Weigh In, June 1 - June 7

GaGasheesh

I thought I'd go ahead and start the new thread.

Lois, I'm so relieved to read that you postponed your L.A. trip. The anger and wreckage in the wake of another black man's death is just too much. Stay safe. I agree with you that the looting and destruction is so wrong. We had demonstrations here in Salt Lake City, and the footage I saw wasn't consistent with Black Lives Matter doing the damage. . there were more white people doing it. Maybe that's because Utah is mostly white people, lol. But, I think there are factions in these protests that are just taking advantage of the situation. In fact, the Black Lives Matter Utah Chapter announced that they had not planned the protest, and didn't condone the destruction that happened. One white man, who was more right wing, went downtown with a bow and arrow, yelled at protesters, got out of his car and shot his bow and arrow at the crowd while yelling "all lives matter" and "shut that b**** up". The crowd rushed him, beat him up, overturned his car, and lit it on fire. Wow. Anger and frustration all around. I'm sure the pandemic and unemployment don't help at all. Anyway, hopefully you will be able to get this move done and get back to your morning walks. We need exercise to keep our spirits up for sure!

We had a nice weekend. Daughter and fiancé and his 8 year old girl went to the cabin to get out of the craziness in the valley. We joined them for a few hours yesterday. They sure are cute! His daughter is adorable. She and my daughter had made up a dance to Lady Gaga / Ariana Grande new song "Rain On Me" which they performed for us. She is involved in dance, and is really a good dancer and choreographer! Played some badminton and games too. It's nice for us to have one grandchild here I miss my out of town family so much. Zoom and FaceTime is getting old. We want to keep them and ourselves safe, but we just have to figure out a way to see them! Unfortunately, the numbers here and in Cali are going up. Oregon looks better.

Sarah, hope you're still getting your TM walks. I see you're still so diligent at logging your food! Good job. I'll check back here later for a post.

Meanwhile, I have to go get a workout done. My trainer wrote them out for me, I've paid her . . . gotta do it.

Lastchancelj

LW 229.5
TW 227.3

Waah I'm up .5 from yesterday!! LOL. Just kidding, well I am, but this is truly where I believe my weight has been lately. I'm back on my water drinking ways, and I believe that has helped tremendously. And I'm bored of snacking on the travel snack stash so I did boil some eggs this week and have had some cheese and crackers. Honestly not sure what tipped it, but I'm happy to be back here.

It's already 85 at 7 am, so so hot and with everything going on, I can't seem to sleep at night. This morning I had my stuff laid out to jump into right after my shower, but I overslept (ok just could.not.get.up) and when I took the trash cans out it was HOT HOT HOT...that sun is hot! Again we have very few trees that shade the sidewalks. I have to work on getting up before 6 and just jump out of bed and go with a hat on my rats nest of curls to get my walks going again. Office is still on a work at home basis so all is well there. I did submit to work MWF at the office and T/TH from home when we start back up - especially with my MIL. So next week, after MIL is here, I will get back into my routine.

Oh and the heat, it's killing my zucchini and squash. The weekend we went to LA a couple of weeks ago, with not watering the weekend or Monday, I lost the veggies that I had planned to harvest that week and I'm still struggling to get them thriving again. It's been over 100 daily for the past couple of weeks and it's not letting up anytime soon. It gets down to high 70's at night so not too cool.

Sheesh your cabin get a way sounds nice! I love that your trainer leaves you your workouts and such diligence to get it done on your own - I know - paying for the service is very motivating!

Sarah - hang in there and I'm looking for your update.

We will be leaving Friday by noon in a uhaul truck to Cali to move MIL. I'll be getting steps and strength workouts for those days. They are on an early curfew so we want to be there before it starts. We have family and friends coming to help us. We want the truck loaded Saturday night so that we can pull out early on Sunday. We won't make it back in time to get the storage unit on Sunday, so that will be a Monday morning chore for me and hubby.

I am super busy at work and it's crazy. Meeting in 30 mins. Have a great day!

SarahMaxx

LW: 143.2
TW: 143.4

So I am hanging around that same old spot. And it's a little disappointing. I just averaged my calories for last week, both actual and net, and it wasn't bad--1311 actual and 984 net. Makes me wonder if the figures in MFP database are correct. So if I go with the old TimDad from bodybugg days advice to always include 200 calories for bad food labels and things you might forget to include, I'd be at 1511 and 1184. That should have taken me down a few ounces, and it didn't, so who knows. I had nothing high in salt yesterday either, so bummer! But I can imagine how my weight would creep up if I stopped trying, so I'm going to keep on keeping on and maybe when I can decrease these sitting hours a little, I'll finally get off this plateau.

I stopped in yesterday and read your posts and what nice breaks in my routine that was. Like both of you, I am saddened by the looting and violence while being more than sad and angry about the reason they started.

Lois, you are so good to do so much for your MIL--down to changing your work schedule. I have never had to face having a parent who needs to come live with me. I know that has to be very hard. Any time there's an extra person around it changes things a lot. And I can envision you in that rental truck! Hubby needed to rent a trailer with a ramp so he could get this HUGE snowblower out of our garage for the summer and into our storage. Because we don't have a trailer hitch on either car now, he also had to rent a U-Haul pickup truck. Like me, he's really short, so he was a sight driving out here!

And talk about weather. Night before last we needed a light jacket when we walked around 8 p.m. It was getting very chilly and breezy. Today we in the 90's with very high humidity. It's even hotter here than in Atlanta. This has been a bizarre spring, and now they're saying we are going to have a hotter than average summer. And here, heat is not dry heat. I do so miss the pool. We don't know yet when it might open. However, I do have some good news. Hair salons opened this week with some strict guidelines and I'm getting mine cut Saturday at 9 a.m. I don't think I'm going as short as before, though. I am getting used to having a little more hair.

Sheesh, I am so happy for your daughter. It sounds like she has found a great man and a lovely step-daughter. I'll be thinking about you this weekend when you have the special cookout. I miss your being on FB because there are no photos. However, I am about FB'd out, and some days I check for any messages or birthday annoucements and other than that, leave it alone.

Mentioning birthdays, I have to get a real ID drivers license by July and I'm running into some stumbling blocks because of COVID closures and because of my name issue. I go by my middle name and so many legal documents are in that, while my Social Security lists my first name. I hope I don't end up licenseless for a while because of this.

Well, time to get back to work. I will try to check back again later.

SarahMaxx

Just now at 5 p.m. logging lunch and dropped in. Lois, I forgot to say congratulations on the two pound loss. At our height, you can really feel two pounds. Hope Sheesh can wrestle the computer from hubby to weigh in soon. I don't know how you gals do anything on this site from your smartphones. I credit my ability to log food to being trapped at a desk with a large monitor and two computers. When I try to log food on my phone, I usually just give up! Fortunately, I'm hooked up to toggle from CDC computer to personal one. On the work one, I can't do personal stuff. I am sometimes even blocked from going on webpages I need to get on for work. It's a bit frustrating, but I guess they have to be super careful.

GaGasheesh

SW: 156
LW: 132.8
TW: 132.8

Exactly the same . . argh. I think I've been pretty good, so I feel cheated. There should have been a little reduction.

Lois, congratulations on such a great reduction! I'm envious of that. But, I know you're going through a lot of stress and physical demands right now, so I'm not envious of that, lol. I think you're a pretty great person to have MIL come live with you. I hope your hubby appreciates you. If it were me, I would be reminding him every day, ha ha ha!

Sarah, I don't recommend letting your license expire. I did that once, and they made me do all the tests to get it back. So annoying. Maybe your state will give an extension due to Covid? My state sent me a real ID license (with the star in the upper right corner, right?), but it still expires next year. So, I guess just a temporary Covid solution. I would think all states should do that. Good job with logging your food. You're correct that the iPhone is inconvenient.

Thanks for the nice comments about my daughter and her man. They feel the frustration and anxiety with all of this, so they have their moments like all couples. But, he is really perfect for her, and her for him. His daughter loves her so much, too.

I'm a little perturbed with the fact that our state is spiking up with Covid cases this last week. I'm afraid they are trying to open everything up too fast. If this causes a second wave and we have to cancel the wedding, it's not good. My daughter hasn't been married before, and she really wants this to happen. It's been hard for her to feel like the country is on fire, and a virus is ruining her wedding. Ugh. All I can do is keep encouraging her to not internalize what she has no control over. What a mess.

I'll check back tomorrow. I hope I'll be in a better mood, lol. Sorry I'm a downer today.

Lastchancelj

Sheesh - staying the same is as good as a reduction in my books....it's not a gain.

Thanks for the cheers on the MIL. I just worry about her, though the way she's been the past couple of weeks, I'm beginning to second guess my sanity. I was able to get an appt with her cardiologist as her numbers at the pacemaker clinic were not stable. Contacted a neighbor and she took her, but Mom never called me when she was at the appt (I had my nose so deep into work until over an hour past her appt). I called MIL and she's like what?? I just got home.... and I responded, why didn';t you call me at the appt? and usually the dr prompts her to call me as well. Well with her provider I can log in and see his notes... she's not taking her rx correctly and he made a note about 'shes a bit confused and with no one at home, I'm not confident she is capable to doing it correctly on her own". Oh geez Mom. Oh and he said,"she says shes walking for 30 mins a day but I believe that's a lie as she had to stop 10 times from the drop off to the office" . She's more confused than before even hubby is noticing. So while I want her here, I fear that she's going to be a handful for me. I need to be sure to set up hubby to be the one to administer her meds and be sure she's following the dosage and timing etc. So, don't go giving me too many kudos, I may be packing her back up next week...lol.

Prayers to your daughter that she has the wedding of her dreams. keep up with encouragement. I do think of them and hope all works out well. The world has gone crazy. And I'm with you, I've been such a downer and so damn sad at everything - I understand.

Sarah my butt sits in a chair more at home that it did at the office. I've got my computer, two monitors, ipad, iphone and notebook. Fortunatley, I'm not blocked from any websites so I can scroll to my hearts content...when I'm not answering the phone, text, email etc. I was trying to do reports this afternoon, but my phone won't stop ringing. Ive had three phone calls while typing this message so sorry if it's a bit disjointed. Better this than my reports..lol

SarahMaxx

When home and work are the same the butt just sits. LOL

Looks like we're all feeling some of the sadness, anger, and fear. I am so hoping that things get better. I hate the uncertainty for your daughter, Sheesh. My nephew also postponed his April wedding and is now wondering if his October date is safe.

I just got back in from watching hubby water flowers and grass out front. I was going to do it, but he loves doing that so I let him take over. He says it's calming.

Two nights ago it was low 50s this time of night and my guess is that it's still mid-80s out there right now. And it feels like a Mississippi swamp! Even the weather has gone mad. So it's treadmill night for me. Just popped up to log dinner and was happy to see two new posts.

SarahMaxx

After I wrote the post above last night, I checked my email and had one from a lady from whom I buy linen tops when we visit the Sugar Loaf craft fair in the spring. She weaves this material and it's cool even though it provides some coverage that most summer tops do not. Anyway, because the fair was cancelled she had sent out an email to customers saying that she's discontinuing these tops and is selling what is left. I replied and let her know that I'd love to buy some. She said that she was in FL for a show, but would contact me when she returned to PA to let me know what is left in my size. But then last night's email said that before they could return home, she fell down some steps and broke her neck. She is in a wheel chair and uncertain when they might be able to travel again.

This is a couple who is only a little older than hubby and I. She is the artist and he is the businessman and they have traveled and enjoyed their life on the juried arts circuit. They had no children so could do this. And now . . . Well it just reminded me how your life can change in a moment and how precious every day is.

Today, my team lead was so upset about all of the things happening in the world she could not make it through our meeting before she broke down. I was on zoom, and hubby heard her and was afraid one of my coworkers, who is in the hospital, had died. So he stuck around instead of leaving to go get groceries. My coworker, by the way, has leukemia, but she is now out of ICU and hopes to leave the hospital soon.

Man oh man. I want to lose weight, and tighten up some of this loose flesh, and increase my energy, and do all kinds of things. But when I look around, everything in my world is okay today no matter what. And I am going to be VERY careful from here on when on the stairs.

Lastchancelj

Just touching base to let you all know we made it to cali and back with no social issues. MIL triggered some issues, but nothing else remiss. Travel was smooth and quick. Uhaul was a pain, but in the end, MIL is here and her stuff is either in her room, our garage or storage. Stuff left at the house is for the cousins. Now to get a sales contract out and get her money into her account and investments. She did attempt to stall the move another week by making yet another dr. appt. Nope. Sent a note to the dr. we can do video. Super frustrating as mom says this after we've rented a truck, taken vacation time AND drove 6.5 hours with a truck that has a governor on it and it won't exceed 70 mph (even downhill!!). I get super angry as she has no regard for our time, travel and personal expenses.

SarahMaxx

Glad to hear that you made it safely to Cali and back. I can so related to your last sentence, Lois. My family complain about us not coming down to NC very often. But they don't think about the fact that I use virtually all of my leave doing just that and have little left for other things and that it costs us a quite a bit to come down after we pay pet sitters, gas, we usually buy food and other things for family while we are there, and we typically have two nights in a hotel (one going down and one coming back). But they don't think in those terms because we're expected to do the travel and incur the expense because most of the family is down there, and it's just us up here. So I admire all you're doing. You're a good woman!

I have been able to get in my 10K steps the past few days because we got a break in the heat and I also got a break in work. I actually made it all day Friday without logging in. But when I got online this morning, I found that the one task I had left for my FTE I call "Grumpy Cat," he screwed up, and my backup didn't even open and check any of the email in my main program-affiliated inbox. Arghhhh. And today we got another Freedom of Information request which are painful sometimes. That's when a group, a company, even a person, requests copies of everything you've put out on a specific topic. Down to the everyday emails.

Oh, well. It's 7 p.m. and I am getting up from this desk. I have a very early morning eye doctor appointment so I need to get dinner, walk, do a couple of chores and get to bed before my usual 12:30 a.m.