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I finally have something to write about. I was having panic attacks the other night not sure why but I did move stuff around in my head and did a rethink about what I want to do. I want Marcel, the carpenter to create a few things for me but it’s just going to take to long. So I am make a priority list and making some changes so that can work for now and will be ok until things can be worked on to be permanent.

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I wanted to ‘save the draft’ not post. Oh well at least I didn’t lose it.

I weighed in this am at 220 which is better than the last time I was on the scale. Sleep has been ok. I haven’t gotten the deep sleep I was hoping for though.

I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to set up my house the way I would like but faster. Some of the things I wanted Marcel to build may wait until the weather gets better in the spring. Marcel doesn’t have a work shop as yet on his property. In the spring he could use my garage or work from his trailer.

So after deep thought and consideration I am going to have him work on the closet next then my bathroom. Once that is all done then we can slowly work on the other stuff.

I’m hoping today, when Marcel gets here, he is able to put up this 5 ft closet rod that connects to the wall. I’m going to have him do this until I can get a closet built in the same place I’m going to have him install it. We will see how this goes.

endurovet

A cold front blew in last night with a little more rain (ugh!) Thankfully my mood is a little bit better, although I have been spectacularly nonproductive this weekend. I made us brunch this morning, defrosting some frozen sausage patties that my receptionist’s daughter had sold as part of her fundraising thing for their FFA & I’m sorry to say it was terrible! the dogs got all of mine, although Peran sat there resolutely & ate every bite of his…

I’ve got to get into better habits of cooking at home - last night we drove into town for cheeseburgers, I figured P deserved a reward since he’s been fixing the gate post on the bottom pasture. Why should I be surprised that my weight this morning was 195? The ride photographer had photos up from our ride 2 weeks ago - I will always buy them if there’s decent pictures of the horses, even though I look absolutely dreadful. I am going to blog about my T-shirt motto which everyone was asking me about as well as using them for motivation - 6 yrs ago Zach & I went to the Welterweight boxing championship at AT&T Stadium (my first time attending an event there - as much as I love the Cowboys, I can’t pay those ticket prices!) Errol Spence is the “Big Fish” - at the time, he was the undefeated welterweight champion; I liked the motto so I bought the expensive T-shirt!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Spence_Jr.

The last line is creased up in my fat rolls, but it says: “Everyone thinks they can swim until they get in the water”

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It looks like you had beautiful weather for that ride. That blue sky is gorgeous. Last night I could have sworn I posted about all the things I had Marcel do and posted picture of my closet. I think it disappeared into cyber space. Last night’s sleep didn’t register or slept really bad

endurovet

Ugh, 58 minutes?!? Last night was restless for me also - I kept on getting in awkward positions with my knee which is still stiff & painful, but the most amazing thing of all is the fact that I didn’t have to get up to urinate! I stayed in bed until 6:45! I can’t wait until my sleep data downloads to see what my Fitbit’s analysis is…

I don’t know if it’s the fact that I put on socks since it was freezing cold last night or that I’ve been limiting fluid intake before bedtime, or just luck of the draw??!!?? We had our first hard freeze last night - I kept the ponies in the barn since I was worried about the abrupt temperature change - surprisingly enough, although I was most worried about Baraq, he seems fine - it’s Twoie & Moonie who are shivering!

I won’t resort to blanketing unless we have an ice storm or something; that is a major production!

leanstrongsexy

Oh wow. What is a ‘hard freeze’ in your area. I ask because a hard freeze here would be -5C=23 °F. Last night we had a dusting of snow, which means under 2 inches. 

Ben is here doing the floors for the bathroom and hall upstairs. It sounds like he is already laying the floors. So what was scheduled for 2 days may only take one unless he is doing the hallway today and the bathroom tomorrow. 

Did I tell you we took the blind out of the sky window. The previous owner had a sky window installed in the late 80’s. I want to put the same stain glass window on it. Felicia’s idea and a good one. It’s not letting load pictures. I’ll save the pic with no blinds and I’ll take one after they install the film. I’m also having my nephew build me a TV stand I ordered because I need to get my house settled sooner rather than later. If I decide I want to build an entertainment center I’ll have Marcel tie in the TV stand. I’ll post that picture later too. 

My sleep good but I did wake at 4 am and no sleep analysis. I fell back to sleep 9 am and it recorded that sleep. Either I am not sleeping when I think I am or Fitbit is still having issues

TV STAND

My son’s dog Xena has to be locked in the house when we leave and yesterday when we left for some unknown reason, I locked them in my room instead of just locking the Dog door and this is what that little *kitten* did to my door.

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I got 6.5 hrs of sleep. I’m pleased with that considering Chewie woke me twice. Once at 6:30 I think I went pee. She then seemed since no one was up so she decide to come back to sleep with me and Shamie again. Then she woke me again when she heard Nathan. I let her out of my room. Then Ben texted me and I told him to come in when he got here. We were all still sleeping.

I got up after Ben got here because I wanted to let him know not to fret over a section in the bathroom. There is this little cubby in this bathroom that has a vent box the rests on the floor. I told him just to floor up to the box and not try to go around the box. He did a beautiful job and he went around the box except for the back. I’m impressed he did that much. I’ll take a picture during daylight to show you in the FB group.

If there is anyone who reads me here would like to join our FB group, you can find us here:

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1Bis3Cga9X/

Think of the group like a MFP dashboard. Post all your ups and downs or whatever you would want to post of MFP still had a dashboard.

endurovet

Whoopsie Ms Xena!!! If I were brave enough post pictures of my bathroom (which I am NOT), there is still chewed woodwork atop the shower & closet from dear Mango the cockatoo who’s been dead for 10 yrs - not to mention peeled wallpaper in the powder room 🤦‍♀️
It isn’t as if I have any desire to live in “Architectural Digest” - Zach has already forewarned me that our Christmas gift is going to be a new couch - he’s been shopping at Nebraska Furniture Mart, it will be delivered next week. I just hope it’s something practical - he did tell me it is cloth, pre-treated for stains! I’ll certainly post some pictures.

My aunt’s old couch may not be much, but at least I don’t stress about the dogs sleeping on it!

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I hope there is room for both couches. Now you could have one for adults and one for dogs. LOL.

I slept pretty good. Almost 7.5 hrs. Apparently I started off restless.

As you know I got the bar area all cleaned off ready for Marcel to tear it down. The glass shelving I’m giving to my cleaning lady. We are both into plants. This house windows are not great for growing house plants and since the curtains stay closed for the most part being on the corner of a street in town. Sidewalks are too close. I’ll show you sometime in the FB group.

endurovet

I think this was Mon night, “not too shabby”! - the night I was wearing warm socks, which seems to have had some connection with the fact I didn’t have to get up to urinate?!? Last night it was a little warmer - I didn’t wear socks & I had to get up twice?? So needless to say, I’m digging out all my old socks to wear to bed now…

And while I had every good intention of fasting today (I’ve been so miserable & bloated), my friend wound up going with me on a long-overdue visit to check on my mom, so we stopped for a late lunch afterwards. How did you put it, “serious but not dedicated”?? 😳 Yeouch, that stings!!!

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I’m sorry 😞. Did I over step? It was not my intention to sting. I should have written it so that it was not implied you are the same.

I will say that I have been serious without dedication because I have been trying to lose the same weight since 1993. It’s a shame. I was very dedicated last summer 2024. Things started to turn at the end of Sept. I started on a spiral. I stopped after gaining 15-20 lbs back. Now that is what I am trying to maintain at 220 or lower, while my life seemed to go differently than planned. My starting weight was 250ish. From June 2024 to end of Sept 2024 I lost 35 lbs taking me to 215.

They are some days it takes great strength not to dive into ice cream and stay there. I did that after first moving in here and continued for many weeks.

endurovet

No offense taken, the truth hurts etc etc!!! Every day I get up as if this is gonna be the day I devote myself fully to The Cause of climbing out of my pit of ill health & deconditioning, yet every day I let this, that, or the other thing trip me up - family drama! Hard day at work! My husband ignoring me! Yadda yadda yadda…

I’ve been stuck on my own plateau for 4 yrs, yet 15 yrs ago I thought I was never gonna get below 200 (when I joined SparkPeople in 2009’ish, I was around 230. I kept a ride card of Baraq’s as motivation since I was Ioading my poor little pony down with 255 lbs! - that was me + saddle & accessories 😳) I need to reach way on down to my bootstraps & try to re-discover some of that grit & determination. That screenshot of sleep upthread was from Mon night - “socks”, & here is last night “barefoot”:

I laid back down after that 4:43 AM potty break & managed another 80-min nap. Yawning my head off now, so I’m gathering up some “sleep socks” to continue this experiment.

endurovet

Last night wasn’t too bad:

1 AM, brief awakening, turnover

2 AM, ditto

3 AM, potty break

5 AM, major twinge in L knee & ankle, stretched out on back

6:45 AM, eyes pop open

I’ll post the FitBit stats later, felt like a decent amount of deep & REM sleep. Weighed in at 193 after sticking to OMAD yesterday 👍

leanstrongsexy

So my sleep was really light last night. I heard every sound.

I did sleep before the time stamp here but like I said it sucked all night.

Happy news today. My weight was 217 which is lower from the last time I looked.

got word today that the plumber is coming with my splits on Monday. Splits are a new thing for me. It’s a way to get air conditioning and heat without adding a furnace. These will run on hydro not natural gas.

leanstrongsexy

I’ve heard a few people say they slept well while wearing socks. Can you explain more please? Did you suffer from cold feet? Mine get sweaty then get cold. I’m afraid my feet will sweat more and get cold again. I think I just rambled there. Did it make sense? I’ll look forward to these results. After my friend told me about her experience, I bought some socks just for this purpose. It didn’t go well for me. Maybe I’ll try again.

leanstrongsexy

Sleep was 7 hrs. Not a lot of deep sleep but I slept so I’m happy with that. I just need to improve my deep sleep.

Yesterday was uneventful day. I like those kind of days.

endurovet

I have no scientific explanation as to why wearing socks would help with overall sleep in general, or my sleep in particular - it isn’t as if I’m plagued by cold feet? I am using older, stretched-out pairs of socks because I know I would dislike sleeping in a normal snug pair of socks…

But last night - staying in a hotel prior to the downtown Dallas Holiday Parade - was not restful at all. First of all, they gave us (my friend Toni went with me ) a single king-sized bed, but worst of all was the fact that the thermostat didn’t work properly. When we got there, it was blowing cold air, so after 20 minutes I called the front desk. We went out to dinner & when we came back - Yeah!! They had done something, because the heater was blowing warm air. But now the damn thing wouldn’t shut off - at 2 AM I got up & turned the whole system off because it was like a mini-sauna… we were also surrounded by high school kids (other parade participants), so there was a lot of slamming doors & running footsteps up & down the hallways. I hope those kids had fun!

Fortunately the parade went well & my services were not needed for any of the equine entries. Chalk up my minor episode of civic duty - next year I’ll pack my noise-canceling headphones. I haven’t figured out a comfortable way to sleep in them but at least I can lie there & do a yoga nidra meditation or something…

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I posted in FB a link to something that could help with being comfortable. They are called loops. I first saw them for those with sensitive issues with noise

endurovet

Those look intriguing but man, $40 a pair??!!?? I’ll have to look up the rating on the cheap disposable earplugs I’ve been buying…

Here was Friday night for me - I certainly didn’t feel like I even got that much sleep! My butt was dragging by late afternoon - I went to bed early & slept much better. Got up this morning at 192, which also feels a lot better - I even splurged & made breakfast (scrambled eggs & sausage for hubby & I.

While I think my most recent GI misery was due to the Chick-fil-A that a pharmaceutical rep brought us, I’ve given up trying to make anything else make sense? We ate BBQ Friday night, yesterday afternoon I went to my office manager’s stepdaughter’s baby shower where I snacked around & ate 2 cupcakes…

Today it’s misting rain, cold & gusty winds so no riding for Val today - I need to finish straightening up the house, set up my nativity set & try to start getting into the Christmas spirit 🤷‍♀️

leanstrongsexy

Well my Fitbit didn’t record any of my sleep so all I know it I fell asleep before 11 and woke to p @ 4:30 and couldn’t go back to sleep.

Marcel is here working on the closet

The hole in the floor and wall that only Nathan could see.

As you can see he is working on the framing in the closet.

He is going to put headroom shelves in the closet so that we can still get down into the basement.