Back on Target week 4
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It looks like we skipped week 3, but it is in the week 2 thread 
My week 4 started off well with a 2 miler this morning with friends. Took 3rd place for my age group, but I really think it's because there weren't that many people my age competing, LOL. It's not something I typically do but since it was free and before eating at the company picnic, I thought it would be a good way to work off some of what I anticipated eating
Active minutes for today = 43 min and 1 hr 49 min fat burning minutes. There was a good bit of casual walking and even more sitting around but I still managed to eat well and get my laundry done and kitchen floor steamed I have a lot of make ahead cooking to do tomorrow...
Hope your weekend and week 4 is off to a good start as well
My week 4 started off well with a 2 miler this morning with friends. Took 3rd place for my age group, but I really think it's because there weren't that many people my age competing, LOL. It's not something I typically do but since it was free and before eating at the company picnic, I thought it would be a good way to work off some of what I anticipated eating
Active minutes for today = 43 min and 1 hr 49 min fat burning minutes. There was a good bit of casual walking and even more sitting around but I still managed to eat well and get my laundry done and kitchen floor steamed
I have a lot of make ahead cooking to do tomorrow...Hope your weekend and week 4 is off to a good start as well
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My Saturday went by like a blur. We went to a crafts fair yesterday. Got there about 10 a.m. and stayed until around 1 p.m. The good thing was lots of walking around the fairgrounds. The bad thing was that we had lunch there, and although I had a grilled steak sandwich with just a little mustard, it's hard to figure the calories.
From there, we raced home to dress for a birthday party about an hour away for two friends turning 60. It was an old fashioned pig-picking/potluck. So there was pulled pork and every kind of salad and side dish you could think of. I think I managed to about break even with intake and burn, but I'm not exactly sure. When I logged food I had to do a lot of guessing. I did pass on bread and the only dessert I had was about three bites of carrot cake.
When we got home, we raced around again to pull in some of our plants because the temps were falling into the low 30's last night. We filled the garage with hanging baskets and pots. I don't why I always try to eek out a little more time with those plants. It's inevitable that late fall and winter are coming--but we are supposed to have a couple of warmer days at the end of the week, so I'd like to look out a few more times and see the late summer flowers and the ferns. We just took our chances with the mums down the side of our driveway. We didn't have the oomph to cover them with plastic, so hopefully there was enough wind to spare them.
Hope everyone has a nice, active Sunday. Weekends just go by too fast! My plan for the day is to get in some extra activity minutes just in case work explodes again this week. 0 -
Well the best laid plans... I headed out shopping yesterday--not an activity that I enjoy. I desperately need a light-weight coat for times when it's cold, but not COLD. Finding one is next to impossible. If it fits across my bust--it's too big in the waist area and hips. If it's a petite, it's too short through the body because I'm long in middle. If it's a regular, the sleeves reach my knees.
I quickly remembered why I hate to shop and why I let my clothes situation get intolerable before I do. Anyway, I thought I'd spend an hour or so, and instead I spent the entire afternoon. So I didn't get much exercise-type walking in--lots of steps but only 20 minutes at an active level. I think I'm going to play Russian Roulette and just order something from LL Bean or Eddie Bauer and hope. And today, I have even more make up to do in the activity corner. I'm up about a pound this morning, and don't know if it's water weight because I had feta cheese on my salad yesterday or if I was way off in trying to estimate calories in food at that birthday party Saturday afternoon.
All in all, I'm feeling a little cranky. When I initially lost down to 130, I was allowing myself to be a little hungry some of the time. I think the newness of the bodybugg and the excitement at seeing some progress made that tolerable. Wish I get that much determination again.0 -
Last night, for some reason, the thought popped into my brain that part of the challenge was not only getting in the activity, but reporting it every day, even if just a quick, "I did it." I think Light mentioned that would be one of her harder challenges. I'm not sure I've done it every day--weekends are harder because I'm not forced to be at a computer for a part of the day--but I'll try to do better this week.
Hubby has begun focusing on his fall sports and couple that with more appointments to more specialists to try to figure out his pain and loss of feeling in hands and one arm, and I find myself absorbing more household tasks. Last night I stopped work around six, cooked dinner, and then despite not wanting to go out into the chilly dark evening, headed to the mall for a walk. Got in a solid hour of active minutes and actually accomplished a couple of tasks, too.
Over the past 14 days, I've averaged a burn of 1824 with an average intake of 1498, leaving an average daily deficit of 326. And as I've said many times, it takes a deficit of 500 or more a day to budge my scale. So I need to either move more or eat less, especially since I seem prone to do the opposite (move less, eat more) when the cooler, darker days move in. Keep nudging me!
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yes, I'm trying but having a tough time getting here to log in each day... and it seems my iPhone has been slow to load the data so I go to bed before posting the stats. Sorry. I haven't had time to log foods the last 2 days... not being home on Saturday really put me behind on a lot of things. I will be out of town this weekend, too.
Hope all is going well at Sheesh's grandbabyland...
Hope Lois is still improving steadily
Sarah, you sure stay busy for a sedentary person, LOL... your weekend sounds like a lot of fun Well, all except for the part about shopping for a coat. Have you tried any coats that have a drawstring or elastic waistline?
Anyways, eating has been fine other than cheese cake the last 2 days in celebration of a coworker's birthday. Yumm! I will have no one to blame but myself on weigh in day...
Let's see... I owe you a few days
Sun 43 active min, 31 min fat burn
Mon 29 active min, 57 min fat burn
Tue 32 min active, 51 min fat burn
Gotta get to bed so I can do it all again tomorrow. I need some downtime... some serious time off but it's not happening anytime soon.0 -
Sorry for being so quiet. I'm in a bit of a funk with the darn tooth and unable to eat per my program and not working out either. So wah wah. Didn't really want to be a Debbie Downer and woes to me....so I've been reading, but not really participating. Not really fair to you gals and I do apologize.
The stitches came out on Monday and I somehow thought that all of my pain would then go away and I'd feel better. Well, I feel teensie weensie bit better everyday, but not a markable amount and I'm feeling a bit defeated. I am unable to chew foods as I'm currently without teeth in a few areas on each side of my mouth. And the chewing motion actually causes discomfort shortly after I eat. I really really miss my protein!!! Veggies are even a challenge and I'm truly not a soup girl. So I'm am working at finding what can work for me. This week I resorted to tortellini with pesto for my work lunches as they are easier to chew and filling. However, my body still wants protein and I end up eating spoons of peanut butter (I really want a piece of STEAK at this point...haha). Attempted workout on Saturday, but as the blood started to flow, it caused my tooth area to thump so I did a half butt workout. Monday...I have no idea where my brain was but I left work, drove home catching up with my sister on the phone and then told her I needed to get off the phone to put my hair up...I was close to my trainer. It wasn't until then that I realized I FORGOT TO CHANGE INTO WORKOUT CLOTHES!!! My bag was in my office and I didn't have time to run home for an alternate set. So i did some shopping to keep moving and I was still shy of my 10k. So since I don't have a positive mindset and I'm not really doing what I need to do to be successful, I've been quiet.
Workout for tonight has been cancelled and it's dark and rainy so trail time isn't possible (nor did I bring my backpack for hiking). I am going to change and then walk when I get home (as long as the storms are not here - horrible thunder, lightning and street flooding). I typically hide during these darn storms. HATE HATE HATE them. Won't due treadmill during the storm as I can't seem to block out the lightning (not enough lights in that particular room).
So there you have it....not in a good place right now.
The positive side is that I may be forced to do a 5k on Saturday as I gave my two tickets to an obstacle race to a friend and he's not able to find someone to do it with him. I don't want to waste $50 so I may go run the course with another friend, but avoid most of the obstacles and just hang with her. I won't be doing the race if someone else wants to do it. Just not feeling the energy or preparedness for the obstacles and running. Will let you know what happens on that one later.0 -
So glad to see your post, Lois, and so sorry for that the healing is taking so long. I have a real thing about dental pain. It's one of the hardest types for me to deal with, and with me, it affects my emotions, too. Hopefully now that the stitches are out, the healing with go faster.
It was another beautiful fall day that I didn't get a chance to get out and enjoy. I barely made it to the mall at 7 to meet my walking buddy. We put in almost an hour and half, some at a brisk pace, some a bit slower. She's dealing with some family issues and I could tell the difference in her pep. But I got out of the house and moved, and that's important. I haven't uploaded yet so I'll report the actual activity minutes tomorrow. I also haven't logged all my food for today and I'm bit nervous about that. Hubby brought some candy into the house today, and after several days with nothing sweet, I succumbed to a few kit kits. I sure hope that the walking burned enough. 0 -
I should either not log at 12:23 a.m. or I should read my text before posting. I meant "will" heal and of course, those were "kit kats" that took me hostage!
Thankfully, hubby made a big batch of turkey chili to take out to his friend's farm today and made extra for me for dinner last night. That's a great low calorie dish. And my friend and I walked more than 10,000 steps in the hour and half we walked in the mall, so I eeked through the day with a 247. BUT--think what that would have been had I not eaten 400 calories worth of junk. With Halloween coming, I need to build up my defenses against sugar. We always have tons of kids trick-or-treating here. Our neighborhood has lots of houses close together with no steps to climb and easy parking for parents, so honestly they come in the van loads. Last year, we gave away almost $40 worth of candy. I cannot get it in advance and I have to make sure that there's little or none left at the end of the night.0 -
Got in 70 active minutes last night walking with my buddy between some yard work I squeezed in before dark and my evening volunteer work.
The late evening turned out to be much different than anticipated. Hubby received a call around 9 p.m. saying that his only brother died. He was only 56 years old but had diabetes, heart disease, and kidney disease. He had been on dialysis for years. We don't know for sure yet, but it appears that he had a heart attack. His dad died at age 46 of his first and only heart attack, and his mom died at age 56 of a heart attack most likely brought on by emphysema. We are waiting for information and trying to put some things in place. I will check in as I can.
Thinking of you all and the challenges that I know some of you are also facing.0 -
Stayed very busy all day yesterday and didn't get into bed until 1 a.m., but out of that, only 9 minutes were active. Best I could do was watch the intake to keep a deficit, log my food, and check in here.0
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just got home from a weekend camping trip so have a good bit of things to take care of (including food prep for this week) but wanted to let you know, Sarah, how sorry I am for the loss of your brother in law... he certainly was young. (((hugs to you and the other family members)))
Lois, sorry to hear you are still having teeth issues but even worse, what a bummer to be all set to work out and then find you didn't have your clothes with you.
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Thanks, Light. It's tough to see someone go at such a young age, and it's particularly hard to deal with the "shoulda, woulda, coulda's" when someone has hastened his own death by not taking care of himself.
Because life was so out of the ordinary, I got little formal activity in over the weekend, and yesterday I didn't even put my unit on. I did log my food and check in here, but I refuse to do two out of three things for more than a day. So tonight I plan to meet my walking buddy and I hope to get a solid 90 minutes of fast walking in to offset the extra sitting time over the weekend.
Glad to hear that you were having fun in the great outdoors. I wondered where you had gotten to when you didn't post for a couple of days. Camping can be lots of fun and it can also be lots of work. We used to go camping at least once each year with seven other couples. We got four two-tent sites at a lovely campground in the mountains west of us that also has a nice lake. Eventually we realized that a small subset was doing all the planning and all the grunt work, and we when we stepped back, the event faded away. Now, I think I could do cabin camping, but I'm not so sure about tents. 0 -
Light - your camping trip sounds fabulous!!!
Sarah - keep moving...
Not a good report from me at all..just giving fair warning. A colleague of mine did take both tickets for the obstacle race on Saturday, so no I did not have to participate. I woke too late to hike BOTH mornings. and the mornings were gorgeous. Unfortunately, the sun was out and that can be horrible when just getting back to the trail. We are finally back in the 90's and I am packed for workouts and hikes all week. Tonight and Wed are group classes. Tuesday will be a solo hike (for as long as I can go before the sunset makes me turn around) and Thursday hiking with my surrogate daughter (again as long as we can before the sun goes down - but we do have headlamps and flashlights in my pack just in case (and I have a set packed for her just in case she doesn't!)).
The mouth is finally settling down, now just trying to figure out how to chew with missing molars on both sides - but I'm working on it. Can't snack on my nuts and hard stuff, but I've ordered some of my paleo bars and praying they help me get back on track. Also, I did grill veggies and chicken yesterday for the week for lunches. And if I get back to my workouts as planned, dinner should be a protein shake post workout on the way home and some veggies when I get home.
Ladies - we are focused - LET'S DO THIS!!!!
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Well, I'm home from Cali, and my darling new grandson! All went very well with the delivery None of the complications appeared, and DIL was able to have a smooth delivery. Placenta previa resolved enough for vaginal birth, baby turned out of breech position, preeclampsia didn't happen . . . the only thing was he came a week early! He was 6 lbs 12 oz and 19 inches long. Very healthy and sooo cute!
I'm very psychic when it comes to my children and grandchildren, and this baby was no different. I'd had a strong feeling the baby was on his way on Wednesday, and told my girlfriends about it. Then, I had a vivid dream Thursday night that I was on the computer and phone trying to book a fast flight to Cali for the birth. (We were set to drive there the next Monday the 19th, baby due the following Friday the 23rd.) After having the dream, I got up and texted my DIL Friday morning to see how she was feeling. She was at the docs the moment she got the text. However, the doctor told her she was only dialated 2 cm, and not effaced at all, and that it would likely be a week or more before she delivered. I told my husband I didn't believe it, and got everything ready for travel. I wanted to leave the next day, and told hubby. He thought I was crazy. Then, late Friday night, my son texted me that her water had just broken!! I was on the computer and phone booking flights, rental car, etc. until 2 in the morning. Just like my dream. We left at 10 am and got there in time to pick up our granddaughter from friends, and be there for the birth. The only disappointment was that I had to leave all the frozen casseroles and some other stuff behind because of having to fly instead of driving. We stayed for 9 days helping out, cooking, etc. What fun!! (You ladies who are on Facebook probably saw all my photo posts.
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Anyway, I'm back and weighed myself today, and was pleased that I haven't gone over 140 despite not paying any attention for the last week. I was 137.5, but my official weigh in day is Wed. I'm back logging food today and walking. So, I'm ready to get going ladies!
Lois, I'm glad your mouth is getting better.
Sarah, I'm so sorry about your brother-in-law. He was far too young. I hope your hubby will adopt a positive message from the loss. We all should . . self care isn't something we can delay. We all have issues, and just have to manage the best we can.
Light, I saw your FB post about your good performance in your age group in a race! Congratulations! And your camping trip sounds fun.0 -
Thanks, Sheesh, Congrats on the new grandbaby and welcome back. It will probably be awhile before hubby can see much positive in this. He struggled for years to get the brother to do better, finally gave up, and of course, is now wondering if he should have pushed longer or differently. But because we have few family members, it is a reminder to strengthen our ties with our "family of choice," i.e., our network of friends, which is a good thing.
P.S. I'm also appreciative of my cyber friends here, as you all remind me that life happens and being as healthy as we can be is a must. Now I'm off to meet my walking buddy. 0 -
Well it's TUESDAY!!! And, even though I was late due to traffic, I made it to my TRX class. It was HARD. OMG I thought I was dying and today, I'm a bit sore. Oh and AFTER my TRX class, I walked around my neighborhood to get in my 10k steps. That is ALSO an accomplishment as that hasn't occurred since my tooth extraction over 2 weeks ago!! So yippeeee!!!
Sheesh - CONGRATS on the grandbaby. My compadre for my kids became a grandpa on Friday, which makes me a Lola!!!! OH yeah...too bad they are in California also! Super excited for you to have made it in time! And now think, you've got tons of meals in the freezer so you can focus on being active
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Sarah - as tough as it is, we always have to remember that we can only make decisions for ourselves. we can recommend, demand, yell, scream and whisper any message to anyone, but, just as it is for your, THEY are the only ones who can decide to improve their lifestyle. All we can do is encourage others (even as we do on this board to one another). Hugs to you and your husband during this challenging time.
Light - hope you're getting in your activity.
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Lois, you are sounding much more like your old self. Thanks again to you all for your condolences.
Got in 100 minutes of activity last night. It was good for me to get out of the house, and it was good for hubby to have some alone time. I'm getting a haircut tonight, but hope to get in a walk, too, although probably a much shorter one tonight.0 -
Lois, you are sounding much better! I'm glad for you. And, congratulations on becoming a Lola! Babies are so fun It's hard when they're far away though.
Sarah, loss is so difficult. We haven't lost any siblings, so I can only imagine what you and hubby are experiencing. It was so difficult to lose our parents, but 3 of the 4 did survive to old age, so we were pretty lucky to have them as long as we did. I'm keeping you and hubby in my thoughts. Glad you're keeping active and getting out.
I've had 2 good days, getting my 10K steps, lifting a bit, logging food. I hope it pays off on the scale.
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It was a difficult day again, as we made arrangements for the packing of BIL's personal effects. The sad thing, is that he had so little at the end of his life due to many years of bad choices. If only. . .
I had planned to meet my walking buddy at the mall after my haircut last night and had estimated that I'd be there about 7:30. My hairdresser was running behind, so I arrived at 7:50. I was racing so, I didn't check my phone and for some reason, it didn't give me an sound alert about the text she sent saying wouldn't be there because she wasn't feeling well. It is probably a good thing that I didn't see it, or else I may have used that as an excuse to go home. Instead, I walked 40 minutes. That's less than I would do if I had company, but it got the blood flowing and slowed the brain down a bit.0 -
Got in my 35 active minutes last night. Feeling frustrated and trying to not let that get me too off-track. I'm trying to work, take care of a lot of personal things, be there for hubby, still honor some commitments outside home, eat right, exercise . . .
I know that I'm blessed and that this too will pass. Time to focus outward more I guess. Last Saturday night when hubby was in intense grief, he saw a man walking on the road and found out that this fellow thought there was a bus from our metro station to a town 40 miles away, but he learned that that service is not available on weekend evenings, so he set out walking. Knowing that dressed in a dark coat and jeans, he was at high risk for being hit, hubby called two male friends (can't risk getting robbed on the way) and told them that they "needed to come with him to take a ride.") He said it was the perfect thing for him do--get that guy home safe. So I guess it's time for me to get out of myself, too. I made homemade beef and barley soup yesterday in the crockpot. It's delicious, but there's a lot of it. I think I'm going to take a lunch break and share with a couple of single people in our neighborhood. And be offline for an hour--so my client will stroke out!!! As Lois would say, Bwah-hahahaha!0 -
Yesterday was CRAZY!!! However, on Tuesday evening I did manage to get in a 1.5 mile hike and we ended in the DARK (pics are on FB) so Tuesday AND Wednesday I achieved my 10k steps...I'm on a streak!!! Evening traffic has been far from ridiculous and I didn't arrive to my group class until 620, but hey, I still did what I could and then walked the neighborhood. Now, to get my eating back under control.
Sarah - your hubby's good deed is amazing! that is so awesome to hear. And I'm glad to hear you may go offline for a bit Sometimes that mid day break is what you need to power through. And your soup sounds AMAZING...I'd take some if you were closer)
Sheesh keep up your stepping. I am amazed at how good it makes me feel when I reach those little milestones. Everyone around thinks I'm nuts, but darn it...I can't believe I was down for two weeks and just good I feel now that I'm moving again.
Light - I presume you're just busy at work and I hope you're getting your steps in.
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I've had 3 good days in a row! Lois, I really appreciate you and the Fitbit challenges, and all the ladies there . . it really does give me that extra bit of motivation to do what I want do. Congrats on your streak and on your comeback from your challenges. And I know what you mean about everyone around thinking your "nuts" because I get that too
But, being diligent and focused probably looks pretty nuts to those who aren't, right?!
Sarah, what your hubby did really warmed my heart on a cold day. And, I'm glad to hear that you plan to "unplug" for a little today!
I'm feeling sore and a little old today. The weather turned cold, and I'm feeling my workouts. I have a doc apt today, so I won't be working out till later. I hope I can find the motivation to get it done, along with all the other stuff on my schedule today.0 -
Oh Lordy - SHEESH you are giving me a run for my money - that's for sure. Now that my activity is improving I really need to work on my food selections. And I don't have a very good start today nor through Sunday. Oh Lordy...Monday maybe? I have a baby shower dinner tonight, that will have some healthy options as well vino, vino and yep, more vino. and of course tomorrow is a Halloween party with....if hubbby changes his mind I'm making candy corn jello shots. Otherwise, I'll just mix up my cranberry vodka and put it in my vampire chalice. Oh who am I kidding. I'm going to have that in my chalice regardless of the jello shots. See....I'm uncontrollable. I wish you ladies the best this weekend. I know I have it tough.
Praying our weather calms down so I can hike in the morning and then go to TRX class. And that I'm not too hung over on Sunday so I can get in another hike. Next weekend we have a company picnic Saturday with trail run on Sunday so I need to get some dirt and rocks under these feet of mine, not just laps around the house while watching football.0 -
Lois, all I can think is "Oh my aching head!" So glad to hear you talking about eating though. You were not able to do that for so long.
We are doing volunteer work tonight, are going to a "going away museum crawl" in DC tomorrow for a friend who is moving out the area, will give away loads of candy tomorrow early evening, and we're helping with a church event tomorrow night. I believe there will be coffee and sodas there! LOL
Last night I got in a half-hour walk outside, so I made my minimum activity time. I had a number of things I had to handle yesterday so that was all I could squeeze in. These are not normal times. But knowing that you ladies are moving, moving, moving helps keep me doing something at least.0 -
By the way - with laps around the house watching football, I still made my 10k steps!!! and34 active minutes (I had to walk briskly in between plays!!! Go PATRIOTS (7-0) in case you were wondering!!
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Not a good day. I worked late and barely had time to get to my volunteer work, although that turned out to be a good thing because the support from the folks there bolstered our spirits. However, after I got home and sat down to log food, I realized that I skipped a few meals (logging them--not eating them) during the past few days. This week has just been so out the norm and so stressful that I'm kind of sleepwalking. So today, I cannot say that I stayed on course. I did stay within my calories today and logged my food, and I'm checking in here--so two out of three.
We learned that we have to be downtown tomorrow morning even earlier than we thought, so I'm going to keep this brief. I'm enjoying having more activity on the board, and I hope that Light gets a chance to catch us up with her week now that the weekend is here.
Goodnight, all! I'm going to skip my weekly date with Bill Maher and go to bed!
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Lois, I hope you have your aspirin close by, LOL! I've been walking/hiking more outside in the beautiful autumn we're having, and I have to say it feels good to get some "dirt and rocks" under my feet. I know the winter weather will bring more indoor workouts, so I plan to enjoy the outdoors as long as possible. Good luck to you this coming week.
Sarah, it's great that you're requiring yourself the 30 minutes minimum! Every time you do, you get stronger in body and mind. And, every bit does good. I hope you had a good Halloween.
I had a good week, getting my 10K Monday thru Saturday. I also got lifting done for all body parts (over the six days). For some reason, Halloween wasn't tempting me this year. Maybe because hubby got candy I don't like. I also skipped the alcohol. I kept thinking about how hard I'd worked all week, and decided it just wasn't worth it. I just enjoyed FaceTime and texting with the grandkids in their cute costumes, trick-or-treaters, the Utes football game, and the World Series game. No big partying for me this year.
Now that it's November, let's refocus and get this effort some results! Fresh goals, better results. Post ideas please 0 -
Sorry to have gone missing... work was typically busy, complete with overtime and extra time spent taking care of costuming needs so I could dress up as a minion like the others in the office but I felt like I was playing catchup all week from being gone last weekend- still not caught up and haven't even started with my make ahead meals. And I'm trying to get the house ready for visitors next weekend. Uggh, don't think I'm going to make it... too much to do and too little time. I need o be outside taking care of some yard work, too.
I was doing so well with the activity until last week hit but then last week, I only got out for 2 walks and the rest of the days found me too tired to put in the effort before bed... and I had a quilt that had to be finished in time to present it this morning at church. Finished it last night. Now that we are looking at the holidays quickly approaching, I have to dedicate a good amount of my time to preparing the special music for church. I will be playing one morning solo, which is easy to prepare for but another Sunday, I will be accompanying a couple of autoharps so that means some official practice sessions (which is why the house has to be cleaned, LOL) Anyway, too much to do and too little time!
Glad to see that the rest of you are here and that, in general, life is improving.
We do need some fresh goals... I'm still going to have to push to get my activity minutes in, especially with it being dark when I leave for work and dark when I get home. uggh...
But I'd like to head into the holidays with a little less of me showing on the scale...0 -
I love the minions, but cannot image having the stress of making myself a minion costume on top of working long hours!
I was on this thread posting last night when a neighbor called to thank me for the soup and chat about the world series, and then I thought about an errand I needed to run before it got too late, and then poof--the evening was gone. Sorry. I will really try to post daily, even it it's just a two sentence activity report.
It's probably just as well that I didn't finish that post. I was not in a good place yesterday and I don't know why. I just felt out of sorts. I have to be careful as daylight savings time ends because I have a tendency to get down when it's cold and dark. I had to admit to hubby that I was just feeling bitchy and to beware, and thank goodness he just said, "we all deserve to have a bad day every now and then," and he just rolled with it. He even went walking with me in the early evening. We were able to walk outside because the weather took a little turn to the warmer this weekend. It was still in the mid to high 50's at 5 o'clock yesterday (which was 6 o'clock the day before).
I did manage to get in my minimum activity minutes on Saturday (41 minutes) and yesterday (61 minutes), but I did not get the "reserve" minutes I should bank on the weekend.
I started to tell you about the fiasco of our Saturday museum crawl, and I may later, but for now suffice it to say that we spent seven hours commuting and waiting on people and maybe 45 minutes actually seeing the museum. Arghhhhh. Maybe that was the start of my black mood. However, at least the 41 minutes of activity on Saturday were spent walking downtown on a beautiful fall morning.
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Taking a break to get my mind somewhere else. Hubby is having a tough time dealing with the death of his brother. If he had any other family members besides me to share the grief, it might be a little easier, but there's no one else left. He does well in the morning when he's busy, but as the afternoon goes along, it seems to hit him. He looks like he has aged 10 years in the past 10 days. I feel helpless at times.
Sheesh, I'm glad you mentioned weights because it reminded me to bring a couple of 5-pound dumb bells into my office. I really want to work on my arm strength, although I still have something amiss with that one shoulder, so I have to watch for that.
With 9-10 hours at a desk, I don't know if I'll ever get 10,000 steps in each day, though. None of my work is non-sitting work. I did take a short break at lunch time and moved some plants from the garage back to the back patio. We are supposed to have moderate temps this week, so I may be able to enjoy the big baskets of ferns and baskets of vinca for a few more days. I got a text message from my walking buddy and we're set to meet tomorrow night. A day at a time. That's the mode I have to be in now. At least this time next week, the memorial service will be behind us, although I expect next Monday to be a very difficult day. 0 -
Sarah - I pray for you and your hubby. Hoping the memorial service will help on the path of the grief process. Keep getting in the activity when and where you can.
Light - I LOVE the minions. I was going to paint a couple of my fake pumpkins to look like minions, but I never pulled them out of the box. haha.
Sheesh - we may have beautiful weather. but darn your pictures are GORGEOUS!!! I hope you don't take the leave changing for granted. Pretty soon they will be bare and covered in white stuff. Keep sharing. I don't get tired of them...and they do make me get off my *kitten* as well!!!
Super busy weekend with lots of vino - I warned and I partook. Not complaining about it now....just being honest. Friday night baby shower...lots of drama - oh Lordy...so I drank a bottle by myself throughout the night. I took out our costumes Friday night when I got home at 11:30 and noticed at 11:59 that I needed 300 steps to make 10k....Dang it...didn't happen. Saturday well, started off where my phone completely died so I slept until 930 and then didn't get out of bed until 10ish...by then I'd missed my 8 am TRX class and the sun was shining too bright for a hike. Besides, we were to go to a Halloween party that night where I planned on partying pretty good, so I ran out and did my food shopping. But yeah, hubby wasn't feeling it so he decided we weren't going. Ended up across the street with my halloween goblets and vino. We polished off three bottles between three of us...yep....at least it was red..good for the heart...right...lmao. And again noticed at the 11th hour I was short just a few hundred steps. Dag Nab
Sunday...ah Sunday. I did get my morning hike in!!! Sun was still warm at 730 but the air was 60 something. GORGEOUS morning with lots of people on the trail. Didn't have it in me to "trot" or "run" - wine may have had SOMETHING to do with it, but I did put in a couple of miles. Sunday night was spent prepping for our weekly meals - Yeah...I was a good girl. I was even headed to bed at 9pm!!! But then came down at 10:15 as I just HAD to watch the Walking Dead....and then at 10:30ish...POOF the power went out all over the neighborhood and beyond. So we drove around seeing how extensive, and then I decided to go to bed. But darn it...I have sleep apnea and I need either a fan blowing air in my face or wear my mask, both require electricity. OH and wait, a friend started chatting with me about an earthquake....IN ARIZONA. it was only a 3.2 thats just a wake up nudge for a Californian... anyhow...power came on after 1am so I am tired today. Had a fully leaded coffee with an extra shot this morning and i'm still dragging. How did I do this when I was younger?
OK...so time to get back on track...I brought my workout clothes and I'm getting ready to change to go to my TRX class!!! Yes...see...lots of sidetrack over the weekend, but I'm back on track today. And today is what matters!!! So let's get focused.
Someone mentioned it - but I know I need to sit down and write out true GOALS...measurable AND achievable WITH EFFORT. Focus focus focus....
OK...gotta go change.
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