Good Morning Everyone!

Today I am sitting here in sunny Connecticut. This week was my vacation and its been wonderful.
I went to the beach on wednesday. I'd not gone in almost 10 years. theres a reason for that and I rememered it this morning when i woke up with sun poisining. Oh well thank god I only went for 30 minutes instead of all day! my arms are pretty swollen at the elbows and its pretty ictchy but it will pass. It was so beautiful that day it smelled wonderful the sounds ahhhh I wanted to stay all afternoon but reminded myself not to go over board.
todays breakrfast was my usual
b. egg whites, ground flax seeds, slice of lo fat cheese
s. 20 seedless grapes with cheese stick
l. cottage cheese with rasins and some wheat thin crackers
s. banana & cheese stick
d unplanned at this pint might be tunafish.
s. atkins
of course all of this is subject to change depending on LBS and moods!
I'm doing good I've dropped 4 pounds in the past 3 weeks. thats fantastic for me conisdering my past history has been pretty much gain gain gain.
I'm walking about 3 to 4 nights a week and doing otehr excersizes inbetwen nights.
this week i'm very active with painting and cleaning and running around all over the place. not alot of time for relaxing!
i had a week of very bad nightmares that i think were due to what i had eaten before bedtime. with the LBS i'm to have a light snack before bed to avoid LBS drops during the night. I switched what i was snacking on and not had the bad dreams for almost a week.
they were pretty scarey. especailly for someone like me who usually has great dreams almost every night but these were horrifing. i've never had dreams like these before they would bother me during th daytime afterwards. LBS people are prone to bad dreams is what I had read.
Judy keep up the good work! You have helped me to stick with my eating plan.
Marilyn I remind myself how you walk in that awful heat so it helps me with that too!
wheres everyone else?
Lurkers please know we miss you and wouldlove to hear your summer time stories.

Hi Marilyn,

I'm here on vacaton this week. Getting lots done in the condo. Got to keep things up cause you just never know when you might want to sell.
I have a funeral to go to tonight for a fellow Lions club member. He's been a member for years.
the lions club helps blind people. we work hard to collect and earn money that is donated for eye reseearch.
He lost his sight about 4 years ago and still kept going to the meetings and doing what he could to help. His daughter who was not a lions club member would bring him. I think he was in his 70's and even after he lost his sight he never lost his sense of humor.  He'd been ill and was in a nursing home and passed away in his sleep. several of our lions are going to do a ceremony that is really very touching.
the president will do a roll call. Each Lions meember who is there when their name is called will say present.  A bell is rung and then They call the person who has passed last. They will call his name and ring the bell three times then say a prayer.
I've not felt well this year and haven't made alot of the lions meetings. But I try not to miss the funerals.
On a lighter note, Yesterday I went to the beach in the first time for almost 10 years. It was fun! I only stayed for 30 minutes cause I am VERY pale and get sun poisoning. The air was wsondedrful the waves sounded great and there was such a nice breeze. I took a quit dip had my cottage cheese people watched then stopped at a couple of stores. It was a nice day.
Hard to believe that tomorrow is my last vacation day then the weekend then back to work.
Don' tget me wrong I"m very thanknful to have my job but I"m also thankful that I had this week off.
I've also walked each night too!
So far I've lost 4 pounds in the past 3 weeks and I feel a difference in my clothes too.The walking has been a big help.

I don't drink nearly enough water, but, do take a 20 oz bottle with me & usually
end with about 60 oz for the day. Still drink waaay too much coffee, but, have totally
given up sodas. I was drinking diet mt. dew a lot. the carbination was killing me.
The heat is why I am usually out walking no later than 6 or 6:30 in the a.m. Otherwise
too darn hot for anything outside. specially walking.
I am proud of myself for getting out & doing it 3 days this past week, will see if I
keep it up this week. Plan to go out in the a.m. Got up too late this a.m.

Support Group will be your best Friend . To get out & talk with others about the same
things.
I wish I had one around here. Ours fizzled out!!
Take Care & feel better soon!! YOU CAN DO THIS!! You are not a failure your
are fighting the same things we all do!! Old habits.
Lots of Love & prayers sent to you!!

Thanks Judy!! You can do this (South Beach Diet) I try to stay as low-carb as possible
I feel better & don't gain. Keep up your good work!!