AtHomeSewing

I apologize, I've had company for a few days and am behind on my "duties"...I do have my FQ packaged and it will be in the mail tomorrow.

After a sluggish month in February, March has been a little better to me. Lost 4 pounds since the first! That could be all for the month, but I'm hoping for more! (:


EVERROSE, which reservation you are sewing for? I would love to hear more about it. I am a descendant of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa of North Dakota and Montana. I've always wanted to visit the area.

Everose

Good Morning Everyone!!! The scale was the same as yesterday, but my legs are hurting from that long walk I did on Friday. Even took some leg cramp pills during the night. I can really tell I'm out of shape. My friend and I used to walk the golf course every day. About 2 1/2 miles - up and down. I should stay on level ground for the time being. Think I will bundle Mom up and wheel her to the grocery store for a Sunday paper after it warms up a little bit.

Athomesewing, I sew for the Standing Rock Reservation. There is a little store (Good Heart Community Store) at Solen, ND and last summer I helped a friend plant a garden. It has been her mission for a number of years. Well, it has now become DH and my mission also. So I'm in the process of using the scrap flannel that a neighbor gave me to make baby receiving blankets and then decided to make pillowcases for all the adults. Figure I need to make at least one every day for awhile to get them done by Christmas. Just got a phone call from a friend who has fabric for me to use. Will be like Christmas!!!

Had egg, bacon and toast this morning. It was wonderful. Now to get out and walk sometime today. I'm on track with what I wanted this month. Meg is going to be so surprised.

Take care - have a great day.

irishrose

FQ is in the mail so it looks like I'm not last. Is anyone else having trouble staying awake from the time change? I think I will take a nap before I start my Porcupine Meatballs for the potluck. They take a long time to bake, so I can put them in and then walk the dogs. We have lovely sunshine today. I have making some of my 'old' recipes when I need something lately. A burst of nostalgia?? My children loved P meatballs. They are so cute and tasty (the meatballs, not the kids). It's not a diet recipe, but not bad.

My weight is up today - positive proof that using a plan helps. I ate at strange times yesterday and the scale proved it. Maybe some of it is water from eating salty foods. I have a chiropractic app't tomorrow and the doctor insists on a weigh in evey time. I refused once and I may again. I don't want this weight written down.

Di, Magnesium Malate for the leg cramps. Take one at bedtime and one when the cramp hits. Right now I'm out and using regular magnesium which isn't as good, but better priced. The MM has malic acid from apples and the combination is great. I take six a day when I have fibromyalgia flare and one a day for maintenance with some ready for emergencies in my nightstand. Also stretching AFTER you exercise. Do not stretch cold muscles. Your breakfast fits right in with Dr Hyman's 'eat protein for breakfast'. Bacon and eggs is so yummy.

AtHome, 4 pounds in ten days is great. Do you like pastels? My pale pink with little blue flowers is cute. Will it go to you?

I have a potluck at church this evening. That always provides some interesting food choices. I wish I had made the casserole carrier as I planned, but I'm not going to rush and do one now. Off for the nap after I change clothes. I don't need dog hair on my soft jacket.

Have a clean eating day.

jlwheart

Hi, I got my FQ mailed Sat. You should have it on Tues. Still enjoying the salad greens. Weighed and down 1# for first week in March.

meanmom

I have come to the conclusion that if they banned weekends I would weigh only 100 pounds. I have been so bad. Yesterday I stopped at McDonalds for a diet coke while shopping. SOmehow I ended up with a Big Mac and fries to go with it. Then we had pizza for dinner and peanut M&M's. Today has been similar. I don't know what came over me. I will be back on the wagon tomorrow. I hope I didn't do too much damage. I will have to work extra hard this week. I refuse to look at the scale until next Saturday.

irishrose

meanmom, read the article written by Dr Hyman linked in my midnight post. What came over you? The artificial sugar - the sweet taste makes your body release insulin but your body has no sugar for the insulin to do it's thing and so that sets off a huge hunger urge. BTW, I don't want to weigh 100 pounds. I'm thinking 138, but I'll know when I get there.

meanmom

I have no idea what came over me. I haven't had a Big Mac in 6 months. As I ate it and enjoyed it a lot I was working out in my mind how many WW points were in it. Which is what I should have done. It was the rest of the weekend that annoys me with my choices. I have no intention of weighing 100 pounds. I was also thinking about 138 myself. I have trouble with my eating choices on the weekends. I will work my way thru it. I love my sweets and chocolate but find I do much better without it. The more I eat the more I crave. The candy and cookies went home with my daughter today. If I NEED chocolate I will have to drive to the store. I really need to be desperate to do that. Weather permitting maybe I will walk to the store for that chocolate.

AtHomeSewing

Irishrose, I would be REALLLY surprised if your pastel is coming my way! (: But, if I were so lucky I would love it! I seem to loose weight in weird little spurts. It seems like nothing for days on end, and then all of the sudden I’ll drop a pound a day for three or four days in a row and then back to the looonnnng waiting game.

I had to hunt through my fabrics for what I hope is a pastel. My drawers are filled with bright batiks, I can’t seem to resist them! (:



Everrose, you’re doing good work. I hope to one day visit the area. My heritage is Metís, that is mixed French and Native American. My grandmother was born in North Dakota Territory (Turtle Moutain) in 1897, just a few years after it was designated a reservation. She was one of the Indian children who was taken from her family and placed into school at Fort Totten. I would love to donate some flannel for your cause, please drop me a PM if I could do that.

Meanmom, Diet Coke made me crave sugar. I have been completely free of cravings (even CHOCOLATE) since I quit it two months ago. I mentioned that to my Dr. last Friday and she said she had just been reading an article about that very thing.

jlwheart

Hi all, I've been thinking of letting of of half & half in my coffee and using 1% milk instead. Just the thought of it makes me ache. Oh I do love cream in my coffee! Deciding factor is how strongly I feel - I've learned the more I feel I can't give up something, the more I have to give it up. So coffee w/o cream it is. Cleaned off work table in my sewing room so now I can get a water bottle carrier cut out and sewn this week. Still have to embroider my fleece baby blankets. Probably on the last of my salad mix. Tonite it's going into bean & cheese tacos.

Pam H

Connie, I LOVE your drawer of batiks. You are so organized!
I just went out for lunch with a friend. I had the fish tacos. Now to figure out the ww points.
After a very rainy chilly weekend, we have a truly gorgeous day.