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New 40 year-old here! I lost 130lb back in 2017. It took me about a year. At my lowest weight I was 149. I settled in around 155-160, but since the pandemic hit my weight has crept up to 185 (ouch!) I'm finding it much harder to lose weight this time around. I go walking at least a mile every day. I got some workout bands…
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As someone with eczema, whose knuckles are cracked and bleeding every winter, I can totally sympathize. With Covid, this year has been particularly rough. I use O'Keefe's Working Hands religiously. If it gets really bad, I'll apply an anhydrous lanolin emollient (like Bag Balm) and put cotton gloves on my hands before bed.…
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I like the taste of vanilla Orgain, but holy cow, the bloating! The one plant based protein powder I've used that didn't give me horrible stomach pain afterward is the VeganSmart.
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Day 22 and still going strong! Everyone is smashing this heading into the home stretch!
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Just a personal update. We all piled up and got our flu shots at a local county health department's drive-thru flu shot clinic. Best flu shot experience ever! Thanksgiving won't be too different for us. Living in a multigenerational household and being largely estranged from the rest of the family, we're fortunate to still…
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I hate they took away our older diary entries if we don't use premium. I hope MFP doesn't keep taking away these features that we find useful.
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I was doing really well, but the stress of quarantine got me back to the nightly wine routine. I'm down for Sober October.
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Raw celery.
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I didn't think to take a picture, but over the past couple of days I devoured an entire seedless watermelon. It was the best I've had all season.
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My garden is officially in the ground. Later than usual, but a cold snap combined with pandemic panic buying and having seeds on backorder caused delays. I have three types of tomato, two types of dill, sweet banana peppers, lavender, zucchini and cucumber.
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My grocery spending is up, because I'm buying through Instacart and paying large tips to show my appreciation. On the flip side, I'm not having to gas up my car, we're not going out to eat, I'm not going to Dunkin or Starbucks for coffee, so I think it is a wash.
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Trying very hard to not get political, but I'm extremely disappointed that my state has decided to reopen everything except large venues and amusement parks by the end of next week. Despite all of my friends who work in healthcare saying our death and hospitalization stats are increasing at an alarming rate, the governor…
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It depends on the state/region. NYC had much better testing capabilities than my state (Georgia). Right now you need to have a doctor referral, be hospitalized, be a first responder/medical professional, or be over the age of 65 and been exposed to a confirmed positive individual to get tested.
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Update from Georgia. Our shelter-in-place order will go until the end of April and our State of Emergency until May 13th. The factory my husband works at is now closed until the shelter-in-place order ends. They received a notification today that an independent contractor, who had been doing some construction work in the…
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Our town's market is canceled for the season, but my egg guy still delivers to my house every Friday, which I'm so grateful for!
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Fortunately, no one I know has had a confirmed case. My brother's mother-in-law had a distant second cousin she hadn't seen in years who passed away from it. That's as close as it's gotten to us, so far.
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I am so grateful you mentioned this! I ran out of elastic and it's sold out everywhere, so I'd resigned to the realization my new masks would need bias tape ties. I'd almost forgotten about this technique.
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Our governor is a moron. His statewide order actually made things more lenient than many local areas were implementing. He opened all of the state parks and beaches today 🙄
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We received good(ish) news last week. The factory my husband works at is closed until at least April 19th, when they will reassess the situation and make a decision whether they will extend the closure. My husband thinks so long as the auto plants are shut down, his will be as well, since they manufacture OE.
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Absolutely! Anything that can block directly breathing in infectious droplets and act as a barrier between your hands and your face is prudent during this time. Geez, the pollen is so bad in Georgia right now I'm tempted to wear a mask walking around my yard. I'm playing "pollen ir pandemic?" with every sneeze and throat…
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They are subject to prolonged, direct exposure. I think a correctly worn mask to make a quick grocery run would be better than nothing. Emphasis on the "correctly worn" part.
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My husband is still working, although the factory he works at has scaled back production by 50%, they've temporarily shut down the OE lines, and they're asking for people to be voluntarily laid off. Every day I vacillate between being grateful he still has work, but also gripped with fear wondering when, not if, he'll come…
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I'm feeling super low today. It feels like this nightmare will never end. My husband said 19 workers called out last night, another 5 went home and 2 people on his shift were sent home at lunch. Our foolish governor refuses to shut down the state, despite the fact that 6 additional deaths were reported today between noon…
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I have! You just have to make sure you get your ratios down pat. If Amazon is sold out, try ordering the Lily of the Desert brand from The Vitamin Shoppe. Just make sure it's not the dietary supplement kind you drink. It's not the same. You'll need the gel. It's hard to find in stores right now, because it's typically put…
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While her behavior was exceedingly rude, I'd caution people against making snap judgments about what folks have in their carts. I belong to a large family and I'm currently the only one making grocery runs for 13 people spread across 3 separate homes. So, whilst it may look like I'm panic hoarding, I'm truly not. I'm…
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OMG so many socially distant hugs from a fellow emetophobe.
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I've abstained from buying wine, although I've done a fair amount of stress baking. One good thing is I've consistently logged over 10,000 every day except for today. Taking long strolls around my neighborhood has kept me sane.
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They're doing this at the factory my husband works at, and they're no longer using the fingerprint scanner to clock in and out. He said this morning they sent a guy away for clocking a fever and he pitched a fit 😳
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I'm so sorry. Hopefully you'll get some reassuring news. I figure it's only a matter of time before it hits the factory where my husband works.
