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Going out to Red Lobster tonight to celebrate a girl friend's 50th birthday - looking forward to ordering salmon! Shuddering with terror over my control issues with their Cheddar Bay biscuits - hope to keep myself to just two - I know one will not be enough!

Will be at my friends house for the weekend. Will take pedometer and try for a walk Friday and Saturday. Home on Sunday and since we're facing weather in the very low 30's plan to walk the halls of the condo building on Sunday. Too cold for me to be out with my asthma!

Keep up the exercise everybody - I'm very impressed with everyone!

Your weather information made me giggle because you called it very cold. I live in MN starting in Oct- March the 30's is normal somtimes even considered a high warm day- temps can get below zero here in the winter time. It was 35 this morning and I was still wearing flip flops outside. Hehehehe!

Friday Fitness: I went to physical therapy today, walked about 5 blocks, went to the bank and the pharmacy. I think that is about all the fitness I can handle today! Hope to continue my daily walks and get faster as I go.
My knee is doing really well. I have full extension, and a flex of 115 degrees. The pain is getting less all the time.
Have a safe and happy weekend, everyone. Kaye

wednesday wish, that my attitude improves. i'm not doing the best lately. not diet wise or anything. that's fine. people are just pissing me off. for everything. sigh. i need a moment of zen. or a lot of moments :laugh:

Oops I posted for Thursday cause my brain is a day off. I am in this boat with you my attitude sucks lately and I need to regroup.

Regrouping sounds like exactly the right thing for me. Easier said than done lol

I am now home from the rehab center. I would really recommend in-patient therapy to anyone contemplating knee or hip surgery. I have made good progress. Pain is still an issue, but getting less.
It sounds like everyone is needing a pick-me-up. I guess my wish for today would be for all of us to look at the bright side and enjoy the journey.
Tomorrow morning I will weigh in and start tracking my food again.

glad to see you're up and about.

Wednesday Wish~Strength for my uncle, who lost his wife this morning. She's been battling CREST syndrome for several years and lost her battle due to some complications.

how sad. prayers for your uncle.

Here is an update my BF and I had a huge heart to heart and we woke the kids up at 11pm to deal with all the family issues. I feel good about how things went between the adults in the house and going forward I believe we will be on the same page. My BF has never been a full time parent till now with kids because they lived with their mom, being I have been one for 11yrs of a child with behavior issues I can really give him some insight to things. He admitted he needs to stop being their friend and be a better parent in their life.
I woke up this morning feeling happy, refreshed and ready to conquer the world.

good news that he's willing to work with you on this.

Thursday Truth:: I don't really have a truth but my best friend a few years ago lost one of her really good friends. He took too many sleeping pills and went driving and wrecked, well just last night his brother committed suicide. So my friend has lost another friend and the family of those two boys...I just ask for lots of prayers and thoughts for them. I can't imagine. I didn't know either of these guys. They one who passed a few years ago was 19 the one who passed last night was 20. I just had to share and hope that the prayers reach the family of those two boys. I'll never understand suicide.


Tina

that's just tragic. i'll never understand it either. just horrible. prayers for that family

@Kaye -- glad to hear you're home and recovering well, and going for walks outdoors.
@Kelley -- sorry to hear about your uncle's wife.
@Raven -- so far I have thoroughly enjoyed every bit of evil junk food I've eaten! I'd be really distressed if I bought a burger as a big treat and it had no flavour. I've never been a big fan of Burger King though. Good to see you here and you don't have to check in all the time! Good luck with the job; fingers crossed!
@Nzenczak -- good to see you back.
@Mnwalkingqueen -- really hoping that you and your partner can start helping those kids.
@Tina -- really sorry to hear about your friend's loss. I don't understand suicide either but I've known enough people who struggle with depression to know how difficult it can be when it feels like there's no way forward.
@Robin -- it's been fairly cold here this week but still clear and sunny. I'm trying to make sure to do plenty of running before the really cold wet weather sets in. I think it's really hard to manage the appetite effects of steroids, so maintaining and walking is a good compromise I'm sure.
@Christine -- I adore cornbread muffins; definitely coming up in the next week's meal plan with chilli. All my cooking is about winter stews at the moment.
@Kris -- Well done walking to work! I feel like that when I walk up to the hospital -- when I first got ill I had to take the bus to get there because it was too far for me to walk (it's about a mile and a half). Now I plan runs so I can run up there and walk back, but now it's not even far enough and I have to add extra running in in my 40 minutes.
@Tammy -- brilliant for sorting out the garden shed (...I need to do that!... I want to put the chairs away before the winter, and sort out some junk in there... This weekend!). And the garage too! What a star you are.
@Kitty -- I think if you manage your overall cals then the odd day where the macros are screwy is ok really. It's worth googling the professor who ate a calorie-controlled diet mostly consisting of Twinkies. I don't know why I'm motivated to keep exercising. Partly it's because it's stuff I really enjoy (badminton, dance) and partly it's because I like the way it makes me feel (running, strength). For food though, it's easier -- so far I have stayed motivated because I've mostly been planning and cooking the food, so it is the number of cals it is. On the rare occasions we've had a big meal out I just keep telling myself that I'm there to see my loved ones, not to stuff my gut.
@Tom -- three miles is quite a long walk. I have a friend who was just about 3 miles from the office and walked every dry day along the riverbank (the Thames path). His office moved so he's now 4.5 miles away, and it's just too far.
@skinnyjeanz -- enjoy your break!
@Toots -- 65 is a *warm summer's day* in London. And 45 is *rather chilly*. We don't get much extreme temperature here...

Best (and cheapest) meal this week was mince hotpot:

Fry a pound of beef mince (ground beef) with two chopped onions, crushed garlic, and some chopped celery until it's all nicely browning. I didn't add fat because I used the 20% fat mince in the first place. Then add some carrots, potatoes, turnips and parsnips, all in smallish chunks (I used 300g of potatoes because that was all I had, three big carrots, one big turnip, and one big parsnip). Add a beef stock cube, a well rinsed can of beans (I used flageolet but really any bean will do here: the original recipe used baked beans but I never have them in hence regular beans and tomato sauce), and a 200g pack of passata (tomato sauce), some worcestershire sauce, 2 tsp dried mixed herbs, lots of black pepper and a couple of pints of water, bring to the boil and then leave to bubble away slowly for hours and hours.

About half an hour before serving, make horseradish dumplings: mix 120g of self-raising flour (or flour and some baking powder), 80g of shredded suet (I used light vegetable suet), an egg, a pinch of salt, 2 tsp grated horseradish, and enough cold water to form into a dough. Form into small balls (flour your hands) and then drop onto the top of the stew for the last 25 minutes. Dumplings *more than double* in size when you cook them.

This made 7 servings at about 500 cals per serving. If I hadn't boxed up the three spare servings *before we sat down* my family would have gobbled the lot. Suet dumplings make it feel really wicked though in fact it wasn't at all.

So, what happened with exercise this week:

Well, I did indeed get a flu jab, and I think it tired me out a bit though I didn't notice any signs of illness. It's a bit colder here now -- not cold like Minnesota! But nippy enough (high 40s) that if I'm running I put a vest on as well as a t-shirt, and if I'm not running I'm layered up with a fleece. Which was a problem on Thursday, when I took the bus up to the mall and then ran most of the way back... in my fleece..., and on Tuesday, when I ran up to the hospital in a t-shirt and then was too cold to walk back so had to run enough of the way back to keep warm...

Saturday -- badminton -- DONE (this is a rest day)
Sunday -- W7D2 of Ease into 5k DONE, plus badminton DONE, plus a little strength maybe NOPE and in fact I have done essentially no strength all week. So that's a target for next week.
Monday -- dance mat... no, but did an hour of light walking.
Tuesday -- W7D3 of Ease into 5k DONE
Wednesday -- dance mat + maybe archery? no, went to an all abilities badminton club and although I wasn't very good I was *good enough*. So that was a bit of a win really.
Thursday -- W8D1 of Ease into 5k -- sort of failed this run; I stopped halfway through and didn't really pick up. I did do lots of walking today as well as this; 90 minutes walking and 20 minutes running.
Friday -- badminton -- DONE -- 2 1/2 hours! Plus a walk.

So, as far as the pedometer challenge goes, I think I've put on 13 more miles over the week (not counting the badminton), for 20 total.

Plan for next week:

Saturday: W8D1 of Ease into 5k (again), plus badminton, plus some walking.
Sunday: Archery (I know I keep saying this) plus badminton
Monday: W8D2 of Ease into 5k
Tuesday: dance mat
Wednesday: W8D3 of Ease into 5k
Thursday: badminton
Friday: Christmas shopping
Plus I definitely am going to do some strength training.

Have a fantastic weekend everyone!

-- Alison

I have had a low energy day today but did get my walks in, went to check on my neighbor twice and went to a worship night at church. Can't believe it is almost 10:30pm already. Continuing my walks right now until cold weather hits then will be using Richard Simmons videos. Going to have to get rid of my coffee table so I have space to exercise as I live in a small apartment. Its a junk collector anyway so I won't miss it. Well I'm about ready for bed.

Allison, your stew sounds yummy.

Take care everyone, love you all.

Christine

Happy Wednesday! I've been totally MIA with the weekend and then taking my daughter and her 2 friends to Justin Beiber on Monday night and then driving them home 2 1/2 hours away yesterday. My food choices were horrible but I'm back on track today.

Justin Beiber? You poor thing. I think that would push me to eat too. Glad to hear your back on track.

I am now home from the rehab center. I would really recommend in-patient therapy to anyone contemplating knee or hip surgery. I have made good progress. Pain is still an issue, but getting less.
It sounds like everyone is needing a pick-me-up. I guess my wish for today would be for all of us to look at the bright side and enjoy the journey.
Tomorrow morning I will weigh in and start tracking my food again.

Thanks for the update and so glad to hear you're making good progress. I'm one of those that needs a little pick-me-up or soft kick in the gluteus maximus. I just hit a little funk myself, but I'm making these changes for life. Like you said I'm looking at the bright side and enjoying the journey (ups and downs).

Thanks again for the birthday wishes yesterday, it was a pretty quiet day. Today was busy - note to self do not take days off immediately following month-end close. I can't believe how much work I had to do today! :noway:

Wednesday Wish~Strength for my uncle, who lost his wife this morning. She's been battling CREST syndrome for several years and lost her battle due to some complications.

First of all, I'm sooo late. Happy Belated!!! It seems the older I get the quieter mine get too and I'm OK with that. I don't have to deal with month-end, but I often hate thinking about vacation (pre and post). You do so much to prepare to go, but when you get back you have so much to do too. Drives me nuts!!!

I'm so sorry to hear about your aunt. What is CREST syndrome? I don't believe I've ever heard of it. I hope she wasn't in too much pain. Your uncle and family will be in my thoughts and prayers.

\My Uncle from Florida is visiting I haven't seen him since Feb. 2008 so it's good to see him. He is going to be opening up a branch of my Dad's business in Florida so that's why he's here. But tomorrow my Mom is making her lasagna and oh my it's the best around so tomorrow's dinner will definitely be a high calorie one....yet another reason to get a good workout in!!

Have a great Friday!

Tina

Enjoy your visit! Where in FL? My parents live in Sarasota. We go every year for spring break and love to visit. My parents live about 6 miles from the ocean. Siesta Key is my favorite beach!