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  • TeresaW1020
    TeresaW1020 Posts: 3,231 Member
    edited September 2020
    @Cornanda I have wondered about your username meaning and I certainly wouldn’t have guessed it referred to corn on the cob. :D I hope that now that the kids are settled and you have had some time to adjust you will be able to turn your focus to yourself. Yes, to baby steps! <3

    @gwamajtw91 You have great goals for this month! Wow, running 75.7 miles is incredible. Good for you!! B)

    @TwistedSassette I love the creativity of your username! :grin:

    @raleighgirl09 That is so sweet that you and your husband use the Echo Show to be together. Yikes on the giant spider!! Girl, I am a FIRM believer that if bugs wanted to live they would stay out of my house. I don’t go hanging out in theirs. :#

    @Katmary71 I am sure that your body will have to adjust to not taking that medication. I am sorry that you are feeling dumped on by people. Some of us just have that type of personality that others feel they can come to for all their needs. Make sure that you are standing up for yourself. <3


    Good morning! Yesterday, I fasted for 21 hours and kept my carbs under 75 grams. I’ve decided to track my food for a short time to mostly keep my snacking super low in carbs and under 400 calories so that I can eat dinner and not feel like I’ve eaten too much. My carb goal is to cycle between 25 to 100 grams most days with maybe one day a week where I won’t worry about it. We will see if that works. Today's workout is day 16 of 21 Day Fix full-body cardio. Then I have church tonight where I will get to hang out with seven littles who are 3 to 5 years old. :grin:
  • TeresaW1020
    TeresaW1020 Posts: 3,231 Member
    GabiV125 wrote: »
    GabiV125
    Monday I bought an IF book Fast, Feast, Repeat and per that I’m not doing it right. I have a 16-19h fast window, BUT I have coffee with milk every morning . I did not have breakfast for years and about a month ago I stopped having snacks (and extra meals) after dinner. I thought it’s IF, but maybe not.
    Any advice is welcome .


    Great weigh-in this week!! B) Gin Stephen's book "Fast Feat Repeat" is my main go-to book for all things IF. It's sitting right here on my desk along with my cup of black coffee. ;) I am a member of all her Facebook groups and I'm a moderator of a group for women over 50 and the hardest thing for so many people is learning to clean fast which means cutting the milk out of your coffee. Anything that has calories/flavors/sweeteners is not fasting but calorie restriction and that isn't going to give you the amazing benefits from IF. But don't beat yourself up over it. I used cream off and on for a year before finally ripping the band-aid and making myself learn to like black coffee. I still have cream in my coffee but only once I open my window. Continue reading the book and if I can help in any way please don't hesitate to reach out. It's a subject I'm very passionate about. ;)
  • trooworld
    trooworld Posts: 6,607 Member
    @Cornanda I wondered what your username meant! My username means absolutely nothing lol. I needed something unique and so I threw together two words, one spelled funkily! :)

    @raleighgirl09 I think that's cool that you do that with your Echo Show. :) OMG to the giant spider! Here, my husband texted me a picture of a TARANTULA he saw while walking the dog last week on the condo complex wall! I would have had to change my pants!!! LOL I am also a serious arachnophobe. I feel your pain.

    @Katmary71 That can be very draining for people to always want something and not reciprocate. Do you think you should say something to some of these people? You deserve to be listened to, too. <3

    @TeresaW1020 I hope you have fun hanging out with the munchkins.

    Hello everyone. The flooring was installed in the bathroom and it looks really nice. I will be glad when the bathroom is done and it's one less thing to stress over. I've been under a lot of stress for a prolonged period of time and it is certainly affecting my weight loss journey.

    Tuesday
    Calories: over/under: over
    Water: over/under: under
    Exercise: walk
    Goals or Improvements for tomorrow: track everything, 2 bottles (26 oz) of water
  • GabiV125
    GabiV125 Posts: 3,126 Member
    TeresaW1020- thank you. I’m one of those then, because it pains me to cut the milk. I don’t have it any other way and for years I was so proud of getting a cup a day. Osteoporosis is ravaging in my family - my grandma shrinked to my elbow height and my elbow is pretty low to the ground , I’m just 5.2.
    I’ll try next month to cut the milk from coffee and move it somewhere else, maybe at night , so I could sleep better.
    I’m probably going to take you on your offer to discuss this, once I finish my reading and mulled it over in my head a bit 😃
  • BethB554
    BethB554 Posts: 12 Member
    Hello All,

    @katmary71 I am really enjoying your status updates! Even when I can’t get in here I enjoy taking 5 seconds to read what you’ve posted throughout the day. I am sorry to hear you’re unable to do the fitness routines you enjoy. I hope you’ll be back to doing them soon! I also struggle with depression. Is coming off your med, your choice? If so, I am sure you will rock it! Meds are so helpful for a time though. It can be hard to adjust to weaning off them when the time comes. I hope it goes smoothly for you. I just started reading a book on setting boundaries because I am struggling with feeling dumped on too.

    @Jactop oh goodness. You work in a chocolate factory?! Does that make you like chocolate less? Or does it just tempt you all day?

    @Cornanda I wish I had a cool story about my username, but it’s just my name and random numbers. Haha

    @raleighgirl09 Yesterday was a more junk food day for me as well, especially lunch. I was proud of myself for logging it though. Some days are better then others. I know for me I can’t completely deprive myself or I will binge it later. I am also with you on the spiders. They are ok as long as they are not in my space.

    I’ve been a bit MIA from posting for a couple of days, but I was tracking in MFP pretty faithfully. That made it easier for me to catch up! I was able to update my habit tracker for Sep and see lots of green this week. That is so motivating! I am looking forward to weighing in on Friday and hope to see some progress.

    Things have been normal busy day to day life here. Dad is focused on getting to the gym every day. I am happy he has found something to draw his attention from driving the car. He really wants to get out and work again, which he does not have the memory or attention span to do. It’s tough to remind him that he just can't drive himself and probably can't hold a job all the time. It’s nice that I get to say YES to the gym and it’s super good for me too.

    Sunday check in:
    Calories: Over/under: under
    Water: Over
    Exercise: Over. Treadmill walk. 41 apple watch exercise minutes

    Monday check in:
    Calories: Over/under: under
    Water: Over
    Exercise: Treadmill walk. 34 apple watch exercise minutes

    Tuesday check in:
    Calories: Over/under: under MFP, I like to stay under 1,800 consumed about was at 1,942 though. I would have been over on MFP too if not for my exercise add ins.
    Water: Over
    Exercise: Over. Treadmill walk. 47 apple watch exercise minutes

    I’ve already been to the gym this morning. I feel like I am off to a good start even though I woke up almost an hour late this morning and was rushed to get 3 kids off to school. I hope everyone has a fantastic day!
  • Cornanda
    Cornanda Posts: 1,124 Member
    edited September 2020
    Hi. I did manage to log all my food yesterday and I'm going to do it again today! My "posterior chain" is quite sore, so I will take that as evidence of a good lower body strength work out.

    I am enjoying reading about everyone's user names! @trooworld- I have to admit, I thought yours might be more interesting..... :D

    @raleighgirl09 that spider story cracked me up! Maybe you should put up some sort of warning sign to the spiders? Like pictures of the poison spray?

    @Katmary71- I tend to be a listener/supporter as well. It definitely gets frustrating when you would like someone to listen to you!
  • TwistedSassette
    TwistedSassette Posts: 8,825 Member
    @Katmary71 You definitely sound like an empath, it's easy to get worn down by listening all the time to other peoples' problems and helping them all the time. As hard as it is, sometimes we need to say no, or turn the conversation so we can feel supported too. I'm sure coming off meds wouldn't be helping with any of this at the moment, so I hope once you adjust that you'll feel much better!

    @raleighgirl09 Ewwwwww spiders. I have the same rule - don't come in my house or you're fair game. Fair game for hubby to kill, not me, because I am terrified of spiders! And I live in rural Australia where we have plenty of venomous ones!

    @BethB554 I'm glad your Dad is getting to focus on something healthy, it must be incredibly frustrating for him to not be able to do all the things he wants to. Do you go to the gym together?

    ***DAILY CHECK IN - WEDNESDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER***
    Calories: Under
    Water: Over
    Exercise: 30 mins strength training
    Goals/Improvements for tomorrow: Track calories, 30 mins exercise.

    I had intended to go for a walk after work since the weather is warming back up I thought it would be nice. But I got home and was waiting for someone to drop in a laptop for me to look at for them (they couldn't find their accounting software data file, turns out it was in the recycle bin!). So it got a bit late by the time they left. Instead I did some light weights and crunch variations. I don't really like doing strength training much so I popped Netflix on and the half hour was up before I knew it. Not the greatest workout but better than just lounging. I am hoping to walk today after work!
  • raleighgirl09
    raleighgirl09 Posts: 690 Member
    raleighgirl09
    Wednesday check in

    So - on Frank TV tonight, he wonders how many drinks he's had - 2 or 3? Unlike actual TV where you can answer all day long and no one knows or notices.....Frank TV can hear my answer - AND RESPOND! It's pretty cool. All joking aside....this is a long road for my Mr. Frank. He's wondered in the past, if he can actually be on his own; he has historically moved from wife to wife pretty quickly. I am wife #3 (ok, #1, who are we kiddig????) and I said - ok, well.....I don't *own* you. You are free to move about the planet as you see fit. You can be here - you can be there - you can be elsewhere. It's up to you. I will miss you no matter where you are, if you are not with me, but I want you to be happy. I love you - no matter where you are.

    This is not easy - I want to emphasize. And now we have Frank TV so it's even less severe. I would like to think, I hope....HOPE...that I could be as magnanimous NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES. I have not been put to that test but my Frank deserves to feel that he can move about the earth and feel loved and appreciated, missed and yet freed to pursure his passions, dreams and goals. No ties and binds, no chains.

    "If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, its yours forever. If it doesn’t, then it was never meant to be."

    Well, I guess I had more on my mind but I don't want to water this down. It's too important.
  • Hilogirl2018
    Hilogirl2018 Posts: 687 Member
    Hi all! I'm finally caught up on the intro posts and ready to do my own. I'm hilogirl2018, I'm 40 and I'm trying to the lose 20 pounds I already lost last year. Guess when and how I regained it? Yep, during quarantine, when I insensibly ate anything I wanted, all day long. I actually lost a total of 30 pounds last year, so at least I'm rejoining MFP before the last 10 creeped back on.

    I'm disappointed in myself BUT trying to be gentle because it's a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, and while that doesn't give me license to free range snack all day (as I've regrettably discovered), it does mean I can forgive myself for not handling the stress perfectly.

    So back to what works:
    (1) IF with a 12-8 window
    (2) logging calories
    (3) daily accountability check-ins
    (4) rooting for others sharing the same goals (which is why I joined this group).
    (5) daily weigh-ins
    Turns out 3/5 of my proven successful strategies involve MFP! I don't work out because I have some mobility issues, but I am going to try to start fitting in some toning this time around.

    Excited to jump in here and get to know you all!
  • Hilogirl2018
    Hilogirl2018 Posts: 687 Member
    @TeresaW1020 I haven't read the Gin Stephen's book you mentioned, but I read her Delay, Don't Deny book a couple of years ago and it was a total gamechanger. I'm on a 16:8 schedule now, down from much longer fasts that weren't really doing anything for me (in terms of weight loss, anyway). Eating noon-8 is my perfect window. Love IF!

    @Katmary71 I have nerve pain and mobility issues as well, can you share your seated workout routine? Is it a YouTube video? I really would love to do some form of cardio. House centipedes?! Ugh, they have those in Hawaii. No thanks. Hugs on tapering off an antidepressant, that is tough.

    @petrocoetsee I'm also rebooting my weight loss after apparently forgetting everything I'd learned and worked to hard to do to get to maintenance. We cam do this!

    @vegan4lyfe2012 My mom used to demo Stampin' Up cards- such a fun hobby! I like how you said "September is going to be a fun ride for me." How often do we hear "fun" in a weight loss discussion?! I need to emphasize the fun a lot more: how fun it is to step on the scale and see that lower number, or to feel *good* about myself at the end of the night because I've done what I set out to do that day. Thanks for the reminder that this doesn't have to be a total drag!

    @GabiV125 I have about 20 pounds to lose, too. I realized today that if I lose a steady 1 pound a week, I'll be at goal weight by the end of the year- not bad! Imagine waking up January 1st and being at maintenance. We got this! You asked about IF- simply skipping breakfast and calling it fasting is FINE (I do this, and open my window at noon), but a "clean" fast means no cream in your coffee. I make an awesome cold brew at home and drink that until lunchtime. One piece of advice about fasting, take it or leave it: I love Gin Stephen's Delay, Don't Deny book and learned so much, but did *not* have success without counting calories, which is something she doesn't feel is necessary if you fast with a shorter window (not sure is she still feels that way about counting calories in the new book). Fasting doesn't free me from tracking calories (even when I got down to a 4-hour window), but it does stretch my 1200 calories into a manageable amount to keep me satisfied. That said, some people seem to be able to get away with not tracking. You'll find your groove!

    @andreiya12 I think your eating plan sounds fine (similar to my own calorie range) but it's hard to say without knowing your current height, because calories are often based on weight AND height, plus the pace you want to lose at. You say you do a lot of housework? Why not count that as exercise? You're likely doing more physical activity than you think!

    @Jactop o.m.g a chocolate factory! I can't imagine how great that smells! Do you still love chocolate (if you did previously)?

    @gwamajtw91 I do IF 16:8, too, and have found it's one of the easiest ways for me to make my calories stretch further, plus, it's just easier for me to skip breakfast. It always made me hungrier anyway! Happy belated birthday!

    @raleighgirl09 Do you go by pharmgirl because you work in pharmacy? That's all I could think of. Clever if so! I love punny names. So sorry about the spider. I once got stuck in a car with a spider the size of my hand, I about died (!) Also wanted to add that it sounds like you're exactly the partner your Mr. Frank needs, incredibly understanding and willing to give him the space he needs. Please don't hesitate to vent/share here.
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,018 Member
    @GabiV125 I'm not sure if you're asking for advice with IF or with coffee. With coffee I found if you ice or cold brew it, it's not as harsh black. I was able to cut creamer but not sugar until this anti-inflammatory diet and now I'm using cinnamon and cocoa powder in iced coffee. As far as IF goes I did it by default as I didn't eat breakfast. I tried doing it the opposite way skipping dinner but I used to work out prior to dinner and kept crashing my blood sugar so I went back to IF skipping breakfast for awhile. I get hypoglycemic on IF so I've done better balancing out my food more. I still skip breakfast, just have been eating later than normal so it's not 14/8, more like 12/12.

    @TeresaW1020 Hope you had fun with the little ones and you're not too sore from the workout.

    @BethB554 Do you go to the gym with your dad? That's awesome if you do! When I visit my parents my dad and I go, we've both had spinal surgeries and work out every day during normal times. I'm bummed he hasn't kept it up since the gym closed but I've pressured the heck out of him, I can't make him do it and he feels physically awful but can't rally. As far as the anti-depressants it's my choice, I'm tired of the side effects and my nurse agrees it's a good idea to at least decrease them. I think as long as I stay in a pretty scheduled routine and work out every morning I'll be good. Thanks for asking! Who knows, gluten can be related to some of it and my diet may be helping too, my head is a lot clearer.

    @TwistedSassette Way to rally! I'm the same way with strength, I see the biggest visual difference plus then I can do things I couldn't before with it but it's the hardest for me to do for some reason. I LOVE doing strength legs and miss it like crazy, arms not so much and abs I'm really not into right now! Over an hour cardio sure! Abs for 10 minutes, yuck! I need to find some new challenges I can do, I was doing some ten minute ab ones on YouTube that were fun but can't do the planks with my legs all screwy.

    @Cornanda @trooworld I was sure trooworld would be some crazy story too! Mine's so boring, Kat is my nickname for Kathy, Mary is my middle name, then user name was taken so I tossed in my year of birth. It's my gmail too, I'm not original at all!

    @raleighgirl09 I thought I ran off on tangents, what the heck is FrankTV and what am I missing? I totally agree with you about it even though I don't know what it is! Ideally if you set it free it comes back to you because that is where it chooses to be. Funny, I've been having discussions like this with a friend who was ready to sell his soul for a woman who isn't emotionally available at all and would destroy him emotionally. I get where she's coming from but she's so fragile and needy and he's a rescuer who would do anything for her, she'd ideally need a lot of counseling and be able to really communicate to make things work. I keep trying to explain that a person should not BE your life but enhance it and compliment it and that one person can't be another person's everything. He's one of the people I was saying was draining me, hours of "poor me" drives me insane and I have no patience for it, if you're unhappy enough to talk about it for hours do something about it. I'm only so sympathetic to excuses which is one of my weak areas I guess but it's not something I let myself get away with either.

    @Hilogirl2018 OMG I love you, you want me to share videos!? Before I could only do these workouts I did new stuff and shared videos every day, it was so fun! Can you do legs at all? If so I can send you my seated playlist. If you can't do legs I have a handful of arm cardio videos only. In my case I've had back fusions so low impact is needed even in the best of times, I have a ton of videos that are low impact. Seated is a mixed bag, the ones with legs are still pretty good full-body workouts though I noticed with all seated I have to be careful of bouncing because of the groin nerve pain worsening when I get hot. Arm cardio is stuff like boxing and flapping my arms around. I have a bunch of YouTube playlists from dance to yoga. The current arm cardio is some short arm-only ones, then some dance routines I can do upper body only. I do yoga and resistant bands too, feel free to drop me a message or let me know here and I'm more than happy to share videos, I love doing that! I did three today multiple times, I mute them and snap a second YouTube window with videos and sing at the top of my lungs, figure I burn more calories that way. I got 10,000 steps in 80 minutes of arm flapping this morning, was having too much fun with my music and got carried away!
  • GabiV125
    GabiV125 Posts: 3,126 Member
    Today’s my husband’s birthday, 51. I’ve been having some horrible nightmares last 3 nights, and I’m extremely tired, is it bad to be grateful 51 is not a meaningful number.... ? He is the most balanced and dependable person I know, except when he turned 30, 40, 50- then he’s a little girl, or a teenager at her period (our daughter’s words not mine).
    Food, cake, bloat, lack of sleep, here I come!
  • trooworld
    trooworld Posts: 6,607 Member
    @Cornanda @Katmary71 I wish it were! LOL! I can try to make up a crazy story if it would make you guys feel better? :P

    @raleighgirl09 I've always loved that saying. I hope your Frank always comes back to you.

    @Katmary71 Maybe it's for the best that you stood up for yourself? I'm glad you enjoyed your chicken but it must have been hard to watch your guy enjoying his that way.

    @GabiV125 Sorry about the nightmares. That always makes me feel like I didn't sleep at all. I hope you get better sleep tonight. Happy birthday to your husband.

    Wednesday
    Calories: over/under: under
    Water: over/under: over
    Exercise: walk
    Goals or Improvements for tomorrow: track everything, 2 bottles (26 oz) of water
  • Cornanda
    Cornanda Posts: 1,124 Member
    @trooworld maybe it's the name AND the wonder woman pic combo that make it seem there's a story there? :D

    @raleighgirl09 - Frank is lucky to have an understanding wife like you

    @GabiV125 - "husband acts like a girl at his period" on zero birthdays. LOL! Hope you get some sleep.

    @Katmary71 - food torture! Sounds terrible. I'm glad the chicken was good though

    @MommaGemz - wow! You are killing it on the weight loss! Great work!
  • Hilogirl2018
    Hilogirl2018 Posts: 687 Member
    @Katmary71 I'm so excited, I've never met anyone who has similar physical obstacles to working out but actually does it! Yes, please post some of your favorites, I'd love that! Arm cardio is really intriguing to me- I'm not sure if I could do legs. I'd have to check out the video to know. A bit more about my conditions so you have a better idea:

    I had back surgery a long time ago before I was diagnosed with Ehlers-danlos syndrome (EDS), which causes joint pain in my shoulders, wrists, fingers, knees, ankles- basically, my joints aren't super stable. Some hip impingement, labral tears, bursitis, and tendonitis. Then the freaking nerve pain, which is the worst kind of chronic pain I have: small fiber neuropathy in my feet and pelvic pain from some botched endometriosis surgeries that severed some nerves. So I just hurt all the time (I feel like the entire lower half of my body's anthem is Alicia Keys' "Girl on Fire" lol!). It makes it tough to do regular exercise, but I know I need to do SOMETHING. I used to love doing step aerobics and I miss those days. I think any kind of arm cardio would be good except for yoga- my doctors say no yoga, ever, because my joints will be damaged by hyperextending. I cannot even believe you got in your 10,000 'steps' like that- genius!

    Have you found your anti-inflammatory diet is helping the nerve pain at all? I did paleo for 3 years, then keto for 2 hoping for less pain, but my body wasn't having it.

    @MommaGemz Amazing weight loss so far!

    @gwamajtw91 Slow and steady is all we need, the important thing is the scale is moving in the right direction! I had guessed your screen name read "Gwama" like a kids way of saying Grandma- I'm not good at decoding screen names lol.

    @AustinRuadhain First, I am so sorry to hear about your husband's injury and I can only imagine how nervewracking it must have been to have to get medical care. Hoping you both test negative! Second, thank you for the Tiny Habits info, I may look into that further. What kind of literary conference was it?
  • Cornanda
    Cornanda Posts: 1,124 Member
    @AustinRuadhain --- I will keep my fingers crossed for your health as well.
  • TeresaW1020
    TeresaW1020 Posts: 3,231 Member
    @AustinRuadhain I was about to send out a search party for you! <3 I am so sorry to hear about your husband’s accident and I will be praying that neither of you catches the virus or anything else! That is good news that the big project is just about done how awesome that you even lost weight while going through so much stress.

    @gwamajtw91 Yayyy on the weight loss this week and you just keep up the great work and you will see the 160’s before you know it! B)

    @MommaGemz What a great weigh-in!! What are doing so right that you can share with the of us? B)

    @GabiV125 I hope those terrible nightmares end and that you will enjoy your DH’s birthday. <3

    @Hilogirl2018 Yes Gin’s first book Delay, Don’t Deny is a great book and the first one I read too. Her new one has lots more content with the latest data on IF. I really recommend it! I’m glad that you found the perfect IF timing for you. I’m still trying to find mine. ;)

    Hi Team! Well, last night went really well with the kids at church. We had 8 of them and I was very impressed with how well behaved they were for most of the hour. I even got to play with Play-Doh!! :grin: Today, was my staff meeting, and then the pastor took us all out to lunch. I had the salad and not the big juicy burger that I wanted. But I did just come from doing a favor for a friend who paid me in homemade bread and peach jelly. Hubby and I just had some for an after-dinner snack and it was sooo good. Not good for my low carb eating but totally worth the splurge. :p
  • TwistedSassette
    TwistedSassette Posts: 8,825 Member
    @MommGemz - that trend looks great! Well done!

    @AustinRuadhain - wishing your husband a speedy recovery from his injury (that sounds painful!) and hoping that you managed to avoid the virus!

    ***DAILY CHECK-IN THURSDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER
    Calories: Slightly over (less than 100)
    Water: Under
    Exercise: None
    Goals/Improvements for tomorrow: 30 mins exercise, track calories

    ***WEEKLY WEIGH-IN***
    TwistedSassette
    Weigh in day: Friday
    SW: 138.3kg
    PW: 138.0kg
    CW: 137.5kg
    LTD: 0.8kg

    I'm happy with my progress this week. I haven't done as much exercise as I'd have liked (being an accountant, the end/beginning of months are hectic at work and I am exhausted when I get home - that's an excuse, and something I will be working on in the future) but I have been tracking daily and have been more aware of my food choices and portion sizes so I have been running at a deficit so I'm proud of my efforts there this week. And it looks like it is showing on the scale so I'm happy with that too. I am starting to think that maybe I can do this after all. Here's to another good week next week!
  • raleighgirl09
    raleighgirl09 Posts: 690 Member
    Katmary71 wrote: »

    @raleighgirl09 I thought I ran off on tangents, what the heck is FrankTV and what am I missing? I totally agree with you about it even though I don't know what it is! Ideally if you set it free it comes back to you because that is where it chooses to be. Funny, I've been having discussions like this with a friend who was ready to sell his soul for a woman who isn't emotionally available at all and would destroy him emotionally. I get where she's coming from but she's so fragile and needy and he's a rescuer who would do anything for her, she'd ideally need a lot of counseling and be able to really communicate to make things work. I keep trying to explain that a person should not BE your life but enhance it and compliment it and that one person can't be another person's everything. He's one of the people I was saying was draining me, hours of "poor me" drives me insane and I have no patience for it, if you're unhappy enough to talk about it for hours do something about it. I'm only so sympathetic to excuses which is one of my weak areas I guess but it's not something I let myself get away with either.

    @Katmary71 Hahah, Frank TV is when he's in Morehead City and I am in Raleigh. He's decided he wants to stay there as much as possible because he loves being there (we have a small place there, it's where we want to retire) and always misses it. He talks about moving there - before I can. I miss him when he's there but I support him doing what he wants to do. So - we have an echo show at each place and we have discovered it's kinda neat to leave it on and we can chat or not, do out computer things, look up and say hi....=> I call it Frank TV. There's a picture below!

    Yeah, I agree - you have to be happy with yourself and also recognize when someone else is asking or may ask too much. Like you - I don't have a lot of patience for the kind of chatter that is a never ending loop.

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  • raleighgirl09
    raleighgirl09 Posts: 690 Member
    raleighgirl09
    Week 1 weigh in Thursday (03Sep2020)
    Previous weight:171.5
    Current weight: 172.7
    LTD MFP #2 62.3 lbs
    LTD overall 127.3 lbs

    Oh, I **really** hate moving the LTD numbers backwards! I've been not weighing because with eating a lot of higher sodium choices and driving on Tuesday for 3 hours, I knew it would be up. Three pounds from 169.9 is not huge but I don't want it to the slippery slope! Some really good habits have not been happening - namely, pre-planning and cooking food. That and logging, especially ahead of time, are some of the really strong habits for success for me. Then, avoiding high sodium and drinking lots of water! I'll be home for a week so I am going to work on a pound or two of this before next Thursday's weigh in!

    Excellent weigh ins and WAY TO GO @TwistedSassette @MommaGemz @gwamajtw91 !!! You guys ROCK!

    @Katmary71 wow, I bet the chicken was great, I love chipotle peppers, awesome stuff! I hate it when I find a fave has an aspect I don't want to indulge in - I bet one recipe will not be a deal breaker. You have done well so far!

    @hilogirl2018 welcome and - we share many of the same points for success! Glad you made your way backa nd then found F2F!!
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,018 Member
    @Hilogirl2018 Wow, we're soul sisters! Aside of my back fusions I had surgery at 24 for endometriosis that resulted in 5 burned nerves, bladder, and bowel damage. Long story short doctors think he turned the laser too high and the nerves tried to conduct electricity and were fried. I was bedridden on a ton of meds for 20 years then got fed up with pain clinics and went off of them. I was doing better until this year. Some suspect CRPS (that it was in remission for a few years and came back worse than ever) but I won't know until I go through all the medical hoops.

    Here's my arm cardio playlist, the hip hop and dance routines I'm mostly doing seated, they're active enough that even that way it's not a bad workout. The first one and the AimToWalk one are my two favorites, I like shorter videos as it feels like I accomplish more. Claudia Jordan has chair workouts too. My favorite seated videos that include legs and can be modified are by KymNonStop, I'll post my favorite by her next.

    https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL3sS7mfUxC345G9NZI2lWken_ut7A0WMp

    https://youtu.be/uejXrxEkBQQ

    The anti-inflammatory diet is helping but I started supplements at the same time as well. It's going real slow and I keep doing more than one thing at once so I don't know what is and isn't helping. I'm doing too much cardio so I'll have to take it easy tomorrow, the pelvic nerves are mad at getting overheated (of course the legs love heat). I'm going to try icing while I work out tomorrow.
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,018 Member
    Thursday check-in
    Calories- under
    Exercise- arm cardio, arm resistant bands, leg resistance bands and stretching/yoga, meditation/earth energy healing

    Having a really bad pain day, have to figure out a way around it. I'm breaking out bad too, I'm pretty sure it's the chicken sausage that's super easy to toss in the air fryer because it tastes great and is easy to cook.
  • trooworld
    trooworld Posts: 6,607 Member
    @MommaGemz Congrats on yet another loss, wow!

    @Cornanda I guess I'm just a woman of mystery! LOL

    @AustinRuadhain Oh my gosh! You've had quite the week. I will be thinking good thoughts for you and your husband. This is terrible. You go to get help and might end up worse off than you were! :( I'm glad you made it through your literary conference okay. Congrats on losing weight!

    @TeresaW1020 Oh what fun to play with Play-Doh and be a kid again! :) Good for you for ordering the salad and not the burger. Maybe you can have a homemade burger at home that would be fewer calories? Oh bless your friend's heart for paying you in homemade bread and peach jelly! Gotta love good intentions. :)

    Hi everyone! It's supposed to be really hot this weekend here, the hottest days of the year so far. :( Really hot today, too, so I decided that rather than try to work in the heat in my house, I'm going to drive to my office and work in my office in the A/C. Things are going okay, not great, I've been drinking more liquids this week but have been over my WW point allotment several days. Last night, I didn't have the energy to cook so we bought a frozen pizza from the grocery store. :/

    Thursday
    Calories: over/under: over
    Water: over/under: over
    Exercise: walk
    Goals or Improvements for tomorrow: track everything, 2 bottles (26 oz) of water
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