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There were plastic eggs hidden around the golf course today and I found 3. They had a piece of paper inside that told what your prize was. 1 was for a soda and the other 2 were for candy bars! I gave them all to my playing partner. Those items are most certainly not part of my plan!
It feels odd to think that tomorrow I go back to boot camp and work. I was rather getting used to doing whatever I want! Reality bites!
Hi All,
OM Gosh I am glad yesterday is over. I ended up totally blowing it all and going out all day. Started with what was breakfast at my brothers and his family and turned out was a roast dinner for lunch, then I went to a High Tea and Croquet. When I was at the HT, I got an invite to my step brothers as they were having a BBQ dinner and invited me. SO I feel I went form food to food to yet more food. Even though I paced myself with small servings at each, in recent weeks I have only been having dinner at night, even on non fast days so need less to say I was so full and had such a bad nights sleep. Serves me right and I will remember it!
Fasting today and the next 2 as well to make up for it and more importantly to feel better. Lori, just like you after your holiday but I squished it all into 1 day UGH!
In all that I only had 2 mini eggs, but was given not 1 but 5 eggs/ bunnies, which have not been hidden from myself.
Lori, I love the golf club hiding eggs with treats for you. Good luck with boot camp and getting back to work.
Cinque, I hide things from myself ( like the eggs this year) and get to find them in the coming months. I love it as I totally forget where and often what I have hidden. I hope you get some peace soon, I had my godson stay from the UK. I thought he was staying with me for 2 weeks but stayed for 3 months and I breathed a sigh of relief. He also was not used to helping around the house and if I had known how long he was going to be here I would have allocated tasks right at the start. I loved his company but was itching to have my own space back. Like you I am in a unit and I take my hat off to you for sharing you space and I hope that your family soon finds their own lovely home.
Sherry, the Easter bunny left me one of her precious bunnies in my garden. It was sitting in the hands of a cherub statue that I have- how cute of her to leave that for me. I hope your girls loved their baskets. I took craft things to my nephews and we painted eggs and made baskets to keep all their eggs in.
Salma, I hoe you are enjoying your break and not eating as much as I did yesterday.
CC, being ignorant of the American way I don’t know much about Pittsburgh. Is that where they signed a prominent document? Hard to top a cruise- well I agree with you there, I am a cruiseaholic and contrary to popular belief I have always come away from a cruise lighter then when I got on it. I think it is all the extra walking that I wouldn’t normally do, and I do keep a rein on what I eat. It is such a great way to travel and for us in OZ, it is generally the most economical holiday as well. As long as you don’t go overboard when you get on the ship (pardon the pun)
So a happy Easter Sunday or Recovery Monday to you all.
Hi Lori, hope the next one you find has a more pleasing prize!
Enjoy your last day of freedom, or is it already over?
Oh well, only a few more months of that grizzly workplace! And… how much longer of boot camp?
Speckles, poor tum! I hope it gets a good rest now.
Don’t we change. I have really suffered for eating a sizeable meal that wouldn’t have bothered me a year ago. A painful way to learn!
While I have the brain of a gnat most of the time, I have a precision mechanism for remembering where I put something that I don’t want to eat too much of! It is the last vestiges of my binging mechanism holding onto me for dear life. If I can’t give them away, I am usually best having a painful argument with myself convincing myself to throw them in the bin (in a manner where I can’t get them out again! 😉 ).
I completely relate to what you say re your godson. Trying to put those tasks into place now, without any of the passive aggressiveness I learnt from my mother! Tricky.
Ha-Ha Cinque. Oh I am good at hiding from myself. I can hide something yummy away and usually it is Easter eggs and completely forget about them.. When I was hunting for a Xmas gift I had bought someone earlier in the year I came across 2 Easter bunnies that I must have bought at the post Easter sale.
I have 2 boxes of Lindt chocs from Xmas and I know where they are but as long as they are not open I will not have them. An open box is dangerous but an unopened one is fine.
Funny I know they say when you go on a diet, to go through your cupboard and get rid of all temptations. I am worst if I do that as I will feel like I am missing out and want them. If I know I have biscuits in the cupboard for example, then I know it is OK and they will not be open without visitors to take the remainder home. When Andy was going home I bought 6 pkts of Tim Tams to take back to the family but they didn’t fit in his luggage so are still in the pantry.
I know what you mean re disposing. I have done that with cigarettes, crushed them completely before binning them. LOL
Happy days
Good Morning!
Up and ready for boot camp…..pray for me! As for when boot camp will be “over” Cinque, not until I can no longer do it physically or afford it $$! I have racked up nearly 500 sessions in the past 3+ years and have no plans of stopping. It will be rough going back this morning, but I’ll soon be back in the groove. As for work….6 more months!
I braved the scale this morning and am happy to say, that I weigh less than I did before we left on vacation! I’m sure the past 3 days of walking the golf course had a lot to do with that. I’m ready to keep marching down the scale. In only a few short weeks, my sister and I will be going on a 9 day cruise to Bermuda and the Bahamas. Oh my….the pounds will pile on! We leave on May 12, so I have to give it my best shot until then.
Have a good start to your week!
Hi people.
THe heading of this attracted me due to the age group where loosing weight is just NO fun….
I am 52 and menopausal taking HRT. Since all menopausal hell broke loose I gained 10 kgs and NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING is working to loose at least just some of it. I will be happy to loose only half of that so researched the 5:2 diet and decided to join for the extra support.
Lovely to read of others who succeeded. Hope to share some success posts myself soon. Would love to hear of menopausal women on HRT who still managed to loose some weight…..if any….!
Hi Matilda, welcome here!
Menopause can be a nasty shock to the system, and often goes with putting on weight. I hope you find 5:2 is the perfect antidote.
It has worked really well for me. I had managed to lose about 20kg by cutting out sugar, but I stayed stubbornly 10 kg or so above the weight/shape I wanted to be. 5:2 has worked so well that after 8 months of it I am cutting down a fast day (I’ll do two one week and one the second week).
There is such a lovely feeling of being in control, and I am sure it has changed my brain signals so that it is so easy to eat normally and healthily, with just those occasional treats. It is such fun buying clothes to replace all the ones that don’t fit me any more!
Lori! Congratulations! Golf is the go! Cheers for being back at boot camp and at work!
Hi Girls,
Felt a little blah & tubby this morning after Easter. Didn’t eat nearly half as much as I normally would during a holiday but now that my stomach has shrunk, even a little bit over is too much….It was mostly the tortilla chips and a bit too much of my sugar free carrot cake! Anyhow, back on the proverbial horse today and even went to pilates this morning. I think I told many of you already, that my pilates instructor is British, from the Isle of Whyte (spelling?). That British accent is just so proper and I feel like such a clutz trying to stretch myself to his standards…it’s quite funny! He’s a nice guy though and tries to assure me that I’m not that impaired!;).
Anyhow, I’m super busy today. My hubby and I have a lunch meeting with the employee I told you about that had issues with our management and then we have to pack like crazy people for our 3 day camping trip…leaving tomorrow. The weather forecast is sketchy…20-30% chance of rain…but we’re still going since half the time the forecasters are wrong!
Spreckles, so glad the Easter Bunny remembered you and in such a precious way too! You must be a favorite auntie, doing lovely crafts with your nephews! Oh my goodness that day of eating made my head spin! Hopefully it was enjoyable (other than that poor night’s sleep….something to remember to keep you on track next time!).
Wecome Matilda and best of luck with this plan. I’m also 52 and went through the big M 7 years ago but haven’t used HRT so can’t really relate on that point. Suffice it to say that menopause in general does make weight loss more difficult but not impossible. I’m sure you’ll have luck on this plan if you just keep plugging away. We are here to help!
Lori, no wonder I was confused that I thought you were going to the Bahamas on this last trip. I thought you’d mentioned you were going there at some point. Well, that impending trip is even further incentive to keep with your program! How great that your weight bounced right back in 3 days! Sounds like you have a good lifestyle going for the future!
Ok girls, I’ll be signing off for the next three days or so as there’s never good internet connections at these campgrounds! Have a lovely week ahead!
Sherry
hi Salma,
Ok, to fill you in, I don’t know if this is the common experience at the Turkish baths, but my husband and I went with another couple from the cruise and they brought us into a large marble room with a big slab in the middle and small shower like stalls on the sides where there was also a large group of college aged kids. Everyone was wearing a thong-like garment and they put a person on the slab and kind of held them by the back of the thong while they flipped them this way and that and scrubbed them clean. It was strange! I don’t know if this was just the way they dealt with large groups of tourists? Anyhow, we asked for a private room but still got the same sort of weird cleaning. Then came a massage which included the chest area-something not common in the U.S. I’m thinking we had an out-of-the-ordinary experience because I’ve heard others say how wonderful it is. So, that was my experience with the Hammam in Kushadasi at least! I’d be interested to hear what is traditionally your experience! I’m thinking different from mine! 😉
Oh, and I feel no guilt in pampering myself!!!
Sherry
Hi all
Ate too much in general…and way too much chocolate, having not eaten any for a few weeks at least. Enjoyed it but now ready to move on, FD today but I am with you Salma, not facing the scales just yet!
Happy hols Sherry, catch up in a few days.
Not long till no ‘return to work’ for you Lori!
Susie
Good Morning!
What a day I had yesterday. I went full out at work for the whole day without even a break for lunch. I was fasting anyway and didn’t even have time to consider if I was hungry or not. I ended up with a 23 hour fast…not bad. Oddly, the scale was the same this morning. My muscles are quite sore from boot camp yesterday, so I think there is some fluid retention going on.
Today I have to go have a small papiloma(wart-like growth) removed from my lower eyelid. I’m a bit nervous about having a numbing shot placed so close to my eye, but have to trust that the Dr knows what he’s doing. I know the shot will be the worst part of the whole ordeal. The Dr wants to send the removed “thing” in for testing to make sure it is not a basal cell carcinoma. He feels sure that it is nothing, but better to be positive. I’m planning on taking the whole day off and just hanging out at home after the procedure. I hope I don’t look like too much of a freak after having this done. I know they’re going to tell me not to wear make-up, which is frightening in itself. ACK!!
Sorry for that long ramble. I’m up early with nothing to do! I was so tired that I went to bed before 9 last night and went right to sleep. I was ready to get up at 3:30AM!
Have a good day my lovelies!
Hello!
Wow, you guys are busy on here!!
Welcome, Matilda! I’m 53 but started this when I was 52. My advice is to expect much slower results than what you read on some other threads. I’m happy as long as the general trend is down rather than up. I know estrogen can cause a little gain, too. I”m using bioidentical topical hormones. I went through a crazy time about a year ago with worsening migraines and heart palpitations so I finally started using it after thinking about it for a long time. It helps but it’s not a silver bullet.
Cinque, I need to improve on throwing stuff out! I’m working on it, even taking this daily clearing program.
Suzie, I ate too much as well. I may not get a fast day in this week….I was going to do it today but we had my brother in law spend the night and I ate breakfast with them.
Lori, I’m very impressed by your boot camp! The eggs on the golf course sounds fun.
Speckles, Philadelphia is where the documents were signed. Pittsburgh is the other side of the state where Andrew Carnegie and other steel magnates were. Our son is at Carnegie Mellon University so we are going to see him and meet his girlfriend that he’s had for a year! Usually the girlfriends are a month or two so we haven’t bothered till now.
SherryAnn, have fun camping. It’s been a while since we’ve done it. My husband backpacks and has taken our daughter so I may be off the hook. It’s one of those love/hate things. I like the part in the evening around the campfire and tubing down the river, but the work and the not sleeping, not so much.
Salma, glad you’re safely back home. To me that’s the best part of traveling.
We’re leaving for Pittsburgh in a few hours. I hope the weather is good!
Good luck to those fasting!!
Back from my eye procedure! It was no big deal, but now my whole eye aches from the numbing gel that they used before the injection. My vision is blurry in that eye and it seems to have given me a bit of a headache. No worries…..I’ll be right as rain in a few hours.
Nice, sunny but breezy day here. I made a quick stop at the grocery store on my way home and now I’m in to stay. Threw some laundry in the washer and that will be my day. I got all caught up at work yesterday, so feel no urgency to go in when I’m not feeling my best.
Hope your day is a good one.
Hey girls, heading out in the motor home ( very jiggly so excuse typos!).
Susie, I’m like you, wait a few days before assessing the damage & hope it’s gone away by then! 😉 good luck getting back to fasting!
Yeah Carolina, I agree- the campfire , hiking & scenery are great. The work ( cooking/ cleaning up), not so much! Give & take! The kids love it thought & luckily my hubby’s very helpful so it all works out ok!
Lori, glad the eye procedure went ok. Hoping lab results are fine too. Enjoy your day off relaxing!
Bye all till end of the week!
Sherry
Hi all
Welcome Matilda and good luck losing on hrt, harder than the rest of us I think.
Salma, lol at me ‘conversing’ with my scales! Not yet is the answer, did OK yesterday with a few veggies for lunch, few nuts mid pm and light dinner later. Decided not to go to fat club to be weighed, no point as I know how it is, so think maybe Friday morning or even wait until early next week.
Yesterday I was window shopping and decided to try on a couple of things, always a good motivator for good eating, I tried on a lovely blue jumpsuit but it was really tough to wriggle out of so left it, tried on two tops, left them also but might return for one for a little trip away in a few weeks.
Lori, glad the eye thing went ok, hope you don’t look too different today and can get on with your day without worrying.
Out for drinks and dinner with DH later, yesterday was our anniversary but we didn’t feel like going out then after a long w/e overeating. Plan steak and salad, after some olives- shame about the drinks 😏
Plan few veggies for lunch, think will skip breakfast. Morning walk in a bit to take advantage of good weather. Hope weather is nice for Sherry’s trip away. Susie
Good Morning!
I’m missing our Cinque…..where are you? Hope everything is ok.
My eye looks good this morning. The spot is not so bright red as it was last night and my eye doesn’t ache as badly. Yesterday was rougher than I thought. The numbing gel made my whole eye feel odd all day. First blurry and then achy. Weird.
Have fun camping Sherry!!
Salma…interesting about the baths. I have never experienced anything like that. I imagine it could be fun once you let go of the inhibitions.
Off to boot camp in a few minutes. Then a long day at work. I will have yesterday to catch up on, but will not be anything like I experienced on Monday. That was brutal. I only have 1 more long vacation before I retire that will require me catching up on multiple days. I have retirement on the brain. 😉
Have a good day everyone!
Yep, I started o Monday – following a couple of false starts. My wife is now doing it with me which I hope will help (we’re competitive like that). I’m currently 100kg and could do with losing 10kg.
Monday was pretty tough as I ate nothing at all until the evening, when I allowed myself a bagel (250cal). Tuesday I was back to normal and today is another fast day for me. So far I’ve had a satsuma. Hopefully I’ll make it through the day and then this Monday, Wednesday thing will become routine. I find it actually gives me a bit more time in the day which is a bonus – no need to cook or wash up!
Lori, I am pleased to hear your eye is feeling better. I couldn’t stand having injections in or near my eye but I have a friend who has his eye drained regularly with a needle. Ugh
I hit the scales this morning and am down to a 5 year low. Just under 110 so still 10kg to go to my first goal but it is moving. I have been imagining the fat cell being released in my sleep and given with love to those who need and want the extra KGs. Why waste them, especially as they served me at the time by making me feel safe. Hopefully they will find a new home.
I put on at least 8kg with menopause and mainly around my abdomen and back but most of that extra I put on has now been released and I can start on the stubborn fat cells. So Matilda, it can be done and having this support makes it easier.
I didn’t do HRT as I already take about 30 pills a day for many varied aliment and the HRT was going to throw a spanner in the mix so I have just had to suffer through the hot flushes and other symptoms. Interesting thing is that since I started the 5;2, the hot flushes have seemed to toned down a bit.
I did 2 fast days after Easter and for the first time it was really hard. I was so stressed from work (yes even on the public holiday my boss was texting me) but hopefully I have now completed a deadline and things will go back to really busy instead of frantic.
Susie, I would love to go shopping, especially as the new seasons fashions are out but it will have to wait.
I am planning on having a breast reduction but want to release more weight first and no point getting clothes that I wont get much wear from. Doesn’t mean I wont go trying on though.
Salma and Sherry, I have been to the Turkish baths in Budapest and they were like Salma described, though swimming suits were optional inside. Outside they had many heated pools of varying temperatures and they were mixed.
I was an Aromatherapist and massage therapist before I injured my back and loved massaging. What was really nice was when you had someone who was uninhibited and you could give them a full massage, yes chest included. It was interesting to see how people relaxed with the slow steady rhythm of the massage (not the hard stuff) and women especially loved the chest massage as so often we are never touched there except in a sexual or medical manner. It felt like I was allowing them to open their hearts and I know that may sound a bit quirky to some but these women were the ones who would come back and back.
Oh and FYI, I would rather massage someone with extra pounds, even lots of extra pounds on them than a slim or skinny person, so never feel that your weight is a boundary to being pampered.
I have promised myself a reward of a hot stone massage when I reach my first goal.
Didn’t mean to lecture- sorry.
Cinque, I do hope you have not overdone it and have just been caught up with Grand daughter.
Night all.
Good morning everyone,
Thanks for your kind care for me. I had over done it, and yesterday I was so exhausted it was hard to write. I kept having naps through the day, yesterday, and then a big sleep in this morning and I feel heaps better. It is hard with chronic illness to work out how much you can push yourself. Still waking up, not sure how long I will last, but we have a pretty easy day.
Welcome here Tjjteacher! I hope you made it through the day okay! Generally the first days are the hardest. So glad your wife is doing 5:2 too, that will make it so much easier, and more fun, if you love being competitive!
I could do with a Turkish massage today, or to go back in time and have one of yours Speckles. Having my third cup of tea instead.
So glad 5:2 is suiting you Speckles! It makes you (well, me anyway!) feel so powerful to have this nice success, where it was so difficult before.
Lori I hope your eye feels much better. It sounds as if they bruised it a little as they cut out the mole, and it should heal as quickly as another small bruise. BCCs are so common in Australia, skin cancer capital of the world, and luckily they aren’t nearly as scary as other ones. I have had several off my hands and two off my face so far. Glad not to have had one so near my eye though!
I hope Sherry is having a wonderful time camping, and Susie remember how you had to wiggle out of the blue jumpsuit, it will make it more of a pleasure when you try it, or something similar, on and it goes so easily and comfortably.
Today would normally be my fast day, but I am seeing how I go doing three a fortnight, and today is the one I have dropped. I am missing it, although being tired, it is also easier not to think about it. I wonder how it will effect my week not to have this fast set in place as a kind of circuit breaker. Luckily I can just add it back in if I want to! 🙂
Best wishes all of you for a lovely day!
Hi jinx, Welcome to the board and to the new way to release all those excess pounds. You will find so much wonderful information here on this thread and others so take what feels right for you and use it .
The best thing is you will find so much support both on good and bad days.
Cinque, so sorry you are still poorly though I know at CF is a daily struggle. One step at a time and give yourself a break and a hug whenever you need it.
Funny as I was writing my last post I realised how much I miss massaging, especially the Aromatherapy massage as it was so pure and gentle. It isn’t an option to go back to it now as my body could not do it but I am on the path to finding something that I can replace it with.
I release any excess fat cells that no longer serve me.
Cheers
Good Morning!
Yes, thanks for asking, my eye is doing fine. I can manage to do some makeup as I’m used to doing. I have blonde hair and lashes, so without any makeup, I am so pale. Went to the Dr for my post op checkup yesterday and all is well. Now I just wait a few days for the pathology report.
My scale is about to be tossed out the window. Despite 2 fast days of 23 hours and 17 hours, it is creeping up. I have been eating a good bit of cheese and not enough veggies or water, so must remedy that situation. I also have a lot of muscle soreness going on since my return to boot camp, so that could be part of the scale creep.
Cinque…so glad to see your post but sorry your have been feeling bad. Hope you’ve gotten some good rest and are feeling better today.
Welcome to our newcomers! Hope on board, we are chugging along!
Good morning, the sun is shining here, it will be a beautiful day.
I am in a new regime of sleeping in every morning. That will help! And we are settling in to the routines so it is easier to pace myself (she says hopefully!) Ah well, I’ll come here and complain when things get hard.
Lori I am glad your eye is healing, but your scales are misbehaving badly! You need some beer with that cheese!
I am interested in how exercise makes little tears in muscles that need water to help them heal. That could be it. Are your clothes still feeling comfy?
Hi Jinxedagain, Welcome! I am sure that getting some excess weight gone will help you cope with illness, even if it doesn’t actually help cure or heal symptoms. That is what I find with my chronic illness ME/CFS.
Did you do your first fast day? How did it go?
Hi Speckles, I hope you have released a big squidge of fat cells this week!
Hello, hello Salma, thanks for your kind words. Best wishes finishing up your fast days, and for having a wonderful day out tomorrow!
Cinque, glad you are back on board and finding a rhythm that suits you.
Newbies- how is it all going for you? please feel free to share you highs and your lows.
Salma, I loved massaging and if it is something that you feel drawn to them why not try a short course to get you started. You will soon see if it suits you or not and you can use it just for friends and family if you want. I hope you had a nice day with your parents and that your third fast day went smoothly.
Lori, I hope boot camp gets easier as you ease back into it and I am sure you can flush away that extra bit of cheese. Cheese is one of my fav foods but I have not had any since I started except in a mushroom omelette that I have as my Thursday night treat. It is quick and easy to make when I get home late from work.
Does anyone use the WiiFit? I have resurrected mine and am using it but mainly for the balance games and tennis. I find myself running all over the room trying to get the ball and I know that isn’t necessary. A bit of fun while hopefully it is doing a bit of toning as well.
Off to bed as I am working in the morning.
I release any excess fat cells that no longer serve me.
Cheers
Good Morning!
Cinque…no worries about the little weight gain I’m experiencing. It was just a pound and a half, but hate to see the scale go up, no matter how little! It is down a wee bit this morning and hopefully I’ll have a pleasant surprise tomorrow. I skipped boot camp this morning as I am sore from my hips to my neck. Yesterday’s workout was extra tough, so a day off was called for.
We may get one day of golf in this weekend, but Sunday is a return to Winter. 🙁 Nothing to do but grin and bear it!
All this talk of massage makes me long for one. It has been forever since I’ve treated myself. I went to my chiropractor yesterday and she does a little massage as part of the treatment, but not deep tissue like a true massage.
Ok…have a wonderful day & weekend. See you lighter! 😉
Hi, guys! Just a quick pop on here. We got back from our three day trip to Pittsburgh to see our son. It went well–we met his girlfriend, did some little excursions, took him to shop and eat out. We did a few excursions around the trip, including Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water, which was awesome. It was a little disconcerting that there were two suicides on campus discovered while we were there! Totally a coincidence but there is a lot of talk about the stress culture–it’s a very demanding school. Nobody knows of course and when you have 15,000 college age people, that will happen on occasion. But it’s still so upsetting…..
Totally blew my eating in terms of snacking in the car, etc. But we didn’t have any huge meals so that part wasn’t terrible. And we got some walking in. In fact, my calves are killing me and I’m not sure why as I don’t remember anything that out of the ordinary….
CBL!
This is not the best of places for me . I am the opinionated old man ..with diabetes and hypertension ..on and on .. many other things wrong ..
Fasting ?
.. NOT good for me and I’ll never do it unless I am really sick .. And my weight , within a KG or so, is nigh perfect ..on this I am lucky … NOT the absolute best of diets
Thanks for the welcome people.
I managed a 30hour fast from Thursday night till Sat morning. Just ate normal today so sure my weight might be up again tomorrow but plan to fast again on Monday doing the 500 calories. I gained weight before I went on HRT as well as since being on it. Feels like this is a game you can not win…
Well done Matilda for doing the 30he fast. I know that isn’t easy. we all find that works best for us and I have found that not eating till dinner suits me. I tend to get hungry once I have eaten so by delaying it makes it easier and I don’t get hungry. 2 or 3 days a week I have a light dinner – under 500 cals and the other days a normal meal with maybe a treat.
CC glad you had a nice visit with your son and met his GF. Try not to worry too much about him as I am sure you have brought him up to reach out if he has any problems. It sounds as if you are pretty close.
Lori, just take it as it comes and enjoy the golfing while you can. Where are you that you will be entering winter or is it that your winter will be returning.
We lost our daylight savings last night so a bonus hours sleep but I hate it being so dark when I get home from work.
Happy Sunday to you all
I release any excess fat cells that no longer serve me.
Hi all! Got back from the camping trip yesterday late afternoon. We had a good time…lots of hiking and sitting by the fire stargazing. There’s nothing like viewing the stars from up in the mountains unobstructed by city lights.🌠 One hike we started out on led to a waterfall but we had to turn back early and didn’t get to see it because friends were coming to meet us back at camp. We’re going to try to go back and do that hike later this month. We did get rain but mostly at night and on the first day there. Because we couldn’t really hike in the rain we went into a cute little mountain town nearby ( where they have an apple festival each Fall) and window shopped and went to lunch. Now is the tough part, unpacking the motor home & doing 5 loads of laundry (clothes, sheets, towels)!
Finally just received my 23 & Me DNA results after waiting almost almost 2 1/2 months- apparently they were backed up per an email asking me to be patient. Anyhow, lots of interesting info I’ll relay tomorrow – good thing is I had no markers for the diseases they test for, most of which I’ve never heard of.
Salma, thanks for the insight into the Hammam! Now that you say it, there was a sudsy pillow case type thing involved. It’s been almost 20 years so my memory isn’t super clear on all the details! Yes, I’d much prefer a female only experience! That’s mostly what made it so uncomfortable! Multiple mixed people in the room ( at least initially until we protested) and men doing the washing and massaging! Best of luck with the scales tomorrow! And have a great time on your outing with your parents! Did you receive your book yet?
Happy belated anniversary Susie! It’s ok to talk to the scale as long as it doesn’t audibly talk back!😉
Lori, good call taking a break from boot camp! Who knows, giving your body a little rest might even lead to some weight loss tomorrow!
Spreckles, it must feel great to provide healing touch to people through massage! Congrats on reaching a 5 year low! That must feel so awesome! Also, my kids love to do the Wii “Just Dance” for fun & exercise- they don’t even realize they’re exercising! Have you ever tried it?
Carolina, great you got to visit your son, but yes, very horrible re: the campus suicides! Yikes!
Cinque, glad you are back and taking care of yourself, getting extra sleep in the mornings. 😴 Funny, the talk around here among friends is that if our presidential elections don’t go as we’d like, we need to pack up and move to New Zealand! So then the hubby googled NZ and checked out cost of living, the type of government they have, etc. Much of it seemed good until we read there was a mass exodus of people leaving NZ for Australia for better opportunities, etc. hmm! Do you see that happening?
Matilda, you will succeed! Just keep trying! I had a heck of a time for quite a while and am finally hitting my groove, as is Lori!
Here’s hoping all of us release a lot of fat cells as Spreckles says!
😘 Sherry
Good Morning!
Up at 3:30 thanks to the furball. Also, the wind is terrible and it had woken me up anyway. Yes, we are in Spring officially, but Winter has returned for a few days.
Matilda…I do low carb along with IF. Congrats on your 30h fast and loss. The morning walk and breakfast after sounds nice.
Sherry, glad you had a nice camping trip. I’m anxious to hear about your DNA results!
The scale finally dropped 2 lbs this morning. Nearly back to my low from a couple weeks ago. I’m sure anxious to see a number I haven’t seen for awhile. It gets discouraging bouncing around between the same couple numbers for weeks on end.
Managed to get a round of golf in yesterday and the wind didn’t get bad until the last couple holes. I didn’t play well, but at least I was out there moving about. Planning to play both days next weekend, weather permitting. After that, I’ll be away for 2 weekends in a row, so no golf for awhile.
Man, the wind is whipping out there. I just hate it. It won’t be as bad once the sun comes up. Not being able to see what is flying around out there is creepy.
One cup of coffee down and more to come. Hope you all have a lovely Sunday.
Hi all
Sadly the scales were up as expected on Friday, hey ho, FD today and carry on….
Your trip away sounds good sherry. We are on countdown to a few days away in Spain next week, can’t wait. Weather should be warmer and drier than here and we will do a lot of walking to get to know the area. I love strolling along a beach early mornings or in the evenings when the crowds have gone. It is school holidays here so there will be crowds.
DH only has 2 months till he retires too and then we both want to focus on more walking and better eating, think he will do the FD but probably have light lunch where I have been trying ‘wait till dinner’ recently.
Had our first BBQ of the year yesterday so leftover chicken for dinner. Plan veggie soup for tomorrow.
Wonder what happened to milena and Makica? Saw milena mentioned on another thread, they thought she fell by the wayside… It happens, life gets in the way sometimes. Oh well, keep on keeping on….
Good Morning! Monday again? Sigh….
Our weather has taken a turn for the worse with cold temps and even some snow yesterday! That was a short Spring! This coming weekend looks simply awful, so probably no golf again. 🙁
The scale finally went back down that 2 lbs on Sunday morning. Thank goodness, as I was tired of seeing that number! Now to chip off some more of this lard and see some new and lower numbers on the scale.
Nothing special going on this week. We’re going out for dinner tonight as a special treat, but other than that, it will be business as usual.
Have a good week everyone!
Lori, you’re up early!! Congrats on the scale!! Our weather is cool but no snow. It was cold the night we got to Pittsburgh but Wednesday was perfect as I like it a little cool. I hate being hot!!
Sherry, I admire you for camping. It is such a great experience for kids but so much work….I’m thinking my camping days might be over.
Susie, I’m wobbling around a number too. Fortunately my husband is gone through Wednesday night so I’ll get two fast days in and will be extra good on Tuesday.
Salma, I’m glad you had a good time with friends!
Matilda, just keep at it. Results for me were much slower than you might read on here in general. But once it kicks in, things go better. Plus anything is better than that perpetual inching upward!!!
Speckles, I release my fat cells as well!!
So I need to get back in the groove on my clearing program. I was doing so well and kind of lost it in the March ickiness…..but now it’s April!!!
Hi everyone,
Well, apparently my command to release my fat cells was lost in the universe because I weighed 2 lbs more this morning than a week ago before Easter/the break. I actually was eating pretty well the whole time, even went to a niece’s wedding shower yesterday and ate only a bit of fruit. I blame it on being a little too liberal with my handfuls of nuts. Will definitely cut down on that this week!
Today is a food day in the sense that I need to shop for it, make some “stock up” recipes to make life easier during the week like breakfast cookies, a frittata, throw some chicken in the slow cooker, etc.
Oh, the DNA results showed that I am 99% of European descent, almost evenly distributed between various spots in northern and southern Europe. The surprise was there was a good “wedge” of British/Irish I never knew about and a little bit (1%) Middle Eastern- I’m your cousin 50 times removed, Salma! 😉
Salma, congrats on the kinder scale results! Hoping the weekend’s festivities didn’t impact them in a negative way. The great thing is it sounds like you have lots of fun friends/activities you enjoy!
Carolina, what is the “clearing program”? The fasting? Yep, camping is work but as I said, also great fun. At least we have the motorhome so we’re not sleeping on the hard ground as we used to do back in the day when we tent camped! Amazing how much your body can handle in your 20’s vs your 50’s, huh?!
Cinque, where are you hiding? Hope you’re feeling ok! Hope to hear back from you soon!
Have a good day all!
Lori, happy for you the scale finally dropped! Please put some good wishes out there that mine does the same! It is depressing when you’ve been used to seeing lower numbers for a while to see it pop up! 🙁
Hello,
I’ve been too busy/tired to come and chat, but it is going well here. We are getting things done and I am managing some of my own things too.
I won’t try and respond to all the interesting things that are happening, just say hi and best wishes, cheers and all good things.
It is about bedtime here, and it should be a quieter day tomorrow, so I will be able to catch up more!
Also, I’m fasting tomorrow (Wednesday), because Thursday will be too busy. 🙂
Good Morning!
Scale showed me a new number this morning! YAY! Only by a couple tenths of a pound, and it probably won’t hold, but it was nice to catch a glimpse. 😉
500th session of boot camp done this morning! 3 years and 3 months. Whew! No wonder I’m tired! Hoping to be able to keep it up for a long time.
Not sure what my fasting schedule is going to be like this week. I’ve kind of fallen into the eating window method recently. I typically don’t eat until 1 or so and then am finished by 6 or 7. Not really counting calories or macros, though I know I need to if I want to make a serious dent in the last 20 lbs.
The weather is depressing me and making it a bit harder to focus on my eating. I’m tired of the cold weather! I’m longing for the day when I can complain about the heat!
Have a lovely day!
Hello again ….
SherryAnn, both my husband and I were 100 percent European and almost 100 percent Northern European, largely British/Irish. I was 1 percent Iberian–that’s the most exotic thing in there except we were higher Neanderthal than most people–3.3 or something. If you’re interested there is another place you can send the data for more health info. It’s something like Promethease….I know it’s not 100 percent but it’s one more bit of data to have. I read a researcher’s account of using it personally and he felt it was somewhat helpful.
Cinque, hang in there!!
Lori, congrats on the new number. That is always so exciting.
My fast day yesterday didn’t have huge results but I’m hopeful for the next one tomorrow. I think being really mindful today is even more important. I also need to get back in the exercise groove…..I don’t think it has that much effect on weight but for toning!!
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