Wow I am so tired and stressed out.

I HATE TRAFFIC!!  I know remember why I wanted out of Texas besides the high property taxes. it is the crazy drivers. They tread every road like it was a race track. I had gotten use to the slower laid back driving that is Arkansas as long as you stay off the interstate highways. I have eaten out so much I had eating. I have managed to stay within my calorie budget, and a lot below it. But the salt is killing me. And I feel so stressed out from driving around these roads. Boy will I be glad to get home. Even knowing we have so much work to do. We have to get the trailer cleaned up and out so we can take it back to the dealer to have a number of things fixed. I believe so of it is our fault but still it is not as good as the one we had. And we have to get the house ready for the carpet to be removed and have the new wood floor installed. I cannot wait for that to happen. I also want to get back to walking.

I will have a lot to say once I have been reading two books by a Doctor that I will be sharing more about. Reading these books just adds to my feelings that the foods that we have in the USA is killing us and is the cause to us being so over weight and fat. Our fat is not really our fault, it is the food we have to eat. The biggest issue is what our government, our doctors, and fitness, health and everyone else is saying we should do is only adding to our poor health it this country. There is really no such thing as health food. If you buy it in a grocery store even when it is so called fresh veggies, and fruit it is manufactured. The food, and the perfume, soaps, toothpaste etc all are so full of crap that is meant to destroy our body it is crazy. We are being told we have not willpower to control our eating, but the truth is that what we are having to eat is what is causing our health issues from a to z. 

A cool and beautiful day here in Central Texas

Well, it is has been a while since I have written in the blog.  We were up very early on Tuesday, connected the trailer and headed out to Texas. I can say the trip was safe, and we made good time even with stops for gas and breaks. The trail set up fairly easy but we are having issues getting the trailer to disconnect for the Jeep, and we are having issues getting the water to drain out of the sink, nothing that is a show stopper just somewhat of a pain. I have to say this trailer is somewhat smaller and does not offer the comfort that the other one did, but it does offer the needed bathroom. We all have to deal with trade offs in life don’t we. 

I have been doing better than expected with my eating. I have stay well below my calorie budget. My salt level is more than likely up seeing we have been eating out more than expected. 

I am reading a very good book, that is really making me think about my eating habits. It is “Dr Gundry’s Diet Evolution”. For me it is an eye opener about the evolution of our eating and diet over the ages and it goes in to some really great thoughts on why we have all the diseases that we have now days. He has a lot of good information and the diet plan to reverse our problems and even have us live longer. I have to say it follows so much that my grandmother told me when I was a child. She was Native American and believed in the old ways. I am not going to say it is what you should do or at this point that it is what I am going to do to the letter. I do follow a lot of the plan he lays out, and I do intend to do more of it. But I am not sure I can go for the whole plan. But that is where he says something that has gotten me attention. He says to do as much as you feel you can and if possible over time do more. His comment is this the more you can do the better off you are. 

In a nutshell it is about eating more green leaf diet less meat, and less fruit and sugar of all types. Also cut out all grains if possible. And the one that I am having a hard time with is cutting out milk. He does not say you have to cut out cheeses as long as they are as he calls them new our young cheese. Yogurt, and cottage cheese, unflavored is good. He is also for eating a lot calorie diet and as he says to live longer you eat less calories and more bulk. 

The shock to me was fresh fruit, and even some of the fresh veggies that he is saying is a no-no. You would have to read the book to fully get the picture and I am still reading. And it has reversed my thinking in a lot of what I have beed doing so far.

Cloudy and cool

Sunday was a rainy morning and a cloudy afternoon. This morning is cloudy and cool and a chance of rain this evening. 

Church on Sunday was a great message, and Linda and I did our first Ushering. After service we spend the morning at the storage garage working on the new trailer. We leave in the morning for the RV park in Taylor, Texas. Today we have to finish up backing and getting the trailer ready. We leave early in the morning for a long drive. 

My weight yesterday morning was up a little but down a whole pound this morning. I believe it is due to the new blood pressure med. While it is the same meds it is different in that I am to take a whole pill every other day instead of a half pill everyday. My 28 day calorie average is down to 1750 which is below what I would like. I am trying to adjust to about 1850 a day on average and I seem to have undershot my goal. I seem to be the one if I am trying to eat less I go way to little and if I am trying to eat more I go way too much. I cannot seem to get it in the range I need. But I also am this way I am only eating what I feel I need. I am really listening to my body and eating what I feel it is telling me I need. And yes some days it is telling me I need sugar, and others that I need more salt. But most of the time it is just help to have what is my normal intake. 

I am not sure if I will be able to post for the next week seeing I will be out of the house and on the road and at RV parks and state parks. I will have some pictures and comments as a can.

A little about my eating habits

I have not talked about intuitive eating for a while. I am still following the concept of intuitive eating. I am logging what I eat but I am not really measuring my food, I estimate the amount I eat. I am eating to fuel my body and I stop eating when I feel I have eaten enough. I have times, days even that I eat much more than other days or times. I am not allowing myself to become starved and I am not allowing myself to feel stuffed. While I have not been able so far to do the walks or hikes I would love to be doing, I am active everyday. This year has been one thing after another that has to be done and preventing me from doing what I would like to be doing. I have cut way back on the amount of cookies and ice cream that I was eating for a while. I still get a good bit of sugar from fruit, and my wife loves to cook French toast and pancakes. I also use local raw honey for sweetening my cereal. My enemy is salt, and if I get too much salt and sugar together I end up eating more than I should. 

I did have my check up yesterday and all is not only okay but very good to great. All of my numbers our very good now. I did not even get a talking to about my blood pressure or my weight. In fact my doctor says my weight is good for my age, and height and build. So I have reset my weight goal to 195, which is where I am at now and I will try to drop as much as 5 pounds below my goal. But I am not going to sweat it as long as I manage to stay within plus 2 pound plus and 5 pounds minus my goal. So I will say this it is still all about calories in and calories out. As long as you eat the same our less than your activity level. 

A beautiful and cool morning

The sun is shining, and there is a breeze. Today will be busy getting the new camp trailer ready for our trip to Texas for about 8 days. The only two advantages to this trail over the other one is that it has a shower and toilet, and it is lighter. We are going to need a camera on the back of the trailer so we can see behind us. This on is higher so my inside review mirror is useless. This trailer also has storage so it means we have to rethink what we need to take with us. And it can only sleep the two of us. 

Yesterday was long and busy. I had my first checkup at the VA clinic here in Hot Springs, it was a much better checkup that any of the others I have had at a VA clinic. I got a chest x-ray, an baseline EKG, and the updated shingles shot, well the first of two shots, I have to go back in July for the second one. All of my lab work was not just good but great by the standards. My blood pressure was good for a change. I was also told that my weight was good and I did not really need to lose anymore weight. I do feel I need to lose about 5 pounds and I will be working to do so. But I will not be limiting my calories to do it, I will be raising my activity level to do so. I was also told not to change what I am eating as long as I was not gaining weight. The doctor said that I am 70 and I should have some extra fat as a backup encase I became sick. 

I am encluding a few pictures of the trailer

Another beautiful day

This morning started out kind of cold, but it did warm up very nicely.

My weight is still the same, this is even hard for me to believe. My 28 day average is down to 1825, and my 7 days is down to 1675 which is lower than I would like but I am trying to break the stalemate that I am in.

I took the scooter out for a long ride, it fact I have now doubled my miles on my scooter. It was a really good ride and I really enjoyed it. I also hiked at the Cedar Creek Hiking Trail which is something I have been wanting to do. I will be going back there regularly until I get back in to shape. This trail has a lot of shade and it is along the creek and lots of birds and other animals. 

I am showing some of the pictures that took.

Another beautiful day

Woke up a little early to a beautiful day. My weight is still the same, even with my calories being down. 

I did get to take a short ride today, then we went to Hot Springs and found a camp trailer that is an a-frame and has a shower and potty. The trailer is a little smaller and lighter than the one we are trading in. Then we went to Brenda’s and got our trailer and took it to Livingston Camper. We also took a lot of our stuff out of the trailer. I am not sure where we are going to put it all.

Found a crack in the plastics of my scooter. I have taken pictures and sent them to the dealship to see if this is covered under the warranty. 

Beautiful day, but very busy day.

Up early this morning due to not being able to sleep anymore, and having to go with Linda to the doctor’s appointment. After the doctors we dropped prescriptions off at Walmarts, then to Food Wise for groceries. Came home and but stuff away, then to the storage place to get a place to store our trailer. It took a second trip to it due to it being lunch time. Then Linda wanted to get a camp site at the Village RV park and left there upset due to them not allowing camp trailers that are not completely self contained. Now she is wanting to trade the trailer for one like it but with a bedroom. We do have an inclosed storage garage for the trailer, for the next 13 and half months. Then home and a manager from Home Depot came by to look at the issue we have with the window blinds. Then we put the potted plants back outside. And we have just finished supper. Still not chance to ride the scooter. Then there is the issue with my scooter I found 2 cracks in the plastic that makes up my scooters knee protection area. I have taken pictures and sent them to the dealership to see if it may be under warranty. I also got an email from my email to the motorcycle train class but only a possibility. But there is the possibility that I may be able to take the course and then only have to take the state written test. 

My weight was the same again. I really do not understand why I am not dropping at least a little. My calories in are down a little more. And my calories burned are up just a little but still not losing anything.

Another cold morning, but warm afternoon

Cold start to this day with a warm afternoon. Up early and to the VA clinic for lab work. Then to Lowes to take care of purchasing the flooring and installation for the house, and also a storm door for my office which as a door that is on the back porch. I have to go out our back door then into my office. My office really looks like it was a storage room or maybe a hobby room. We are also getting the floor done in that room too. Then from Lowes we went to Benton so Linda could get things she had ordered for her sewing machines. Then to Home Depot to take care of issues with the blinds that we got from them. Home Depot will send out someone to see the issue we are talking about. 

We came back by the POA and got the decals for our scooters, and the Jeep so we have it in the correct location. Then home to take care of planting the herbs in the garden, and installing the decals. We have also made a call to find a storage for our camp trailer. We have to get the trailer out of my sisters yard. 

My calories are coming down. My 28 day average is down to below 1900 calories. And my 7 day average is below 1800. I am upset to a degree that my weight is not coming down. But it could be due to salt. 

Cold sunny day

This morning was kind of cold and in the morning will be colder, but the week will be warming up. It is going to be a very busy week. I have blood lab work, tomorrow then we need to find out if we are getting the carpet removed and replaced with a parka flooring. Tuesday my wife has a doctor’s appointment. Wednesday the first of our three guys (dogs) have Vet appointments. Thursday nothing at this time, and Friday I have my doctor’s appointment at the local VA clinic. And somehow we have to find a place to store our camp trailer and get it ready for our trip the next week. And also someway I have to make time to start my walks and work on my scooter riding and control. 

My weight is still not coming down which is upsetting, but I really do not see it doing so until I can really get back to walking. My calories are down, my weekly average is really too low, my weekly average is 1795, and my 28 day average is 1863. This should be good enough to allow me to lose at least a half pound a week. So It looks like my metabolism is still below what it should be. But I do not expect it to improve as long as I am not doing my walks. 

I have not written anything for Saturday or Sunday. Lets see, Friday night we had storms in the area and we feared that we would have storm damage, power outages, but we did not have anything but some rain thunder and lightening. I checked out the area Saturday morning and only saw a few small dead branches down and some leaves off the trees. Saturday we windy and cold for this time of year. 

This morning was church and then we were to go to my sisters, but never made it. Curtis did check out the trailer and it is functioning great, but there is a broken area in on of the skylights that he will fix tomorrow. He is also going to fill our gas bottles. I managed to program the Jeep’s garage door opener, and I hope I did not remove the code for our friend Jullie’s garage door. 

Cloudy and warm

They say we will be having storms today and this evening.  We had a great UMM meeting this morning and I got my application for the Walk to Emmaus, hopefully I will be able to go in September. The talk this morning was about the prison ministry and I am thinking about it. I am not sure I am the right person. I will pray about.

My weight this morning is about the same. My calorie intake is down but I am not see any movement. And my calorie burn is greater than my calories eaten I am not sure what is going on.

Linda and I went out for a short scooter ride yesterday and I was impressed with the way she handled the scooter better than I did my first time. 

I forgot to say that everything is greening up here in the Village, finally it is really looking like spring. 

The yesterday and today are beautiful

Beautiful days and I do not feel like doing anything. I have the taxes to do, but I always hate them. 

My weight is up a little, even with my calories down. Last night was the first time in a very long time I did not have to get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, more than likely that is the reason my weight is up this morning, I have retained more water.  My salt intake is at or below my limits of 2000 mg a day. My seven day calorie count is averaging 1748 and my 28 day is 1832. I was re-reading a little about eating for your blood type, I am type A which the research says type A blood types do better by eating carbs, and less meat and dairy. I love meat and dairy, but I do not eat a lot of either. I do not have issues with dairy either. Over the years I have cut back on the amount of meat I eat. And I have to say I feel better by it. I still have a little meat with the evening meal. I do love fruits, veggies, and nuts. I have to say I enjoy eating bread and pastries but I do not eat a lot of them. My weight is about 7 pounds above my lowest this last year, but my cloths are fitting just as good. I do notice a little more fat around the belly, which I am not happy with. But I have not been out and walking like I should be. I will get the taxes done and I will get to where I can ride my scooter without being so nervous and fearing it. Then I will start mapping out the walking trails that I want to walk and I will make it a point to walk at least every other day. 

Where do I stand?

I am neither conservative or liberal I am a moderate and I am proud of it. I would love to see a world with no war, and no need for weapons. But I know that is not possible. I do not believe in abortions as a form of birth control, but I believe in birth control. I believe there is a place and time for everything including abortion for rape and to safe the life of the mother. I know that doesn’t set well with either the  conservatives or liberals. I believe in the border wall, but I believe in immigration, as long as the person or persons come here and except English as the spoken, and written language of this country. With that I do not care if they speak their native language in their on home or neighborhood, but have the respect to speak English in public and around the ones that do not speak their language.

I believe that our way of government is the best and the worst that it can be. It is the best way of government in theory that there is in the world. It is the worst that it can be due to humankind’s evil and selfish ways. Our way of government is still the best in the world but it is falling a part due to lobbyist buying rules that deprive us the citizens of our rights. This has gone so far as to control our kids’ way of thinking. They are being brainwashed and have been for over 50 years. We are losing our way of life from within by forces from the outside that have bought off our congressman and senators. 

I believe in God but I really do not believe in any organized church because they are organized by humans and all are done so in one form or another to be selfish in their interpretation of the Bible. If you do not know the whole Bible and understand the whole Bible you do not understand God. You could say I have my on views that go against God and you would be right I am only human and I am selfish too. But I am try to understand the whole Bible and I revise my understanding of God and my understanding of what He is asking of me and of humankind all of the time. I can except change when I see it to be what God has in story for me. 

We lost this country and our kids when God was forced out of our schools. We lost our kids when discipline was for all prepossess removed for the parents of kids. We have farther lost this country do to social media, and the lying media that we call the daily news organizations. 

The only way we can get it back is to return to God and prayer in our schools and return to disciplining our kids. But having lost too many generations to no discipline I do not know if that is possible now. And if you do not know the Bible then you should it is the history of this world past, present, and what is to come. It is only going to get worse before it gets better. Jesus will return, only God knows when. But It will get much worse from here to Jesus’s return. 

So this is where I stand and my believes in what has happened, I know things are going to continue to get worse but I do not really know in what ways. 

What a beautiful day

Cold again this morning but not as bad as yesterday morning, it is starting to warm up. Rain again Friday and Saturday. It will be cold again Sunday then a warm up and rain the next Friday and Saturday. I am seeing a pattern here. 

My weight was again the same as it has been. No loss and no gain. My seven day average is 1899 intake calories my calories burned is almost 2200 calories. My salt is down, thank goodness. I am eating more fruit, and nuts, and much less sweets and grain. I am happy with where I am on my weight. 

I went back to the VA clinic this morning trying to get a few answers about my appointment. I need to get my blood pressure meds filled or renewed. The VA has my records kind of screwed up. It seems that the VA is broken up into regions and that their computers do not talk to each other across the regions. This such a bunch of crap. On a good note hopefully I will be able to get to see a doctor next week at the VA Clinic in Hot Springs. I spend almost a half hour talking to a lady at the VA Clinic about get things moving then another half hour with the VA in Texas and then the VA pharmacy in Little Rock maybe I can get this worked out. 

Well finally I got enough courage up to take the scooter out on the road, I did better than I thought I would. Did not dump it but came close a few times. I can see that I will be building up my muscles as I learn to handle my scooter. I hope also to lose some weight. 

I also felt young while out riding, and also old. I really enjoy riding, but I could feel that I was not riding as smoothly as I should because I was still very nervous about riding. I as also nervous about having to stop for stop signs. Hopefully I will get better and enjoy even more the ride. 

Linda is sick again, but she does have a doctors appointment next week. 

Beautiful Day

Cold start to the day but it has been great all day. 

My weight was the same this morning as yesterday morning. I seem to have flattened out fairly well. I have increased my calories to 2000 and I will see how it goes. All I am looking to do at this time is to not gain any weight. If this works then I have a base to work from to start to maybe lose a little more weight. 

Today we got our garage door fixed by putting a new set of springs on the door and changing out the garage door opener with a newer Life Master opener with new remotes. Also, we had the door to my office measured so we can get a storm door installed. Also we had the house measured so we can get the flooring replaced. 

Linda is not feeling well again, I sure wish that we could find out what is going on with her. She does now have insurance so she is going to the doctor next week. 

My first decal on my Scooter

Cold this morning

It was cold this morning but I do not believe it was as cold as the weatherman said it would be.  I managed to get my flag up this morning.

My weight was down about a half pound, which was a surprise to me. Seeing I had popcorn last night. 

Church was great and there was a large group for United Methodist Women’s day. The message was really great. 

This afternoon was grocery shopping nothing special. 

It is cloudy again. 

Cold wet and freeze warning

It is April here in Arkansas, this should not be happening. 

This morning my weight was again stable just under 195.  On a bad note I am over budget for the week due to eating over budget last night. I just felt the need to eat more and I did. I believe I have to listen to my body and not always being bull headed by forcing myself to eat less than my body needs. Sure I may not be losing weight but I am holding and that is much better than gaining. 

On another note my wife wants to get a small fishing boat and electric trolling motor. I am not yet convinced we need the boat. I want to get the house in order then I will think about the boat. 

My body’s happy weight vs my ideal weight.

I know for some this is not what you want to read or hear. But I have to say it. We all have happy weight ranges, and normally that range does not line up with what the charts say we should weigh. Here is how it goes you try and try to get to that weight goal that you believe or you have been told you should weigh, maybe, you even get there. Then what happens you slowly begin to gain a little weight, you have not increased your calories, and you have not decreased your exercise, or maybe you have. But lets say you haven’t changed anything, and your weight is creeping up. 

Well, your body is making adjustments on its own to get back to that happy weight that it wants to be at. So what is happening your hormones are changing and maybe telling you that you need to eat more or you need something to eat that you haven’t been giving your body and it is forcing the issue. How sure are you that you are not really eating more? Or as has happened to me your body lowers your metabolism so you really should be eating less to keep the weight goal, but your body knows what it wants and it makes adjustment without you realizing it. This has happened to me twice now. This does happen and yes your body seems to know better than your will power. 

Our bodies seem to always find a way to over come our brains. So what can you do?

For me there is several things that I have tried that have worked. First I take it slow and do my best to figure out what has changed. 

Am I eating more? 

Am I getting less activity calories? 

Am I really sure I am logging everything? 

If I do not come up with a reason on my own then I fall back and go to a dietitian and or doctor and have my metabolism checked, and I make sure I do not have something else wrong with me. With me it has always been my metabolism has dropped. The standard answer has always been that I have not been eating enough, and also that as you grow older you need less calories, and to be honest you even burn less calories than what the calculations say. 

So what have I done to either lose more or to stop gaining?

It has been just keep my activity level up and try to eat less or more yes I said eat more. Sometimes your body needs more nutrition to lose weight. I have found if I am eating way to much below what I am burning I end up gaining weight because my metabolism will slow down.  And I just keep monitoring my weight and keep doing what I have been doing for a month at a time. Yes, make changes and stick with that change for a whole month to see what really happens. 

If after the month you did not get the results you believe you should then it is time to make other changes and stick to that change for a month. 

The other thing maybe you should do and I have been really giving it some thought, and that is to except my weight, and work to keep it where it is. As long as my health is good and my fitness is good why not?

This is just some thoughts that you may want to give thoughts to.  As you see I have more questions that real answers. 

Stormy rainy morning

It is raining and somewhat stormy morning. 

My weight is stable this morning, at least compared to yesterday. 

Eggs, ham, milk, whey protein, cranberry juice, honey, hot green tea, and honey wheat bread for breakfast.

Went to the church this morning to as the question about joining the VFW, and I cannot seeing I never served over seas in a combat zone. I am not complaining due to the fact that I had a great time in the Navy. On a better note I do belong to the American Legion and I found a meeting here in the Village, at the lutheran Church on De Soto Blvd. in the East side of the Village. 

Yesterday afternoon, we went to our new back and placed items in our safety deposit box. And asked about someone here that does taxes. I hope we here something today. We also went to the POA to ask about our Village stickers for our scooters and they are out at this time. 

Then we went to Hot Springs and to Lowes and we are getting someone out to measure for a Pergo flooring for our house, a storm door for my office, and we got a 20 foot flag pole and US Flag and bird house and pole and of course more plants and planters. They will be out Monday to measure the house for the flooring, and sometime in the next couple of weeks for the door. 

I have been asked more than once what keeps me going with my weight loss and logging? I have come up with this if I do not keep going I fall back to my old ways and I do not like my old self. I enjoy having energy to do what I want to do. I love being able to see my belt buckle instead of my fay belly, and I enjoy seeing my feet when I stay up straight. I also enjoy tying my shoes without straining. I also enjoy eating the foods I enjoy, and having fun when I am out with friends and not always wondering if I am going to find something I can eat. I make wise choices over 80% of the time so I am good, at least wise choice for me. I also enjoy the good medical lab test I am now getting. All of the standard things are within the normal range, all of them are at least in the middle of normal, and most of them are in the low side of normal.  This is what life is really about. It is not worrying about every bite I place in my mouth, or if I am getting every last second of exercise in that will get me that one more calorie of exercise burn. And yes it still boils down to eating less than I burn overall. 

A cloudy morning and again cold for me

Good morning everyone it may be cold at least for me but I am getting use to it a little at a time. 

This morning my weight was back down to 194.8, I am beginning to believe that my body has found its happy weight. Only time will tell. My calories are coming down to an average of 1800 a day, and that is mostly due to very limited sugar intake, and doing my best to keep my salt below 1750 mg a day. 

I have done by best to stay out of politics and the gun issue, but I have to say this. I believe in gun ownership. I believe in my right to defend my family, friends, fellow citizens, and myself. I believe that once we have to give up our guns then we will become slaves to what ever government wises. The second amendment was put in place to allow citizens to defend themselves against a government gone wrong. I believe that the issues in this country is that we as parents lost the right to discipline the our kids back in the late 60s and it has just gotten worse since. I also believe that taking God out of the schools, and out of public daily life has destroyed this nation and the world. Now I have said what is really on my mine. 

Beautiful sunny day but a cold start.

Up early this morning. Managed to get the yard sprayed for the grass so hopefully we do not have to worry about the weeds. 

My weight was up again I am getting really worried about my weight, I do not want to gain it back like I did in 2014 and 2015. I am cutting back my calories and I am not getting my weight under control yet. I have to get our taxes done then I am going to concentrate on walking and relearning to ride a motorcycle, in my case my scooter. 

Linda did a great job on the kitchen and is working on the living room. 

We had a little bird fly into the big plate glass window in our living room. Luckily it only knocked itself out and we were able to get up and flying away again. This has happened before but this little fellow really did knock himself out. We also saw the first hummingbird today. 

Partly cloudy and very windy this morning

It is scheduled to storm this afternoon and the wind is higher than we have seen here since we moved in. And we have the garage door doctor coming to fix the broken spring on our garage door this afternoon. It sucks that I cannot get the garage door open, because I cannot get the scooters out of the garage the same way I got them in so we have to wait on the garage door to be fixed. 

My weight is holding on to where is has been for a while I still believe a lot of this is salt. Not too much to report other than my 28 day calories in is down to 1900 calories now. And my seven day average is 1700 calories, which is lower than I would like but it is all I am feeling like eating. I have cut out sugar except for fruit and I do not want to eat as much, so it is true and has always been with me that sugar is one of my triggers, as well as salt, but sugar and salt at the same time really causes me to want to binge. 

Cloudy, foggy, and cool day

My weight this morning was about the same as it has been even with too much salt from bacon and ham yesterday. I am hoping that now that I have lowered my calories in to 1921 calories average over the last 28 days, and to 1767 over the last 7 days,  I should be showing at least a little weight loss. I am now feeling good about my eating less and I am not feeling like I need to eat more. I am hoping to keep this up. I only want to lose back to where I was at around 188 to 190.

Today we have a schedule to get the garage door fixed. The spring broke and that was the loud bang that we heard. The garage door doctor will be out tomorrow afternoon. We are also thing of having the garage door opener replaced to a newer one and have remotes, and also a keypad at the door. 

We looked over the scooters today and removed some of the warning stickers. The stickers are really hard to remove. I also figured out how to set the clocks in the dash of the scooters. I cannot ride my scooter until we get the garage door fixed. There is no way I am going to get them out that side door the loose rocks are just too hard to deal with. 

This is for Saturday and Sunday —It has been a busy weekend!

Saturday: 

The day started out with getting up at 4:20 am. Breakfast of steel cut oats. Then a drive for home to Tulsa, Oklahoma to get our new scooters. Saturday morning was cool and the first part of the drive in the scenic route over the hills here in the area. But we drove it in the dark. I became daily as we reached the valley on the other side of the mountains really hills), the locals which we are becoming call them mountains but after seeing the Sierra Mountains, and the Rocky Mountains these are hills. Once we reached the highway it was daylight and it was a beautiful drive. We managed to get to Tulsa and the bike shop at just about the time it opened. 

Our scooters were waiting for us and they are beautiful and much larger than I had expected. We finally met the dealership manager that we had talked to so many times and emailed back and forth so many more time. We paid for them then started to put them on our little golf cart trailer and it became very obvious that the trail was too small to handle the two 370 pound scooters. 

So we left the dealership with directions to a trailer company that the scooter deanship manager sent us to, with the owner waiting for us even thou he was closing up. We got a much better trailer and went through the process of unloading and reloading the scooters. Then is became obvious that we are going to have to find a way to bolt down the wheel chokes that we have they work too good and do not want to release the bikes.

The drive home was much slower due to the heavier trailer and the bikes. We stop several times to make adjustments to the strappings and to eat lunch/supper at Cracker Barrow. I had the chicken and dumplings, which are always good at the Cracker Barrow. We finished our drive home back down the very scenic route this time Linda was able to see the sights. 

We managed to get home just before dark and we had to unload the scooters which turned out to be harder than we hoped for seeing the scooters still did not want to come out of the wheel chokes. This is something we have to fix before we have to trailer them again.  Managing  to get them in the garage turned out to be much harder than expected too. You see the garage door had failed on us on Friday evening. The cables broke so we cannot get the door up. So we had to bring the scooters in the side door to the garage, which turned out to be much harder than we expected seeing the yard is all loose small rocks. The scooters do not like to be off the hard paved roads. The scooters really dug into the rocks and we had a hell of a time getting the first one in the garage. He had to really manhandle it to get it over the rocks. Once we managed to get the first on in the garage the other one was not as hard after we managed to get it out of the chokes and off the trailer. 

Then it was the trailers turn to get in the backyard. The new one is so much heavier and wider than the old one that it is a real job manhandling it. You see we cannot get it back there with the Jeep we have to do it by hand. 

We also found out we are going to really have to relearn how to ride them. They are automatic transmission and they are as complicated as modern cars, with all the computers and even remote controls. It has been a long time since either of us have ridden, so we need to find a place to practice and get use to them. 

Sunday:

I was so sore from the day and loading unloading of the scooters and manhandling the trailer that I took an Advil and 10 milligrams of melatonin, then a very hot shower and went to bed. I slept very hard and woke up just before 7:00am dressed and went to Easter Service at church. The home for a pancake and bacon breakfast. My weight was the same as it has been for a while this morning. I am sure some of that was the extra salt in the chicken and dumplings for Cracker barrow. 

I went out to put the GPS mount on my scooter and found it just is not going to work the way it need to be. I have figured out that the GPS will stick to the windshield with the bracket that comes with the GPS, and I believe it will work OK as long as I remove it and re-stick it each time I ride. This is not ideal but it puts the GPS right where I want it to be. I have to put the mud guards on the scooters so I may try to do that today too. 

I am adding a few pictures to this post of the scooters. 

Update:

I got the mud guards installed