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Oh my gosh! That is too funny 😂 thank you for putting a smile on my face!! The story about your nephew is priceless.

I run into the same problem occasionally. I am in my 40’s and after I lost my hair to chemotherapy it came back white. Going through chemo was traumatic for me and I did not want to add anymore chemicals to my body so I left my hair white. While I get compliments on the color I do run into the occasional person who thinks…

The important thing to remember is you didn’t give up!! Hang in there.

Unfortunately there is no edit button or at least I haven’t figured it out yet lol... please feel free to add me! I can use all the support and encouragement I can get 😊

I have 126 lbs to lose to get to my goal weight. I was on a great healthy path until diagnosed with breast cancer. Between the chemo, steroids, radiation, and tomoxifen I hit my worst weight ever!!! I was feeling super discouraged until reading through all of these posts in this discussion thread. Now I am looking toward a…

So the family and I went furniture shopping tonight. I got a huge bonus from work and decided I was going to spend it on something I want. Not what everyone else thinks I should do with the money. So along the back wall of one of the many furniture stores we explored my youngest found a reclining back massager. Oh man 20…

I haven’t posted on here for a while. My husband and I have been busy off on winter hikes every weekend and we even got in a date night last week. Our youngest has been hit with upper respiratory junk and fever so she has been home all week. Getting a little couped up so I am hoping to get out of the house later today!…

I had to leave early from work to take my daughter to her doctors appointment and decided to take the rest of the afternoon off 😊 I got coffee with my husband and then headed off to the gym for a much needed workout !! All and all it turned out to be a great day.

What a week!!! Even though it was busy the week was packed with fun! Tuesday went out to eat with friends from work, Wednesday celebrated my father in law’s birthday, for Valentines Day finally got my Invisalign to straighten out my teeth, hubby took me to see Miss Saigon, Friday had date night with the kids out to dinner…

I have been off track these last few weeks between being sick, taking care of sick parents and children, crazy work schedule and overall life in general. I’ve decided that it is time I start taking care of myself. Starting today I am going to commit to not let this blip in my goal discourage me and stop making excuses for…

Awesome!!! Nothing better than a warm cozy bed

Super busy stressful week. Took time out to meditate, read a good book, spend time with my family, and made sure to stay on track eating the right kinds of food. Now I am relaxing in my warm cozy bed. I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend !!!

Awesome!! Congratulations!!!

Crazy weekend!! Friday night our family decided to try out roller skating. I seriously thought it was going to be like riding a bike. It was not lol... I am making it my fitness goal to roller skate without shaky legs and a sore butt 😂 Saturday we got a major ice and snow storm. We were trapped in the house. So we put a…

This is going to sound really lame I made it my goal to eat lunch this week. Normally I get so wrapped up in things at work that I forget or snack on unhealthy things during the day. I have made it to lunch 3 of 5 days so far this week. Also I have been reading a good book and have gotten amazing sleep every night this…

Spending time with my family brings me great joy. We went on a winter hike through some woods close to our home and then we went sled riding. After spending the majority of our day outside getting our exercise. We came home, put a fire in the fireplace, snuggled under some blankets on the couch and watched a Netflix movie.…

Oh I bet your other half will be pleasantly surprised when he comes home. My husband left to go pick up our daughter from work. He comes home and proudly announces that he got me a gift for the 40 day challenge. He then goes on to tell me how it is not a very Romantic gift. He surprised me with a vacuum cleaner lol. Which…

I don’t know what it is there is something very refreshing about hiking in the winter time. It is so quiet and peaceful. I noticed today as we were hiking through the woods there is a certain amount of resistance training that goes into walking in the snow. So I felt a sense of accomplishment 😊

If you and husband do the 40 day challenge you will have to let me know how it goes. Day 1 I hit my husband with a gift of his favorite chocolates (he’s the opposite of me he actually needs to gain some weight I keep telling him that I can donate some fat to the needy lol) It was wrapped and everything. He was so…

Our day went a little sideways.. my husband and I watched the weather channel closely and decided to drive an hour north of us to go on a hike. Since the storm was to the south of where we were going. It was fun hats, gloves, scarf and boots. We unexpectedly hit the worst of the snowstorms on our way back home. Our Town…

Should be a fun weekend.., we are buckling down for the major snow storm heading our way!! Who knows might be a good weekend to be a kid again and go sled riding. That is always a good work out walking through heaps of snow and up a giant hill. I know my kids are excited!!

Yesterday we went for a brisk, cold hike on a new trail 30 minutes from our home. Pic below. Husband and our kids had family date night after our hike. It was very enjoyable. Today: we are in the middle of a snow storm. So it is beyond freezing cold outside. Hubby and I cuddled under the warm covers and talked for a good…

So yesterday I had it all planned out how I was going to put myself first. I was going to leave work on time, I was going to go to the gym to workout, eat a healthy dinner with the family and read a good book before bed. I was 10 minutes away from escaping work to take care of my self needs. I was asked by another manager…

That calendar is a creative idea. Something simple to use and I am a visual person so that would help to to truly see if you are staying on track with self care. Thank you for sharing!!

January 8th: Took some of my work staff out to dinner tonight. We had a lot of fun letting our hair down and relaxing while we got some work done. It was so fun it didn’t even feel like work. Going to gym tonight and working out while my daughter has her basketball practice. Reading a good book before going to sleep…

We live an hour south of Cleveland. We are always up near Lake Erie. We have found so many interesting hiking trails all over Northeast Ohio. My husband loves to do geocaching and he has got me loving it to. We find all kinds of new spots to explore through that app.

A little behind on posting in here too busy with my self care lol Saturday January 5th: walked with my kids and my sister on one of the trails near our home, our entire family grandparents, aunts and etc tried Indian food for the first time. They had a buffet so we could sample a little bit of everything. It was really…

I have done a lot of reading and talking to my dietician from the Livestrong program I belong to (3 year breast cancer survivor) plant based diets have so many benefits. I have been a vegetarian for a year now. My husband and children eat vegetarian when I prepare our meals and then when we go out to eat they eat meat. We…

Not sure what type of meditation you are doing. I also struggled with sleep. I would lay down and a million thoughts would start running through my mind. I found this app called Breethe.. my 10 year old and I will put lavender in our diffuser and meditate the deep sleep on the app. Best sleep I have had in forever. Just…

Just found this community thread and love the idea of self care challenge. That is my number one issue is putting everyone else first and myself last... well guess what not this year. This community challenge will remind me daily no matter how stressful my day is I need to take care of me!!! Jan 4th: * took a brisk night…