April 2-8, 2025
LW: 129.4
TW: 129.8
Hi, all. Well, it has been a tough week in some ways. Weight-wise, I'm relieved to be under 130 today, as I saw 131.0 on two days this week. 🙁 My intake and my acitivity were about the same as the week before, so the explanation is not obvious, but I struggled with fatigue a lot at the first of the week and in the middle part of the week, I had a couple of days when I just felt hungry more often than usual for some unknown reason.
Today, I woke up out of sorts. We went to bed earlier last night and I got more rest than usual, so I was surprised when my immediate mood was "cranky." I don't know if that's because so many people I worked with lost their jobs yesterday. It's certainly on my mind. The entire branch that I worked for was done away with. Not one person survived. And I think we did some pretty incredible and important work. And our next door neighbor, who worked for NIH, also lost her job. So I feel anger—lots of it—and fear, and I suppose that even though I try to not let it overwhelm me, it's there.
But back to the subject at hand, it was frustrating to see a couple of extra pounds pop up on the scale on Sunday and Monday, especially since I'm back to class and I try my best to push through the fatigue and move every day. I wondered if I'm being vigilant enough about my food diary and installed MFP on my phone to see if that would help. But for some reason, the foods that I've recently logged did not show up as options on the app, even when I synced and resynced, so I finally said the heck with that. And thinking about it makes me even more cranky! LOL
As I sit here, I realize that I have to remember that usually the week or the day also bring some good things, and it's vital for me to remember that. So—I have made it to class for two weeks now and I'm doing fine. Yesterday, I went the whole day without any overwhelming fatigue, and several days this week the weather was walking friendly and so I was able to get out on my hilly route, pet some dogs, talk to other walkers and folks in their yards, breathe fresh air, and admire all the daffodils, tulips, and other spring-time flowers that are now in full bloom.
Hope everyone had a good week. Here's my 7-day averages. I'll be back later to read posts and chat a bit.
Steps = 10,287
Kcals burned = 1,688
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LW: 129.2
TW: 129.0Okay, I'll take that considering our outing last night to dinner and "The Life of Pi" at the theater. I recommend it . . the way they animated the animals was so good.
Sarah, I'm angry too .. I can't believe how incredibly stupid this all is. Are we even going to have any health protections in this country? Or any protections at all for that matter? I know you did incredible and important work . . I'm so sorry about all the firings of your former colleagues. Who knows where we'll end up with all of this stupidity.
It sounds like your fatigue is gradually improving. . that's great, especially with spring and summer coming. You've kept your averages up really well through it all.
I've just been plugging along with my usual schedule as far as exercise. Weight training Monday, cardio, yoga, weight training, cardio. I'm not taking golf lessons, but we are going to take a road trip to the desert for golf next week for a few days. We need to get away, and the weather here has reverted back to winter.
Lois, I'm happy you're making memories with Rhea . . gymnastics is so cute with little girls 😍 Hope you're feeling better and still doing PT and training.
Kelly, I'm looking forward to your update on your housing situation. Sending good thoughts your way.
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Happy Thursday Ladies - It's been a crazy couple of weeks. Work has been insane and then packing for next week. Laundry tomorrow to pack up. Pick up Rhea Saturday for an overnight (her dad says she packed her bag last night). I have the bariatric zoom on Saturday morning before I pick up Rhea.
Skipped training on Tuesday as my tummy was quite rumbly and wasn't sure what was happening. Might have been due to stress…. was quite stressed Tuesday afternoon. I have a light session scheduled for tonight.
Hoping all is going well with everyone. I will check back when I am able.
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Good morning. Sorry I've been MIA. Life is so freakin' stressful lately. Some day our life will settle down and we won't know what to do with ourselves I'm guessing.
The sad feelings about selling the house are slowly passing/on pause but probably because of how difficult/stressful it is to find a new house to buy. Houses in the price range we're looking in are selling at ridiculous prices. In some ways it makes me happy to get out of this big more expensive house, because with what's happening in the world lately, we'd hate to get stuck selling at a much lower price because people can't afford it. We put in an offer on a house yesterday - they were asking $519,900 and it went for $76k over asking. 😲 Another house in an area we're looking at went for $101,050 over asking. 🤯 People are crazy. It seems to be that anything under $600k list, goes for much higher than asking, but ones listed $600k and over are fairly stable. We just refuse to over pay for an old home that won't be worth that much in the future and still requires renos. So the search is on. If we can't find anything by the end of May, then we need to start making plans to live at our cabin, which is not ideal as it's an hour and a half drive on a good weather day. Shawn works 12 hour days, so we'd be driving to work at 4am and wouldn't get home until 830pm. Plus then the kids would need to stay at their Mom's the whole time and we'd have to figure out care for the pup. Never mind figuring out storage for our stuff, etc. Ahhhhhh can you feel my stress from there?!
Workouts have been slim to none. I'm so exhausted cause I'm not sleeping well. I am looking forward to some much better temps this week so I can go for more walks though. Walking always helps calm me.
Health wise, my allergy situation is still fluid. I have asked if I can get food allergy testing since it hasn't been done since 2016. I have a feeling (and could totally be wrong), that I may be allergic to tomatoes and peppers as I have had a couple of allergic reactions and when I look at my food log, the only common foods are those. So.. for now, I have tried to completely eliminate tomatoes and peppers, which is quite difficult. Tomatoes are in everything - bbq sauce, pizza sauce, pasta sauce, etc. So far once I've stopped, I haven't had one episode though.
Sorry, just a quick touch base as I'm here at work. I hope to come back tomorrow to catch up on everyone's posts. Just know I think about you all often. 💕
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