Weigh In April 22 - 28
GaGasheesh
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Thought I would start this weeks thread. . Wow, it seems we've all been suffering a loss of motivation. Hmmm . . how to get back our mojo?? Totally understandable considering the emotional and physical ups and downs in our lives. Loss is especially a killer of motivation. But, Lois, I'm sure after a bit more time you'll get "it" back.
Sarah, I really hope the numbness in your face isn't nerve compression. What can be done about that, short of surgery? Probably, less time at a computer, right?? Wish that could happen for you. But, maybe there are some stretches you can do while at the computer? Years back I had lower back pain, and a big knot on one side of my lower back. One day, I stopped into a fitness equipment store (for a client), and got in one of those "teeter hang-ups" to try it. When I got out, my back pain was gone! It came back later that night, but I bought one right away. It took a long time, muscle relaxant pills, exercise, losing some weight, and hanging in that thing, but it finally went away. When I feel it now and then, I still go hang in that thing, lol. Do you think something like that might help?
Maybe we should try something new on this thread. . . What if we named one or two good things we did for ourselves, or that happened to us, or made us feel good . .even if it's just a small thing? Sometimes there's so much happening in our lives, it's hard to see what's good, especially when it comes to exercise and weight control. I'll start. Today, I had my trainer. I was so tired and had a cold last week, and really wanted to cancel. I did it anyway, and now I feel good about that. Also, yesterday we went out to brunch with our daughter here and her boyfriend. I'm grateful to have one child here, lol! We had a lot of fun. I'm grateful for her boyfriend. He's a really great guy, and really "gets" her. . The first guy I feel so good about for her.
Sarah, I really hope the numbness in your face isn't nerve compression. What can be done about that, short of surgery? Probably, less time at a computer, right?? Wish that could happen for you. But, maybe there are some stretches you can do while at the computer? Years back I had lower back pain, and a big knot on one side of my lower back. One day, I stopped into a fitness equipment store (for a client), and got in one of those "teeter hang-ups" to try it. When I got out, my back pain was gone! It came back later that night, but I bought one right away. It took a long time, muscle relaxant pills, exercise, losing some weight, and hanging in that thing, but it finally went away. When I feel it now and then, I still go hang in that thing, lol. Do you think something like that might help?
Maybe we should try something new on this thread. . . What if we named one or two good things we did for ourselves, or that happened to us, or made us feel good . .even if it's just a small thing? Sometimes there's so much happening in our lives, it's hard to see what's good, especially when it comes to exercise and weight control. I'll start. Today, I had my trainer. I was so tired and had a cold last week, and really wanted to cancel. I did it anyway, and now I feel good about that. Also, yesterday we went out to brunch with our daughter here and her boyfriend. I'm grateful to have one child here, lol! We had a lot of fun. I'm grateful for her boyfriend. He's a really great guy, and really "gets" her. . The first guy I feel so good about for her.
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It does seem like all of us are lagging a bit with activity, and I assume intake is also an issue since Lois and Sheesh have shared how being on the road has affected her choices and I've shared my struggles with long work hours making eating later at night or grabbing what easy choices I'm making more often.
I agree we need to focus on good things, although before I do that I want to dump a bad thing because once I do that, I often get a better attitude. I've run into an issue with being between sizes and not a size I like to shop for. Add to that that I don't have to dress for work and most of my social stuff is very casual. So when I do need to dress, I walk into my closet and immediately go into a funk. I did that yesterday in a bad way. Hubby and I had talked about dressing up for Easter lunch. I knew what I would wear and was okay with that choice. Then he decided not to wear a coat and go more casual. So I'm in my closet, running out of time, trying to find something dressier than jeans and a top, but not really dressy. And nothing fit right or looked right. So my mood spiraled down and I got angry with hubby for changing his mind, and he got mad at me for blaming him for my bad mood, which essentially is caused by my not taking care of myself. I mean really, ladies, I make a good salary and can spend far more money on things like clothing than I do. Eventually, I got dressed and we picked up our friends and had a lovely day, but it was a good reminder that I need to make some changes. So I plan to (a) clean out my closet and donate things I'm hanging on to but never wear, and (b) I am going to do some shopping for my current size. I guess that's a good thing--deciding to do something positive for myself and practice some letting go!
Another good thing is that hubby is out of town for three days this week, giving me a chance to eat healthy and not worry about his blood sugar, his food preferences, etc.
I will come back and report an actual good action later. I'm still at my desk at 6:45 pm, but I'm getting ready to log off.
Sheesh, my lip numbness improved some over the weekend, although it hasn't gone away. When hubby gets back, I'm going to get him to show me how to use his traction device to see if that helps.0 -
Hello ladies. Made it back to Cali. Sister now in hospital and not sure what’s happening. She woke up this morning violently vomiting sweating and shaking. My sis in law called 911 and she’s been in er all day. I just left to get done sleep badges in a holding room until they get a bed. The inn has no vacancy and there is only an office chair in her area. Cardiologist doesn’t believe it’s her heart. But he’s ordering an echo to be safe. She’s still super dizzy and nauseous
So I did want to share that Easter was awesome with our friends in AZ. I fixed 2 bento boxes with food for my trip. I had veggies and hummus for my morning snack and ham and hearts of palm salad for lunch. There was enough in the box that my sis in law and I shared the leftovers for our dinner. And we shared my apple streusel. I don’t eat fast food and I shared my dessert. That part of my day was a good day.
I like the positive talk Sheesh. It’s been a hard start of the year. Good choices both of you. I’ll find something positive tomorrow as well0 -
OMG, Lois. Please let us know what is going on with your sister.
My evening did not go as planned. No time for details, but suffice it to say that I worked until 7, left home at 7:45 and did not get back until after 11. By the time I got the trash and recycling together and out to the street, fed the kitties, return some messages, and grabbed a Fit Kitchen bowl since I realized I had not had dinner, there was less than 10 minutes to get any steps in for the day. I have got to get out of this bed at 1 a.m. stuff. It's killing me.0 -
Still struggling. I started the day by deciding it was time to step on the scale and see what the damage was of not weighing myself/caring since I left for our wedding in January and found that I have gain 10 lbs since January. Ok.. it could be worse... but it sucks and I'm the only one to blame. So... onward I go. I'm going to start by trying to care a little bit more and more each day. I know it'll come, I just have to get there. I'm still not sure if I'm going to post my weight on here right now though. Sometimes I find it to be more of a downer, so I think I'll hold off on weigh in posts.
I'm at work until Tuesday (hence the post). I've had some things happening with work lately that have been stressful which really hasn't helped. I'm trying to bid on positions that are at home (Monday-Friday type positions) but it doesn't seem like 15 years seniority is enough to get them. The 2 that I bid on, people with 25 and 21 years got them. I'm unionized so it's not based on how good I am in my position.. it's strictly based on seniority. So.. while I'm bidding on jobs at home, on my last shift I was offered a promotion to a Supervisor role, however I would have had to move to a completely different station and after discussing it with my husband, it just didn't have any benefit for me, so I turned the offer down. My goal is it get a job south.. plain and simple. It'll happen eventually.
Home life is still insanely busy. My step daughter is in Spring Hockey until the beginning of June and also has Soccer starting tonight, my step son starts ball hockey next week and my husband is on 2 different ball hockey teams. It's a life of juggling for sure.. but I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Positives of this week... Tough tough tough. lol Both mine and Shawn's NHL teams lost out in the playoffs.. so that isn't positive. Ummm... the scratch coat was started on my house yesterday! That's positive. I can't wait for the outside to be done so we can do our landscaping. Right now it's a mud pit which is tough with 2 kids and a dog. Other positives.. last night I walked while watching hockey and managed to get 15,000 steps yesterday, so that's positive. I also did some self care and had a bath and did a face mask during intermission.
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LW: 141.6
TW: 142.4
Oh, gosh. Up almost a pound. Looks like my 3 days on my own have not paid off. Probably because I'm still at this desk far too much. We also had two social eating occasions in the past week (a birthday dinner and Easter lunch at a lovely inn).
Kelly, I am so glad you're back on the board. You were missed, my friend. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for that job down south. I know that eventually the right job and time will come along. In the meantime, we all get off course when there are big events. For me, the important thing is just getting back to a better routine when that happens.
I also took advantage of having a ballgame to watch and watched part of it while on the treadmill last night. My saving grace was that the game was in Colorado, so it didn't start until 9:05 our time. It was an exciting game so I was focused more on that than my dislike of the TM!
Lois, if you get a chance to check in, please let us know how your sister is doing. Please know that I'm thinking about her and about you.
Sheesh, you are really moving up the fitbit dashboard.
I am going to have a hard time catching you. Tonight I have errands to run again before hubby gets back from El Paso and I have some household chores to do. So I am not sure how much walking time I'll get.
Well, I just stopped posting to take a call from a neighbor and spent more time than I should. Before I go, here's my positive thing for the day. I took some time last night to do a few things for ME--not work or other people. I did a little shopping and bought a pair of summer shoes. Then I came home and got in almost 9000 steps before my Fitbit went back to zero!
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SW: 156
LW: 135.4
TW: 134.6
Well, a bit of improvement on the scale.
Lois, my gosh, your poor sister and family has had too many trials lately! I hope she improves quickly, and gets some answers. Prayers to you . .
Sarah, cleaning the closet . . always a daunting task for me. My daughter recommended a Netflix series called "Tidying Up" (I believe), and I watched one episode. It's really a sweet and a positive approach, and I might watch one more to get inspired, lol!
Your schedule sounds impossible, Sarah. How can a job expect you to have no breaks? Just too, too much work.
Kelly, glad to see your post. Is it weird typing "my husband" ? lol. Your life sounds full and fulfilling. Hang in there on finding that job . . It will happen. Great job getting steps and a bath with everything in your schedule.
My positives today are I got to see my girlfriends last night, and we had some fun after not getting together for over 3 weeks or so. Today, I got a manicure from my girlfriend who does nails. I haven't done great with intake today, and just didn't feel like exercise . . so that's not good, but I'm trying to get some yard work finished, and I have trainer tomorrow, so I have to pace myself, ha ha!
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Ok. Sister had serious bout of vertigo. Hospital wouldn’t test or treat it with Pt as it’s out patient only. BS!! Her heartbeats kept having bouts of downward spikes that would last 30 secs to a minute and everyone she would vomit. She would be sleeping showing 57. Than it would creep down to 45 or so and the creep back up a few seconds later. They can’t explain why do they are setting her up with a monitor for five days or do. She wasn’t released until after moms service so I had a friend use WhatsApp and have her watch. My daughters godfather FaceTimed her. My son was in middle of class and preparing for finals do could not watch. It turned out beautiful.
Brother didn’t have a scanner so I bought one st Costco and scanned as many pics as I could to go a slideshow of mom. It was a no frills presentation but I had one night to scan them in and then clean them up a little. Like I said it turned out well. We took some pics of give of us kids (missed my sister). And stories were funny. We watched them lower her down and cover the vault. I won’t ever want to watch that portion again. The mortuary did a fantastic job on her makeup. She was beautiful. Hubby convinced me I would want to see her - and he was right. She looked so young. I normally stay far away from open caskets. She looked peaceful. Another sister coordinated a bbq st my brothers tomorrow. I rearranged our San Diego portion to make it happen. It’s not often we all get together. I’m going to miss them.
I didn’t weigh in this week. My positives. I got the slideshow done and the priest was awesome. I really liked his message and he had flsome cute side sounds added to his liturgy. I went to mass the morning of moms service - it was in Spanish but I stayed anyway and found some peace and comfort.
Planning for better week next week. Thank you all for your support.
Sarah - I know I work crazy hours, have stress and commute (leave 640/645 and get home 630idh) but dang yours sounds super crazy. I really hope you love what you do. Good job on your treadmill time
Kelly I know your new life is insane and I really hope you come back and post more. Praying for you to find the right position close to home.
Sheesh. Keep up with your girlfriends and continue Ruth your trainer. Besides your kids and grandkids you always sound happy when you post about them.
Early morning before we head further south and then bank up to my brothers. Need sleep.0 -
Lois, I'm not sure if you're back in AZ or not this week, but I hope your sister is doing better. It sounds like you worked hard to give your mother a very nice service.
You did your best for her, and I'm sure she would want you to take time to care for yourself too.
Sarah, how's work? I saw that the Nats won over the weekend I hope you're getting some time off to enjoy yourself.
I swear, I cannot stick to being good and logging food. I'll do it during the week, and then as soon as I go out, I just blow it and don't even try to log it. Sarah, you're so good about doing that. . I need to try harder. I think my weight might be down a bit on weigh-in day Wed, but not a lot. I had my trainer today. Thank goodness for her! I know I'll get a good workout at least twice a week. And she also encourages me with the dieting without judgement. She's had a lot of child care problems (nanny's quitting, etc.) and her husband travels a lot for work. She was saying maybe she should just stay home and not work.
Child care is so hard! Her twin girls are 4, and her boy is not yet 2 years old. I was like "NOO!! Bring them with you . . I don't mind . . I love kids". . . but she said they would drive HER crazy while training me. So, I don't know what might happen. 
But, she said she loves working and needs it for her mental health. Send good nanny vibes to her for MY sake, lol.
We have one more trip coming up to Oregon to see granddaughters in "The Wizard of Oz". We leave Thurs and return Monday. Then, we're sticking around here for a while. I hope to be able to really focus more.
Be back Wed for weigh-in. Hope you all have a great week.
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Made it back to AZ late late late last night again. Mom's service was beautiful. My husband reminds me that I have to move past the rites we didn't complete and remember and enjoy the beautiful service she did have. She was beautiful and was at peace.
My weight is way up I'm sure...I slept in this am as we had no sleep Sat night when our air mattress had a hole and died on us. The floor, nor the sofa were comfortable enough and then to drive as much as we did...we were exhausted when we got home. I set the alarm for 7 and woke up just before. The traffic Gods were on my side and I was only 1/2 hour late. I told my boss last night when we had a conference call on the drive that I would be in before 10 as I was so tired.
Sis is doing better, but when we took her back home yesterday, she still had the drunken sailor walk. However, her heart rate was steady and stable, which was why the discharged her. She does have follow up dr. appts on Thursday for all conditions (she'll be at the medical center all day I believe). Thank you for inquiring, it sure was nervewracking on my drive and the first couple of days.
The family bbq was a lot of fun. The family pic is posted on FB as my cover photo. All sisters and the two brothers (back and big hat). My nephew is in the front holding his kiddos and we had cousins visiting from Idaho. Sheesh - she owns the Karnation Intimate apparel stores.
if you're in the market. 
Sheesh - I truly hope the childcare can get worked out so that you can continue with her. I love to hear of your training sessions. Enjoy the grandbabies...I see mine on Saturday!!!
We have one more big event and then praying for calmness. My son has his Veteran's ceremony this Saturday and then Commencement for his Masters on Wednesday with a party to follow at my house on Saturday the 11th. We'll also be celebrating a couple of birthdays and Mother's day as well.
I joined a fb group awhile back called Instant Loss. It was when I was looking for healthy pressure cooking/quick cooking meals. I did order the book several weeks ago, with everything happening, I haven't even opened it up yet. But other posters rave about several of her recipes. I'll let you know my review once I've had a chance. I'm so sick of fast foods and such. Defrosting fish and will make rice to go with it tonight for dinner before I crash into my blissful slumber for the evening.0 -
Lois, I am happy you made it home safely, and I hope everyone's health improves so you get some time to just rest and settle back into a normal routine. And yes, I do love my work in a way. I don't think anyone stays in public health who doesn't feel that it's more than a paycheck. But the workload and stress are often a bit much.
Sheesh, we had a walk-off win yesterday, which was exciting, but the Nats are not doing that great this year. All our money went into the bullpen, and yet the bullpen is what is killing us. We often blow nice leads at the end of the game when the starting pitcher is taken out. But I still love baseball.
I had one of those days yesterday where my appetite went crazy, I ate well and healthy all day, but then last night, I was starved for some unknown reason and I wanted sweets. That doesn't happen too often and it was a bit surprising. Anyway, I ended up eating way too many cinnamon graham crackers right before bed time, and blew my total kcals and sugar. But here's my positive--I logged honestly, every bite, and then thought about how I'd handle it differently if it happens again soon, and then I accepted that I just have to move on.
Sheesh, I hope you can keep your trainer. Sounds like you have a good relationship with her and that's so important.
Well, back to work. Things are cranking up with a new Surgeon General's Report on the horizon.0 -
Well, I was a bit worried yesterday about battling uncommon hunger for a second day, but then stress took care of that. Hubby's neck was killing him yesterday, so I needed to do things he normally does, work was busy, and I had an evening commitment that included more sit down time. Then to top it off, hubby even wanted me to call our insurance company to report that someone hit one our cars without leaving a note or staying. We think it happened on Saturday when he was at Home Depot, but he didn't notice it. I noticed it when I took that car to the grocery store later that day. I know it didn't happen at the grocery store because I was in there was maybe 10 minutes and the same navy blue car that was parked on my drivers side was still there when I left. At first thought I was heading toward the wrong car because my car--I thought--did not have a scratched up side. But now it does--bad ones that look like they came from a large white vehicle. Hubby thinks it was probably a large white work van or pickup truck.
Anyway, talking to the insurance company is never something I like to do. Add to this, we learned on Friday that at some point some water from the foundation got into the electric panel in the basement and we have to have that replaced. I don't think that is going to be an inexpensive thing, but it can't be put off. It's a fire hazard. Oy vay!
But this all just aggravation and expense, and not something like a serious health problem. It's one of those "change the things I can" situations. Anyway, my appetite was dulled by anxiety, but my walking was also affected by all the balls I had in the air. I hope to do better tonight. And I hope you are all doing well.
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