Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening barn chores
2 hrs. weeding
1 hr. raking old hay

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
hamburger
salad, grilled steak, carrots

Been real busy here. Sorry I haven't posted lately. I've been falling asleep as soon as I sit down to watch a bit of TV. The weather has been so nice! Tomorrow I'll start seeds and visit the garden center for early vegetable plants.

You did good at weigh-in. No change for me.

Exercise
2 mile walk
1 mile walk

Meals
Slimfast
Veggie Sub
Mexican Challupa and Chile Relleno

Hi Renee, I hope you had a good week. Back home now after visiting with family. I had a nice time. I hated the drive, but now I can relax for a few days before heading back to work. Any horse shows this weekend? Hopefully it won't be stormy out if you do. I did weigh in this morning to find that I am up one lb. If I keep going at this rate, I will soon be back to where I started in January.

How have your eating choices and exercise plans been working out for you?

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

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
pizza
italian sub

Glad you had a good visit with your family. I've been busy with the new garden and working outside between the rain storms. I had a truckload of mulch delivered and I'm putting it all around the house in the flower beds.

No horse shows until late June. I cut way back on showing because I don't want to hurt my knee again. I'm only going to shows in grass arenas. I don't want to run through the deep sand that some arenas have. I can drive Steel around the farm.

No change for me...still eating too much :(

Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening barn chores
2 hrs. weeding, mulching and planting

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
mac &cheese
salad, cavatelli, sugar peas

Started my Spring house cleaning, then as soon as the grass dried off I worked outside. We're supposed to get rain off and on for the next few days and I want to get my planting done.

Are you starting to pack? Are you taking much with you or do you buy new when you get there? Have you sold your house?

Have a great Tuesday!

Exercise
2 mile walk
1 mile walk

Meals
Slimfast
Tofu scramble
Bean enchilada

One vehicle sold, one vehicle being shipped on Wednesday. Have to have it spotless to be accepted for shipping along with all the paperwork. Hope it passes. Will put the house on the market in June. Still have some work to do on it first. Working on finding all my important papers and items to carry with me and will ship the rest separately. Busy busy here.

Hope you have a nice Tuesday. Enjoy your garden.

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

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
ham and cheese sandwich
coleslaw, pulled pork sandwich, asparagus

Wow! We had a wicked storm system go through at 4PM. Lots of trees down in the area. We were under a tornado watch, but I don't think any touched down around here. Amazingly we didn't lose power, just a couple of flickers. It went from 90 degrees to 60 in about 5 minutes.

Planted my peppers and tomatoes. Still have some mulching to do.

Have a great Wednesday!

Exercise
1 mile walk
1 mile walk


Meals
Tofu scramble
Trail mix
Veggie pizza
Banana
Tea
Fruit Popsicle


Wow, that is quite a switch in weather temperature. I am glad you didn't get a tornado. We are under a flood watch here for the next few days. Suppose to rain all week. I hope your garden doesn't get flooded. I had a few ferns and flowers I transplanted, but they are having a rough start with all the wind and rain. They look pretty battered and ragged now.


Car passed inspection and has been accepted for shipping. Yeah! Now just need to finish the rest of the work on the house and personnel belongings.


Didn't do the best in eating today or exercise. Lunch was late (1:30) and only consisted of a trail mix packet I bought at the gas station. Too busy trying to meet deadlines, but had to eat something, so while he was filling the car, I ran inside and grabbed something. It kept me from getting a headache. I usually have something in my purse, but I haven't stocked it up lately.



Hope your garden is doing well. Have a great Thursday!

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

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
chicken salad sandwich
fruit cup, chicken fried rice, pudding

School was closed here today with all the trees down. We were so lucky!

Rained all day so I did some house cleaning. Washed everything down and changed the curtains.

Garden is fine. The raised beds drain quickly.

Do you take your furniture with you or is the new house furnished? You must be really busy.......

Have an awesome Thursday!

Exercise
2 mile walk

Tofu scramble
Cheese and tomato sandwich
Mock fish nuggets with cheese

What a wet and rainy day. It took me so long to get work and home today. Too many car accidents.

We are taking our furniture with us. Trying to get rid of excess stuff. Not sure just yet how big a place yet to squeeze all our stuff in.

Have a nice Friday!

Exercise
1 mile walk

Meals
Tofu scramble
Ratatouille and vegetables
Mock crab bites
Banana

Still soaked from all the rain. Hope you have a good weigh-in tomorrow.

Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hrs. evening barn chores
1 hr. planting and mulching

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
chicken stir fry
salad, spanish rice. string beans

Got some more planting and mulching done before the rain tomorrow.

I didn't have water up in the barn this morning. Luckily it was only a pressure switch and not the pump. It only took 15 minutes to fix.

Hope you have a good weigh-in!

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

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
sausage sandwich
chicken cheese steak, sweet potato fries

No change for me...

Today I didn't do much of anything. Raining again! Oh, I did watch the Royal wedding. I thought it was really nice.

And the Preakness horse race was awesome!

Have a good Sunday!

Exercise
2 mile walk
1 mile walk

Meals
2 scrambled eggs and Swiss cheese
Bean casserole
Mock Chick patty
Lemoncello ice cream (just because it is a special item and
so hot out today,really no good reason other than I wanted it)

Measuring bed, dressers, couches, etc so we can be sure they will fit into the house we get.


Sold my beautiful bird bath only because I have so much stuff now and need to downsize. It went to a good home though and to another bird lover. I could tell the family really liked it, so I am happy.


I didn't lose any weight this week and my eating has not slowed down either. I want to get on track, but just too many distractions, interruptions, etc. My schedule is just so topsy/turvy right now.

I missed out on watching the wedding and Preakness. Will have to catch up on them later on the internet.


With all this rain, the ants are invading our home. We did get some sunshine today, so maybe they will move back out again.


Hope you have a terrific Monday!

Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening barn chores
2 hrs. working around outside

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
sausage sandwich
salad, pizza, cake

Kind of blew it today. I had a piece of Sam's birthday cake. It was so worth it!

More rain for tomorrow.....

Exercise
1 mile walk

Meals
Scrambled eggs, hash browns, biscuit
Vegetable Chow Mein
Mock Chick patty and tomato pasta

Well today I had to take my wedding rings off and it took me some time too. Either I have gained so much weight so that my hands are fat now or perhaps my kidney medication is making me swell up too. Perhaps it is a little bit of both. My ring finger was getting rather tight and I don't want to have my rings sawed off later because my finger is getting squeezed by the rings. Perhaps I can find a necklace chain and wear them around my neck. This is the first time I have ever had to do this. Usually I am worried about losing them because they slip off easily in cooler weather.


Yes more rain to come. Our grass is so high now I can trip in it. We already sold our lawn mower, so we have to wait until Friday for our hired guy to come mow our lawn. He didn't do it last week because of the heavy rains. Hopefully this week it will give us a short break in the weather.


Have a good Tuesday!

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

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
tomato and cheese sandwich
fruit cup, beef and broccoli and another piece of cake :(

Didn't do much of anything except laundry. More rain. It is supposed to be nice for the next 4 days. I sure hope so!

When do you have your kidney stone blasted?

Exercise
Walk/jog 3 & 3/4 miles Walk 1 mile

Meals
Tofu scramble
Potato salad
Blueberry fruit drink
Green pablanoes

Friday is my day for treatment.

What kind of cake was it? Looking forward to some strawberry shortcake this weekend.

Sunshine is heading our way. I think you will get some too.

Have a good Thursday.

Exercise
Walk one mile


Meals
Two doughnuts
Fried okra and cauliflower
Taco salad



Beautiful day today. I am sure you are enjoying it. Will be hot and muggy this weekend. Hope you have a great Memorial Day weekend.

Exercise
1 1/2 hrs. morning barn chores
1/2 hr. evening barn chores
1 hr. picking up branches from the last storm

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
ham & cheese sandwich
salad, grilled pork chop, mac & cheese, pie

How did your doctor's appointment go? Hope you are feeling ok.

I made a rhubarb - blueberry pie this morning with my rhubarb. It was very good, not too sweet. I'm sure my weigh-in will be terrible.....hope yours is good!

Exercise
3.75 mile walk
1 mile walk

Meals
2 fried eggs
Bean tacos with tea
Taco salad with tortilla chips

My weigh-in shows up one lb. I am not surprised. My belly is so big right now I feel like a bloated tick. That is not good...but what is good is that my kidney treatment went well, and they blasted apart two stones so they can pass easier in the future. So now I just have a few days of cramps, headaches, and soon I will be feeling much better. I hope your weigh-in is good.

Tomorrow I have headed to a Strawberry Festival with a few friends to do a 5k walk. It should be fun. Hope you enjoy your Memorial Day weekend.

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

Meals
oatmeal with blueberries
banana
ham and cheese sandwich
fruit cup, shrimp stir fry, rice

Glad everything went great with your kidney stones. No change for me :(

Finished putting in the irrigation system for the garden. I love it! It's so easy to pick weeds and hoe the rows.

We didn't get any rain, hope you had a good time at the Strawberry Festival.

Exercise
3 mile walk


Meals
Slimfast
Strawberry Shortcake
Cheese Pizza
Mock fish nuggets


Had fun today at the Strawberry festival walk, concessions, and parade. Spent the rest of the day going through our stuff in the house. Tonight we are getting a lightning storm with rain. Air is getting cooler too. Hope you had a good Sunday!

Exercise
2 mile walk
1 mile walk


Meals
Slimfast
Tofu Scramble
Salad Bar


Beautiful weather today, once it cooled down some. Very muggy this morning. Looks like the mosquitoes are making a comeback now. Love all the baby birds and bunnies out right now. How is your garden coming along? Our grass has been growing like crazy. Our magnolia tree will be blooming soon. I think a few may have opened at the top of the tree.


My eating has been sporadic and crazy lately. Just been very busy and when I am free to eat, I know I have been eating more than I should be. Just all stress related. I need to try to regulate that more. Easier said than done though.

Exercise:
-1 mile walk
-half hour stairmasters

Meals:
100% Whey Protein Isolate
Canned tuna with bread
Some greens
Lots and lots of water!


Been making some great progress. I guess what it comes down to is getting into the rhythm of things and really putting off hunger when I need to. I think i found the trick to all this though!