I’m on day what….12 now of this freakin head cold 🥴 a week ago a migraine was added and I suffered through it for 40 hours, I’ve had a slight headache ever since but nothing that stops me from doing anything. Tuesday could quite possibly have been a zero day, although EVERYTHING I did that day was to better myself and try to feel better. Hated that I already had to clock out of work an hour early that morning and called in that night, it gave me several days off and I didn’t manage to do much of anything those days aside from spending my first paycheck 😜 and hiking 3 miles on St. Pattys Day!

Work has been so busy but I like when it’s busy. Agreed to an extra shift Friday which means no weekend fun but that will even out my next paycheck after calling in.

After this 12 hour shift I’m going hiking with my hiking friend and then have to be back at 7pm for another 12 hour shift. I’ll have 2.5 days off before 5 in row.

This weekend our plans for the races again were cancelled when cold weather moved back in, it’s been crazy windy ever since, I took my kids and brother out to eat and then to the movies! @vegan4lyfe2012, we also watched 65!!!

Drama between my mom and sister ruined my sisters 30th birthday on Sunday so I’ve spent quite a bit of time staying at my daughters and my son has been with his friends since Thursday night. I miss our early morning chats on the ride home. His car is at the mechanic, I got $1000 assistance for vehicle maintenance and decided to put it towards his car that was broke down rather than the truck I’m using, wouldn’t you know it the truck is messing up now. Ugh…Life!

Also on Sunday I leaped and gave a guy I’ve liked forever my number….I immediately regretted it. I was so nervous and awkward and just felt like it was a huge mistake. I don’t think I will hear from him. I don’t plan on chasing just whoever, there was just something about him, but I’m going to focus on getting back on track with exercise. I still have huge plans of looking my best by my birthday and that is quickly approaching. The days just fly by at rapid pace since I’ve started working. Realizing now all the time I had on my hands before that I never utilized! 🤦🏼‍♀️

My new motivation is making these size small scrub pants fit comfortably, I started in my daughters larges that swallowed me, went to a medium and they were still loose, tried a small and was shocked they fit but they don’t flatter me much at all. That’s my goal! Be in all size small pants by my birthday and look good in them!!! 🤩

I’m glad people are feeling better, sorry for major upsets, happy for new pets and opportunities, and the season that makes everything feel new and wonderful again!!!

🎉Congratulations to those who made the leaderboard this week 🎉

@txcritter69, I love the bread but now that I see how much better I feel I am not craving it. I never would have thought how the cravings would pass. I hope you get your remodeling done, so you can get back to your gym. 🏋🏻 Diesel is adorable.

@DrewsAnna love the selfie. You look great 😊 well done on the workout.

@19shmoo69 great selfie, your makeup is so natural 😜

@Katmary71 Armenian pastries, yum! What were they? I need details hehehe. Oh I need pizza in my cast iron. That should make a crispy crust. 🤤

@sleepygirl79 the beast is a cutie.

@trooworld glad you managed lasagna night. That would have done me in. Perfect comfort food. Violet is a cutie patootie!

@AustinRuadhain well done on skipping the things off plan. You’re doing amazing! I’ll have to check out blankenshipsMA. Lethargic lizard 🦎 was a good mental pic for you all. 😂! I’m getting my steps in so you have all the chance to knock me out of first in your evenings. Hehehe! I may slow down tomorrow though. You all may pass me by 👏🏻

@vegan4lyfe happy belated bday to your daughter.

@shaunarlr83 keep up those hikes. Im cheering for you to reach your bday goal!

@Cornanda I know I am so behind on posts. Group has been busy.

So sorry about your bestie 💐 Its nice that you’ll be able to make the funeral.

@Cornanda - Lisa, I'm so sorry about the loss of your friend. Hugs 🫂.
-Mica

Good Morning!

@micaroo4 Thank you!

@DrewsAnna Love the picture, you look awesome! Sorry your dinner was cancelled, but great job on get in some exercises.

@JenAWhite I wish I had your strength to resist the temptation. If it is front of me it has no chance 😂

@19shmoo69 👍Looking good👌

@Katmary71 Thank you! Cold front passed so will be trying to put all my plants back outside later today when the sun peaks out.

@AmbersWay Great job on the WI! Your crybabies are Adorable

@sleepygirl79 your beast is SO CUTE. CONGRATULATIONS for being on the leaderboard!

@trooworld I am so happy that Daisy and Violet hit it off. She is a CUTIE

@AustinRuadhain Thank you! CONGRATULATIONS on your loss!
Everyone needs to take a break sometimes. I took it easy on Sunday to, which I am glad I did. Had no idea that yesterday was going to be the day I ripped out the flooring in bathroom (last minute decision). Glad I did it. Only 2 more areas to go😪

@vegan4lyfe2012 I am the same way with books that pull me in. Nothing is getting done. 🎊Happy Birthday 🎊 to your daughter! Enjoy the John Wick re-watch.

@shaunair83 Sorry you are still suffering from cold. What a great day St.Pattys Day.

@Cornanda I am so sorry to see your friend passed. Spend as much time as you can with your mom. Time lost can never be found.

Well, me sleep routine is not going as planed. I have been trying to get more 7 to 8 hrs. BUT When I wake up I am tired. Don't feel like do anything. Sunday night I about 5 1/2 hrs and was like let's do this (ripped out flooring) where did I muster up the energy, to knock it out. Today I am soar but i feel good about myself. Last night I only managed 6 hrs of sleep.
Today's plan is to move all my plants back outside now that the cold front has moved out. Just waiting for temp to warm up to around 60 so I can get outdoors. It is drizzling right now so will wait a bit.
Have a good day everyone!


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Username: FushiaKat
Weigh-In Tuesday
SW: 245
Maintenance Goal 135 - 140

PW: 138.4
CW: 137.0

The most important thing to remember is to stay hydrated at all times. Lol, I dream about a big fluffy biscuit with butter and honey, but I have the taste of it to remembered so it's not so bad, I can resist the craving. I'm very proud of myself for maintaining so far, but I'm still experimenting with how much I can eat. Yesterday I cheated but only by about 200 calories.

Go Team! Mission Slimpossibles, 2nd place this week! @megnolia82 @sleepygirl79 @AustinRuadhain Congratulations to the winners!

I got my plants back outside and planted my herbs and veggies in garden. We will see how it goes. Still have trim to do, but I am happy with it.

Hi everyone! Catching up quickly and headed to bed. Having a bad pain night, hopefully the barometer pressure won't be as bad the next two days as it is tonight.

@Cornanda Oh Lisa I'm so sorry to hear about your high school bestie, huge hug! You never expect childhood friends to not be there one day, they're almost as permanent as our immediate family. I think seeing your Mom sooner is a great idea.

@sleepygirl79 Oh if you see this in time if you do a cold brew at Starbucks with light (or full is only about 200 calories) vanilla sweet cream or salted caramel cream it's is a good swap if you're used to things like mochas and frappaccinos. The iced brown sugar oatmilk shaken espresso is good too, it's my favorite of the shaken espresso ones and those are lower than the full cream versions of cold brews or Nitros. I used to go there and get a Venti frapp or white mocha with a muffin having no clue that's basically a day's worth of calories and enough sugar for a week! Good luck with the doctor and have fun shopping!

@shaunarlr83 I hope you're feeling better fast, you've really been hit with it and need a break. I love that you gave the guy you've liked for a long time your number, that would be great if you hear from him but even if you don't you should be proud of yourself for being so brave. When I met my current boyfriend in person for the first time we were both crazy nervous (first date in 25 years for me and since his divorce over 10 years ago and we had a few dates over a weekend), I actually thought it was sweet he was nervous and he felt that way too so you never know! I'm sorry to hear about the tension between your mom and sister, it's so stressful to feel like you're in the middle of two people you love. YES to smaller clothes! When is your birthday?

@AmbersWay OK I only saw Princess at first in that photo, they're both beautiful but she actually looks like a princess too! Queenie knows she's beautiful too but doesn't need to be front and center! I could be reading too much into the picture of course. The Armenian pastry is a "gata", ironically I thought the bakery that made it was Nazooks but that's another name for it (in Armenian which I don't speak) as I learned Googling it. Here's the Wiki description then following that is a link to a recipe (never tried making it so no clue if hers would be good): "Nazook (also spelled nazuk or nazouk, Armenian Նազուկ) is the name of an Armenian pastry made from flour, butter, sugar, sour cream, yeast, vanilla extract and eggs, with a filling often made with nuts, and especially walnuts. Nazouk is sometimes referred to as gata." You can find it in Winco's bakery area by Nazooks if you want to try it, if it's stale or just because it's tastes great that way pop it in the microwave for about 10 seconds. It's also at Middle Eastern bakeries and stores as well or you can try this recipe:

https://hildaskitchenblog.com/recipe/nazook-armenian-pastry/

@DrewsAnna Yum baked ziti sounds amazing! Great job on the workout too, you're doing awesome righ tnow!

@trooworld Love seeing Violet, she's SO cute! Sounds like the dogs hit it off and you're very likely going to have another fail. I think two pugs happily chasing each other would be the cutest thing ever, just picturing it has me smiling!

Talk to you all tomorrow, make it amazing!

No Zero Days
- great workout, lower body and ab strengthening, dance, stretching
- great water as I've had a lot of tea
- semi-healthy day and under calories (was trying to use up a jar of tomato sauce so I made pizza and the skinnytaste meatball back to back).

Have a great Wednesday!

Hey y'all!

Congratulations to everyone on your losses this week. I can't remember who posted the picture of their fur babes but, I love them and I'm sending them virtual hugs 🤗🤗

Today was another great day! I had a healthy breakfast and a healthy dinner. Lol, I had pizza for lunch but, right when I was done eating I leashed up my best buddy and took a 2 mile walk. When I got home I found a standing arms & core workout. I really liked it and I'll be doing it again.

We didn't have the baked ziti tonight and probably won't tomorrow either. I still haven't gone grocery shopping because the weather has been nice, tomorrow is our last day of nice weather till next week sometime. I decided to go grocery shopping this weekend and have this weeks meal plan next week. Here is the recipe.

https://www.skinnytaste.com/instant-pot-baked-ziti/

I'm really tired so y'all havens great evening/day 🙂

@AmbersWay Yeah it was really good. Thank you about Violet! Queenie and Princess are beautiful! Thanks for sharing. I hope you don't get your husband's bug. Oh I just read he's better, that's good. Those sound like great rewards. LOL about donut. I also invested in skincare fairly recently, I'm 54 and thought it was time.

@txcritter69 Thank you! I'm sorry sleep isn't going well. Good luck with the plants! Oh I'm glad the planting went well, it looks really nice! Diesel awwwww.

@sleepygirl79 I hope it went well.

@FushiaKat I need to work harder on hydration. Great maintenance weigh-in.

@vegan4lyfe2012 Maybe? I'm glad you liked it! She is totally not leaving lol. Yes, the card came on St Patty's Day (I think) so just in time! I'm sorry all the places were closed on Mondays. That stinks. I'm glad Chinese was open. Sorry about the movie drama lol.

@Katmary71 I'm sorry about the pain. Hugs to you. Thank you! Probably another fail lol. It is pretty cute to see them chase each other. Great job getting your no zeros in through the pain!

@DrewsAnna I'm glad you had a great day. Thanks for the link.

Hi all. I woke up dizzy/off-kilter. I hope I can rally so I can drive to work. I've got stuff to do. We found out Violet is only barely 9 months old! We thought she was around 2 years old. She acts very much still young. She needs much more exercise than my 7+ year old puggy.

MY NO-ZERO DAY WIN FROM YESTERDAY: Ate a healthy lunch, and went on many dog walks .

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

@vegan4lyfe2012 sadly, I did not find anything worthy when shopping. Next weekend is cross border shopping, so I'm sure to find something then. What movie did you watch? Sounds like your mom is living her best life. I'm a bit of a child when it comes to things like that. I'll forever love a good poop or fart joke. haha
@Katmary71 thanks for the Starbucks suggestion! I ended up deciding not to go, but I will keep this order in mind for my next craving. I usually do fraps/capps as I don't love a strong coffee taste. Those look good! Hope you are feeling less achy today.

The appointment was fine yesterday. The drive tuckered me out and my lunch did not sit well. It was nice to get home. I snuck an hour nap in before supper and then headed out with my teen and his buddy to a games night it town. They have a bunch of different board/card games at a little bakery/cafe and you can learn and play different ones. It's really fun. Plus: I did not order any baked goods or drinks while there! I did sneak a tiny bite of my son's cheesecake though (I paid for it after all). lol! Seriously, it was tiny!

@AmbersWay They do sound similar to Kifli's for sure, I Googled them and they have the same ingredients aside of the ones with jam in them. Great no zeros!

@DrewsAnna You go check ou out with the awesome walk and standing workout! Enjoy every day of the nice weather! OMG that recipe looks even better than I imagined!

@megnolia82 Good evening, hope you had a wonderful day and tomorrow is even better!

@trooworld Thank you, hugs back! I hope to see more pictures and would love to see those two together. I love seeing pictures of everyone's kids, grandkids, and pets and what their lives are like. Wow so Violet's still a puppy, she's going to keep Daisy on her toes! I hope you're feeling better when you read this.

@vegan4lyfe2012 That's an absolutely beautiful salad! It's funny how it feels twice as good when it's harvested from something you've grown.

@sleepygirl79 Oh then I'd definitely skip Nitro and probably the cold brew too. Weirdly the shaken espressos don't taste as strong even though they're lower calorie. When I was making cold brew at home I was going through a TON of coffee so I get how that would be too strong for you. Games night sounds like a lot of fun, did he have a favorite? My older nephew likes playing games though these days he's most likely on the computer, that's great your son enjoys physical ones.

@AustinRuadhain I enjoy Lee Child's, I haven't read a lot but a few! Hugs back to you, I had a tough night and am not feeling the best but plan to wake up stronger tomorrow. In a few days the rain will go away thank goodness. Amazing No Zero Day, way to go! I need to copy you with decluttering but I DID give my mom back about 20 books last weekend (when I drop books at the library the “friends of the library” books jump in my arms and beg to be adopted).

Hi team! Had a tough night, I finally got my pain to calm down enough to sleep and my chest started burning. I was mad since I ate dinner at 5PM and it was 12:30AM and figured I shouldn't have it so when I Googled to see how much baking soda to drink in water to calm it down and saw something about NSAIDS I clicked it and NOW I know what the problem has been, I take one around 9:30 on an empty stomach and it gives me heartburn every once and awhile. I got up and ate and was probably over calories but to stop the burning or because I have low blood sugar I don't beat myself up over extra calories. I've lost my glasses lens too which I did last year on the opposite side but found, now that it's on my dominant eye I'm getting nauseous walking around without one (I thought my allergies were making my vision weird and must have lost it a few days ago). Heck if I know where it was but since my vacuum was just badly clogged and I tossed a bunch of cat hair and the cans have been taken I'm assuming it's at the dump as the suction wasn't working well before I'd dumped it and sent it home with my dad to look at). I'm so lucky my head's attached and I can't lose it! Workout good, had to cut up a branch which I sat down to do. Pain's still bad but I need good sleep and no rain so I'm making the best of it. Have a great Thursday! I'm going to lunch with a friend tomorrow and working on a project so I'm off to bed.

No Zero Days
Under calories and got a healthy salad at Jack's Urban Eats when I went out
good workout (chair cardio, arms and abs strength, and stretching plus a little yard work)
Great water

@vegan4lyfe2012 That looks really good!

@sleepygirl79 I'm glad the appt went okay. The game night does sound fun, I love that kind of thing.

@AustinRuadhain Thank you! Get some sleep.

@Katmary71 Will do! Thank you, not feeling much better, more on that later. I'm sorry you didn't sleep well, I hope your pain gets better today.

@GabiV125 Congrats on the loss!

Well, I was feeling awful yesterday (nausea, lightheaded/dizzy/off-kilter, headache). At first, I thought it was low blood sugar so I drank OJ and ate a breakfast sandwich but that didn't help so called my healthcare provider. They wanted me to go to urgent care so I did. They were concerned about a possible stroke so they did an EKG, ran a lot of blood work but they also gave me IV fluids in case I was dehydrated. The blood work and EKG didn't give any clues. If I wasn't feeling better, they wanted me to go to the ER but after the fluids, I *thought* I was feeling a little better so they sent me home. I wasn't feeling better, I realized as I went to the car, but I didn't go to the ER. I just couldn't sit for 6-12 hours in the ER feeling like that. I also have things to do, today Violet gets spayed and tomorrow Daisy gets an echocardiogram. I promise I am monitoring my symptoms.

MY NO-ZERO DAY WIN FROM YESTERDAY: Went on several dog walks.

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

@txcritter69 love before and afters!
I’ll take a picture when I get up later of my night/day cream along with the gua sha (spelling) I bought. I am pretty wrinkle free but I had 2 decently deep lines on my forehead . Since doing that thing daily with my clarins its had amazing results. I’ll try to see if I have a before pic that is clear.

@Katmary71 I hope you’re feeling better. Definitely be careful with the nsaids. They can be harsh on your tummy. I’m allergic but have kept up with side effects for my mom.

@trooworld I hope you’re feeling better. Keep track of your vitals and log your symptoms.

My eyes are closing. I’ll be back after a nap to continue

DrewsAnna
Weigh in Thursday
PW: 157.6
CW: 157

@vegan4lyfe2012 that salad looks delicious. Lol, it almost made me drool a little 😅😅😅

@AustinRuadhain Oh boy, I have walked, worked out, used my dumbbells and my resistance bands. Lol, I'm feeling the burn and feeling great.

@txcritter69 I love your before and afters. It all looks great. I really love your pup.

Hey y'all,

I've been doing pretty good. My food choices have been improving and lol, I've been exercising like crazy. Walking, working out, using my dumbbells and today, my resistance band. I feel really good with my progress.

Yesterday, I took a break though, I was sore, tired and kind of upset because one of my older feral cats passed away. I am pretty sure I should not have animals, because I just get attached so easily. When they pass its like I lost a family member.

The pictures are from my walk the other day. I just love being able to see the mountains.

Y'all have a great evening/day 🙂