June 23-29

wiredkell

LW: 159.4
TW: 157.1

Woah! Man oh man, it's going great! I didn't realize what a big drop it was until I looked back at last week's post. I usually weigh daily, so I have slowly seen it go down or stay the same this past week. Amazing at what paying attention to what I'm eating and limiting my carbs is doing for me. The biggest change is my mental clarity. I feel so much better all around. The only thing I'm struggling with at the moment is falling asleep, but I've always had issues with that. Small noises like snoring (husband and old dog), sometimes the TV, too hot, not dark enough, have always contributed to my poor sleep. Hoping to figure that out next.

Just a quick post as I have online training this morning. I'll check back later.

GaGasheesh

LW: 130.8
TW: 129.6

Good. But not as good as Kelly . . .

KELLY . . . WOW!!! Awesome reduction . . 2.3 pounds in one week! Good for you . . and, you're feeling good too! The carb reduction is working well. As far as sleeping, I have trouble falling asleep . . (and I always have to wake up for the bathroom at least once, lol) so I'm going to try to link below a hypnosis on YouTube I listen to every night. Use good wireless earbuds if you can. I started to try it a while ago, and now it puts me under almost as soon as I hear his voice. Carbs are calming, so carb reduction seems to contribute to sleeplessness for me. Also, burning fat or Ketosis is stimulating to the brain and can disrupt sleep too. But, it's so great to burn fat all night, lol. So, trying other stuff is better . . sleepy time tea, a sleep mask, etc. I hope you'll find something that works for you.

I also have to run . . I have a million things to do before we leave tomorrow. Lois and Sarah, I'll check back later to see your posts.

https://youtu.be/obvfbKND-fM

SarahMaxx

LW: 132.4
TW: 132.6

Okay, I'm hanging out in the same neighborhood and I want to do better. I started to say the same bad neighborhood, but this time last year, I would have been thrilled to be here. I just don't want to stay here now.

Congrats to both of you ladies. I am so happy for you and so envious. Wow, Kelly. What a loss! And Sheesh, you're back in the 120s! I saw 129 for a couple of days several weeks ago. Then the travel, house guest, and job stress came, and up went my weight. In addition to not getting as much activity, I've also been eating dinner later because I'm working late. I have to watch that!

And mentioning working, thanks to all of you for your words of support about my job issue. Yesterday our regular team meeting went well, so perhaps my lead was really just in a bad spot. We'll see.

My walking buddy is teaching at night this week and said she'd contact me about walking on my days off, but she has not done that. I hope we can soon get back to at least regular once or twice a week walks. Hubby's neck is keeping him from walking and her commitments are stretching her thin, so I need to either find a second walking buddy or accept that I have to keep my own self motivated.

Kelly our temps are doing the same crazy swings. Friday, it was almost 100 with high humidity, which prompted bad storms and power outages. Then last night after work (about 7:30 p.m.) I went out to pick up a prescription and a sweater would have felt nice!

Lois, hope the indoor cycling is still working out. I think with our job stress, you and I both need to find some space to just move and breath and be. And mentioning job stress, Kelly, I hope something good works out for Jodi.

Sheesh, I will miss you while you're visiting the kids and hope you can check in at least once or twice. I know how much you are looking forward to this trip, though, and hope you have marvelous time.

I am trying to decide what to commit myself to and let you guys know about so I'll make myself do it. Yesterday, I barely walked at all. I worked late, ran errands, prepared dinner, and then thought I'd sit down and catch part of the ballgame before I headed into the cul-de-sacs. But the next I knew it was midnight and my fitbit had gone back to zero. So sticking to the "take it one day at a time" theory, I will commit that I will make my 10K today and I'll add some arm exercises. I was demonstrating a player's batting stance to hubby the other day and realized that just holding my arms out straight for a time made them talk to me!

GaGasheesh

Well, it's very late, but I wanted to check back to read your posts. Sarah, you're maintaining, so that's good. I like the commitment to the 10K and arm exercises. I admit I smiled picturing you demonstrating a batting stance I haven't checked lately . . how are the Nats doing this season?

I'm not taking my laptop with me on this trip . . just iPad and iPhone, and mostly for photos and kids to play games. So, I cannot promise I'll be able to check the board . . but you know I'll be thinking about you ladies. This trip I had to add my Nintendo Switch to take also. The grands are all so into MarioKart, Animal Crossing, and Minecraft, and I've spent over a year playing it with them, I know we'll be doing that. You won't believe it, but the weather is going to be scorching hot in Portland and Lake Oswego while we're there . . like 107!! Yeah, we're all having very strange weather! It's never that hot there. My daughter is glad we have a hotel suite by the lake with good AC and a pool (we checked . . the pool will be open). She said they will likely want to spend a lot of time with us there, and her girls will probably sleep on the sofa bed in the living room. Her house is being remodeled and is totally torn up, so they're living elsewhere for now. We also will have access to the lake (Lake Oswego) so, we'll be staying wet much of the time there, lol. Luckily, we're off to Los Altos CA on Monday afternoon where it's much better temps. I had a hard time packing. It was like I couldn't remember how to do it! It's been way too long. I'm a little nervous about the airport and plane with the new Delta variant now circulating, so we plan to mask up and be very safe even with being vaccinated.

I commit to be aware of my intake and keep it close to how I've been eating, drinking a lot of water (I'll need it with the heat!), and getting some walks, swimming, and other movement as much as possible.

Have a great week.

wiredkell

Have a great trip Sheesh! I'll be thinking of you guys. I'm sure with the people you'll be with and the weather, it'll be a fantastic time! I'll have to check out that meditation youtube link tonight if I can't sleep. I should have tried it last night, but didn't.

Lois & Sarah - I hope the week has been good to you both.

I'm off work tomorrow as Shawn and I are going to get our 2nd shots. We managed to get appointments in the town my parents live in, so we'll stop by for a visit after. Mine is supposed to be Pfizer, but Shawn's is Moderna. There is a currently a huge Pfizer shortage in our province, which is very annoying and troublesome as that's the only one that kids 12-17 are approved to get.. at least in Canada. Tyler isn't quite eligible yet anyway as they just extended the eligibility date to if you got your 1st dose by June 6, and his was on the 10th.

I have been feeling a little overwhelmed lately and I'm not sure exactly why. I think because when it comes to Summer, our schedules with the kids and Jodi are all over the place, plus there's thinking about packing for the cabin, although that's not until July 11th.. and then there's the dogs and work and suppers and housework lol Sometimes I guess I just feel overwhelmed. Making lists definitely helps me. A lot of it is probably related to me not sleeping long enough too. Not being able to fall asleep and then having to wake up at 5:30am for work and dogs, doesn't help. I'll get this figured out yet!

Lastchancelj

AVGLW - 232.1
AVGTW - 232.6

WRONG DIRECTION! ugh. but I can't blame anyone but myself and my poor choices. Hoping I can stay on track this week and have better numbers next week. My scale also needs new batteries (I have to remember to bring them upstairs), so it didn't register a couple of days. But no excuse. I had poor food choices. On a positive note, I'm doing better at getting in my exercising. I did get on my TM both Mon and yesterday and getting some mileage in. Last night I did pull out the free weights and did some arms with it. I also did the craziest thing of standing over the seat on my rower, sit down, slide back and stand up again. I figure that's close to what I do with Rhea that kills me. My arms and my legs felt like they'd had a good workout last night so I went to bed happy.

You ladies are having a great week with reductions!! I'm so proud of all of you!!! You are inspiring! Stay focused!!

Sheesh - enjoy your vacation!!! I can't wait to hear of your adventures when you return.

Kelly - awesome news about your 2nd injection....and enjoy your visit with your parents.

Sarah - life should be back to normal, so please be sure to keep your work-life balance in check (I say that to remind myself as well). glad to hear the tone/temperment wasn't still negative. Keep your 10k commitment!

We have decided we are going to do an actual mini vacation in October with Rhea and her mom and dad, we're going to Disneyland for two days. We'll have MIL stay with her sister in San Diego and we'll go to Anaheim. Once we're done, my son and family will fly back to AZ while hubby and drive down to San Diego to see his Auntie and pick up MIL to bring her back home. Hubby was talking to MIL last night about her portion and I'm waiting for an update from son and DIL before I finalize our reservations. We are super excited. We were supposed to do this last year before COVID hit. So another reason to get my mobility increased and strength. Pretty excited.

Ok...gotta get on my meeting. Have a great day.

SarahMaxx

Lois, my weight will vary a full pound in a few hours, and oddly the low point is not usually when I first get up. So I think you're holding your own and that the new movement will get moving down soon.

Kelly, I can so relate to feeling overwhelmed. I'm there again today. On Sunday, hubby was going to run the vacuum in the living room and picked up the ottoman to move it into the dining room. He didn't know that Bella the kitty was laying underneath it and he couldn't see for the ottoman itself, so he stumble over her. At first she seemed to okay, so we figured she more or less got out of the way. Then we noticed a little hesitancy in her walk and thought maybe she pulled a muscle. Wednesday she seemed better, but yesterday, was walking oddly, so we called her vet and got her in today. The vet is not sure what is going on. The walk (she is not walking on her toes in the rear but more flat-footed can be caused by an injury or can be a sign of diabetes or kidney failure or a sign of potassium deficiency. She put her on three-days of a non-steroidal pain reliever and we're supposed to take her back next week. If it's not better, they'll put her to sleep and do x-rays. You ladies know that these kitties are like our kids, so we're not in a good spot. We've been through kidney disease with a kitty before and it's tough. This is the sweetest cat ever and I so hate the thought that she might have a condition that will just take her down hill. She's 8, which is not that old for a cat.

Anyway, I'm trying not to project and I'm trying not to do the shoulda, woulda, couldas, but it's hard.

Wednesday, as promised, I got in my 10K and did my arm exercises. Yesterday, I worked until after 6, then had an outside commitment that kept me out until after 9. Got home, had dinner, watch the ballgame, and poof, it was midnight. All during the ballgame, which was taped, I kept saying to myself "Stop the game and go walking." But I honestly did not have the energy. I may be in one of those loops where I lack energy and don't walk and the lack of activity saps the energy even more. It's hard to walk alone. Today, I'm dangerous company for myself. But I have to do something. So here I am at almost 6 p.m., but I promise I'll get in my 10K step today. I will. I will. I will. When I promise it here, I do it.

wiredkell

Not much activity on here since last week but I'll post a little something. Normally I don't work Mondays, but since Thursday is considered a holiday in Canada, we have to work our 4 days a week so I'm working today.

Canada Day isn't going to be very celebrated this year. If you're friends with me on Facebook, you'll see I post a lot lately about Indian Residential Schools in Canada and the shame our country is going through with all of the unmarked graves of children they are finally uncovering, after knowing about most of them for years. It's a very tough topic to talk about, but nothing compared to what those poor children and their families for generations have and are still going through today. I am indigenous (Metis), but grew up privileged and I sometimes struggle with that. It's not going to be fixed or corrected overnight, but we have to start with making people aware of what happened in the history of our colonized country. The United States had similar schools but were known as American Indian Boarding Schools, and I can imagine that the same horrifying things happened to children at those schools. The fact that governments and churches felt the need to physically take children away from their families, without choice, all with the agenda of changing them because of the color of their skin and the lives they lived, is tragic and horrifying. The last Residential School closed in Canada in 1996.... Wow. Doesn't that seem like yesterday?!

Like I said, it's a difficult topic to discuss but it's all about making people aware of what happened, listening and trying to understand.

Lastchancelj

at the office so stopping in for a quick hello..

Sarah - I'm hoping your Bella is doing better. Hugs to that feline fluff and to you and hubby. I remember the feelings when we had our dogs (hence why we no longer have dogs). like you said they become your kiddos (even tho we had human kiddos, we cried and mourned our canine kiddos when they were sick and passed).

I seem to be doing better getting my movements in on Mon/Wed. The weekends are tough. When I do the Peloton class on the TM, I'm really pushing myself harder each time and then I'm exhausted that night and my legs are really tired the next day. So on weekends, I don't do anything other than general cleaning/food prep just in case Rhea comes over - I need to have energy and movement for her.

With the Independence Day holiday this weekend I have taken off Friday (along with the holiday on Monday). Friday will be spent preparing food/groceries and then I head to Rhea's. I'm going to stay the night and then bring Rhea to our house early Sat am and give the kiddos a break. Mama and Dada will join us later for dinner and fireworks at the house and stay the night. SO....my plan is.... I'm going to do my TM tomorrow night after work and Thursday night when I get home from the office. That SHOULD give me enough recovery time on Saturday to hang with Rhea all day. Friday is just too close to chance my Rhea time.

I've been sleeping until 8amish on Sat/Sun because my body has been so tired. Unsure if it's due to my increased activity, the excessive heat or the increased humidity with our heat.

Food choices are improving. Not quite where they should be but better than last week.

Keep on moving Ladies!