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Good job Suzanne!!! Wow. You are a busy bee. That is great that you are making so many changes that are working out for you. You say you haven't lost any more weight. Well, you lost SEVENTEEN POUNDS!!!!! That is terriffic! Just think, that is practically FOUR BAGS OF SUGAR! Try lugging that around and you will see how good that really is that you have gotten rid of that. Slow changes are the best I believe.

I am on somewhat of the same kind of track as you are. Decluttering and losing weight. I feel really good about it. I have lost ten pounds and am finally getting my house together. It's a long process, but I am making leeway.

Good luck,

Debbie in Oregon

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Whoops! And here I am at the computer without my shoes on! What would

FlyLady say? I better get off my franny...

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Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. My journey started when I joined

here in April.

I have been busy " decluttering " my house. I has taken me almost 2

months (30 years worth of junk here) to declutter. I had to come to

the relazation that I was a pack rat (groan).

I found it very hard to exercise let alone do the housework. So when

I started on this journey to lose weight, I figured I would take baby

steps first. If I couldn't go out and exercise/do house work as it

was to hard on my knees and back, then maybe if I started decluttering

that would be a form of exercise.

I am happy to say that it worked. It almost killed me some days. But

I kept at it. I started with a weight of 257 lbs., and am now down to

240. I admit I am not happy that I have not lost a bit more, but I

have come to the relazation that I have probably gained some muscle

(just realized that yesterday as a matter of fact), and I feel more

rejuvenated. Cuz I can now see the results.

I find that now that I am eating healthier (still occasionally have

that sinful food), by eating more fruits and vege's that I am not as

tired, more motivated, and my back and knees don't hurt as much. My

DH has always had the get up and go, and whenever he wanted to start

doing something, or try to get me to do something, I used to tell him

to get up and go. Now I have the get up and go, let's get this party

started feeling. He now says I am an awfull one to plan someone's day

now. (hehe). I guess eating all those fruits and vege's does that to you.

I still have one room to do, the basement - dreaded toys. I plan on

tackling that later on this afternoon. And tomorrow I plan on taking

apart my child's bedroom, to paint, rip the carpet out, install wood

flooring, and then doing the same to the master bedroom next week. As

well I work full-time. I never had energy like this before.

And I will also try to post at least every other day. Cuz tomorrow I

plan on doing that walking thing, 1st time in about 1 year. Baby steps.

Thank you for listening, everyone have a good day, and if you don't

then " MAKE YOURSELF A GREAT DAY! "

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and then joined and that's what got me started. She became my " mentor " .

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> Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. My journey started when I joined> here in April.

Welcome back!

> I have been busy "decluttering" my house. I has taken me almost 2

Oh, I hate that job!

> months (30 years worth of junk here) to declutter.

We had to go through that 4 years ago when we moved to FL and had to clean out a few generations worth of junk. NOT a pretty sight, but it got done.

>then maybe if I started decluttering> that would be a form of exercise.

It's an activity that got your heart rate up and caused to to sweat a bit, so I would agree.

> I started with a weight of 257 lbs., and am now down to 240.

Fantastic!

> I admit I am not happy that I have not lost a bit more, but I

Well, I'm sure I'm not the only one that would volunteer our homes to you to continue your declutter workout.

> I find that now that I am eating healthier (still occasionally have> that sinful food),

Life without chocolate (Or whatever your favorite thing is) isn't worth living, which is why reminds us we can eat *anything* but in the right quantity.

> And tomorrow I plan on taking> apart my child's bedroom, to paint, rip the carpet out, install wood

You and Ann can share handy-woman tips. She's doing the same thing right now in one of her daughters' rooms.

> And I will also try to post at least every other day.

Any time you can stop and say Hi is fine with us.

Sue in NJ

feeling like Eeyore with all these rain clouds overhead again

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Love flylady.

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From: " thenozyone " <sure_wasn_t_me@...>

> I have been busy " decluttering " my house. I has taken me almost 2

> months (30 years worth of junk here) to declutter. I had to come to

> the relazation that I was a pack rat (groan).

I'm trying to declutter my house too. It's a tough job. I swear the toys

reproduce when I'm not looking.

Congrats on the 17 pound loss and increase in energy. That's fantastic!

> tackling that later on this afternoon. And tomorrow I plan on taking

> apart my child's bedroom, to paint, rip the carpet out, install wood

> flooring, and then doing the same to the master bedroom next week. As

> well I work full-time. I never had energy like this before.

Ripping out carpet and padding is definately exercise! On Thurs. I made 7

trips to the curb from my daughter's room for trash pick up. I then made 11

trips from the car to her room with boxes of laminate flooring. Today we're

letting dh sleep until noon. After that he can play with the kids while I

rip up the carpet tack strips and paint the wood trim. Hopefully the

flooring will all be installed by Tues. I'm building my daughter a loft bed

with a desk underneath which will be a fun project. I also want to build

bookshelves and a big window seat into one wall but that will be a hard job.

My projects give me a sense of accomplishment that I don't usually get being

a SAH mom.

Ann

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I gotta tell ya, it's 51 here with a forecast high of 60. Pretty much like

that thru the coming week. Our tress have peaked and are pretty nekkid now.

The ones that still have leaves, are looking pretty bad. Have the morning news

on right now and they are showing pictures of the snow going on up in the

high country, at and around ski resorts. We're sure hoping that since we had a

more normal spring and summer...it rained, we'll have a snowy fall and winter.

We've been in a drought for several years and sure do need any and all we can

get!

I hear ya on having so many clothes. I have 3 large Rubbermaid storage boxes

FULL of clothes and that's not even all of them. I had them all in storage

closets, but when my daughter moved back home, I had to take those down to make

room for her things. We're in the process of cleaning out the basement right

now, and hopefully will be able to make room so clothes can be out. I have

way to many shoes, too! It's so nice tho, seeing the floor and having so much

more room down there.

I'm also going to check Walmart for the bands. For some reason I never think

of checking there...duhhhhhhhhhhh! I have tendentious in one of my hands, so

I have to be careful of what I do and what I use. Thanks for the reminder!

Your dinner out sounds heavenly! It's been a while since I've had a GOOD

steak! I was craving one for months, there for a while. Started last Jan. It

was really kind of funny. I was volunteering with a friend at the National

Western Stock Show, and one day just was craving it. She was laughing so hard

at

me, saying look around you! All the cows...we had just come back form the

stock yards! Sorry if that offends anyone who may not be a meat eater, but I

am! And congrats to you Bonnie on your weight loss! You go girl!

Love ya,

Kiki

[Guest guest]

I tried the Adkins Enduldge bars not to long ago. I got the peanut roll

ones, free at the soup kitchen I volunteer at. That sent me to try the others.

I

liked them OK. The one I really like is the chocolate wafer type, kinda like

a Twix, in a way. The peanut butter cups were good too. I'm not affected by

the SA's {sugar alcohol's} like so many seem to be, which is good and bad. If

I have them around, I want them. Also tried the Doritos Edge, LC Tostitos

chips. CAN'T have those around at all! In a weekend I ate, probably a bag and

a

half, all by myself. Kinda defeats the purpose, don't ya think? LOL

Fortunately I don't have a snacking problem, as a rule, but I do have my times!

I

also really like Velamints chocolate mints, they are on the pricey side, but

the BEST ones out there, IMO. I found at a Dollar store, and off brand, that is

very close. For $1.00, I can handle the small diff in taste. I like them

just to take that edge off, but don't over indulge, altho I could! Just

throwing a few more ideas out there...

Love ya,

Kiki

[Guest guest]

Thank You KiKi. It is gloomy here in Muncie, Indiana, but the trees are

beautiful, I am so lucky because my desk is right beside a large window

and I can see the beautiful trees that God has given us this fall!!

Hugs, Connie

Good morning everyone!

It's a beautiful day here in Colorado this morning. I just wanted to

wish

everyone a wonderful day. You are ALL so special to me, I hope you know

that...

Love to all,

Kiki

[Guest guest]

hmm -- overcast, blowing, and starting to rain here in Austin -- and the temps

are much too high for this time of year (was in the mid-90s yesterday) --

hopefully it'll start cooling this weekend and I can start complaining about it

being too cold I changed my closet form summer clothes to winter clothes --

have way too many clothes! but I still like getting new stuff -- somehow I can't

bring myself to discard my old, so I just keep adding...comes from being so very

poor for so many years (there was a year after the birth of my last child when I

didn't own a bra, was wearing underwear that had no elastic left, and one

maternity outfit that still worked -- until some very good friends went thorugh

their closets and gifted me with their slightly-used stuff -- I doubt that you

ever get over times like that!)

We drove the Miata to work this morning with the top down -- and my hair is

rather windblown -- I think the extra humidity from the pending rain makes it

really go wild -- definitely not an old geezer look!!!

Tomorrow night we are going to eat out (Ruth Chris's) -- a gift certificate from

one of my husband's kids -- and I'm doing so well with my diet! Maybe I can get

a huge steak and not be tempted by the bread.... I dropped 1-1/2 pounds in the

last 2 days, this after bouncing up and down with 1/2 pound for about 2 weeks!

I'm HAPPY! And I have on some pants that I had been avoiding....

I bought some stretchy bands last night -- this morning did several of the

enclosed exercises, using the beginner band -- sometime over the weekend I'm

going to carefully look at all the illustrated exercises and practice the forms,

then start doing them. I also bought some stretch rope-like things -- haven't

done anything with them yet. And I used some 1# cans for weights, did some

over-the-head lifts, not much effort -- need to try 2# weights tomorrow. I don't

want to buy any weights until I figure out where I should be. Something in my

pantry ought to weigh 2#?????

So (I know I'm being dense, but I haven't gotten any books on this stuff yet) do

the stretchy-band exercises count as resistance/weight training? They didn't

seem at all hard, so maybe after I work through the exercises and get the form

down right, I should move up to the intermediate band. My husband even seems

interested,and said he might start doing some of the exercises (though he pulled

the heaviest one with absolutely no problem -- all those years of milking

cows!).

Bonnie

Good morning everyone!

It's a beautiful day here in Colorado this morning. I just wanted to

wish

everyone a wonderful day. You are ALL so special to me, I hope you know

that...

Love to all,

Kiki

[Guest guest]

That is WONDERFUL Bonnie on the weight loss. I am sure I haven't lost

any, I have had a few bad evenings of eating of eating. Too much

chocolate in the house :-( It is 52 degrees in Muncie, In--I just

called the temp... but I have been cleaning the office and doing my LL

so it is very warm in here. I must get a hold of my evening eating!

Connie

Good morning everyone!

It's a beautiful day here in Colorado this morning. I just wanted to

wish

everyone a wonderful day. You are ALL so special to me, I hope you know

that...

Love to all,

Kiki

[Guest guest]

Kiki,

We buy really good steaks (tenderloin, essentially the filet mignon) from Sams

-- decided that we wasted so much of the cheaper cuts (neither my husband nor I

eat fat or gristle, and we throw the fatty-meat and all the trimmings to the

dogs) that we now buy really good ones -- just not so often. One really good

steak is worth countless not-so-good ones!

Hmmm -- and I have too many shoes, too. Some of the shoes are from when I lived

in GA (heels, dress shoes) about 7 years ago -- will likely never, ever wear

them again -- but it hurts to simply throw them into the goodwill box (none of

my kids wear the same size -- and if they did, they would probably say " Mom,

that's so square.... " ). Now my shoes tend to be sandals and verrrrrrrrry

comfortable winter shoes -- no tight shoes or heels for me anymore!

Many years ago, when I first lost weight (back in 94!) I tried on a pair of

jeans that I hadn't worn for about 20 years (I do tend to hang onto old

clothes!) -- they actually fit, and I was so excited -- then I hopped up on the

bathtub to look in the mirror -- and these horrible bell bottoms showed up --

LOL. Oh well (actually, my daughters said that I should have kept them another

10 years for them, the bells had come back into " style " ).

Bonnie

Re: Good morning everyone!

I gotta tell ya, it's 51 here with a forecast high of 60. Pretty much like

that thru the coming week. Our tress have peaked and are pretty nekkid now.

The ones that still have leaves, are looking pretty bad. Have the morning news

on right now and they are showing pictures of the snow going on up in the

high country, at and around ski resorts. We're sure hoping that since we had a

more normal spring and summer...it rained, we'll have a snowy fall and winter.

We've been in a drought for several years and sure do need any and all we can

get!

I hear ya on having so many clothes. I have 3 large Rubbermaid storage boxes

FULL of clothes and that's not even all of them. I had them all in storage

closets, but when my daughter moved back home, I had to take those down to make

room for her things. We're in the process of cleaning out the basement right

now, and hopefully will be able to make room so clothes can be out. I have

way to many shoes, too! It's so nice tho, seeing the floor and having so much

more room down there.

I'm also going to check Walmart for the bands. For some reason I never think

of checking there...duhhhhhhhhhhh! I have tendentious in one of my hands, so

I have to be careful of what I do and what I use. Thanks for the reminder!

Your dinner out sounds heavenly! It's been a while since I've had a GOOD

steak! I was craving one for months, there for a while. Started last Jan. It

was really kind of funny. I was volunteering with a friend at the National

Western Stock Show, and one day just was craving it. She was laughing so hard

at

me, saying look around you! All the cows...we had just come back form the

stock yards! Sorry if that offends anyone who may not be a meat eater, but I

am! And congrats to you Bonnie on your weight loss! You go girl!

Love ya,

Kiki

[Guest guest]

Connie,

Have you thought about trying some of the low-carb chocolates? There are some

very tasty ones out there. Slimfast makes low-carb snack bars (I particularly

like the chocolate with caramel and nuts) that are about 100 calories, 3 g carb

-- not so bad as a full-fledged sugared chocolate. And the low-carb ones have a

definite limiting factor -- they will tie your stomach up so badly that you will

be VERY careful to not overdo them -- one bar is just about right! I'm not

eating them right now, but I do allow myself some when I'm not in " induction "

mode with my eating...

Also, another way that I've curbed my evening eating is doing something with my

hands -- sewing, crocheting, playing the piano -- I find it very easy to

mindlessly munch away when I sit and read...

Bonnie

Good morning everyone!

It's a beautiful day here in Colorado this morning. I just wanted to

wish

everyone a wonderful day. You are ALL so special to me, I hope you know

that...

Love to all,

Kiki

[Guest guest]

Hmmm, I had tried them last year and now I remember I really liked them,

thanks for reminding me, I will stop at the store after work!..See we

don't have to have weight watchers meetings , we have LL meetings! for

free! hugs , Connie

Good morning everyone!

It's a beautiful day here in Colorado this morning. I just wanted to

wish

everyone a wonderful day. You are ALL so special to me, I hope you know

that...

Love to all,

Kiki

[Guest guest]

Thanks Kiki, I would eat the bag too. I quit about 3 years ago and I

think that is part of it ( I smoked for 25 years ) I get " antsy " do you

know what I mean? Hugs, Connie

Re: Good morning everyone!

I tried the Adkins Enduldge bars not to long ago. I got the peanut roll

ones, free at the soup kitchen I volunteer at. That sent me to try the

others. I

liked them OK. The one I really like is the chocolate wafer type, kinda

like

a Twix, in a way. The peanut butter cups were good too. I'm not

affected by

the SA's {sugar alcohol's} like so many seem to be, which is good and

bad. If

I have them around, I want them. Also tried the Doritos Edge, LC

Tostitos

chips. CAN'T have those around at all! In a weekend I ate, probably a

bag and a

half, all by myself. Kinda defeats the purpose, don't ya think? LOL

Fortunately I don't have a snacking problem, as a rule, but I do have my

times! I

also really like Velamints chocolate mints, they are on the pricey side,

but

the BEST ones out there, IMO. I found at a Dollar store, and off brand,

that is

very close. For $1.00, I can handle the small diff in taste. I like

them

just to take that edge off, but don't over indulge, altho I could! Just

throwing a few more ideas out there...

Love ya,

Kiki

[Guest guest]

It is very gloomy dark and rainy today

But I'm home and not working. Spending time with the family

Amen!

Just made a peanut butter cake with PB & CC chips on top

MM good

R

Good morning everyone!

It's a beautiful day here in Colorado this morning. I just wanted to

wish

everyone a wonderful day. You are ALL so special to me, I hope you know

that...

Love to all,

Kiki

[Guest guest]

Bonnie

I took off last Friday and cleaned my closet

WOW was I amazed what I cleared out. Gave all of it away to many different

friends, school, work, YWCA. Feels good

It helps because since losing I had alot of things just too big

I still have more then enough that fits

I probably could clean out again

Blessings

R

Good morning everyone!

It's a beautiful day here in Colorado this morning. I just wanted to

wish

everyone a wonderful day. You are ALL so special to me, I hope you know

that...

Love to all,

Kiki

[Guest guest]

Hi, That sounds so good! Yummy! It is sunny and a little cool here in

Muncie, Indiana. But sunny!! And I am at work. Have a great day with

your family! Hugs~Connie

Re: Good morning everyone!

It is very gloomy dark and rainy today

But I'm home and not working. Spending time with the family

Amen!

Just made a peanut butter cake with PB & CC chips on top

MM good

R

Good morning everyone!

It's a beautiful day here in Colorado this morning. I just wanted to

wish

everyone a wonderful day. You are ALL so special to me, I hope you

know

that...

Love to all,

Kiki

[Guest guest]

Connie

wish I could of send you a piece

R

Good morning everyone!

It's a beautiful day here in Colorado this morning. I just wanted to

wish

everyone a wonderful day. You are ALL so special to me, I hope you

know

that...

Love to all,

Kiki

[Guest guest]

I would have ate it! LOL~ Connie

Re: Good morning everyone!

Connie

wish I could of send you a piece

R

Good morning everyone!

It's a beautiful day here in Colorado this morning. I just wanted

to

wish

everyone a wonderful day. You are ALL so special to me, I hope you

know

that...

Love to all,

Kiki

[Guest guest]

Welcome Sherri,

Cp soap is a wonderful hands on item to make. I live in the City but

will let you know if I know anyone close to you that has the

experience you are looking for.

Dawn

>

> Hi,

> My name is Sherri and I am a new member. We live outside of

Rochester

> NY and are involved in many 4H activities as well as my daughter

> raises and shows rabbits, goats ( looking forward to making goats

> milk soap!) and we will soon be getting several mini horses for

> showing and driving. I am a licensed Skincare therapist, nationally

> certified aromatherapist,herbalist and educator and have worked

with

> creating natural skin care products.I have made glycerin based

soaps

> before but was left disappointed with the outcome as they sweat and

> are hard to incorporate ingredients through out the bar as

everything

> seems to either float or sit on the bottom!So I am interested in

> incorporating my love of herbs and essential oils etc with some fun

> creativity in making CP soaps!

> As I mentioned before I am an educator and put together workshops

and

> am wanting to find a person who is well versed in the soap making

> aspect and is willing to present a soap making workshop this spring

> at the Cornell ative Extension Building auditorium

> (Canandaigua NY)as that room has a full working kitchen. We are

> wanting to make it an all day Saturday spring event( 10-2:30pm)to

> include basic -intermediate skills for making CP soaps.If anyone is

> interested please contact me and we can discuss the event further.

> I hope you all have a wonderful day!

> Sherri Reehil-Welser CHA,CCA

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Dawn!

Sherri

_____

From: [mailto: ]

On Behalf Of momdmarie

Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:28 PM

Subject: Re: Good Morning Everyone!

Welcome Sherri,

Cp soap is a wonderful hands on item to make. I live in the City but

will let you know if I know anyone close to you that has the

experience you are looking for.

Dawn

>

> Hi,

> My name is Sherri and I am a new member. We live outside of

Rochester

> NY and are involved in many 4H activities as well as my daughter

> raises and shows rabbits, goats ( looking forward to making goats

> milk soap!) and we will soon be getting several mini horses for

> showing and driving. I am a licensed Skincare therapist, nationally

> certified aromatherapist,herbalist and educator and have worked

with

> creating natural skin care products.I have made glycerin based

soaps

> before but was left disappointed with the outcome as they sweat and

> are hard to incorporate ingredients through out the bar as

everything

> seems to either float or sit on the bottom!So I am interested in

> incorporating my love of herbs and essential oils etc with some fun

> creativity in making CP soaps!

> As I mentioned before I am an educator and put together workshops

and

> am wanting to find a person who is well versed in the soap making

> aspect and is willing to present a soap making workshop this spring

> at the Cornell ative Extension Building auditorium

> (Canandaigua NY)as that room has a full working kitchen. We are

> wanting to make it an all day Saturday spring event( 10-2:30pm)to

> include basic -intermediate skills for making CP soaps.If anyone is

> interested please contact me and we can discuss the event further.

> I hope you all have a wonderful day!

> Sherri Reehil-Welser CHA,CCA

>

[Guest guest]

I hope everyone had a rest filled night. I slept 10 hours last night. It seems I am sleeping better now, and that is good.

Don't know if my mail, and mail is working any better today or not? Hope so; because it is all on my last nerve. I see I received mail this morning that was sent 2 days ago, and they are just getting into my mail box. So much for improvements. LoL

Yesterday I deep cleaned the play room, and my computer room. Willie put my exerciser machine together, and it is going to work out just fine for me. Good bye fat hello muscle. LoL Today I am going to clean my living room and try to put up some Christmas things. I hope every one has a peace filled day. You are all with me in my prayers.

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Love & Hugs

Boyd

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa