Steps:
3/15
3,632
3/16
7,319
3/17
5,829
3/18
5,787
3/19
5,040
3/20
4,196
3/21
5,596

Steps are low; I can't walk the mall, its closed until who knows; I cant walk outside - too cold and we are getting snow tonight...winter is still hanging on in WI; and very limited steps at work as there are only 2 other people in the office...so it will be another low week 😞

kilobykilo wrote: »

Help! Battery dilemma! 'Lo' keeps showing on my food scale as I'm just back to weighing and logging.... don't have a spare.... not sure I can stretch lockdown rules far enough to go to a hypermarket which would stick them rather than normal supermarket .... think I need my food scale more than my bathroom scale.... do i do lockdown minus knowing my weight rather than without weighing food?

I have 1 full pack and another half pack of 2025 batteries in the cupboard but zero 2032.... bad planning!

If both your food scale and bathroom scale use the same batteries, would it work to switch the batteries between them? On weigh-in day put them in your bathroom scale to weigh yourself, but put them in your food scale the rest of the time?

I've been feeling the temptation to stress eat. Nothing really bad and unhealthy, just eating more than I need, wanting to snack in between meals - peanut butter on seed crackers being particularly addictive!

Late last night Australia announced stage 1 measures in response to corona virus (about time), but it is a bit too little, too late, and it's inevitable that sooner or later we will get to a stronger shut down as been happening around the world... I wish they would just rip the band aid off and announce stage 3 or 4 measures so we can get it over with!

There is so much confusion with changing goal posts as they make a new announcement every day or two, but are always reluctant about making stronger changes (and will say adamantly "no we won't do that", only to then change their position almost immediately), and it leaves everyone scrabbling to understand what the true situation is or plan around it.

There's also conflict between what our national leader (prime minister, federal government) says and our state leaders (state premiers, state governments), so there is no consistency across the country. Basically most of our states and territories are taking stronger action than our federal government is, so I trust our states more than our federal government.

However, I don't think they realise that the uncertainty is probably the biggest stress for most people. People can adjust to change, but we need clarity.

At the moment, the state I live in still has schools open but today announced that if people can keep their kids home they should. I think they would close the schools if it weren't for the federal government being adamant that they must stay open. 30% of parents were keeping their kids home last week anyway, ignoring our PM, because we don't trust what he is saying. But we need it to be authorised and organised, because until then it forces students to choose - if they stay home and miss tests or assessments they can be failed or have their marks compromised (which could mean missing out on a university spot after graduation). The authorities need to provide an alternative plan that allows students to stay home without it compromising their education.

I feel like I'm watching a horror show, and am losing so much time to reading the updates, checking facebook, thinking through contingency plans, having a hard time concentrating on other things - I keep telling myself to 'walk away, ignore facebook/news', but it is kind of addictive. It's like other big crises, like when september 11 happened, everyone glued to the newsfeed even though most of it was just an endless repeat of the same stuff.

I'm going to try really hard to de-stress and do something more productive!

I hope you all are taking care of your physical and mental health. Such unprecedented times! Stay safe

Luciicul wrote: »

If both your food scale and bathroom scale use the same batteries, would it work to switch the batteries between them? On weigh-in day put them in your bathroom scale to weigh yourself, but put them in your food scale the rest of the time?

This is another good thought, but worries that moving it around a lot might kill the life in it faster?! If I cant get my hands on another one, this will be my fix for now

How is everyone today? I'm trying not to overeat, but I'm pretty sure I am...

The province now says two meters between customers, and only a certain amount in a store at a time. We can still get take out or delivery from restaurants. Things like Walmart are open but my city isn't that big, so there are literally like five main grocery stores, and they need to stock more stuff since everyone is going for it. The toilet paper hoarding thing is kind of weird, lol.

Stay safe!

You have another new member - I could NOT resist putting him here because he is the perfect combination of user names with @TheMrWobbly . Please welcome @ScottyTheGent He should be along presently.