Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

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  • cblue315
    cblue315 Posts: 3,836 Member
    Hello All,
    Found a few minutes to check in. Life for me is the ususal mish mash.

    The surgery went well and I am recovering as expected. I do have to stay away from the gym for 2 weeks so that is making me somewhat restless. They had to do about 30 "stabs" so my leg is swollen and has steri strips all over. I have to wear a compression stocking for two weeks then I am free to return to my regular routine.

    Short week for me at work then I am taking off for a few days. Thursday and Friday with the family then I am going to my friend's cabin for a few days while hubby moves out. I am ready to move on to the next phase of my life. I do not have any animosity and we are getting along remarkably well. I just think it would be best for both of us if I am not here when he is moving.

    I still have to do some shopping and should be able to get that done int he next day or two. I only have two customers who still need to get installed before Thursday and that is very doable.

    Food is still not great but I am giving myself a break until after the first of the year when I can return to my normal routine for meals and the gym. All the holiday parties will be over by then. I am currently 2 pounds above my ticker.

    I loved the pics of the churches that have been shared. I grew up in a Catholic church which was very contemporary and had one of those "wavy" roofs. (I cannot find a pic online) I just remember thinking the building looked like a department store when you walked in. My grandmother's church was one of the old fashioned ones that had the large back altar with the icons and statues. I loved all of it and went to church with her when I could.

    @zcb94 - My thoughts and prayers are with you. you are dealing with so very much in your life. I do admire your attitude to rise above.

    @RobinsEgg - So very glad you figured your way out of the pinch you found yourself in. Thanks for sharing that story with us.

    To all the teachers - Enjoy your break!

    Love to all,
    Lori <3

    What you do today can improve all your tomorrows. ~ Ralph Marston
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    Monday check-in. This whole past week has been a big bust. Eating was wildly irregular: not one day qualified as being at goal and the only exercise I got was not qualified to be counted either. So, my stats are now
    food at goal is 7/13
    exercise calories - 0

    Planning on better stats this week, even with the family get together on Christmas Eve where there will be a lot of nibbles. We don't do traditional food at this get together, it's all about appetizers and snacks.

    The year is in count-down mode now ... only 10 more days till 2016. Thus, my year-long project has to be ramped up if it's going to come out a success. Now, my intention is good ... but my follow-through is not.
    Niki
  • Melwillbehealthy
    Melwillbehealthy Posts: 894 Member
    Monday check-in:
    Having a really tough time for the last 4 weeks, staying on my plan and eating right. Every once in a while, I've been binging before I realize what's come over me. I want to lose just a few lbs. to reach a new decade of weight and it's almost like I'm sabotaging myself. This is weird and I don't get it.
  • Morgori
    Morgori Posts: 954 Member
    Good morning everyone.

    Happy Look on the Bright Side Day!
    Date When Celebrated : Always December 21
    Look on the Bright Side Day is today. We hope you see the light. Literally looking on the bright side may be a bit difficult today. It is winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. And, December days tend to be cloudy. However, we're going to be optimistic, and fully expect you to succeed.
    Look on the Bright Side Day is a day to be optimistic. The term itself is an optimistic one. It calls upon us to look for something positive, out of an otherwise bad or sad situation. Often, a bad experience has positive lessons to be learned.
    If you have a bad day yesterday, look on the bright side.... today is another day, and an optimistic one at that!

    ” An optimist is the human personification of spring.” ~Susan J. Bissonette

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    Tom
  • zcb94
    zcb94 Posts: 3,678 Member
    ^That's a really good point!
    Monday Check-In: my back's not killing me as much today but still a bit sore. However, my family and I can't seem to stop coughing! I don't know what blew in/what's going around, but we're all feeling it. Bleh! :sick:
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    Monday check-in:
    Having a really tough time for the last 4 weeks, staying on my plan and eating right. Every once in a while, I've been binging before I realize what's come over me. I want to lose just a few lbs. to reach a new decade of weight and it's almost like I'm sabotaging myself. This is weird and I don't get it.

    Mell ... sometimes the same thing seems to happen to me, and I wonder if that's what I'm doing subconsiously: sabatoging myself. Then I found a chart that talked about what your body was needing when you had specific types of cravings. I don't recall the website article that information was in, but I found it very enlightening. When that happens to me, I look at what I have eaten in the past 12-24 hours and sometimes I can spot what it was that set off the cravings; as for me it's usually something that was higher in carbs than I should have had.

    Good luck.
  • Lauriek70
    Lauriek70 Posts: 2,087 Member
    Happy Monday, everyone.

    It was another busy day for me. Between school, gym and coming home to bake more cookies. I will most likely make another batch of cookies tomorrow along with a cake to say good bye to a co-worker who is resigning. Wednesday is her last day. Then after school Wednesday, I will be dropping them off to a few friends as gifts.

    I did have a good workout today that was a mix of cardio and core work. It felt good to be that active again, since this weekend there was no time for a physical workout.

    Have a great week.

    Monday- Trainer workout DONE
    Tuesday- gym- walk/ cardio
    Wednesday-climbing
    Thursday- gym
    Friday- rest
    Saturday-gym or pool
    Sunday- gym or pool

  • skinnyjeanzbound
    skinnyjeanzbound Posts: 3,932 Member
    @laurie-- I felt the same way at the gym yesterday when I did an all cardio workout (2 miles elliptical then 2 miles treadmill). Good luck these last 2 days of school--the kiddos must be super squirrelly!

    @niki-- I'm the same way with carbs. They tend to put me into binge mode, so I try to reserve them for later in the day. If I start the day with lots of protein, the carbs don't seem to trigger cravings as much.

    @zoe-- hope you and the family get over that cough so you can enjoy the holidays.

    @tom-- I am looking on the bright side of sleeping most of the day away b/c now I'm well-rested to take on the next few busy days. :)

    @mel-- that happens to me as well. Every time I'm about to move down into the next decade, I get stuck or worse yet, bounce back up. But it has happened throughout my weight loss and I'm still managed to get past the plateau 5 times, so persistence pays off, right? Hang in there. :)

    @lori-- glad you are getting some time off to relax. Sounds like a smart idea to be absent during the move. Have the two of you gone through shared items to decide who gets what? Or is he just taking his personal belongings for now?

    @kaye--what wonderful gift ideas! I'm glad you are getting your exercise; it's so important to take some time for you, especially during this busy season. I'm sorry to hear about the property owner giving you a hard time. Why on earth can't people just be decent? He surely has insurance to cover the claims, so it's ridiculous that he's trying to get out of his responsibility. It makes me so angry!

    @barb-- I'm sorry to hear about your DH; sending warm thoughts that he recovers quickly. GO PACK! It's Bears seasons like this that make me happy I also love those Packers. :)

    @bjcfinn55 --we certainly don't require any weight loss goal to join the conversation. Welcome!

    AFM-- Well, I already missed my goal to exercise every day, but as I mentioned above to tom, I'm looking on the bright side. I awoke this morning to no electricity and the memory that ComEd had scheduled the interruption of service to do line repairs. After letting gunner out, I decided to just go back to bed. It was a gloomy, rainy morning--perfect for sleeping in. Well, let me tell you, it lulled me back into a sleep that lasted until 2 pm! I can't for the life of me remember the last time I slept that long, but I'm sure it did my body good. As some of you long-timers know, I suffer from insomnia, and rarely get more than 6 hours of sleep a night.

    The power was back on when I awoke, so I made eggs for gunner and I (he eats my yolks) and then got ready to go write rec letters and do some grocery shopping.

    Now I'm well-rested for a busy day of gift shopping tomorrow. :)

    General Goals:
    1. finish Christmas cards DONE
    2. go to post office for stamps and to mail cards DONE
    3. finish gift shopping
    4. wrap presents
    5. clean fish tank
    6. clean house (this goal needs to get broken down further)

    Grading Goals:
    1. 2/2 student rec letters DONE
    2. x/15 speech outlines
    3. x/40 AP essays
    4. x/59 SL diction posts
    5. x/1 colleague rec letter

    Exercise Goals:
    Sun-- walk gunner DONE + gym DONE
    Mon-- walk gunner NOT DONE + gym NOT DONE
    Tues-- walk gunner + gym
    Wed-- walk gunner + gym
    Thurs-- walk gunner + gym
    Fri-- walk gunner (Christmas)
    Sat-- walk gunner + gym
  • mountmary84
    mountmary84 Posts: 259 Member
    Tuesday:
    @Kaye Sure hope your hubby shakes his cough. I think that is how Gene's whole thing started. @Zoe The same goes for you. I hope you and your family get rid of the cough that is in your house too.
    @LaurieK and @Karen Keep reminding us of how good those workouts feel. It always pushes me to do a little more even if it hurts a bit, but I too feel better after some extra activity...even if it is much less intense than what you are able to do it does make a difference and I feel stronger and better then.
    @Niki Love all the data you condense for us. You obviously read more of those things than I do.
    @Lori Good luck with all that is going on. If you ever have the time and inclination just call and we can "do lunch" .
    @Kai Keep up the good work. Such an inspiration you are!
    @Edna Welcome back!
    @mnwalkingqueen Holly, if you are reading this I just want you to know I am thinking of you at this very special time of year.

    AFM: DH came home from the hospital yesterday. The only change in his life is to take the 10 day course of antibiotics. He looks much better and his face is near normal size. Now if he will just shave....
    The whole hospital ordeal wore me out more than I thought. I slept 13 hours last night and feel much, much better this AM. Now if some "little elf" would just clean this house for the Christmas gathering later this week! Unfortunately, that "little elf" is going to have to be me. At least there are no big piles of cookies or fruitcake here to tempt me so I can't get into trouble that way. Guess I will have to consider the cleaning a "workout"

    Have a wonderful Christmas everyone who celebrates.

  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    Tuesday Goals ...
    I've got to read the gas meter today. And clean the oven and refrigerator. And finish the laundry. And finalize what I'm dong as Christmas gifts for the 'young set' and then get them ready ... So glad that today starts the longer daylight process. Thus far I've been able to stay the SAD syndrome and must make a greater effort to get out into the morning daylight for a walk without sunglasses on to keep it from settling in in January. So ... yet another new goal for Niki ... take that morning walk every day ... even if it's only 10 minutes, but 20 would be better.

    @Barb ... I read a lot, and also spend a rediculous amount of time browsing the internet for more interesting tidbits.
    @Karen ...I've been trying to get the starchy carbs in early because the tend to raise my fasting glucose measurement if I eat them at night, but maybe I'll give it another try, as the blood sugars have been low in the middle of the night and then spike with the dawn.
    @Lori ... Good luck with the status change happening this month. You wanted it, but that doesn't negate the tormoil of emotions when it comes to pass.

    Now, since I was awake at 2:00 AM and slept until 9:30 AM, I better get a move on with this day's plans and ...
    follow-through
    Niki
  • Morgori
    Morgori Posts: 954 Member
    edited December 2015
    Good morning everyone.

    Happy National Cookie Exchange Day!
    With one of the most beloved holidays of the year just a few days away, many folks are busy with last-minute holiday shopping, decorating, wrapping and putting the final touches on that elaborate or intimate feast. While Christmas is a joyful event, it can also be a stressful and hectic time for others. Whether you plan on celebrating the holidays with a few close friends or large family gathering, the holidays can be a lot of work! Today reminds us to slow down for a moment and enjoy the season with a few sweet treats to eat! Dec. 22 is National Cookie Exchange Day, an annual event created by the Queen of Holidays.
    Whether you host a party in your own home or have one at the office, cookie exchanges/swaps/parties are loads of fun and pretty simple to put together. Save the date, invite your guests and whip up a batch or two of your favorite tried-and-true homemade cookie recipes or try that brand new recipe you’ve been eyeing and share/trade with your guests.

    ” He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.“~Roy L. Smith


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    Tom
  • Lauriek70
    Lauriek70 Posts: 2,087 Member
    Tom, I am giving cookies tomorrow as gifts so I will be participating in the cookie exchange.

    One more work day this week and I am very excited. Ended up baking longer than expected tonight but now I can give away even more cookies. No exercise today but not slacking either. Baked all evening: cake, mint chocolate chip cookies and ginger cookies. Now I can say I am done. Yeah.

    Tomorrow, I will be climbing so that will be a good workout.

    Hope everyone has a terrific Wednesday.
  • skinnyjeanzbound
    skinnyjeanzbound Posts: 3,932 Member
    Hi Guys--

    @laurie-- I also spent more time on the holidays than planned and missed my trip to the gym. However, I got almost all of my gifts today, plus a few things for myself, so it was a productive day. Woohoo to only one more day for you. :)

    @tom-- I will be avoiding the cookie exchange. I much more inclined to eat them than bake them, so it's probably a wise move on my part. ;)

    Tuesday Goals:
    I made quite a bit of progress on my lists today. I only have one more gift to buy for my BIL--no idea what to get him, but I'm sure I'll find something. I also need to hit the pet store to get gifts for the fur-kids, but that will be an easy trip.

    In addition to the gifts, I found a pair of school shoes that I've been needing for some time, plus got a new pair of runners. In addition, I found three cute tops and a skirt at TJ Maxx. I've really needed some new clothes for both work and going out, and all of these fit the bill.


    General Goals:
    1. finish Christmas cards DONE
    2. go to post office for stamps and to mail cards DONE
    3. finish gift shopping ALMOST DONE
    4. wrap presents
    5. clean fish tank
    6. clean house (this goal needs to get broken down further) STARTED

    Grading Goals:
    1. 2/2 student rec letters DONE
    2. 15/15 speech outlines DONE
    3. x/40 AP essays
    4. 30/59 SL diction posts
    5. x/1 colleague rec letter

    Exercise Goals:
    Sun-- walk gunner DONE + gym DONE
    Mon-- walk gunner NOT DONE + gym NOT DONE
    Tues-- walk gunner DONE + gym NOT DONE
    Wed-- walk gunner + gym
    Thurs-- walk gunner + gym
    Fri-- walk gunner (Christmas)
    Sat-- walk gunner + gym
  • zcb94
    zcb94 Posts: 3,678 Member
    I can't believe I forgot to check in today!
    My goal today was to just try to keep all brain cells intact. As far as I can tell, I'm doing that.
  • kah68
    kah68 Posts: 1,515 Member
    edited December 2015
    Good Morning!

    It’s just seems wrong listening to Christmas music while its 80 degrees outside, doesn’t even feel like Christmas. Our weather is usually pretty mild anyway, but shorts? It’s just not normal. :wink:

    @Tom~ I’m a baking queen this time of year and always bring in cookies for co-workers. This year I brought Snowballs (they’re really similar to a pecan sandy) and coconut macaroons (half dipped in chocolate other half plain). Monday I gave my boss peanut butter truffles. Still have fudge to make for my dad on Christmas Eve (my tradition).

    @Karen~ I still need to get Zoe her present. Yesterday marked the 3rd anniversary of her adopting me, so she gets a special present for that and then I need feathers for her stocking—yes, she has a stocking. :wink:

    @Laurie~ Hope the kids aren’t too restless on your last day before Christmas break today. :smile:

    AFM~Really not much to report, although I do follow-up with my surgeon tomorrow. It has just been crazy with the food around here lately—we get a lot from vendors (cookies, pies, candy, etc.) and then a friend/co-worker gave me a huge box full of baked goodies yesterday (caramel pretzels, brownies, cookies, banana bread). It’s crazy! :open_mouth: I am indulging a bit but not over-doing it. Luckily, I’m pretty good about not sampling too much of what I bake. I still need to wrap gifts!

    I’m not sure if I’ll make it back here before Christmas, so wishing those that celebrate a very Merry Christmas. Safe travels to those traveling (I’m traveling tomorrow or early Christmas morning).
  • Morgori
    Morgori Posts: 954 Member
    Good morning everyone.

    Happy HumanLight
    HumanLight is a Humanist holiday celebrated on December 23. Like Kwanzaa, HumanLight is a modern invention, created to provide a specifically Humanist celebration near Christmas and the northern Hemisphere's winter solstice. It was established by the New Jersey Humanist Network in 2001.
    Humanists have cast HumanLight as a celebration of "a Humanist's vision of a good future." They celebrate a positive approach to the coming new year, generally through the lens of Humanist (and particularly secular humanist) philosophy—secular as opposed to religious. The December 23 date allows HumanLight to connect itself to the December holiday season without interfering with other winter holidays which many Humanists may also celebrate.
    HumanLight began with a single event in Verona, New Jersey in 2001. In 2006, there were twenty American events listed on the holiday's homepage, and the American Humanist Association became HumanLight's first national sponsor. In 2007, the first HumanLight celebration outside of the U.S. took place in Chester, England.

    “Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart.” ~Gene Tunney

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    Tom
  • zcb94
    zcb94 Posts: 3,678 Member
    edited December 2015
    Wednesday Wishing: I still wish this stupid bug/allergies/whatever-it-is would JUST. GO. AWAY. already!
  • cblue315
    cblue315 Posts: 3,836 Member
    Hello All,
    Had a few minutes to check in.
    I am a few hours away from being finished for the year. We are ending the year up 8% in sales and my sister and I agree that this year was less stressful than prior years. So all in all a good year for the business.

    I have most of my shopping done and just have to go to the grocery store. Packing list is made for the weekend away.

    Hubby is moving out this weekend. @skinnyjeanzbound - Yes we have talked over what he is taking. But there is absolutely nothing in the house that I cannot live without. I will deal with it when I return next week.

    As much stress as I have in my life I really am doing pretty well. Taking care of myself and issues as they come up. I have learned that living in fear of "the other shoe" is no way to live. I have chosen to take each day as it comes and live with my decisions.

    My Wednesday wish:
    To all of you struggling through I wish you a moment of contentment.
    To all of you not struggling through I wish you the same.

    Love to all,
    Lori <3

    Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. ~ Og Mandino
  • jtconst
    jtconst Posts: 641 Member
    Hello and Merry Christmas everyone. Life is going good here in the northwest. The food and exercise is all over the place but the family is happy and healthy so I will take it. I am all ready for the holidays and am now waiting for my daughter. We are meeting to get our nails done. The new job is going well. I only have one client so far but I am enjoying spending Sunday afternoons. He is a very active gentleman but has parkinsons. So as long as his pills are working that day we are busy busy busy :) well just wanted to pop in and say hi while I had a minute. As always I am grateful for all you wonderful people. May you all have a joyous holiday with your loved ones. MERRY CHRISTMAS
  • grandmakaye44
    grandmakaye44 Posts: 1,205 Member
    Merry Christmas to all of you. My Wednesday wish is for happiness and peace for all of you.
    Things are going well here.
    Onward and downward. Kaye
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    Wednesday Wish ... a very Merry Christmas to all of you ... whether you celebrate it as a holiday or just bear with all the rest of us who do.
  • skinnyjeanzbound
    skinnyjeanzbound Posts: 3,932 Member
    Hi everyone-
    Just a quick check in to say happy holidays to all who celebrate.

    General Goals:
    1. finish Christmas cards DONE
    2. go to post office for stamps and to mail cards DONE
    3. finish gift shopping DONE
    4. wrap presents DONE
    5. clean fish tank
    6. clean house (this goal needs to get broken down further) STARTED

    Grading Goals:
    1. 2/2 student rec letters DONE
    2. 15/15 speech outlines DONE
    3. x/40 AP essays
    4. 59/59 SL diction posts DONE
    5. x/1 colleague rec letter

    Exercise Goals:
    Sun-- walk gunner DONE + gym DONE
    Mon-- walk gunner NOT DONE + gym NOT DONE
    Tues-- walk gunner DONE + gym NOT DONE
    Wed-- walk gunner DONE + gym NOT DONE
    Thurs-- walk gunner + gym
    Fri-- walk gunner (Christmas)
    Sat-- walk gunner + gym
  • zcb94
    zcb94 Posts: 3,678 Member
    Thursday Truth: My family is so sick we can hardly think. I don't know how we're going to avoid getting Santa (or the rest of the world) violently ill this Christmas.
  • Lauriek70
    Lauriek70 Posts: 2,087 Member
    Wishing everyone a merry Christmas. Hope you have a wonderful holiday.

  • RobinsEgg
    RobinsEgg Posts: 3,702 Member
    edited December 2015
    @beteaux - welcome , yes you'll get the support you're looking for here, and we'll answer questions alone the way too.

    @bjcfinn55 - you are sure welcome here - no screening policy on our part!! Please come back.

    @zoe - I was happy as well, to see you got to go out on the town with your family! But what an awful outcome the adventure seems to have had on everyone. I hope you have plenty of hand sanitizer around for all to use with all those problems....otherwise, you'll just keep spreading it around and around.
    I can't abide dark rooms. But that's a personal preference! Thank goodness for the new lightbulbs that don't use very much electricity.

    @Morgori - My take on Human Light is a wee bit different - did you see the full moon tonight - actually it will be full tomorrow be definition - the moon was beautiful , surrounded as it was tonight by crisp icy air left from a snowfall given us today for the delight of the Midwest's children!

    @Kah/Kelley Your "floor" story was funny! Loved it. Love hearing your annual baking lists too. So glad I am not your neighbor - or on a receiving list...80 degrees - wow!

    @mountmary84 -Barb- I'm so glad your DH is home from the hospital and on a course of antibiotics. How rough for him and you. You'll burn a lot of calories cleaning the house, but ignore the corners, your guests won't care!

    '@Laurie - you have amazing energy! Besides all your activities, you can bake too? I stand in awe. Oh well, your mama probably taught you well. Is it shared baking?

    @Skinny - You certainly caught up on your sleep. Con Ed did you a favor for once! I love how people with pets always include them for Christmas and shop for them!! I did that too - it was so special and fun! Tell us what you end up getting for Gunner.

    @GrandmaKaye - Hugs to you for keeping true to us your extended family while you have so much on your plate with your huge family at home. You have so many issues still to deal with and I wish you the best of luck in solving them. Meanwhile the true spirit of Christmas will shine over your family <3

    @Mel, @JT so glad to see you, and Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays for you,

    @Niki - glad to see your working on follow through right up to the end, tho there is a note of sadness there. It is sad for us older folk living alone.

    @CBlue -oh gosh, I feel for you, the leg surgery must be a miserable nuisance but your wise to lump one on top of the other !!! and hope for a new year with ALL this behind you. You are strong and determined - thets skip the first part of the greeting and head right to HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

    I had a contractor working in my house for the past 2 weeks on the weekdays and he finished yesterday. He was a nice, clean cut fellow in his mid 30's and very easy to talk to. And, my bathroom is done. It came out nicely - I was scared about the shadesof color clashing but they didn't. I learned a lesson. Never again!

    I did give myself new bath rugs for the other bathroom for a Christmas present to myself. Where I shower and used to use kind of skeezy old towels - time for an upgrade. Nothing skeezy in this home anymore. Only DUST everywhere for the work he just finished!

    Oh yeah - diet - well not eating very much - weighing the same now as at the beginning of the month -
    exercise - pretty limited - legs really not working very well...

    but the happiness of the holidays is upon me - I'm full of love for everyone -

    Take care - if you are with family - look upon the difficult ones with a gaze of forgiveness and a smile - and remain mute if irked.

    Forgive me if I offend any of you with my joy in saying:

    MERRY CHRISTMAS!




  • skinnyjeanzbound
    skinnyjeanzbound Posts: 3,932 Member
    Merry Christmas everyone!

    @robin-- your comment about using old towels as bath mats made me chuckle b/c I do the same and was just thinking of buying a nice, new, plush bath mat. I think I will hit the after-christmas sales and buy one. Gunner can inherit the old towel for his muddy paws. I didn't actually buy anything for gunner for christmas. He gets so much from my family and friends, there's no need for anything from me. And, of course, he probably thinks it's all from me anyways since I'm the one who actually gives him the presents. LOL

    @laurie-- welcome to your break and Merry Christmas!

    @zoe-- hope you and your family get well soon.

    @tammy-- glad to hear you are enjoying your job so far.

    @kelley-- gunner also has a stocking; however, it's packed away in the attic with all of the other decorations. :)

    Thursday Truth:
    Well, it's amazing what just a few days of mindful eating and logging can do to the scale. For a couple of weeks there, I was up well into the mid-190s, but the scale has crept down a little each day for the past week, and this morning I was back in the 180s. Now to just keep things moving in that direction.

    Today we went to my sister's for a low-key dinner of Lou Malnati's deep dish pizza. My absolute favorite! I also nibbled on quite a few baked goods, but I went to the gym beforehand and earned some calories so will come in just under goal for the day.

    Tomorrow will be more difficult as I won't have time for the gym, but hope to make up for any overage this weekend.

    General Goals:
    1. clean fish tank
    2. clean house (this goal needs to get broken down further) STARTED

    Grading Goals:
    1. x/40 AP essays
    2. x/1 colleague rec letter

    Exercise Goals:
    Sun-- walk gunner DONE + gym DONE
    Mon-- walk gunner NOT DONE + gym NOT DONE
    Tues-- walk gunner DONE + gym NOT DONE
    Wed-- walk gunner DONE + gym NOT DONE
    Thurs-- walk gunner DONE + gym DONE
    Fri-- walk gunner (Christmas)
    Sat-- walk gunner + gym
  • mountmary84
    mountmary84 Posts: 259 Member
    ...so what is it about towels as bath mats for after the shower? I too do that and never until reading this thought a thing about it. Hmmmm....
    Hubby is doing much better though sort of "dopey" from the meds.
    I have managed to catch a "bug" so we postponed the family gathering to keep it from spreading. Tea and toast seems to be my preferred menu just now.
    BUT mostly, things are fine here...just a few bumps in the road.

    I hope everyone has a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!

  • RobinsEgg
    RobinsEgg Posts: 3,702 Member
    Well ladies - regarding the bath mats I'm enjoying walking on them so much I want to carpet my kitchen with them! And these were NOT the super plush ones I've seen. I looked for 100% cotton so I can wash them , and bought 2 matching as they get set up in a T pattern when I shower - there's carpeting I need to protect and I move around a bit. Found what I liked at Target while grocery shopping -discounted too - Nate Berkus - how can that be?

    @Barb - sorry you have a bug too -

    Here's a bit of advice given to me by my ENT Doctor when I had surgery. He said don't bother with a little humidifier machine. He said just buy a new bottle of SALINE NASAL SPRAY (1-1/2 oz) and spray up your nostrils 3 x a day during these really dry days of winter. You buy a new bottle every month ($1.50) to avoid contamination. And don't share. I started up about 2 weeks ago when I noticed my nasal discharge had turned dry.

    Around midnight I turned on a channel and got to listen to the most beautiful local church choir sing my favorite songs. During this I got all my dusting done in the main room and the kitchen clean so I can get my potatoes done and a good attempt at re-creating a half-remembered corn casserole dish. That should add a bit of excitment. Up at 8 and at my sisters at 11. Dinner at 1 with our 2 lumps of brothers... oh yes and lumps of butter!
    Have a happy day everyone!
  • so583
    so583 Posts: 21 Member
    Merry Christmas :)
  • grandmakaye44
    grandmakaye44 Posts: 1,205 Member
    Merry Christmas.
    I love bath mats! I haven't used old towels for years. LOL
    I'm so sorry that some of you are sick for the holiday. DH has quite a cough, but it is much better the last couple of days so it won't slow up the celebration. We'll have a small party today, just 11 for dinner. Our big party and gift exchange will be on Sunday, 18 then. Both are smaller than Thanksgiving. That was the big party this year.
    The cinnamon roll dough is proofing. I'll get them made in a few minutes so we can have a proper brunch later.
    I really appreciate my family. DH was always the handy man around here. It's so hard not to have him to rely on for repairs. Yesterday the driver-side windshield wiper quit working. SIL came over, found the problem and fixed it in just a few minutes. Don't know what I would do without my family. DH is starting to help with clearing the table, and he has done all of the vacuuming the last couple of weeks. That really helps.
    My weight is a nightmare right now, but I'm going to deal with it. The exercise is a start. As much as I hate to do it, I am going to start logging again in January. I know it will make a huge difference very quickly.
    Onward and downward. Kaye