@micaroo4 oh no, I am so sorry to hear that! sending you hugs from afar - hang in there and please check in here and let us know how your are doing

today is day 13 without binge eating!
i'm not sure what's happening, but I think that food is losing the power that it used to hold over me. it can't solve my problems and it never could.

@DrewsAnna Ugh I bet you’re sore after PT, working out when you get home I’m sure flared you up! The first week or two of PT has always stunk for me especially after a surgery. Woohoo I’m so glad to hear the bleed is gone that was scary! My roommate had bleeding like that when she had bowel cancer so I’m so grateful that’s not what was going on with you. I’m sure we’ve swapped chair exercises before do you have a favorite chair yoga instructor these days? I just started doing the chair cardio and weight/strength training videos again and I’m seeing a difference.

@micaroo4 I’m so sorry to hear about your co-worker, sending prayers and love up for you and her other friends and family. I’m sure you’ll think of a great way to honor her life as you’re very thoughtful and supportive friend.

@19shmoo69 WOW I love that you did the 5k race for the pregnancy life center! I think the running group is a great idea, love your goals and I fully think you can do it! Ha if you run 100 miles I’ll get an electric bike to keep up with you, you’re forgetting my legs don’t work well even walking silly! I love that you’re seriously considering a 100 mile goal that would be so amazing. What music are you currently listening to when you run? This morning was a rap morning and yesterday was a mashup morning followed by calm hang drums while at the farm planting and weeding.

@Cornanda The woman I talked to told me four kittens that will be 4 weeks old, one being a calico. I honestly don’t know much about little kittens aside of watching fosters on Instagram and YouTube. I told her I wouldn’t be able to purchase litter and food for them for a few days thinking I was missing my chance and she responded that it works for her too and the woman that has them will be in touch (no word yet). I’m getting nervous I’m glad I’ll have my roommate’s help too! I’d explained I need to get 6 hours of sleep or my pain is too bad and am thinking they’re younger where I won’t get much sleep so I’m planning to ask questions Saturday. I honestly have been watching the fosters on Instagram and when I got the idea to and contacted them and since it’s kitten season they need a lot of help so guess I’ll fake it til I make it. I am a little concerned about the cost of kitten food for four but I’ll figure it out. I’ll definitely share pics with all of you!

@trooworld Ugh I hope you’re feeling better soon! You shop at Trader Joe’s you need to stock up on that Immunity Tea by Yogi I swear it helps when getting sick to recover faster. The wait for Atomic Habits is 15 weeks! I’ll come hang out with you all anyway since I’m familiar with it. Great job on limiting snacking and drinking more water! Hopefully the extra water will get the cruddy germs out of you fast!

@AUstinRuadhain I have a story I’ll include about the sunflowers it’s turning into something we’re probably going to have to get a camera for! You BET I’ll be sharing kitten pics! I’ve been learning a lot from Instagram posters who share their fostering, I haven’t ever taken care of small kittens so I’m a little nervous. YES we haven’t had a pet post in awhile maybe it’s time we all do that!

@TeresaW2024 LOL Jump! Is the perfect song for the rebounder! The community garden has 48 garden beds and I rent two of them. I’ll add details of all that at the end of this since a few of you asked about it. Yes we do take care of our own beds and DO NOT touch others unless asked. My cats have never seen little kittens, I’ll have them in a room by themselves and am not sure they’ll get to meet. My two have been surprisingly good with my ex-boyfriend’s two cats and when my fur niece comes so I think they’ll be okay aside of maybe some jealousy. Oh no I’m so sorry the walking pad isn’t working how frustrating! Would Joe do seated workouts at all?

@bobboyardee Woot woot you go with that no binge eating streak!

Hi friends! I went to the greenhouse this morning just to check on everything since there was no seeding to be done then gardened a bit and my childhood friend came by. She was recently laid off and is looking for work and I offered to go to a job fair with her. We stopped at Leatherby’s (has crazy sundaes, good ice cream, and good food) and split a lunch then got ice cream, I’ve lost a few pounds this week so I didn’t want to overdo it and got a small sundae. I went to my neighbor’s (the one I had issues with a month or two ago) for a drink before dinner and we had a good talk, I think we're going to be okay going forward but I'll be cautious. I went on Facebook earlier and the garden club vice president who helps with the club beds at the community garden posted how squirrels are stealing sunflowers and strawberries there and added ways to prevent it like having spinners and not forgetting to deadhead the flowers oh and we should all be fertilizing now (she fertilized a few of our beds and didn’t run it by us first and I’d planned to go that afternoon to do mine). I don’t think squirrels would only take the highest 6-7 feet up sunflowers so not sure I believe it especially with how they were cut. My friend is in charge of the garden so I screenshot it and asked what I missed and another bed’s reporting missing strawberries. One bed renter last year had a camera on her bed and people thought she was a bit paranoid as she said veggies were disappearing so I suggested a camera to get to the bottom of things now that two of us are having issues. I wasn’t going to post anything on social media as my friend who’s in charge is upset but I’m kind of wondering if the garden club vice president (who I like but don’t want her touching my beds without permission) is the one who trimmed them possibly after the squirrels picked at them? Fully looks like the stems were cut to me. Sounds like a Nancy Drew book The Case of the Community Garden’s Disappearing Sunflowers and Strawberries.

Have a great Friday!

@Katmary71 i use either Spotify or Amazon Music. Sometimes I listen to the Unashamed podcast. Most of the time I listen to a playlist I put together. Its Christian metal. I have used Christian running playlists on Spotify. It’s supposed to go by a pace count.

@Katmary71 Yes, Joe does seated workouts with his chair elliptical and hand weights. We just need to be more consistent. HaHa! The Case of the Community Garden’s Disappearing Sunflowers and Strawberries is a great title! It is super frustrating to think that someone is touching your beds. I’m not a gardener, but I can’t imagine over-fertilizing the beds is a good idea. And while I agree the squirrels might be eating the strawberries, would they really cut the large sunflowers down and leave the smaller ones? We need cameras and maybe a stakeout to get to the bottom of this mystery! 🧐

@trooworld Congrats on your loss this week!! Yayyy to being snacking buddies! I ate a piece of dark chili chocolate yesterday before remembering that I’m NOT snacking. I will do better today. I am not going to get a bigger walking pad. I don’t want that much of my exercise room taken up, and honestly, he probably wouldn’t want to use it anyway. I hope all goes well with the ultrasound. 🙂

Good morning! Joe and I had a good day yesterday, and it’s such a relief to have him feeling good again. His son, DIL, and granddaughter will be here on June 20, and I’m praying so hard that he will remain healthy and able to enjoy the visit. My bestie is supposed to come for coffee today, so that will be nice. I also plan to do a new rebounding workout that just dropped with Disco music! I love that Earth & Owl is now using mainstream music. Yesterday, I jumped to Blondie’s music. So much fun! 😀

Thank you to all who expressed condolences. Kathy had an indomitable spirit. I am a better person for having known her.

-Mica

Hi 👋

I did some yard work yesterday and I took a few pictures to share.

1st… I thought about helper last year pulled up my yucca, so I planted a hydrangea in its place. Lol...

Y'all have a great day 😀

Weigh in day: Friday

PW: 277

CW: 277

I’ve done the Atkins, Keto, Grapefruit, Master Cleanse and am Gluten Free. With that I would have to include the cabbage soup diet. I did lose weight with all of them but that cabbage soup, we would make it as a meal even after we quit the diet. Also the gluten free diet isn’t for weight loss or is it supposed to be healthier. Several people are gluten free because of the side effects of consuming gluten. For me it it’s an anger issue that gluten causes. Since I / We are talking about diets it can be said that I’m on the carnivore diet. Since I’ve been on it clarity of thought has come around and I don’t fight battles of depression like I used to (Daily). Now if it could just help my memory. Lol

@trooworld Oh good I’m glad you’re feeling better today! That was a long wait for the gallbladder ultrasound I’m glad you’re finally having it and hope all is well. Good luck with the eating/drinking restrictions that always reminds me I’m hooked on my morning caffeine when I can’t have it.

@19shmoo69 I’ve never listened to the Unashamed podcast, I didn’t watch their show but know a little from pop culture. I’m actually not familiar with much Christian metal but I do have some metal I won’t listen anymore from the messages in the music I don’t agree with. It’s fascinating hearing the different diets you’ve tried and how much carnivore has helped you.

@baodell17724 I’ve been on a lot of silly diets not included and a lot of these! I do try to avoid gluten and ate paleo/AIP for awhile. The egg diet was one of the worst, did a lot like Slimfast shakes for two meals then dinner too. One I did for awhile with my parents was The Belly Fat Cure, oh and one where you have fruit for breakfast, veggies and meat or a bread and veggies, then meat and veggies for dinner (can’t remember the name now). Briefly did Weight Watchers, Whole 30, Low Fat Diet, Detox diet, and the Diabetes Association diet. When I started MFP I went from being almost vegetarian to eating more meat because of weight lifting and being diabetic. For the exercise it said I’m a self-starter and would do well in clubs like hiking clubs or biking clubs (I did like exercise classes back in the day but am limited in what I can do now).

@TeresaW2024 Ironically I was at the community garden earlier and a squirrel reached through the fence and pulled off a hollyhock flower and ate it but it WAS low to the ground. Yay I’m so glad Joe is feeling better. I hope he’s able to enjoy that visit too with no health issues. Have fun with the bestie and working out to disco music, I love Blondie! I had old 70s and 80s R&B on at the farm this morning and had a blast listening to it.

@askewcr Oh no what’s going on? You can turn this around, go get it my friend!

@AustinRuadhain Wonderful job making the movie snacks work for you! I haven’t heard of that movie yet I’m glad you enjoyed it. I think I’m behind a season on Cobra Kai too. You did great checking the boxes yesterday too!

@DrewsAnna Your yard looks beautiful! Are those lupine in the second pic? I’m still learning about flowers and have a ways to go. They’re so pretty! Love all your flower colors too!

Hi team! Long day I got up at 5:30 and worked out then went to the farm as we’re in the 100s today and wanted to get there early. I made a bunch of basil bunches then trimmed all the flowering basil and brought a bunch home. Went to the community garden for a bit and met my friend there, we DID see a squirrel reach through the fence and pull a low hollyhock flower bud and eat it! I got a video of it eating a weed after that then it tried for a succulent and gave up (they WERE all low to the ground. We ARE having an issue of sunflowers falling over so I have this vision now of a squirrels hanging on to the tops of sunflowers swaying in the breeze breaking them.) I got to harvest squash both there and at home so I made Skinnytaste’s Chicken Caprese Skillet https://www.skinnytaste.com/caprese-chicken-skillet/ to use the basil I brought home and had mixed squash in the air fryer and rice for dinner. Things are up-in-the-air for the weekend I have the cats pre-registered for shots Sunday and possibly kittens coming Sunday. Tomorrow the farm stand opens at the farm so I’m excited to check it out and possibly get some veggies! Have a great Saturday team.

@19shmoo69

The only formal diet I've done was the "Cabbage Soup Diet" at least 10 years ago… I lasted one week eating just that! 😄 That said, now every Fall I do make a huge vat of cabbage soup (with tomatoes and lots of low-calorie green vegetable and different spices) and freeze quart containers for the rest of the year. It's become my "go-to" diet meal when I occasionally over-eat or am doing a very low-calorie "fast".

@Katmary71 Yikes, 100 degrees sounds awful! I hope the weather gets better soon. Squirrels swinging from sunflowers made me laugh. I don’t know what you can do other than put a fence around your garden to keep them from doing what they want. My niece has a birdfeeder attached to her window and gets upset because the squirrels get in and eat all the birdseed. I told her that she needed to give it up because they wouldn’t stop if she kept providing an easy meal for them.  😀

@trooworld I did well on snacking until my sister came home with beer and cake to celebrate her quitting her job. More on that below. 😏 Congrats on joining the gym, and I’m glad your DH is supportive and will go with you. Are you primarily interested in the free weights or the machines?  Just be careful with that abductor machine! I have horror stories about how that machine damaged me for years because I misused it. 🙄

Good morning! My bestie didn’t come over yesterday because of a major thunderstorm she didn’t want to drive in. We will have our coffee date sometime this week. My sister called yesterday afternoon to inform me that she quit her job at McAlister's Deli. It’s been a long time brewing, and walking out wasn’t the plan, but she had been pushed to her limit. To celebrate, she brought home beer and chocolate cake. Her new plan is an early morning job so she can have more daytime to homeschool the kids and take them places. I don't have much going on today besides a workout and housework. Have a good day! 🙂

Hi 👋

Did I miss the new chat thread? I'll check back again later.

@Katmary71 for some reason I don't really do very well with veggies. I think it's partially because when it's time to harvest, the spiders are out in full force. Lol… I freak out when a spider gets close 😅😅😅

I don't really have much going on today… I need to put some edging down in one of my gardens. When I water it, the water runs right out, instead of staying in the garden. So maybe I'll start working on that, I don't know, hmm... we will see what happens.

Y'all have a great day 😀

Username: gemwolf110 

Weigh in day: Sat

Previous Week's weight: 220.6

Today’s Weight: 220.6

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Saturday

PW: 211

CW: 211

@baodell17724 There’s some confusion right now with the spreadsheet and your weigh-in, do you recall if you may have said your starting weight was 209.4 as that’s currently down as your starting weight for the June spreadsheet? I’m thinking the easiest way to clear it up since the spreadsheet for May is closed now is to put your starting weight for June as 208.4 and move forward if you’re good with that. I posted in the Captain’s thread to clear it up but want to make sure you’re not in the top three as you deserve to get recognized if you are. I’ll update you when we figure it out.

@trooworld Woot woot you’re a self-starter too! Oh no that caffeine headache sucks so bad! Yay way to go on joining the gym! That’s sweet of your husband to join too. Definitely ask if they have someone who can show you around most gyms would rather a trainer show you how to use things than for people to learn the hard way. Good luck with the exhibit!

@alimalli86 Welcome to Mission Slimpossibles, please jump right in we’re happy you’re here!

@TeresaW2024 LOL I’ve been tempted to get the same bird feeder your niece has thinking it would be fun for my cats to watch the birds. How do the squirrels get to it is there a ledge or something nearby? I actually was talking to another person at the community garden about fencing our stuff and what a pain it would be. It’s frustrating something took a bite out of my cucumber stem and killed it. I did try something I’ll talk about it at the end! Shoot I’m sorry the bestie couldn’t come. I’m sorry to hear about your sister’s job, I hope she does find something that is a better fit.

@askewcr Woohoo way to go on the weigh in! You went and got it, haha!

@DrewsAnna The new chat thread was started I’m guessing this afternoon. Oh no I’m not a spider fan either!

Hi gang! Long day I got up early and worked out then had checked Next Door for T posts and someone was selling 15 6ft new ones for $30 so I jumped on it, they ended up throwing some great fencing in too! I stopped at the Asian grocery store and somehow in between my excitement at finding a tea I love and picking it up I grabbed the wrong box, grrrr. I got a $1 coupon at checkout that I'm planning to use when I go back and grab the cherry hibiscus rose Ahmad tea (I got peppermint lemon which is good but not like the tea I wanted). I got some spinners for my garden at Dollar Tree too and dropped those off in my beds at the garden to hopefully deter squirrels. I ran by the Pet store to ask about the kittens and turns out there’s 6 of them so the plan is they’re going to divide them in half for two fosters. They were just trapped (feral) and they’re hoping to keep them with their mom for another week, they’re currently in a volunteer’s bathroom. I spent over an hour writing down prices and varieties of litter and food. I was nervous about feeding so many kittens quality kitten food but feel better after talking to another volunteer about it not needing to be high end. Got in some good garden time too but have a bad headache right now for some reason. It was 105 today and think deadheading in the heat got to me. Tomorrow’s cleaning the house, getting kitten stuff, and taking my two in for shots then getting updated on the kittens late afternoon. I was craving ice cream or popcorn so bad but had a really good salad instead and feel good about it. Have a great Sunday!