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Happy post 4th of July everyone!  I hope everyone had a festive and safe Holiday!  

This weeks challenge is another one of my favorites.  I find we all do better with even just a little routine in our days.  I especially find it helpful with all that is going on in our world presently.

Asked if he had only one word to describe the secret of happiness, the Dalai Lama immediately responded " Routines." And when it comes to a morning routine, the Dalai Lama doesn’t mess around. 

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everyone from the USA is on an extended weekend for Independence Day. I love our country and our flag and the people. I'm always ready to celebrate the 4th of July.

We have never been big on fireworks. When our kids were young of course we always bought some for them. I do remember those small North Dakota towns I grew up in. We could see for miles so any famlies that had fireworks were essentially sharing them with everyone else. 

My parents would get the black snakes and sparklers for…

from our overnight trip to Tiburon. It was beautiful. We saw Robin Williams home that just sold for $7.5 million. I thought some of the regular homes there were so beautiful too. The everyday homes. What a beautiful place to live. I had the best Crab Louie salad with Dungness Crab. Timothy had fish tacos made with sea bass.  Outside of that we didn't eat much but we picked up a few things at the Organic store we like and have to visit every time and on our way out of the area we went to Peets…

I am into fruits right now--cherries, watermelon, man, how I can overdo it on the seasonal fruits. 

I'm finding my love for lettuce waning, going for the mini sweet peppers, cucumbers, and green beans lately. Soon it will be sweet corn season, and tomato season, and yes, I'll eat home grown corn on the cob, and tomatoes. I may even have to pick them myself, which would be okay. I don't have a garden, by my dad does, and he'll share generously. 

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My name is Karen. I have tried everything, including Weight Watchers, diet pills, Isagenix, and Herbalife. Herbalife worked, but when I stopped drinking shakes every day, 60 pounds came back. I couldn't bring myself to go back to the shakes. So here I am. Not very hopeful, but maybe a little. 

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I walked more than usual last week based on the challenge. 

I am just finishing up one of my summer projects: painting the office. I just have touch-ups, wall decor, and furniture arranging left. 

I lost 1/2 lb. 

I found time to sit outside and read

My husband and I took a short road trip to a state park we hadn't visited in many years. 

I scheduled a trip/flight to Dallas, during Christmas break, to visit my sister who lives in TX. This is my Christmas gift from my…

Let's focus on veggies this week, because as we all know - you simply can't have too many :)

If you're moderately active, you should be eating between 2 ½ - 3 cups of vegetables per day. What’s more, vegetables are pretty dang perfect when it comes to weight loss. They’re low in calories, high in vitamins and fiber, they have almost NO adverse effect on blood sugar, and there’s LOTS to choose from! 

So this week your challenge is to add vegetables to every meal. 

Not sure where to…

I accomplished the desire to walk 10,000 steps in a day, something I have not achieved in a long time.  Thank you for the walking challenge!  Why?  Because without the motivation of the challenge, I would not have pushed myself to accomplish it, especially after the late start of the day after a sleepless night!  Thanks Pam and Thank you Fitera & thanks for the community support!

Yesterday I did manage to get 8,108 steps in most of it was through pacing and marching in place.  Today I was hoping to do a 10,000 step day, but after a sleepless night, I pretty much slept a good share of the day away, so after a late start and working on my family gathering 'projects' I'll be lucky to achieve an increase over Fridays count!  The day's not over so we'll see.  It's been a long time (fortunately) since Ive had a night like last night and I hope it's going to be a long time…