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Monday Weigh-in
AustinRuadhain
SW 223.1
PW: 211.4
CW: 209.7

A big hurray to having done damage control this week. We ate out twice, and I was definitely making the best of things, rather than eating optimally.

@865jessica, I hope your physical therapy goes well and that your shoulder and neck will feel much better. Healing is slow progress, and I know how frustrating that can be.

@Katmary71 Yes, I have diagnosed the main culprit of my thumb/wrist issue as my phone. I’m not on it often during the day, but the moment Joe and I sit down to watch TV at night, I might be on it for three hours playing my game. I bought a lap pillow tablet holder that I used last night and that helped me not sit with my phone in my hand. Also, I have always used a Popsocket, and about three months ago, I bought a Loopy case, which has me holding the phone in a different position. That, too, could be the culprit. I'm glad you had fun at the church lectures. What were the topics?

@trooworld Your relaxing day sounds lovely!

@txcritter69 I’m sorry you are missing your mom. I just went through that will my daughter’s birthday and then the anniversary of her death. It never gets easier, does it? I have much the same type of brain in that food triggers me to want to eat more. It is a job to lose weight and keep it off, isn't it?


Hi Team! Our lovely spring went back to winter today. Such is life! I went grocery shopping at Walmart and found a really cute top for Easter Sunday. I slept great last night with my new thumb/wrist brace. Being new, it felt weird that that bothered me some, but I didn’t have any pain throughout the night, and that was awesome! I plan to wear it as much as possible. I also found some physical therapy exercises I can do for the tendons to heal and get back to weight lifting hopefully. I so miss it!

@megnolia82 Just a guess but my digestion is always a mess with antibiotics (I always double the yogurt or drink kombucha to help my gut) which can cause bloating. I think you’ll bounce back too.
@19shmoo69 I’m confused on what kind of exercises you wanted if it wasn’t floor? I like HASfit too.

@trooworld Your day yesterday sounds like the perfect day I’m glad you were able to relax and be outside.

@AustinRuadhain Wow you did awesome for eating out a couple times!

@txcritter69 Hugs to you, Happy Birthday to your Mom in Heaven. It IS great advice to see it as a job!

@TeresaW2024 Oh good those holders look pretty cool my Mom just got one for her Kindle. The church speakers were Barbera O’Neill who is an alternative medicine (kind of folk remedy stuff) who is from Australia but is banned from speaking there because of her views (such as pharmaceuticals being evil). She spoke of meeting the basic needs and rewiring the brain and how we can rewire the brain until the day we die. She’s a HUGE fan of castor oil, The second speaker talked of how humans were born free but are imprisoning themselves through choices and how we’ve strayed from God’s path. He was a good speaker, I went for the former and took a ton of notes which basically sound like home remedies. There were about 500 people there. That’s great on no pain through the night! I hope those PT exercises help.

@vegan4lyfe2012 That’s great the course is helping you with food too. You’ve been doing awesome! LOL holding the babies are the best way to forget about food! Happy birthday to Sydney!

Hi friends! I had PT and got the good therapist who challenges me so it was fun. I had the pain clinic after and the doctor wants me to see a podiatrist about my feet and is thinking I’ve benefit from PT for the feet. I just came in from the yard and am heading back out to start some seeds, the weather is so pretty I got a bunch of weeding done. The party last night was fun I’ve never had Irish soda bread before and that’s SO good! I almost hit stores trying to find some today but with my weight back up I resisted. I probably had a maintenance day just in alcohol and food last night. There was about 8 of us, I feel very blessed to have friends to spend holidays with now. Have a great Tuesday!

WI Monday
PW 209
CW 209

No budging. Up and down all week but here I am today.

@AustinRuadhain Way to go! Congrats on the loss and doing damage control!

@txcritter69 Big hugs about your Mom.

@TeresaW2024 It was! I'm glad the brace is helping. Good idea to do physical therapy exercises.

@vegan4lyfe2012 That's great that you were able to cut out restaurants. Congrats on losing this week! Have fun with Oliver, that sounds like your idea of heaven!

@Katmary71 It was wonderful, thanks. That sounds like good advice to see the podiatrist and PT. I'm glad you have good weather. That's great you had a good time at the party.

DISCUSSION QUESTION: When am I the happiest version of me? For me, it's when I am doing something involving art: either creating it, viewing it, or talking about it. Art fills holes in my heart and makes me feel alive. It makes me not think about food. I don't have imposter syndrome with art (and I do at my job).

Hi all. I am still tired from staying up Saturday night, I just can't stay up late and not pay for it like I used to be able to do. Was it you, @Katmary71 who told me about Skinnytaste's chicken shawarma recipe? We made it in the air fryer last night and it was really good. On another note, I am going to a fundraising dinner dance/ball on Saturday night. I tried on my outfit last night and I'm glad I did. I looked horrible in it and need to change part of it. I ordered some tops from Macy's to try with the pants (I have sequin bell-bottom pants for the event) that will hopefully help me feel less self-conscious.
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No Zero Days: Pretracked my food, drank more water than the day before.

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I have been kind of messageboard silent with the weekend full of things to do with my family. I quite a bit of corned beef on Sunday, but only one drink, and I was definitely feeling the effects of the salt with a bit of bloating the next day. Went to the gym yesterday, even though I was extremely lackluster where motivation came into play, it's a good thing I had a trainer making me do the things.
I had my blood drawn yesterday morning to check my thyroid levels, and they appear to be in good shape so hopefully when I see the endocrinologist today they don't try to change the level of my medication. I'm still tired and out of it, but that could be just because I'm a mom who does a lot of things in a day.
My goal is to try and check in here at least once a day to remind myself of my personal goals.
Have a great week everyone!

Super quick check in this morning. My brother arrived Sunday night, with my 10 year old nephew and a 5 month old puppy, they will be staying until Thursday. I had my extended family over for supper last night. Can I just say it was a very chaotic day yesterday. There was no tracking done, I should have grabbed something to eat before I went out to get groceries, I ended up getting drive thru. I will attempt to track today and stay on track

DISCUSSION QUESTION: When am I the happiest version of me? When I am outdoors, I love being in nature. Getting out on a wooded hiking trail listening to the birds and breathing the fresh clean air is so refreshing to the mind and soul.