@micki48 Here's a WIP photo. At this point, we've stripped the metal from the boards (barring a couple of nails that will not come out), sanded them to clean them, treated any parts which were soft, and filled the worst of the damage (the really pale bits, which should stain to match). We're trying to keep the character of the boards, whilst making a nice surface to work on. There are 4 in total to make two corner desks, each one is 3 boards wide, by about 5-6ft long.

By the time we've bought everything to do it, we probably could've bought pre-made desks cheaper, but I couldn't find anything that made the best use of the space we have.



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I did the food shopping yesterday, and binge-shopped. I was definitely buying comfort food... white mini chocolate eggs (the white Milkybar ones with the crisp shell, for UK peeps), Creme Eggs, and some sweets. A key difference to normal is that I haven't binge eaten; I'm still happily weighing out portions so that's fine, and specifically bought stuff that would be easy to weigh out or count.

The reason behind my comfort shopping - my (step) father in law had a stroke on Sunday morning. As England is in lockdown, nobody is able to go to the hospital with him, and he was taken alone in an ambulance. We don't have any news; I know he still can't swallow, and has limited use of his left side, it didn't appear to be caused by a bleed. I don't know anybody else who's had a stroke, and I guess I expected it'd be mild and he'd already be showing signs of recovery.

I'm worried about him, my mother in law and youngest brother in law (who's only 15, FIL is his father). They bought their dream house last year - a farm/small holding - and it's needs a lot of work, plus the maintenance is FIL's thing. The house isn't really suited to somebody recovering from a stroke, either. It made me think about my own health; I'm obese, and my stress levels are typically high. He is quite young (57), a little overweight but not much, and generally healthy but also has high stress levels (and high blood pressure). Bit of a wake up call.

jugar wrote: »

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@jugar my weigh-in
156.4

I’m happy!

WOW! That's a great drop (3.6 pounds) and @MandiSaysHey too (2.4 pounds). Look at Week 4 taking off!!

@jugar Wow! I had to go back and look. I was feeling like it’s been pretty stagnant, and getting frustrated.
Now I’m really happy!! Hahaha

@MandiSaysHey Great job!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

Have a great day everyone! 💕

@DD265 I also have a Garmin Vivosmart 4. I like the size of it, and I feel the tracking is more accurate than my step daughter's Fitbit as we went on a walk together and my device said we did 3km and hers said 4km (the gps on my phone verified we went 3). Perhaps setting up the custom stride data in the app would fix that. I definitely am jealous I can't join the large Fitbit community, but I like how my sleep data is displayed in the Garmin app, it was much more detailed than the Fitbit. They're probably all waterproof these days but I swim a lot in the summer so that was important to me. When I first got my Garmin, the band was on the second to last hole so I was worried it wouldn't fit, but it has since stretched to a comfortable size so I'm 6 holes from the end.

I don't know where else to share my excitement about this, but we finally figured out how to make it work so we bought a kotatsu (heated, blanketed table).

Now we just need a plush rug and comforter, both of which we can probably get from Walmart or Costco.

Once it's all assembled I'll share pics.

Steps Tuesday 11,773 plus 30 minutes shovelling snow... do we get a step equivalent for shoveling? Lol

I did mostly good today, but I did eat back some of my exercise calories which I am trying not to do this month. Not enough to concern me though.

@DD265 The wood you are using is beautiful. I'm sure you will love your one of a kind desks. Thanks for sharing.

So sorry to hear about your FIL. He is young for sure. I will be turning 57 in June. So that is kinda scary. I have some experience with strokes. My husband, out of no where, had a stroke early one morning when he was 48! They never figured out what caused it. Not a bleed. My theory is that it was related to sleep apnea. He snored a lot. In any case, he spent a week in the ICU, but luckily recovered completely. One would never know he had the stroke if you weren't told. He is now 66 and we have never had any issue again. He is on blood thinners for life, but so far he has not had any ill effects. I hope your FIL recovers quickly. It is very scary, but also amazing how the brain can recover. I wish you all well.

@PlaneMonkey Thanks for that link. They are cute little nasty things!

@Terytha I had to look that up. How exciting and what a comfy cozy thing to have.

Today I had my granddaughter over. She is such a piece of work. I was trying to get her to nap and she was singing a "Jazzy Jingle Bells" then she licked my face and said she was a kitty. She makes me laugh so much. My eating was fine today, but I haven't logged everything yet. Today was one of those recurring "Covid -- Don't care days." I think for me, as this pandemic has dragged on, some days I just can't be bothered to be "good". This past year has been quite unusual and difficult. We never leave our house. I mean NEVER. We are probably a bit crazy about it, but we are just trying to be safe. Well, some days, it's all I can do to just get through the day. Discipline is not my word for today. Grace will have to be my word. I will forgive my lack of discipline because I guess it is what I needed to get by today.

Log my food - Not yet
<3Drink 80 ounces of water - ALMOST
<39,000 steps - No
<310 minutes of exercise (baby steps) - No
<3Read 30 minutes - Read things (like tracking down vaccines), but not my book again.

@jugar my highest weight was probably more but I recorded 198 as top. My current weight is 187.5. I seem to be in a plateau, again.
Today I said I’d drive Monica to zBoston for dental appointment - I hope, instead that they’ll move it later so the roads will be cleaned up! More soon.

PW: 207.2 lbs
CW: 207.6 lbs
LTD: 36.4lbs

Small rebound after last week, pretty understandable. It'll probably be off again by tomorrow knowing my luck! We got another dumping of snow again last night that I wasn't expecting so this evening's main activity after work is already decided as well for me!

I've attempted the limited Beachbody videos I currently have access to through my free trial and I gotta be honest, it just reminds me of step aerobics I did in highschool. I hate it! But what it has driven me to do is go through all my old workout plans from when I had a personal trainer and my gym was still open and I've compiled a list of the compound movements with low impact and only dumbells or bodyweight required into a program for myself. I have enough cardio in my everyday life from Mother Nature these days so I'm just going to focus on weights. I find doing freeweights still gets my heart rate up. I have to devise a reward system to keep me going though. I'm going to get a calendar and some stickers and figure out what's a valid reward for the effort. I'm thinking to begin (Baby Steps!!) I have to complete 3 of these routines per week, at least 1 whole round of the exercises and if I do that, I'll earn my treat. What's a valid reward for that kind of effort? I'm not a sweets person so a dessert isn't something that will motivate me. Maybe I'll put $5 or$10 a week aside for each week I complete it and after a month I'm allowed to buy myself a random gift online, or maybe each week I get to eat an extra block of cheese (my kryptonite) or a glass of wine as a reward. What works for everyone else?

Thanks for all the support WaistAways! I really appreciate you all.

@jugar my life is fantastically low stress. Also, as I work in Ontario, I was able to get a massage last week at my chiropractic office. I'm still working full-time out of my home so I still see most of my favourite people even if it's from a 6ft distance.

I think getting to blow $20 a month on floating pool toys or cheap, cute bathing suit coverups for this coming summer might be the ticket. As soon as the ice melts I'll be floating on the lake again. Hopefully in a size 12 swimsuit!