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 Starting weight:  285.2
 Friday’s Calories/Carbs Goals (limits):   1928  / 40.0
 Friday’s Intake:  Calories & Net Carbs:   1854 /  28.6
Yesterday’s Calories/Carbs Goals (limits):   2121  / 40.0
 Yesterday’s Intake:  Calories & Net Carbs:   1712 /  32.5
 Friday’s Exercise:    30 min. elliptical + 30 min. exercise bike
Yesterday’s Exercise:    4 hours remodeling
 Weight Friday: 242.0  Weight Yesterday:242.2    Today:  242.0  bmi:45.73 
 Change today::  -0.2 lbs.         Loss-so-far:   43.2 lbs.    
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Hubby and I are finally working on our bathroom remodel!  Woohooo!!!

He started this project back on December 8 and then just a buncha stuff came up and it never progressed to the next level, but as of Friday night he’s on vacation so Saturday morning he went into demotion mode!  He tore the whole floor out yesterday.  For you up-northerners, let me clarify.  I live in a typical “older” Florida home.  It does not have a basement.  It does not have a concrete foundation.  It is built up off the ground with a crawl-space underneath.  So this means when he took out the bathroom floor - underneath was DIRT.  LOL!

I mentioned back on the 8th that the bathroom had some structural issues - well, Hubby decided to resolve all the issues by basically rebuilding the whole room.  So yeah, yesterday was demolition day and then today was begin-building-it day.  Of course anyone who’s ever tried to do any kind of do-it-yourself-home-repair can tell ya one basic truth:  It ain’t never as quick or as easy as you plan it to be.  Ha!  My wonderful husband is a whiz at carpentry and repair but he hates plumbing - anything to do with plumbing.  Wouldn’tcha know it, when we got down in there, we uncovered some pretty significant issues that we now have to deal with before putting the new subflooring down.  He knows how to do it, he just hates it, that’s all.

Me, my one strength in this project is measuring.  Whenever measuring and cutting is necessary, I’m the one down there with the tape measure getting the exact measurement needed and then I’m the one outside by the saw with the square and the big thick pencil, marking exactly where the cuts need to be.  When I’m not measuring - well, then I’m the gofer.  I don’t mind being his gofer, I actually like it.  I feel like a surgical nurse, trying to anticipate his next need.  I’m the best damn gofer he’s ever had.  =D

Even just being a gofer has been a nice workout.  I must have stepped up and down from ground to floor to ground to floor a hundred times (a big step for my short little legs, lol) and have been carrying boards around and hauling debris down to the dumpster at my office.  We worked from 11am until 6pm tonight - 7 hours! - and now I feel a little sore and a whole lot tired - so I’m thinking I got enough exercise today.

As far as my food intake, I’ve still been under my target calories but I’ll admit, it has been nice to be able to have whipped cream on my coffee and pistachios in my salad!  I haven’t lost an ounce from when I started this zig-zag thing but that’s okay.  I said I’d give it a try and I’m not even a week in yet.

Hey-hey-hey!!!! My buddy xyourbellemortex checked in today finally!!!  WOMAN, you were SO missed here!  I’m so happy to see you back here in these parts!!!   Mwwwwwah!

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