Jan_In_Maine

Lovely poem Belle! I will wait until tomorrow to weigh myself - I am pretty sure that I am up this week (again). Jan

Oh Belle, wish I was going on your cruise - I love Hawaii! Nice that there will be people that you have met before that always adds to the fun. I still need to do some shopping - we are going to be playing games, having breakfast together - this will be after Christmas as we do a every other year so that the "in-laws" have the same amount of time with their families .... On Saturday as many people who are available will go to Walmart where the local police department have a toys for tots .... the grandkids can pick out items they think that kids will like - we've done it before and we had a great time and it was good for the kids to understand about giving (and not always getting). On Sunday we are going to do the theater "A Christmas Carol" with all our kids and grandkids (except for one daughter-in-law) who is going to the play with her mom. After the play everyone will be meeting for dinner at a local restaurant. (My daughter-in-law will be there also). Christmas Eve we are inviting everyone to join us for Chinese food (its a tradition) - Not everyone will be here - then we will all be together toward the end of the month. Christmas day we are going to my son-in-laws mom's for dinner - that will be fun. This time of the year is always interesting - my dad's birthday is the 16th and my mom passed away on the 20th ... we will also be celebrating them too. Hope everyone is having a good week. Jan

Belle, congratulations on losing this week!!! I will try to ignore ice cream the rest of this week!! Jan

Belle, thanks for the poem! Well ... the ice cream has been my downfall ... I seem to be up 2.0# this week. Hope everyone had a good week. Jan

Welcome back RobinCruiser! These boards are good at keeping us accountable Sounds as if you have had a lot going on. There are others also that have battled breast cancer and we are always here to support others. I am now on an anti-estrogen pill that is a pain - At 71 I am having hot flashes and night sweats again! Jan

Hi Belle - We had a lovely weekend - went down to the Bar Harbor area and walked around town and did some shopping (for Christmas). It was a nice weekend! Didn't eat too much either! Jan

SoloAlaska - I hope you have a total blast on your cruise - Enjoy every minute!! Jan

Good Morning all - Thanks for starting the posting Belle - sorry your ear is still bothering you. I know that missing people is very difficult, but I'm sure he is looking down and is enjoying seeing all the cruises!!! Izena sorry that you are still having health issues. Glad Jazzper is ok - hate dreams that are scary, they always seem so real. I understand about eating stress ... I seem to have a problem with that also. Yesterday I got out a container of ice cream and ate 1/2 of it. Not a good thing. Wasn't even hungry. I stayed the same this week .... but last week I gained 0.8#. I would love to lose 10# before our March cruise .... but, somehow I have to stop eating ice cream. Hope everyone has a wonderful week. Jan

Belle welcome home, sorry your ear hurts. We are having Thanksgiving at my house this year with all the kids and grandkids. I am so looking forward to just sitting and listening to everyone talking. Hope that everyone has a wonderful day! I will post tomorrow! Jan

Terri - We will be on Celebrity! Jan

I weighed myself this morning and I am up 1.0# this week. I'm not surprised ... I would like to lose at least 7# by our March cruise ... I know it's doable .... I just need to do it. Terri - We also have a cruise October 2024 - what cruise line are you going on?

Izena - How nice that you walked today! Glad you are feeling it better. When do you leave on your cruise? Will you be gone on Thanksgiving? As usual I forgot to weigh myself this morning .. I will weigh tomorrow ... I am probably up this week as I was down last week. Jan

Izena - I am so very glad that you are doing well with your health. Jan

Thanks for starting the thread Izena - Please let us know how your appointment goes tomorrow - I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers that everything will be ok. Sorry you got the jury summons - I got one last year while I was doing radiation, so summons was canceled. I finally realized that today was Thursday when I woke up this morning - so I actually weighed myself. I am down 1.6# ... I would love to lose 16# more, before March, but will be satisfied with whatever I manage to lose. Realized the other day that I am 36# more than at my lowest weight, but am also 41# less than my highest weight. I find that I'm more comfortable having a little extra weight being (a little) older than I did in my 20's. Hope everyone has a good week. Jan

Erby2283 - Welcome to the group - I find that if I log everything that I've eaten and the number of calories that usually works (a little) - plus the exercise. Sometimes we don't lose weight much, but we end up losing inches. Keep coming back each week ... we are all here to support each other. Jan

SoloAlaska - congrats on being back to your pre travel weight! Where is your transatlantic cruise going? We are doing one (for the first time) in 2025. Our last cruise (b2b) we did not get a drink package - although we get 4 free drinks for being diamond. Most days I drank 2 drinks only had a few days with 3-4 drinks. Don't believe I would get the drink package again. (if it cost extra). Jan

Weighed myself this morning and I am up 0.6# --- not bad for being away for 15 days on a cruise - Jan

Good Afternoon - Well, didn't weigh myself today. After spending 2 weeks on a cruise I don't know what they will read!!!! Although we did take the stairs a lot (down not up) and we did walk the track quite a few days. Good luck to all! Jan

Thank you!

Good Morning! We got home about 11:30 pm on Sunday night - Spent yesterday going through bags and trying to reorganize. We did have a good two weeks, but difficult at times. This cruise was with our TA who we met on a cruise 17 years ago - she and I have been wonderful friends and we try to get together every so often to cruise. They almost missed the first cruise as she wasn't feeling the best, but flew in the day of the cruise. We got to spend some time with them, but on October 19th she got sick and was taken off the ship in Cozumel by ambulance ... On the 20th she passed away. I am devastated, she was one of my closest friends. Karen was only 63. Belle,, hope you are having a good time on your cruise. Izena - hope that you are feeling better! Jan

Thanks for starting the thread Belle! I finally remembered that today was Thursday and I actually weighed myself this morning. Unfortunately, I stayed the same .... I was hoping for a loss. I will probably weigh myself tomorrow too! We leave on Saturday at 5:30 in the morning! Hate early mornings, but so looking forward to this cruise! Hope everyone had a good week. Jan PS - I have been doing portion control, not eating chocolate and doing some exercising!

Izena - I am so sorry that you are going through this. I will keep your family in my thoughts and prayers. Jan

I finally weighed myself this morning ... I was down 0.6# (which is what I was up last week). I am noticing that some clothes are fitting a little better. It's a dreary day here today - we are going to get some of the hurricane (unsettled) weather over the weekend with rain and some higher than normal winds. Its been a crazy summer - been raining for weeks and then really hot muggy weather for weeks ... It isn't normal Maine weather here. It is about peak for foliage. We leave a week from tomorrow for Miami and a b2b cruise - Western and Eastern. I am so looking forward to getting away and relaxing again. This has been a year of more cruises than normal. (I'm not complaining!). Hope everyone has a great weekend. Belle, glad you had a loss! Jan

SoloAlaska - I hope that your ultrasound shows that everything is ok. We are here for you if you need to talk. Nice that you lost this week! I am forgetting my days ... that happens when retired. I ate breakfast before I weighed, so will weigh in tomorrow! Jan

Belle - I was at my goal weight many months ago and then seemed to gain much of it back again. I am currently 41# less than my starting weight and 27# more than my weight when I met my goal. I would be happy to lose 17# and to maintain. It is so difficult to maintain ... I think that is where many of us have problems. I find that I reach the point I want to be and I stop watching my food intake and then way too soon I am higher than I want to be. I've decided that having a few (10# or so) more than a wanted goal weight is good for where I am at in life (age wise) ... I really think that having a few "extra" pounds is good as it is a buffer for what ever hits life wise ... I'm not sure it that makes sense. Jan