Diet Coaches/Buddies – Early morning bird walk, CREDIT moi, started with
Cedar Waxwings - a good omen as these magnificent little guys aren't that common. A Green Heron was nearly invisible by the simple technique of standing perfectly still. We marched about seeing mostly the seasonal appropriate birds including a single Yellow Warbler even though we were sure there was a mate nearby.
Spent an inordinate amount of time trying to make my Amazon Fire TV Stick work. This is a device stuck into the back of the TV to play Amazon Prime movies from the wifi signal in the house. I bought it on a Black-Something sale several years ago, but never got around to trying it since DW and I watch so seldom that library DVDs serve our needs. After new batteries and much confusion, I concluded that the directional movement control of the remote simply didn't work. But my Prime account was ready. So I brought my laptop down to the living room coffee table and we sat together on the sofa and watched
A Very English Scandal starring Hugh Grant. Hugh Grant is his usual superb. I don't know how much of the story is Amazon fiction and how much is the true adventures of Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal party. My problem with work "based on ..." is that it sticks in my mind as if it was factual history with little chance of getting adjusted. My apologies to Jeremy Thorpe if I'm learning fantasy. It comes with subtitles for those of us who have difficulty understanding the language.
Joy (gardenerjoy) – Neat idea to use trip planning to learn geography - that might have caught my interest in grammar school when I thought geography was boring.
silverbirch – Love that you keep marching forth with your new business.
maryann - Thanks for
"This is just for today, it is not forever." Walking the neighborhood is just the best.
curlyjax - So many small changes to solve underneath the huge change of losing your DH. Perhaps a new alarm clock would help break the long tradition.
Beth (bethturnaround) – The mind boggles wondering what constitutes
"low-carb Big Mac cheeseburger salad." Seems like multiple oxymorons there. Let us know how it turns out.
ssbbg - Congrats for picking up trash on a public trail. I was taught that by my friend in the Sierra Club many years ago; he'd bring a plastic bag with him on a hike and return to the trial-head with it full. I wish respect for public property was more ingrained in the folks in this country. {The selection for
Readers comes paragraph-by-paragraph from the book noted. As shown, I'm currently doing the Pink Book. This may be our third pass through that book over the years. We've done the Green Book at least twice and the Blue Book once. I just type what Dr. Beck wrote.}
Penny. - Yep, scale jitters are annoying. Keep the faith - your body knows what food is being consumed.
Readers -
Quote:
day 10 Set a Realistic Goal
Weight loss specialists agree that your goal should be to lose no more than 1 or 2 pounds a week. But it's fine if you lose only a half pound a week on average.
Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., The Beck Diet Solution (Pink book), Pg 114.