Pupowl wrote: »

The daily card:

How you think can impact how you feel. This is the mind-body connection. For example, when we are stressed, our bodies can react with a headache, lethargy, tightness in the shoulders, or an inability to sleep. Focusing on your breathing is a great way to combat the physical effects of stress. Next time you feel stressed, give your attention to your breathing. Take a deep breath, hold it, count to five, breathe out, hold again and count to five. Repeat until you feel calm.

Love this! Thanks for sharing!

Good morning Shape Shifters. I have been very tired and busy the past few days, so I don't have the energy to write a lot. Wednesday my dad was here and we went to the bigger town with the car to get some shopping done. Instead of waiting for his laundry to dry, we went for a short walk which was nice. I weeded a bunch in the afternoon and finally put in the seeds for my flower field. I am not very optimistic about it, but if at least 50% are proper flowers instead of mustard, I will be happy.
Yesterday I was exhausted, but got my walk in again, my gym rings workout, some more gardening and I finished a puzzle. I got my new mower delivered (the old one died) and this time I decided to get an old fashioned manual push mower, so no electricity. I tested it out and already like it better than the electric one I had before. It is just much easier to grab, it takes very little effort and not having a 10 meter long cable dragging behind me is super nice. It was a lot faster because of it. It does struggle a lot in the area where I have a lot of moss. The ground is so soft that it sinks in and then the blades hit the ground so it gets stuck. I am not sure how to fix that yet. I got a big pile of vacation money, so my savings account got a bunch and I ordered some stuff I 'needed'. A lot of bird food, two pants for the summer, new vitamins and a sports bra so I can go horse riding soon.
Boob stuff under a spoiler! Happy Friday everyone

The daily card:

@Pupowl how was shopping with your dad?

@jessicakrall8 I hope you’re feeling better.
Have a great long weekend.

@CasandraW It was alright. Not very exciting shopping; just some stuff I needed. I get wood pellets for the litterbox but with my bike I can only buy two bags at a time. They are cheaper when you buy 7 of them, so now I have a nice stock. Also got a weeding tool and some sunflower seeds for the birds. I will probably plant a couple as well. At store 2 I got more vet wrap for Tinus. His neck is looking much better, but I have to keep a wrap on or he will scratch again and those little rolls run out pretty fast if you change the wrap every morning. At store 3 I didn't find what I was looking for (summer pants) so I bought them online. At store 4 I needed a bunch of new shade cloth for the windows. I have sun shades with suction cups for the upstairs windows, but they never stick on all year long and I absolutely hate climbing up the ladder to put them back every summer. It is scary and I don't want to do that alone so I need my dad for it too. So I figured out something new with the shade cloths instead. I can pull them over the outside of the window from inside and then close the window so it stays put. It is pretty easy and I think it will work just as well. Store 5 was the grocery store. I got some muffins and baklava which was very tasty. My food the past two days hasn't looked good, but I had 21 perfect days before that, so it was time for a little break! Today is back on plan.

Good Morning,
it's Fri-Yay! so glad to be starting the weekend soon.

steps:
May 21= 8979
May 22= 10,964
May 23= 9646

Good afternoon!
Thursday Steps
14,380

frankwbrown
May week 4
Weigh in day: Friday, May 24
PW: 252.5
CW: 254.4 (↑1.9 lbs; 0.75%)

pedal__power
PW 207.8
CW 210.2

Ooof!! I hope/think this week's gain is hormonal as I feel bloated. I've been more consistently tracking food and activity with deficits and doing well with exercise. Maybe it would have been better to just not weigh in today...

Anyways...beautiful weather here! I'm planning to get out for a nice bike ride this weekend and need to catch up on chores and gardening as I was away last weekend. Have a good weekend, all!

@CasandraW Yeah, I rather be extra careful! I just really hate heights and only doing it once a year doesn't exactly give enough 'practice' to get less afraid either. My dad is also not a fan of heights and the screens were my idea, lol, so I am not going to ask him either. He is getting old too!
Thank you. This month has been awesome. My goal weight is 147 but I just picked that because it makes a 100 pound total loss. I guess I will see when I get there. I honestly never thought I would get this far.

Thursday Weigh-In
User: kcpond

PW: 237.6
CW: 236.2

Good morning Shape Shifters. I had a nice walk with a short stop at the campsite because I needed to pee. There was a couple of cute goats and one of them let me pet it so that was nice. After my walk I got a fresh loaf of bread. Then I saw I had more plants with lice so I had to get another bottle of eco spray to sort that out. In the afternoon I picked up a package with new bug spray and vitamins. I played my game and Tinus wanted some laptime too. Also started the next puzzle. Happy Saturday everyone

Izzyred9400
Sat weigh in
PW 138.8
CW 136.4
My steps
5/22 15,302
5/23 22,310
5/24 18,165
@Jessicakrall8 & @Pupowl please can I be excused from weigh ins for four weeks.My next weigh in will be Sat 29th June.I am off to my favourite place again the Greek Islands for some fun in the sun.I hope to keep my steps up & will pop in from time to time.😎

alleykat69
pw: 205.7
cw: 203.6

Good morning everyone ☀️☀️

This past week I spent 5 days in the hospital staying with my child. I knew I was bloated, but when I stepped on the scale this morning, I almost fainted lol

I know it's only temporary water weight, but still

Weight: 189.3 lbs

We came back home on Thursday evening and after 2 full night's sleep, this morning I woke up and went for a "run". It's more like walk/run intervals for now as I build back up my cardio.

Feels good to be back out there!