Friday July 1st. Thank goodness for that!! And Happy Canada Day.

morning all.

wonderful photos!!!!   Thanks and keep 'em coming.   Enjoy the off trail hiking.

calories 1178 and steps 8,657

thanks for 'the leg' commiseration.  Am not a good patient and it is frustrating.   However so many others are travelling much harder roads and i take my hat off to them.

i miss you Momsy and Lorna.

Kairk you are always an inspiration, and this is a safe place to admit our struggles and i so appreciate the honesty.

lashing down and the Canada celebrations will be dampened.  oh well.   they always have one of those 5 foot by 5 foot cakes and that will be undercover.  

Thanks for posting carbon! I wrote my post on a word doc so I wouldn't duplicate a thread. Glad you beat me to it. Thanks for the support, too! So, here's my post... 

Good morning Maintenance Militia!

Hehehehe.... I'm not actually a maintainer at the moment, now am I? But I know I'm in the right place!

The drop that I was expecting yesterday came this morning. I'm down 2.8 since Monday. That is a good loss for 4 days of monitoring food intake without obsessing about it. I will pat myself on the back for the few little changes I've stuck to since returning from Long Beach.

I did phase two of sugar experimentation last night. As I suspected the introduction of sugar into my body does indeed trigger rather immediate cravings for more. I honestly forgot (maybe subconsciously???) that I was going to restrict the sugar intake after a single serving, so I had a serving plus a smidgeon more when I realized I needed to cut myself off. It was once I cut myself off that I could feel the pull of the cravings.

I am clear on what needs to happen next. My inner child is very upset by the prospect of being abstinent. Please imagine the snot nosed toddler in the supermarket not getting his way and collapsing into a full blown tantrum on the floor of the cookie aisle. That would be my inner child - except he's in front of the ice cream freezer! LOL. The adult side of me in all this is just heaving a sigh preparing for what lies ahead with the attitude that holds the sentiment of "Here we go again. Oh boy..."

I figure I will continue on my path of moderate sugar intake until the holiday weekend is over. I don't have too much planned for the weekend beyond the annual pancake breakfast to support the rotary club. (BTW, I hate pancakes. Blech!!!!) But I also know going into a holiday with super tight restrictions on food often backfires on me.

Tuesday will be the day. I commit to a minimum of two weeks completely sugar free. Honestly a month would be better, but today I can steadfastly commit to two weeks. After two weeks I'm sure I will be able to recommit to another period of time. While I know that I may be one of those who should totally abstain from sugar, I am not able to accept that quite yet. I have to work with what I am able.

Wishing you all a wonderful day and I'm keeping Linda in my thoughts. Not sure what's going on, but sending you strength and support. Shel, Paula; enjoy paradise while you can! Diane, have you taught the puppy to sit and lie down? Carbon, hope the knee is feeling better today. Joey Jo, keep the path. I know it's hard. I'm with you. Mary, I miss you here. Lorna, if you're reading I hope you are finding your way. BB, hope all is well. Cappy (Carol), you know we'd love you to become a regular poster, too. Hint, hint....

Joy to you all!

I'm a big believer in acknowledging my inner child in these types of situations too. When the full out tantrum us occurring and immediately after, I spend some time telling her that I'm well aware that she needs special attention and I'm going to give her all the love she needs. Just not with food. I usually use calming and soothing techniques to love her a little. 

120 something I hope  (was 129 the day we left). So strange not to weigh daily and I don't like not knowing. 

Did a 3 mile hike along the coast, so beautiful and then later on we hiked up a big hill to the evacuation center (west Maui airport) in case of a tsunami for some extra exercise - no threat of an actual tsunami just wanted to do the hill! Rest of the day was spent lounging by the pool. May do the costal hike again today and have a Magic show with dinner tonight. I guess the show incorporates Hawaiian history with magic. An alternative to a Luau I guess but we have one of those scheduled next week as well. 

Anxious to read how everyone else's day is going!

Paula

Sounds like you are having quite a bit of fun! You sure got up early! Hawaii is 3 hours behind me, so you are up and at em with the birds. Good for you! (Still on Minnesota time?) 

Have you done any ocean activities? I love swimming in the sea! The sea is so powerful it makes me feel so small.

Yes, still a bit on WI time. Did the costal hike again today and then some snorkeling. Fun! 

Greetings my special people

130.5. I can taste the 120's. I can also taste everything else but am trying not to. 

Love the vacation reports. I am pretending I am snorkeling in Hawaii instead of cleaning up cardboard shredded by the puppy. No I have not taught Tesla to sit and lie down yet.  Probably should start. I used to do a lot of dog obedience training but you would never know it by the behavior of my two older dogs. But puppy has learned the joy of snuggling up on the couch by me in the evening. 

Local dog show here this weekend so may stop in for fun. In this cool climate I don't know why they have to start so blasted early.

Kairk I love your reports on the sugar struggles. I am sorry you have them but it helps the rest of us to read about it. You will win. 

Everyone who has a pet or child, go hug them.  Does wonders.

The house siders are nearing the end and are out sawing up a storm. Time for me to go somewhere as I hate that noise. 

I have these precooked chicken strips from costco. gonna make mini tacos with them.  hubby will love it. 

Time for more coffee.  Diane S.

Forgot to weigh this morning and just in town for a few mins of wifi and cell service. The lack of service was an unwelcome surprise because we have some unexpected things that need to be dealt with. Hence I'm rushing today to add something here. 

Yesterday was better than the day before, but there's been a lot of problem solving. Of all the things that happened the day before, the scariest was our poor kitty seriously overheated due to temporary lack of availability of truck and trailer a/c systems.  Yes, both systems for completely different reasons. A drive that should have take us 6 hours took 12. Things just seem to be happening and most have not been pleasant. 

It has to get better right?  And kitty survived a very traumatic day. Still recovering but definitely more like himself again. 

Peace

So sorry about Kitty and the unpleasantries of the trip/life.  Hope things settle soon!  You look fabulous if that's any consolation.  Thanks for sharing your travels!