Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening barn chores

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
pancakes
sausage sandwich, peas, rice

More rain.....didn't do much of anything

Hope all is well with you.

Have an awesome Thursday!

Exercise
11 flights of stairs
30 minute walk
Pushups/sit-ups/toe touches/resistance weights (4pack)
1 hour walk

Meals
Slimfast
Breaded mushrooms, scalloped potatoes
Tomato and cheese on pumpernickel bread

I took an Estate Planning Seminar last night. Found out that I need more than just a will in place. Need to have power of attorney and other notarized State forms, etc. So I am glad I took it. Learned a lot.

Well my husband did go for a short walk with me the other night. However, last night I couldn't get him to budge. Tonight I got him to do the 4 exercises above with me. Little by little, I will keep trying. I have been sticking to my goals.

Tonight I thought about having a second sandwich, since I enjoyed it so much. However, after thinking about it for a minute, I decided I wasn't going to be eating it because I was hungry. I only wanted to eat it because I liked the taste/textures. So I changed my mind and didn't eat it.

Which horse are you training to drive?

Hope you have a splendid Thursday.

Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening barn chores

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
sausage sandwich
chicken stir fry, rice, fruitcup

Finally decided to go to the doctor and see why my bones ache so much. Waiting for the results of blood tests. I hope they find something, if not, I guess it's just old age creeping up on me.

The horse I'm helping to train belongs to a friend. Lots of fun!

You're doing good with your exercises. I'm sure you will see some results this week :)

Exercise
11 flights of stairs
30 minute walk

Meals
Slimfast
Tortellini with spinach
Veggie Pizza

I hope the Doctor can find out what the cause is for you bones aching, so you can get it treated and feel good once again. I will keep you in my prayers. I hope you feel better soon.

Today was a busy long day for me. I didn't get to go outside really other than the drive to work and home again. I hear the next few days are suppose to be nice, so I will have to make sure I get a bit more fresh air. Plus it wasn't a good day for me exercising. Too many hours at work. I will have to really make sure I do them tomorrow.

Hope you have a good Friday!

Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening barn chores
1 hr. picking stringbeans

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
sausage sandwich
grilled steak, stringbeans, cheesy potatoes, watermelon

Picked a bucket of stringbeans. I'll freeze them tomorrow. Sam mowed a field of hay, which hopefully we'll bale on Monday. He starts an 11 day vacation on Sunday. We have a couple of day trips planned, but really can't go far with his mother needing us.

Have a great weekend!

Exercise
1 hour jog/walk

Meals
Scrambled eggs
Slim Fast
Pasta salad

Spent most of the day at the doctor's office today for an appointment. I think they overbooked everyone. Good thing I brought a book to read. Was able to catch up on some sleep too. :) Hadn't planned on that though.

I hope you enjoy your time with Sam and find some fun things to do together. You must be enjoying all those stringbeans right now. Yummy.

Good luck with weigh-in tomorrow.

Happy Saturday.

Exercise
2 hour walk
1 hour walk

Meals
Scrambled eggs with greens, tomatoes
Veggie sandwich with salad
Veggie Pizza

My weigh-in for today shows.... :goodscale .........down 2.5 lbs from last Sunday. Yeah!:carrot:Of course eating the ice cream last weekend increased my weight for the weekend too. Anyway, I am heading downward and onward. I hope you had some success too. :cb:

Today my dog and I attended an animal shelter fund raiser event. I had some quick photo booth pictures made of us. They turned out okay. Then had some more pictures made by a professional photographer. I hope those turn out better. We walked around town some and it was a lovely day.

Tomorrow I go to pick up my computer from Staples. So I will have to learn all about the new system. I get free tech support by phone for 60 days, so I imagine I will be using it quite a bit.

Hope you have a lovely Sunday!

Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 evening barn chores
1 hr. weeding the blueberry patch

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
hardboiled egg, piece of sausage and peppers
broiled chicken, salad, applesauce

You did great! My food portions were out of control last week. No change for me :(

Sounds like you had a very nice day. Tomorrow I have a luncheon meeting and I am determined to eat more mindfully.

Have a blessed Sunday!

Exercise
30 minute walk
30 minute walk

Meals
Scrambled eggs
Spinach lasagna
Bean and cheese burrito, guacamole and tomatoes
Popcorn

Spent the morning at church today, and went shopping for groceries and supplies afterwards. Got my new computer this afternoon, and spent the rest of the day setting it up and figuring out how to use this version of Microsoft. I think I got it set up now.

I bet next week you will show some progress. Hope you chose wisely at the luncheon today. I think most of my weight loss displayed yesterday was from water loss. I stepped on the scale again today and it didn't show as as much as on Saturday. Anyway, I know we can do this if we stick to this and keep focused. Let's do this Renee!

Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hrs. evening barn chores

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
fruit salad, pasta salad, calico beans
leftovers

Had a good meeting with lots of tempting food. I resisted and only took small portions. I hope to hear from the doctor with my blood test results this week.

Baling hay tomorrow, then I think we're going to Cabelas later this week.

Have a great Monday!

Exercise
30 minute walk

Meals
Slimfast
Banana
Cheese sandwich, barbecue baked chips
Spinach lasagna and potato onion pierogies

Good job on your eating choices/amounts at the luncheon. My meal choices were not the best today, but then that is really the choices I had.

Hope the Doctor is able to find out what is making you feel bad.

I don't think I have ever been to Cabelas. It sounds like a great store to shop in.

Have a great Tuesday.

Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening barn chores
1 hr. working Steel over obstacles and jumps

Beautiful day! We got the hay baled and in the barn. Still a bit more to do, but I guess it's going to rain a couple of days this week.

There's a farmers market near Cabelas so I'll think we'll check that out too. I want to get some apples and Sam wants me to make more zucchini dill pickles and I'm out of zucchini.

Have an awesome Tuesday!

Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening barn chores

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
tomato sandwich
nectarine
grilled chicken, potato salad, baked beans

Did some house cleaning and laundry, then went out for a nice drive with Steel. Not much else going on.....

Have a great Wednesday!

Exercise
11 flights of stairs
30 minute walk

Meals
Slimfast
Eggplant Parmesan Sandwich
Fritos Corn chips
Mandarin

Busy day as always. Went grocery shopping after work. Was able to choose only healthy foods. My cupboards were bare, so I only restocked with good choices. Now just need to make sure we don't overeat on the good choices. :)

I thought we would get a lot of rain here today, but we didn't. Perhaps tomorrow. I just hope it is nice this weekend so I can enjoy it.

Picked up my picture yesterday that was developed of my dog and I. It is okay. I am not the photogenic type anyway, so I don't expect much, but I put it on my mirror for now anyway. I was told if they find any more of me they will send them to me in e-mail.

Hope you have a great Thursday!

Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening exercises

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
hamburger with a few french fries
salad, pizza

Took a day trip to Cabelas and Leesport Farmer Market. Bought some cantaloupes and other veggies. We had a very nice day. Not sure what I am doing tomorrow. I have more carrots to dig, but I think it's going to rain. Maybe I'll make some pickles.

Have a great Thursday!

'Waving hello'.

I don't know how well I'll do@ keeping up. In the past I wasn't very good, I'll try though!

I eat protein products and produce. hope it's not offensive to anyone.


Breakfast:
Quest P.Powder with half a bg frozen black berries. (My routine breakfast)

Sun & Wednesday I lifted iron (after a long hiatus) and have bad DOMS. I'm not active too ATM but plan a kettle bell session later today.



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🌼 Have a wonderful day! 🌼

Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening barn chores
1/2 hr. unloading bagged shavings

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
fried egg sandwich
fruitcup, leftovers

Went grocery shopping, then went and got a load of shavings (horse bedding). Loving this warm weather. Hope it sticks around awhile.

:wave: Hi Desire2b Glad to see you!

Exercise
11 flights of stairs
1 hour walk

Meals
Slimfast
Brussel sprouts, corn, and potatoes
Bean and cheese burrito
Pumpernickel and cheese sandwich

Hi Desire2b! Glad to see you here and hope you feel free to share.

Renee-you didn't eat very much today. I bet you were hungry after 30 minutes of unloading the bagged shavings. I would have been.

Looking forward to the weekend and just relaxing with my dog. Don't know yet what I will do, but I will think of something. There has to be some event going on around town or nearby. If not, then perhaps I will take a walk around town.

I don't know why, but my stomach is sure bloated out today. I look like I am pregnant. Time to make that fat baby shrink. :)

Have a terrific Friday!

A few flights of stairs.
No ritual fitness yet. Planning to ride stationary bike this afternoon, energy, vitality feels slow today though. I'm going to try.

Foods-
blck coffee
1c Dandelion tea
1/2 c Pumpkin puree
dash of cinnamon
1 svg Quest salted Caramel protein powder.
water

Planning to eat lite so my cal expenditure will fit my 1 meal of the wk that's not
home conscience. Low mein and egg roll from Chinese restaurant.


Nice to meet you, ladies!
Renee: Hello . You sound very active. Your sandwich also sound delish. :)

Thanks Corinna T!
Could it be water?
I feel the same way with my tummy. I'm heavier than you but it seems most my excess likes my mid section most.


I hope you both have a lovely weekend.

Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening barn chores
1/2 hr. digging carrots

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
pizza
grapes
perogie casserole, cantaloupe

Finally got all my carrots in the freezer. I had a really good crop this year. Took me 4 hrs. to dig, wash, peel, blanch and freeze them. All I have left to do is freeze some peppers. I'm waiting for them to turn red.

Getting ready for a horse show tomorrow. Seems like forever since I've been to one...oh wait, it has been months :)

I don't think tomorrows weigh in will be very good...my portions were too big again this week.

Have a great weekend!

Exercise
2 mile walk
Weights and stretching
30 minutes elliptical
30 minutes treadmill
30 minutes walk

Meals
Slimfast
Bean and cheese burrito
Tomato, Cheese, Spinach, with mustard on Pumpernickel sandwich
Potato salad

Weigh-in today shows ...... :yikes: what up one pound. :?:
That really stinks!!! I can't believe it.
Now I really need to get this body going!!!


:lifter: :running: :tread:

Got to get on the good track for a healthy lifestyle.....

Renee-I hope you enjoyed your Horse Show. I know you must miss them.

Desire2-It most likely is water.

Hope you ladies have a terrific Sunday.

Sat.
Exercise - kettle bell and
bar bells. Stairs.

foods:
Coffee, green tea & water

black berries, Protein powder,

1 svg potato chips
2 jeni o Turkey dogs
big spinach, onion, cabbage salad, Italian dressing, grilled brocolli

several oatmeal cookies (took my carbs too high with them)

Narrowly
came under with my calorie allotment. Pretty high in carbs though.
Won't be weighing for a few days. Not going to enjoy that.

Renee: You're day looked nice. Enjoy your Sunday.

CorinnaT: I'll bet it's only water too. Have a lovely Sunday.

Exercise
1 hour walk
1 hour walk

Meals
Slimfast
Big mixed salad
Tomato/Cheese/Spinach/Pumpernickel sandwich

Last weekend of summer. Weather was beautiful today. A little humid, but oh so nice.
Went to church and then started to get a migraine headache. Took some aspirin and relaxed,
and then felt better after awhile. Figure I must have been getting dehydrated since I forgot to
take my water bottle to church with me. That is the only thing that I can think of that caused it.
Took the dog to the river and enjoyed playing fetch there, then walked through and old town.
Just a lovely day overall. Hope you ladies had a great Sunday too. Wishing you an even better
Monday!

Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening barn chores
6 hrs. walking around at the horse show

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
hamburger
granola bar
beefy mac skillet, cucumbers

Had a great time at the horse show. Steel went grand champion!

Corinna, I'm glad your migraine went away quickly.

Desire2b, keep up the good work with your exercises!

No loss for me...I'm stuck in a rut!

Not getting much exercise. tbh my motivation is bad but lately the air quality has also created trouble. Just breathing is a struggle. Much of my area is surrounded by fire. Hopefully tonight the rain will help cleanse the debris from our surroundings.

Breakfast- 3 scrambled eggs, onions and fresh spinach.

Lunch- Coffee with vanilla protein powder. 2 servings potato chips.

Dinner-cooked broccoli, onion and a cooked carrot


I'm@1001 Cal. If I get hungry I might have something else. The air is really makimg me tired though.


Have a fantastic coming week, ladies.

Exercise
1 1/2 hr. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening barn chores
1/2 hr. putting mulch in a new flower bed

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
roast beef sandwich
salad, sausage stew

Looks like summer is going to stick around for the next week with warm temperatures, but it's really starting to get dark earlier.

Have a great Tuesday!

Exercise
11 flights of stairs
30 minute walk

Meals
Scrambled eggs and hash brown
Eggplant Parmesan Sandwich
Mock Chicken Patty with cheese sandwich.

Desire2-I hope the fires go away along with all the smoke so you will feel better. That must be so awful for you. I hate smoke. It always makes me sick with a headache.

Renee-oh my goodness, SIX HOURS WALKING! You surely burned off some calories that day. Congratulations to Steel and you too. Another year of Grand Champion!!!

I managed to avoid the delicious looking candy bars at the checkout counter today. The oreo cookies and cream bar kept screaming at me, but I managed to get away untouched. :)

Hope you both have a lovely Tuesday!

(Monday)
The rain washed our ash away.
Much easier to breathe.

Walked 4 miles in the morning.

breakfast- Protein powder, blackberries and walnuts

lunch- protein powder, puree pumpkin, laughing cow

dinner- cooked cauliflower, spinach, Italian dressing. 2x Turkey dogs.


(Tuesday)
Toning fitness-
Barbells and kettlebell
and 60m aerobics.

Breakfast- frozen blackberries with protein powder and gelatin.

Snack-
Quest bar rocky road, Apricot tea
2 hard boiled eggs
Lunch- hard boiled egg
Dinner- Big spinach salad, cabbage, Italian dsg., cooked Brocolli
snack-protein bar, apricot tea
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I'm hopeful. Today I joined a challenge for Halloween.
Perchance it will motivate me to drop the next 10#s.


CorinnaT: Yes it was a complete headache, sinus compromiseto my system. It's gone but my body is trying to get right again. I worry for the more immune compromised in our area though. Thank you.

So amazing that you resisted those temptations. Great willpower. :)


Renee: to echo Corinna, wow! Nice job.

Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening barn chores

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
tomato and cheese sandwich, hardboiled egg
grapes
cantaloupe, italian beef sandwich, stringbeans

Another beautiful day. Going to cut more hay tomorrow. I think I'll take down my purple martin houses and put them away till next season. I'm hoping there aren't any bee nests in them when I clean them out.

Have an awesome Wednesday!

Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening barn chores

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
tomato and cheese sandwich
grapes
beef casserole, applesauce, jello

Sure was beautiful out today. We cut more hay and will have a busy weekend baling it all.

Hope everyone is doing well.....

Have a great Friday!

Exercise
11 flights of stairs
30 minute walk

Meals
Berry Drink
Mixed salad, fruit salad, pasta salad
Mock Chicken patty on pumpernickel

Sorry, I have been away. Now I am back home again.
Got a husband and dog who definitely missed me I see. :)
Pumpkins are turning orange. One rotted, but one small one I rescued.
Got a big one that is half green and orange, so it will be ready in a few days.
Cut my sunflowers last week and have the heads drying on my porch.
Surprisingly, they are full of seeds. Guess the bees found them after all.
Definitely hot here, but suppose to cool down for the weekend.

I haven't been eating/exercising as well as I should have been this past week.
Now that I am home again, I will get back on track again.

I hope you ladies are doing fine. Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday!! :carrot:

Exercise
11 flights of stairs, twice
30 minute walk

Meals
Berry drink
Jalapeno egg squares, pasta salad
veggie balls in tomato sauce

Renee-did you just delete your post? I thought for sure I saw it here just a minute ago and was getting ready to reply to it. So strange. It said you were going to visit your orthopedic doctor and had more hay to bring in. Perhaps I was looking at an old post somewhere??? Hope you are doing fine. [It was, I found it for 29 June]

Tomorrow I got to get my Flu shot. Next week is Tetanus. Then I should be good for a while.

October is headed our way and fast!!! Hope you have a fabulous Thursday.

Exercise
1 hour walk
30 minute walk

Meals
Egg and cheese sandwich
Potato salad, mixed lettuce
Taco salad

Renee-hope you are doing okay?? Haven't heard from you in a while.......

Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening barn chores

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
chicken sandwich
salad, zucchini casserole

I'm here...just took a break for a couple of days.

Thanks so much for the postcard! Looks like a lovely place to visit.

I have a horse show on Sunday and it will be the last one for the year. I found a great little girl who is thrilled to show him for me. She's been training with him and I think she'll do great. Steel's pretty much push-button.

Have a great weekend!

Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening barn chores

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
egg sandwich
banana
peaches, broccoli casserole, small piece of apple pie

Was a chilly 42 this morning, so I felt like baking an apple pie. It made the house smell like Fall.

No change for me this week...I'm in such a rut. I didn't buy any snacks at the store this week so hopefully the scale will smile at me next week. Hope you did better than me!

Exercise
2 mile jog
30 minute walk

Meals
Tofu scramble
Bean and cheese burrito
Califlower crust cheese pizza
Cottage cheese

No loss for me yesterday! Ugh! That is dreadful. We both need to figure out a way to get those numbers dropping again. This calls for something definitely different. I will need to brainstorm on this for just a bit...any suggestions are appreciated.

How did Steele and the little girl do today?

Wow, 42 degrees is cool. I think we had 48 degrees this morning. I had to wear something on my head covering my ears, just to make sure the cool air didn't get me sick. Too quick of a change here.

Mmmm, fresh warm apple pie is yummy!!!

Good job at the grocery store avoiding those snacks. Now you won't have to worry about those temptations in the house. :)

Have a wonderful Monday!

Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening barn chores
8 hrs. walking around at the horse show

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
hamburger
pizza

Steel and Carolyn went in 3 classes and won all 3 and the grand championship. She was so happy! I think she's hooked! She's easy to teach. She really listens and soaks it all in.

It was 38 when I left for the show this morning but then really warmed -up and was beautiful.

I'm going to try really hard this week to stick to a small portions and better food choices. The scale IS going downward on Saturday!

Have an awesome Monday!

Exercise
2 mile jog
11 flights of stairs
45 minute walk

Meals
Slimfast
Banana
Two Veggie egg rolls
Mock Chicken nuggets

Wow, that is great for Steel and the Carolyn. Yes, she will definitely be hooked now. :)

Today was a beautiful day. I was up early walking before work. I am going to give that a try for a while and see if that helps out. We can do this. We can do this :cb: :carrot: :cb:

Exercise
1 1/ hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening barn chores
1/2 hr. spraying weeds

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
piece of leftover pizza
bbq, rice, mixed veggies

A bit chilly this morning at 36.

I was rather emotional all day with the shooting in Las Vegas. So sad. I feel so bad for everyone. Makes you scared to go anywhere as there will be some copycats for sure. But, I guess you can't live your life in fear.

Exercise
2 mile jog
11 flights stairs
30 minute walk

Meals
Slimfast
Brussel sprouts, green beans, potato hash square
Caesar salad, tomato mozzarella flatbread, tea

Very very sad regarding Las Vegas shooting. So very very sad.

Wow, you did have it chilly this morning. I bet it warmed up later though. Did you reach 70 degrees later today? We had temperatures in the 70s.

I cut down my sunflower plants over the weekend. Need to work on my pumpkin vines next. Holding off for one big pumpkin that is half green and orange. I will give it a few more days. Then I will finally be able to mow the patch of grass it was covering.

Think thin, think thin, think thin ........ to Win!:cheer: