Jan_In_Maine

Good Morning all! I unfortunately am up 0.8# this morning - kind of surprised, but will keep trying. I'm going to the gym this afternoon and will try to watch what I eat for the next week. Hope everyone has a wonderful week! Jan

Belle, I haven't had the best of weeks food wise as we celebrated my birthday with all the kids on Monday and for dessert we had carrot cake (love carrot cake!). I'm now trying to be good until Thursday! Izena - Been thinking about you and hope you are doing ok. Jan

Finally weighed myself today - I stayed the same, so I am not disappointed!!! Jan

Izena - I am so sorry that you are going through this - Can't pick relatives or in-laws. Hope that it goes ok - Jan PS - Yesterday I ate lots of kettle corn, between the calories and the sugar I decided not to weigh myself today.

Izena - I'm sorry you are having bp problems - when is your visit to the neurologist - hope you don't have a long wait. I stayed the same as last week - disappointed, but haven't done much exercising. Was hoping to lose at least 10# before our cruise the middle of October, but scales aren't moving (guess I need to move more!). Hope everyone has a good week. Jan

I really like that interesting fact!!! Jan

Izena - where did you go that had the sloths? We are doing a cruise in October and another on in March that goes to Roatan and we are doing a tour with Bodden Tours that does sloths. Jan

Belle - Happy Birthday - I miss the days of the birthday cakes, dancing guys etc - even if it was only in our thoughts .... I hope you have a great time on your birthday - Enjoy!!!! Jan

wow - Izena - You should be so proud of yourself (which I'm sure you are .... that is amazing!!!) I've been gaining and losing the same pounds for about two months now - I am down 0.8# this week (which was what I was up last week). I need to start doing more exercising. DH has agreed to go to the gym a few times per week ... but we only seem to have gone once. Cooler here today -nice and sunny and high is only expected to be 72. Did anyone see the moon last night - it was beautiful! Hope everyone had/has a good week. Jan

Terri - Congratulations on your #1 loss and even more so for your total loss - that is amazing - I hope you are very proud of yourself!!! Jan

Izena - hope things start getting easier for you. I understand the struggling to get back on track. Yesterday I sat with a container of ice cream (orange cream) and a spoon. Ate too many spoonfuls. I seem to be doing ok, but then something comes along that I just must eat!!! I stayed the same this week - not what I wanted. I will keep trying. Pricing is crazy here too - electric is insane, food is very expensive, housing is totally unbelievable, I'm not sure how anyone can afford a new home. Hope that all have a good week. Jan

That is a good question - first year we did a tour with Lawrence of Antigua - that was a wonderful tour. Second time we did a boat tour which was a lot of fun - but cannot remember the name of the company. 3-4-5 we did Beach Beachlimerz - which we really loved for the first 2 times we were there. Unfortunately our December,2022 was not quite the same, and even though it was still very nice, we decided that we wanted to try something different. Still not sure what we will do in October. Jan Edit to add: The boat tour was Adventure Antigua - Eli's Original Eco Tour (I don't know if they still have tours and if their tours are still the same).

This will be our 6th time in Antigua - we thought we might just walk around the port area. Is there anywhere that would be good to stop at for lunch and/or drinks? Thanks.

I should have weighed today instead of yesterday ... I am down some today from Thursday's weight. At least I didn't gain!!!! Izena - wow that rots that your taste buds want candy and salt ... Jan

Izena - Glad you are feeling well! Nice that you didn't gain. I unfortunately am up 0.8# ... I've tried so hard, but I just don't seem to be able to stay on track. I did not snack ... I did have a glass or two of wine a few days ... but, I'm still not eating much. Food still tastes like salt! Hope everyone has a good week. Jan

I am finally testing negative for covid - wow it took forever - hopefully I won't ever go through it again! I have been counting my calories and I never ate more than 1,200 per day and haven't had a glass of wine (or other drinks) in 20 days. I gained 0.6# I just don't understand what is going on. I need to keep trying, but it can be difficult when the scales don't change for the better. Hope everyone has a great week. Glad you didn't gain Izena - heat has been horrible for so many people - sorry you are going through that! SoloAlaska - congratulations on the loss over last week. Don't mean to be nosey, but what are you exhibiting? How anyone can say no to poutine is beyond me - its so good! Jan

Belle I hope you have a wonderful relaxing time on your cruise. Enjoy! Jan

I still don't feel good and am still testing positive for covid. I was to go away this weekend to my SIL's funeral, but, DH is going by himself. All his siblings will be there. I am down 0.6# this week. Thought it would be more, I have no appetite (not even for wine!). I will take any loss! Hope everyone had a good week. Jan

Belle - before I turned 70 driver's license were good for 6 years, now they are good for 4 and I have to go in for eye testing. So glad I don't have to answer questions!!!! I'm still waiting for covid to go away. We are to leave on Saturday for my SIL's funeral in Michigan. We will not go unless testing comes back negative. Its been a decent week - Jan

Susan losing 20# is amazing.. Since the first of the year I have lost a total of 8.2#. Sometimes it is slower than we want. I hope you have a wonderful time on your cruises and that you get a lot of walking in. Enjoy!!! Jan

Good Morning all - I am being very unactive as I am so very tired. I only have 2 1/2 days left of Paxlovid and being in the house. DH is also sick. Kids have been very helpful with getting groceries, etc. Just wish I could hug them. I weighed myself this morning for the first time since we were on our cruise and I am down 3.8#. Guess that is one thing about covid - it really takes your appetite away. Hope everyone has a good week. Jan

Belle - I think that on the ship there were under 5 people that I saw wearing masks. The last I heard from a group I belong to was probably 12-20 people who have it (don't know exact numbers) and there are not a lot of people on that site. I am trying to get the medicine .... apparently there is a "snafu" with the paxlovid and reactions when kidneys don't function properly ... so figure, always something!!! Alaska for 40 days sounds lovely! Jan

We got back to Maine today from our cruise. I loved Alaska, it is beautiful! We had a great time with my DB & DSIL. We got off the ship on Friday and that night/or Saturday morning I wasn't feeling well. Took a covid test today and it is positive - first time - I'm so cold. I'm going to call the Doctors to see if I can get medicine. People are now posting on our cruise that they got it. My brother has it. My husband does not. I doubt if I lost any weight while we were gone. Good luck to all this week. Jan

I have done well with my eating, we leave in the morning, so have been hoping that I could post tomorrow with a loss, but unfortunately, I haven't lost anything since last Thursday. I will see where I am tomorrow. Not going to worry too much while on the cruise, I'll just try to get some walking in!! Jan

We deadheaded a rosebush today (it runs along our front fence and it blooms 3 times in the summer - they are a beautiful pink and I get wonderful compliments on them). They are a hybrid and people have taken clippings of them, but they can't be reproduced. I also did some weeding - somehow there is a new invasive "flower" that is taking over everywhere ... I can't seem to get rid of it. I think I got my exercise in today!!! Jan