LW: 130.2
TW: 130.8

Down a bit from yesterday (that was scary!), but still a couple of pounds up from where I've maintained for quite some time. I know it's mostly intake because I'm forcing myself to move despite the fatigue. But I used to eat a small brunch and then dinner and maybe a late snack. Lately, it's been earlier brunch, late lunch, dinner, and late snack. So of course my weight is moving up. And yes, I'm feeling better. The skin issues are healing well—not gone but doing much better. I do have soreness, but doc says that's normal, as is the fatigue that hits me mostly in the afternoon. (And gosh, I hate that!) It seems a little worse today because I did not get a good night's sleep. I got in bed late, had trouble falling asleep, and then hubby got foot cramps at 3 a.m.

I expect that tomorrow's appointment with the radiologist will be my last until June, when I'll see the doctor who is taking over for my radiologist who is retiring in April. I think she's going to continue with some of her research. but will not be working clinical. I'm so happy I was able to get in as one of her last patients. Every now and then, there's a doctor that just makes you feel immediately at ease, and she is one of those.

Sheesh, I chuckled about you and the eye drops. We had an eye thing here last night. I went to take my contacts out and could not feel the one in my right eye. I had fallen asleep on the sofa and my eye was dry, so everything was blurry anyway and I couldn't tell for sure if it was in or out. Hubby took a small flashlight and looked in my eye to see if was out of place, but said he saw nothing. We got a bigger flashlight and looked for it on the sofa and on the floor. No luck. And my eye was not feeling so hot, so I knew I could not just go to bed and had to figure this out. Finally, I put some saline in my eye and on my fingers and just went through the "take out" motion again, and lo and behold, it came out. Of course by that time, the adrenaline was pumping and I was no longer sleepy. Thus, the late to bed and trouble getting to sleep. LOL Hope your hubby's eye heals well and that you're off duty soon.

I am here to promise that I will take some positive steps this week to get this weight gain stopped. The next step is heading out to walk before sunset. Looking forward to hearing from everyone. I will post stats later or tomorrow. Just realized that I'm running out of time to get outside.

Hi, all. Back to log my 7-day averages which continue to not be as good as they were prior to my treatments.

Steps = 9,858
Kcals burned = 1,665

Lois, easing back into physical activity sounds like a good plan. For me, the hard part always is getting started, and I think it's wise not to jump in so quickly that you end up being sore, because that can be discouraging.

Now that my treatment is over, I have a list of things that we need to do here at the house. With so much going on last year (the big pipe break, family deaths and illness, my medical issues, and hubby's back), we have just let things go—and I have a tendency to procrastinate anyway! With the stock market going down and the possibility of another recession, I'm kind of reluctant to spend a lot of money, but it's just time to do so. First on the list is putting down new grass sod and planting back some of the shrubs and trees that were sacrificed during the pipe replacement. The landscaping company came out last week to measure and we accepted their bid, so at least that's in the works. Now I need to screw up my courage to address painting, new drapes, new sofa—the list goes on and on. Thinking about the sofa makes me recognize how slow I can be with these things. We actually special ordered a new sofa several years ago and the company who handled this went out of business before the sofa came in from the manufacturer. Thankfully, I had rethought my first inclination to write them a check, and instead put it on a credit card, so my bank was able to recoup my money (close to $4K if I remember correctly). What saved us was that the store claimed that since it was taking several months to get this order they did not know at the time that they would definitely close. And they said they sent us a text message and an email when they did find out, but they could not provide our bank with a copy of either message. (Trust me—we heard nothing until we got an email the day they closed their doors.) And for some reason (because I hate shopping?) we just keep putting that purchase off. So I do have to stop all this procastinating. Is there a solution for this? (Which reminds me that I have also been procrastinating about the new treadmill, and boy was mine noisy last night! 😮)

Happy St. Paddy's Day everyone!!! Hoping you're all having a fabulous day. I truly am part Irish (Italian, Irish, English and Portuguese). But not really doing anything to celebrate. Hubby isn't a fan of corned beef and cabbage so I'm not making it this year.

Back from our San Diego trip. It was a whirlwind of a trip. I was a passenger for almost 1,000 miles of travel (70 of it back/forth to Rhea's house …lol). Visited our family, had Tepinyaki dinner with my daughter and her in-laws. Rhea's first time - and it was amazing and hilarious watching her interaction and reactions to our chef. Not only was the food fantastic, but the chef's performance was above and beyond. I even came home 1lb lighter than I left on Thursday…LOL. I still have to unpack tonight and do laundry. And I'm exhausted. LOL

I have therapy tomorrow at 1:30 and trainer at 5:45. But it needs to be done. I said I'd start training this year and I'm going to. I leave for sister's trip three weeks from today. I need to be ready.

Sarah - I'm feeling ya…. Goodluck finding a treadmill. We're still watching our downstairs HVAC and replacement. I don't want to part with my $9k, so watching it limp along…lol. Actually hubby seems to have to deal with it as it acts up more when I'm not here. Hubby still has to clear room in the garage for the technicians to be able to remove/install. Right now, not quite enough elbow room. And I'll be out of town a few more weeks without him, so who knows when I'll have to pull that trigger. We also were trying to buy another new car…thinking of trading in our current Highlander for a hybrid Highland, but the only colors that are available this year will be black with either black or grey interior. Our guy offered us a $100 discount if we took a blue one…no thank you. Maybe for $10k….nah. Not even then. So we're waiting for the color/package combination is available. Unsure if the price variable will be too high for me to want to pull the trigger. I've put a ceiling on the amount I'm willing to put back out there. Our current one is a 2022 and only has 7,500 miles so far. The poor van takes all of the trips to cali as it is the hybrid and saves us about $40 min on gas each way.

Sheesh - I remember a few times when I'd add a lens to an eye when I'd failed to remember to take out the lens the night before. And had them go up under the eyelid where hubby had to help retrieve it/them.

Truth be told, with the trips coming up, I'm actually beginning to feel a little overwhelmed (probably because of my back, but still a bit overwhelmed). I know they will be tons of fun, but still a bit overwhelmed.