Shrinking Assets - September 2020 Team Chat
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Got my walk in. Wasn't looking for speed, just to get back out and be active as its been a while
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One day at a time @hipari and if you have achieved all you can then nothing more can be done. Anything else that happens was never under your control in the first place.0
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@TheMrWobbly thanks! The thing is, it kinda needs to be under my control even if it isn’t right now. Not anybody’s spouse’s health of course, but I (and my fellow managers) need to take things in control and keep the company afloat so our boss can take the time he and his kids need and nobody has to suffer unnecessarily. When including family members of employees, there’s about 100 people whose lives are affected by this company, and I have a big role and keeping everything running and making sure salaries get paid.
On top of this work struggle, I just found out my American grandma passed away today. We weren’t super close anymore and the last time I talked with her was this spring, but still. During my exchange year I talked with her pretty much every day. She was an amazing woman.3 -
My first hurricane!
They are forecasting rain in excess of 15” tomorrow alone. I’m just gonna hunker down for a couple days y’all!!!
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Sorry to hear about your Grandma @hipari
If there are 100 people relying on the company why are only 4 of you taking all of the strain? Who needs to step up and take some tasks from you so you can take some from the CEO? Good succession planning and training opportunity? Also what happens when your CEO goes on annual leave? I know that is only short term however it is probably a well rehearsed routine. If your CEO doesn't take annual leave then they will be back sooner as work is something they need.0 -
Well, this week started off horribly. My boss's wife passed away this morning. I didn't know her personally, but I'm devastated for him and his two young daughters who lost their mom. In addition to this news hitting me and everyone else right in the feels, it messes things up pretty badly business-wise. He's the CEO and nobody, not even he himself, can how soon he's able to come back, how long it takes until he's 100% etc. So, the rest of the executive team (4 people including me) are trying to figure out how to run everything, take over whatever he had on his list so he can take time off, and make sure nothing breaks down, on top of doing our own overly busy jobs and managing the mental load of these news. Obviously we *want* to be flexible and help him in whatever way we can and I'm not complaining, but it's still going to be bad and nobody knows if it takes days, weeks or months.
So yeah, instead of taking a calm day of collecting my nerves and tackling some bigger issues at work that need focus, I spent the day crying, making contingency plans, talking on the phone with board members and executives, planning internal communication and dividing responsibilities, and running virtual errands like ordering flowers. I've done none of the things I planned to do today at work. My plan of walking somewhere to get a healthy lunch switched to ordering delivery and munching it down while trying to form a view of what needs to be done.
What an awful situation, but they are lucky to have you. Not everyone is equipped to handle the unexpected and while you were undoubtedly stressed out, you were a valuable cog in their operation.1 -
@TheMrWobbly there are about 25 employees, but their family members are of course relying on business running, salaries being paid and layoffs not happening.
He does take annual leave regularly, but it's pre-planned and here pretty much all business shuts down for the month of July as almost everyone in every company is on holidays, so there's a lot less to take care of. People are stepping up where they can, but the majority of our employees are consultants and specialists, not managers, salespeople, HR professionals or accountants. There's not many tasks that can be transferred without extensive training and knowledge transfer. Plus, all other employees are fully booked with their own jobs as well. This is the kind of thing that falls on the executives, no matter how we slice it. If a long-term solution is needed, that's a different thing.
Today is so much brighter already, and I even got a little walk. Just a grocery run, but still. Tonight I have my acrobatics class, hopefully it will take my mind off work.2 -
Finally got in a workout today as winds blew the 2+ weeks of intense wildfire smoke blanketing SF a little bit inland! My lungs still feel like they're only operating at about 75 to 80%, but you know what the endorphins are everything... I was starting to get down without the chance to sweat. Here's hoping the smoke headaches and fatigue are over for a bit!
@Beka3695 the last thing you need is more flooding/water at your house! Here's hoping you can ride out the storm safely. The layered crises right now are a lot to deal with, but we are stronger than we know!
Eating at my new lower calorie goal has been quite the experience/learning these past few weeks. It was a rocky start then I was over compensating/under eating/not hitting macros last week which resulted in an unacceptable binge day. It felt like a bad glimpse at some disordered eating that I want no part of. All of that felt awful, but I got things under wraps this week by not being so aggressive meal planning *such* low calorie dinners and snacks. Now I'm finding that a few cuts I made to my go to breakfast (nixing the cheese and English muffin) and a stable of reliable snacks are helping me get very close to calorie and macro goals.
I still haven't hit a steady loss groove again, but I'm not plateau-ing. I'll take it!1 -
Winds at the eyewall are +110. This will make landfall in about 4 hours. We lost power about an hour ago. The baby is the only one sleeping. This thing is only moving 2 MPH. Take pride knowing you can outrun this hurricane.
My eating has been off point and I expect will continue.
@carriestrine - I am at my daughters house. I nanny for my grandson until childcare is a thing again. My personal home is in north Georgia. Yes, layers of stress.3 -
Happy Wednesday
Weigh in
Curvybaja55
PW. 170.3
CW. 170.8
LTD. 32
Hope everyone have a great day. 😀😀😀💃💃💓3 -
Wednesday weigh in:
PW: 150.8
CW: 150.0
LTD: 16 LBS4 -
Hope you and your family is safe and well from this storm.
Winds at the eyewall are +110. This will make landfall in about 4 hours. We lost power about an hour ago. The baby is the only one sleeping. This thing is only moving 2 MPH. Take pride knowing you can outrun this hurricane.
My eating has been off point and I expect will continue.
@carriestrine - I am at my daughters house. I nanny for my grandson until childcare is a thing again. My personal home is in north Georgia. Yes, layers of stress.
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@TheMrWobbly there are about 25 employees, but their family members are of course relying on business running, salaries being paid and layoffs not happening.
He does take annual leave regularly, but it's pre-planned and here pretty much all business shuts down for the month of July as almost everyone in every company is on holidays, so there's a lot less to take care of. People are stepping up where they can, but the majority of our employees are consultants and specialists, not managers, salespeople, HR professionals or accountants. There's not many tasks that can be transferred without extensive training and knowledge transfer. Plus, all other employees are fully booked with their own jobs as well. This is the kind of thing that falls on the executives, no matter how we slice it. If a long-term solution is needed, that's a different thing.
Today is so much brighter already, and I even got a little walk. Just a grocery run, but still. Tonight I have my acrobatics class, hopefully it will take my mind off work.
Hang in there I cannot imagined the stress that you are under now.0 -
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This is my last week of 3 13 hour days. This 5 week course has def taught me some stuff but its also made me realize how much I really don't know in the pharmacy world.
The weather here has majorly dropped. Its 11am and 58 degrees. I am enjoying not having my AC going as the bills were quite high this summer.
I haven't gotten out since Monday. We found out my possum has an infection and I freak out a bit every time I leave thinking he wont make it. I have already lost 2 in my rehab journey. This *kitten* is hard!4 -
Wednesday Weigh In:
KittyInBoots17:
PW: 234.6
CW:234.4
This is what happens when you overeat, go up, and then keep overeating, with a sad attempt to bring it down by weigh in day. Lol.
My gosh guys, why can't I get this under control? Like I know what I need to do. I really do. I just can't seem to do it.
I've been here before, and I remember thinking, I wonder how it will be at 215, 205, 199... I remember reaching 199 and still not dropping sizes. I think this is what gets in my head. It's like, oh, I'm still fat. I still got the rolls I hoped would disappear. So then I "don't care" cuz all my effort didn't seem to amount to much.
Now I'm like, if you had just stayed at 195 or whatever. Could have just maintained it. When you regain it's like, how did that happen? I'm legit dreading having to wear my 1X winter coat again after telling myself never to fit it again. Sigh.6 -
Sorry for being AWOL.... having a few days with my parents and not really been using my phone. No scales to weigh in this morning so could I carry over last week's weight?
I've skimmed the posts and feel like I need to send plenty of hugs. Will be back properly at the weekend xxx3 -
So I attempted to make a shadow cake for my husband from scratch. We used to get it at a bakery by where we grew up, but they went out of business.
I put the recipe into mfp and even if I cut it into 20 servings, it was still almost a full days calories. I had one piece and good for me, bad for my husband, it’s pretty bad. I don’t even know why I bothered to eat the whole piece; I think it’s just because I was raised to never waste food.
Now we have a cake in the fridge that no one wants to eat lol. At least my epic baking failure didn’t complete derail my weight loss3 -
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So my possums tail isn't swollen much anymore but still looks very infected.
Poor guy. He is actually eating and going to the the bathroom so I am hoping with the few days of meds, he is just slowly getting better 4 -
Hi guys!!!!
Hurricane has passed and we are ok. Minimal damage to the house, but now power and no idea when it will be back.
Our immediate area is not too bad. Others just a mile or so away were not so lucky. Son in law works on the beach and he said it is effed!
Food choices are questionable given the situation. There has been some stress snacking. I am not worrying about a gain this week. We are just going to get thru the situation at hand and go from there.9 -
Good news Beka, *hugs* to everyone0
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Beka so glad youre ok!!!!!0
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Glad to hear you're ok, Beka!!
I'm feeling slightly better, and like I could even face the scale and start paying attention to what and how much I eat again. I think I need to set up some appointments to get myself back on a roll and caring about myself in an active way, instead of fooling myself into "games on my iPad and vegging on the couch is the best self-care" and ending up bored, frustrated, bloated and sore. A massage, manicure and a nice slow solo gym session are in order. Then some veggie-focused meal-planning and a grocery trip. I even booked a manicure already but had to cancel it when it became "meet with the chairman of the board at the only time suitable for him and all managers to make sure the company runs smoothly and our CEO can grieve and care for his kids who just lost their mom" vs. "get my nails done".
Weather is supposed to be good this weekend, so I'm hoping to get some longer walks.
On the bright side: we just got scheduled our pre-move inspection to see our new apartment! We bought an apartment from a construction project and made the deal more than a year ago, and this is the first time we get to go see it in person. Expected move-in date is just before Christmas.1 -
I can feel the apathy creeping in across MFP. Is it the change in seasons? Let's give it some pumpkin spice kick *kitten* for the next few weeks 😊3
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Username: imgwendolyn2015
Weigh In Day: Friday
PW (Previous Weight):181.2
CW (Current Weight):177.4
Woop! Woop!
Had a stressful day at work yesterday but through it all I never gave in to the old ways of eating my feelings. That is huge for me. While it is completely acceptable to go over calories once in a while, have some sort of indulgence every now and then and have a so called "cheat" day, none of those work for me. I am all or nothing because at this point I'm not sure I'm ready to face a temptation and not binge. One day I hope to be able to. For now I am good with avoidance!
The weather sure is changing here in Wisconsin. Fall is upon us! I'll have to figure out how to layer for walks now!
TGIF!!!
Enjoy the weekend everyone!!6 -
Hi guys!!!!
Hurricane has passed and we are ok. Minimal damage to the house, but now power and no idea when it will be back.
Our immediate area is not too bad. Others just a mile or so away were not so lucky. Son in law works on the beach and he said it is effed!
Food choices are questionable given the situation. There has been some stress snacking. I am not worrying about a gain this week. We are just going to get thru the situation at hand and go from there.
So glad you are okay! I don't blame you for stress snacking! Take it easy and day by day to get through it. I hope all your friends and loved ones are safe too.1 -
TheMrWobbly wrote: »I can feel the apathy creeping in across MFP. Is it the change in seasons? Let's give it some pumpkin spice kick *kitten* for the next few weeks 😊
Yes!!! Let’s kick some PS @$$!!!
I am going to attempt to reign in the snacking today. Meal choices are still questionable- most expensive item before it spoils!! We had ribeyes last night. We found ice and bought more than our coolers would hold - gave some to the neighbor next door and be paid us with 2 large beef filets - $27 steaks 😳😳😳😳. He was leaving to go to a relatives and said they would spoil before he was back. That is dinner tonight. Side dish is where we will go off the rails.
The fence entering the neighborhood was blown apart. I’m going to go stack up the boards as my workout today. This will make it easier for the HOA to clean up and get me moving. We have water - so I can shower.
I have no idea what tomorrow’s weigh in will bring - but I will post it! Next week, I WILL BE GREEN!!!!!!
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carriestrine
Weigh in Fridays
PW: 199.4 lb
CW: 198.2
LTD: 35.8 lbs
Feeling good and more solidly in onederland, though I'm still in shock that I've made it this far.
Very stressful week at work, but things seem to be settling for a rejuvenating weekend. The air quality improvement has been such a huge mood lift.5 -
Cre804
PW 198.5
CW 196.5
LTD 41.0
I had a big whoosh of water weight after last weeks weigh-in, but not enough to get me back on track. My eating since my trip has been rather lackadaisical, but have been distracted. My dishwasher died, ruining my kitchen floor in the process. Supply chain issues makes it difficult to find anything available to install. Finally found one that can be delivered next week, but it is way more $ than I wanted to spend.
On the upside, my knee and other aches have improved since our road trip. Still not back up to speed on my walking, but have made progress. But my trainer put us through a tough workout this week (high reps, heavy weights) and it has kicked.my.butt. I am exhausted and sore everywhere (but in a good way).
I went to my doc yesterday to go over my numbers. Considering the pandemic, she thought I’ve done remarkably well. My numbers are much better than most of her patients! We agreed to try to lower my blood pressure meds. The only downside is that my cholesterol has gone up, so I need to work on getting that down. (Farewell Shrimp! 🦐 🍤 😢 )
My commitment for this week is to meal plan, shop, and do better with food journaling.3
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