and What SpiritedLass said. I wish I could wish you both and others to be healthy and feeling great and it would actually work.

But congrats on losing 60 pounds! That's fantastic! And while we're talking about wishes, I wish I could too! :)

- i'm sorry if i've missed posts. i didn't mean to poof again. about 10 days ago my left hand swelled up for no reason i could find. i hadn't injured and there were no bites that hubby could see. turns out i got gout in my left hand. just my luck. i didn't even know you could get gout in your hands. i thought you could only get it in your feet. i have been educated.

anyways, today is the first day i've been able to type or do anything on the computer since. the swelling has finallly gone down enough for me to be able to move my fingers. i still can't make a fist, though. did you know gout hurts really freaking bad? i didn't. now i do. you know, i'm really tired of things "breaking." some keelholiday i've had. at least it's october! :D

huggles you back

Getting older you get to discover all kinds of amazing science facts!

Isn't THAT the damn truth!

Oh no! How awful. Hope it goes away and stays that way! I was told it can happen in any joint, but likes the big toe and extremities best. I've had that but it was a long time ago. Hope it never happens again. Don't worry about poofing. Not a problem. I'm thrilled it's October!!! After today its supposed to be 70's and 50's with a couple 40's and that is just awesome. Means that the blasted heat is done for this year. (Knocked on wood and pretend wood too. lol)

Thank you all. I am hoping the med change will help and also that my cold symptoms will just go away. It just makes me more tired.

I had no idea you could get gout in your hands either. My mom gets gout in her foot. Sorry you've been in pain but am glad it is starting to get better and hopefully you will be able to play subeta more with Morostide starting soon.

Getting older is hard work.

Thank you. When I made changes back in April I don't think I truly believed this is where I would be 6 months in. But I guess when I made the decision, I made the decision. Which is much different than most any other time I tried to lose weight. I think maybe it's partly because I didn't make it about losing weight over all, I just wanted to feel better and to be able to build stamina and do more. Sooo tired of getting tired walking up a flight of stairs. In August when I found myself wanting to move more I was super excited. Now I need to get back to that with the med change 'cause it was really nice.

About you or anyone doing it, I'd say you can but you need to make the decision and find what works for you. What works for me might not for you.

No one else could make me do it. Not my mom, not my doctor. I also cut a pretty hard line for myself with removing carbs and snacks. I was/am an emotional eater, I gained 20 pounds over lockdown. Snacked all the time, especially at night. I was so depressed.

Now, I try not to completely deprive myself of treats but I have to really want it and it has to be a serving or less. So I had cheesecake on my brother's birthday. Had a donut for my mom's birthday (she wanted dunkin donuts for her bday dessert lol). I have a Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich once or twice a month, but I toss the bread and make a salad at home to go with it. I have a piece of dark chocolate (72% cacao) most evenings. The biggest thing I think was giving myself an eating window. I only eat between noon and 8pm. I never break that. Also the changes to eating mostly just meat and veggies has cut down on how much I eat. I know what it feels like to be hungry and to not be hungry which is a big change too.

I find I don't get hungry at night, or cravings to snack anymore. Only time I get hungry at night seems to be if I don't eat lunch. As long as I eat lunch and dinner I'm good. If I get hungry between lunch and dinner I will grab some peanuts or peanut butter, but that doesn't happen often anymore.

Sorry for the book. ❤

hope you feel better soon.

yay for weightloss. Don't skip lunch and if you get hungry try proteins. They keep you full longer (yoghurt, eggs, etc). And they are great snacks to (i know i loss loads of weight to) I hope the meds adjustment helps.

oh no! Hope you feel better now.. and you can get it anywhere where you have nerves, etc... You did not miss much with the pirates. The shop was always empty and when it was full the good stuff was gone so fast, no fun..

true

it's finally cooling down here to, we having way to warm weather for october here. I was in shorts and open shoes beginning of this week and now today.. rain and cold... normal october weather.

Anyway very busy here with work, we are so short staffed it's not funny anymore... Hardly any time off and the next weeks will be brutal!

But i can't wait for Morostide!!

Oh! question! Anyone good with graphics or pet profiles. I want to enter my pet Draugen for pet spot light. The story is good now (with help from Duckie), nice treasure, books, food, etc. But the profile is well.. boring.. and i heard subby staff like a nice profile...

Wow! I admire you for holding to the regimen. No bread would do me in. I usually don't eat during the day. I try to sleep and then I'm on the computer. When I get hungry, usually around 5pm but it varies, then I take my insulin and eat in my bed watching tv. I eat at night. :)

Hi! Go to this thread and ask for suggestions. I get help there and also comment all the time on pet profiles. We will nominate your pet too. :) Be sure to put at the top of your post, and link to your pet.

Yes Draugen. The pet i have leased There is a profile well text.. And thank you for the tip will go there

Thanks everyone! It's doing better although I still can't completely make a fist. The muscles of my thumb also go into spasm now, which they have never done before. sigh If it's not one thing, it's another.

- Telli it, sister! Getting old sucks. :(

- I hope it never happens again, too. It was scary painful. I'm glad it's finally cooling down for you. It is here, also. I'm hoping the trees start to turn soon. I love how it smells when it happens. :D

- Wow! I'm impressed. You really made a dent in things and I bet your doc was so proud of you. I wish I could kick the carbs but you're right - only you can truly make the decision and things won't really start happening until you do. ❤

oh your health is meesing with you no fun at all. -hugs-

-waits for morostide to start-

He was really pleased with my progress for sure. I think it is going to be slower going for a bit until I get to feeling better. I haven't given up on carbs but I have drastically lowered how much I eat which also lowered how much I eat overall. So smaller portions and greatly fewer carbs. I have watched videos from people who go full on Keto and I just don't want to live that way. I don't want to count carbs. I still want to have pasta/potatoes/dessert sometimes. Right now, especially with pasta and desserts, it's hardly at all, but I am hoping that once I'm at a place where I am physically happy and active that I can eat small portions of those foods more often without anxiety. But that's a way off yet. :)

sits down next to Emory and waits for morostide

- Yeah, I'm not too thrilled with it, either. I'm with you. I can't wait for Morostide. Right now I'm trying to restock so I won't have to worry about my shop during the holiday. :D

- I could never go full on keeto. I think my body would go into shock over lack of carbs. I admire you're self-control. I've tried doing what you've done and never quite made it. I lose a couple of pounds here and a few there but never a big chunk at once as my doc seems to want me to. My endocrinologist is from Nigeria and has the most beautiful voice. She doesn't understand American eating problems, thought. When I asked her about what I should eat she said "fish and vegetables." I must have had a shocked look on my face because she then said, "Spicy fish is ok, too." It gave me the giggles. The closest my hubby has ever gotten to a fish is a can of tuna and I still haven't found out how to introduce him to the concept of "spicy fish." 😂

I didn't really think I would succeed. I've tried so many times over the years to change how I eat. Succeeded briefly a few times, mostly failed quickly the rest. I've already lost more weight than any other time before. Of course I also was at my highest weight ever. I am most surprised by how little I crave snacks. A protein and veggies for lunch and dinner with some carbs (small potato/salad dressing/dip for raw veggies) and a square of dark chocolate at night and I don't have that desire to eat outside of that most of the time. I've been depressed and have gotten an urge to eat but it's always outside my eating window and I have been hardcore sticking to that above all else which I think has helped me the most.

I am not a fish eater. I like shell fish but I rarely eat any other fish. I used to eat tuna fish from a can, but I don't like it anymore. Once every few years I will get a craving for stuffed flounder or fish and chips but it's super rare. I wish I liked it more because I know how healthy it can be over meat.

- I'm going to have to try this "eating window" that you've described. I'm an emotional eater, also (mostly carbs) so it may help with that. Last night my son made us stuffed salmon with steamed broccoli. There was a little bread crumbs and cream chese in the stuffing but not much. He said he put it together with my needs in mind and hubby loved it. Seems hubby likes more than tuna. 😂 I'm proud of you. You've put yourself first and that takes a lot of will-power sometimes. :D ❤

My cold is gone. That thing was stubborn.

Updated my extras shop if anyone needs anything it is free. Just going to sit there otherwise. Just let me know what you want.

Morostide heads up. Might want to throw on your and now if you have them in case the site gets shaky first few days of the event. They reduce hexes.

Thank you hugely, glad to have it done!

-still waithing for morostide- :P

News says somewhere before monday.. Well in the weekends never an event start so hoping before friday?

Good tip! -checks to see if i have the sage and monocule-

I have to monocule not the sage.

-checking my wishlist with morostide stuff- Check and waithing for the new items i can add.

Draugen (leased pet) Story and profile are done.

Nominated! Yeah I read that as well. Hopefully by Friday. Every holiday this year I think has started late. And now Amber mentioned moving Keel. It's not like September has anything else. Sigh. Oh well, moro be fun whenever it gets here.

Making sure I eat only between noon and 8 p.m. has been working really well for me. Most difficult maybe the first two weeks of the changes. I've never been a breakfast person so I never ate in the morning anyway. I still have coffee in the morning. Limited carbs but carbs because I don't like just black coffee. Wish I knew what change I made that had the biggest effect on my desire to snack. Biggest issue I've found is fresh food and meat is so expensive. Filler carbs like rice and pasta are just less money.

Glad you are feeling better.

- glad you're feeling better. :) Thanks for the tips. I don't think I even have the protective sage.

- I'm still restocking my shop so I don't have to bother with it during the event. It's taking me a long time to restock, though. I read the news, also. I think it will be FRiday, also. No real reason why, just a feeling. Went to nominate Draugen and saw they already were. :D

- I think the biggest change was your way of thinking. I lament the price of fresh foods, too. If I knew they would eat it, I'd buy nothing but fresh, but I'm almost the only one who does and we can't cook two meals for each mealtime. My hubby and youngest live off of pasta and rice. Plush the snacks! They've always got chips or cookies, or something to much on. My meal times are 10am and 10pm. Weird, I know, but it's when I get hungry. Sometimes I eat a snack at 4pm but otherwise, nothing. I just really need to cut the carbs. Once I make that move I'll be doing ok. :D

Hi everyone. Hope you all are doing as best as possible. :)

I don't care if people ask to nominate their pets, and I always want to myself. But Subeta has a rule against it, so giving a head's up. I don't want you to get in trouble over anything, but esp something I find silly. You have to go around it. You can ask anyone to look at it and give their opinion, for instance, and then they have the choice of nominating if they wish. But you can't nominate your own pets yourself and you can't come right out and ask anyone else. By the way, I like the profile, esp the background. Did you and Duckie only edit the information, or is there original text too? It wasn't clear. My pets have been denied over not having any original text. You or anyone else here can do it, just have to clearly credit. :)