@FushiaKat - thanks for trying to figure out the friend request on Stridekick! I think when you figure it out you’ll find at least three of us from here, but be careful if there are other requests. I make it a point to only accept those I know where they come from, so they don’t try to scam me. 😊 It sounds like when we all get these things figured out, some of us will like different challenges. I have a feeling virtual ones might be some of this team’s favorites. I hope to be your friend soon😉. On my phone, the “friend” button is on the bottom. Once I press that, I have to press the right sight at the top that says “requests.” I’m not sure if that helps or not.

⚖️WEIGH IN⚖️

Weigh day Monday
Previous weight - 173.4
Current weight - 173.2

Meant to jump on here when I got to work but we’ve been busy all night. Surprised there was any loss with the foods I’ve been eating.

@rodgerd27 - welcome to the group! Happy you’re here.

@trooworld - I’m so glad it went well

@Katmary71- I hope you have a mostly pain free March! Spring is almost here, enjoy your days with the seedlings!

Sorry I wasn’t focused on that last Stridekick challenge BUT I’m ready now. Yesterday I became momentarily overwhelmed at work, I think it was more exhaustion talking than anything, I’ve barely slept an average of 5 hours a day since last Wednesday night. I didn’t let it set me back, I sent a prayer to the man up stairs and held my head high to move on. This job is an insanely wide range tasks for someone who has very minimal medical knowledge. I’m learning fast it’s just so much lol. My “trainer” kinda tells me once and then throws me to the wolves. But luckily I’ve worked with mostly the same nurses and doctor all week so they are being very helpful.

I haven’t spent much time with my mom, or other fam the past week but I’ve spent most days with my kids so it’s still been great! Son had vehicle issues going on right and he’s looking for a different job so as usual we’re in a bit of a transitioning phase. My sister has decided she has no choice but to clean up and move back into her old place that needs quite a bit of repairs, I don’t really want to spend my days off helping her but it’s either that or stay in a cram packed house for longer and I’m not sure I can mentally handle that.

I miss the gym and walking this week but I’m so thankful that the lab shoot is broken and I’m the runner! 🤣 most people would loathe having to run up and down two flights of stairs and down long hallways to the other side of the hospital but it’s my favorite thing 😂😂😂 I’ll be sad when they fix it.

Yay for those who got us to third, had great weigh ins last week, started this month off in the green, stuck to NO ZERO Days and progressed!!! Hugs to those hurting, struggling, or not seeing a loss. Be patient it will get better!!!

GOOD MORNING!

Here's to the last day of Feb. For us folks in Tx the ground hog was wrong. We have been having spring weather the last to weeks. I'M LOVING IT! Today I am finishing up my pallet planter box and transplanting a few of my herbs to it. I have started some others indoors, just waiting on them
to do their job. I am going to try a few other veggies this yr. Last yr I inherited a tomato plant when my husband's uncle passed way. The summer was so hot it was all I could do to keep it alive. When the heat wave broke it started producing. During the winter I brought it indoors while it continued to give me tomatoes. It is now back outside thriving well. Let's see what this yr will bring.

@megnolia82 I hope you get to feeling better soon. I know that having C Diff is NOT fun. My sister suffers from it as well. She has had it several times.

@rodgerd27 I hope you find this group as helpful as I am. This is my first time to using a community group. I have been using MFP since 2014.

@laurelfit57 🎉Congrats on your loss of 30lbs. 🎊

@JenAWhite on the Stridekick challenges at this time I have my step goal at 7500. This time of the yr my neuropathy gets the best of me. Some day a mange more then others.

@trooworld I'm so glad things went great when meeting your cousins.

@shaunair83 I am glad to hear you are settling in at your job. I love your transformation post. You look amazing!

@Katmary71 I really hope with the weather change that your back pain will let up. Aches and pains during the cooler months are hard. Really slows one down. I suffers with neuropathy and during the winter my body hurts. The season change even triggers the pain to be worse. Once I get through the change to spring the pain gets much easier along with moving.

I hope everyone has a great Hump Day! 😂🤣😂



☕Today is
like COFFEE
It will be
As Good As
YOU MAKE IT☕

@Katmary71 – Thank you – Kismet is so darn soft! Did you enjoy M3GAN? I thought it was fun. And yes, liked Smile enough to watch it at the theater twice and will probably add it to my physical collection. Did you watch it? It totally was not what I expected…I thought it was going to be silly based on the previews. I’m so glad you liked that kitty Valentine In answer to your question on my newsfeed, yes, the lettuce is totally normal. Nothing papery about it. I’ll try to remember to send you some of the Grand Rapids Lettuce seeds with the next card I send you.
@shaunarlr83 – The big Four-Oh! How fun! Fingers crossed the lab shoot can’t get fixed right away Sucks about helping your sister move on your days off, but totally will be worth it in the end. Hopefully she doesn’t have too much stuff. Your photos are fantastic…you look so happy now!
@trooworld – Yay for fun cousins! Kismet IS quite the adorable bunny She’s hilarious when she communicates with me. Hunter is my garden guru and she told me it was time to harvest because my basil was trying to droop over. I need to get a couple little containers to transfer them to. It smells divine!
@txcritter69 – Oh my! How big did the tomato plant get while indoors?
@micaroo4 - Stay well, my friend!

Well, my peeps. Depression got the best of me and I made a bad decision yesterday. Got into the cupcakes that were for the baby shower this weekend. I ate 3 of them! And now I’m paying for it…all that sugar hurt my tummy. I wasn’t even freaking hungry. I think I may have had a breakthrough last night, though. I was listening to my Healthi podcast right before bedtime and it was about snacking. After Hunter moved out last summer and I became an empty nester, I have kept snacks out of the house (except for air popped popcorn). In turn, I have driven myself to the point of insanity not being able to think about anything but food starting at about 7pm until bedtime. To the point of literally eating PB out of the container by the spoonful. Emptied 2 jars last week. Instead of denying myself snacks, I need to figure out some delicious healthy ones and have them ready to go…portioned and with the “bites” listed. (The Healthi bites are the same thing as WW points.) I should be planning my snacks just like I do my meals. Heavy meals, light on the snacks. Light meals, heavier on the snacks. Hope this makes sense (it does in my head). Another thing they discussed was having a “snackle box”. Basically the idea is like a mini tackle box (or charcuterie board) with several small servings of snacks that you log at the beginning of the day, but you decide when during the day you want to eat them. Perfect for grazing. That takes a little more planning than I can handle right now, but I’m letting it fester in my brain and take up a little space. I’d probably have some grapes, handful of nuts, carrots/celery with hummus, maybe a small square or two of cheeze. That kind of stuff. Anyone else do a snackle box? If so, give me some ideas

Off to do some work now. Big hugs to everyone struggling and Hi-fives to those kicking butt. You all are such an important part of my life and I appreciate every single one of you! And drink your water!
2023 Mantra: NO WISHES and Planning = Success!

@micaroo4 - What a beautiful idea!

@JenAWhite did your visitors from far east come in yet?

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@JenAWhite did your visitors from far east come in yet?

@19shmoo69 - I forgot to tell you I had to skip. I did tell my sister to share my friend’s stories. I wasn’t able to drive myself an hour into the city, the day after my concussion. I was so sad!!

@shaunarlr83 You're doing awesome on your goals! Thank you so much, a wonderful March would be amazing. I'm glad you're feeling a little better, your work sounds like nothing will really prepare you until you get your “feet wet” and do it and it was a lot for sure. Glad you're looking at silver linings like the stairs being good exercise. The photos and difference are so impressive in a billion ways, you're such an inspiration to all of us. I love watching you become even more amazing that you already were which was a LOT!

@trooworld Yum that soup looks really good! It's weird how getting back to eating healthy is comforting after not eating that way for a short time. I guess that's what we'd hope for and not go back to old ways right? I hope everything goes well with Daisy, thinking of her and pray it's gone.

@txcritter69 Oh fun you got in some good garden time! Aw, I love the tomato plant story, I hope it lives up to it's potential this year. I didn't even like tomatoes until I grew one, I'd been growing herbs (love different varieties) and my dad was going to throw one away and I didn't want it to die so I grew it for him. By the next year I was nose deep in everything I could read about heirloom tomatoes and got my table with a light going to start seeds indoors. I hope your spring is amazing and your pain can subside or be better for awhile now. Neuropathy is the worst, you'd think with how bad it is more treatments would be around.

@micaroo4 Oh no, poor Rich! I had to laugh at your comment but really hope it's him being dramatic and he's on the mend. My boyfriend is getting over food poisoning and decided to make enchilada soup with beans, of all things after food poisoning a bunch of spicy gassy things, what the heck? I hope Rich is seriously better soon though and you avoid getting sick.

@vegan4lyfe2012 I did enjoy M4gan, I'll check out Smile then as well. Oh fun I'll try some of the lettuce seeds if you send them, I'd love to send you some goodies too if you let me know some of your favorite things to grow. Sounds like Hunter needs a hydroponic system now but I'm sure her hands will be full once the baby comes. Oh no, I'm sorry you're taking a beating from the cupcakes. I love the way you're thinking with having prepared snacks ready to go. I don't keep a lot of snacks in the house so mine are boring like fruit or I'll get into the pickles, artichoke hearts, or Kalamata olives. The last couple days I've had pumpkin roasted as a snack, I still had one from the farm. I don't have peanut butter in the house anymore, it's one of those things I overeat too easily. Cheese is a great one. When I'm depressed or PMSing my thing was making a big bowl of popcorn but making it the unhealthy way, I need to get another air popper and do it the right way since I've done that a couple times in the last month Let us know what you put in it! @micaroo4 Has a great idea with the comfort box too, I love that, what great ideas!

@amanda32390 Great job with the no zero day wins! I haven't read The Mountain Is You, it looks great and has 4.8 stars on Amazon which is amazing, I'll add it to my list to put on hold through the library, I'm guessing it has a waitlist so let us know what you think.

Hi everyone, night got away from me and I'm a little behind, you're all doing amazing! The rain was actually really bad today, I'm praying my fence stays up for the last few days of this storm. Not a good pain day but I toughed it out and still went to the greenhouse and we got a lot done though it sounded like the roof was going to give at points. It felt great to be starting seeds and transplanting seedlings. I get real cold when I'm flared up so I came home and got in bed and read, I didn't get any work done or any cleaning. I'll probably do the ab challenge I started for another month since I stopped when I couldn't do much, it's fun and I see a difference.

No Zeros
stretched and spent 4 hours at the farm
great water from tea
healthy meals (had the taco soup for both meals and pumpkin)
Good talk with boyfriend and a close friend

@trooworld way to go on such a good day! We habitually post when things don’t go as planned, but so good to post when things go well!

@trooworld - I’m glad you had a good day and I’m sorry for the troubling vet report. One of the worse parts of loving a pet so well is when they are sick, hurt, or leaving us. I saw an ad for some soup partitioners that portion out 1 cup of soup and let you freeze it (like a large ice tray) then you can grab a perfectly portioned block of soup and heat it up to eat whenever! I’m definitely getting me some of those!

@tammymccrady6278 - I don’t like reintroducing myself but I love reading everyone else’s recaps!! 😅

@FushiaKat - I am so inspired by you and several others who have to battle with pain every single day!!! I’m so glad you’ve gotten back to gardening a bit. I love your cactus garden, I’ll have one one day myself!!!

@Katmary71 - thank you for the info, I’m definitely passing that along. You can ask if you want we are close to Oklahoma City! To also answer @trooworld, she really needs surgery but she’s going to refuse it and put it off for so long that she will probably have irreparable damage just like she did with her knees. ☹️ she seemed to have been doing so well before the girls got here, now she’s stressed, sick, and hurting constantly. 🤷🏼‍♀️

@AustinRuadhain - great no zeros and that’s definitely a huge win!!!!

Funny I slept all day and feel more tired than the days I was sleeping little and staying awake all night I’m about to take a hot bath and lay back down so I can get up early and go hiking!!!

NO ZERO DAYS WINS!! 🥳🤩🎉

Ate okay and was under calorie goal!

Walked 2 miles

Did a 30 minute upper body workout and ended with a quick row!

Did my daily challenge moves!

Logged every single thing!

Hit my step and water goals!