Diane: The gym was great. I did the recumbent bike. Will go again probably tommorrow morning

@Tabatha_Cain . Glad work is going well!! Same with Chloe, I have flexeril for break through pain, but I am so careful with them, my Dr gives me 30 a year (if I need more I can say so,) but she knows I'll do anything else first to lessen the pain. Though it HURTS to stretch I'll do it anyways. Doing light yoga helps the most with (Chair stretches/Chair yoga) with reducing the pain.
@Patti241, I saw a woman today on a recumbent 3 wheel bike today it was so COOL!! She was on the sidewalk peddling easily away.
@Kurtize, WOOHOO on the postcard!! WTG!!! AWESOME on the eyes!! Nice!!! YO though on the heat!! Is that why you want to move? May I suggest MAINE??? Its pretty and pretty expensive to live here, because it rarely gets over 90, mostly in the summer 80s to mid 80s, right now we are in general the high 70s, but LOLOL WEIRDLY at the moment some 60s are the HIGH for the day. I AM FINE WITH THAT!!!

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Day 233 of 2024 miles in 2024 and I had 7.88 miles yesterday.
Work noon-5PM so getting in my 1 mile walk before breakfast, August Challenge: Day 20 of 31 after breakfast, Active Recovery Walk 45 min after breakfast, Pliability: Upper Body before work and 60 min walk this afternoon at work.

Good morning everyone

@Tabatha_Cain, WOOHOO that the muscle relaxers has helped!! I never take them on a regular basis (I used to years ago, our muscles adapt and they become less useful. I thought that meant I was getting WORSE since they were not working as well, NOPE!!) I'll take extra strength tylenol first. After that if I just can't break the pain by slow yoga (LOLOL I know it's like watching paint DRY on a HOT day where you live! Hehehehe I am sure it dries so slow it's unbearable!) but that's the best for me in helping the muscles to slow stretch, I can feel if I am going to far and stop before the OH MY PAIN happens. Hope that makes sense. A hot oatmeal or epsom salt (Dollar Tree has some that have near smells if you can tolerate them) helps also. For a very long time that was my GO TO! Hope work went well today!
@Kurtize, ,PRETTY!! I saw some nice sunflowers today.
@Patti241, any plans for today? Thurs even housework plans are so nice to check off.

Today I went to Smiling Hill Farms (Maine) we first ate there it was quite good, I DID stay in calorie range. Hey, how many (curious) are still tracking their food though we aren't doing tracking for points this week?). Than we walked for 50 mins around the farm area for the public. SOme of the animals (NOT PETS!) we could feed, some we could not but it was so much FUN!!

The woman feeding the goat is a friend of mine from elementary school!!! We hadn't until the fall of last year seen each other since the 4th grade!! We were BFFs at that point, its so funny how easily we went right back into a very comfy friendship again!! LOL I had convinced her to join us!

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Day 234 of 2024 miles in 2024 and I had 9.25 miles yesterday.
Work 6:45AM-1PM so getting in my 1 mile/45 min walk at work, August Challenge: Day 22 of 31 this afternoon, Push Day 2 in the gym after work, Pliability Warrior Routine: Hermione and 60 min walk after dinner.

Diane: There were no plans for yesterday and today is quiet day.

Good Morning Airport Friends:

I hope you are all doing well this morning. Today is Friday and I am 2 weeks into my job. I cannot believe it has been 2 weeks already. Wow crazy. Last night I slept so well that I don't even remember my dreams. It is the nights I remember them that I know I have slept rough. That I was working through something. Last night was good though, which is funny because yesterday after Joe got home from work we also took Chloe for a walk at the walking path near a elementary school. I even had her running the trail with me a couple of times. I am so glad I was able to wear her out. I loved that. She even slept really well. I guess the getting out and exercising really does wonders for your mind and body.

@Dianedoessmiles1 - I don't have any plans to donate again until November. I just want to see if it causes another flare up or if it was a combination of the Music Festival and the donation. As I was not getting a lot of rest after donating. I walked a lot of steps that week. So all the on the go may not have been good for me. I may need to take it easy after donating. That is awesome that you are still smiling over those animals. I am sure you will be smiling for days.

Well I hope you all have a great Friday.

Tabatha

Diane: yeah sometimes you do need to lay back and rest.

@Tabatha_Cain , Oh I highly agree getting out and being active is so good for every single on the earth!! It's amazing what a difference it makes. A friend and I walked to the grocery store today (when I felt better it was only a 3 mins walk, today is not a woohoo physical day but otherwise AWESOME!) and it took us 7 on the way there, 10 on the way back. My breathing was a pain today!! BUT I still loved it!! Awww when you walk Chloe do you stop and look at things through her puppy eyes? Everything is so new to her and awwww it's just neat!! When I got Oscar, I was looking at things through a kitten eyes! It was so much FUN!! He's already 2 years old (got him at 9 months old) he's now 2 years and 3 months old. I am so HAPPY I got him and I am 1000% sure you are with Chloe as is Joe. Awwww baby animals are adorable!! Glad work is going so well!! Oh, I wish you had this position a long time ago, but happy you do NOW!! NICE!! One day at time with figuring out what's best for the fibro, moving around is always going to be good for it. Just knowing when to not to do to much. I found when resting to much back when, I lost a lot of my muscle tone that did NOT help me with fibro. The brain fog ,, I have not found a solution for that part. The depression that is a part of it, being outside, staying engaged with others has helped to lift my spirits, and I know you are one who has a strong faith, that is also a part of taking care of yourself and feeling good. WTG Tabatha!! KEEP ON THAT FIGHT GF!
@Patti241, agree there is a time to laugh, and a time to cry, a time to rest and a time to give it ALL WE GOT!!! Today I gave until I just had to slow it way down. It was a fun fun fun day!! Is yoru weather fantastic this weekend? Ours is! The perfect summer weather, high 70s, low humidity and sunny!
@Kurtize, Fridays have ALWAYS been exciting!! Most of my starting to work was Mon to Fri (office/accounting) after that I went weirdly into retail!! It was to be a temp, a very temp job I needed a break. Found out I LOVE customer service!! AND STAYED!! I made a lot more then I had with the city and accounting, that blows the mind!! But, I had climbed the ladder in retail. Even working retail and I asked for and easily got THE WEEKEND ON!! Yes, ON!! Customers are more relaxed, workers are more relaxed on the weekend, with LESS supervisors over us, it was a fun fun time!! As you know I went back during the pangdanitall, and I would still be there, if my heart wasn't acting up. ENJOY THE WEEKEND!!

Good Morning Airport Friends:

I hope you are all doing well this morning. Today is Saturday and it is going to be a great day. Chloe has the last of her puppy shots today and we are going to take her for a walk afterwards if she is feeling up to it. Also I have to get her pool cleaned out today. I noticed yesterday it had some algae growing in it. So I dumped it and I am going to clean it out today. That is going to be so fun. I am glad it is supposed to be in the 80's so I can put my swimsuit on and then clean it out so I don't get other clothes all wet.

@Dianedoessmiles1 - Thank you. I do feel the walking helps with my mental self more than my physical self. I totally love Chloe. Not sure Joe does just yet. Although sometimes I get exasperated with her. Sometimes the chewing gets annoying and I get fed up with it. I do struggle with the brain fog alot. I am going to keep going and not stop. I too wish I had gotten the work from home earlier. I think it is really where I wanted to be from the beginning.

Well I hope you all have a wonderful Saturday.

Tabatha

@Patti241 , HI Patti!! How did Caturday go? Today so far?
@Tabatha_Cain, How did Chloe do with the shots? Did you get puppy pool cleaned? Was it fun? Did you get all wet!!!
Super busy day!! Shopping today was so much FUN!! At Macy's found a shirt, but not in my size. I asked them to order me one to hear "It was a one time item." So I took out my phone and did a search (If your phone is fairly new, click on your browser. Put your finger in the search box, now you'll see a camera, click on the camera. A box will pop up to take a pic, after that it'll ask you if you wish to do a search for the item (Can do this for many things, see a purse of someone you like, you can take a pic, have something weird on your skin, picture!! Etc. etc). Now just made coleslaw (one without SUGAR,, EWWW she asked for it so I hope she likes it! Diabetic). Now going out to the kitchen to do crescent rolls putting butter/garlic in them and the other ones (2 pans) will be butter, sugar and cinnamon).

Good morning

@Patti241 HI Patty!! Hope today went well?
@Kurtize, awwww HAPPY Sunday to you also!!! Love the GIF!

I love this weeks challenge about labels.
There really should be more of this in our chats. I'm really becoming discouraged that our teams don't seem to chat more about our weekly challenges. Tell me, aren't you here to lose weight and learn how to keep it off? That's why I joined in the first place. Seems like a lot of people use MFP groups as a social platform. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's my thought for the day.