Glad you are OK Carol. We had some winds and a little rain but nothing like what they were calling for. So happy it is almost Friday! This is where I need Seehee's Snoopy dance gif.

Hope all of you have a great day and as CArol said....."Stay Safe".

Good to hear you are well. We have had some rain, but nothing major. It has been great for the garden (That I rowed up, and planted all but 3 rows of this years !!! yeah me) I even have 3 small tomatoes already. What a slippery slope I have been on since the tiny bird eggs appeared in the store before Easter :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway:

I am not doing well at all. I have gained and that has not helped my mind frame. I have finally gotten a grip on the eating, but I seem to be sinking mentally right now. I am sure its me (I am out of my happy pills). My feeling have been hurt by my husband and I can't seem to let it go :brokenheart: :brokenheart: :brokenheart: :brokenheart: :brokenheart: :brokenheart: . To add when I finally shared (two weeks later) how deeply it hurt he laughed and made fun of the whole thing. When I stated that really makes me want to open up and share my feelings, he said " I saw that one coming". I have lived in the bed since Easter avoiding everyone. I want to just crawl in a hole and stay and eat (but I will not eat anymore !!! It's only making me fatter and miserable).

I can't understand how I can go from feeling so great about life to feeling its all falling apart in a few short weeks. The daughter is not making things any better, not staying the good girl I raised and being most disrespectful doing it (part of the problem with the husband. I feel when she isn't coming home she should let a person know (so they don't stay awake most the of the night listening for her to come in) saying she is here when she is there, or she is doing this and doing something different. When I said something about her not saying anything to me the husbands reply was "What difference does it make" ummm I have only been raising her since she was 7 !!! :brokenheart: :brokenheart: :brokenheart: :brokenheart: I have been with her more than her mother and yet I am not suppose to worry or important enough to talk to? I would never allow my own to disrespect. I am to the point (after 3 weeks of living in my room and the last few months) I want her to experience the perks of not living at home where your necessities and extras are provided.

The son is in rehab and had been doing great but now no phone call in over a week has my mind going crazy (they have phone privileges revoked when in trouble) with endless possibilities of is he in trouble and if so what has happened.

My oldest daughter came to the family reunion, but for some reason never came in and spoke to those inside, then left after 10 minutes. :embarassed: :embarassed:

Youngest is sprouting wings, trying things that should not be tried (running away from home b/c she wasn't allowed to go outside her given bike boundaries)

Three weeks to go at school and the first class had me in tears this morning :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: Disrespect is running rampant. But over all I still love my school. I have signed a letter of intent for next year with the clause should a full time benefits.

As you can see when it rains it pours and me without happy pills

Please someone tell me things are going great your way !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need to hear something positive !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rain was bad here too! But I will take it rather than living with tornados. What a sad day for a lot of people. We are safe but soggy. Did see an arc floating in my basement.

I feel your pain so much. I haven't spoken to my son since giving him the butt load of money to "fix" the problem he had. Now his GF's mother chats me up telling me all of the stuff I really don't want to hear. Her getting arrested and the Mom calling me to get her out was the last straw. I just told everyone to leave me alone and if they wanted to just chat that would be fine but otherwise I didn't want to hear from them. I have a perfectly wonderful daughter and stepson who need me and if I am throwing too much energy into these kids who don't care then I can't devote time to the ones who do. It's the same way with my brother.

Just try to focus on the positives in your life, that's what I am trying to do. It doesn't always work....as noted by my absence here but I am trying.


September can't get here soon enough for me! I need my beach fix.

Half way through May already!! My goodness!! where is the time going! I am supposed to be heading to the BEACH on the 23rd....No , I'm not physically ready, but I am mentally!!! I am going to proudly strut every bit of me around....all the while wearing my biggest sunglasses! lol I hope all of you are having a great time. I know it must be warming up almost everywhere except Canada and Colorado..LOL

Wish I were going with you Gail. I will be "Beaching" it by the pool this Memorial Day weekend. That is if the water is warm enough to get in. Last year it wasn't even warm enough to swim.

Have a great time and I want to hear all about it so I can dream until September!

Gail: the beach does sound absolutely wonderful- hope you thoroughly enjoy it

TA: Good for you for going for a Masters!

All is well here in Tucson. While the weather is heating up already- supposed to get to 101 degrees today-I am trying to adapt to switching to indoor exercise which is more of a challenge for me. I've been good at keeping my yoga up, but need to get motivated to hit Curves and a dreadmill. On the fun side, in a week I am going to The Enchantment, a wonderful resort in Sedona, to celebrate one of my sister's milestone birthdays, and while I will be celebrating, they also have yoga , mountain biking. hiking in the Red Rocks, and water aerobics . Very excited :happy:

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Morning Hatters!

just had a quick catch up read; hope everyone is doing well in their health and fitness goals and life in general!

I've had to take a step back from MFP for a while - I was spending far too much time on my computer in general and using everything from the weather to work to the never ending dental reconstruction and challenges in my personal life here and there as an overall excuse for letting my health slide in all directions; food choices, exercise, etc. However, life is just that - full of the good, the bad and the ugly and it always will be.... THAT will never change lol... so if I want to continue to HAVE and enjoy this life, then its up to me to make the changes necessary to have a long and healthy life.

You have all helped me get to my current improved state of health and fitness and I much appreciated your past (and hopefully continued support!! I'll be here for you as well, but my priority has to be MAKING changes instead of me just talking about it for a while! But I will be here.

I have set 3 goals for the next 60 days: get back to my lowest weight met on MFP, to focus on healthy food choices, and to get back to walking every day. I am going to be my first priority. Hugs to all, and back with a few catch up comments!

Hi all - I am Jan and new in here. just finished getting thru all the above posts....and now I want to go to the beach lol. But alas I am Canadian and last week I woke up to snow on my deck! This winter was beyond harsh and I got very lazy because going outside in -47C (-52F) was just not an option. so now I am back on with the MFP but thought I would join in on here and maybe get some help. its hard to find help among my friends the same age as me as many are still years off menopause and some are even still having babies at 40. But I had a hysterectomy a couple of years ago and that brought the fun on early.

Thanks Snoozie. I hope that its better weather there than here. I am so sick of walking in the rain. but then again the rain just might get rid of the rest of that snow

Susan - sorry to hear about the neuropathy rearing its ugly head again!! Hoping they can get you fixed up with adjustments to the orthos and great plan on incorporating what you CAN do comfortably into your regime.. smart cookie!

and you are absolutely 100% on the mark with your goal of consistency.... I'm borrowing that one and adding to mine lol... its the follow through I want to make sure I do - walk the walk rather than talk the talk so to speak! So far so good with my daily walking back on track and today I started the wee strength training exercise regime again.. not sure I'll be able to lift my arms tomorrow - sorta sucks being back at square one but on the other hand, it's not important where I am.. just that I'm doing it!

So i'll be channeling YOU on the days where I may need a little boost to get me out and walking! :bigsmile:

I've started using a visual btw when i'm considering eating crap or not walking... I picture all those ugly little blood sugar cells with fangs, racing towards all my organs and chowing down!!!! It ain't pretty... but it works!! :laugh: :laugh:

Jan- I like to look at the labels, too. Even when something is healthy, like the little bag of walnuts I was going to eat at the drugstore yesterday, I look at the label, and that little bag , a handful of nuts , had 250 calories, so I put it back. I also tossed a container of ginger snaps down the drain after starting to binge on them!

Snoozie- Love the visual- enough to scare me straight, that's for sure ! I hear ya about being back at square one- boy am I feeling achy and out of shape ! Even yoga is kicking my butt lol. Sounds like you are gonna be back in shape in no time, though We CAN do this!

Hope all you other Hatters are doing well !

Update on my Sedona vacation plans- Huge fire RAGING in the Sedona area- top priority in Nation- really frightening. My thoughts and prayers are with the firefighters and residents for no lives to be lost like last year when an entire team of 19 young hotshot firefighters got trapped and burned to death

Hi, girls...Beach time was great...sad to have had to come back to work.. I managed my goal of NO SUNBURN!! We shopped more than beached, but at least we could look out the condo and see the beach.. WE ate more than not....but only one meal a day with fruit and snacks.....with a sandwhich for late dinner.....so not much gained....probably fluid...

Seehee hope you are ok with all the fires around you.
Snoozie, I know it must be aggrivating to try and maintain. But you will do it!!
Carol....be good girl!!
Tammy...hope all is well with you. Schools out!! or soon to be!!
Hello to anyone I missed...
I know we have new members who actually post!! Yeah!! Hello to you all , I will try to get names down, but until then , Best wishes to you!!
G

Just popping in to say a warm welcome to two new members, Jan and Cindy !!!