Serial Starters

fatoldladyonamission wrote: »

Dawn I don't know how much they are in the states but the basic Fitbit Inspire is just under £50 here, and I think it's a bargain at that price. It counts steps, reminds you to move every hour if you haven't, tracks sleep, lets you in on the challenges and accurately measures your calories burned. It even displays text messages from your phone and can be worn on your wrist or in a clip. I got mine from Amazon. Might be worth a look, or maybe even second hand ones.

I couldn't afford the expensive one and I've been very pleasantly surprised by what my little simple one can do.

We have a Surplus store that has a couple different Fitbits... cheapest was $65 other $75... that might not be terrible, just more than I can afford... I will just have to look around... Thank you

Sara--my pedometer looks very similar and works just fine for me! I love de-junking. Losing weight, to me, seems like another form of de-junking!

Lynn--once again, our posts must have crossed, so I shall now belatedly say HELLO!

Waves to all. Sorry been hectic at work.

Nik sorry about your back. Oesteos usually good at getting you moving. They fixed me with my sticking sacral iliac joint. I know how painful back pain is so hope you are on mend soon. Congrats on great weight loss!

Nick newbie: hello and welcome! Keep on tracking the calories.

Skinny - sounds a great PT session you had for free. Keep at it:) well done on another few pounds gone.

Thanks to all for fit bits advice. I’ll look into them. Sounds motivating and I need that at present. Just can’t seem to get any motivation to exercise. 🙁

Good morning! Happy Friday! I need this weekend I’m so stressed out with friends right now. I need to be a hermit this weekend and clean my oven. Also now hubby and I have to figure out how to rescind his offer for friends and their little kids to come stay with us for 6 months. I’m not one of those that “forgets to eat” or “doesn’t feel hungry” when stressed. I eat all the food!

Good morning all!

Sara--I agree--stinker of a week. I too hope for some regeneration this weekend! I'm nervous about jury duty next week.

Ama--sorry about the tricky situation with your friends. I hope you find a way to quickly and gently let them know your need to change your decision. I, too, am one to eat all the food!

Nik--Good luck with your mom! I agree, family can be challenging!

Laura--I, too, struggle with the motivation to exercise. For me, I either have to make a habit of it, or I have to talk myself into starting with something small, say, 10 minute walk around the block.

I have a challenging work lunch today (monthly birthday and anniversary celebration.) Last month we had pizza. Not sure if that's typical or not. (This is a new job for me.) Extremely busy weekend ahead with a college football game on the calendar. Big work deadlines; jury duty next week. Just trying to stay calm!

Waving hi to Lana, Lynn and all who lurk and follow!

I thought this was good.

Happy Friday all! Well let me say that I have discovered the benefits of growing up in a colder environment like Minnesota soared me from the hellish pain of severe allergies, which I am experiencing now in Oklahoma 😢 My doctor gave me a steroid injection, but with the demolition going on in my building... and now specifically on my floor... they’ve been jackhammering up the floors on my end of the hall in the empty apartments. Then leave them wide open with the windows open to the great outdoors 😢



So, I didn’t sleep, but two hours last night. Can’t sleep in a fully sitting up type position and can’t breathe lying down or even adjusted up a bit with my adjustable bed.

Hopefully my move will get coordinated today so I will have an end date on my misery. They’ve been doing demolition on several apartments beneath me for weeks. So much for my insomnia. They are loud enough to wake all the dead buried in Oklahoma! Then they’ve just tossed everything into dumpsters under my window and plumes of dust billow up and come through and around the cracks of my window unit 😢 Haven’t used my inhaler this much in a decade!

My doc ran blood tests and sent off results to a pathologist. So now we’re doing more tests. With the depression at bay, we can focus on physical stuff for real. When I explained that for several years before moving back to Oklahoma, my winter jacket in Minnesota was a only 2-3 times thicker than my t-shirt. And it wasn’t because I was born and raised up north. I was hot! So she’s ordering an ultrasound of my thyroid. Over two decades all the test have come back within range, but she’s going down the list very practically just like she did to diagnose the uterine fibroids. I so appreciate her!

I did a dance routine for four days before the allergies set in. Been drinking so much water and chicken broth plus someone treated me to Chinese yesterday and the scale jumped 1.4 lbs. Not bad with it also being TOM. So I’m glad. Will restart exercise again tonight after crews stop working.

I have a Misfit Ray. They did a massive sale last fall and I got mine for just over $10 USD. It tracks steps, swimming, etc., plus sleep and calories burned. I’ve been reaching my daily goal of 4,000 much easier since I’m feeling better and getting out more. Soon I’ll up the goal. But I used to only do about 1,000-2,000 steps average a day. So this is AWESOME! Little by little!

My back pain has been chronic since I was a teenager... over 25 years and several rounds of PT, pool therapy, steroid injections, denied surgery attempts... but I’m hanging in there. This moving and cleaning may be s challenge. But I have way more help this time and more notice so I’m hopeful not to exacerbate anything!!

I LOVE the cabana by day and fire pit at night!!! Need to have a marshmallow roast and makes some skinny s’mores. There has to be a recipe somewhere!!

I’ll make sure to lurk throughout the week and try to keep checking in myself at least once or twice. Just doing SO much I don’t want to overwhelm myself.

Sorry so long!!

Runa