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Wednesday Jun 20

Early start as the shop delivering my mum's new mattress phoned at 06:30 to say they be here at 07:00 Now enjoying my second cup of tea then I will get on with cleaning their garden furniture.

Log accurately
Stay in the green
5 fruit and veg
Fitbit excercise goals
Jan challenge
Feb challenge
Mar challenge
Apr challenge
May challenge :
Jun challenge

I did clean the garden furniture but also spent a lot of time doing a jigsaw with my mum and went out to lunch with my parents. Not good for my goals on here but I'm happy as our time together is limited.

@snowflake1968 I am so very thrilled for you. Did I read that you are able to walk to work?? You had to wait for the woman to retire and in the meantime you became quite skillful at interviews and revealed how strong, stubborn, and steadfast you are when you are going for something. You never gave up. Didn't have a pity party. And you sound so excited about the job!

@nlmackey98 - I'm glad you had a better chat with Mike. Hopefully it gets easier and easier for you.

@toaljasa - Nice to see you. Yes, I can walk to work. It is 2.3kms one way. I will probably be taking a cab tomorrow on my first day because it is raining and windy and cold, but on nice days I will definitely be walking. I am quite excited, it is a whole new industry for me but doing a lot of the same functions I have done for years. The pay is more than my last job and I will only a short commute. My only wish is that I could start officially on July 15th and not have to learn a new role at the same time all of this other stuff is happening, but I will take it and run with it.

I had a miserable day today. It started out well and I was doing great at getting stuff done in the limited amount of time I knew I had before tomorrow and then Rodger came home from work early. That threw a wrench in the pile because he was supposed to pick Jonah up from school as Lauryn was working and I had Michaela. That frustrated me because I knew it would take me at least an hour to drive into the city to get him and get back, but I thought that would work because I would just run my errands then too. Then he (Rodger) sits down to watch tv and it's not working. I ended up dealing with that for about an hour until I finally made him sit and deal with the online chat. I get back from picking Jonah up and getting something for supper and he (Rodger) is asleep! I make supper and tidy up a bit and he gets up for supper and then a thing he has broke so I had to run out again to get a new one plus get him smokes. He is mad at me because I'm mad at him and he doesn't seem to see anything that needs done or the chores he puts on me.

He is in bed sleeping and I'm up venting, I'm having a cup of tea and trying to re-frame my mind. I know it's just a hiccup in the happiness and tomorrow it will be all said and done, but I just wish he could see it. I apologized to him for being grouchy (I'll use the polite term) but he just wanted to argue some more so I remained silent.

Jft:
Walk 6000 steps
Practice guitar
Card and flowers organise
Stay “under “
30 min tidy mess
50 min work on model making at least
Check back in

Good luck for today 😉

JFT Thursday
1. Log all food
2. Gym
3. Meditate
4. Drink 150oz water
5. Healthy snack after dinner

JFT 6/19 Recap

Stay within calories But not over by too much
30 minutes exercise
Drink water
no alcohol Had a glass of wine at lunch
Eat mindfully

Was so hungry yesterday for some reason! I'm assuming hormonal but I really wanted a cheeseburger and decided that instead of being unsatisfied by everything else I would get one and I'm really glad I did. Had my cheeseburger at lunch and then didn't eat anything else the rest of the day. Craving solved and I really wasn't hungry anymore. I thought I'd be bloated and gain today but drinking a lot of water yesterday helped counter balance everything and I ended up losing a little on the scale.

JFT 6/20

Stay in calorie range 1400-1600
Exercise 30 minutes
Drink lots of water
Eat mindfully

Have a really easy day today, going to spend time with my Mom who is a bit sad bc my littlest sister is a total *kitten*. I want to go make her laugh and not stress about it. I'll probably have a glass of wine with her and float in her pool but we usually eat pretty healthy and I'll drink a lot of water. Enjoyment plus healthy choices will balance out today I hope.

JFT Wednesday 19th June

Eat sensibly, stay under maintenance yes
Back exercises yes
Pile of ironing yes
Finish housework is it ever finished? lol
Visit parents yes, twice.
Solicitors appointment for parents yes
Garden if any time left no
Lift the big bag yes, held it for about a minute, it's heavy

JFT 20th June

Eat sensibly, stay under maintenance
Back exercises
Take car into garage
2 appointments for father in town
Collect dogs for the day
Try and do housework with 2 big hairy dogs wanting to play

Goals for today!

Drink 80 oz of water (and not prioritizing coffee over water)
Stick to 1 travel cup of coffee (this is going to be hard!)
Eat the lunch I brought
No starbucks (See #2) for a snack
Go to gym over my lunch break
Honestly track everything I put in my mouth
Eat my protein supplements instead of eating kid's snacks (with him, not eating his, I have my own portions) in the car.
Go for a walk after work with kids and husband if it isn't raining.
Go to bed by 10:15

JFT - Wednesday June 19 - Determined
2.5L of water - 👿
Calories in green, Log Accurately - 🙂🙂
Walk 1 Mile - 🙂
Squats - 0
5 Fruits and Veggies - 0/5
Only 1 evening Snack - 🙂
5 something at bathroom break - 👿
Something on commercials - no tv
Write in Journal - 😒
Do not disappoint myself, be conscious of my choices - except for my miserable mood it was an ok day yesterday.

JFT - Thursday June 20 - Determined
2.5L of water
Calories in green, Log Accurately
Walk 1 Mile
Squats
5 Fruits and Veggies
Only 1 evening Snack
5 something at bathroom break
Something on commercials
Write in Journal
Do not disappoint myself, be conscious of my choices

Had a good sleep last night except waking up around 330 with a headache. Took some Aleve and managed to get rid of it I think.

Today is my first day and Rodger isn’t at work because of the weather so I’m driving. I hope the forecast is wrong for the next week, he won’t have a pay at all.

I need to figure out what to wear.

I'll just say now that I was working some things out based on a question I was asked at church. You might want to skip the long diatribe at the end.

nlmackey98 wrote: »

I didn't post today's goals last night and it's now 1PM today.

JFT Wednesday
- 8:30 Dentist No cavities!
- 10:00 vacuum out the Acadia This NEEDED to happen
- 10:30 meet with financial planner Quick visit to sign some papers
- Talk doc appointment fewer tears than last visit. I really like and trust Mike.
- Back to work by 12:30 grabbed some fruit at Sheetz for lunch
- Gotta get the VN test working and verify that the VDA test is accurate... I did it, but nothing worked like I'd hoped
- Skipping VBS tonight, gotta work late worked until 8:00 to make up for coming in at 12:30
- Home around 9:00 Home a little early because I just couldn't handle another hour at work
- Gratitude journal before I'm half asleep Got really down and totally forgot
- Lay out clothes for the gym they were still there from the previous night (they are still there today also )
- Bed by 10:30 Had a few drinks to try to relax after getting down and stayed up too late. These were bad choices.

JFT Thursday

- Up at 7:00, work by 8:00 Up at 7:45, work by 8:30
- Breakfast <300 cal Yes, but it was an unhealthy snack cake. Out of protein bars in my office, but I was really hungry.
- Check in with MFP before 9:00 Got here before 9:00 just now posting.
- Tear down and repair piece of equipment that I had really hoped would startup and run first try. At least I think I know how to fix it assuming I have parts.
- Lunch <300 cal
- Run VDA checks according to manufacturer method rather than DuPont Global Method.
- Home by 4:00 - 4:30 to shower and get ready for the last night of VBS.
- Pet store to buy special diet dog food for my furry beasts before VBS.
- Walmart after VBS to get a few things that I can eat so I don't have to stop for fast food (again).
- Gratitude journal
- Bed by 10:30
Going on to the first part of tomorrow...
- Up at 4:00 to go to the gym
- Work by 7:30

Positive Thought: My strength comes from the Lord.

Today will either be quick and easy at work, or it will be kind of awful. It all depends on how long it takes me to get my equipment running well. I've been so bad diet wise lately and just can't figure out why. I'm going to state today that I am going to do better. Hopefully, putting that out there will help.

It's the last night of VBS, and my character Diana the Greek Council Woman is not scheduled to appear. She was not in the act yesterday either and the kids kept asking about her, so we are reprising her role and working her in this evening. It makes me feel good that they connected with her a bit. She was a doubter, she believed in gods, but didn't see why Paul's God was any better than the Greek gods.

I don't think that is so different from many of us before we learn to believe in and trust the Lord to have our backs. Our other Gods tend to be Money, Science and Popularity/Fame. These things can all bring us happiness in the moment, but they aren't permanent. It is a pretty hard concept to grasp, there is one all powerful being responsible for everything that is good in this world, but still allows bad things to happen. What is so great about that? Well, He knows what is best for us and answers our prayers in His time according to His plan. He does not give us the bad things that happens in this world, those come from human sin. What He does, is gives us hope and teaches us through the bad so that we might flourish and help others in His name. At least that is my take on it after years of trying to figure it out. I'm a scientist and many of my colleagues think I am addle minded or gullible for believing. Without knowing how and why and without having proof, how can I believe the "stories" in the Bible. Well first they aren't stories, they are accounts. Secondly, I don't need proof because I have faith. I'll admit that it does sound like a cop out answer to the nonbeliever.

They say the Bible isn't supported by science, well I think it is in a way. What about the Big Bang, or evolution, or carbon dating of fossils? Big Bang is really just another theory that can't be proven, but it does give us many scientific learnings we use to advance our society. Evolution dates back to a time before recorded history and is truly just a theory used to explain things that can't be understood without faith. There is nothing to say that God didn't create animals/humans the way they are Genesis 1:25 says "And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good." "After their kinds" gives a very wide birth to how many "Cow-like" creatures there could be. Nobody, well almost nobody, disputes adaptation which we can clearly see in many species. Why aren't modern creatures seen in the fossil layers? How can carbon dating be wrong if science has proven half lives are real? Without the fossils, where would our fossil fuels come from? These were all sticking points for me, and it is really hard to have a secular argument when your answer if faith.

Even after I was saved these questions haunted me and stifled my walk with Jesus. The answer I've come to is that God made the world with everything we would need to develop and grow. He gave us minds to process and conquer the worlds problems, He gave us fossils and the theory of evolution to teach us, fuel to advance our civilizations, etc. There is a purpose for all that God created. Unfortunately, our purpose in life is not just to be happy. Our purpose is to do all things to His glory and to spread the words, works and sacrifice of Jesus Christ. We are meant to experience hardships and to grow in faith through them. Because of Jesus there is hope and eternal life. Some hardships seem like they would be too hard for me to handle. I know people whose lives would break me, but they thank God for their strength. They have hope because they know in the end they will be in heaven and that life will be perfect. People who worship money or science or popularity, don't have hope given by the knowledge of eternal life. I often take these things for granted and writing this has brought my focus back.

I hope I didn't offend anyone, I just needed to work through something one of my teens asked me. I was not prepared for the question of my faith that day. Teens are rough.

@MLHC1 Prayers to you my friend. You should feel safe emotionally and physically in your home. I like Faebert's idea of writing a letter that is factual rather than emotional describing specifics about what he does and how it makes you feel. It is important to give marriage a chance, but not at the expense of you and your children.

@Snowflake1968 I hope things settle between you and Roger. It does sound as if he could have made the trip back into the city or gone to replace what he broke. I know you love him, but make sure he is giving back that love in the form of respect and partnership.

@daneejela I hope you feel better soon. It stinks to be sick any time, but I think it's worse in the summer.

@bookmeister86 Great job sticking to the plan!

@littleblackskirt I respect you so much for caring for your parents. Tim and I moved home about 14 years ago so that we could be here for ours, but I don't think either of us really knew what that meant. My mom is in the early stages of dementia and we are starting to plan for the future. It is very scary.

Day 4 complete

Still in major tooth pain and have a cold, have been prescribed antibiotics now so just start to ease soon.

Day 5/53
I would love to exercise tomorrow but might not be advisable with the pain, so I'll aim for 1600 cals and 10000 steps

JFT 6/20

Stay in calorie range 1400-1600
Exercise 30 minutes
Drink lots of water
Eat mindfully

Had a lovely day with my Mom, ate delicious food, stayed within calories, and got a great workout in. Calling today a total win even if the scale doesn't move tomorrow.

I'm really struggling with this essay.

Checking in from Thursday
1. AM walk/run - 3 miles. Feed cats. Meds. Tea! Log 1 item. Post JFT. Toe stretches! What's for lunch/dinner?
2. Type reflective essay. Leave for school by 10:00. Lifting.
3. Finish reflective essay. Submit.
4. Put jewelry away. Fold laundry.
5. Drink more water. No, more. Keep the pitcher in the fridge full. You're not actually hungry. Make some tea. Drink more water! LOG BEFORE SNACKING!
6. Therapy exercises at 9:30: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. MEDS. Floss, rinse, brush teeth. JFTomorrow.
7. In bed by 9:45; devices off by 10:00. Alarm set for 6:00. Check on audition for MM. Meeting 9:15 Friday. Saturday is library day with parents. Monday visit Z. Next Thursday is massage day! Check in with D4D next week; complete units & survey. Ask about how to support new AP.

JFTomorrow, Friday:
1. WEIGH IN. Feed cats. Meds. Tea! Prelog all food. Chop celery. Pack lunch & dinner. Leave for park by 8:50.
2. Read BB during breaks at park. NO EXTRA SNACKS. NO. Note - Tomorrow (Sat) arrive late (~3 PM); can work first week of July as needed.
3. Text parents to confirm library and lunch.
4. Drink more water. No, more. Keep the pitcher in the fridge full. You're not actually hungry. Make some tea. Drink more water!
5. Therapy exercises at 9:30: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. MEDS. Floss, rinse, brush teeth. JFTomorrow.
6. In bed by 9:45; devices off by 10:00. Alarm set for 6:00. Meeting 9:15 Friday. Saturday is library day with parents. Check on audition for MM. Monday visit Z. Next Thursday is massage day! Check in with D4D next week; complete units & survey. Ask about how to support new AP. Next week - set up assessment switch-outs on OW. Practice hair braiding with D. Check on appts for drs. Remind D to ask his dad about the table. Check with D about ceiling and taking items to the dump. START BLOGGING AGAIN. 3 posts/week? Schedule assessments and return dates. Put jewelry away (Sunday?)

Scale goals
Ongoing plans/ideas behind the cut
WFTY: Climbing. Well, it took longer than I wanted, but the essay is DONE. I'm not submitting it, though, because I'm super tired and it's not due until Sunday, so I want to read it over again before sending it in.