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Bd my friend it sounds like things are really coming together for you! She is a beautiful lady and will treat you well in the years to come. One of these days when we make a trip to Florida, we will have to find out where you are and pop in for a visit 🙂

Calm winds and following seas!

Follow up on the story of the homeless veteran we were attempting to help. Saturday Afternoon I lay down to take a nap. Woke up to some movement in the room and without my glasses couldn’t make out a figure going into the master bathroom. Both the vet and my wife have dark curly hair. I lay there watching the bathroom door to see who it was. I…[Read more]

I gave up on weighing myself and only do it when I’m in for my checkups. I go more by the feel of my clothes. If my waist band starts feeling like they’re pinching me, I know it’s time to start watching my portion sizes again. 😀

Something my doctor told me a long while back, about losing weight, has always stuck with me and I find, for myself, it helps and that is to remember it took awhile to gain the weight, so it will take awhile to lose it.

I also know how hard it can be to start moving and doing things. Especially after 2 surgeries in less than 2 years. The VA has given me several pedometers over the years and I have not found them to work well or last. My fitness pal has an area where I monitor my water intake and that makes it easy to remind myself to drink enough per day. I…[Read more]

I am so in on this! Even though I have already had a significant weight loss already, I still have a some more to lose. I mainly lost the weight due to a medication change, but I also reduced my portion sizes, cut out soda (pop), and am now moderating my caffeine intake and increasing how much water I drink. For me, a little trick I learned that…[Read more]

Myfitnesspal does the same thing petmom. I will check that one out also to compare and see which one works best for me. the one I have been using has helped me go from 252 down to 194. I had even been lower than that and dropped off the program. I started back up when my jeans started getting too tight lol. Now I need to check out a few things…[Read more]

Hi Gang!

I am all in on doing this. One of the apps that I have used to good effect is myfitnesspal. They have a website and phone app so you can use this on the go also. Nice thing about this is that it is free 🙂 If you decide to join this, my handle is rsforster215. Request me as a friend and or put your handle here and I will add you.…[Read more]