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@trooworld Yayyyy your life is almost back to normal again. I know that the first shower you take is going to be a long one! Great advice for the wine spritzers. I love how refreshing they are. I've been using white wine but I have a bottle of red in the fridge and might see how I like that mixed with either a Diet Coke or flavored seltzer.

@its_cleo, Ohhhhh I LOVE that puzzle!! It looks really fun. :grin I think focusing on drinking less is so important. I come from a family where drinking has been a major issue and I had a real battle in my younger years. I now limit any drinking to no more than one day a week and I really try to monitor the amount. So, keep it up and your motivation to exercise and eat better will come back. I for one think you getting 2 hours of movement a day is incredible.

@theslightedgeforever The problem with Shingles which can be very painful is that you can also develop something called Postherpetic Neuralgia which is a real nightmare of pain. My DH’s mother developed that and he watched her living in agony so the vaccine was important for him to get. My fasting has been OK but I need to tighten it up. See below.

@RetiredAndLovingIt Oh goodness, I am so sorry to read about all the damage your area received from the wind. That must have been so scary! I’m glad that you still have your power. I feel for all those who don’t and have to deal with the summer heat. I once went for several days in the summer with no power after a hurricane when I lived in Florida. It was miserable. Yeah, DH got the new Shingle shot and the side effects are bad but so is suffering from Shingles. If you and your DH do get it, I advise you to take turns so you can take care of each other.


Good morning! Well, I didn’t gain any weight this week, which is good, but I only lost 0.2 lbs. So pretty much a bust. There are two factors that I think are happening. One is that I’m still eating too much when I do break my fast. I don’t want to count calories and I don’t want to have to eat a certain diet, but that also means that I can’t go eating as much as I want, and the quality of my food needs to improve. Since moving my mom in I have been cooking a lot more “comfort” like food because that is what she likes. Stuff like hotdogs, casseroles, etc. So, I’m going to clean up our menu and cut out the overly processed dinners. She doesn’t need to eat like that either and she will learn to adapt if she wants me to continue cooking for her. And I have also been drinking wayyyy more coffee and less water than I should. That is something I can easily fix. So, I just need to stay focused. I still have half the month left to reach my Onderland goal and I’m going to do it!!

@mswatson0777 Food was awful on Thursday but I tracked every bite. I wasn't stress eating, I was just eating. Although today I was either yelling at people or wanting to cry so I think hormones have something to do with it. It made me think, do the hormones cause the eating or does the eating cause the hormones? I will be focusing on my water and bumping my calorie burn up to 225.

@trooworld Now I'm going to have to look up The Rosie Project. If Mio makes you guzzle more then use it. Don't ask about my water. It went along with the food the last two days but my movement was kick-@ss today. Soon your bathroom will be done.

@its_cleo Cute puzzle. Yaay on meeting all your goals. Good for you for working on your drinking goal. Sounds like you are progressing. I can't work on all my goals at once so I had to pick and choose. That sounds like what you are doing. When you get in a good place with your drinking goal, then progress on to food. Glad I'm not the only one with gigantic pics. Maybe it's for the older folks on this board. I love Nicholas Sparks but haven't read him in years. He gives me the warm fuzzies. Are any of us normal?

@teresaw1020 Well, you know what is not working which is good so that you can start tweaking it little by little. I still like my comfort foods so I'm learning to eat less of them. Evidently on Thursday I forgot that little piece of info. But I'm trying to add more veggies. Thanks for the shingles info.


So Thursday I'll just give you the horror total: Green Day Went Over 370/238 Movement: rest day

Yellow Day: Went Over 193/164 Intentional Movement: 52+44 min walk

August goals: Green dot day Drink 6 glasses of water Burn 200 cals via movement preplan food

@trooworld wow that all looks beautiful! Love the flowers. And I love the plates with the design. So cool. It looks great. I never think going without food all day is good, so I'm glad if you weren't feeling too hot you listened to your body.

And congratulations on your anniversary!

@theslightedgeforever well we all have those days. At least you kept tracking. I have been - not over eating but can't say no to the snacking lately. I made a mistake of buying some snack size treats but then I eat 3 of them lol.

Well yesterday I went for a bike ride and fell. Not too bad- it could have been much worse but I didn’t meet all my goals because of it. The fall was my own fault. There is a route I take I'm very familiar with. Part of it is side street with a lot of 4 way stops & not super busy on weekends.

So I'm dumb but a lot of times I sail through. I go pretty fast. I do look for traffic both sides but I never thought about how I could stop if I had to. So I was going pretty fast and I approach stop sign fast, see van to the right. Technically I was maybe at my stop sign 30 secs before him so I should have had right away. If I had kept going I probably would have been safe. But it's like in a flash of seconds, I see us both approaching the intersection almost simultaneously, & I was zooming. So instinct takes over and I slam on the brakes.

The bike was pretty good at stopping, my body was not. I went over the handlebars. I landed mostly on my hands. I have a gash on one hand and some bruises today. Yesterday my head was pounding after bc I think the force went up my arms into my neck.

Anyway I was very lucky and learned my lesson to go slower and- Stop signs mean Stop!

So I ordered pizza for dinner yesterday bc cooking seemed too much, and I didn’t get in as much exercise as I wanted.

But this week I am continuing with building up my cardio- I’m up to 4 km walks every day. I can do 60 stairs now, so my tendon is slowly healing. 20 mins of mobility work. And bike every other day.

Those are my goals this week.

@teresaw1020 That's great you have shown progress with not needing a modifier. I was recently doing a video and dh kept saying You aren't doing it right. :rolls my eyes: I said I'm modifying the moves. This is why we don't work out together because he's trying to constantly "improve my form". lol I just think of my colored containers when I think of 21-Day fix. Today the blue one had almonds and the orange one had Nutella for dipping. It's nice cause you only need a taste and use less Nutella that way.

@trooworld I think I fell into a hole. I didn't even do stuff at home I should have been doing. But I did track today and I exercised. Water not so much. Sorry about the arthritis. How long do these episodes last?

@cbabie That's good that you are tracking and walking. What about at the end of your work day to get on here. Spend an extra 5-10 min and call it working. Then go back to join the family.

Yellow Day- Went over 191/164 Intentional Movement: 42 min walk

August goals: Green Dot day Drink 6 glasses of water Burn 225 cals via movement Preplan food

@trooworld 100 day books: There's 365 days a year and we do 3 books so that leaves us 65 days where we do individually studying of other articles, books, etc. 14 days is the last two weeks of the year because everyone is so busy with Christmas stuff. The other 41 days is divided between vacations and just a week off here and there. Nobody got to go on vacation this year. Usually I just try and maintain my weight during this time but since I wasn't losing during the others times like I normally do, no reason to try and maintain. Long answer for a very short question. Something to think about....some foods cause inflammation of the joints. Is it possible that your food quality is affecting your arthritis? My friend told me that a couple of years ago but I personally never witnessed it until last weekend. Suddenly my shoulders, wrists, ankles were all hurting.

@cbabie So I'm sitting here wondering what is Vancamp? I might go if I knew what it was. lol

@its_cleo We are going back to 100 day books around second week of September. I hear you on the mobility exercises. I need to do some stability exercises too as I've noticed sometimes my balance is off and I always go to the left. I might add that to my September goals. I can't believe we are already talking about those. 2/3 of August already gone and I didn't do well on those. I might need to just repeat August. New clothes are always fun to buy no matter the reason.

Oh, just realized I didn't track. I need to turn my brain back on. Movement was a rest day cause it's Thursday. Water was low. Need I say more. So back to my mini habits that work so well for me.

@teresaw1020 Yaaay on the scale moving. What do you like the most about BOD?

@trooworld Yes, I do the 100 day books with 2 others and then we discuss it daily via Marco Polo. It's nice having someone else's perspective on the same bit of reading as we are all different. Some of their answers spur me on to higher thinking. I'm sure some of that extra weight is from sodium. So be extra vigilant and it will come off this next week. Congrats on the mattress.

@cbabie So what is one thing you would like to change about your routine? You can't change it all right now but you can change one thing. Remember that book? Hooray for the maintain and the treadmill. You describing meds made me think, basically you are dad. I was thinking about vancamp the other day and started laughing cause it reminded me about band camp and the girl who would always say, and this one time at band camp......I loved those movies. Although not your cup of tea. I'm sitting here trying to figure out why it's called a rub if you put in under your tongue.

My biggest problem this week was that I didn't track consistently. So as I advised @trooworld I will be working on being extra vigilant this week. I'm going to track everyday. I'm going to be working on strength training four days. I bought tennis balls today. I'm going to hit them against the garage for some extra calorie fun.

@theslightedgeforever yeah stability is important too. I have a real fear of having poor mobility when I get older. Mobility, stability- it's the kind of thing where you use it or lose it, gradually. It doesn't even take much, it's just making an effort. My goal right now is 10 mins a day. ...I didn't realize you did your books with others, I thought it was a solo project. That's nice to have some support!......Yay strength training! One of my favourite things, holy smokes I miss it.

@TeresaW1020 I heard Tempur-Pedic was good. Maybe I'll check it out when I need a new mattress. ....congrats on the loss, and it's great you can do your lessons with the kids again! ....The app stuff sounds interesting. I still don't have any idea what to do about gyms or programs.

@trooworld that's a pain, I don't see why you would need to wear a mask if no one is around. I'm still remote but I was mostly before anyway. Still I don't know what my org is going to do.

@cbabie I'm glad the CBD oil works, I've heard it can be really helpful. Congrats 25 min on treadmill!

@trooworld those recipes look great! Salmon is about the only fish I eat these days. I never buy Sriracha sauce though.

Well with my goals this week:

- I did exercise 7 hours, so about an hour a day.
- mobility stuff like 3 out of 7
- tracked like 5 /7

So I would like to improve all of that this week.

I still have to go shopping for my trip bc I didn;t get to. I leave next Sat so sometime this week I have to make a quick run to the mall.

Had breakfast with my brother and his family and it was difficult so I'm glad it's over.

@trooworld Thanks for sharing the recipe I met my water goal again. I hope you got your AC fixed. Yes, I can get lost in a book.

Red Day- Stayed OP Intentional Movement: 38 min strength training 20 min walk

August goals: Green dot day Drink 6 glasses of water Burn 225 cals via movement Preplan day

@cbabie I love when my desk is cleaned and organized. It just never seems to last. I hope the dentist appointment goes well for you.

@renaegry Hey welcome back!! It’s been a very weird summer for us all. Just get back to doing what you know works for you.

@trooworld Ugghhh I feel you not liking the hot weather. Hopefully it will end soon, and we will have a wonderful fall to enjoy. Are you able to ride your bike?

@theslightedgeforever I used to watch the Biggest Loser while walking on my treadmill and I would imagine Jillian in my face telling me to go faster and not quit!


Good morning! I am about to head out and watch my girlfriend’s two-year-old son for about an hour. Should be fun…I hope! I’m sorta working on doing a carb cycling approach with my eating right now. It’s too early to know if it will work but my fingers are crossed.