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I had a good chuckle with this one - hope you do, too!

Oh, right! I looked it up and agree...that's not likely unless I fall down in that position and can't get back up! @jugar my day-late weigh in was: 187.5 Apparently, my post holiday is catching up to what others were doing when my number was decreasing. Sheesh!

@Gidgitgoescrazy Plantar fasciitis really rots! I had it for 10 months on the right side and 5 on the left before I was able to get a plan that worked. In order to break the pain loop, I had an injection on the right side. Now, when I walk, I stretch my feet, calves, etc. as I go, which helps keep everybody happy. Heel…

@KellyBgetsfit I love using bone broth! It's so much richer and delicious. I make my own and it is even better! It's really easy to make, especially with an Instant Pot. If you want beef: get marrow bones and roast them for an hour in the oven (300 degrees F). When they're done, add them to 6-8 cups of water, and 1/4 cup…

187 It’s been a long week! It seems eating snacks, salty foods while in Mass didn’t help matters, even though my basic intake was lower than it had been. Fingers crossed I can do better next weigh in!

@jugar I’ll be a day late this week. Monica and I are having an adventure! A friend of hers (lives in Boston) was diagnosed with Covid the other day and is pretty wiped out. We offered to drop off a chicken soup & rice-veggie care package (he is a solitary guy who works in a psych clinic). This was originally going to…

Happy Day 3 of the year. I'm glad to be on my weight loss journey with you all. I live in Vermont with my spouse and adult daughter (plus 3 cats). I'm an unemployed massage therapist and stopped attending college classes in October to become an Occupational Therapy Assistant because so much of that work world is…

Happy New Year! @jugar use my weight from last week, please. Thanks! I’m getting to bed a bit earlier tonight than the last few and promise to get caught up on all of the teams’ posts tomorrow. Have a good sleep everyone!

@jugar CW 186.2 A wee bit lower - I’ll take it! 😘

I can hear your mother's voice coming through the phone diguised as my older daughter, Emily. Although she's in northern Vermont and we're in the South-eastern side of the state, she said she's planning to stay home because of the likelihood of big winds beginning Christmas Eve. The road from there to here is mountainous…

This might give you an idea of how much snow we got yesterday - Sarah is 6' 2" tall!

See? I've had abs all along...they're just a little shy with an extra covering over them. haha! A lot of the snow we had in the driveway was shoved towards the path at the edge of the yard towards the former walking path to the cemetery. I don't think I'll even get through on snowshoes...it's just too deep and also has…

Good morning! I’m lying in bed, catching up on the threads from the week. What a busy team! It’s snowing like crazy (I can see it falling even without my much-needed glasses on)! We’re going to use the snow shoes in a while. It’ll give me time to put on Sarah’s snow pants. They’ll be impossibly long (1’ height difference),…

Well, well. I missed the zoom-session. Sorry about that! I had made a note in my calendar and then found myself at my daughter's apartment and just visited with her instead. I look forward to jumping on next time. I'm spending time at my desk writing notes and Christmas cards. I get easily distracted and bogged down but,…

@jugar I weighed in yesterday, updated my info then forgot to play it for you. It is: 187.0 Increments. Slowly, but surely! Got extra walks in with my fierce coach/daughter. It’s helping. More soon!

It’s possible someone already addressed this - you can go to Zoom on your mobile phone, too. Get the app and it’ll walk you through it. Hope to see you soon!

ZOOM meeting - yes! Can't wait to see you all, or at least a bunch of you. Yay!

Happy Sunday! Ever have a day when you nibble at ridiculously sweet things right after breakfast? Sheesh. I felt noble that I ate yogurt with raw apple. Part way through our Zoom-church service, I started nibbling on sweet-tart-chewy candies. I guess I thought I'd clean up the opened bag, which was slowly going stale.…

How did it get to be Friday already? Good grief. I enjoyed the suggestions for the days having a theme although, at the moment, I don't recall what it is for today. It's better that I enter a few things now, though, and then I can get caught up on the rest of the 84+ entries I've yet to read. I helped a friend get to her…

@jugar I decided to weigh in a day early because I may be helping a friend back from her surgery today and overnight and, no, I'm not taking the scale with me. CW: 187.3 It's moving in the right direction, at least! I don't think I introduced myself, yet, so here's a nugget for you all. I live in Windsor, Vermont with my…

@micki48 My steps for the week: Sun 11/22 8,400 Mon 3,400 Tues 5,250 Wed 4,100 Thurs 5,600 Fri 4,440 Sat 5,500 Sun 8,000 (it should be at least 8,000 - if it's higher, I'll add it to tomorrow) Pretty feeble week, I know. The weather didn't help. My daily goal is still 8,000. Let's see how December goes.

@jugar here's a silly question for you. Are you taking care of the steps now or is it Micki48? Monica and I are hoping to bake Swedish coffee rings at Emily's (1.5 hrs north) in a week or two. It depends, of course, on how much exposure we all get in stores. We might just bake here. I'm so glad Phoebe will be there with…

I love this! The only time that's happened for me is when I use our really long beach towels, but I digress. I'm looking forward to that success sometime this winter! Unfortunately, @jugar, that won't be today. CW= 188.2 Sorry, team. I'm hoping it's temporarily water weight from too much salty food. I'm going to work at…

@micki48 Steps for this week: Sun: 10,854 Mon:2,800 Tues: 7,830 Wed: 8,530 Thurs: 8,688 Fri: 8,180 Sat: 7,000 It's been a good week although I haven't checked in much here. I've done *pretty well* with attentiveness while eating. It's often times easier to eat in the livingroom than the diningroom. I realize some of that…

@Kali225 I understand about wanting a covid test before going to your grandmother's. It's in everyone's best interest, for sure! We're getting them, as are both my adult daughters, so they can go see their paternal grandmother next week. "Turning the day around" was in my cards, too. Yesterday, I was frustrated by having…

Wow! Look at you go. OK, I'm working towards lower numbers just like you. It'll be lovely to get to the next "decade down", won't it?! Keep dragging me along. Thanks in advance for your help!

Well, I was right. Monica is a great physical trainer (physical torturer, more like!). We 3 headed out for a moderately brisk-paced walk up, down, over, around, the streets/highschool sports field/and the local preserve in town (called, "Paradise Park"). With temps in the mid 40s, I figured I'd be chilly. Hah! I was…

@micki48 Steps for the week: Sun: 5,850 Mon: 8,400 Tues: 8,380 Wed: 5,500 Thurs: 10,300 Fri: 8,500 Sat: 8,720 My plan this week is to exceed my 8K goal and work towards a new goal next week. Monica will help, I'm sure!

I can't believe that it's Thursday, already! @jugar My CW is: 187 I wasn't very attentive over the last few days, until I realized I ate a large bag of baked (not fried) corn-popped chips on my 1.5-hour drive home from Emily's yesterday. Oops. I decided to weigh myself this morning to compare with yesterday's weigh…

Flu shots are done into the muscle, which explains your discomfort. Unfortunately, the body encourages non-movement when there's a bit of muscle-whingeing (e.g.swelling). In this case, more movement, especially in the bath or shower will make it much better more quickly. In fact, take a nice, warm Epsom Salt bath. (2 cups…