@FushiaKat - I sent you a friend request in Stridekick. Let me know if you’d like to be in a team target challenge of 8k steps per day.

JenAWhite wrote: »

@FushiaKat - I sent you a friend request in Stridekick. Let me know if you’d like to be in a team target challenge of 8k steps per day.

Hi JenAWhite I will accept the friend request if I can figure it out, but the most steps I can do in a day is 6000 when it's not raining and I'm doing yard work. Which is up from my usual 3000 But the challenge sounds like fun. If you need space for people who can walk more steps, I'm happy to cheer people on from the sidelines.

@AmbersWay I love your attitude, here we come March!

@megnolia82 I am SO glad to hear you're starting to feel more alert, that's wonderful! I'm hopeful too, I know sometimes we'll feel better mentally before we physically get better (will be interesting to see where gut brain connection and vagus nerve research goes on that). I'm looking forward to you being healthier each and every day, what a frustrating setback!

@rodgerd27 Hi Dan, welcome! @19shmoo69 will be happy to see a third man show up here, he was just asking how many men were here about a week or so ago. I hope the group works well for you, this is the only group I've stuck with for a decent amount of time and it's been about 4 years now. What's awesome is we're all at different stages and learn so much from one another. I'm happy you're here! Feel free to ask anything you'd like, one thing I've found is things we think we're going through alone we're really not from weight loss to other areas in life.

@trooworld Oh your meeting sounds like it went great, I'm so glad! It's wonderful you feel like you fit in with your cousins. Growing up as you did doesn't sound fun, I hope you continue to have healthy relationships with this part of your family. I still keep in touch with my cousin if I come across pictures or I'll text him on holidays and wish him and his side of the family a happy Thanksgiving or whatever it is. I think a lot of times people aren't sure what to say to each other and that's an easy way to keep the door open.

@laurelfit57 Woohoo, congratulations on 30lbs down!

@vegan4lyfe2012 Your rabbit is beautiful! Hey I watched M3gan last night and thought of you! Did you like Smile? Congratulations on 11 years vegan, what an amazing anniversary! Jennifer makes great cards, thank YOU for them! I loved the black cat on the last one, they go straight on my fridge until the next one comes. The lettuce and basil look great! I honestly can't believe how good basil comes out, I may just start growing that in mine but now I'm curious about lettuce too.

Hi team! I woke up and actually felt a little better finally despite it still raining, it was wonderful to have a break and be able to walk more today. My back had been going out and it was the first day doing a little better so I was careful with it for my workout then spent time thinning my seedlings (my version, I hate killing plants so I try separating extra and repotting them though they don't always make it but I can always give extra away). The food bank farm manager reached out since I disappeared to see if I was ok and I'm meeting him early tomorrow at the greenhouse, he said he cleared some room (I filled our entire row so we've been at a standstill) so we're back to starting seeds tomorrow, yay! I'm recruiting my Dad to help me increase my home setup space so lots of seed stuff. Let's have a great Tuesday everyone!

No Zero Days
-chair cardio, ab and arm strengthening, stretching
-good water/tea
-good diet, healthy food and under calories (I'm trying to get through some extra stuff but am almost out of fruit and veggies so may have to go to the store)

Hello to my favorite group! I’m Shauna from small town Oklahoma and I live for days outdoors!!! After 14 days of being away I’m currently living back in my childhood home with my mom, sister and 4 nieces. My son (18) occasionally graces us with his presence and my daughter (21) lives about 3 miles away but usually stops in daily to steal my clothes, raid the fridge, or pick me up for the gym! We both now work in the Emergency Dept of a county hospital about 25 miles away. This is my first ever full time job! 😬

I’m ramping up my goals to get as close to goal weight as I possibly can by my birthday, May 6th I’ll be the big 40!!!!

Right now I’m …..

💟 Working out at least 6 days a week. Somedays that’s just a leisurely stroll or recovery/stretching workout!

💟 Trying my best to close all watch rings everyday!

💟Aiming for 14 cups of water!

💟 Walking 10,000 + steps a day!

💟 Eating Whole Foods and low carbs. Avoiding bread and sugar 90% of the time.

💟 and maintaining NO ZERO DAYS throughout the year.

Need to be better about logging food intake and as soon as I adjust to my new life schedule I’ll do just that!

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?

19shmoo69 wrote: »

@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

@txcritter69 Lucky to have spring weather! Us in Southern California are still waiting for the spring weather but I have a feeling it's around the corner. I love homegrown tomatoes. I hope to grow some myself someday. Right now, I've got herbs in my Aerogarden that are doing very well. Thank you!

@micaroo4 I'm glad you aren't getting sick from Rich. I don't know how he goes to work feeling bad, I'm a big baby about it and stay home lol. I love the idea of a comfort basket!

@vegan4lyfe2012 Kismet looks adorable. I love the smell of basil. My dill is growing OVER my Aerogarden and it's out of control. I've already pruned it, I don't know what to do lol. I'm sorry about the depression, was it something in particular or just a bout? I'm glad the Healthi podcast helped, I am planning on listening to that one, too. It makes sense. I hope you take pictures of your snack packs, I always get inspired by seeing those! Hugs to you!!!

@amanda32390 Great job with your no zeros! I have not read that book but I (and some others on here) am a big reader. Let us know what you think about it!

@laurelfit57 Bummer about your scale! I hope the yoga helps with your sleep.

@Katmary71 It was really good, my husband agreed too. Yes, it is weird! Exactly, now it's a habit. Thank you very much about Daisy. I'm glad you are taking care of yourself with the pain, and getting into bed. Good job with your no zeros!

@sleepygirl79 If I pack something that isn't appealing, I usually end up getting food from the cafe at work. I hate that! That's a great observation about chocolate.

@DrewsAnna That sucks that you lost your post. I love those cheddar bay biscuits! If you ever want to make them at home, here is a recipe for them that you could tweak: https://www.food.com/recipe/red-lobster-cheddar-bay-biscuits-31206 Thinking of you and your sister.

@shaunarlr83 I hope you like it! I added the optional parm and ricotta to our bowls. LOL that's great you are complaining about sitting so much. I'm glad things are going well. That's too bad about your mom's back infection. So she just has to live with it??? Happy March!

Hi all. I had a darned good day yesterday. I hope today is just as good. The vet is happy with the progress with Daisy's lungs but she has other problems that need to be addressed. It's depressing and worrying.

MY NO-ZERO DAY WIN FROM YESTERDAY: I ate healthily all day, and drank over double the amount of water as the day before (I drank 60 oz).

Join our Stridekick challenge (miles walked/ran)...my username is LibraryGoddess: https://link.stridekick.com/join

My phrase for the year: "Every choice is another chance to change my health for the better."