Serial Starters

Sara: Sorry about no trip to Vegas, though I'm glad you're not unhappy. Hope your foot feels better soon!

Annie: Awesome job so far!! I know it's hard not to think of it as a competition with your sister, but think of it this way - if you can't help it, fine, think of it as a competition; in that case, you may be behind your sister, but you're way ahead of millions of other people who are still on the couch. You've got this!

Lana: I almost jumped out of my seat for excitement when you said I helped. That is a great start to my day; I'm so glad I was able to give you a useful concept!

Samuels: Great job on that loss!

My Thursday update:
Last night was exciting. Went to a local climbing gym and had my first rock climbing experience of my adult life. Figured it'd be both good practice for my upcoming obstacle course runs and a nice new fitness hobby in its own right...and I was absolutely right. It was a lot of fun, people are super friendly - as in, any time I got nervous and it started to show, total strangers would start cheering me on. I love the atmosphere and I'll definitely be going back every other day or so. Then after that, I had to park half a mile from my apartment (parking in my neighborhood is a nightmare if you don't have a garage) and decided to run home just to save time - I never would have imagined I'd consider that a "quick dash" but here we are.

I had a hard time getting to sleep though. Ended up awake until 3:30-ish talking to a friend and looking into more obstacle course races (look, if I had my way, I'd be doing one nearly every weekend). Did, in fact, find a fifth that I want to sign up for, so that's exciting.

Then, this morning, I may have found a running buddy in my stress management class. We had a group discussion in which we we're supposed to talk about stressful experiences and conflicts using examples from our own lives; I used the conflict between my boyfriend's and my dietary needs (to which I have found a major partial solution that amused everyone, I should mention), and that between my fitness needs and my study needs as my examples...and from there we started talking about workout plans and running, and ended up tentatively agreeing to do a blacklight run together in December.

Speaking of running together, boyfriend and I have now half-seriously talked about trying to do a 5K together one day. It was his idea, which really amazed me. That would be a HUGE deal for him; with his chronic illness it's entirely possible that he'll never be able to go that distance at more than a slow, leisurely stroll with lots of breaks on his own. But if we do it together, and I carry him when he gets too tired...it would be an amazing experience for both of us. I hope we can find a race that will count him as a finisher in spite of his probable reliance on me, build up both of our strength enough to do it (he's still recovering from a near-fatal flare he had shortly before we met, and I want to plan for just in case it ends up being a Bad Day for him and I need to carry him 90% of the way), all that important stuff, and actually go through with it. We'll probably never be able to do one of my obstacle courses together (even if we build up his strength, what he and I would want out of the experience just wouldn't make us a good team - notably, he hates getting dirty, while I've passed on events because I wouldn't get dirty enough), but this is way more than I expected to ever be even plausible and just the fact that he's expressed wanting to do this makes me ridiculously happy.

So, in short, things are going extremely well on the fitness front today. Gonna ride this momentum as far as it will take me!

Lana- all the info is right here: http://www.blacklightrun.com/

My classmate bringing it up was the first time I'd ever heard of it too, and the moment I saw the website I just thought "...yeah, yeah that's gonna be fun, I gotta do it.

hickchic67 wrote: »

Snacks, naps, and recess during the workday!

Yes! Not liking this adulthood thing either...

Happy Friday everyone~~

Busy day getting ready to leave tomorrow.

Waves to all who stop by later on.

Lana

243.4 today
250.0 highest
185.0 goal

Friday

A bit of a rough day. Went out to lunch with a former coworker. Not the best choices, not the worst. Had a little sugar at work today (chocolate covered peanuts.) I'm just feeling like I'm not making any progress.

Got my new driver's license in the mail. I think I'm back up the weight I was at the last time I renewed 4 years ago in 2013. I'm sad because I had lost 15 lbs in 2014 but it's all back now, including the double-chin and jowls.

Guess I'm kind of a Debbie Downer today.

On the bright side, lunch with my friend was fun. It was good to reconnect. Tonight my family and I are going to a local community theatre production of "Singing in the Rain" and tomorrow we've got DD's volleyball tournament then a big college football game. Will try to make good choices along the way.

Enjoy your evening. Happy weekend!

Annie

Finally got to see my friend, today! Only for a few minutes... but, was so good to see her and give her a big ol hug! Hoping to spend some time with her, next week... we'll see what happens...

Family here tomorrow...I love them... just would rather go there, than them come here... not sure why... they don't come to house, we just go to lunch and a bit of shopping... Will try not to overeat... going to buffet at Mennonite restaraunt... such delicious "homemade" food...yummm

Hope everyone has a great night..
Will check in tomorrow...

I would love to join the group. Definitely qualify as serial. Multiple trips on ww and multiple trips on mfp. Would like this to be the last time I restart.

Hi Everybody~~

My trip down to NC went amazingly well, technically. Gorgeous weather, getting to and from the airports went without a hitch. But yes, as I always do, I enjoyed the free cocktails and soup and healthy snacks and brownies in the airline club. A new day tomorrow~~

Hey Sara -your step mother is in NYC this upcoming week? or this past United Nations-bad traffic week?
Hope you had good visit with your father.
How is Miss Tillie doing?

Welcome Miss Dani - please come and chat with us often. A few of us are focused here on this thread only, and we don't clue in to the friending thing. Once in a blue moon something pops up on my phone and I'm able to cheer on Missy (Gemwolf110), but I am a stump otherwise! However, some of our more on the ball ladies may do the friending thing.....

Dawn - for how long is your young lady in the States? And I forgot.....is she family or close friends or cousin?.....

Annie - yes, photos can be just awful. I try to avoid looking at them. The weight is one thing; the aging does NOT sit with me well at all.

Mango - you are in very great shape if you are climbing overhangs! I used to dream of trying climbing at my gym when I get to goal. Now I'm not sure I will ever be able to do it; may have to be happy with hiking!

Jeez I'm weary.

Waves to all who stop by later or early tomorrow~~

Lana

Whoa Dawn, I just looked up what Culvers and Concretes are! They look irresistible and much evil trouble!

Lana

I've started over 100 times! It's taken me 6 years to lose 35 lbs.

Sara - thank you... congrats on great NSV! That is always a wonderful feeling... glad lunch with Dad went well and that he got wallet back... chicken chili sounds interesting... I like turkey chili, is it similar?

Accidentally injured my dog, last night... she turned her head and, basically poked herself in the eye with my thumbnail... her eye was a little watery and squinty, last night and this morning...after lunch, came home and her eye was totally white... looked it up, symptoms of her having rubbed it and got something in it... luckily, I do work at a vet office... unfortunately, Dr's are out of town...I think I will try to message the office Mgr and see what proper procedure is for having her seen... poor girl is pretty well blind, right now... her other eye has a cataract and she can barely see out it, now her good eye is injured....I feel so horrible... it was a freak accident, but feel it was all my fault...

So much for yesterday. Remember what I said about not really feeling any effect from the snack mistake? Yeah, well, as soon as I had breakfast that went right out the window. You know how sometimes you'll have a cut or bruise and you won't notice it until something touches it wrong? That was basically how my intestines felt all day yesterday - as soon as I ate breakfast and stuff started moving, I felt like someone had jammed a knife in my stomach. Kinda threw all my plans out the window. It's gonna be a few days, possibly even weeks before I feel totally right again.

Good news is, it's a little better already. Luckily the worst of it clears up fast. But I ended up eating more than I wanted to yesterday - everything I logged, plus a couple small snacks I didn't know how to log. But hey, it was one bad day, I was in control, and considering how this works, I probably couldn't absorb it all anyway, so I'm not going to worry about one day over target with extraordinary circumstances.

Hopefully I'll be up to going to the gym like I planned to today. I'm getting antsy about it.

Dawn: Hope your dog heals up good and fast! It wasn't your fault - like you said, it was a freak accident, and I'm sure she knows that too. If she we're human, she'd probably be laughing about how it happened - speaking as someone who's injured himself on someone else's body before.

Sara: Ooh, chicken chili sounds amazing! Today I need to cook some stuff I can take to school over the next few days - and right now, I wish I had a crock pot!

Sara/ Lana/ Mango- doggie "Domino " is actually doing better! SO has been flushing it out 2- 3 times a day... it's not white, anymore and she seems to be seeing better...I was planning on taking her with me, tomorrow... but, issues with car, she would be stuck in kennel all day...I think I will see how she is doing tomorrow...I would still like to get her looked at, but would like to be able to bring her home on lunch... thank you for healing vibes...I would say, it definitely helped!