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RangerRickL
RangerRickL Posts: 8,469 Member
edited December 2024 in Social Groups
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
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  • RangerRickL
    RangerRickL Posts: 8,469 Member
    @oldDogBiking aka Bob usually posts the most stunning photos of his New Mexico off/road bike climbs. Rose and I hike in the neighboring state of Arizona. Yesterday, the heat had risen to the post spring temperatures of 85 degrees F or 29.4 C.
    That means that certain wildlife reappears in and around the desert trails.
    My wife, Rose, found a new mascot but he did not appreciate her attention.
  • epangili
    epangili Posts: 818 Member
    agi25c1ekem5.jpeg

    Scary! Glad Rose and you are safe
  • epangili
    epangili Posts: 818 Member
    Chinkiri wrote: »
    @oldDogBiking I LOVE your pictures, biking and Buddy stories!
    @RangerRickL Please keep hiking and posting Arizona pics. It's a world of wonders to me here in France!
    @BMcC9 We've got flooded streets here!

    You town is pretty!!! You should post some pics too!
  • SuziQ113
    SuziQ113 Posts: 1,520 Member
    @RangerRickL - I have never been blessed with coming across an actual rattler in the wild. He/she seems a little upset the sunning session was curtailed by human activity. Thank you for sharing the pics.
  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,451 Member
    Chinkiri wrote: »
    @oldDogBiking I LOVE your pictures, biking and Buddy stories!
    @RangerRickL Please keep hiking and posting Arizona pics. It's a world of wonders to me here in France!
    @BMcC9 We've got flooded streets here!

    What caused the flood?
  • epangili
    epangili Posts: 818 Member
    nodm wrote: »
    Wow @RangerRickL ! Pretty scary! I do not like snakes that much! lol.
    I'm awake now lol.
    Thanks for sharing!
    Thank you so much all for the kind spoken and unspoken words and prayers my friends!
    Especially to
    @Hollis100
    @Katmary71
    @cjane917
    @uliemouse83
    @RangerRickL
    @MadisonMolly2017
    @readyornot1234
    @fatbambi2017
    @oldDogBiking

    and sorry if my thumbs missed anybody.

    The Covid virus is nothing to sneeze at.
    I usually do not become frightened when “its just a virus” but this one hit pretty hard.
    Thank God, I don’t get sick too often. I have not taken an antibiotic for over 35 years
    One more thing I forgot to mention.

    TASTE! I had very little symptoms at the beginning. A little cough, low grade fever.
    No problem.
    Then whammo!
    NO TASTE! Everything was HYPER sweet or hyper salty or just tasted terrible.
    One or two bites at the most even if was the best dessert in the world was placed in front of me.
    This lead to very low calories every day (600 at most), then to dehydration (I really tried to drink water), which lead to weakness, which lead too passing out and needing 2 liters of IV bolus wide open.
    I thought about the hydroxycholoriquine but could not justify the bad side effects and since I was not on a ventilator (came close). I deferred.
    What helped was an antibiotic at the end because enough was enough and I got pneumonia and hypoxic.

    Lesson learned: Wash your hands, antiviral/bacterial hand lotion is your friend in these times. Don’t assume the other person has a “cold” because you cant tell. Protect grammas and grandpas who are the most vulnerable. Viral infections can be deadly.
    Get the FLU shot next year because flu kills more than the Covid despite an available vaccine.

    Still no formal exercise for almost a month now.
    Taste is coming back. Strength is coming back.
    I am trying to make up the weight loss. I upped the calories with emphasis on TASTE and health.
    All I can do for now is to sit on the sidelines and be a cheerleader?

    Trying not to give in to fast food even with the lockdown.
    An occasional home made egg mcmuffin with cheese and Canadian bacon tastes so GOOD and is hitting the spot.
    A 900 calorie per serving peanut butter shake sits in the freezer as reminder that all this happened.
    I am not used to eating almost a 1000 calorie breakfast.
    This morning 900 with emphasis on health and TASTE! Thank goodness I am getting my taste back

    I hope they find a vaccine soon or this will start all over again next year.

    Have a great day.
    Please do not take life for granted.
    Live today like it was your last day and live life to the fullest!
    You are blessed.
    Have a successful day!

    🙏
  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 11,157 Member
    agi25c1ekem5.jpeg

    Eeps!
  • stella7x7
    stella7x7 Posts: 2,851 Member
    nodm wrote: »
    Wow @RangerRickL ! Pretty scary! I do not like snakes that much! lol.
    I'm awake now lol.
    Thanks for sharing!
    Thank you so much all for the kind spoken and unspoken words and prayers my friends!
    Especially to
    @Hollis100
    @Katmary71
    @cjane917
    @uliemouse83
    @RangerRickL
    @MadisonMolly2017
    @readyornot1234
    @fatbambi2017
    @oldDogBiking

    and sorry if my thumbs missed anybody.

    The Covid virus is nothing to sneeze at.
    I usually do not become frightened when “its just a virus” but this one hit pretty hard.
    Thank God, I don’t get sick too often. I have not taken an antibiotic for over 35 years
    One more thing I forgot to mention.

    TASTE! I had very little symptoms at the beginning. A little cough, low grade fever.
    No problem.
    Then whammo!
    NO TASTE! Everything was HYPER sweet or hyper salty or just tasted terrible.
    One or two bites at the most even if was the best dessert in the world was placed in front of me.
    This lead to very low calories every day (600 at most), then to dehydration (I really tried to drink water), which lead to weakness, which lead too passing out and needing 2 liters of IV bolus wide open.
    I thought about the hydroxycholoriquine but could not justify the bad side effects and since I was not on a ventilator (came close). I deferred.
    What helped was an antibiotic at the end because enough was enough and I got pneumonia and hypoxic.

    Lesson learned: Wash your hands, antiviral/bacterial hand lotion is your friend in these times. Don’t assume the other person has a “cold” because you cant tell. Protect grammas and grandpas who are the most vulnerable. Viral infections can be deadly.
    Get the FLU shot next year because flu kills more than the Covid despite an available vaccine.

    Still no formal exercise for almost a month now.
    Taste is coming back. Strength is coming back.
    I am trying to make up the weight loss. I upped the calories with emphasis on TASTE and health.
    All I can do for now is to sit on the sidelines and be a cheerleader?

    Trying not to give in to fast food even with the lockdown.
    An occasional home made egg mcmuffin with cheese and Canadian bacon tastes so GOOD and is hitting the spot.
    A 900 calorie per serving peanut butter shake sits in the freezer as reminder that all this happened.
    I am not used to eating almost a 1000 calorie breakfast.
    This morning 900 with emphasis on health and TASTE! Thank goodness I am getting my taste back

    I hope they find a vaccine soon or this will start all over again next year.

    Have a great day.
    Please do not take life for granted.
    Live today like it was your last day and live life to the fullest!
    You are blessed.
    Have a successful day!

    I'm glad you are doing better. Big hugs.🤗🙂💜🌷🦋
  • readyornot1234
    readyornot1234 Posts: 1,027 Member
    @nodm - that sounds terrifying. Thank you for sharing. It’s so helpful to know what to look for. Keep up the calorie intake plan!

    Wednesday, 4/22

    Tracking: Yes
    Calories: under
    Exercise: Yes, spin 30 min

    Pass days to date - 2
  • znaoiec
    znaoiec Posts: 2,011 Member
    Exercise Yes
    Calories Yes
    Tracking Yes
  • RangerRickL
    RangerRickL Posts: 8,469 Member
    Yes x 3.
    I mistakenly posted my daily post at the end of yesterday. That happens sometimes, because when I log in, I go back and read yesterday's posts that came in after I logged in.
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