Serial Starters

Hello all!

Been awhile! Had to avoid the Tday traffic and barrage of happiness as I sat here sorry for myself and my circumstances as I was trying to be happy for others. My back went out Tuesday last week. Woke up at 3AM in exquisite pain. My pain level has stayed at 6 out of 10 or higher since then... so a week and a half now. My range of motion gets better when not in spasm, but I just have to do it in pain. My Tday was uneventful. I had a nice block of chicken flavored ramen noodles and watched CSI reruns.

I pushed through my Turkey Trot virtual race. Last Saturday was 70 degrees F and I pushed to log just over 10,000 steps for the first time in many many years!! Have some bruised toenails still. On Sunday the temp was 19 degrees F and the wind cut through me along the riverside path. Our new park the Gathering Place was pretty deserted in contrast to Saturday.

Started a dance workout on Monday as well as daily walking to work on my next virtual race. I hate the app, but had promised a dear soul I would continue. I was eating around 1,500 calories a day, walking 30-45 minutes, and dancing 15-18 minutes. I gained weight. I was sleeping almost 10 hours a day out of exhaustion and had a “kitten” moment. Ate out for the rest of the week. Took a rest from the crazy exercise. Can only go from 0 to 60 in a few moments in a car - not an abused and abandoned body!!

I’ll be back regularly for awhile, but will disappear towards the holidays again. Way too painful. I worked so hard to better myself and each time, I lost more and more people that mean so much to me. I can’t handle it anymore and after a couple decades of it, meeting new people just doesn’t have an appeal... because they’re all gone, too. Every new person I have tried to meet since I moved here is no longer part of my life. Can’t get a call, text, or message returned to save my life. It doesn’t make sense. So cyber community it is. Anyway... until word gets out that I am not worth the time.

Goal this month is no eating out at all. Increase water. Figure out exercise balance. Have less than 10 days over calories. I used to eat over calories 5 days a week minimum (at least 1,000-3,000 calories over). In September and October, I cut it to 10 days over by 10-1,000 calories. And November was 13 days by much more. Trying to really reign it in for December. So, we’ll see.

Have a great weekend!! So sorry so long. I’ll work on that for sure.

Runa

🤓 A Minnesotan living in Oklahoma and missing Russia & Latvia every day!!

Good morning all~~

I'm up in NYC at the shoebox/crap apartment for a few days, then back down to NC on Thursday.

The apartment here was flooded by some nitwit two floors up who drew a bath and then fell back asleep! Gah!
My neighbor cleaned up most of the mess in my kitchen, but I keep a LOT of boxes of paper files there, and now I have to go through all of it and toss or shred most of it. In a way, it's good the flood happened.

The Indian food vegetarian recipes sound good.


Sara - there is a brand of packets of Indian food called Tasty-Bites. They are becoming more mainstream (Target? Walmart?), originally found only in health food stores and Whole Paycheck. You might want to either buy some, or at the very least, look at them in the store, look at their ingredients, and then steal the ideas for things to make at home for yourself. If you buy, use wisely; I think that they are high-ish salt.

Runa - sending you big hugs. Remember that just because some things and behaviors happened in the past does not mean that they will happen in the future.
I strongly urge you to get into volunteering. Giving is the best way to bring feelings of happiness. Do not expect to make friends; just do some group volunteering, and enjoy the socializing and the generosity benefits, and maybe a friendship or two might sprout from it. Regardless, you will reap benefits of Giving. It need be only once in a while, once or twice a month if your schedule is crammed. As with anything, keep trying until you find a good charity or group, for a good fit for yourself. Food banks, Habitat for Humanity, etc.
Sending you more big hugs and shoulder rubs of encouragement.

I must get in the shower and get to cleaning and running errands.

Lana

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Good morning all!

It’s super chilly where I am atm. Mid 30s right now! I’m inspired by how much everyone gets out and walks! My goal is to be 205 by the seventh, I was 206 yesterday so I might walk around a bit to try and get the ol metabolism fired up. I enjoy walking with a girlfriend of mine just up the street so I should see if she’s free!

Tillie - I didn’t realize until yesterday you created this thread! That’s incredible! Two years you’ve been running this. Has it been an interesting journey?

Is this a private group? It feels like you all know each other pretty well and I don’t want to intrude. [/quote]

Welcome, mgobluetx! We are not a private group and welcome anyone. I'm relatively new here, but everyone is very open and accepting. We support each other in this journey and keep the negativity to a minimum.

mgobluetx wrote: »

Is this a private group? It feels like you all know each other pretty well and I don’t want to intrude.

MGOBlue~~

You are welcome to join us! Everyone is welcome here.

We are on all different sorts of weight loss plans - we just come here to support each other. Are you from Texas?

Lana

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