Weigh-in November 4-10, 2020
SarahMaxx
Posts: 2,092 Member
LW: 140.0
TW: 139.2
Well, good morning! Yep, I slept fitfully and made it up early enough to have a cup of coffee, dress, and get the car delivered to the shop by 8:30. Normally, I have a couple of cups of coffee and then weigh when I'm getting dressed, but today, I shucked off my jammies and weighed before I went downstairs. So I think that weight is probably a little lower than it would normally be.
The temps are supposed to be warmer here today (in the low to mid-60s) and there is less wind, so I hope to do my hilly route during the warmest part of the afternoon. Yesterday hubby went with me and by the time we got back his blood sugar was bottoming out. His health is beginning to scare me a bit. If it were not for BP medication and cholesterol meds and metformin for the diabetes, he'd be in a world of hurt. I look at him sometimes now and I can just see the changes that have occurred in the past few years. He's losing energy, but I don't think he stresses this issue when he's talking to the doctor. It's so easy to get conversational and just not emphasize the right things. Plus I think there's always a little fear of hearing something you don't want to hear.
Sheesh, I hope that you are feeling better and have had no more dizziness. I hear you in my head saying, "you gotta work on strength." We did a deep clean of hubby's den down in the basement where my treadmill lives and I have lined up 2, 5, 10, and 15 pound weights. Now to use them! I did do some push-ups this week on the stairs. If you stand on a stair and put your hands three steps up, if gives you a good angle to do some push-ups. The message was loud and clear that I need upper body strength. In my 40s when working with a trainer, I could do regular push ups with the best of them, but 20 years later . . .
Lois, I hope you take some time for yourself today and if the weather permits that you go for a walk alone so you can relax and not worry about how MIL is far faring.
TW: 139.2
Well, good morning! Yep, I slept fitfully and made it up early enough to have a cup of coffee, dress, and get the car delivered to the shop by 8:30. Normally, I have a couple of cups of coffee and then weigh when I'm getting dressed, but today, I shucked off my jammies and weighed before I went downstairs. So I think that weight is probably a little lower than it would normally be.
The temps are supposed to be warmer here today (in the low to mid-60s) and there is less wind, so I hope to do my hilly route during the warmest part of the afternoon. Yesterday hubby went with me and by the time we got back his blood sugar was bottoming out. His health is beginning to scare me a bit. If it were not for BP medication and cholesterol meds and metformin for the diabetes, he'd be in a world of hurt. I look at him sometimes now and I can just see the changes that have occurred in the past few years. He's losing energy, but I don't think he stresses this issue when he's talking to the doctor. It's so easy to get conversational and just not emphasize the right things. Plus I think there's always a little fear of hearing something you don't want to hear.
Sheesh, I hope that you are feeling better and have had no more dizziness. I hear you in my head saying, "you gotta work on strength." We did a deep clean of hubby's den down in the basement where my treadmill lives and I have lined up 2, 5, 10, and 15 pound weights. Now to use them! I did do some push-ups this week on the stairs. If you stand on a stair and put your hands three steps up, if gives you a good angle to do some push-ups. The message was loud and clear that I need upper body strength. In my 40s when working with a trainer, I could do regular push ups with the best of them, but 20 years later . . .
Lois, I hope you take some time for yourself today and if the weather permits that you go for a walk alone so you can relax and not worry about how MIL is far faring.
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GREAT JOB SARAH!!!
I was a bad girl and did not get on the scale this morning. Woke up later than I wanted - thought I'd snoozed an earlier alarm time - oops and had an urgent text from work to address asap - BEFORE Starbucks even. And last night, my neighbor friend came over and we had wine, hummus, crackers and I had ordered pizza for dinner. Worked too hard and late yesterday and needed to unwind. I did not want to watch the dang election crap. I did my part and the votes will be where they will be. Let me know later. Not going to get myself all worked up over here.
No walking, just drinking. And I'm so upset - the pizza is killing my stomach...I even did a white pizza - but had ONE stupid slice of the pepperoni and I'm paying for it. Why?? Why does pasta sauce now make my tummy so violent? I'm Italian....it can't upset me!! I make delicious manicotti and lasagna and good ol' spaghetti and meatballs (when the weather is cooler of course). But every time I have it, my tummy rebels the next day. UGH!! I am not accepting the no more tomato sauce option...I WILL find a way....again, I'm Italian and I LOVE my sauce.
Good job in finding your weights. The 2, 5 and 10 will be your friend. It's a big jump from 10-15. My average weights were 10 and 12 when I was training with Chrissy and I liked the weight my muscles were nice and tone...and not as squishy as they are now! I should probably practice what I preach and use my weights...after all...Rhea is 31 lbs now!
The weather was 93 today ...95 tomorrow, 90 on Friday and - Fingers crossed - 70 on Saturday!! Please make it so...even 80 would be good. But that's not AZ we go from near triple digits to the 60's over night it seems...every year. And then from the 70's to the 90's well before Easter. I don't trust my tummy to walk around the block tonight...
Sheesh - time to check in!
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LW: 132.6
TW: 131.8
Here I am . . kicked hubby off the Mac so I could post. . it's so much easier with a full size keyboard!
Great work on your reduction, Sarah!! And you're doing so great with the steps and now weights!!! Yay!! I'm so glad you're going to incorporate them into your workout. . it's so important for growing older. I sometimes notice the decline in my hubby's health and strength, and it reminds me that I may have to handle more things around the house. Even with my borderline check up, at least my bones are good. I'm sure it's due to the strength training. You'll start to enjoy it more and more!
Lois, hang in there with demands for more help around the house. You have a job, and there's no reason you shouldn't get more help at home. Plus, you need to get some time for yourself!
The log splitting was prime example. Man, I did a lot of squatting and heavy lifting. I was sore the next day, but then recovered pretty fast. Yesterday I felt so anxious, I went into my gym and worked out hard and angry for a long time! It takes the anxiety away so well.
I'm sorry to be so brief, but the dinner timer just went off, and I have to run. I'll check back tomorrow.0 -
TW 231.5
I didn't look up last week...but I think it's in the same area. I only have a minute to be accountable and then back to work.
Great job SHeesh!!! I love the "recovered pretty fast" comment. I think that's what we all need to think about as we're getting older - the recovery time. Hubby and I feel it after having Rhea for a day...we're wiped out the next day...well it used to be even worse, but we're both working on ourselves so hopefully it won't be so bad in a few months. We were never this exhausted with the other two grands....eeek.0 -
Ducking in here to unload a bit. I may have mentioned that two weeks ago, I didn't have the heart to tell the lady who cleans for us every two weeks that we need to stop for a while. She's dealing with a much older husband who has health issues. But now our Covid rates are climbing again and although we paid her several months although she didn't come to clean, my not having an income precludes that now, and it's just time for me to do all the cleaning for a while. So she's here this morning and I have to let her know.
I'm also dealing with some just general "down" feelings without any reason I can put my finger on other than the shorter days. I used to be affected by lack of light in winter, then seemed to not have too much of an issue, but now I have that vague anxious/sad feeling. We are having a short run of really nice weather, though, and I hope to get outside as much as I can over the next few days. Cold and rain is coming at the first of the week again.
And hubby is also causing me some angst. We got up this morning and I started quickly unloading the dishwasher and straightening up. He got cranky and said that my running around makes him anxious! I think it's because he wakes up not feeling his best. He's complaining a lot with leg pain and his blood sugar level gets low more often these days. I think my waking up with some energy makes him cranky because he does not have the oomph to jump in himself. So I stopped getting ready for Betti (our cleaning lady) and went to get dressed, and then he got cranky because he thought I was leaving too much for him to do. Actually, I know that Betti cleans downstairs first, leaving me plenty of time to make the bed and do things upstairs. I think his moods are all being governed by fear and blood sugar levels, which affect mood. We finished getting everything ready and he got some food in him, so he's back to his usual cheerful self. But ladies, I do have to confess that when he's cranky, I just want to pick up something and wham him one!
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Sarah oh how I feel your pain. Hubby and I are on different schedules, and truly I think we always have been - now that I'm working from home, I'm more in tune to it. I've always been more of a "morninger person", since working from home, not quite as early as before, but still a morning/day person. Hubby is a complete night owl, who often doesn't think its time for bed until after 2am or even 3am (and he's not partying, he's doing what you and I do between 6-9 - eat, read, tv etc). So somehow I feel guilty when trying to straighten up around him while he's still sleeping (at 9 or 10am) and he feels the same when I go to bed (930p). Andon the weekends, I want to address my chores first thing and get them done, he wants to read, watch tv, relax until just before it's time for to sit down and start unwinding before I head to bed. So yeah, I get it. And yeah, I sometimes want to wham him one (and he probably does me also).
The down feeling could be a myriad of things that have been happening in your world. Saying goodbye to Betty, you still haven't identified what you want to do work/retire/greet people at Walmart, election stresses, and the earlier evenings do play it's toll as well. I've heard of sunlamps for plants etc....could that be something to put downstairs near your TM? Just a thought.
Had dr. appt for MIL late yesterday. Her dr. is also our friend. He ended up calling me this morning as he was concerned with the tone of my voice (God I love him). I didn't think I did anything different, but he said it's not as peppy as usual and he wanted to check in on me. I swear I got teary eyed...I miss our friends...this family in particular I feel are more like family...I mean we did all holidays, bdays and hey lets just hang out this Saturday together. We've always been there for one another. I told him some of how I've been feeling but gosh I really miss them. We discussed Thanksgiving and we had already agreed not to gather this year, but we talked that this year it was supposed to be my year at my house and how we're keeping it to just the family and the neighbors across the street. Thanksgiving and Christmas at my house is anywhere from 22-28 people...the table set up literally takes up the entire living and dining room with another kids table blocking the front door. This year there will be just 10 of us. I am going to coordinate a zoom call for that afternoon.
I think I may sneak off to see the other grandkids tomorrow. I have to take MIL for a blood test tomorrow morning, but then I may sneak off when she heads upstairs. Just drive over and say hi! Keep my distance of course, but I really need to see them.0 -
Just checking in. The past few days have been glorious weather-wise. I've done the hilly route each day, feeling guilty that I did not do it twice each day. Hubby has been going when he can. He is still having some problems with his legs and his IBS--both of which effect his ability and desire to go on a long walk. But he is trying and has promised that he'll mention both today in his virtual doctor's appointment.
We decided on Friday that rather than just let Betti go that day, we'd let her know that if something hasn't changed with our financial situation, her next time here will be her last for what we hope will not be forever. And yes, Lois, I am dealing with a lot of change, some of which I haven't yet experienced the full impact. I chuckled this morning when I remembered how friends tease me about not liking change, and how I sometimes respond that the only thing I hate worse than change is the way the things are.
Actually I'm still really grateful that we can pay our bills and that nothing really bad has happened as a result of my being unemployed. If it had been a few years ago, I would have lost my health insurance. I am so glad now that I decided not to take my last employer's insurance.
Another thing that is weighing on me and that I'll mention because it seems to lighten my load is that it's getting hard to contact my sister. Every conversation is mostly about the amount of pain she is in and how the doctors are unable to do anything. She wants so badly to be able to live a somewhat normal life and cannot. And her poor husband has spent years now not able to do things because she is more or less bedridden. I would truly love to have a sibling I can do things with and I've never really had that. My sister's physical health precludes it, and my adopted brother's mental health and disabilities preclude it.
Lois, your MIL's doctor is a treasure. Docs see so many people and have so much pressure on them that to have one call to just check on you because you didn't sound like yourself is really special. We decided that we were not up to finding new doctors during a pandemic, so despite the cost, we are going to pay our doc's new concierge fee at least through the winter.
I also got a little laugh from your Walmart greeter comment because it reminded me of a friend who retired from the military and needed some work to pad his retirement pay and keep him busy. He took a job as a Walmart greeter, but it didn't last that long. Because he's somewhat of a curmudgeon and also an outspoken atheist, we always laughed and said it was because George would greet customers by saying "Welcome to Walmart. There is no god!"
Well, time to do something productive. I hope everyone is well and has a good Monday. Sheesh, you have to carve out some more time on the Mac to visit with us!
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Great job getting in the hilly route!! Our weather has finally hit the chill factor. It was in the 40's last night. We left one of the BR windows open last night and it was quite brisk this morning. I actually slept GREAT! Hubby was bundled with other blankets...haha. I did bring our comforter from the storage unit yesterday..it had just been cleaned and I didn't want to keep moving it all summer long so to storage it went. We're supposed to be low 60's or high 50's for the next couple of days. So I'm in capris and a tshirt (still flip flops tho). Will go walk the block tonight.
I did not make it to see the other grands on Saturday. Too MIL to get her blood tested and then while I had her out she wanted to stop at Walgreens for some stuff...so we went there. And then my hubby was doing his testing around the corner so she wanted to watch him. Unfortunately, he had just finished his first portion and while they're doing it virtually, there were almost 50 people participating and it would be quite a while before it was his turn to do his weapons form so back home we went. I had a slight headache and decided to lay down for a little, and be sure MIL was ok...she was kind of unsteady while we were out and I wasn't sure if it was her or the wind (it was super windy and she almost lost her balance a couple of times walking to the building). Well, I must have been tired because I was down for over 2 hours and missed the games and just didn't feel up to driving across town (they're about 60 miles from my house one way). So I didn't get to see them. Yesterday I was super bad.... while out to get my Starbucks, I stopped in at the new Dunkin Donuts that just opened (hubby always asks me to stop and I don't). Well it had been at least 4 years since hubby actually tested and I know he was super nervous about his performance (he's had a much harder time since his hip replacement surgery since he can't flex like he did before surgery - expected). Well, I know it took a lot for him to go through with it so I did stop on my way home and got a dozen donuts...I ate 3! Not all at once, but I did eat 3 throughout the day and night. Hubby and MIL finished off the others (mainly hubby but MIL was good for 3 also - including an apple fritter). They were here, now they are gone.
I did get meal prep done...chicken, beef, veggies and sweet potatoes! Oh and with my grocery deliver, the shopper found me a 21lb turkey!! Yay...at first they said they only saw 13lbers and that's not going to work so I thought I was going to have to go to the store myself...NOPE. WOot woot....now all I need are fresh potatoes, sweet potatoes (and my cheese platter and pies from Costco -dreading going to Costco tho).
I also had a conversation with one of hubby's older cousins, and she let me know she had spoken to my MIL and was thanking me for taking care of her. She actually supports the structure and stuff we're trying to have MIL do. She even said MIL said she was happy to be in AZ and was laughing with her on the phone. So that made me feel a wee bit better. She's one of our cousins that MIL will speak openly about how she's feeling so it was a good call. This cousin does not live in Cali.
Have a great day!
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