 jackiee 12 years ago | Hi All, well I done my walk, and it is getting cold enough here now for snow but I don’t think it will amount to anything. I was the only one on a walk this morning. I managed to wave to lots of people in there cars or at their windows, but no blethering! I don’t envy you all down under Seaborn, Kelz and r2b2, I welt in the heat but hopefully I’ll be more trim this summer. I assume your be experimenting with all the salad options, while I’m trying the soup options. However I must admit I prefer cooler weather to the full heat of summer. Wow R2b2, the Cancer Survivors Dragon Boat World Cup Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in October 2013, so proud to know someone taking up this challenge. I’m routing for you here in italy, such a great cause. My mum is a breast cancer surviver (16years now) 😀 although she has suffered the lose of two children to different cancers (my siblings)My brother aged 46 and my sisters aged 3. Its a such a cruel disease but it’s the most wonderful news when someone fights it so bravely and gets into remission. So go on Pink Victory River Dragons, I’m routing for you all all the way. (p.s. daft question but are you all sailing or rowing the boat? 🙂 |
 dawnrosie 12 years ago | Hi Folks,
sorry Ive not been about much, Im still reading all the posts and it great to hear that most are doing so well on our cruise. Welcome to all the folk Ive not said hello to yet. Helloooo and good luck x. Ive been so busy sorting out years of junk that Ive not been following the plan at all yet really. Still only eating 2 slices of toast most days although I did manage some pasta a few days ago. At least the bread is not white anymore and its butter now. Ive sorted everything out now so at least have time to post in here today. I don’t think ill really be able to get with the plan until I move and get into a routine but Im still reading everything and learning about all the good foods to eat. I think it will be easier once I move as Ill have more choices for shopping, here Ive only got a Tescos express unless I drive a distance. I havent had my camera out for ages now and am feeling withdrawal symptoms from that, Ive packed away a lot of my equipment leaving me just a basic kit to play with but Im going to try and get out for a few hours at the weekend. Im trying to save all my pennies to buy new furniture as none of the stuff i have now will fit into my new flat so it will have to be a freebie day out somewhere. OK enough rambling from me, keep up the good work everyone xxx |
 r2b2 12 years ago | Seaborn – It certainly is a small world. I too am dropping the weight to keep up with my grandchildren. However, my main aim is to get really fit to compete in the Cancer Survivors Dragon Boat World Cup Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in October 2013. I am in remission from both ovarian and breast cancer. We have a dragon boat team in Murray Bridge called the Pink Victory River Dragons. Part of our aim is to raise cancer awareness as well as get fit and compete. It is a fun group who are all quite mad. |
| r2b2 12 years ago | Hi Kelz1973 – Melted here too – 44 degrees in Murray Bridge. Cool change due tonight. Hard to imagine those who can’t go outside because it is too cold. |
 Kelz1973 12 years ago | Good evening all Finally here after a long day at work. And boy was it hot today. I got through it eventually. Seaborn. I am in Adelaide. |
| jackiee 12 years ago | Good Morning all ;-D had a lovely sleep and just a quick post! Anna,:-D awww its so good to see you, missed you so much on here, but with 3 kids and a lovely husband I can imagine your time is precious. Hope your keeping postive with your healthy eating and excercise too. We’re waiting for snow here today, hope there wrong last year was a nightmare, enough snow to last a few years at least. Morning Seaborn,;D I know your name is Bev but Seaborn makes you sound more like a cheery captian, helping keep all afloat Mary Ellen, hope you feel better soon but WELL done on your Reps, everyone counts. So glad your enjoying the eating program. Ginnerlou, love the sound of the silversneakers club. I do yoga with my wee girl (well if that’s what you can call it, most of the time I’m rolling about laughing). I had the same problem with downloading a photo from the computer, so I had to register with gravtar. There’s a link on the part where you’ve been trying to down load your picture on here, good luck hope to see you soon ;-D Hi Everyone else hope you all doing well and still enjoying the healthy eating cruise. Right better get going chase my wee one in her clothes and get to nursery, it’s a daily struggle because she wants to stay home and play with me!!! (probably because I’m so daft!!!) Anyway told her she needs to go as she can’t walk as fast as me. Thats her now running round the flat now shouting I’m faster, I’m faster. Have a fun happy healthy day all 😀 |
 ginnerlou 12 years ago | Bev, it is a bridge across a man made lake and the drive coming back home is beautiful at night with the lights reflecting off the water. I live a ways from Dallas and our little town doest even have a stop light. Only 4 way stop signs! Have to grocery shop in the town on the lake and don’t go into big D (Dallas) unless it’s necessary. I though my picture I have on Facebook would come across on this site but it doesn’t and I can’t get one to download from my photo album. I will keep trying tho. You can friend me if you get on Facebook. Ginger Pieratt Johnson is my name. Off to bed now as it’s almost twelve and I was really trying my best to get there at least by 10:30! I’m a night owl for sure but I get about 7 hours sleep so that’s good. Have a great day |
 Seaborngirl 12 years ago | Hey Anna….so good to see you again love…glad all is okay. We could go to Broken Hill together! Even I haven’t been there yet…planning it for our retirement while I drag poor Bill all over the country!!! Hehe….so your man is a cowboy hey? I love country music Anna…line dancing? It’s been a long time since I have been in that kind of lifestyle!!! Been thinking of joining line dancing here for the exercise! I used to work on an island resort out in the Whitsunday Islands (Qld) and we used to do a line dance there to a song called the Sugar Shack (which was also the name of the rooms I shared with some other girls)!!! 1969 was a long time ago!!!
That is exciting…Ginnerlou and you living so close. I just googled both places. Hey Ginnerlou, is that a bridge or causeway between Royse City and Dallas? Whatever it is, it must be a lovely drive…well, I would love it! I didn’t realise Fort Worth was so big…I am not a city girl…couldn’t live in those places!!! LOL….
Find you all on the waves again later…sleep tight all you lot who are catching up to us here in Aussie…hehe! |
| ginnerlou 12 years ago | Oops annalee, sorry I got your name wrong. Have a good day tomorrow. |
| ginnerlou 12 years ago | Hi annamarieramos. How neat to find out one of my cohorts in the trim down club lives in my vicinity. I live on the east side of Dallas in Royse City. Good to see your posts again. Ginger |
 annaleeramos 12 years ago | Hey Seaborn. Congratulation on your walk. Good morning to you and all of you on the other side of the world. Sorry I have not been posting as much as I used to. I am still full from dinner so I think I will forgo the snack tonight. It has been really cold out her in Fort Worth TX. It even snowed a bit yesterday. It is a bit unusual for this part of the world, and we have seen it a few times this year. Haha. We normally only see snow once every two to three years… I am sitting here tonight watching Legendary. I watched Broken Hill this weekend and to my surprise it was filmed in Australia. What a beautiful place. I hope to see it one day, and maybe stop by for a chat with my good friend Bev. Woohoo. I will take you out dancing and we will burn up the calories together. My fiancée is a cowboy so I hope you don’t mind Country music and line dancing. I truly hope I put a smile on your face tonight Bev. Keep up the good work. I will be sure to bring some comfy shoes for you to dance in love. Say hello to your huby for me and my huby said to tell all the gals on this page that we are all beautiful already, And that all this work we are doing is just to make us shine that much more. |
| ginnerlou 12 years ago | Hello to all!! I’ve been reading all of your wonderful and encouraging thoughts daily. I’m a bit lax in writing so bear with me. I’m on my second week now and truly enjoy it. I just weighed yesterday so I can get a good read. I weighed on my old scale and not sure how accurate it was. SO, my starting weight will be yesterday’s. I will weigh again next Tues. My husband has not complained at all about what we are eating. He knows better! 🙂
I hope all of you who are just starting will not give up and give it a good try. I feel I have more energy which I need. I too am basically a couch potato. I go exercise twice a week at our fitness center with other older people. The program is called Silver Sneakers. Another day I do the yoga, pilates class and walk on the tread mill. Seabourne, thanks for all the kind words you give us all. Ossie, thanks for your support, Jackie love your comments. Too all I can’t encourage you enough to hang in there. |
| Seaborngirl 12 years ago | And “no” Jackiee, I didn’t get a good “blether” in with the locals on my walk…just several “hellos”…all too busy to be “blethering about” I guess!! |
| Seaborngirl 12 years ago | Hey R2b2…there you are…you have a face…lovely to see you.And your menu sounds great…My doctor always checks my thyroid, and have never had a problem with it, but I am due for another blood test this week, so something may have changed. Hopefully not! I see you are at Murray Bridge…that place just keeps popping up lately. Have a friend who lives there and is waiting to join her husband in Scotland. Also my husband got a call recently from a vet he was in Vietnam with, who lives in that area…he and his wife go to the same church this other couple are part of! Amazing! Yes, with age comes a lot of things we weren’t expecting hey? Blood pressure, sore hips, feet, harder to lose weight, blah blah blah…but so much else to be thankful for! I am trying to get this weight off so I can do more with my young grandchildren and enjoy it fully, before they grow out of wanting to do things with Grandma!!! Lol. Chia I am not losing any either…doing just the same as you, eating all the foods…I am not worried, but will be if it continues….Are you exercising? I haven’t done a lot…so that probably hasn’t helped. But like you I have to go to the loo several times during the night…that should count as exercise!!! Lol! But it more likely stops us from losing weight!!! And I see Ossie has pointed that out to you! I have never slept well since childhood, and last week I had a sleep test done..the results of that might give me some clues as to why. You mentioned Bonar who wrote hymns…His name is Horatius Bonar and he wrote a couple of beautiful old hymns that are in our song book at church. I just read your run-down of a typical day for you…pretty similar to mine without the steps and voluntary work..and I am 10 years younger! I have a bad back and neck, with degeneration in my lower back, shoulders, and tendonitis in my feet, as well as a bad foot! I have had some accidents that have caused all the problems. Just makes it harder for me to get the exercise in. Rebeccadors glad to hear you are enjoying the cruise so much…sounds like you have your life organised well…good on you love. WElcome onboard Sharongrubbs…hope it all works out for you love…. Pollyann…I have the same question…why is it we can’t see the pages between page 3 and the last 3 pages???? Ossie do you know? Lastly….where are you Annaleeramos….are you okay love? Anyway, our bright little night-owl has finally gone to bed….and I am about to check out FB, then get on with my day!!! Happy sailing everyone…. |
| jackiee 12 years ago | Goodmorning Seaborn, as you start your day I end mine, I’m a bit of a night owl and also a early morning lark. Great news your got the camera out on your walk, hope you got some fab shots, shame your feet are suffering so much though. I have an underactive thryoid too r2b2! it’s been a long haul getting my meds balanced, and losing weight isn’t easy but hopefully the slowly, slowly approach will help me. Well Ladies and Gents, my bed is calling. Did you manage to get a ‘gid blether’ with anyone on your walk Seaborn ;-D Wishing you all well and happy healthy eating, night night all |
