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[drumstick diva]

My son went back home but, with all the trips out to eat & goof around - added 7 lbs. to me. Almost as much as when I was pg with him. Giving up ice cream yet AGAIN, till I am back to my svelte self, or maybe even forever.

 

[Alaskan]

My son went back home but, with all the trips out to eat & goof around - added 7 lbs. to me. Almost as much as when I was pg with him. Giving up ice cream yet AGAIN, till I am back to my svelte self, or maybe even forever.

I HATE dieting!!

 

[dsqard]

We had a great time on the trip. Saw places in Utah I hadn't been to before and some of the old favorites. Thinking about the trip for next year. Being steered toward Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. I also have Machu Picchu on my bucket list but next year is probably not the year.

 

[microchick]

Morning all!

@drumstick diva the pups are doing great. All of them weigh 30 pounds or more now and starting to look more like cattle dogs with muscular legs and shoulders. We take them out and let them run the pasture and visit the pond. Silly dogs love the water and come in reeking of stagnant pond muck. But it is so much fun watching them rip around with more energy than I can even imagine possessing. They love their 6 year old mentors, Buck and Spot and follow Spotty around like she is the queen of all dogs, which she loves. We call them her 'minions'.

We have no regrets concerning rescuing them and YAY! no more new holes chewed in the new utility room walls!

Finally got pics uploaded. The first is of fruit on one of our Arkansas Black apple trees. These trees produce loads of apples with deep reddish black skin on them. The apples keep forever if you keep them in a cool dry place. We usually keep them in a big box where air can circulate around them and this past year I was still pulling apples out of the box in January.

The wet weather has been hard on them but they are fire blight resistant and we try not to spray them for disease or insects unless we absolutely have to. Note the cluster of fruit and the smallish leaves.

The next is fruit hanging on one of our Asian Pear trees.

Ich...black spot from too much rain. But you can get an idea of the shape of the fruit and size of the leaves. This tree has never produced well in the 6 years it's been in the ground and is the only one of two survivors we have from a fire blight outbreak we had the first two years they were planted. I'm amazed we haven't had an outbreak this spring as cold and damp as it was.

But you can see that the size of the leaves is more like the ones on @superchemicalgirl's tree but the fruit isn't right.

I'm still betting it's a wild crab apple tree.

 

[JD4570]

Sorry folks ...I got crazy busy!
How I be? Health wise I feel the best I've felt in four years. Financially not so well. We were doing pretty good until I got my wage contract for the new school year....I got a pay cut. I filed a protest...especially when I found out that at the high school they got a $1.25 an hour raise for all personnel there. The school board is having a meeting Monday.

 

[getaclue]

I think I can honestly say we ALL hate dieting.

micro, I guess you'll get a better idea of what you have once the fruit ripens.

JD, hopefully the meeting will result in a raise.

 

[JD4570]

A small sample of my handiwork.

 

[microchick]

My life is a perpetual diet. I hate it. I went rogue this morning and made tube biscuit donuts. Ate 2. They were delicious. I'll probably be sicker than a dog and suffering a gout attack in the morning from eating fried food but I just keep telling myself that it was worth it!

 

[getaclue]

micro, from what I've read, while there are a lot of triggers, sugar is at the top of the "avoid" list. Does honey, done in moderation, trigger you as bad as refined sugar? How about stevia powder? Plenty of fruits are on the "approved" list. Part of the problem with many juices, especially concentrated juices, is that they add sugar, and/or corn syrup. Getting a juicer to make your own juices, without additives would work on several levels. Not just as a drink, but the juices could be gently boiled down, and used as a sauce or syrup. Home made biscuits, pancakes, etc., with a little fruit reduction sauce would be delicious, and a good choice. You can always let the fruit reductions cool down, and put them in plastic bags, then frozen for later use.

 

[microchick]

I really don't eat a lot of refined sugar unless it's on something like frosting. This morning is the first time I've done that in at least 3 months so we shall see what the reaction is. I do eat honey almost exclusively as a sweetener on things like toast, hot cereal, etc. next comes stevia (I'm growing my own this summer) and saccharin.

I've found with my gouty arthritis and arthralgia that the high purine foods really do a number on me. The list is huge but I've gotten to the point that if I make hamburgers for DH and turkey or ground chicken burgers for me, I have to cook them in separate skillets. Then I have to be very careful and just paint oil on the skillet with a basting brush. Lots of veggies, 4-6 oz of poultry meat or fish. I can eat cheese and eggs which helps. Gets boring after a while but like @perchie.girl. you do what you have to do in order to function and you do it with a smile of your face even if in your heart you are craving a Snickers bar!