound down, finally! My goal is in sight ~ but could well be derailed by the festive season 🤔 so I’m aiming to reach it by my birthday at the beginning of February. Toddler is a bit better thanks, so I’m free today. Just popping in to see my sister who is 60 today, we will be out for dinner this evening I shall choose wisely!!

@excelsior12309 I have never seen a bear, sounds scary! I’m sure my spaniel would go crazy!!

@songbirdme your vacation sounds delightful, especially on this cold frosty morning

Day 4 – USA/GA – ?

Weigh-in: 235 lbs. I doubt today will be a FD, but I’m doing ZBC and treating it as one just in case. I’ll be traveling with a co-worker to one of the counties we serve today, going to several sites, so there may be pressure to do lunch. If it doesn’t work out today, tomorrow looks good — but this time of year, it is best not to tempt fate.

USA. Day 4. FD

The WFD went well. I weighed myself this morning and I am down two pounds today! I have got to keep up the momentum. It seems that eating one meal a day later in the afternoon works for me. I drink coffee in the morning and that staves off the hunger. I measure those meals carefully, so I can log in the exact calorie counts with portion sizes. This allows me to eat whatever I fancy in small portions. This works well with my personality. I like not feeling deprived. My latest issue is ridding myself of salt. I have long ago gotten rid of white flour and sugar and don’t miss them but salt has been a demon to get rid of! 🤨

I am now strong enough to begin my exercise program and this has already made me feel so much stronger. Even though my head still feels a little strange, the fact that exercise is beginning to make me feel normal is a huge leap forward for me.

jaifaim, the bridge is a very political move. The Baltimore Harbor has always been an important harbor. We can now get ships in and out of their slips but the Citu really needs that bridge back. Unfortunately, we will be tied up in insurance issues, law suits, and politics before they bridge will be rebuilt. That could take years but at least the harbor can work again. We just have a problem moving traffic around down there. I prefer to stay away from that mess. I am so glad my daughter and her husband moved close to me after that incident and I won’t have to attempt to get through the harbor. I love having my grandchildren so close to me, too!😊

I love reading about everyone’s Christmas plans. I have been at work with making mine. I had all my Christmas cards made out before Thanksgiving and sent them out on December 1. I have purchased all my presents. Fortunately, there are not a lot of those that I need to buy. We gave up buying everyone presents years ago because there are too many of us. I will have Christmas dinner. While it went well, I think my daughter did a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner, her first, but she found it exhausting and is more than happy for me to do Christmas. I love being with my grandchildren during this time. They get so excited and they are hoping for snow!

MissyBear, your trip to Bella Coola sounds lovely. When my son got married in Oregon, we stayed at a lighthouse, which also is where the ceremony took place. We could sit on the porch and watch the whales every morning. Oregon beaches are like no other that I have ever seen. They are really wild and not really for sunbathing or swimming. Whale watching was fun, though!

NorthGeorgia, I know how hard it is to control your meals when traveling or at meetings. I have had a hard time turning down food, especially when I am not cooking it. The food usually is something I don’t cook for myself and I just can’t pass it up. I hope I will be doing better for Christmas!

FUNSHIPFREDDIE, I will read your article as soon as I finish here. Dementia is an interest of mine, as well as many people. The week before I found out about my brain tumor, I drove out of my neighborhood and suddenly didn’t know where I was. I drove up the street thinking it would come back to me. Maybe a building would jog my memory, since I lived here for a very long time. It took quite awhile to remember and that was frightening. I thought that maybe I had sudden onset dementia and didn’t want anyone to know. The next week I learned I had the tumor and that was the reason for the memory loss. I am all good now but I truly feel for people with this issue. May none of us ever go through any of that.

NorthGeorgia, you are right. Better to not tempt fate!

Hope everyone is having a great day!