Quick pop in:

@19shmoo69 - It sounds like you put up a fine week. Try to put the gain behind you and keep doing all that good stuff.

@shaunarlr83 - Happy Anniversary! Your pix are beautiful and hooray for that hike!

Lisa

User: FushiaKat
Weigh In Day: Tuesday
PW: 144.0
CW: 143.2

Hi Team! A new low for me so close to my goal weight. I've been cheating, or at least my version of cheating. Eating extra fruit and radishes. I'm eating more taco salad's lately, I love them. I'm trekking to the pharmacy every 4 days. I checked on my prior authorizations today and they are good till March of 2023, only 3 medications need it. I made an appointment with the pulmonologist for my CPAP needs. I really don't want another sleep study, but we will see. I will see my old doctor 3 days after my consult with my new doctor just to make sure I don't run out of supplies.
I finished my contest room; we will see what happens judging starts Nov 5th - 7th.
My game is so busy during Halloween each year. I just finished the furnish exchange where we trade in our old inventory for special Halloween decor. This year's theme is Gypsy, and the items are really beautiful.
My cats are good, my husband is good. I just ordered a new novel by his favorite author, and I will save that for our anniversary.
I'm navigating my new health insurance; they are amazing they called just to ask if I had any questions. Every quarter they give me $75 toward over the counter stuff in their on-line store. I don't know how they make any money; my monthly payment is $23
I wish you all the best ♥

@trooworld Have a wonderful time with your friend this upcoming weekend!

@FushiaKat Congratulations on the new low Kat! Good luck on your contest room, Gypsy sounds like a fun theme. Glad to hear you're doing well, the new insurance sounds promising!

@laurelfit57 Hey picking out yarn with your grandson is more fun that posting here! Sounds like it will be an awesome scarf, love those colors. I was supposed to see that movie today with my neighbor but she flaked again, I'm glad to hear it was good as I wasn't too thrilled! I checked with her last night to see if we were still on so at least it wasn't last minute flaking.

Hi team! I woke up to Asher throwing up a hairball on my sheets about 45 minutes before I had to get up so I called it a night and threw everything in the washing machine and made my coffee. Poor guy hates to be brushed but he has a hard time with hairballs. He's scared of hands so the hairball gel is a bust unless I wipe it on their fur and that would traumatize an already skittish cat so I guess next thing to try is hairball food formulas. I went to the food bank farm and finished up the basil and got to take home a few green pumpkins I'll be putting outside in the sun to hopefully ripen. Weirdly a new volunteer at the food bank farm is an organ player for her church so we have fun talking about music, I remember there's a few of us in this group that play or played it, right @Cornanda ? That's my first memory of what I wanted to be as a kid, a church organ player because my grandpa was so proud of my playing. Finished the marathon HOA minutes, did a little cardio and some stretching and lightly did legs then did some garden cleanup. I just got off the phone with my best friend, they had an earthquake in San Jose but everyone in her family is fine. Have a great Wednesday everyone!

Halloween goals
Stretching- done
Increasing strength training- just did resistance bands today for legs (mostly increase arms and abs)
Meditation- not yet but will before bed.

@Katmary71 - Yep, that was me. I mostly learned polkas though, no church music!

@FushiaKat Congrats on the loss! Good luck with the room contest, I hope you win!

@laurelfit57 It's hard to read when you are exhausted. I've been exhausted lately and haven't been reading. I do most of my reading through the library's audiobooks, yay for libraries!!! The colors for your grandson's scarf sound pretty. Thanks for the movie recommendation!

@Katmary71 Thank you! I know we will have a blast! Oh what a way to wake up lol. Poor Asher. I can imagine that those minutes took a long time to type up as long as that meeting was lol. Your poor fingers!

@happysquidmuffin Happy birthday to your daughter! No, a 1 lb gain is not bad considering you had a birthday to celebrate!

Hi all. I had to replace another tire yesterday. So annoying! Luckily, dinner was already done when I got home and it was really good and comforting (Skinnytaste's Beef, Tomato and Acini di Pepe Soup- https://www.skinnytaste.com/beef-tomato-and-acini-di-pepe-soup/ ). Tonight, we are having a Winter Pear Salad. I've made it before, it's very fall-like with pomegranate arils and pears and shredded brussels sprouts etc. It will be good.

My Halloween Challenge goals report for yesterday:
1) track 90% of what I eat every day - ✔
2) drink 50 oz of water each day - ✔

My phrase for the year: "Something needs to change…so I will take no crap and eat no crap!"

@happysquidmuffin Happy birthday to your daughter!

@TeresaW1020 You and Joe have a very romantic story, I'm glad it went so well! I like the idea of you and your sister losing together now, maybe the two of you can go on a trip or do something special when you both reach goal? I definitely know you can do this!

@trooworld I haven't tried that skinnytaste recipe but it sounds amazing! The Winter Pear Salad sounds amazing too, love pears in salad!

@19shmoo69 Way to go on starting a new workout routine, glad you're looking forward to it!

Hi team! I've had my nose buried in a book the last two days and woke up and decided to read instead of catching up on MFP while having my coffee this morning. Workout was good, did longer stretching and weights then meditated in the tub. I went to Auto Zone a couple weeks ago and my battery failed their test so I bought a new one and Bill put it in but my car's still not starting the best so I went in today to get it checked. They told me to wait in my car with the hood up so I did and it was taking forever, finally after 45 minutes I went into the empty store to see if they forgot about me and they had! I even wore one of my thrash band tees with a skull so they'd know not to mess with me instead of some friendly gardening nature shirt but apparently I didn't make an impression, haha. My battery seems to be OK so don't know what the deal is but the woman who helped me gave me a mechanic's name if it continues having issues. I'm watching Happy Death Day, my best friend told me about it so figured I'd check it out. Have a great Thursday gang, we're almost at Halloween!

PW 9/26/2022: 219.5

Check in weight (10/3/2022): 220.0
Check in weight (10/10/2022):220.0
Check in weight (10/17/2022):221
Check in weight (10/24/2022):219.4

vegan4lyfe2012
Sunday
PW: 195.4
CW: 195.4

@trooworld The movie was average, I watched the sequel to it today and the first was better but I wouldn't watch them more than once. You're going to have a great weekend with your best friend!

@vegan4lyfe2012 I haven't seen the Terrifier movies, I added them to my “to watch” list. I agree, Freddy is way better than MM. I'm glad you had fun at your movie, you deserve some fun! Happy Death Day was decent, glad I watched it but wouldn't watch again. Yeah I thought she was a total snob in the beginning! I'm so glad you're going to your own therapist who sounds perfect for your situation, things sound pretty overwhelming for you right now. Will definitely pray for your family.

@LaurelFit57 I love your memory of turning the pages with your granny, I bet you felt important! I do know the knobs you're talking about! I wear my rock tees a decent amount just not to the food bank farm or charity events. Your class sounds perfect especially after feeling so tight it would be nice to have some guidance. I'm glad I did that with my upper back, I hadn't thought of my lower back fusions putting more stress on my upper back and was doing things seated which DOES put more stress on the upper body naturally nevermind the weight I was using, I'm glad I went to a PT for help. Vannie does look really excited, you have a happy student!

Hi team, hope you all had a great Thursday! I'm wiped out today, have been lately so I'm going to have to try decreasing medication again because I'm super sluggish. I can get through my workouts thanks to music but otherwise just want to stay in bed reading which sounds ideal but isn't great. Got that super long HOA meeting minutes out and finished some work then the head of the charity asked me to write a letter for donations. My Dad's coming by tomorrow to fix my kitchen light switch, the spring broke and it turns on in the middle of the night which is 9 recessed lights, I can dim it but have forgotten more than once and it's pretty weird to have bright lights shining in my bedroom out of nowhere that I didn't turn on. I'll defnitely get up early to get my workout in first, I'm treating him to lunch but am usually hungry around 11 after my workouts and he eats at 1 so I'll have a snack when I'm done. Have a great Friday!

davors19
Weigh in day: Friday
PW: 245
CW: 244

@trooworld - Here’s my Gracie!! She’s a 4 lb. Blue Merle half Chihuahua half Japanese Chin and almost 10 years old. She was my step-dads dog for a little over 3 years and one day I swung in to say hi and left with her! 😂 She’s been attached to my hip ever since! My husband does hike occasionally, he hates trails and hates popular hiking spots so it’s getting very rare that he goes with. I hope your having fun with your friend!

@TeresaW1020 - I think I remember being extremely nervous on that too!!! I hope you find that determination to give it your all and start seeing progress!!

@Katmary71- both of my kids vehicles have battery issues. Good batteries but my daughters gets the tiniest bit of corrosion and won’t start, I had to teach her how to clean them with soda and a little brush, my sons will not stay tight, the slightest movement makes them lose their connection and his truck won’t start. We’ve changed connections 3 times and it still has issues 🤷🏻‍♀️ I wish I could get back into reading. I love it so much but never make the time!

@vegan4lyfe2012 - I hate that you’re dealing with so much drama and from your daughter. Hugs and prayer going up and out!!! I’ve dealt with Drama from my own daughter but nothing like this, when she moves with her dad it was actually the best thing for both of us. We aren’t super close but we also don’t have many issues anymore. That good looks so good!!! I hope things calm down and you can focus on yourself. I fell like I’m weird bc I’ve always wanted a therapist so I had someone to talk to. I hope yours is wonderful and helpful!


@19shmoo69 - What program are you doing!?? I’m about halfway through my 8 week program but feel so alone in it since my coach bailed.

@DrewsAnna - my first month was slow too, I’ve done good every since! I’m looking forward to November too!



Our RV adventure is over, we actually left the land at midnight and I slept while he drove halfway back, the next morning we cleaned up and finished packing and got back to our truck. The batteries were dead and it took 2 hours to get them charged up enough to get it started. We had a load scheduled to pick up back in San Diego but it cancelled, so he found another load picking up in Phoenix today that would have gotten us close enough to go to the concert this weekend. We drove close last night and got up today to get it loaded and there were so many issues that he finally said no he wouldn’t load it and we left. Thought we had another load booked but couldn’t make it in time before they closed so they said no they weren’t going to move it. Tickets were non refundable so I guess we just miss out on this one. We are parked at a truckstop outside of Phoenix and if nothing pops tomorrow we will be stuck here for 4 days.

Crazy all we did was buy a couple drinks, ate dinner, and got coffees and we spent over $100. Truckstop prices have always seemed high but they just keep going up higher and higher!

Over ate carbs all week and my joints are inflamed, made for a rough workout, I had to drop the weight a bit on the final set of many of the moves but finished strong. Logged all my food today and I think I’m going to cut way back on carbs again until I feel better and shed this water weight.

Realized I missed my 3rd week update on the Halloween challenge. I’ve managed to keep up with my steps and workouts, still behind on hikes and since there are only 4 days left I seriously doubt I get 4 hikes in.

davidji82
weigh in day friday
PW:235.8
CW:238.0

@leonadixon Congrats on the loss!

@vegan4lyfe2012 I'll have to watch Art the Clown. I've never heard of it, is it new? I'm sorry about the drama with Hunter. It sounds like she (and you) is going to have a tough pregnancy. That's great you made a healthy dinner, bravo!

@laurelfit57 I'm a librarian, so I'll always cheer for libraries! Yeah, I am always listening to audiobooks in my car and while cooking. LOL...come on over! My husband is making my friend and I homemade lasagna on Sunday: he's making the sauce out of fresh tomatoes, and hand-making the pasta...it's going to be great! I'm sorry about the aches and pains. I hope the stretching helps. Awww, Vannie! She looks like she's ready to go! That's a beautiful organ. We had one of those in our house when I was growing up, it went to my older brother eventually.

@Katmary71 Ah good to know! Thank you, we will! I'm sorry about your fatigue and I hope it passes soon.

@DrewsAnna You are automatically enrolled for the next month, no need to re-sign up! Great goals. I've had months like you had. Hang in there. I wish you success in November!

@davors19 Congrats on the loss!

@Tamevv WTG! Sometimes the scale surprises you.

@shaunarlr83 OMG your Gracie is so f'ing cute!!! (Sorry for my potty mouth lol, I couldn't help myself) That's good your hubby goes with you sometimes. Thanks, I'm sure we will have fun! Wow, things are so expensive now. You've tried your best, you did great!

@Ftofit Congrats on the loss!

Hi all. I need to get to it soon to meet my friend. We have a busy day of shopping, going to my work, and then going to Little Italy to our favorite restaurant for dinner. It should be fun! I lost 2 lbs this week. I've been bouncing back and forth around this weight since May. Time for a change.

My Halloween Challenge goals report for yesterday:
1) track 90% of what I eat every day - ❌
2) drink 50 oz of water each day - ✔

My phrase for the year: "Something needs to change…so I will take no crap and eat no crap!"

@vegan4lyfe2012 I am sorry that your daughter is giving you so much grief. Is she now living with her husband and not with you? I hope that is the case so that you can find some peace. Maybe once the baby comes she will grow up and learn to be more appreciative of all you do for her and will continue to do even when she doesn’t deserve it. That’s what mamas do, right? Thank you for my sweet spooky card!

@laurelfit57 Well, I’ve eaten enough lately that staying out of the Halloween candy seems like the least I can do. Take it easy on yourself and listen to your physical therapist. I love Vannie’s new training arena!

@Katmary71 It’s nice of your dad to come to fix your light switch. That would be unnerving to wake up to bright lights shining into your room. Especially after all those scary movies, you are watching!

@DrewsAnna I really sucked this month too. We just have to know why forgive ourselves and move on. Let’s make November a better month for sure!

@shaunarlr83 Gracie is so cute in her little sweatshirt!

@trooworld Yayy on your 2 lb. loss this week. Have a fun weekend


Hi everyone! Well, my weight is way up but I’m still working on getting off the vacation weight so I’m cutting myself some slack and hopefully will have an even bigger loss next week. Today was fun because my sister and I went and did some major Christmas shopping. Our TOPS chapter is doing a fundraiser with Belk department store coupons. Plus, Belk is having a huge sale that is their charity event plus a big sale on clearance items. I bought so much stuff!! I'm mostly done shopping for my family, friends, and a couple of upcoming Christmas parties. I even managed to pick up a few things for myself. I was so hungry because we didn’t eat before going and we talked about hitting up the food court but decided to stay strong and came home and had the healthy drink we like and a yogurt. For dinner, I’m making a low-carb beef and cabbage dish. I got to get the scale to move!!!

Waving Hi @trooworld 🙋🏻‍♀️ we ended up coming to Otay to load after all!! Enjoy some pasta for me too!!