☔️ April Daily Logging and Weigh in Challenge ☔️

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  • nanerkay
    nanerkay Posts: 725 Member
    edited April 2023
    Buckeyebabe7l7 wrote: »
    @jm216 Very nice...you just might hit the ones by the end of the month!

    @nannerkay I hope this new plan really helps with your cravings. My husband is very much like that too. He has to have sugar. I will be interested to see how it works for you.

    I'm on day two the cake in the kitchen keeps calling my name but I told it don't need you. God keep me strong 💪 Praying for your husband that he can kick the sugar habit.
  • CalisthenicsTraining
    CalisthenicsTraining Posts: 26 Member
    I’m Brad, 23 years old, 5”10, 154 lbs. From 15-19 I trained weights. I took a break with lockdown. Not I train by myself from home slightly differently. I do push ups every day I work out, a few days I include weights to target the body parts push ups won’t target.

    Goals for April:
    Increase from 300-400 push ups in a day
    Stick to my protein and calories goals

    Weight loss:
    I’ve been maintaining my weight for a while now
  • 200Karen
    200Karen Posts: 2,165 Member
    Finally some warm weather. We repaired our fence and will finish up tomorrow.

    Eating healthy and moving more 🥳👏👏

    Here’s to you and your goals 👍 🎷🙌

    💞Karen
  • nanerkay
    nanerkay Posts: 725 Member
    CalisthenicsTraining wrote: »
    I’m Brad, 23 years old, 5”10, 154 lbs. From 15-19 I trained weights. I took a break with lockdown. Not I train by myself from home slightly differently. I do push ups every day I work out, a few days I include weights to target the body parts push ups won’t target.

    Goals for April:
    Increase from 300-400 push ups in a day
    Stick to my protein and calories goals

    Weight loss:
    I’ve been maintaining my weight for a while now

    Welcome to the group. I wished I could do just push ups 😃 hopefully we can help each other to get to our goals.
  • nanerkay
    nanerkay Posts: 725 Member
    nanerkay wrote: »
    nanerkay wrote: »
    I started April at 249.2 I've had a hard month with my knee injury and my IBS acting up so I've not done very well this month. I started a new plan tomorrow. I pray I can do it and stay discipline on it it's not going to be easy.
    4/13 250.2
    4/15. 249.8
    4/16. 248.6
    4/17. 247.2
    4/18 246.6
    4/19. 248
    4/20. 247.2
    4/21. 247.6
    4/22. 248
    4/23 249.2 🤷
    4/24. 249 I had a enjoyed day beautiful weather and a nice day out. Stayed under my carb. Walked over 9000 steps so in all a productive day.

    4/25 247.6. Day 2 staying under my carbs. My win over cake 😃 My doggo is mad she didn't get her walk today. I've been putting away winter clothes so looking forward to warm weather. I hope I can walk her tomorrow with my knee injury it's hard to stay on my leg to long. I had to do some housework done.

  • gomifune
    gomifune Posts: 446 Member
    Start weight: 206
    Goal weight: 146
    April goal weight: 180

    January end weight: 200.7
    February end weight: 192.1
    March end weight: 185.6

    April☔️
    1 184.4
    2 185.7
    3 187.4
    4 185.7
    5 184.8
    6 185.5
    7 184.5
    8 183.9
    9 183.7
    10 183.2
    11 183.5
    12 183.7
    13 181.9
    14 183.3
    15 182.0
    16 181.5
    17 181.0
    18 181.0
    19 180.9
    20 180.8
    21 180.1
    22 180.0
    23 180.2
    24 180.8
    25 180.0
    26 179.2 👏
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  • CalisthenicsTraining
    CalisthenicsTraining Posts: 26 Member
    nanerkay wrote: »
    CalisthenicsTraining wrote: »
    I’m Brad, 23 years old, 5”10, 154 lbs. From 15-19 I trained weights. I took a break with lockdown. Not I train by myself from home slightly differently. I do push ups every day I work out, a few days I include weights to target the body parts push ups won’t target.

    Goals for April:
    Increase from 300-400 push ups in a day
    Stick to my protein and calories goals

    Weight loss:
    I’ve been maintaining my weight for a while now

    Welcome to the group. I wished I could do just push ups 😃 hopefully we can help each other to get to our goals.

    I found them difficult at first. I found it a lot easier when I didn’t have a specific number to begin with. I was just trying to do as many as I could possibly do, and did this on a regular basis.
  • 39flavours
    39flavours Posts: 1,494 Member
    F42 5'4"
    Starting weight: 148.8 (trend 149.5)
    Weight Goal for April: 146.8

    My goals for April:
    3 minute plank ⏱️
    8500 steps a day 👣
    Strength training min 4 X week🏋‍♀️
    Total Calories below 1200 🎯
    Macros P35% F30% C35% +-5% 🍽
    Water water water water water 2.5l💧
    Fibre 25g+ 🥦

    February weight lost: 5.2lbs
    March weight lost: 2.2lbs

    🍀March 30 149.4
    🍀March 31 149.2

    🌿April🪻
    1- 148.8 (trend 149.5)😁🏋‍♀️🎯🍽💧🥦
    2- 149.2 🙂🏋‍♀️🥦
    3- 150.0 😖
    4- 150.0 😖🫣
    5- 149.6 🙂👣🏋‍♀️🎯🥦
    6- 148.8 🙂🥦
    7- 148.6 😁⏱️🏋‍♀️🥦
    8- 149.6 🤨👣
    9- 150.6 😬⏱️🏋‍♀️
    10- 150.4 😬⏱️🏋‍♀️
    11- 151.4 🙄⏱️🏋‍♀️
    12- 150.2 😶⏱️🏋‍♀️🎯🥦
    13- 149.4🙂🥦
    14- 150.4😖👣⏱️🏋‍♀️🥦
    15- 149.6 (trend 149.9)😶👣🏋‍♀️🥦
    16- 150.0😶👣⏱️🏋‍♀️
    17- 151.8 😖😖👣
    18- 151.0🫣👣
    19- 150.4 😶👣⏱️🏋‍♀️🥦
    20- 150.0😶⏱️🏋‍♀️🎯🍽🥦
    21- 148.4 😁👣🥦
    22- 149.0 😶🥦
    23- 149.4 🙄⏱️👣🏋‍♀️
    24- 150.0😬👣
    25- 149.2 🙂⏱️👣🏋‍♀️🎯💧🥦
    26- 148.4🙂⏱️👣🏋‍♀️🎯💧🥦
    27-
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    29-
    30- (trend)
  • joans1976
    joans1976 Posts: 2,201 Member
    @ddainiak Please be kind to yourself! You have come a long way this month an you deserved to go have that fun weekend!

    @nanerkay Get rid of that cake!!!!!!
  • Buckeyebabe7l7
    Buckeyebabe7l7 Posts: 603 Member
    nanerkay wrote: »

    I'm on day two the cake in the kitchen keeps calling my name but I told it don't need you. God keep me strong 💪 Praying for your husband that he can kick the sugar habit.

    Thanks for the prayers. :) I agree with Amanda that you should get rid of the cake. Give it to someone so it can't tempt you.
  • Buckeyebabe7l7
    Buckeyebabe7l7 Posts: 603 Member
    @jm216 Thanks so much for doing that, Jill. 🌹☺️
  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 12,136 Member
    @jm216 Thanks for posting the new challenge a few days in advance (for May). Below is the link. Have fun reuniting with your DD.


    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10889433/may-daily-logging-and-weighing-challenge#latest
  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 12,136 Member
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    My name is Donna. I am 5’ 5” tall, 62 years old and from the Michigan USA. In 2016 I weighed 253 lbs. I am on a journey of health and to get back to the real me.
    Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
    250’s; 240’s; 230’s; 220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180’s; 170's; 160's; 150’s



    Starting Weight (from March 1st): 191.6 (I am re-doing my March starting weight and goals due to health issues in March.
    Goal: 186.6 (Five lb Loss)
    Actual Ending Weight: xxxxx


    My mini-challenge is to lose 4 pounds between Easter and my birthday. My Easter morning weigh-in was 188.2. I hope to be at 184.2 by May 10th, 2023.



    **************************************ONE DAY, ONE STEP, ONE DECISION AT A TIME************************************


    Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.


    04/01-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
    04/02-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
    04/03-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
    04/04-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
    04/05-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
    04/06-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
    04/07-190.6-(Trend Weight 192.4)-
    04/08-188.8-(Trend Weight 191.6)-
    04/09-188.2-(Trend Weight 191.4)-
    04/10-191.4-(Trend Weight 191.6)-
    04/11-191.8-(Trend Weight 192.8)-
    04/12-193.2-(Trend Weight 192.0)-
    04/13-192.2-(Trend Weight 192.5)-
    04/14-189.4-(Trend Weight 192.2)-
    04/15-191.0-(Trend Weight 192.0)-
    04/16-187.4-(Trend Weight 191.6)-
    04/17-188.4-(Trend Weight 191.3)-
    04/18-187.8-(Trend Weight 190.9)-
    04/19-188.4-(Trend Weight 190.7)-
    04/20-188.8-(Trend Weight 190.7)-
    04/21-188.8-(Trend Weight 190.7)-
    04/22-190.2-(Trend Weight 190.8)-
    04/23-190.6-(Trend Weight 190.9)-

    04/24-190.4-(Trend Weight 190.9)-

    04/25-190.4-(Trend Weight 191.0)- Traveled yesterday. I didn’t do as well as I’d hoped on my food choices. It’s bound to show up sooner or later. Usually two days later but we shall see. Today is my son’s hair appointment. I usually take him to lunch afterward. I think I will do a drive-thru for him and eat my own low calorie/low carb meal at home. I got the phone results from my bloodwork taken last week (Quest). My glucose (of course) is very elevated (no exact number given yet) but the rest looks good. I will pick up a copy with full details when I take my son for his appt Thursday.

    04/26-191.8-(Trend Weight 191.3)- Abundance, Overindulgence. Stupidity.

    04/27-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-

    04/28-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-

    04/29-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-

    04/30-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
  • PaulyJoMomma
    PaulyJoMomma Posts: 105 Member
    My name is Paula Jones and I am fed up! I am a mother of 3 kids and married to my husband who I’ve been with since September of 2000. I used to be EXTREMELY fit since my time spent serving our country in the US Army. I am now an obese 100% service disabled veteran experiencing a variety of health related issues primarily resulting from my weight and I have finally reached a point where I can’t take it anymore so I am taking a firm stand. I WILL lose and am losing this weight since I started going at my goals hard Feb 9. I have seen favorable results so far with my current strategy which is a combination of Noom, GOLO, and Intermittent Fasting (IF) with revolutionary changes being made to how I eat, what I eat, and why I eat. I weigh myself every day and tape various locations of my body once a week to help hold myself accountable and establish a way to thoroughly measure my progress. I start including physical exercise today and will be going to the gym to start up some cardio at the very least. Let’s do this! Huah!

    Goals for April:
    Workout cardio at least 3x/week (min 20 min) 🦵🏾🫀🏃🏾‍♀️
    Strength training at least 3x/week
    (min 20 min) 🦾🏋🏾
    Reduce sugar intake to 6 g/day 🦷👩🏾‍🍳
    Start meditating again more at least every other day for a minimum of 10 min/session 💆🏾‍♀️🧘🏾‍♀️

    Start weight: 245.2 lbs
    Goal weight: 175 lbs
    April goal weight: 235.2 lbs

    February end weight: 258.2 lbs (6 lbs lost)
    March end weight: 245.8 lbs (12.4 lbs lost)

    April 🪺🌳💐🌞🌧️

    1 - 245.2 lbs
    2 - 247.4 lbs 😱 😵‍💫
    3 - 249.3 lbs 👺😵 I turn this around IMMEDIATELY. I’ve been steady losing. Time to tighten up. May have another increase before I see a decrease, but I won’t try to tell the future.
    4 - DNW 😫
    5 - DNW 😰🫣
    6 - 248.0 lbs 😢
    7 - 241.2 lbs 🤔
    8 - 244.2 lbs 🤯😱🤔 What the HECK is going on!? I wonder if the issue is my not being as consistent with the time of day that I weigh myself. I was being diligent with weighing myself pretty immediately after I wake up at 0430.
    9 - 247.4 lbs 😖😤😳
    10 - 246.2 lbs 😏
    11 - DNW
    12 - 248.0 lbs 🥺🤬
    13 - 248.2 lbs 🥺😢😩😓 OK I have had enough!! I am about to head to the gym. I realize my weight tomorrow may be higher due to post workout inflammation, water retention, etc like I have seen in the past, but it settles out in the end and I will in general see a decline. I will have compassion for myself and continue to do other things to track my progress like tape all the various spots on me that I tape. I CAN do this! I WILL do this! I BELIEVE!! I am also considering HIGHLY dropping down to two meals a day instead of three so I can better maintain my eating and fasting hours of my intermittent fasting schedule. IF is where I have historically seen the greatest results. I am ALSO trying to do mindful eating —which makes me drag out how long it takes to eat so I can better acknowledge when I have hit my satiety point, but that causes me to go outside my eating hours during dinner. Dropping to two meals a day may also allow me to work towards dropping my eating hours for a more effective fasting capability. Trial and error we’ll see what happens.😶‍🌫️ I am trying to find a combo that will work well enough I can maintain this as a way of life past my weight loss period/regime. 😥
    14 - 243.8 lbs 😅🤯. Here we go up and down up and down up and down. Will my body figure it out…please. I am going to reset my eating plan and cut refined flour, or just flour in general, dairy, and red meat for a week to see if I can somehow stabilize my weight and see if any of those items included in my current eating plan are messing with me (per GOLO) I went to the gym today and did cardio on the elliptical. 🧐🤨😂
    15 - 241.2 lbs 😌😅 I decided I am going to adjust my intermittent fasting schedule from 16:8 to 18:6 for now to tighten that up. I may go down to 20:4, but I need to see how this new fasting schedule works out for me. My son & I plan on going back to the gym today!
    16 - 239.2 lbs ☺️😅 A little disappointed my son and I didn’t work out yesterday, but we made the decision to do so every other day and not be so thirsty/hard pressed to workout cardio back to back like that. At least for now. So we are working out today. I tried to adjust my fasting window to 18 hours yesterday instead of 16 while eating two meals instead of three and that was an immediate flop! I ended up taking too long to eat (practicing mindful eating along with the other things I do to change my eating behavior), but I ended up SOOO hungry during my fasting hours that I ended up snacking like twice on peanuts and then further into my fasting window I was ravenous (as would be expected), but I resisted until this morning I decided to reset my fasting schedule back to normal and broke my fast at around 0730 instead of waiting for my fasting hours to complete. So I took a hit, but oh well I learned something or reinforced some learnings regarding how snacking affects your hunger and sugar spikes and crashes.

    17 - 241.6 lbs 🥲😳 This yo-yoing as I decline in weight is weird. I don’t know if this is post Workouts inflammation or water retention from our workout the previous day, but it should settle out tomorrow. We will see. It could also be from my poor emotions based choices I made yesterday -which almost always seem to bite me in the butt pretty immediately it seems. Y’all should see my weight loss line graph. It looks like it’s jumping rope down a hill! 🤨😑🙄😵‍💫🤷🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️. I already take a litany of vitamins 💊 & supplements —which is how it was when I was growing up so I’m just getting back into the tradition starting this intensely about 1 month ago & I think that is also contributing to some of the loss that I am experiencing. I am planning on adding a few more supplements because I tend to be extra like that & my liver & kidney function isn’t obviously taxed enough so why not! The supplements & vitamins I take are more for thyroid health (I have hypothyroidism), reproductive region health, & brain fog/fatigue/alertness. I found out after the fact that some were also strongly responsible for weight loss related benefits. So why not? I am an Amazon shopping addict as it is so let’s raise the bar!

    18 - 241.4 lbs 🤦🏾‍♀️😑🫣 Excited about going to the gym today and hitting that cardio. We were supposed to start doing strength training at home with the hubby because he developed a whole strategy and everything, but we were slackers yesterday. I had to upend my eating and fasting hours some time get them closer to back on track, plus I cut out dinner because I couldn’t start eating until my window opened at 11:10 and I stay away hardcore now from eating past like about 1800. I have been trying to figure out why I emotionally eat even still sometimes here and there and automatically without much resistance fall prey to something comforting either sweet, crunchy, or salty when I need to regulate myself emotionally.

    19 - 239.6 lbs 😅😊 I am enjoying journaling including a food journal which I use to work through any times when I make unhealthy choices to get through the root cause and create a dialogue for myself that this is not the way! 😕 Today we are going grocery shopping and we usually go in the morning so we aren’t in the midst of decision fatigue from a long day if I go later in the afternoon or evening and before the store gets more full of people —which is one of the many tricks that Noom teaches that has really worked me in terms of sticking to what are good healthy choices and keeps me straight.

    20 - 242.2 lbs 😒🥺😢🤯 Yesterday was the first day we did strength training exercise and it is based on the program that my husband generated for me and our oldest son. My son and I went to the gym today and did some cardio on the elliptical. It worked well to reduce some stress and tension I was feeling this evening. Yesterday was my most successful day of eating based on analysis of macros & micro nutrients. I repeated what I ate this day and monitored my macros and micro nutrients by meal and made adjustments to what I added to the subsequent meals based on these results. I readjusted my micro and macro nutrient targets too. I have my sugar target set to 6 g and I actually hit it today! I only got 5! Usually I can get in the 30s or 40s.

    21 - 239.6 lbs ☺️🤩

    22 - 240.4 lbs 🥲🤨 Fell off a little and did some emotional eating to equilibrate some pesky emotions and satisfy my personality need for comfort (my #1 personality need that is always getting me into trouble! 😒🫢

    23 - 241.0 lbs 🤨🧐 Went to the movies to take the family to see “Super Mario Brothers” and the movie theater is my age old place to chow down like it’s my last meal and I’m on death row where I just eat the craziest most unhealthy crap to fully immerse myself in the experience. However….I didn’t quite do that this time! I ate two mini super small snack-eye size Baby Ruth & similarly mini Snickers, but passed on the movie popcorn heavily laden with delicious butter or mega sized fountain soda! I see this as a win for me! I’m getting there darnit!

    24 - 239.6 lbs 😅😊 I missed my last workout and skipped strength training so it’s time to get back in the saddle. I was having an overly emotional weekend because I am still in the process of implementing my routine and strategies to purposefully fill my needs buckets myself and ahead of time so I have a bit of buffer so I don’t have to worry about my arch nemesis/my subconscious looking for the easiest autopilot or otherwise way to haphazardly fill those needs buckets per my Emotional Mastery class. I created a template in my journal app to journal on my food & fitness aspect of being to help entrain good, healthy behaviors, but like I said I was having an emotional crap show this weekend so I just was too busy feeling sorry for myself to give myself a moment to remember what tools I have to get me some good habits brewing and new neural connections created to establish this different mindset. I’m a work in progress folks! 😰🤤😬

    25 - 239.6 lbs 🫣🤔🤓. Why in the world is this the weight that showed up the most throughout the month!? That seems so statistically improbable that it is making my head want to implode. I stuck to my goals for 3 meals to eat during my 8 hrs of eating time tailoring it so I can hit my nutrients and macro goals, but I ended up eating my lunch later than I tend to —which caused me to push dinner much later than I prefer. 😰. I missed the gym yesterday and didn’t do any strength training either. I got caught up bc I broke my glasses accidentally and had to go get those turned in ASAP bc I cannot even drive without them and there is a 2 week waiting time, but that is what I get! I own that! I have started my food & fitness journaling for a new daily practice to help conform my eating habits into healthy ones and as a kind of accountability tool administered by me/myself/I.

    26 - 239.6 lbs ☄️🦨🙈🙅🏾‍♀️. Am I starting to plateau…? For some reason I always have issues when I hit this number WTF!? I am trying not to freak out! I succumbed myself to self-pity emotional eating because I enjoy self-sabotaging and ate 10 Great Value Twist & Shout Double Stuffed cookies. I will have some compassion for myself, then kick myself in the butt and do tonight’s strength training which is planks, crunches, and leg lifts. Let’s do this!

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  • nanerkay
    nanerkay Posts: 725 Member
    nanerkay wrote: »
    nanerkay wrote: »
    nanerkay wrote: »
    I started April at 249.2 I've had a hard month with my knee injury and my IBS acting up so I've not done very well this month. I started a new plan tomorrow. I pray I can do it and stay discipline on it it's not going to be easy.
    4/13 250.2
    4/15. 249.8
    4/16. 248.6
    4/17. 247.2
    4/18 246.6
    4/19. 248
    4/20. 247.2
    4/21. 247.6
    4/22. 248
    4/23 249.2 🤷
    4/24. 249 I had a enjoyed day beautiful weather and a nice day out. Stayed under my carb. Walked over 9000 steps so in all a productive day.

    4/25 247.6. Day 2 staying under my carbs. My win over cake 😃 My doggo is mad she didn't get her walk today. I've been putting away winter clothes so looking forward to warm weather. I hope I can walk her tomorrow with my knee injury it's hard to stay on my leg to long. I had to do some housework done.

    4/26 247.6 didn't lose didn't gain so it was a good day. Day three low carb started under my carbs.
  • nanerkay
    nanerkay Posts: 725 Member
    Buckeyebabe7l7 wrote: »
    nanerkay wrote: »

    I'm on day two the cake in the kitchen keeps calling my name but I told it don't need you. God keep me strong 💪 Praying for your husband that he can kick the sugar habit.

    Thanks for the prayers. :) I agree with Amanda that you should get rid of the cake. Give it to someone so it can't tempt you.

    It's my husband cake I moved where I don't see it now.
  • gomifune
    gomifune Posts: 446 Member
    Start weight: 206
    Goal weight: 146
    April goal weight: 180

    January end weight: 200.7
    February end weight: 192.1
    March end weight: 185.6

    April☔️
    1 184.4
    2 185.7
    3 187.4
    4 185.7
    5 184.8
    6 185.5
    7 184.5
    8 183.9
    9 183.7
    10 183.2
    11 183.5
    12 183.7
    13 181.9
    14 183.3
    15 182.0
    16 181.5
    17 181.0
    18 181.0
    19 180.9
    20 180.8
    21 180.1
    22 180.0
    23 180.2
    24 180.8
    25 180.0
    26 179.2
    27 179.9
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  • Buckeyebabe7l7
    Buckeyebabe7l7 Posts: 603 Member
    ddainiak wrote: »


    27 - 201.7 :) I am extremely happy; didn't think that would happen. Usually when I gain weight like that it takes twice as long to re-lose it which gets me discouraged and I give up. This time, I made sure that I stayed below my calorie range and upped the exercise. It worked!

    Excellent work! You will be in the 100's any day now...so excited for you.😊
  • Buckeyebabe7l7
    Buckeyebabe7l7 Posts: 603 Member
    nanerkay wrote: »
    Buckeyebabe7l7 wrote: »
    nanerkay wrote: »

    I'm on day two the cake in the kitchen keeps calling my name but I told it don't need you. God keep me strong 💪 Praying for your husband that he can kick the sugar habit.

    Thanks for the prayers. :) I agree with Amanda that you should get rid of the cake. Give it to someone so it can't tempt you.

    It's my husband cake I moved where I don't see it now.

    Oh I see...well they do say out of sight, out of mind so hopefully that helps. :)
  • joans1976
    joans1976 Posts: 2,201 Member
    @ddainiak Congratulations! What a great feeling!

    @gomifune You are an inspiration, look at you go!
  • iLive2Walk
    iLive2Walk Posts: 5,346 Member
    @joans1976 You made me chuckle!
    Both of my parents are elderly and they have both come down with the flu, quite quickly. I am playing nurse. Hoo-boy are they stubborn! I don’t see what is so terrible about Tylenol and water 🤷🏻‍♀️
    Parents are worse than kids sometimes! Hope they feel better soon!
  • gomifune
    gomifune Posts: 446 Member
    Thanks @joans1976 - look at us all go! Let’s finish April strong 💪

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