Hope everyone is doing well. 
Not 100% yet, but getting there. Went back to the gym this morning. Hope to get back to my normal intensity next week.
Workout at gym:
Menu:
Cals: 1373
Good morning! About 80-90% well.
Didn't do my dumbbells yesterday as I got lazy. So did them today as well as lower body. I didn't want to overdo so did less of everything. Gym tomorrow.
The muesli kept calling my name and I didn't want to be rude 
I just had to throw the rest of it in the bin.
A normal workout is 4 sets of everything, and I'm sure I'll be back to that next week.
Workout at home (upper):
Workout at home (lower):
Menu:
Cals: 1378
Glad you're finally recovering from the cold, etc!
Oh, and keep up the good work:-)
Feeling about the same as yesterday but do have some energy. Cleaned the bathrooms, doing some organising with husband's massive collection of t-shirts! And will do some of my upper body dumbbell routines. Don't know if I'll do my usual amount.
Stuck to menu yesterday although too many calories, except that I forgot about the popsicles I had and had the last two. So cooling on my throat. 
Menu:
Calories: 1476
Progress as of today: 19.4 lbs lost so far, only 15.6 lbs to go!
Thanks for your good wishes!
Seemed like I coughed all night on Friday but last night was much, much better. I've just been doing the minimum housework - keeping the kitchen clean, doing laundry, and keeping things tidy. So today I dusted and hoovered the living room, washed the kitchen floor, and cleaned up the laundry room. That was enough. Bathrooms and bedrooms tomorrow.
I hope to get to the gym on Wednesday. Will try doing my upper body strength workout tomorrow at home.
Menu which I intended to stick to but husband brought me a bottle of ale for a treat.
Calories: 1511 + One bottle of ale - calories unknown
I've been missing the muesli I ate every morning in Thailand, so I stupidly bought some while buyiing groceries last week. It is soooo good but soooo high in calories. I measured out a serving size which is 45g and is a tiny amount. I probably ate 4 times that amount in Thailand almost every morning. So it wasn't just the beer, cocktails, and ice cream that put the weight on me! I've added my gram scale to the packing list for next trip to Thailand.
Progress as of today: 19.4 lbs lost so far, only 15.6 lbs to go!
Thanks for your nice comments! Happy Valentines Day. Still sick and not counting calories but not being a total pig. 
I'll begin posting again when I'm well and counting calories and working out.
Progress as of today: 19.4 lbs lost so far, only 15.6 lbs to go!
Good morning!
Still coughing a lot. Didn't have to blow my nose too often yesterday but woke up with it totally blocked. Arghhh. I snacked yesterday so went over calories, but none was junk as there is no junk in the house. My weakness is oatcakes (Scottish oatcakes - made with oats, oil, salt and 36 calories each). Healthy, but high cal if you eat too many.
Had to grocery shop today and did not buy any oatcakes. Got some ice lollies/popsicles as they sound nice for my throat. Also got some huge oranges as well as all the other fruit and veg.
Phoned the dentist to cancel my teeth cleaning appt. tomorrow.
Not making a menu plan today. I've stuck to calories every other day since being sick. So I'm just not counting today as it stresses me out to go over. Not going to be a pig either.
It's very foggy today although temps are mild so I'll cheer myself up with a Thailand photo. Me in the pool at a mere 7 or 8 pounds overweight before serious indulgences.
I love how the women wear bikinis no matter what their shape or size. And it actually is more comfortable not to have the wet material of a one piece around your middle.
Progress as of today: 19.4 lbs lost so far, only 15.6 lbs to go!
Cals: 1291
I'll see how I feel this afternoon and might do my upper body strength training with dumbbells.
Another Thailand photo: Buddha statues and images everywhere.
Progress as of today: 19.4 lbs lost so far, only 15.6 lbs to go!
Progress as of today: 19.4 lbs lost so far, only 15.6 lbs to go!
Ack. Feel worse again. It's in my lungs and has moved back into my nose. The sore throat which came back yesterday afternoon is better this morning though. I'm sure we've got more than one strain of a virus (googled and see it's quite common).
Resting. Reading. Internet, of course.
Menu:
Cals: 1340
Hope everyone has a good and healthy Sunday!
The view during dinner one evening from one of our favourite seaside restaurants in Thailand: (one of my favourite shots).
Progress as of today: 19.4 lbs lost so far, only 15.6 lbs to go!
Resting. Husband is much worse than me with every symptom. I'm coughing with a slightly runny nose.
Scale went down nearly 5 pounds so I'm guessing it was fluid retention then loss. Maybe I didn't gain as much as I thought. Will see.
Menu:
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Yay for getting back to the gym. I'm thinking of getting a food scale for the bulk items we get through our co-op. I don't usually weigh out foods for myself but it would come in handy for measuring ingredients occasionally. The main thing is we often split 25 or 50 lb bags of rice, flour etc. from the co-op and the scale would be handy for dividing things up. Let me know if you have recommendations :)
Digital is best. These have the option of grams/kg or lbs and goes up to 5kg but there are bigger ones. I never used one before moving here but everything here is calories per 100 grams and recipes are metric as well. So my oats for porridge are weighed in grams, nuts, dried fruit, my flour for baking, fruit, etc. It seems to be much more accurate than measuring things by cup (like grapes), or guessing what 'medium' sized means.
Umpqua on 02/18/2015:
Thanks Annie. I occasionally make recipes that have metric measurements so it would be useful for conversions. I think a regular sized one would work fine, we typically portion out bulk stuff into gallon ziplock bags and measure by 5 or 7 lbs. So something that goes up to 10 lbs would probably work. I'll have to start researching my options!
Mines 5kg so is 12+lbs. But they probably come in 10lb size over there.
puddles on 02/18/2015:
Personally I have never used a scale but I can understand if you get stuff in bulk. The instruction on most of the stuff I use is on the box and usually gives cup size or tablespoon size and I figure if I am off it is not by too much. Wishing you a great day.
In the UK measurements are all metric and calories are given as per 100g. So my porridge instructions say 40g plus 250ml liquid. No other way to measure.
thinnside40 on 02/18/2015:
Glad your feeling better :)
nenak on 02/18/2015:
Glad your on the mend x