My swollen face and belly deflated ! I look pretty great .. even my hair looks shinier as do my nails and skin ...

Seriously just from choosing to eat salad and beans ?!

Good mornin y'all.

not a lot going on today. The kids are all coming over and it's going to be in the 90's. Speaking of which we had to put in the a/c units yesterday. I am paying for it today. So much pain.

I've got some phone calls to make. I'm not looking forward to it at all. I hate talking on the phone on the regular but these are "official" things. Ugh.

b: quiche and coffee

l: ???

d: not sure as two of the kids are staying the night.

these are components made of stainless steel that I'll be working on next! Excited!

and Opal...

Happy Friday Eve Gang. What a busy morning here at work already. I've had to run to Home Depot and Electrical Wholesalers for stuff for the outage next week. I also picked up some Zeppolas for the guys for St. Joseph's Day. Yea they are getting super spoiled this week.

Irvin and I have been spending more and more time at the Y at night working on using other machines besides the ones we normally use and this morning when I put on a pair of my work pants I noticed that the thigh area was not as tight so things are working. Also, since we've been doing more exercises I haven't been hungry at night which in turn is helping with the weight loss. I'm 2lbs away from a 10lb loss. Slow and steady wins the race right?

B: coffee and 1/2 Zeppola

L: Roast Beef and Swiss lettuce wrap

D: skipping again

Weights, bike, treadmill, and stair stepper tonight at the Y.

Have a great day everyone!!!

Happy Hump Day Gang!!! Yesterday's St. Patrick's Day lunch was a huge success. We actually had a bunch of veggies leftover so my PM said if I could find some more corned beef I can make more today. Of course, I was able to find 5 more so they are in the Instant Pot cooking so they will be ready for lunch time. The Pistachio dessert came out amazing and the guys loved it along with the Tiramisu. I am taking Friday off to get some things done before we go into our first outage next week.

Irvin and I ended up staying at the Y for almost 2 hours last night. We just kept moving around doing different things and I did 3 miles on the recumbent bike. I thought for sure I would be sore this morning, but surprisingly I am not. I actually have a bunch of energy as does Irvin. I know you can't out exercise a bad diet, but boy does it help to really keep you motivated.

B: coffee with MCT oil

L: a little more corned beef and veggie because honestly it came out so darn good

D: skipping it again since I haven't been hungry after the long exercise times at the Y

Going to the Y tonight and we will see what else we end up doing. :)

Have a great day everyone!!

Sorry for the late start today gang. Woke up and then 15 minutes later we lost power. The wind was crazy last night and this morning 60+mph gusts with it being steady at 40mph. Tree limbs down everywhere along with dead trees. Last I knew over 60K without power just in CT. I ended up coming into work early to take a shower and get the day started. I just finished putting the three pans of corned beef, cabbage, carrots, and potatoes in the two ovens. The two desserts are done and I just have to go decorate upstairs.

Last night at the Y we did something a little different. We did the recumbent bike for 10 minutes then moved to the weight circuit machines and finished with the stair stepper which I'm proud to say I did 6 whole minutes on not an easy task at all. We were there for a good 40 minutes. When we got home I wasn't hungry so I only had a coffee with MCT oil in it and Irvin had a tea with the MCT in it. He is doing a fast starting today because he has a doctors appointment Friday and she can be a stickler about wanting him to take meds if his sugar is a bit up.

B: coffee and I just had a roast beef/turkey wrap as I was feeling hungry

L: corned beef and cabbage

D: honestly hoping after the Y tonight I'm not hungry again :)

I think we will be doing the same thing tonight at the Y since we both really enjoyed it.

Have a great day everyone!!