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  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,262 Member
    Wow @micki48 that is a good one. I have heard the "choose your hard" line a lot - but her reasons and examples are beautiful. And that her life got larger as she got smaller. Thanks for posting that!

    Thursday is happening! Looking forward to numbers from:
    @ashleycarole86
    @bowens1973
    @lindamartin27
    @eggfreak

    Thanks!
  • ashleycarole86
    ashleycarole86 Posts: 6,307 Member
    Thursday weigh-in
    Username ashleycarole86
    PW 232.8
    CW 234.6
  • ChelleChelle1031
    ChelleChelle1031 Posts: 54 Member
    Good Morning Beautiful People!

    January sure did go by fast. 2024 Goals

    Lose weight - ✅ 9.2lbs gone
    10k Steps a day - ✅ average 10,942 steps
    Read Bible Daily - ✅ Genesis & Exodus
    Take Time for Me - ✅ PTO days that included spoiling me.

    Today, know that you’re never alone. You have a whole community rooting for you!!

    #YearOfMe
    #Mentally
    #Physically
    #Spiritually


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  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,262 Member
    Happy Friday Eve for real! @MaddawgMadsen and all you other hard-working folks - getting ready for Friday is for real!

    I actually worked a full day today too, so I'm feeling cool and with it. My investigation report is due the 14th and it is going to be a lot of work to put it all together. I'll be glad when it is done, but the whole thing has been a good challenge. You need those when you're retired! Luckily, I finished off the day with a good snowshoeing session. Not super long, but it was lovely up in the woods.

    I have been thinking about @micki48 's post on doing the hard things, sticking to the choices, and finding ways to make our goals into steps we can follow. I read a "tough love" piece about moderation that goes far into the tough. It is talking about the "I deserve a treat" voice which leaves us feeling shameful and regretful about overindulging versus the "let's stick with the healthy plan" voice that leaves us full of quiet pride and no regrets. Both those voices are trying to take care of us. Even the habit of overeating is based on our brains trying to get what it thinks is the best stuff - but the real feeling good and the real best stuff are something else. In any case, even though the article is a bit too harsh, it asks some good questions. Check it out if you like -
    https://danaleighlyons.substack.com/p/everything-in-moderation-doesnt-work

    It's a high wire act, all this getting healthy thing, eh?
  • lauren_989
    lauren_989 Posts: 1,401 Member
    @jugar I found that article interesting. Moderation is settling for mediocrity. I know that article focused on drinking alcohol, and I know that in this journey for me my trouble is sweets. However I feel like personally and in articles I have read, that if I restrict myself from the sweets, then I crave and will binge them later. I do the same thing the author did before and limit my time on social media, and I definitely don't go on as much as I used to. I will most likely stop completely, but it's also how I keep in touch with some of my family.

    We had a great time in epcot today! I got over 17,000 steps, but we did eat at a buffet in Germany 🙈 Here are a few pics below.
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  • Kali225
    Kali225 Posts: 704 Member
    @lauren_989 looks like fun!! sounds like you got enough steps to handle a buffet.. ;)

    @EvMakesChanges how fun! I will definitely try to pop into the lodge and find Sarah!

    Today was a good mix of house chores (laundry and vacuuming), work, and a walk to end the day - but eating was still not good. I am going to try to shop tomorrow for some breakfast basics and the makings for a nice sandwich to bring to the slopes. I have to be more prepared for Sundays that include travel if I want to keep snowboarding this season - can't let that good weekend movement and fun activity totally trump the very important prep for the week I do on Sundays.

    I am wiped out. night night
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,262 Member
    Night night to you all too! Friday peeps ready!
    @EvMakesChanges
    @wishfuljune
    @Kali225
    @micki48
    and me!

    Thanks, all ---
  • zumbaforever
    zumbaforever Posts: 7,031 Member
    My dog, Barney, has had seizures each night for the last 3 nights. I hate this is happening to him. He won't take his meds. They are not a guarantee anyway. Yes I have tried all the tricks. And won't force him twice a day. He is a rescue dog and gets very upset if I try. I like my fingers. Going to switch his food and hope for the best. He is looking better now so we are off to bed.
    Thanks for all the inspirational posts and insights into your lifes.

    I did get in 3 FitOn workouts before dinner.
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,262 Member
    Our February Team Chat is open! Please keep posting weigh-ins and exercise stats here through the end of Saturday, and head over to the new month for introductions, planning, and getting ready for a great leap month:
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10908907/waistaways-team-chat-february-2024/p1?new=1
  • zumbaforever
    zumbaforever Posts: 7,031 Member
    @Gidgitgoescrazy Thank you for the kind words. So far tonight I’ve has been good.
    I struggle just the opposite. Exercise is consistent. My eating habits need improvement.

  • wishfuljune
    wishfuljune Posts: 2,607 Member
    2/2:
    PW: 196.4
    CW: 197.4

    After my last weigh-in, my weekend was full of eating out and not always making the healthiest choices. I am starting to track my weekly caloric intake to see if I am in a deficit overall. We’ll see how this new logging and tracking progress works for me.
  • daria0919
    daria0919 Posts: 1,141 Member
    Gidgitgoescrzy wrote: »
    Good morning,
    I have had some odd stuff going on, when they did a ct scan on my lumbar spine in Nov, they noticed some calcifications in my pancreas, so I went to a specialist, and had a mrcp done, and they found some small cysts, I still haven't heard from the dr about those results, but when I initially saw him, he said if they see something, he would just add the endoscopy ultrasound to be done at the same time as my colonoscopy. He doesn't seem to think it is a big deal, so I am going with that. The fortunate part is since it was caught incidentally, if it is something, it should be early enough to be fixed.
    It is very hard not to look stuff like that up and scare yourself to death, but I'll be honest the older I've gotten the more I am like, well, it is what it is, lets figure it out. I'm telling you all because I don't want to tell anyone else, and have them worry until I know everything, but I had to tell someone!
    @Gidgitgoescrazy please, please, please put those tiny little pancreatic cysts out of your mind. I had one bigger one found over 12 years ago when I was having digestive issues. Since then I’ve had multiple more very small cysts grow. In many of us this is a normal part of getting older and they do not mean anything. I have an MRI every 2-3 years to monitor them and each time doctor says this is still normal for these to develop and most people who don’t have them found incidentally don’t even know they exist in their bodies. Please be assured they are fine and it is okay!
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