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Hugs to all having challenging times, especially Ama and Lana. Nik, I hope your day got better too. Hang in there.2
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SATURDAY
Good morning,
Today I want to focus on getting more walking in and drinking more water - does this sound like a broken record? Need to apply more action and less goal setting.
Nothing different on tap for "to do" so that is appreciated.
Made online purchase and to get free shipping I bought crock pot liners - will wait until they arrive and make Lasagna next weekend.
Okay - cboy package on way to Dawn- check in when you can.
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Good morning all! Sara--more water is always a great idea.
I'm just finishing my coffee, then exercise. Am going to do the great winter switchover this weekend, but which I mean, put away our summer clothes and bring out the warm stuff. Have tons o laundry to do on that front as I bought several used coats, etc. for my child that need to be de-tagged and laundered.
We were supposed to have baseball (last game of season)+hockey today, but I think we're looking at hockey and martial arts instead because of relentless rain.3 -
Good morning everybody!
I'm up and rushing to go walking with two ladies from my Wednesday walking group. We are having much cooler temps at long last. Yay~~
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Lana
252.6 today
255.0 highest
179.0 goal5 -
Hi all!
It took some time over a couple days to get caught up. I moved last weekend - all my stuff - by myself - across town. I wanted to keep the movers at 2 hours and they often have a skill of pushing it and drawing it out. But 9 min to the confirmed arrival time they sent a message that they weren’t coming ever and thanked me for my understanding. They are the ones who wanted to push to Sunday because they overbooked Saturday and pushed me out of my previously agreed time. It’s not easy to find a mover on Sunday. So I rented a cargo van because the ones I found had trucks that would be too big. Oh the stress of having my straight shot from point A to point B go right by the fair and the movers made me take a whole different route adding several extra dollars to my mileage and turning one trip into two. I was beyond exhausted because of all my health problems each day. Not sure how I did it.
During this, I had to have my car towed twice in two days due to white smoke coming out the engine. I grabbed an Uber the first day and went to clean my old apartment and grab my last load to turn in my keys on time. An apartment they are going to demolish literally, but the manager said if I didn’t clean, I wouldn’t get my deposit back. I almost crashed 5 times in three days due to severe pain and exhaustion causing my body to stop functioning enough to even drive, but had to push through. There was no one to help or call for help. Financial help and prayers were great, I am just saying it would have been so appreciated to have another hand helping literally.
The new place has so much wrong no one can figure out why it passed. I have only 8 outlets that work out of 30 inside... so that is a huge inconvenience. I’m not able to cook anything in oven or on stove yet and have to go to the Y to bathe. But the Y that is closer to me now has a therapy pool with warmer water and with strong jets at one end. They also have a sauna and better privacy options with the small sitting area just outside the showers and dressing rooms which the other Y did not have. So that is a plus!
I’ve been running around to get paperwork done for various government entities so as to keep all my assistance going. I worked in the welfare office back home so I’m always on top of getting my paperwork done and turning in my documentation. The folks here at the welfare office, housing, and Social Security are a bit shocked by me sometimes. Some have even said I should work for them and I tell them I pretty much did and that’s why I’m on top of it. I got yelled at and cussed out and threatened by those who did not for too many years!
I bailed out of a two day conference and had others take my place just to rest. I’m still struggling with pain, exhaustion and even mental fatigue from the week. I wanted to at least post something to update y’all and say that I’m here still. My step count has been high - that’s for sure 😁
Hope y’all have a great weekend. I’m not sure about my own goals. Guess cleaning this new place and unpacking in less than a year. Does that count?
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Good morning! Scale is still trending up! Ugh oh well it’s the weekend and it’s supposed to be a pretty beautiful one at that! I’m definitely getting out for a walk!3
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Hello lying on sofa next to roaring log fire in my French home having helped my other half bring in his grape harvest today. It’s hard work. So it was good for the calorie burn. Trouble is you then have a three hour French lunch cooked by my mother in law for all the workers so probably eaten back more than all the calories I’ve burned. Feeling tired. I had a bad day yesterday as had a 6am flight to get out here and I’m finding I’m just too tired to then really work remotely which is what I had to do. Oh well I’ll have to make up some hours tomorrow. Going to have early night tonight to make back my sleep which I hardly had on Thursday due to Friday am early flight!
Not doing well otherwise on exercise so I need to sort my head out. I’ve just got to Move and not sit!!!!
Well done Runa for battling through. You did an awesome job in very trying circs. Be proud of yourself xxxx
Sara - not a broken record - we just have to keep at it. The best thing is we are not giving up:)))) that is the most important thing.
Lana - can’t believe you are happy at temp going down!!! It’s so cold in UK - wish we had your heat 😂😂😂
Love and waves to all 🍇🍇🍇🍇 grapes now fermenting 🍷🍷🍷🍷4 -
SUNDAY
Morning all and sorry I missed you a yesterday. We went for a road trip to see my young horse.
Runa sounds like you had a very trying time and I'm so sorry you had to cope with all of that by yourself. That said you obviously did manage all of it so huge well done to you and I hope once it's sorted you will be very happy in your new home.
Sara, hope you're okay.
Laura sounds like you're doing loads too! Busy weekend to everyone!
Lana I also can't believe you're happy about being colder! It's an average of about 12 degrees C here at the moment!
As for my road trip well I drove the 400 mile return trip to see my young horse and have somehow also ended up buying his cousin of the same age. Picture below if I can make it work. So 15 years of dreaming of having one of these horses and now I'll have 2 at once! So excited. I think I've decided to call him Malachi or Kai for short, and she's going to be Caoimhe ( which is pronounced Kee-va) both Irish names for Irish bred horses. They come home on the 30th October so even better reason to get my weight down. I want to be fit enough to keep up with them! 😂
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Good morning,
Thank you Niki for starting us off, I was awake too much middle of night. Turned on AYBS and heard Captain Peacock and Mrs Slocombe fell asleep before finishing the first episode. Easy to fall asleep when you hear "old friends" on the tele.
Groceries and 2 more errands later. Hope to get nap in today -read book yesterday and lost track of time.
We are having an Air Show this weekend so today is the last day of being buzzed by the super sonic planes at the end, four day event that brings in good money, just glad only once a year.
Niki do you have the buildings for horses or will they be cared for close by?
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Good morning all! Lovely fall day here today, after a drizzling day yesterday.
Lana--Being part of a walking group sounds wonderful! I hope you had a lovely walk!
Runa--Wow, giant hugs to you--you are working so hard to change your life and making your dreams real. I wish I were there to support you in person but you are really getting it done by your own power. I hope you get a little rest and self-care, maybe taking a turn at that splendid sauna!
Ama--I haven't yet hopped on the scale, but I'm pretty sure it will be up for me as well. Gah. Weekends are hard.
Laura--I hope some of that hard work pays off on the scale for you, despite the fabulous French meal!
Nik--I love those names for horses. And what a wonderful motivation to continue to work on your fitness goals!
Sara--So sorry for the rough night of sleep, but I'm glad you found the trick. I really like this youtube channel for their 8-hour "soothing" sleep sounds. A lot of people like their sleep stories, but I haven't found them appealing. You might, though, because different things work for different people. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChSpME3QaSFAWK8Hpmg-Dyw
I hate a hard time staying on plan today. Reboot today. Also, my sons two fall/winter sports and laundry! Major work deadlines this week so I really need to be ready for the week.
Hugs to all who follow and lurk!
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Hello Ladies~~
Big hugs to Runa - what a *kitten* you just went through. Hang in there. I wonder what's up with the non-working circuits in your apartment. I love trying to solve electrical mysteries.
Nikki - congrats on the two horses. I don't know how horse people do it. I can't even muster the wherewithal to get a dog! LOL!
Laura - I am so jealous of your France time. 🍇
Waving to Ama and Skinny and Sara and Missy and Dawn and Kathryn and Tracy and Lynn and Tracey and everyone else who stops by today.
*flopping onto favorite lounge chair for a nap*
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Well... this is gonna take a bit to get caught up. Community has been "Unavailable" for a few days... goodness....
Waves to everyone... will start reading 56 posts I missed...eeekkk4 -
Dawn --we missed you. Welcome back!0
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apple / pear sauce made - leftover teriyaki chicken I made for dinner+.
Amazon said they delivered package??? I will wait a couple of days to see......
TMI - something women have monthly found me again - I am in the high end age range for this to stop.....luckily I am prepared for such things.
Looking for a cotton plaid shirt to wear for Halloween - why is it so hard to find?
Dawn - thank you for not giving up the ship and read away we have been busy bees on this board.
Last of the Blue Angels buzzing us until next year.
Wishing all a good night.2 -
Tilliesmommy1 wrote: »apple / pear sauce made - leftover teriyaki chicken I made for dinner+.
Amazon said they delivered package??? I will wait a couple of days to see......
TMI - something women have monthly found me again - I am in the high end age range for this to stop.....luckily I am prepared for such things.
Looking for a cotton plaid shirt to wear for Halloween - why is it so hard to find?
Dawn - thank you for not giving up the ship and read away we have been busy bees on this board.
Last of the Blue Angels buzzing us until next year.
Wishing all a good night.
Check out LL Bean. They have plaid shirts.2 -
Missy - I was looking at Lands End and LLBean - amazon could not get me anything I wanted until at Halloween. Target near me is a possibility and I will be in that area this weekend, so I will wait - thank you. I was willing to spend extra $$$ for something, but I had to be willing to wear it a long time and colors are so-so.
Onward and upward. Romance novel to finish.1 -
Tilliesmommy1 wrote: »Missy - I was looking at Lands End and LLBean - amazon could not get me anything I wanted until at Halloween. Target near me is a possibility and I will be in that area this weekend, so I will wait - thank you. I was willing to spend extra $$$ for something, but I had to be willing to wear it a long time and colors are so-so.
Onward and upward. Romance novel to finish.
Oh man that stinks! Do you have a Kohl’s near you?
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MONDAY
Morning all. Hope everyone is okay? Glad to see you back Dawn and hope the catching up doesn't take too long! We seem to post a lot!
Sara I'm sorry to hear about your bad night, hope you've had a better sleep now. In answer to your question about the horses, we aren't lucky enough to have our own land so we pay to board the horses with other people. The two we currently have are at a lovely place 5 minutes away which has facilities for riding and lots of nice people around. The two babies will be going to a big field in the countryside where they can be with other babies and do their growing. They can't be ridden until they are at least 3 and a half but I will wait until they are about 4/5 before I start them. Then we will move them to a place with a riding arena and stables.
Lana, we are lazy horse owners, we pay for them to be cared for every day so that we can just do the fun stuff. Though that does mean that I have to work full time rather than being a lady of leisure. It's kind of a trade off, I either work so I don't need to go out and get cold wet and muddy twice a day, or I don't work and have 4 horses to look after myself which would probably take a similar amount of time and not leave me any money left over. So I work!
Anyway enough about me and horses for now! Must get back to work. I have an appointment 2 hours away, I'm not even dressed yet and I' supposed to be meeting an old friend for dinner afterwards as I haven't sen him for months. Wondering if he will notice anything different, though in fairness 30lbs might sound a lot but when I need to lose another 100lbs + it's not that noticeable. My mother didn't even notice this weekend! Avoided a lecture about dieting but still a bit miffed she didn't say anything too! The lectures are epic though so probably a licky escape, I'm just awkward to please!
Hope everyone has a good day. Doubt I'll be back before tomorrow now though.2 -
MONDAY
Good morning,
Weigh in - no change taking it and working on this week.
Missy - used to. Will try Target first.
Niki- thank you about the horse info. My experience as an adult with horses is reading Dick Francis books. Have a great dinner.
Hard boiled eggs for one snack to see if it helps this week.
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Good morning all!
Crazy busy week ahead. Scale stubborn, typical weekend upward creep. I might try logging in WW this week to keep myself accountable. I did do 20 minutes on the elliptical this morning. Will try to do another 20-30 tonight plus maybe a strength workout.
Good to see Missy and Dawn and Sara and Nik and Lana. Waving hi to Ama, Tracy, Kathryn, and Runa and all who follow and those who lurk! Have a great day everyone. Drink lots of water.3 -
Good Monday morning!
My daughter from Colorado home all weekend. Had a magnificent time! Great family visits. Won't weigh in today - will wait to see the damage tomorro
Sarah - I am just going to put this out there - about your TMI. How long has it been. I have something burned in my brain - When I went to the Dr with my MIL and she kind of got scolded that if after we as women go full into menopause, if we haven't had period for over a year and we start bleeding again we must see a Dr. So...you don't have to answer my question - I just wanted to tell you that.
Laura - do you make wine with your grapes?
RUNA! So very happy to hear from you again - you should be VERY proud of how you were so resiliant and got your move done. I hope someone will come help you with the issues it has...
Lana - keep on poking in here. I hope your head is better...
Nik - beautiful horse. Very exciting!
Dawn - HELLO! Glad to hear from you.
Ama, Skinny, and all others who pop in - Hello and lets all have great NSV and SV this week!
Lynn5 -
Lynn - only 6 months, I have yet to have the 12 month "dry spell" to qualify for being post menopause, I thank you for caring - women well after menopause can have the issue and that is a serious reason to see a dr.4
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Waving hi to Lynn and Sara and to all who follow. Putting my head down and getting back to work. Don't forget to drink more water, all!2
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skinnytacular wrote: »Waving hi to Lynn and Sara and to all who follow. Putting my head down and getting back to work. Don't forget to drink more water, all!
Was a little disappointed in the word water being the end of that sentence
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Happy Monday all!
Ugh 😑 Definitely need to drink more water!
Those horses are BEAUTIFUL!!
Spent the afternoon yesterday in the therapy pool walking against the jets for extra resistance. Met a couple regulars.
Starting to feel like a human being again instead of a walking disaster. Oh the pain was so bad! Much better now. Hope to get to work on new place by this weekend. The manager seems to have forgotten all the requests I wrote and he said he’d start on. Going to have to be the squeaky wheel.
Checked out a new church this week and the first person I walked into as I entered was a fellow Minnesotan! He was identifiable by the purple Vikings shirt. SKOL! 😀
Waving to all! Will try to get back before the end of the week!
Runa5 -
Hey there Girls~~
I thought that I was going to get SO MUCH done today, so that I could coast tomorrow before leaving on Wednesday, but that did not work out at all. *kitten!*
Caveat: I may not get back here until Thursday, once I am up in NYC.
Sara - keep an eye on the Cabana Boys for me!!! They should have a great Wednesday Happy Hour for us.
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Walking home I thought the cboys are bored - I am sending them off to each of you as a care package. I will make sure Runa's is a fix it expert. Scented candles, low calorie yummy drinks and foot massages on tap for all of us. After the blow out Wednesday Happy Hour where we will burn major calories dancing to disco music, we deserve pampering.
Lana - thank you for the heads up on your schedule this week.
Got all my packages today, so Halloween costume fits (not well but lose a couple pounds....), romance novels are here and Mary Kay products for me.....
My NSV is I looked through the snack machine TWICE and nothing talked to me. Pretty impressive for me.
Wishing all a great evening.5 -
skinnytacular wrote: »Dawn --we missed you. Welcome back!
Thank you! I missed everyone...MFP can be a real pain for me, sometimes...3 -
Waves everyone! I am caught up. But, as i'm terrible at keeping things straight in my response...I will just start here and say, I missed everyone and glad to be back. I think it's more my phone than MFP... it'll happen again, I'm sure....
Temps have finally dropped, which is good and bad. I really love this time of year...I was able to get in a walk, today and hope to do more this week.. but, this week has already brought lots of sickness, all around me! DH has been sick (sore throat, achy) all weekend.. couple girls at work are sick, one has pneumonia...I'm doomed... bought some Emergen-C... not what I thought it was, but will give it a shot...
Had to break down and buy new, only slightly better Wal Mart shoes. Trying to wait and get good ones. But, my feet hurt so bad today i'm not even sure how I made it thru Wal Mart. I was nearly in tears. I walk on the insides of my feet... zero arch support in shoes... couldn't take it anymore. I checked out the site Sara shared and found there is a store back home. May check it out. My feet have never hurt so bad.
Hope everyone has a good night.3 -
TUESDAY
Good morning,
I got one extra glass of water in yesterday.
Dawn, the arch supports are $$$ but I have had mine for 10 years, so if you go think of it as long term.... Your job has you on your feet all day. I dont have to buy $$$$ shoes with the inserts - I have to still buy decent ones but I can shop sales.
Snacks today are string cheese/hard boiled egg/banana and yogurt (not greek)- hoping to keep the sweet tooth in check at work - home is another battle. One war at a time.
More training today - larger binder was on my desk yesterday and
I thought "holy kitten" how much stuff is there? I bought a binder like I had for my last job. I may not have to use it, I may gift it to another lady at work. I could try and take it back, but without receipt?? Just better to gift.
Wave to all who follow. Lurking when I can and if I can.1
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