What is your focus today?
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Epsom bath soaking in hot water ... I have so many welty skeeter bites. I can't tell anymore if it's all welty skeeter bites, or if it's rashy welts too. Sooooo itchy!!
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Happy Thursday!
Yesterday the appointment went well, just LOOOONG! Left their house at 8;45, got back home at 12:15!!! UGH!!! I did a 30 min walk before work with my sister and didn't get to my strength/flexibility after work because I didn't get home until almost 6pm (left their house at 4;15!). I will have to make it up on day 76…. Other than that, my 75 soft is going well! :)
Today's plans (T-1 week until Hannah and Jonah come, and I REFUSE to do another 40,000+ step day trying to get ready for them!)
- Exercise room: Clean off table and massage table
- 2nd bath: clean floor, toilet
- Theater room- clean up in front of TV stand
- Laundry
- Lower body at lunch
Yes, these collectively look random, but will make a huge difference LOL
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Hellloooooooooo !
Laundry from the weekend spinning. omg scale was worse today, up another 0.6 lbs. please please please let this just be swolls! (fingers crossed)
Fitbit says rest day. Sounds good to me. Tomorrow I'll be hitting it. Today, laundry, etc etc etc, early to bed, hopefully. Another epsom salt bath soak, likely.
FUN on kidlet visit! LOl I feel ya on no 40k step day the day before! Pumped for your 75 Soft for you! Loved reading Darlene's updates, looking forward to reading yours.
Cheers!
~ mk :)
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PS - whoa! on the long appt !! Glad it went well <3
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Good afternoon! Well, I've already failed 75 soft! LOL I missed my reading yesterday, trying to decide if I start over or add a day on the end. One person said read double today. I could, but…. not sure that's the right move (as you so eloquently put last week!). What's your opinion?
Today I have a brisket on the smoker and coffee ice cream in the freezer for dessert- we got a Ninja Creami and just love it!
I'm on call this weekend and next, and I've already told Scott he's helping me clean this weekend :) The city has taken our street and ground down the top layer- they are re-paving soon! But now it's a mess to go down and I'm guessing they won't be back tomorrow to finish the job… LOL
Hope you're doing well and recovered from your busy weekend! Sorry about the gain, but I'm sure it will come off as soon as you get back to your "normal" eating!
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Good afternoon! out most of the late morning & early afternoon for errands. Snacking and having a protein tea right now (and going to watch an ep of Hawaii Five-O too :p). Thx, on the scale encouragement! Yea, I def don't vote for double today (for the reasons you reference, lol). When Darlene did her 75 Soft Chall, she built in 3 'pass' days. I can't remember if you built in pass days? If not, yea, tack a day on the end. :)
ugh off yuck! on street paving!
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BTW, why does protein not follow the i before e rule? ;p
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I didn't even THINK about building in a Pass day…. maybe I need to do that retroactively! :)
Will be getting moving on the house after my (2nd) cup of coffee I'm currently having!
I pulled the brisket off the smoker about 8;30 last night and put it in the over on slow cooker low mode for 6 hours. It's pretty tender!
And yeah, I don't understand why Protein doesn't follow the rules! But I will say, I've been trying to get 135+g protein a day and was losing every day. The last 2 days I've gotten 100-110 and I've gained. Go figure….
Plans for today:
- change the sheets
- Main bath
- exercise room
- fill water bottles
- laundry
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Good morning! Your brisket sounds spectacular!! Yes, build in those Pass Days retroactively! I am up on the scale again today. It's just a train wreck week! That's what's happening, and I'm just going to accept that that is what is happening and give myself a couple days until I feel better, and sleep regular and then it'll turn around. 🤷♀️
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PS - went to check out orthotics at The Good Feet Store yesterday. I just typed a visit summary for my other team. Here's my blurb ~
I went with a friend to The Happy Feet store yesterday, to see if orthotic insert could help calm heel pain that has been flaring on and off since April when I had a plantar fasciitis event (boy
that'sfun - NOT). I had no idea what the place was, my friend told me about it. It didn't take long before I was starting to feel like this was a Kirby Vacuum type of deal? You know, when the person comes to your house, demos a vac and charges you a couple thousand for a machine that should cost a fraction of that? Yea, that's what The Good Feet was. Sure, the orthotic did feel good, and my PT did mention that an orthotic that cupped the heel could be helpful, but holic potatoe pie, Batman! It was $1,635 for the BASIC package. They conveniently offered a $135 monthly payment plan. lol The deluxe package was $2400-something. I read about i after I got home. Here's an eye-opening podiatrist's review (which confirmed my gut feeling, even before I found out the price):No, thank you :). It was a good experience tho, and reminded me to try out some inserts so my right heel isn't always sore or tender after high-usage days. I ordered a few to try out, on Amazon. All for less than one monthly payment ;-). If they do seem to help, I might consider the Powerstep option he mentions, that could cost something under $100 for a pair. We'll see!
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Oh boy! Sounds like Fleet Feet here! I haven't been, but heard horror stories! We went to a New Balance Store and got our feet measured, etc. They asked what our complaints were, the examined our feet, put them on a digital something or other, even provided optional inserts (that were really nice). Yes, it ended up being about $150/pair (one for me, one for Scott), but they really educated us on what we need to look for in shoes (wide toe box, wide heels for a good platform), and it really helped a lot! You might look into something like that!
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I actually remember doing that about a dozen yrs or so ago, when I got my 1st pair of NBs. I don't remember everything they said, other than learning that I really needed to find wide widths for me, when I can. NB only offers the base that I needed in a few models. I can't remember what it was called, a last, maybe?
Good shoes are SO worth it (especially boots, if you live in Maine! I even have NB boots, in 2 colors!). But not to the tune that The Good Feet Store was singing! lol!
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Happy Sunday, J! 🤭🐢
ohhhh, thank goodness, partial swoll whoosh! down this morning, scale kept going up up up day after day after day. Down 2.6 this morning (still 2.8 lbs up from Jul 31, tho! As of yesterday, I had been up 5.4 lbs in 10 days (again!), from Jul 31, to Aug 9 😳, darn swolls!). I signed up for a 1-week long Partner Up activity-based challenge in my F2F group, starting today. Time to move again, rest time is over!
Cheers, ~ mk :)
PS - I'm adding Power Hour and Declutter with Jennywren to my goal sheet and bingo card on my break challenge for another group Xx
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Happy Monday night! About to go to bed…. LOL
Hannah comes in 2 days, I'm panicking! :) I'm overwhelmed, but at least I got the camper cleaned up today, will put fresh sheets on the bed on Wednesday.
Tonight I vented to Scott about how anxious I am for them to come, work didn't really give warm fuzzies today ( my boss said he doesn't think they will be giving us access to a tool everyone uses with the other company, so that spoke volumes to me).
I've been in a blue funk for a few days, so I'm trying to fight through it, and tonight I just had to vent. I'll do better tomorrow.
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Good morning sweet girl! I was wondering about you. Afraid you were bummed that I haven't been exactly FLYing lately. Big hugs coming to you through the ether ((((((((( Jennywren! )))))))))
I have been working on perfecting that Bingo board for a few months now, on and off. Whenever one of the weeks for my other challenge featured a Bingo Board, I'd play with it. We're on a 5-wk break right now. One of my teammates adapted a feature of one of my other team's internal challenges (personal exercise goal, personal nutrition goal, and personal self-improvement goal) to a really fun, appealing-colored color scheme that ties in to her 2025 personal Vision Verse (2025 Vision Verse: "For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline." 2 Timothy 1:7).
I built it out to encompass 12-wks, plus a bonus week, and a summary board for the weeks, with each week featuring a similarly inspired inspo verse from multiple religious and philosophical texts (thanks, Chat GPT), along with one original inspo verse penned by Chatty 5 (the newest model is Chat GPT -5O or however it's written :p). I call it Chatty sometimes, so I called its 'pen name' Chatty 5 for the credit ;-).)
Anyway, I know how we both love checking out new ways to organize ourselves (lol), so you want to see? :D. It's turtle-featured, bc my other team has a tortoise mascot. The Goals board layout inspo is from b3achy's board. The Bingo board is pretty neat, bc both the big board, and the snapshot board above it, 'color themselves in' as you check off a box as completed. The not-so-neat part of these trackers is, I haven't actually filled in many bingo squares yet, bc I was checked out for vaca, then zoomed in on spreadsheeting :p. The new week starts on Wed, so tomorrow (for sure!) I buckle down!
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Cheers, ~ mk :)
Edit - I finally have the structure I want for the Bingo Board, but I haven't turned my attention yet to updating it on our link, bc I was in over my head trying to keep up with 2 teams of challenges :p (and then on top of that, I joined a third team so I could participate in the Atomic Habits read, plus I have my greenie group, which I haven't visited in a week :eek:! ). But I want to, for our bingo link, add add different colors for planned, completed, bingo, etc, and add the dropdown that allows for that. Plus, what I really want, is a 'picker' that will autopopulate my day list, pulling from the bingo boards! heh. All that is in future, tho. I'm happy with what I have, for now.
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Hump Day ! Also, the start of a new 'break' week on my turtle team, so it's a good time to reset. We're in the middle of a sticky hot spell, so we've had ac going in the bedroom at night, since Sunday. I slept a ton, but I feel like a foggy brick :p.
Really REALLY donwanna, but I'm going to hit PF for a workout tomorrow or today, no take backs! :D
Eric and I watched the 1st episode of the first Yellowstone prequel the other day. The first Duttons were coming out from Tennessee. Thought of you! Xx Sending brightness, so your blue funk turns into blue skies 💙💛. Cheers! ~ mk :)
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Happy Hump Day!
What a comprehensive spreadsheet! I know who to come to when I want to start upping my game! :) Both with the spreadsheet AND the bingo! :)
Got a good amount done last night, I will be starting on bathrooms in a little bit, have to get the exercise room picked up too, but feeling less stressed about getting everything done! :)
I'm working on upping my protein intake. I heard a trainer talk about how much he recommends for fast weight loss:
Minimum protein: your current weight X 0.8
Max protein: your current weight
Calorie target minimum: your current weight X 11
Calorie target maximum: your current weight X 12.
it's a lot more than I usually eat, so I'm going to try it for a week and see what happens!
I've also gotten my RingFit on the Nintendo Switch back up and running and MAN is it FUN! It has strength/flexibility, but also has running and other stuff! I try to do ONLY 30 min at lunch, but usually end up with 40! I get a good sweat and it gets my heart rate up! :)
Ok, off to bathrooms!
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