Lil: check out Sean Paul from the early 00s for some booty shaking - he incorporates reggae into his music. And some days I’m all about the booty shaking - which I’ll join you on Midwest gal doing the same. I like all sorts of music but tend to stick to things that keep my walk interesting. I also have used pod runner (yes older, haven’t bothered to look for something updated) but this guy always use to do mixes that he did w BPM and or couch to 5k musics so at the time it was club music infused and mixed with songs - but it could make you move faster. Maybe that’s another thing you can look for w Pandora a couch to 5k geared music. I’m an iTunes gal myself BUT I don’t pay for their subscription service. I’m cheap of late! Oh and jimmy? I think his brother lived in Milwaukee for a while on the lake - but I could be wrong. There are a lot of parrotheads in my state!

Go you for thinking on adding a walk back in. I SO didn’t want to walk this am but I did and I feel better and I have a game plan for today meal wise - I just really have to curtail the mindless graham crackers. I didn’t track yesterday and sat and listed and lookie there I had too many crackers. It’s always something to trip me up when I let it. I am buying lots of veggies today. I’ll bulk up on bulk and hope it helps!

I just realized I didn't post anything yesterday! I had a very busy day and had to move my cubicle.

February w/in still 235 (I am not going to weigh in for two weeks or on March 17th and then the end of March. I am making this commitment to you all to hold me accountable.)

Lemon: Hawaii is beautiful. I have not been in so long. I just know my family now will not fit in a hotel...LOL and I have heard that airbnb or something similar you can get great deals and they are whole condos or houses. We went to Disney this last year and it was so hard on my body. I has in the 260 range! So I want something more relaxing this year where the kids will still have fun. Diet. Honestly the only thing that has worked for me is counting calories and carbs. I do not drink soda, no sugar, and no breads or pasta. This is the only way my body lets go of weight. You really need to try things out and see what works for yu. Everyone is different. I would also suggest going to a calorie counter to see how many calories your body burns in a day then subract 500 to 1000 calories depending on the 1 to 2 pounds a weeks you want.

Laurie: I sure hope you are doing better. Stress can really affect someone and their weight. If you are an emotional eater like me it can get so bad. you got this 6 pounds over you that you don't want to be over is not. Okay my computer is freaking out so I am sorry if my sentences do not make sense! You got this, I believe in you. You have come a long way since you began years ago. I know you just went on vacation. I am looking at a family vacation in Hawaii do you have any pointers????

Uber: That is cool you live in the LA area. My husband sister lives near Kanaan road on the 101. We were just there in November. I love LA in the winter because it still feels so warm to me! I hope you blow past that stall!!!!

Diane: I really need a relaxing vacation. We went to Disney last year and that was not relaxing...LOL I hope you are doing well. Do you have any plans this summer?

Lil: You are on vacation mode!!! I know that mode very well its a mode I cannot wait to be on! I love mental health days. I have two left. And today is my Friday too, I work 4 tens so every Thursday is my Friday!

Well ladies, I chewed out my poor husband this morning. I went to a meeting Tuesday and the manager brought a HUGE box of doughnuts and while in my face asked it I wanted one, then yesterday a coworker brought doughnuts and left them right outside my cubicle and I could smell them all day long, and then my husband just went and bought doughnuts (its my sons 19th birthday) brought them up in my face and I lost it. I did not have any all 3 days and I am really proud of myself!

Okay off to face the rest of my day!!!

Good morning!

Uber – Morning routines are great. =) Maybe instead of going back into the house after you get rid of the kid, you could head out for five minutes. It has to be BEAUTIFUL outside right now where you live, I would imagine. And thank you for understanding my current issue. It is a weird, weird place to be. And yeah. The ups and downs of the scale really suck, especially when you’ve done the surgery and maybe thought it would be less roller-coasterish because of it. But you’re right. The patience and the commitment are tough to maintain, but are rewarded when they’re done.

Diane – I love that you’re posting your weight at the top. I don’t know that now is the time for me to do that, just because I don’t think I’m in the right headspace for daily weighing. But I also know that when I post the weight daily, it tends to come off more consistently, and it seems to be doing exactly that for you. Woot! And happy anniversary! Keeping a marriage strong for 31 years is an AMAZING feat. And I agree. You deserve ALL of the deliciousness!

Lilion – I have NEVER been caught up before I go on vacation. EVER. That is amazing, especially because you missed unexpected time for your surgery. I am so excited for you to shed all of the stress and have a fantastically fun vacation. And six pounds up in February is frustrating, understandable, and hopefully gone quickly. Hopefully, your vacation will be a stress-free way to make progress without having to be so “disciplined.”

LemonThyme – Oof. The slowness of getting through the decades can be so painful. But you seem to have uncovered the key to consistency. The scale is moving much more slowly than you prefer, but it continues to move down. I have tried dragon fruit. I don’t remember being either particularly impressed with it or disliking it. I don’t know if I have allergic reactions or am just sensitive to highly-acidic fruits, but kiwi and pineapple sometimes tear my mouth up as well. Boring, but I LOVE raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries. I also enjoy cuties when I make the effort to peel them. Maybe I will join you in trying to branch out a bit.
So, I have been at 160 or under (with the exception of the last week or two, of course) for about 15 months now. And, yet, I have not uncovered any “secret” to maintenance. Worse, I really felt myself going down the rabbit hole the past week or so. I bought cookies and ate the whole package myself. I did the thing where I ate until I could absolutely not eat another bite, then sort of monitored my fullness so that I could start eating again at the earliest opportunity. I ate food because it was there. I felt compelled to eat food that I didn’t really want. It has been ugly ugly. I had a good day yesterday, and I am going to make an effort to make today a good day as well. I am going on a cruise in a week, and while I am not one that embraces the whole “diet for the occasion” thing, I would like to be able to wear clothes that fit, and I am limited on that right now. (For the record, ten pounds does make more difference to me at 160ish than it did at 260ish.) But I guess it’s just one step in front of the other. I did not hit my goal yesterday of a 5K in 30 minutes. But I did run for 2 miles at the right pace (minus a very quick pee break and a few “I just can’t breathe” 5-second breaks). And then I did intervals for another 1.5 miles. So, progress, I suppose. And definitely TMI, but a week of binges added to Aunt Flo's visit plus an uptake of plant foods equals a whole lot of trips to the bathroom today.

Goals
1 – 15K steps today
2 – Parent teacher conferences (4 kids, lots of teachers, so anticipating a 4 or 5 hour total commitment) with lots of consumer economics cookies laid out. I will not be eating these, because I know I am incapable right now of only having one or two.
3 – Will try to fit in the gym to lift. If that doesn’t work, I will do some body weight routines at home, including planking.

Hope y’all have a great day!

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Lilion: We have a hunting tent that is around that size too. It is so challenging to put it up, but once it is up, it is awesome! If we aren't hunting the whole week, it is kind of a waste of time, but when we can be there, I like having the space. We've talked about going to our smaller tent, but so far, our kids come up sometimes still. So for now, we're holding on to the big one. We try to schedule putting it up when my son can come with us. Ha!

Lemon: Ugh! It is so hard to wait through the decades... As for spring, we also have the doves all year round. But I did see that my daffodils are up about 4 inches. I need to do a little cleaning in the flower bed to give them room. I love early spring flowers!!

Jenni: Doughnuts are tough to pass on. I do like them, but so high in calories. You sound like me with counting calories. It is the only thing that really works for me. I don't drink sodas either, but I do have some bread yet. I just really try to make the calorie goal, even though it is challenging on the weekend!!

Laurie: Yeah, I stole the idea for putting my daily weight on my post. It seems to help and I don't want to update my stats daily. Once a week works for me on that. But I have also fluctuated on if it is a good thing or bad thing to weigh daily. Sometimes it works great for me, but other times it gets so frustrating, I can't do it. You have to go with what works for you!! Adding stress and frustration is never helpful!!

As for me, I did come down a little bit this morning weighing in. I kinda expected more than that, but it is what it is. I am having a decent week with weigh ins, but I'm just anxious to see it in the 240's. I set up an annual doctor's visit. The first available is in April. I was glad to see that. I need a little more time before I go. Ha! I would like to have some of this weight off.

I went to Body Pump this morning. I almost made it a rest day, but then I had told this other woman that I was going, so I went. She wasn't there.... Oh well, it was good to go, I'm sure. Tomorrow is spin, and I'll probably go. Looking forward to the weekend!

256! I'm going to copy Diane and put the weight right up top.

Laurie You are right! I shouldn't even come inside in the morning, and it is beautiful here, which is funny because you get so used to it that you feel like you're not missing anything if you don't get outside because it's always sunny. I grew up here (spoiled) but lived on the east coast for half my life and I do find it easier to get outside here with our mild weather, and yet I still don't do it as much as I should. It's interesting about the WLS. Even though I'm a smart person and I knew what i was getting into, at some level, I didn't really fully understand that the gastric sleeve is just more of the same-- if I did this without the surgery, I would be losing the same amount of weight. I actually thought it would seem more different than it does, but weirdly, it doesn't. That being said, it's definitely assisting me. I could do this before, but at least for now, it doesn't seem as hard. I still get all inside my head though, and if I don't lose as fast as I think I should, I start thinking about restricting more. I'm still the same old nutty and complicated uber as always! :-)

Lil It really IS frustrating to see that scale go up!!! But stepping on it is always the beginning of the change, and I love that it's Friday, and you can sense spring in the air, and vacation is coming! I always find that when I'm in a bad cycle nothing helps to snap me out of it like change! I think when you come back from vacation you'll be in a terrific place to get back to where you want to be!

Lemon Oh my gosh! The parent you hate! :D:D:dizzy: Guilty as charged! That is so me! There is always that one mom who just grates on your nerves, right? For me, it's the braggy ones! It's always like "oh your son plays soccer? Mine just made the national team? Or your daughter is good at math? Funny I didn't see her at the special elite math competition!" Or the PERFECT PERFECT one who always wears the nicest clothes, drives a fancy car, and her house is so clean that it looks like she spends her free time scrubbing the baseboards with a toothbrush! That does sound challenging with your child needing to go to PT, we mom's are busy enough without adding extras on, but then you do what you have to do. It does get easier I can say with confidence since only one of mine is still home.

Diane You and me both! I'm dying to see the 240s, as then I'll finally feel like I'm getting somewhere. 249 is my lowest weight in the last 5 years, so I really want to see 248!

Jen Oh there is just nothing worse in the world than successfully resisting something and then having it thrown right back in your face again. I absolutely hate that! I don't blame you for losing it! It's so aggravating how something can just seem to get more and more irresistible with time. At least I have that problem! You are a GODDESS for resisting! And it's true, LA in the winter is really just paradise! We've been having relatively cold weather lately, which I love! But it's been sooo dry-- we're right back into drought again. But I grew up here and even after 20 years back east in the cold winters I never really got used to it.

So, for me, some reflections on clothing. I have this jeans shirt which I LOVE! Size 3X. It's tunic length. When I bought it, it fit perfectly, then I gained weight and it was too small around the belly only. When I started losing, it started fitting again, and now, it doesn't just fit, but it's loose and floaty. So I wore it out to an event yesterday and I felt really comfortable and confident even though I was speaking to large group of people. But when I looked at the pictures afterward, I looked at the shirt and guess what? I thought it made me look fat! :-( What I thought was "loose and floaty" turned out to be "kind of baggy and what's she hiding under there?" :?: Ok, so I know I'm nuts, and the pictures were fine and nobody cared how I looked, but this gets me thinking about clothes again.

Do you guys have weight loss clothing strategies when you need to look a little fancier than usual and your clothes are getting to big but you don't want to replace them?

You know what these forums need? They need a LIKE button, like on Facebook, so we can tell people we've read their posts and like what they had to say when you're in a hurry or in lurking mode!

So...Uber, Laurie, Diane, Jenni and Lemon - :thanks: for being such awesome :cheer3: :cheer2: even if I really do need a :kickbutt:

You ladies are the BEST! :yay:

Uber: I think it was Laurie that said get something that fits you better - even if second hand. I was trying to make do with jeans that I was swimming in. I heeded her advice and found my 16s fit again and have been in those since - the old 18w/20w are bagged for goodwill. I’m making a statement about gaining again - I don’t want to! I know when you like something you like it - but maybe look for something smaller if you can. It’s a nice feeling though to be able to Look at a photo and know you’ve lost some. Keep up the good work!

Laurie: another trip?! Where is this one taking you? Enjoy and the weight - you’ll work it off. Take care of your noggin and heart first and then the weight will come on off. Stress is not good for any of it.

Diane: yeah for you on your feb loss! I forgot to tell you such. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

Lil: how many new or resized outfits do you have for your war? How’s DHs sewing been going?

Jen: I had to laugh when you were mentioning the girls hair l! I’ve been chasing my girl to just do something with hers. As in just washing it on a normal schedule. And hers is thick and heavy and thinking about curling so I get when you can be frustrated by it - mines super wavy and well, you learn to flex.

Hello all!

Does anyone do genealogy? I ask because I was going to update a few on find a grave and some dude has ownership of my families bios/headstone pages because according to his statement “he owns them because he’s POSSIBLY related” heck no dude - my family is not super huge and I know everyone in it stateside so go fish. Unless someone has had someone on the side, you are not part of my family. Alas wouldn’t you just like to reach through your screen and grab people? Personally I think he doesn’t want to release because he has a large number he manages and I guess some people are in it as a game. Alas I am not, I just want to be able to mark up my own family as I see fit. And I shouldn’t admit to wanting to grab people but dumb people drive me bonkers.

Weight - still doing ok and I’m trying to not eat my calories I walked off today. It’s been hard I’d love to have the yogurt or some extra sweet but I will avoid.

PT went well but tired him out but good. Well get there, it’s just going to take a while and a lot of work but once it’s done and we have the strength we need we’re good.

Ok off to make salad for dinner and avoid wanting to eat everything I can see Within range of sight. Hopefully it pays off tomorrow’s weigh in.

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Ugh! The darn scale will not move no matter how much salad I ate. I should just stick to drinking water and not eating at this rate and see if I can subsist on air alone and drop some weight. Hah!

No, I will continue to have to find a way to bring myself under the 20s. But I haven't found the magic formula this week. It evades me to no end. I don't know if the maintaining number is due to me walking again? Anyone that has an idea let me know.

Otherwise, it's a friday and I am way behind as per usual. I have to do the things we learned at therapy today with the child. I hope this really goes well - and quickly. I want there to be confidence in ones self and fine motor skills so they don't feel different or behind in any way.

My amazon order should be here - I will now have my face cream - which is $10 less then what I can get it locally. I never understand the pricing w/amazon. Alas, it was them or walgreens. I went with amazon plus I don't have to schlep to the store and drive 2 hours round trip. And now, to banish the aging face that I see looking back at me. I don't know if that is a bit more pronounced with what I have lost - but I will attempt to battle back!

Ok, my little wants some mom time - so more after bit. I got logged out on this site and spent way too much time trying to remedy. I hope that doesn't give me a clue how the day will proceed.

Happy friday all! :broc:

More: kid snuggled and fed. Coffee in me. Am I functioning on all cylinders? Heck no! Am I melting? Heck no!

Anyone have any fun plans for the weekend? Mine is just standard puts around the house - unless of course I won the lotto then it would be doing some serious thinking but since the universe has not heard my lotto thoughts as serious - the weekend will most likely see me cleaning, planning my garden, cleaning some more because my house feels like a dump, and probably sitting on my rump. Hey one has to have priorities. :D

Since you all are talking your vacations I want one again. The Disney one is done and over and I haven’t had my photos printed or made into a book (I usually do for big trips). And we have one more trip later this year but neither of these are of our planning - we have a destination wedding to do - lodging and food paid for just travel and sight seeing on our own. Having been to that area before, it’s pretty relaxed unless hurricanes. So I’ll live vicariously through you all that will be traveling soon. Paint a picture for me in your posts - let me know what caught your eye that maybe no one else would see.

Ok I should get about my day. My coffee is about done and the day needs to be done in earnest.

Laurie:. Look at you with your runs! I admire those that run. I always try but it ends up in a fast walk. I think maintenance can be more difficult than losing the weight. I want to hit my goal butvI worry maintenance will fail. I haven’t been there in a long time so I know I am far from it but should research it! I hope you are doing well otherwise!

Diane: Calorie counting is new to me. I wanted to make sure I realized the amount I was eating? Do you have a set calorie range? Or do you stagger your calories? You will see the 240s soon I believe that!

Uber: you sound like my husband! I’m in Oregon and it rains so much! He is now asking me ever day when will it stop? He has lived here for 4 years but he still reverts back to LA weather. Do you have smaller clothes? If not I go to Goodwill to supplement until I am at a weight I want to buy clothes. 14s I have a lot but 12s nothing I’ll probably go to goodwill or try and survive til 10s.

Lil:. Hey! I love this group too and all of you!

Lemon: Yes! All three my girls hair take 3 hours and that will last 3-4 days! It’s so hard!!!! I love love amazon. I could get in trouble! Where is the wedding? I will show pics when we come back to Hawaii. I think we’re not going until September or October. Give your weigh in a week and you will be surprised it takes time for your body to adjust. I stopped weighing every day for that same reason. My body only likes to lose every 10-14 days so it’s very frustrating but it still goes down. You got this!

Me: my daughters first program at school was yesterday it was so cute! I had a long day yesterday and was on the road for travel I had to eat somewhere fast. I pulled into Carl’s Jr. and found out they lettuce Wray any of their burgers. So that’s what I did and it was 420 calories still in calorie range! Yay me! Then I had my daughters program and ended up going grocery shopping after I put the kids to bed. I’m tired but it’s my day off so I will be relaxing. Although I’m taking my son out he just turned 19! And I am feeling old! Have a great day ladies!

Jen: I have to chuckle w sizes! At my largest I was a 20w, I’m currently fitting in my 16 miss. Now when I was 180 I still could fit in my 16s (hence why I have so many). When I was 160 I was a 14 and 120 a 12. Never in my adult life have I been a smaller size. I read these women same height as me and they can fit a size 4/6 at 150. What gives?! I know I’ve always had a butt but it’d sure be nice to see something smaller. I know I’m the only one who sees that darn number but it’s there every time I yank down the pants. Maybe I should cut the tags ;).

I too supplement w/ goodwill. We have weekly 50% a color tag so that helps since they recently marked up their prices (8.99 a pilled gap t for example). I won’t buy it at 1/2 price - I balk at ts for that price because of its label but I think they are marking them high because others are like me would rather a rummage sale price (2 and under). If you go on a Sunday you have better selection. Both of mine are college towns but I’m too old for those labels, there are enough professional ladies donating though. There is always one I swear that gets rid of items w change of season so I’ve had some nice scores in the past, hers tend to be a bit more fitted and not old icky stretched out xxl tunic tops (but those still infiltrate the racks). But those were larger sizes then, so maybe if I continue to shrink I’ll find some nice finds in a regular xl. Who knows, but springs soon enough and I’ll have to freshen what I have.

Yeah for a good concert/play. That’s always fun with their first ones and they all are up there yanking their hair, picking noses, pulling up their tights without a care in the world as they are on stage :). And then by 3rd grade they realize everyone is looking back and avoid like the plague.

Am: so am not interested in my day. I’ve got laundry in and some planting done. My little doesn’t want to do his pt and can’t sit still. Maybe seed planting will be of interest. Who knows.

I’m tired and feel a new cough coming on. REALLY?! Not interested in that.

Do you ever have days where you feel blah and can find disappointment in whatever you do? Yep, that’s today and I don’t know why. I had emailed my doctor because I have had reoccurrence of an infection - we had talked and she said just drop an email if it comes back. Well the nurse responding told me to go see someone in the walk in clinic. Wth? I know what the problem is and I’m following the doctors direction of contacting so I replied and asked them to forward on my request since she was out yesterday. Frustrating.

Ok I’ll take my sour thoughts today and get on with my day.

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Uber: Kind of sad to see those favorite clothes go away. But, maybe you can find something a little better fitting that can become a new favorite. I hate when I look at pictures and I don't look like I thought I looked. But, sometimes it is a good thing to force yourself to find something that looks better!! We'll make it to those 240's!!!!

Lilion: You are right, we do need a like button!! You could give a thumbs up when you don't have time to write a reply!

Lemon: Ugh, doctor's offices. They get so many people in and out of those, that they lose track of what was said or never knew what was said. Or, they just don't take the time to read the file. UGH! Hopefully you will have a whoosh soon and get back under 220. You can do it!!

Jenni: I use myfitnesspal for tracking and I used their calculations to figure out what calorie range to have. I'm sure it isn't perfect, but hopefully close enough to get me to burn more than I consume!! Ha! That's pretty cool about Carl's Jr. I just recently found out that Red Robin will also do that for their burgers.

As for me, I went up just .2 on the scale this morning. Not thrilled, but I'm feeling pretty sore today, so maybe just retention. We'll see what Monday brings.

I didn't go to the gym, just because I really felt like I needed a rest day. So, I think I'll go to the spin class tomorrow. I was hoping for a hike on Sunday, but the weather looks to be stormy, so we'll see how it goes.

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Lemon Sizes, right? So weird! I always think people wear smaller sizes than me. I think it's because of my big belly. I have to get sizes big enough to cover my apple shape, and then the rest just swims on me. On my last trip down the scale, I did not get into regular non-plus clothes until I weighed about 190! And even then, I was a regular 14-- no smaller. And just like you, when I was young and thin, I still wore a size 12, but I think sizes were much smaller then! Fun fact, I still have a skirt that I found in the back of a closet at my mom's house, that I wore the year before I got married (I didn't get really fat until I started having children). I'm eager to see if I might be able to fit into it again someday. You never know! Sorry about the Dr problem! I really hate that too! Sometimes they are just so unresponsive. The worst that ever happened to me was when a nurse told me not to come in for a breastfeeding problem even though the doctor had told me to keep in close touch. I got so upset that I changed doctors! When the original doctor found out, he fired the nurse! Most of the time it's not the doctor, it's their staff!

Diane It's true that it's weird to mourn favorite clothes even when I feel happy to see them getting too big! One of the things I did last year was purge every single thing in my closet that didn't fit, so I really can't go closet shopping at all, and also, I made a couple of large purchases-- really nice dresses to wear to special events, and now I realize I won't be able to wear them anymore. Hope the scale moves for your soon! I also use MFP to track calories-- it's sort of approximate as I guesstimate on measures but it is so easy to use!

Jen How fun to see your kids in the school program. Such fun times! Mine were always super shy and awkward-- the ones who didn't sing and frowned! :-) I bet yours were adorable!

Lil Happy to see you stopping in to say hi! Sometimes it's really hard to find time to write a bunch of notes but I still like to hear how people are doing!

Laurie I remember when you were at a MUCH higher weight and struggling to get on track! You have come so far and I'm sure you will follow your plan and be where you want to be.

For me-- scale down another two!:carrot::carrot::carrot:

Yesterday, I went on a binge and tried on a lot of things in my closet and realized that indeed, almost everything I own that is more structured is getting noticeably big. Back in 2010 when I dropped 10 sizes, I got rid of every stitch of my larger sized clothing. When I regained, for several years I had almost nothing to wear, and finally, it's taken me this long to piece together a new plus size wardrobe, and now it's all going to be too big again! I mean, I'm so happy to be feeling smaller, but all my weight ups and downs have been sooooooo expensive!

On the bright side, I've noticed that for me, it's those 30+ lbs on the north side of 250 that are the most unbearable! Up in the 280s, it doesn't matter what I put on, it never looks right, not to mention how uncomfortable I often felt! With a 3 lb drop in two days I figure I'll be sitting here for a while, but 240s, here I come!

So I went back to July 2017 when I got my undies in a bundie and restarted loosing again because I didn’t want my hips to overtake my life. I take measurement of the normal areas that I check to see how I’m doing. So between last July and now I’ve lost the following inches:

B: -2.25”. W: -3.25”. H: -2.25”

But from my original start with fatchicks I have totally lost: 10” if my math is correct. So I guess I could say NSV of some sort: sadly it’s been an on/off 3 year journey to even get this far. But from when I tried to begin and now, I feel slimmer, my wedding ring fits and I’m back into the 16s at least and my hip number is reducing not going up. The another sad part is when I restarted happyscale had me hitting my goal April 2018. Life got in the way and I go up and down and I most certainly will not reach my goal by next month.

But I can still smile, I’m smaller than I was when I began twice. :) :broc:

Quick check and in. So you all know I am good at resisting food! We took my son to his favorite spot for a birthday lunch today. It happens to be Italian. Noting on the menu I could of had. I asked about subs and they said I could order a la carte. I shared with my son half piece lasagna and chicken park and probably ate a whole thing of bread ��. I feel awful. Came home had cookies. I haven’t cheated in 3 months! Now I’m regretting it all. So I’m owning it with you all and back at it tomorrow. My joints are already screaming at me so now I know for sure my joint issues and fibromyalgia pain has a lot to do with bread/ sugar.

Jen: I’m sorry the food selections weren’t super great. I know if I have soda for a few days in a row I have the achy feeling you describe in the joints. Try today to better as each day you can start anew. Drink your water and eat different selections. We all have days or meals where life gets lived - celebrate your son! And then we move on with our dieting. And you know, your scale may move down with that meal. Just sayin’, sometimes those odd meals our body moves through.

Uber: I hate the gateway sometimes the clinics put in place in reaching your doctor. I wouldn’t be emailing unless I have a problem that we discussed. Sometimes the front staff can be rude. I had it one time where one gal deemed it not necessary I talk to my nurse and ended up in urgent. I get the world is full of hypochondriacs but geez - now, when you’ve been told what you need to do and you act on such - I’m still waiting to see if I’ll hear back.

Clothing to look forward to - I suppose if you have favorites and don’t sew is their a tailor or someone who can do easy alterations on some of your pieces? Yes there is cost, but it may not be as bad as you think. I have taken simple tucks in my waistline as that goes down a bit quicker of late then my hips and that stretches out my jeans/shorts/pants budget some or to allow more wear without it needing to be yanked up. As for your denim top, is it something that they can make more fitted to you? Just a few thoughts.

Lil: how’s your sewing? Did you find your baby shower gift? And your day off?

Diane: did you get to your class? Are you still able to go with your instructor to have a work out buddy?

Hello all!

Am: it’s way to early to deal with the scale. I’m having some residual ick from the cold - seems my lungs still feel like they want to cough but it’s minute when I do it’s just more that icky irritation.

I got some things planted yesterday and outside in my milk jugs. I hope they do ok. I didn’t see any growth yet but it’s still been cold and that’s ok. It’s a problem if it’s April and I’m still looking at just dirt.

I know yesterday the munchies got me again. This whole peri thing is for the birds. It’s like come on now, my eating goes in fits and starts like it does with gearing up for TOM and then nothing happens on that front. You know like when in the past the day or two or three and you crave sweets or fats or the like and then aTOM arrives and you go back to normal? Yeah - that isn’t happening. The food nonsense is though. Sometimes getting older is for the birds.

Ok well I’m off to go color for a while - yes I color - but without a coloring book - in my gardening journal. I need to beautify my pages. It’s just something I have done as I have jotted down my thoughts for planters and growing seasons. Maybe some day it will be famous - in my family! Hah.

Happy day all. May the fat melt this weekend like all the snow!