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  • Merryapple

    2:07 am

    9 Dec 24

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    Day 9 NZ FD 69.7kg👀

    Thank goodness it’s a FD for me… I have had 4 solid days of feasting and drinking with the requisite cooking and baking thrown in… Such fun but two parties per day – lunches and dinners – have taken me to the edge😵‍💫
    Then in the middle of the night I felt something drop onto my finger. I shook it off thinking it must be a slug? But my finger wasn’t slimy. My next thought was it’s a big American cockroach😬which can drop zillions of eggs if you don’t handle them correctly. I decided I had better track it down and turned on the light. Eventually I found a Weta on the floor… a native insect with long antennae, a body that is about 2cm long and serrated legs so can hop like a grasshopper which makes it very difficult to catch… They live in the holes in the trees. They’re shy and I’m fond of them but not in my boudoir… so I went to sleep in the guest room and will go looking shortly…
    @at Thank you for that quote “Every day is a new beginning…”!! Congrats on the kg down!! I think there’s an inverse dining law – the more expensive, the less on the plate so better to go for quality than quantity!!
    Great to hear your shoulder is improving too.
    @brightonbelle You and me both!! Thank goodness for pocket lists!!
    @stitchincarol That is a marathon bake!! It’s great to hear your strength too!! I hope you manage to sleep well tonight .
    And you heard it here first!!! Happy Birthday to you…😍🥳🍹💐🥁🎹
    @funshipfreddie I laughed at you unwrapping someone else’s present to satisfy your power cut frustrations. Great you’re safely back in your zone! That’s a wee bit sad to have what you’re eating made so public. It says more about them than you despite it being said with good humour.
    @jaifaim Well that’s the firewood for the following year sorted by the sound of things. I did always want a chain saw for Christmas!!! There’s only one place to go in the cold and dark and that’s bed!! Glad to hear you still have electricity…
    @missybear That sounds very romantic – outside storms, inside wine and cheese with a candle🥰And your house is solid.
    @lilymartin Wonderful to hear you are managing to dispatch those pesky kgs so efficiently 💪
    WOW @ccco !! You have this sorted out!!
    @songbirdme Those Antigua pounds aren’t hanging around! Well done!!
    @northgeorgia You’re closing in on the 220s💪
    @iona72 and @molij Stay safe in the storm. I looked it up 😬
    90 mph is roughly 140kph, a number we’re familiar with here. But you do have to make sure the hatches are battened down…
    Have I missed anyone. I hope not!!
    Sending strength and hope to one and all💕

    Pocket List🍋
    @merry🍎
    @brightonbelle
    @molij
    @missybear
    @northgeorgia

    funshipfreddie

    6:16 am

    9 Dec 24

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    Day 9 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 70.5 kg

    Monday morning PFDS! 😇 And I’m more than happy with that number after some very erratic eating Fri/Sat. Now to knuckle down for the next two weeks before the madness of Christmas week arrives ✨

    @merryapple – I just knew you were having a blast after watching your number going up for the last few days on the spreadsheet 😅 Still, not too much damage done. I see you haven’t stated a December goal yet; is that deliberate? 🤔 I can’t think of one insect I’m fond of, & wouldn’t have been able to sleep a wink knowing that creature was in the vicinity. I would’ve either had to grab the can of Doom or check into a B & B until I was sure it was gone 🐛😳

    @stitchincarol – I hope you managed to get some more sleep! Did you try the cognitive shuffling? Alternate nostril breathing? The cognitive shuffling has worked great for me, I never even get past the first letter. Re the power outages, no. Not related at all to the cost of living. It’s not even our entire municipality. Just a couple of unfortunate suburbs, related to when the pylon came down a few months ago. It’s a temporary fix – obviously not working too well – before the major repairs are done next year. So far so good since the maintenance was carried out on Saturday 🤞 Great pics! I spent way too long gazing at those cookies. On my FD! 😶

    @at – adding you to the list again. You’re on a mission! 🎯💪

    I’m off to Grass Roots again for brunch. Have a good week everyone

    Pocket List – Day 9 🍋
    @merry🍎
    @brightonbelle
    @molij
    @missybear
    @at
    @northgeorgia

    BrightonBelle

    9:23 am

    9 Dec 24

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    Day 9 UK FD

    I guess you must get used to them but the thought of creepy crawlies that large is a scary thought for me @merry🍎

    Good start to my reset day up bright and early have a long list of to- dos today so here goes 💪

    Pocket List – Day 9 🍋
    @merry🍎
    @brightonbelle
    @molij
    @missybear
    @at
    @northgeorgia

    jaifaim

    9:51 am

    9 Dec 24

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    Day 9 – Ireland – FD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽‍♀️ 🌾
    156.4 ⬆️

    Happy Monday Everyone!

    Well what a weekend that was… busy busy and there will be lots of firewood @merryapple but we will need the professionals to come and work their magic to chop them up and check other trees on the land. The good news is that mum slept through the whole thing 🙏🙏.

    Yesterday was another breezy but stunning sunshiney day so it was great to get out early for a walk on the beach and back to do a little more clearing… it’s amazing how many branches are down in the country lanes.

    Oh god @merryapple the thought of that.. 🐞… you will have to search him out today… like @funshipfreddie I would unleashed the can right there and certainly would have struggled to sleep in the same room 😮. One of the problems we have at mums is mice in the very cold weather as they like to come in from the cold so I was doing a lot of checks on that front too this weekend. 🐭 the joys of country living 😂

    @stitchincarol I hope you slept better! I’ve had a rubbish weekend of sleep but tried the cognitive shuffling last night as really needed to get some quality sleep before travelling this morning and it worked for me… hopefully it does for you too…

    Ok have to scoot… work is very busy today and I’m tired but all good. @brightonbelle good to see you here bright and early 🤗

    Here’s to the Monday fasters! Let’s do this together.

    Onward and downward ⬇️
    We rise by lifting others 💕

    Pocket List – Day 9 5 🍀 🍌

    @merry 🍎
    @brightonbelle
    @molij
    @missybear
    @at
    @northgeorgia
    @jaifaim

    AT

    10:24 am

    9 Dec 24

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    Day 9 – UK – FD

    Sorry @funshipfreddie yesterday’s FD was a bust…..unexpected visitors led to a bottle of wine being opened and nibbles…..need I say more!!!! So as I quoted yesterday “Every day is a new beginning. Take a deep breath and start again.”

    Busy day today – my SIL was here early to do some painting for me – he is doing the front porch and the shower room – we had a new oak front door put in recently and the porch walls looked a bit sad compared to the new door 🤣 and the shower room definitely needed sanding down and repainted ceiling and walls – he’s a good lad getting it done before Christmas for us

    I have to go out for a couple of appointments in town later this morning – then the usual coffee afternoon with the girls and I also need to buckle down and get the UK Christmas cards written and in the post…..

    @stitchincarol – I hope you had a good night’s sleep 😴 to make up for the night before
    @merryapple – 🦟🪰 of any sort dropping on top of you in the middle of the night doesn’t bear thinking about……I would have screamed the place down and definitely would to rest until I had got rid of it from my bedroom
    @funshipfreddie – how I wish I was joining you with PFDS too – instead a bit of a headache as perhaps too much 🍷was consumed…..
    @brightonbelle – I’m with you today – early start and a busy day should keep us both on track
    @jaifaim – we too got sunshine but still very windy 💨🌤️ day yesterday – I was blown about on my walk!!! today looks a lot calmer and sunshine again 🌤️

    What a pocket list today – surely that will be motivation to keep us all on track – here’s to a good one!

    Pocket List – Day 9 5 🍀 🍌
    @merry 🍎
    @brightonbelle
    @molij
    @missybear
    @at
    @northgeorgia
    @jaifaim

    I thought I would share this quote from the Dalai Lama to inspire us – “There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow; so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live”

    NorthGeorgia

    12:03 pm

    9 Dec 24

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    Day 9 – USA/GA – FD

    Weigh-in: 237 lbs. Yuck… my own fault yesterday, but as they say, ’tis the season, so I have to expect a little craziness, as long as I can jump out of it relatively quickly. Today, I’ll put in a FD. I made some homemade soup over the weekend just for this, but the blender’s bottom wasn’t quite flush, slinging tomato-ey concoctions all over the kitchen! What a nightmare mess! Thankfully it was only a few tablespoons, but nicely distributed all over a whole roll of paper towels, some containers, surfaces, etc…

    Hoping I can do 3 FD800s in a row!

    Pocket List – Day 9 5 🍀 🍌
    @merry 🍎
    @brightonbelle
    @molij
    @missybear
    @at
    @northgeorgia
    @jaifaim

    Excelsior12309

    12:59 pm

    9 Dec 24

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    Day 9-No. VA USA-FD 800
    Wow you poor folks in Britain–sorry for the wretched weather you are having. Hope clean up is not too awful. @merryapple, when I was a resident physician in an very old building in eastern VA, with a big cockroach population, (big both in number and in size), a particularly annoying medical student kept brushing up against me while I was looking at a patient. When we left the exam area, she said, “You had a big cockroach crawling up your jacket, and I had to keep brushing it off…..” Eww to insects falling or crawling on us….when we are unaware.
    @stitchincarol, I discovered a small “white noise” machine my husband got me several years ago; never used it before a few days ago. It is really quite nice, makes a variety of soft sounds, I like the flowing brook sound, for example. It does seem to help me fall asleep. Maybe such a thing would help you?
    @northgeorgia, I remember a pressure cooker disaster involving tomato sauce, when I was a little kid in New York City. The kitchen had really high ceilings…clean up was very prolonged, as I recall.
    Resolve to all you fasters!

    funshipfreddie

    1:27 pm

    9 Dec 24

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    2nd Post – Day 9

    Pocket List – Day 9 🍀🍌
    @merry 🍎
    @brightonbelle
    @molij
    @missybear
    @at
    @northgeorgia
    @jaifaim
    @excelsior12309 FD800

    ccco

    2:56 pm

    9 Dec 24

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    USA. Day 9 FD

    Good day, everyone!

    Pocket List – Day 9 🍀🍌
    @merry 🍎
    @brightonbelle
    @molij
    @missybear
    @at
    @northgeorgia
    @jaifaim
    @excelsior12309 FD800
    @ccco

    I was going to do a WFD but decided I was too hungry. Instead, I am doing a regular FD.

    I am so tired. I didn’t sleep a wink last night! 😟

    I was supposed to have a birthday celebration for my 3 year old granddaughter followed by gingerbread house making but everyone was sick! Maybe next year.

    Have a great day! 👍🏻

    stitchincarol

    3:14 pm

    9 Dec 24

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    Day 9 – Rural Nebraska, USA – OMAD – 156.0

    I’m really flummoxed by my weight because I’ve been truly behaved for the last few days, so I’m joining the chorus of you who have been equally frustrated by the scales not reflecting your behavior. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Tonight, DH and the boys are taking me out to dinner, so my plan is to fast until then so I can feel free to eat with no restraints. Not, you understand, with abandon and silliness, but not choosing my meal based on what has the fewest calories but based on what I’d prefer to eat.

    Fun story from yesterday. There’s a maple in the church yard–which is very large–that turns a glorious orange every year and simply beautiful. But the leaves make a huge pile, and the man who is contracted to mow our lawn doesn’t bag, and he stops mowing in October, so the leaves just sit there all winter long, and are right in my path every time I walk to church and they annoy me. (Not opinionated, am I?) And then, what is even worse, is that next spring, when we have our Easter Egg hunt with 400 children, the lawn will still be covered by the previous fall’s leaves! So I asked a friend in the congregation who has a riding lawn mower with bags attached if she’d teach me to use her mower so I could mow up the leaves at church, put them in the back of DH’s little pick-up, and haul them to the city dump for yard waste. Oh, that was F.U.N.!!! I find entertainment in odd places, I’ll freely admit, but it was good for lots of laughter as I learned to control the steering, not by a steering wheel, but by a bar in each hand. I nearly ran over my friend at one point, and crashed into a light pole at another point, but everything was okay. 😂💥🤣💥😂It took about an hour and filled nearly to overflowing the back of DH’s truck, so I’m not exagerating when I say how many leaves were in that small area. And now it’s far more lovely to see, and I won’t have to walk through soggy leaves all winter. 👍😏

    @merryapple What a fun few days you’ve had, all except for the bug on your finger; I’d have slept in the guest bedroom also!

    @funshipfreddie Thanks to you and everyone else so sympathetic to my night of bad sleep; I did indeed get a lovely night’s sleep last night. I didn’t bother with the cognitive shuffling the final time I woke up because it was clear I was awake for all day, and it was related to the disaster of how I ate on Saturday evening; it wasn’t a boatload of food at all, but it was the kind of choices that made me feel truly bloated and awful. But, like you, when I do try the cognitive shuffle, I don’t get beyond the first letter most of the time, and truly appreciate how helpful it is. What is the alternate nostril breathing you talk about? It’s rather self-explanatory, but do you have any details or background?

    @brightonbelle I wish you every bit of motivation and determination to cross everything off your to-do list that’s intended to be accomplished today!

    @jaifaim Lots of firewood for free is lovely, but oh what a lot of work I’m certain it all was and will be, and with everyone in the same boat, I’m sure it will take some time before you’re able to get professionals out to deal with what’s left…am I correct? So glad along with you that your mom simply slept through it all! Hopefully Darragh is gone and finished now.

    @at How nice to have freshly painted walls; will your SIL finish today, or is it going to take another day or two?

    @northgeorgia Oh, what a bummer on the exploded soup; glad you were able to get it all cleaned up without too much struggle.

    @excelsior12309 “Wretched” is such a perfect adjective to have chosen for Storm Darragh, and is used far too little for how expressive it is. My daughter uses a sound machine every night to ensure her girls go right back to sleep when they wake up–which doesn’t actually always happen, but she holds out hope, LOL–so I’m familiar with it. But that night was a one-off and I usually don’t have such awful nights. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Thanks for the idea, however, and I’m glad you’re appreciating it for yourself.

    @ccco Oh, bummer on the lack of sleep! I imagine a nap is in order for today!

    Today, I’m going to finally switch out summer clothes for winter clothes–something that’s been on my daily to-do list for over a month!–so I don’t have to traipse down to the basement every morning to choose clothes to wear, and then we’ll get the Christmas decoration boxes and clothes bins all put back away; it’s a disaster down there because everything is pulled out of storage and it’s the last major thing on my to-do list. I’m not entirely done with Christmas shopping for my kids and the few others I buy, but I’m further along than I often am, so I’m feeling quite virtuous, and my Fitbit is impressed enough that it’s telling me I’m burning approximately 500 calories more each day than usual, so that’s another cause for feeling virtuous! 😇🤣

    Okay, a little knitting with Christmas music and my cup of coffee in my Christmas mug, and my day will be off to an excellent start.

    Have a grand one, everyone!

    MissyBear

    5:00 pm

    9 Dec 24

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    Day 9 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 FD

    Today is flying by, always helpful on a FD. Went over to visit dad this morning, mid afternoon before I got home and had brunch, now waiting for a parcel delivery. I live on an unlit country lane so at this time of year I dread getting a delivery ETA for the hours of darkness as I always fret the courier won’t find us. Pembrokeshire is the end of the road for deliveries so inevitably we get them at the end of the day. I have been busy online ordering Christmas gifts so it’s going to be a week of peering into the darkness looking for lost delivery vehicles 😂

    @stitchincarol empathy on the undeserved weigh in. I’m trying to forget the horrible numbers I saw on my last weigh in……so dispiriting when you’re expecting a loss ☹️ I’m just sticking with good behaviour in the belief that good results must happen eventually.

    Stay strong Monday fasters.

    Pocket List – Day 9 🍀🍌
    @merry 🍎
    @brightonbelle
    @molij
    @missybear
    @at
    @northgeorgia
    @jaifaim
    @excelsior12309 FD800
    @ccco

    ccco

    9:20 pm

    9 Dec 24

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    USA. Day 9. FD

    My FD didn’t go as planned. I was tired and bored and wound up eating two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. The bread is multigrain, keto friendly, and low calorie, so that part is good. The peanut butter is healthy but has a lot of calories. The jam was only 10 calories because no sugar is added. I didn’t go too far beyond my goal because of the above but I will have to call today a CD. Tomorrow I will try again. It’s easy to get bored when the weather is cold and nasty, so I can’t get busy enough to keep my thoughts from running to food.I guess I will have to work a little harder tomorrow. I actually feel better when I fast, so I have no good reason not to.

    I am already for Christmas. I am glad to have the weight of that off my shoulders. We were supposed to do the gingerbread houses and my granddaughter’s birthday party yesterday but some of us were sick. I will have to give my granddaughter her birthday present another day.

    MissyBear, for years I lived on a street nobody seem to know existed. For this reason, I couldn’t even order a pizza to be delivered because we would be told that we weren’t in their delivery zones. Guests couldn’t find our house and would have to call first, even though they were nearby. It was a nuisance. Now where I live I only have to worry about porch pirates for deliveries. They are already out in force here!

    Hope everyone is having an enjoyable day!

    Merryapple

    11:33 pm

    9 Dec 24

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    Day 10 NZ 86.8kg 🏃🏼‍♀️

    I normally do a fast walk on my own on a Tuesday but the slow dogs turned up so it was an amble. Slightly annoying but I’ll pick another day and won’t advertise it!!
    I went to go to bed last night and stood in the hall debating which bed to use because I hadn’t located the Weta. I looked down and there he was standing on the floorboards next to the rug. I dropped a T-shirt over him, gently scooped him up and put him outside on a tree fern. He was probably pretty thirsty. A thunderstorm storm had passed overhead earlier in the evening so there were plenty of raindrops around…
    I’m off to the Spinners and Weavers Guild Christmas party tonight so need to do some baking… and go to hand physio.
    My eldest nephew rang me last night to tell me he has been accepted into Medical School at Otago University in Dunedin, where my father and grandfather studied. My great grandfather went to the Royal Edinburgh Infirmary. I’m so delighted and proud because he will make a very good physician and it’s really tough to gain a place because there are only two med schools in NZ.
    Must carry on!
    @funshipfreddie I hadn’t noticed I hadn’t filled in a goal for Dec…
    @excelsior12309 I prefer the bear stories😁
    @stitchincarol I love the thought of you on a ride on mower. Have you heard of Benny Hill??!! 😁 The UKites will know what I mean!!
    @ccco Porch pirates🤣 I hadn’t heard that term but we sure have them here…
    Must get going…

    ccco

    2:07 am

    10 Dec 24

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    USA. Day 9 FD

    Merryappke, I am going to google what a Weta is. I have never heard of that. Also, congratulations to your nephew for so wonderfully getting into Medical School. Good luck to him. I think he already must be both smart and filled with luck, since you only have two med schools in New Zealand.

    Hope you are all having a great evening!

    funshipfreddie

    6:20 am

    10 Dec 24

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    Day 10 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD

    Yesterday was a disaster food-wise. I’m going back to basics, logging everything, every day 🎯

    @stitchincarol – alternate nostril breathing 101. Great for de-stressing if you’re worried about something, or just want to feel more relaxed. But I think for getting back to sleep it would be enough to just breathe in for a count of 4, hold it for 6 & then breathe out for 8, without worrying about nostrils 😅
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuBI8K-Ud1g

    @merryapple – congrats to your nephew! 👨‍⚕️ I’m hoping that 86.8 by your post – & on the spreadsheet – are typos?! 😳

    @ccco – ‘porch pirates’ 😅 I haven’t heard that before either 🏴‍☠️️ We have every conceivable type of pirate here, & lots of them. You can’t even use the expression, “if it’s not nailed down..” because the nails will go too 😟

    Gotta dash, it’s mosaic day. Have a great day everyone 🎨 🌈

    jaifaim

    8:40 am

    10 Dec 24

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    Day 10 – Ireland – FD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽‍♀️ 🌾

    156.6 ⬆️

    Hi all, well I had a less than stellar ⭐️ FD yesterday… a colleague brought goodies back from a trip and had made sure I could have some… so I did.. not that many but enough for me to push the FD to FD800 or even a little more and not the best type of kcals… I was tired and a little achey so gave myself a break and figured today is another FD. The rest of the week will be a challenge as I have a night out tomorrow and Christmas lunch with work in Thursday.

    @ccco I meant to comment (and I don’t think I did) on how scary it must have been for you when you found yourself completely disorientated – you poor thing! Isn’t it frightening that in that moment one of the first thoughts we have is that we wouldn’t want anyone to know.. whereas if you broke a leg or any other body part we’d seek help immediately.. I am so so glad that you were diagnosed so quickly and cared for so well and that you are in tip top form now. 💕💕

    @merryapple huge congrats to your nephew!!! What an achievement and so lovely to carry on the family tradition. And can I say well done on saving the Weta even though he scared the bejaysus out of you! 😂😂

    @excelsior12309 ugh! 🐞😂

    @missybear you live in such a beautiful part of Wales – but isn’t it great that you can do your shopping online now – so much easier than having to head to the big towns particularly in the winter…

    To all of those putting in the effort but not seeing the reward… it’s there… you just don’t see it yet… don’t scupper it now… (saying this to myself too even though I actually could have done better!)

    Ok I’m going into today fighting 🥊

    Onward and downward ⬇️
    We rise by lifting others 💕

    Pocket List – Day 10 🥊🥊🥊

    @jaifaim

    NorthGeorgia

    12:14 pm

    10 Dec 24

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    Day 10 – USA/GA – FD

    Weigh-in: 233 lbs. No need to be scared of a few tortilla strips in my homemade Sopa Azteca! Nice drop. Going for another FD800 today, and maybe tomorrow (I take the chances when I can get them this time of year, because sabotage lurks).

    Pocket List – Day 10 🥊🥊🥊
    @jaifaim
    @northgeorgia

    MissyBear

    1:39 pm

    10 Dec 24

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    Day 10 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 NFD

    Oh so cold here! I know I will have to force myself to go out and get some exercise. It will be an effort today, I’m warm and cosy sitting on the sofa sipping coffee from my enormous Christmas mug.

    My delivery arrived late last night. The young courier was new to the job and was accompanied by a mentor. @jaifaim living in a fairly remote part of the UK I do most of my shopping by internet so I am always appreciative of the hard working couriers and so far @ccco I’ve never had a delivery go astray…..hope I haven’t jinxed myself now.

    I had a good FD yesterday. For dinner I oven cooked frozen quorn fillet in tinned chopped tomatoes, added garlic, herbs and pepper. Served with a generous portion of broccoli it was filling and tasty for just 200 calories, quick and easy to prepare and kept me satisfied until brunch at midday today.

    @merry🍎 I had no idea what a weta is so I googled 😱 it looks like a giant cockroach on grasshopper legs! Now I know why you slept in another room 😂

    Well I can delay no longer. I must peel myself off this sofa, put on layers and step outdoors 🥶

    Have a good day everyone 🤗

    Pocket List – Day 10 🥊🥊🥊
    @jaifaim
    @northgeorgia

    stitchincarol

    2:16 pm

    10 Dec 24

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    Day 10 – Rural Nebraska, USA – WFD – 157.4

    Well, that weight is a far cry from what I was hoping for today, but dinner last night was lovely, and all I can do is keep on keeping on–would that be KOKO? 😂 And a WF today will certainly benefit tonight’s sleep, tomorrow morning’s weight, and my overall contentment, so a WF it is. Although, I’m allowing myself a Kahlua and Cream tonight, should I choose to indulge, LOL.

    @missybear We must continue to cheer on each other so we both persevere in the face of what feels like unreasonable scale numbers, LOL! I loved your description of where you live and the concern of waiting for parcel deliveries; it sounds cosy for you and your DH!

    @ccco Well done on being entirely ready for Christmas, but such a disappointment about not being able to do your granddaughter’s birthday celebration…such is life, eh?

    @merryapple Thanks for the birthday wishes, and congratulations on your nephew being accepted to med school; such a legacy your family has going!

    @funshipfreddie Thanks for the explanation.

    Okay, I’m going to go pour my first cup of coffee (also in a Christmas mug, @missybear) and enjoy the burning candles and some Christmas music and knit for an hour before I have to get this day moving.

    Have a grand one, everyone!

    Pocket List – Day 10 🥊🥊🥊
    @jaifaim
    @northgeorgia
    @stitchincarol WFD

    ccco

    2:20 pm

    10 Dec 24

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    USA. Day 10. FD

    Today won’t be a WFD but I want it to be a more extreme FD. As soon as I eat a little more than I should, I gain. 🤨. I also find that as I lose, I do gain more energy, something I need very much. I can’t exercise the way I used to and I can’t run anymore, so I have to find other ways to rid myself of excess calories. I am trying to work on a plan, since I really do need some kind of yoga. Even my yoga has become chair yoga but I find stretching exercises to be very helpful!

    Pocket List – Day 10 🥊🥊🥊
    @jaifaim
    @northgeorgia
    @ccco

    I thought everyone might find the notion of porch pirates amusing. A few years back, when people started buying Christmas presents online to be delivered to our homes here in the states, they started to be stolen before we could get home to bring them in. Here in the states, this has grown to a huge problem now and the press seemed to have coined the phrase porch pirates. I think it it fits. These pirates aren’t even afraid to be caught on this video doorbells! Amazing!
    They already have appeared in my neighborhood and I am keeping track of everything. It’s easier for me because I am a retired woman now!

    Thank you, jaifaim. I have been on quite a recovery journey! Losing my memory was horrifying at the time and I was afraid my family would think I had altzheimers. That is something that could really go sideways. It’s hard to believe that I am saying this, but it was better that I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. No one would suffle me away to some institution for that and it all turned out for the best!👍🏻

    A Weta is a giant cockroach? Wow! I am from New York City and I have seen a lot of cockroaches in my time! Water cockroaches, flying cockroaches, tiny cockroaches, and large ones. I am not sure what constitutes a giant cockroach but I think if I haven’t met one, that might be for the best! LOL

    I hope you all are having a great, albeit probably seasonally busy, day! 😀

    ccco

    2:24 pm

    10 Dec 24

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    USA DAY 10 FD

    Stitchincarol and I had an overlap, so I added both of us to this pocket list.

    Pocket List – Day 10 🥊🥊🥊
    @jaifaim
    @northgeorgia
    @stitchincarol WFD
    @ccco

    funshipfreddie

    2:42 pm

    10 Dec 24

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    2nd Post – Day 10

    @stitchincarol – I almost forgot?!🎵 Happy Birthday to You!🎶 🎉🎈🎊🥂

    jaifaim

    3:10 pm

    10 Dec 24

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    @stitchincarol I remembered and then promptly forgot this morning… the story of my life at the moment!

    Lá breathe shóna duit 🎈
    Happy birthday to you! 🎈

    MissyBear

    4:42 pm

    10 Dec 24

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    Day 10 second post

    @stitchincarol I nearly forgot to wish you a very happy birthday 🥳 can’t believe you’re doing a WFD today! Have a lovely day 💐🎉🤗

    BrightonBelle

    6:00 pm

    10 Dec 24

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    Day 10 UK NFD

    Happy birthday 🥳 @stitchincarol

    Yesterday went well today less so but another FD tomorrow so hoping to stay steady

    jaifaim

    11:11 pm

    10 Dec 24

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    Sorry… this has to be corrected:
    Damn autocorrect finds Irish difficult 😂

    Lá breithe shóna duit 🎈
    Happy birthday to you! 🎈

    funshipfreddie

    6:55 am

    11 Dec 24

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    Day 11 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD

    Another bust yesterday. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I’ve just got zero self-discipline right now. Maybe it’s the heat & humidity. I think I’ll need to do an extra FD this week.

    @ccco, @missybear – we have drop-off points here for parcel deliveries. So if you know you won’t be home you can have a parcel delivered to participating stores close by & then just pick it up when they let you know it’s been delivered. It depends on the item though. And one of the bonuses of living in a retirement village, there’s always someone at home during the day 📦

    @stitchincarol – I hope you had a lovely day, despite the WF

    @jaifaim – that blatant spelling error – how could you?! 😂

    Line-dancing today 🕺💃 and then I’m off to the bank to sort out my will. There’s a cheery thought, but it’s got to be done. And now that people have been talking about them, I’ve decided I want a Christmas mug 🎅

    Happy Hump Day! 🐫

    Pocket List – Day 11 🥕
    @molij
    @brightonbelle
    @northgeorgia maybe..?

    jaifaim

    7:08 am

    11 Dec 24

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    Day 11 – Ireland – NFD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽‍♀️ 🌾

    157.1 ⬆️

    Not looking good this week and I am perplexed… yesterday was more of a FD800 though again but thought I’d see the same numbers this morning… maybe as @stitchincarol sometimes says it’s my body not wanting to let go of the weight or, maybe, I’m just making excuses.. either way… it works to keep me focused during the days ahead where I have lots on.

    @funshipfreddie I know… no one else would have noticed and I leave a lot of typos up here but I couldn’t leave that kn case @daffodil2010 was lurking and saw it 😂😂😂 we can but hope 🙏

    Busy day – hope yours is great whatever you are doing everyone!

    Onward and downward ⬇️
    We rise by lifting others 💕

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