It was a short walk due to the humidity but a walk all the same! The crepe myrtles are in bloom and we’re not quite far enough into the summer that everything has turned brown from the heat! It’s all very green here at the moment! <!–more–>

Those options sound great too!

Sounds delicious!  I may have to try it too

Long hot shower with my favorite moisturizing body wash and favorite bath powder afterwards. Now to bed on freshly washed sheets!

@thinkhealthy The blueberry cheesecake protein bread sounds amazing – can you share the recipe?

I’m with you on the buffet! This challenge sounds great – looking forward to it.

Done. This one took some thought!

I spent an hour watching TV and playing online games. Loved it!

Travel! I’d love to spend our retirement traveling with my husband. I’d like to visit all 50 states and Canada (already been to Mexico)

Affirmations all over my house. Three in the kitchen, one on each of the two bathroom mirrors, three on the treadmill and one on the door I go in and out of the most.

Kathy, I had forgotten about dry erase markers on the mirrors! That’s how I used to leave notes to my children. I’ll be leaving notes again, this time to myself!

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Affirmations all over my house. Three in the kitchen, one on each of the two bathroom mirrors, three on the treadmill and one on the door I go in and out of the most.

Kathy, I had forgotten about dry erase markers on the mirrors! That’s how I used to leave notes to my children. I’ll be leaving notes again, this time to myself!

I spent a very pleasant couple of hours doing nothing but reading a book. It’s been a long time since I have had that much time to just sit and read!

I dream of becoming a dog walker when I retire! I don’t have the energy now to work 10 hours, walk my dogs and then others.

Yeah, I’m with you on the meal planning. And maybe even stepping back to meal ideas.  I follow a lot of low carb and bariatric boards on Pinterest, so when it’s time to plan meals, I just pull up Pinterest for inspiration.

I also create the recipes and log them on MFP ahead of time.

Meal planning and prepping ahead of time! It takes the guess work out of my meals and I will actually eat real food instead of shakes or bars. I feel better physically and mentally when I do this. However, most of the time, I don’t do it, even knowing this. Probably because I have spent so many years skimping on my meals so that my husband and…[Read more]

I’m making some homemade chicken salad. It’s one of my favorite meals. After one of Nikki’s cooking demos, I started using plain Greek yogurt for part of the dressing and my hubby flipped over it and now requests it!