Runners that need some nutritional accountability
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@rheddmobile I had a cancerous mole taken off 2 years back I guess and when I went to my primary care doctor he told me I should stop running b/c of the sun exposure. I cant tell you how many coworkers I have tell me running is bad for me and then go on to talk about how they "lift heavy" and I ask them...yeah so how is that compressed disk in your back! LOL.
@avidkeo Water weight is so annoying, I feel like that I spend all week trying to lose something big/salty I ate for the weekend.
Yesterday was a pretty good day. Made some solid progress on admin chores. Also got my annual mental health assessment out of the way...You fill out an online questionnaire of the usual questions of feeling down, depressed, stress.... they have someone call you and ask you the exact same questions and there is usually a random question each year based of what they are "targeting" that year...this year was if I had a gambling problem. There are def some careers in the military where the stress is inexcusable and those people have every right to be stressed, sad, depressed...but I also wonder sometimes if the military is the cause of so many of these cases or if this a societal thing. We have so many resources and counselors, some embedded into units, but I find some of my Amn lack resiliency and compartmentalization skills and the basic desire to work on their mental health. They go looking for someone to solve their problems or a pill. There are some cases where a person does have a medical issue and I feel bad they are DQ'd from service, but the military is stressful...not everyone can do it, and that is fine.
I got in a 3.5 mile treadmill run, we had 33 mph gusts yesterday and it was brutal. I haven't run on the treadmill in probably a year, I had to literally brush of the cobwebs. My knees aren't sure what happened, they aren't sore, but stiff probably from the different surface. I sat on the couch and I love youtube runners, and what came up? A Brooks athlete doing mile repeats in 60 mph gusts in Arizona, touche touche
We have a chili cook-off today, I am a 3 time champion so obviously I had to through my pot in the ring. I was tired and not in the mood so I got lazy on measuring and so it came out kinda intense. I got a "mess" from the bowling alley for breakfast, it is 1100 calories of pure comfort. Good thing I don't really like chili and can skip lunch!
No exercise planned but thinking of taking my very old kitty out for a walk in his stroller. He loves it so much but he is so achy I don't take him often.
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I hate that old "running gives you bad knees". I've got a few colleagues who bring that up and I delight in telling them that it's simply not the case. I think its just an excuse people like to have so they feel more virtuous when they feel guilty for not running. Which is silly cause that's not the point.
Well i jumped on the wagon yesterday, and am firmly in my seat today. Lost some of the water weight this morning - down half a kg, or 1lb. Planned all food yesterday, have a yummy salad for lunch.
Up at 6 for a 6.5k run at race pace. The first 1.5k was so so hard. I felt like I couldn't breathe and my legs felt like led. But by the time I got to 2k I had settled into the pace and was flying. It felt fantastic! I just feel so much better today.
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@bearly63 - so glad you made it back home and that there was no disaster and no broken pipes! I saw an interesting article the other day that while the Texas system of unregulated energy was supposed to keep costs lower for Texas, most all have been paying way more than the rest of the country. So not only are they unprepared you are paying more for that privilege!
I too am on the 'get a 2nd' opinion wagon. My ex-ortho/rheumatologist told me years ago 'move it or lose it'. He said the worse thing you can do for arthritis is to stop moving. He encourage my running and everything he did was to keep me running. And the new ortho says the same but also to listen to your body. A little achy-ness is ok but pain is not. My knee with the post-traumatic osteoarthritis gets sore and I know I have done to much and rest and ice helps. I will eventually need a knee replacement but hopefully not for a while and they will come out with one I can run with! He actually told me to keep running - just not the long distances.
I can't find the article I saw - I think it was in the NE Journal of Medicine or similar, where they looked at joint (knee specifically) issues related to different sports and found running was one of the least impactful. Cycling was one of the worst. If I remember correctly going up and down stairs multiple times a day, every day, was at the top though.
I hope the steroid shot helps!
@CMorning99 - when I was a manager I had several of my people tell me later that they loved that they knew I was tough but that I was also fair and they knew why I did the things I did. The fact is you want to see them get promoted and be successful, that is why you are in that position even if they think it is only to make their lives miserable!
The winds this year have been worse than I can remember and I hate it. It was SO bad last night it woke me up twice. I keep expecting it to die down and it just seems to get worse. The only good thing is so far, no fires!
@avidkeo - you've got this!
It makes me crazy when people bring up 'bad knees' as a reason for not running or doing any activity. I just want to yell at them that maybe if they moved more their knees wouldn't be so sore. Even people with truly bad knees can do some form of activity if not running.
So I had my MRI this morning... it was, interesting. I couldn't figure out why they wanted me there so early but then they took me in for an xray and I told the tech wait, I am here for an MRI not and xray. Apparently they needed an xray of my pacemaker... to make sure it was there? Then they had the PM tech also there to check the PM and give them all the info on how it works with the MRI. The one I have automatically detects the magnets and turns off the functions that would be impacted but them. The RN though hooked me up with all kinds of electrodes and a pulse ox to monitor my HR as well as a BP cuff. She was dubious that the PM would do what the tech said it would. After the MRI she had me wait until it looked like the PM was back to normal (only takes a minute for it to realize no more magnets). I wasn't prepared mentally for how long the MRI would take so the 40 minutes seemed like an eternity to lay still and my leg was aching. now just to wait until the ortho calls me with the results.
Oh and one interesting thing. The MRI tech asked why my PM had moved? When I said I had no idea and why did he think it had moved, he said based on the previous xray in July, it had rotated by 90 degrees! He thought maybe I had had additional surgery to reposition it or something. I will have to ask the cardiologist about it when I seem him next. I am thinking it must have moved just settling in, maybe?
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I just got home and poor bear was outside alone. He was missing his cori brother. Then he was so happy I put them together he was attacking the chair.
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Nice running @CMorning99 ! I hope you won the chili cookoff again!
@shanaber Glad you got the MRI over with. That IS a long time to lay still. Interesting about the pacemaker moving. You'll have to let us know what the cardiologist says about that.
Good news on my cousin. I talked to the doctor this morning. His CT scan, which they had to sedate him for, yesterday didn't reveal any causes for his confusion. The psychologist changed his medicine yesterday and she said he is 95% better. She isn't convinced that it was the medicine change that made the difference or if it was just a coincidence. Anyway, she said if he stays like he was then, they may discharge him back to the assisted living facility tomorrow! It's all just weird.
I have new pain near one of the chest tube sites. So, I called the surgeons office, to ask about that and to let them know about what happened when I was driving on Monday (almost passed out?). Also, last night I noticed that Garmin said my HR was 48, so I checked it to see and my HR wasn't steady. It was really slow, then skipped a couple of beats, and then was normal. Bottom line is that the pain is normal and told me to take Motrin for it - it hasn't hurt all day, just on and off. They had me make an appointment with my cardiologist to check the irregular heart beat. I see him on Tuesday afternoon. In the meantime, I'll keep good notes so I can tell him what is happening and how often. They expect him to give me a Holter monitor. We'll see.
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@shanaber too weird about the rotating pacemaker!
@swenson19d Love the pics of beary playing with the chair.
@quilteryoyo It’s good to hear your cousin seems to be better. I wonder if they will ever figure out what happened! Hoping your chest pain/heartbeat isn’t anything serious.
Heartbeats can be very weird without being dangerous - I had a trigeminal dvt thing for about six months and then it went away and didn’t come back. It was like my heart was doing the cha cha cha. Badump thump thump ... and badump thump thump.... and badump thump thump. Supposedly caused by stress. Did not make me feel good but supposedly not all that dangerous for all it was scary. Hoping yours is nothing serious and goes away on its own!2 -
Oh, I forgot to mention my news! The boil water alert is lifted! So happy for something I always took for granted before.
Also, I saw chickadees at my feeder for the first time since the extreme cold. I was worried they had frozen to death, but they seem to have just gone someplace for a few days.3 -
@swenson19d - Beary is so cute! Also love your rug - it is beautiful!
@quilteryoyo - Good news about your cousin but I am sure you are wishing they had a definitive answer as to what is causing his symptoms.
On the HR - any time it changes up or down suddenly it can make you feel dizzy and out of sorts. I wish you were able to get in to see the cardiologist sooner. Did you see @HonuNui's comment in the challenge discussion?1 -
@rheddmobile - Yay for not having to boil water and chickadees returning! My hummers and finches haven't been around much with the winds we are having. I always wonder where they go so they don't just get blown away.2
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Just rereading my own comment and I meant pvc, not dvt. I had dvt in my head after reading about @Avidkeo and her calf swelling.2
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@rheddmobile Thank you! I doubt they will ever know what caused my cousin's confusion. It's so weird. Thanks for the info on the heart too. I figure since I'm having episodes of almost passing out that I really should get it checked out. Yeah for the boil water alert being lifted!!!!! That will make life so much easier.
@shanaber Thanks. Haven't seen @HonuNui 's comment yet. Heading over there in a minute.
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quilteryoyo wrote: »@rheddmobile Thank you! I doubt they will ever know what caused my cousin's confusion. It's so weird. Thanks for the info on the heart too. I figure since I'm having episodes of almost passing out that I really should get it checked out. Yeah for the boil water alert being lifted!!!!! That will make life so much easier.
@shanaber Thanks. Haven't seen @HonuNui 's comment yet. Heading over there in a minute.
Oh, definitely get it checked out ASAP! Just don’t lose sleep over it yet, there are bunches of things it could be and not all are a big deal. PVCs make you feel like you’re on a rollercoaster or a dropping elevator, it’s pretty grim, but won’t kill you. That’s what most people perceive as “skipped beats,” even though the heart isn’t actually skipping beats.
I just walked into my kitchen, turned on the tap and drank! Yay!
My hip flexor is so sore today and yesterday. It was fine after smashing myself under a barbell but really hurts now. I can’t tell if it’s an overuse thing or an injury from the lifting or a little of both.3 -
@rheddmobile Thanks. I hope your hip feels better quickly.1
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@quilteryoyo Great news about your cousin! I really hope it was just meds. And I hope your palpations are "nothing". I've had a few since covid and just chalk it up to that nasty virus and set my garmin to alert me for irregular rhythms. I am not suggesting to dismiss it, just hope it is not abnormal. I was thinking about buying a hand held EKG that goes with my stethoscope as a way to feed my neurosis, and have the buy in to learning to read EKG's.
@rheddmobile Water! clean water! wonderful! And birdies! We have a few female cardinals still around. I don't know why people think the males are so pretty, these girls are beautiful.
@Avidkeo What a scary experience. Definitely follow up on that. I assume you are on hormone birth control? Nice run too! I'm jealous.
@bearly63 I saw some homes were in ruins after losing heat in Texas and the pipes froze then thawed and just water everywhere. Mental note that if the power goes out, shut the water off at the main. Good to see you here, er back home safely.
the hip(s)... sounds like you and I are in the same boat. I assume there are no plans to move forward with the replacement? I am very interested in your and @CMorning99 hip experience. I feel we are mirrors of each other in a way. I am serious on a "hippie" vacation- with all ya'll. I need one. well, I think the world needs one.
with that..
I scheduled an appointment in late April with a hip/knee replacement surgeon to see where we are, where he thinks I am with needing a replacement. I like the rod, as odd as that seems, and don't want to part with bone for an artificial joint...I don't know how I'd act if I had less pain day to day. It seems like a pipe dream. LOL! But My last exam grade was failing at 74 (76 is passing). I have to get my puppies and kittens in order. I took an antidepressant today which will help with pain and hopefully help with these episodes of mental dullness. I think "dull" doesn't quite cover it, more of a stupid and I can not recall any information. I argued with DH about a temperature conversion, stuff I know and can do in my head but could not even find the relationship in my head. It's like an inky black wall of dumb. Which I'll save to tell the neurologist, if i remember, in early April. I'm leaning that this is likely PTSD and not a neurological disorder. But the numbness and tingling hasn't let up and is now on my face and my bottom lip quivers occasionally for 2-3 seconds. Just long enough for me to try to video it and it stops.
Nursing school
Other than the poo poo exam grade and horrible hip pain I am enjoying it still. I got to do an ER rotation at a very small hospital. I really really like the doctor's job way more than the nurses. I will research some opportunities in imaging or look at the NP seriously (assuming my brain doesn't quit on me and I can get past these horrible pain episodes).
last rant...
dh. Bought a duck (packaged, frozen) for christmas. Christmas duck was an Alex thing, no way I was fixing it and eating it. He decided it needed to be cooked, dug it out of the deep freezer, thawed it in the fridge for days, then set it out on the counter yesterday... for hours. I asked about it. He was hoping someone would cook it. Full stop. LOL! jeez... no dear, the elves are on vacation this week.5 -
@quilteryoyo The body is such an amazing and complicated thing, Most times I don’t even try to understand why things happen... so many relationships and interconnection. Glad your cousin is able to relax.
@swenson19d The duck story had me laughing so hard!!
I guess I missed a day yesterday. It was a telework day for me so I was in meetings all morning. DH felt bad and brought me breakfast, the 1200 calorie one Doh! I find when I eat that much in morning, it does not end well. Yesterday was the second day in a row where I was 2-300 cals over maintenance. I also did not run. I had a 4 miler on the books, but I told my coach I have a medically documented mental block about running on Friday’s... this one slipped through I guess.
Today I slept in till 8:30!!!! Holy cow! Just had some toast and coffee and need to get dressed for my run. My new shoes did not show up as promised yesterday and that makes me sadder than I would like to admit LOL.
Would like to stay busy today and stay under cals to offset the past 2 days. Hopefully I can get down to my non-chaffing weight before summer and I don’t have to wear 2 layers of shorts.2 -
@CMorning99 I tell ya, the duck story was not funny yesterday when DD and I were just dumb-founded at the ducky move! Today it is a bit entertaining.
I forgot to say thanks @shanaber Yes the group text issue was on my computer, the android was fine with it, apple not so. I got it figured out, I think I just needed to designate it as a group contact in my phone and its all good. This new Dell laptop is still acting stupid, I am hoping it dies so I can get an apple laptop.0 -
@swenson19d Have you thought about the possibility that you have some neuro aftereffects of Covid? Your “wall of dumb” just sounds an awful lot like how Covid long-haulers describe their issues, and it comes up months after the infection.4
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@swenson19d - I too laughed at the duck story. I had something similar with dh yesterday and all his dishes left in the sink. I finally asked if there was a reason they were left there and he said something like 'um, no just waiting for them to go in the dishwasher'. My first thought was wondering if he really thought they were going to go there on their own. I love your thought, I may even use it. 'No dear the kitchen elves are on vacation 😂'
Have you given any thought that the dullness could be related to peri-menopause? I have been listening to that Hit Play Not Pause podcast and brain fog and sleep issues seem to be recurring problems that women bring up. I have been jumping around and not listening in order but yesterday I listened to the 1st episode and they talked about that and some of the things that help. Just a thought to consider.
Also on that same podcast they mentioned two things to help with sleeping and getting to sleep. First was not eating for at least 2 hours before bedtime and 2nd was having a glass of cold tart cherry juice right before bedtime. The not eating is because digestion and sleeping are both parasympathetic processes and the body will prioritize digestion. The tart cherry juice doesn't have much sugar and so does not need the digestive process and helps similar to melatonin without actually needing to take melatonin.
@quilteryoyo - I hope the medication change is the fix for your cousin and that he gets to go home soon.
@CMorning99 - I am sure your body must have needed that extra sleep after a stressful day yesterday! I hate when you are waiting for new shoes (or clothes) that you want to wear on your next run and they don't come. So very disappointing. I hope it was a good run despite that!
I took Hobbes for a pretty long walk yesterday that was pretty painful if I am honest. He needed it though as he had a vet appointment in the afternoon and I didn't want him to be totally crazy. This was a recheck on all his bumps old and new. The 'bump map' is crowded... she did find 2 that are of real concern. One that we have been watching on his belly and a new one on the back of his leg. So she took needle biopsies and sent them off to the lab. ☹️ Hoping we will hear back early next week. The vet who has done his surgeries in the past is out to have surgery himself so I am guessing if surgery is needed they will send us to the veterinary oncology center.
I am waiting on my results too but not expecting to hear anything until probably mid-week or later. in the meantime I will do some walking and strength training and trying to keep my eating in check. So far I am still under 150. Not dropping much but I don't really expect to at this point.1 -
Stupid MFP - I cannot edit my post. Wanted to say on my comment about peri-menopause:
ETA - or the covid side affects like @rheddmobile suggests. I hadn't thought of that
Anyone know why MFP won't let me save, or even cancel out of, an edit update? It seems to only be in this discussion group. I don't have a problem on any of the others I am in. Is it a setting or something I need to change?0 -
@swenson19 re the knee replacement, a common comment my patients make who get a replacement (knee or hip) is "I wish I did this years ago". I've had many regular patients who tried everything else, resisted and resisted because "it's not natural" and sure as heck, they almost always say tha above once it's done. So my (very in scientific advice) is if they are suggesting it, go for it. My SIL is in the same position atm.3
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Am on call this weekend, so am mostly a zombie. Have skimmed and hugged.
Weight is back down to about 1lb, 0.5kg above where I was 2 weeks ago. Whew. There was a lot of peeing over the last few days. It was getting a little annoying, but very satisfying when I stepped on the scale. I actually lost 3kg (6lb) of water weight in 3 days! No wonder I spent half my day in the bathroom haha.
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@rheddmobile Yes I absolutely thought it was COVID related. An instructor mentioned it in class and wanted to work with us if we experienced it. But honestly what are they gonna do? let me retest on a good day? I have a remediation appointment Monday but I don't expect any leniency. I guess I should look at how long this wall of dumb lasts. Today is a better day. I have been over eating and over sleeping hoping it is just fatigue. It's just hit and miss finding a good day.
@shanaber menopause could also be part of the issue, I agree. I am almost 51... eek. I can not believe your DH puts his dishes in the sink!!! wow! Mine won't and even leaves trash on the counter or in the sink!!! *aghast my mama would have beat me sideways if I'd tried such a thing*. Today the empty dog treat bag and the empty cat food bag were in the floor, I inquired... "oh I thought we were just leaving trash anywhere". I am not kidding, all the trash is his.
MFP. The only luck I've had is refreshing the page. Here, we don't mind the bumbles and 5 posts in a row
Oh poor Hobbes. I hope they are nothing of concern, fingers crossed for him. I love cherry juice, but it won't love me back and I have terrible GI issues.
@Avidkeo I agree, there aren't many stories about regrets on that hip replacement. The doc I found had amazing reviews so I am hoping he won't jerk me around. I know I've had a lot of issues and am thankful the first surgeon helped but... man I can't help but to feel he could have been a bit more aggressive, although I am in a good spot financially because of his timing, so I'll allow it. I wish I could pee out some weight. Mine is up up up...
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@swenson19d Sorry about all of your pain, the test, the mental fogginess... I really think you are doing good with everything you are going through.
@CMorning99 2 - 300 calories over maintenance isn't too bad. It would take 10 days of that to gain a pound. Glad you got to sleep in. Hope your shoes came today and you had a good run.
@shanaber Sorry to hear about Hobbes. I hope the biopsies come back clear. Hope your leg feels better too and you get some answers soon. I've had that problem with edit here too. If the edit icon doesn't show up, I refresh and it is there. It is only on this thread that it happens. Not tech savvy, so I have no idea what to do about it. LOL
Yeah for the weight loss @Avidkeo ! That is one positive to peeing a lot.
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@shanaber @swenson19d - Just gotta brag on my husband - he may not be good for much else, but he does the dishes! Like, rinses them so well I can’t always tell if the dishwasher has been run, puts them in right after meals, and so on. His momma is maybe just a little bit obsessive when it comes to cleanliness and there was a brief adjustment period when we married and he had opinions about the way I did things and I may have suggested that if he felt the need to have opinions he needed to do it himself. So... now he does. Which works for me, since dishes were my job at home growing up and I would rather throw them out in the yard than do them now that I have my own home.
@shanaber I hope Hobbes gets good news!
@Avidkeo Yay for peeing a lot!
I also seem to have had the same sort of water weight issue probably related to slamming myself with weights - I’ve been around 153 since Christmas, have been way up over 156 for the past three days, got a lot of sleep, today back down to 152.2 which is much more like it. I’m hoping that this indicates my hip pain will go away too. It’s not bothering me right now but I don’t trust it.2 -
@shanaber and @swenson19 if I ever complain about my husband you can tell me to sit in my corner. He's not perfect but is pretty awesome. He's the house husband so he does all the laundry, cooking, dishes etc. I tend to do the vacuuming and that's about it really. Because he's SAHD he does the bulk of the kids, though I take over when I get home and weekends.
He very much shows love by doing things. It's taken me about 20 years to really appreciate that about him. It used to drive me mad, because I'm a huggy person and he isn't. Now I can see all the small things he does to show he cares.
OK brag over. He still does things that drive me crazy, but we usually figure it out. Atm I'm going a bit stir crazy because when we moved into this house we were going to put in a bath - an absolute must for me. When we found out how much that was going to cost (our bathroom is actually a bit small for a bath) we compromised on a spa - but an inflatable spa. It's cool having the spa but there is no shelter from rain and it keeps breaking down. Now I want to use some equity to fix our bathroom, be he's refusing point blank to consider it. He's so tight with money!
Weight is the same today. Hubby is in full competition with me now. He keeps asking how many calories in foods. I told him last night to download MFP haha.
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Lazy Sunday! Ok maybe not, I sat on the couch all day yesterday rewatching the 2016 women’s triathlon. Folks always ask me if I will do a tri... don’t tell anyone but I can’t ride a bike...😆 But I told myself I would get my moms 2020 taxes done (They should waive them 🙄). Not likely to happen but will get a few things accomplished today.
I have been sleeping too much and now my neck hurts and I have that overslept grog. I got in a lovely 3.5 hill run today, even wore a running skirt. Really want a PBJ for lunch.
Calories are looking ok today, seem to have gotten the munchies out of my system... maybe... DH brought home Ruffles again.
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@Avidkeo I love that your dh is tight with money. Mine isn't responsible at all, well he kinda is but wont hesitate to take on large purchases, like he got dd a car, fixed the foundation some, paved the drive way... I just think he buys too many chips and cookies! It's all fine in the end here since it's just us and no kids to save for.
@CMorning99 A tri would be hard... Maybe a sprint tri or a duathalon?
I'm tired. Just barely caught up on school work the last minute. Following through with the antidepressants. Mentally i am doing better. I've about had it with studying cardiac drugs though.3 -
@rheddmobile Yeah for your DH. My husband had lived by himself for a few years before we got married. He was much neater than I am. We shared chores. I cooked. He took care of the dishes. I cleaned the baths and dusted. He vacuumed and mopped. He didn't go to church with me, so would do the laundry on Sunday mornings. We both mowed and did the things that needed to be done outside. I think I was lucky. He would not be happy at the state of the house right now. LOL Great job on the weight loss and I hope the hip stayed pain free!
@Avidkeo Glad you can brag about your DH. Laughed that he is in full competition with you on the food and weight. I think that's wonderful.
@CMorning99 Glad you had a good run - in a running skirt. It was warm here today too. I don't swim very well, so a tri would not be for me.
I had my normal, busy Sunday morning and then lunch and visit with mom. A friend of mine had gotten mom some potatoes - had a get one/buy one free, so wanted to give the free one to mom. She was going to bring it to her, but mom thought we should at least go get them. They were going to be home at 3, but it was so nice out today, I hated to not get to take Tippy for a walk and get my walk in. So, we opted to go to my friends at 4.
I did get in my 2 mile walk and sat outside for almost an hour. It was partly cloudy, windy, but 76°F! That's a record high for this day for us. I was glad I worked it out so that I got to spend a little time outdoors. I needed that.
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Hey everyone! February was a hard month for me. I really struggled the first couple of weeks.
I need to keep tracking my food (even when I binge) and get back on weighing and measuring myself even if I won't like what it says. I didn't weigh in or measure all of February.
I ended with 85 miles for February, most in the last two weeks. I think I had 9, 16, 27 and 32 miles. At least I built up lol
Plan for March:
•track all food
•measurements this weekend
•weigh in weekly
•prep/train for Yeti Challenge in 3/274 -
Adding: I want to check in with this group at least once a day. Y'all are my favorite here.
(I know I'm not southern but I'm working to replace "guys" in my vocab. Y'all is the best alternative I've found so far)3
