Weigh-in May 22-28

GaGasheesh

SW: 156
LW: 125.2
TW: 123.6

I'm pleasantly surprised. I think playing with the grandkids (which included a very active pool day, and playing tag in the back yard) burned more calories than I had expected. Also, I got right back on the wagon on Monday, so not as much damage as I had imagined.

Sarah, I'm so sorry about the loss of your friend And from a car accident is so sudden and tragic. I guess we're starting to be in that time of life where loss is another stressor. I learned yesterday that a man I had a relationship with before I married my hubby died last year from cancer. It struck me kind of hard, but I haven't talked about it with hubby because it was a relationship I ended when I met hubby, and he might wonder why it still hurts so much after 41 years of happy married life. I have plans with girlfriends on Friday evening, so I think I might spill my pain with them . . I know they'll understand.

Hopefully your hubby's massage will ease some pain, and he'll enjoy the holiday weekend. We don't have plans to go anywhere, do you? It actually feels good to have a weekend at home. I plan to get our yard and patio spruced up for the summer . . so very low key.

Have a nice (long) weekend!

Lastchancelj

Sarah - First I really do appreciate your efforts to post on the FB page. I truly believe we can engage the other gals and thereby strengthen our support system. I also really we are kind of like the three muskateers in that we've continued to be here for one another. Like you, it's very challenging to find ANYONE to do fitness with. Walk, hike or workout. My trainer is the only one, and she doesn't workout WITH me, she just likes to tell me what to do...hahaha. Have you tried any of the podcasts Sheesh had shared? They sound interesting and I've noted them on my phone for when I get back out there.

I am so sorry to hear about both of your friends. Accidents and Cancer SUCK!!! Sheesh - I had a similar situation a few months back. A childhood friend and brief boyfriend, but more like one of the sandlot and hubby just didn't get how to support me when I found out. My gf called me as soon as she'd heard he'd had a heart attack that morning and bam, I was texting and messaging as I couldn't believe it. Hubby's response was like whatever, I didn't know him. I did, since I was 9! thanks for your comfort hubby of 30 years - NOT. and yes, we dated briefly off and on before I met hubby. So I get how you may not have the support from your hubby. Guys just don't get it. Really bummed about the delay in the injection. that really stinks. Hopefully hubby can find relief until his injection.

Sheesh - your reduction is AMAZING, FANTASTIC and MOTIVATING!!! Thank you for always posting and sharing.

We have a crazy weekend planned. Friday we drive three hours to CA state line to have MIL car smog checked and then come back. We plan on leaving at 7am, so hopefully we'll be home early afternoon before we're over 100. We're taking a corolla, so yeah, we're praying to not hit horrible traffic on our way back either. Saturday address some things at the house that have been neglected. Sunday we have the grandkids visiting and possibly our other friends joining us... If others come, I'm ordering food. grilling kills me right now. Monday we are going to RELAX!! Hoping the pool water is bearable and I can start swimming laps for my neck.

SarahMaxx

Yeah! Thanks for posting here, Sheesh.

SW: 156
LW: 141.4
TW: 141.2

Hubby seems a little more relaxed since he got back from the massage. And your comment about your old friend is just too uncanny. We do have so much in common. Same circumstances--relationship before hubby that I haven't really discussed for various reasons--and I learned a few months ago that this man died of cancer in February two years ago, I think. Made me think about what I would be dealing with now had that relationship worked out. A widow in my early 60s.

We do have some plans for the weekend, in fact, more than I wish we did. We have a memorial service for our friend tomorrow night, our three neighbors who go to the pool with us are coming for a cookout on Saturday night, and on Monday, we're going to big picnic. I don't like the large group gatherings much, but hubby does. He's much more social than me, and we've been invited before but didn't go, so. . . But at least I have Sunday, which I hope will give me some time to finish the planting that had to be put on hold when the rain came. It has been raining here since Monday morning.

SarahMaxx

Apparently you and I were posting about at the same time yesterday, Lois, so although mine is stamped four minutes ahead of yours, I didn't see your post until today. You probably have to refresh or go out and back in to see something posted while you're there. Otherwise I would have also thanked you for also humoring me and posting here as well as Facebook. Yes, the three of us have quite a history together now, and our cyber-friendship has become sort of part of the fabric of my life.

We are getting cool, rainy weather again. Last night we needed jackets. I like that better than the swamp weather DC is famous for in the summer, but I do hope that we get a break for the holiday weekend.

Drive carefully to Cali, Lois. I've heard that it's predicted that there will be more people on the road this Memorial Day than there has been in something like 12 years! I guess gas prices are a little lower and probably people just need a break from all the worries that are spinning around us.

Have a good weekend.

SarahMaxx

Never skip logging food for more than a day. Honestly, I logged last on Friday afternoon and it took me forever to remember what I had for dinner Friday night. And logging for Saturday was a bear, too, because we had friends over for a cookout, and so there was a multitude of food between pre-dinner snacks and dinner itself, some of which I only had two bites of, but which I needed to log.

Arghhhh. I have been in a logging and walking funk that I have to get out of. I realized this morning that I'm feeling a little depressed. I haven't had that "out of sorts with the world" feeling in a while. It may be going more than a week without sunshine. Saturday night we were lucky to have the rain stop so that we could eat outside after drying off all the chairs and putting out dry cushions. But it was still gloomy looking. Some type of front has stalled over us.

So I don't have a lot of time (we're due at a large bar-b-que at 11: 30 (these things are not my cup of tea), but I wanted to tell on myself because it helps me recognize what is going on and take some steps to get out of this dark mood.

Lastchancelj

looking on FB for updates from someone special in Maryland.... tee hee hee

SarahMaxx

It's not going to be a tee hee hee, I'm afraid. I weighed with clothes on this morning, but I'm afraid the holiday with two food affairs caught up with me. Tomorrow is weigh-in day for me. (Sigh)