Day 8 USA (Illinois) FD

Too much popcorn, salty food, some wine etc. has me at about my highest weight in a LONG time. FD today to do a good reset. Often I can lose 3-4 pounds in one day when it is like this.

@stitchincarol – you are sending that snowstorm on to us in NW Illinois! We are hearing 6-9″ over the next couple days. I am supposed to get delivery of appliances on Friday but not sure Home Depot will like that. Need to call them. I’ve been cleaning out 36 years of laziness in tossing stuff – getting close to planning to move what is left. Boxing will be next.

The house is coming along well. I am expecting it will be habitable in about 4-6 weeks.

Onward and downward.

Day 9, Germany, FD800

@stitchincarol Clever mice!

Pocket List – Day 9 🍏
@funshipfreddie
@snowflake56 FD800

Have a nice day everyone!

Day 9 – USA/GA – FD

Weigh-in: 223 lbs. My fasting partner at work challenged me again! She wants to try a week-long fast. Unfortunately, I can’t join her all week as I have one of those munch meetings all-day on Thursday, but I’m going to try another three day fast through Wednesday; my plan is WFD (check), WFD (in progress), and FD500 (breaking it tomorrow evening). Worked well last week, and not feeling hungry at all this morning.

@merryapple I have it on my refrigerator, but didn’t get a chance. I will go write it down now before I leave for work!

I might not hit 219 this week, but I suspect I’ll fly close to it if I’m successful!

Ugh, now to get out in this flooding weather to attempt to get to work. I heard there have been traffic back-ups already.

Pocket List – Day 9 🍏
@funshipfreddie
@snowflake56 FD800
@flourbaby FD800
@northgeorgia

Day 9 – Rural Nebraska, USA – FD500 or even 800 – 161.4

I’m astounded that I ate normally yesterday, including a glass of wine and some nibbles on sweets and nuts that I wasn’t planning on…and my weight is down almost a pound this morning. And today should be a WFD, but the roads are hideous, so all ten piano lessons are cancelled and I’m staying home, which is no place to attempt a WF. So now I’m working hard on self-talk that I can do a regular FD. I’m going to have to dream up a reason to walk over to church this afternoon just so I can be away from my kitchen! But, one day at a time is entirely doable and, as @funshipfreddie says, it’s just food, right??

Shall I tell y’all about our weather? It snowed ALL day yesterday, and all night as well. And we got perhaps two inches by bedtime…but probably not. Partly it was because it was a light snow, despite its consistency, and partly it was because it was just barely below freezing, so much of the snow melted as it hit the ground, although it was cold enough overnight that we picked up another inch. But now? Howling winds of 43KM/H and temps of close to -10C. That’s nothing, however, when Sunday is considered, when we’ll have a daytime temp of -22C and an overnight low of -27C. BRRR!! Winter has well and truly arrived and is howling to make sure we know it.

@songbirdme I’m curious if your forecast is as shy of reality as ours was! And I also watched the game last night until sleepiness sent me to bed during halftime, but there were certainly some amazing passes by Michigan’s quarterback!

@penz I hope Leslie helps lift your mood at least a little!

@merryapple Our fridge has many things on it, including several quotes I really like, so I hesitate to add anything else to it, LOL. But I’ve put my goals on my cell phone, so can quickly access them and remind myself…

@funshipfreddie and @snowflake56 One of you posted about a “cute” mouse and the other about a “clever” mouse. I’d just as soon have NO mice. 😂😂

@funshipfreddie How was the dentist???

@flourbaby The YipTick toddler is adorable, LOL! “I asked myself” is the best line of all. Hey, and I have a wonderful family story that you may benefit from. My nephew has been struggling for years–I didn’t know this–with DAILY leg cramps and has tried everything he could find, so I mentioned my doctor friend once said he’ll get up in the middle of the night and go drink pickle juice. So Mike started drinking daily pickle juice and hasn’t had a single leg cramp since! So if your mystery ailment was indeed a cramp, perhaps that will help you.

@northgeorgia Good for you and good for the colleague; I hope you both have truly encouraging results!

* Six servings of alcohol for the rest of the month 1️⃣
* T & TH will be either WFDs or regular 500 calorie FDs, with no guilt
* I’ll add in 3 extra FDs (WF, 500 or 800) for the month ✅
* NFDs will not exceed 1500 calories
* TRE from 11:30am to 7pm except for Saturday (because of DH’s schedule)
* Exercise for a minimum of 15 minutes on 3 days a week: 1/8

@songbirdme Wow, already 2″ and 5-14 more??? Glad it’s yours, not ours, LOL!

Yeah, ten does sound crazy, and the two households (one on Thursday) where I do three lessons at a stretch are challenging–I can hardly wait to leave by the end of the 90 minutes. 😂 But I start with my first lesson at 11 in the morning, have a two hour break for errands in the early afternoon and another around supper, and have about 15 minutes of driving (not the distance, but the city traffic) between each lesson, and that makes it really comfortable. And I have truly wonderful students with only two exceptions who are simply normal, LOL.

It took my husband a full hour to scoop this morning, and it’s still coming down and the wind is still crazy. Do you two have a snowblower or do you stick to old fashioned shoveling as my DH insists on?

Day9 U.K. FD800

Starting week 2 of my Fast 800 experiment and delighted with my week 1 results – a 7lb loss and even better 2ins of my massive post Christmas belly .

I know a lot of it might be water etc etc but I think that’s the best weeks results I ever had so spurring me on for another week 💪

Pocket List – Day 9 🍏
@funshipfreddie
@snowflake56 FD800
@flourbaby FD800
@northgeorgia
@ccco
@brightonbelle fd800

@stitchincarol – years ago we decided a friend and neighbor with a plowing business was right for us to do our driveway. We get the shovel out for the small walkway into the house, but I am happy to write the check to Jeff for plowing. Being retired, he knows we don’t have to get shoveled out early for work (I call him if we have an early morning appointment or such). Take care you two with your snow work!

Day 10, NFD, Aus

It’s hot here too @merryapple. And humid, which is very atypical for Canberra. The rain is good but I am getting a little tired of it! Still, all things being equal, I’d probably take that over the weather that you’re experiencing @songbirdme and @stitchincarol!

Funny house mouse, @funshipfreddie. Now if I could only train my dogs to be similarly tidy…

Two 800 cal FDs in a row sounds like success to me, @flourbaby.

Yay for your fasting partner, @northgeorgia! This is doing you BOTH good!

Well done @brightonbelle – as you say, even if it’s water weight gone, it’s a great motivator and you can’t argue with the lost inches!

Day 10, Germany, FD800

Yesterday frustration set in and I decided to do a NFD instead of another FD800. After doing 7 days of strict FD800 I “lost” 0,7 kg/1,5lbs. After my NFD yesterday 0,5 kg came back, not very encouraging.

@flourbaby Caring for your Mum was time spent well, it takes so much time to find the right house and move there. Enjoy the search!

@brightonbelle What a great result! You’re doing so well on FD800, I’ll join you for another week.

Pocket list day 10
@lilymartin
@snowflake56 FD800

Have a nice day everyone!

Day 10, London, UK, NFD,

I’m 2lbs down after my B2B FD800’s, so if that doesn’t motivate me, NOTHING will!!!

@stitchincarol, yes, I’ve heard & tried the pickle juice thing, it worked a couple of times, I read somewhere it’s due to a reaction to the acid hitting the back of the throat……………. Possibly! Magnesium oil has been my champion defender (I’m not keen on necking pickle juice at 2am, even if I could actually make it to the kitchen🤣🤣). I make my own MO and use it as deodorant, but ran out of the salt-flakes before Xmas, I’ve only just twigged why I may (or may not) have had the mother of all cramps, so I’ve just placed an order as I’m still limping & a little concerned about how my ski trip at the end of the month will fare 😲😱😭!! @merryapple, yes, I think the Xmas indulgences🍷🍷, menopause, dehydration and the lack of magnesium oil conspired against me, I’m not 100% sure it was cramp but it seems most likely as my foot is tender and almost healed after 4 days, not sure what else it could have been.

Welcome back @lilymartin, you know you’re in the right place!!!

@ccco, hang in there, ……………………….“Success is the sum of small efforts — repeated day in and day out.”
—Robert Collier

@funshipfreddie, thanks for the info on cramps, but as I said Very, VERY early 50’s!!🤣🤣 I’m upping my protein at the moment, so a cheesy mushroom omelette is on tonight’s menu, I hope it tastes like the best meal I’VE ever had too!!! So, you dreamt about toothache and awoke to the find you’ll probably have a toothache🤔🤔…………………. Tonight, I suggest a dream about lottery numbers!!!🤣🤣

I’m looking forwards to my NFD lunch, it’ll be a very CD chicken salad, despite the arctic temperatures!!

Stay strong everyone fasting, you can eat whatever you want tomorrow……………………. But will you ??!!

“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” – Frida Khalo

Day 10-No. VA USA-FD800
We have survived the heavy rain and winds here. Weather was quite warm (near 60 degrees); now back down to the 40’s, more seasonal.
On the subject of leg cramps, they are said to be more common as people age. I have had them wake me at night (after trying to”work them into” dreams, such as dreaming that someone was pounding a nail into my leg!) and had to get up to walk them out. And then having a very sore muscle the next day. I don’t know that there is any good science as to the cause or treatment. Some people swear by putting a bar of soap in the sheets (!!) to prevent them; others recommend calcium or potassium supplements, and the famous pickle juice. All of which are pretty harmless. But you are doing these things after the event, so it is hard to tell whether they are actually forestalling an intermittent occurrence.
The alcohol link is interesting. But why don’t you get the cramps every time you drink?
or do you?

Anyway, message to all fasters: Baby steps, baby steps. You are all interesting and valuable people, at any size!

Day 10 – Rural Nebraska, USA – NFD – 159.6

I dreaded all last evening having to report this morning what a poor job of a FD I did yesterday–it was much closer to 1200 calories, and perhaps worse?–so imagine my complete astonishment to see the scales this morning. I’m actually wondering if all that eating while in California nudged my metabolism higher. That seems a true stretch, but I don’t know what else can explain that, while my eating choices have not been particularly good on the few FDs I’ve had since getting home, they’re still producing results. Whatever the story, I’m totally thrilled!

@ccco You’ve always had good results in the past, so I’m sure they’ll start showing up again soon!

@flourbaby I’m thrilled for you that your Fast 800 efforts are showing such great results, and that your mojo is strong and vibrant!

@songbirdme Ahh, I wish we had such a neighbor! Over the years, we’ve occasionally had a member of the church come with a big plow to at least do the driveway (the garage is separate from the house and near the alley, so it’s a L.O.N.G. driveway to scoop by hand), but that doesn’t halp with the sidewalks. 🤷‍♀️ On the other hand, DH is in great shape, and appreciates the forced “workout,” so we’re okay for now.

@penz You sound more cheerful this morning, despite the rain; is that my imagination? As to the snow, growing up on the coast of way northern California, I was sad that we didn’t have four seasons, and especially snow…there’s something that seems so RIGHT about it, despite all its drawbacks. So this transplanted Californian actually loves the snow, especially when I can simply do my thing inside and never leave the house.

@lilymartin Oh, good to have you back!!! As to why you lose and then eat, I’ve been realizing that I often feel resentful and defiant to various people and situations around me, as if they’re “forcing” me to eat less and thus lose weight, so I eat in rebellion. A rather “nanner-nanner” sort of attitude. So if you can dig below your surface thoughts and emotions and remind your deepest self that it’s YOU who are imposing this behavior because it will bring about results that YOU want, perhaps you can sort your way through the eating that destroys the results you’ve achieved?

@snowflake56 Oh, I so understand the frustration you felt! Let’s hope your body cooperates with your excellent behavior in the week ahead and you finally show the significant results you’re wanting.

@funshipfreddie Oh, dear! I hope it’s all easily resolved for you!

@flourbaby Well, as I recall the story my doctor friend told, it was when he had multiple leg cramps in a night that he’d go drink pickle juice, so perhaps by the fourth cramp, pickle juice would be appealing, even at 2am??? 😂😂😂 At any rate, my nephew is drinking pickle juice during the day to prevent the cramps he’s had for a decade or more, and perhaps it’s simply the placebo effect, but his relief and joy was wonderful to see, especially since this is the nephew who had surgery in December to reconnect his shoulder blade to his collar bone, an injury caused in early November by playing ice hockey. He’s still in the sling, even when sleeping, so you can imagine how extra debilitating leg cramps were when he was in bed and “down one arm.”

@northgeorgia Well done, you! I’m also excited!

@excelsior12309 Lovely and kind words to end your post today; thank you. ❣️

Pocket list day 10
@lilymartin
@snowflake56 FD800!
@northgeorgia
@excelsior12309 FD800

Have a grand one, everyone!

Day 11, Germany, FD800

@stitchincarol Well done, you’re below 160lbs!

@merryapple and @stitchincarol Thanks for the encouragement! Normally I’m a fast gainer and loser, perhaps this isn’t the best way to lose weight for me. We’ll see next week.

Pocket list day 11
@snowflake56 FD800

Have a nice day everyone!

Day 11, London, UK, FD,

Looking forwards to today’s FD, I need to see good results tomorrow to keep the mojo at peak level!!

@penz, nothing worse than self-sabotage😢 you can see yourself doing it, but just can’t stop!! I’m sure you know it’s all in the mind, you have to close that kitchen, lock the fridge, brush teeth …………… anything to prevent you putting that one tiny morsel in your mouth which puts you firmly on the slippery slope!!! I had a lightbulb moment from one thing which @funshipfreddie said, if you make FD meals high protein, you can swerve the hunger that might break you!! I’ve found recent FDs fairly straightforward as a result of upping my protein; usually a 3 egg omelette or tuna cauliflower rice or chicken & veg FD meal💪🏼💪🏼. Tonight it’s egg fried cauliflower rice with prawns🤤🤤!!

This talk of -22-degree weather is making me cold……………… and a little sheepish, It’s 0 degrees here, with a sunny blue sky and I refuse to go outside (unless the office is on fire) because it’s so cold!!! I take my hat off to the mid-Westerners across the pond🥶🥶!!

Onwards & downwards folks, keep the faith!!

“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr

Pocket List – Day 11 🍓
@merry🍎
@snowflake56 FD800
@funshipfreddie
@flourbaby💪🏼💪🏼

Day 11 – USA/GA – NFD

Weigh-in: 221 lbs. Actually gained a few ounces over yesterday LOL! I do know my body well and figured it would refuse to budge despite logically thinking it would after a FD500! That’s OK though. Gaining a few ounces is probably due to the meal I had. Like last week, I had a soup and salad in the evening to break my 3 day fast. I think this was was under 500 calories, but could have been more. My mom, earlier in the week, had made a stew with canned okra and tomatoes from a friend, added extra tomatoes, smoked pork, chicken stock, and rice. I diluted it with more chicken stock to make a soup. But I’m guessing the rice impacted the weight overnight. Still, I’ll be curious to see the results tomorrow after having breakfast and lunch served today at my all-day meeting. I’ll be curious to see if the metabolism is changing. I think it may be, which will be helpful! My next FD will likely be on Tuesday because of the holiday weekend. My coworker and I may do yet another 3 day challenge!

Day 11 – Rural Nebraska, USA – FD500 – 160.4

We had a little more snow yesterday, a lot more is forecast for tonight starting during piano lessons, it’s getting wicked cold, the roads are still not good (or, more specifically, the streets of Omaha are not) and so piano lessons for today (only 3, @songbirdme) are cancelled, which makes a FD immeasurably harder. And, while my weight is back up over yesterday, it’s up only slightly, which thrills me since yesterday was an NFD. So, do I have the wherewithall to do a FD500 even though I’ll be home? I guess we’ll find out, but that weight is certainly motivating me! I’m working on my RESOLVE, DETERMINATION and attention to PROGRESS, and thinking through all the things that could derail me, and figuring out what I’ll do to ensure I’m fine. I WILL do a successful FD500.

@penz But tomorrow is Friday; what about your pizza and wine???? Let’s hold hands, shall we? I promise you I’ll stick to my FD500 today; what do you promise me? (Does your arm feel twisted into this deal????? 😂)

@funshipfreddie I’ve been thinking a lot about what was normal for me when I was 32 (the weight I think of as exemplifying my best years where eating/drinking/weight are concerned), and my 32yo self would also never have given up the fight at 5:30pm. But I think that’s because I was already thin at that point, and I’m not thin now. There are so many built-in motivations and strengths to a body that’s already thin, and I think you’ve been thin for so long, you’ve forgotten the struggle of not being thin. That’s not a complaint of what you said about not giving up the fight at 5:30, you understand, just an explanation of why it can easily happen. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@flourbaby The things you cook sound delish!! What seasonings are you putting in them? I think we’d all love a description of just what/how you’re cooking! And your comments about the cold made me laugh out loud! For what it’s worth, when you live in it, apparently your blood thickens up (and then thins out during the summer) and that makes the temperatures much easier to bear. And, honestly, I don’t go out much either, and then am bundled up thoroughly!

@brightonbelle What caused the tiredness yesterday? Is it left over from your health challenges earlier this year?

@northgeorgia It sounds as if those 3-day challenges with your co-worker are perfect for both you and her!

@at I just realized, as I read your words about your vertigo, that I was going to comment about that when you first mentioned it, and I think I didn’t for some reason…at any rate, how awful for you. How often does it typically hit you?

We caught two more mice overnight. What worries me is how quickly mice can birth MORE mice, so we have no idea if we still have some, but I’m getting really truly irritated at their presence. (Not the word I actually am thinking, but I AM a pastor’s wife, after all. 😂🤣😂🤣)

I’ve been interrupted many times during this post, so it’s time to face my day and put out the fires popping up everywhere, LOL!

Have a grand one, everyone!

Pocket List – Day 11 🍓
@merry🍎
@snowflake56 FD800
@funshipfreddie
@flourbaby💪🏼💪🏼
@brightonbelle FD800
@at FD800
@stitchincarol

Second post

@ccco Oh, bummer on having mice also! I would actually recommend you buy some traps and go after them aggressively so that they don’t start breeding and producing an entire colony.

* Six servings of alcohol for the rest of the month 1️⃣
* T & TH will be either WFDs or regular 500 calorie FDs, with no guilt
* I’ll add in 3 extra FDs (WF, 500 or 800) for the month ✅
* NFDs will not exceed 1500 calories
* TRE from 11:30am to 7pm except for Saturday (because of DH’s schedule)
* Exercise for a minimum of 15 minutes on 3 days a week: 1/8, 10, 11

Day 12 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 70.5 kg

False alarm at the dentists, phew?! 10 minutes & R 670 later, I was told it was just a pimple of some kind. Whatever it was, it’s gone 😌

@stitchincarol – I thought about what you said, & I’m sure you right. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten close to obesity; I’ve maybe been around 9 or 10 kgs heavier than my current weight. But then I thought, still, 5:30 pm?! I also think a lot depends on one’s FD strategy. At 5;30 pm I’ve still got most of my calories to play with, & dinner to look forward to. I’ll only have had tea/coffee with a little milk by then. So if I’d already used up the calories by then & was suddenly overwhelmed by hunger it might be a different outcome. Which is why it’s so important to try different strategies to see what works. And to plan; trying to wing it on a FD just doesn’t work. Maintenance has its own challenges too. In some ways it’s easier to get complacent, I think, when you’ve already hit the goal. “Keeping weight off is harder, often requiring a lifetime of attention. Contrary to popular opinion, people without obesity generally have just as much difficulty in sustaining a small degree of weight loss as people with obesity have with even larger degrees of weight reduction. ” Rudolph Leibel, MD https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/why-its-hard-maintain-weight-loss

@penz – Boo Boo would have plenty of ideas on how to deal with the mice 😅 If she could talk she’d say, ‘gimme 5 minutes’. She’s in the dog-house though, no pun intended. Earlier this week she attacked my neighbour’s cat three times in two days. So she’s not allowed out after dark, & I’ve put a bell on her. I don’t know if it’ll help, but maybe her victims will at least get a heads-up that she’s on the prowl 😳

Happy Fri-yay! 🍹

“A month from now… you can either have a month of progress – or a month of excuses why you haven’t.” ~ Unknown

Day 12, Germany, FD800

I’m having dinner with the charity shop group this evening but I’m sure can stay below 800 cals as I’m not fond of German food.

@brightonbelle and @at I really wonder why it’s so difficult to get the weight off this time. Our bodies are mysterious!

@at I hope you don’t suffer from vertigo often, you live such a busy life. I’m sure we both will get back to 58 kg, we just have to go on and not give up. We did it in the past and we were good at it!

Pocket list day 12
@snowflake56

Have a nice day everyone!

Day 12 UK FD800

Going well , Yes I suspect it may be a delayed reaction @stitchincarol , I had a flick through my documents and it says months maybe years before your body’s clear of the chemo drugs , feel much more with it now

Might be just us today @snowflake56 – we’ve got this 💪

Pocket list day 12❄️
@snowflake56
@brightonbelle

Day 12 – Rural Nebraska, USA – NFD – 159.4

I’m actually feeling no smugness despite the lovely weight because I did not eat appropriately yesterday. I probably didn’t stray far over 800 calories, but my goal for the day was 500, and I even made a promise to @penz that I did not keep (sorry, penz). That article you posted, @funshipfreddie, is wonderful, and I particularly adored this quote: “The tendency to gain weight and the difficulty in losing it and keeping it off is primarily a biological problem, not a reflection of sloth and gluttony.” Given that I’d lost 25 pounds and have now gained back almost all of them is proof that keeping it off is incredibly difficult.

I also agree 100% with you how hard it is to maintain thinness–when I weighed 132 all the time, I was ALWAYS focused on what was and was not good food to put into my body. For example, I bought potato chips three times a year: Memorial Day weekend (end of May, and “the start of summer”), Fourth of July, and Labor Day weekend (first weekend in September, and “the end of summer”). Period. My husband felt probably even more deprived than my kids, because they probably thought that was typical mom behavior. 🤣 And, just as often as not, I weighed 134-136, and so fought hard not to go any higher. ONE beer or ONE glass of wine in an evening, and only once or twice a week. No snacking was the rule, although I wasn’t always good about that, but would sneak snacks because I certainly didn’t want my kids to get into bad habits.

As to giving up a FD at 5:30, I too had all my calories in front of me yesterday, and still lost the plot. Partly it was because the salad I’d been planning on was too much for me alone and DH didn’t come home for supper, because the weather was already bad so he just stayed in town until his evening meeting. Partly it was because I had the mentality of “while the cat’s away the mouse will play,” for whatever reason. Partly it was because I was seriously craving carbs and crunch. Interestingly, once I’d had the things I wanted, I was content for the rest of the evening and didn’t eat after 7pm. Bottom line? @flourbaby‘s quote summed it up exactly: “Your body can stand almost anything; it’s your mind that you have to convince”. ~ Vince Lombardi

I asked DH (I still feel like a transplanted Californian, while he’s a native Midwesterner) and he agreed, yes, this weather could be called a blizzard. For example, there’s no snow “falling,” as it’s all blowing sideways. It’s impossible to measure the snow because the wind is so strong that the drifts are wildly different in size. We were forecast for 5-8″ and have at least the 5″ and perhaps even the 8″. And, it’s still snowing (sideways, remember).

And, I’m delighted to report that we caught THREE mice yesterday. Sadly, it was using the glue traps, which means they were stuck but alive. Not humane on any level and it made me very sad. But I am done sharing my home with mice, so whatever was necessary was acceptable. Didn’t get any more overnight, so we’re wondering if perhaps we’ve finally got them all?

@brightonbelle I’m glad you’re feeling better today. 🥰💐

@ccco Yay for being down 2lbs!

Tonight is pork tenderloin, asparagus, and that salad kit that didn’t get eaten yesterday. Or perhaps I’ll save all that for tomorrow and we’ll have the baguette and baked brie with fruit; DS27 gave me a cool dish for Christmas that’s meant to bake a brie and I’m eager to use it. So, one reasonable meal and one more indulgent. Next week I’m hoping to finally be able to get to Omaha to teach lessons and thus have two WFs.

And for you lightweights (as well as you sweltering in summer’s heat), the current temperature is 2F/-17C and the windchill makes it feel -22F/-30C. BUT. The forecast for Saturday night is that same -22F, so who knows what that windchill will be, and the high–the HIGH–on Sunday is -9F/-23C. It’s winter. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 (Thanksgiving Day in 1989, the year DH and I got married, was -20F and icicles were forming on the light switch just inside the back door. This Californian was quite dumbfounded by such a temperature, but it turns out that’s not at all normal, and especially not in November.)

Okay, enough chatter; I need to do something to be productive. Have a grand one, everyone!

Day 12 USA (Illinois) NFD in the snow

All the roads are awful and most of our region is hunkered down waiting for this storm to pass. Weather predicts deep freeze of -17′ F by Sunday (-27′ C) but this is January in the Midwest.

Down to my 165 “high maintenance” weight this morning, and I have been this for a couple years. For me to lose 5 lb. it would take 2 FD a week, and likely won’t do that, at least until after we move.

We’ve been watching an 8 episode British show called “Fool Me Once” on Netflix. It is exactly the kind of show I enjoy: solving murders with clues along the way. We’re about 1/2 way through it.

Onward and downward.