@freeglerock Welcome to our group! Your health journey/weight loss is off to a good start!

almost done with Christmas shopping. Just a few more goodies. I am going to start wrapping tomorrow night.
Day 3 of cleanse-today more acai berry juice, dandelion root detox tea, carrot juice, cold pressed green juice and mango juice. Tomorrow I start transitioning to raw organic fruits and vegetables.
@sleepymom5 Molly bought the rower last year but developed shoulder pain. I was looking for something for my winter routine and thought I might as well use it. I am excited about it. My new routine is 2 days of rowing 2 days of running and 1 day of walking, with yoga every day.

@Cafelelia I just saw your post about your FIL. I am so sorry. prayers to your family. Hang in there.

@Cafelelia sorry to hear about your father in law
Welcome members.
The snow has finally stopped, we had a lot of digging out to do. It's a short work week for me. I'm off Friday so I can do my Christmas shopping. Im also taking Monday off so I can wrap with noone bothering me. My granddaughter started childcare today. It's nice that she's at work with me so I can stop in to visit. I haven't done a lot of exercise this week besides shoveling so I don't think the scale is going to go in the right direction unfortunately.

@Cafelelia Sorry to hear about your FIL, hope you get there in time for a visit.
@Mrsbell8well wondering if you made the molasses cookies and how they came out. I just made a batch of fruit cocktail cookies - another favorite of the family. With fruit in them they must be healthy right
@cyndiesstuff you know whats right for you, I hope you will stay in touch with the group.

We got an "air fryer" yesterday. I tried out a couple things for lunch - will take some practice but I want to cut back on the oils I use for cooking. We got the "Emeril Lagasse" brand -- it does just about every kind of cooking except boiling. I want to try a couple of the recipes included soon.

I don't know why I was bothered by my weigh in last week as I have dropped that gain and a little more. Tomorrow's weigh in should be a good one.

Welcome newbies.

Wednesday 12/4 check in
Food: logged and on track
Water: 64 oz
Exercise: 30 minute session with my trainer and 30 minute walk with the community walking group

I didn't sleep well today. Slept really well for about 3 hours and then it was wake up, sleep, wake up, sleep. Not sure why that happens sometimes. I"ll check up on the posts latet.

Workout Wednesday

Today I ran 107 flights of stairs! It was killer!

Check in for: Wednesday
Logged food: yes, and under
Water: over 64 oz
Steps or exercise: Will definitely hit 6K tonight. I did 30 min bike, PT, stretching and strength.

I had a good day but had to fight urges again. I am wondering...I was so busy with everything last month and now I am dragging my feet with decorating and Christmas stuff. Maybe I am having these urges because I want to avoid doing what I need to do? I actually think that could be it. Maybe it is sort of a reward thing because I don't want to do it? Hmmm...I made my tea and am not giving in. I also lost my patience with MK today and feel badly about it but I just get so frustrated. She is on so much medication and one interfered with her allergy shots(very scary, an epi pen wont work if she continued on it!) She had to stop that one and now she is having symptoms so she needs to be on something else. She complains to me but won't talk to the doctor. She sees the psychiatrist once a month and she wont call him. She is 19 and NO ONE there will talk to me so she needs to do it. They didn't even want me to make her first appointment. She is upset that I keep telling her to call and I am upset she wont call and start feeling better. And to top it all-exams are next week so her anxiety is through the roof. Oh well, we are ok now but didn't really resolve anything. I am going to call in the morning and explain what is going on and ask them to call her back. Hopefully that isn't too much of an invasion of privacy. Tomorrow I have PT and have to walk Charlie, then I have to make a dent in the Christmas decorations. I wasn't able to get to them at all today. I think I am going to bed early tonight too. I have been going to bed too late. Ok...signing off... I am starting to babble

@Mrsbell8well Whoo hoo! Under goal! Nice job!! Sounds like a great workout schedule!
@Freeglerock Welcome! You are off to a great start! Nice loss! Thanks for taking the time not only to read all the posts but also to write such a nice intro. What a shame about the meetings. We have a few on our team that do weight watchers too. Whatever works for you! We all are on our individual journeys but support each other and share a lot. You said you wanted to improve your water intake. Do you have a plan? I suggest just starting where you are at and make a small change. Since you didn't have any today, why don't you try for 1 tomorrow and then go from there. Maybe alternate with your coffee at some point (I thought you all drank tea over there ) I am so excited to have you here! I know you will fit right in! I didn't realize how late it was there! Hope you had a good night!
@Cafelelia Hugs! You are all in my thoughts and prayers.
@nstephenson01 Your steps amaze me! We had the same plan-exercise first thing, food shopping and begin decorating. Although I had MK thrown in between. Dinner sounded delicious. I bet you are a good cook.
@ljdanny That is so nice your granddaughter is in the same place you work. With all the shoveling you have done I am sure that you got your exercise for the week in. I know you got a lot of snow up there!
@cyndiesstuff We will have you moved to the cheer squad. Good luck at your meeting tonight. I am glad you are taking the time to work on yourself. I hope you check back in with us. We are always here for you. xoxo
@tryingagain5 It was probably Thanksgiving. It sounds like you have been back on track so I am sure by next week the scale will be cooperating. I know the night shift sleeping is tough. My room is pitch black if I don't put the shades up, that is a left over from when I did night shift. Lol! I still wear earplugs too...Hope you get rested up for your night.
@pacsnc6 I have been going back and forth with getting an air fryer. You will have to let me know how you like it. Sounds like you have been doing well this week!
@lennoncpa That is awesome! You had a tough couple of weeks, I am glad you hung in there! Sounds like you have some fun events coming up! Enjoy!
@amytriesww What a workout!! You are amazing! You have worked so hard for all the success you have had!

@amytriesww
Thanks! I did get in a quick nap before work tonight.

Wow! That's a lot of stairs! Great job!

@sleepymom5
I'm pretty sure the weight gain was from Thanksgiving too.

I've always been able to sleep anywhere day or night, noise or quiet. My room faces west and I'm in bed before it's light and up in the afternoon so I don't think it's that. Also, my condo complex is pretty quiet. I'm on the end, so no neighbor on the one side and the neighbor I have on the other side works during the day and when she is home doesn't make very much noise. I really think my body is starting to rebel at being awake all night and having to sleep during the day.🙁

Great job on getting in your workout with everything else going on. That does sound scary with your daughter's meds. I hope the doctors get that figured out. Do you think maybe she's a little afraid of talking to the doctor, maybe she's not comfortable with him/her and that's why she's talking to you because you're mom and she's comfortable with you? As for not wanting to call herself and make an appointment, maybe she feels like she's not an adult yet, even though at 19 she actually is? It's sometimes scary to make those decisions/calls yourself even as an adult. With exams, just tell her to be and do her best and leave the rest. Study hard but not to the point of exhaustion. I don't know if that will help her but focusing on it too much will probably cause even more anxiety. Hope things get better for her and you.

pacsnc6
Friday weigh in
Week 1?
pw: 164.9
cw: 163.8

Many of us are starting to have Holiday events. It is never too soon to start making a plan. Don't forget to make your weekend plan too. I know it is only Thursday but you will be happy you did it.

Have a great day everyone! xoxo

Sick again the last few days. Ugh! I can’t remember a time when I have had so many viral infections back to back like this. But it has been awhile since I have had a little one in the house and my 5 yo has been sick each time too. Fevers to 103.5 for her, off school. Lots of PJ time. Weight down to 154.6 this morning, but not the way I want to lose. No more yoga this week since I have been sick the last three days. Sigh. Hoping things look up from here and we can stay healthy for at least two weeks.

@Cafelelia - thoughts are with you and your family during this time of loss and remembering.