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Hi Lesa-Welcome to the thread. Hope you come back and post often. LC_libra- Welcome back and congrats on the 18lbs. The bbq tonight sounds great. Karen and Kelley- I agree that this fitness challenge needs to be about strengthening areas we need to work on and long term goals. I also need to work on my running goals again…

Robin-I am all for the ankle challenge to help build strength and that could include the calves and knee muscles as well. Protein is also good with me. Good luck at the surgeon and sorry to hear that you are in so much pain. This has been another busy week and tonight I finally was able to stay home. The bright side is my…

Marsha- Glad to see you pop in. Hope you are doing well. Kelley- Yeah for getting out of the boot soon. Tom- Margarita day yummy, strawberry is my favorite!!!! Yesterday, I was swamped from sunup to sundown and beyond. It was non-stop from 5 and to 10pm. Between a long day of parent conference (only 2 showed up) so it…

Well this has been a busy week again. I can say that I have made it back to the pool twice this week and it felt good to swim both times. Today, I saw a couple of people from the swim team that I swam with a year ago and it was nice to feel wanted again. I may go back to practice in a week or two if I can keep swimming to…

Robin- I am still here just trying to get back to checking the boards daily. Thank you for the prayers. Kelley- I hope the migrants go away and that the doctors can figure out the cause. Karen- I am so happy that you can be with your friend. The hardest day for me was the day after the funeral when everything started to…

Today was great since schools were closed due to ice and extremely heavy rain which flooded the area. I was able to accomplish a few things and I am ready to return to work tomorrow. Morgori - I love almonds especially chocolate covered ones. Today I finally made it back to the pool and the swim felt good. Even my ankle…

Karen- I am sorry to hear about your friend's father. Thoughts and prayers are with you and your friends this week. I am starting to look at flights to Chicago for the Shamrock Shuffle. I am looking forward to the run and visiting you in Chicago. Well the week continued to be busy but Saturday night was hard. Sunday,I went…

Robin- I go back to work on Tuesday but I can take more time off if needed. The ankle is doing better but still sore. My brother will help with most things as needed. The challenge right now will be mom getting use to not going to see Dad in the afternoons, that has been her life for the past year or so. You have a good…

@GOINSTD12 do your best to get your husband to put your name name on the bank accounts. My mom and I did that with my dad a few months ago so we could access his accounts to pay his bills. Talk to a lawyer and your husband. Hospice care is not just for end of life but can be used before, they provide excellent in home care…

Niki-thank you for the poem, it is very beautiful. Morgori- Happy Birthday. Best wishes for the years ahead. Hope you had a great day. Thank you for the expressions of sympathy. I am doing okay. Tomorrow will be the long day with two viewings. I hope to get to the gym in the morning but I sprained my ankle today coming out…

Hello everyone, my dad has been called home to heaven and is now pain free. He had been going downhill all week so this is a relief and a blessing that he went peacefully. We received the call this morning right before I walked out the door for work. Thank God, we had a 2 hour delay for school today otherwise I would have…

Hi Everyone, I may MIA for a few days at a time again. Life has been crazy and now I am trying to get an order to my week. My dad is not doing good and is very week. We think he had a stroke that has affected his ability to speak, swallow and move his arms. He is doing more staring into space and not really seeing us. It…

Wish- that my dad gets better. Evidently he is dealing with congestive heart failure.

The protein challenge sounds great. Zoe you can report your progress anyway you choose whether it is daily, weekly or monthly. I must say that I am very concerned about three people in my life and they all need some prayers. The first is my dad- he has not had a great week, to many bad days in a row. My Godfather, who had…

Well the snow has claimed another day. The board of Ed sent the teachers to work on time this morning, however there were multiple falls due to ice covered parking lots. The roads were not in great condition either with some travel lanes reduced and side roads are a mess. Needless to say another snow day tomorrow. A good…

Wish- that my friend Matt gets better. He has surgery and then sprained his ankle on top of it. This is making his recovery from surgery difficult. I am back to work tomorrow and sort of surprised that they managed to clear all the school lots in record time. Kids report back on Friday to start the 3rd marking period.…

I don't know if this link will work but it is worth a try. This is the spokesman for my School system sending out a special message about the school closure tomorrow. It was funny and made many of us laugh. The guy is Bob Mosier and this message has gone viral. Is is based on the song Hello from Adele. You may need to copy…

Karen- I have started looking at flights. I just need to figure out what time I want to fly out on Friday and return on Monday. Would you recommend flying into O'Hare or Midway. I am looking forward to the trip and need to get running again. Motivation time to start revving it up. Kelley- I am thankful that we don't get…

I thought I posted last night but I guess it did not go through. Well today was spent shoveling more snow and I can happily say that my car is out so I have freedom tomorrow. It will be a snow day from work, which is great since the school parking lots are not plowed yet. Here are the pictures of my street and the lovely…

Pictures of the snow from Annapolis, MD. This was about 13 inches on the ground this morning around 10 am.

I am now into hour 30 of the blizzard of 2016. There is 18 " plus on the ground and still snowing until midnight in about 4 more hours. I did shovel today for about 40 minutes working to clear the 12 " that accumulated over night. Luckily, my neighbor loaned my SIL her snowblower so she came over and made a path through…

Happy Blizzard Friday. That's right I am in the path of the blizzard of 2016. My area is expecting 18-24" of snow. Not looking forward to shoveling all the white stuff but it will give me some exercise. I don't expect to work next week because of it. Schools will be closed since they won't get the roads cleared by Tuesday.…

Kelley, I will go out with this guy again. I will be careful. We started talking about date number 2 and he wants me to drive to the shore. I am fine with that but not staying at his house. This would not be an issue except they are predicting a big snow storm for my area this weekend. I have no intention of getting stuck…

The weekend has been busy and I was finally able to relax a little tonight and finished taking down the Christmas decorations. Yesterday was a very busy day but fun. Today, I had a date and now I am trying to decide if I want to go out with him again. He wants to go out with me so that is a plus. Just not sure how…

Wish- that I hear some good news about a friend who had major surgery today. I want to know that he came through it. I have not heard anything yet and the surgery was at 7:30 This morning. He had an experimental procedure to put in a new stent connecting the bladder, kidney and a artery. Please pray for Matt. Karen- I…

Yes it is hard to get start but once you do you will keep going. Newton's first law of motion comes into play with humans as well as objects: an object in motion stays in motion, and object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by another force. Once you start moving your body will adjust and eventually you will keep…

Sunday share- I am Laurie and 45 years old. I started this journey 5 years when I weighed 268 pounds. During the first year I lost most of the weight and reached 200 and slightly below that over the next couple of years. This journey has been a very long learning process. There have been ups and down, long periods of no…

Grace- Congrats on the loss. Karen- Hope the painting party was fun. Becky- walking at work is a great way to get moving and will help in the long term. Increasing to two times a day would be great. Not only that but a walk will help to clear your brain and give you a mental break. Saturday success- I have managed to stick…

Hi all, just a check in today. I was able to walk outside since it was in the 40's today. It was a good walk and I had a friend go with me. I just had to walk slower since he is having gall bladder issues. I think I managed to guilt him into walking today but that is okay. We talked business for quite a while. Then while…

Grace- different scales on the same day at different times will read a different weight. It depends on the surface the scale is on, if it is balanced correctly etc. Stick with the measurements from one scale, it works better. It is great to see so many people back and ready for the new year. Welcome to the new people, we…