@Divya365 Yeah, I don’t think I should buy those coffee caramels anymore. They are truly addicting! AND so hard to open! How sweet of your mom to send the KIDS treats. You just keep walking away.

@trooworld I’m so glad that the art opening went well and that you sold a painting. How wild if that man does turn out to be your old neighbor. I’m the same, if I stay up late, I’m still up at my usual time. Very annoying! 🙄

@Veta2018 Thank you so very much for sharing your story! I love how you said that learning to be mindful and living in the present with more awareness is important. I think if we all did that, we would also see the results we want. And never giving up is my life motto, too. Every day is a new day.

@txcritter69 I’m glad you are in a better place emotionally now. It’s hard when dates come up, and all the emotions of losing your loved one hit you like it was yesterday. I feel that every year, on the anniversary of my daughter’s death. Be gentle with yourself.

@Katmary71 Thanks for changing my weigh-in day. My sister’s weigh-in day at TOPS is on Tuesdays, and since she lives with me, it will work out better if we are on the same eat-and-starve schedule. I love orchids! We have a wonderful botanical garden here, and there is a whole section of amazing orchids in the greenhouse. I think I will take Joe there this week and walk around. Mason is a very good-looking boy!


Good morning! Joe and I had such a lazy day yesterday that I forgot to get on the computer and check in with you all. I did do my rebound workout, which was the last day of a 15-minute, 6-day beginner program. On Monday, I will start a new one that will be 30 minutes. I might need to take a break or two. Rebounding is much harder than you might think and great fun! I even did a few arm exercises using my 5 lb. weights. I could do everything except bicep curls, which hurt my wrist. Ugh, maybe someday! I need to get Joe up so we can get to church. Pastor is starting a new series called “Power over life’s challenges.” It should be a great series, and I hope to learn a lot. Have a great day!

@trooworld I saw TeresaW2024 respond to your post I'd missed, I totally threw myself off yesterday as I came on to post the Member Spotlight in the morning so I missed everything before me and didn't figure it out until I'd already posted the Weigh in Update and had a few people who'd weighed in I had to go back and edit out. Not sure how I missed yours but that's very exciting news! Does the man who bought your painting remember you too? That seems like one of those things like you two were meant to meet again in the future. Have fun having coffee with your friend, I love you being inspired to start your next piece!

@TeresaW2024 I love the idea of taking Joe to go see orchids! I honestly thought they were more work than they are. I'd brought one home from a Take a Plant stand not knowing what it was and when it turned light green I thought I was killing it and left it at a stand (turns out they turn that color before sending out a flower shoot for crying out loud!). Has he enjoyed orchids in the past? Nature, art, and music are always great at reaching people. Power Over Life's Challenges definitely sounds like a useful lesson today. That's so frustrating on your wrist, I'm guessing the pain probably radiates up your arm right? I was thinking if you could put those wrist weight bands in a little higher than the wrist you might be able to do things like bicep and tricep curls but I don't know how high of weights they go up to. If it was for the lower body I have friends on here who hike and run with strap-on weights but not sure if there's a way to get them on the lower arm without the radiating pain issue. Some of my seated cardio videos are arm heavy if you ever want to check out those, I think the stretch bands you "could" tie on the upper part of your lower arm or use a loop.

HI team! I came on to log on weights and since there were only a couple posts from last night I caught up. I'm packing some food and doing some car maintenance since my car's a 1999 Toyota, hopefully I won't be stranded anywhere! I'm going to get my weight lifting done and get in the shower then have about 30 minutes of running all the seedlings outside for the day (thinking tonight will be their first night out at night). Have a great Sunday, looks like a gorgeous day here that's perfect for visiting with friends and shopping for herbs! Not looking forward to the gas station, we're back up to $5 at the cheap stations which stinks. I'm going to wear my micro current machine all day in the hopes it helps me doing this drive, not one of my brighter ideas! I have aunts in town and everyone's meeting up today for a BBQ but it's the one time I can't meet (if it was at my brother's house I could but since no one responded when I said I can't go I'm not even bothering suggesting it), little frustrating as if my brother and his family can't go things are always rearranged and with me my Mom's a "whatever" when I say I can't go which is why I'm working on not getting my feelings hurt by her anymore.

Good morning,
@Veta2018 I loved reading your spotlight story. I have to agree with @TeresaW2024 on learning to be mindful.I am working on that myself these days. I know how you feel about people pressuring you to eat, I go through that with family too. How did the shower go? You look so happy in your pics.

@trooworld Congrats on sell your artwork.
I have to add a new What I did today that made you feel good?Yesterday we had to drive back to Austin to pick up a set of shocks for hubby's truck. When we are out like this we tend to eat out Like the other day with Joe's Crab Shack where I ate way too much Crab legs and lobster tail. This trip out I stuck to my guns and we did not stop for anything. I battled the cravings for mexican in my head the whole way home and WON!

@tammymccrady6278 glad to see you back on track. Good luck on your new job.

@askewcr glad to see your feeling better.

@19shmoo69 I hope you are in a better place today. I hope that taking a break from the world yesterday helped you clear your mind. Great job on your weight loss!

@Katmary71 your nephew is a very handsome young man. It great that he can play different instruments, that talent! I have been throwing the idea of herb hunting around in my head. I have set up six pots in my game room window and am trying to decide if I want to plant or just buy one already ready to use. I am tired of buying fresh herbs and not able to use all of it and they go bad.

@TeresaW2024 any coffee candy is a no go in my house.

I have to cut this short to get my weigh in done. Will finish catching up in the morning.

@Veta2018 I think fishing is relaxing too. Every now and again I put a hook on the line.

Good morning Slims!
I had a busy weekend. Normally, I have Fridays off and it's a 3-day weekend. But we had a nor'easter on Thursday, so I traded my day off and worked on Friday. Saturday, I was busy trying to get all the chores and errands done - and in the middle of the day, Rich came home from work, sick. He has a head cold and a cough. He went to the clinic on Sunday morning, because he had such a tight cough. He suffers from asthma, so he can't take chances with a bad cough. They gave him prednisone for the asthma, a prescription cough medication (pills), and also a prescription for an antibiotic. They told him not to take the antibiotic unless he was getting worse or not any better by Tuesday. He's taking the day off Monday to try to get over the hump. He still had a bad cough Sunday afternoon, but during the night he seems to have improved. I'm hoping that when I get home from work today, that he'll say he's doing better. It's hard with him, because when he's ill, he's such a child. He mopes, moans, and sighs, and wants to be waited upon the way his mom took care of him when he was home sick from school as a boy. So even if he's better, he might not say so.

We are supposed to fly to Colorado on Thursday, so I hope he is better. I also hope that I don't catch it.

-Mica

Congrats go to @Cornanda, @tammymccrady6278 and @littlebabekitty for making it onto the leaderboard! Way to go!

@Katmary71 No problem, thanks! I had to jog his memory but he eventually remembered lol. Thank you! It was a gorgeous day here yesterday, too. I hope you got your maintenance done. Oh dear, be safe with the microcurrent machine and driving! I'm sorry about the frustration.

@Cornanda Thank you! I hope the visit with your parents goes well and your mom is okay with the change. I hope the weather cooperates for the beach walk. Good luck!

@sleepygirl79 Congrats on the loss!

@Veta2018 Congrats on the loss! Me too and I hate it lol. Wow, that's great you feel good with 5 hours of sleep. I need at least 6 to feel human lol. I'm glad the baby shower went well. Good job! That's good people recognized you lost weight. That's a great picture. Yay for your hubby going back to work! Enjoy the eclipse!

@litltebabekitty Congrats on the loss! Sounds like you had a nice balance for your week. Great idea to use your hobbies as a reward. Thank you, I appreciate it! I would love to see yours, too! I will post what I made yesterday. I hope you like it. If you want to see more, go here: https://www.chrisrogersstudio.com/ I remember those tickers in the forums. I wish they allowed us to save signatures, too!

@AyaTheTyga Well done! I hope the Eid celebration goes well.

@txcritter69 Thank you! Congrats on not stopping to eat out, woo hoo! And congrats on the loss!

@micaroo4 I hope Rich feels better soon and you don't catch his bug.

Hi all. I had a nice but busy weekend. The art event Friday night, Saturday my husband and I went to a horror art expo but only stayed 2 minutes because it was stupid. We went for coffee instead. Sunday, my husband and I drove 25 minutes away and went thrift store shopping, all I got was a cool t-shirt. We also went for coffee. I made a new piece of art. I made sliders last night which we had with parmesan-crusted brussels sprouts. Today is back to work. There is an eclipse viewing event at work so hopefully I'll be able to attend it. Here is a pic of the art I made yesterday. The title is "Dia de la Cocinera" (Day of the Chef)
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@TeresaW2024 We ended up getting about a foot of snow, but it didn’t stay very long, the kids were excited to play in it. My shoulder has been feeling much better, occasional twinges here and there, but mostly that happens when I try to lift more than I should, ie: bringing all the groceries up in one trip. I did see your note about not being able to do biceps curls, maybe trying a different type, like the hammer curl, would put less stress on your wrist.

@Divya365 what a nice gift for the kids! My stepmother bought my girls a monthly snack box subscription, so once a month we all try them together, but it’s just about enough for the 3 of us to split so luckily the calories added are negligible.

@tammymccrady6278 Congratulations on the new job!

@trooworld What a compliment to sell an art piece! Congrats!

@Veta2018 I too find it challenging, when eating more consciously, to have others give me their input on how I should or shouldn’t eat. What works for them might not work for me.

@19shmoo69 What a cool and bittersweet milestone to be celebrating a last prom for one of your kids. I’m glad you got to spend some creek time, sounds like you and your family have been going through a lot lately.

@Katmary71 You would probably appreciate this new dad joke I heard “You can’t plant flowers if you haven’t botany.”

@Cornanda I hope you have a nice visit with your parents!

@micaroo4 I hope you fared well in the nor’easter. We got a lot of snow, but didn’t lose power, and weirdly didn’t lose any trees either.

Last week was like an epic pain in my buns. Both kids had strep and were home from school Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday I was able to go to work but not get a tone accomplished. Thursday we had the epic snow storm and no school, then Friday school was delayed as the snow didn’t stop until 8am that day. Then Saturday I was busy busy busy with showings and driving, then my cat needed to go to the emergency vet, they think she has a UTI, but she is too round for them to find her bladder in the ultrasound, we have meds for the UTI, hopefully her condition will improve. I went up last week, mostly because I hadn’t been making as many bathroom trips as I should have been if you know what I mean. Today started out strong with 2 bathroom trips, so I think I’ll be “unloading” some of that weight.

@19shmoo69 Did your daughter find a dress for prom?

@txcritter69 Hugs to you. I’m glad you’re back to tracking your food and feeling a little better.

@Cornanda LOL I’ll take that as a compliment, I’d love a plant nerd tee-shirt! I have the “Sometimes I wet my plants” tee, my next is probably going to be “Oregano Gangsta” or “Party All the Thyme”. “ Straight Outta Compost” is a fun one too! Oh my gosh Lisa I really hope there’s some warm days for your parents to go to the beach together and everything goes as well as possible for this visit with your folks. Lots of luck getting everything done.

@Veta2018 Thank you! You look so pretty, healthy, and happy at the baby shower, love it! You rocked the food too! Your glasses look great on you, what a fun day.
@littlebabekitty I’m so glad you had a good weigh-in! I think the fav hobbies as rewards is a great idea. Have you tried little “gifts” for yourself? I’m broke and allergic to fragrance but will find essential oil soap and lotion (TJ Maxx, World Market, and Trader Joe’s have inexpensive ones) as a way to treat myself for working out each day. Sometimes I’ll get a special tea or a plant, I did that with a new pair of earrings too. A new piece of clothing and fun workout pants have been rewards too. I took to heart on the forums here where everyone said to not use food as a reward. I look forward to when you get your garden, I consider myself a flower beginner aside of herb flowers and basics, you can teach me when you start your garden. The tickers were popular on MFP when I’d first joined about 10 years ago, it may be worth asking on the forums if there’s a way to add it as a signature to your posts.

@Cornanda @tammymccrady6278 @littlebabekitty Great job top winners of the week!
Mission Slimpossibles is doing great in the green, woohoo!

@AyaTheTiger Hopefully after your cycle it will drop even more, I know that’s very frustrating to see still even if you know why it may not be as low as you think. Have a fun lunch!

@txcritter69 Woohoo great job beating the cravings yesterday and not stopping! Thank you about my nephew, he’s on the shy side and since he started playing music he’s more outgoing and friendly. Do you have grocery stores that may have the herbs you want in small pots? Sprouts and Trader Joe’s are good at having plants, I prefer that if I need them as I harvest for my recipe then plant the seedling. If it doesn’t make it it’s not a big deal as I would’ve paid that for cut herbs anyway so the plants are a bonus.

@micaroo4 Oh no I hope Rich is feeling better fast, good idea to get him seen fast. I’m sure the guys in the group will scoff at this but I think females are definitely stronger with being sick or in pain. I hope you don’t catch it as well.

@trooworld Just sent you a FR on Facebook from your website, it’s the same pic I have here. Sounds like a great weekend, love your piece of art. That’s too bad about the horror exhibit there are so many ways that could be good too.

@TeresaW2024 I think Castor oil and Penetrex would feel good and work well, Castor oil is so thick it’s nice to thin a bit. I just tried Penetrex for the first time and was impressed. After my bath last night I put castor oil on my legs and feet, I swear it seems to help! I have some mixed with rosemary and olive oil for my hair that feels good on my legs too. I’m glad the wart is shrinking, yeah being diligent is the hard part for me too with that especially keeping a bandaid on. Have a great time at the eclipse viewing!

@ninyagwa LOL I love the dad plant joke! Check out what I just responded to

@Cornanda about my wish list of plant tees I think you’d like those ones too. That IS a stressful week, hope your kitty and kids are all feeling better soon.

Hi team! The Herb farm was fun but definitely NOT disabled friendly at all (I called first and they said it was), I’m relieved the friend who uses a wheelchair didn’t come as there’s wood chips everywhere to walk on so I couldn’t use my walker. Most plants were about calf-level in a dozen hoop houses with no signs so to read them I had to squat to read tags in plants which got old fast. I spent most my time where the garden art was looking at the plants on higher tables and had gone in the greenhouse and turns out those plants weren’t for sale yet and I was asked to get out of there (funny as my friends thought we could go in and I was hesitant then I got busted when I went back alone and they’d left but the man who came in said I could keep what I had as I found good basil varieties I’ll just bring them in at night for a few nights). It WAS a great spot to visit with friends. I didn’t get too much stuff because there weren’t any carts by the parking lot I was in and had to carry a tray, squatting to pick up a plant while holding a tray of plants saved me a lot of money as the plant had to be squat-worthy! I DID decide to go to my parent’s for a bit to see my aunts but left early and took a long Epsom salts bath. I think if I go again it would be with someone else driving or I’d spend the night there as there’s other farms I’d like to explore too. I’m resting today though may go get my allergy shot in a bit. Have a great Monday team!

How is the logging going? I didn’t log dinner last night but otherwise have been logging everything.