Weigh In Dec 11 - Dec 17
wiredkell
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Well it's not my weigh in day, but I needed to post just to give myself crap. Honestly, what is wrong with me?! I've been feeling like I'm starving lately (but I'm sooo not) and eating crappy! I haven't been paying attention and just eating whatever and then afterwards shaking my head.. like what did I just do. Plus I have this stupid friggin cold again. I'm feeling disgusting, yet by the end of the day I just don't care and don't have enough energy to do anything. I head home tomorrow for 21 days off, which will hopefully kick my butt into gear. It sure is hard being away from my family for 8 days at a time.
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Wow--21 days off! I am so envious. I have not had more than a week off at a time in years! I chose the wrong profession. :-) But then again, I've been teleworking since 2004, which is before it became commonplace, so I'm very lucky in that aspect. I need to remember to focus on the good things. Perspective is the key to my mental health. LOL
Glad you're back on the board, Kelly. We do miss you when you're not logging. I can just imagine juggling all you've talked about, though. You do have a full and overflowing plate, but I hope you'll take some time for yourself, too. I have a long history of not doing that, and I look back and wonder why. I have high hopes for us all in 2018.
I can relate to the frustration about the scale and food. I seem to be able to just do what keeps me steady, and I have trouble getting enough of a deficit to move the scale down. When I got my first bodybugg, something in my brain just clicked, and I was able to focus only on what I was eating and let hubby do as he needed or wanted, and I was making much better choices. I need to channel that person, whoever she was. I had my physical on Friday and the PA told me that I'm not really overweight but that my overall health would really benefit from my losing just 5 pounds. Just 5 pounds. You'd think I could do that. I will need to go back in three months for prescriptions, and I would so love to have that 5 pounds gone. So that is my goal. Five pounds by the Ides of March.
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Kelly, hang in there. You'll get back on track. Like me, you're probably hungry all of the time because you're not eating your meal plan. I find that I'm hungrier when we have fast food and food that doesn't fit my current matrix. Your body needs the full matrix. Take a breath and when you get home get back on the meal planning. Think about what you will eat again once you're back at work. It is way too easy to throw in the towel, but I remember how much strenght and determination you have to succeed and you will!!!
Just jumped on to say hi! I was late getting up this am and later still because I remembered I still had to gas my car...so I hit the shower and out the door without stepping on the scale. Tomorrow is my ablation, so if I can remember what they weigh me I'll post tomorrow or Wednesday.
Ok...slammed today.
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Yeah, Lois! Your ablation. I am so hoping it brings you lots of relief, and you know I'm especially interested since my sister is heading there and is so in need of a break from the pain. Hope 2018 is the year you both have much less pain to deal with. :-)0
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SW: 156
LW: 140.6
TW: 140.8
So--once again, I am standing still. It I can get through the holidays without gaining, I guess I should count that as an accomplishment, but after statin recommendation yesterday, I am hoping that I'll be able to do better with the fat intake and that that might help me even show a little loss. I swear to you, I am NOT going to stay in the 140s (or above) in 2018. You heard it here.
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No weigh in this week for me. I'll wait until Monday. Tuesday's procedure went fine. It hurt during (because you have to be awake during to respond) and an extra dose of pain killer was given. Well while in recovery, I was hungry and had two animal crackers before losing them and the water from the night before. One positive thing - my BP went from 190/100 down to 120/75. Well, ok...maybe it wasn't a good reaction because it was just before I passed out according to hubby and nurse from follow up call. I don't remember it, but I sure hope they submit that BP to Humana - that would get me my 365 points for lowering the BP below 130..buaahahaha...Gotta find the funny. Tuesday I slept the majority of the day away, had discomfort but didn't have the energy to fight hubby on getting my pain med, nor could I manage to walk up the stairs alone, so I dealt and had Aleve and Tylenol...took the pain med to sleep that night though. Still had pain on Wednesday and couldn't turn my head - so not able to drive. Stayed home. Rode the bike just before 5 for a few miles of super easy pace, just needed to move, but didn't want to go outside. I'm back at work today, but brain feels foggy this afternoon. Looking forward to getting home and climbing into bed. The worked on area still is tender and I can't take the pressure to remove one bandaid, but I don't feel the normal pain when I move my head certain ways.
Just checking in, I really can't focus to read/respond. this has taken forever to type...typos
Positive thoughts.
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Positive thoughts coming your way, my friend. My sister had her ablation yesterday, but her's is for low back and leg pain, not neck, so the experience is probably a lot different. She just called a few minutes ago to say that they could only do her left side yesterday, but she has much less pain on that side than normal. I hope that you will have similar good results once you get beyond the healing curve.
I got no steps at all--more or less--yesterday. I worked until 6:30 at my paid job and did sit down volunteer work in the evening. We had dinner at Not Your Average Joe's, which puts calories on their menu and has almost no entrees that are less than 1000 calories! But I guess the good thing I can report is that I ordered the jamalaya that has 900 calories, and I ate less than half and brought home the rest. So I went over my daily goal only a small amount and now hubby has lunch today.0 -
Sarah - I hope all goes well for your sister and her procedure. I went to bed early last night and woke up feeling so so much better today.0
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I am so glad to hear that. I had mentioned you to her back when you first said your ablation was being scheduled, and she asked me today how you are doing. She had a pretty good day. So happy that you both are finding some relief.
Hubby went to the mall with me tonight to test his legs. He is still having some problems, but he was able to walk further than I thought he might. He sat down and waited a short time for me to finish and get to 10,000 steps, and thankfully didn't cramp up afterwards. I am glad, though, that we cancelled out trip to Longwood Gardens. I don't think he could have walked that far in the cold temps. It was 19 when we headed out tonight, and we got just enough snow today to make the ground white. Makes the Christmas lights look so festive, though. Tomorrow and Sunday will be busy days as we get ready to head out next Thursday.
Sheesh and Kelly, hope all is well with you both.0 -
Man alive! Today has to be a make-up day for yesterday's intake. We had lunch out and I was surprised to see the toll that took. Then I had cookies last night that I would normally forego. I think there's something about being tired, coming in from the cold, and coming off a stressful week that just allows my ratty little brain to say, "Cookies just go with hot tea. It's okay."
It's NO okay. Total calories, fat, and sugar were way too high. Hopefully, I can do a reset today. My saving grace was that when friends asked us to join them for dinner out (and at a restaurant where healthy choices are limited), I insisted that we take a rain check. Hubby was making all the "oh, why not?" noises.0 -
Well this is a bit frustrating. Overall, my net intake during the past month has not been so bad, and yet this morning, my weight jumped up to 143.0 again. It has done that on several occasions lately and always goes back down, but just seeing this on the scale takes the wind out of my sails. And before anyone wonders if on some days, I don't eat enough, those very low calories days are days that I kept within goal but burned a lot--probably days I got to walk with my walking buddy who is back to her usual high speed pace!
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