ItsMyTurn..
Thank you for the kind words and the encouragement. I have noticed how much you post and it's awesome! You are sooo supportive to everyone. Glad you are back to your normal self and rocking your workouts. :highfive: And...30 lbs..that really rocks!
So sorry about your MIL
I use a LOT of lemons..in water, in sauces, on salads, on fish, to clean with. How cool it must have been to pick fresh ones. mmmm
Hehe all this thought about fresh fruit is making me hungry for breakfast. I don't eat much fruit b/c of the diabetes, but a little here and there is such a treat!
Floriduh: Thank you for the encouragement
You had a FAB week! Great job resisting the wings and beer. Staying strong in social situations is tough!
Mmmm Hearing about the avacado and orange trees make my mouth water. This is the first year I've had a semi successful garden at home and am loving eating things fresh from it. DH wants to plant apple and pear trees next year, but they will take awhile to give fruit. I am grateful we can grow what we can up here, but would be soooo yummy to have citrus trees and even though I have to go easy on avacados b/c they bother my tummy, they are sooooooo yummy!
sheramama: yay on the 3 pounds down! Also, re your knee...do you see a chiropractor? They might be able to help through adjustments and if you find one that is also knowledgable in supplements should be able to help you there.
Thanks for the encouragement and I LOVE your daughter's words! The bugs were surprisingly not bad yesterday. I did get stung by a yellow jacket and there were a few (very few) mosquitos around but not bad. DS and I are both mosquito magnets so I figured if we only got bitten once or twice then it was a good outing
and lol about the pool boy. I can see some hunky young thang out there with a pool vaccum, vaccing out the kiddie pool in his short shorts and no shirt on. bwahaha!
The shoes are cute and great way to reward yourself in a non food way! Sounds like you are sort of doing an unofficial version of calorie cycling. I know it works for a lot of people and if I eat a bit higher cals for a few days then back to what's becoming my normal, I seem to have a drop again. You seem to have a good "recovery plan" at any rate!
jillnicole: great job! Not to sound weird, but how's your bum doing? And I agree with shermama...you have made such great progress! Keep up the great work and tweak where you need to when you're ready to kick things into gear again. I know it's got to be frustrating getting to that point where you are losing sowly, but you are losing! And that is to be celebrated
aleksandra: great job on the 5 pounds! I hope your vacation is sooooo much fun! See you when you get back