NYNY wk 4 - Prairie Roots

Whoa-oa-oa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now
I feel good, I knew that I would, now
So good, so good, I lost 2.8 lbs
(apologies to the Godfather of Soul, James Brown)

My current weight: 176.0 lbs
Weight change since my last recorded weight: -2.8 lbs
Total weight change to date: -56.0 lbs

With today's WI, I'm now 1 lb away from a reduction in my daily points
target (24 to 22). Starting today, I'll begin making the adjustment by
lowering my current daily points by one point to 23. That shouldn't be
too hard, right?

I'm off now to get my activity points for the day. While it's sunny
this morning and the ground is free of white stuff, I'll be raking
leaves before the 70% chance of snow starts falling later today and
tonight. We could have up to one inch accumulation by morning. A
little early in the season for snow but not unusual. The Halloween
Blizzard of 1991 is the #3 weather event in Minnesota. The snow
started on Halloween afternoon, and by the end of the 3-day storm,
Minneapolis had a record 28.4 inches.
--
Prairie Roots
week 36: 232/176/3rd 10% 169/WW goal 145 -- lost 56 lbs
NYNY wk 4: 180.8/176/168.6
next mini-goal: 174.8 (to weigh less than 175)
10% goal: 1-May-2003 | 2nd 10% goal: 2-Aug-2003 | started WW
22-Feb-2003
5'4" | 49 | F

"Prairie Roots" wrote in message
...
Whoa-oa-oa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now
I feel good, I knew that I would, now
So good, so good, I lost 2.8 lbs
(apologies to the Godfather of Soul, James Brown)

Hey, I think you did great. I'm sure James Brown would be proud!


My current weight: 176.0 lbs
Weight change since my last recorded weight: -2.8 lbs
Total weight change to date: -56.0 lbs

With today's WI, I'm now 1 lb away from a reduction in my daily points
target (24 to 22). Starting today, I'll begin making the adjustment by
lowering my current daily points by one point to 23. That shouldn't be
too hard, right?

Wonderful loss! Lowering the point range was a problem for me when I went
from 24 to 22. The first day I forgot that I was at 22 and ate 24, then
realized it afterward!


I'm off now to get my activity points for the day. While it's sunny
this morning and the ground is free of white stuff, I'll be raking
leaves before the 70% chance of snow starts falling later today and
tonight. We could have up to one inch accumulation by morning. A
little early in the season for snow but not unusual. The Halloween
Blizzard of 1991 is the #3 weather event in Minnesota. The snow
started on Halloween afternoon, and by the end of the 3-day storm,
Minneapolis had a record 28.4 inches.

Raking leaves sounds like a good bout of exercise. My parents have property
with a really huge yard. The grass/yard area probably covers about 1.5
acres, so they get lots of exercise mowing and raking leaves. They have
some huge old maple trees that drop lots of leaves, so end up raking their
yard several times before all the leaves are gone!

Environment Canada is predicting flurries for us for the next few days. It
was really cold here this morning 26°F and my red car was white!

--
Prairie Roots
week 36: 232/176/3rd 10% 169/WW goal 145 -- lost 56 lbs
NYNY wk 4: 180.8/176/168.6
next mini-goal: 174.8 (to weigh less than 175)
10% goal: 1-May-2003 | 2nd 10% goal: 2-Aug-2003 | started WW
22-Feb-2003
5'4" | 49 | F

G R E A T! That is really terrific.

Oh, oh, another point drop - yes, you will be able to do it. ONE
point is not very much. And you can probably earn it shoveling EITHER
leaves of snow (G)

I was already out raking leaves this morning, too. (only 8:52am now).
I try getting them out of the gutter before they get gloppy from rain
(or our predicted snow, too) and before they get too much road
grime/oil.

Again, Congratulations.

On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 09:49:28 -0600, Prairie Roots
wrote:

Whoa-oa-oa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now
I feel good, I knew that I would, now
So good, so good, I lost 2.8 lbs
(apologies to the Godfather of Soul, James Brown)

My current weight: 176.0 lbs
Weight change since my last recorded weight: -2.8 lbs
Total weight change to date: -56.0 lbs

With today's WI, I'm now 1 lb away from a reduction in my daily points
target (24 to 22). Starting today, I'll begin making the adjustment by
lowering my current daily points by one point to 23. That shouldn't be
too hard, right?

I'm off now to get my activity points for the day. While it's sunny
this morning and the ground is free of white stuff, I'll be raking
leaves before the 70% chance of snow starts falling later today and
tonight. We could have up to one inch accumulation by morning. A
little early in the season for snow but not unusual. The Halloween
Blizzard of 1991 is the #3 weather event in Minnesota. The snow
started on Halloween afternoon, and by the end of the 3-day storm,
Minneapolis had a record 28.4 inches.

On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 08:27:34 -0800, "Brenda Hammond"
wrote:


"Prairie Roots" wrote in message
.. .
Whoa-oa-oa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now
I feel good, I knew that I would, now
So good, so good, I lost 2.8 lbs
(apologies to the Godfather of Soul, James Brown)

Hey, I think you did great. I'm sure James Brown would be proud!


My current weight: 176.0 lbs
Weight change since my last recorded weight: -2.8 lbs
Total weight change to date: -56.0 lbs

With today's WI, I'm now 1 lb away from a reduction in my daily points
target (24 to 22). Starting today, I'll begin making the adjustment by
lowering my current daily points by one point to 23. That shouldn't be
too hard, right?

Wonderful loss! Lowering the point range was a problem for me when I went
from 24 to 22. The first day I forgot that I was at 22 and ate 24, then
realized it afterward!

Thanks. The WW Online journal won't let me forget but I do want to
start the transition. If I can get used to 1 point less over the next
week or two, I figure dropping one more point after that won't be so
hard either.


I'm off now to get my activity points for the day. While it's sunny
this morning and the ground is free of white stuff, I'll be raking
leaves before the 70% chance of snow starts falling later today and
tonight. We could have up to one inch accumulation by morning. A
little early in the season for snow but not unusual. The Halloween
Blizzard of 1991 is the #3 weather event in Minnesota. The snow
started on Halloween afternoon, and by the end of the 3-day storm,
Minneapolis had a record 28.4 inches.

Raking leaves sounds like a good bout of exercise. My parents have property
with a really huge yard. The grass/yard area probably covers about 1.5
acres, so they get lots of exercise mowing and raking leaves. They have
some huge old maple trees that drop lots of leaves, so end up raking their
yard several times before all the leaves are gone!

My yard is nowhere near as large as your parents', thank goodness! But
I do have one HUGE maple and one smaller maple, both of which drop
lots of leaves. Last weekend I raked 10 bags. I've got about 10 more
bags worth today.

Environment Canada is predicting flurries for us for the next few days. It
was really cold here this morning 26°F and my red car was white!


--
Prairie Roots
week 36: 232/176/3rd 10% 169/WW goal 145 -- lost 56 lbs
NYNY wk 4: 180.8/176/168.6
next mini-goal: 174.8 (to weigh less than 175)
10% goal: 1-May-2003 | 2nd 10% goal: 2-Aug-2003 | started WW
22-Feb-2003
5'4" | 49 | F




Prairie Roots
232/176/WW goal 145
joined WW Online 22-Feb-2003

On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 08:55:37 -0800, Fred
wrote:

G R E A T! That is really terrific.

Thanks. I neglected to mention that I ate a slice of turtle cheesecake
this week. (To keep my own drooling to a minimum, I'll skip the
description.) When I met my "yippee skippee" friend from Wausau for
dinner on Tuesday, we each ordered this yummy dessert. I ate almost
the whole thing, for which I compensated by being strictly OP all the
other days of the week, and earning activity points for good measure.
This week it worked.

Oh, oh, another point drop - yes, you will be able to do it. ONE
point is not very much. And you can probably earn it shoveling EITHER
leaves of snow (G)

Definitely more activity points in leaf removal than snow removal. I
still use the manual method for the former. I use motorized power for
the latter. My snow blower is my best friend.

I was already out raking leaves this morning, too. (only 8:52am now).
I try getting them out of the gutter before they get gloppy from rain
(or our predicted snow, too) and before they get too much road
grime/oil.

Again, Congratulations.

On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 09:49:28 -0600, Prairie Roots
wrote:

Whoa-oa-oa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now
I feel good, I knew that I would, now
So good, so good, I lost 2.8 lbs
(apologies to the Godfather of Soul, James Brown)

My current weight: 176.0 lbs
Weight change since my last recorded weight: -2.8 lbs
Total weight change to date: -56.0 lbs

With today's WI, I'm now 1 lb away from a reduction in my daily points
target (24 to 22). Starting today, I'll begin making the adjustment by
lowering my current daily points by one point to 23. That shouldn't be
too hard, right?

I'm off now to get my activity points for the day. While it's sunny
this morning and the ground is free of white stuff, I'll be raking
leaves before the 70% chance of snow starts falling later today and
tonight. We could have up to one inch accumulation by morning. A
little early in the season for snow but not unusual. The Halloween
Blizzard of 1991 is the #3 weather event in Minnesota. The snow
started on Halloween afternoon, and by the end of the 3-day storm,
Minneapolis had a record 28.4 inches.

Prairie Roots
232/176/WW goal 145
joined WW Online 22-Feb-2003

You have your own snow blower - now, I'm jealous.

I purchased from Costco a leaf blower a few years back. It was too
noisy and too smelly and too heavy. Besides the oak leaves are too
curly and get stuff in the grass and will not blow easily. So it has
been manual except for that one attempt back then. TEN oak trees
along the parking strips and then a bunch of fruit trees, small
maples, willow in the back yard.

I have not started MOVING them yet. Just getting them out of the
street. Moving will entail much stuffing into the trash can, lifting
and dragging that to the compost pile which is half a flight up from
the street, back down, over and over and over and ......

On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 11:43:01 -0600, Prairie Roots
wrote:

On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 08:55:37 -0800, Fred
wrote:

G R E A T! That is really terrific.

Thanks. I neglected to mention that I ate a slice of turtle cheesecake
this week. (To keep my own drooling to a minimum, I'll skip the
description.) When I met my "yippee skippee" friend from Wausau for
dinner on Tuesday, we each ordered this yummy dessert. I ate almost
the whole thing, for which I compensated by being strictly OP all the
other days of the week, and earning activity points for good measure.
This week it worked.

Oh, oh, another point drop - yes, you will be able to do it. ONE
point is not very much. And you can probably earn it shoveling EITHER
leaves of snow (G)

Definitely more activity points in leaf removal than snow removal. I
still use the manual method for the former. I use motorized power for
the latter. My snow blower is my best friend.

I was already out raking leaves this morning, too. (only 8:52am now).
I try getting them out of the gutter before they get gloppy from rain
(or our predicted snow, too) and before they get too much road
grime/oil.

Again, Congratulations.

On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 09:49:28 -0600, Prairie Roots
wrote:

Whoa-oa-oa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now
I feel good, I knew that I would, now
So good, so good, I lost 2.8 lbs
(apologies to the Godfather of Soul, James Brown)

My current weight: 176.0 lbs
Weight change since my last recorded weight: -2.8 lbs
Total weight change to date: -56.0 lbs

With today's WI, I'm now 1 lb away from a reduction in my daily points
target (24 to 22). Starting today, I'll begin making the adjustment by
lowering my current daily points by one point to 23. That shouldn't be
too hard, right?

I'm off now to get my activity points for the day. While it's sunny
this morning and the ground is free of white stuff, I'll be raking
leaves before the 70% chance of snow starts falling later today and
tonight. We could have up to one inch accumulation by morning. A
little early in the season for snow but not unusual. The Halloween
Blizzard of 1991 is the #3 weather event in Minnesota. The snow
started on Halloween afternoon, and by the end of the 3-day storm,
Minneapolis had a record 28.4 inches.

Prairie Roots
232/176/WW goal 145
joined WW Online 22-Feb-2003

On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 09:58:19 -0800, Fred
wrote:

You have your own snow blower - now, I'm jealous.

I went through the 1st 7 years in my house without a snow blower. I
can manage with a shovel when the snow fall is 1-2". After all, I live
in the city so I have only from my front door to the sidewalk, the
sidewalk, a path across the front yard for the mail carrier, a path
from the backyard to the alley, and my off-street alley parking area.
No long driveways like folks in the suburbs. But several times a year
we get snow falls of 3" or more, which is just too heavy to lift later
in the winter when the snow is already piled 2' and higher. After a
while, the only place to put the snow is in the middle of my yard,
which is when my snow blower is a back saver.

Not all of my neighbors have snow blowers, and some of my neighbors
are quite elderly. Often, when I'm the first one out doing snow
removal, I'll clear the entire length of sidewalk from street corner
to street. Somewhere inside of me is a good person, which I hope is
being duly noted in the Book of Life. g

I purchased from Costco a leaf blower a few years back. It was too
noisy and too smelly and too heavy. Besides the oak leaves are too
curly and get stuff in the grass and will not blow easily. So it has
been manual except for that one attempt back then. TEN oak trees
along the parking strips and then a bunch of fruit trees, small
maples, willow in the back yard.

Your landscaping sounds beautiful. But also a lot of work. Ugh!

I have not started MOVING them yet. Just getting them out of the
street. Moving will entail much stuffing into the trash can, lifting
and dragging that to the compost pile which is half a flight up from
the street, back down, over and over and over and ......

Hmm! My small, flat back yard with only two trees suddenly doesn't
seems so bad. (i.e. The grass ISN'T always greener...) g
Prairie Roots
232/176/WW goal 145
joined WW Online 22-Feb-2003

You are doing so well PR, congratulations.
--
SuzyQ
Weight 124
WW Lifetime Membership Feb 03

"Prairie Roots" wrote in message
...
Whoa-oa-oa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now
I feel good, I knew that I would, now
So good, so good, I lost 2.8 lbs
(apologies to the Godfather of Soul, James Brown)

My current weight: 176.0 lbs
Weight change since my last recorded weight: -2.8 lbs
Total weight change to date: -56.0 lbs

With today's WI, I'm now 1 lb away from a reduction in my daily points
target (24 to 22). Starting today, I'll begin making the adjustment by
lowering my current daily points by one point to 23. That shouldn't be
too hard, right?

I'm off now to get my activity points for the day. While it's sunny
this morning and the ground is free of white stuff, I'll be raking
leaves before the 70% chance of snow starts falling later today and
tonight. We could have up to one inch accumulation by morning. A
little early in the season for snow but not unusual. The Halloween
Blizzard of 1991 is the #3 weather event in Minnesota. The snow
started on Halloween afternoon, and by the end of the 3-day storm,
Minneapolis had a record 28.4 inches.
--
Prairie Roots
week 36: 232/176/3rd 10% 169/WW goal 145 -- lost 56 lbs
NYNY wk 4: 180.8/176/168.6
next mini-goal: 174.8 (to weigh less than 175)
10% goal: 1-May-2003 | 2nd 10% goal: 2-Aug-2003 | started WW
22-Feb-2003
5'4" | 49 | F

Thanks, SuzyQ! I'm accepting that some WIs are better than others. I'm
glad this was one of the better WIs. I reached my mini-goal to have
lost 55 lbs overall. There are now *only* 31 lbs between me and my WW
goal!

On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 16:08:53 -0600, "SuzyQ" wrote:

You are doing so well PR, congratulations.

Prairie Roots
232/176/WW goal 145
joined WW Online 22-Feb-2003

Yowee, that was some loss, Prairie Roots!! Congratulations. Glad it's you
getting the snow & not us. Yesterday I was sunning myself in shirt sleeves
& still nice today!! Thaaaat's almost a record for Toronto ;-D
Elaine K
331.4/201.2/179

Prairie Roots wrote:

Whoa-oa-oa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now
I feel good, I knew that I would, now
So good, so good, I lost 2.8 lbs
(apologies to the Godfather of Soul, James Brown)

My current weight: 176.0 lbs
Weight change since my last recorded weight: -2.8 lbs
Total weight change to date: -56.0 lbs

With today's WI, I'm now 1 lb away from a reduction in my daily points
target (24 to 22). Starting today, I'll begin making the adjustment by
lowering my current daily points by one point to 23. That shouldn't be
too hard, right?

I'm off now to get my activity points for the day. While it's sunny
this morning and the ground is free of white stuff, I'll be raking
leaves before the 70% chance of snow starts falling later today and
tonight. We could have up to one inch accumulation by morning. A
little early in the season for snow but not unusual. The Halloween
Blizzard of 1991 is the #3 weather event in Minnesota. The snow
started on Halloween afternoon, and by the end of the 3-day storm,
Minneapolis had a record 28.4 inches.
--
Prairie Roots
week 36: 232/176/3rd 10% 169/WW goal 145 -- lost 56 lbs
NYNY wk 4: 180.8/176/168.6
next mini-goal: 174.8 (to weigh less than 175)
10% goal: 1-May-2003 | 2nd 10% goal: 2-Aug-2003 | started WW
22-Feb-2003
5'4" | 49 | F