Happy New Year everyone!!!
I'm new to this challenge on MyFitnessPal. I'm not new to this type of challenge, I used to be on SparkPeople. I hope I remember how to do this!!! Please be patient with me.

I live in Florida and today was a lovely 74 degrees and sunny. We're expecting rain tomorrow and maybe Sunday.

I'm ready to get started on this new challenge, I have an April 11th goal and fingers crossed, will make it with everyone's help.
Thanks,
Carol

Hi all

We are finally back in our house and getting set up. Trying to get back in the swing of things. Doc said it was a very nasty flair up from my gi stuff that caused me to get very ill. You should see me on here regularly and getting back and ready for the challenge.

@Tabatha_Cain ,, WOOHOO on the sales Tabatha!! WTG!! Hope you can find the transport for the client! ENJOY the weekend!! I also walk inside my place. IT's super small and I DO MEAN IT'S SUPER SMALL!! But that builds my legs UP!! Nicer, stronger muscles from the small turns.
@chansen_2000 ,, Awwww Carol WB!! I remember you easily!! We were both on the Dawggie team for quite awhile! In the time you've not been with us, I'm down to 174!! WOW!! AND WALKING!!! When the Spring Challenge comes if you'd like to be with a team that has half the members from the Dawggie team (through the years) we are Positively Strong 4 Life, if you would like back, I'll warn ya, as it was on Sparks we are team who fills up super fast! Usually in 24 hours. Depending on which team you end up on you'll likely know members from Sparks!! If you are on Shape Shifters if you knew Gouldsgrante (Janey) is now the Captain (was CL) I think you knew Ceri some she's on Gr8ters. So many of us around!! HEY WB!! I STILL get just as Excited as always for SNOW!! Sunday FINALLY we'll have some. We've gone 300 days WITHOUT SNOW in the Greater Portland Maine area!! YO!!
@Kurtize , NOW I WANT SOME!! We are supposed to get 6 to 10"s we'll see, but WOOHOO FINALLY some coming on SUNDAY is a FUNDAY!! LOL Even more so!! AND the Pats are playing the Jets!! LOL IN DA SNOW!! We laugh so hard at the games as we are WARM!!
@HeevenleeRose, OH NO!! SO very very sorry!!! WOW!! How fast things can change!! Please let your Captain know if you need any extra considerations. Slowly pick up on exercise and NEVER OH PLEASE ***ALL MEMBERS*** NEVER exercise to the point of pain. Please never put yourself at risk.
@CSEGUIN2 , YOu are a very strong woman!! If you are at any physical/emotional/etc risk please reachout to the local domestic violence program. They know of fundings to help the victim to secure a safe place. Which can include housing. They are also a great resourse for support and more. We are here with you, but have seen through the years how strong you really are. Resilience is a word I'd use for you if I could choose only one word.

Good Morning Airport Friends:

I hope you are all doing well this morning. Today is Saturday. We are quite busy today. We will be taking one of my dogs to the vet, Joe has bloodwork to get done today, and we are going to be starting to pack up my son's things. He is now living with his boyfriend and although they don't have room for all of my son's things my son ok'd me packing his stuff up and storing it in his old bedroom. Which he still stays in on ocassion when I am away and he is here with the dogs. I am also going to try and get some decent exercise in today.

@macrat12 - So then those are stretching and stuff days? How many miles have you walked just since the 1st of the month?
@chansen_2000 - Welcome. I am sure you will reach your goal by April. I too have been with these challenges since SparkPeople.
@Kurtize - I think we are suppose to get some snow this weekend, but also a major storm Tuesday and Wednesday this coming week. Love the photos.
@HeevenleeRose - I am so glad you are doing better. My husband has gut issues also.
@CSEGUIN2 - So glad you are getting things taken care of. It will definitely help with the sanity of the situation.
@Dianedoessmiles1 - I was able to find transportation for the client. They are going to take an uber. There just is no transportation from the airport to the hotel where they need to go.

Well I hope you all have a wonderful Saturday.

Tabatha

Dianedoessmiles1 wrote: »

@vexedangel678 What do you do for work? I am officially retired now. WOW! Those years went by SUPER FAST!! My favorite times at the store was before a blizzard (I live in Maine) or any storm we might lose electricity (LOL In the 90s I could not believe how many would RUSH in to rent videos!! Hehehehe no electricity LOLOL) or at holiday time.

I can't wait to retire! I have about 10-ish more years. I work in schools, which is a good gig, I'm glad and lucky to have it. I'm a music therapist, so I work with students with disabilities using music to reach [non-musical] IEP goals.

chansen_2000 wrote: »

Thanks for the welcome!!!! I'm going to have to re-learn how to post my progress.

Whenever you have a question, make sure you reach out to me or to one of my RED HOTS co-leaders or your Red Hots team.

@lavalily, TY TY TY for the suggestion!
@Tabatha_Cain , how did the packing for S go? Are you going to repupose the room? NICE job on helping the client, they can also use Uber for the airport to the hotel. I find Uber is quite a bit cheaper than a taxi. GREAT JOB Tabatha!! ENJOY the weekend!
@Macrat12, NICE JOB!
@vexedangel678 , Oh what a COOL JOB!! That's so neat!! I had been a foster grandmother in Portland ME, it turned out and I DID LAUGH SO HARD, I was assigned to the same school I had attended as a kid!! LOL One day (I worked with a 2nd grade classroom it had 19 kids, 16 boys! LOL SO FUNNY!!) I told the kids "Grandma (They called me that, it was my postion with them) used to come to school over 50 years ago!! (Their little eyes were so huge it got me to giggling!) and I used to tie my dinosaur right over there on that tree!! It was smaller at that time." LOL I forgot to tell them otherwise. LOLOL!! Mrs M (Teacher) and I got along so well!! She just turned her back to laugh she enjoyed all of my stories as much as the kids did, maybe MORE! I'd take them down to music and stay with them since we had a few students who did not speak English (they did though quickly pick it up! I loved that!). It was so much fun watching the kids who loved music really come alive who may not in the classroom. TY TY TY For doing such an important job!! Music helps people "speak" when they have trouble expressing themselves.
@chansen_2000 , Awww you are with @Hicim705 HEIDI!! You will be so well taken care of!! HI HEIDI!!
@Kaliswalker, hey Lynn hope you enjoy the weekend. WE HAVE SNOW coming! I LOVE SNOW as you know.

Good Morning Airport Friends:

I hope you are all doing well this very early morning. Today is Sunday and Joe and I have church today. We will be driving to church. To say I need church today is an understatement. I got nothing done yesterday other than grocery shopping. I ended up getting my ultrasound results back from the radiologist. My doctor has not read them yet. The hospital released them to me first. I was having some female issues a while back and they found some issues they wanted to recheck in 3 months and well my 3 months came and here is what they found this time:

The left ovary measures 5.4 x 3.8 x 5 cm. The hypoechoic structures within the left ovary are better visualized on today's exam. These have the sonographic appearance of several closely adjacent simple cystic structures with the 2 largest measuring 4.5 cm and 2.6 cm in greatest diameter. The larger suspected ovarian cyst has a small daughter follicle within measuring 1.8 cm. If this patient has no risk factors for ovarian cancer, it would be acceptable to these suspected left ovarian cyst in 6-12 months with pelvic ultrasound. If this patient has risk factors for ovarian cancer, further characterization with MRI pelvis would be recommended.

I am totally freaking out at this point. It is way worse than they thought it was. I have already had precancer cells on my cervix when I was 22. So this really scares me. Then I just think about my husband. We just got married in June and he already had to bury one wife. How can I expect to make him go through this with me. It isn't fair to him. I feel angry that this is even happening when I am finally happy and so ready to conquer the world with the man of my dreams. I know it isn't a definitive diagnosis yet, but I feel like they wouldn't say that if it wasn't serious.

@kaliswalker - That is awesome getting photos with your dogs. I don't think I could get mind to sit still long enough to get a picture. I love the song "Happy". The last name of the guy who sings it is Williams. I cannot remember his first name. Something like Pherrel. The white noise or more specifically the fan blowing helps me sleep more sound. I have an old house that likes to make a lot of noise and when the fan or white noise is going I don't hear all that extra stuff and I can sleep. Otherwise I lay awake listening to everything and my anxiety goes through the roof. I hope my MIL is nicer this year too.
@Dianedoessmiles1 - I was able to score 4 boxes to pack some of my son's things in. I did not even get started yet. I will be getting more boxes today I think. I am going to repurpose the porch. Not sure how yet. I am thinking a treadmill. My son took over the porch for his gaming room and well it is a hot mess. It will probably take me a couple of days to box everything up. I am leaving his room alone for now as he does stay here when Joe and I go to Joe's parents. My son watches the animals while we are gone so he does need a place to sleep.
@imustloseit1 - That must be frustrating to have the house all in an upheaval. I am sure you will get it straightened out soon though. I hope you are feeling better from that crud you had.

Well I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday.

Tabatha

Exercise - I combined my walking today with moving all the pictures I have had stored since I had the walls in the house were painted. Now that I know we are going to move later this year, I pulled all these pictures out and sorted them. This required carrying them from where I had them stored to another room where I would sort them. It increased my walking time by probably 20 minutes versus what I would have just done walking...A double win!!!

Decluttering - There are some pictures I know I don't want to spend the money to move so they have been put in the give away pile. A couple were broken and thrown away. Some I know I am going to keep...but I have a 4th pile that I need to think about because I am not sure what I want to do with them.
Many of the undecided are the pictures of my grandchildren I have been given over the years...I am thinking I might take them out of their frames and put all the pictures for each grandchild in one frame showing their chronological aging. Maybe this is one way to move from 10 to 15 pictures to just one.

Anyone have any other suggestions?

Weight Loss - now that I am back on IF 18:6 and eating healthy Keto...not only has my hunger dropped significantly...I am have lost 3.5 of the 6 pounds that I gained over New Years weekend. I really don't want to experience this weight gain again. I need to get to a healthy weight and then I need to learn how to stay there consistently.

Let's ROCK this winter challenge! - I am on board to Rock this challenge...Everyone else on board???

Have a Great and Healthy Day!!! Gretl

I'm still learning MFP, how do I respond to a particular person's message?

Thanks!