Happy Sunday!!!
Day 1 for our new diet. Focusing in on that 5 lb loss this month. It won't be easy, but we can do it.
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Find something to help you remember.
Maybe wear a pin on your clothes, or put a special note/picture in the kitchen near the fridge.
Something to help you reinforce where you want to be....the new you!!!
Let's do this!!!

I did good today. We had a luncheon after church and there was a table laden with desserts. I didn't have one bite!

Great job Renee!! That must have taken some will power!! You are off to a great start. :cb:

I found a necklace to wear yesterday. It helped me stay focused. Especially from all the chocolates at work.
I was able to avoid eating any. Also, I avoided eating any food last night while sitting in front of the TV before bed.

Day one for both of us was a success. Let's shoot for another one. :cheer2:

Day 2 down and another good day for me. Went for a long walk in the morning, and then ate lightly through the day. I am going to see results this week. I am counting on it. We both will. :hug:

Weather predicts some snow flurries here this afternoon. I know the far northeast USA got a inch. How is the weather in your area? Got those horses padded down? I made good use of some of my time this morning with my dog in the drizzle. Just playing fetch with him while we walked Figured it would be bad weather later on this evening when I head to work. It is nice having a hubby to drive me to work when I work nights. I love being spoiled.

Have a good Tuesday!

Good day for me too. No snacks or sweets. The weather is nice. Lots of sunshine. We're going to have warmer weather the next few days. We've been selling lots of hay.

Have a great day!

Happy November!

Yesterday we carved a pumpkin, watched a couple of Halloween movies (Disney-Frankenweenie, and Scream). We had one trick or treater, the neighbors 4 year old daughter who we invited over. No other children we know of in the area. She dressed up as a ghoul and her chihuahua dog had a lions mane fur around his head. Very cute. She is still very shy and wouldn't talk to us. It will just take time. I didn't eat any candy. I was good about that. However, I did eat a few spicy gingerbread cookies, but in moderation. So I think that was still successful progress.

Today is a wet morning with sprinkling rain. Guess I will just walk along the country road so my feet don't get too wet. Too wet to walk on any trails.

Have a great Thursday!

Getting colder out, so went shopping yesterday a bit looking for some warmer clothes to wear. Didn't find anything I really like or that would fit. Hubby, dog, and I did a short walk across some old bridle paths. Hope the weather is nice today so can do another walk somewhere. My portion of foods yesterday was not the best. Will do better on that today.

Have a good Friday!

No trick or treaters, but I did buy candy for them :)

I ate a couple pieces. I need to get back on track...and I WILL

Had a nice drive yesterday with Steel. Raining here today. Did I tell you Sam was back at work full time....

Have a great Friday!

Saw a big snowy white owl yesterday near our house. The owl has been around the area quite a few times, so I guess it lives nearby. It looks very pretty.


Bought a few small decorative pumpkins that were on sale yesterday. Perhaps I can use the seeds and grow my own next year.


Took a walk with the hubby and dog yesterday across the grassy moors. It was cold, but a beautiful sunny day. Hope today will be similar.


Good to hear that your husband is back to work full time. Hope he is handling it just fine.


Weigh-in shows down 1/2 lb. Yippee! Hope you have some good progress too. :carrot:

You did great! Me not so much, no change :)

Had lots of rain over night, and now the wind is howling. Guess the leaves will be flying. Well, at least I won't need to rake them up!

Renee, that's okay. I know you will try even harder this week to see some results. I know I am because I didn't reach my 2 lb goal. We can do this! We just need to stay focused and maintain discipline with our portion sizes for meals. Food can be so enticing, but we can win this battle!! We can still enjoy it, but don't over indulge.
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Hope you have a good Sunday!

Yesterday was a good day for me eating healthy. Although last night and this morning I have a headache. Must be going through food addiction withdrawals. :lol: I hope you have a good day!

Another day of healthy eating, but didn't get much exercise do to work. Hope to get a walk in this wet, foggy morning somehow. Last night someone brought in a thick, double chocolate cake with marshmallows and chocolate toppings. It was hard to resist, but I did it. As I pay close attention to it. I notice that I am bombarded by sweets of some kind every day or some type of enticing foods. No wonder it is so easy to gain weight.

Hope you have a great Tuesday!

We had more rain today! I started my fall housecleaning and did some laundry. Tomorrow the sun is going to shine and I have some hay customers coming.

My healthy eating has gone out the window :( I need to get more focused. Since I can't get outside, I've been baking......

Oh the rain, it always puts a damper on eating. That is a tough one to tackle. Hopefully you can figure out some good healthy things to bake that are not to heavily laden with calories. :)

I did good yesterday. Hope I can maintain another day.

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Another good day for me. I hope it continues. However, now I am off from work for a few days. And we have rain as well. So I will have to be careful not to eat too much.

Raisin toast this morning, and now off to bed after working last night. Rain is great for sleeping. Hope you have a great day!

Yesterday took my dog to the vet to get his Kennel Cough shot, and then did some grocery shopping afterwards. It was a rainy day. Watched some TV shows later (The Walking Dead, Season 2) and had some pizza. I did very well and did not over eat while watching TV. I thought about going to the kitchen to look for more snacks, but didn't. So some progress is being made. Hope to see some good results tomorrow.

Hope you are doing fine. Have a great Friday! :rain:

Weigh-in shows I am down 2 lbs this week! Yippee!! :carrot:

I hope you have a good weigh-in too. :hug:

You did awesome! No change for me :(

Well I know it is only a matter of time and the scale will start changing for you too. Hang in there. It's harder at this time of year with the cold, rainy weather and then the holidays, but keep focused and maintain your discipline. I'm telling myself this too. It is a daily battle, but the efforts will soon be seen. :dust:

Happy Monday! Another day to tackle. We can do this. Moderation is a key element. Good luck! :cb:

Happy Tuesday! Rainy/windy here today. Hope it clears up so I can take a walk with my dog. He needs to lose a few pounds too. Perhaps the hubby will tag along, but I can only hope. Had some Pizza while watching TV last night. I didn't eat anything extra, which is good. However, that was only because I had nothing extra sitting on the shelf waiting to be snacked on. So good because I had no extra snack food laying around. Especially since I don't know how strong my willpower would have been to not eat anything extra.

Well, we are going to jump right into Winter. Expecting 3-5 inches of snow Thursday! Never did have Fall. Yesterday we got more rain! There is water everywhere. It's going to freeze tonight so I guess there will be lots of accidents with black ice on the roads.

Got all my housecleaning done. Sam stopped at Dunkin Donuts and brought home a dozen........I will never lose any weight :(

Wow, snow's coming your way already. That is just too quick. Hope it passes by instead.

The smell of freshly baked doughnuts. How can you say no to one or even two?

Our bed started to collapse last night. Appears the middle section support is slipping on the wooden floor. Part of that section went missing in one of our moves, and we never replaced it. It still worked fine for several years. However, guess now we have tilted the scales and it is starting to make it move. A very good reason to get these extra pounds off our bodies.

One week before Thanksgiving! I bet you are getting your supplies all ready for the day. I am still thinking about what I would like to make. Haven't decided yet. Getting my flu shot today. The cold season has already sprung up all around us.

Have a good Thursday!

Good morning! Headed off for a walk this morning in the thick fog. The trail is about 3 hours leaving my house across the dales and into the moors. It is a good walk going up and down hills. Then this afternoon, headed to the city to the Christmas market which started last night. Looking forward to the day! And I am off, day break is here. Hope you have a good day too.

Oh, no change for me this week. That is disappointing. Hope you have some success.

Didn't make it to the Christmas market yesterday. My husband was having some chest pains, so we went to the Doctor instead. He needs to have some follow up tests now, but glad it doesn't look to be like a heart attack. Hope to make it to the Christmas market today, even though it is rainy.

Have a good Saturday!

Oh no! I hope Mark is feeling better and the test results are good.

We got 9 inches of snow!!!!!!! What a mess! All the roads were shut down and people were stranded. The sun's out today so hopefully some will melt.

No change for me...I'm in a slump :(

Yes, I have all my Thanksgiving fixins. Can't wait to watch the parades and National dog show!

Nine inches of snow!!!!!! What an early winter. I am hoping for sunshine today. We went to the Christmas market yesterday at 0930AM and it was already busy. In no time at all it was packed. I can't imagine walking around there during the evening to see all the Christmas lights. Too many people for me. I did like seeing all the stalls with Christmas decorations. We just did a really quick walk around and left. The only thing we bought were some roasted chestnuts. Have you ever had them? Taste like mash potatoes to me.


I understand about being in a slump. This is a hard time of year to diet, with it being cold, and then just all the holidays. I guess all we can do is try to keep some kind of control on it some we don't go head over heels in the wrong way direction, and then having to work twice as hard on it later.


Hope you have a good sunny Sunday!

Breakfast-2 eggs, 3 veggie strips, Gouda cheese sprinkling
Lunch-veggie burger, lettuce, tomato, pickles, onions, mustard bread wrap
Dinner-veggie fajitas, celery, hummus
Exercise-walked 2 hours on hilly terrain

Need to start logging my activities again so I can stay on track. Especially since I am not getting the results I desire. Hope you have a good week!

hey Corinna. Im trying to lose weight too. Cheers to you!

Breakfast-one egg, raisin/pecan croissant
Lunch-mock chick patty sandwich
Supper-pea soup
Snack-popcorn, chocolate
Exercise-walk 3.5 hours on hilly terrain

Welcome Fatdecimator! Glad to have you join us. Looks like you are a brand new member. We can tackle this effort together.

My eating wasn't the best today. Could have done without the chocolate and croissant. They were a quick bite after my walk near a local store, but that shouldn't be an excuse. I should have looked for a small package of nuts instead. Really at that point, I just wanted something to eat because I was hungry.

Have a good Tuesday!

Breakfast-oatmeal
Lunch-egg salad sandwich with chips
Snack-peanut butter and cheese crackers
Exercise-elliptical machine

Just a rainy day leading up to Thanksgiving. Hope you have a good day and the snow stays away. :sunny:

We had some light snow today and tomorrow is going to be brutally cold. They said it's going to be the coldest Thanksgiving ever. I feel sorry for the people marching in the parades in Philadelphia and New York. Went and did a little Christmas shopping today. I'll stay away from the stores for the next few days, but I will do cyber Monday.

:thanks1: Have a very Happy Thanksgiving! :happ3:

Breakfast-Granola
Lunch-Egg salad sandwich and chips
Dinner-Wheat Bread slices
Exercise-eliptical

:eating2:Happy Thanksgiving!! :turkey::thanks2:

Hope you stay warm and enjoy your day. Enjoy watching the parade and dog show!

It's the day after Thanksgiving, and I am wondering did you survive the big day? Were you able to get out of bed this morning at your regular time? Were you hungry enough to have something for breakfast? Or did you have a restless night because you ate too much, and the smell of food is everywhere making you feel even more stuffed?


Hopefully you woke up refreshed and ready to start another beautiful day! The sun is up, shining down everywhere, and your stride is happy and quick. O what a beautiful morning is singing in your heart.


Okay........I know........I have been up all night at work, so I am a bit tired and ready to head to bed. So I guess I am a bit looney from lack of sleep. Just wanted to let you know I was thinking of you. Guess we can skip weigh-in tomorrow. It will be a free pass day. Hope you have a great day!

Had a very nice Thanksgiving and didn't overeat. It was very cold here....9 degrees when I went out to the barn this morning. Getting more rain tomorrow. I'm glad it's not going to be snow.

Went and did a bit of shopping. I only went to some local stores. I don't go near the malls on Black Friday.

Lots of people coming to get hay tomorrow and Sunday. I might start to put up some Christmas decorations.

Have a great Saturday!

I think we are going to put up some of our decorations tomorrow. We got the tree boxes dragged out yesterday. Hubby bought a few new lights with the correct type plug/voltage. So that will help out so we don't have transformers taking up space everywhere. Hope you don't get that snow. We have the chimney sweep guy coming by this afternoon. Hopefully, our Chimney won't be too bad for him to check out. Plus we just ordered or second cut of firewood for the season. Going faster than I thought, but then we only use it at night while watching TV. Have a good Saturday.

Got our chimney looked at yesterday. Found out that it was not installed very well. The smoke has problems making it out a sideways flu, and it is not very efficient heat wise. Already figured out most of that myself. Nice to have it confirmed though. I was worried that it was plugged up, but it is fine. Very foggy yesterday. Had veggie pizza and celery and hummus. As much as I have been eating it, you would think it is my favorite meal. Just cheap and quick to make really. Hope you have a nice Sunday!

We had more heavy rain last night and again it flooded the barn. I'm lucky I have extra dry stalls. And I'm glad this wasn't snow. Very nice and warm today but more rain coming tomorrow. It was too muddy and wet to put up the outside decorations.

Had a nice fellowship hour after church with a luncheon. I was good and only has 1 cookie.

Do you need to do anything to your chimney to make it work better?