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Jaytee, so good to hear from you. You are keeping busy with work and walking when you can. 3 miles that is great!!!! Have a wonderful day!!!

Hubby & I just got back from walk to Son's house  to stay with grandkiddos so DIL could take a walk...worked perfectly for all of us...(Son is a coach so he was off to practice) We live in a small town so they are only five blocks away but it still got me up and moving.

Goodnight...Tori.Judy.Janet.Kathy.CookieMonster.Erika...Did I miss anybody????? I hope not ..if I did I'm sorry...

Have a great day tomorrow ladies!

Hi Plantlover - great to hear from you again & thank you for starting this wonderful thread. There are wonderful inspiring women who have touched my life that I look forward to hearing from every day.

I'm having a wonderful day so far. I began with doing the treadmill this morning, 3 miles. It feels great to be starting the day with doing something for me. I then ran errands and put palm crosses at the cemetery for my parents and in-laws. I miss them so, I lost my mom and both in-laws in the last 2.5 years. I am blessed to have wonderful family and all those special times we shared, there would never be enough time.

My exercise routine and supplements have kicked in because I feel stronger with less joint discomfort. Thank you all for the encouragement & support. Have a wonderful evening and fun weekend!!

(((hugs))) Janet

Hi everyone. So glad plant lover snuck back in. I did pretty good today on eating but No significant exercise today unless I get to count a short walk across campus to get the mail:). I work at a small college in Illinois. I am so glad it is Friday it has been a busy week at work and I'm actually calling it a night. Goodnight all! Marsha

Hi everybody!  I finally got a chance to get back here.  Life is definitely busier all of a sudden.  Hi Plantlover!  So glad to see you.....glad you are feeling stronger!  That is a good thing.  I am noticing that in myself too....so much stronger than last spring at this time.  Keeping you in my thoughts on your job search.

Kindergarden..........A grand daughter on the way!!  How exciting.....I know that its a blessing either way, but now you can start buying those cute little outfits!    Sounds like you are keeping at your exercise...how did the baseball games go today?    I worked til early afternoon today, then was going to walk but they were having a track meet today and  it was still going on so I went home, got supper ready and went back after supper to get my walk in.........I get disappointed now if I can't get out there.  It has got to be helping my metabolism!!!   I think I have always had a slow one, I was the middle of 3 sisters and both big and little sister were much more athletic than me.  Dad called me 'Butterball' when I was little.....really, really disliked that nickname!  As i was walking along today, I noticed that I am keeping at a faster pace now.....hey before I know it maybe I'll be jogging!      

tenaj.........sounds like you've been busy!    Congrats on the new car!   Don't you love that new car smell!  Sounds like your new job is going well and I am so happy that you are feeling better too!   As much as we have to make ourselves get out there and exercise at first, slowly and surely we are reaping the benefits in mind, body and spirit!!!   Keep up the good work!   I'm sorry to hear about your mother and in laws......so much loss for you in such a short period of time, and then to have to deal with bc.  Guess we just have to hold onto our memories and cherish the time we have together with family.  Lost my Mom 16 years ago and I still miss her everyday.   She was a nurse too, and so many times when I was going through treatment, I wished she was here with me. 

Cookie........hope your DS had a good soccer tournament!   Know what you mean about eating out.  Now that I am back working, if I work til closing, DH and I will sometimes just go out and get something to eat.......if I am too hungry, I get really tempted.  I know I need to keep some healthy foods down at work so I can eat something every 3 hours or so.   

Hi AteamNana.....Erika......Tori........hope everyone is doing well and having a good weekend.   Keeping you all in my thoughts.   Have a nice Sunday tomorrow!

Good Monday morning everyone!!!   Start of a new and fresh week.  Wishing everyone well, have a great week at work, home, everywhere!

Oh kindergarden, those boys must have been something to see!  What kid doesn't like to play in the rain!    The moms, on the other hand.............having to wash those muddy uniforms!     I bet its beautiful out there in Ca right now with lots of flowers blooming.   Have a wonderful day out there today!

Good evening ladies! I hope your day is going well. I'm working full time this week for orientation in another facility. It was mostly boring today...polices etc... But at least I got paid :-)

I came home & took a bike ride with my DH. Really loving Spring..... Always did, but I have a much better appreciation for every day now. I know you know what I mean.....

Jaytee, your doing a great job with walking. Thank you for your posts, they always make me feel good after I read them. I love your words, encouragement, & kindness. I had a few nick names that I would rather not recall. I'm too sensitive anyway....

Kathy, I would have loved to see the mayhem in the rain. When my son was young I was assistant coach for his baseball team, I use to be the pitcher. We had a lot of fun. Although some of the parents use to make me crazy!!

HELLO to everyone else.....

Enjoy the evening!

Janet

Hi everyone...I stuck with my protein drink for breakfast...did not have any coffee today...that is a big deal for me...I love Coffee .. especially latte's.  I drank water...I did have a cup of chicken noodle soup from our college snack bar...Made Bannana Pepper pulled pork in the crock pot for supper.  so, I had a small serving of pulled pork and carrot sticks...so far so good   I did not walk tonight..my neuropathy is really flaring up today...my toes are numb and tingling and my right arm/hand is tingling also...I think I am hitting the bed early tonight:(     Oh yeah...I did have about 1/2 cup of popcorn at work...they pop it every afternoon....the smell sucks me in:)   I took carrot sticks with me and munched on them also.  I really want to drop 15 pounds by the end of May so I really Gotta get walking.    Have a great tomorrow everyone!!!!!!

Good morning!! You go ATeamNana!!!! You can do it, we are rooting for you. I do a protein drink blenderized with a banana several times a week. They are delicious & hold me quite well till lunch. I hope you got a good night sleep & are feeling better.

Kathy, the weather is warming up during the day but still cool at night. 32* last night. I'm glad I waited to do some planting, the crazy weather had me tempted. Good thing I waited.

Have a wonderful day ladies!

Morning!  Yes, Ateam you can do it----you can lose those 15 pounds!!   I'm going to take carrot sticks to work today too.  I usually have yogurt down there and some multi grain crackers.  I have to be careful and only take a little or else I eat them like chips.  I have always liked something salty along with yogurt.  Know what you mean about coffee-----I have cut down how much I drink, but it is so tempting sometimes to keep refilling the cup.  Have another good day!

Kindergarden........I remember Lestoil!  Mom always had it in the laundry room.  You are right, havent seen it in a long time.  Something else I can't find anymore is Sani-Flush, those liquid toilet bowl cleaners run out of the bottle like water!    Feeling a grocery store rant coming on.......usually buy the multi pack size of TP for home, but bought a 4 pack for work the other day and boy o boy have they ever shrunk the size of the TP rolls again!!    Hey grocery stores.....stop shrinking the food and the toilet paper............can you just turn your shrink ray on me!!!!!!!! 

Hi tenaj.......have a good week at work!   Thanks for the kind words.  I have always been sensitive too, sometimes too much so.    Also glad I havent jumped the gun on planting too early.  We are just so up and down here.  There was a little bit of frost on the ground this morning and the weather report last night didnt even say that the temp would be that low.   Can't wait til there are flowers everywhere to see! DH did plant me some sugar snap peas and they finally popped up through the ground so I am excited for that---hopefully no groundhog or bunnies will find them!  I still need to do some weeding in the flower beds.  I keep running out of daylight too early!   Yesterday, I came home from work, got supper going,  we ate, got the kitchen cleaned up---went for my walk and it was getting dark before I got back home.  Sat down and started dozing off! 

Have a good day everyone..................we are not depriving ourselves, we are being good to ourselves everytime we eat healthy and get out there and do our walks and bike rides and boot camp.   Its a good thing!!!!!!     Much success to everyone today!!

I'm so impressed with the bike riding. I hope to walk tonight.

Kathy I love to cook. I have had to be creative in the last five years with gluten free meals. My husband has celiac disease. Unfortunately I have learned to convert a lot of his favorite deserts which do not have wheat flours they still have the sugar. So I am trying to convert again using less sugar.

Jaytee am not a fan of yogurt. I wish I could like it. I have tried many and just can't eat it.

Tenaj. Hope the rest of your work is a little more interesting:)

Well back to work. Hi Erika. Plant lover. Cookiemonster if you pop in:)

Marsha

Taking my carrot sticks to hopefully avoid the popcorn. (they like the movie theatre butter)

Yum, a pineapple cocktail, good for you, Janet and hubby. I am sure the fresh air made it taste even better, especially after a nice long bike ride. Please help me get over my addiction for those acai blueberry chocolate, he,he,he!!!!!  Have a great evening, everyone!!!!!

Hi everyone...........saw on a news show this morning that its National Walk Day....and it was pouring rain here this morning!   Will try to walk later.  Went to track late yesterday and found they were having another track meet.....going to have to check that school schedule!     I've got to run to work, but wanted to check in and say hi and wish everyone a good day!    I'm like you ATeam, I better not even taste those chocolate blueberries.............that is 2 of my most favorite things combined together!    

Hey everybody............back from work, the weather did clear up and I'm going to walk after dinner. 

ATeam.........know what you mean about yogurt....I was told during chemo to eat yogurt everyday and I made myself eat it.......found that I liked the brand called Yo Plus the best, but now all the groceries around here don't carry it anymore so I  found that I can tolerate the Activia brand.  They are both probiotic types.   My daughter will eat the plain greek yogurts with just fresh fruit and honey, I cannot make myself eat that.  She will even drink the liquid form of yogurt called kefir.  My sister made me a smoothie once with that and lots of frozen fruit added to it....it wasnt too bad.  She is the one who is doing the '17 Day Diet" plan, it includes the kefir daily.  Probably a reason why I havent tried to follow that plan.    My food quirk is cheese.  When I was a child, I wouldnt eat it at all.  Something about the texture of cold cheese always got to me.   Eventually I got to the point where I could eat pizza without taking off the toppings and cheese.  Now, I don't mind the mozzarella.  I have never been able to order cheese burgers, but I can melt grated cheddar on nacho chips and eat those, but absolutely can't eat the gooey melted cheese mixture that comes on nachos at concession stands.  Never have been able to eat macaroni and cheese, but I like to make it for my family.   It sounds so weird.  Everyone I know loves cheese. 

tenaj........a  cocktail out on the patio with hubby sounds like a nice splurge.  Every once in a while I like to just have a glass of wine in the evening.   My sister is going to make your potato dumplings this weekend.  We did enjoy the leftovers from my batch sauteed in the butter!   I had to be careful not to eat too many, but the guys finished them up!

kindergarden.........luckily there is no Costco in our town!   We are in one of those mid sized cities...you have to drive to Columbus to go to Sams Clubs or places like Trader Joes.  I love Trader Joes!   They have some nice treats in there too.    Wish I could just eat a little bit of a favorite treat without going overboard.  I am being tempted with the Easter candy I have bought.  Have thought about sneaking a piece or two but so far have kept my mitts off of it!     My DD has been so good on keeping Lent, she hasnt had any desserts of any kind and she is looking forward to Easter Sunday!

Have a nice evening everyone!