Weigh in day: Friday
PW: 273
CW: 274

@trooworld - I hope Friday wasn't too long for you and that it finally stopped raining there. Now it's the weekend so you can hydrate and rest. Take heart! You've lost over 40 pounds in 3 months and it's still coming off. You are doing great! Remember that on the hard days.

@19shmoo69- your name will just NOT come up in the tag box. I get the lottery ticket, but don't you want to buy any coffee?

@DrewsAnna - hooray for no procrastination days! Take a rest and then you will be recharged to get going again. And hooray for great food choices too!

Mayo Clinic is going well for me. I am eating a lot of fruits and veggies and limiting protein and dairy. The first few days I was hungry, but not anymore. I feel their tracking tools are easy to use. I am having a bit of a hard time planning my food vs family dinner without making two meals. My family is on board to eat with me, but there are a lot of veggies they do not like, so that is the challenge. I am finding ways to make it work. The recipes are tasty, but they are a bit repetitive, so I am working in some of my own stuff now.

Things to buy: DH and I have been cleaning out the garage in order to set up a gym. We purchased a bike and a Bow-flex off FB marketplace. This weekend we will be working on cleaning the floor and starting to set things up. Next thing we will need is a portable air conditioner and some music. I'm looking forward to getting the dumb bells and weight bench out of our bedroom.

Things have been a bit stressy with my Dad lately. He is my Mom's caregiver- she has Alzheimer's. They live in another state. I'm very concerned about some things that have happened and that he isn't doing more to keep her safe. He doesn't want to place her in memory care yet. We had a family meeting with some caregiver support people and discussed safety measures he should implement right away, but he's still dragging his feet. I've been putting a lot of pressure on him, and we haven't been talking as much- but I feel it's important and stuff he needs to hear, so I will press on.

Monday is the first day of my "new job". We are moving to a different department. We are told our jobs won't change much. Overall, I feel it will be a positive change. I'm sure I will be meeting new people and learning new things, but that is how growth happens.

Have a nice weekend!

Lisa

@Cornanda, I’m glad the Mayo Clinic diet is going well for you. Cooking two meals would be a pain, so I feel you are trying to juggle your diet and satisfy the family. A home gym is fantastic! I love having my workout room! 💪Ugh, I am sorry that you are having to have hard talks with your dad. My heart breaks for people who are older and have to be caregivers to their spouses. I hope you can get him to care for what he must do to keep your mom safe. Good luck with the new department. I'm sure all those new people will love you! 🙂

@trooworld Congrats on your loss this week! Losing steadily like you are doing is the right way, as you know, but of course, we all want it to be faster! Ugh, I am sorry that you have to face LA traffic, and I hope it’s lighter than usual today. I have eaten two of the Paleo Super Bars, and they are good! The chocolate chip was super tasty, and the apple cinnamon was good. I will order the lemon meringue and see how I like it. They have a lot of fiber, so if you get some, be prepared. 🤣

Good morning! I finally got out and cleaned my screed-in porch, which I hadn’t touched since last fall. I’m giving my niece all my flower pots and an antique plant stand. I love having plants on the porch, but the water brings the lizards, which creates an insane Maggie Mae. She saw one yesterday outside the screen of our dining room window and lost her mind. I had to put her in time-out and close the blinds. 😂 Today is just the usual Saturday stuff, including a workout and refilling our pill containers. Have a good day! 

ICE BREAKER QUESTION: What do you want to buy?

All the Things!!! 😎Just kidding! I want to find an Easter shirt that matches the gorgeous earrings my bestie gave me for my birthday. I’ve been on the hunt and will find it! 

@DrewsAnna I've been following you on this forum and I can relate. I went through this a few years ago. I thought it was because life got so hectic and I mentioned it to my doctor. I was unmotivated. My family thought I was lazy or depressed or both. Some days it took everything I had to just get out of bed and unload the dishwasher. My doctor ordered bloodwork and a hydroxy (?) test. It's what they use to measure Vitamin D levels. Range should be between 30-100 and I was at 9. He got me to take 25,000IU a day for one week and then I went to regular 3,000IU after that. My numbers are now in the 50 to 60 range and I feel I can take on the world. Try to get a test. I can't remember if it's called a hydroxy test but your doctor will know. Insurance covers it. Give yourself three weeks on Vitamin D3 and see what happens. I hope you feel me hugging you.

Hi 👋

Yesterday was a nice, kind of, relaxing day. I went and did some shopping. At Costco, I started feeling light headed, kind of like I was going to pass out. So, I had 1/2 a chicken and a few sips of rootbeer. I started feeling and went home. I got everything put away and just relaxed and crocheted for the rest of the day. That passing out feeling was weird and different. Maybe, I just went to long without eating.

I am soccer gramma today, so maybe, later on I'll get that workout done.

@AnAbsoluteDiva That sounds just like me, I really didn't think anyone understood because I barely understand it myself. I do take D3, but only 2,000IU. Maybe, I'll up my dose a little and see if that helps.

@DrewsAnna If you use sunscreen, it blocks Vitamin D. If you wear long sleeves or hats outdoors, it blocks Vitamin D. Google symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency and see if you're hitting a lot of those. And, please, if you can, get the test. It's just part of your normal bloodwork; doctor will just instruct lab to test for the deficiency. Upping the dose will help; keep me/us posted.

@AnAbsoluteDiva @DrewsAnna I agree on the Vitamin D, if you could get half hour in the sun then cover up after that you get 20,000IUs according to the speaker I just saw this last week. For me I plummet in winter from not being outside and haveto supplement, I responded pretty fast to it too and I hadn't been able to get out of bed. Definitely worth trying a bit more.

@vegan4lyfe2012 @vegan4lyfe2012 Oh no I'm sorry to hear about the cooking issues. The dip DOES sound amazing! Great thinking on how to redo it, I hope it helps you too.

@AnAbsoluteDiva @AnAbsoluteDiva Drinking is frustrating as the calories are always pretty high. Very eye-opening on the difference a drink makes on weigh ins. I love your attitude on being the best you. You were in incredible shape I think you'll get there again!

@TeresaW2024 @TeresaW2024 LOL I'm imagining MaggieMae with the lizards run by, I always know when my cats spot a lizard as their bodies go rigid and tail starts twitching!

@trooworld @trooworld LA traffic is awful wishing you luck today! I hope your buy comes to you, you deserve anart/craft room!

@Cornanda @Cornanda Congratulations on the home gym! I just figured out the reason names don't come up all the time is if you snap the screen it's often hiding where you can't see. GladI found it but for logging weigh ins and copying names to remind people it's easiest to snap the two screens so it's frustrating and doubling the time it takes to do weigh-in stuff. I'm glad Mayo Clinicis going well for you and that you're not still hungry, seems once you get back on track the starving feeling calms down a bit. It IS hard to make two meals, I'm glad you're finding ways to make it work.I'm so sorry about things with your Dad it's hard to get through to parents sometimes but it sounds like you're doing the right thing. Definitely not as serious as your situation but my family's kind of depending on me to get through to my Dad being ridiculous about using a walker before he falls again, he'd just told a story of how sad it was that the husband of a couple (friends of theirs) was in a nursing home because his wife can't move him and I pointed out that would happen to him if his next fall breaks a hip (feel bad but if you blew his way he'd fall). Sending love and strength your way. Good luck on Monday I hope it goes well but know it's always anxiety-provoking to start something new.

@19shmoo69 @19shmoo69 @19shmoo69 @19shmoo69 I love you surrounded by your closest friends!

ICE BREAKER QUESTION What do you want to buy? For my cats it's a catio, for home it's garden beds and a fence to keep the deer out. I just discovered the reason my tomatoes are all dying is from fungal gnats because I can't get to the floor to check on my plants so a better seed set-up I can physically check on. I do need a new car too and would LOVE a temporary tooth I feel real self-conscious without my eyetooth right now.

Hi team! Finally caught up. Barbara O'Neill classes went well this week I missed one. It stormed every night which means I was 9-10 pain levels and driving more than a few miles is real hard. I'm VERY worn out and aside of my workout and the greenhouse this morning I've been laying in bed most the day. I've done lousy on diet lately, what @AnAbsoluteDiva was saying is so true I stopped and bought trail mix one night for class and the salt on the nuts made me swell up so bad I couldn't get my rings off an hour later and had to run to the bathroom to soap up my finger to get them off (I'm claustrophobic and was trying not to scream in class, lol!). It didn't taste that salty but must have been. I haven't been able to stay on track since my back surgery I'm frustrated with myself. Have a great Sunday friends.

ICE BREAKER QUESTION: What do you want to buy?

I would love to have an infrared sauna of my very own. @Katmary71 mentioned a catio…would love that for Earl!

@AnAbsoluteDiva Alcohol will always stall my weight loss or give me a gain. It’s good that you recognize and aren’t upset by the scale number but understand how to make the number go back down. Thank you for sharing that you also have experience with Alzheimer’s. Being a caregiver is very hard, and I love that you are honoring your parents by living your best life. I’m determined to do that as well when I lose my precious husband. And wow, what a powerful photo! You are a rockstar!!  😎

@Katmary71 Ugh, I'm sorry you're in pain. I hope the weather improves so you can feel better. 😘

@Cornanda Maggie’s leg is doing fine now. I’m not sure what she did to make her hike it up that day, but she hasn’t since. Hopefully, it will stay down! I’m still looking for that shirt!   🙂

Good morning! We were hit with the storms at 2:00 a.m., and Maggie demanded to get in bed with us. Fortunately, the worst storms bypassed us, which I’m so thankful for. Watching the tornado damage is heartbreaking. 😥So, I’m thinking of doing calorie counting for a couple of weeks and seeing what is going on with the scale not moving. I suspect that my dinners need to be trimmed down. If I have to count the calories, it will ensure that I limit my ingredients because I HATE counting. 😂Have a good day!

I need clarification, folks. I signed up for a 5% thingamajig (can't remember the name…. no disrespect intended) and that group has a spring cleaning challenge. I saw the same challenge on this thread. Which thread do I respond to? Is this group I'm in now a subgroup of 5%? I'd like to accept the challenge but do I have to do the tasks in order? They're counterintuitive to how I spring clean. I like to gut a room top to bottom including window screens and door frames but don't want to tip the apple cart or take credit for not doing it right.

Thanks for helping me understand this.

@TeresaW2024 I'm so sorry you're going through this with your husband. I hope you have help; my mom was a Size 6 so it was easy for me to carry her to bed when her legs didn't want to cooperate. There's a lot of physical work involved and little sleep or rest or time to leave the house. We become so laser-focused on the task at hand that a lot of things have to take a backseat or simply go by the wayside. My heart is with you.

@trooworld Your avatar is great. ;-) Come on over! I'll load up the barbell and get the music going. But seriously, even body weight is a big thing. When I have to step on that demonic stair stepper every morning and find my quads just can't take another step, I get off and do 20 deep squats with no weight slowly and give the glutes a workout. I'm still sweating like a beast and heart rate is still up there so it counts towards cardio. Push-ups against a wall is weight training. The we push and pull doesn't have to be metal. We carry enough weight to get the job done.

@Cornanda I have yet to see a spreadsheet, pie chart, bar graph, or Excel formula I didn't love. Ha ha ha

Weigh In Sunday March 16

SW 175

PW 172.2

CW 171.6

@sleepygirl79 Walk into your doctor's office buck naked and at 6 AM and the scale will tell the truth. It'll also teach him a lesson or two. ;-)

WEIGH IN UPDATE
WEIGH INS DUE NOW FROM THE FOLLOWING: @19shmoo69 @laurelfit57
Reminder To Weigh In Tomorrow To @vegan4lyfe2012 @bobboyardee @jellytree @AprilRaineyBattle @AnAbsoluteDiva

@jellytree I just reported that you weighed in late in the Captain's Thread so they can remove the "No Weigh In" by your name on the spreadsheet and logged your new weigh in for last week. It means you're not qualifying for anything for the last week but you're up-to-date and won't be dropped.

@AnAbsoluteDiva Thank you! I’m in my fourth year as his caregiver, and you are right about how focused we have become on keeping them safe and well cared for. My prayer is that I can keep him home until the end. The unknowns of what we are heading into are stressful, but I can only take it one step at a time. 😕

@Katmary71 I’m always done with a good challenge, and since logging isn’t a thing I do, I need a reminder. It was 9 pm last night when I realized I hadn’t logged my dinner, but I was under my goal, which made me happy! 🙂 Is your roommate moving out of your place in May? Good job with healthy eating. 

@trooworld Yeah, if she isn’t in our bed, she is running around barking her head off, but she settles right down the moment she is in our bed. Of course, if she had her way, she would always sleep in our bed, but that isn’t happening. Meatloaf and asparagus sound wonderful!   🙂

Good morning! Joe has a wellness check appointment with his primary care physician today, and we are taking the garden stuff to my niece. I also need to wash my car and run to Aldi. I will do a rebounder workout this morning since I don’t want water retention from lifting today. I am hoping for a loss tomorrow and to continue my green streak. 🙂

AnAbsoluteDiva

Weigh-in: Mondays

PW: 186/Size 14

CW: 188/Size 14

Goal: Size 4