Mission Slimpossible Team Chat - MARCH 2024
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Hi all! Loving the energy in the group this month.
@AustinRuadhain congrats on the 50lb loss!!!
@ninyagwa doubling is a good idea, I have a friend and my mom that we clean together or I do my walking with while in the phone. The time and chore passes so quickly.
@buniphuphu nice tip on breaking up the tasks. I try to do breaks in between whatever I do. I clean a bit, rest some, clean some more. The days of trying to power through are getting less and less. Now it’s about being productive while not wearing myself down.
@Katmary71 for your question. Relax?? This is such a tough one that I go up and down. To get my breaks/rest times to chill, I try to organize my area and fluff my pillows, light my candle and just turn away from anything that doesn’t make me smile. This usually ends up with an episode of something funny to watch.
@askewcr YOU CAN DO IT!! Cheering for you.
@txcritter69 Enjoy your trip! Sounds like fun.
@trooworld I hope your foot is feeling better today. 💐
Well today I cooked for my friends children, while abroad on vacation, her husband had an accident and is hospitalized and in need of surgery. She sent her children home and is focusing on his care. This touched home, too soon. My husband is still recovering and I know how hard it is.
In other news, I got my 10k steps in and my calories were 79 over which isn’t too bad but hoping today is better. I’m hoping to get back to cycling this week.
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@AustinRuadhain - Congrats on losing 50 lbs!
@trooworld - I love the bangs, Chris. I've been thinking about getting a light pink highlight in my hair. I hope your foot gets better soon.
@TeresaW2024 - I hope you and Joe have a better day and you're able to make time to take care of yourself too.
@askewcr - That's right, stay positive. Celebrate every accomplishment, big or small. You Can Do This!
@txcritter69 - I hope you have a great trip.
@laurelfit57 - How cute, you sure do have your hands full with Time.
@Katmary71 - Interesting, I clean up before bed. Everynight my husband just goes to bed and I stay up and put his socks in the laundry, his cup in the sink, fold the blanket and throw it on the back of the couch and shut everything off before I go to bed. But he does get up and go to work everyday too.
@ninyagwa - I like your body double suggestion. When I think about it, I do tidy up while talking on the phone...lol. I recently started decluttering, but must have got distracted. That reminds me, I need to get me back to it.
@AmbersWay - My ankles swell bad when I fly too. I like to burn candles too. I agree it's relaxing. Great job getting your 10k steps.
QUESTION:
Design for relaxation. What is one change I can make to my environment that promotes mental peace and reduces stress?
The weather here has been nice. Therefore, opening the windows and letting the fresh air in I feel will be beneficial in reducing stress and promote mental peace. I think by bringing flowers and plants into my environment can also make my environment less stressful.💪Mission Slimpossible Strong! 💪
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Good morning! I’m back, and we are doing much better. Joe’s antibiotics have kicked in, and he is feeling better. Any kind of sickness kicks his dementia into high gear, and he is very needy. But today should be better, and I plan to work out, get back to my diet, and get some church work done. I have a huge to-do list for my new boss, who is very kind and understanding of what I’m dealing with. Have a good day!
2024 Word: Strive
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Design for relaxation. What is one change I can make to my environment that promotes mental peace and reduces stress?
I thought of 3 changes I can make to my environment; each would serve a different purpose but all would promote mental peace and reduce stress:- Make the bedroom as dark as possible for sleeping.
- Play nature sounds. I especially like ocean waves.
- Clean up the clutter that stresses me when I notice it. It doesn't mean doing a whole-house cleaning. Just look around the room, and see what's there that is bugging me. A pile of stuff on the kitchen table or on my desk. Shoes and coats by the front door. Just identify the hot spot in the room and then take care of that. Not a big project; just like 10 minutes.
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Hi everyone. I’m Jackie,60 yrs old and live in Ontario, Canada with my husband of 34 yrs. We have a daughter (29), a son (27), and our first grandbaby is 3 wks old today
Ive been a member if Slimpossibles off and on for a few years now. It’s feels good to be back. Looking forward to hearing what everyone else has been up to.
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vegan4lyfe2012
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PW: 200.2
CW: 201.8
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I’m a 50 year old single empty nester and I share my home with my American Blue rabbit (her name is Kismet). I have 3 children in their 20s – oldest is my son, Marcus (granddaughter Sophie is 10 months), then my daughter Sydney (grandson Oliver is almost 1 month), and my youngest daughter Hunter (grandson Byron is almost 9 months & due with baby girl Brayden on 6/15/24). I love to rubber stamp (I’m a Stampin’ Up demo) and make cards. I'm an active member of my church (Board member), and also love horror movies. I have worked in Community Development at my County for 19 years. I was diagnosed a few months ago with Inattentive ADHD and started medication in January. Hoping once I get to the therapeutic dose, it will help me with getting more prep work done with meals so I have things ready to go. Failing to plan is planning to fail…
I have always been a yo-yo dieter, but mainly up. When I lose weight, I can never seem to keep it off for longer than a year. Currently I am down 14 pounds and have about 50 pounds to go. I recommitted myself to eating whole, unprocessed foods about 90% of the time. I’m giving myself a little (10%) wiggle room for things like pasta and tortillas. I’ve also been soda-free for 73 days now. I’ve slacked off a little the past couple weeks because I haven’t planned meals appropriately since I’ve been doing a lot of running around and babysitting for my children. I have to get back to the whole foods. I ate 3 cookies yesterday and my body reacted violently. The sugar really hurt and my body made sure to tell me to not do that again. So here’s to a fantastic March (raises tea cup)!
2024 Mantra: Yes, I can!
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Username: FushiaKat
Weigh-In Tuesday
SW: 245
Maintenance Goal 135 - 140
Weeks in maintenance 10 of 52
PW: 137.0
CW: 136.2
Ugh I have the stomach flu. It's been a few days now, slowly getting better. The stomach pain is the worst part of it. This is the second time I've had it, last time it took to months to fully recover after a trip to the hospital, so I'm glad this is a milder case. I can't stand anything sweet; it makes me sick. I'm eating warmer foods, potatoes, eggs, stuff like that. It helps. If I don't move around, then it's not too bad.
I see my rheumatologist on Thursday. I'm looking forward to that. It's going to rain tomorrow so they will wash my car on Thursday or Friday. I love mobile car wash detailing.
Design for relaxation. What is one change I can make to my environment that promotes mental peace and reduces stress?
Sort and file my Junk Mail and Stuff instead of letting it pile up on my desk.6 -
@trooworld @Katmary71 I'm really sorry, but my cousin may be dying, and she no longer has the ability to do even the most basic self-care without someone at least watching. As the youngest unemployed person in the house, most of her care is falling to me. I need to go on inactive for at least a month. I can weigh in on Thursdays if you like, but I hate to drag the team down.3
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@ninyagwa Great question answer, I always feel better when everything’s in it’s place, it makes life so much easier.
@19shmoo69 I love the idea of repeating a Bible verse before bed. When I was little I tried counting sheep but it would make me MORE anxious for some reason. Snoring is a tough one, it’s super annoying to the one who can’t sleep then you feel super guilty being the snorer, I’ve been on both sides of that. Sending a prayer your way right now!
@AustinRuadhain I do understand that trying to get back on track right now too! I think accepting the bad days and moving on as fast as possible are important. I physically feel a lot better on track too. Go for it, I can’t recall if I said in my post but the laying on your stomach with your leg behind you is a lot easier on your side. I really enjoyed the article, I’ve been focusing on my reactions to things lately and it’s along these lines too.
@AmbersWay I’m loving this cleaning with a friend while on the phone! I have a friend I barely get a word in when I talk to her so I plan a chore before calling so I don’t get restless, last time was trimming back my herbs. Guess that’s different when both are accomplishing something though right? Very kind of you to cook for your friend’s kids, you definitely have been there and I’m sure you’re great support knowing she can talk to you. Great steps and that’s not a bad over at all!
@Veta2018 I second bringing flowers and plants into your space, it helps clean the air and provides oxygen and smiles! I have an amaryllis bulb that just flowered, never had one and figured when I got it in December it would help feeling depressed in March and it has.
@TeresaW2024 I’m so glad Joe is feeling better. Hope this is a great day for you and you fit in some time for yourself.
@trooworld Yay I’m glad the pups are getting along better now! Maybe we need a declutter challenge, that’s come up a lot in the responses and is a big boost to staying on track.
@micaroo4 I love all of your ideas for the question! What if we do a Spring Kickoff Declutter Challenge 1-10 min a day? If you’re busy one day no biggie but we report how we’re doing in group?
@Jactop Happy 2 weeks to your grandbaby, how exciting! I’m glad you’re back too!
@vegan4lyfe2012 Your soda streak is going awesome, congrats on 73 days! Yikes when you get reminders like instant pain you know your choice to reduce sugar is a good one.
@FushiaKat Oh no hope you’re feeling better soon. I’m so glad this isn’t as bad as the last time for you. Good call on the question answer, my desk is never clean but it DOES feel great when it is. You have to get better for the spring fruit coming out soon!
Hi team! Just got off the phone with the holistic coach, I’ve been bummed at how bad of a flare I’ve been in but she has some ideas for when I go in later in the week. This is the worst I’ve been since surgery so it’s been frustrating. I had PT today, my allergy shot followed by sitting in the waiting room for 30 minutes, Walmart pickup, voted (almost forgot), and watered at the greenhouse. I was going to do my other homework lesson tonight but think I’m just going to eat dinner then get in the tub. Have a great Wednesday everyone!
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@AmbersWay hooray on the steppage!
@vegan4lyfe2012 here’s to making this year and next an end to repeat yoyoing (is that a word?)
@FushiaKat congrats on the loss. I am sorry you fell ill. I pray you recover quickly.
@morenin never think you are bringing the team down. You are not. It is understandable to be there to take care of family. Show up when you can and weigh when you can. The group may have been set up for weight loss but it more about realizing there are others here for you in the good and bad not just to root you on for a weight loss.
@katmary71 thanks for the prayers. What is a holistic coach?
Welp, a couple things going on with me. I am on day five of being ill. At first i did not think anything of it. I even went with my daughter to the Winter jam concert. It was blast. The next day though BOOM!!!. I am doing better now. It is an odd time of year, everything is blooming and throwing allergies everywhere.
This for those of you who like to giggle while being encouraged. My wife reminded me of this Robin Williams quote. I am only doing this for your motivation. Now picture me with pom poms.
RA RA REE KICK ‘EM IN THE KNEE !!!
RA RA RASS KICK ‘EM IN THE OTHER KNEE !!!
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Good morning!
So Monday night my son started football practice which is at an indoor field with an elevated walking track. I bought some passes for the track and my husband and daughter and I walked for a full 1.5 hours. I forgot to count the laps
My daughter (13) is actually training for track and field so she ran while we walked. I’m so excited especially to have my husband on board. We have gained together, so we definitely need this! Football is twice a week so we’re back at the track tonight.
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I wanted to check in, not that I have much to add. I did see a physical therapist yesterday about an ache I've been having in my shoulder. He specializes in holistic type of massage and healing, and he resolved some of my issues right away. Today I have a few aches where he had to work some muscles that were really tight. I have a workout tonight, so we'll see how it feels then.
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@Katmary71 I sure hope you can get some relief soon.
@19shmoo69 I hope you feel better soon. Allergy season is kicking our butts here too. I love that Robin Williams quote!
@megnolia82, it's great that your husband is walking the track with you. Couples who work together to be healthy have so many more successes.
@trooworld That is a great article! What an inspiration she is. I saved it so I can read it over again…and again.
@ninyagwa, It is great that you have found some relief with your shoulder from the physical therapist. But yeah, they can make you more sore before you feel better.
@Katmary71 Can I skip weigh-in this week? My weight is so up, and I don’t want to claim it. I promise to do better this week!
Good morning! I’m tired and a little hungover. My sister, who had to move into her daughter’s home three months ago to help with the kids while she had the new baby, has finally returned. We stayed until 1 am to celebrate, drink, snack, talk, and watch the Super Tuesday coverage. I’m too old for all that! I need to do some church work, but I only want to crawl back into bed on this dark, gloomy, rainy day. I think I’ll get a cup of coffee instead.
2024 Word: Strive
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@ninyagwa i am glad the massage helped out. It is amazing what is present that we do not even recognize is there.
@TeresaW2024 Coffee is good! Coffee is wise! That is an indirect fictitious quote from somewhere. I just wanted to say coffee since you said coffee.2 -
WEIGH IN INFO STILL NEEDED FROM: @DebJB30
Reminder for tomorrow’s weigh-in to @askewcr
@morenin I saw your message and let @jugar know you’d be taking a month off weighing. Take care of your cousin, thinking of you and sending lots of prayers and love your way.
@19shmoo69 It’s easier to say holistic coach than Nutritionist, Micro Current Practitioner, and whatever else her qualifications are but she works at the holistic clinic I go to. She’s helping me in return for my letting her interview me on camera so people can see what she does. She’s been through a lot too so fingers crossed especially this week. Oh no I didn’t know you were sick, glad you’re starting to feel better. I DO recall that from Robin Williams!
@megnlia82 Wow good for you on the walking and getting the family to do it with you!
@trooworld I did catch morenin’s post thanks to you!
@ninyagwa I hope this PT will be able to help you. Thanks you have a great day too!
@TeresaW2024 Thanks no luck yet. I don’t want everyone skipping weigh ins when it’s a bad week, I’ll do it once for you but unless you’d like to be captain again I’m putting my foot down as it takes too long to keep reporting things in the captain’s thread and I’m sure everyone would like to do that on bad weeks. I’m glad your sister is back with you!
I have to get a few hours of homework done, have a great Thursday.
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@katmary71 what a morning you had! They just put a new system on our carts at Winners that I did not know about, if you try to take it out the door the wheels lock. I took Time into winners for some socialization, I had a blanket in the bottom of the cart, had Time in there and did a bunch of shopping. I had a ton of stuff and a puppy got to the door and the wheels locked😳. Poor Time was too little to walk it was too cold outside I had two big bags, can I tell you I was saying a lot of *%?*&$!! words🤣🤣🤣. Dinner with your neighbour sounds fun!
@trooworld balance is definitely a tough thing to work out!
@TeresaW2024 glad to hear that Joe is feeling better! I'm glad your sister is back, sounds like you girls had a great time, too bad you had to pay for it today😜. Coffee is always a good thing!
@19shmoo69 good for you, going to that concert with your daughter! Hope you are feeling better soon. I am picturing you with pom-poms and great bangs, that cheer is definitely motivating🤣
Things are definitely looking up, several nights with 5 to 6 hours of sleep, my life is good :-) :-). I picked up those frozen meals on Saturday. They put together all the ingredients, you come home the individual meal bags and put in your freezer. You take out a bag and it has all the ingredients you just put it together. Monday night I had chicken marsala with cauliflower rice and broccoli, it was delicious! Tonight I had breaded tilapia fish with rice, corn and cauliflower, also delicious! Everything is there, you just put it together which takes about 10 minutes and cook it. I ordered the package that has 2-3 servings/meal, when I put another vegetable with it, it actually works out to 4 meals. I have been eating one meal one night, leftovers the next and freezing two meals. It is very nice to have some variety!
We were supposed to go to agility tonight but Vannie has kennel cough, so rather than go spread it we stayed home. Weather is supposed to warm up tomorrow -5°C! It has been between -24-36°C all week. Tomorrow is going to seem heavenly! I am excited, tomorrow is the first time I will actually be able to get Time out for a good walk since she has been fully vaccinated!! Hope everybody had a great day5 -
@Cornanda Have a nice week away.
@19shmoo69 I hope you’re feeling good now. Your Robin W. Quote is great. Thank your wife for us.
@Katmary71 what homework are you doing? I like the idea of a holistic clinic, I need to look for something nearby.
@trooworld thanks for sharing her story. How are you doing?
@morenin sending hugs and prayers for you and your family.
@laurelfit57 your ready meals sound amazing. I really wish to do freezer meal prep, but have yet to get there.
@ninyagwa the holistic massage sounds great. I hope it helped a lot.
@TeresaW2024 how nice to have your sister back. Sounds like you had a good time.
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Nothing too exciting here. I hope to start emptying the gaming room. The kids don’t use it anymore, so I want to move hubby’s cave in there. So major reorganizing about to start. Finally got unpacked and the luggage can be stored for a couple months. Did a decent job staying on track today. I was 1k off of 10k steps but I tried my best. I was walking circles around my room until I was spinning 😵💫. Really trying to convince myself to do 10 min on my bike today. It’s my birthday and I am feeling pretty good about getting closer to 50. I don’t know why I use to think it was dreadful. As I get really near I realize that these are great years! So happy happy me!
Have a beautiful day!
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@TeresaW2024 Sounds like you had a nice time with your sister, those are my favorite times.
@Katmary71 Way to go with Homework, I tried going back to school and realize I hate homework lol
@laurelfit57 did you call negative degrees warm? Because if you did I’ll stop complaining about the rain here.
@AmbersWay That sounds like a big project. I think 9k steps is great, even when I have a workout day, with my job being primarily desk oriented, I don’t usually get more than 7500 steps. Hope the movie was good! Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
@trooworld A Nap! I always try to get at least one in during the weekend, but during a work day, I wish. I hope your head is feeling better.
I did well yesterday with my food, but I’ve been having a hard time focusing at work. I’m thinking that there is just so much to do that sometimes I just freeze and do nothing. I manage a team of Realtors, but it involves a lot of things, like client care, Listing entry, I still do personal assistant stuff for our Team Lead, and I make sure everything is on track, it’s hard to even list it all honestly. I’m hoping today will be productive!
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Username: askewcr
Weigh in day: Thursday
PW: 252.5
CW: 249.5
Wooo Hoooo!! Let's go get it!!!
Thanks to everyone for all of the encouraging words last week. I have to stay focused and keep moving. Have an awesome day everyone!!!
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@Katmary71 NO!! Thank you, I’m fine not being the captain. It’s totally OK, I will weigh in tomorrow and take the gain. I forgot that it was a hassle and honestly, who am I hiding the gain from? And it’s not like ya’ll are going to stop loving me. Right?
Hello everyone! I woke up feeling like I was coming down with something but I’m better now. I think it’s just Georiga allergy season. I’ve had my door open and now my eyes feel itchy. I did some housework and laundry and now I need to get Joe to take a nap before he falls asleep on the sofa.
2024 Word: Strive
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WEIGH IN INFO
Still needed: @DebJB30
Reminder of tomorrow's weigh in for my funky friends: @Cornanda @davors19 @trooworld @TeresaW2024 @buniphuphu @ninyagwa2 -
@laurelfit57 Boy sounds like Winners and Safeway had the same idea though Safeway keeps their carts outside the store so it was odd. LOL what the heck you can’t get the cart to the car to unload it! Yeah I definitely know those words you were saying LOL! You sound real good in your post, I’m so happy to hear you feeling better. Very thoughtful of you to stay home with Vannie, hope she’s feeling better soon. Enjoy walking Time tomorrow!
@AmbersWay HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! I’m taking a class on grant writing for the charity, there’s 2 lessons a week and the second one took about 10 hours. Definitely check out holistic medicine, I think it looks at the whole person more. The person I’m working with was saying I needed to target nerves in the lower spine and pelvis more but of course NOT on camera! Have a wonderful birthday, how about dancing for 10 minutes instead of riding?
@ninyagwa I didn’t catch you saying “not that I have much to add” until I read it in @trooworld ‘s post. Tthis group reminds me a lot of a healthy version of my grandpa’s coffee group where they’d meet at a restaurant each afternoon for about an hour and chat (minus my grandpa threatening to take it outside and settle it like men). We all take turns needing support and have good and bad times but for the most part we’re being here for each other like a healthy family. I like knowing what you’re trying and hope you get some pain relief with him and it’s definitely SOMETHING to add. LOL that homework is a killer for going back to school, being 52 I can’t remember things like I used to.
@trooworld Oh my goodness you must’ve been real exhausted to fall asleep! I’m glad it helped the headache. Hope it’s gone by tomorrow morning. Hey is it possible to walk on your walking pad while catching up on here? I’m picturing a standing desk so it may not work for typing, just a thought. Those seated pedals would probably work better but was thinking of a way to do both.
@askewcr Wow go you!
@TeresaW2024 LOL okay I’ll let jugar know you’ll be weighing in. I had three messages yesterday so who knows if she got to all of it! Nope I definitely won’t stop loving you with bad weigh-ins. I remember weighing in once and I’d gained 5lbs and was HORRIFIED I’d let the group down and offered to quit. You were so kind to me it meant a lot. Glad you’re feeling better, yep all these plants are blooming stuffing us up! I'd been wondering if your sister still lived with you I'm glad to hear you two had some time together.
Hi friends! My homework took forever, hard to write when you can’t concentrate but I got in it earlier today. I went to the holistic place and did some of the things that are more calming to my body, think I’m starting to pull out of this but it’s going slow. Organized and scheduled our next meeting so it can be in our newspaper article (we have an open free spot each month). Half my tomatoes were looking awful yesterday but all the changes I did (and didn’t do, it offered like 5 opposite things to solve it when I Googled) paid off and they’re all better today thank goodness. I’m going to Mountain Mikes for the board meeting tonight and am planning to have salad, it’s hard to get pizza and not eat a lot when it’s in front of you for a couple hours. Have a great Friday!
No Zero Days
- Good stretching and light strength training
- Healthy food
- Feeling a big better than this morning thank goodness
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@Ambersway a very happy birthday to you! From where I sit 50 seems pretty darn young😜. Have a great time at the movie!
@trooworld Time loved loved loved her walk today! I actually took her out three times lol. I will post a couple of pictures :-). Do you usually work out in the afternoon? I have to work out in the morning otherwise it just does not happen. I am so sorry about your headaches!
@ninyagwa we are just coming out of a real cold snap, so anything from -10°C and up is heavenly for me! It sounds like your job is super busy and hectic! I have a couple of relatives in real estate and I know it can be really crazy.
@TeresaW2024 I hate posting those gains too😭
@Katmary71 sleep is life-changing😊. What homework do you have to do? You are always so busy! Having salad at a pizza place sounds challenging, I'm sure you can do it though!!
I am still working on getting my energy up, but I'm so so much better than I have been in a long time. I did not go to spin class this morning but met my daughter at the gym and we did the treadmill, I would not call it strenuous walk, we were talking too much🤣. After lunch I took Ty out for her first walk off of my property. I think she was a little bit overwhelmed so we were only out for about a half an hour. We came back and I took Vannie out for an hour. I did a few things in the house and then took Ty out for an hour and she had a blast the second time around! This old lady is exhausted I haven't had this much fresh air in over a month🤣. I have been doing really good with my tracking all week.
Here is a couple of pictures of Times walk, then when we came in she had a standoff with the blueberry🤣
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@AmbersWay im jealous of your husband getting an entire room for his cave. When we moved into this house I told my wife I was getting a room to decorate my way. She agreed. However it turned out I got one corner in four rooms. Four corners equal one room. It's so not fair because she got the rest of the house. (sigh)
@trooworld I hope you get to feeling better. Is working out in the evening not an option?
@askewcr great loss!!!
@TeresaW2024 I remember when you were captain and you had to deal with me. I was not too nice back then. I apologize. I pray it is allergies. Do you nap when your hubby naps?
Soooooooo, I am feeling better. I think Monday I will start the strength training back in my Fungeon again. I have to ask how everybody knows when the birthdays are? I do not see the dates posted but then I see the birthday wishes. Tomorrow will be the ice breaker question as today just flew by me.
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Username: ninyagwa
Weigh in day: Friday
PW: 325.4
CW: 324.85
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