Happy Friday Eve Gang. What a busy morning here at work already. I've had to run to Home Depot and Electrical Wholesalers for stuff for the outage next week. I also picked up some Zeppolas for the guys for St. Joseph's Day. Yea they are getting super spoiled this week.

Irvin and I have been spending more and more time at the Y at night working on using other machines besides the ones we normally use and this morning when I put on a pair of my work pants I noticed that the thigh area was not as tight so things are working. Also, since we've been doing more exercises I haven't been hungry at night which in turn is helping with the weight loss. I'm 2lbs away from a 10lb loss. Slow and steady wins the race right?

B: coffee and 1/2 Zeppola

L: Roast Beef and Swiss lettuce wrap

D: skipping again

Weights, bike, treadmill, and stair stepper tonight at the Y.

Have a great day everyone!!!

Happy Hump Day Gang!!! Yesterday's St. Patrick's Day lunch was a huge success. We actually had a bunch of veggies leftover so my PM said if I could find some more corned beef I can make more today. Of course, I was able to find 5 more so they are in the Instant Pot cooking so they will be ready for lunch time. The Pistachio dessert came out amazing and the guys loved it along with the Tiramisu. I am taking Friday off to get some things done before we go into our first outage next week.

Irvin and I ended up staying at the Y for almost 2 hours last night. We just kept moving around doing different things and I did 3 miles on the recumbent bike. I thought for sure I would be sore this morning, but surprisingly I am not. I actually have a bunch of energy as does Irvin. I know you can't out exercise a bad diet, but boy does it help to really keep you motivated.

B: coffee with MCT oil

L: a little more corned beef and veggie because honestly it came out so darn good

D: skipping it again since I haven't been hungry after the long exercise times at the Y

Going to the Y tonight and we will see what else we end up doing. :)

Have a great day everyone!!

Sorry for the late start today gang. Woke up and then 15 minutes later we lost power. The wind was crazy last night and this morning 60+mph gusts with it being steady at 40mph. Tree limbs down everywhere along with dead trees. Last I knew over 60K without power just in CT. I ended up coming into work early to take a shower and get the day started. I just finished putting the three pans of corned beef, cabbage, carrots, and potatoes in the two ovens. The two desserts are done and I just have to go decorate upstairs.

Last night at the Y we did something a little different. We did the recumbent bike for 10 minutes then moved to the weight circuit machines and finished with the stair stepper which I'm proud to say I did 6 whole minutes on not an easy task at all. We were there for a good 40 minutes. When we got home I wasn't hungry so I only had a coffee with MCT oil in it and Irvin had a tea with the MCT in it. He is doing a fast starting today because he has a doctors appointment Friday and she can be a stickler about wanting him to take meds if his sugar is a bit up.

B: coffee and I just had a roast beef/turkey wrap as I was feeling hungry

L: corned beef and cabbage

D: honestly hoping after the Y tonight I'm not hungry again :)

I think we will be doing the same thing tonight at the Y since we both really enjoyed it.

Have a great day everyone!!

Good mornin y'all.

not much happening this week. I think I have an appointment with my case manager. I have yet to hear about my new provider there. It can take a bit.

on to the rheumatologist's office. What a complete and utter **** show. They want me to try another damned nsaid. I agreed to "try" a week, of which I will not. After 3 celebrexs I have been dealing with horrible reflux and upset system. So hell no I won't take it. I was "schooled" about what an NSAIDs was by the nurse. I wanted to bite her head off. So I am going to let them know I can't take this one either. I have doubled up on omeprazole and if it doesn't improve I'll contact my gastroenterologist. I am fairly certain one of my meds causes reflux so it's been really bad on top of that.

i haven't heard about the bill so I am going to report them to Medicaid. I've tried to get ahold of them to no avail. Shady as heck and just a crappy way to do people.

my niece is here today and we're going to go to Sam's. She also wants to go to a liquidation store. We had a low of 14° and 3 days from today we'll be in the 90's. Oh joy...spring can kiss my ass.

B: egg, sausage and cheese. Coffee

L: no clue

D: I'm thinking fish and maybe some cabbage.

Good Friday morning gang!! I have to remember to play the lottery today as I always seem to get a bit lucky on Friday the 13th even if it's something small. I found on craigslist the last breed of rabbit I want, but I'm not sure if we will be able to go get them or not. We have to make some more hutches first and they are in NH about 1 1/2 hours away which isn't a big deal since we've travel much further for other things. They are a really good deal, but we will see.

I'm going to start getting things ready for the lunch next week. I've pulled the corned beefs out of the freezer and will cut up the cabbage. The carrots are already the baby ones so those are ready to go. The potatoes will be the only thing I have to do the day of. I have a few more things that I missed that I need to get at Walmart, but the guys are all excited about it.

I've finally broke a few month's long stall and dropped 3lbs. I swear the older you get and no matter what you do your body just doesn't want to give up the fat. I will continue to push on.

B: coffee and 2 scrambled eggs with cheese and spinach

L: egg salad in romaine lettuce

D: baked haddock with spinach and onions

I believe we are doing weights tonight and Irvin said something about hitting the pool again. We haven't really swam much throughout the Winter just because going outside with wet hair in the cold isn't the best feeling.

Have a great Friday and weekend everyone!!