Good Morning all,

I hate to work yesterday. Started a new system at work and it doesn't work!! I had 3 super users (helpers) come to help me admit a pt. yesterday and got 3 different ways to do it. I was so confused by the time I left I was near tears! BUT, I did not go home and eat like I usually do! Yeah!! My DGS had his 5th grade graduation yesterday and I had to miss it. DH went and took lots of pictures. DGS was the presidental Gold Seal Award at school, the highest they give. Proud grandma here!

Gayle, It's always good to hear from you. Whine all you want...I know it's one of my talents. But posting every day, or as often as you can, really does help. And posting what you eat makes you realize how much you really are eating.

Karen3, Sorry! ha!! I hate when I get one of those in my mind and can't get it out! And i'm sure that you can use splenda in your recipes and no one will know the difference. I make everything low can that I can, and no one seems to notice. In fact, the cake I took to work was raved about. I passed out recipes yesterday to at least 5 people.

Z, how scary! Technology is wonderful when it work, horrible when it doesn't. And we all have to know what works for us. Making yourself crazy trying to do something that doesn't work for you is just a waste of time. and energy.

Donna, I look in the mirror all the time and can't believe that it's me staring back. Wrinkles, grey hair? Not me!! I am not that old! I'm going to be ready to retire soon too. I'm looking forward to it and dreading it too.

Lynn, Only 2 more pounds!!! WooHoo!!! no nutrisystem for you!!!

Bobbi, Are things slowing down at your house now?

Everyone, have a good day

Freda

Morning all...Hugh thunder boomer going around us. Hopefully I won't lose my post. Must tell you all about my super stupid senior day yesterday. I had a nail appt but couldn't remember the time(usually 9am). Got up early and dressed in case it was as soon as shop opened....turns out was 4:30! Put Dash's 8 turkey thighs into cook, ran and did errands, took thighs out at 2pm. Went for nails and we went to friends for dinner. DH says to me at 11pm what are you gonna do with the turkey and when are you gonna turn off the oven....

Gotta go storm is roaring.........karen3

Hello all,

Several of you have suggested that posting every day helps, so here I am ~ LOL. Made myself do that treadmill for today. Glad that is out of the way I wake up every morning and dread getting up ~ because then the battle begins ~ to eat right and to make myself exercise.

Just to give you a little back story ~ I changed jobs in February. I had been a night shift worker for 30+ years and felt that it was affecting my health. About 10 years ago for a couple years I worked the 3-11 shift and was successful at having a routine ~ walked faithfully every day and kept a food diary. So, I felt that if I could get off the night shift that would solve all my problems.

But so far, it has not worked out that way ~ in fact, I have gained weight. I lack self discipline. Have never been good at it. I tried to think what is different this time. I am 10 years older and stiffer and back then lived away from my family. No one around to distract me. (DH says I make too many excuses ~ I feel that I am just trying to explain/make sense of things.)

That was my writing therapy for the day. I do feel kind of in a good mood ~ as much as I don't look forward to that exercise ~ feeling good to have done it. The sun is shining today ~ that also helps

Got to spend time yesterday with my Grandson and son, then later with my daughter and little granddaughter. One more time with the

Hope you all are having a good day.

Take care

Hello everyone!! We are supposed to get up in to the 90's today! In fact, it is supposed to be like that for about the next week! LOVE IT!! We had several days of gray rainy weather and that just seems to make you feel blah!

Freda, Congrats to you and YOUR grandson!! That is quite an accomplishment and you both should be very proud! I am so glad that you posted it here and on FB!! It has to make him feel very special and it should! Yeah, I don't know when my mirror became so unfriendly either!! I didn't use to have all the gray!!! But I think I have earned them!

Gayle, glad to see you here. It is still very hard to get myself into a routine. But I like being able to use the pool as part of it....Don't get sweaty in the pool. I think I am losing weight playing too! Makes it easier to do. But I need to start making myself do REGULAR exercise and then reward myself by playing.

Today we are going over to the next town and eat lunch. I know it is Culvers and they are so good but not diet friendly! But I made the choice to do it at lunch time and then work off some of the calories this afternoon. Sometimes you just got to splurge--and I haven't even ran down the street yet to stop the ice cream man!!! I let Tim have the ice cream and I have a cup of yogurt.

Well, need to get some stuff done around here and get ready to go.

By the way Donna----Angel will be back with us again next week for a week!! Shhhh! Don't tell Ginger and Sissy! You can see by the pictures that they are pretty happy with the new bed!!!

Be back later.....

Morning everyone..My sister and niece left early this am..im goin to miss them..we sure had fun..today im tired and dont plan on doing much..i have my apt to see dr todd in anch on the 25th and also a group meeting and my phyc examine..all requirements..thats the last of the tests i need..one of these pic are my sister swinging in my living rm..not every grma has an indoor swing for the grkids but i do ttfn (((hugs))) rosey

A quick "hi" & then I'm off to teach.

Met DF & went shopping & for lunch. Ate 1/2 of salad w chicken & drank water w lemon.

Almost there.

Lynn

Hello, all,

'Tis me again. Didn't go to work today. Felt exhausted this morning, and just couldn't drag myself out of bed when the alarm went off. Decided to take a well-deserved break. 'Course I'm SURE it had NOTHING to do with the fact that it was DS's birthday yesterday, and we had a little family party for him at DD's house. Something they don't have on the west coast is Bertucci's Italian restaurants where they make the BEST (I swear) pizza imaginable...DS absolutely LOVES the one they call the "Sporkie" which has sweet Italian sausage, ricotta and mozzarella cheese and tomato on it. He mentioned to his significant other that he was DYING to go get one the other night and she had all she could do to restrain him, knowing that we were planning to have a Bertucci's fiesta for his birthday. That, and his Carvel ice cream cake, and the child is one happy camper, I tell you! Few pics below.
Please don't ask what I ate. It was downright vulgar it was so excessive. NO, I can't say. I can't bear to see it in print! Back on the wagon - yet AGAIN <sigh> - today. Had fun, tho, and his sisters and bro-in-law are taking he & his SO out on the weekend while we old fogeys (DH & I) babysit the chicklets.
Great pics, Rosey! A SWING in your living room! Now that's quite the innovation! Looks like great fun!
Karen 31, I think you guys are having OUR weather! Today here has been mostly cloudy with little slivers of sun peeking through briefly from time to time. Supposed to be in the 90's and sunny from tomorrow through the weekend. I sure hope so! This grayness depresses me beyond belief.
Glad to see you back, Gayle. I think posting daily is a REAL help with keeping our weight manageable, and keeping ourselves committed. Continue checking in...we love hearing from you, you know.
Freda, sounds like your DGS is quite the young man! You have every right to be proud. Congrats to you AND him!
PT, small and slim I am definitely NOT. Wish it were true, but no....the best I can get to - and stay at - is "average", and I'm more or less reconciled to THAT being my long-term goal. Thanks, tho
So, Karen3, what happened with the turkey legs? Did they turn into jerky, or what?
Sounds like your friend really enjoyed herself, Lynn. Spending time with her is a nice thing to do.
Bobbi, I guess you're washing and hanging clothes all day. I think I'd have to be retired for a good long time before I was willing to take that on! (And very possibly, by the time I was willing, I'd be too old to trek out to the clothes line!)
Isabella? I hope all is well. Check in when you can you hear?
Enjoy your evening, GGs -

Z

Hi,,,Just a quicky. The thighs were in a pan tented on top of the stove with the vent blowing hot air over them. They were actually too hot to handle without tongs last night. Best I can figure is it was like a slow cooker and the dog(dash) is happy with them. Maybe an answer to a "rare" Thanksgiving turkey.

Totally weird day here all day. Thunder and lightening follow by hot sunny and steaming without a drop of rain. But if I get into my bathing suit it will pour. And next Monday is first day of Summer.

Gotta get back on better eating schedule. Seem to not eat in the morning or lunchtime and then stuff self at dinner....means my BS are probably bouncing around, but biggest problem is evenings I feel bloated like a whale. That is so not SB...I know better...even my calorie count was better this week, water intake good and vegies too....just my timing...must be onset of old timers! hugs....karen3

Hi everyone! Not sure whether I have posted on this forum or not...are there two GG forums? I am sure I posted on one a few times. LOL Anyway, I seem to be spending more time at this site, so posting on more forums. It was interesting to read your recent posts, didn't get to all the older ones though.

Not sure what to say...I've been trying to lose the same 30 lbs for a few years now...I go up and down as I am not consistent with my eating. I keep learning and it seems like it's getting easier but as some of you know, I still struggle with a large appetite. I start every day really well and I eat usually eat healthy but as the day wears on I get hungrier and that's my problem.

So far today I'm on track...and my dh is grilling tilapia filets, I have prepared some brown rice with veggies and will pop some peas in the microwave soon. Sounds pretty good to me.

I try to go to the gym for the sr classes 4x week and when we are not traveling or have family here I make it most weeks.

Today I caught up on a little housework I have been neglecting lately and we had a windows guy come and give us an estimate on a patio sliding glass door we hope to replace next month. Talked to my son's gf who is expecting our 9th gs. It's definitely a boy and seems to be doing fine. He is due in Oct and we plan to get there to visit at Christmas if not before. Wanted to go for birth but not sure we can as my dh is having eye surgery and may not be up to traveling (we will take RV).

Ok that's all I can think to type right now. Probably have more to say as I get to know you all better.

Welcome Mary..I seem to remember you from before here or maybe another thread but again Welcome! I know what you mean about starting out good and then wanting to eat everything in site by the end of the day. Although today wasn't so bad. Even though we went to Culvers for lunch neither of us was hungry for supper and here it is almost 9:00 pm and I still don't want anything to eat. Had a burger value basket which is burger, fries and a med. drink---not very diet friendly but darn it you just have to give in to it once in awhile. Tried to work off the burger and fries in the pool this afternoon so maybe that will help.

Congrats on the new grandson that is coming. That is so exciting! We also like to travel by rv. We have 5th wheel and it does make it nice to be able to stay in your "own bed" and not worry if the motel accepts my pups!

Well, better get going. Hello to everyone else. Going to go and check and see what craigslist has good for sale tonight!!

Karen - Yes, some days are easier than others...today was an easier day for me too, thank God!
I see you are in MO. My brother and sister (and spouses) both live in Springfield and we are considering visiting them in Aug. I hope it won't be too hot, but he is in his 80s and not well so I feel I should get back before it might be too late. If I don't go this year I will definitely go next year but if we can work things out it will be this year.

Good Morning and it is a good morning, we're still here. We had 36 spotted tornado's rumble thru last night. I was sitting in the large picture window watching the sky, saw a few trying to form out of a black cloud bank. Then right before my eyes one shot down, skinny at first then widened out in just a few seconds to 1/2 mile wide. I was terrified, should have grabbed my camera. We had one death in the area, many homes destroyed. (That tornado was on the ground for 20 minutes) Our interstate highway running to Rochester, Mn. was shut down because of trees blown across the highway. Anyway, I have to quick shower, run to town for groceries, then come back and help DH clean up all the debris on our lawn. What a mess, thankfully we didn't have any major damage nor did DD's home.
Great to see so many posts, especially in June. (Our thread usually dies down in the summer to just a trickle.)
Nice to see you posting here Mary...you've always been so faithful to join our challenges.
No time for personals but love all the pictures. Rosey...a swing? Looks like you're trying to cover a tattoo around your wrist too? I have a tattoo on my calf, leftover from our biker days.
Have a good one.

Good Morning all,

It turned out to be a beautiful day yesterday, in spite of the late start. It looked like rain all morning and then the sun broke out! I washed the bedding and hung it on the line outside to dry in the sun. Heavenly! It's been a good week, diet wise, and exercise wise. And I have to work at Curves today so i'll get my exercise in today too. This is my weekend to work, so no exercise at all, except I will take the stairs. 6 flights several times a day. and I park in the back of the parking lot. Little steps add up. And the food journaling is working. Knowing I'm going to have to "fess" up has kept me from really pigging out on junk.

Rosey, I though I was the most indulgent grandma in the world, but even I don't have a swing in the living room. One in the basement, but not upstairs. I hand over the crown of Queen of granma's to you!

Z, Beautiful family. And we all indulge, we just get back on the next day. Damage controle. We are not just "dieters". We are people with lives who want to live the best lives we can. 10/90% is my balance. I eat well 90% of the time and the other 10 I eat what I want.

Karen31, I envy you being able to jump in the pool and have fun/exercise. I'm either out walking or on the treadmill. So much easier when it's fun. The puppies look very confortable there! ha!

Gayle, Hi again. I don't think I have very much will power. I think it's all planning. I do well when I plan, not so great when I don't. I make a menu and I buy the food to make it with. I plan on when I will execise and make sure it's a time when I can.

Mary, Yes, I remember you. Glad you found your way back. I hope you come back often.Big appetites are a problem. I have found that eating more often and eating more healthy and high fiber really help.

Karen3, My goodness, how scarey, to let the turkey cook that long. Can you maybe set a timer? I know I have to time everything anymore. I guess it's that time for us all, memories are just getting selective.

Hi Lynn, Looks like that threat of nutrasystem has really got you going! Maybe I should treaten myself with soemthing. I have to think of something good. When I was activeally losing I would bribe myself. I would pick something I really wanted and I couldn't get it untill I lost so much weight. Worked well for me, maybe not for everyone.

Donna, I like dull and boring. Too much excitement just makes me anxious. Yes, I am a stick in the mud!

Isabella, We miss you, hope things are going well.

Bobbi, So glad you didn't get any damage and you and family are OK.

Freda