September 9, 2011

I'm back!

Weighed in this a.m., up one pound, but believe me, that is way better than last week's fictional weigh-in would have been!

Doctor appointment for my sore shoulder is coming up on Monday (finally! lol). Went to the doctor for my wonky blood work for my thyroid. Seems my TSH was high, which may indicate hypothyroid. Doc wants to recheck in 6 months before putting me on medication I'll have to take every day. Since I can't even remember to take a vitamin every day, that idea was fine with me. Except for the being tired and dragging ass part for another 6 months. LOL  Maybe my new walking regime will help perk me up.

My friend got me out walking on the towpath with her two dogs. First night we walked for an hour, second night for an hour and 15 minutes. Last night it rained (whew I was relieved because I was sore!). I did a mini walk at lunch, and stretched, which helped the soreness. We are walking her two dogs, Sophie and Lily. Only one near drowning so far. While we were yakking near a low spot, Lily (7 months), apparently thought she could walk on water. Alas she cannot! She was in and out pretty quick, but she did not smell good afterwards. She had a couple good shakes and shared her pond scum with us.

We went from 100 degree + heat index last week to 70's during the day and 50's at night the this week. I love it!  Makes walking much more inviting.


John and I are heading to Wisconsin next weekend for some apples and some hikes. We'll be by Madison. Should be fun. I love Wisconsin. Beautiful parks. They have cheese there.

Looking forward to hearing from my Fat Camp Friends!

Back in the fight!

Kay

August 23, 2011

Hi Folks,

I'm going to shake things up. New weigh-in day is Friday. I'm going to accept that weekends are not my dieting forte, and concentrate on the other 5 days in the week. And some of that poundage last weigh-in was beer/weekend weight (whew)!

I'm down 22 pounds since Fat Camp. I've been yoyoing for weeks now, 5-6 pounds. I think part of the problem with real heavy people (me for sure!) is that while some people notice right away that they have gained a pound or two, for me it seems to be five or six!


So I'll be back next Friday, hopefully with a good number!

Keep up the fight people!

Kay :)

August 16, 2011

Grrr. Scale was up 5 pounds today. Too much weekend again. I continue to flounder. I'm hoping some of that 5 is weekend weight, but who knows? Back next week.

Kay

August 9, 2011

What a glorious morning! The temperature has dropped something like 30 degrees! The morning glories like the cooler temperature apparently, finally a massive blooming. Midge likes the cooler temps too. It was lovely sitting out with my coffee (not camping coffee darn it!), enjoying the hummingbirds. My morning was marred only by my weigh-in! LOL  I'm pretty much holding steady, hovering within 2-3 pounds. I'm tired of it, ready to lose some more. On the plus side (I almost always make a typo when I type "plus side" and I type "plus size" and have to correct it lol), I think my cycle of gaining is over. In fact I am declaring it OFFICIALLY OVER! When I lose maybe 10-15 more pounds I can really expand my wardrobe with items in my own closet! I hate all my clothes right now, ready to retire them. Family reunion Saturday, I'm trying to bank some calories for that.

Keep up the fight people! Back next week.

August 6, 2011

Here is John (in his new razzle dazzle tie dye t-shirt from his fundraiser at work last week), with Midge, both astonished and amazed by that cucumber from my garden. Everything in my garden is turbo charged . . . except the cukes! LOL

August 2, 2011

Well the good news is that the 6 pounds from last week was "long weekend pool party weight". But I have not lost any more weight. Holding steady, and getting sick of it. It might be time for something drastic, like exercise!

Keep up the fight people!

Rage, rage against the Klondike Bar sales!

Kay :)

Midge and Garden

  
Here is Midge heading into her secret hiding spot. There is a cat circle in the middle of the bed, made by a very identifiable flying object. Midge can go from  zero to four feet in the blink of an eye in her unrelenting quest for the goldfinch. I had sunflowers in each corner of this bed, but Midge, in her quest to catch the goldfinch that love sunflowers and zinnias and all seeded flowers (oops, didn't know that until very recently), had pretty much demolished them with her crazed leaps. The zinnias have taken some hits too.

I pulled up my beans, and now Midge seems determined to dig up the broccoli. Either that or she is devising another hiding spot so she can surprise the unsuspecting birds. She likes to sleep in this hole with a big old broccoli leaf shading her. Occasionally she is startled awake when a cherry tomato bops her on the head.

One of my tomato beds. My grape tomatoes are turbo charged this year, some of them are as big as a  Roma tomato. My tomatoes aren't getting very large, but are very sweet and delicious. I have a bumper pepper crop, lots of zucchini, and a couple of pumpkins turning orange. Carrots are coming along, and the potato tops are starting to die. I did sneak into the potato bed for some new potatoes. Yum. My two beets (I'm not sure what happened to the other beet seeds lol), are coming along. My thyme and catnip are flowering and attracting a ton of butterflies and hummingbirds, very fun. Overall a very nice garden year for me. Maybe my thumb is turning a wee bit green. NOT like after the St. Patrick's Day party where I had a small accident with the green dye whilst dyeing my beer. LOL





I could have sworn I posted last week. My weigh-in was disastrous after having Monday off and spending the day in my friend's pool drinking beer and applying expired sunscreen faithfully, according to label directions. Whew. I don't think even I can gain 6 pounds in one day, so when I weighed my fried ass last week, all I could do was attribute the monstrous gain to the Monday pool party. Hopefully I will be able to confirm that tomorrow with a successful weigh in!

Back tomorrow.

Kay