Sunday. July 10

morning everyone 

great animals!   Thanks so much for letting us be part of your audience

9th sugar free day, calories 1254 and steps only 5,777.    

Trusting that travellers are travelling safely and those who are back are putting great memories into albums/discs/usb's/ hard drives.  The future will include the looking back.

Happy Sunday. 

Hi carbonated,

How do you measure a "sugar-free day?  Is it no grams of sugar in anything, or total abstinence from high-sugar foods?  Just curious. 

I'm back to 162.  I have to white knuckle it in the evenings to avoid adding a 4th meal or a snack.  I try to eat my third meal at 7pm to help keep me on track for the evening.  But its been hard to hold off until 7pm.  This sure isn't easy. 

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend.  I can't believe how fast this year is passing. 

I'm enjoying the travel logs.  Its fun to live vicariously.  I won't be traveling again until next summer, but we went to Australia this winter, and have a trip planned to Machu Pichu and Galapagos in the fall of 2017. 

best wishes,

Carol

It must be fun planning those trips!

I think I have seen in past posts that your plan is generally 3 meals per day, esp if you are trying to trim down your weight?  No, not easy at all. 

Good luck today!

Carol, When I do a "sugar free day" that means that I am not eating any foods that have added sugar. Milk, yogurt, fruit, whole grains, etc... are okay because they are naturally occurring sugars in the foods. Anything with refined sugar that is added during the cooking or manufacturing process is off limits. I do make an exception for Stubbs BBQ sauce because it is very low sugar and sometimes I just need some flavor.

IF I am doing a complete sugar reset, then I also limit my use of sweeteners. That is a real ***** for a few days, but it really does help reset the taste receptors to not need so much sweetness, which for me can be an issue. 

Devon

Morning!

At first I thought the "animal" reference in Carbon's post was a reference to the individuals who post here.  Of course I would be a buffalo although after the recent trip I would consider the grizzly as my personal totem.  I found I could be a bit bearish after several days of RV traveling with family. i am drinking my coffee from a new grizzly coffee cup --- I am sure my buffalo cup plans on kicking its butt later today. 

By the way, there were zero crows in Denali but they had ravens galore.  Wow, they can be loud with the sound of murder!  Very interesting to watch them up close watching you up close.  I can finally see why they are a featured animal in native american stories/art.  

122.7 today

Food ended up chaotic yesterday.  Did not commit to no grazing but was constantly thinking about it which spurred me to (you guessed it) graze.  Also, very few steps yesterday.  I was exhausted.  I am sure I clocked in 13-14 hours of sleep between late afternoonand this morning.  

I feel more rested today.  Gotta get the house cleared of both pre and post vacation clutter because DH invited an old friend to dinner on Tue night.  

DianeO, don't be discouraged if they continue to need to adjust antibiotic(s).  That is very common with cellulitis.  One size doesn't fit all and part of the equation is watching/waiting for treatment response. 

Paula, I think you are traveling soon?  Boo!  I wish you could retire into your dream home today.  

Best of luck to you no-sugar animals today!

Shel

Up a pound this morning. Muscle soreness and lack of water would be the culprits. 

Food was okay, though I went out to lunch with a puppy person and ate bread. I ordered a turkey sandwich at ate it opened faced. It was Ciabatta and it was good! Other than that food was pretty much on point.

Something I am beginning to understand is that when I don't eat lunch at or around the same time each day, I have issues with grazing and getting the right amount of water down the hatch. Yesterday, I didn't eat lunch until after 2, but had had only 24 oz of water and some coffee. I forgot to have water before lunch and then lunch was filling enough that I didn't want to drink for at least an hour and then it took me about two hours to get 12 oz down. I ended up chugging another 26 oz before having some coffee in the early evening. I seem to do much better when I get 48 - 60 oz of water down prior to lunch. Wonder why. Today I will focus more on hydration. 

Lesa, I am impressed that you and Andy are doing liquid dinners. Not an option I would ever choose. I could do liquid breakfast and lunch, but not dinner. Funny how people differ! 

Paula, travel safely. Diane O., I am thinking of you and sending healing energy. 

Was on the phone with the Luxembourg puppy people this morning. Neither one speaks English, so I do the best I can with my conversational German. It's been years since I spoke German with any regularity and boy am I rusty! Luckily, I still have enough that I can get by. Ruby's people will come on the 19th to pick her up and take her home to Luxembourg. Then it will be just my little boy Ace who is left. YAY! 

I have a busy day of grooming ahead, but I'm feeling positive about food today! So, here I go! Best to everyone for a positive Sunday. 

Great job on so many consecutive sugar free days! Color me impressed!

Last day on Maui! Our plane doesn't leave until 10:15 pm so we really do have pretty much a full day here but have to do laundry, pack etc. I plan on getting one last little bit of sun poolside! Probably a beach walk this morning as well!

Hopefully I can catch some zzzzzzz's on the plane but if past is prolog I won't have much luck with that.

Weight is still right around and 129 which is surprising since sugar has been high! May have to do some detoxing myself when I get home.

Have a Super Sunday Skinnies!

I'm at 114 and still struggling with evening eating. Nothing but crap after dinner. It's still interesting that when switch gets flipped, it's so darn hard to get the momentum going in the other direction. 'All is lost' thoughts can still come into play but fortunately they don't take hold the way they used to. I have so much positive experience to draw from now!  

Our poor kitty has redness around both eyes today. Not sure if it's an allergy or an infection, but either way will find a vet to see him tomorrow. No one available on Sunday in the area. Gave him a third of a Benedryl tab to see if it will make him more comfy in the interim. I read that they taste incredibly bad for cats and it sure looked like that. Slobber in every direction, poor guy.

We're going to ride today. Sun is finally out but it's windy out there. Diane O. I'm with you in spirit today. Peace out. 

Greetings to all my Skinny Peeps

Sounds like most of us are having a great summer except for Dear Diane O and Carbon. Please get well. So glad you checked in Diane O. 

Sounds like many of you are out doing exciting days. We are enjoying a sunny quiet sunday morning listening to bird sounds.  Terror puppy is asleep so it truly is peaceful. 

Down a half today to 131. Why could that not have been yesterday for Dr. C?

I did go to our local pressed juice place. They had a drink of green stuff but it had what looked like a whole apple in a  16 oz serving.  It tasted pretty good. But I think I will have to make my own since what dr. C does has no fruit. 

Well if i were an animal I would probably be an elephant due to loose wrinkly skin and I don't move too fast. Or a fat little rodent because I think they are cute. 

Get healthy all and stay that way.  Gonna look up veggie drinks on the internet.    Diane S