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Homemade pasta to go with beef for dinner! First time making it this way. I usually roll it out by machine. Wanted them a bit heartier this time.

@ValerieJ Pasta looks great!

ValerieJ said:

My diet is similar, noon and dinner, small portions. Have lost 40 lbs!!! 10 or 20 to go!!!

Stopped spending 3 hours going to the gym and bought equipment for the garage. Now it's 20 minutes. But that's not part of weight loss. At 71, I need the strength building too, especially in my legs. Old family trait to lose use of legs. That is not happening here!!!

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Way to go on the weight loss. I'm down 8 or so in three weeks. My exercise is working in the garden. I'm taking a break now from digging up part of the yard where I'll plant my okra. It's a 25 foot long, 1 foot wide row.

I'm having to triple turn it. Dug once to take the sod off the top and layed it to one side. Dug out another layer of dirt and layed it to the other side. I just finished putting the first dig back in the trench, grass side down. Then I walked over it to compress it. Now I'm drinking water and resting.

When I get back to it I'm going to dump a layer of chicken compost in the trench, then put the second dig dirt back on top of it. I'll break it up with a shovel to loosen it up and it should be ready for planting the okra seeds.

The reason I'm putting the okra in that area is that it get full sun all day long, and okra loves heat. I don't need no stinkin' gym! LOL.

ETA:
I finished the okra row, all except for planting the seeds. I have the okra seeds soaking in water now and I'll plant them tomorrow.



And I got my dill planted today. I dug out a small bed at the edge of my woodchip pile and got the dill seeds planted and watered in. This spot will get sunshine until around 1PM, then will be shaded during the hot afternoon. I think the dill will appreciate that.

That sounds like a lot of work @Smokerbill ! But good for you! I think it will make a great garden bed! And congrats on the weight loss!!! It's coming off slowly for me. Been dieting since last August. But what matters it? The 9 mos would have passed whether I dieted or not.

@pennyJo1960, the dinner turned out great. Pasta was a little bigger than I wanted, so I'll make it thinner next time. It's a learning curve on technique. The flavor and texture of homemade pasta is so much better than anything I can find in the store, so it's worth working on.