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Post by LR63402 on Jan 24, 2020 13:21:03 GMT
Good morning
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.
Feel free to jump in and join us. All are welcome here.
Our motto is persistence, not perfection.
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Post by LR63402 on Jan 24, 2020 13:37:39 GMT
Happy Friday everyone! I'm doing much better this morning. Early yesterday evening things took a turn and cramping subsided. Now it's just mostly sore & tender when I press in that area or stand up. Kind of like I did 1000 stomach crunches, but only on the lower left part of my abdomen. Lol. Just walking around isn't a problem at all, I can't even feel it then. I took a couple of ibuprofen this morning to try to help reduce any inflammation in the area, so just waiting for those to kick in. On the bright side, my shoulder is feeling really good. I finally think I'm past the worst of that issue, but will continue to baby it for a little while to make sure. Dang! I'm feel like I'm kind of a mess lately.  Andi - I sure hope your Friday is better than the rest of the week has been! I can definitely say, that when you've been working in a stressful situation for a long time, it surely makes the quiet serenity of retirement a welcome change! Speaking of that, do you have a retirement date set? I believe you'd settled on this year, right? Jana - I hope your 1/2 isn't too bad and that the food bank experience is a good one for you and DF. I also hope he'll be putting that new Moose club card to good use soon. RobinMD - So sorry about the stress induced by your office manager. If other people are in the office are feeling the same way, maybe it's something that can be discussed with the Dr.s or whoever it is that she answers to. If it's causing stress in the staff, that has to be something that the patients may be picking up on as well. Want me to drive up and give her a good ol' country girl butt kickin'? I will do that!  Janet - any fun plans for the weekend? You always seem to be able to fill your weekends with interesting activities. Susie - how about you? You are the RO activity queen. What do you have on the agenda? I'll check back later. I hope everyone has a terrific Friday, leading in to a great weekend. |
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Post by Jarmstrong on Jan 24, 2020 14:41:10 GMT
Good morning.
I am kind of an emotional mess this morning. I was reading my FB memories and 1 year ago yesterday my cousin passed away while my DS was in the hospital and I was unable to go be with my family. My Aunt continued to be there for my sister and all through my sister's hospital stays and when my mother got sick. It's really emotional for me. My Aunt (mom's sister) and my mom were estranged for a number of years. I don't know if I ever told you guys, when I was in middle school, 7th grade, I think, my father had an affair with my mom's sister. Obviously the next several years were full of turmoil for my family. My parents ultimately decided to stay together but through out the years, gatherings with my mom's family were strained if my aunt and my dad were both there. Anyway it is a long story. My cousin had a very tragic accident shortly after he turned 18, he dove into a creek and broke his neck. He was paralyzed from his chest down after that and very fortunate to be alive. During that time my mother decided to forgive my aunt and while they weren't super close they were always there for each other when something hard happened. Last year he was in his mid 30s and developed a kidney stone, shortly after my sister went into the hospital. He went into to have it broken up, he had had this procedure done several times and always did fine with it. This time was different and he got pneumonia, got eboli virus while in the hospital and then his body couldn't take anymore and he had a heart attack. He passed away shortly afterwards.
So reading my FB memories and thinking of everything we all went through last year - it just hit me emotionally this morning.
Susie when you listed everything I have been doing, I thought wow, I have done a lot this year already. I know there is still a lot to do and add trying to find land and start building a house on top of that, I am surprised I have any sanity left lol
Lora I did weigh my avocado this morning and it was 2.2 oz. I am happy that I was close to what I thought I was eating. Don't get me wrong I am sure it has weighed more or less than that at times. LOL I am glad you are feeling better this morning.
No big plans for me for the weekend. I am meeting a friend on Sunday to go to a thrift store and lunch and maybe a movie. The movie part is iffy. I plan to continue to be alcohol free this weekend. Weekends are the hardest because around noon on Friday I start thinking about how much a deserve a cold beer - lol. I will muscle through. Maybe after 30 days I won't miss beer - but I really don't see that happening.
Waving to all.
Robin and Andi - I hope you both have stress free days or as stress free as they can be. Work place stress is the pits. It isn't like you can just choose not to go there. Or well, I can't, I need the $ to badly.
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Post by success4susie on Jan 24, 2020 14:43:56 GMT
Good Morning Lora and ATF...made it to my gym class and it was great - a lot of core work. Wait for it...wait for it.... I have NOTHING else planned for today - UNBELIEVABLE! I am fixing my coffee and taking a shower, then I think I will go back to bed and read - lol!
Lora - so glad the shoulder is doing better at least. As far as being a mess, I feel like that more and more often. I think we all do so we are with you there girl! AND, I think we could all call on you to give out some butt kickin' - ha
Jana - I guess we were posting at the same time, so I went back to edit my post. You surely have had an emotional year, but you are a survivor girl... hope you have a good weekend...
Waving to everyone ...bbl
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Post by LR63402 on Jan 24, 2020 17:14:10 GMT
Susie - What? WHAT?! Nothing else planned for the day?! I can barely believe it! Enjoy your "Lora Day" |
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Post by success4susie on Jan 24, 2020 18:18:45 GMT
Ha Ha - I knew it wouldn’t last - I am going to pick up my DGS and watch the last few minutes of his “cooking class” - can you imagine a 6 yr old in a cooking class? This should be really cute ! Still, this is a very nice day as I am in bed reading right now - delightful !
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Post by LR63402 on Jan 24, 2020 19:41:21 GMT
Susie - I didn't ever really believe you would make it through the whole day without something else to do. Haha!
We just got a bit of possibly exciting news. There are wooded lots on either side of ours, one on the North side and one on the South side. A lady that Mark works with just got her real estate license and looked up the owners of both lots. The lot between us and the Southern neighbor is owned by that neighbor. The lot on the North side of our house is owned by a couple in Indiana. Mark did some googling and they live in a huge, fancy house up there. But anyway, just before Christmas, he wrote them a letter asking if they'd be interested in selling that lot. We are simply looking to keep the wooded lot barrier between us and each neighbor. We hadn't heard back from them, and were about to just write it off, and today the lady phoned him. They are going to be in town next week and want to meet with us on Saturday! Yay! Zillow estimates the lot price at 11K. Like ours, it is +/- 2 acres. I'm not counting my chickens or anything, but I'm excited about the possibility of doubling our land and maintaining our buffer between the houses.
I feel like I need to say, there is nothing wrong with our neighbors, we just enjoy the privacy that the wooded lots afford us. And like Mark always says...if we'd wanted to live in a subdivision, we could have stayed in Atlanta. Haha! So...any and all good wishes and positive thoughts are appreciated.
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Post by LR63402 on Jan 24, 2020 22:30:01 GMT
Sorry I'm so chatty today. I'm a little bummed that now we're scheduled for rain tomorrow. I was hoping my innards would be behaving and we could go for a hike. But if there's rain, that will certainly be off the list. Dang it.
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Post by Jarmstrong on Jan 25, 2020 0:10:52 GMT
Lora be chatty all you want. So exciting about the land I have my fingers crossed for you.
I worked this morning from home. Worked a little more on my new room and my bedroom. We have used the same quilt for 10 years. I splurged and got us a new one little while back but wanted to get our room cleaned up and decluttered before putting it on the bed. I got it put on the bed today. Yay! Our bedroom looks so big and clean now.
Dad and I spent 3 hours at the food bank and then we went and had a late lunch. It was a good day. He says he's going back next week.
We are relaxing now and watching TV.
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Post by janjasmine on Jan 25, 2020 1:29:45 GMT
Hi Everyone,
I haven't read for the last two days so have to catch up.
Lora, hope that your meeting the neighbor will be productive.
Tommorow I have lunch with my friends at the Indian buffet we like. We had planned to do this a few weeks back but our friend was sick. Then last week was family time. The weather isnt supposed to be great but my friend who was sick doesnt want to cancel it. Then food shopping later after I get home. Ugh!
My sister and brother in law are leaving to go back to Isreal on Monday so we have plans on Sunday to do something ( maybe bowling) and then dinner at a vegetarian restaurant.
Jana, sorry that the Facebook memory was a reminder of not such good memories.
Have a great night.
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Post by success4susie on Jan 25, 2020 3:37:13 GMT
Oh Lora that is exciting news - I would like the extra land too if I were you! Yeah, supposed to rain all night here - calling for a downpour. I also ended up going to our neighborhood HH and staying to play Left Right Center....
Jana - wonderful that the trip to the food bank went so well! Congrats on getting on with the decluttering and getting the new quilt on the bed...oh, I bet it makes you smile just looking at it.
Janet - Enjoy lunch tomorrow and your last couple of days with DS and DBIL !
Night all
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