Pix, feel better soon. Late winter colds bite!

I found out I've been put on the list for my first photo hike this Sunday. Six miles if I make the whole thing. I am so excited to get into the NM backcountry!

@paulakro,\

I’m willing to try the planks but I don’t know how long I’ll last.

What does partnering consist of?

I won’t be able do any between the 27th and 6th because of cataract surgery. Don’t want to blow the lens across the room.

Chuck

Pixy & Holly, hope your neighborhoods warm up and the sniffles don't linger.

Dan, your hike sounds fabulous!!!!

Pix, feel better soon. Late winter colds bite!

I found out I've been put on the list for my first photo hike this Sunday. Six miles if I make the whole thing. I am so excited to get into the NM backcountry!

This is so cool! You saw where I went on my first photography hike today? I had so much fun! I'm not very good with a camera, but I enjoy it. It was nice to be able to go with others who know a little about what they're doing. We visited the Dragoon mountains here in Arizona and then we went to see Sandhills cranes...that was exceptional. When the cranes would take off in large groups we could hear their wings beating the air! And there were just so many of them!

I hope you enjoy your outing as much as I did.

Sigh - :sad: -- because we are forecast for a storm to come in this weekend, my hike has been cancelled.

Next one I've been able to get on is April 5. I may crash one later this month (March,) just in case they have some no-shows...

LeAnna, I'm really glad you had a great time. I'm very envious.:ohwell:

Hey all! my cold is still lingering on. :grumble: But it's liveable.
I'm sorry about your hike Dan. It sounded like so much fun... I glad there's another one you can get into. So not cancelled, just delayed.

Holly, I do have carpets... right next to the back door. Before we even bought the house... hubby and I had plans to yank them out. They look horrible now and we've been here two years now. (steamcleaned it 4 times). It's a high traffic area. I'll probably yank them when the snow melts... hubby pushed it too far. He took my borscht soup to my son's culture day. Dripped beet soup across the entire beige carpet. (Bang my head in the wall!) No hope now. lol!
My mom is moving out too... she decided it was time. Found herself a roomate for the time being. I fully expect her to be crashing in her room at least once a week. She'll miss us! I'm happy for her, it means she is no longer hiding from life.

So I had an NSV which made me incredibly sad. (So I'm not putting it in the NSV category). My husband got me a wedding band replacement for christmas this year. My original got stolen out of our house in a breakin. I had been pregnant and couldn't wear them on my hands. Anyways... I knew it was getting lose but it was still not going over the knuckle. I was working last night and it fell off. I didn't feel it fall off... it's gone! I've looked everywhere. I couldn't even search the garbage, because I work at the mall and all the restaurants (10) throw the garbage into a giant compactor unit. :noway: The guys I work with... all hunted for it. (they're sweethearts). I'm so sad!

-37 this morning. Kids are on a 4 day weekend because of a teacher convention and its COLD!!!! However I'm going to take that as a positive. You know what they say about March here. In like a lion.... out like a lamb. (Or vice versa) Maybe we'll have nice weather by the end of the month! :flowerforyou:

P1xyn1xy, I also bought a new swimsuit....actually, I only bought new bottoms because mine were too loose. Yay!

Anyway, I didn't spend much time looking at them before I made my choice. I just grabbed a plain pair of black bottoms and got on with it. When I got them home, I realized I bought a style called "boy shorts". Well, I have NEVER been shaped for boy shorts! And now that I'm in my 50s it's even more apparent these were not going to work. They don't have elastic in the legs!! I have no idea how anyone wears these things! Even allowing for the gravity of age, I don't get it! My cheeks are not built for boy shorts, and I don't know anyone whose is!
Wednesday I'm going to try again..and I'll be looking closer at the cut!

Holly, I didn't want to buy a new one either. Because I don't want to have to buy another one this year. :P I couldn't find my old one and my current was embarrassing. lol! I really like this one though. It's a two piece which is good because I'm a different size on the top than the bottom.

Leanna, I got boy shorts once, they looked okay in the store but I never felt comfortable swimming in them. They look even worse if wet and a little baggy.

I was at work the other night and my coworkers don't comment EVER on my weight loss. I find this amusing, disappointing and a relief. Because it flusters me. An old coworker, who quit about 5 months ago came to visit and I was cleaning. And said, "Hi Dom!"
I just turned and said, "Hey Jordan!" and started to turn back. He blurted out, "Holy @#$%@, You look great!" :laugh: The servers tried to shush him but he's like I'm coming over there to talk to you. He's going on and on about what a great job I'm doing and I look beautiful. Totally flustered me but it was very sweet. A feel good moment! :blushing:

Pixy, what a great thing to have someone notice and go out of their way to mention it to you. And you now know your co-workers are aware and not saying anything because they're trying to be sensitive. It can be embarrassing, but it's worth it to get that warm fuzzy feeling.

Holly, what a busy day! I have a lot of respect for those of you who shovel snow....that's both difficult and painful! I hope you have a good check up with the doctor.

LeAnna, you are not alone. I'm in a funk right now too. Looking over my log, I've allowed my carbs to creep up, I'm under a lot of stress with a new project of national scope at work, and I feel the old patterns calling me.

I've upped my workout intensities the last couple of workouts, and hurt myself yesterday pushing too much.

It is tough, and it is always telling when I start blowing off more than logging a meal now and then. Further, even posting this is difficult. I really want to withdraw. Looking back over my life, I see this as a fairly constant pattern for this time of year. Someone who posted to your newsfeed may have it right, it may be frustration and fatigue from the winter. I really want to get outside again and do something FUN. Walk somewhere that isn't necessarily paved, just get out in nature and find my balance again.

I know this isn't a help, but know you aren't alone right now. There are lots of us struggling at any given time. There are two things to do as I see it. 1) Try your best to mitigate the damage and 2) Start again with "Fake it 'til you make it."

Jump on here and pump up others that are down or struggling until you feel better about where you are and then roll with it. The positive outlook is what makes it simple for me.

The last thing we want to do is slip into the negative cycle that leads back to that bad place where we were!