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MARCH !!!!!!!!!!!2
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Tracking was inviolate for me too, PAV. But I really fell off the rails these past few months. That ended today though. Did you in Texas beachtime starts in MARCH?!2
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lauriekallis wrote: »Tracking was inviolate for me too, PAV. But I really fell off the rails these past few months. That ended today though. Did you in Texas beachtime starts in MARCH?!
Well, Yooly has some support for the early bird swimmers heading out in March! Ms Google says that: "Most people will find the ocean off Texas warm enough to enjoy swimming from April to October. That's when the water temperature is usually over 70 °F (21 °C) at any of the state's coastal beaches". So I can see the keeners heading out in late march! While we're digging out of snowbanks!3 -
You won’t find me in 70 degree water….that is freezing!….I haven’t weighed or measured anything for a few weeks but today it felt normal to do it again!….I am feeling like I need sugar but that will go away in a day or two….it honestly feels good to eat healthy again…I will probably drop 10 to 12 pounds this week which suits me fine!5
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Yay, I'm glad our little group all feels fired up and ready to get back in the saddle.
For my part, our guests are here for another 4 days and we still have an obscene amount of food in the house, but today was my first dial-it-back day.
Friday I ate 2860 calories, which put me about 200 above maintenance given my NEAT and exercise burn
Saturday I ate 2500 calories, which was just about what I'd burned off
Today I ate 1916 calories, which hopefully equates to a deficit.
As at this morning I'm exactly the same weight as I was a week ago today, but 0.4kg up on last Tuesday's weight (my lowest this time around). I'm happy with that, especially since some of that 0.4kg 'gain' is likely to be natural fluctuation.5 -
Yup, the spring break college students are in the water off Padre Island late March/ early April. Winter is definitely over by mid March. It was 83 degrees here Christmas Day. Hoping for a few weeks of cooler weather!
Today was lazy. Put away some Christmas decor. I do it slowly over the week. Tree comes down New Years Day.
There’s plenty of food temptations still in the house. Candy,cookies, gelato. Trying to keep it frozen and eaten in reasonable quantities. Darn cookies are the worst! So small, so good, so many wasted calories.3 -
Went way over deficit today and couldn’t tell you why. I did so well over Christmas! It wasn’t hunger or anxiety. No particular emotional trigger. Just ate everything.
Tomorrow will be better I hope.3 -
So far so good today. Going to watch a movie over at a friend's place this evening...bringing a 4 pack of no fat chocolate jello pudding cups. Thought of you, PAV when I picked those up today. I might share them...I might not
anywhich way I'm only risking 200 calories for my chocolate binge tonight. 1 -
Darn cookies are the worst! So small, so good, so many wasted calories.
Delectable but excessive? perhaps (not always, or almost always not) worth it in the end? sure.
But *wasted*? Not if you're enjoying them!
Now what I wasted was my low calorie soup... cause I ate it back in brandy filled chocolates
That's what happens when my toes are cold. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Knee paw acting up too today. UGH.
Overall holding the line... which is at least something... right? Even if I have less delectable stuff and human minefields to contend with than Garfield!!!
OK: got to go do some work-like stuff now!
As to the rest of it Laurie... as long as the ideas help... they're all good, right?!!?1 -
Don’t even have cold toes here as an excuse for the cookie binge. And they were wonderful - baked them myself. The remainder are now frozen where hubby can find them.
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oh I love brandy filled chocolates. I managed not to pick them up at the store last week. Kinda sorry I didn't. They are perfect when your toes are cold
Sorry your knee paw is acting up, PAV. Maybe just wanted some extra attention and is going to let you be for awhile now. Hope so.
Cookies are for cold fingers, Yooly 3 -
If cookies are good for cold fingers, mine are now steaming 🥵 hot.2
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Good for typing! 2
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Well, my fingers are burned off then!2
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Would you believe I went to the dollar store, the closest place for me to buy those brandy filled chocolates and I forgot them???? After giving myself permission to buy them and eat them because they were preying on my mind? I guess that passed.
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Nah... you don't want that crap anyway Laurie... you want...... hard boiled eggs!!!! 2
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Been a bit of a slacker today. Had a rough night. Woke up at like 3am to my right sinus just burning in pain. I could not fall back asleep it was so bad. Multiple uses of some saline spray plus a hot steamy shower finally got the paid down enough where I passed out from exhaustion about 5am. Then I slept until nearly 9am which is totally out of character for me.
So I redid my to do list for today to make it a bit easier on myself. I just knew scrubbing down the oven was not in the cards with already irritated sinuses plus being so tired.
I need to get back on some sort of plan though. My digestive system is a mess with all the rich heavy foods. Plus the appetite thing. Just need to plan more meals that are smaller and lighter I think. Should help me save on grocery shopping though! lol4 -
Hope you feel a bit better tomorrow @Athijade
You are right, PAV. Don't want that crap. Instead finally had a few of those homebaked Christmas cookies everyone has been raving about. "Work" meeting. Hrmphh. Delicious. Still below maintenance!3 -
Break out the winter gear! We’re expecting a hard freeze this weekend.🥶 It was 83 today with the warmest December on record.
Took down most of the Christmas decorations today. By New Year’s Day I’m tired of the jolly clutter. 🥴. Just ready for cleaned up spaces and new beginnings.2 -
I have been slowly de Christmastizing the house this week….everything except the tree is in piles on the dining room table!…johnnathan
( grandson ) decided he would like to have the guest room as his bedroom so he and his dad moved the twin beds into his old room and left his desk with computer and book shelf in it….moved his queen size bed across the house with his clothes, dresser, and TV into the old guest room….moved a huge TV cabinet into the office,all the things that were in the guest room closet, and 20 totes full of old toys, Lego blocks, pictures,and decorations into the office that you now can not walk through….now I have to find a new home for all of this stuff…actually most will go out in the garage when it is finally finished being cleaned up in a couple of weeks….currently our house looks like the inside of a thrift shop!
I have lost ten pounds since Monday which makes me very happy….I am feeling better with every pound that comes off….it is good to have anything that I can control…
John is recovering from heart tests yesterday….his heart looked strong and the past stent is doing it’s job and working like it should be…the doctors decided his type 2 Diabetes is causing the heavy sweating and extreme fatigue, and mood swings he has been having….my son in law checked his blood sugar before the heart testing and it was 485…( couldn’t take his diabetic meds 2 days before or after the testing) …it is now about 250 and holding….if the meds he goes back on do not lower it by next mid week or if it goes very high again, he has to be admitted to hospital to regulate it….I have been called Cruella D’ Ville, Ms Hubbard ( as in Old Mother Hubbard ), and The Food Monitor all day….for someone who never complains when he is in severe RA pain, he sure has whined about being hungry or that I am starving him….I suggested he visit a nutritionist and he can tell her how hungry he is!
Daughter has a torn meniscus and is having an MRI next week to determine where and when it can be repaired….she is hoping to not have surgery until summer break as she can’t take too much time off from teaching…she also found out she will have 5 non speaking English students that she has to teach English to!…she is qualified to teach non English students but these 5 kids speak 3 different languages!….Spanish, Portuguese and one is from Egypt….
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Last year I started putting an empty paper grocery bag in each closet. As I find items I no longer want or need they go in the bag and then off to the thrift store. I do this mainly with clothing. If it doesn’t make me happy, it goes in the bag with no second guessing. This accomplishes two goals. Cleaner, less cluttered closet and no “fat” clothes to accommodate regain. If I’m up a few pounds I’m stuck being uncomfortable in snug pants!
Of course after the holiday feasting, the extra few pounds are not happy pants 🥺3 -
Hoping for a restful day today. Not been feeling well. Sinus issues, cough, fatigue... so the symptoms of every thing that is going around right now. Is it allergies? A cold? Flu? Covid? Who knows! Roll a D20 to find out! So I canceled plans for tomorrow morning which I am super sad about but I don't want to risk getting anyone else sick.
So yea, resting some today. Got a handful of chores I can get done that don't take a lot of energy. Going to clean out the pantry and do some more meal planning. I want a fresh start for the new year.3 -
I was down a couple of more pounds this morning….it’s going to take a while to get back where I was but I actually ( hopefully?) learned my lesson, FINALLY!…I feel so good again….I feel in control and confident but not “ overly “ confident!…I went to Walmart and Publix this morning, changed bed linens, 2 loads of laundry,garbage out,have fresh vegetable soup on the stove simmering for dinner, and I have been taking down more decorations!….froze the leftover chocolates and threw out the cookies that were left!…John had a good night and he has puttered around in the kitchen picking things up to help me out….no New Years plans….bring on 2022!3
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That's a great tactic Yooly - I'm all in favour of simple tricks that make life easier.
@Athijade, I hope you start to feel better soon, and that you've just picked up a mild winter cold rather than the dreaded COVID. Get plenty of rest, and keep your fluids up!
Connie, you made my heart sing when I read your post! I'm so happy to see you emerging from the doldrums and heading back into the sunny uplands! Doesn't life feel so much more enjoyable and manageable when you control the food, rather than the other way around!?
Happy Hogmanay to one and all, and here's to a happy and healthy 2022!3 -
So good to feel all this positive energy here! I think we are all ready for a new year.
So glad for John's positive heart test results, Connie. Hope there is some help in the future for your daughter's knee. She is too young to have to live with a torn meniscus (though it seems that after 6 months or so the pain really eases) - but apparently they are really tricky to repair. Your energy just shines through my screen today!
Love that idea, Yooly. I'm going to wait until February then implement it...right now I'm down to one pair of real pants that fit, and track pants. But hopefully I can start wheedling the closet clothes down again soon!
Love that you are still making forward plans, Athijade - even when you are feeling under the weather!
Thank you for "Hogmanay", Bella - for the wishes and for the word and the greeting. I'm going to share it all I can.
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I had to read up on the history of Boxing Day which I have heard of but isn’t celebrated in the US. The day after Christmas is usually back to work/business as usual day.
Hogmanay?? 🧐. Here it’s simply New Year’s Eve which is basically festive only in the evening. Otherwise it’s a work day. It’s not an official holiday like New Year’s Day. I think we’re sorely lacking in sufficient celebrations over here!4 -
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We thought we'd blow away the cobwebs by taking Norman for a walk in the local forest. We intended to follow the way-marked trail and just walk 6 miles, but after a detour off the trail into the trees at the 3 mile point for a sneaky wild pee, I dropped my (almost new ) iPhone. I didn't realise until we'd walked almost back to the car, then we had to retrace our steps back to the sneaky-pee point and try to find the exact point when I headed off the trail. My husband tried to track the phone, but there was no signal, and Normie couldn't track a scent trail if his little Border Terrier life depended on it...
Miraculously, after a bit of fruitless wandering through undergrowth, I found the phone by the fungi-studded tree where I'd crouched to pee. By the time we reached the car we'd walked 12 miles not 6, and we were gasping for a cuppa. Thank goodness for the restorative properties of strong tea and a chocolate biscuit!
Note to self: I must stop keeping both my bank debit card AND my credit card AND my COVID vaccination passport in my phone case...7
