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@mswatson0777 Yeah, that's enough protein, so probably not that. I'm glad you are feeling better today. It sounds like the wedding is just coming together, yay!

@cbabie Sorry you had a headache yesterday but glad it's better today. I had a headache the other day from the weather change. Good for you for getting on the treadmill, woo hoo!

@theslightedgeforever I'll pull the rowboat along and you jump on when you can. I know you'll join me soon. How about you make the next food decision a good one? Just the next one. I started reading Atomic Habits but stopped because I was listening to it and it didn't hold my attention like fiction, but one thing that did stick was this: if you can do just 1% better each day, it adds up. Can you do 1% better today?

@TeresaW1020 I'll get there one of these days! I'll make sure to try that diet lemonade, that sounds yummy! I hope you figure out the banner and then have a good day off. Are you doing anything to relax?

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@mswatson0777 I’m so sorry you got a panic attack. Have you had them before? I think you joined the post after I said, but I have complex PTSD, which includes an array of disorders. Anxiety is one of them. It can be really frightening and awful. What advice did Urgent Care give? Are you able to get some support extra support?

@TeresaW1020 good luck with your easter plans. Are you helping with the eggs again this year? I can’t believe it’s been a yr I’ve been on MFP with you all.

@theslightedgeforever maybe you should change your water goal? I just wonder bc sometimes I will readjust if I set a goal that’s too tough.

@cbabie- *high five* 20 mins on treadmill is great! Glad your head is better.

@trooworld glad things are going well.

Hey gang,

I’m doing well calorie wise and exercise wise. It’s the strangest thing with the calories, I don’t know how I’ve been able to manage it. I think I’ve just stopped some of the extra indulgences- sneaking in chocolates and sweets and fast food etc. I still do, just less because I make sure I have space in my plan for it. So that is going well. I almost feel a little paranoid about eating, but it’s ok I’m still eating healthy foods.

Exercise is going well, work is going well. Everything is good.

Well I was planning my vacay to Iceland but now I’m pausing on booking it. I’m not worried about getting sick from the virus, but I just want to book things that are going to be cancelled if flights aren’t running etc.

Also I am DEVASTATED about the cancellation of sports. I don’t talk about it much here but I LOVE the Raptors. The Raptors NBA team is made up of a bunch of guys that weren’t drafted- which means the league all thought they were worthless- and they won a championship last year and were doing well this year- even though again the entire NBA thought they would be trash this year. These guys are scrappy underdog players that don’t care what anyone says and just. keep. winning. One of the players was homeless when he was younger. One escaped war in the Congo. They've also had chronic injuries all year and yet they were the no. 2 seed with a good chance to make the finals again because they just keep fighting no matter what anyone says. I LOVE these guys, they are such scrappy underdog players and were on track to be in finals at least again this yr. It breaks my heart.

And baseball is my first passion and it just kills me it’s postponed. I had bought opening day tix. Not sure what will happen now. It’s also a meaningful time for me to connect with my father and my uncle, by going to games, and I don’t have a lot of family so it means something to me.

My health journey has really been entwined with a growing love of certain sports and just learning about guys facing adversity of all different kinds and working so hard to overcome it, and it is work day in and day out and for some of them just not giving up, and then finally finding success. It moves me and inspires me so much, because then a lot of them also work for positive change in the world.

Anyway- all I can say is I want sports back now pleeeeaaaase, pleasssse! I just want everything back to normal.

I did a good workout today and that helped me. Squat- 70lbs. Personal best

Hello all! So I've been trying not to panic about COVID-19. I haven't been one of those people that have hoarded all the toilet paper and hand sanitizer lol. BUT...I'm a fairly anxious person and I'm getting scared. I went to the grocery store yesterday because I thought, "Well, maybe I should pick up 2 weeks worth of canned goods." The lines were so long and the shelves in the pasta and dried beans aisles were bare so I gave up and ordered some things from Amazon Fresh (which was also low on stock). Then my husband said, "At what point do the grocery store workers stop coming to work because it's too dangerous to come to work?" Geez, that helps me! Lol But...I'm not eating over it. It's business as usual in the food department.

@mswatson0777 Thank you, you are so sweet! My week is going very well and I hope yours is, too! My March goals are going very good. I've been on point! Oh, I just read you had an anxiety attack, dear me! I'm so very sorry. I've had one of those. It's very very scary! I agree, listen to your body and take it easy!!!

@its_cleo I'm sorry about your loss of sports. I agree, I want everything back to normal NOW!

@nighthazel01 That must be an adjustment to have all your kids back!

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Hi all...back from OK. Dd's surgery went well & Dr said what he did should help the situation & the pain. Hope so. Now she has to wear a splint for 6 weeks, then physical therapy.

I would like to comment on all of your postings, but way too many. Just know I am thinking of all of you & hope we can all push forward with our goals.

I have been following the Covid-19 thing on here. Maybe I shouldn't..I can be quite a worrier, but there is someone from Italy posting almost daily. My dh thinks they should quit talking so much about it on the news, but to read her posts, it does sound scary especially for someone my age. We are going to a friend's house tonight (only 6 of us but it still makes me uneasy). There are about 18 cases in our state. 17 from an Egytptian cruise & they are all in the eastern part of state & the other one in western part, had traveled to California. With everything cancelling, really makes you wonder how much you need to stay at home. Not sure if we will be going back to OK for gd's birthday the end of the month, depends how things are going by then. & I got called for jury duty for April! Never had it, don't want it...I think I have been stress eating.

Anyway, hope everyone stays safe.

Quick check in: I've done better over the past two days regarding food. I stayed within my boundaries. Today I got in some exercise. And onto tomorrow.

Yellow Day- 156/164 carbs Exercise-at least 25 min of walking. My fitbit won't sync right now.

March goals- Drink 3 glasses of water Decluttering

Hi all, sorry about my sports/Raptors rant lol. I was so upset. I’ve somewhat accepted it now lol.

Anyway- I don’t worry about the virus here, it’s pretty well under control.

@TeresaW1020 well TP and peanut butter will always get used! The egg prep sounds like a fun distraction.

@cbabie sounds like you’ve had a lot of bad weather! One good thing is spring/summer is coming.

@RetiredandLovingIt glad the surgery went ok. As for the virus, I think just basic hygiene will help.

@mswatson0777 hope your chest continues to get better. And you have a psychologist to help.

@trooworld it’s hard not to get anxious when you see everyone else panic. I read an article this week that talked about how some of the mad shopping is just people reacting to seeing what other people are doing and then it grows.

@nighthazel01 I meant to say- that is great you keep up with the walks, even when the weather was cold. 30 mins a day is great, they say that does a lot of good.

Well for me- still on track with calories this week but it has been a struggle the last few days. I think my weight is up but I don’t know if it’s water or what but I’m trying to just stay the course. Yesterday I almost broke down and ate some ice cream but I skipped it.

My exercise has been light this week but today I’m doing the stairs and then the gym this aft for some core work. Other than that a light weekend, just some housework.

Take care all.

Hi all..lazy day here, I should get busy...I want to join slightedge & start decluttering. Have way too much stuff (junk?)

@theslightedgeforever Glad you are doing better staying in your boundaries. You have done so well, you will get it back.

@cbabie That sounds like some crazy rain! Reminds me of when dd in OK gets it..floods everywhere. Her yard gets like a marsh for awhile. I think it doesn't soak in..too much clay ground.

@TeresaW1020 I hope my jury duty is "easy" like yours was, lol. I have always said I am too wishy washy, my sil teased it will be a hung jury waiting for me to decide how to vote.

@its_cleo Yeah for staying on track. It will happen if you keep it up. Could just be a different food or something that made your weight go up. That is why I weigh every day, but take what the average for the week is to see if I am really gaining or not. Mine goes up & down all the time, but over time the average usually goes down, unless we have been to dd's..then it stays up for awhile. Guess I overdo there.

I feel a little calmer today, partly because we have made the decision to kinda stay in. Will have to go out this week to get some meds & my allergy shots, but otherwise, not much need to go anywhere. We always get 1/4 beef in the fall, so plenty in the freezer, altho it might get boring, lol. Our dd & family that live close left yesterday for a spring break vacation, so they aren't around. Easy to stay put when retired. Maybe I will get some of that decluttering done!

Hi to everyone else. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

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@trooworld I find that water and decluttering go by the wayside when I'm busy. So I have to come up with a solution to change that. You finished the 5K, had fun, and moved your body. Win-win all over the place. Yes consistency is your friend. (telling myself that too)

@teresaw1020 Yes tracking is the easy part, staying within bounds is a bit harder. I used to do so well. Today was not one of those days. Need to go back and revisit the moment I lost control of the steering wheel. I knew we took pressure off our knees but didn't know the exact number. So thanks for that info. I learned something new from you. I'm glad your throat is feeling better. Feeling sad for your friends. Sometimes it's hard to understand the whys of it all. Hooray for your pretracking

@mswatson0777 Any little change we do towards a healthier life is a good one. It never has to be all or nothing. Crazy thing that my oldest son used to do better in summer classes. Sometimes he would have to retake the same class and big difference in his grade. I think for him it was a shorter amount of time to retain all the material in his brain. lol Although I work better under pressure too. So there's that. Maybe it's inherited. Feeling ravenous the next day....could some be physcological versus physiological? I know that when I have a red day at 100 carbs I wake up feeling like I could eat my house out but I know its all in my head. But that's where most of our problems with weight loss live. If we could just fix and change our thinking, the body will follow. (my theory)

@huskymarie I used to be a salty/cruncy person but as I age it's more about the sweets. On the fitbit and the steps/calorie thing. I have figured out (well that's what I tell myself) that it's the intensity of the steps that is the reason for the discrepancy. Oh just finished reading your post about the 12 calories. Houston, we have a problem. Love your little doggy.

@gemwolf110 How's it going with the food these days? Spring is here we are going to work towards a summer body.

I had a friend over for breakfast. We usually meet every other week at a restaurant somewhere. We decided maybe it would be safer not to be around as many people right now. I just got over that bad case of bronchitis and I definitely don't want to be a statistic. I was fine with the food until early evening. At some point I just said, I'm done fighting for the day. Tomorrow is another day. Bad thinking on my part. My "tomorrows" have turned into decades. So back at it tomorrow. I did track everything. That's a win for me.

Yellow Day- Went Over 285/164 Exercise- Did not exercise

March goals-Drink 3 glasses of water a day Decluttering

It’s going along. I’ve had a hectic week. Gotta get my house all nice and pretty. Going through refinancing the house for a lower rate but need to make sure it appraises at its best.

Hi all! I am doing a bit better since I am detoxing from the news. I've also decided that if my work tells us to work from home, it would kind of be a good thing because then I can start a walking routine! It's called making lemonade out of lemons, people!

@RetiredAndLovingIt That's good you are staying in, probably a good idea. And a good time to work on that decluttering! lol! Have a great Sunday.

@mswatson0777 Thank you! That's great you are able to get everything you need. I'm glad you aren't in that kind of situation. I hope it gets better for us all soon! It does sound like you had a productive weekend, wow! I know what you mean about being worried about the financial impact and the loved ones. I have a loved one in that bracket and also a friend and it scares me. I'm hoping things die down pretty quickly. Trying to stay positive.

@TeresaW1020 Good job distracting yourself! Myself, I have been doing a lot of reading and cleaning. Thank you re: the loss. I think it's a good idea to close the workshops. Nobody signs up for WW to catch a life-threatening illness lol! I'll attend the virtual workshops and weigh in. I'll miss my workshop, but I'll make the best of it. How about you? Oh dear about the two cases in your town. That must be worrisome. I don't know how big your town is? There are like 10 cases in my town but I live in a big town.

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Hi all..well, the news last night was that we now have a "community spread" (meaning they don't know where they got it) in our county. (still only 18 confirmed cases in the state, tho) I felt better when it was miles away. I, too, feel bad for all the people who will be hurt financially & healthwise. My niece works in a Trader Joes & even if everything else has to shut down, most countries are keeping groceries & drug stores open. Talked to dd, she has the option to work from home if she can get the computer, monitor, etc home. Only problem, still hard to do with the splint on arm & not allowed to lift much. Also kinda hard to "keep washing your hands" with the splint, lol. Oh well, guess she will get it figured out, lots of hand sanitizer. She was more bummed because she is a Girl Scout leader & they have banned cookie booths for the near future!

I have been trying to get my walking in..a few days last week it was so nice, we went outside. Supposed to be good this week, so will probably do it again. I am waiting for my foot feeling better..I don't like my shoes loose when I walk, but think I tied one a little too tight & damaged the soft tissue. Wearing my crocs & waiting for it to feel better. Hopefully this week so I can get back to it.

@trooworld Good Job with the 5k. The one we did at Thanksgiving was our first & yes, we came in last also, but I would like to do more of them. Walking, of course!

@renaegry hope your cold gets better.

@TeresaW1020 Our church was cancelled today also. (Never heard of Catholic ones stopping Mass!) We had already decided not to go because it is a big church.

Just got a message from my sil whose daughter lives in Switzerland. They are being ordered to stay in their houses. Can only leave for a walk in the woods. & only 1 person from family can go to the grocery store. I think "containment efforts" like that are going to be needed to slow it down. Although not fun for anyone.

On a better note, I think my jury duty has been cancelled until the middle of April. That cuts my time down a lot, maybe I won't need to go.

& on a funnier note--I track my weight on Trendweight & this morning it said at the rate I am going, I will make my goal (-10#) by Aug 2055!! Yay!! I'll be 106, but at my goal!

Take care, stay safe & keep washing hands!!

Let's throw some ideas out on how you will cope with stress eating today?.

@trooworld I have the book Atomic Habits but haven't read it yet. I'm finishing up my Mini Habits for Weight Loss book within the next month. This week I seem to be doing the cha cha. I do 1% better then revert. Well I'm glad you didn't buy up all the toilet paper. I have one child that won't stock up. He can't afford to lose weight. On the other hand I said to him that me and his sister could live a couple of months off our bodyfat. My dd said, Thanks Mom. I said, I didn't mean it like that and she said yes you did. They always take things out of context. Just pointing out he is used to a "normal" and sometimes that doesn't happen. I think cause I read too many WW2 books and how they all had to ration things. Woohoo on the weight loss. Keep swimming. I'm a lemonade type person too.

@mswatson0777 On the water, I don't think it's necessarily about making more fun but just remembering to drink it at all. If I remembered to drink it, I would just drink it plain. I've been doing better on it though. I have the habit tied to an activity. But if I skip that activity for instance, then I don't think about drinking if that makes sense. My thirst indicator doesn't work well. Never has. Sorry for the anxiety attacks. I've had one and they aren't fun. Woohoo on your weight loss. That's awesome. Water weight or not, the scale is down. Something good to come out of this week. Don't want to burst your bubble on just the elderly being at risk but France is seeing a lot of the under 50 group admitted to ICU. (according to the news) It seems like they are learning something from how it reacts in each country. I agree with you on the overload on the healthcare system. It would be nice if this virus would make people realize we're all in this together. It doesn't discriminate on rich, poor, color, gender, etc. and bring back the kindness. Ok, off my soap box. lol

@its_cleo I've thought of dropping my water goal back to 1.5 but then I know myself, I would be like OK I'm done for the day. I conquer that goal consistently which is why I'm working on the 3. I want to train my brain to be like good for me I've conquered that goal, can I do a little more today? It's all in what we tell ourselves. I'm sorry you have to miss your sports. Could you watch old Raptor games on YouTube? I don't even know if they exist, but just an idea. I miss my gatherings but with my recent bronchitis, I'm one of those with "an underlying condition" plus I have high blood pressure and I have an 87 year old mil that lives with me. So I'm staying at home with the exception of groceries. Always feel free to rant here. It gets out the emotion instead of eating it. Woohoo on not eating the ice cream. You are doing so well.

@nighthazel01 I think we'll always have to watch out. At least I will. I was riding along merrily for 6 months thinking I had this thing conquered and no. A minor health incident set me back and I'm trying to get moving forward consistently again. I can feel your stress through your posts. It's like when I go in the summer for vacation and go stay with my kids. Sometimes we all get together in one place and it's an apartment and there are suitcases everywhere it seems and just too many people for one place. I laughed when you said this is alot of togetherness. I know exactly what you mean. You miss them when they are gone but when you're all together..... I usually gain weight when I am with my kids for a longer stretch of time. They're eating habits can trigger me. Plus I'm stressed and that's a recipe for disaster. Go hide in your bedroom if you must. Make that a safe haven. That's what I do with living with mil. I pretend it's my little apartment and then when I'm ready to go downstairs I do. I spend from making dinner til bedtime as HER time. It has kept me sane. Because she's now at the stage where she asks for food every 5 min. Usually it's in front of her. She just forgets that she has eaten or that food is in front of her. But it's stressful. Or she asks to go sleep every 5 min if she isn't asking for food. She will never say a thing to my husband but as soon as he leaves the room she starts. I'm trying hard to be patient because that could be me in 30 years and I hope I will have a patient daughter in law. I know this must be hard on your kids too. Having to be back home and study online.

@retiredandlovingit So glad to hear about dd's surgery going well. Glad to hear that covid is not in your neck of the woods. (EDIT: Shoot, just read your other post) I keep asking my son but he says he doesn't know. Although they are taking his temp everyday before he enters into the nursing homes. I feel sorry the people can't have visitors now. I told him to sing to them or something. Play his guitar. So what's your plan for stress eating. I did some today. My plan is to set the alarm on my fitbit for 10 min and say Can you wait 10 min and go do something else. I did NOT get into the MnMs this evening. Keep walking and who knows you may live to be 106.

@cbabie Can you have a special toy or show that she watches which she only gets during Grandma's exercise time? So that way she's occupied while you are. Like Playdoh, legos, coloring books. What if you got out your Wii and had her do the motions with you. Your comment to @nighthazel01 made me laugh because it reminded me about when I had to go stay with mom and dad for that 3 months when mom died. I took ALOT of walks. Lost 15 lbs.

@teresaw1020 How does the closings affect your church? One of my friends in FL was saying they are shutting down Sunday school and stuff. (EDIT: ignore, just read your other post) I read today that the CDC is suggesting no more than 50 in attendance but then I read more of Twitter and see how many people are ignoring that advice. I just wish they would take a look at Italy. This is a good reason to get ourselves into the healthiest specimen we have ever been. If we are all shut up inside, lots of time to exercise. lol Although this is giving me "vacation mindset". When my normal routine is out of whack, it all goes downhill. So now I'm trying to come up with a Plan B. I'm still following my carb cycling but just not hitting the mark everyday like I was. Good for you for doing that incline walk. I just remembered the virtual tour of Rome and other places I can watch on my treadmill since I'm not doing my mall walking right now. Yikes on covid being in your town. That's scary. Because you don't really know who's infected and like me, you have to be careful not to bring it home. Dh thinks I'm being overly obsessed about making him wash the moment he steps into the door from work. Better to be obsessed than me or his mom sick or dead. (my kids would read that last sentence and say see? Proof she's gone crazy)

@gemwolf110 Just keep working at your health habits each day. We'll get there. Glad you are taking advantage of refinancing right now. Something good needs to come out of this.

@renaegry Woohoo on the scale being down. You're doing something right. Sorry to hear about the cold.

OK, I think I'm finally caught up.

Yellow Day- Went Over 297/164 Exercise-Rest Day

March goals: Drink 3 glasses of water Decluttering

@gemwolf110 Now is definitely a good time to refinance, I hope it goes well!

@RetiredandLovingit Don't feel bad, we didn't realize the severity.

@renaegry Congrats on the loss. You've got this!

@trooworld I love your lemonade out of lemons mindset, I need to do the same!

@TeresaW1020 I hope Medicaid can help you virtually, if not in person. I know we're moving all of our services to online meetings for that reason. I hope you and your loved ones stay safe!

@theslightedgeforever Good point on France. I still think I'm better situated to fight it off than an older individual, but it's a good point that it can be severe for us too.

Well it looks like I'll be working remotely from now on. Here's to hoping I don't go too stir crazy is the weeks (months?) ahead. This is truly a surreal experience to go through. I hope you and all your loved ones stay safe!

Omg. Our schools just got shut down indefinitely. What the heck am I to do with a 12 year old and 14 year old home till sept. Lol.

@trooworld Seems I can do good on a couple of things then the other 2 things go by the wayside. But I still plug along. I made some good choices today and some not so good choices.

@mswatson0777 I guess in times like these we all see what we are made of. We are stronger than we think. We just have to keep our goals in mind and focus on something other than the current situation. Easy to say hard to do, I know. But that's what I'm telling myself. How's the low carb going this week?

@its_cleo I love your persistence. If I was going to drink 2.5 I would just go ahead and drink 3 cause my mugs are 1.5- I probably actually get about 2.25 on days I don't meet my goal. I always get in one mug plus 1/2 when I take my meds at night. But I've hit my goal for 2 days in a row and now on to 3. Yesterday I read on Twitter about PBS streaming a baseball documentary series for free for those missing baseball. I have no idea what it's about. But this is the link. Says available now in Canada too. Better than nothing. Good plans you have there. I hate when my routine gets changed because it takes awhile for me to return to my old one. Especially if it was successful.


https://twitter.com/PBS/status/1239642673633529856?s=20

@renaegry Yikes. That's bad news. I'm sure the kids are jumping for joy. I'm the kind of mother that dances around the house smiling all day on the first day of school. Are they doing any virtual learning from the school? Sad times for seniors with prom and graduation. I know corona is more important in the scheme of things but you never get those events back once they are gone. So I guess that means all the sports programs you normally attend is over too. We'll all need a new normal.

@retiredandlovingit Enjoy the no appetite while you can and hopefully your trend will go downwards through all this. Walking outside is good for us. Vitamin D. Doesn't that help immunity? That's good about Grinnell He's also at Newton. I think that's what he said. lol I'm glad the casino is shutting down but better that they are still paying the employees. So many places to touch where others have touched.

So I need to do better at my stress eating. I don't necessarily think that I'm stressed and then I go eat something. Well, the other day was like that. But it's that my ability to choose well and say no is impaired at the moment.

Stress-relief tactics:

Finding a funny clip or interview with one of my favorite TV/movie actors on YouTube.
Go outside and sit on my porch with a cup of tea
Dance to a song from my past
Call a friend. Reconnect with someone.

We all have said we are so busy we don't have time to.......

What are those things?

Yellow Day- Went Over 170/164 Exercise-did not exercise

March goals: 3 glasses of water Decluttering

@theslightedgeforever hey thanks for that link re the documentary. It's supposed to be really good, I've never seen it.

I find the mornings a bit rough. Not sleeping well.

Today I will go for a walk and try to do a bodyweight routine at home.

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Stress-relief tactics:

Finding a funny clip or interview with one of my favorite TV/movie actors on YouTube.
Go outside and sit on my porch with a cup of tea
Dance to a song from my past
Call a friend. Reconnect with someone.

We all have said we are so busy we don't have time to.......

What are those things?

Yellow Day- Went Over 170/164 Exercise-did not exercise

March goals: 3 glasses of water Decluttering

These are good ideas. There are some funny things out there. Also stretching or gentle yoga on youtube? Deep breathing exercises. Writing. Those are some of my stress relievers. For me I feel like I have to express the feelings out somehow.

Take care all.