Working on jigszzle. Might work on sorting out stuff in my gym, might not.
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Total: under 1200 Workout A dish I occasionally have in Thailand
Progress as of today: 9.4 lbs lost so far, only 2.6 lbs to go!
No snacks in the house. Not even bread. Not until the 20th.
Housework. Jigsaw puzzle. Menu plans: Total: under 1200
Of course, next week on Weds I get to enjoy myself!! So that helps motivate me to behave.
Most of the time he doesn't even want lunch. He's never had more than a small beer belly (except for a while in Uganda when it got pretty big).
I like baking but the problem is I eat it and have to eat it all by myself.
thank you for the tips on the pants. i'm going to start this weekend washing i pair that i would have brought to the dry cleaners. i'm so glad i will not need to go there all the time...and i can just wash my pants in my apt at my leisure. so much better.
Nearly 10 lbs down from my highest weight.
I get a cheat day next week - the 20th. I’ve ordered bakery cookies, rose’ wine and one of my favourite beers on click and collect for next Tuesday. I’ll try to stick to the wine and avoid the high carbs in beer. And I’ll freeze some of the cookies…… ‘she said optimistically’.
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Total: under 1200 Workout: Floor routines:
I've got 10 to go, so this post gives me hope.
I bought a scale in Thailand to keep with our stuff there and it only weighs in kg - can't find one to do lbs. So I have to convert.
Goals today:
Clean out my dresser (didn’t do it yesterday but did clean the bedroom)
Sleet this morning and rain the rest of the day. But husband gets on his bicycle every morning for a one hour ride. The only thing that stops him is high winds and heavy rain. I’ve had a jigsaw puzzle sitting on the dining table for weeks. It’s one that is difficult as there are too many solid colours. I’ll work on this today because I refuse to give up on a puzzle. I think this is my 17th or 18th since May.
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Total: under 1200 calories Workout: Spin bike: 40 mins - running, sitting, jumps, hill climbing S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-S
I'm grateful to have indoor exercise tools available to me. I bet your husband feels a little off sorts when he can't get that bike ride in. If he can't go in the morning, but has an opportunity to ride in the afternoon, would he ride then? Or does it have to be a morning thing?
Husband hates it when he can't get out and ride. He'll ride in the rain, no problem, but really heavy with high winds, nope. He goes out at 7:30am to ride, 7:00 when it's not so dark out. In Thailand we both go out at 6am as it's still cool. I really enjoy those. He tries to get me to go with him here but I go in warm sunshine. That's it.
It's not rare to get 90-100mph winds here (144-160kmh) in winter. See why we spend winters in Thailand?
xo thank you for your pants tips. I will certainly stop using cleaners on my pants.
Car started right up this morning. The problem had to be that it was sitting in the cold for a week. It doesn’t normally get this cold here for such a long time. Normally upper 30’s/low 40’s (or so I've heard since we aren't normally here).
7:30am shopping for berries, tomatoes, bananas, etc. And some stuff for the food bank (I got porridge packets, UHT milks, and Cupasoups). I only saw 2 other customers. It was mostly just the kids who pick the shopping for pick up or delivery and the stockers. I was in and out in about 10 minutes. Going to clean our bedroom. Changed the sheets yesterday. I’ve got several drawers to clean out so probably do that as well. I’m sure several of the track suit bottoms I have in there are too small, way too small. I’m worried about what will happen next week in the US - in every state. There are apparently big organized plans for armed mobs, especially in DC. I knew this would happen if he lost. I just hope nobody gets killed!
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Total: just over 1200 Workout: Floor routines:
I'm very worried about next week too.
I hope nobody gets killed next week but I think that is being optimistic. I heard there were plans for a bombing at the one of the midwest capitol buildings and I have a feeling it's going to be Michigan.
It would be good if we had a 2 car garage to keep the salt water spray off of the car. Our previous car got rusty on the bottom of it from the salt. Our mechanic told us it wouldn't be worth the cost of fixing it. It was a French car. Mechanic told us choosing a Toyota Yaris was a very good choice. Although my son in law calls it a 'granny car'.
Apparently, even Mitch has had his 'come to Jesus' moment. Although it is far too late. About 20 gop are in favor of conviction.
There are lots of national guard in and around the Capitol building.
Impeachment will be easy.
Our single car garage has no room as husband is doing stuff in it all the time. Only goes in when we are gone for the winter.
Anyway, we'll make sure one of us takes it for a drive in between my shopping trips.
great giving some food to the pantry. they will be thankful for your donations.
We are so fortunate that we don't have to worry about getting enough to eat, having a home, losing a job etc etc. So we should share. I've been poor before and worrying about feeding your kids is the worst.
The day didn't start very well. Went out to the car at 9:30 to go into town to pick up shopping. Nothing. Battery dead. So had to phone for auto recovery to get it started. He arrived about 10:35, got it started and I went into town still making it for my reserved time slot. I guess not driving the car for a week when some nights it’s been -2C - about 28F is not a good idea.
Anyway all is not lost. It’s sunny today and the scale is going down. Likely fluid loss, but I’ll take it.
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Total: just over 1200 cals
Hey, any loss is a loss. Even if it may be fluid, perhaps it's the "push" that your metabolism needs to start letting go of more weight.
I was getting panicky and tried to phone to store to tell them I'd be delayed and can I get another time slot but couldn't get through - just menus to choose and then cut off. I checked and my time slot is actually 10-11:30. I actually got there just before 11. So no problem.
Yes, I'll take any loss. And I'm getting the scale every day. I figure it will motivate me to stick with it.
Yep, any loss is good. But some likely to return, but overall the slope’s going down. Have to say I like the Fitbit scale much better than the tracker. But initially the tracker enthralled me.
I like my digital scale which also measures (or is supposed) to measure muscle in different areas of the body by using hand held thingies. I'm sure it't not accurate but can tell you if muscle is increasing or decreasing. I haven't used it for years though.
We'll start taking it for a drive in between my shopping trips which are Tues and Weds, unless it doesn't get that cold. It was nearly 50 yesterday during the day, but freezing at night.
We have a battery charger for the car but it involves taking the battery out and letting it charge for a couple of hours. And I needed to get to the store for pickup, so didn't choose that option.
Lots of electric cars here and they are putting in more and more charging stations.
We stopped road service. We have a very cheap auto insurance policy, not included. Needed service so very rarely that calling is cheaper than paying annual fee. Helps that husband has worked on cars all his life as a hobby & can usually bail us out.
Yea, I needed a new scale years ago and was looking at them on Amazon and saw this one - it's a Tanita body composition scale. I might do the muscle measurement s again.
My husband is very handy with fixing just about anything but doesn't bother with the car much. We have to have annual MOT's here (complete physical which you must pass to be on the road legally) and also an annual service. That's always been enough.
The Ironman scale weighs to the 0.2 pound. The MIL scale weighs to the 0.5 pound.
They have an annual series of auto tests here in Pennsylvania. None in California, except for smog. Racket! Hate it! Unless maybe it’s good for those unable to maintain safe vehicles. Ain’t us. But we have to go in and pay.
I always need some event to motivate me to behave food/drink-wise. There’s a good chance hubby and I will have both doses of the vaccine by early April. Our anniversary is the 17th so we are hoping to spend a night or two in Edinburgh and if the restaurant is open that we had booked for our 20th anniversary last April, we’ll eat there. It’s a gourmet vegetarian restaurant.
Menu:
Total: under 1200 Workout: Floor routines: Memories come up on FB every day and of course right now they are Thailand. This was 3 years ago. Looks like the year I actually hit my goal weight before we got there.
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 4 lbs to go!
It's hard for me to wrap my head around the beauty of your photos. A restaurant with a beach floor? WOW!
a gourmet vegetarian restaurant sounds SO GOOOOOOD!
There is a very good series for Thai cooking that my husband watches. The lady is from Thailand but has lived in the US/Canada a long time so it’s easy to understand her accent. She gives good tips and simple or complicated dishes.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pailin%27s+kitchen
When I started counting calories I had to figure out how to count curries. Since most of the ingredients are less than 100calories/100g (except the chicken) I weigh my bowl of curry as 400g and count that as 400 cals.
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Total: under 1200 Workout A restaurant we go to about once a week when in Thailand. From left: green curry, coconut/chicken soup, chicken/veg/cashew stir fry, chicken sate
This was a dinner for two.
I bet your kitchen smells so good when your husband cooks! Nice and spicy!
Yes, kitchen smells great with so many different smells.
I've eaten at Thai restaurants in the UK and US and they aren't even close to real Thai food. For one thing they use too little veg and too much meat. Same with Chinese food.
My husband uses aubergine (eggplant often).
I'm lucky he likes to cook. He'd get very plain food if I cooked, and he doesn't like plain very often.
Clean living/dining, kitchen floor, laundry room floor. Might clean our bedroom.
I look forward to the day when the news and politics are boring again.
Menu plans: Total: under 1300 This morning:
Progress as of today: 7.2 lbs lost so far, only 4.8 lbs to go!
I think some of that "return to normal" has started with Twitter's actions. Thank you, Twitter.
Normal life seems like a dream. Sister and I are hoping we can all go on that trip to DC we had planned for this past Sept. Maybe Sept 2022.
Was a piggy again yesterday. Watched the news.
Plan is NO alcohol or snacking until inauguration day. I will TRY. Then trying for none until my birthday at the end of Feb. But that may be a bit too long for me.
Forecast is sunny and dry and mid 30’s F.
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Total: under 1200 Workout: Floor routines:
Obviously, I need to work on this.
I was not a big fan of beer for a long time, just lager sometimes. But then with hubby and a sis in law I started trying new beers and ales and unfortunately I really love the taste - some lagers, IPAs, porters, different flavoured ones.
On long flights I like gin and tonic. In Thailand I sometimes have cocktails like Mai Tai. Like wine. etc.
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Very colorful & nutritious looking dish. They say the more color the better.
Yes, this restaurant is very creative and makes every dish looks appetizing.
Horn_of_plenty on 01/17/2021:
okay, just drooling over that thai dish!!!! holy mackerel!
Lovely. Miss it! And a lot of the ingredients are grown in their own garden.
Horn_of_plenty on 01/17/2021:
also, keep up the great work stretching, i need this today along with using my home electronic foot massager.
I usually regret it if I don't strech so I rarely miss.
bearcountrygg on 01/17/2021:
That looks delish...I've been thinking about buddah bowls lately.....I love the mixtures like that.
Yea, there are nice. A little bit of everything. Veggies, rice, seeds, beans.
Donkey on 01/17/2021:
Oh that dish looks delicious! A variety of colors and textures. The tomato & sprouts and the chickpeas caught my eye!
Good for you for jumping rope! The impact is supposed to help maintain bone density. Do you jumprope on carpet or on a solid surface?
They always put flowers in their dishes as well, and often use seeds. The rice is a mix of brown, jasmine and one other.
I jump on the carpet. Very good for bone density. I used to do 4 or 5 sets of 25 so will work my way back up to that on the days I don't do muscle work.