Thanks Jacqui for the link. I so wish I could go to the retreat. I honestly think that is what I need ... a week away with like minded people with restrictions.
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I so miss being up north. When I lived in VA I could go up the street and there was a crab truck. He drove in daily with loads and loads. Before he started coming to our area I would just take the drive to DC and buy them at the Wharf.
Rennie, I don't think VA is considered "up north." LOL I am really up north, and if we want crab we have to go to Red Lobster. LOL
What did I miss? What is this retreat you're talking about? A friend of mine went to one. They had exercise and healthy meals, classes to teach you what to do, but you were able to leave the site and eat unhealthy food if you wanted to and even bring it back to your room. They didn't care, as long as you paid your money for the week's stay. I think it was at Hilton Head.
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Mars, I'm doing just that. I'm on my third 20oz bottle of water I buy the shirataki noodles. They have a fishy smell when you open them but rinsed well then tossed around in a skillet for a bit to dry they are perfect. I saw where they have the wraps also but can't find them here. I'm gonna looked up your brand they are available in CA I will check the Asian store near my job tomorrow. They should be open when I get off work.
Chickadeee, that is SO something my DH would have asked, lol, and I would have given him the exact same glare!
Bewildered, thanks! I'm trying! My mouth dropped when you said that climb went from 300 feet to 1460 feet in just 1.7 miles! Wow!!! That had to be so tough, and the trail down sounded grueling too, but what an awesome experience! You should be so proud of yourself for that accomplishment!
Mary, great job on the 10k steps and eating well despite temptation!
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Good morning Sisterhood of the Traveling Thongs!
Oh my gosh, Mars, that made me laugh out loud! You are too much! YAYYYY!!! A new low! 165!!!!
Carol Sue, pizza zucchini boats and taco zucchini boats sound so wonderful too! You ladies are all so innovative with recipes! Those cowgirl boots are really cute! I'd have to tuck my jeans in so people could see the turquoise though, even though I'm not sure if that's the style or not!
Rennie, Oh, I'm sorry you aren't feeling well. I hope you feel much better as the day goes on! Going to a retreat would be nice, wouldn't it? I think the young lady in that article is amazing!
Mary, WTG on the 10K steps! I have tried the anti-red stuff at Sally’s (which is where I buy most of my hair stuff, too) but it never seems to help. IT has only gotten slightly better by going up to browns and out of the blondes. I even tried using a 10 developer last month and that seemed to help some, but it didn’t cover my little bit of gray much. My hair is super dry though so I like it better now than the 20. Oh and I only use ash tones to try to cut the red. This month, I’m going darker (med ash brown) to see if it will help. I know it will be too dark, but will fade and I’ll do anything to get that red out.
Mars, you are kicking it girlfriend! Woohoo! The measurements are definitely important and to be consistent where you are measuring is key. I never measure in the “right” place on my waist because I pick the smallest area and I’m constantly reminded that you are supposed to measure across the belly button. I don’t so I’m just fooling myself about my waist size apparently. But, I do sometimes take a really tight measurement and a regular just to see that gap get smaller.
Carol Sue, that was gutsy to do the sleep study. I could never have done it. You are sweet, but I am not in good shape by a long shot.
Carol Sue and Jacqui: I AM proud; proud that I didn’t give up because believe me, I had to talk myself into going further up at some points every 10 feet. It took me over an hour to climb 1.7 miles. Before my foot injury, I was in better shape but still not anywhere near good; just good at long walking distances and race walking. I stopped a bunch and took pictures, too, but it was mostly to drink water and catch my breath or get my chest to stop hurting. I met so many interesting people as they passed me by. Some did it daily; one woman my age (52 btw) did it twice a day with her dog and took the more treacherous (shorter) trail. I’m serious, there were a few even 70, 80, and I know a couple pushing 90 that never even stopped, that I saw. Now, that was inspiring! I may be repeating myself because I deleted a bunch of my tangent ysd.
Rennie, I hope your yucky stomach feels better! Your crab story sounds so good to me right now!
Jacqui, Yay for another ½ lb down! You are on a roll!
Wanna post this before I lose it, but there’s more...So, goes without saying that I'm hurting everywhere below the waist this morning. Anyways, I was talking to a friend (male) and telling him about how discouraged I am and that I'm this close to going back to counting calories and weighing everything again. He tells me that I'm not eating enough fat, I could eat up to 4000 calories of low carb a day (he lost 80+ lbs that way) and lose weight (so no counting calories or weighing stuff) and that I need to be buying all this local stuff that's not as processed. Well, I did get some local cheese ysd so that is a start. I've already spent the money on butter so I'm not going to spent another $1.50 per stick for grass fed, but maybe? IDK, but his description made me really want to try it just to taste it. I had already gone to the grocery and bought mostly lean meats and he's yelling at me that I'm doing this all wrong. I have to keep reminding him that us women don't lose like the men do, but he won't buy it. I'm bewildered to say the least. Oh, I forgot to add that he says not to worry about the sodium because I need it because of the potassium or I'm going to have to start adding chicken broth... yadda yadda. ARGH
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Bewildered, I am in agreement with Jacqui, regarding the mountain trail. What a great accomplishment I love blue crabs and so do my kids. They had to learn how to pick them correctly in order to eat them so they learned fast Crab legs don't do it for me
Jacqui, she is quite amazing. I so wish I had taken pictures when I hit 152. My family thinks I'm still losing. I don't see it. I know my belly is hanging over my belt so not cute
My stomach is better. Now I need to keep my mouth CLOSED
7/25 - 235.6 Sodium!
7/26 - 237.0
7/27 - 235.4
7/28 - 235.0 NOT WORTHY OF CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN, I SAY
Today’s Exercise - none
Ysd’s Menu
B: 4 oz deli ham, 1 oz sharp cheddar
L: Steamed cabbage in EVOO, onion and cut up chicken breast
D: 3 bites of Egg Salad (eggs, mayo, mustard, dill pickle relish), 4 oz deli ham, 1 oz sharp cheddar
S: 10 oz Milk (keep forgetting to buy PB but finally remembered the milk)
i 3rd that Bewildered! Major accomplishment, doesn't matter that you did nit sprint straight up. Shows you have determinayion too! I hope you're having a restful day after. Well deserved rest!
I hear you re measurmt so may just do it once/month. Gotta be better than just relying on the fickle scale fairy! I think I will do my 3 places that collect the most fat, bust, hips, thighs. I like my waistline in the mirror but probably wouldn't like the number!
I think your wt will drop soon. Takes a while for the body to get the msg. If you feel stuck, you could track a couple days & see if dialing back helps. But tracking can drive one to obsession! I am a little obsessed with myfitnesspal.com but it helps keeps me focused.
Bewildered, a couple of things: 1) I meant to tell you earlier that your weight would probably be up today. After a climb and descent like that, naturally you would be sore, which means your body has to go to work to repair your muscles and that requires water. Therefore, your body would hold water until those muscles were repaired. That's no big deal at all! Once that water falls off, the scale will go back down and you'll have stronger muscles! 2) What your friend is describing is basically what I do, well, except for the organic, grass-fed part (which I would also like to do, but hubby isn't convinced it's worth the money). I do not count calories at all. Zip, nada! And I eat whatever meat I want, lean, fat, whatever. As you can see from my daily menus, I eat bacon or sausage every single morning. It fills me up! I actually make myself eat lunch. I am never hungry at lunchtime, ever, and I'm sure it's because I eat such a hearty breakfast. The yogurt I eat, it's not measured. The small individual containers are what, like half a cup maybe? I eat half a large container in one day, sometimes in one sitting. I go through a large container every two days.... I just got up to go look at what size the large container is. It's 32 oz., which means I eat 16 oz. everyday, so probably 2 cups at breakfast alone, on top of two eggs and bacon or sausage and 1 and a half 16.9 oz bottles of water. It's no wonder I have to make myself eat lunch and why it's usually only a salad! But even then, I always try to add a meat to my salad to offset the carbs, and if I don't have any meat, I make sure I at least add nuts. Usually I add both. So I agree with your friend about not being afraid to eat more fat. I do not think you could eat 4000 calories of low-carb and lose weight, but my word, how much food would that be anyway?! I think some people just try to eat too few calories and then they add exercise on top of that, burning even more calories, and their bodies rebel. Anyway, you'll find what works for you, but don't be afraid to experiment! We're good about that around here, lol!
Rennie, the next time you hit 152, I'll remind you to take pics, which you can then compare to when you reach your goal weight of 132!!
Mars, in college I worked at a health spa for a couple of summers and had to take women's measurements. Measure at the widest part of the bust (making sure the tape measure is at the same spot all the way around--this is not the way to measure for a bra, btw), butt, upper arms (usually right across from where you measured your bust), and thighs (not necessarily at the very top but at the widest part). As for the waist, measuring at the belly button may be fine for a man but not always for a woman. You have to locate the top of your hips and the bottom of your ribs and measure in between. I have long legs and a short waist with only about 2 inches between my hip bones and ribs, so that's where I measure.
Thanks y'all! I hear you Jacqui on the exercise and eats. I ate a good bit of fat with most of my meals last week. I wanted to add back milk so I thought I wouldn't buy red meat this week and get lots of veggies, but I am going to hit the local meat market and local dairy place on Friday and see how expensive it is to do grass fed; either way I want to try it. I've been wanting a rib-eye or a good strip with sauteed mushrooms for awhile, but have been too cheap.
Ironically, I am more sore 6 hours after getting up. I'm sore in places that I didn't even know I had muscles. Every time I get out of the recliner, I feel like I'm 100...
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Rennie, I had already taken my OTC back med that you recommended so thought it better not to mix my meds. I have just about every OTC med now so I wonder which would be best at the 6 hour mark. I normally never take more than one dose per day, but today is a bit different. Midol Complete seems to help me the most overall (unless I'm actually TOMing) and might help with the water retention, too. I think I have a couple of those left...
Jacqui, I'll keep that in mind about measuring the waist...if I can find any bones amongst the fat.
I forgot to add about measuring. For the boobs: I was told to bend over to do the biggest measurement for the best accuracy. I'm not sure if that works when you have 20 lbs of boobs like I do. My arms might not be long enough.
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My mouth dropped when you said that climb went from 300 feet to 1460 feet in just 1.7 miles! Wow!!! That had to be so tough, and the trail down sounded grueling too, but what an awesome experience! You should be so proud of yourself for that accomplishment! 
Oh my gosh, Mars, that made me laugh out loud! You are too much! 
Those cowgirl boots are really cute! I'd have to tuck my jeans in so people could see the turquoise though, even though I'm not sure if that's the style or not! 
Going to a retreat would be nice, wouldn't it? I think the young lady in that article is amazing! 
and so do my kids. They had to learn how to pick them correctly in order to eat them so they learned fast 
Crab legs don't do it for me 
2) What your friend is describing is basically what I do, well, except for the organic, grass-fed part (which I would also like to do, but hubby isn't convinced it's worth the money). I do not count calories at all. Zip, nada! And I eat whatever meat I want, lean, fat, whatever. As you can see from my daily menus, I eat bacon or sausage every single morning. It fills me up! I actually make myself eat lunch. I am never hungry at lunchtime, ever, and I'm sure it's because I eat such a hearty breakfast. The yogurt I eat, it's not measured. The small individual containers are what, like half a cup maybe? I eat half a large container in one day, sometimes in one sitting. I go through a large container every two days.... I just got up to go look at what size the large container is. It's 32 oz., which means I eat 16 oz. everyday, so probably 2 cups at breakfast alone, on top of two eggs and bacon or sausage and 1 and a half 16.9 oz bottles of water. It's no wonder I have to make myself eat lunch and why it's usually only a salad! But even then, I always try to add a meat to my salad to offset the carbs, and if I don't have any meat, I make sure I at least add nuts. Usually I add both. So I agree with your friend about not being afraid to eat more fat. I do not think you could eat 4000 calories of low-carb and lose weight, but my word, how much food would that be anyway?! I think some people just try to eat too few calories and then they add exercise on top of that, burning even more calories, and their bodies rebel. Anyway, you'll find what works for you, but don't be afraid to experiment! We're good about that around here, lol! 
