hi...it is me...in Montreal
 

Hi! We are still on our "driving from the west coast to the east coast of Canada in our motorhome" trip. We have been in Montreal for 4 days now and are heading toward the east coast- NFLD- being the end destination before we turn around.

We haven't had email a lot of places. We had it in Ottawa and now Montreal.
It is taking us longer to drive across mainly because we see things we want to spend time at and Canada is BIGGER than I imagined. In Ont. & Que. we had autumn leaves and more autumn leaves...it was so beautiful.

I am not dieting or even watching right now, I have to sample the regional specialities so I will repent at home. You gals sound like you are all doing great though.

The cat and the dog have been great travelling companions. DH takes them both out on a leashes for walks. The cat saw a beaver in Ont. and had a huge freak out, he was leaping and jumping on the end of his leash, spitting and hissing, snarling etc. The beaver was doing sort of a slow waddling charge toward DH and the cat but had to stop mid charge to watch the display the cat was putting on.

When I get back my D is going to live at my place during the week so I can look after my grandson while she is at university and go to her own home on the weekend. That will be fun for me. He is 9 months already.

Mr. Marley the dog was 11 years old last week. He celebrated by being allowed to stuff himself on pasta (he is really a carbo loader that one!)

You are doing the core WW program Alice? How do you like it? I am still signed up online on the old one...maybe I should switch when I get back. Are you enjoying your new place?

You have a new kitty Ledon!! That is so neat! I was so sorry to hear about Brody, what an awful shock that must have been for you. Who would ever expect something like that in such a young cat. The new cat won't replace Brody but will find his own new place in your heart and I hope he will help you not grieve so much over Brody.

Hats off to you Ledom for the big dinner party!

Glad you enjoyed your trip to Reno LaDean and only gained one pound, good for you.

I will check in down the road again. We will probably be gone another month or so from home. We are really feelin' like travelling.

Hi Judi, so good to hear from you. have missed you. glad your trip is going so well and you all are taking your time and seeing it all. this is a favorite time of year for me. our leaves are so pretty in color to. we always go up in hills and so pretty. got me a new diginal camera so want to go and get some pictures now. is fun and i love it.. oh your grandson will be so much fun. there so precious. mine are 7 and 5 years old now. love them dearly... there growing up so fast. i am scrapbooking this week and come upon ones of them smaller and hard to believe. love doing it. want to get it done so fresh pictures holiday and keep caught up with it.. you will get back to your plan and all when you are home. just enjoy now its a part of your life for now. Yes i had a ball in reno and really ate but at buffets where i could stay on plan.. so that was good. i want to reach goal so bad this week. is looking good. so keeping fingers crossed. cut down some on carbs for the week.

aleka and Ledom... your both doing good. we can do this together. its so fun to have so many friends on here and all. makes me feel so close to all of you. I owe you all a big THANK YOU for being here for me and sharing daily. its the greatest. woooffffff lacee from tuffy... hes had breakfast and outside and snuggled all down. ha

judi, it was great seeing your post. Glad that you're having a wonderful adventure. I just love the old part of Quebec City, all the old buildings and the narrow cobblestone streets. I could sit there and look at it all day. It must have been breathtaking with all the autumn leaves. A very happy belated birthday to Mr. Marley :bubbles: I really do like the new WW Core program. You don't have to count anything, you eat from the Core list of foods when you're hungry then stop when satisfied. You can just sort of forget about food. Previously when I've counted points I would be obsessing about food, how many points I had left, or how many points a certain food had. I probably would do great if I followed it 100% :o It is amazing how much extra food is left on your plate when you pay attention to your eating.

LaDean, glad that Tuffy ate his breakfast. Lacee does have a growth on her neck but, it isn't attatched to anything. If you pinch her skin you can feel the whole lump. The vet has looked at it and it's nothing. Shamrock, our other Boston had the same thing. Hope you have a good weigh in this week.

ledom, how was the exercising for you today? DH & I went out for our regular walk. I find that I am really enjoying them.

Aleka, thanks, i bet that is what tuffys is also.. glad to hear that. he is ok just that he has to tilt his head as he can see out of the one little eye. then when he tilts it to look up he gets off balance. then in his back end he cannot stand up long times. but we still got him and that is what counts.. glad lacee is ok.. glad you like the core plan and its working for you. i never heard of it , course i got on the atkins when it started i think. that makes it nice not to have to count and all now to.. good luck with it. glad its working

Ledom, glad your plan is working to. have a good day to all. Judi have fun traveling. LaDean

Morning ladies, Alice things are going great w/ exercising and it makes me feel so much more in control. Your walks sound great and a wonderful way to explore your new neighborhood. Are you still enjoying your relocation?

judi-excellent to hear from you. I know you are so excited that you'll get to hang out DD and DGS more in the coming months. A fun thing to look forward to. I am SO happy for you that you are getting such a nice trip. Wonderful that you have a traveling companion that enjoys it so much as well. Very glad you got to check in.

ladean, I am happy that things are going well for you. Keep up the good work.

Some friends came over to watch the lunar eclipse with me last night. Was a lot of fun.

Hi everyone, loss another lb. i decided today i want to go down another 10 lbs. so will be 12.50 to goal. i just want to get my middle down more. its where my wt is and my neck area. so i figured go for it. in no hurry.. i am doing good so figured better go for it now. I am so glad all of you have your plan and exercise and are doing so good. it sure helps me to come on board and share and do it together. i did ride exercise bike 3 miles today.. have a good weekend to all. A NICE HALLOWEEN ALSO... LaDean.... my grandbabies will be over sunday i can hardly wait.... will be fun to see what costumes they have and all. glad its on a sunday. before was so dark that they could not come over as got off work and then time to treat the kids at door and son takes theres out in neighborhood. so will be a fun day for us.. LaDean

Good morning to all of you. hope your day is a good one. raining here steady. so i will get on exercise bike. sticking to my introduction again now. want to lose 10 more. LaDean

A good Monday morning to you all,

I can't believe it's Nov. already. My IL's were here for a couple of days and my diet flew out the window. They left on Sat. for the condo they rent. We had a nice visit. They really liked our new house. Then we had to drive down there Sun. so DH could help his Dad with a couple of things he was having trouble with.

ledom, glad that things are going well with you in the exercise dept. Are you back eating the way you did on BFL or a little of both BFL & SB? I've decided to do mix SB Phase II in with the WW Core.

judi, hope you check in again to let us know how the trip is going and how you're doing. Glad the pets are enjoying themselves.

LaDean, glad that you're doing well. Hope you had fun seeing your grandkids in their Halloween costumes.

Have a good day everyone.
Aleka

Mornin' - yep Monday morning and it's November. Fall never came here, it has been so warm. Finally this week we are supposed to get more fall like weather.

Honestly, I have been struggling w/ diet too. I am not sure venturing into SB was so wise for me because now I seem to crave carbs more. I am trying to get more BFL oriented again as that has been easiest for me to stick with. Whatever I do I need to get serious about it. Exercise is going good though, it didn't take much to start feeling the benefits.

Anyway I hate that I'll start Monday mentality but I am filled w/ fresh resolve this morning and I have been giving myself a serious talking to. I am going to have to tough my way through some clean eating days because I don't think it is going to be easy.

LaDean, how were your trick or treaters'?

Ledom., i had 65 kids at house trick or treating. fun and so cute some of them. i had a fun afternoon with the grandbabies. they looked so cute and we had a ball. there costumes were so cute. we had pizza. they love it and so does grandma. i allowed for the day. so this am scales were still same as friday. so i felt good. i am going to get with it lowering carbs so i can go down 10 more lbs. i just feel like that is where i want to be instead of rushing it.. I hope you get your plan going that you want. i have not been exercising as mucha s i did. got to get with that to..

i hope everyone had a great day. i have. LaDean

HEY WHERE IS EVERY ONE.. I AM MISSING YOU......COME BACK SOON......

Today i was up 1/2 lb so 3 away from goal. i keep changing mind. but believe me by time i get this 3 off its taking so long i will be ready to reach goal. so that is it for me. got to really thinking about it. what are #'s on scales really. not much. so i feel good about me. i like the way i look. and so i am going for it.. i want it so bad.. i did blow it thought. i had pizza with grandbabies halloween. i got into the candy even though they got me sugar free and i had gobs of it. oh well that is life.. had to much bread to. so back to my plan. i got my richard simons move it card thing down and figured i would watch portions better that way. when the card is covered then that is it. done for that group. ha so thanks to you gals. just get back on here miss you... course i am bad to just got on today been reading and just never got on. ha ha so i will be back in regular to... Hey aleka, glad you had a fun time with company and that they liked your place and all. to all have a great weekend.

Good morning,

It has gotten cooler here. The humidity has gone and the temps have been in the 70's/80's. I wore jeans Fri. & Sat. It felt weird because I've been wearing shorts since we moved down here.

Yesterday DH & I went to an art show looking for something "Floridian" to put on the wall above our sliding glass doors. We did see a couple of things we liked, one was over $600.00 :faint: and the other one was a little over $200.00. The only thing we bought was a ceramic wall hanging of a Boston Terrier, which DH has already hung over the sliding glass doors. It looks rather lost up there, but it will do until we find something else.

ledom, how are the carb cravings now, have they lessened any? I know what you mean about craving something when you deny yourself. When I was Somersizing, I had to give up anything with added sugar. Every once in a while DH & I would get a craving for cookies and we'd sit and eat the whole bag, where normally we'd only eat 3 or 4. I haven't done very well on the diet front myself. We went out to eat a few times this past week. When we lived in NH, restaurants were few and far between, especially in the off season. Here there are restaurants everywhere and DH & I are like kids in a candy store. We have kept up our walking in the mornings.

LaDean, what a great attitude. As long as you're happy with yourself, that's all that counts. You do have to treat yourself. Did you eat a lot of the Halloween candy? If you ate a lot at one time were you ok? I did that once with sugar-free jelly beans, as I was starving and that's what was handy. Afterwards I kept running to the bathroom. I learned my lesson.

judi, hope you're having a wonderful trip. Miss you!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, ladies

Aleka, yes i ate the candy several days.ha ha i got it out of system. so back to my sugar free now. so that i am glad of.. i just gained a hafe have lb so that was ok with me. i hope to have it off this week. got 3 to go now. i am cutting down on my carbs. got to. been adding to many. and doing so good its adding up. now. so i want to get where i can get an amt for me.. so hoping it will begin. ha glad you found a thing of boston bull. at the coast here they have a store selling things. so my daughter got me a rug throw one of 2 boston bulls on it. well its on the wall. i could never use it to walk on. ha ha i have calendars each year she gets me. also figurines of them. tuffy is not getting around the greatest. but i can carry him and all. so i do alot. just so thankful to have him. he sure stays at my side. well you know how that goes. well my day is going good. i am going to get out and walk today. been not doing it and i am so glad you and you hubby are walking.. i may get on bike and take a ride outdoors today. its nippy but nice out.. cold mornings.. well judi. Ledom and all have a great day. LaDean

Hi Gals!
 

It's nice to read all your posts!

We are in Washington DC. We went to Prince Edward Island for about 6 days and then decided to come here. It is still warm enough for us hearty Canadians...we even ate outdoors the other day. The east coast was so beautiful with all its leaves. We will be here for a week or so then turn around and trek home.

I saw a lot of Bostons here. We rarely see them at home. I am tempted to buy a Boston but I Marley would have his nose out of joint so I had better resist. Those Bostons are such cute dogs!!

I have gained 6 pounds on this trip. I really am DISgusted with myself...but I can't deal with that now. I will be home soon enough and then I will think about it.

We both bought lots of books and CD's. What a marvelous selection down here.

We still have to go to nothern Sask. and nothern Alta. to visit relatives...brrr, I hope it won't be too much snow. Our heating system in the RV is not working.

Judi, hey sounds like your having a ball. just do that now. you can always get on plan when back and all settled in. i am so glad its going so good the trip and all. Yes we love our boston. they are good dogs. ours is ailing some. but still got him and so thankful for that. hes doing ok for having his little blindness and all. Its so good you dropped back in.. good to hear from you.. well have a great day to all of you. my scales are upppppppppp/ made a stew and i was so hungry for it and the day for one. so now its be goooddddddd rest of week. oh well that is life. LaDean