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Been a bit since I been in. Still getting my hour walks in whether outside or on treadmill. Then Monday to Friday 2-3 days do 10-20 min of a workout.

@theslightedgeforever Weekdays I am pretty good but when hubby comes home every other weekend our eating is good but we very much over indulge in drinks.

@nighthazel01 I have heard of Tiger Kings but haven’t watched it yet. Addicted to Animal kingdom. Stayed up till 4am last night watching. Just about done season 3 then I will have to wait for the next season to come out on Netflix.

@mswatson0777 My goal for April is to get done to 150. And to stick to my workout plan. By May would like to get off the walking and get back to walk jog intervals. The days all seem the same. Started crossing off on calendar so can keep track. Lol

@RetiredAndLovingIt This no routine for me is very strange. Kids are starting supplemental learning tomorrow. It’s optional but they are doing it. Will work out to be Ela and math and 5-7 hours per week.

@trooworld congrats on loss

@nighthazel01 Good job on your walking and moving a bit more while you are in the house. Also great job on maintaining. There's actually a game called that? My family would never figure it out with all those side rules. I would be frustrated and no fun at my house. lol

@teresaw1020 I hear you on the nuts. I've just about finished my supply. So did you make it to the store to replenish your fruit supply? I'm banned from going to the store right now cause of my respiratory problems and can't seem to get others to bring back the right items for me. GRRRR!. You would think I would lose weight just because of lack of food, but it's the combinations I'm making while being creative. Soon we'll all be back outside again and doing our normal routine and be complaining because our lives are too busy and we don't have time to do anything.

@trooworld Good info on the Y. OK, so I'm going to hold you to doing some exercise before you go to work once you go back. Are you feeling better physically? Hang on to that feeling and let it remind you when you don't feel like waking up early to exercise.

@renaegry It sounds like you have a schedule all worked out for you and the kids. Good idea on using the calendar and crossing off each day.

@mswatson0777 I have a car tire which is standard. When we got new tires I begged dh to keep the tires and bring them home. I had grand ideas on making extra seating for the patio area. Then it was maybe I could use one as a planter. But they've just stayed in my garage. He's given me a deadline now. I'm like I can't go out and get materials in a pandemic. I need more time. lol So I agreed to keep one and he can remove the others. Oh I just thought of putting them out in a zig zag form like in the military. Although I'm not really that coordinated. I haven't flipped it yet so we'll see how weak I am compared to the tire. I have also thought about hitting it with a sledgehammer like they do on Biggest Loser. I was watching the last challenge and was thinking, I could do some of those things at home. Planning has never been my problem but execution.

@cbabie Good for you for tracking your food and getting on the treadmill. That's excellent. Soon these will become habits.

@shexio We all probably have grinding issues because we're all stressed. Mine originally started when oldest child went off to college. The two I lost are in exactly the same place on both sides. The one next to the very back tooth. I keep saying I'll put in some implants but haven't got around to it yet. It's been two years now for one of them. Good ideas on your corona meal plan.

Yellow Day- Went over 180/164 Exercise-nada

April goals-Drink 4.5 glasses of water Decluttering burn 200 calories

Just lost my post! AGGGHHHH!

@its_cleo we're pretty much locked down in UK. Some food places open for takeaway/delivery- McDs , Starbucks & many others totally closed!!!
We can shop for groceries & medicines, exercise away from home (walk, run, cycle, walk dog) once a day. Hubbie still at work (supermarket) & I'm on rota to go into work every 3 weeks to provide supervision for other key workers' kids, but generally teaching is from home. It's school holidays here so we're both off, but hubbie is in or Thurs, Fri & Sat as it's normally really busy for Easter & he wasn't allowed those days off.
Hugs over PTSD- it's complicated. I get GAD & OCD (control & routine) so I went way off- sleeping stupid times, eating out of control (huge amount of chocolate, biscuits, icecream & prosecco /G&Ts). I gave myself some space & regrouped. Now on high protein & working on new routine. Be kind to yourself. Nothing's hit the world like this for a hundred years!!

@Shexio ouch re:tooth. I've had a lot done in last couple of years- you have my huge sympathy there.
Well done on the walking. I really need to build that into routine. I normally do 6-8,000 steps at work before making an effort so I'm missing activity. I just need to build it in. Crushing it??? I wish. 1.5ish weeks of totally off it (see above). I am chuffed I've lost it plus another 1lb but I need to "get a grip".

@theslightedgeforever I've not found the new slowcooker recipes yet. I was meant to be away crafting last weekend (obviously that was stopped) & one of my friends was bringing me recipes- unfortunately her DH is unwell (she's now nursing him at home but it was awful last week with him being rushed in while COVID-19 being issue everywhere)- I'll get them from her later. You probably have an image of the quintessential English Village. That's not us at all. We're just off the motorway, old mining village & although in last 30 years there's been a lot of newer private houses built- it's old colliery terraces & a sprawling council estate, so not much to look at. Hoping to explore a new route today. You must visit Edinburgh- good airport there. Not sure where you would fly too but we're about 2-3 hours from Edinburgh- sometimes do it for a day trip.

@nighthazel01 zoom went OK- the kids were better than me- the youngest ones could change backgrounds & all sorts! Hoping to get them on more frequently during the lockdown- my 2 commented how weird as 2 of the girls live round the corner, opposite my mum! We're hoping to sort our garden while we're both off. It's a mess but there are no garden shops open so not sure if we can get plants on-line from suppliers. It's sunny here but that warm. Well done on STS- hard to loose when you can't do much.

@TeresaW1020 Palm Sunday definitely strange. Our church is hosting "watch parties" to other churches. So I "went" to our previous Minister's Church. It was good to see her & her family plus others I know through her- some of the twentysomethings were the ones that inspired our kids to set up their youth group format. They streamed the worship from 3 different homes, 4 if you count the tech! I was rather impressed by that. My housegroup meeting on Zoom tomorrow, then at 2:30pm for a prayers for a funeral (church friend's mum & only he +wife can attend). CREW youth group again on Wednesday- different way of doing things- I'm missing my Methodist hymn singing!!

@trooworld I think LesMills is free in UK at the moment. Eldest & I were thinking of the Royal Navy workout- it's not aimed at our current fitness level! 🤣🤣. You tube will stream yo our TV.

@renaergy that sounds like a good goal. We're just focusing on walking at the moment & trying to build routine.

@mswatson0777 good you're still getting time on college work. My busy yesterday was sorting buttons & brads !! Keeping busy is good. I'm back in study/craft room today.

@cbabie hello!!!!

Well just as I'm finishing this message, the sun's gone & it's now raining!
I think I'll have early lunch -I was awake at 05:30- get up in my room for some more decluttering & sorting. I was going to start on cupboards but I'm thinking some shelf space might be better 1st. I've got IKEA 12x12 shelves for my scrapbooks but there's a lot of junk on them too.
Stay safe everyone

Good day today, the meal plan is very mentally freeing for me today. I don’t have to think about any meal or what we will eat.

@joannadavison : thanks for the encouragement. Hubby and I have 3 walk breaks scheduled every day. That helps a lot. I love Les Mills . They have a few free ones on YouTube.


@theslightedgeforever : sounds like your an excellent cook. (You said you were creative with food)

@cbabie congrats on the WO and food. Keep it up.

@mswatson0777 : that’s a lot of burpee’s!!! I’m in an apartment, just moved out of our house (of 26 years). I enjoy being here, nice area’s to walk nearby ( trails and outdoor malls). It’s easier for me I guess since family is so far away anyway (13 hrs).

Workout : slim in 6 butt/lunges. Wow.... million Reps and I’m fried. Hope it’s yoga or upper body soon.

@nighthazel01 Sounds like you had a wonderful day by exercising and staying on track with food

@joannadavison Well keep at it with online videos for exercise. I've never heard of GAD. I'll have to look that up. I have alot of OCD issues though. The more the older I get. Sorry about your friend's husband. Now I have the song Here comes the sun stuck in my head.

@mswatson0777 That's great that you are still tracking and trying new exercise. I found the big heavy wrench that I will use as a sledgehammer since I don't have one of those. My plan is to do it tomorrow. I'll let you know how it turns out. Something to change the monotony.

@trooworld How did you do today on your April goals? I'm doing well with the water but not the decluttering. Weather has been nicer so I'm just sitting outside in my yard so I'm not sitting in the house. I'm glad you talked to your therapist. Today must be "song day" for I keep reading the posts and someone will say something and a song pops into my head. You talked about roller skating and I was singing "I've got a brand new pair of roller skates, you've got a brand new key". I wonder how many on here are old enough to know this song. My sister is............. Although my family would tell you I'm slightly off mentally on a normal day. lol If everyone were like me, think how much fun the world would be.

@shexio I bet your backside looks great with all those lunges. When my kids left for college and I was at home alone with hubby, I decided I would try two new hobbies. Cooking and gardening. I'm a really good baker but cooking was never my thing because my life was always too busy with the kids activities and I just wanted to get everyone "fed". That's how I gained weight initially. But now I'm turning out some really good meals. Well I was. I haven't been inspired lately.

@its_cleo on sports stuff I don't mean new games but old stuff that you may have already seen or I saw they were showing some old games and homerun derbys on MLB channel. This is a link to some channels in the states.

https://ustvgo.tv/

It's fun to lose yourself in a game. I'm reading The Trade by Meghan Quinn Just one look at the bookcover tells you everything. lol It's actually pretty clean compared to other books. More cheesy I think. I needed something light. It's on my Kindle Unlimited list. Thank God for Kindle unlimited. Worth every penny I pay each month.


So I have to figure out my meal plan. For some reason we are having a shortage on eggs. WTH? Probably all those keto-lovers I hear of eggs in one grocery store and by the time you get there they're gone. So........I have to come up with different food list. Otherwise, I'm just going to keep going over. I've thought about just counting calories until this thing is over and then go back to carb recycling since I really like that plan and did better. It's just now I'm not being consistent. So that's my thought for the day.

Yellow Day- Stayed OP 159/164 Exercise-rest day

April goals: Drink 4.5 glasses of water Decluttering Burn 200 calories of exercise

@nighthazel01, yes you are right that we are all going to come out of this with a desperate need for haircuts. I predict that hairdressers and dog groomers will be among the first to get back to work and will be overwhelmed with clients.

@theslightedgeforever, yes, I have noticed an egg shortage as well. Aldi seems to always have them but Walmart and Kroger either have had empty shelves or very little. I really wish people would stop freaking out and just buy what they need for the week.

@its_cleo, the bath for Maggie Mae went much better than I expected. And now she is clean and smells good. I am a little worried about how shaggy she is getting because she will get matted so I’m brushing her every night and she loves that. How did the session with your trainer go? HaHa with having to brush your hair and put on a bra! I don’t have that issue with Beachbody!

@trooworld, it’s good that you have realized that you aren’t taking good enough care of yourself. What steps are you taking to fix that so that you can feel more in control?

@mswatson0777, Yikes! 50 burpees in 2 minutes. There is NO way, but I can’t do them very well at all. Having a to-do list is the best way to get through the days of being stuck at home. This reminds me that I need to update my list and find some new things to put on it.

@joannadavison, I’m glad that you have found ways to attend church and fellowship while quarantined. It’s so very important that we continue to stay connected! Happy sorting and decluttering!

Good morning! So, yesterday morning my staff had our first Zoom meeting. We wanted to talk about what we could do this week as we head into Easter. One of our goals is to do a big push for Facebook Live, so that we can watch the Easter message together in real time. We are also doing a virtual Good Friday service and will have communion. Shhhhhh, don’t tell pastor but I bought red wine instead of grape juice. If I have to finish off a bottle of something, I wanted the calories to be worth it. I went out yesterday morning to Walmart, Publix, and CVS (for mom’s RX). The shelves are still pretty empty and at least 90% or more of people had masks and gloves on. I actually for the first time felt like the odd one because I didn’t have a mask on. I got everything I need and won’t need to go again until next week. I’m just really praying that this virus will be over soon and that life can resume. I know we all feel the same. Stay safe, friends!

@nighthazel01 I don't know sometimes be quarantined alone would be a good idea. lol Yaaay for a good food day. I had one yesterday. but not today.

@teresaw1020 So how was your food day? Good ideas on the Easter service and all. one of my friends told me that their church had church by everyone sitting in their cars and the preacher was delivering the message via sound system. Kind of like drive in movies. I thought that was a good idea.

@trooworld You are doing so well during all this. Just keep at it and lead the rest of us through. Try and think about things that are happening versus the one's that may happen. You have equal chance in your husband not getting the virus and bringing it to you and also keeping your job. Although think of this possibility. You lose your job but that only frees you up for a job that just opened close to you so your commute time is shortened and that gives you more time to exercise like you have been doing and you lose more weight. If we are going to think about future ideas let's think up some good ones that benefit it. Because they are just ideas at this point.

@mswatson0777 Yeah for your exercise. I did the tires today. Almost popped a knee doing it I will say. But I got in some exercise finally. I flipped the tire down the side of my house but it was too darn loud because everyone is in their house it's so quiet around. Then I had a big wrench I was using as a sledge hammer and that was too loud. I bet all my neighbors were wondering what is that noise. Finally I used two flowerpots full of soil that were heavy and would run with one of them and then sometimes run with two of them. I got in a weird but good workout. Yes you might be right about Easter eggs. My dd lives in MN. She socially distanced also before it was cool. But that's just her personality. I saw a T-shirt yesterday I wanted to get her.

Started calorie program for now- Went over 1483/1467 Exercise 31 min

April goals- Drink 4.5 glasses of water Decluttering burn 200 calories in exercise

The past 2 days have been good. I weighed in yesterday down a pound, so tracking and just making sure I’m eating when I’m hungry and stopping when I’m no longer hungry (and tracking) is working. I did have some joy foods yesterday, I suppose as a celebration, because Lord knows it wasn’t out of hunger! I didn’t over feed though, just a few chocolate candy's here and there, and extra oil here and there. TBH, I didn’t track it all.... do you do that also? Back to my stricter eating today. I work for a company that makes the oils (yeah, like canola). I’m in IT. I do reporting and such. Slow day yesterday at work. That played into it too!

Tooth is feeling better. Did lower body the last 2 days. Maybe upper and cardio today.

@nighthazel01 Look up on you tube Jessica Smith. She has a series for free that’s a walk and talk. I know, some people are idiots, we had a similar issue last night walking.

@teresaw1020 I hope your food went well today. I also heard of that church that deliverEd the message via sound system. that would be cool!

@trooworld I Am interested to hear how you answer teresaw1020’s question “what steps could you take...”

@mswatson0777 50 burpee’s...intense stuff there!

@theslightedgeforever what a workout....Sounds like you’re a CrossFit person? maybe you needed to have some music playing outside to help reduce the noise.

@TeresaW1020 I need to make a to do list list also.

@mswatson0777, Yikes!! Maybe you should call a pest control company to come out and flush whatever is living in your woodpile out.

@Shexio, good job on losing a pound!! Yeah, I find myself not always tracking accurately too. I’m trying hard this week to be more mindful because I know that all those little taste, bites, and nibbles add up and not tracking them doesn’t mean that I didn’t eat it. My cousin’s church in California did a drive-in style service and everyone could tune in on an AM frequency. That was pretty cool!

@nighthazel01, yes walk around your house instead of going out! I once went to a WW meeting with a woman who walked 5 miles every day in her house. She would listen to a podcast and just walk. Stay safe but continue to try to get in some exercise.

@theslightedgeforever, my cousin’s church did a drive-in style service and I thought that was a fun idea. We talked briefly about that but we don’t have that kind of sound-system and we certainly can’t spend any money right now! My food yesterday was OK. I tracked it all, but my points were still over. I’ve already tracked today and plan to do better. My Fat2Fit group has a challenge to lose at least one pound so I’m really wanting to make that happen. I think that it is a good idea to count calories since you have to be more flexible with your eating right now.

@trooworld, I’m glad that you are taking steps to take care of yourself. I know that you are very concerned with your DH going to work. I would be too! I hope you are both taking all the necessary precautions. When I went grocery shopping on Monday, I wouldn’t let my DH even help carry the groceries in from the car. I put everything away, sanitized the kitchen, changed my clothes and washed up really well. At the end of the day, all we can do is our best and pray that it’s enough.

Good morning! I woke up to the news that 10 people have died at a nursing home that isn’t far from where I live. I read several articles and it seems that they were trying to hide that people there had the virus and how bad it was. Sketchy and scary for sure! I also read that only eight states have more cases then we do in Georgia. Ugghhhh I just want this over for all of us! I’m still trying to not to come out of this with a huge weight gain. Yesterday, I worked my biceps and back and did a treadmill walk. This morning my muscles are super sore. Today, I’m doing week 3 Booty workout on 80 Day Obsession. I admit that I’m a little scared about how bad the trainer is going to hurt me. I've just got to pull back on my eating and stop the snacking!! Tonight, we have a Zoom Bible study that I’m looking forward to. Have a good day!

@nighthazel01 I love Welch's grape juice. My father was a preacher so I loved when he would fill up the little communion cups and then I would get to drink the left overs. Although I think they could have found better tasting bread. lol I even remember making jokes back as a child. My parents never really knew what to do with me. Sorry about your walk. Some people just don't get it. Those are the ones that put us all in danger.

@shexio Joy foods. I love that term. Yaaay on your lb down. I'm still working on turning my big ocean liner around. I've made lots of progress this week. I track every thing like 5 mnm's. But then if I'm tasting my gravy, I don't track that. You made me laugh out loud about the comment on me being a crossFit person. Now maybe that girl is secretly hiding inside. Right now I'm bored and need to exercise. I never get bored in my life. As my mom would say, only boring people get bored. But I haven't left the house in month except for one time to ride in the car to go pick up my meds. It's starting to get to me. So my mind is being creative right now. Otherwise, I could just sit and read junk books to escape.

@mswatson0777 What good things did you do today to improve your health? It's SO QUIET now outside. I bet if you fart in your own yard, the neighbors will hear it. lol Evidently my husband doesn't care. Yuck on the bonfire. At first I was like YAaaaay what fun. Then ooooohh nooooo. I would have went back in and said no thank you til dh dealt with it. I'm definitely not a mouse person. Actually any kind of critter person.

@teresaw1020 Good for you on your body movement. Now attack the snacking. Could you replace half of your snacks with healthy snacks right now and then gradually increase it to full healthy snacks? So like 1/2 of candy bar and and half an apple. You know I'm all about the baby steps. Not another nursing home. My son works in two. He won't quit. I'm like just quit. They can't have visitors and they aren't going out anywhere. It's the employees bringing in the virus. I'm so scared for him and he has a kay-sa-ra-sa-ra attitude about it.

@its_cleo Well at least your trainer didn't kill you. My calories are a work in progress too but I'm getting so much closer now. Soon I'll have it under control. Funny about wanting to go talk with the neighbors you don't know. My dh is starting to get that way. He's such a hermit but he misses the interaction with the guys at work. Even though he's like Grumpy Cat. I keep telling him this is what retirement is going to look like. He's getting a preview. When it's all over I said you need to go to the coffee shop every morning and sit with the old guys. I finished that book I was reading. As the story went on it got more erotic. Slow build. I guess they were "rounding the bases". lol My favorite Rocky movie is #4. In Russia where he uses natural equipment. His muscles never looked better. I was thinking about filling up a gym bag with heavy something and tossing it around.

@trooworld The good thing about hiccups is they go away. So just concentrate on the next meal. Do you have any kind of plan for your day like Breakfast is 6 points and snacks are 3 points, etc.? That's so much easier than running up a tab then finding out you only have 1 point left over for dinner. I had to give my dh the same message I gave you yesterday. He was starting to spiral out of control I think and had to reign him in. We can only control what we have in front of us. We can put good thoughts into our minds just as easily as putting the bad ones in there. I have a visualization of me sweeping out the bad thoughts with a broom. My anxiety is starting to come out in dreams, so I have my own battle to work on there. We'll get through this. So I see your 9 pts of cashews and I raise you 390 calories for corn nuts. Who would have thought they would have so many calories. I guess the smart thing is to track before I eat. I loved that little match burning thing.

So my exercise for the day included a 1982 Doobie Brothers concert on YouTube. I did jogging on my mini trampoline for one song and then next song I would walk back and forth across the room. Kind of like HIIT. Then next song I would add in some high jumps and windmill arms and then back to walking. A couple of songs I just got out on the floor and danced. But I kept moving and when the concert was over, I put on some more music to continue. Go me!


Calories- Went over 1553/1500 Exercise-60 min

April goals-Drink 4.5 glasses of water Decluttering Burn 200 cals exercise

@TeresaW1020 Honestly my goal is to not gain weight in quarantine either! I feel like it would be SO EASY to fall down that rabbit hole, but I don't want to come out of this frustrated with myself.

@its_cleo I'm glad quarantining alone is going okay for you. I'd miss hugs the most if I were alone. I'm a very affectionate person, so honestly I miss friend hugs even with living with someone! (my poor husband is getting the brunt of me not having anyone else to hug, but he knew what he was getting into when he married me!). If you don't have one yet I HIGHLY suggest a weighted blanket. It helps immensely.

@trooworld My valiant husband says he'll flush it out this weekend while I hide with my two useless dogs and then we'll burn the rest of the wood so it can't move back. We also ordered A TON of mousetraps so this doesn't happen again.

@theslightedgeforever What a fun exercise routine, I love it! And yeah, it's his job to flush the big critter out. I killed the mice so now it's his turn. For improving my health I've been really good at creating a movement checklist every day where every day I have to do at least 15 minutes of stretching and a dog walk, and then 5 days a week I have to do a workout that gets my heart rate up for at least 30 minutes. I've also been doing a pretty good job of keeping the junk food out of the house.

@nighthazel01 Is there a place you can drive to or a path that has less people so you can still walk outside? My goal is to visit more rural parks and trails to try to get away from the crowds and explore new places.

Happy Thursday all! I had a pretty good day yesterday. I did two sessions of yoga and an extra long dog walk with the pups. Today I got a 30 minute strength training you tube workout in (I wish I could find dumbbells, but I've been making do with body weight exercises). I have a meeting over lunch which I'm less than thrilled about, but I'll get more movement in after work. I also turned in the first draft of my paper and started a book for fun. Reading for fun feels so decadent after parsing through hundreds of research articles. I'll probably do some dissertation prep in the next month and a half, but I'm looking forward to some downtime before classes start up again at the end of May. This summer is going to be brutal with two classes AND working on my qualifying exam. There's a chance I may drop down to one class for sanity's sake, but I'm waiting until later in May to officially make that decision. I hope you all have fabulous days!

Hi all..sorry not been on for awhile. Not super busy, lol, but the time gets away from me. Wow, is it ever windy today. We had a nice day on Tues, got up to 82! Quite a bit cooler today, tho.

@Shexio good job with the apples. I haven't really snacked that much, but got some apples, so should start eating some. Altho I did make a pan of brownies the other day. I have been limiting myself to one, so I can try to stay within my calories. Good job with your exercise, too.

@trooworld Glad your mood has improved. These are difficult times. I think I am usually pretty upbeat, but the uncertainty of every thing has me kinda rattled. Hope your dh stays safe at work. If you find a good routine for the exercise bands, let me know. I have a set, but haven't looked at them in a few years.

@nighthazel01 We do some walks outside, but I am still content to use the treadmill & just sit out on the deck for fresh air. Dh on the other hand, hates the treadmill, so always want to walk outside. As long as we just walk up the road & stay away from the trails in the park, we don't usually see anyone. Not supposed to be very nice for awhile & maybe some snow Sunday or Wed. Was hoping that was gone for the year. My sis (lives in Mpls) sent a picture today of a little snow they had gotten last night.

@mswatson0777 Did not realize you live in Minn. My relatives all lived by the Minn-IA border. For some reason, I thought you were in Canada. Yay, for getting school work done. When my oldest dd was doing her masters (part time at night while working) got so tired of it, that the last term, she really piled the classes on, just to get done with it, lol. We had a ground hog in the shed where we store the tractor. I didn't even want to get out of the pickup if I thought it was around. & mice chewed the wiring in the tractor..dh was not happy!

@TeresaW1020 That's too bad about the nursing home. So sad for them, you know people are unknowingly bringing it in. Dh has been going to the store when we need something because of my age & asthma, lol.
I did an online food order that he picked up. Was supposed to be just open the back of the van, they load it, & off we go. But dh wondered if it would be bagged..we had seen big tubs that they were using there..so we discussed using our reusable grocery bags. Well, he went to pick it up, got confused on what we had discussed, so got the tubs from the guy & loaded all the sacks in the reusable, etc. So much for minimal contact, lol. But he felt it was Ok, because only one young guy, not the crowds in the store. Probably right, but... I know he did wear a mask, tho, so have to give him credit for that. We refrigerated what needed to be & the rest is still sitting in the van being quarantined for a few days.

@theslightedgeforever Good job with your exercises. Not sure I could run with filled flower pots. Your Doobie Bros workout sounded fun. I have thought about getting a mini trampoline, they look like fun. I know you worry about your ds. Even tho we don't have official lockdown, I think our state has done pretty good with its recommedations. I get encouraged by the number of negative tests we have had, considering they haven't done a lot of testing, except when people are sick, or now if over 60. Hopefully people are doing the social distancing..I haven't been out that much to see. I laughed at the coffee shop with the old guys. My dh used to go talk to the neighbor almost every day, but since we moved here, he hasn't really found a connection like that. I think he gets a lot more bored that I do that way. I on the other hand, get more "nutsy". Telling people to keep washing their hands is not good for me, lol.

I usually have to try to talk dd in OK down a little. She gets so upset about all the things the kids are missing. I keep trying to tell her, everyone is in the same situation. She has been working from home (didn't think about it until she said last night, she is an essential worker because she works for Verizon..so communications) Not so easy to do with the 2 kids, and now she is essentially supposed to home school them, too. Dd here is starting to do online teaching, not sure how that works for kindergarten.

Dh got a recipe for making peanut brittle in the microwave, so he has started doing that. (he doesn't cook, so it is something!) In our order, he got 2 bags of peanuts, so is planning to make 4 batches. That's not good for me, because it is pretty good & a little hard to resist.

Well, suppose I should go & try to do something. I have 40 minutes, then I usually do my treadmill while Dr Oz is on. Put a roast in the oven, so need to add some potatoes & carrots.

Keep staying safe.

@nighthazel01 I too have worn a path inside my house. I walk the perimeter outside my house sometimes too for a change. My Fitbit GPS map looks funny as it's just a bunch of circles. Interesting perception. When I think of bonfires, I think of fall. Maybe it's like the cavemen. They were sitting around with nothing to do and they started playing with some wood. Voila! Fire.

mswatson0777 Do you have any containers like vegetable oil containers or milk jugs. Something with handles. They can be filled up with water and used as weights. Any size of water bottle really. books in a bag. Anything to create weight. Turning in your first draft is quite the accomplishment. What book are you reading?

@trooworld Yaaay for better moods. Setting the small goals and tracking is a good way to feel a sense of accomplishment. ooh, I'll have to pull out some ABBA. Hubby loves them.

@shexio Your workout sounds so intense but I bet you have great looking muscles. I need to find me a good strength training workout video that l like. I have all the equipment.

@retiredandlovingit I hope you got in your treadmill with Dr. Oz. My son mentioned the nice Tuesday. He went out for a walk and his dad said, why aren't you staying in the house. lol My dd had snow too in MN. Groceries: I wipe everything down. Even the eggs one by one now. lol Then came wiping all the plastic bags down. I use them as garbage bags. Then there's the produce... I can't wait til we get back to the time of just putting away groceries. I hated that job to begin with. But now it will seem so quick and easy. Your roast in the oven made me smile. Especially with potatoes and carrots. My mom fixed that every Sunday. When we walked in from church, you could smell the roast. She had it in her big dutch oven.

@its_cleo I hope your Achilles heals soon. So now you have to see Rocky 4 just for the muscles. Especially when he's in the barn. He really transformed his body between 1 and 4. I love a good makeover. I liked the Creed movies too. Yikes on the dreams. I agree mixed messaging. Maybe my age, but I don't understand why people just want to go and mill about together outside. I like my freedom as much as the next person but I also value my health and the health of those I love. I liked the new campaign of "I'm staying inside FOR my ......... (my answer is hubby and mil, well of course me too. I'm selfish like that) I was telling dh last night Yippee, the weekend is coming. He just looked at me. Everyday is a weekend now. I said maybe in YOUR mind, but let me have my fun.

Calories- Stayed OP 1559/1660 Exercise-Rest Day

April goals: Drink 4.5 glasses of water Decluttering Burn 200 calories

Im making the intention here, I will limit my joy food fri-Sunday. Watch my portions and be mindful so that I eat more greens and fruit and minimal - if any- processed treats.
The goal is a good Monday/Tuesday weigh in.


Gas here is 1.29 wow.

@theslightedgeforever
My workouts are intense- I guess. They sound intense but, if your willing to just show up and press play, just do what you can do and not be intimidated- you’d be amazed at what you can get done.

Today, did total body and some abs. I’m sure we will get walking in, no work, so I plan to clean the house.


@nighthazel01 good job on getting in a walk.

I maybe mentioned it before - Jessica smith on youtube has some walking workouts on you tube.