My my my...Today was my FIRST TMS treatment! Boy, my head, eyes and even nose hurt! Head the most though! The nice technician said I should take Tylenol or iBuprofen before or after each treatment. I HAVE to go EVERY DAY of the week for 6 weeks! Then taper off for the following 3 weeks. Today's treatment took 45-1 hour long, mainly because the Dr. And tech had to run tests to find the right numbers and levels for me to be at, and of course that took forever because they were watching my right hand and my fingers were supposed to switch and when my thumb twitched they would have the right settings...Well, it took so long before everything would twitch, so I assume that meant the levels would be higher for me and I thought oh great, this thing is gonna be stronger now...Well, I finally was ready for the treatment and it is a RAPID tapping in the same spot on your head and it made my whole head tighten and I hated it! Right then, I thought God, what did I get myself into!! She tried to adjust it as best as she could, but it didn't make the tightening and pain any better, but she said as long as it was just my head and not into my face, it would be okay and she explained that I would get better used to it after more treatments...I thought okay, guess I have no choice, but to go ahead. I had first though that it was supposed to continously tap the whole time, but it only rapidly taps for 4 to 6 seconds then gives you a 12 second break and that made me feel so relieved! I probably would have broke down in tears if it had tapped the whole entire course of treatment...Also, today was the longest treatment, the Dr. Told me that every day should take 20-30 minutes, so not as long, but still that seems pretty long to me!! Especially when you have a machine wrapped around your head rapidly tapping the heck out of you! Felt like a dang woodpecker or something! I figure I have nothing to lose...My friend said I am very brave to do it, I said I'm not sure that I'm brave, I'm just desperate for something to work and help! I HOPE this does!!

@CassieGetsFit2013 I think the calorie burn has more to do with your heart rate than anything else. If I just select "workout" no matter what activity I'm doing, I'll have a higher burn for Hiit than I would for weights or yoga.

TaylorSjostrand
195

Bburrer30

CW 175.4

I have seen people posting steps .... I dont know if we are supposed to do that also

1st: 2,875
2nd: 7,353
3rd: 5,013
4th: 12,008
5th: 11,106
6th: 2,923
7th: 13,618

@CassieGetsFit2013 I have a Fitbit Blaze, and it will automatically log exercise if it senses me being consistently active for a certain period of time. But I can also select an exercise.

I imagine if your heart rate increased for an extended time from your treatment then it could have affected your calorie burn.

Does your Fitbit sync with MFP? Mine does, so it tells me on MFP how many activity calories I've burned. My general rule is to only eat back half of those calories.

@xX_PhoenixRising_Xx Oooh. Sorry about your back trouble. Your kids both sound really driven and like they have awesome goals for themselves. Every new phase in life has its own learning curve, I guess.

Thursday check in
Food: set my app for 16:8 IF but it was 17 hours before I ate. Ate as planned. Had a glass of water with dinner instead of wine. Yay me LOL
Exercise & steps: 20 min Bowflex intervals, 30 min JessicaSmithTV strength training video, 40 min dog walk; 13,300 steps
Water: ok but could have been better especially with the ST session

Only doing a 14 hour fast today. Headed out to take the dogs for a short walk. Been tending my baby veggie & herb plants in the greenhouse but most danger of frost should be behind us so going to start planting today. Happy Friday all!

@Cafelelia so glad your feeling better and finding time to be outdoors. You sound almost normal again lol.
@gingerpwr wow Go Casey Go! Do you feel super skinny? How are your clothes fitting? Your doing great!!!
@nstephen01 Good job yesterday. It seems that all we really need is 1 good day. And then another. How exciting to be planting your garden.
@CassieGetsFit2013 I had to look up your treatment. Good for you! You hang in there. You have been trying so hard for so long. I hope this goes well for you. It's great to have hope.
@xX_PhoenixRising_Xx ahhhh to be a parent. Hang in there. Sorry about your health issues. Sounds ambitious to be running again but I completely understand. Hope you feel great the next day.
@bburrer30 impressive stepping!

Hope002
Friday
PW 177.7
CW 176.8

Lenka1

Week1
Previous weight: 172.0
Current weight: 171.0

Midday food update. I did better than I thought so far. Ate 1 piece of cinnamon toast, all of my smoothie, lunch leftovers but only 1/2 the salad and saved the cornbread. Hoping to have both of those in a few hours before hitting fast timer. Did I mention I also brought 2 lemon cookies? Hoping to eat 1 of them shortly. My lunch was delicious. I am optimistic that I can survive the rest of the day.

Sleepymom5
Week1
Previous weight: 204.2
Current weight: 201.8

Check in for Thursday
Food Ok but went off plan and had a snack
Water at least 64 oz
Exercise 45 minute walk. Pt, strength and stretching.

Not bad, 2.4 pounds this week. I had a pretty good week, not perfect. It feels good to feel like I am finally back into a routine. The girls and I had to get blood drawn this morning for the Covid antibodies. I am interested for the results. I probably won't get them until Monday since it is the weekend. Since we were out, I ran some errands too so that is why I am off to such a late start. Hope everyone is doing well

I also am sending friend requests out to our newer members. If I missed you, please send me one. I am behind with this.


@Mrsbell8well Good idea to have healthy snacks available at work. Looks like you are covered for any craving you may have!
@nstephenson01 I don't know why what you said clicked in my head this time. I am a fast eater too and I do notice that I am stuffed after I eat a lot. I think I am the same way you are, I eat it so quick that I don't realize it until well after I have finished. I was starting to stop 3/4 the way through but lately I haven't even been doing that. This is something I know I need to work on but never put it together with eating so quickly. Great goals for May! Let's have a great month!
@lennoncpa Another loss! You have been doing great! Your son and Sunny came right when this all started so this quarantine is new for you. I hope you can settle into a new normal for the rest of the time we need to stay in. Maybe the rescue place will call again or you can ask to be put at the top of the list for when the next little foster dog comes in. Hugs!
@ljdanny That is basically a maintain too. If it is your TOM, I am sure you would have had a loss this week. I still think you are due for a drop soon so hang in there. It will be interesting to see what happens with work. This is the perfect time for your bosses to explain that they need to be strict with the rules especially returning 24 hours after an illness. I bet your hair looks great. I couldn't pull off color in my hair. I love a lot of the colors out there. The only one I don't like is this one green color. We are lucky with the pool water. Ours goes down the driveway and down the road to a drain. Hopefully your neighbors will be understanding. It will be nice when it is up and running.
@hope002 Looks like you had a great week! Great job! Thank you for all the information. You have been so helpful, I am learning a lot. I also went today until after 12. Normally I would have been obsessed with food waiting that long to eat. There is something about having that window that really helps. Nice loss this week too!
@Cafelelia Sounds like you had a pretty active day, no wonder you were tired. It is nice to have everything clean so you can relax and enjoy the weekend Next week is a new week so hopefully things will get better on the school front with your son. Did he have a lot to catch up on after he felt better? Hopefully the boys can relax and recharge this weekend too.
@CassieGetsFit2013 I hope the TMS treatments become more tolerable as you go along. I really can't help with the fitbit questions. I must have had a different one. I never had to put in walk. It just counted my steps for the day. I would be careful with the MFP calculations with exercise, they over estimate. I usually don't eat back my calories so I just enter 1 calorie no matter what MFP says I burned.
@taylorsjostrand Nice loss! Looks like you had a great week! Awesome start to May!
@bburrer30 We all have those days. Besides, you kicked butt the following day! Great job!
@xX_PhoenixRising_Xx Parenting doesn't get any easier, it gets different Lol! If that makes sense. If not now, it will. It is awesome that they both have a drive to excel and they are looking into things on their own. Btw-tell your son to check out Villanova in Pennsylvania. They have an awesome basketball program. I went to school there and worked in their health center for a while. (Then he would have a contact person here if he needed too ). Hopefully your back feels better and no rain tomorrow so you can walk on the beach. I hope you don't "wake up dead" either Lol!
@nstephenson01 Awesome day yesterday! Sounds like you are heading for another good one today. Enjoy your planting. That breakfast looks delicious!
@Mrsbell8well I hope that your back starts feeling better. I hope the chiropractor opens up soon. I would think walking could definitely make it worse, especially if you are walking on pavement. I think trails or pathways are a little less of an impact. Hopefully you will be getting your pool open soon and can do some exercise there.
@lenka1 Nice loss! You are off to a good start this month!

The weekends don't seem like such a big deal anymore. Hopefully for some of us it is at least a break from schooling and work. It also may be a time we are doing some virtual happy hours or brunches. I like these simple tips to stay on track. I was actually looking for this to post the other day. Not only is this a good reminder for the weekends but also with being quarantined. Some of you are kicking butt with the quarantine but some of us aren't. This is a good place to start.

So far so good hitting my steps target thus week although Sunday looks like it will dip but managed to exercise more this week.