Pipsicle, our sleep number bed is pretty old too. I want a new one but DH doesn't. When I try to adjust the air the numbers seem to be burned out and I can't tell what number its on. I have to just go according to how it feels.

Hope things are going well for you.

I feel fat today so I don't know if I will weigh today or not. Not weighing on certain days seems to be working for me. I had a dream that I gained a lot of weight so I think that's bothering me. My recent losses are making me think I can eat what and when I want. I can't let that happen. I want to fast as long as I can today to get my mind back on track.

When I was in Wal-Mart yesterday I looked for something that appeared to be out of stock. When I came home I looked to see if I could order it online. I ordered it, and this morning I got an email that its ready for store pick up. So I guess they had it after all.

Trish, we see a lot of trucks on Interstate 70. But there is all that merchandise on ships in the harbor that need to be unloaded and shipped. People are having a hard time getting appliances and furniture. I think that's going to happen with other goods, too.

Nothing new here. Weight stayed 185 which is good. I saw 184.8 but it couldn't stay there so it bounced back up to 185. I take that as a sign that in a few days I will be down in 184 range if I don't do anything to mess it up. I don't think I will. I'm kind of settled with a 7 to 8 hr eating window which seems to be working for me. FBG has been over 100 since we got the flu and shingle vaccines so I'm thinking it is just from that since I'm not really doing anything different.

I slept good and arm with flu shot is no longer sore, but the shingle area is still bruised and sore, but I suspect the soreness will be gone in a day or two.

Carol Sue I don't know if you remember it or not but we had to order our refigerator and freezer and took almost 2 months before we got thre freezer. So that has been going on for a while. However, I have heard that there are ships of good on CA coast not being unloaded and no one seems to know why. I suspect it is getting people to work. The lock downs have hit a lot of people.

So far calories are less than 900 and not sure if I will eat anything this evening or not. I ate apple cinnamon oatmeal with yogurt and put my collagen in it. I think I can use up that collagen that way because I don't taste the chicken broth in it. That just doesn't taste good in a cup of coffee. LOL Boneless pork chops are on the menu today and no hunger for anything else. If I don't reach the 1000 calorie mark today on MFP, I will just leave it open like a day not finished. I would love to see the 184 range Saturday which is my WI day. Plus it won't hurt to have a longer fast.

Hope everybody has a good day.

Trish, it was by some miracle that I was able to get the washer and dryer I wanted without waiting. Home Depot had the washer but not the dryer. I went home and looked online Lowes had thedryer.

I saw a furniture store in the next town that has some furniture available but their delivery charges are outrageous. That's probably why they still have furniture!

Good job on staying at 185!

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I made chicken tenderloins cooked in cream of chicken soup. Yummy! With corn. DH had fried potatoes too.

Well, I had a grilled cheese sandwich made with FF cheese. I am not sure I will use that cheese at is very bitter. 2T% would have tasted better and I probably wouldn't have had to add a mandarin orange to MFP to get to 1014 calories for today. I haven't eat the orange yet and not sure that I will. If I don't eat anything else today, I will have had a 6 hr eating window instead of 8. Also that will give me about an 18 or 19 hr fast by the time I eat tomorrow instead of my usual 16. So I probably won't eat it.

Carol Sue The sad thing about this pandemic is that stores like that one that still has furniture can probably get the delivery fee because they know if you really want what they have you will pay for it.

Feeling beter tonight and my arm isn't as sore tonight as it was this morning. So it should be much better by tomorrow.

Trish, I only tried FF cheese once and didn't like it. I have used low fat, but I eat so little cheese that when I do I want real cheese. I prefer cheese from the deli but DH likes the Kraft individually wrapped fake cheese. That's probably why I don't eat much cheese. It is ok on a grilled cheese. There are a lot of things I just wouldn't eat when I was on my first diet and so I rarely eat them now. I have enough bad things I do eat now.

I snacked this evening so I probably won't get on the scale again tomorrow. Sigh. I can only stay on plan for a few days.

I have not worn my knee brace for 2 days.and took no Tylenol or pain med of any kind. I can only think I'm controlling the lactic acid. Hmmm.

Well, I ended up eating within 7 hr window and calories for the day were 1059.

Carol Sue I don't think I have ever eaten cheese from the deli. I don't eat cheese very often either so probably shouldn't worry about it. I really didn't even know I had any FF cheese. I usually get 2% cheese and when I was doing WW, I used Velveeta sliced cheese because it was low pts and I like it best. I need to put that on my list for tomorrow.

I didn't sleep well. My weight is up. I'm miserable. My whole attitude depends on my weight and staying on plan and after a few days my good intentions fly out the window. I need some one to lock me in a room til I'm thin.

Trish, deli cheese is totally different from package cheese but you really have to be a cheese eater or it dries out quickly. I prefer it but I haven't bought it for a long time. DH eats it more than I do.

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DH has stopped eating breakfast. Because I don't eat with him? I don't know. Maybe he's trying to lose weight.

Trish, there is a younger woman on the LC forum who went from 140 to 123 in the past 30 days. She does not cook. She does not shop. She orders things like Lean Cuisine and Premier Protein delivered to her home. She eats once a day, A frozen entree, and 3 to 6 protein shakes a day. Not suggesting, just saying.

Carol Sue I am so sorry you are having a difficult time getting things going. If I remember correctly we all have had this problem in the past furing this time of the year. Halloween treats, then here comes Thanksgiving and Christmas goodies. Hopefully I will be able to keep that from happening to me this year since I'm counting my calories. I like being able to eat what I want as long as I eat them within the calorie range I have set for myself. In the past, the upper limit was 1600 calories but this year I pulled it back to 1500. Although I sometime push it and go over the 1500; I am also having those times now where I am having to push just to get up to the 1000 calories. Hopefully it balances out. Right now I am thinking I might do better to just eat 2 meals a day and not count so I don't have to push for those extra calories that I don't want. However, I know me well enough to be aware that could set me up to fall back into my old habits so I keep counting. This is just what works for me. I pray you can figure out what will work for you.

As the young woman who used protein drinks and Lien Cuesine. I did that in SC when the kids lived with us. I had one meal a day that was a diet tv dinners and a diet drink besides our regular meal. I don't think they were protein shakes back then. I couldn't do that any more because of the high sodium, but it worked when I was younger.

So right now I am going to keep doing what I am doing because it is working. It is slow but at least it is working. I realized the other day that I am just 35 lbs from my goal of 150. I remember the day I had an appointment with my SC doctor and he told me I had lost 32 lbs in a year. I remember telling him I was upset about only losting 32 lbs the previous year, but he was so proud of me and reminded me that I had lost that 32 lbs instead of gaining 32 lbs.So I know looking at previous experiences that it might take me a little longer than another yr to that 35 lbs but I actually believe I just might make it.

Weight this morning was still 185 when I weighed about 2 hrs earlier than usual. That means it is a stable loss and my body is adjusting before next loss. FBG is 106 so itis coming back down slowly. It has been up since I got the flu and shingle shots. Arms are no longer sore, but still tired but then that could be just because I got up almost 2 hrs earliy to go to beauty shop.

I have pushed myself to not only exercise but eat healthy meals inspite of how I felt after the shots because I think it is important to keep DH and my immune systems strong. Plus the nurse told me to keep moving my arms. DH can only stay on a healthy plan if I cook the healthy meals. So I have completed all my planned exercise for this week. Tomorrow is WI day. And I have a whole OP week behind me.

Since I was getting my hair cut and toned to get rid of the yellow that was growing off so my hair color is the same, I went to the store before going to the beauty shop. She was able to get rid of the yellow that was growing of so that my hair is now almost like it was before I had blonde put on it. The nice thing is that DH likes it this way and I have to say that I do too.

Cod fish on the menu today. Calories are less than 1100 adn net carbs slightly above 100 g.

Have a nice day everybody.

I had fish for dinner, too Trish. I seem to always have it on Friday but I like it enough to eat it on other days too.

I know that this plan works best for me but I have a hard time with overeating and I keep going back to it. I have to find a way to not fall off the wagon. There has to be a way. I want this more than anything.

Today is our last warm day. I'll be wearing a coat starting tomorrow.

Carol Sue Don't beat yourself up. Be nice to yourself. This isn't easy and we know it. We always want to eat the things we shouldn't, but I believe the more we keep working at this that it finally takes hold if we can just be patient with ourself. You know you can do it and you know it is work and sometime you have a time but you always keep going. The more you do it your good days will be more and more and the bad days will be less and less. You can do this. :hugs:

I got up this morning and it was cold. I looked at the temp on my pc and was shocked to see that it was 58 degrees. I think it is going to be cooler here for a few days. I didn't think I would need to buy a smaller coat yet but I may have to. However, I think it is going to warm back up nextg week. Time for you to make some homemade soup.

Today is WI day and I wanted to pig out last night so bad but I kept reminding myself that I wanted to see that 185 again this morning while hoping to see the 184 range. So I made it and this morning I was rewarded with 183.6. I changed my side bar from 183 to 183.6. According to MFP, I lost 3 lbs this week. My goal is still to see 183.0.

We are having pizza today. I told DH I would have the higher sodium and calorie day today since it is my WI day. I will have a whole week to get it back down. I haven't had raw tomatoes in 2 or 3 days now and potty issues seems to be fine. Having pizza sauce will show me if what they say about eating them cooked causes any problems or not.

Hope everybody has a great Saturday.

I can't believe I didnt post today! I woke up at 3 AM and couldn't fall back to sleep. I came out here and read for a while then went back to bed and slept for 4.5 more hours, 9 altogether. When I finally ghost up DH was waiting for me to go to Walmart. I got dressed and ready and it was after 10 AM so we went to Bob Evans and I had Oatmeal. Then on to Wal-Mart for a few things. When I came home I ended up falling asleep in my recliner.

We ran out of popping corn from the boy scouts and were eating some old stuff we bought at the grocery store. I got some Orville Redinbacher at Wal-Mart and tried it this afternoon. It was good and tasted very fresh. So I guess that's our new pop corn.

For some odd reason, I'm hungry for a hamburger. I haven't eaten a hamburger for months! My taste is changing again. I think I'm glad, as long as I don't go overboard on hamburgers. I like them pretty plain, without a lot of stuff on them. So that's what I'll have for dinner.

I'm so happy you are back down to 183!! Yay!! I hope to be not far behind as long as I get back on track.

Carol Sue Glad to hear from you. I'm so sorry to see your posts when I come on and was beginning to wonder if you were okay. I think our tastes do change over time. I know mine seems to be changing a lot especially with meat. Sometimes I can't stand the taste of chicken. Not sure why.

Well, I did a 5 hr eating window today. I won't say what kind of pop corn because I don't want to tempt anyone, but I found an unusual kind of flavor and it was my treat this week. I finished it off today and won't buy it again. So that with the pizza, my calories were 1425 and carbs as well as the sodium were both high so I weight will probably bump up tomorrow. Last week when we had the pizza I think my weight jumped up the next day but came back down. I don't want to do 2MAD everyday, but I would love to do at least one week of it but not sure if I will.

I slept until 10 AM again today! Sometimes I like to get up early so I get some time to myself but its nice to sleep later once in a while. DH was up and dressed today and already made pancakes. I don't want to eat until later. I want to wait as long as I can. How many meals do you eat now, Trish? I thought you did 2MAD and sometimes a snack in the evening. I have done well lately with waiting in the morning but keep snacking in the evening, which has to stop.

I don't have anything good to read right now. I read most of the free weight related books and don't like to pay for them. I don't mind paying if I really like the book but so many times the book is terrible and I feel like I wasted my money. I have some regular novels on my Kindle if I really need something to read. I want to read Delay Don't Deny but there's probably not much in it that I haven't read before. The problem is, I know what works for me but I so easily slip up. Sometimes if I read about it it keeps me on plan. I have to have something on my Kindle that I can read at the casino.

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My neighbors 2 houses up are both hospitalized with covid. I don't know if they are vaxxed. Vax is supposed to keep you out of the hospital. They both work with the public. I'm a nervous wreck. DH goes out and talks to neighbors etc. I'm afraid of the virus but also afraid of the vax.

Step daughter is hosting Thanksgiving but we aren't going.

Carol Sue I know you are glad you don't have to cook a big Turkey dinner for everybody. I still don't know what we are going to do.

I am eating 3 meals a day. Sometimes the 3rd meal is a snack but it is working for me right now and I have decided to just roll with it. When it comes to a time when weight stalls I will have room to cut back. I eat within an 8 hr eating window. Not worrying too much about longer than 16 hr fasts. Just trying to have a routine of consistency.

Weight did bump up 2.4 lbs just as I knew that it would so no surprise. I wasn't going to weigh but decided that I would because recording it I think I see a pattern forming and I want to know if it is true. I noticed at the beginning of this month that I had a similar situation. On October a Friday, I weighed 187. Then Saturday WI day and Sunday I had a higher eating day. Then my weight bumped up to 190 and stayed there for 2 days but then when I went back to lower cals my weight dropped down to 186 and stayed there for a long time then slowly moved to 185 then stayed for a time and then suddenly dropped to the 183.6 I had yesterday. Today I had my bump back up to 185.2 so if I go back to lower calories today my weight should at least be back t 183 in a day or two. Just a little game I guess I play with myself to keep it interesting and me staying OP.

I've leftover pork and beef roast so I have the beef in a pot for a soup/stew type suupper later today and for soup instead of salad this week. It has veggies in it DH won't eat. We will have pulled pork with SF BBQ sauce and a salad. DH has some of his KFC cole slaw to eat with his.

I had eggs and bacon with toast for breakfast and added 1/2 small baby avocado. I keep forgetting to use them. I saw avocadoes in refrigeration in a local store and I put them in the bottom drawer of the refrigerator then when I cut it, I use half and place peeling of used half back over the unused avocado then wrap it with a paper tower and place in a baggie and place back in the drawer. I was surprised at how well it kept because it had been in there cut for at least 3 days. It was just starting to turn. So glad to learn that trich because they have always turned before I got them used before and I had to throw them away.

Have a blessed Sunday everybody.

Trish,,anytime I buy avocados I only buy the small ones and eat the whole thing because I don't like when they start to turn brown. I only like to have one every once in a while.

I will still cook a turkey for DH and I with stuffing, potatoes and vegetable. But I will not have to be "on" for entertaining. I can sit around and relax. I am also concerned that we are not vaxxed, by choice. I feel guilty that I don't want to participate in a big shebang. Why can't I just do what I want?

I agree that what you're doing is working great for you! Don't change a thing. The overeater in me has reared its ugly head again and I guess I just have to ride it out. I will get back on plan when my body is darn good and ready. Not today!!

I can't explain why I have had no pain the past week except during the night. My knees and ankles have stopped hurting without the knee and ankle braces. I'm walking so much better. I thought it was because my weight was going down but the pain is still gone and I know my weight is back up. I just feel better, and stronger. At night its mostly my hips and back that hurt.

DH is watching the football game and I'm starting to fall asleep.

Good night.