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  • yakkystuff
    yakkystuff Posts: 1,409 Member

    Sounds like summer fun!

    Close to goal - way cool! Can only imagine the mix of anticipation, excitement and impatience, hang in!

  • Catlady27787
    Catlady27787 Posts: 73 Member

    Great job on May and June!

  • megd44
    megd44 Posts: 673 Member

    Thanks all. Celebrating the lost inches for sure. Loving the breathing room is have in a couple pair of shorts that were snug last summer.

    Had a great weekend with family. Not as good food choices as normal, but so much fun. Really focusing on our time together and the fact that it was four days out of a lifetime didn't cause anxiety or anything. And now ready to be home and back at it for a few weeks before more family time.

  • yakkystuff
    yakkystuff Posts: 1,409 Member

    Congrats on roomier shorts Meg - woot! and.… Yum!! Famly time is so fun - have a girls bbq Tues, and will also chill a bit with it... No guilt, just back at it after.

  • megd44
    megd44 Posts: 673 Member

    Took some time this month to just breathe and recharge. My sleep cycle is still really screwed up and it seems to finally have caught up with me. I have a doctor's appointment next week, so will be interesting to get her take on this and any potential solutions.

    Two weeks left in the month. Will need to push pretty hard to hit all my goals. Going to be fun to see where it ends.

    Had my in-laws here last weekend and got some nice beach time one day. Even went in Lake Michigan it was so hot. I usually don't get in the big lake until August. Close friends are here this weekend. Already had lots of laughs. Planning on a float trip down one of the big rivers Saturday. I am going to use my SUP, which is driving hubby crazy. He can't balance on them and falls off all the time. I have pointed out that I can use them and don't fall frequently. I'll let you know how it goes.

  • yakkystuff
    yakkystuff Posts: 1,409 Member

    Floating sounds fun!

    Hope you get back on your feet - harder when sleep is dis-rupted.

  • Catlady27787
    Catlady27787 Posts: 73 Member

    Being sleep deprived sucks! I hope you can get back on track soon

  • megd44
    megd44 Posts: 673 Member

    Thanks to you both for your wishes @yakkystuff and @Catlady27787. This has literally been going on for months and I have got to figure it out without taking meds.

    The paddle down the river was so much fun. Hubby was right that it shouldn't have tried to SUP but sitting and kneeling I made it. Will totally do it again but in a kayak next time.

  • yakkystuff
    yakkystuff Posts: 1,409 Member
    edited July 22

    Brutal - hot weather, flashes, stifling humidity, did I say hot weather?

    I bought an oversized lap feather throw that I could stick feet in & out easily, whip on & off, used wet/chilled/frozen cloths, an oscilating fan (remote controlled) and soy milk on cereal helped blunt the flashes. Opted out of hrt. Lived to tell about it... hang in!

  • megd44
    megd44 Posts: 673 Member

    Thanks @yakkystuff. Great ideas. I don't think this is hrt/menopause related. Went through that over 10 years ago. Also avoided hrt and it was brutal. I think this might be something else, but blood work will tell something. I meant don't want to take sleeping pills.

    How is the heat for you? Hope your temps have broken. Supposed to be super hot here for a couple of days, then another big storm to take it back to normal.

  • yakkystuff
    yakkystuff Posts: 1,409 Member

    Yeah, can be other things, although mom mentioned maybe 80's hah... i have been having some recently & wondering why? Nothing showed (yet) in 6m bloodwork, but tonight I was teeth chattering cold - had to go put on my granny flanny, lol Life's a mystery! Hope you find yours ' gets better! I also prefer not to do meds for sleep.

  • megd44
    megd44 Posts: 673 Member

    You are so right @yakkystuff about life being a mystery. Hoping to start figuring out the sleep thing today. Labs looked fine, but they didn't do a hormone panel since I am so far away from menopause. May ask for one.

    Sounds like your heat is coming here. Going to be 90-ish with high humidity for the next ten plus days.

  • megd44
    megd44 Posts: 673 Member

    Ok, so had an interesting doctor's appointment last week. Labs look good, weight is awesome. But the sleep and a couple of other issues are pointing to a couple of things. One being long COVID and one being a six month period of my body thinking it is in fight or flight status. That's not good. So, of course the first option is to try to address the fight or flight response. And if course the first option there is meds.

    Second option is what i have chosen. Basically a month long reset. No tracking of anything, not food, steps, workout times and intensity, sleep, nothing. Focus on eating nutritious foods, getting movement like easy walks in, and then some relaxation techniques. So, may not be on a lot in the next 30 days. Cheering for your succes!

  • yakkystuff
    yakkystuff Posts: 1,409 Member

    Sounds like a good approach to try, hope it helps. (((Hugs)))

  • Catlady27787
    Catlady27787 Posts: 73 Member

    Thats a good idea. Sometimes your brain and body needs that break! I hope you feel better soon esp your sleep

  • megd44
    megd44 Posts: 673 Member

    Thanks to both of you. So far, so good. Sleep seems to be regulating. That is the biggest thing, I think. And just getting out and playing. Only three more weeks to go, lol.

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