September 1-7

wiredkell

Woah.. it's September! And just like that, our Summer is almost over. It has been unseasonably warm these past couple of days though, so maybe we're holding on for a bit longer.
Not a heck of a lot new here. Finally had a reality check and got back on the eating properly train yesterday. I had been having far too many treat meals and just plain overindulging when I didn't need to. I need to save those days for when it's really needed.
Our daughter is finally back on the hockey ice, which is sooo great. Feels like normal. She's had 2 ice times so far in her 1st camp. She also has her last outdoor soccer game tonight. Our son's hockey camp starts on the 11th. His summer ball hockey was cancelled this summer, so he's VERY excited to get back into a sport. School doesn't start until next Wednesday here, but the kids are super excited to get back at it, and so are we
Our covid numbers continue to be low, so far, which is good. Our province has a mask mandate in place for all indoor public spaces and you have to be vaccinated to go to restaurants, theatres, rec facilities, etc. Because my work is run by our government, they sent a notice saying they're looking into the mandatory vaccines that the government said some workers will need. Like I said before, it's always an interesting debate topic. I hate how it seems to divide people though.

I hope everyone is well. I'll post my weigh in tomorrow.

GaGasheesh

LW: 124.4
TW: 124.6

I'll take that after a trip! I was up about a pound more on Monday, but got a couple of cardio workouts, and lost the water weight from some alcohol consumption on the trip, and flying. We had such a great time! Hubby and his sons had success fishing (the salmon was left in daughter's freezer for next visits, lol) and it was great weather for them. Girls had fun shopping, and the granddaughters loaded up for school which started Monday for one and Tuesday for the other. The 12 year old started middle school last year, but this year is the first in person in a big, brand new school. She was very nervous and excited. We went to her new school for a tour and found all her classrooms . . so cute. There's good food in Portland, lol! I indulged, but only once a day, and we got plenty of walking. The dog (hills), the mall (huge), the school (through the schedule twice ). So, although there was more than normal intake, it worked out to not much increase.

Sarah, I'm so happy no cutting will be required for your nose! That's great news. And, you're cleared for activity. . really good. It definitely could have been so much worse. I'm sure that being healthy prevented a worse outcome for such a fall as you took!

Kelly, your kids getting back to all their activities is good news for them and you. So, even though summer is drawing to a close, getting back to normal schedules and activities is great. Fingers crossed that everybody stays healthy in returning.

Lois, I was sorry to read that your MIL fell. I hope she's okay, and won't experience that in a more dangerous setting . . such as stairs. I remember my Dad started falling a lot at home. He always had a bump or cut on his head. He had to have his blood pressure medication adjusted several times as the doctors thought that was the cause of his dizziness.

Well, I'm off to a much needed haircut, then online playdates and family zoom tonight. I know the guys will want to jabber about their fishing, I hope to have time for the TM. . It's too breezy and threatening outside for a walk today.

Lastchancelj

Kelly - I like how you put that...and just like that... We're having rains again this am..so the temps are down just a tiny bit but the humidity is disgusting at 85%. I forget that your kids start school like I did growing up, after Labor Day here. In AZ they get out in May instead of June so they start school in August instead of September. They also get an extra week vacation in the fall here.

Sheesh - that is a great change with the traveling and such! Congrats!!! So glad you had a great trip.

I went to visit Rhea and her parents after work yesterday. We ordered burgers in and I ate way too much. Rhea was a bit cranky and tired from day care and I got there a bit later than I was hoping. She wasn't super energetic (nor was I) but I did have some quality cuddle time as we watched a new show together while Mom and Dad picked up dinner. Then she was mommy clingy...until I was leaving - then she was a chatterbox - so hard to leave when she's engaging like that. But it was late. Time for her to brush her teeth and get ready for bed and time for me to drive across town in a light rain and brush my own teeth and go to bed.

I know I'm up this morning, but my Garmin app didn't capture today's weigh in so I'll post tomorrow. It will most likely show then...unless I head upstairs again this afternoon and think to tap the scale to wake up. Which I would like to do, to capture the accurate weekly average as well.

Ok time to get ready for my meeting.

SarahMaxx

LW: 133.0
TW: 131.8

So a little progress was made.

Sorry to be late logging in. The remnants of Ida are moving through here today and it's a dismal day and I just don't seem to be productive today. I should be grateful, though. We are on high ground, but some of our friends had their basements flood and there are road closures all around.

Today is also hubby's birthday and we had planned to go out to lunch or dinner somewhere where we can eat outside, but Ida said no to that! So we will go out for lunch tomorrow if the weather clears. In the meantime, his IBS has also kicked up something fierce so he's just not feeling up to snuff today.

Yesterday I finally got to meet my walking buddy and we walked in the mall for an hour. The closure is coming soon, but we were glad to be able to walk there yesterday as the rains were already coming in. We walked at a pretty fast pace and my nose throbbed a little, but not too much. Sheesh, when you mentioned a large mall I had a moment of envy of the Portland folks. And yes, Portland does have good food and I'm glad you enjoyed some of it and also enjoyed being your family and doing fun things. And fresh salmon? What a treat!

Kelly, it's so good that your kids are active and involved in sports. So much of modern life involves sitting and if they enjoy being active they will probably carry that with them into adulthood.

Lois, good for you for getting on the TM. And I agree with Sheesh about your MIL and possible medications. I'm sure some of my sister's falls were caused by dizziness due to her meds.

Looking back at the week, I did much better with activity. My 7 day average is now above 10K again. But I still need to work on that. As I've mentioned before, one habit I really need to break is waiting until late at night to walk. I did better this week, but there have been a couple of nights when the Fitbit went back to zero while I was on the TM. And as for intake, it was not bad, but I've realized that I need to be more careful with weighing and measuring food and there are some foods I make at home that I need to analyze the recipe and not just pick something from MFP that sounds close. Any suggestions for how to do better with activity or intake are always welcome.

I'll try to circle back tomorrow to see how everyone is doing. For now, I think I'll go hit the treadmill while hubby is on a Gatorade run.

wiredkell

LW: 154.8
TW: 153.5

Yay.. back down I go! Started focusing back on my eating the other day and it's paid off.

Lois - Glad to hear you got some Rhea snuggle time in.

Sheesh - Sounds like you had a fantastic time on your trip! Great job on all of the activity, but still enjoying your trip! Also, getting right back in to it when you got back, made a difference I'm sure.

Sarah - Great loss and Happy Belated Birthday to your Hubby! Thank goodness nothing happened to your house with that storm! Hopefully the weather passes without issue for you. That's really too bad about your mall. Maybe you said and I missed it, but when they close, what are they planning to do with the building?

While my eating has been better lately, my activity hasn't been. I'm just so frigging lazy lately and can't seem to get into a groove. The thought of even going on the TM is tiresome to me. lol I took the dog for an actual longer walk the other day and that was the first time in a long time I've done that. Normally I just take him to the dog park and walk there, but it's just not the same. I REALLY need to just get into some sort of routine. I had planned on waking up earlier in the mornings at 5am instead of 5:30am to walk on the treadmill, but my sleep has been so crappy lately, that I just can't do it. I definitely couldn't do what you do Sarah and be active late at night. Most nights we're in bed, watching TV at 8:30-9:00pm and then try to go to bed around 10-11.

Anywho, I'm back at the office again today, but it's a dreary day outside so I feel like it's going to be a long day.
I'll check back later to see if anyone has posted.
Have a great day all!

Lastchancelj

AVGLW - 230.6
AVGTW - 230.5
LW - 230.7
TW 232.3

So my Wednesday day weight was up - as I had anticipated. It's down a little today and I'm hoping it will be lower tomorrow. One night of bad eating can change my weight for 2-3 days of good. I did jump on the TM after work yesterday, only to be pulled off of it to go back to work on a contract that we're trying to wrap up. I did manage to get in 1.3 miles before I had to stop. I thought I was done and went back up and just as I was getting going again, I had another text requesting another clarification so back down I came again and never made it back on the TM. With the storm systems coming in, my head is achy and miserable again so I'm working from home. I'm hoping I will make it back on the TM tonight after work and see if I can't get more steps going. I'd like to make it a daily routine or at least the days I'm working from home.

Sarah - great progress!! Happy belated birthday to hubby. I'm glad you got to meet up with your walking buddy and enjoy your mall while it's still there. We have to enjoy what we have today while we can. Like Kelly said, glad you're on higher ground and no damage to your home. And I don't know how you do those late night TM steps. I've done the walking upstairs before going to bed to meet a few hundred steps, but not at midnight and not for any duration that's for sure. I'm in bed early and asleep by 10-1030 at the latest to get up at 630ish now.

Kelly - great reduction! and you're right it pays off when we pay attention to what we're putting in our mouths.

With MIL we can't make any changes to her meds at this time. Without the cameras to see what's happening, we don't know if she's over reaching, twisting or bending (which I believe it's one of those reasons). She always says she feels "tired" or "drunk" - and she has said this for several years - particularly after taking her medications. We've tried spacing out the meds and such but again, she administers her meds herself so we don't know if she is or is not and none of us (hubby, myself or her dr) feel that she's at the point for us to take that personal responsibility away from her. That's almost the last bit of independence she has.

Have a great day everyone!

SarahMaxx

I am logging to see if just putting some things down will help turn my mood around. Yesterday was an aggravating day. It started with hubby coming out from an eye appointment to a dead car battery. Unlike the old days, now when batteries go, they just go with no warning. So I had jump into my clothes and go down so we could use one car to jump start the other and then use the non-problem one to go buy a new battery for hubby to put in. Because of this, we were not able to go out to lunch for his birthday, as planned, and it would have been a lovely day to eat on the restaurant's patio. Ida brought us much cooler temps for a few days.

Add to that that the news from his eye doctor yesterday was not good. It now looks like he may have some issues coming up due to the flipping of his Lasik flap that was misdiagnosed. The receptionist at our docs who would not work him in when he was bopped by Teddy was fired, but that doesn't change the fact that it was too late for the appropriate treatment once he gave up on the other doc and saw his own. Worse case, he may need surgery and may lose some vision.

Then later in the day yesterday we learned that his health insurance denied coverage for the MRI that was scheduled for this morning and that he needs in order to address his neck pain. His surgeon even called them, but they would not budge.

And add to that that my nose is still very uncomfortable and I'm having trouble sleeping. It is not really pain. It feels like something very tight across my face and it's uncomfortable rather than painful. But it wears my nerves down. If you google "how long does it take a broken nose to heal" it will say 3 weeks. Well I'm at 5 weeks and it feels like the improvement has stalled. It's just enough to wear on my nerves.

And today, we had planned to finally get that nice lunch in, but hubby had a last minute work meeting scheduled for 1 p.m., and then we couldn't get reservations for later. And I am feeling frustrated because it feels like I've wasted a beautiful day, but honestly--I have had no energy for the past few days.

Hubby finally suggested that we go for a drive and said he needed about 15 minutes to finish up something for work. But it has now It has now been more an hour and he's still working. Arghhh.

So I think I am going to just make myself go walk. I desperately need to turn this bleak mood around. I also washed and dried my hair. Implementing the old "if you look better you may feel better" theory. LOL

It's these kinds of days that challenge me to keep on a healthy activity and eating track, and I hope you'll all forgive me for dumping stuff here. Like I said, sometimes just saying it releases its power.

SarahMaxx

Well, on Friday, I did take that walk and got in part of my steps outside on my hilly route (3 miles) and then finished up on the TM for another mile and got in my 10K. Then things took a turn for the worse.

After I got off the TM, I sat down on the loveseat to drink some water and cool off before heading back upstairs. While sitting there, I was struck with severe gas pain. Honestly, I was doubled over. But it felt familiar and I figured it was caused by the baked beans I had with my veggie burger at dinner and that it would pass. So I took some simethicone, went to bed and slept fine, and expected to be better Saturday morning.

That was not the case! When I got up I was surprised that I still had pain in my gut, but nothing localized and no nausea of anything to indicate that it was appendicitis or diverticulitis. So I went on my way thinking that eventually this gas would disperse, but it didn't. So I spent most of the day reading and sleeping and every now and then taking my temperature, which started to rise as evening approached. My normal body temp is 96 point something and by 9 p.m., it was at 100.8. Just to be sure, hubby ran out and got a COVID test. I wear an N95 mask almost all the time when I'm in public, but I did remove my mask long enough to drink a bottle of sparkling water in the café at that art exhibit I went to the weekend before. And I was in an indoor meeting last Monday night when someone pulled down their mask to talk!!! Really? That's the worst time. And although I had on a mask, I was less than 6 feet from this person. Thankfully, the test was negative, and yesterday I was feeling better but with a tender tummy and a slight fever.

I'm much better today and my temp is back to 96.8 with only a little residual tenderness in very lower tummy. If there's any pain left tomorrow, I'll call my docs, and I have an appointment for the 14th and I'll be sure to talk to them about this then.

All this has, no need to say, affected both my intake and my activity. Intake has been less, activity has been less. Once again, I am reminded to be very grateful for those ordinary days when nothing much is going on and I feel good. I did manage to log my food each day and today, I am going to try to get a few steps in. I doubt I get my 10K, but I'll get back to that soon. It is, by the way, a glorious Labor Day here in the Nation's capital. Yesterday it rained all day and was almost chilly. Today, it's sunny and mild. So that is putting a smile on my face.

Happy Labor Day SNSers!

wiredkell

Yikes! So sorry for the brutal days you've had Sarah. Glad to hear that the weather turned around and it was nicer out yesterday. Sunny weather always puts a smile on my face, especially after blah cloudy weather. All of those things that happened to you all at once.. brutal. When it rains, it pours. I agree that writing it down, or in this case typing it out, sometimes helps relieve that frustration. Hopefully yesterday and today are better days for you and your hubby. Relieved to hear that your medical issues aren't covid related too.

SarahMaxx

Thanks for the empathy, Kelly. Things do seem to come in bunches. Today, I have to deal with the hospital, which continues to fail to submit my charges to either of my two insurance companies, even though I have spoken to them twice and offered to take my cards (which they didn't ask for in the ER that night) up to them so they can scan. Arghhhh. This was a terrible hospital, but at least it looks like the doc I saw was good with the glue gun. LOL

I work up at 4 a.m. this morning after going to bed at almost 1 a.m., and I was just stark staring awake. So to keep from waking hubby, I went downstairs and was shocked to see our front door open several inches. Not just unlocked--freaking open. But my purse, hubby's laptop, and the car keyfobs, which were all in plain sight were still there, so I was pretty sure no one came in. We must have failed to close it properly when we came in last night and it popped open somehow. Talk about lucky. Just to be sure, I checked all three floors and every closet. I will be a tired gal by the end of this day.

The good news is that I walked my hilly route yesterday and did okay. We also went to the pool for a short time, and although I didn't try to put on a mask and swim underwater, I got to walk in the water with some neighbors for the first time in more than a month. The day was cool but the water is heated. And when I woke up at that ungodly hour, I felt no pain in the tummy. Yesterday, I still had a little. Progress.

But despite staying within my calorie allowance and getting in more activity, the scale is up a pound today compared to yesterday. I truly believe that sometimes when you increase activity after being sedentary a few days, the muscles just hold onto some fluid.

Well, I have huge "to do" list to get started on. Hope you have a great day.

Lastchancelj

Oh my goodness Sarah!!! I'm hoping today brings you better answers!

Well, I did get more activity in...not as much as I had hoped but I forced myself onto the TM every day. Saturday, I think I got in 1/2 mile or maybe Sunday. Anyhow not the best of weekends. I took off Friday from work as PTO. I did get some cleaning done that I had wanted, got in a little running around and felt like I was going to be ready to help hubby get the den and some other house stuff done. Well, Thursday night, he complained of an irritant in the groin area. Friday it was still uncomfortable for him, and then Saturday it was unbearable. To the point that we went to urgent care. They had to lance the abscess and drain it. so gross. Anyhow, that put him down for the weekend. And, because he was more comfy walking around with just a towel as a sarong, I also couldn't invite my adopted daughter over to hang out at the pool. So I was a bit of a grump most of the weekend. Unable to truly relax and not getting anything done that I had wanted...well not as much anyhow. Hubby is on the mend, he put shorts on yesterday late afternoon and today. He's going into work so yay! I know it would have been better both mentally and emotionally on me had I realized he was having a micro surgery done this weekend, but that's not what we had planned - at all. And it was so muggy!

Oh and this morning, hubby discovered that at some point someone (not me) changed our ac to go from Auto (turns on to cool and then turns off again) to fan - which means that sucker has been blowing 24 hours a day for who knows how long. I never use that setting and hubby does when he's trying to clear out MIL's room after spraying with Lysol, but he can't recall when he did that. I had said something to him that it sounds like something is running upstairs, but I never would have thought to check for that!! UGH. Electricity is triple the amount from 3pm-8pm weekdays. UGH. I can't wait to see the next bill!

Now, moving onto more fun topics. Disneyland hotel and tickets are PAID! Custom shirts have been ordered AND received. Hubby and I just added yet another shirt to wear on our last day. Packing lists are in progress and a "spot" has been identified and is filling up with stuff we want to bring. Like the cute princess sanitizers and my new Disney fanny pack/crossbody purse. So we're getting super excited... 27 days and counting!