Happy Monday Gang. The start of another week. What a crazy weekend. I ended up having to take Irvin to the ER because his doctor called Saturday afternoon about blood work results from his doctor's appointment on Friday. His Potassium and Magnesium were critically low and he need to get some via IV. We were there for 3 hours. We think it was from him fasting and going to the Y doing extra stuff there.

Today is day one of the annual Spring outage it's a 9 day one. I'm waiting for the Staples order to come in that was supposed to be here on Friday but got delayed for some reason. I also have to cover the scale house lunches this week, but no big deal.

B: coffee with MCT oil

L: French onion soup and salad

D: Hoping to skip it as I have been doing the last week.

We'll see how Irvin is feeling tonight as to whether we go to the Y or not.

Have a great day everyone!!!

My swollen face and belly deflated ! I look pretty great .. even my hair looks shinier as do my nails and skin ...

Seriously just from choosing to eat salad and beans ?!

Good mornin y'all.

not a lot going on today. The kids are all coming over and it's going to be in the 90's. Speaking of which we had to put in the a/c units yesterday. I am paying for it today. So much pain.

I've got some phone calls to make. I'm not looking forward to it at all. I hate talking on the phone on the regular but these are "official" things. Ugh.

b: quiche and coffee

l: ???

d: not sure as two of the kids are staying the night.

these are components made of stainless steel that I'll be working on next! Excited!

and Opal...

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!!