My stats are as thus: 127.8 pounds, down 0.6 from last week, 12.2 pounds overall. My BMI is 24. My measurements are down ¼” from right upper arm, ½” from waist, 1″ from hips and ¼” from thighs. I can button the jeans and get them zipped halfway up. This a.m. I took a step aerobics class. Boy are my thighs sore.
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Replacing a pre-1994 toilet with a new high-efficiency model can reduce water used for toilets by at least 60 percent and save about 14 percent of total indoor water use. Savings for a typical household would be more than 10,000 gallons per year-enough to fill a backyard swimming pool!
More information about WaterSense: EPA
No work today so I went shopping with M and BT. I bought an MP3 player at Target, but had to return it. I went to Best Buy to get another one, and had to return that one! I got a replacement one at Best Buy, it is charging so I don’t know yet if I will have to replace it. The MP3 player is my 10%, halfway done reward for WW. When I reach goal, I am getting a CD player for my car. And after I have maintained for a year, I am going to get laser surgery on my eyes so I don’t have to wear glasses. Now I am going to post this, turn on the TV and knit.
I have lost another 1.2 pounds. That brings my total lose to 11.6, 13.4 to goal of 115. Today I weighed 128.4 pounds. Yesterday I tried on my size 2 jeans and I could get them buttoned. As soon as I post this I have to go lie down. I also got 34 activity points this week. This morning I was going to take D.’s step class but I was too late. M. told me she is now a personal trainer, which I can’t afford, but now I can get some sessions for her anniversary.
DEC Announces Results of 2006 Bald Eagle Breeding Season
The 2006 bald eagle population in has increased statewide from previous years and currently is at record numbers. Each year, DEC wildlife staff and volunteer “nest-watchers” monitor the nesting eagle population. Known nesting territories are monitored early in the spring to confirm returning adults, nest location, egg-laying date and the hatching of young. In addition, considerable time is spent trying to locate new nesting pairs in areas where adult eagles may have been seen regularly.
After active nests are identified, each site is visited to confirm the number of young produced; place a predator guard—an aluminum flashing to prevent raccoons from climbing nest trees and killing eggs or young—around each tree; band the young; inspect the nest for security and contents, and fix the location with a GPS device. The GPS information is instrumental because all locations are placed into the state’s Master Habitat Database, which is scanned thousands of times a year when development or other projects are being considered around the state.
Landowner Support
Because all nests are not on public lands, personal contact with the landowner is established to garner their support, as well as to discuss bald eagle biology and needs. Almost without exception, landowners are pleased and proud that they have eagles nesting on their land, and they are eager to help in any way they can. Landowners are the first, and best, line of defense in protecting the reestablished eagle population, which is why their support is so essential.
Record Numbers in 2006
During the first week of May 2006, nest visits began, and almost all nests had hatched. In the following two months, it was apparent that significantly more nests with three eaglets were encountered than ever before. By the time the final tally was completed in August 2006, a remarkable 172 young were counted as fledged from 110 nesting pairs in New York State during the 2006 breeding season.
These results mark a 20 percent increase in nesting pairs and a 54 percent increase in fledged young since 2005. Overall, 76 percent of all eagle pairs that nested in the state were successful in fledging young, with 30 percent of them producing three eaglets. The long-term average of nests with three eaglets is typically between 5-10 percent of all productive pairs. Biologists attribute the significant number of eaglets to very favorable mild and dry weather during the late winter and early spring when eagles were laying and hatching eggs, as well as to state and federal initiatives in place to protect these species. NYS DEC
I am out of the 130’s and into the 120’s. OK only by .4 pounds, 129.6 was my weight this morning. But I’ll take it! Also, I managed to get my size 2 non-stretch jeans up past my hips. Took a bit of wiggling to make it happen but I did it!
I had a minor personal victory today. Last January I fell down my stairs and injured my shoulder. I started PT in June and had surgery in August. Today for the first time in I don’t know how long, I was able to hook my bra behind my back. It just made my day to get some more mobility back.
I discovered that lemon juice and pepper make the olive oil tolerable. So last night I had leaf lettuce with celery with a teaspoon of olive oil, lemon juice and pepper.
The fiber pills and tons of water, hot tea etc worked! I was only up 0.2 pounds this A.M. Now I just have to stick to salad with olive oil (YUK YUK) every day.
I am just sitting here waiting for the ball to drop. I weighed myself yesterday and was up 3 pounds. This A.M. I was up 2.8 pounds. Later in the day it was down to 1.6 up. I was bloated and constipated so hopefully by tomorrow A.M. I will be back to 130 or less. The only thing I can think of, because I have been counting and exercising is I am not getting enough vegetables or oil. So I am going to increase both next week.
Belleza
just a (transplanted) city girl 