Wouldn’t it be great to fly. To just fly. No need for a baggage check in, security and long waits in the Terminal. Just to fly under your own steam, when and wherever. Given the size of my bum during these lockdown days, that would have to me some mighty wingspan to get me airborne. Buttocks like mine are the reason that they invented super sized planes like the 747 with those massive engines.
“Dad have you lost that weight you said you were going to before the summer…”
Yes I did set a goal of shedding some weight.
“You actually said it would be 14lbs which is 6.3kg’s. So how are you doing?”
I am probably about 6.3kg’s short of the goal currently…..
“So what’s gone wrong?”
I’m exercising really hard but I’m just not getting any long runs. Without the runs it’s a real struggle to get my heart rate above 100 during the exercise. But the main problem is the food. I’m having to eat Soya and some Gluten products. These just make me blow up as if I’m pregnant.
“Are you sure your not pregnant?”
Pretty sure, although we have some of your old baby clothes somewhere – just in case. Those food types just make my abdomen and face puff up. It takes ages for my system to try and process them. When the shop gets a better range of things back in, then things will improve.
“Arnold Schwarzenegger became pregnant in that movie. Look how much money he has now. Just saying……Instead of soya and gluten stuff, Dad, why don’t you just eat salads and soups…”
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Yes we could all do with some more money but call me a coward, not that way please…. But Hawklad does have a good point. I’ve just switched to the soya and gluten alternatives without really thinking. Salads would be far better for me. I’ve become lazy, stopped making things like soups and stews. So from today my body becomes a temple. A well cared for one. Now I don’t have an excuse, that weight has to come off now. Either that or it’s a remake of the movie Junior….
Okay, I seriously love Hawklad right now. LOL
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Thank you. Yes he is a star.
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You can do it 🙂
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Only takes nine months, I’m told. The test us pass/fail, easier than pie.
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Apparently so
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Fingers crossed
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I am impressed.
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Well I try.
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Try eating Keto and IF and you’ll feel and look great. Before my husband died, I stopped eating sugar, bread, pasta and all high carbohydrate foods. Now, after three years of changing my eating habits I’m down to a healthy weight, feel great, don’t take any medication and have more energy than I’ve had in 30 years. I learned about Keto from a YouTube doctor, Dr Berg at https://youtu.be/vMZfyEy_jpI.
It’s an easy life style change and another perk is you save money. Stay healthy and safe.
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Going to look that up, thanks.
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He has a great sense of humor. Good for salads and soups. The best deal for summer anyway.
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I guess it is. x
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👍👍👍🥗
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I’m shaking my head at you and laughing at your post. Loved Hawklads “Are you sure you’re not pregnant.” 😀 Yes, stay away from the soy/soya and gluten.
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I certainly will. Hawklad has me sussed out. So happy that you are laughing.😀
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Laughing, but so tired this morning. I want to go back to bed. Probably won’t get any sleep though before the cats start screaming to be fed. They are such little monsters. 😀 Loveable, but so noisy. 😁
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So hope you get some sleep 💤. Will be praying for that. Yes our massive boy cat makes sleep impossible some days. Very cute but so demanding. 😀
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Never got those extra Zzzz’s. You didn’t pray hard enough! 😀 I was working against ya. Didn’t even bother trying. My bad. 😆 Yes, cats have mastered demanding.
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Will try harder master. 😀
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😀 Okay, I forgive you.
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I thought you were being feisty…… 😀
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Oh wait… I forgot. Temporarily let down my gaurd. Can you unforgive someone?
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You reminded me that last night I dreamed about stepping on a scale and being 300lbs. It was an issue not because it was unhealthy but because 295 was the limit for whatever I wanted to do.
Assuming you sometimes fly in dreams, how do you lift off and navigate? In my dreams, lift off involves a swim-like kicking motion (I’m somehow always far enough off the ground to do that). I used to need to kick to stay airborne but now I float and navigate by just thinking about it. Though, overall, I rarely fly in dreams these days.
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That’s some dream. Would have spooked me out.
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Good luck! Sadly too many salads don’t work for me as i retain the water content. HOWEVER, if I have a portion of chips with it, bingo, no wight gain! Honest!!!
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Must try that.
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oh blimey, typo, should be weight gain and I should have added small portion of chips.
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A quality typo. It’s your inner self saying something…….
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Even I would love to fly whenever I could, that would be the dream!
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Wouldn’t it be great.
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I was thinking exactly the same today … about how cool it would be to fly, not that you have an enormous derrière! Salads are just sooooo dull 🥱
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But they are good for me. Must do it. x
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They are good for me too.. they ate actually nice if you bother to take time over them. I have been too lazy also. X
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Must change for me. x
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Ughh, I hear ya! I have gone back to intermittent fasting and have had a salad of some sort for dinner the past two weeks. As the rest of the fam fill their faces with yummy yums, I make a spectacle of myself shoving lettuce leaves into my mouth with great negativity. I’m saladed out! But I really do want to lose the lbs, so here we are! Good luck to you! Sorry if I was so negative on the salads. I meant to say, “Yum!” 🙂
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No I’m so with you on that. Salads are not great fun for me. Let’s lose those pounds, we can be grumpy together.
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I’ve always had weight issues and became anorexic before the word was coined! Fortunately it never got it’s hooks into me, but I still miss being that thin!
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It’s finding that balance
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My goal is just to maintain where I am at presently. I will be happy if I don’t gain any more poundage, otherwise I will see you in the maternity wing. LOL
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That’s a good goal, you don’t want to be in that place with me….
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LOL
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Hawklad is amazing… lol! Regarding being able to fly like a bird… have you ever seen a bird that is afraid of heights 😂
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That would be me and I’m trying to think of someone else, now who could that be……🙄
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Hmmm, I have no idea 😅 😂
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Now I wonder…….
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I might be the first bird who is afraid of heights and would definitively not survive long… lol
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You would find a way.
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😊😊
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Definitely take care of your body… know what it needs, and how to be healthy.
But also… don’t be too hard on yourself… bodies are a vessel for the soul… take care of it to live long and be healthy.
But we are also genetically made… so your body is genetically inclined – we don’t really have a lot of control with that.
(Except me… my breasts are not genetically inclined lol… they are fake… and I am the only one in the family – there was no history at all with breast cancer)
But ya know… whatever – just don’t be too hard on yourself… eat right and be happy 😘 be confident
And then there is always that song… I like big butts and I can not lie lol … so it’s not a big deal ✌️ only for health
You are funny though 😊 yes definitely please be healthy! 🙏
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I will happily settle for having big buts and being funny. x
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Too much soy not good!
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Not good at all. Sadly it’s been the only veggie option in the shops recently.
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Ug. Can you do peanut butter?
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I can’t and he doesn’t like it.
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Oh wow. Ok. He’s not the only one.
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He isn’t
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Flying would be amazing!! And I’m sure you look great. Hahaha your butt too big😂
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Wouldn’t it be so fun, my but would be the biggest cloud ever.
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Hahaha your awful to yourself. Stop that. 😊
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It’s fun. Can’t hurt anyone that way. x
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Okay that is very true! 💕
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I remember having flying dreams when I was much younger. They were so fun! Wish I had them now.
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I would like them as well.
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When I fly in dreams, it’s like swimming under water… weird, huh? But everything about me is weird, so it’s not surprising. Eat salads for healthy reasons. If it’s food reaction, that will change when you can get away from the soy & gluten.
I feel that if your body is healthy and (mostly😉) works the way you want it too, size doesn’t matter. I only notice I need to cut back on the sweets when I can’t move or bend the same.
Soups and stews are great! Slow cooker, freeze a bunch. Dont forget to label them though🤣🤣🤣
You could make another wager with Hawklad… he could put on weight, you could take off weight… 5 pounds or whatever… who does it first wins. (We all know who would win😉) 💌💌
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That’s not a bad idea. Sadly yes I’m not winning that one. xx
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You would lose on purpose was my meaning. We know that too😁
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Not sure I would have to try to lose that one…….
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How about an anthology of Hawklad’s wit?
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Ok will do
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This year we started growing our own veggies and that’s made a huge difference to how much veg I eat.
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It’s so much nicer to eat your own.
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Your son is so logical!
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He so is.
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Thank you my friend
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