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Post by keshet51 on May 14, 2019 10:24:00 GMT
This thread is for anyone that has been away from healthy eating, had a gain and is recommitting. We accept all forms of healthy eating here, whatever that means to you. We touch base daily for accountability and to encourage one another. This is a judgment free zone.
We all struggle to get the weight off and keep it off. Sometimes this is a challenge, but we never give up and that is the key. Regardless of our situation or where we are in reaching our goal, we count on talking to each other every day and are blessed to have one another as friends.
Our motto is persistence, not perfection.
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Post by keshet51 on May 14, 2019 10:30:33 GMT
Good morning, all. Yep, had to take sleep meds last night - my nice nap yesterday afternoon messed me up. Up before 5, still coughing and blowing but able to go to work today. I have a breakfast meeting at a local diner with my board president at 7:30 this morning and then will drive down to the office. I had hoped to go out to dinner tonight to celebrate my birthday with DN but the restaurant we chose now has "pub night" on Tuesdays and they don't have their regular menu so we'll go Friday night instead. Probably just as well since I still don't feel really great and I'd like to enjoy the dinner. So I'll come home instead and hopefully get to bed early tonight and without drugs.
Nothing much to report, another cold and rainy day today but at least the rain hasn't started yet so at least one way of my commute will be dry. I just don't have enough work clothes for this in-between season which seems to be going on forever, am wearing a combination of winter and summer things. Heat's on again in the house.
Have a great day all.
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Post by LR63402 on May 14, 2019 11:57:20 GMT
Good morning everyone,
Andi - First of all, Happy Birthday! I'm sorry you have to feel rotten on your special day, that just seems wrong. Thank you for starting us. I'm sorry about the sleep issues. A decent nap usually messes with my night sleep as well. Probably waiting for the birthday celebration is a good thing anyway, I mean you want to be able to taste your birthday dinner. And by Friday, hopefully you'll be feeling much better and be able to truly enjoy your celebration meal.
Last evening DH and I sat on the patio for a long time. It's was quite cool and I had to have a medium weight jacket and sweat pants on. Anyway while we were sitting we saw a deer ambling around at the back of the yard near the tree line. He hung out there for a long time just wandering around and stopping to munch grass here and there. Once he moved on down the mountain, here came a fox out of no where. He came into the back yard down the (non-drive way) side of the house, walked within 10 feet of the patio, stopped and barely glanced our direction and then trotted down through the back yard and into the woods, down the mountain. It was pretty spectacular. Heaven only knows what all creatures pass through when were not sitting out there. Haha
I'm running into Guntersville today for a few errands. I hadn't realized that I was running out of my fish oil capsules. I started taking those when I came off of the statins, so I need to replace those. I'm also stopping by Aldi to check and see if they have the flavored coffee I've been looking for. Maybe I'll set out a couple of rocks while I'm in town as well. I finished the 4 new ones I was working on last night.
Okay, it's about time to get the pup up and moving. Have a great day everyone. I'll check back later.
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Post by vtfishstick on May 14, 2019 13:02:16 GMT
Good morning everyone -
Andi - Happy birthday! I hope that by Friday you're on the mend and able to enjoy your celebration.
Lora - sounds like you had a pretty nice evening with all kinds of wildlife. Hope you have a good day!
Trying to get things done at work today - it's amazing though without most of the drama that students bring along with all the random complaints I field, I had so much more energy when I got home yesterday evening. Usually during the year, I just soak up everyone's crap and complaints and attitudes and then going home with that is tough. It's just a lighter feeling in the summer for the most part.
No plans this evening - just trying to continue working on some organization and purging. As I always say. LOL.
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Post by Jarmstrong on May 14, 2019 15:41:55 GMT
Good morning.
Andi happy happy birthday to you! I hope you have an amazing day and that you really enjoy your dinner Friday night.
I woke up this morning with a stuff head and scratchy throat. I had a lot of sinus pressure in my head. I took some meds and climbed right back into bed LOL - I am up and at work now. I feel somewhat better but the scratchy throat is sticking around.
Yesterday as I was leaving work asshat leader asked me if I wanted some chocolate to take home and chuckled. It made me so steaming mad. He is not in the office today but I think the next time it is just him and I in the office I am going to talk to him. I understand if he wants to put the candy out for the meetings but when we aren't having meetings he can keep it in his office and out of my sight. I have no need to ever go into his office. Lora I need your help to come up with a name for him - LOL
I have started tracking again this morning. I did not make it to the gym after work yesterday. I have no excuse other than I just didn't want to go.
I am alone in my office today and I am perfectly happy with that.
Waving to all.
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Post by success4susie on May 14, 2019 16:10:27 GMT
Good Afternoon - glad I didn't stop here quickly this morning because I was really a grouch.... didn't even want to go to tap. However, I went to Balance & Stretch, and then Tap, and came out feeling fabulous! So now I am in a MUCH better mood - hope it lasts! Andi - HAPPY Birthday...like my post?  Ha Ha....sure hope you feel wonderful and enjoy the dinner on Friday. Jana - oh no...did you get Andi's cold - can't wait to hear the name Lora comes up with for the candy jerk. Lora - I thought you were going to say that you sat outside at the fire pit... have fun putting some more painted rocks out today Amanda - yeah for students gone and more energy! OK.. off to the grocery store |
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Post by Jarmstrong on May 14, 2019 16:44:37 GMT
Oh Susie I can't even imagine you being a grouch. I am glad you are feeling better now though.
I hope it is not a cold and just allergies. I am glad that I am at the office by myself today though and I do not have to be pleasant to anyone. I am not in a bad mood - I just don't feel great. A lot of times when there is rain my allergies flare up.
I have a Dr. appointment on Thursday for a physical and to get some bloodwork; worse case scenario he can give me something then if I am still feeling lousy. I am also going to talk to him about menopause as well. I think I am in the early stages of it - or some stage of it - but not 100% sure. Maybe I am just crazy - that is a very real possibility as well.
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Post by Jarmstrong on May 14, 2019 18:08:24 GMT
I just sent the 2 leaders that were here yesterday a message:
"I need to ask you a favor. I have a problem with sugar - I should not eat because it can and does make me physically ill. Unfortunately I have a hard time with cravings and once I have it I just want more. Please do not tease me about this. If you offer me something and I say no thank, can you please just leave it at that? If I were a alcoholic you would not offer me drinks or tease me about drinking. I know that you were not 100% aware of this so I wanted to ask you to please be considerate of this"
They both replied that they would avoid sweets at the meetings. I told them they did not have to avoid them completely -but when we are not having meetings if they could please keep the sweets in their offices that would help a lot AND they both apologized for behaving in an uncaring way.
I did not realize until I got on FB this morning - this week is 4 years since I had my WLS. While I have gained back a little weight - I am no where near what I was at 4 years ago. I need to stand up for myself and my health. I do not owe anyone and explanation of how I choose to eat.
I fight with being "normal" around good - but maybe this is my normal. I don't want to always have my guard up and be so completely stressed out and consumed by food.
I am working hard this week to detox. I will count my carbs - and take this one day at a time.
I learn so much from all of you - and I so appreciate this group. There really are not words to express how much you all mean to me! |
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Post by LR63402 on May 14, 2019 18:22:55 GMT
Well, today took an unexpected twist. Not long after I posted DH started telling me that his vision was off. He was seeing something like light flashes in his peripheral vision and he had a big floater that was annoying is vision. All in his right eye only. UGH! So we're immediately on the computer trying to find an ophthalmologist. I found that there is a retina specialist group in Huntsville, so we called and got him an appointment. We were concerned about a retinal tear or detachment. Especially concerning with his history of diabetes. So we just got back from there. All checked out ok. The Dr. gave him a thorough exam and saw some debris (the floaters), he seemed to think that one of the larger ones had just broken loose and that's what DH was seeing, he said that these are normal with aging and he might continue to see the flashes for a day or two and then they should go away. There were no signs at all of any diabetes related damage, a retinal tear or detachment. So all that was really good news. And they want to see him back in a year unless we have a urgent need to come sooner.
So, because his eyes are dilated and very sensitive to light even when they are not, we came straight home. I knew there was no way he was going to want to run errands, so I didn't even bring it up. I guess I'll wait for the weekend.
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Post by LR63402 on May 14, 2019 18:33:06 GMT
Jana - Good Job!! I'm so proud of you. You have to be your own best advocate.
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Post by keshet51 on May 14, 2019 19:27:14 GMT
Oh no, Lora, I'm so glad DH's eyes checked out ok! So scary with our vision. I immediately thought he was having an ocular migraine which for me involved flashing lights as well, but no floaters as much as I remember. Glad it was "just" aging. Susie, I also can't imagine you grouchy but I guess it happens to all of us, just more often to some than others  . Jana, great job speaking up for yourself and handling it in a gracious but also direct way. And I'm especially happy they were so responsive. Sometimes people are just clueless. Hope you feel better soon - it's good to have the doctor's appointment already scheduled in case you haven't improved. You've done an amazing job maintaining your weight loss - let's have a moment of recognition of that!!! I'm at home now, feeling much better here than trying to hold things together at the office. I want to be at the top of my game tomorrow for a huge meeting in the evening at which I will have a prominent role (and I HATE speaking in public), so I need to not have a coughing fit in the middle of it. |
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Post by RobinS811 on May 14, 2019 21:36:47 GMT
Happy Birthday Andi! Definitely not great to be sick on your birthday. I think with this weather a lot of people aren't feeling great. I am sure you will enjoy your dinner out on Friday better than tonight, when you are probably tired and not feeling well, and the rain might start up again. I don't know if you had any during the day today, we did not, finally!
Lora, great that you were able to find an ophthalmologist who was able to see DH so quickly, and put your mind at ease that all is OK.
Amanda, does the school have a summer session? Good that for the moment you are not dealing with their problems.
Jana, good job resisting the chocolate. I think people just don't understand. I haven't been on the thread for a while, and haven't read back, but noticed that your DS was back in the hospital, so thinking about you.
Susie, sorry you were feeling grumpy this morning. Sometimes all the dreary weather makes people feel that way.
Hope all you mothers had a great Mother's Day. Maybe I will just look back to the weekend to see what was up. Last weekend we had my future DDIL's bridal shower on Saturday. I forgot to put my keys into the bag that I was used, so locked myself out of the house and the car. I had my phone with me, so got an Uber to take me into the city. Really not so bad in the middle of the day like it was, and I didn't have to deal with the stress of the intermittent traffic. Even though it was only about 45 minutes to get in, I know I would have still felt stressed. Sunday was a quiet day, my DS's and DDIL came out for dinner, and we really enjoyed it. Not sure if any of you watch Top Chef, but it was a Tom Collicchio restaurant that he opened near us.
Yesterday, I got the first of the new Shingles shots. I have to go back in 2-6 months for the 2nd one. I was worried, there were all kinds of side effect reported, and I had a bad reaction to the pneumonia shot I got 2 months ago. This did not bother me at all!
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Post by RobinS811 on May 14, 2019 22:10:15 GMT
I read back a week, but couldn't exactly figure out Lora's rocks, but I am assuming, Lora, that you are painting the rocks? I have seen that, so certainly don't think it's stupid. You can make a business out of it and sell them on Etsy.
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Post by success4susie on May 15, 2019 1:56:50 GMT
Busy, busy today, so didn't get ANY reading accomplished. However, I saw a move this afternoon (BREAKTHROUGH starring Chrissy Metz from This is Us). Oh my golly it was wonderful...cried so much... Reminded me of some of the things DH went through.
Oh, and I wanted to tell you (in case I didn't) that when I got my blood work done on Friday, I had the results emailed to me on SATURDAY...YES, the very next day AND on a weekend...amazing.
Jana - so glad you made your wishes known AND that you got apologies.
Lora - oh wow... eye issues are so scary... I know...hope the floaters and anything else does disappear in a day or two.
Robin = Glad the bridal shower went well..... also, I know this Mother's Day had to be difficult for you with the recent loss of your DM....thinking of you.
Andi - wishing you luck at tomorrow's meeting...that you are feeling fine and no coughing
Off to bed
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Ha Ha....sure hope you feel wonderful and enjoy the dinner on Friday.
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