@Tabatha_Cain nope I walk 45-60 min every day my rest days are active recovery days.

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Day 4 of 2024 miles in 2024 complete and I did 6.03 miles. Day 4 of 75 Hard Complete. Now beginning Day 5 of 75 Hard with a 16OZ bottle of water before I get my protein coffee and fill my 64OZ bottle.

Happy Friday and first weekend in Jan. Cold 37 outside, snow stayed around until about 2 today, @Dianedoessmiles1. Here are 2 pictures from last night that Don took.



Have a great night, hugs and blessings. Best wishes as we begin our challenge.

today's inspiration: “Create consciously, love unconditionally, live joyously!”

Good Evening Everyone!

Thanks for all the support and suggestions.

My ex isn't the father of my Son but has been in his life for most of it. I can understand my ex's feelings some what. He hasn't lived with us for many years and the ex has gotten stuck in his ways but I don't consider that a great excuse.

Anyways this week has been a long one. But so glad to have three days off. Wednesday was the most stressful of them all. I even cried at work. The ex has been sick and has done nothing around the house even when he has been feeling well. Today I went out and got some new bras that were way overdue. So much more comfortable. I am one step closer to freedom as this week I was finally taken off the ex's check. Next step is to figure out my finances so I can cover my expenses and still save money for the move. I can and will do this.

Several people were curious about the food plan I mentioned that I use.
"The Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet" by Robert Santos-Prowse, MS, RD
This book explains the validity and success of this combination. I highly recommend it. Let me know what you think.

@Tabatha_Cain I do mobility daily and try a longer routine on my active recovery days. So far I've gone 30.9 miles since January 1st.

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Day 5 of 75 Hard Complete and beginning Day 6 with a 16OZ bottle before going to get my protein coffee and fill my 64OZ. Day 5 of 2024 miles in 2024 complete and I did 6.54 miles.

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

Well, here it is the first day of the challenge and I am about preparted as a ?????, I haven't even thought really about my approach to the challenge. Guess I had better get my mind wrapped around something beside the house. As some of you know we have torn out the old carpet and am putting wood flooring down in our dining room, so everything that was in there is now thru out the house, and it is driving me crazy. I don't like a messy house, and everythings hellter-skelter and then this darn gunk I have had and I am about ready to crawl out of my skin, and poor hubby has had to put up with my grumpiness. Got the flooring all sitting in the corner, just waiting for son 2 to come and lay it. That is one thing about cheat help is that you have to wait for just the right time. In the next couple days I will spent sometime deciding what the next 10 week will bring, So Gals, and Guys, lets make this first week a success. Linda

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Day 6 of 75 Hard complete and now beginning Day 7 with a 16OZ bottle of water before going to get my protein coffee and fill up my 64OZ bottle. Day 6 of 2024 miles in 2024 and I had 5.21 miles yesterday.

@Tabatha_Cain - totally understand you freaking out...Just want to remind you that God is in charge and has a plan. We don't know what it is...I will pray for you

Gretl

@imustloseit1 WELCOME to the Winter 5%! Sounds like you've been sick, ewwwww it's always so hard when we are! Hopefully soon you'll be on the upswing. I also do not like a house not in order. But when we want to improve/update it happens. WOOHOO Son 2 can help you with that! Nice savings!!! Have you looked at the Pre Assignments? @hicim705 (Heidi) did an excellent job. Please take a look to go over them. They'll help you to wrap around a plan that is solid. @Kaliswalker puts a lot of thought into the LTGL's (Living The Good Life for any newer members AKA Healthy Habits) when we take the time to read them through they also help us greatly. Doing these will assist you. I do them slowly, but that's me, it just helps me more as I put something in different then I had before. It's only a suggestion. BUT! A good one.
@Tabatha_Cain, I've been where you are at. IT IS SCARY for sure!!! All of the tests they did on me presurgery pointed clearly to ovarian cancer. When I woke up after the sugery I was in the best room they had (a corner room) on the cancer floor they had told me to be ready to hear the treatment plan. My cyst was as big as a soft ball they said, I do not see how that was possible, but that's what they said. I could see maybe a ping pong ball so I did ask later on (weeks later) when my stitches were being take out. Well I am sure not sure it was that big it seems impossible. Either way I DID NOT have cancer. I am very high risk (Mom breast cancer which is different) but I am also a a DES baby. Did your Mom have a hard time carrying you? Was she given Diethylstilbestrol (DES) to help since her body was having a very hard time carrying me (her breast cancer was a result of that med and estrogen). It's scary and I WAS SCARED!! I put all of my ducks in a row, and like you, I was horribly upset. In the end I didn't need to be. DEEP BREATHING Tabatha, because it's no help to your mind or soul to jump to the worse case senario though so normal. I kept reminding myself "sometimes they are WRONG!" "SOMETIMES THEY ARE WRONG!" I'd PUSH SO HARD for the MRI immediately though. I sure would. When I had to get a clarifying brain MRI for an aneurysm it was off a bit. I called the hospital to ask if they had any cancellations. I asked the woman how she was,, I wished her well, as we talked I let her see how kind I am, and scared. She was so sweet and I did get moved way up! Hint Hint this works all the time for medical stuff (and more hon). We are here with you. BREATHE DEEPLY please, even if it is, we are here with you.
@130StrongerEachYear , HI!! So good to see you here!! WOW lots of work, but you did it!! WTG!! I have so many pics of the kids, LOLOLOL A LOT!! What I did (I used to move quite a bit because it was entertaining, honestly it was! But, now I have a place i totally love right on the harbor in the Greater Portland ME area) was to use my phone camera (I could of my regular camera also) and took pictures of the pictures. EASY PEASEY!! They are always available if I wish, I use google photos and can organize them (I do not do that though LOLOL BUT, I COULD!). Its a nice option of not having to lug things as I was moving, and more so now I am older, I wanted to declutter. AND weekly sometimes a few times a week I get more pics, but thankfully we all agree to send them on messengar or we grab them off each other from FB and we all put them into a digital form. I am not sure if you'd enjoy that. But, its such an easy option. LET'S ROCK THIS!!!

WOOHOO WE FINALLY got some snow!! YO!! It's so strange we tied the record for 2nd place on the longest time into the season for snow. It's MAINE!! Though Southern Coastal Maine, but STILL!! I've lived here 99% of my life within 5 miles of where I was born and it used to be crazy snowy. I ADORE SNOW!
View out of one of my living room windows of the harbor

Hi all happy and blessed Sunday. Sending hugs and prayers, Diane and Tabatha. It is in the 40's with prediction of snow coming this week. We shall see. I finished the computer room so everything is now unpacked and in place. On my Jesus walk with the Conqueror Challenge I unlocked a local attraction.


Have a great rest of the day and a happy new week.

Today's inspiration.One can never consent to creep when one feels the impulse to soar.
- Helen Keller

Chansen 2000, I agree with you, I am still trying to find my way around in here.

Had a better day today, and got some cleaning done, and did get some catnip planted for the Kits.
Quite a lenghty process, but followed the direstions, so hope they grow. Along with some grasses I planted for them to munch on. Those 2 are so spoiled, and I can't blame anyone but myself. lol Linda

@Tabatha_Cain ,No doubt you'll talk to your Dr today When I think of how many times I got really scared (Breast cancer keeps popping up as it may be. Keeping in mind my Mom died from it and I am as said a DES baby) but it never turned out to be worse case scenario, well other than the brain anuerysm. Now that I survived that LOL I feel like a CAT with MANY lives! Many times we over worry. So yes, I am hoping you'll talk to your Dr or nurse today ONE DAY at a time if it is.
@Kurtize, that's so exciting!! I'd love to walk the places Jesus did, but with the wars that's a NO GO! Plus, LOL I've not travelled in so long. We are hoping to travel to NY outside of the city this spring it's a 4.5 hour drive, we'll make it a 6 or 7. LOL The people I hang with DO NOT like fast food or bringing their own for travel. I DO!
@Imustloseit1, LOLOL Many of us can relate to spoiling our furbabies. I have Izzy and Oscar! Izzy is 14 and Oscar is 1. She was NOT Impressed.
@Hicim705 TY TY TY Heidi for helping @chansen_2000 who's a former Dawggie. AND I must add a very cute one!! HI Carol!
@Cseguin2, Happy to hear you are physically safe. WOOHOO on the snow you got though it wasn't much. Mine was over about a foot. WOOHOO on tracking!! GREAT JOB figuring it out!!! I hope you can do your side job. Around here daily when there's a storm on Nextdoor (most towns/cities have Nextdoor for their area) people ask if anyone can help them shovel etc. If you were here, you'd clean up! If I am recalling you offer to help others while being able to count it as exercise. SMART THINKING!! Plus you help out many who need it so badly, great service!

Good Morning Airport Friends:

I hope you are all doing well this morning. Today is Monday and we are back to work. I am going to be calling the OB this morning and scheduling an appointment with him. That way we can discuss my options and see where we go from here. I am going to push for the MRI. If he won't do it then I will go to my regular doctor and push for it, as I already saw my regular doc in December and she said if the OB I chose won't do what I want they will find one that will because it is my health we are dealing with. So I know I have someone in my corner.

@imustloseit1 - I should probably get some catnip and grass growing for my cats. They try on occasion to eat my son's plants. So they may be needing something.
@CSEGUIN2 - That is one of the hard things. Learning to do it all alone. That caused me many panic attacks when I left my son's father. I was so use to doing it together and not being alone I started having panic attacks when I did new stuff alone. I am glad you are in no physical danger. We got a dusting of snow also that was gone by lunch time yesterday.
@Dianedoessmiles1 - Thank you. I am calling the doc this morning when they open. I am going to push for getting the MRI so we can see what we are dealing with. Church really helped me this morning. I am giving it to God and going one day at a time. Wow a foot of snow. That is a lot. It will be some nice shoveling.
@kaliswalker - This is awesome. I might think about photos in my backyard, but 2 of my dogs will take off chasing a leaf being blown by the wind. No way I am taking them off the leash in anywhere other than my back yard. I like the multicultural party at church. Sounds like fun and lots of food to try.

Well I hope you all have a wonderful Monday.

Tabatha