Serial Starters

Good morning all~~

I feel like a statue today --just stuck, immobile, mentally and physically. Ugh. These Covid times are very depressing for me. I need to (travel to) see my friends and family, and I can't.

Lana

Got to hold my granddaughter last night. she is so tiny! i know she is over 8 pounds but with the grandsons being at 10 pounds when they were born, she seems incredibly petite!

Tweaked my back a little today. am currently sitting on a heating pad and eating ibuprofen like candy. had to take a sick day.

On the bright side. I actually stayed within calorie budget last few days!

CW 177
HW 216
GW 145

back is feeling a little better. have been doing stretches and using a CBD muscle cream. sitting at home with a bad back was not the way i wanted to spend my birthday yesterday, but on the bright side, there was no cake or sweets to cause me to cheat or overeat!
remnants of Laura must be hitting us here. lots of wind, thunder, and buckets of rain coming down in sheets, almost sideways.
am in the office and the a/c wont shut off. thermometer says it 64.9. i have on a sweater, blanket over my legs, and my space heater going. seems ridiculous but at least i am not freezing.

Sara - had to snicker at thought of Mrs. Monster's loss of control. hope that makes things better for you!

Lana - that pumpkin loop sounds fun! glad you were able to set your slower pace.

CW 177
HW 216
GW 145

Hi! (an introduction)

I'm new to this thread. I actually started this particular journey mid April/early May. I used to work on my feet all day at a warehouse until last September, and changed over to a catering/restaurant job, so still active and on my feet all day. The hours for that job were really inconsistent, and I didn't enjoy the work as much as I used to, so I looked around for about 5 months, and finally took a desk job in February. Most of this new job is great, it's definitely better wage-and-stress-wise. But now I am sitting all day long. I gained about 20 pounds with just the sitting (and the increased opportunity for snacking). I started tracking my calories in April, and in May, I started walking on my hour lunch break. Once the weather cleared up some (I'm in the Puget Sound region of Washington, and it gets rainy here), I started walking to and from work since it's only about a mile and a half each way, and upped my lunch walks to 2 miles. I have finally started seeing some results (lost about 14 pounds), but with the rainy season coming in a couple of months, I'm worried about losing the walking time.

I started reading this thread today, and really like the vibe, so thought I'd pitch in.

It is August 29th 💛

Good morning all~~

Welcome Ethelbonnie!

Hello to Tracy 👋🏻

Congratulations to Maureen! ONEDERLAND !!! 🎉🎉🎉

Belated Happy Birthday to Kathryn! ✨🎂🥂✨

Sara - I hope that you are enjoying sleeping in this morning 😴

Waving to all who stop by later on~~

*tossing stuff onto favorite lounge chair for later*

Lana

Good morning. Happy Saturday, too. I'm STILL trying to get back to logging regularly. Throughout this time, though, I've continued to weigh my portions and have still been losing. I know that being more thorough will be important to continued success, and posting here is the real incentive to log in, so let's hope I see more of y'all.

Ethelbonnie (EB ok?), welcome. I have had a tendency to rely too much on exercise in the past so that when WI winter begins, I slack off and regain my summer losses. I'm really trying to do this right this time. I know I can handle a WI winter with exercise, I just choose not to. I ran in -9F in the winter of 2014 and ran throughout that awful winter. For me, it's a matter of realizing I have to find places with well-plowed streets (I am afraid of falling on ice and really hurting myself). I'm usually a trail runner/walker, so making that concession to reality was important to me. Can you find a way to continue exercising during the rainy season (good raincoat, boots)? Rain doesn't stop me from running, although I don't usually depend on lunch time at work to get in my exercise. And as I said, minding my food intake is going to be more important than ever b/c I know it's a winter time pitfall, and I hadn't integrated the "Calories In" portion of weight loss into my health plan very much before now.

Having said that, I updated my fitness profile here and am down to 1400 cals/day as a sedentary, 61 y.o. female. And life is particularly sedentary under Covid, except for my intentional exercise. So that exercise becomes more meaningful b/c I will really struggle with fewer than 1600-1700 cals/day for food. I'm going to start shaving small amounts off of my portions now--which is fine; I don't expect it will lead to any real hunger. The real issue is all the math, haha. Meaning, I'll have to use a calculator more often for those smaller servings. That's only for a week or so, though, b/c once they are in my food database, I can just reuse them. I'm making a mountain out of a molehill and just writing it out here helps me face that truth.

So, it's a glorious WI day and I'm hoping my son will want to drive somewhere nice for a good walk/hike. No dogs if he drives-he has a beautiful 2014 Jaguar with no room for the pups. I can walk them later this evening again (short walk this morning). I'm looking forward to getting back to the DP by mid September.

Hoping all of you have a really nice day.