I'll get on the scale tomorrow or Monday.
Sister coming Thursday. Won't be counting calories while she's here or when we go to the US with her. But I'll try to at least log my food and workouts most days.
Workout at home:
Menu:
Cals: 1473
Progress as of today: 21.8 lbs lost so far, only 10.2 lbs to go!
Tuesday morning the scale said 144.4. Not going near the scale right now!
Tues: friends visit in the afternoon - lots and lots of cookies
Weds: went to friends' house for dinner - wine
Thurs: out all day in the city - song club early afternoon and retirement party in the evening for above friend. Lots of beer. Not bad with food.
Menu:
Cals: 1309
Really tired as it was a long day yesterday. No gym, no home workout.
Sister is coming in 10 days. I've put off the worse jobs for last - closets and cupboards, but otherwise the house is very, very clean. Feels good.
Tomorrow our neighbours are coming over to see a slideshow of my Thailand photos. Serving tea, fresh berries, ginger thin biscuits, and I'm making my really good oatmeal raisin cookies. This will be difficult!!
Menu:
Cals: 1299 (but will likely have about 100 calories of a snack of 1/2 pint of husband's home brewed porter)
i would love to see some of your photos when you get a chance to add any cool ones here...
great cals. you are doing great. even 1600 for the day is great. for myself, i love a 1200 cal day but even 1500-1700 is enough for weightloss for me.
Worked hard all day yesterday. Just kept going and going. After dinner I did even more jobs and kept telling myself when I was done I'd have a well-deserved beer. But I kept doing 'just one more'. Never did have the beer. Was so tired I was in bed reading by 9:30. Husband is having a great time with grandson but he kept asking where I was - I was missed. Awww...
Didn't do my muscle workout but will do it today.
Workout at home:
Worked hard yesterday and this morning. Felt I deserved a beer yesterday so had a pint of home brew. Finally finished shampooing all the carpeting in the house! Now on to other jobs.
Should be a gym day but I'm getting this stuff done! I will probably do my muscle workout this afternoon since I have my home gym back.
Menu:
Cals: 1371
Workout at home:
Progress as of today: 22 lbs lost so far, only 10 lbs to go!
had a weak gym workout last night. even though i consumed extra carbs and caffeine...weird.
Didn't do my muscle workout as I just kept going, cleaning, cleaning, cleaning! I've been getting a muscle workout scrubbing! Shining the stainless steel cooker/stove is hard work!
Friends dropped by last night, so of course I had to serve wine. I had about 1 1/2 large glasses. Had planned on weighing myself this morning, but alcohol always make the scale deceptively low due to it being dehydrating. So I'll do it tomorrow morning.
Husband has gone off to visit grandson and will come back Sunday evening. So I'll get a lot done while he's not here, the biggest project being our bedroom.
This is the last day of our perfect weather and tomorrow it will cool back down to the low 50's. I'm deciding whether to ride my bike to the botanic garden (after lunch so I'm not tempted to eat there!).
Menu:
Cals: 1523 (a bit high but I'm getting exercise all day)
Got into my capris! There aren't loose, but aren't tight. Got my gym/guest room finished, just need the carpet to dry and I can put my weights, etc back in there and workout again.
Workout at gym:
Went on a 36 mile bike ride yesterday. It was sunny and made it up to 78F which is rare for here. But it was very windy so our ride was a lot of work when we weren't on a protected road. Lots of snacks, no idea the calories. Beer when we got home. Haven't been on the scale.
Behind schedule on the deep cleaning and carpet shampooing as the belt broke on the shampooer and had to order another. It came today so I've got half the second guest room/gym done. Then all I've got left is the master bedroom and laundry room.
Today I washed all the outside windows. Rewarded myself with a pint of husband's home brewed porter. Was nice to sit outside in the sun wearing capris and tshirt! It's not very common here, even in the middle of summer. Hope it keeps up!
Can't use my gym as I've moved out the dumbbells, etc into the other guest bedroom and now there is no room in either room to work out. But I'll be done by Thursday and will do one then. I'll go to the gym tomorrow.
Menu:
Cals: 1511
Bike ride sounds amazing!!!
Oh so your husband likes to brew!? I'd like to brew my own Kombucha lol. It's so expensive. I may actually take a class on it, but it's a long drive so i'm still debating it.
Happy Mother's Day to all American moms! 
Had some snacks last night (I was hungry!) but stayed under 1500 calories.
No BBQ today - cloudy and drizzly. We'll probably invite friends for a BBQ on a nice day when my sister is visiting as they've never met.
Looks like perfect weather for a bike ride tomorrow - up to 70F and sunny. I'm packing my bike now. Snacks are an apple, clementines, bananas, nuts, date bar, and oatcakes with pb. And lots of water. Plan on going to an island to ride and will usually go about 40 or more miles (pedal assisted electric bike so the hills are not too hard) and we'll stop for lunch at a nice restaurant. I'll try to stick to one pint of beer.
Busy today tackling one of the guest rooms (my gym) - deep cleaning and will shampoo the carpet.
Menu: (might add a snack but will keep it under 1400 for the day)
Cals: 1296
I don't know if you can buy these outside the UK, but they are very healthy - no additives, no sugar or sweeteners, filling and 135 calories.
Progress as of today: 21.8 lbs lost so far, only 10.2 lbs to go!
great job packing up your bike - snacks sound good as does lunch so far. I would like those snacks if I were biking as much as you will be today!
Also, good for you on washing the carpet yourself and not having to hire someone else to do it. I do feel it's better to do things yourself...I tend to not act this way only because right now anyways I prefer to spend my free time as downtime. I guess it's hard for me to ever turn back as once I experienced relaxation it's just hard to not have it anymore. sorry for the rant...I just see it the other way (especially with my dad) and I just can't force myself to always be on the go like him..
I'd never pay someone to shampoo my carpet, or wash my windows (maybe when I'm in my 80's). I bought a shampooer years ago since it's much cheaper than having to pay to rent one. And since I'm retired I can get in down time easily.
Added one oatcake last night, that's okay. 36 calories and healthy.
Scale heading downward.
We might have a BBQ tomorrow and invite friends. That will mean more calories but I'll be sensible.
My sister is coming in less than 3 weeks. She's not a bad influence - doesn't drink, doesn't overeat, but the problem is we'll eat out a lot.
Menu:
Cals: 1324
Workout at home:
Progress as of today: 21.4 lbs lost so far, only 10.6 lbs to go!
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I might have to try your workout some day, and call it the Annie challenge.
Go for it!