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MONDAY: 🟢
Overall, it was a good day! 😀 TUESDAY Goals
So far, so good! 🟡😀 I liked this reminder -- "start were you are!"

raleighgirl09
Tuesday check in

Wow, time flies when you're having fun! This is a continuation of a check in I started yesterday! => Tuesday is good so far!! My Monday was exceptionally good - double water, great sleep, calories way under and it was an intentional alcohol free and super-low sodium day. I was driving from the coast back to Raleigh, NC yesterday, a 2.75 hour drive, and was really working on not arriving all puffed up and full of retained water. My planning and execution all worked really well - and hubby left his wallet and now we have to drive back tonight and get it! HA! Going to try to replicate the successful tactics from yesterday and see if I can pull it off twice more - tonight when arriving and tomorrow coming back. I'm looking at it as a personal challenge!

I would just stay here while he does this but - we live 2 miles from downtown Raleigh and, right off of the main road leading into downtown, so I am not really comfortable being here by myself. Raleigh will probably still be under an 8pm curfew tonight because of multiple days of riots so we can't just drive there and come back, either. @mrmcgrath my thoughts and prayers - it's an extremely sad time in our (repeated) history. I think of George Floyd daily - and I think about all of the good, kind people in blue, too. I don't have answers; I know reform is needed. I don't have answers; I know the vast majority of people in blue are peace keepers. Anyway - my heart is breaking and here I am with a real-life but minuscule issue of how to move about the state lawfully.

@AustinRuadhain thanks for posting the step challenge! Congrats to our group - 784,482 steps or about 371 miles. That is like - SUPER AMAZING!!
@trooworld I love this lake pic! My favorite walks are near the water.... => Rivers, creeks, lakes, a waterfront - love them all! So glad you had a great day with more sleep!
@TeresaW1020 wow, a 24 hour fast! Are you doing that as a tool to sometimes help drop some extra? I find that if I can slip some really low cal days in, I get that effect which is the goal.
@veryhotmails CONGRATS on 4 green weeks......wooooooot!!!!!
@lexabeep sounds like you have solid plans and are on track! So annoying to turn around from weight loss to discover it's creeping back in - and getting after it quickly is so smart! Cheers to YOU!!
@Jactop congrats, I know you are really working hard on getting a little more under the magic number - and you WILL!
@cherrymajoni welcome and what an amazing gift to give yourself in prepping for a healthy pregnancy! I bet the baby coming up on 2 keeps you quite busy! Such a fun time of life... => Says the Gigi of an almost 2 year old who is now reliving some of it through the experience of my son!
@kyfrancik we're with you - the angel on the shoulder saying 'yeah, don't get discouraged' Getting back to the program quickly is key and you probably have a little fluctuation just from a lot of time in the car! Whew - I don't care for long car rides and 800 miles certainly does qualify!
@mlhopp93 I find the habit tracker does help as a visual and then as I become used to that, it helps keep me on track some as I think about being able to record the green check marks.
@Katmary71 funny how much we take for granted - I hadn't thought about the work around of chopping while seated on the couch...that must be quite the ballet of maneuvering and planning! CELEBRATION for your workout even if not 100% finished!!! I have a lot of admiration for your pluckiness - even if you don't see it that way. Going through the extra effort to get routine things done is an oxymoron and not easy. I hope you can acknowledge that for you, as we do for you. =>
@bethanie0825 I bet your shifts are pretty busy these days... Here's hoping you can get back to the gym soon - and yay on the food prep/planning! I find I can make better decisions when I can just reach into the fridge for something already done. It really is true that the version of me while planning is so much more prepared and ready to do the right things than the tired me!

OPTIONAL FUN - ONE WEEK ONLY!

This is a quick reminder about the Fat2Fit Week 1 Challenge. This is optional but could be a fun add to your health and fitness focus this week. It's super easy. Choose 2 Magic Numbers for the week -- two diet or fitness-promoting actions that you can reliably track each day. Try to post how you did each day in the Challenge Thread. Then, the next day, do it all again! Wash, rinse, repeat!

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10798612/two-magic-numbers-challenge-week-1-june#latest

Thanks to @jugar and the other Fat2Fit leaders for setting this up!

🙈 so last night slept around 1am so didn't meet one of my daily targets (sleep before midnight)


But I did manage to drink my 2ltrs


And I have started the coach to 5k app on my phone. Along with a zoom workout group for Wednesday and Thursdays

Gah, had just finished my replies then I clicked on @AustinRuadhain spicy black bean recipe and lost it all! At least that recipe looks AMAZING, I've gone totally bean crazy in the last 18 months! I liked them before but I never made as much with them as I do now, same with veggies.

@trooworld thank you for the recipe! I've been gathering herbs from the garden and adding a little olive oil, garlic powder, and smoked paprika and brushing on potatoes. I stopped eating oil for awhile and have found just having a little goes a lot further than it used to. I completely forgot the lemon on my potatoes today, thanks for the reminder! Did zucchini and then did fish fillets in the oven as doing one thing at a time in the air fryer would've taken a long time. I love it so far though!

@raleighgirl09 and @AustinRuadhain thank you both! Honestly, I'd started taking for granted what I could do too aside of lifting cat litter and being grateful to grocery shop. Definitely wanted to cry doing Walmart pickup Saturday and stupidly got cat litter, it's 40lbs mocking me that I can't lift right now! My brother is going to try to fix my microwave again so I'll get him to bring it in when he comes.

I'm sorry for not writing more, last night was the worst night since my nerves flared up and tonight's the best in a few weeks, not sure what one night of tossing and turning did to change that but it's great with me! Only did 15 minutes of chair arm cardio. I haven't been able to do dishes or get in the shower and wanted to save my strength for those. My tailbone's sore from all this sitting! I decided to give my magnetic mattress another try, I also chopped potatoes, herbs, and zucchini sitting with my legs on the coffee table and a bunch of bowls, then would just get up and toss things in the air fryer. I can already tell I'll love this thing! My kitchen went crazy on me today, first I started hearing a loud ticking and turned out it's because I spilled water on the gas stove. I don't know why that makes it tick but it sounds like it's trying to light even though it's off and it's really annoying, sounded like it was going to blow up. Next up the grounding button on the outlet kept blowing and wouldn't stick so I had to use the Instant Pot on the floor by the laundry room. Then my new Instant Pot wouldn't cook my eggs, I kept trying to crack them and thinking they were done and getting egg everywhere. By the time I gave up they would've been hard as rocks but probably only cooked a minute total out of trying over an hour, I gave up on egg salad for my snack! I made them before bed in my backup Instant Pot for tomorrow. There's a theory that some people have body chemistry that screws up electricity, I made a list of all the wacko things that've happened since quarantine and it's hard to not think there's something to it! When I picked up my laptop from being repaired the guy there had heard of Mercury being in retrograde causing technology problems, I never believed in any of this and now I'm starting to wonder!

I'm not going to figure out goals until I'm more stable. For now I'd like to do a small amount of cardio, hopefully start doing arms again as my sprained finger is doing better, and get back to yoga.. In general though as soon as the pain worsens I'm stopping. My gym franchise isn't renewing their lease and the company is going to likely declare bankruptcy, I couldn't return now but I'm bummed, it'll be a decent drive to the other one. I'm going to do vegetarian Wednesdays with a friend, that'll be easy as I love beans and I'm not a big meat eater, I rarely had it unless I was out for dinner until calorie counting and all this "eat protein!" came up and turned out my body responds to it. I'm making tofu in the air fryer tomorrow, one of the things I wanted an air fryer for. My eating is awful right now, I know I'm binging because I'm hurting, scared, and angry and now that it's been going on for awhile and I've been getting more and more limited it's hard to imagine it will ever change, especially at night when the pain is the worst and I'm delirious like last night. If it never changes, was all this worth it? I did it to be healthier and physically do more and now I'm practically bed ridden again. I won't be able to return to school until I can sit in a chair long enough, and I can't sit without my legs elevated and we're not even talking pain levels. I'm definitely not enjoying my life right now though I'm determined to fight and survive, at least until nights when the pain's severe and then I'm frustrated at how much I've cut back to not get results and get worse. My GP doctor appointment is Thursday, I'm only expecting a referral so I'm not very excited but hopeful, it'll just be the first of many hoops if 30 years of chronic pain and dealing with the medical community is an example. The treatment at the ER is definitely a reminder of how alone you are if you need help as with higher BP and heart rate your body's in fight or flight but it's not "an emergency" so it's a waste of time. Especially if you have a fever at a walk-in clinic! I don't think I posted it here but my COVID test was negative.

@mrmcgrath Thanks, yes it was very peaceful. I'm lucky it's so close to me!

@raleighgirl09 Yeah, there is something that makes walking near water so much more relaxing. I'm glad that my sleep is better, too, thanks! Sorry you have to go back for your husband's wallet, that's a bummer. That's awesome that your desire for your goal is outweighing your desire for other things and making your NO muscle stronger!!! Mine is starting to get stronger, too.

@AustinRuadhain Thanks, yes, I had a great walk yesterday too! Indeed, I have lost 15.5 lbs since March 1st. Thank you for the veggie recipes, they both look really good and I do appreciate that they are quick too!!! Way to make cardio happen and go walking with husband, woo hoo!!!

@TeresaW1020 It was so very nice to walk around it. On paper, I had a good night's sleep, but if you looked at the details, I didn't have such a good night's sleep. I mean, I did have a better night's sleep but I was still getting up every 30-60 minutes from anxiety for the first 4-5 hours of sleep. Yeah, watching the news will do that to you! I try to limit how much news I watch because of that.

@cherrymajoni 2 ltrs is fantastic!

@Katmary71 That's wonderful that you have a garden! I live in a condo and don't have a balcony to have a garden, so it's something I can only dream about lol. I love smoked paprika, what you did the potatoes sounds magical. That's great that you love the air fryer so far. FYI...last night, I roasted peppers in the air fryer to peel their skins off and use as roasted peppers in a recipe, you just turn on the air fryer at 400F and spray the peppers with cooking spray and put them in for 20 mins and keep an eye on them, turning them every so often. Take them out and put them in a bowl and put a plate over the bowl and let them steam until cooled and then you can peel their skins off. I hope you get some relief from your pain soon, I'm sorry it's so severe. Is it worse at night? I really like tofu in the air fryer. I hope you like it, too. I'm glad your COVID test was negative, I'm sure that was a relief.

Hello everyone. I did go back to that nice lake from the picture and walked TWICE as far yesterday. It was so wonderful. I would go back today but I have a conference call about going back to work. Yes!!! I got a call from my director yesterday and he told me that I'm being called back to work at the end of the month. It's only going to be part-time at first, but that's something and I'm so grateful to be going back. I love my job and I was so afraid I'd lose it permanently. I'm so sorry for those of you that did lose your job permanently, my heart goes out to you.

Tuesday
Calories: over/under: over
Water: over/under over
Exercise: walk around the lake
Goals or Improvements for tomorrow: YouTube video, 52+ oz of water

Being Your Own Detective

@raleighgirl09 's fabulous post is a demonstration of something that lines up with something I just saw from BeYourOwnBestCoach.com. I haven't taken their course, but they offer a free "Kickstart Guide," which I requested and was looking through for ideas.

Their process for dealing with a problem has you start by looking for exceptions -- times when the problem you are focused on (like late-night snacking) doesn't happen at all, or when it happens less. And then you look at that, like a detective -- What was going on? What was different in your environment? What was happening instead of the problem? What did you do differently that had the problem be not-so-bad?



Okay, off to work on a Scary-Behind-Project Thing now!

@cherrymajoni, great job on drinking your water and getting in exercise. So, what can you do to get to bed to meet your goal?

@raleighgirl09, holy cow woman!! That was one awesomesauce post you gave us all last night!! Your post totally resonated with me. I don’t know what gets my head in the game and then I’m wandering around in left field not knowing what I’m doing. Except maybe eating out of the PB jar. Whyyyy does that stuff have to be so dang tasty!

@katmary71, awe I have nothing to say to you that would be helpful. I’m so glad that your COVID test was negative. I am also so glad that you had a good night from all your terrible pain. You are in my prayers.

@AustinRuadhain, how great that graphic is that you posted!! I am working hard this month in doing the small daily improvements so that I can have those long term results.

@trooworld, that is great news that you will be going back to work! I know how much you love it. My heart also breaks for all those who have lost their jobs.

Hello everyone! Well, it was another good day. I was trying to do a 24 hour fast but didn’t make it that far. I think it was because I did a long cardio workout and then I cleaned all my floors, dusted, and did laundry. I simply needed to eat because my brain was refusing to work. Tomorrow, I go to my weekly staff meeting at the church and will stay to do the newsletter. I hope you are all staying safe and staying mindful of your goals.


June Goals: 6/3
1. Clean fast a minimum of 18 hrs a day. 21 hrs. 2 min.
2. Workout 30 minutes or more (housework counts) Barre Total Body Cardio
3. No sugar or afternoon snacking No sugar/No snack
4. Track all my points and get a blue dot 35 points
5. 96.oz of plain water 125 oz.

raleighgirl09
Wednesday check in

Hi Slims!! WOW! What a hot day today, the hottest of 2020 for us! I had a plan to go on a 20 mile bike ride with a friend and I was a bit nervous about my stamina....I have a ton (of said stamina) and love to bike but, you know, fear of failure and all that rubbish. Anyhoo - was hydrated, had on a wet wicking shirt for cool-keeping, had water and everything needed including an emergency snack. BAMMO. Inner tube went caput. As in, we're shooting the shasta while everyone did the last couple of get-done things and all of a sudden there is a wooshing sound that was the air vigorously escaping my tire from the valve stem. Can't even make it up. And then after going home and hubby wanting to be sure I can go tomorrow, we ride out to 3 WalMarts. Why 3....? Well, because we found it so hard to believe that the first 2 weren't open at 7pm. All of our WalMarts (and it seems other stores) closed at 5 because of the riots we've been having - or had, can't really tell what the heck. So - uh, we came home and had some wine on the deck and heated up chicken and made salad. And tried really hard to not be freaked out.

Trying for the ride again tomorrow - gotta get inner tubes and go see my Ma and get some work search done. And hydrate again. No need to feel nervous tomorrow, I already did that today.

Good news! The kind of job I really want kinda dropped into my lap as an invite to apply. Had a great first chat today, hoping to have another this week or Monday and who knows? Maybe I'll be employed again soon. Oddly - had 2 cold calls today with positive vibes so all of the efforts for connecting and networking - as well as applying my katooshkis off - must be working.

@Katmary71 hey - my bean soul sistah! I have been loving this simple bean thing of late which is easily halved, if preferred. And, except for the beans and liquid, this is a "to-taste" kinda thing. 1 lb of pinto/great northern mix, 4 cups chicken stock, dehydrated onion, pepper, garlic powder and a few tablespoons of olive oil. I simmer a couple of hours and usually have to add about a cup of water for another hour or so until the beans are tender and there is a creaminess to them. These are wow good and quite good for you - I mean, for the lowly bean this is amazing. Seriously, the olive oil is a show stopper.

Oh dear - it's late! I have read so many great things today and will continue these thoughts tomorrow but it's bed time. Big day tomorrow what with inner tubes and Ma visits and a 20 mile ride....I HOPE!!

Grrr sorry guys I have not been on plan at all . feeling a bit better today so lets hope I can turn it around.