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Hi, everyone!!!! Thank you, I am so glad that it was just a floater as well. I was a little worried. Tenaj, the doctor said the same thing, as we age, the floaters may become more of a nuisance!! I hope yours are not bothersome. Yes, I would love to know about that app!!! We are off to ride bikes and back to a normal eating routine. Have a great day, everyone!!!!!!

Hi, CookieMonster, enjoy your walk, beautiful day today? Does your son play on the golf team at school? Great sport! I just came back from a bike ride, trying to eat better this week, too!!!!

I was never good with the perfection thing.....well said, CookieMonster !!! Sounds like you keep busy with the activities.

Kindergarten, do you have an iPhone? If so, My Fitness Pal & Map My Ride are free apps. You can keep track of your daily intake, even make your own recipes & figure how many calories. Map my ride also allows you to track your miles with activities, show you your route & how many calories you burned. When I do it, it make me accountable. Had a busy day & got home late so I'm passing on the exercise. One more day of work this week and then have a bunch of days to take good care of myself. Did well with eatting today but poor on the water. I will do better tomorrow.

Have a wonderful evening ladies.

Dear CookieMonster, Hang in there, you are allowed one cupcake and you walked, good for you!!!! We were just in LA traffic. It is crazy!!!!! We spent the day at the Camarillo outlets. It was fun and I found a Mother of the Groom dress for our son's wedding. I still have at least 10lbs to go so that it fits loosely. I just could not pass up this dress. Hope your headache gets better!!! I am finding now that as long as I exercise consistently, I can cheat once in awhile. I took ATeamNana's advice and don't eat after 7pm. It really helps. Tenaj, Thank you for the info, hubby has an I-phone, I need all the help I can get. Thanks for sharing!!! Enjoy your days off and take good care of yourself!!!! Hugs, Kathy

Hi everyone. Jaytee. I like the drink every hour idea. I am so bad about not drinking water.

I'm late on here tonight and can't hardly keep my eyes open so will check in tomorrow. Nite all!!!

Hi,Jaytee!!! I love walking in the morning, the air feels so good. And I just heard that exercising in the morning and before you eat is the best!!! I did buy some good readers at Costco and I am starting to read again.ATeamNana, thank you again for the tip of not eating after 7pm, and I sometimes forget to drink water too, so everytime I drink a glass, I refill it and leave it on the counter or frig to remind me, but I know it is hard to remember!!!! Tenaj, good job on the water, you gave us that tip, thank you so much.   My dress, believe it or not is black with a cute jacket. I love black and my future DIL, said  Go for it. The men are wearing gray suits, so it will compliment them. DIL's mom is so sweet and she told me to get whatever I wanted. It is an evening wedding at a winery!!! I so appreciate you all and thank you all for your friendships here. Hugs!!!! Kathy

Hi, Tenaj, Black is my favorite color, too!!!!! Bike rides are fun, we went to the gym this morning and then walked. Please enjoy your evening!!!!! Hi to everyone here and Hugs!!!!!

Congratulations,CookieMonster, you are definitely on track, and because I read your post this morning, I am going to be a good girl all day, healthy eating for me!!!! Thank you!!!!! We are off to ride bikes!!!! Hugs to all of you and weigh in  is tomorrow for me!!!!

Good morning ladies!!    Running late this morning so just going to say a quick hello.  Had a bad eating day yesterday.  Had to work til 6, then as soon as I got home had to take daughter out so we could find something she needed for Prom this weekend.  We ended up stopping at Chipotle on the way home.  It was already after 7 and I could have just eaten half of my dinner and saved the other half for lunch today but I ate the whole thing!!  Then husband made coffee and had brought cookies home.  Ended up eating 3 cookies!!  Probably could have resisted if I hadn't poured myself a cup of coffee.   Sigh...will try better today.  I have done a little better about drinking water at work...not quite making my goal of every hour but getting there.   Take care everybody..............hoping your day will be a good one!     judy

Hi Kathy, I bet that is some water weight. That food is so salty!!! Keep drinking water to flush it out & I bet it will come off quick.

Judy, sometimes we just have bad weeks. What matters the most is that you feel good. We have all been through so much and are trying to do the best we can to take care of ourselves, and sometimes that means eatting some cookies. How did prom dress shopping go?

Nana, TGIF!!! Another work week done...hang in there, I'm sure next week will be better.

I have been bike riding for the past few days, really enjoying being outside. I did 5 miles today, they just opened a national preserve by us so we got to ride through it today. They open on weekends now, it's another nice place to ride. They have a trail that leads to the bay, it's on my list to walk as I've not done that yet. It was very cool as we spotted 2 hawks that were being chased away by some other birds

protecting their nest. Went shopping & bought a flat of pansies, some yard work is on my to do list tomorrow.

I'm on the good side of the yo-yo today, let's hope it stays off!!! Have a great evening everyone! Happy weekend. janet

You ladies are so encouraging.

Janet. I love pansies. I bet the nature preserve is interesting.

Kathy it rained all day here also. I had a hard time deciding what clothing to wear. My body swiftly changes from hot to cold.

Cookie monster. So glad you are seeing results hope you were able to walk at soccer game. Jaytee I love coffee and would not have been able to resist those cookies either:). Hope your daughter has a fun time at prom. I love to see all the lovely dresses.

I "plan" on doing better next week. Have a nice weekend everyone!

Good morning !  Well, I got Cinderella off to the ball yesterday!  Whew!   This was a week that I can say I  definitely caused my own stress.  I can be such a procrastinator.  We have had the dress for quite some time but I finally got it hemmed just this week.  Then since it was strapless and laced up the back, we had to go out and find a strapless bra that wouldnt show in the back.  Again, we could have done that weeks ago, but we found one ,thank goodness.   Anyway, she looked lovely and even though the day turned out to be rainy and their plans to have pictures taken outside had to be changed, everything worked out.  I love to see all the pretty dresses too, and the hairdos!   Daughter had her hair done at a Jc Penney salon, so I looked around while she was there,  bought a pair of jeans and am happy to say it wasnt a terrible experience.  I didnt have to buy the size that I was headed for before I started walking and coming here for encouragement!  Yay, and thanks to you all!

I did get to take a nice long walk yesterday morning before the rain started.  I had missed my walks on Thurs and Fri.  Looks like the rain is over for now so I will get out there today.  Ateam, I will join you in trying to do better this upcoming week!

tenaj...........the nature preserve sounds like a great place to ride bikes and walk!   Must be so wonderful to have the ocean nearby.    Did you get your pansies planted?  It has sure been good pansy weather this spring.  In a way, I wish the early spring weather would last longer.....really dont like the heat and humidity of summer.   Good job on your weigh in this week!  

kindergarden..........I had the bowl at Chipotle too.....dont go there very often, but they are so good!   If you try the 17 day diet, wish you much success.  I have said before that my little sis has had good results with it.   Her family was so good about eating the same food as her so she wouldnt have to cook seperate meals.   You deserve credit for losing that 7 pounds!   That is progress!   You too, Cookie, every pound we lose we are making progress!    Wish everybody well for the coming week and hope you all have a lovely Sunday!!!!     judy 

Hi kindergarden.........only sewing I had to do was the hemming....thank goodness!  I used to sew much more than I do now.   Would love to have a separate sewing room where I could keep the sewing machine up all the time.  Might be able to get a project finished someday!    Maybe when DD goes to school this fall I can set it up in her room for awhile.  I have always wanted to make a quilt someday.  I love to do counted cross stitching too....havent worked on one of those for awhile.  Have you ever looked around on the' Lets Inspire each other to be creative ' thread.....there are some really talented ladies on the BCO boards!!

The kids had a lot of fun at the Prom.   Since they are seniors, it was tinged with a little sadness at it being their last school dance.   This morning DD and I went out for a latte and she told me all about it, then she went with me on my walk.  That was nice.......I know she was tired.  The rest of this year is going to go by so quickly.  They will get to wear their prom dresses one last time when they have their spring choir concert.  The director always lets the girls dress up for that last one.  They are going to be singing songs from Broadway shows.....I think it will be a fun concert to watch.

Sounds like you had a nice day today..........don't you get some of the best food at church lunches and dinners........there are always a lot of good cooks!    I know that I have a couple of cookbooks in my house that church groups have put together and the recipes are great.  A master gardening group in my town has put together a cookbook this year too, and I am thinking that I may need to buy a copy of that one.  Love the fresh food that comes out of the garden! 

Have a nice evening!   Good Monday to everyone tomorrow!

Hi everyone,

Friday night we had company over, then Saturday night we went to my brother-in-law's house for dinner (late Passover seder), so food consumption was not great - not awful, but not good. Today has been better though. Just have to keep at it.

I did walk while DS was at soccer (another good 45+ minute walk).

Have a great week everyone - I'm hoping for a good one this week, let's see what we can all do.

Hi,Everyone!!!!CookieMonster!!!  Family holiday dinners are fun, and it is a great excuse to eat lots of great food!!! You will definitely walk it off. Janet, Pansies are my favorite flowers, they look good for such a long time. Does the heat affect them?? It never gets too hot here, so I need to get a pot of them soon!!! And you had a great workout as well, yard work is exhausting.lots of water for me today and the gym.. Hope you all have great day. Hi, Jaytee and ATeamNana!!!!!!