Username: bgame4
Weigh In Day: Saturday
PW: 134 lbs
CW: 132 lbs

Phrase of the year: OWN IT!

@bgame4 Enjoy your snow day! We are getting our first in 4 years and I’m excited!! Great loss this week!

@askewcr What a nice day you had to celebrate your friend's birthday. I am so happy to read how encouraged you are feeling about your goals. Great loss this week! You go, girl!!

@fatfifties I am so sorry that the shot affected you so hard. My mom got it a few days ago and wasn’t feeling well for a day. Wow, that is a great loss on the scale!

@gwamajtw91 I am the same and do much better when I plan my meals in advance. Good job on your exercise being on point! This will be your week to lose for sure!


Hi Team! Well, we just got the word from the pastor that we are canceling church tomorrow due to the upcoming storm. We haven’t had this kind of storm in four years. I admit that I’m excited that I get to be stuck at home for the next few days. I just pray we don’t lose power! I was going to go work out, but I bent over this morning to pick up a toy for the dog and ended up hurting my back. So, I’m taking it easy with my back massager. Hopefully tomorrow I will work out and then I will watch the snowfall!!!

This week has been hit and miss. But I'm still smiling.

@TeresaW1020 -- actual snow? That's exciting. Southern snow storms are different than northern ones for sure! Wow, another financial task to take on.... at least hubby is there to help out as you transition. Your posts are very light- it's obvious you are keeping your sense of humor through all this. Like I said before, you are a strong woman. Congrats on your loss this week!

@fatfifties - hope you feel better soon.

@19shmoo69 - that is a TASTY looking cup of coffee!

No big shakes here today. Hubby and I worked on cleaning the garage. Not fun, but feels good to make progress. Then he grilled us some delicious drumsticks for dinner.

Lisa

Did a night shift last night so just posted my weigh in now. I’ve had a good week. Trying to just stay away from everyone cuz it seems brockville has exploded with omicron. I’m in health care and work with the elderly so I do not nor can I afford to get it. I think I may even start getting my groceries on line and just go pick them up. I haven’t done that before cuz I actually like to go shopping. See what there is.
We r in a cold snap here so I’m not even going out for a walk lately. My exercise has consisted of stair climbing. It’s something though. Our new puppy is growing like a weed. She is a Great Dane and her name is Whiskie. Our other animals are getting used to her except when she has a frisky on Then they run for cover lol. Well gotta run. Have a great evening all.

vegan4lyfe2012
Sunday (Jan 9)
PW: 179.2
CW: 183.4

@trooworld Are your migraines caused by your blood pressure spiking? Mine are completely gone now thank goodness but for awhile I had to take a blood pressure medication before exertion and that helped a lot with them. It's even warmer there than it is here, how nice! Your meals always sound awesome.

@Jactop I hope sleep will be the answer. I know cortisol is up without sleep so inflammation is as well.

@FushiaKat I'm sorry to hear about your husband, I think a lot of times men hear us complain and their answer is to fix it when we just need to vent. Unfortunately weight loss doesn't always go along with the data which is really frustrating, that's been the case for me especially since my CRPS came out of remission. Hugs my friend, we're here for you, you can talk here but do what you feel comfortable with. I'm glad you have a therapist you can talk to about it all as well who can give you impartial advice. Sounds like your husband has good taste in cheese!

@GabiV125 I absolutely agree with all your advice to @FushiaKat ! I hope your dog is feeling better. Must feel great to have your house spotless now!

@laurelfit57 80,000 steps is not chump change here! I honestly think I relapsed because I was so determined to get 20,000 steps every day and it was way too much for my body, I try not to dwell on it because I can't change relapsing with feeling guilty so I don't usually think about it. Do what feels right for you! Your gym workouts sound so fun, I wish I could do them and you lived here so I could tag along with you!

@murdog3t Welcome back!

@askewcr Sounds like everything is falling into place! Have a told you how happy I am to have you back here with us, you're always so optimistic, I love your spirit and outlook! Huge bear hug! Sounds like yesterday was a wonderful day! You be awesome too and thank you for always making me smile.

@Cornanda I can't even imagine how empty the house feels. It always feels awesome to come home to a clean house versus having one more thing to do when returning, I'm of the school if it's something you can get over with today then do it! That workout channel looks cool, I copied and pasted, I actually caught myself before losing all my responses! You know who would love her is @AustinRuadhain since she used to do step, don't know if she still does.

@leonadixon You have a good week too!

@TeresaW1020 I'm so sorry about your bank account, like you don't have enough going on! I'm so glad to hear your husband is doing better, so next is stitch removal? Oh Teresa, I'm so sorry your husband is worried about controlling the finances, you're just getting a huge amount of stuff on you right now. I guess the bright side is he said something before it became a mess. Be safe with the storm!

@davidji82 Still gaining Christmas weight huh?! Pretty funny, step away from the peppermint bark!

@bgame4 I hope you don't mind me asking, what are the social-emotional interactions?

@fatfifties I hope you feel better soon and some of the weight comes off! When I was sick from a medication I told the doctor I'd lost weight and she cruelly told me I'd gain it all back, I was sick for a month and of course I proved her wrong, I gained a little but not all of it!

@gwamajtw91 I'm so glad you kept up the exercise, it's so easy if one area falls behind to throw caution to the wind but you kept up good habits, way to go! See, we may not always look at the big picture but we are growing step by painful step!

@19shmoo69 Love the coffee, hang in there my friend and keep that smile going!

@tammymccrady6278 You can't tell us about Whiskie without pictures, did I miss them? I like grocery shopping in person too, I've only done Walmart pickup but if you're in person and they're out of broccoli you can pick cauliflower. And you don't get notice right before all the time and if you don't get premium you need $35, a couple weeks ago I was bringing salad to a get together and I got everything but lettuce. Give me a freaking break, LOL. Stair climbing is awesome exercise, even when I did the stair treadmill climbing stairs at college was exhausting.

Holy cow that was long, sorry this post will probably take up one page! I went to the store to get my brother a birthday card and gift card and a few things for myself. I went to an Epsom salt soak making class, basically it was adding essential oils to Epsom salts and we bagged them for the holistic pain group to sell. I did a few stupid things like one bottle didn't have a dropper top and I poured half of it in the salts so we made three batches then a bottom of the plastic tubing wasn't sealed so when I lifted it to shake it to the bottom it all fell on the floor and got the pet therapy dog's hair in it so it had to be thrown away but at least the last one wasn't my fault. Tomorrow we're celebrating my brother's birthday and going out for BBQ food. Not much else going on, I'm doing an exercise challenge this weekend and am sore so I'm going to take it easy and probably take a bath with one of the "magic potions" I made!

Time to share a humorous story.
Most of you know I like coffee. For decades I would be asked "How do like your coffee?". My response is always " I like my coffee like I like my women Hot, Black and Strong". The person asking the question and my white wife would roll their eyes and my wife would playfully swat at me. Then it happened. I was asked about how I take my coffee. I gave my usual response. Then they asked my wife how she liked her coffee. Without a pause she said I like my coffee like I like my men, thrown in a burlap sack and drug across a mountain. That was awesome! I'm so proud of her.