Congratulations @2020pinktogo ! That's a great time for walking that distance.

Even though I am maintaining my weight and eat healthy, my relationship with food is still not very healthy. I still put too much emphasis on how much I weigh. I am scared I a going to gain all the weight back. Also, I just realized I still look to food for too much joy and fulfillment in my life. I have to to find other things to fill those needs. I just made this realization as I started this entry. I am working on finding joy in one area of life but need to expand it to other areas. I wish I could find more joy and fulfillment in exercise! I don't know if I will ever enjoy it. We area always a work in progress aren't we!

I am such an all or nothing person. I started exercising today and had trouble stopping. I had already exercised when I went for a 5 minute walk to get my mail. It turned in to an hour walk. I kept thinking, just 15 more minutes. I then realized I was less than 1,000 steps from having 20,000 steps for the day so I started walking again. I ended up falling. I suppose that two of my first reactions were to feel embarrassed and wonder who saw me were good indications that the worst injury was to my pride. I'm thankful for only 2 scrapes. I'm gonna hurt Monday. It was a good day despite the fall.

Welcome back @JanolaBarbara ! You have been missed! I use thisolgal's yogurt recipe at https://thisoldgal.com/instant-pot-greek-yogurt/. It's very simple. I have been straining my yogurt to make greek yogurt. I get very thick yogurt. I may try not draining it in the future though. I drain off so much whey and I don't have a use for it and it reduces the amount by more then half. The calorie content is about the same but greek yogurt has more protein and less sugar. I usually need more protein each day so I'm still considering what I will do next batch.

I have an Amazon fire tv box (similar to Roku) because I don't have cable or satellite tv. I have been enjoying it and yesterday I tried one of the exercise apps on it. I am very pleased with the number and variety of exercise videos on it. This has been a great purchase for me.

@2020pinktogo -- I've been playing catch up with my garden, too. I hear ya' about the sore rear. My hamstrings are also sore. But, that means they're getting used, right?
@1skholloway -- I have Amazon Prime Video. Maybe I should check out some of their exercise videos?

Well I suppose I will jump on the sore wagon. I tried some new exercises. Between that and a very deep tissue massage, I was sore for a few days.

It's good to hear from you @newOR2015. How's WW working for you?

Sadly, there is no travel vacation in sight for me. I am considering going to a lake house for a weekend about an hour from home. It has a beautiful view but no internet and not much to do when by yourself. This weekend I decided to try some things I would do at the lake house at home, I guess you could call it a staycation. Today I am sitting on my patio for breakfast to relax and enjoy the outdoors. It's overcast and about 80 degrees. A breeze comes through occasionally. I have a view of the woods from my anti-gravity chair. It's nice. There's no water view but I have everything else that I would have at the lake house. It has satellite tv but since I have wifi at home, I have more entertainment options here. I am enjoying being still and quiet.

@JanolaBarbara Amazon Prime does have some exercise videos but none that piqued my interest enough to try them. The FitYou app is the one I like and I think it's compatible with a Kindle. The videos do freeze some and ads as part of it. I can handle that for the price for which I am paying for them. You can probably find work outs on youtube by some of the same people. I'll have to look for the names and let you know who I like. One app (sorry I don't recall which one right now) allows you to choose what part of your body you want to work on and the length of the workout. I did a 5 minute cardio and it was a great workout!

We have a new trendy farmers market open on Saturdays. Live music is played and a variety of food is sold. It's in a parking lot between a coffee house and restaurant in a nice area of town. It has a lot of potential. I may venture up there today because they are supposed to have fresh peaches. I haven't had any peaches yet this year.

As fare as we know, I am only the only family who will visit my parents this weekend for Father's Day. I am going to make some chicken and turkey sausage gumbo and take for lunch tomorrow. Dad likes cantaloupe and is trying to lose some weight so I'll probably take a cantaloupe as well. I have really been enjoying cantaloupe this season. I am going to make some cauliflower rice and offer to let my parents try it. I love rice so I am glad to have found a healthier alternative.

I have been having some problems eating more in the evening than I normally would. Even though my choices are still healthy, having second helpings because I really enjoy the food is not a good habit. I have been having some depression since the week before Mother's Day and I don't know if that is contributing to my eating problem. The depression isn't bad praise God, but I'm tired of it. I am on my last week of weening off Gabapentin and don't know if that contributes to the depression. I have medical check ups in July and August and I'm wondering if I should hold off until then to have things checked out or go now. I'm wondering if my hormones might need to be adjusted.

I hope y'all have a lovely weekend.

It could be weather related. I don't like summer plus we have been getting a lot of rain the last few days. I like rain but it could contribute to my current state. As it turns out, I hit what will hopefully be rock bottom for this depressive episode last Monday. My depression diagnosis is "major depression recurrent" which means I occasionally have episodes of depression for no reason. I have been in an episode for about 7 weeks now. My doctor doubled my cymbalta. I am no longer sad but I have no energy. I just want to sit and stare. I have exercised 4 days this week - 2 of those days at the gym. I am having some pain when I walk so I walked gently at home last night. Things are better and hopefully will continue to improve! I hope your depression improves as well.

Oh, I'm so sorry! I can relate to that feeling. My parents are out of town and I went to their house to pick up a package for them. The weather was nice so I ended up picking up fallen limbs from a storm and picking figs, blueberries, and purple hull peas. I took all the produce to a friend who has a new grandbaby. She was going to cook lunch for the new parents today. I walked a lot but I ate back most of my calories and too many of them after 9:30 pm. I exercised until about midnight. I experienced a small weight gain today.

Today I don't want to get off the sofa. I have been walking in the house but it feels like I'm moving very slowly. At least I'm moving some. I hope tomorrow is better.

Well, I have the opposite problem temperature wise. It's hot and humid. Actually, that's usually not much of a problem for me because I usually exercise indoors. It does present a problem when after doing something like running errands and I get home I am so hot that I don't want to do anything or the yard needs mowing and it's hot. The is in the low 90's so it will get worse. We really have been blessed that it's not hotter.

I saw my psychiatrist Tuesday. Based on notes from my therapist and general doctor, he thinks this bout of depression is caused by something biological. It could be a result of getting off meds I was taking for migraines. He said I am doing everything right. My anti-depressant had been increased for only a week and he wants to see me in a month. If I'm not where he wants me to be then, he will prescribe another medicine. I have mixed feelings about that. On one hand, I don't want to be on another medicine. On the other hand, I don't want to be depressed for another month. I keep putting one foot in front of the other with the hope that today will be a better day.

I am better but I need to improve more. I am exercising everyday. I have a family reunion with extended family this Saturday. I dread it but it will probably be ok. I am going because my favorite aunt, one of her sons, and his four children are coming from 5 hours away. I am already praying that all goes well and planning on taking anti-anxiety medicine.

I hope you are having warmer, drier weather and feeling better.