Daily Check In: Are You On Track Today?

Paulawilldo

Wishing you a wonderful and restful weekend Shari. I am a lover of sleep, as I am sure you know. It is so restorative and contributes so much to our physical and mental health. Do you have any special plans for your upcoming Thanksgiving?

My day didn't go as planned again. I am ok about it now but was frustrated during the day due to the unexpected interruptions that happened and were beyond my control (not having control over certain things can be an issue for me). So now Friday's to do list is longer than I had hoped. I will modify it as I need to but plan to do whatever I can to keep Saturday and Sunday free from too many demands. On the brighter side, my food choices were good and right on target. Aiming for that for Friday too.

shariletts

We will have dinner on Monday with friends this weekend. Other than that, I want to pull my carrots and beets from the garden. I need to make some more tomato sauce. Last night I was able to get the skins off the tomatoes, so that gives me a head start.

Lets hope to get all of our things on our to-do list done today so we can fully enjoy the weekend!

Paulawilldo

Shari, wishing you a happy and blessed Thanksgiving weekend. We all have so much to be thankful for. Will you serve your freshly pulled beets and carrots at Thanksgiving dinner?

I am pleased with today's accomplishments and food choices. I wasn't tired at all today and managed to cross off a lot of my tasks for today. A highlight of my day is that a former co-worker of mine called today. I haven't seen her since before Covid. We were close at work and always got along very well. She is one of the sweetest and nicest persons I have ever known. We were in different departments. I learned a lot from her and always valued her opinion. We retired at the same time, though she is older than me by a number of years. We made plans for her to visit us for lunch on Tuesday.

shariletts

I was assigned desserts for the Thanksgiving meal. Sigh.. I was hoping to bring a couple of veggie dishes. Maybe next time.

You have a very large friend group Paula. So wonderful! It is inspiring to me. I am such an introvert, it takes a lot for me to reach out as I don't mind being home on my own. I do have a small circle of friends, but it would still be good to keep in touch with those that I haven't seen in awhile.

Paulawilldo

I have been blessed with many wonderful caring friends. I attribute much of my good fortune with friends to the loneliness I felt all through my childhood as an only child, surrounded by cousins and friends who all had multiple siblings. And I was close to many cousins who I know loved me and I loved them, but there always came a time when the cousins left and I was alone. My parents had their own "issues," which I guess is not unusual, and I know they loved me and meant well, but the truth is, I was a lonely kid. So, I often say that I have spent my whole life looking for a sibling!

I used to have real struggles with night time eating. I am happy to say that this is no longer a problem, and I am seldom nibbling or munching in the evening. Now it seems the "hungries" are arriving more often in the mid to late afternoon. I have been trying to focus on protein as part of that "snack" such as eggs or string cheese. It worked well for me today, but some days I still look for the sweet snack, often a banana or some no sugar applesauce.

Here's to a blessed Sunday for all!

shariletts

Grateful for a day of rest. I accomplished everything on my list. I canned tomatoes, I made a batch of salsa, pulled the carrots and beets from the garden. I found one small head of cabbage and a bit of broccoli that I had missed. I felt like it was a successful day.

Today we will go visit my parents. I am looking forward to that. I will take some of the cabbage rolls I made a few weeks ago.

Paulawilldo

Shari, it sounds like you have much to be thankful for tomorrow, including your successful day of accomplishments and the yummy healthy foods you made. I think home made salsa is wonderful! Glad you are going to see your parents and taking cabbage rolls...sure to be a hit! Have a very enjoyable and blessed Thanksgiving.

I had a peaceful restful day. I reheated leftovers so cooking was a breeze today. Back to tackling a hefty to do list on Monday!

shariletts

It was a mild evening last night so we had a fire and burned some of the brush that I collected from our little forest. It was lovely! Then to go to bed knowing that I got to wake up with out an alarm was such a blessing. I didn't sleep in much as DH was snoring. I decided to just get up. The coffee is on and I will read for a time. I also have a loaf of sourdough rising and my long weekend cinnamon buns started. You are right Paula- so much to be thankful for.

DW2022

Hello! It sounds like you both have been doing well and staying busy! Shari, I also treasure the mornings that I don't wake up to an alarm! I had one of those while we were in TN. The rest of the mornings I was up early for dog activities. Paula, we were in Kingsport, TN at a beautiful resort. Apparently, they host quite a few National dog events for different breeds. "Host" probably isn't the correct term since contracts and $$$ are negotiated in the planning stage. It was a nice venue! Next year the event will be in Palm Springs, CA. We would need to have a really good reason to make that trip so we will see what this year brings.
My younger dog finished a Rally title by qualifying for the final "leg" (3 are required for the regular levels) while we were there. She also showed in 3 regular dogs shows for only our breed. She showed really well but wasn't chosen by the judges. That was OK! We had fun doing the shows. I think she will be retired from the show stuff but continue to go to classes and do performance activities like rally, Obedience and scent work.
I took a break from NOOM for the past week-I had enough Treat days to do that. I haven't been on a scale since we left but will face the music in the morning and also be back to work tomorrow. Have a peaceful evening!

Paulawilldo

DW, Welcome back!! Your trip to TN sounds wonderful and so cool that it was fun and you got to enjoy such a nice resort. Palm Springs sounds like a fabulous place to visit next year! I have never been there.

Shari, Yum on those cinnamon buns, such a good tradition to keep. I think I have mentioned before I LOVE sourdough bread and read somewhere that it is a good bread to eat when dieting....now I can't remember why.

I did ok with food choices today and logged all of my food, staying in my desired point range. I am amazed at what I accomplished today. My to do list kept getting longer and longer because I would do one thing and then notice something else I should do. I was pretty tired by the evening but didn't even nap! Tomorrow's list is minimal as my former co-worker friend is coming to visit. Today my new home health aide came to do the usual stuff the other gal used to do. I found out last week that the home aide who has been coming here for about 10 months is no longer with the company. I believe she was fired, but the company didn't come out and say that to me. The new aide is terrific, though I am not sure she will be my "regular" aide. I will request her next time I speak to their office.

shariletts

DW-It does sounds like you had such a good experience in TN. And to have had enough treat days while you were away would take the pressure off trying to figure out meal plans.

Paula- sourdough is a better option for bread. I am not sure why either, but I do know it only has four ingredients. Salt, flour, water, and the starter. Glad your new aide is so good Paula. That will make the change easier. Change isn't always easy.

We had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner and I ate too much. I will be careful to follow my meal plans the rest of this week. I will be going to the gym today, I can't afford to miss today's workout after sampling the pies I made (not to mention all of the food that the hosts prepared)! I was full all evening, and I think I would say that I still feel full.

Paulawilldo

I'm glad you enjoyed your Thanksgiving celebration Shari. Special times with friends sure count as blessings to be grateful for. Today I had one of the best times I can remember in ages with the visit from my former co-worker/friend. While I certainly have a good number of friends, there are few that I laugh so much with as I do with this friend. She stayed over 3 hours and we laughed and caught up and laughed more. She brought us Subway sandwiches. I had a roasted chicken sandwich which is only 5 points so it didn't destroy my points for the day. This friend also struggles with her weight like me. We have so much in common and enjoy each other so much. We hope and are planning she will come to visit again in a few weeks.

shariletts

I had a good day yesterday. I took a few breaks during the day hoping that would help me get my steps in. I am sure it did help, but I found I had to walk on the treadmill for 20 minutes to get closer to my goal. I was hoping I would only have to be on it for 15 minutes. I prefer walking outdoors. There is a lady that is on the stair master, it seems like every time I go to the gym. She is so thin and it breaks my heart. She is struggling with anorexia. I think I would rather be in my situation, she looks so unwell.

Glad you had such a good time with your friend Paula. I bet you will have had such a good sleep after so much laughter.

DW2022

Hello! Shari, a belated Happy Thanksgiving!! Your commitment to your exercise is inspiring! Paula, it sounds like a great time with your friend! I'm glad that you plan to do it again soon!! Laughter is so good for us!!
My weigh in was OK. It was the same # as when I left home and has been at that number for several weeks. Tonight, I went to the gym and met with the (free) trainer. I have a program to get stronger and also do cardio. Since I can usually only get there twice/week, he worked with that. I am excited to get going again. I am ready to head to bed-I'm exhausted after 2 days of work and there are two more to go! Have a great Thursday!

Paulawilldo

DW, great that you are back at the gym and great too that you have an understanding helpful trainer. That is so important. Getting stronger is important too, especially as we age. The friend/coworker who visited me on Monday faithfully goes to her gym twice a week at age 74 and has greatly increased her strength in her legs especially.

Shari, so sad about the woman who suffers from anorexia. Like you, I would prefer my overweightness (is that a word?) to her situation.

I was disappointed in my productivity today but I am giving myself a bit of pass on it since I just didn't feel like myself. I don't feel sick and not even really tired (no nap today) but I just didn't have a lot of energy to do much, so I didn't. I will do my best to be more productive for the next few days. I also wasn't overly hungry so I didn't cook a lot today. My points were higher than I hoped, due to choices not portion size today.

shariletts

Today and tomorrow I will be going to the Global Leadership Summit. It is not a live conference, but a playback from the conference that took place over the summer. It's a Christian organization that puts it together. One of the speakers is Craig Groeshell. My DH is attending with me and I am really looking forward to it. It will be nice to learn and be inspired together.

Please pray for my friend, Larissa. She is my friend that went through court after the restraining reorder wasn't adhered to. She has a new boyfriend, and they are having some issues in their relationship. She has grown so much, but he isn't always there for her in the way that she needs. He can be quite hurtful emotionally (not physically). She is leaning towards breaking up with him, and I know she gets a soft heart and then sticks around with the hope that they will get better. They do counselling. I don't need to make a decision for her, I will support because she is my friend. I do trust God knows what is best for her, so I am praying and would love your prayers, that she would receive a word from God affirming if she should continue to work on this relationship or to leave. Then for her to follow God's will rather than her heart.

Paulawilldo

I feel compassion for your friend Shari and have added her to my daily prayer list. Praying for God's guidance for her and for her acceptance of God's will. She is blessed to have you as such a good friend. Her name is beautiful and a favorite name with some Slavic cultures. Your Global Leadership Summit sounds very interesting. Wonderful that DH is participating with you. So good that you can access such events even if not attending in person, definitely a bonus of today's technology.

I did well today with healthy wise food choices. I am getting a grocery delivery tomorrow that will help me stay with good meal planning. Craig was here briefly and did a few small chores. He is quite busy with other jobs which makes me happy that he is doing so well getting work. He is supposed to baby sit Buster next week when John and I go to our dental appointments. I got through my to do list with very few carry overs for tomorrow. I enjoyed some good "me" time and hope for more of the same tomorrow.

shariletts

We learned so much yesterday and will have another full day today. Very inspirational talks. We had tacos for lunch and they were so good! It was nice to be able to go out for lunch with my DH.

We made it to another Friday! Woohoo! Our conference is near the IKEA (which is 40 minutes from our place) so we will pop in after the conference. I am looking for some shelving in our back entrance. It would be wonderful if we could find something that works so DH doesn't have to build a custom shelf. He could, but he has a lot of other project to do so this one has been on hold a long time already.

Hope you both have wonderful, compliant days.

Paulawilldo

I am excited for you Shari that you are a part of this wonderful conference and learning from and enjoying the talks. I know how good it feels to be inspired by those leaders/speakers we admire and respect. Hope you can find a shelf to fit your needs.

I sometimes have difficulty signing in to My Fitness Pal. It requires me to try repeatedly before I can get in sometimes. I am wondering if either of you have had this experience. When this happens it tells me something about a captcha not being right and to try again. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me, and eventually I am able to sign in but sometimes I get frustrated with it....patience Paula, patience, right?

I had a great day today. I tackled a major to do list item that I have been avoiding for weeks. For some tasks I just have to be in the right mood to do them...or at least that is what I tell myself. So I am celebrating taking care of this task....which remarkably was much easier and completed much more quickly than I expected. I did well with my food choices and portion control again too. I must keep this momentum going to see some results.

shariletts

I leave MFP open on my laptop, so I rarely need to log in. Have you tried clearing your cookies? I do that for some specific sites when I encounter issues and that usually fixes it. Let me know if you need help and I can outline the steps you can take to do that. I am on Chrome, so I know how with that platform.

We went to IKEA and found a shelf we think will work. We decided to eat dinner there and I wish I would have looked up the macros before eating. I had the Swedish Meatball dinner thinking it would be a good choice, but it has a lot of fat. So, that made my day a bust! Hoping to be on point today.

Paulawilldo

Thanks Shari. The only cookies I usually think about are the ones I eat! I figured out how to clear cookies on my laptop. I use Firefox as my browser. I cleared some cookies and this time when I logged in it took only 2 attempts. So I think this is progress.

I had a fairly good day for logging and staying within my points. Then by the evening I ended up using some of my "weeklies," the extra points that accumulate on WW. I start a new week tomorrow so I will get a new extra weekly points. They don't carry over from week to week. I am planning for a relaxing restful peaceful Sunday. I didn't do a lot today either and still don't know where the day went. John and I settled in to watch the movie "Reagan," we bought on Amazon Prime. I enjoyed it till I fell asleep (which often happens when I settle down in the family room). I woke up before it was over, but I will have to see the part I missed while sleeping, maybe tomorrow. John felt the movie was excellent. We don't buy many movies on Prime, but John is a history buff and often encourages seeing movies based on true stories. We also own Napoleon which we have watched and Oppenheimer, which we still have not watched.

shariletts

I stuck to my plan yesterday and I am happy about that. I should be able to keep this up for at least three more days as I will be at home. I get tripped up when I am away from home. I know I need to enter my food before I eat it, checking afterwards isn't so helpful!

Today will be a relaxing day. I am looking forward to it. I just need to make sure that I get my steps in, so I think I will take a walk around the farm at some point.

I am not a big movie watcher myself. I can watch TV shows easily enough. I think it's because they are shorter. I should try watching movies over a few days. I imagine I could do that, just depends if DH would be game to try it too. He can watch for longer periods of time. I am sure today will be an NFL football day though.

Paulawilldo

Shari, I admire you for getting in your steps. That is such a good habit to focus on. It's nice that you live in an area where you can enjoy walking. So much better to do that than to have to do chair exercises which I do.

My day went well with much relaxing and time to do what I wanted to do. My points were within my range, but my food choices weren't as healthy as I hoped. I logged my sweets which weren't fruit today! Back to fruits for my sweet cravings in the coming week.

shariletts

I enjoy walking, but I don't live close to the city trails anymore. I really enjoyed the numerous paths that I had. Now I can walk one side rode along the highway, or out in the open field. I am not complaining at all, I am fortunate to be able to get outside and walk. I do miss Moe still, he was my walking buddy and he made walking anywhere a better time. But, we move forward and learn to be content with the present.

I stuck to my meal plan and I meal prepped my breakfasts and lunches for the week. As long as I don't add extras, I should have another good day and that will be three in a row. It is very doable! Lets be sure to turn to fruit today!

Paulawilldo

I sure understand how you miss Moe Shari. Are you open to another dog at all? My nurse practitioner friend lost her 15 year old English Setter in July and on Saturday got a new dog, another English Setter, from a rescue near where she lives. I lasted only 6 months when we lost Jambo till we sought out our sweet rescue Buster. They never replace the dogs we lose but it sure brings us joy to have another heart beating in the house.

Thanks for the fruit encouragement Shari. It helped me stay healthy today! It was a good day for me in terms of doing mostly what I wanted to do. I enjoy being able to work at my own pace and not feeling a lot of pressure with deadlines or meeting timelines set for me by others. I think that is because when I worked we were very overworked and had to adhere to unrealistic timelines established by people who had no idea of what was involved in completing the job. Today I did well with doing what I wanted to do when I wanted to do it. It would have been almost a perfect day except for a visit from the Prez who needed me to do somethings for our church group. She was in a nasty mood for a while which just drives me crazy, especially when I am doing a favor for her. I now attribute her behavior to her just being a very unhappy self-centered person. I pray for her and try to focus on her more positive side (which seldom shows itself).

shariletts

We have talked a bit about getting another dog, we are not quite ready yet. It really is a dog's life to be out here at the farm so once we do some of the traveling done that we want to do, I think we just might get more serious about it.

The President came by! I don't think you have mentioned that she done that before Paula. It is beyond me that she can present so rough for being a believer. And especially when she is looking for help. You think she would be a bit more humble. The prayer for her will help.

I ate well yesterday and got my steps in. I am very happy about that. I have three good days in a row and today should be a fourth. I am hoping the scale will reward me tomorrow morning. I won't hold my breath though.

Paulawilldo

Congrats Shari on 3 consecutive good days...and likely a 4th in the bag by now! Success breeds success and you sure are headed that way!

I had a good day too. My eating was at the upper point range, and I am ok with that. I was a bit hungrier than usual but satisfied my hunger with better choices than I have done in the past. I had a very busy and productive day. I appreciate what I accomplished yet today found myself wishing I had done more....but really didn't have time to do it all. On Wednesday John and I have dental appointments. I will be ok driving but am anxious (as always) about the walking involved. Our dentist and his staff do a lot to accommodate my needs as best they can, but I am still concerned about how I will do walking there.

DW2022

Good morning! For the last two nights I’ve tried to post here and have dosed off - glasses on and face on the phone 😂 I’m trying a new time today!
Paula, I’m sending positive thoughts for your trip to the dentist!
Shari, congrats on your 3-4 day streak!!
I purchased a new scale over the weekend and am very happy with it. It operates like the previous one so it gave me an opportunity to give DH a tutorial. He hasn’t been using the scale since our last trip. It actually registers differences of a tenth of a pound like the other one used to do.
I went to the gym yesterday evening and woke up during the night with a very painful muscle in my left thigh. I don’t recall doing anything to cause it….hoping that some ibuprofen will help!
There are no dog classes this week so DH, DD and I did early voting on Monday. I’m feeling relieved that it is done!
My weight continues to fluctuate around the same number but at least it’s moving and not stuck. I’m hoping to increase my protein intake to see if it makes a difference but am finding that challenging since it also increases calories. Have a great Wednesday!!

shariletts

I also hope all goes well at the Dentist Paula- and with the driving.

Great that you got a new scale DW. I haven't look at the new scales and the features. It seems smart that they would weigh a 10th of a pound, but mine is just a step below that. Sometimes I think I would prefer weighing in with just a whole number. There would be far less fluctuation. But- it's just data that gives me a sense of where I am at. Let's hope our scales will start showing us good data!

Increasing protein is hard! I have been working on that since I started going to the gym. I want to make sure I haven enough protein to help repair my muscles. It's the hardest macro for me to meet consistently. I am doing better though.

Paulawilldo

DW, I am happy that you like your new scale! Yay for explaining how it works to your DH too. I like the decimal feature. Hope your thigh muscle feels better and that the pain doesn't interfere with your daily activities. You are a busy lady and pain can be such a set back.

Thanks DW and Shari for the positive thoughts for my dental adventure. It went very well all around. I did fine getting in and out of the van, and the driving was not difficult. Our dentist is only a 15 minute drive from our home. We are so blessed to be with this dental practice. The dentist himself is excellent and his staff is outstanding. Another patient arrived when we did, and he offered to help us from the van to the office. At the same time, my hygienist saw us through the window and came out to help us. After the appointment John's hygienist and mine walked us to the van and helped with my walker and John's crutches. Both of us got good reports, and we don't have another check up till May 2025. Craig babysat Buster while we went to the dentist. Craig is having some medical problems again. Please say a prayer for him.