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Look at you! Pretty and healthy!

And OMG bears!

And bigger OMG Russell Stover outlet store!!!

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Look at you! Pretty and healthy!

And OMG bears!

And bigger OMG Russell Stover outlet store!!!

:P

 

And the whole LARGE BACK ROOM super cheap cheap CHEAP candy. ;(. Get thee behind me, chocolate Devil! LOL

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M2G, thanks for asking! I survived the party with most of my sanity intact. It was hard to get pictures and be as involved as I would like to be without my husband around, but my daughter has lots of fun, and that is what matters.

 

Today is suppose to be a fast day, but I am not feeling it today. I am feeling overwhelmed and stressed at the moment. I have been a stay at home mom for the last almost 7 years and I am going back to work in a few weeks teaching preschool. My hubby is going out of town again in a few days for a week and I am trying to figure out how I am going to get everything ready without the extra help. Well, I will just have to figure it out I guess.

 

Anyways, I hope everyone has a good week. We are going away again to visit my family for a few days tomorrow, back on Friday. so we will see how it goes.

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Just finished fast one for this week -- 490 cals, probably my lowest yet. Still weigh the same LOL.

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ME TOO! Okay, vacay over. It was wonderful fun and I was extremely nervous to step on the scale today because the last two days I mindlessly ate junk the last day and trip home. Especially after I found the Russell Stover Outlet store. :)

Only up 3 pounds and today is fast day because I want to get right back into the routine! Here are a couple of pics from our trip. Lovely resort especially if you have kids.

Yes, those are bears. At Cade's Cove TN. One is one of the outside watermarks at the resort. One inside three outside watermarks. It was gorgeous weather with a few showers.

Now back to reality (until November Cruise!) and school starting for two Grands which I am actively involved in while my daughter is in nursing school.

Glad to read up on all my peeps! Sorry realize I have two of same and can't figure out how to delet!

Great pics G! You look wonderful...and that bear...oh my! Cute to look at but not up close, that's for sure!

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M2G, thanks for asking! I survived the party with most of my sanity intact. It was hard to get pictures and be as involved as I would like to be without my husband around, but my daughter has lots of fun, and that is what matters.

Today is suppose to be a fast day, but I am not feeling it today. I am feeling overwhelmed and stressed at the moment. I have been a stay at home mom for the last almost 7 years and I am going back to work in a few weeks teaching preschool. My hubby is going out of town again in a few days for a week and I am trying to figure out how I am going to get everything ready without the extra help. Well, I will just have to figure it out I guess.

Anyways, I hope everyone has a good week. We are going away again to visit my family for a few days tomorrow, back on Friday. so we will see how it goes.

Oh that is a bummer about the pictures. Sigh. It's hard to be everywhere doing everything at once, for sure. Have a good visit with your family. I struggled last week with the 5:2 but I'm back with it this week. You'll get back to it when you are ready.

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Well this week I'm doing the EDF, EveryDayFasting, and not 'cause I want to! The Dr gave me some meds and I thought I was good to go, so I ate about 1/4c boiled potato. Thees vas a very LARGE meestake *Puss n boots accent*. So, it's back to Water and Protein Shake. the shakes give me just as much agony as regular food, but otherwise I'm taking in zero calories and putting out all my electrolytes etc. :(

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Well this week I'm doing the EDF, EveryDayFasting, and not 'cause I want to! The Dr gave me some meds and I thought I was good to go, so I ate about 1/4c boiled potato. Thees vas a very LARGE meestake *Puss n boots accent*. So, it's back to Water and Protein Shake. the shakes give me just as much agony as regular food, but otherwise I'm taking in zero calories and putting out all my electrolytes etc. :(

GT that sucks. Sorry you are so ill. I hope the meds help and you can feel better soon!

I ended yesterday at 537, but no loss today. Boo.

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M2G - It's Giardia :/ Today is an eating day for you, right? I bet tomorrow morning you will have a loss.

I ate a tbsp of Peanut Butter today and was rewarded with agony an hour later. Giardia laughs in the face of pepto or Imodium v_v.

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M2G - It's Giardia :/ Today is an eating day for you, right? I bet tomorrow morning you will have a loss.

I ate a tbsp of Peanut Butter today and was rewarded with agony an hour later. Giardia laughs in the face of pepto or Imodium v_v.

 

Ohhhh no. !!! That is awful! Are you getting time off work to rest?? That is very bad stuff. I hope you are feeling a bit better? I was hospitalised for a week with something similar a couple of years ago and I never want to be that sick again in my life. UGH!! Here's to a speedy recovery! Drink a ton of water!! xo

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lol Swizz, no time to rest out here! Nope, I just run to the latrines every hour and suffer with pain. I started on Flagyll yesterday so, hoping by tomorrow there will be an improvement. I can't even drink Protein Shakes like I thought, even if I don't put food in my mouth I'm still in pain and running to the latrines, food just makes it worse.

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It's Giardia

 

Dang, it's no win all around for you right now. Hope the meds get you to feeling better sooner rather than later.

 

~Cheri

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lol Swizz, no time to rest out here! Nope, I just run to the latrines every hour and suffer with pain. I started on Flagyll yesterday so, hoping by tomorrow there will be an improvement. I can't even drink Protein Shakes like I thought, even if I don't put food in my mouth I'm still in pain and running to the latrines, food just makes it worse.

That sucks GT. I do hope the meds kick in for you. I can't believe you don't get some time off. Whaddya gotta do in the military to have a 'sick' day...sheesh!

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So, fasted yesterday. Went a little over but logging 570 is fine. I'm always reluctant to trust my weight until I've seen it for a few days but it appears that I'm finally down that one pound I've been bouncing up and down with - I keep rocking between 141-142 and now appear to be solidly 141 pounds, which is nice. It's the top end of my maintenance window, so it's all bonus from here. I'm still going to hang with the 5:2 program, of course, but since it took a while to get back here I don't expect anything to happen quickly.

 

Went to the doctor yesterday, and entirely frustrating undertaking if you've ever received care in a military hospital. After much insistence I was able to get some blood work done so we'll see what comes of that re: Vitamin levels, my thyroid and the Hair loss.< /p>

 

No relief on the endometriosis front - something that's causing me daily pain now. The typical go-to answer in military hospitals is to take some Motrin and Water. I pretty much got that response. Here's another scrip for birth control, have a nice day. But after an hour waiting for blood draws at the lab and then another hour at the pharmacy just to put in my scrip I left when they told me it'd be another hour to get my birth control. Which I don't really want to take, anyway. So I left and once my labs come back and the doctor puts in whatever supplements I'm going to need I'll go pick it all up at once. I wish I had more control over my health care, like the option to change practices or something. I can change, don't get me wrong, but you're just changing to more of the same.

 

In any case, my last house guest leaves tomorrow, hurrah! I'm absolutely ready for my house and routine to be back to normal. My twins start school in a few weeks so I want to enjoy their last bit of time where they're home all day with me.

 

Other than that, things are going okay. I'm a little grumpy but that's due to many days of overcast gloom in a row plus a baby that hasn't slept well the last two nights. You know that stage where they need their pacifier to sleep but aren't quite coordinated enough to stuff it back in when it falls out? Yeah, we're there. She's lucky she's so cute or we'd trade her in on a self-sufficient cat. ;)

 

Take care gals, hope everyone has a great Tuesday.

 

~Cheri

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Fasted yesterday and came in at 545 but no loss on scales today. I'm doing ok so far today Protein Drink after my exercise this morning, chicken for lunch and some raisins for a snack just now. Salmon planned for dinner so it should be a good high protein/low carb day if everything goes to plan.

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