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Carol Sue Glad you were able to keep the 189 and got a good nights sleep. You are really doing good. Understand how you feel about not seeing 190. I feel the same way. I am still at 184 range and have been 184.8 for 2 days. I hope that it goes back down soon. I would really like to see 179 but to remember 184. anything is better than 200.

Not much happening here. Planning franks and sauerkraut for something different today as I'm tired of fish right now. I plan to cook the liver & onions tomorrow or Friday. I don't know how it will be cooked in the crockpot but plan to try it this time.

Hope everybody has a great day.

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Trish, I bought beef liver by mistake once and didn't like it. I like calf liver. DH used to eat it but once he found out what the liver does he won't eat it anymore. Mind over matter. I cook it for myself sometimes and cook a steak for him. I looked online for liver in a slow cooker and there's some prep work to get it ready. I'm sure yours will turn out good. I seldom use my slow cooker.

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My dinner was very good. Chicken was very tender. But I forgot to put the wine in so the sauce wasn't as good as usual. I had a hard time getting up to 1000 calories according to MFP but I think that's wrong. Most of what I ate today was low fat.....chicken tenderloins, vegetables. I made mashed potatoes and corn for DH. I ate 2 bites of the potatoes again and the rest went down the disposal. I'm getting good at that. I had 52 grams of carb. I'm hoping for a drop tomorrow. We are going to the casino tomorrow so I will have to decide what I'm going to eat. I didn't have eggs today so I will probably have some tomorrow and a salad from the food court.

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Carol Sue You did very well today. Hope y'all have a good day at the casino tomorrow.

I think I did very well although I'm not tracking right now. I am probably going to be doing about a 6 hr eating window for a while. I didn't take a nap today so I hope that means a good nights sleep.

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I had another good nights sleep last night but I did wake up for the bathroom and stayed awake for awhile. I could probably stop drinking in the evening. I'm torn, because I try to get enough fluids. I think sleep is more important.

Wt is only down .2 but I'm ok with that. Down is down. I know I'm not going to see a loss every day even though that would be more encouraging.

We aren't leaving until 3 pm so I will be back later.

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We had acquaintances we used to see at the casino but haven't seen them for a while. We thought maybe they weren't coming because of Covid. Today I found out he passed away last month and she 2 years ago. They were both 80 years old. He used to work with DH. Sad.

I have never set a weight loss goal, just wanted to lose weight. I have decided I want to weigh 169 by my birthday at the end of January. That's about 1 lb per week. The first time I lost weight years ago I lost 25 lbs from Easter to August and I maintained that loss for 10 years. That ended when I met DH and changed my eating habits. I have lost 27 lbs since my heart surgery in 2008 but that was very slow. I never had a serious regain, though. But I know I'm not approaching this in a serious manner. I do good for a few days then something pops up in my view and I fall off the wagon. When I lost weight back then I had a goal. I wanted to lose weight and let my hair grow before a guy came home from overseas. I succeeded in both, but the guy was history! The only guy in the picture now is DH and he is a big part of the problem. I think I will mark weekly weight goals on a calendar and see if I can meet them. I have to do something different. By stating my intentions here I am making myself be accountable. I know by the view count that there are a lot of lurkers. lurkers!

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Carol Sue So sad to hear of the loss of the couple. Since none of us take newspapers any more and Daddy is gone we forget to check local obituaries. The other day DS called and said she had looked at them and found that the grandmother of one of the DGS that I helped raise until DD ended up in a mental hospital for while when he went to live with those grandparents had died 2 months ago. He is the grandson I tried to see when I went to see my niece who lived in the same town and he said he would come but never showed up. We learned from the obituary that he is married. Any way her husband had died about 2 or 3 yrs ago but they were in their 80s. DGS felt like they were more like parents than grandparents so I know he must be hurting.

I guess I don't really have a goal but I would like to get back down to 150 but right now I just make small goals like I would like to get into the 170s. I have got to make a change though because I am hung up in these 180s and weight is up 1 lb which I got upset about until I remembered that I ate a high sodium meal of franks and sauerkraut. I knew I would have a bump up but I do like it once in a while.

I've been thinking about Rachel Heller and her losing all that weight eating OMAD. I have been thinking about doing that again myself. I did that at one time. In fact, I did that when I did Atkins not because I wanted to do OMAD but I just wasn't hungry on Atkins. The problem is getting started again and going through the 2 week Induction. I would just have to set my mind to it.

Have a great day Everybody.

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Trish, we get the Sunday paper only. I was wondering about these people so I googled their name and his obituary came up. He just passed July 12. It said his wife preceeded him so I googled her name too. They lived about a mile from us so I guess their house will go up for sale. There are a couple online sites that have local obituaries but I only read them occasionally.

I chose my birthday because it is a particular day. I chose 169 lbs because that is approximately 1 lb per week. I would like to continue on lower but well see how I do with this first. I know my past experience tells me I will still weigh 190 lbs on my birthday, but I feel if I really set my mind to it I can succeed. I must think positive

I buy shelled walnuts for snacking because they are healthy. I buy the bags sold in the produce department around the holidays and freeze them. When I take a new bag out of the freezer I found out that DH is feeding them to the chipmunk in the back yard!! One chipmunk came up onto the deck and was looking in the sliding glass door! "Where's my walnuts?". I know he's doing it because he doesn't reseal the bag. So now I'm leaving them in the freezer. They are cold when I take a few out but not frozen hard. What would he do if I fed his donuts to the rabbits??

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My math skills are not what they used to be. 25 lbs by my birthday will be 165, not 169.

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Carol Sue That is crazy DH giving your walnuts to the chipmunk. I thought that was funny that the chipmunk came to your door wondering where the walnuts were.

I had way to many carbs today. I don't have to track to know when I overdo them because how I feel tells me. I did stay within the 6 hr window. So I guess it was a fairly good day that way. I cooked the liver in the crockpot and it was okay. DH liked it but it is beef not calf and it was way too strong for me. I've been craving it so if what I read is true, I probably needed something in it but it isn't something that I will eat again until I have that craving for it.

Going to bed early since I get up early to go to beauty shop.

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Weight back down to 184.8 so the 1 lb up yesterday was from the sodium the day before. The carby day didn't seem to have any affect on bs because FBG this morning was 91. That is the lowest it has been. I think Hempseed oil is the difference though. DH and I both took it for a while because I heard it was good for blood sugar. However, we decided for some reason not to take it any more. Then I had one bottle left so decided rather than waste it to take it and my after a few days my FBG was lower even hitting the 90s once in a while. So I read up on it and learned that it has Omega 3, 6 & 9 in it. Well I had never heard of 9. DH has to take smaller doses than I do because of his meds, but I read that it is so good to take along with your diabetic meds. However, I'm not on diabetic meds, in fact I'm not on any meds. We were taking it originally for aches and pains never thought much about the diabetic benefit. Besides I thought that was the CBD oil which I can't afford for one of us much less both of us. For the benefit of any Lurkers, let me say that it does say talk to your doctor or health care provider before taking it because it can interfere with some of your meds so don't just take it. I didn't know some of the meds you have to be careful of when taking it because I had not researched it as thoroughly as I did this time. Anyone who is interested should also thoroughly read up on it first like I did before i taking it.

Headed out to beauty shop. I hope everybody has a great Friday.

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The casino was bad and good. DH won $900, but first of all,, they were having drawings all evening to give away free play and therefore it was crowded. I hate when its crowded. Secondly,,their systems were down and nothing was working right. We came home with $$$ but it was not a fun night.

On the good side,we never ate. Weight is down to 188.2, 1 lb down from yesterday. The scale said 187.8 but my phone was turned off and it didn't register to the app. After I turned the phone on I could not get that number again. Tomorrow is another day. I'm happy to be down anything.

I have so many bottles of supplements that I buy, then I'm afraid to take them. They can have so many side effects and interfere with so many other meds. I buy the supplements but then I read up on them and get scared. Do you still take the one that replaces Metformin? Bernadine? I recently heard some very good things about it but now I don't remember what they said. I wish I could get my blood sugar down enough that I could stop my meds. It should only require Low Carb diet and exercise for type 2. I just can't stay away from the carbs enough.

I have a list for Wal-Mart but DH has to wait for his brother to call so I don't know what's going on.

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Carol Sue YAY!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! 188.1 is great. If I don't get busy you are going to pass me up. Maybe my body is waiting for you so we can go lower together. LOL

My DD is getting her vaccine Monday. She is nervous about it but I told her she will be fine. Her landlord who is also her friend got covid and she was around DD and didn't know she had it. So that made DD decide maybe she should get it. She is getting it at her local Walgreens Drug Store.

Carol Sue I know I would do better if I could do Atkins or at least 30 g of carbs but I just don't do it. Right now my goal is to stay within a 6 hr eating window and hopefully finally make the eating window backed up to 4 hrs as I know I would do better at a 20:4 IF ratio. Maybe I should rethink of doing my revised version of CAD. My problem with doing a VLC diet is that I find that I have lost my taste for meat. I have eat so much fish and chicken that I am tired of it. The liver didn't taste as good as I expected. The way I made that was I put it in the crockpot and added a can of French onion soup and whole lot of onion. The only thing I would change about it is that I will cook it in a skillet next time because the liver was overcooked to be good as far as I was concerned. It doesn't help that I am bored with cooking right now.

Not sure what is on the menu today. If I didn't have to cook for DH, I probably wouldn't eat.

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Trish, I feel that we are going lower together because we are so close. When you lost so much doing WW it made me want to try harder when you passed me up. Its encouraging.

I cook my calf liver on my grill pan. It cooks in a few minutes. I think you would like calf liver better than beef. I have turned against meat, too. Many that I used to like I don't like anymore. Today I ate a tomato sandwich for lunch because our tomatoes are finally ripening and they are good. So I wasn't hungry when we went for dinner. I ordered a salmon salad. It has no iceberg lettuce. All greens, with tomato, cucumber, black olives and walnuts. I ate less than half although it was very good. I will finish it tomorrow. I'm so glad I didn't force it.

People are starting to wear masks again but I didn't see one person who had it on properly. No one had their nose covered and a few had it down over their chin. Why wear it at all?

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Thanks for the advice

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Carol Sue Yes, I remember DH#2 grandmother telling me to always get calf liver, but I haven't seen it in the stores. Just the beef. I really didn't like the beef but DH thought it was okay. You actually did great bringing half the salad home.

Baby sister called today and while talking to her, I decided to go low carb after my doctor's appointment Monday. We also talked about what she eats. So when we go to Sam's Tuesday I will get the few foods that I need to make it keto/low carb work for me. I am actually looking forward to getting back on low carb and I would like to do it until my next doctor's appointment next year at least most of the time. I am not going to expect myself to be perfect, but will work at being pretty good with it. I don't want to set myself up for failure by expecting perfection.

She called to tell me DBIL has bought steaks for them, DS and her Hubby, DH and me and they want to come to our house next Friday night grill them for us. We will all add food to it to make healthy meal. They are still staying at her son's house and they want a night with us and no kiddos. It will be nice for us to get together. BS and I will be able to stay OP low carb and have fun together as well.

I ended up with a 7 hr eating window today. We had BLTs and I added 1/2 an avocado on mine and then I've snacked on nuts. Now I'm drinking water and will have one diet cold drink sometime later. I do think I need to start drinking more water. I know they say fluids count for some of the water but I'm still not sure. I think I will ask my doc about that Monday.

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I got on the scale this morning and saw 189 so I jumped back off before it registered to my app. If it didn't register, it didn't happen. I am angry with myself. After doing so well yesterday I ate some home made potato chips DH made. They are really good but I was not hungry. I don't have to eat everything I see, and need to keep my eyes on the prize. So many times I think "I can do this just this one time" like with eating breakfast in the morning or eating those potato chips in the evening but I should stop. Every just one time comes between me and what I really want.

Trish, when you think of a fast, rightfully it should be just water, but since fasting has become so popular there are many things that people drink and say it does not break the fast. I think it depends on why you are fasting. If its for weight loss I think its ok as long as you're losing. But if its for autophagy it should be just water. I have never had bulletproof coffee. I love my hot black coffee and can't imagine putting butter in it but if I tried it I might surprise myself. Coffee raises my blood sugar so I should cut back but it is so enjoyable for me in the morning and helps me continue my fast so I do it.

I want to know more about what your BS eats. I also need to cut carbs as well as I can. We will have these tomatoes coming until the end of August and I know I will eat some tomato sandwiches. That's the only way I like tomatoes. But otherwise, I have stopped eating toast with my eggs in the morning except occasionally. If I eat potatoes its just a couple bites and I don't need to do that. I want to lose weight more than I want the potatoes, even though I like them. It makes it hard since DH is such a carb eater but its something I can control with just a little effort. I don't have to be weak and give in.

Trish, next time you are in Wal-Mart look for calf liver in the frozen meat case, near the frozen burgers. They have beef and calf in our Wal-Mart. I think there are 5 slices in a package. I let it defrost a little then separate the slices and freeze them separately since DH won't eat it. I also heard that there's a new low carb bread in Wal-Mart but online my store says out of stock. I will look up the name.

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Carol Sue I had a bump up too to 185.8 lbs which was my fault because I snacked on raw nuts and yogurt flavored almonds. I didn't plan good yesterday. I know better but it didn't stop me. Today will be better planned out.

BS using Nature's Own Life Keto friendly bread or SLMG 45 calorie bread when she wants a sandwich or toast. I looked up the NOLKFB but it has honey so I will probably stick with the SLMG 45 calorie bread. She said she eats a lot of ham thin sliced sandwich meat. I can buy that at Sam's or the local HEB store. When she really is hungry or needs something she eats the ham. She also buys the cubed cheese which is 7 cubes for a serving to eat as a snack. I told her that I use those to make cheese crackers to go with my salad. She eats whatever her family eats at a meal. They were having chicken sandwiches last night. She says she has made homemade potato chips before but can't eat them because she overeats them. She says she as been buying cracklings lately so I might check that out.

Our menu for next Friday night is going to be grilled T-bones they bought, salad, cauliflower and I might make a broccoli dish or salad and DS is bringing cheesecake. Also BS is cooking 3 baked potatoes for her DH, DS and her DH. BS and I are not going to eat one because of low carbing and DH doesn't like them. Can you imagine someone not liking a baked potato.

My fasting will be from 8 pm until 3 most days. This way I can do 19:5 IF. My fast will be 0 for part of that time to get into autophagy about 14 to 15 hrs but the other 4 or 5 hrs will be just liquid fast until 3 o'clock meal. Today we are having meat loaf. I saw a keto recipe that I took and made it to fit us. After I got it in the oven I realized I forgot to put the almond flour in it. So it is made the way I made them in SC with egg and cheese to hold it together. The difference is that it has the marinade sauce in and on top that I use for the chicken parmesan and since we like cheese I topped it with a little of that too. I made mine with all the chopped veggies I like and only put chopped onion in DH since he doesn't like the ones I do. I have decided that I just need to start cooking more exciting Keto/Low carb friendly meals and adapt them to please DH and me. At night I could have breakfast or have just a pb sandwich. Haven't decided about my milk yet. I do enjoy my regular whole milk at lunch. BS eats keto ice cream. I think I may alternate the ice cream with my yogurt. Not sure about that yet cause I could have my yogurt for 2nd meal.

I agree that we can do this but I think we both just have to get our heads around it. Remember we have to do this One Day at a Time.

Have a great day everybody.