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Still keeping on track yesterday & today. Dinner will be more of a challenge as I'm going out to eat but will see if there is a menu online so I can be prepared.

Food so far- wholegrain toast w/lf butter & dab of honey, 1/2 sandwich at Staruck's chicken & apricot on wholegrain, 3 wafer thin crackers w/ pb & nutella Hmm... a bit lacking on fruits & veg. may have to do something about that at dinner

Exercise-45 min walk, jog with some running.

Concert number 2 today- at a hospice which I think is actually a senior day facility. This is my third concert at this facility so I recognize some of the clients. One lovely lady says," excellent" between every song and another says," will this be in English or Mandarin" before each song. we actually sing one song in Mandarin ( at least we give it a good try)The seniors are very appreciative as are their caretakers and the volunteers who work there so it's alot of fun for us. I'd love to know more about the seniors- what was it like living in Singapore before it became a modern city & what was their experience during the war ?

Going to a art opening tonight and dinner after which should be fun.

Also need to clarify that I'm still working to get back to my posted weight- not there yet, but getting close- hopefully by Monday. .

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!

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I'm making some progress of getting back to my posted weight.

Food today:

scrambled egg w cheese, several drinks to replenish after playing golf, salad w/ slice of turkey, fresh mozz, tomato & a sprinkle of dressing, 4 wafer thin crackers w pb & nutella, dinner to be salmon, asparagus & small potato, glass of wine, yogurt w lemon curd

Exercise today was golf & I'm still recovering, not so much from the exercise but from the heat- to think that last week I was wearing a wool scarf! After playing just 9 holes of golf I was completely drenched, every piece of clothing soaked through. So consider three women in the back of a taxi all in the same condition, not pleasant.

My chorus is in our spring season  and had our first performance at a school yesterday, tomorrow at a hospice , one on Saturday at a local food court (?!) next week another senior center and then our concert for our family and friends. For me I just invite my husband .  I enjoy the concerts for the public- they are very appreciative. Yesterday at the school for special needs I got a hug. Also one of the little boys would run up to each of the women in the first row and hold their hand. Then we found out that he has a thing about watches. So cute.

Trying to stay on track with food and exercise.

Hi!

I'm back! Well actually returned late Saturday from New Zealand but have been busy this week.

I had a fabulous trip. many miles on the road but we wanted to see as much as possible. The scenery was spectacular and we had some fun adventures- a jetboat ride down a river and a small plane ride over snow capped mountains to a cruise on Miford Sound. Beautiful mountains, lakes, rivers, mossy  forests, pastures with sheep and cows.We saw penguinsand interesting birds which was fun. We were in some remote areas and one evening we drove into a small town that began as a mining town. We didn't have any reservations but saw a motel with a vacancy light on. Noone around but a sign that said to pick up the phone & the owner gave us the code to a locked box with the keys and said make ourselves at home & pay in the cafe across the street in the morning. We were the only guest s that night. Had fig scones and a flat white coffee in the morning at the Walnut Creek cafe!

And as for food- well let me just say that New Zealand has great lamb, beef, fish and seem to trun out fine baked goods as well, Also wine, fruit, and dairy products. So I managed to sample all of the above and gained afew pounds. I am doing well this week and hope to shed those pounds.

This week making a concerted effort with exercise and eating light- trying to stick with fish and chicken and limiting my starches.

Will try to read some posts. It's nice to be back!

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Just a quick note as I am 90 % packed but there are always those little things that I tend to forget. And then the question of - bring a small suitcase as I'll be shlepping it around myself or bring a larger suitcase for those items i might buy. Going with the smaller one & can always buy a small bag for whatever I buy.I always think about the size 4 women who can pack alot into a small suitcase. :) Not something I'll have to worry about.

Won't have a chance to respond to everyone but thanks for the good wishes and yes Moogy I have a few warm clothes but I am afraid that I might end up buying a warmer jacket. I missed the season here when they were selling warmer clothing.

Hoping to keep in mind that I can sample some foods but 1, I do not have to eat everything on my plate  and 2. I will pick & choose only food that I will absolutely enjoy and I will try to avoid unhealthy snacking. I'll report back on how this plan worked.

Not looking forward to the long flight..... But just a warm up for going back to the States in June.

Hi all DD friends,

This is a great place to sort things out. And no i didn't come to any great revelations as to why I can't seem to budge off  this weight. And right now is not the time to make any huge changes. We leave for new Zealand on Wed.. for 10 days & I hear the food is very good there . It 's also my birthday & my husband's b'day during that time. So I hope to return without doing serious damage, if you get my drift...

Back to the question & lack of answers- I thought I was making progress with stepping up my exercise- with the 3 times a week of walking/ jogging with a little running thrown in but no return on that - athough i do enjoy it, so there you go I guess that's positive. But anyway-i figure I would have to cut down on my total of calories each day & I'm not ready to do that. And also i get bored here on the 14th floor some days & yes I may eat out of boredom & sadness .....

So, it's Sunday night - had a nice weekend of dinner out with a group of people, some from my museum program on Sat., church today & then met my friiend for coffee this afternoon. Also  long walk today. My husband made dinner tonight- fish & rice with a nice fruit salad.

I have been here on DD for about a year. I know I started around my birthday. And I want to say thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read my posts and to comment. This is the first time that I have lost weight without being in a formal program like WW & the first time in many years that I have kept the weight off for this lengthof time which to me is huge. So thank you to all of my DD friends. I wish I could send you flowers and give you all a big hug!

Hi all-

Had a good game of golf. i played with a woman who is just playing for the second time. She will be a good golfer. Just a sweet woman who said " wow, look at that!" when I had a good shot. Soon she will surpass most of us on the 9 hole group who all play about the same. She drove me home since I couldn't get a taxi & so good that she did as it just poured and I would still be there waiting for a taxi since it's impossibe to get a taxi in the rain.She's Chinese, has lived in Hong Kong, Paris and Jakarta- so interesting to get to know people from all over the world.

Yesterday ended up fine. Today B- eng muff w/butter & honey: lunch - will be a  bowl of tomato soup, snacks planned- carrots with  hummus, yogurt w a little lemon curd, dinner- TBD

Ok off to heat up some soup and think about what Moogy said...... No promises that I'll have "the answer" but basically I need to think about why I am not willing to change my eating to get on with losing some weight.

Cheers!

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And now Happy Wednesday. During my working years a person used to call Wed. hump day. I seriously wanted to hurt him because I knew that every Wed he would say that. To me it was someone who did not enjoy his work- just a work-a -day kind of guy- there to collect a paycheck & it just bugged me. And I'm an easy going kind of person so it takes alot to really get to me.

The week is going well. Since I was on the track of beauty treatments ( although there is nothing beautiful about  threading:) ) I decided that I was over due for a haircut & I made the decision to try a different hair salon which is always traumatic for me. I tend to stay with my hairdresser for a long time. I was with a Malay speaking salon & now am with a Chinese speaking salon. I'll probalby stick with this woman for the remainder of the time that I'm here.This woman knows her stuff & can work on two people at the same time with the aid of an assistant. No long shampoo massages at this salon though- sigh...

Exercise is going well this week- on my second jog/walk with a few short runs for the week . Yesterday was a long walk and tomorrow will be golf.I do need to add some weights which I could do at the gym or use weights that I have here in the apt.

Food- Doing ok, weight is the same- Ok this is getting boring. What to do Hmmm...... Tryng to motivate myself but then everyday seem to also sabatoge myself. Today it was with sour apple licorice. Which is not the end of the world but not going in the right direction either. Last night made chicken, mango lettice wraps- or more like bundles but again with a croissant on the side.  So today- B- 2 scr eggs with small roll, lunch 1/2 of eggwhite wrap at Starbuck's , then the licorice and a handful of pretzels. Dinner will be talapia, rice & stir fried greens.

Have a great day!

A good Monday to all! Not that Monday means anything to me since I retired but it's hard to get rid of that feeling of the start of a new work week.

Since i didn't have anything planned for the day i set up a manicure/pedicure appt & a threading appt. Do you know about threading? I hadn't heard of it before I came here. It's a method of yanking out facial hair or, for many, eyebrow hair to get a better shape! Hope you aren't grossed out by the thought. hard to describe, but basically the person holds threads in her teeth, stand over you, me in this case, and kind of catches the hair & yanks it out. Strange but effective.Check it our on youtube if you are interested. Well I hadn't had it done for awhile because it's not a huge issue for me but felt like trying it again & I forgot that YOW it hurts & this girl wasn't going easy.

Exercise- Went on a long walk yesterday with my husband & today did my walk, jog & a little bit of actual running. Yesterday's walk was on a series of connected walkways with a few of them elevated and at treetop level, very cool.

Food- Still eating more than my 1400 that I should be having. Breakfast, lunch & snacks( except for today) are all decent , but not doing so well with dinners. Friday was at a Japanese restaurant, Sat at a French restaurant and lunch out after our walk yesterday & a wrap for dinner. Today , not so great so far- prepared waffles with butter & syrup for breakfast & then lunch was a couple of pastries ( right , I'm  not sure what I was thinking )& a watermelon juice. Dinner will be salmon, veg & 1/2 baked potato..

Hi all-

It's mid day on Saturday here. This morning my husband & I went for a graveyard self guided tour. I know that sound strange but it was fascinating. The cemetery will soon be changed forever as a 4 lane highway will be going right through the center of it. So many of the graves have to be exhumed and people were there filing their paper work for that to happen. It is a Chinese cemetery and many of the plots have been overgrown but others have been cared for. So much history  & now that the state is going to be taking over much of the cemetery there is alot of interest and more people are taking a look before the highway work begins. While we were there a family with ancesters who first started Singapore came to pay respects to their ancesters.They prayed with joss sticks and burned paper"money" to help their ancesters in heavenAlthough they are now Christians they carry out some of the Chinese traditions ..Glad I had the background from my docent training course. They were happy to have us there and answered questions.

So the walk around the cemetery was my exercise for the day. It was hot & I was just drenched with perspiration. So far- Breakfast- muesli w/ lfmilk banana, lunch, chicken wrap. Dinner- TBD will go out but haven't decided where. Snacks- planned - pineapple, ricecakes with pb.

last night had too much sushi and then had a yearning for a wine cooler- you know the bottled variety- just wasn't necessary but I only had one. So my calories , now that I'm back to counting, are around 1600-1700 so no wonder I'm staying where I am.

Hope you have a great weekend!

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Right, the massage was not painful but I have had painful massages in the past. Had a  Thai massage that  left me with bruises- large ones. I may not be  a good candidate for a massage, I just don't feel anything afterwards- is that normal. But I think  it must do some good for my body.

Well, that was yesterday.

Today went to a great book group discussion. Women from all over the world who currently live in Singapore discussing a book- it was great. Then had lunch with a woman from the US who I haven't seen in ages. It was good to catch up.

No exercise yet today. I'm thinking of going out for a swim very soon. Food- Breakfast was an egg & a half of eng muff with some cream cheese, snack at book group- some sort of Indian bread, more like corn bread but not made with corn meal. Lunch- roasted veg soup with a slice of bread, snack, banana. Dinner will probably be at a Japanese restaurant &will try to keep it on the lower side of calories.

Right now am ooking out on some fluffy clouds in a blue sky so should be clear this afternoon. We've had quite a series of thunderstorms since we've moved. You may have heard about the earthquake in Indonesia. Some people in Singapore felt it as well. A bit too close for comfort.

Take care.