Carol Sue, I have had Mad on my mind a lot to wondering if she is okay. I know she said that she wouldn't have enternet at the cabin but had planned to go to library to check in from time to time. I hope she is alright and we can hear from her soon.

Your soup sounds good. I don't know if DH would eat it without meat or not. He does love his canned soup (has to be Campbells). I'll have to ask him. I make the tuna just for me because he doesn't like it. Today we are having cod fish instead of breakfast. I know he gets tired of eggs and don't want to overdo them with him. We need to eat fish any way. I've got the tuna to eat out of if and when I get hungry later. I've got green tea made and in fridge to delute and drink too. I don't like a lot of it. Today will be a pretty low carb woe day.

Trish, I put meat in the soup sometimes. I just didn’t have any this time. I realized I usually peel and cube a potato into small cubes but forgot that this time. I am now out of barley so I have to buy more before I make this next time. And also canned diced tomatoes.

I ate in a 4 hour window so I hope to not eat again.

I ate within an 8 hr window today and not tracking I have no idea how my caloroies etc were. I guess I will see what the scales show tomorrow.

Scale is up to 187.2 this morning. My scale has sound, and I have it set to laugh at me when I gain, so it laughed! I better change my evil ways. I am eating after I close my window., and I can't even blame DH. It's all me this time.

I have misplaced my new tester. I am still using both the old one and new one as long as they still have the old strips when I'm at Walmart but I better find it before those old strips run out or I will have to buy a new one. If I buy a new one, I will find the old one. It has to be in the house somewhere. I think I used it yesterday morning. I think it should be on the table beside my chair or on the kitchen counter, but we can't find it. I might have picked it up and carried it somewhere and absentmindedly set it down somewhere. I had to pay some bills this morning and now I'm going to pull things out to see if it fell down behind the table beside my chair. Otherwise, I have no idea where it could be. It could be sitting somewhere right in plain sight but we are just missing it. It didn't get up and walk away and no one has been here to steal it, and why would they want it? DH asked me if maybe it fell into the garbage. I think I would rather buy a new one than root through the garbage. The garbage goes out tomorrow. If I don't find it before tonight I will ask HIM to go through the garbage. The garbage has a lid on it and we keep it closed, so it would have to be open for it to fall in. You know if I buy a new one, the old one will show up.

Trish, you probably ate about the same number of calories you always eat so you could possibly show a nice loss.

Carol Sue, I hope you find your meter. I'm the same way. I'm looking for a keto cookbook that I know is in this house somewhere, but can't find it. I don't think I gave it to BS. I too know that if I buy one, I'll find it. The one I'm looking for was supposedly free from FB and once I got it they bugged the heck out of me to buy other stuff. I only had to pay for shipping for it.

Turned out DGS is starting his new job today so that took care of him coming over to cook a birthday dinner for him. I told him that we will plan something next month after his 2 weeks training and celebrate both. Then I can help with buying menu and he won't think he has to do it all. DH realized last night that he could have taken me out for steak whether anyone else went with us or not. We are just so used to going with sisters and bils now. We are supposed to get thunderstorms today and tomorrow, but we will still go shopping tomorrow to Sam's, Walmart and I need to go get my meds from local store. I hear thunder so couldn't cook outside this week as we are supposed to get rain all week.

I'm making bbq pork today. I take thick pork chops and cut into small pieces and coat them in G. Hughes SF barbecue and airfry them. We both love them. We will have salad and a veggie with them. I looked at the ingredients in our SF creamer and the second ingredient is corn syrup plus DH read a lot of other sugars making up sugar alcohols. I wonder how it can be sugar free when it has corn syrup in it. We think this may be what causes our potty issues.

I got up too late to get accurate weight. I either stayed the same or am up .8 lbs. Not sure so I just left it as it was on my records. FBG was 105. I am going lower carb praying the Lord will help me to want to eat low carb again. I've done it before and hopefully can do it again. I had fried eggs with bacon, cheese and avocato and so far no problems, but then I drank my coffee without the SF creamer.

Hope everybody has a good day.

. I think today is the day you said is your birthday, Trish.

I found my tester. Believe it or not, it was in the glove compartment of the car. Now I remember when we were going out to eat at Rodneys I forgot to test before we left so on the way out the door I grabbed my tester and tested in the car. I thought I used it Saturday but I guess I used the old one. We tore the house apart today looking for it. I hope you find your cookbook.

I did my vibration again today. It is my imagination or I'm walking so much better. I have a habit of holding DHs arm but I'm making myself not do that. I will do it most days, at least 5, and maybe increase the intensity. I tried not holding on a bit. I found some more articles about the benefit to the elderly.

I had bacon and eggs this morning, soup for lunch and a Cobb salad for dinner. And also ate a scoop of ice cream and a roll if I'm being honest.

Carol Sue, Thanks for the birthday wishes. Yes today was my birthday. Nothing special but heard from everyone I expected to hear from and a few I didn't so it was a nice day.

Glad you found your tester. I didn't find the book I was looking for but I did find the recipe I was looking for in the one I did find.

I had a good eating day today. Although, I'm not counting carolies or carbs, but I'm sure it was a very good low carb eating day and I am sure that my calories were less than 1000. Of course, since I'm tracking on MFP, that isn't a problem.

Scale up another .6. This happens to me. I get down a few lbs then gradually go back up. I tell myself I'm happy that I'm in the 180s and no longer the 190s or 200s. I know its because I eat after closing my window. I need to keep working on that.

I have slept better the past 3 nights. Fitbit rated my sleep in the 80s when before I was in the 70s and sometimes the 60s. I wonder if that is due to the vibration. It might be due to eating closer to bedtime. I hope not because I don't want to do that.

I have chicken tenderloins out defrosting for dinner. I want to cook them on my grill pan. I want a vegetable with it and potatoes if DH wants them.

Yesterday when I was on my PC I looked at my Fitday account. I like Fitday more than MFP but MFP syncs to Fitbit. Fitday does not. Fitday has more information. When you enter your food you can click on Nutrition and it tells you the amount of each vitamin and mineral you have had. Also it seems that MFP has a lot of food items that other people have entered. You eat something and one entry says 200 calories and another says 500 calories. But I can only get on my Fitday on my PC unless I start a new account. I know it doesn't matter in the end. I ate what I ate. But I am into info like that.

Trish, have you had any flooding in your area? The news reports they are showing look terrible.

Carol Sue, No we aren't getting enough rain for flooding. It all seems to be north of us closter to Dallas area. It would be nice if we could get more rain here. I haven't looked at the weather today but the last I heard we are to get more rain today. Had a good amount yesterday but need a few more days like that just to gat over our drought.

Carol Sue, I know exactly how you feel as I'm doing the same thing. I am edging back up too and have to face that 183.4 lbs I saw yesterday when weighing later. I was really surprised since I was so good yesterday. Maybe I just don't do well with low carbing and today won't be low carb because DH will want KFC. I will get the chicken tenders. FBG was 106. I know that is still a good number but I like it lower. I do seem to need some carbs. I've always heard that if you eat carbs while doing low carb that you mess yourself up and have to start over. Since we do at least one or two meals a week with carbs especially take out, perhaps that needs to just be done on a calorie counting plan period. Who knows. There is just so mus conflicting info out there.

I've thought of switching to something different like Livestrong or Fitday. I don't know if I ever did Fitday or not. I did do Livestrong a number of years back. I also have a problem with MFP because I often wonder where these people get their info because their calories are so off. I've had to go in and add some of my items to get the right numbers. I don't really want to do that for everything.

The plan today fast until we get back home and then will have just 2 meals. I think I do betther doing that any way. Shouldn't be late coming back because I realized that we don't need very much.

My viberation machine is supposed to be here today but it doesn't show it is out for delivery today. I hope it gets here but if it doesn't maybe that is good since we won't be here this afternoon when it comes. I really don't want it sitting on the front porch and us not here. I do look forward to using it and want to look up more info on it. Will try to watch the calories today.

Hope everybody has a good day.

Trish, I don't think eating carbs on some days is a problem unless you are trying to stay in ketosis. Carbs will knock you out of ketosis and it takes time to get it back. But otherwise I don't think it is a problem. Losing weight was much easier when I didn't know anything about it but eat less, move more.

I cooked chicken tenderloins for dinner with mashed potatoes and broccoli. I cooked them on my grill pan with garlic salt. They were delicious. I actually had a 3 hour eating window. I pray to God that I don't eat anything else. I have to get back to IF. My first meal was at 1:00 and was an egg sandwich , one egg on SL bread.

Tomorrow we will go to the casino unless he changes his mind. . Fat chance!

I got a notice on Amazon that my macine is delayed and if I don't get it by Thursday I can reorder it. Makes me wonder where is it. Is it lost? According to the updates it set in south Tx for 2 days and now it shows it in an Amazon store in SE Tx. Sounds kind of fishy to me.

I fasted until 3ish when we had chicken tenders from a local chicken place and I have to say it tasted really good. I think it was so good because theirs is always fresh, but KFC always looks and tastes like it has been setting under the lights for hours.

I got a free range chicken at Walmart that I can roast in the airfryer along with some free range chicken legs, a beef roast and some pretty thick pork chops for bbq.

'm having potty issues today which means that the milk may not have been the problem. I've switched to almond milk so will stick with it for a while. I seem to have it a lot after takeout so wondering if I'm getting MSG when out although they say they don't use it. I plan to have a protein shake in a little bit so I can have 2 meals within 4 hrs.

Hope y'all have a good day at the casino tomorrow.

Trish, that same thing happened to me with an Amazon orders few weeks ago. They gave me a credit for the order and I reordered it. The original order never came. DH talked to an Amazon delivery guy who was next door. He said that happens more than people realize. Is it in an area where they are experiencing flooding? All my recent Amazon orders have been delivered by an Amazon truck instead of UPS or USPS. Where do these orders go? Do they get delivered to someone else?

I bought a whole chicken but its not free range. I want to slow roast it to try to duplicate rotisserie chicken.

Weight is finally down today. Yay! 186.6. I does it know how much its down, it was 187 something yesterday. I seem to get a few days of gains then a few days of losses.

I just had scrambled eggs and bacon with 2 slices of tomato, around 11 am. DH will eat again before we leave for the casino but I will try to hold off so I can eat something at the casino.

I got a new book by Sharon Odem, the woman who wrote the Click. She said she gained 20 lbs over the pandemic and used IF to get it back off. Its free on Amazon but only for a couple days. IF After 50. I have that to read in the food court. If I don't like it I have a book I paid for to read. Its by an obesity doctor from Canada. I rarely pay for a book but this doctor seems to know his stuff. I hope I didn't waste my money. If you are interested the book is Reversible by Dr Mohammad Abrahim. It had good reviews but everyone has an opinion. It is not a diet book. Its about healthy eating for disease reversal. I'll let you know what I think. I hope Sharon Odem's book is as good as The Click.

By the way, I looked at Sharon Odem's book again. It is now free to buy, so I bought it so I don't have to rush to read it.

Carol Sue, I will check out the books but got plenty to read for now. But will keep them in mind.

My weight was back down to 183 this morning and I was surprised even with the potty issue yesterday because we got chicken tenders from my favorite local place and we even got the gravy and rolls with it. But then the only thing I had besides that meal as a few bites of popcorn and blueberries in my protein shake. I'm working on a fast with another 2MD. Planning BLTs for dinner and I like avocado on mine so I will add 1/2 a small one to mine and may just skip the mayo. Of course, I put it on SL bread and I will air fry some fries to go with that. May have the shake again for second meal of the day today too although I do still have some tuna that I need to eat before having to ditch it.

I got a message from Amazon and my machine is out for delivery. With our USPS delivery that could be as late as 6 o'clock. That is when my new flip flops arrived yesterday. I finally know my show size and I have lost 1 1/2 sizes in my feet and now wear a regular shoe rather than wide. I think I'm losing inches in my legs and or hips because I put on the pants I wore to the store last week and I may have to hem them before long. So even though the scales don't show it I must be losing somewhere.

Have a safe trip to the casino and enjoy your reading day.

Hope everybody has a nice day.

Scale stayed the same today. I am 4 lbs more than you. I read yesterday that antihistamine such as Benedryl can cause weigh gain(or prevent loss.). I googled and sure enough, it says that's right. I got into the habit of breaking one in half. I started taking a half if I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep. Then for some reason I started taking half at bedtime to help me fall asleep. That was not necessary. I usually fall asleep quickly. My only problem was not falling back to sleep after getting up for the bathroom. So I will try falling back to sleep naturally and use the Benedryl sparingly. I will also Google my allergy med and nasal spray. I'm not saying this alone causes my gain. I take the blame. But I don't want to make it harder than it is. I already know that G causes weight gain. That's why I'm trying to stop or limit it.

Trish my feet have become bigger and wider in recent years. I used to wear 8 1/2 but my older shoes no longer fit. I think they spread out from wearing athletic sneakers rather than dress shoes daily. I have never been able to wear flip flops. They don't stay on my feet. I have bought so many pairs trying to find some that work. My sandals have to have straps.

I read a couple of my free books at the casino. Today I started the doctors book. So far it has been about his life growing up as a fat child. He grew up in a foreign country where the culture believed if you were fat you were affluent, so his mother over fed him the wrong foods. He does not believe in Keto. He is not plant based but believes in lots of veggies, no added fat and light protein. No starchy carbs, but some starchy vegetables. Today I will start reading about the plan. It somehow makes me think of WW. I think I could try this. Nothing else is really working. I'll let you know as I read more. Next I will read Sharon Odom's new book about IF. I think I know what there is to know about IF but want to read what she says about it.

I'm glad you are getting your vibration platform.
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