October 8-14, 2025
LW: 134.0
TW: 133.8
So essentially the same, which is a disappointment since I had fairly decent calorie deficient most days and my activity was pretty good. But I'm still not getting much sleep (about 5 to 6 hours) and I'm still feeling more anxiety than is typical for me. I just said to a neighbor that it's odd that in a year's time, I went through 2 operations, radiation therapy, 4 deaths, and hubby's TIA and I felt little anxiety. But now that nothing much is going on, I feel like my stomach is in a knot most of the time. At least, as of this afternoon, the painters are gone and so I'll be able to have a little more order in the house and I'll be able to sleep a little longer. So yeah for that.
After the painters left today, we decided to take a break and go out for a late lunch. When we got home, there were handful of neighbors standing out in the street talking, and when we joined them they told us they were discussing new parking regulations that are going into effect next week. Like in a lot of townhouse communities in this area, parking here is tight. We have garages and driveways, but the garages were built to accomodate much smaller vehicles than we have today (community is 53 years old) so most people park one car in the driveway and others in guest parking or along the street. What I was just told is that as of the 13th, no on-street parking will be allowed, and yet our guest/extra parking spaces will no where near accommodate the cars that are usually parked in front of houses. Because these are large townhouses and housing costs are so high in this area, we have more young adults living at home and some multigenerational households. So virtually every home has two cars, and some have more. Although I miss the days when no one parked on the street, we've been able to function by having people do that, and most people have been really good about not parking in front of other people's homes. I'll be upset if the solution is to remove the green space with trees that we see out our front windows and replace that area with parking. One of the reasons we bought this particular house is because we didn't look out into a parking lot. But I do understand that fear of coming home and having no where to park. And it's already difficult for people visiting to find parking. So just another thing to stir up my anxiety. This is no longer quiet suburbia.
Oh, well—back to the subject at hand. Here are my 7-day averages:
Steps = 11, 056
Kcals burned = 1,783
As you can see, I did make some good progress compared to last week and I had so hoped to have it reflected on the scale. But all I can do is keep on keeping on and hope that next week will be better.
Lois, two implants at once is a lot to endure. I hope that the pain soon subsides.
Kelly, you've been doing great. I'm looking forward to hearing how last week went. And Sheesh, we're ready to hear all about your trip to Hawaii and San Fran.
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LW: 127.2
TW: 127.8Whew! All the walking and enjoying mostly fish on our trip paid off with just a little weight gain. I did indulge in desserts, especially on my birthday. We went to a really, really nice restaurant to celebrate, and it was sooooo good! I had the mahi-mahi and it was unbelievably delish! Enjoyed some champagne and a mango mousse that was out of this world! We had a lot of fun . . snorkeling, swimming in the ocean and at the pool, played golf, tried to play pickleball (lol), sightseeing up to Kapalua, Kahana, and Lahaina (which is totally gone . . I cried!) We had a fantastic lunch (fish tacos and mango martinis) at Kaanapali. Anyway, it was so lovely we decided to try to go back in March if we can make the arrangements. I thought about you ladies a lot, and I tried to go easy on the eating. I had small breakfasts, and then really just snacked on healthy stuff until dinner out, which was my daily calorie splurge. I didn't really work out even though there was a gym on site, but we did a LOT of walking (especially on the beach) and swimming and golf. I can't count the pickleball because I was so bad! We also stopped for a few days in Cali and took a hike at their cabin. On Sunday, we hustled around to watch the kid's activities (baseball, water polo, and basketball). We landed back home Sunday night, and I had my trainer Monday morning. . I'm really tired as it is all hitting me now.
Kelly, I'm so impressed with your dedication AND the execution of your plan, and it's really working for you. I hope you keep going all the way to your goals and beyond. You deserve the time it takes to take care of yourself. I know it's easy to let kid's schedules interfere. If a day happens that you weren't perfect on your plan, don't let that interrupt your progress. Some days might be half of our goals but some is better than none, and then get back to it as soon as possible.
Sarah, I'm envious of your outing to the baseball game. I absolutely love going to big league baseball games, especially this time of year. I'm sure you had a great time. I hope your pain is at a minimal level by now as you increase your effort and steps on your walks (as I see from your averages), especially on the hilly route. You're doing great and the reductions will come. Hope the new paint looks great!
Lois, I can't believe Rhea is 7! One of my grands here is turning 4 and I can't stand it . . the time goes too fast! Then the other one is turning 2 in December. They don't stop growing up even though I wish they would slow down. I'm sorry you're dealing with pain with your implants. Hope everything heals fast, and you can get back to normal activities.
Sorry for the long post . . I'll check back tomorrow.
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LW: 156.6 - TW: 156.1 - Average weight over 5 days of weighing - 156.76
Daily 7 day average for steps - 12,352 - Although my average step count is lower than when I was doing the walking challenge, my goal is still 10k per day and I also upped my Move Ring on my Apple Watch to 660 calories a day. I have closed all my rings on my watch since August 24. I have also added a workout program that I'm following to my routine which includes body weight movement, free weights, bands and mobility and stability. I've done that program before and loved it, so I thought I'd give it a shot again but I'm not following the workout schedule to a T. I am giving myself some grace if I can't get to this workout, as long as I still meet my move goal that day. My muscles are still sore after working out, but it's more of a good sore now as opposed to a "I can't move at all" sore. I'm still tracking my food daily (even had a bit of chinese food on the weekend), drinking my water and doing all the things and I'm really starting to feel good. Minus the fact that I feel like I might be getting a cold. Hopefully it's just that.. a cold and not Covid or the flu, as they have both been going around here.
On the life front, we have a very stressful situation happening with our old house that we're in the middle of dealing with our lawyer on but on a positive note, Ella received the clearance from her surgeon to play hockey again! (Can't remember if I told you this already) So she's been starting with full practices and hopes to play her first game on October 17. We're a bit reluctant as the surgeon also said that the longer she waits, the stronger her knee will be, but adamant that she wants to play the home opener. Exciting but nerve-wracking at the same time. I also have some stuff going on at work, where I MIGHT be getting a new job (new title, more money) but in the same department. It's just in the starting phases, so we'll see if that pans out over the next couple of months. Fingers crossed. So.. lots of stressful things happening to us again, all at once. It seems we just can't avoid it. I'm going to try and think positively and just know that we will get through it and it'll make us better in the end.
Sarah - I hear ya with the anxiety. My guess is that because you were so busy with all those things happening to you, your body didn't even have time to worry or be anxious because you were just dealing with all the things! It's all coming to the point now where your mind is thinking about EVERYTHING you went through and that's where your anxiety is coming from. That's only my guess. In my Developing a Mindful Practice course I was telling you gals about, our teacher sent us this very interesting video, so I thought I'd share - Kelly McGonigal - How to make stress your friend
When it comes to your weight #, do you have a specific goal in mind? Or are you looking to maintain or hope to see a certain number? Or maybe there isn't a number on the scale that you're looking for but more of a feeling.
I wanted to mention that my husband and I are bandwagon Blue Jays fans and only watch in the end of season/playoffs. We are totally on board right now and didn't miss 1 game of this series with the Yankees. It's soo exciting. I just don't watch baseball throughout the season, as it's a ridiculous amount of games to commit to. Super excited that they won their series last night! Go Jays!
Lois - Happy birthday to Rhea! Wow.. when did 7 years go by?! And yikes with the implants! I hope it heals quickly and the pain isn't too bad.
Sheesh - Oh wow.. your trip sounds like a dream!! I love fish but never have it as my family isn't a fan. I've never been to Hawaii either but it's on the list of places I'd like to see one day. Unfortunately the way the Canadian $ is right now compared to the US $, it just isn't worth it. I've also never tried pickleball, but I can imagine it takes some coordination and speed. lol
Have a good week all! I'll check back.
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Happy Thursday Ladies!!! 246.2… holding…a little up one day and little down the next. but in that general range. And it's because I can't chew yet. It's getting better but still not ready to go back to my main meal plan. today I ordered Costco to be delivered and ordered the Panera Mac n Cheese. I need something that will fill me up! Protein shakes aren't cutting it. So I ordered that and some naan bread to nosh on. I had a can of refried beans with cheese yesterday for lunch and dinner. At lunch I added about an oz of cooked ground beef, but I couldn't quite chew it. I was supposed to meet my girlfriend for dinner, but was super thankful when she texted asking if we could push to next week. Every day it gets a little better, so I'm hoping I can chew salad by Wednesday. We split a salad with grilled chicken, the most delicious salmon and a dessert when we meet. It's not only that I can't chew to eat, but my mouth really hurts after speaking. Yesterday we had a company meeting and I got caught by several co-workers to touch base on different things, and an hour later as I was driving back home, oh man did I feel the pain. Still using advil/tylenol for the pain, but taking it every 4-6 hours throughout the day.
Family Disney trip is over thanksgiving weekend. With DL you can book dining reservations 60 days in advance, which we did most of them the 27th-30th. HOWEVER, Thanksgiving day wasn't available and opened this morning. My DIL and I were bot up at 530, logged on and watching to book Goofy's Kitchen. At 9:24am, the reservations finally opened and I was able to get close to our 130 desired time. I jumped back in at 9:35 and there were only 7am-820am available for the entire day for a group of 7 (actually anything more than 4). Now that stress is gone. We only did a few reservations, but we're excited. Next my DIL and I will be working on ordering and creating the tshirts. I ordered Disney pajama lounge bottoms for all of us (we do Daisy's pajama party breakfast on our last day). We're going to make special shirts to go with the lounge pants. Whew.
This weekend we have Rhea's bday party on Saturday and then hubby and I are going to storage on Sunday to retrieve Halloween and Christmas decorations. THEN we are packing for our DL trip next weekend. Only going on Sat and coming home on Sun but it will be our last trip until thanksgiving.
Sheesh - your Hawaii trip sounds spectacular. And Mahi mahi on the island tastes so different there than on the mainland. It's so delicious. I used to play tennis when I was younger and several friends had recommended me try pickleball as we're now older, but with the ACL issue, that's a no go for me. But I'm so happy you guys had a fabulous trip. Hawaii was another vacation hubby and I routinely lost a few lbs when we got home. I think it was all of the fresh fish and swimming, surfing, snorkeling and hiking while we were there helped.
Kelly - I can only imagine how excited Ella is to get back to hockey. I remember how much I ached to get back to the trail. ACL recovery is hard but I'm sure she'll be more conscientious as she starts to play again. Good luck on your possible promotion. That sounds exciting. Stay focused on you and your goals. And hope the old house issues are resolved quickly.
Sarah - I keep saying it because I feel it to be true but I believe you are going to begin seeing reductions very soon. Stay focused and keep your spirits up!
Have a great day and awesome weekend. I'm not sure I'll be able to get back on over the weekend and I've got a long meeting tomorrow morning….
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