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No BS wrote:If this weather keeps up I'll have to do some serious "spring cleaning": break out a razor & shave my legs so I can wear my "short pants" (aka capris) and flash my polar-bear-white gams at everyone!
Sorry for TMI, guys, but we have a running joke in Canada's cold climate about growing our own leg warmers in winter!! Totally screws us up when we take off to the Caribbean in January, though!
Yes, yes, yesNo BS wrote: Which goes to show you: eat healthy foods, exercise regularly, get a good night's sleep and slowly the pounds will come off - IN SPITE OF YOUR OWN BEST EFFORTS!!
Good job on the weight loss!!!!No BS wrote:This Monday (today) I weighed-in and am down FOUR pounds.
Last Monday when I weighed-in I found I gained THREE pounds.
So over the past two weeks I have a net loss of ONE pound. I'll take it!
Which goes to show you: eat healthy foods, exercise regularly, get a good night's sleep and slowly the pounds will come off - IN SPITE OF YOUR OWN BEST EFFORTS!!
WOW did the plane bring you lots of fresh fruit and veggies this week?No BS wrote:APR 8 DAY 96 – SUCCESS
Breakfast: none
Lunch: caribou dry meat, apple, orange
Dinner: red wine, chick peas w/veggie stir fry: duck fat, spices, red/green/orange/yellow peppers, onion, celery, mushrooms, tomatoes, garlic, golden raisins
Tee hee!No BS wrote:Patty, I had to laugh when I looked at the time stamps on our posts. You were busy posting on this thread while I was busy posting on your thread!! Too funny!
It actually does when you pronounce it with a heavy German accent, just try itAlthough days-on-habit doesn't sound as sexy, does it.
Not silly at all - just appreciative and grateful.No BS wrote: It makes me so darn happy to have as many fresh veggies around as I wish to eat, cooked or raw! Not to mention that there is scads of apples & oranges as well, now. It sounds so silly but something as simple as that makes such a huge difference in my day-to-day food choices.
I agree, and you would probably go bonkers with happiness if you could have the fresh choices I have here just 3 blocks from my house. Fruits you probably have never seen!KL wrote:Not silly at all - just appreciative and grateful.No BS wrote: It makes me so darn happy to have as many fresh veggies around as I wish to eat, cooked or raw! Not to mention that there is scads of apples & oranges as well, now. It sounds so silly but something as simple as that makes such a huge difference in my day-to-day food choices.
No kidding!! It must be an embarrassment of tasty riches!!Sweetness wrote:.... you would probably go bonkers with happiness if you could have the fresh choices I have here just 3 blocks from my house. Fruits you probably have never seen!
I can practically feel the skip in your step you had today.No BS wrote:OMG! It is deliciously warm today! Major sunshine & blue blue skies! Simply a pleasure to be outside hiking with the dogs. I had a hard time chasing myself back to the office after lunch!!
No BS wrote:APR 12 DAY 100 –
My fat seems rather lonely and awkward, and extremely out-of-place, like an unwelcome guest at a housewarming party. Me and my muscles & healthy energy are all hanging out having a good time, just waiting for my fat to finally piss off and leave us alone. And, in truth, my fat isn't having a good time like it used to in the old place so it is doing its best to sneak away without anyone noticing or making a fuss. I kind of want to yell at my fat "Don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out" but I dislike being rude. Besides, I'm the one who let my fat in in the first place.
I agree with r.jean - I've always loved your signature. I also love r.jean's line 'if I screw up that meal then the focus starts over with the very next meal'.r.jean wrote:"2013: Slowly regaining control of my life in plate sized increments."
I loved your 100 day summary, but this statement is what hit home for me. In year three of No S it is still one meal at a time for me. I am not saying that I do not look ahead. After all I shop for more than one meal when I go to the grocery store. I also track red and green days. However, I focus on one meal at a time. That way if I screw up that meal then the focus starts over with the very next meal.
this is fantastic that you have over 100 days!No BS wrote:APR 15 DAY 103 – SUCCESS
Breakfast: none
Lunch: polenta w/niblets corn & salsa
Dinner: pecans, apple, orange
Stella : SUCCESS
Outdoors : -23C, hike with the dogs
Indoors : elliptical (7:30 am), shugging (7:30 pm)
I live in the Missouri Ozarks, so I hear ya. They are replacing the roofs on our house and all our outbuilidings starting next week due to hair damage. Right before the tornado seasonr.jean wrote:I also enjoy hearing of your lifestyle. In the Midwest (USA), we have four definite seasons, a lot if weather extremes, and varying amounts of light. However, it is nothing like the extremes you experience!
Good grief! That must have been one whopper of a hailstorm! Were the hailstones huge, too? How did the critters and the vegetation weather the storm?Strawberry Roan wrote: They are replacing the roofs on our house and all our outbuilidings starting next week due to hai[l] damage. Right before the tornado season
You know r.jean, I grew up on the prairies and I find the weather extremes from prairie country a lot more trying than the straightforward weather up here!r.jean wrote: However, it is nothing like the extremes you experience!
I was wondering what fashion looks like in a small town in the arctic circle and if you could shop for new jeans if you wanted to... Glad you have some jeans you can wear! I am down to one pair that fits me now, but I have 3 pair waiting for me when I lose just a few more pounds. I can zip them up, but they aren't comfy yet! I think I'll wait to go shopping!No BS wrote:
At my age if you're moaning about being "hip" it usually means you've broken one falling on the ice and have to be med-evaced to the hospital.
Most of the ladies up here dress awesome! I'm afraid I am not in their league at all. In variety or style.Sweetness wrote: I was wondering what fashion looks like in a small town in the arctic circle and if you could shop for new jeans if you wanted to...