Our pool did open. I took the boys for free swim on Friday and then I hit aquafit yesterday at lunch, i was smiling the whole time I was so happy.

Silva is a system to help me learn to relax and meditate and visualize, ut's supposed to really open you mind. I'm only at the beginning. I've been meditating with Omharmonics, that is all I"ve used so far but i haven't been sleeping well, so I keep sleeping in. I'm wanting to get up early to do yoga but it hasn't happened. I'm going to be volunteering at the gym for 3 days a week but I need to get on schedule.

Weight in was not good. I was back up to 324. So getting my eating and keeping everything I've learned up to now on track is paramount right now.

TOM, yes, I knew there was a reason I was up! Thanks for the reminder Radio jane.

Betsy - I feel like when I get out and try new things, I feel like I gain confidence. I have a golden doodle too, she's over a year, has the best temperament, her name is Jessy.

Good morning for me.....weigh in at 308.2
Inching closer every day

200s here I come!! Hopefully Ill just be passing by!!

How did it get to be Saturday already?

Snowboundchick -- sound like water time and meditation are really helping you. There's so much more to this evolution we're all going through than just watching what we eat. I'm really looking forward to having a dog in the house again. He seems like he's a pretty laid back puppy so hopefully we'll be a good match.

Sweetcakes -- WOW -- you are so close to being in Twoderville. I'll live vicariously through you for a little while.

Vatermelon -- Keep posting with us even if you are just passing through.

It's supposed to rain here for the entire weekend, so I'll definitely be doing a lot of inside stuff. Laundry seems to have mysteriously grown in the last few days, the floors need to be swept, there's still a bushel of apples to make into sauce and pie filling for freezing, it's about time to get the end of month bookkeeping done, the RV needs to be cleaned out, and I need to get the birthday present finished up. Yep, I think I'll manage to keep busy.

betsy2013-- I fully plan to, actually that post was to give me a little more motivation. I have ALOT of weight to lose before even thinking about twoville.

Vatermelon -- glad that you'll stick with us even once you've gone on to twoderville. I was hoping I'd see Twoderville in 2013, but looks like it will be next year. As long as I see it, that's what I need to focus on.

Still raining here and has been for the last 3 days. We don't usually have these storms until November. But, instead of being stuck inside and eating, I've been stuck inside and getting things done. I realized last night that I've spent the last week or so really getting a lot of work done mainly because I've overscheduled myself until mid-October. Maybe this is a new dieting technique -- have so many deadlines in your life that you don't have time to eat. I decided to make my grand nephew a Batman afghan for his birthday, only I didn't decide it until about a week ago and his birthday celebration is this week. So, every evening I've been knitting like a dervish and that's really kept the dreaded night time snacking down to nothing. Maybe I can finally break this horrible habit!

Oh here this is! Okay going to try again sorry I'm a flake who dissapears guys.

Back, again where I swore I wouldn't get, trying to be obsessive again and see if it works. :-|

327 today boo!

Just Checking in, if I don't make it a habit.

So the water weight is down, thankfully. I am not counting it as a loss just yet. I updated my ticker to yesterdays weight. We'll see if I stay this side of 327 tonight, I hope so. Going to a pot luck and there will be lots of yummy choices, I am bringing a salad so going to try and load up on greens so I can enjoy tastes of everything else.

I bought a bunch of babybell and laughingcow (not a bunch but some...) so I can still have cheese but its packaged into individual servings already for me. Just takes the measuring out of the equation which is good for me.

I haven't bothered weighing in the past two weeks. Aquafit is t/t/sat and I have the gym every morning if I can get up but I'm on the schedule as volunteer on Friday mornings 6-7 and Sun 10-11 and I have friend in town who is going to go with me on Sunday's.

We just were in the city and we went to the pool two days in a row. The first night was just my husband and my oldest son. I felt so out of place without my two younger boys and the next morning I asked my Mom to bring them in and she agreed, not a small thing to ask since it's a 6 hour drive here. My youngest was finally able to go on the big water slide by himself and the two older boys got to try out the rope. We didn't do too badly on the fast food, we refuse to eat at McDon. and we had KFC for lunch one day.

I've been pretty active with the gym, pool, walking, I'd like to get back to hiking. I really have to get back to eating properly. I started the cleanse and it was a bust after a few days, I just wasn't in the right frame of mind.

I think I'm fighting something off the last few days since I wake up with a sore throat and I'm sleeping tons right now.

I started my diabetes medication again, I have a thing about pills and I'm going to make myself get over that.

Overall, still going in the right direction just a little slow. :O)

@Snowbound, it is hard this time of year. I have no idea how far north in the Yukon you are but I get hit with a HUGE case of the fall blues right around now and seem to be going through the motions.

I don't live in true midnight sun territory but it is still fast approaching the time where I will be walking TO work and home in the dark and the only sun time will be at lunch hours. It just makes getting out of bed at 6am just that little bit extra harder when its still pitch black dark out and you know its still going to be dark when you get home from your workout/walk. lol

It's so true. I never used to think I was affected by it but I so am. I think maybe it was made worse by years of depression. I starting taking Vit D this morning.

I'm in central yukon so it's getting dark now early and still dark when we go to work.

I have cal chews with vitamin D that i need to be more regular about taking. Today was just brutal I woke up at 4am and couldn't get back to sleep.

Had a yummy potluck but I'm nervous about the slip up as it pertains to weight loss. With thanksgiving dinner AND all the things that come along with a long weekend I am not sure how well I'll keep doing.

Keep on chugging...

I'm going to practice portion control this weekend. I'm making a pumpkin cheesecake for dinner and my Mom is making dinner for all of us.

I managed to get up early this morning, so I think I'm getting better. I found my bathing suit that was lost so I can head back to aquafit today. I have the gym tomorrow. This weekend I'm going to sit down and really work on a food plan and figure out ways to attached that all to my plan and apply it.

Where about sin Canada are you silentarctic?

Snow - yeah I need to figure out portion control too. I hail from Nunavut. Probably not the greatest place to be if you get moody from lack of sun but what can I say it's home, I grew up here, and I can't think of anywhere I'd rather live in any sort of permanent way. (But i do enjoy vacations from it immensley!)