Hi, Louloo,

I'm very happy with how my weight is coming off. I have seen 219.5 twice on my daily weigh-ins. I weigh myself every morning, but Sunday morning is the one that counts. So, still officially at 220.5.

But - seeing the numbers in the 210's is just magic for me. Just as you have the "stones" with their milestone value - much better to be 11 stone something rather than 12 stone something - I look at the "decades." So, I will be thrilled to be in the 210's rather than the 220's.

I was stalled in the 230's for over a year. In fact, at the worst, I got up to 241, after having been as low as 232. That was a major downer, and also the major inspiration to stop eating dairy foods and go completely paleo with my woe.

It was last summer I got up to 241, and I had been eating quite a bit of fruit. That was why I took such a strong "no fruit" stand. I've been trying fruit now - carefully - and find it's working out well. So, I'm very happy about that too.

I'm in love with the paleo/Neanderthin woe. I agree with you - it's so healthy, I feel like I eat hardly any empty calories.

It seems you've been doing well too. Good luck with the two pounds at your next weigh-in! It will be great to get below 12 stone.

We have been short on rain this spring. Rainy yesterday, which was good - the plants need it. I agree with you about the sun - on sunny days I must go out and bask awhile. I've been reading about the value of sun to help our bodies make Vitamin D. I think we have some biological mechanism that leads us to appreciate being in the sun.

There were some bad tornadoes in Illinois yesterday, but quite a bit south of where I am. We just got rain and a bit of wind. Last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were quite summer-like in temperature - officially it got to 86, but I saw 90 on a bank thermometer. I'm glad we've got back to more spring-like days.

Waiting is torture, I agree. I will be hoping along with you about your appointments. I guess it has to do with how your health service works? I don't know much about that.

How old are your grandsons? I have three sons, ages 20, 11, and 8. It does make for a lively household.

All for now, Bye

Alice

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Hi Alice,

First, I am so glad that you were not in the region of the tornadoes, we were watching the storms on sky news this morning.....those poor people who were caught in that, it must be devastating. I hope that everyone here is safe.

Today we have had a glorious sunny day, so warm in fact that we also sat out in the sun.......it is great to feel the warmth on your skin, I am so white I desperately need some sun. LOL, it is forcaste that we are to have a good weekend so that will make a nice change after all this rain....good for the garden I agree, but our poor gardens need to dry out a bit, ha-ha.

You are doing really well with the Paleo, it sure is the best way to lose weight, it doesn't seem like a weight loss diet, it is a WOE that works. I am hardly ever hungry, only when I skip meals if I am running about after Mum or something like that, otherwise I love it. I adore eating all the fruit, it seems to be helping my IBS symptoms which is marvelous.....I am praying for the 2 pound loss tomorrow, but anything that show a loss and not a gain is a bonus.

Last night I could not get comfortable in bed, then I realised that it was my hip bones that were hurting.....HIP BONES.....do you hear that?????? I can actually feel bones after years of fat covering them up, LOL.....my clothes are hanging on me and I need to start going through my cupboards and finding out some smaller clothes......wooohoooo!

My grandsons range in age from 11 years down to 2 years. I have 5 of them and no chance of a grand-daughter now, my son and daughter say that they have finished now.........but they are adorable, I love them to bits. Aiden, the 4 year old has chicken pox and he is covered from head to foot, so that mean that the other two, 2 years and 6 years will probably get it as well. Trouble is, as I have had a bad bout of shingles, I have to stay away from them, so I am just talking to them on the phone at present.

Well, that's it from me today. I have so much to catch up with tonight on the computer because we have spent all day in the garden.

Take care,
love Louloo. x

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Hey, Louloo,

LOL at hip bones. That's wonderful - I hope you figure out how to sleep now, you bony one!

Interesting how your family runs to boys - so does mine. I have three and my brother has two, making five grandsons and no g-daughters for my parents. Steve's parents have six g-s's and one g-d. I guess I can look forward to d-in-laws, and maybe g-d's in my future.

Hurrah for your sunny weather. It's good to get out in it and let our skins make some Vitamin D for us. It's good for our bones, among other benefits. We had another cloudy day today, and back to seasonable temperatures - I needed my warm woolies when I took my walk today.

I'm still working on the song. How does "We're Cave Folk, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!!!" sound to you?

Bye for now,

Alice

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Hi Alice,

I DID IT....today I weighed in at 12 stone, 168 pounds and I also lost another 2? inches of fat.......wooohooo.

I could still feel my hips in bed last night and eventually went to sleep on my tummy, LOL I am getting used to it now. Today I also have on a pair of 14 trousers and a new top that was too tight before......I feel really good in myself and these clothes are also comfortably loose.

I will be back later and perhaps we can have a chat then.

Your song sounds as though it could be another hit with this forum, LOL

We still have the sun today and I am spending the afternoon in the garden again, so I will be back here later tonight, about 7pm UK time.

Take care,
love Louloo. x

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That's great, Louloo!!

Have fun in the sun, talk later.

Alice

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Hi again,

I have had a lovely afternoon, just relaxing in the sun. It was so hot that I changed into shorts and a halter top.......now I have real colour in my face and my arms and legs are beginning to turn colour already......the weather is set fair for the whole of the weekend, hooray, LOL

One small downfall....my neighbour bought me a cream cake and came to sit in the garden with me......how could I refuse??????? :-( We had a nice cup of tea with the cake....wasn't that nice of her? I did tell her that I was not eating carbs, but she wouldn't hear of it.....I am so cross with myself for not standing firm.

Oh well, it's another day tomorrow and I promise to do some gardening to try and burn off the calories.

Take care,
love Louloo. x

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That sounds "loverly," as Eliza Doolittle would say. I sat out in the back yard (as we call it) today too. I made myself a lovely wild food salad, and shared it with one of the kids. I'll be sharing the recipe in the "Stalking the Wild Day Lily" thread.

As for the cream cake, the Eadeses (of Protein Power) have the concept of "finding the honey tree." They say that when hunter-gatherers did find wild honey they would make eating it all up a high priority. The Eadeses think we can "find a honey tree" occasionally and eat high carb stuff without harm. The key of course is the "occasionally" part.

Your neighbor sounds like a very kind person and it is hard to disappoint someone like that. I know you'll be getting right back on paleo.

Alice

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Hi Alice,

Thanks for that, I feel better already. But I did enjoy the cake, LOL

It is another warm and sunny day and I had planned to stay in the garden all day. But my hubbie and his brother are fitting new carpets in their mother's flat and I had to ask her here for the day because she would have been in the way. I cooked her a nice dinner and I have just escaped up here to my computer for 5 minutes.......she is a darling but she hasn't stopped talking for nearly 5 hours now, I can't even get out in the sun, :-(.........arn't I mean, I don't mean to be but I had planned my day and I am disappointed, we don't get enough sun in the UK to miss days like this.

I haven't eaten much yet today, I never feel like food when I have to cook for others. The men phoned and asked for bacon rolls about an hour ago and I have just cleared up again.....hope they hurry up so that I can catch some late evening sun, LOL

How are you doing? It is still morning where you are so I suppose that you are still doing your chores. I hope it is a nice sunny day for you to.

Bye for now,
love Louloo. x

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Hi, Louloo,

Not much to report - I've been feeling rather unwell since Friday evening. Better now. I didn't miss much weather-wise. We've had clouds and rain.

How frustrating that you couldn't get out in the sun! Doesn't mum-in-law enjoy sitting out in the sunny garden?

Cooking for others is an interesting subject. I am so lucky that high-carb foods don't tempt me, so I can make pasta and mashed potatoes and garlic bread and even sweet things for my family without wanting to eat any myself. But it doesn't work well to cook something I'm not going to eat. I have no idea how good or bad it tasted, and I don't enjoy the preparation process at all. What are bacon rolls? Perhaps something like I would call a bacon sandwich?

I did have some fun yesterday. I went to a farewell luncheon for friends who are moving. The meal was catered and pretty adaptable for paleo me. I had to scrape breading off the chicken and avoid crumbled cheese in salad. Otherwise ok.

Then, hubbby and I went out and bought a new dishwasher! The old one was almost 19 years old, and just limping along, so this was an overdue purchase. Then, we got a carryout (take away) dinner for the boys so I only had to cook for myself.

The sun is shining right now (Monday morning) so I hope I get to enjoy it today. I hope your good weather continues so you can enjoy some sun!

Alice

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Hi Everyone,

Hello Alice,

No, my Mother-in-law will not sit out in the garden, she prefers to just talk and talk and talk and talk, LOL. I love her to bits but because we don;t get a lot of sun, I did resent her a little and I feel very guilty for that....I am just selfish.

We have had a really hectic weekend and this week looks as though it will follow suit.

My Mum moved into her new flat on Saturday, my sister helped her move and we went down on Sunday to unpack the rest of her stuff and put up her pictures and ornaments. I don't know what your Mother is like, but at nearly 83 they don't like to part with anything, but we had to be ruthless and throw things away that she no longer used.

Everything looks lovely today, it really is a first class place and she is much more settled now. Tonight we went back down and took her to the shops to buy a washing machine and tumble dryer and that is being delivered on Friday this week.

I have to get her new net curtains for the windows tomorrow and new light shades etc, then she should be all set and happy, hopefully, LOL

Our weather is still really hot and sunny but the changes are set to take place tomorrow, we have thunder storms forcaste and lots of rain, but at least I have a bit of colour and I don't look so much like a maggot, ha-ha.

Yes, a bacon roll is the same as a bacon sandwich, but the roll is like a bun only it is nice and crusty.

I hope that you are now feeling a lot better. Glad that you enjoyed your luncheon and that there was plenty of food that you could eat.

I bet you are looking forward to your new dishwasher, you would probably miss it if you didn't have it with a family to cook and wash up for. We don't bother with ours now it is just the two of us, it is not worth it unless we have guests.

Well, take care and hopefully you will get time in the sun, it certainly makes you feel a lot better.

Oh, by the way, I had a letter today asking me to go to the doctors for a load more blood tests, so something is moving at last.

I haven't eaten much the last few days, I am too tired, but I hope to get back to normal by the weekend.

Bye again,
love louloo. x

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Hi, Louloo,

The dishwasher is safely installed, I will be running it for the first time after breakfast today.

Warm and sunny today - I hope to be mowing the lawn for the first time this year. Lots of firsts lol.

You're not selfish for wanting to sit in the sun. I guess family life, and friendships too, are full of compromises like this.

My parents are going through a moving process. They've sold their Florida home and will be staying with my aunt in Florida during winter now. I can't help them much, being so far away. Just moral support, and oldest ds to help drive back north in June.

Their generation is a very interesting one. Their lives spanned most of the 20th century, and here they are seeing the beginning of the 21st. What was WWII like for your parents? My dad enlisted in the army right after Pearl Harbor, and volunteered for flight training. But, he never was sent overseas, he spent the war in the states, servicing airplanes and training others to fly them. Dh's father was a civilian employee of the navy working on the Manhattan project. I know the war was terrible in England, the Battle of Britain, and all that.

I am feeling back to normal now, after being ill over the weekend. But I'm having trouble sleeping lately - menopause I believe. I have hot flashes at night that wake me up. As a result, I'm a bit tired all day, and not really at my best. I've dropped some of the volunteer work I used to do so I can devote my energies to myself, to family and friends, and to the house and garden.

Good news about the blood tests - hope the health system starts moving your way soon.

Bye for now

Alice

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Hi Alice,

Sorry it took so long for me to get back to you. Mum has moved in and is now settled in a beautiful new flat and she has made friends with a lady already, so that should take the pressure of me for a while......I really hope that she makes the effort to make friends now and enjoys her last few years in comfort and security.

I weighed in again on Friday and lost only 1 pound, but I was pleased with this because I hadn't eaten properly all week. I suppose it was the running around that made the difference, LOL. Anyway I have now lost 13 pounds so I now weigh 11 stone 13 pounds or 167pounds..............much better than 180...wooooohoooo. My next target is to get down to 11 stone, 154 pounds.

How are you doing, have you lost any weight this last week. I know that you are doing well and you are much more adventurous than I am with your food. I am a stick in the mud and there is not much that I do like. I have found this last week that I have been eating a lot of biscuits again, so I have to try and get rid of that craving again.

The war years in Britain were indeed very hard for everyone. Dad didn't go to war because he worked on the railway and was much in demand for that, mum worked in the munitions factory making the parts for the planes and she has told me some stories that make your hair stand on end......they have indeed had a very hard but interesting life.....that's why I want her to have friends, warmth and comfort for her last years.

I am glad that your dishwasher is in and working. You are lucky to have the sun, we have had a week of torrential rain again and we are totally fed up with it.

On Thursday we have a penpal coming from Malta, she is on her honeymoon in Scotland and arrives in London on Monday, so thay are taking the coach down to us in Bristol on Thursday, I can't wait to meet them, we will show them some of the famous sites and take them out to lunch, then bring them to our home for an hour before they have to go back to London. I started writing to her mum 3 years ago, via email and gradually the rest of the family joined in so it will be lovely to meet the daughter and her new husband, he is Italian, so I hope that he speaks English, LOL

Better stop here, I do tend to ramble on. I hope that you are keeping well.

Take care,
love Louloo. x

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Yes. Lou Lou
I do enjoy hearing from you. It has been a while since I have posted. I guess I am offically stuck. I have been hanging at this weight for several months now. I ate candy at easter so I have been off track for a while. So far so good today, just taking this one day at a time. My cholestrol and such are good.

Take care

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Hi Connie,

It's lovely to hear from you at last. I know what it is like to be stuck.......I have been lucky for the last month and lost something every week. But my eating is all gone wrong what with the moving etc. Trouble is I have got my sweet tooth back and I am finding it hard to break the habit again. I was more concerned with getting mum settled than bothering to eat, so I have been pigging out on biscuits.

I know that I have put a little bit of weight on, it crept up on me, LOL, so I will have to work really hard to get it off this week.........it would be horrible to show a gain after being good for soooooo long.

I have been reading about the Warrier diet and it is really interesting. I have just followed the link that Alice gave and I have printed it all off and when I shut down the computer I shall start reading it.

It is excellent that your cholesterol is good, so you must be doing something right, LOL. You will have to do a bit more exercise to burn it off. That's the trouble with me, I just can't exercise or walk far, so it takes a lot longer.

I have worked very hard in the garden today. We took out all the winter pansies and put in all the summer bedding plants.....my back and legs are killing me, but it all looks nice and fresh now. It was really hot today but is set for rain again tomorrow.

I hope to chat with you some more Connie, for now take care and I will write again tomorrow.

Bye for now,
love Louloo. x

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I will try and keep up with you. I have started a new job and there will be a huge trial on one of my cases all next week and a few days more. Pray for me because I am expecting it to be a bit of a blood bath. The opposing attorney doesn't have a good case and when that happens, they do like they did with OJ, they pick apart the prosecution side of things and they go personal. YUCKY!! I have been a bit high on the bread consumption today but it has been better than yesterday. Here's hoping tomorrow is even better.


Connie

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