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0.00 December Sunshine Hours...I actually totaled sunshine hours for every single month and I will do a recap end of this year for personal review here of how I can improve in 2022! :-D
30.00 Total November Sunshine Hours ...i have successfully gotten "an hour per day" average of cardio this month! (all thanks to my working election day!)...it feels good to see a high total this month and it's motivation to stay active. especially on weekends!
Last TOM - 11/17/21....
Read courts changes to their website...reminder to do - END of THE YEAR..
Currently reading NYPL digital book called....."Can't Let Go," By Barbara Freethy romance novel, seems ok - nothing special just yet. lol. Page 249 of 683 e-book pages.
11/30 Tuesday:
Breakfast banana and coffee 150, pump pie 300, (someone brought in the pie from thanksgiving leftovers and i plan to eat it up all week long!...)
snacks: 2 special darks hersheys 100, hot decaf 50.
Lunch: healthy from home: tofu 100,i need to open package and slice up - 4 servings perfect to use as my protein throughout this week today thru friday, butternut squash sautee I made 200, tortilla chips 250. 550
dinner: chopped cucumber/tomato, seasoning, olive oil, 100. leftover split pea w/ potato, ham soup from weekend still very tasty 250?, pretzel sourdough nuggets: 300,.....650.....and dried jackfruit (wanting to chew...eat slowly). 100, and....2 brownie filled choc chip cookies (i knew i had some leeway in calories for them!)...indulgence before a workout :)
2050....
Light 3rd candle, end of workday...lol, forgot again!
Weights tonight - upper - maybe lower too (if i choose to skip lower, i'll do it tomorrow which is a big possibility as it's a long week and i'm not pushing myself extra this week.)...i could try to get to 30 hours sunshine this month, but more important is to get home and do weights! :) will be driving home ASAP today after work!...
update - I did a short walk to get to 30 hours :)
It would be nice to read some of the book above tonight too. i want to get thru weights quickly.
12/1/21 WEDNESDAY....DECEMBER!
get in some walking before work?
Light 4th candle, end of workday
If weather ok, do some walking after work or if not in mood, come home and use stationary
12/2/21 Thursday
Light 5th candle, end of workday
upper body tonight :)
12/3 Friday - 6th candle tonight
12/4 Saturday, Light 7th candle tonight
12/5 Sunday - Light 8th Candle tonight (complete) but then prepare it to bring back to work Monday...(might just leave menorah at work, haven't decided).
12/6 Monday - Set up menorah again at work, fully lit.
12/7 Tues
12/8 Wed
12/9 Thurs
12/10 Fri
12/11 Sat
Progress as of today: 7 lbs lost and already at goal!For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:16&17
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Good morning to you. Having a cup of coffee. Have one with me?
155 this morning.
So much for rowing harder to 152 as was said in my last post...more like rowing harder to 155....
I've been quite lenient with snacks during Thanksgiving holiday!
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Remember, every day with our Lord Jesus is a good day!
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 50 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021, 6:30am/
Momma cat is back on the job. Last night she made sure I went to sleep on time by insisting I put down my phone and not use it at bedtime. It was hilarious... everytime I picked it up (was researching CFS and REM) she marched over and demanded petting. Who can resist a solid, sturdy, fluffy, purring kitty kat? This morning I was oversleeping and she did the full wakeup drill... clawing at my head, marching up and down my body. Purring for rubs... Good kitty. Keep me on schedule.
Insomnia last night was because I forgot to take the gaba, melatonin, and glycine.
Sugar was almost well-managed yesterday. My hot keto breakfast caused a 22 point spike. Probably the protein powder. The second spike was triggered by dad stress. He didn't like his breakfast in bed that I tried to be extra nice with... absolutely beat your dog for bringing you your slippers. Then I had a snack and lunch to spike it more, a walk to bring it down, and a low carb dinner. The astonishing thing is that I ate the same meals and had the same walk on Friday before I started taking the amino acid balancers and the spikes were 50-100 points higher and I needed to take 2 glipizide to get them down. Just astonishing. With these lower spikes, all I need to do is work on timing and I can get my baseline down and sugar 90% in range or better.
I took it easy again yesterday and was rewarded with enough REM to be functional.
Onwards and upwards. Today I have fasting labs... at 9:30am. This will probably screw me up pretty bad.
Priorities are the labs and a stop at trader joes and ralphs. Then home to do more writing.
Tomorrow I run
Progress as of today: 74 lbs lost so far, only 83 lbs to go!
It is funny how things work sometimes..............I have been fighting a very minor cold since friday ( probably got it at the grocery store last week)......I feel fine....just a runny nose, sneezing and headache and congested lungs......so I have been taking it easy....but really feeling just fine.........it gave me time to read and I want to get MOTIVATED to do some heavy decluttering....so this morning I was looking online for a sign to print out and hang over the computer ( which It seems like I'm tethered to...UGH).....found the one above and then D walked into the room...he had no idea what I was planning to do...and started telling me a story...3 guys went on a bear hunt......1 was a large man who struggled walking through the woods.....their dogs ended up in a deep gully and they slid down the bank and went to them..............2 easily climbed out....and the larger guy struggled.....and told the other 2 to PULL HIM UP THE HILL!!!!! One said...OKAY...but I need to go back to the truck and get my axe........The larger guy said..okay...but why? The other guy said...."we will get you out...but it's going to take several trips!!! LOL...Suddenly the big guy got all of the motivation he needed to get out of that gully on his own........!!! It struck me that I went looking for a motivational meme...and within seconds D was telling me this story..........I think that was quite the coincidence......
On another note this morning son B called...realized I sounded like I had a cold and has called me 3 more times since....with cures......keeps bringing up the C19 and it's variants............I think it may turn out to be a long long day!!!
Progress as of today: 128.8 lbs lost and already at goal!
I don't know where my time went this morning. No time to do weights. Hardly any time to write here. Could not finish replying to comments, so I will try to do that, either tonight or tomorrow morning.
Something clicked in my brain yesterday, and it was easier for me to eat less. However, the chocolate cupcakes are gone (1 on Sunday and the last one last night), even though I "gave" them to Daughter to finish. 100% honest with you: I was afraid that they would start to get moldy, which is why I ate them. I find myself doing a lot of "clean up" eating lately, and even so, Husband threw out some white rice and some tomato paste that had gone bad.
I just realized that I could have frozen those cupcakes. Dang, I forgot...
I tried hard but did not do a morning meditation time-out at work. It was just too busy. I was so busy with new contracts that it was hard to keep up with emails. And time tasks on the calendar? Those kept falling on the back burner. I think today should be better for me, but it will all depend on how many contracts come in.
New Gal went home early because she was sick with a cold/sinus infection. She's blowing her nose and opening up new files. YUCK, I don't want to touch those! And there were like 8 contracts to open and she only got through 2. So I may need to help her pick up the slack, but then that will put me behind on my stuff. I just hope that I dont' get sick too.
Out of time - must go and start my day.... *sigh*
Progress as of today: 50 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!
lately, i'm doing "clean up" tasks, trying to catch up with little things/tying up loose ends at work.
29.75 November Sunshine Hours ...i have successfully gotten "an hour per day" average of cardio this month! (all thanks to my working election day!)...it feels good to see a high total this month and it's motivation to stay active. especially on weekends!
Last TOM - 11/17/21....
Waiting To Do - read courts changes to their website...reminder to do - END of THE YEAR..
Currently reading NYPL digital book called....."Can't Let Go," By Barbara Freethy romance novel, seems ok - nothing special just yet. lol. Page 249 of 683 e-book pages.
11/29 Monday
Breakfast: banana and coffee 150, pumpkin pie someone brought in 250-300. (didn't eat the whole slice in one shot either)
Snacks: choc x2 100, if still hungry, i'll take something healthy like a spoon of nut butter 50.....
Lunch: leftovers brisket, kasha, broccoli; 500 and it will include a rum cake with canoli cream, maybe just a little and hot tea or something..i do want to taste all the layers/parts of the cake since i chose it..!
ok, just had bites not a full slice 200 had all the rum filling part and some cake, whipped cream and cannoli cream one bite.
1300.
Snacks:
Dinner: i have a ton of good eats at home!...lots of chopped cucumber/tomato 100 salad with oil, garlic, pepper, salt 150, some of these tortellini that i didn't heat up from the fridge with a weird ricotta salmon filling - def different ~ 150 didn't have too much, dried jackfruit 100. 500, good. filling volume with some fat, protein,carbs. will prob have some hot herbal tea, and go to bed with a shower in the AM.
1800
Light 2nd light of the menorah at end of workday, before going home), keeping the batteries with them on throughout night so early risers at work will come in with them on each morning :)...forgot! will do tomorrow AM!
Def drive to work, have a lot to bring into work today...cake, ornament, balloons, candles, lighter... :) i got it all down from my apt and into my car in one swoop. it all worked out just fine this AM :)
I will walk after work in the park - have my call with the new nurse that I was assigned to to talk to monthly (other one had a baby and isn't working), so will talk to her while walking after work tomorrow...did AN HOUR!!!
leg exercises tonight! - while watching tv...should be easy enough to do after i have dinner / relax a bit!
11/30 Tuesday:
Leg exercises in AM at home after shower, before leaving for work...maybe no walking at work, will be under 40 in AM...but may do it all including a leg workout and short walk tomorrow AM before work if i can shower Monday night to prepare to do all this Tuesday AM!
Bring signature stamp into work (small gift from us to exec), - advise the person that got it with me and the other admin to save it to give later this month...and not to keep giving in little trickles...more at once is better i would think...or she'll keep coming up with little gifts and keep adding up how much she keeps asking us to give...so i'd say no more giving until the secret santa / day before Christmas, if we do intend to do that too...? (i'd rather skip it, my wallet won't mind!) it is only $15 per person, so not terrible, but i'm soooo done lol.!!!
Light 3rd candle, end of workday
Weights tonight - upper
12/1/21 WEDNESDAY....DECEMBER!
get in some walking before work?
Light 4th candle, end of workday
If weather ok, do some walking after work or if not in mood, come home and use stationary
12/2/21 Thursday
Light 5th candle, end of workday
upper body tonight :)
12/3 Friday - 6th candle tonight
12/4 Saturday, Light 7th candle tonight
12/5 Sunday - Light 8th Candle tonight (complete) but then prepare it to bring back to work Monday...(might just leave menorah at work, haven't decided).
12/6 Monday - Set up menorah again at work, fully lit.
12/7 Tues
12/8 Wed
12/9 Thurs
12/10 Fri
12/11 Sat
Progress as of today: 7 lbs lost and already at goal!Can you talk to the nurse about some of the emotions you've been experiencing lately? Or is it not that kind of appointment? (Or maybe she's not that kind of nurse. The one nurse at my Dr.'s office - LETTY - is fierce. I wouldn't talk to her about anything. The other one, whose name I don't know, is really nice though.) Well, I hope your check-in goes well.
With your planned walk and leg exercises while watching TV -- oh that sounds like a really nice evening :-)
yes, this nurse is just for that, covered by insurance due to my background...a free service as long as it exists and i want it. phone calls 1-2x a month or whatever i choose.
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Monday Nov 29, 2021 6:52 am:
Ok... to go with the suddenly well-controlled sugar and higher body battery... Drumroll... enough REM. Not enough to cover a 5 day deficit, but enough to be able to drive and go grocery shopping. No wonder I felt like I could tackle a yoga class this morning. If Garmin's 3.5 days recovery time was correct... after my workout on wednesday, it took 3.5 nights to recover, so my REM came back up a little bit yesterday, then night 5 (last night), I got normal REM.
Progress as of today: 74 lbs lost so far, only 83 lbs to go!
Dad is dad. Growly, cranky... a bear... LOL. I'm more recording that I ACTUALLY HAD ENERGY TO ENGAGE with him... I've been so exhausted I haven't wanted to step in it with him!
Interesting idea about making up an REM deficit.... Hmm... Is this something the body naturally does?
I liked your comment to Horn about amino acids influencing the onset of negative/spiraling thoughts. I do know that for myself, when my nutrition balance is off, I am more prone to depression and anxiety. So what you said makes total sense to me. I will do more research into amino acids - also because they influence recovery time too (re: BCAA supplements).
Amino acids are apparently considered "alternative psych treatment" which is bizarre. Why aren't they trying to balance your nutrients and acids first?
I feel clearer today. Probably the sugar and no diabetes meds, not enough time for things to build up... but still shocking that they made that big of a difference that fast.
Monday, November 29, 2021, 5:45 am:
BIZZARE. UTTERLY BIZARRE. Here is my sugar for yesterday... What's weird about it? It is suddenly well-controlled... without diabetes meds AT ALL. No glipizide. The spikes match the number of carbs I actually ate... Not impossibly disproportionate to what I eat and do. My afternoon walk didn't cause a huge drop even though it was only 20 minutes. Why the **** don't doctors look at amino acids for all their patients???? I'm so angry.
Body Battery is up to 84 today. It didn't bottom out yesterday... yes I took it a little easy to see if I would get REM sleep last night, but I also think it didn't bottom out because I didn't take 2 Glipizide and my standard deviation (difference between the highs and lows) wasn't as big. It's not like I ate anything different or took it that much easier than I did on Saturday.
For a while I was taking BCAA (Branch Chain Amino Acids <<I have NO IDEA what that means) because I read on a fitness group that a lot of lifters, exercisers, take these to help them recover quicker (I think?). I spent about $30 on a big bottle, but I didn't notice any difference, so I never ordered more.
Well, it's Monday morning and I'm up! A little earlier than usual, in anticipation of going to work earlier. I'm waiting to see if perhaps things will "start to slow down" like the Boss keeps saying they will, or if things will continue at a brisk pace for New Guy.
Associate Attorney has a "lunch date" with realtors EVERY DAY this week. This is his method - as recommended by the Boss - to woo realtors and their business. Needless to say, he's gained a bit of weight, even though he walks 3 miles a day. You can't out-exercise a bad diet.
Plus, I'm a little annoyed with all of that because, not only does it keep him out of the office for an indecent amount of time, but it really lacks innovation and original thought. He's just doing what the Boss tells him to do. He needs to think outside of the box!
So why am I wasting time writing about Associate Attorney? Because I realized that what I'm really doing is telling MYSELF what to do:
Last night marked the beginning of Advent. I'm kind of surprised that I haven't seen more of a to-do about Advent on social media. It wasn't trending on Twitter at all. I didn't see anything about it in my FB feed.
I really hope to use Advent as a time of rest, contemplation, renewal, mindfulness, silence, calmness. Oh maybe this would be a good time to bring back my mid-morning Vespers break at work!
Progress as of today: 50 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!next, i really LOVE the weekly goals like for squats, etc. that is fun.
oh, also, i didn't know you were getting paid extra for the half. then, maybe it's worth it on those holiday, to get 45min of pay for 30 min right? at OT rate. i'd take it. easy money. but it's annoying at the same time after a holiday, but i'd take the pay.
wow i wouldn't be happy if i were AA gaining the weight..i'd find a way to get thru the lunches without...then again, it's hard, because it's a "working lunch" and therefore he cannnot (or I wouldn't at least!) be able to enjoy the meal!
the only advent i see...is my two married friends who are always in disney...they buy themselves advent calendars and are sooo big with it! actually, some of their friends with kids also are! LOL. just the one group of friends. i haven't heard much about it otherwise!
i know you say you "hope" advent is a time of rest, contemplation, etc....but there's more than hope....plan for it...plan in it SOME of your days! :) like a weekly goal! (my suggestion that you can bring yourself more happiness and satisfaction than you think you can!)
So I think the next time I start to feel depressed or anxious, I'll stop and take an inventory. How is my nutrition? How is my sleep? Am I getting outside enough? Do I have a project (e.g. craft or TV show, movie) that can interest me?
The most important cognitive change I've made is realizing that my depression isn't forever - or at least it doesn't have to be. Knowing that it's temporary, that this too shall pass, has helped me immensely overcome that drowning, sinking feeling.
I was thinking about the lady at your gym who avoided you in class… Bodybuilding groups are more supportive. They compete alone but support each other like a team. Different setup than going to a gym to grind out something you don’t really want to be doing.
28.75 November Sunshine Hours
Last TOM - 11/17/21....
Waiting To Do - read courts changes to their website...reminder to do - END of THE YEAR..
Currently reading NYPL digital book called....."Can't Let Go," By Barbara Freethy romance novel, seems ok - nothing special just yet. lol. Page 249 of 683 e-book pages.
11/28 Sunday -
2am? couldn't sleep in middle of night and had sort of an appetite, so had some tastes of the small serving of key lime pie i took home from renee (just a sliver, not a full or even half slice). 100. then, i had some of the pumpkin pie slice she gave me, included in calories below. i knew i had low calories the day before and decided to grab something sweet and go back to sleep,which is what i did...
8:30-9:30am breakfast: the rest of the pumpkin pie 400, coffee 30, banana 120, low sugar gummy bears 150...
1pm snack twix bar 100
3pm afternoon meal i picked up after running errands to bring home: taco bell beef chalupa with extra lettuce,tomatoes added a couple packets hot sauce : 450 approx, will also have a bag of dried jackfruit 100.
5:30pm? pint of raspberries after cleaning piggie cages and doing laundry / cooking veggies. 150 tops, hot herbal tea.
6:45 light dinner sauteed broccoli i made, very large amount, 200, pretzels 200. kombucha 50
2050.
Mp other plan is to do some cooking today - ....yes....lots of veggies will be cooked/prepped..i bought pre-spiralized butternut squash so need to sautee it before it goes bad as it goes quickly...and i have a lot more veggies at home that i want to prep so i have choices / ample veggies at home all week. i want to try a week without takeout!? :) done!
i cooked: a butternut squash spiralized sautee, broccoli sautee, and chopped veggies for an israeli salad to eat later in the week. :) feels good to get a lot done. was easier to do more because of this long weekend.
clean guinea cages/laundry.) done!!!
Accomplished:
find a card at home (got a thousand, one of them should be sufficient as a congrats/success type!), write card and mail card for Rachel....something online my friends are doing...and that i cannot forget to do...must go into mail today! DONE!
Do legs exercises in am...before going to bakery, DONE!
GO TO LuLu's BAKERY....10am 11:30...2pm, DONE!
2 helium balloons for Jay....dollar store, also the "56" candles for the cake...- DONE!
say the chanukah prayer tonight, email to my work email the hebrew/english prayer. (like a sentence each, not a big deal, just don't want to forget). - doing this now...in the AM, 9:15am - ok this is done, got distracted, finished just before 10am. DONE.
11/29 Monday (1st night Chanukah last night, light menorah 1st candle as soon as i get to work)
Light 2nd light of the menorah at end of workday, before going home).
Def drive to work, have a lot to bring into work today...cake, ornament, balloons, candles, lighter... :) hopefully i can get it all down to my car in one shot tomorrow. everything else can wait for tomorrow (another small gift for trailer executive that we all got came in, but i do not want to break it / have my lunch get on it...so i'll bring it tomorrow or Wednesday).
If weather decent, walking after work in the park - have my call with the nurse, so will talk to her while walking after work tomorrow...
leg exercises, not sure when, maybe Tuesday after work.
11/30 Tuesday:
walk before work?
Light 3rd candle, end of workday
Weights tonight - upper
12/1/21 WEDNESDAY....DECEMBER!
get in some walking before work?
Light 4th candle, end of workday
If weather ok, do some walking after work or if not in mood, come home and use stationary
12/2/21 Thursday
Light 5th candle, end of workday
upper body tonight :)
12/3 Friday - 6th candle tonight
12/4 Saturday, Light 7th candle tonight
12/5 Sunday - Light 8th Candle tonight (complete) but then prepare it to bring back to work Monday...(might just leave menorah at work, haven't decided).
12/6 Monday - Set up menorah again at work, fully lit.
12/7 Tues
12/8 Wed
12/9 Thurs
12/10 Fri
12/11 Sat
Progress as of today: 7 lbs lost and already at goal!
i could go to a neigborhood tree lighting, but i'm uninterested and would rather cook/clean the guinea pig cages and get ready for the week ahead! :)
I'm glad that your friend was able to help you order a cake. I would have done the same thing.
I'm sorry that you didn't sleep so well. :-( Perhaps use today to reset, after the holiday. What a wonderful, peaceful way to end the weekend by lighting the menorah candle.
in the end, i wrote this as a joke on the cake (well, had the bakery write it): Happy Birthday, Young Man!? as a joke, he's turning 56. (which isn't old, but it's not young!) we joke a lot on bdays, we range in age at my workplace. besides the 24yo, we range from approx 40(well, i'm 39) thru 60. it's like an even spread all throughout...
here's the approx list: 24 admin 39 admin 44 admin 46 48 50 low 50s 56 57 60 61 :)
it's a nice range. so it feels very comfortable bc of this spread. everyone gets along well.
interestingly, the project executive, highest boss, is the one who is 50! he is boss over everyone...except for the 60yo. the 60yo is sorta a boss of the electricians in the field.
all 3 admin assistants are female, everyone else is male and with a more challeninging job description ! it's very old school like that, in our trailer. just the way it happened to work out.
Been good last few days on desserts. 4 chocolate rice cakes topped with sugar free blackberry jam.
this key lime was surprisingly pretty "low cal" each 1/4 of the pie was 400 cal for a decent sized piece. i think it was by trader joes.
Up at 5....and had coffee with D.....ready to get my day started.
Feeling pretty good and realizing that I like the weight I'm at right now...........
I'm very firm that I will not be renewing WW in December.
I have given myself the okay to get off the diet train......I know what to do, I know what my body wants intuitively and I am happiest and healthiest when I follow that versus counting cals, points or anything.
I know that following any kind of eating regimine just takes away my happiness......and with the world going in the direction that it is going...I want all of the happiness I can find...where ever I can find it.
I'm happy with my current weight and will just be sticking with that (126)......
Along with intuitive eating I will also be adding things at times that are indulgences....I won't live on indulgences...but will add them for the pure enjoyment of them.......because life is also supposed to be fun.
I really don't need diets or books, doctors or the government to tell me what to eat.....My body does a very good job of that all on it's own. Listening to my body gives the best possible outcome for me..........taking all other noise out of the picture just works best for me. I'm dropping the weighing of food, the counting of calories and points and the dieting mentality........I dropped doctors and prescription meds over 20 years ago......I can do this......I feel good and need to go back to my own instincts.......somewhere along the line...and I have said this before....people stopped taking care of themselves and put their bodies in the hands of others.....(the government, the doctors, the diet plans, the authors of books, the pharmaceutical companies).........I'm taking my life back and will be living it as it is meant to be lived........My body knows what it needs if I listen, it's easy to figure out......my mind sometimes needs some fun and it tells me to enjoy some food that may have zero food value but has a great big happiness value..............I'm going back to my best life now on my terms and I'm excited about it......
As a friend told me many years ago......pick a weight you like......get on the scales every morning..........if you weigh that or less...then eat what you want that day....if you weigh more.....eat what you want but in a slightly smaller quantity........for that day......This is foolproof when I have followed it through many times in my life..........it works....you eat what you want and you maintain the best weight.......for 1 day......no dieting....just eating naturally...whatever you want..........maintenance at it's best.....and happiness without putting your life in the hands of anyone else........you control it and it is a much happier way to live........lately I have noticed that I lost my happy nature back a while ago........I want that back....and I know this attitude will help it return........It isn't gone forever...it just got lost in the crappy way life has gone recently.................I made it to 72 just fine.......no Drs, no Prescriptions........I have the knowlege I need already......and I'm ready to use that and place my health in my own hands and do what I need to do to stay healthy......and I'm excited to finally go back and trust my own instincts.
While I'm not going to count anything I am going to keep track of the types of foods I eat so that I can go back to see if I am leaving any food groups out for any length of time...I still believe that I should have some balance in types of foods and this is as good of a place as any to record that....
BREAKFAST = 2 light spinach flat outs, salami, cheese and light mayo roll ups and some green grapes, 1 cup coffee and a lot of water.....
LUNCH = Chili and crackers
Dinner = 2 spinach flat outs with peanut butter, grapes and mango drink powder
Bath, dressed, make up and perfumed....ready to get busy around here.......
Washing all of the laundry up today because I ordered 3 new laundry hampers for the laundry room and they will be delivered tomorrow....I want to start fresh with those and see how many days laundry they can hold. I ordered 3 in black.
Bed made and now to pick up the bedroom, dust and vaccum it.
Progress as of today: 128.8 lbs lost and already at goal!
You’re doing all the right things. I never could count calories or points. I keep a running tally in my head sometimes, usually something to focus on because it takes me a long time to fall asleep & I wake up often during the night. Today woke up before 3. Turned on lights & tweeted & read until maybe 4:30. Then tried to sleep again. No success, so back to the iPad until Matt got up at 6:30. Enjoy seeing him sleep in on days off, but his 4:30 get up times often works better for me. Then I can hop on the bike with my coffee.
I’d be dead if I didn’t take my meds at 10AM, 2 PM, & 4 PM. Ok, a bit of an exaggeration. I’d only be dead if I didn’t take them at all. These times work best for me. This sucks! All the healthy eating & weight management all my life & I inherit some crap DNA. But those genes could have been a lot worse.
I look forward to reading more about the new phase in your journey. When it comes down to it, you (anyone) have to do what's right for you. And I completely agree with your opinion about tracking & measuring. Nooo argument there!
That's not to say that I'm unsupportive of folks who do track - that's wonderful if it works for them, and while it no longer works for me, I can see why it works for others. I'm guessing I'm probably not doing it right, LOL.
you've done so well managing your weight, and 126 is def considered a healthy weight for us short women. it must feel good to have reached your goal. you have come such a long, long way.
nice laundry bins, especially that they are on wheels. we have a couple metal large ones in the community laundry room for my building that are good for moving clothes from the washers to the dryers. and my own laundry bin is falling apart with holes,but i'm not replacing it because i simply but it in my own cart on wheels when i transport my clothes to be washed downstairs and then back up. however, in the future, i might like a cart like yours...but for now i guess what i have works well! why pay when i have something that works, right!?
Another article saying the covid virus targets fat cells. Obesity long known to be #1 risk factor for people <60
Hit lowest weight in many years, 107.8! This not a lifelong low, always 100-105 in late teens & twenties. This weight makes me feel peppy & energetic.
Thw WW scale arrived, but I've been too busy with tank projects to set it up. I watched the nocturnal pink salamanders a few nights on a wildlife cam connected to the iPad and confirmed the male is after the girl constantly and she never gets any rest. She spawns constantly & I'm reading all this can stress a female to death, so I set up a new 20 G tank and seperated her from the male. All this took hours.
Had to return to Walmart for a few forgotten items. So starving that I ate nearly half a container of cherry tomatoes in the car on the way home.
Love articles like this that say best to do as I am doing!
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2011/p0711_sodiumpotassiumdiet.html
Progress as of today: 26.2 lbs lost so far, only 2.8 lbs to go!
Wow, congratulations on your new low!!!!! I'm happy for you - happy, proud, impressed! :-)
Thank you for sharing the short article on COVID & obesity. Being obese seems to put a body behind the 8-ball in so many situations :-(
She was out in the open last night. vs cowering in a hide, Yay!
So much of what ails us is lifestyle.
I know fat kids who lost it & are fine. I’m married to one & he is an incredible fitness buff, strenuous cardio & weights.
Your axie caves are sounding creative. i want to see more of your axie pics.
also,please post a pic of your new WW scale...
I cannot believe your stores weren't crowded on black friday. i was not interested in going out on that day.
I want photos of all your new fitness spree/gifts to yourself that you talk about in these entries with your review after you use them!
you know, i hadn't looked at your weight until this entry, wow,you lost a few pounds so quickly. opposite of my style! :) I was just around 100-105 in my teens but then got into disordered eating and screwed up my always being in the 10th percentile 10% for weight as a kid based on my height. starting senior year of high school i think i gained like 10lbs almost. i think i was like 110 at prom, compared to starting the year at like 103. I was maybe even heavier before prom by a couple pounds, not sure. gained my weight thru sweets, cookies, cereals lol. then gained more thru college first two years! then got back on track but lost it too quickly and lost my "TOM" for like 2 years.
it's good you could snack on cherry tomatoes, lol...will read your articles soon. it's good to find support of your lifestyle, agreed.
for what i do, i just know whenver i want to really indulge, to find the veggies, lol. but i also love all my snacky foods. currently i'd say i'm low protein / less protein. such a far cry from my 20's to early 30's when i was heavy on the low carb but also binged a lot on carbs during my heavy years.
Losing a pound a week generally involves eating ~1000 calories a day & burning off half.
How fast did you lose & how thin did you get? I’ve only ever heard of anorexics losing TOM & some elite athletes who maintain weights way below their normal range.
Found axie on Amazon! Where else!
I suspect other factors were in play. I’ve never heard of such extreme reactions as those you describe. And I’ve personally known or known of hundreds & hundreds of people losing weight.
That said, everyone is different & your metabolism may very well require very gradual changes. Doesn’t much matter now. You have mastered the arts of healthy eating & exercise & won’t ever go beyond your current excellent weight. You’ll be like the Blue Zone folks & live a long disease free life. You have found inner strength. Go HoP!
A late log-in today, because I ended up going to the gym this morning, and if I wanted to get done all that I wanted to get done, my morning computer time would have to be delayed. It didn't help that I didn't get out of bed until almost 6am! These weekends make me wonder how I manage to get up at 5am during the week.
So yesterday (Saturday) at lunch, I had my last piece of apple pie. Just came to the conclusion that I had had my slices over the holiday, and now I was done. Husband finished it off for lunch. Also, I announced to Daughter on Friday night that the rest of the pumpkin pie was for her. I think it was Thursday when I mentioned to her that the last 2 gluten free dark chocolate cupcakes are for her as well. This has helped me, because I just finished lunch, and really want a dessert. I had a few gulps of vanilla protein shake instead. I'm good to go.
Last night, I had so much protein that I did not even want dessert. I had some sleepytime tea instead and I was fine. I finished up some deli turkey that didn't have much time left. It was still good, but not for much longer. So I ate more than what I probably normally would have had. It was VERY satisfying and filling.
This morning, I took that dumbbell class at the gym again. I'm REALLY feeling it in my arms right now. I wonder if I will feel it tomorrow. I actually hope not, because this is quite inconvenient. Anyway, about the class, the lady I had hoped to be next to - and hoped maybe we could make a connection eventually - chose a spot way far away from me. So that's not going to happen. And I'm having some mixed feelings about being in a closed classroom with people breathing heavy. I'm the only one who wears a mask throughout the whole class. (I wear a mask the whole time I'm in the building, actually, and I'm one of the very few who do so.)
The minute I walked into the studio, the stench of garlic overcame me. Oof! Someone in the previous class had had a garlicy dinner last night and was breathing it and sweating it out today. Also, the instructor said that it felt to her like something was not quite right with the air conditioning, which means that the air filters (for COVID) probably weren't working right too. Bleah. Well my chosen spot was socially distanced and near the door - which remained opened the whole time. It was a very challenging class, even more so with the garlic and stuffiness.
Daughter surprised me today by announcing that she has a day off today! She and Husband are watching a football game I don't care about, and Husband wants me to join in soon, which I will when I'm done here. I also need to read more of Library Book #2, because it's due on Wednesday. I will turn it in late, next Saturday, so that I can try harder to finish it.
So my plans for today: rest & read, pick up CBD stuff I ordered from a local farm, drop off aluminum cans at the animal shelter (part of their fundraising). Prepare myself mentally for this week at work, and in particular, for tomorrow, when I have to go in 30 minutes earlier. It's an office rule that after a holiday weekend, the next workday you have to come in 30 minutes earlier or you don't get the holiday pay. I kid you not. And I will tell you why.
A couple of years ago, the Boss had a 9am closing the Monday after a holiday and he couldn't find the damn file. So he was late for the closing. In the meantime, because it was a holiday weekend, the phones were ringing off the hook with "emergencies". He was upset because we were all running a little late, and there was nobody around to help him. So now we all have to come in 30 mintues early.
I'll talk about my December goals a little bit now, since it's the weekend, and I have more time to write now, than I will on Wednesday morning. Rather than having a solid monthly goal, I plan to have smaller, weekly goals. The first week will be shorter, because 12/1 falls in the middle of the week, of course. I think this approach will allow me some flexibility and perhaps keep things more interesting. I noticed this month that the November daily push-up goal has been very trying. Some of the challenge is in the remembering to do them, but also, some of it is soreness, which may be due to the heavier weight training.
So anyway, that's what I've been planning for myself for next month.
Progress as of today: 50 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!
My Boss is quite the card, alright. Well, I'm sure he'll want to waste those 30 minutes just talking. Ugh, talking! Why does everyone want to talk so much????
I like how you had the vanilla protein shake after lunch as a dessert and as something instead of nothing to at least fill you up / settle any dessert cravings!
was it sliced turkey meat? that is low cal and filling, yea. i am also needed to finish things faster than i can...i may need to throw out a small slice of expensive lox again...i just forgot about it and the package goes bad within a week and it's not worth "experimenting" with fish!
i don't get why people don't wear masks. if you took that class here in Queens, i am almost certain masks would be mandatory. i would wear one, too, most probably. i only don't wear my mask at work, but everywhere else i do...
lol, was it the teacher you think who wreaked of garlic!? LOL.
LOL. interesting rule about the coming 30 min early after a holiday. it does sound quite annoying. but i can see why....not that i agree!
i agree, GREAT idea on weekly goals. i like this very much. you remind me that sometimes the "smaller" the goal, the more attainable....smaller could also mean shorter...i like this approach, how did you come up with the weekly goals vs your typical monthly?
Yes, it was sliced turkey meat, so I figured it was probably the equivalent to a big ol' chunk of white meat. I try not to take too many chances, but I have to confess, this past weekend -- I took a LOT of them, LOL.
I'm pretty sure it wasn't the instructor who smelled like garlic. Even she commented on a funky smell in the classroom. And she was talking to other people, before the class, rather close to her (but distanced enough and wearing masks).
I don't like the 30 minute rule, but it's 1/2 hour of guaranteed overtime. And like I mentioned to Bear above, it's mostly wasted by just talking.
See below to Happy regarding the 1-week goals reasoning :-)
I too mourn the absence of pie.
Plus, after my doctor's appointment comes quite a few eating occasions: office Christmas party, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, visit with Sister and BIL, anniversary dinner, New Year's Eve. Oof!
Finally, the last reasoning came about when doing my daily push-ups. It's really taxing to do something like that EVERY day. But I could see setting a squats challenge or crunches challenge for a week. I feel THAT I could do.
Ate OK not great - glad the holiday is OVER! one down, one to go!
forgoing the scale for a day or two longer.
Next thing is to get ready for the girl's birthday 12/10 I told her years ago, I would not put up the Christmas decorations until after her birthday...she's really into Selena so planning with this in mind.
We went out on Black Friday - lots of people - new experience for me. We waited over an hour at a ten minute oil change place - this was when we were in the stall - they had to go to a parts store and get the filter for my car - annoyed - Christmas shopped a little, but mostly birthday for the girl.
Football - didn't turn out exactly like I wanted...oh well
DH and I got into watching the Squid Games on netflix...wasted a whole day! Interesting though.
Here is a sunrise picture taken - it was so beautiful
Here is a picture of DH and I at the Kane Brown concert - I just thought it was good
and some snow melting in little balls from the walk this morning.
Grocery store today and getting ready for work and school tomorrow - here's hoping my head gets back in the game.
CPAP going ok - still only making it 4:30-5:00 hours a night. Sometime in the night my face mask seal starts leaking - not sure if its from face sweat or natural oil - but it IS super annoying. Still not noticing a big different. Blood sugar this a.m. 118. I will keep plugging along and making adjustments.
Have a great week! ip
Progress as of today: 31.6 lbs lost so far, only 96.3 lbs to go!
I'll have to ask Husband about the face mask seal issue - if he's had to deal with this and what he does about it.
Sunday 11-28-21:
Inch by inch, pebble by pebble. I only had to take glipizide 1x yesterday and my sugar was 71% in range. Sugar was in range all night. Oh the power of an overnight fast.
Today I need to do some writing. Hopefully I had REM last night... It would be 3.5 days... but Garmin might mean tomorrow not tonight... IDK.
So fasting helps with blood sugar. What is an effective, minimum fasting period?
Body battery is higher though, 69, possibly from the combination of no Glipizide before bed and in range sugar overnight. Probably why I feel just a little bit better today.
Starting to think that my blood pressure med could be the issue as well… I’ll have to go back to monitoring BP a couple of times a day to see if I can get off that as well.
Nothing about any of this makes any sense.
Judging by the number on the scale, you can tell that it was a yummy holiday! Well... I may not be able to reach my fighting weight for the Doctor's appointment in 2 weeks. Oh, I won't give up. No, never give up. But in the past, Thanksgiving usually kicks off a month of eating, and it's been a struggle. The scale is going in the wrong direction, though, and NOW is the time to put on the breaks, especially since I'm a little above goal weight :-( Disappointing. The struggle is real and ongoing.
Although yesterday's conversation, with my Husband, about weight training was not the best, it pushed me to see if I could go heavier than I have been doing in the past. And I could! And I could probably go even higher, if I would be content with doing on 6-8 reps, but there's something in me that doesn't feel right unless I do 12-15 reps. 10 minimum. 3 sets minimum. This is where I feel that I could benefit from working with a trainer. But not a trainer from the gym that I go to, as most of them are overweight, and the one I worked with --- well, we know how that ended.
I put up outside Christmas lights (not a lot, but since I'm the only one putting up and taking down, it's enough), and I was glad that I did that. My next door neighbor has not put up any lights, and usually he does a respectable show. (Halloween is when he really goes "all out", but he does Christmas too.) I hope everything is OK. It's a lot of work, but seeing the Christmas lights cheers me up -- and I think this will be very helpful for my own peace of mind when I come home, in the dark, after work.
Advent starts this Sunday, and for once, I have my pink candle way ahead of time. Having the candlelight at dinner will be nice and cheery too.
So while I feel rather "dull" about the holidays --- I'm not really excited or energized by it this year --- I feel that I'm in a good spot about it. Some years are full of travel and excitement and visiting, and other years (like this one) are more about calm, quiet, and relaxing. I'm really OK with the way this year is coming to an end.
Today is Saturday, and so I'll be doing Saturday things, which I love to do (seriously):
Progress as of today: 50 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!
*sigh* I don't know where to find peeps like that - at least not at my gym. There used to be a local gym that was for mostly weight lifting - like serious lifters (no cardio bunnies), but they went out of business when COVID hit :-( The former owner still trains, but I'm pretty sure he's not at my gym.
Wish you lived nearby and could visit me and my incredible gym. I called it studio quality once & Matt said: No! It’s pro quality.
I love seeing pictures of people's home gyms - what they do. I think yours is one of the best I've seen. There's one lady who lives in an apartment, and she has her squat rack set up in her living room. Her husband is OK with that. What a gem!
Ah, believe me, I didn't do all that much as far as Christmas decorations outside, because I have in my mind having to brave the cold temperatures afterwards to put everything away. Still, Christmas lights bring cheer to me, so I'm glad that I did this.
The rest of the winterization stuff -- again, minimal in what we take out, because it all has to get put away later on. I've been working on this a little bit at a time over the weekends. I have to say, I really lucked out with the weather this year.
Frankly, I'd have a hard time giving up my garage for a gym, since you and I have snowy winters. I want my car to be sheltered, but apparently, not a lot of people do, judging by folks in my neighborhood who park outside all year round, due to the amount of junk stored in the garage!
Nice job getting your saturday goals accomplished. hope to hear more from you today!
The chocolates were in the shape of Christmas things and toys, so we'd try to guess the shape of the chocolate before they opened the door, e.g. train, snowflake, Santa hat, ice skate.
THIS year, I was kind of feeling the Christmas spirit, so I had planned to pick up Advent calendars for us here, with nice chocolates. One kind was a coffee Advent calendar! Unfortunately, they all sold out immediately, with people lined up, waiting for them to be re-stocked. Definitely not my thing, so it didn't happen this year.
Once the added weight moved me from upper normal range to low overweight. Sad!
28.75 November Sunshine Hours
Last TOM - 11/17/21....
Waiting To Do - read courts changes to their website...reminder to do - END of November, during Thanksgiving weekend.
Currently reading NYPL digital book called....."Can't Let Go," By Barbara Freethy romance novel, seems ok - nothing special just yet. lol. Page 249 of 683 e-book pages.
11/27 Saturday -
breakfast: coffee and banana 150, cornbread 200...350
snacks: 2 snack size candies, one butterfinger, one twix 200...holding out for late lunch at renee's lots of veggies, too.
snack with renee tortilla chips and carrots with salsa 200,
2pm or so late lunch (i forgot really what time!) roasted red peppers (i seasoned them and brought them to renee to cook there) 100, taste of kiche (think i'm spelling it wrong) that renee made 50, drumstick meat large one 150, salad with balsamic dressing 150, a dbl stuff pb oreo that my friend gave me to try as we were talking about oreos haha...tea.500-550 excellent.
8pm dinner back when i got home - tastes of my supermarket splurge on all kinds of snacks: kale chips that actually aren't good but i will finish as they are very healthy and not that bad to throw away 150, crackers that look like cheeze its but made with first ingredient butternut squash 2 servings 200, layogurt mango yogurt 150
1750....
30 min walk with renee in the cold! she is awesome. we walked after the sun had set from aroudn 5:30-6pm in 38F weather.! nice friend. i had made sure she really wanted to go....her hubby stayed home with their 7mo baby and we walked around the block a few times :)
Yesterday - quiet, mostly on couch. a very long rest day. went out to supermarket for a little shopping, but most of the day was just chilled on the couch which i don't regret but that's what it was. i did get in some reading on the book above, so that's good. i started to eat high in calories but then settled into a more relaxed state come the late afternoon. old habits die hard!...laziness/no plans...pushing into the unmotiavated state...but i'm back today!!! :) back to reality feels good to see my friends later!
Weights Saturday morning - IN PROGRESS! :) was nice to take a day off from it this week.
Leave apt around 11:50-12 to get to friends at 12:30ish... see renee, her hubby eric and baby Andrew Sebastian :)... if nice weather, we will go for a walk / bbq :) also someone named erica, her bf and her son will be going...not sure if anyone else....we will prob not have time to walk, so if not, i'll go on my stationary bike tonight
CALL LuLu's BAKERY while at Renee's house as i do not want to do it earlier as i'm involved in some other things at home earlier now and i do not want more delays on what i'm doing (exercise, laundry, preparing some veggies to bring to renee to be roasted but prepping at home, did a fast cranberry sauce, then the microwave breaker shut and i had to call housing but that was a fast fix :)) - to ask about cakes and which is best to get for bday for Monday....must get this right for Monday at work...have renee help me decide on the cake!!!...done! got the "amore" cake ...it has rum in it! :)
and def planning to catch up with everyone here soon, yesterday was NOT the day for it, sorry.!! (sometimes i am just not in the right mindframe).
supermarket again on Long Island for MORE veggies/fruit...the inexpensive and deals place by Rennee! and seltzer....done, was a splurge bc this particular supermarket is full of snacks and interesting foods that aren't in regular markets...lots of snacks.
get gas on long island :) done! :)
upper only done. legs tonight.
tonight, without question: find a card at home (got a thousand, one of them should be sufficient as a congrats/success type!), write card and mail card for Rachel....something online my friends are doing...and that i cannot forget to do...must go into mail today!
did my weekly laundry this AM, so it's out of the way. :-D
11/28 Sunday - (1st night Chanukah tonight, email myself the hebrew prayer (a lot of people know it by heart as it's very similar to all the prayers which are about a sentence long in hebrew language, but i always forget the end of the prayer bc i don't say it every year and do not say prayers much during the year so i need to print it to make sure i do not mess it up accidentally) to print at work and also the english version of prayer) -
Do legs exercises in am...before going to bakery.
GO TO LuLu's BAKERY....10am
1 helium balloon for Jay....
I think my plan is to do some cooking today?....yes....lots of veggies will be cooked...to announce what i make later...
clean guinea cages/laundry.
say the chanukah prayer tonight, email to my work email the hebrew/english prayer. (like a sentence each, not a big deal, just don't want to forget).
11/29 Monday (1st night Chanukah last night, light menorah 1st candle as soon as i get to work)
Light 2nd light of the menorah at end of workday, before going home).
Def drive to work, have a lot to bring into work today...cake, small errand/gift things, get it mostly DONE.
If weather decent, do leg strength / walking after work in the park.
11/30 Tuesday:
walk before work?
Light 3rd candle, end of workday
Weights tonight - upper
12/1/21 WEDNESDAY....DECEMBER!
get in some walking before work?
Light 4th candle, end of workday
If weather ok, do some walking after work or if not in mood, come home and use stationary
12/2/21 Thursday
Light 5th candle, end of workday
upper body tonight :)
12/3 Friday - 6th candle tonight
12/4 Saturday, Light 7th candle tonight
12/5 Sunday - Light 8th Candle tonight (complete) but then prepare it to bring back to work Monday...(might just leave menorah at work, haven't decided).
12/6 Monday - Set up menorah again at work, fully lit.
12/7 Tues
12/8 Wed
12/9 Thurs
12/10 Fri
12/11 Sat
Progress as of today: 7 lbs lost and already at goal!
If I may make an observation and suggestion: I've noticed that you've kind of put off reading the changes on the courts website. Why not save this for Christmas (Eve)? I presume that you will get a day off of work for the Christmas holiday, and since it's not really a holiday that you observe in a religious way, why not use that day to read up and set yourself up for the new year, whatever that may bring.
Perhaps you are procrastinating because it represents a potential big change. (I do this, so I'm offering this from my biased perspective.) Remember, it's only reading and learning. Even if it may be discouraging (or encouraging), once you've read and reviewed the website, you'll be better equipped with the information to make decision(s) down the road. Once you've visited the website, it's a completed task, and you can go on with your day. Perhaps plan to go for a walk afterwards, treat yourself to some coffee (e.g. Starbucks, but I'm sure you have better around you).
Anyway, just putting that out there. I could be completely wrong, coming from the opposite end of the universe on this one, LOL.
I hope you enjoy your visit with friends!!! That's what the holidays are about :-)
Looks like it was a very productive trip as well, since you could go grocery shopping and get gas for the car - you're all set for this upcoming week.
I did upper body weights today too :-)
28.25 November Sunshine Hours
Last TOM - 11/17/21....
Waiting To Do - read courts changes to their website...reminder to do - END of November, during Thanksgiving weekend.
Currently reading NYPL digital book called....."Can't Let Go," By Barbara Freethy romance novel, seems ok - nothing special just yet. lol. Page 249 of 683 e-book pages.
Hand-sew my ripped pillow case during the long Thanksgiving break...
11/26/21 Friday, Continued Holiday....i am not sure how i will spend today...i think i may drive myself to a new (but local-ish) park...there are some park hikes as listed on a website for NYC Parks and i may just look into and join one...on the drive back, i may go to Bath and Body Works to buy around 3 3-wick candles as they are good gifts and/or to keep myself 1 or two of them. big sale, always, on Black Friday at Bath and body works on those candles, listed over 50% off.....
I slept in until almost 9am...prob around 11hrs sleep which is typical for me after a short or long workweek it seems. i don't mind. it means i can get up and eat more of what i want without needing a snack between breakfast and lunch. yes, i always think about that on the weekend.
will write more later, going to read a little...read up on the courts website would be smart too...
Weights today for sure....
maybe a quick phone call and walk to the tailor/cleaners to fix my fleece and my pillowcase...but first check if it's even open today...
breakfast: banana and coffee 150, 2 small bags blueberries and cream oatmeal almost finished few bites left with almond milk 250 400.
Snacks at close to noon until 1pm: rest of the oats above, then I sampled a free keto cookie dough bar not great at all 130, a butterfinger mini 100, and a cookie 50, kombucha 20. 300.
1:30 light lunch rest of the roasted veggies from yesterday little bit mom gave me 150, small tastes brisket almost nothing 50, pretzels 150
1,050...
went out shopping to supermarket in the afternoon before sunset - will just add 30 min cardio / sunshine for it since the rest of the day I've been on the couch just reading / chilling which I don't feel bad about at all.
4:30-5:15pm blueberries and another pack dried jackfruit 200, Hershey's special dark choc x2 100
Dinner Tbd ??: just realized i'm out of veggies...aside from what's in freezer or a few fresh peppers...do i do takeout?i cook something or go to supermarket? maybe i'll do my canned soup finally!!!- def planning on heating up a split pea soup with crackers or corn bread
Dinner - half the can of split pea with ham soup 150, one cornbread 200 - 350
1700....I did want to eat and eat today but somehow got thru with the veggies from mom and the soup tonight, there was some health to my eating today ..! I was pretty lazy yesterday and today but will do my workout tonight - upper body and get back on track a bit as the weekend progresses - reminding myself I still have a whole weekend ahead of me :-)
mom invited me to come back over for dinner but i'm thinking just to stay local by me and do the little things around here that need some doing...
11/27 Saturday - Leave apt around 10 to get to friends at noon: see renee, her hubby eric and baby Andrew Sebastian :)... if nice weather, we will go for a walk / bbq :)
CALL THE BAKERY - to ask about cakes and which is best to get for bday for Monday....must get this right for Monday at work...
11/28 Sunday - (1st night Chanukah tonight, email myself the hebrew prayer (a lot of people know it by heart as it's very similar to all the prayers which are about a sentence long in hebrew language, but i always forget the end of the prayer bc i don't say it every year and do not say prayers much during the year so i need to print it to make sure i do not mess it up accidentally) to print at work and also the english version of prayer) -
GO TO THE BAKERY....
I think my plan is to do some cooking today?....
I also need to order / buy a bday cake for someone at work who always does all the buying / shopping....and i want to make sure it's all done and done right by me....very important to get this right...
Weights today for sure.
11/29 Monday (1st night Chanukah last night, light menorah 1st candle as soon as i get to work)
Light 2nd light of the menorah at end of workday, before going home).
11/30 Tuesday:
Light 3rd candle, end of workday
12/1/21 WEDNESDAY....DECEMBER!
Light 4th candle, end of workday
12/2/21 Thursday
Light 5th candle, end of workday
12/3 Friday - Bring menorah home to have it at my apt, since i only have 1 electric one and no other, light 6th candle tonight (but may just leave it at work for ease...will decide closer to this date).
12/4 Saturday, Light 7th candle tonight
12/5 Sunday - Light 8th Candle tonight (complete) but then prepare it to bring back to work Monday...(might just leave menorah at work, haven't decided).
12/6 Monday - Set up menorah again at work, fully lit.
Progress as of today: 7 lbs lost and already at goal!
I realized from reading yesterday's entry that you had pie for your mother's birthday and cake for Thanksgiving -- kind of the reverse of what many folks too, but hey, nobody's going to say bad things about chocolate cake, right?
Enjoy your day off -- you and me both :-)
i do have a coupon for a free lotion, may use it tomorrow tho!
Saturday, 11-27-21 5:20 am:
Inch by inch. Pebble by pebble. I will conquer. Survived having my dad's friend over. I had enough energy to move the trash cans out and clean up outside, but ran out of will to do his bathroom. Just couldn't keep going. Not the best... but he still had a nice visit. She brought us her husband's frozen specialty meals for heart failure... he had a stroke. I gave her a bag of compact nutrition shakes leftover from when mom was on hospice. All that happening and she still had time to come see us. Amazing.
I didn't get any exercise in... second day soreness set in plus the fatigue... but I made mostly lower carb choices and took 2 glipizide and I was able to get my sugar in range all night. This was hard because she also brought over some thanksgiving leftovers and my dad went straight for the mashed potatoes. I made him stop and eat protein first, then tucked them away. Then I went to bed. He woke me up to demand where the pie she brought was... It was on the counter. Then when I came out, there was more conflict because he wanted me to put drinks in the fridge anfd I said no.. a small request but he's angling for 5 star white glove service and I am half dead. I still have my piece of pie from Thanksgiving set aside so I can eat it when my sugar is low... it just sat there calling to me last night.
I must have made the best worst choices because:
Onwards and upwards.
Progress as of today: 74 lbs lost so far, only 83 lbs to go!
I couldn’t stop eating at 3 PM. Consume most calories nights.
#1 and #2 are HUGE victories!!!!!
Finally saw a .8 pd weight loss overnight after a full week of strick CR. Ate maybe 750 calories yesteday & burned off at least half.
Excited about the WW scale. It accommodates 4 users. So there will be 4 of me, a 20 yr old, 40, 60 & 80. All bogus. This is to see if they are using algorithms to calculate their metrics. I had a scale that worked that way years ago. One entered age & height and it used those. No idea how this scale works, too busy lately to google.
After we left Walmart, Matt mentioned he saw a Black Friday Charge 4 Fitbit down $99 to 69. Wish he had said so sooner! I have a fkaly Charge 3. I ordered it online & it can be picked up after 11 today.
Progress as of today: 26 lbs lost so far, only 3 lbs to go!
Saw the Garmin with the Body Battery. Does it extrapolate energy levels from your sleep numbers & heart rate?
I have an FitBit Alta -- 2, I think? I like it but when it starts to konk out on me, I may switch to Garmin like Husband and Happy. IDK, right now it works so I don't have to think about it.
Let us know about the scale!
Not sure if 4 fakes me’s will become integrated into one real me. Depends on how much hassle to switch users & how my 4 girls are doing. LOL
At work, my Boss has a big glass canister that contains little Hershey's chocolates, and one of them is the Special Dark. I have fallen into a nasty habit of getting one of those Special Darks after lunch. I know 50 calories isn't going to break any diet, but it's the habit that I dislike. Believe me, this is on the list for potential December (weekly) goals.
But I'm so glad you posted this because I've been trying to find the calorie count for these. I presume you're talking about the little tiny bars that are about an inch long.
why it's such a small candy...and free..why not take it!? i think you should continue your special habit hahaha...they are a little under 50. i think it's 4 for 190. :)
Maria7 on 11/30/2021:
Wishing you a happy day!
oh, thank you, same to you!!
bearcountrygg on 11/30/2021:
I got curious about the cals in the dark hersheys kisses and D always has a bag of them in his nightstand drawer,,,,( I don't care for Hersheys chocolate).....and I checked...they are 7 for 150 cals ( purple wrappers)
yes, those are smaller that the ones i have listed...and i love how low cals they are, just about 20 cal each, such a steal! (deal!)
https://www.riteaid.com/shop/hershey-s-organic-dark-chocolate-4-2-oz?gclid=Cj0KCQiAtJeNBhCVARIsANJUJ2F8-w7A-IJDxsCGCOXaL6D_-h9zkMVCXQnvFnNixW5qeVVBisggQ_MaAjjTEALw_wcB
the ones i'm talking about are at the link...found them on sale :)
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