Today I want to walk, go visit a friend, do some laundry and relax then get ready for tomorrow. I made dinner last night and have leftovers. I forgot though that I need to do some food shopping. Today now looks busier than I thought since I wrote it down. I hope I get at least little bits of these things done.

I plan on taking a rest day but if I get antsy this afternoon I will find myself at the pool!...the house is clean and our two new love seats and recliner are being delivered in the morning!...we ordered it in early June but had to wait on a mechanical part from China...usual laundry and kitchen to take care of...have to help grandson clean the patio if it doesn’t rain...I already paid him for doing it a week ago!...try to think of something different for dinner...watch the Tampa Bolts hockey game after dinner....

Let's see....Joined the local gym online, and am waiting for a training slot. They'll text me about that, so that's handled for now. I have clothes and shoes. I don't have a bathing suit but I am not going to swim right now, so that's fine.

I have more dishes to do as soon as the ones on the drying rack can be put away. Make lunch (chicken quesadillas) and eat it, and finish picking up the library and clean it. Dust and sweep the front room, and clean the downstairs bathroom and the kitchen. I also have two books to read so they can go to the library tomorrow. One is on English castle ghosts and is background for my novel. One is on psychology and is just for fun.

My younger son (20) is supposed to come down and work on the ridge and divots left by the sewer people back in July. I think it's had enough time to settle, and it won't take him that long to make the high places low and fill in the divots, and then we can seed it and eventually mow it like the rest of the yard. But I haven't heard from him and am not sure. Well, we're having swiss steak for dinner, and since it's premade and microwaves, I still have plenty of time for him to contact me before I have to decide what we're doing. Of course, depending on how Boyfriend and Girlfriend are doing mental health-wise, I may make them the swiss steak meal and go out with Younger Son. I know most of the area restaurants and am not going to beat myself up if I go 50 calories over. We'll see what happens, and either way I will get a good meal on time, and that's what counts.

eliezalot wrote: »

8/31 goals:

• Hit my deficit goal, or eat no more than maintenance
• Mail the Poshmark item I sold
• Anxiety prevention (I can feel it starting to be one of those weeks, and would much prefer to nip it in the bud)

Ate at maintenance yesterday, mailed my box (well, sent husband to mail it), and managed to keep the anxiety at bay.

9/1
HOW IS IT SEPTEMBER ALREADY

• Continue anxiety prevention!
• Hit calorie (deficit) goal
• Drink enough water

eliezalot wrote: »

9/1

• Continue anxiety prevention!
• Hit calorie (deficit) goal
• Drink enough water

Hit my calorie goal with ease yesterday, which was a nice change from the last few days. Still feeling pretty thirsty (thanks corned beef!), but that is decreasing and water weight is starting to come off too.

9/2

• Hit calorie goal again
• More anxiety prevention
• Drink enough water
• Do something fun for myself (start a new embroidery project, read, find recipes for this weekend, etc...)
• Yoga?

alligatorob wrote: »

I found myself down another pound this morning, not something I expected. I am trying for maintenance so it is mixed news. I just upped my calories to a 1600 a day target a couple of days ago, and am hoping for no gain no loss. Another pound won't hurt me.

My goal to day is to get to the gym, exercise, and more importantly to stay on my maintenance track!

You have done an amazing job...thanks for sharing your journey with us!

Thanks Connie, and thank y'all for having me.

My goal today is to eat well and stay on track, already been to the gym for my exercise.

alligatorob wrote: »

Thanks Connie, and thank y'all for having me.

My goal today is to eat well and stay on track, already been to the gym for my exercise.

Would love to be your friend but I can’t seem to get the request to go thru...could you please friend request me if you are accepting friends!...thanks

Long walk with Darwin (dog)
Grocery shopping
Grading my class
Call my brother and mother
Save my exercise calories

eliezalot wrote: »

9/3

• Eat at or below maintenance today. It is shaping up to be a stressful day (woke up to an email that my boss is being laid off due to restructuring). While I would love stress-eat the day away, I'm going to try to hit my deficit goal, but allow myself up to maintenance calories if I want them.
• Drink water
• Hard boil some eggs for snacks
• Go to bed early

Weekend goals are minimal. Between work announcing a massive reorg, and family stress (my grandma is quickly detioriating), my goal is just to get through the weekend with as little additional stress as possible.

• Eat around or below maintenance
• Hit up the grocery store
• Drink water
• Do something for fun
• Take a walk or bike ride for mental health

We're going to take food to Boyfriend's parents and then go up to a shoe store, get him properly fitted, and get some new shoes for him. He got a lift and started wearing it in his shoe and it has readjusted his entire back for the better. But, as he said, no one ever looked at his back since he was 17 and they said, "Well, it's not quite serious enough for back surgery now, but you'll get there eventually." He had a brace for scoliosis, and still has a noticable kyphosis, and when I look at him he definitely has a high shoulder and a high hip. The lift in his shoe levels out his hips and helps a lot with the back pain.

My goal today is to stay on track sometimes one hour at a time....continue resting my very sore ribs and try to prepare dinner tonight if I am moving around ok...if not, Publix baked chicken for dinner!

Today's goals:
Finish laundry.
Pay bills.
Spend 15 minutes cleaning the dining room table. (The catch-all spot for stuff that comes into the house.)
Eat healthy foods and don't cave in to the whim to go buy junk food.

Ccricfo wrote: »

conniewilkins56 wrote: »

My goal today is to stay on track sometimes one hour at a time....continue resting my very sore ribs and try to prepare dinner tonight if I am moving around ok...if not, Publix baked chicken for dinner!

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Connie: Hope you feel better after that tumble....sounds like you must be a VIP of Publix by now!

I bet someone in our family is at Publix 6 days out of 7....