Hi everyone, Hi Monika,
Woke up earlier this morning so was out by 8.30 to do my walk. I've followed the same route for the last 3 days, which is a really lovely one. Wish I knew what the actual distance was - none of the maps I've found have a scale on them. Still, with no extra little detours, walking the main streets took me about 50 minutes, medium speed. How far do you think that is?
I almost started out this morning listening to Avril Lavigne (I have a cd with 700mb of music on it) but no, after 2 minutes I just had to have that Irish music back on.
The weather here, to answer your question AntiM, really falls into two seasons, although again that depends where you are in the country. For such a tiny place (smaller than the state of New York) it has amazing weather contrasts, desert, tropics, mountainous, etc. Because Jerusalem is elevated, we have cooler weather than a lot of the rest of the country (thankfully!) so it's not humid here like it is just 20 minutes away where my sister lives, for example. We've had very mild winters in the past few years (not actually a good thing as we're very dependent on rain), but on average summer will last from april to october. That means no rain, clear skies, and heat, although obviously it's not as hot now as it was in july/august. I just checked the weather and it says it'll be 23 degrees (76 fahrenheit i think) here in Jerusalem, which is slightly cooler than usual for this time of year, and this is one of the coolest places in the country so everywhere else will be a few degrees hotter at least. Winter in Jerusalem can be quite cold, but usually won't go below zero. We have snow every so often, but not every year. And we're practically the only place in the country that gets cold enough for snow - you often get others from nearby trying to drive in to Jerusalem to see the snow because it hasn't fallen in the valleys near them and they want to see it - of course the traffic is an absolute nightmare because things basically collapse in the snow! We don't really have Fall or Spring as such - just a few weeks of slightly cooler weather before either the heat moves in, or the cold moves in. That kind of weather is often March and November. Practically all the trees here are evergreen, so we don't get the leaf fall (shame, cos I loved that time of year in England). Anyway, enough of me talking about weather... time to do some work! Currently proofreading Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
Deborah
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Good Morning, Everyone!
And I think I might be in a deeper level of ketosis … Every time I’ve had my urine checked at the lab, I have ketones, but I’ve never experienced ‘dragon breath’ before … so while it’s harder to be around me ~ 
~ I am imagining that things are moving in the right direction. (And boy am I drinking water!! 1.5 gallons for the last few days! So I’m also getting in that walking back and forth to the bathroom exercise …)
Feel free to send your DH here for a proper cyber lashing if he does this again … How’s the butt? Still attached? 
Congratulations! 50 pounds is an amazing accomplishment! I was at Cash&Carry (a small warehouse-type store) this afternoon and they had 50 lbs bags of white rice … Besides imagining how many carbs that would be (30,200 if you’re curious, too) I tried to imagine what it would feel like to strap that sucker and my back and go about my day. And you’ve done it!! One grain at a time, you've shrunk those fat cells down by 50 pounds. How cool… Maybe that snake was part of the grand scheme of things to give you extra exercise? 
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