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Post by LR63402 on Sept 11, 2019 16:00:17 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 robinmd on Sept 11, 2019 17:02:58 GMT
Hello everyone,
A somber day...I can't forget that day, and reminders are all around me, in my line of work. I was working that day, and we all started getting our gear ready, because stuff just kept happening, and we didn't know where or when it would end. I was already a Rescue Tech in addition to being a medic, and my boyfriend was a career firefighter in another county, which had already started to muster personnel....I have never been able to hear the sound of PASS devices "chirping", ever since that day, without cold chills running through me. And they went off a lot when I was in the training academy to become a firefighter. Even checking them during unit checks when I go on duty in the morning, makes me shudder. There will be a parade in town today, as we have had every year since.
Lora, thanks for starting us. I know you are really feeling the heat down there. I was going to paint more, but it is too hot. I might just spend most of my day hanging out at the pool. I did paint a garage step, and I almost think the color is too light for what I wanted for the pool house. Oh well. I can paint it darker another time! I am going to paint one side of the building that is in the shade all day, so that the heat won't affect the drying. It is my last day of my mini-vacation. I am not happy it is over, but I will hopefully go back feeling a little less stressed about all the little crap that goes on there.
Guess I'll see what else I can get done today, besides lounging....although this is probably the last day I can use the pool, so I shouldn't feel guilty, right?! I hope everyone is having a good day. Take care, and I'll bbl.
RobinMD
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Post by Jarmstrong on Sept 11, 2019 18:00:25 GMT
Good afternoon everyone.
Confession time - after having such a good week last week and a great loss - I had a squirrel moment and completely fell off the wagon and I haven't climb back on it again. I am not going to gripe, whine and moan about it - I know what I need to do and me complaining and being miserable over my squirrel moment isn't going to change the fact that it happened.
I had my interview yesterday. It was a video call type of thing. I think it went ok - I feel like on my end I answered the questions they asked - what they thought of me, I have no idea. I know they are interviewing the rest of this week and making their decision early next week.
This week has been very wonky for me work wise. I have worked from home the past 2 days. I just don't feel like I accomplish a whole lot when I work from here. I scan and print a lot of stuff at work and I have some ability to do that here from home because DH has an office here but it is not fully what I have in my office.
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Post by Jarmstrong on Sept 11, 2019 18:19:18 GMT
Sorry I haven't been posting much - I think about all of you all the time but when I am not in my office I struggle to get here. Even when I am in the office I struggle because my work day is so busy now. My job has changed a LOT over the past 2 years.
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Post by LR63402 on Sept 11, 2019 18:42:07 GMT
Well good grief! So I just got back from the grocery store and realized that I'd typed up the post below when I started the thread this morning, but never actually posted it. I'm such a dork!
Good morning friends.
Lots of feelings today. I'm not going to dwell on it here, but I know we all have so many emotions regarding today.
I'm about to head to the grocery store for a few things. Somehow we're out of coffee! WHAT?!?! I have no clue how that happened! While I'm there I'll go ahead and try to do some shopping for next week.
I'm sure you all remember our RO Liz. She lives in Texas and teaches piano. I saw that she posted on FB that has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and is going for her first chemo treatment tomorrow and is asking for prayers. So if you're the praying type, please remember to think of her, I'm sure she'd appreciate it. Of if you're FB friends with her, I'm sure she love to hear some positive and encouraging words.
Well, that's about it for now. I'll pop back in later. I'm about to head out and brave the day.
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Post by success4susie on Sept 11, 2019 20:58:02 GMT
Hello Everyone - go to my class this morning, then cut out quickly, so I could get home, quickly shower, and get to the orthopaedist...this sounds like an instant replay of Monday...right? Anyway, the news about my knees sounds pretty good to me. Although my left knee is bone on bone when bent, it looks like I can do PT exercises, take an anti-inflammatory for a month, and HOPE the injection of monovisc I got works and lasts for a l-o-n-g time. I was pleased that he didn't even mention any further surgery at this point. He said to take it easy for the rest of the day (no gym - ha - I told him I went there first), but I can go tomorrow.
Volunteers put up little Am flags in our neighborhood... really nice. Everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing on 9/11, just like many of us remember where we were when JFK was assassinated, and our parents (or grandparents if you are younger) when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. I try not to dwell on it, but it can bring tears to the eyes in an instant...it makes us pull together as a nation for at least a day.
Lora - I have responded to Liz on line a few times, but I did not know about the cancer...oh no! Thanks for the heads-up. Thanks for the pumpkin coffee idea... I love it...I think I will do something similar since it is so close to what I do anyway.
Jana - those slips happen to all of us, glad you are not dwelling on it. Good luck n the job...I think they know what a hard worker you are....
RobinMD - glad you have enjoyed your mini-vacation AND that you kept your pool open a little longer. As far as working on the house goes, DH and I did the same thing when we almost moved a year before the heart attack...deciding to stay where we were and work on getting all the updates we needed so that if and when we found the right place we were ready. It is a good thing we did!
After my Dr appt this morning, I went to play mah jongg for a couple of hours and now I have to pick up DGS and take him to the first church dinner of the season. Hope to stop back later...
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Post by robinmd on Sept 12, 2019 0:32:59 GMT
Hi again, Susie, thanks for the feedback on the house upgrades/updates. I feel like it will be good, all the way around. I didn't get as much done today as I wanted to. I do think I'm going to take back the color I got, and get it a little darker. It looks good on the garage steps, but I wanted a darker shade on the out building. I can take it back on Saturday and have them darken it to the next shade. It sounds like encouraging words regarding your knees! I know you didn't want to hear that surgery was an only option. P.T. can be a wonderful thing, and help build the supporting muscles and connective tissues! That injection stuff is often helpful, too, so I hope you get lots more mileage on those knees  Lora, I don't think I remember Liz, but I will keep her in my thoughts. I can't believe you are out of coffee! You must be putting that new coffee maker to the test! HA! Jana, I sure don't know if I could work from home and accomplish anything! I sure feel for you, having the squirrel moment! I go through such phases with my cravings, eating jags, etc. Good luck with the interview. I am not fond of video, or email, or online interviews...a person's actual ability and personality are hard to assess with them, and I think it unfairly puts us older people at the bottom of the barrel. It is discriminatory, in its own way. Guess I'll get ready for bed. I have all new clean bedding to snuggle in to, and I might just go read a book for a while and try to get a relaxed night's sleep. My doc doesn't come back until Friday, so I'm hoping to get a lot of phone calls, and catch-up done tomorrow. I am waving to all out there, whether you could make time to get here or not. Have a great evening, and I'll catch up again tomorrow... RobinMD |
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