I added my picture to my Renpho scale app so next week - NO HIDING! I will include my profile pic to show that it's me. Have a great week everyone!

After yesterday's discovery of no power in my dining room for my air fryer or microwave, the project mgr for my remodel came over and tried to see if he could figure out what's going on. Only thing he could tell is that the kitchen and dining room are on the same circuits, so no luck there, but as of this morning, I discovered in his search to figure out the problem, HE TURNED OFF THE DEN where the refrigerator is...I went out there and fixed that one myself and other than the quick second it was open when I made the discovery first thing this morning (less than a second), I'm leaving it closed today to regain its "cool". So even my plan B went down the drain.

I went and got a breakfast sandwich and in the same trip picked one up for lunch at another place. Am hoping I'll still feel full enough to skip dinner. We shall see. I just can't win this weekend.

Jessica

Got up about two hours ago after reading for an hour and decided to do a rapid 25 min walk...best I could do in all this heat...it's really hot today...especially in the afternoon when the sun faces the front of my house. UGH...drank lots of water and after that laid down for a bit. Got up a while about a half hour ago and did a leisurely walk while hanging up some clothes and doing a little bit around the house...still need to clean the poo box, but that will likely wait til after it's dark or first thing in the morning. Hit my step goal for the day, so that's good...

How's everyone else holding up today? Preparing for the back-to-work fun of Monday? Yeah, me neither...I'm going to try and have a good attitude, but seems like this heat is going to extend through the week although it might rain a bit here in VA on Tuesday so the high will only be 90 (what a break, right?!) We'll take it though...

Hope you guys have a great week!
Jessica

Step Goal 14k

7/17 - 14816
7/18 - 7627
7/19 - 8545
7/20 - 11415
7/21 - 8527
7/22 - 8411
7/23 - 15264

Boston got up to 99 around 2pm this afternoon...SO STICKY - YECH! I can hardly wait for the rain - Ahma run OUT in it!

My bedroom is 88 degrees right now and it's almost 9:30pm. Another night in the parlor on the recliner, I guess...

Hope it cools off for you soon (if you're also dealing with the heat wave)!

Have a nice night,
Carole
(My cat, Mimichou looks like "roadkill" right now!)

Walela617 wrote: »

Hi everyone,

Happy "International Self-Care Day!" Real talk: I had a significant "lapse" (but not a "relapse" and NOT a "collapse") and I slipped up last week; so I am using this special, commemorative day to take better care of ME! Here are my stats:

SUNDAY weigh-in:
HW: 217.0 02/29/08 (Highest Weight) - 54 down as of 06/26/22
PW: 162.0 06/26/22 (Here we go again!)
PW: 163.0 07/03/22 (+1.0 from 06/26)
PW: 162.2 07/10/22 (+0.2 from 06/26)
PW: 161.6 07/17/22 (-0.4 from 06/26)
CW: 163.8 07/17/22 (+1.8 from 06/26)


The problem is that when I drink alcohol, I lose all inhibitions and end up overeating all the "wrong" things - things that are not good for me!

My self-care promise is to cut out all alcohol COMPLETELY, period! This week's experiment should show me what a BIG difference this will make in my wellness efforts.

Would you like to share in the celebration of this special day? Here is a link to get you started:
https://selfcarefederation.org/international-self-care-day-page

Like so many of us, here in Boston we are having quite the heat wave! I look forward to the humidity breaking and the temps going back down! Stay COOL out there everyone!

Thank you for this! We are in similar places and I do the exact same thing with alcohol!

Love your city. Was lucky enough to visit for the first time in April for the marathon. It was warmer than I expected then - but beautiful!

@Walela617 - My sons are both in Boston. My older son is living on his college campus and the younger one is living at my mother’s house while working at a summer internship downtown. My younger son rides a bicycle to work but doesn’t mind the heat as much as the older one does. My older son will probably never return to Virginia because of the summer heat and humidity! I hope it cools down soon. It’s more dangerous to people who aren’t acclimated to such heat! I put a small towel in the freezer to use after exercise. It’s such a relief! 😅

@pupowl - Well, it doesn’t look as though you did nothing with all those steps! I feel more drained of energy on such warm days, too. It’s rare for me to nap in the afternoon because it’s very difficult for me to fall asleep when it’s light outside but I nodded off while reading on my porch yesterday afternoon. Of course, I want to stay in bed all winter when it’s dark though —

I hope you can get some relief from your headaches. I suffered from migraines for about 40 years (age 15 until a few years ago) to varying degrees and bright hot days were especially painful because it was so hard to sleep until the headache passed. I think mine probably related to hormonal changes with my menstrual cycle. I learned a lot about managing them over the years but hormonal research seems to be an under-researched area overall. Since migraines affect about 1 in five women (& about 1 in 16 men), I hope it gets better!

JenHul
Weigh in day= Monday

PW: 176.6
CW: 177.8
LTD: -3.2

July 21 Steps = 10,433
July 22 Steps = 11,557
July 23 Steps = 12,231
JUly 24 Steps = 5421

Have a great Day everyone!

bearchested wrote: »

Bearchested
Friday
PW: 197.0
CW: 195.6
LTD: 11.4

Good work, @bearchested, and thanks for the water tips! I sometimes track my water in MFP, and sometimes I don’t, so I appreciated the reminder. I definitely focus on increasing my water intake when I track it.

@bassclef - Congratulations on your maintenance, too. If we don’t have a gain on weigh-in day, it’s a victory to me. You’re on the right track!

jessicakrall8 wrote: »

My goodness, where are y'all all hiding out tonight?! I hope you found somewhere cool to hang out...it is HOT here in Virginia! UGH! I'm going back to laying in front of the fan!
Jessica

The humidity just broke here in Michigan after it being 70%+ humidity for over a week. It was 90+ for almost a week straight and thick humidity. It feels like spring outside here now, is glorious!