Yesterday, I went through some boxes of old ornaments I had bought years ago to sell on eBay and sorted them into keep and donate piles. One pile of ornies is for the kids to go through and take whatever they want, as 2 of them no longer live here, so they may want tree decorations of their own.
When they get to a point where they aren't moving constantly and settle down I'll give them each the family ornaments that were bought for them while growing up. Man, once I do that, our tree here will be practically bare! lol
So far I have 2 full cardboard boxes of ornies heading out the door. It's a shame that Hallmark ornaments, except for a few special ones, aren't selling on eBay at ALL mostly, and the few that do sell are going for about $1 each.
sigh
So that, with a box of Ty brand stuffed animals and a box of used housewares and a swing arm wall lamp, gives me almost another full load to send off to Salvation Army in a couple of days.
Then I got up this morning and saw this report on Yahoo about Goodwill HERE.
YIKES!
Please be careful with your personal information when donating goods to any charity!
And it boggles my mind how any store manager would have let a customer buy personal documents like that......
Still no action on eBay but I am selling a couple of lengths of fabric on average each day over on Etsy. At this rate I'll run out of excess fabric by.....oh..........2016! lolz
Still loving the ease of packing and shipping fabric. 8-))
I am now down just shy of 54 lbs. I got past the plateau I hit back in May/June and am starting to see results. Not being able to exercise much because of my feet is not helping the cause but I have weights to use to work my arms. I know I'd lose faster if I gave up drinking(bad, bad carbs!)but at this point I don't want to give up the 3 or 4 drinks I have a week. There is something to be said for keeping your sanity.....
As for what I am eating.......I haven't changed content much since earlier this year after the heart problem episode, except for having to be careful I don't eat too much green leafy veggies now while I am on this Coumadin drug.
It's been 7 months now since we basically changed our diet so I think we have made it a permanent lifestyle change. I find I no longer crave junk food or sweets most days.
I eat a lot less at a meal(portion control)and try to stay away from carbs at meals. I don't fix a meat, carb and veg. for dinner. Usually I'll just fix a meat and veg(or 2 vegs. sometimes if one is a carby veg.). Sometimes I do a sauce on the meat or veg. so I am getting some carbs anyway. I also always have a sandwich at lunch, so I get plenty of good carbs with my bread and occasionally I'll have carbs with my breakfast-either a bowl of cereal or a mini bagel with my yogurt.
The big thing is I have cut down on cheese intake drastically. No cheese on burgers or sandwiches EVER! And we eat/fix cheesy dishes very rarely now. We use to throw cheese on most anything we ate here, but no more.
I plan on losing another 6 lbs. by the end of November, even with Thanksgiving, so wish me luck!
Right now I have 46 lbs. to go to get to the weight I was at 32, BEFORE I had children. It won't even come close to what I should weigh, but that would be awesome if I could get there without any bariatric surgery.
I am off to get blood work done, then to Rite-Aid to use my expiring +Up Rewards and then maybe to the grocery store if the feet hold out.
Sluggy
When they get to a point where they aren't moving constantly and settle down I'll give them each the family ornaments that were bought for them while growing up. Man, once I do that, our tree here will be practically bare! lol
So far I have 2 full cardboard boxes of ornies heading out the door. It's a shame that Hallmark ornaments, except for a few special ones, aren't selling on eBay at ALL mostly, and the few that do sell are going for about $1 each.
sigh
So that, with a box of Ty brand stuffed animals and a box of used housewares and a swing arm wall lamp, gives me almost another full load to send off to Salvation Army in a couple of days.
Then I got up this morning and saw this report on Yahoo about Goodwill HERE.
YIKES!
Please be careful with your personal information when donating goods to any charity!
And it boggles my mind how any store manager would have let a customer buy personal documents like that......
Still no action on eBay but I am selling a couple of lengths of fabric on average each day over on Etsy. At this rate I'll run out of excess fabric by.....oh..........2016! lolz
Still loving the ease of packing and shipping fabric. 8-))
I am now down just shy of 54 lbs. I got past the plateau I hit back in May/June and am starting to see results. Not being able to exercise much because of my feet is not helping the cause but I have weights to use to work my arms. I know I'd lose faster if I gave up drinking(bad, bad carbs!)but at this point I don't want to give up the 3 or 4 drinks I have a week. There is something to be said for keeping your sanity.....
As for what I am eating.......I haven't changed content much since earlier this year after the heart problem episode, except for having to be careful I don't eat too much green leafy veggies now while I am on this Coumadin drug.
It's been 7 months now since we basically changed our diet so I think we have made it a permanent lifestyle change. I find I no longer crave junk food or sweets most days.
I eat a lot less at a meal(portion control)and try to stay away from carbs at meals. I don't fix a meat, carb and veg. for dinner. Usually I'll just fix a meat and veg(or 2 vegs. sometimes if one is a carby veg.). Sometimes I do a sauce on the meat or veg. so I am getting some carbs anyway. I also always have a sandwich at lunch, so I get plenty of good carbs with my bread and occasionally I'll have carbs with my breakfast-either a bowl of cereal or a mini bagel with my yogurt.
The big thing is I have cut down on cheese intake drastically. No cheese on burgers or sandwiches EVER! And we eat/fix cheesy dishes very rarely now. We use to throw cheese on most anything we ate here, but no more.
I plan on losing another 6 lbs. by the end of November, even with Thanksgiving, so wish me luck!
Right now I have 46 lbs. to go to get to the weight I was at 32, BEFORE I had children. It won't even come close to what I should weigh, but that would be awesome if I could get there without any bariatric surgery.
I am off to get blood work done, then to Rite-Aid to use my expiring +Up Rewards and then maybe to the grocery store if the feet hold out.
Sluggy
My mom has lost 45 lbs in 5 years. She is doing slowly and this seems to work for her. It is hard to lose weight.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on the cutting down on cheese but my husband eats so much cheese he hasn't pooped for years. Lol!
ReplyDeleteGive him apples!
DeleteCongrats on the weight loss Sluggy. Sorry about your heat. Hope all goes well soon. Peace.
ReplyDeleteIf I gave up cheese, I would lose 50 lbs in a month! I am mostly solid cheese at this point. I weigh 150 lbs more than when I had children! That is sick! That is dangerous! The picture on my blog is a recent one, so I did not put up a 40-yr-old picture to fool me.
ReplyDeleteI've been pretty good at keeping of wine during the week -- but it's no fun! We've also cut back on cheese. I'm also trying to not buy crackers but TBG manages to dig around and find them here and there. Going back to work will probably mean I'll gain some weight back -- but I'll take the trade off (money!).
ReplyDeleteI could do without meat (I've done it in the past), but I LOVE cheese... all sorts of it, even if I just buy the cheap, generic cheddar stuff. I too am trying to get back on track and forsake all carbs and sugars. Seems I am highly carb intolerant or something, so I see the most change when foregoing carbs on my diet.
ReplyDeleteI love Christmas ornaments! I found myself trying to see what all those ornies were. LOL!
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