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[Pumpkin1172]

Just checking and see everyone just chugging along great!!!! Little baby steps to get where we want to be Made our weekly menu yesterday and went shopping for a few things we needed. Luckily here the weather has warmed up a bit over the weekend...but it is now dropped again - 20 with the windchill. I am hoping to get in a beachbody workout in tonight...but my to do list for tonight is growing.
Food last week and over the weekend was pretty good. I tried to make healthier choices ( it was the oldest son's birthday and we took him out a couple times ) so that the scale wouldn't go the wrong way. I did step on the scale before the weekend...and I noticed that it went up that darm PMS hitting me again and of course all the symptoms that come with that so not stepping on it again until later this week when hopefully I will be happier with what it says. I hope to stay on track with the food intake, more veggies on the plate...lower the carbs and sugar. So hope to see a significant move down on the scale by the end of the week. Guess we will see what happens

 

[Donald - my hero]

Quick check-in from the Duck -- also not sticking my nose outside that door today far too cold for me!

I'm happy to see everyone is chugging along and no one has given up yet! Slow & steady is the perfect pace for anything like this, small goals that are easy to reach, make the journey possible. Don't let a small setback give you permission to smash the entire set of dishes! For years we have been going out for coffee on Sundays, plan our menu for the week, the list for grocery shopping and then head off to Metro. We make sure to have at least 7 main meals planned and that's usually 3 meals i need to cook plus multiple days of leftovers. I don't assign specific meals to specific days because i don't know on Sunday if Tuesday will be a day i'm unable to motivate myself to do anything other than toss something in the microwave to reheat. If i have a list to check in the morning i can skim it and pick something - works for us! Hubby quits working on Friday at 6 and we will pick up one of the 2 things i consider "worthwhile calculated risk meals" to eat while we watch a movie. I know this will happen so i can take a pill that helps to coat the tummy, hopefully avoiding a gastritis attack, but if not, I have the weekend to recover. I am LOVING my Instant Pot because if i change my mind & decide to make the meal that was supposed to take all day to cook, i don't need to start till 5!! I can share my recipes if anyone is interested but i don't have any links because I have already tweaked them to work best for us

 

[bababear_50]

I waited for it to warm up and my son and I bundled up and went for a walk.
I post a smiley icon because well I have never done anything remotely related to exercise in my life.
We used a step app and yes I am walking a mile everyday!!
So happy..
So I am going to keep on moving ................................Thanks for everyone's encouragement.
Hugs
Mel

 

[bababear_50]

Yup don't go outside unless you have to. I am lucky I am retired so can stay home in the warmth. Currently on hold with CAA for 1.5 hours - dead battery so good thing we have spare vehicle for my nephew to use to get to work. It is really cold outside so no walk outside for me today either. I did pop out to get the licence plate number and the cold really does take your breath away.

Hi Judy
I hope you get the battery fixed soon. A few weeks ago I thanked my lucky stars that I had CAA--locked myself out of the car twice in one day.(It was a rough day).
I'm semi retired as of last Sept --I only work half days and I love it.
My day goes so much better having extra time to do stuff, my only problem is coming up with excuses when they ask me to stay and work a full day,
I now can say "sorry I have a walking program I have to do",,,lol.
Stay warm Hon
Hugs
Mel

 

[juniorbugman]

Hi Judy
I hope you get the battery fixed soon. A few weeks ago I thanked my lucky stars that I had CAA--locked myself out of the car twice in one day.(It was a rough day).
I'm semi retired as of last Sept --I only work half days and I love it.
My day goes so much better having extra time to do stuff, my only problem is coming up with excuses when they ask me to stay and work a full day,
I now can say "sorry I have a walking program I have to do",,,lol.
Stay warm Hon
Hugs
Mel

Actually no we didn't today. My brother was on hold with CAA for 2 hours before he gave up. He called back again this afternoon and they have suspended selling new batteries for today and he will have to call back tomorrow. If it was a battery we had already bought from them then they would have come out and replaced it but we didn't buy the last battery from them as it came with the car.
Yup I get the sorry I can't stay later. Isn't it nice to say I have to leave and you can't really stop me?
I went out today to check on some construction down the road and was glad that I didn't have to go out and work today. When I worked I left home at 5:15am - rode the go train, TTC and Mississauga transit and got to work around 7:15 and did reverse on my way home so lots of being in the cold outside. Where I got off the go train it was a wind tunnel and was cold and snowy.

 

[TammyLynn33]

Good evening all.. I started a 21 day work stretch and I really didn’t want to do anything physical whatsoever but I really pushed through and ended up with7kms 11k steps ..
I woke this am wide awake at 450 I should have done it then but I went back to sleep for an hour ( let kids stay home as no buses today bevause Of the cold ..don’t get me started we live in Canada it’s Jan) then when the alarm went off I was exhausted??
I’m trying melatonin tonight never tried.. we will see what happens ..
All the stress last week with divorce court, he didn’t bother to show he’s too important and he’s representing himself so this will drag on for ever already been two years) I’m not sleeping much .. hoping the melatonin works
Glad to see everyone is doing their best.. day by day one step at a time.. we got this
Night All

 

[hdrolfe]

I give my kiddo melatonin some nights when he's having real trouble settling his mind. It seems to work. A lady at work takes it herself and gives it to her daughter as well. I have taken it a couple times myself but didn't do much for me. I hope it helps you sleep!

 

[hdrolfe]

Morning! Another cold one here. Kiddo is "sick" again... I guess it's a good thing I have a big bank of vacation. I had not planned to workout today because Friday is a PD day and my usual day off from walking so I swapped that rest day to today. The three mile walk I did yesterday hurt my hip. Man I hate getting older and being so out of shape! I need to stretch more Now that I'm home for the day, we'll see! Perhaps I will get a workout in. Maybe a two miler, and I may make kiddo do it with me. He is currently mad since I won't let him on the xbox, home sick means no games. He is watching his iPad, though I kind of relate that to when I was sick and stayed home on the couch watching TV.

Any way! Hope everyone is staying warm, and still moving

 

[Donald - my hero]

Based on the conversations about the weather I thought we could all use a laugh ..... Cute video from Rick Mercer!!!

+1 in Canada

 

[ottawamom]

I forgot about that video. It's a good one and so true.

I followed up by watching the next Rick Mercer video that came on "Talking to Americans". Too funny!

 

[bababear_50]

Kick Me out the door please!!
Hugs
Mel

 

[bababear_50]

A friend I met on my walk today...he thinks it's cold toooooo!
Hugs
Mel
My left foot is bothering me,,soaked it tonight and am going to do some range of motion exercises before walking tomorrow.

 

[bababear_50]

Actually no we didn't today. My brother was on hold with CAA for 2 hours before he gave up. He called back again this afternoon and they have suspended selling new batteries for today and he will have to call back tomorrow. If it was a battery we had already bought from them then they would have come out and replaced it but we didn't buy the last battery from them as it came with the car.
Yup I get the sorry I can't stay later. Isn't it nice to say I have to leave and you can't really stop me?
I went out today to check on some construction down the road and was glad that I didn't have to go out and work today. When I worked I left home at 5:15am - rode the go train, TTC and Mississauga transit and got to work around 7:15 and did reverse on my way home so lots of being in the cold outside. Where I got off the go train it was a wind tunnel and was cold and snowy.

Oh my god your traveling time alone would have killed me. I am so happy you were able to retire.
My drive is about 1/2 hour ---not too bad.
Hope you are able to get the battery replaced soon.
Hugs to you
Mel

 

[hdrolfe]

A friend I met on my walk today...he thinks it's cold toooooo!
Hugs
Mel
My left foot is bothering me,,soaked it tonight and am going to do some range of motion exercises before walking tomorrow.

I love cardinals! They are so pretty and have such a nice song. At least it's one I recognize Hope your foot feels better soon.

 

[hdrolfe]

Home for a snow day. So I guess I'll be getting some walking in later, and shoveling for sure. I may have to clear the back deck a bit too for puppy. My Finn does not seem to want to go too far from the door to do his business and it's a little close! I got McDonalds for breakfast, which is not at all WW friendly (oh my that's a lot of points!) But I needed the coffee.

 

[ottawamom]

I don't know how much snow it was that fell last night but it was a workout shoveling it this morning. DS needed a ride to the car dealership to pick up his car this morning. What should have been a 20 min round trip took me 45 min. It's less than a mile to his house and then about a 1.5 miles to the dealership. I have an AWD vehicle in the garage and a Corolla in the driveway. Guess which one I took. The Corolla, too much work to do the car shuffle that early in the morning.

I'm not walking the dog until they plow the street, but I will get out to do that today. It's a lot warmer today. Supposed to go to +4C overnight. This is a crazy country we live in.

Those shoveling, stay safe, take breaks.

 

[hdrolfe]

I don't know how much snow it was that fell last night but it was a workout shoveling it this morning. DS needed a ride to the car dealership to pick up his car this morning. What should have been a 20 min round trip took me 45 min. It's less than a mile to his house and then about a 1.5 miles to the dealership. I have an AWD vehicle in the garage and a Corolla in the driveway. Guess which one I took. The Corolla, too much work to do the car shuffle that early in the morning.

I'm not walking the dog until they plow the street, but I will get out to do that today. It's a lot warmer today. Supposed to go to +4C overnight. This is a crazy country we live in.

Those shoveling, stay safe, take breaks.

Our plow went around... I'm looking at the PILE of snow at the end of the driveway. I think it's almost as tall as kiddo... The snow hasn't stopped falling though so I am going to wait until later. Times like this I wish I had hired someone to do the driveway this year. Oh well!! I am glad it's warmer. The freezing rain won't make me happy and I have to go to work tomorrow, I already have Friday off and feel I should work at least one day this week lol.

 

[juniorbugman]

Our plow went around... I'm looking at the PILE of snow at the end of the driveway. I think it's almost as tall as kiddo... The snow hasn't stopped falling though so I am going to wait until later. Times like this I wish I had hired someone to do the driveway this year. Oh well!! I am glad it's warmer. The freezing rain won't make me happy and I have to go to work tomorrow, I already have Friday off and feel I should work at least one day this week lol.

Yup our plow went by and the pile at the end was big but I braved the weather and went out and shovelled it since I didn't want it to freeze hard and then I would never get it down. It started out snowing and now it is raining so needless to say the snow is getting heavier and I got wetter and wetter. I almost came back inside and changed into a rain coat instead of a snow coat but at least I have gotten in a bunch of steps on my fitbit. I have to get my coat dry so that I can walk to the store later to get my lottery tickets. For anybody who has to go out walking today be careful as the snow is starting to freeze and get slippery. I had to salt the sidewalk after I finished shovelling.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

Sounds like all of you in the east keep getting slammed with gross winter weather. We have seen some snow in the past few days...with some cold...It's supposed to warm up over the weekend...then go into the gross disgusting cold that makes your face hurt again. Oh well...I guess that's what happens when you live close to the mountains, the freeze/thaw effect. Stay warm and safe all of you!

 

[hdrolfe]

Yup our plow went by and the pile at the end was big but I braved the weather and went out and shovelled it since I didn't want it to freeze hard and then I would never get it down. It started out snowing and now it is raining so needless to say the snow is getting heavier and I got wetter and wetter. I almost came back inside and changed into a rain coat instead of a snow coat but at least I have gotten in a bunch of steps on my fitbit. I have to get my coat dry so that I can walk to the store later to get my lottery tickets. For anybody who has to go out walking today be careful as the snow is starting to freeze and get slippery. I had to salt the sidewalk after I finished shovelling.

It is supposed to change over to rain but another 10 cm or something before then? I get confused as they keep changing it! I'm tempted to go out and do it once before lunch. I will likely have to do it again this afternoon.