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@trooworld What other types of exercise can you do besides the Tonal? did you ever see the doc about that issue? Is it all exercises on the tonal that give you problems or just some?

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@theslightedgeforever, My back is better, thanks. Virtual bookmarks are such a good idea! How can we make that happen!

@RetiredAndLovingIt Oh so sorry that you are sick and I hope you don’t have Covid. My pastor and his wife are sick and think it’s just a bad cold. I’m not so sure!

@cbabie Good job on tracking even if it wasn’t pretty. Holding yourself accountable is a big part of the battle.

@trooworld those bookmarks are so cute! I’m so sorry you are struggling right now. Be kind to yourself.


Good morning! Sorry, I haven’t been around much and I will try not to babble too much and just give you the highlights. Yesterday was our financial secretary’s last day so it’s my job now and I am praying that I don’t mess it up! Hubby and I went Tuesday to see his surgeon and he was pleased with his recovery from the surgery. But blood work showed low sodium again, so the doc increased his sodium tablets and took him the med we think is making DH so dizzy. I was very thankful because we had another passing-out event at 2 am in the bathroom. I was able to jump up in time to keep him from falling. We also found that what we thought was stage one cancer is actually stage 3. So that is why we are looking at chemo and who knows what else. We have our first oncologist appointment on Feb. 2. DH has also decided I should take over paying our bills so that process has begun. Yikes!! And I’m doing my best to stay on track with my eating and so far so good with that. The scale is very slowly going down but down is down, right? OK, I’m off to clean because tomorrow we might get snow again!

Hi all..well, feeling a little better today. Still runny nose & feel like a full head, but not as much sinus pressure. Hoping for a negative test, so I don’t feel guilty if I gave it to anyone before I felt sick. Not sure where I would have picked it up, we don’t do much & never without a mask..even tho still cloth ones. I have some better ones ordered.

@TeresaW1020 Glad to see you back. I’m sure you’ll do great with the church finances. & your personal ones, too. I have been in charge of our checkbook & bill paying for a long time. I didn’t like the way dh did his checkbook when we got married. Guess I take after my Dad & my brother..we are all what Dave Ramsey calls the Nerd of the family, lol.

I am glad your dh is doing well after surgery, but sorry to hear about the change in diagnosis. Will be praying for good outcome from the chemo. I hope the dizziness resolves. Glad you were able to catch him..I think if I tried with my dh we would both go down! Great job staying on track with your eating, taking care of yourself is important, too. 🙂

@trooworld. I love the bookmarks, too! I could definitely use them, I do more actual books than virtual. Glad Daisy is doing well after her surgery. Good luck with your tests, hope they give you some answers. Sorry for the upsets..just try to take care of yourself the best you can.

@cbabie Great job tracking..I really think that is vital for progressing. I know if I rely on myself, it isn’t pretty, lol. Of course, lately even tho tracking, it still isn’t pretty, lol. But I still do it, good or bad, lol. I am amazed…I am really trying to push water & fluids & I have lost, even tho over calories & no exercise.

@theslightedgeforever Great job losing almost 11# since you got home. Yes, I had a test 2 weeks ago when I was coughing so much that was negative, hoping same for this one. Got our home tests ordered from the gov. now.

Well, not much more from the deep freeze..high today about 5, windchills below zero. Dd not real happy..it means up to 24 kindergartners having inside recess the rest of the week. Oof! We got about 10” of snow last Friday. But roads are clear now, so all is good..this is Iowa.

Have a good day & great weekend if I’m not back before then.

@trooworld I had a cheese danish. Half still would have been better. lol I need to learn to eat half and then take half home for later. I still have half a donut I froze in the freezer. Waiting for me to eat it. I got into the blueberry cake I froze today. I have 4 red days coming up this week and I think it's messing with my mind. But as long as I balance it out and keep losing, it's all good. Jury duty sounds fun.
I'd like the recipe for the sheet pan chicken. I like sheet pan recipes.

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@cbabie meal planning is one of the biggest keys to keeping us from grabbing easily processed foods that we know aren’t good for our diets. How did you do today?

@theslightedgeforever Glad you didn’t have any side effects with the booster. I just spoke to a girlfriend last night that had terrible side effects. She thought she had Covid but got a negative test. That is a good idea to use Canva to make a wallpaper with our goals or word of the year. I have Canva Pro for work so I think I will do that too! I love a good cheese Danish!

@trooworld Ugghh about having to call every day to see if you have to go to jury duty. I know some people like it but I never wanted to do it. I’ve been called twice and only once had to actually go to the courthouse and hang out for a few hours, only to be rejected. Sheet pan Hawaiian chicken sounds good. How did you make it?

@RetiredAndLovingIt Well hopefully whatever you caught will be over soon and you will be back on the mend. Who knows where this stuff comes from? It’s insidious!


Hello! DH and I went to visit our primary doctor and we both left feeling much better. She was happy about DH’s progress in healing from the surgery and agreed that taking him off the meds that were making him dizzy was the right thing to do. She is also thrilled by who his oncologist will be. Seems he is big deal in the field and a leader in clinical research. We read his bio and it is impressive. So hopefully he will give DH the perfect treatment and we can kick this cancer to the curb. On a happy me note, I lost 2.8 lbs this week. I’m still almost 12 lbs away from my lowest back in October but I will get there.

Weight Watchers refugee here--still at lifetime, but it feels like a whole new world. If I can just hang on for a whole week, I would be very pleased.

Does anyone have a favorite food or meal strategy for someone who has to live out of a suitcase for an extended period of time??

Morning all. Back again. Took a week off of everything while we had covid run thru the house. Today is get back on tracking and exercise. Will jump back into doing 21 day fix on Beachbody but on my own schedule so I can still try to get some treadmill in. Starting house Reno on Wednesday so my house is flipped upside down right now. Very cold again day -32C but then tomorrow forecast is for -1C. Crazy Saskatchewan weather. Hope everyone is doing well. Will try to go back a few days to get caught up on posts

Goodness Don't ask me where I've been. I can't believe it's been so long since I checked in. I thought just one day. I have totally been off my routine. Food and exercise have still been good though. That's usually the first to go so I know I'm making lifestyle habits now.

@retiredandlovingit Sorry about the covid dx but glad you are through the worst of it. Soon you'll be able to reconvene your health journey. I'm personally ready to put all those families that don't want their child to wear a mask in one set of classrooms with unvaxxed teachers and then all those that do want masked/vaxxed in another. Same for clinics/hospitals. Healthcare workers need some love too. Lots are getting PTSD and quitting. Soon we aren't going to have enough teachers or nurses. That hurts all of us. So we all need to do well on our food and exercise so we don't get any diseases or conditions. That's my goal.

@teresaw1020 Great news on dh and his oncologist/meds. Wow, look at you. Great weight loss this week. Just keep knocking out those lbs one by one and those 12 lbs will be gone. Happy Bday to your mom.

@trooworld Have you been following your food plan this week? Thanks for the recipe. I made the best bbq chicken drumsticks in my dutch oven yesterday. I have the same problem with veins. 72 degrees sounds wonderful. I think that's the perfect weather. I love your pics you took. I think my favorite is the one in the middle but then I say no I like the first one. How long before you find out the results of your MRIs?

@cbabie Just keep working on habits that will work for you long term. All of us can lose weight but will we keep it off. So what kinds of food and exercise will fit into your lifestyle? I remembered your dh's bday the night before but it was late and I said I'll call tomorrow and then forgot. tell him happy bday and that I'm getting old. Keep messing up the food you cook so they won't eat it and then one day they won't want you to cook for them. Then you can just make your own healthy food. Win-Win.

@katrinamariebrauer Welcome aboard! Are you flying in and out each week? Or are you working remotely so you are in an extended stay hotel, etc? First of all, let me congratulate you on staying at lifetime. That's awesome. I want to join your club. So if flying alot, airports have lots of choices to help stay OP if you really look at it. I am a creature of habit so for awhile I would just order what I normally would which wasn't healthy. One time I had a long layover and so kept walking up and down and was looking at what was offered and now so many choices I now noticed. So I kept that in mind for the next time. If you are not in your normal home and have to stay elsewhere, do you have a kitchen/kitchenette? That's easiest. If staying in hotels, you can always go buy food at a local Walmart or store and stick it in the fridge. Lots of hotels have small microwaves. Buying a small soft sided cooler is also an option. I've even known some people to buy a cheap Styrofoam cooler and just keep filling it with ice from the ice machine and keeping extra things there that don't fit in the fridge. Maybe single serve oatmeal packets? Hard boiled eggs, cut up fruit or veggies? My favorite is always cheese sticks and grapes. I say treat yourself at least once a week to something you really like.

@renaegry Sorry about the covid in the family. seems everywhere. So back to your food and exercise plan now. I think we will always have little interruptions in our journey but I'm learning how to get back on track quicker than I did before. Hopefully that will make me successful in this. Yikes on the cold. My dd sent me a pic of her weather and it was -36C She's in Minnesota. Again, I repeat 72 (22C) is the perfect weather.

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@cbabie congrats on the weight loss but sorry that it was mostly from stress. It’s been cold here too but today was in the 50s which felt great.

@trooworld Ugghh jury duty calling is such a pain. I am jealous that you have someone to help cook. I do all the cooking and meal planning around here. I used to like it because I could be flexible with my dinner time and what I made but with mom here it’s much more difficult since she is picky and a creature of habit, so by 5 pm she wants dinner on the table. She would never be pushy about it, but I know her, so I just do it.

@renaegry 21 Day Fix is great. I’m doing 645 right now and love it! You should totally give it a try when you are doing with 21DO.

@theslightedgeforever I was wondering where you have been! Great job on keeping your food and exercise in check. Making lifestyle habits has to be the ultimate goal.

@RetiredAndLovingIt Glad you are starting to feel better. I think Covid just needs to its course and we all need to start learning to live with it. I have heard that the N95 are best, but I have zero desire to put one on. I have my "compliant" mask of muslin for when I need to wear one. I do feel so sorry for kids that have to wear them in school. Not seeing faces isn't a good thing, in my opinion.


Hello! My first day as financial secretary went well. I only had to call our previous secretary twice and send her one text. I think I’m really going to like this new aspect of my job. After I was done, I still had to wait for our pest control guy, so I purged some filing cabinets. I tossed out four bags of stuff plus one whole drawer that had old catalogs from 2010. This church never throws stuff away! I mean we can’t take it with us so why are we hoarding it? In other news, I woke up this morning with my weight up almost 3 lbs. and my face super puffy. My body didn’t take too well to the enchiladas and Keto cheesecake that I made for my mom. The rest of the week, I will be eating super clean, drinking a ton of water, and watching the fat and carbs.

Good Morning all!

Hope all is well. Been busy! Realized I hadn’t been on here for a bit. Think my goals for this year is to get back in the habit of tracking and eating more fruit and veggies, and exercise regularly. Feel the need to just reset and focus on my spiritual, physical and mental health. To spend more time active with my furkids. Get working more actively towards my career goals.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Missy

CW - 226.8
HW- 228.6
GW- 110 to 115

@trooworld, That is good news about the MRI results and hopefully the meds they put on will help. How have your migraines been lately? Sorry for the gain you had this week. It’s so easy to do and I feel your frustrations because they are my own. I read the articles on exercise that you posted and thought they were good. I know for me, exercise has to become a habit or it will easily take a backseat in my life. Which is a shame because I get so many benefits from it. Bummer about Daisy’s stitches getting infected! I think Tuscan garlic chicken sounds wonderful!

Renaegry Yes, doing the workouts on the TV is much better than a phone. I go through Roku on my TV. Wow, two 21 Day Fixes is a lot. That Autumn is tough!

@cbabie I am sorry that you are struggling with your eating. Definitely, you are pushing down some emotions with food. Riding the bike is a great way to relieve some stress. I am super sick of this cold weather too. I just want it to be warm again!

@theslightedgeforever I tried them 21 Day Fix containers for less than a week. I just can’t get into that amount of discipline. HaHa on your husband and thinking he is living in a 4-star hotel. Good training on your part!

@Gemwolf110 those are good goals and hitting the reset button is a very good idea. I think I need to do that myself since January went all sideways on me.


Hello! Today was a long one because of my staff meeting and then I decided to stay and clean both buildings. Hubby has a bunch of errands to do tomorrow, and he hasn’t driven since his surgery. I don’t know why except that he still feels weak and doesn’t trust himself. So, we are going out and might do lunch as well. I’ve been craving some Panera Bread broccoli cheddar soup! Tonight is ladies Bible study and I’m actually preprepared to lead this week’s topic, which is prayer. I do like me some prayer and have been utilizing it quite a bit lately. Fingers are crossed that I don’t have a gain tomorrow. Like I said above, I think I need a whole new reset as we go into a new month.

@gemwolf110 Your goals sound good. Now how are you going to turn them into action steps? So be specific. When are you going to exercise? How many f&v are you aiming for every day? How much time extra do you want to spend with your furbabies?

@trooworld I'm inventive because I don't like to cook and plan recipes etc. So I say what leftovers do I have and what can I add to make something new. lol Yaaay on making a healthy choice. Remember dh is free to make his own choices. so are you. You do not have to eat what he eats. Now if you are trying to get out of cooking, that's a different problem to work on. When you were a child, what kind of movement did you find fun? Exercise sounds like "no fun". Good article on exercise Yaaaay on sticking to your plan and letting him do what he wanted to do.

@cbabie I didn't always hold my line. Always trying to be the good wife, good daughter, good mother, good friend, good (fill in the blank). But what about me. I needed to be good to myself. So that meant saying no to them and yes to me. I don't want to be our parents. They'll pout and they'll get over it. If not, too bad. So you know how to fix the problem, get started. Of course easier said than done. What's the smallest thing you could do today to work on the problem. I'd be reading or doing something else while everyone watches the incredibles. lol I've learned the art of getting all my computer stuff done and tasks that I can do while sitting in a chair while I sit with my mil every night while she watches TV. In my trusty Trello board, they are labled PINK. So seriously, answer Troo's question. What is your first step? What's going to happen if you continue down the path you are currently on? Big ships or airplanes don't just change 180 degrees and head the opposite direction. Small adjustments in their navigation system. What is your adjustment going to be today?

@teresaw1020 I don't use the 21 Day Fix containers as they are meant to be used as a "system". Although I used to do that only checking off boxes. It was called The Setpoint Diet back in the day. lol
I just use them as measuring cups for my food. Nuts, blueberries, etc. I'm with you on the warm. My fingers are like ice right now. I'm wearing a wrap. I've had a problem with January myself. Not with food and exercise but my other goals in life. I'm thinking because I haven't made the other goals habits yet. I haven't set up my environment to make me successful on the other ones. I had company for a week and have spent the past 2 weeks "recovering". So that's 3 weeks I haven't been doing what I want to be doing. 75% of January. So I need to figure out something different. I read a good quote today. "It's more important to develop the restart muscle than to hold to an unrealistic perfection model"

I think my mil is having more swallowing problems. She's choked twice today. Last one scared me. So I'll keep a watch and then mention it to the doc next time we go.

I went over my carbs on Wednesday but stayed within my cals. I went to a friend's house. Yesterday was better.

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@gemwolf110 Your goals sound good. Now how are you going to turn them into action steps? So be specific. When are you going to exercise? How many f&v are you aiming for every day? How much time extra do you want to spend with your furbabies?

I think my mil is having more swallowing problems. She's choked twice today. Last one scared me. So I'll keep a watch and then mention it to the doc next time we go.

I went over my carbs on Wednesday but stayed within my cals. I went to a friend's house. Yesterday was better.

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52 min cardio, weights, stretching

I need to write everything down in a visible place. I want to workout minimum of 3 days a week for an hour each. And at least a serving of both f&v a day. I’m thinking I may need to cut back on my weekend hours at my weekend job. Dogs really need a full day of freedom a week. Would like to eventually take them hiking with me.

That’s scary and concerning about your mils swallow issues hopefully it’s nothing serious.