Oct. 15 - Oct 21
LW: 127.8
TW: 127.2
I'm happy with that. Getting right back to logging food, focusing on protein, vegetables, water while staying under my calorie limit is what is working for me. There is Halloween candy in the house (thanks hubby who never gains weight 😆). This last week I tried varying my exercise by doing a HIIT workout (just 10 minutes) and a yoga workout on Apple Fitness. I had my trainer for weight lifting, and I walk to warm up and on in-between weights days, but nowhere near the 10K++ that Kelly and Sarah get. Way to go ladies! And Lois, walking around DL is a ton of walking too.
Tomorrow, my Oregon daughter flies in to celebrate her sister's and her niece's birthdays. I'm really excited to see her. She'll be here with us until Sunday night. Daughters and I are going for some pampering at a nearby spa, and there's a kids party at Kidstopia Sunday. Never a dull moment around here, and always lots of opportunities to eat, lol. I'm going to try to enjoy, but look at it as a challenge to keep as much to my intake plan as possible.
Sarah, are you watching the baseball playoffs? I haven't decided which team to cheer for, but I do enjoy this time of year for baseball. I know you're still getting your walks and doing your class . . I just hope you're feeling better every day.
Kelly, I'm excited for Ella getting back to her hockey. And, your dedication is an inspiration! Let us know about that promotion.
Lois, I'm thinking of you and your family every day. And, I hope you're feeling well, and your mouth is less painful. I scheduled my yearly check-up on Halloween day! My doctor is a stickler for the numbers like triglycerides, blood sugar, A1c, cholesterol. I know you get those checked pretty regularly. I don't mind the blood draw . . I just worry about any lectures I might get. So, I guess I had better cut my sugar intake. 😜
I'll check back later to read your posts . .
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Since I’m not on Facebook or Instagram, here’s a few photos from our trip
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Sheesh - LOVE the photos. Hawaii is gorgeous and the food - oh my!!! It looks and sounds like you guys had a wonderful time. What a great way to celebrate your birthday! Exciting with the kids joining tomorrow. Even with my kids local, I LOVE when they come up to visit. Enjoy them!
And yes, I hate the blood draw as well. My new doc moved my appt, so naturally I moved the blood draw…lol. Just a week out but I think it's now day before Halloween. I meet with the dietitian tomorrow at 8. I wish I'd met with her BEFORE my implants. I'm tired of protein shakes, eggs, mac n cheese, chili ( I ordered mac n cheese for today). Still Very sore to chomp on cooked veggies or meat (hubby brought home some chicken tenders. Tomorrow is 14 days. It's healing, but still have the limitations on food. I will survive. We have not had success in locating Chris… My DIL grandma was very ill on Sunday, and hubby and I thought we were going to need to cancel DL this weekend. Her grandma was released and their family is meeting this weekend to assess and possibly decide on hospice program. That is up north in Chinle, so the kids will be gone. Hubby and I are continuing with our plans to DL. I'm not as excited as normal as my mouth still hurts, but it's our last chance to go until our Thanksgiving trip and hubby really wants to go. I may have to tell him to do his own thing at the parks. I don't think my mouth is going to allow for rides. I wake up between 3-4am to take more Tylenol as it just hurts and I take tylenol and advil every 4-6 hours during the day. I can have a fantastic time without rides…My step count might not be as high as a normal visit, but it will be more than I am getting at home. I was hoping to start back with my trainer but putting it off until week of Halloween. My mouth hurts this week and next week I have to go into the office T-Th to meet with trainers from out of state and drinks/dinners to follow after work.
The first week of November I have several doc appts: gynecologist, mamo and meet new reg doc along with my monthly bariatric. Busy week.
Kelly - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I hope you're having an amazing day and may all of your wishes come true!!! Still sending positive thoughts/vibes for your promotion. Stay focused on your goals.
Sarah - hoping all is going well with you. Your bone builder class should be keeping you busy and hoping your tummy and other pains are beginning to subside.
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LW: 156.1 - TW: 154.8 - Average weight over 5 days of weighing - 153.56
Woot woot! I'm actually surprised that my weight was lower today as my family took me out for supper last night and I had half a hamburger, half a chicken burger (my husband and I often get different meals and then split them to try), a few fries and a beer! I knew that I was going out and would have more calories than normal, so I was a bit more mindful of my eating throughout the day. My birthday was good. Uneventful but nice. It was a work from home day, so I was there with just me and the pup for most of the day. The kids came home from work & school and gave me perfume for my birthday. So nice of them. The kid's Mom came by after I was done work and my workout and surprised me with flowers, a bottle of Presecco and a slim jim (cause she knew I wasn't eating too many sweets). So very nice of her. Then after supper hubby and I watched the Blue Jays game, which was also a great way to end the night :) Hubby and I don't bother buying each other gifts usually. I said all I wanted was not to decide what was for supper or cook lol Thank you for the birthday wishes! So thoughtful of you. I did however buy myself a Kindle! I have been wanting to get more into reading lately and just hate spending $20 every time I want a book, so the Kindle is fantastic.
I'm still waking up every weekday morning at 4:35am to walk on the treadmill for 2 miles. Then after work I either do my workout video, a walk with the pup or both. I try listen to my body, but I always make sure I close my apple watch rings. Tracking food is still good (minus I didn't track last night's supper as I don't quite know what to put.. but that's fine). I do need to be a bit more mindful of my water and veggie intake as my fiber levels are lower than I'd like. Definitely need to do some grocery shopping.
Sheesh - Your pics of your trip look amazing! LOVE the sky in the background of the pic with your husband. Always amazes me how many colors can show up in the sky. Great job getting right back into the health routine when you got back. Love that you have such a variety with your workouts to keep things interesting. Have fun with your daughters and enjoy the spa!!!
Lois - You're very much in my thoughts lately. So tough when a family has to go through difficulties with mental health. Its so trying on everyone. Hoping for a good outcome for Chris. Also, I hope you're still able to enjoy your DL trip this weekend, minus the fact that you may not be able to do rides. Hopefully by then the pain of the implants has subsided a bit. And jeepers… the first week of November is sure a poke, prod and squeeze week for ya! lol Hope all is well with those appointments as well.
Sarah - Looking forward to your post this week. Hopefully your week is going well and that your anxiety has calmed down a bit for you.
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LW: 133.8
TW: 134.2Sorry to be late posting this week. The TW weight is what I weighed yesterday morning. Today, I weighed 133.4, so I'm hoping that spike on Wednesday was just fluid retention.
Kelly, you are doing so good. Congrats on that loss. And I'm glad you enjoyed your birthday. October 15 is a special day. It's also the birthday of my favorite nephew (don't let him know!) and it would have been my sister's birthday, too. And I'm glad you treated yourself to a kindle. I also love to read and I don't want to buy every book, so I've been taking advantage of the public library since it's only 2 miles away. And I laughed at your answer about dinner yesterday. Many days I also just don't want to have to decide what to have or have to cook it!
And thanks for asking about the anxiety. It's still here, but I think it's a little less than it was the past two weeks. I mentioned the parking issue here, and that is still causing me some anxiety. There is that side of me that just wants to say, "People knew when they bought these homes that we have tiny garages and very little auxillary parking—so why have 3 or 4 cars?" But then I have to stop and consider that my circumstances are different from most other people's in the neighborhood. And so I'm trying to not say anything hurtful and be supportive when I can. I just wish it was like it was when we moved in in 1993— no cars parked on the street and plenty of guest parking. But suburb living evolved into city living. So that tension plus having some concerns about hubby's health and not knowing how we're going to handle the holidays now that my sister and BIL are gone is still keeping some low-level anxiety going.
But there are some good things. We had a lovely early dinner last night at one of our favorite Italian restaurants and then went to the America's Test Kitchen event and met Bridget Lancaster and Julia Collin Davidson. They were delightful and it was a treat to see how America's Test Kitchen functions. What a massive production it is! And Sunday night, we're going to the home of some good friends for dinner. I think I mentioned that we were also invited to a Halloween party on Saturday, but I'm just not into that this year. And for once, I feel okay about responding, "thank you, but cannot make it."
Sheesh, thanks for posting the photos. I also love the one of you and your hubby on the golf course. Playing golf on a highly rated course with an ocean breeze! How great is that? And the birthday dinner did look special. And before I forget, way to go staying below 130 during a vacation. You are rocking it.
Lois, I am so sorry that your family and friends still do not know what has happened to Chris, and I hope that you will know soon. And I'm glad you did not have to postpone your trip to DL. After the implants, Chris's disappearance, work being busy, etc., you deserve some fun and relaxation.
Sounds like late October and November will be busy medical months for at least three of us. I have my second follow-up mammogram on November 12, and I'm finally getting back to the dentist in November, too. I had a June appointment that I had to cancel because of the deaths, and they couldn't reschedule me until early August. But about that time, my dentist lost her lease, and so I pushed my appointment out even further. I'm kind of dreading it this time because I've become aware of how often I clench my teeth. I will wake up with my jaws hurting, and I sometimes even catch myself doing it during the day.
Well, I guess I'll get moving. Hubby has gone out to his friends farm and I'm doing double volunteer work today. And I'm doing it with not much sleep last night. Hubby had esophogael reflux for the first time in years and woke us both up around 2 a.m. And then he had a nightmare and woke me up kicking (said he was fighting a mountain lion—go figure!!).
Before I go, here are my 7-day averages.
Steps = 10,371
Kcals burned = 1,723
They are not too bad, and I'm really happy that my kcals are in the 1700s for the second week in a row. But once again, the bad thing for me during the past week was logging food. I did not do that for a day and a half during the past 7 days, and too many times, I waited until the next day to log (and of course, it's likely that I forget some things.) Have to do better.Happy Friday Eve, everyone.
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Lois, I can't imagine the pain and anxiety Chris's family is going through. I'm thinking of you all every day, and hoping for a positive outcome, or at least closure. I hope you will enjoy DL despite not being able to do rides. But, knowing you have another trip at Thanksgiving makes it less disappointing, and I'm sure you'll still enjoy it. I hope your mouth feels better every day. I also have a mammogram in November, but I don't see a gynecologist anymore, thank goodness. I don't remember what age it is you can stop having Pap smears, but at some point they aren't yearly anymore unless there's an issue or family history. So, getting older isn't ALL bad.
Happy Belated Birthday Kelly! Sounds like a lovely day. And congratulations on your reduction. . I agree that you are doing so well, staying focused, and I'm in awe that you get up to walk on the treadmill at 4:30 a.m., and then still do more workout after working! Wow. Doing that (and getting yourself a Kindle) are the best gifts you could give yourself. Closing your Apple Watch rings is a good motivator, and I try to do that every day too. I've also become a bit obsessed with making sure to get the challenge badge every month. The Blue Jays have tied up that series with The Mariners and made it more interesting over the next 3 games! Enjoy.
Sarah, your outing to America's Test Kitchen sounds so interesting and fun. Sorry you're feeling anxious. I know that feeling well . . I was wondering if some kind of medication or meditation might help. At one point in my life my doctor gave me Xanax, but I don't take it anymore because I'm afraid of the addiction danger. ("afraid" . . lol) He also offered a med called Propranolol, which I tried once, but I didn't like how I felt. I listen to meditations (with Air Pods) at night to help fall asleep. There are some good free ones on YouTube. The main thing that helps me is to keep my thoughts in the present moment. I give myself permission to plan future events in the mornings, but then stop thinking about the future. And, try to never think about past negatives in my life. I was telling my daughter, if I ever were to get a tattoo it would say "Be Here Now" as a daily reminder. Anyway, anxiety gets to me pretty regularly, but that's what works for me. I hope you will find your own ways to deal with it. I don't think we can ever "cure" it . . that's just our nature. So, it's a matter of coping techniques. Exercise helps too, and you do great with that.
Today is two of my grandchildren's birthdays! We celebrated all together with them one year in DL. I had an online playdate with my grandson in Cali last night, and he was remembering that birthday. He is turning 10 (wow) and my granddaughter here is turning 4. The cutest! I wish I had enjoyed my own children as much as I enjoy my grandchildren! We have a lot of Libras in our family. . it's a busy time. And, many of my friends and my DIL are October Libras as well. (Kelly :)) My Oregon daughter arrived yesterday, and we had lunch and then went shopping at the mall. It's so fun to see her. She's lost 30 pounds and enjoys shopping now. I wish I enjoyed it, lol.
Have a great weekend ladies.
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