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@Tabatha_Cain, WOOHOO that the muscle relaxers has helped!! I never take them on a regular basis (I used to years ago, our muscles adapt and they become less useful. I thought that meant I was getting WORSE since they were not working as well, NOPE!!) I'll take extra strength tylenol first. After that if I just can't break the pain by slow yoga (LOLOL I know it's like watching paint DRY on a HOT day where you live! Hehehehe I am sure it dries so slow it's unbearable!) but that's the best for me in helping the muscles to slow stretch, I can feel if I am going to far and stop before the OH MY PAIN happens. Hope that makes sense. A hot oatmeal or epsom salt (Dollar Tree has some that have near smells if you can tolerate them) helps also. For a very long time that was my GO TO! Hope work went well today!
@Kurtize, ,PRETTY!! I saw some nice sunflowers today.
@Patti241, any plans for today? Thurs even housework plans are so nice to check off.
Today I went to Smiling Hill Farms (Maine) we first ate there it was quite good, I DID stay in calorie range. Hey, how many (curious) are still tracking their food though we aren't doing tracking for points this week?). Than we walked for 50 mins around the farm area for the public. SOme of the animals (NOT PETS!) we could feed, some we could not but it was so much FUN!!
The woman feeding the goat is a friend of mine from elementary school!!! We hadn't until the fall of last year seen each other since the 4th grade!! We were BFFs at that point, its so funny how easily we went right back into a very comfy friendship again!! LOL I had convinced her to join us!
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Good Morning Airport Friends:
I hope you are all doing well this morning. Today is Thursday and I have to say I cannot believe another week has pretty much flown by. I think that is pretty awesome. I love that. Although that means I am not getting enough rest because I am pretty much falling asleep all day, everyday. Which stinks. I think I figured out what caused my Flare up. I donated blood at the Unity Christian Music Festival. My first time ever. So I looked up on the internet and donating blood takes a toll on your body and some websites say that it can put you into a flare up. So I guess we will have to see. I have another appointment in November to donate more blood. So we will see.
@Dianedoessmiles1 - I ended up going to the doctors. They put me on a steroid for the inflammation and then Gabapentin for the nerve pain. Which I am not sure I am going to take, or if I am just going to wait it out and let it stop on its own. I am going to take the steroid because my neck is so darn tight from inflammation. That is what my chiropractor said anyways. I am going to have to learn to do some stretches and stuff. That is just something that has to happen. I still track my food everyday. I have like a 122 day streak I am not wanting to break. That is awesome that you were able to go see some farm animals. I love farm animals.
Well I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday.
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Diane: There were no plans for yesterday and today is quiet day.0
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@Tabatha_Cain, Glad you got some steroids' to help. I took gabapentin for years it did help. The only side effect happened once I was near the max amount, with my teeth, but not at a lower amount. You may wish to hold back on any donation at this time, I knew a woman who donated, but it threw her body off so much. In time she realized she was not able to without paying to much of a price. Its of course up to you and only you know how you feel. I'm still smiling over seeing the animals and being able to play with the goats!! It was so much fun when 4 of them jumped up on me I LOVED IT!! They were gentle enough, LOL They wanted more food.
@Kurtize you also!!
@Patti241, I also took a laid back day today!! Sometimes that is just necessary. Plus I have done 90 to 120 mins (Mostly 90) of exercise from Sat til yesterday.0 -
Good Morning Airport Friends:
I hope you are all doing well this morning. Today is Friday and I am 2 weeks into my job. I cannot believe it has been 2 weeks already. Wow crazy. Last night I slept so well that I don't even remember my dreams. It is the nights I remember them that I know I have slept rough. That I was working through something. Last night was good though, which is funny because yesterday after Joe got home from work we also took Chloe for a walk at the walking path near a elementary school. I even had her running the trail with me a couple of times. I am so glad I was able to wear her out. I loved that. She even slept really well. I guess the getting out and exercising really does wonders for your mind and body.
@Dianedoessmiles1 - I don't have any plans to donate again until November. I just want to see if it causes another flare up or if it was a combination of the Music Festival and the donation. As I was not getting a lot of rest after donating. I walked a lot of steps that week. So all the on the go may not have been good for me. I may need to take it easy after donating. That is awesome that you are still smiling over those animals. I am sure you will be smiling for days.
Well I hope you all have a great Friday.
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Diane: yeah sometimes you do need to lay back and rest.0
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@Tabatha_Cain , Oh I highly agree getting out and being active is so good for every single on the earth!! It's amazing what a difference it makes. A friend and I walked to the grocery store today (when I felt better it was only a 3 mins walk, today is not a woohoo physical day but otherwise AWESOME!) and it took us 7 on the way there, 10 on the way back. My breathing was a pain today!! BUT I still loved it!! Awww when you walk Chloe do you stop and look at things through her puppy eyes? Everything is so new to her and awwww it's just neat!! When I got Oscar, I was looking at things through a kitten eyes! It was so much FUN!! He's already 2 years old (got him at 9 months old) he's now 2 years and 3 months old. I am so HAPPY I got him and I am 1000% sure you are with Chloe as is Joe. Awwww baby animals are adorable!! Glad work is going so well!! Oh, I wish you had this position a long time ago, but happy you do NOW!! NICE!! One day at time with figuring out what's best for the fibro, moving around is always going to be good for it. Just knowing when to not to do to much. I found when resting to much back when, I lost a lot of my muscle tone that did NOT help me with fibro. The brain fog ,, I have not found a solution for that part. The depression that is a part of it, being outside, staying engaged with others has helped to lift my spirits, and I know you are one who has a strong faith, that is also a part of taking care of yourself and feeling good. WTG Tabatha!! KEEP ON THAT FIGHT GF!
@Patti241, agree there is a time to laugh, and a time to cry, a time to rest and a time to give it ALL WE GOT!!! Today I gave until I just had to slow it way down. It was a fun fun fun day!! Is yoru weather fantastic this weekend? Ours is! The perfect summer weather, high 70s, low humidity and sunny!
@Kurtize, Fridays have ALWAYS been exciting!! Most of my starting to work was Mon to Fri (office/accounting) after that I went weirdly into retail!! It was to be a temp, a very temp job I needed a break. Found out I LOVE customer service!! AND STAYED!! I made a lot more then I had with the city and accounting, that blows the mind!! But, I had climbed the ladder in retail. Even working retail and I asked for and easily got THE WEEKEND ON!! Yes, ON!! Customers are more relaxed, workers are more relaxed on the weekend, with LESS supervisors over us, it was a fun fun time!! As you know I went back during the pangdanitall, and I would still be there, if my heart wasn't acting up. ENJOY THE WEEKEND!!1 -
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Good Morning Airport Friends:
I hope you are all doing well this morning. Today is Saturday and it is going to be a great day. Chloe has the last of her puppy shots today and we are going to take her for a walk afterwards if she is feeling up to it. Also I have to get her pool cleaned out today. I noticed yesterday it had some algae growing in it. So I dumped it and I am going to clean it out today. That is going to be so fun. I am glad it is supposed to be in the 80's so I can put my swimsuit on and then clean it out so I don't get other clothes all wet.
@Dianedoessmiles1 - Thank you. I do feel the walking helps with my mental self more than my physical self. I totally love Chloe. Not sure Joe does just yet. Although sometimes I get exasperated with her. Sometimes the chewing gets annoying and I get fed up with it. I do struggle with the brain fog alot. I am going to keep going and not stop. I too wish I had gotten the work from home earlier. I think it is really where I wanted to be from the beginning.
Well I hope you all have a wonderful Saturday.
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@Patti241 , HI Patti!! How did Caturday go? Today so far?
@Tabatha_Cain, How did Chloe do with the shots? Did you get puppy pool cleaned? Was it fun? Did you get all wet!!!
Super busy day!! Shopping today was so much FUN!! At Macy's found a shirt, but not in my size. I asked them to order me one to hear "It was a one time item." So I took out my phone and did a search (If your phone is fairly new, click on your browser. Put your finger in the search box, now you'll see a camera, click on the camera. A box will pop up to take a pic, after that it'll ask you if you wish to do a search for the item (Can do this for many things, see a purse of someone you like, you can take a pic, have something weird on your skin, picture!! Etc. etc). Now just made coleslaw (one without SUGAR,, EWWW she asked for it so I hope she likes it! Diabetic). Now going out to the kitchen to do crescent rolls putting butter/garlic in them and the other ones (2 pans) will be butter, sugar and cinnamon).0 -
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I love this weeks challenge about labels.
There really should be more of this in our chats. I'm really becoming discouraged that our teams don't seem to chat more about our weekly challenges. Tell me, aren't you here to lose weight and learn how to keep it off? That's why I joined in the first place. Seems like a lot of people use MFP groups as a social platform. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's my thought for the day.
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@Aalley5 I am loving this challenge also!! I'm learning so much more in a deeper way. Keeping in mind I've had 2 courses on labels, we can always learn more. The more I read about "added ingredients" the more it hits me to go back to eating "only the outer edge of the grocery store" as I was taught by Mrs Page in the 8th or 9th grade!! She said "Eat like you do your grandparent houses." I never forgot that!! I'm cooking more and more and loving food even more so in a healthier way.
I had to ask myself after the Spring 5% Why am I here? I've been steady with my weight for the most part within 10 lbs for a number of years. BUT am I really healthy? The answer of course is NO I AM NOT!! I had reach deep inside of myself to figure what was really important to me? In the past 5 weeks I've gone from 180.9 to 179.0 almost 2 lbs. I WANT this streak to be one that continues or even improves.2 -
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Good Morning Airport Friends:
I hope you are all doing well this morning. Today is Tuesday and I am feeling decently. I am a bit tired, but I will be alright. Today we are still working on Home policies. Which is nice because a lot of the states are all similar to Michigan in regards to their home policies. Today our temp is supposed to be up to 104 or 105. So there will be no walking Chloe at all today. Possibly even a rare outside. We do have a pool outside for her that we filled last night. It is a wading pool so not real deep. I am hoping it will help because sometimes she does not like to come inside.
@aalley5 - I agree, but most of us don't know how to really read a label. Like I know what it says, but how does it correlate to our daily allotment? I think that is something we need to teach people. That would really help. I do see the social aspect as well being a good thing. People do need a place to unload their frustrations.
@Dianedoessmiles1 - I am doing a lot better at eating healthier. I definitely pay attention to what the label says. That is so good. You are doing amazing.
@Kurtize - What I have trouble figuring out is how it relates to my daily allowance. Like when to have a larger portion of protein or how to make sure my sodium is not lumped all into one meal. That is what I need help with.
Well I hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday.
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@tabatha_cain, That's what this week challenge is all about, Learning How to Read a food label. I agree about the social aspect. Not in every post.
You said I think that is something we need to teach people. It's not so much about teaching anyone, it's more about getting people to actually do something about their health.
Anyone can look up how to read a label. I typed in How to read a nutrition label and this is what popped up first.
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@tabatha_cain, That's what this week challenge is all about, Learning How to Read a food label. I agree about the social aspect. Not in every post.
You said I think that is something we need to teach people. It's not so much about teaching anyone, it's more about getting people to actually do something about their health.
Anyone can look up how to read a label. I typed in How to read a nutrition label and this is what popped up first.
Hi Everyone, This challenge is unusual because 3 of the OALs were in the hospital and had extended illnesses at the same time. @hicim705 (Heidi), stepped in to research and write the challenge. I can tell you that can be a full time job in itself. I love the detailed information she gave us. I often wonder how many of our members actually read the challenge details.
Kaliswalker often will start a thread about the LTGL where people can ask questions and chat specifically about the topic. I will start a thread where we can discuss Label Reading so you all can ask questions and chat and share information.
This chat can also be used for that purpose. As a reminder, if anyone has a suggestion for a new topic, send MFP mail to me, @hicim705, @ladyluk1, or @Dianedoessmiles1.1 -
Sending hugs to our 5% leaders, we appreciate all you do.
Happy Tuesday all, another warm day. Hugs and blessings
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@Kurtize could you also please share the nutrient label on the feed Ceri created today?
🏷 We Are What We Eat! Know What You Are Eating! Sharing Information About Food Labels
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10922607/we-are-what-we-eat-know-what-you-are-eating-sharing-information-about-food-labels#latest
It'd be so neat to see how other members not on the same team are utilizing the info.
@Tabatha_Cain, YO!! I can't imagine 104/5!! NOOOOO TY TY TY TY!! Today's high was in the mid 70s tomorrow HOPEFULLY OUR LAST hot day (82) To you that'd be delightful to me it's TORTURE!! DId Chloe get to play in the pool? Oscar is a VERY HIGH Energy kitty (He's a ginger and ALSO Siamese which explains why!) He's also extremely smart making him quite entertaining, but he's BORED A LOT!! I am always trying new things for him. It wears him down if I am interactive with him more, which does eat up time, but awwwww he's cute, but at times it's frustrating also. LOL Izzy is not at all an energy kitty, she's a total lap kitty!! A sweet old lady kitty whose only goal in life is to sleep on my lap which of course, I am fine with when I am sitting down!! Have you looked on youtube to see how to read labels and balance macros? I'm putting a link on the link above to @Kurtize and ALL of us about this. You'll find more in regards to this. I am WEAK on my protein so last night thanks to the feed we have on PS4L I was able to see quite a bit of info. I think It may of Kurtize or it may of been @Eclipsedagain who put up info on this topic or both of them. etc. But I LOVE THIS LTGL!! I THOUGHT I knew a lot about labels,, hmmm yeah I DID NOT and DO NOT!! WOOHOO I love growing in knowledge which is POWER! LOL I need to look at other teams more. It's been a bit since I've dropped by on PS4L we have always have a joke/meme feed and I'd strongly encourage this on other teams it's where our social aspect clearly comes into play!! Oh we get to laughing so hard on it, which is the intended purpose! We started this feed during the pangdangitall. We all were slipping into a depressive/hopeless state, this helped to kick us back up!
@aalley5 , I LOVED reading through that also!! And now also starting to look at the ingredients something I had been TRYING TO IGNORE when it's not healthy. Hmmm WHY DID I DO THAT??? We are what we eat! I can still eat well, and make the food myself. My recipe files (online) has GROWN SO MUCH!!
@Patti241 GOOD Day Patti!! How are you doing today? Have you been gaining knowledge also on the LTGL? Wish to share with us on the above link @Ceriusly1 has opened (See above the link with @Kurtize name.
@Ceriusly1 TY TY TY TY Ceri!!! LOVE the feed!!
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Good Morning Airport Friends:
I hope you are all doing well this morning. Today is Wednesday and I have my appointment with my Bariatric doctor today. I am hoping that she feels I am doing well with my weight loss. I do slip a lot. I am also going to this appointment when I am supposed to be in training. They said they cannot approve any time off for an appointment, but.... So I am hoping I don't get into trouble. There is not much I can do. I thought about claiming power outage or something from a storm, but well I have to have proof of that. Or proof of an internet outage. Something like that I would need proof. I am just really scared that I am going to lose my job over this, and I cannot miss this appointment.
@aalley5 - I guess I really don't understand labels then. I try and I don't really understand how they correlate to our daily requirements other than don't have a high number. I am not sure what I need as I don't need a lot of sodium due to edema and so I am not sure where that number is even supposed to be. I have never been told keep your sodium at a certain level by the doctor just don't eat a lot of sodium. Well how I am I supposed to measure that. I check the carbs, calories, fat, and protein because I have been given numbers so I know where I am supposed to be with that.
@Ceriusly1 - Thank you, because try as I might I don't think I truly understand labels. I just check to make sure the number I need are low enough and that is all I really understand. I always struggle with comprehension sometimes
@Dianedoessmiles1 - Chloe did get into the pool, but it was pretty humid and hot so I did not have her outside long. She is getting better with learning to play by herself. She still wants to bite us, but I think now it is teething rather than an aggression thing.
Well I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday.
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Good morning everyone.
Diane: My day went okay.1 -
@Dianedoessmiles1 - Thanks! It would be great to see what others have learned about nutrition labels. I'm in! We can post there and copy the info into our team chat too.
@Tabatha_Cain - by reading and understanding food labels, you'll be able to control your diet better. It's defiantly a good way to get our weight under control. Yes, it's a struggle, that's why a lot of us need help. Here's the link again for what we've learned about food labels.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10922607/we-are-what-we-eat-know-what-you-are-eating-sharing-information-about-food-labels#latest
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