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Good morning, everyone!
So aggravating!! I needed to be on a 9:00 call this morning. Knowing that Friday is a swim day, I packed up all of my clothes and toiletries to bring to the gym (which is right by the highway going to Chicago). I did 1560 of the 1800 swim and headed for the shower.
Got dressed and realized that I didn't have my building pass. As a general matter, I can get a paper pass as long as I have my license. But I can't get onto our floor with that. Most days that would not matter, because plenty of people could let me in. But not so much on a Friday.
So, I headed back home and got my ID. Made it into the office 10 minutes late for my meeting.
This weekend is CrossFit, bicycle shopping, a 5-K on Saturday and a gala Saturday night. The gala is Roaring 20's theme, hopefully we will have good pictures.
QOTD: Pretty similar to Kelly.
Breakfast: Bagel
Lunch: chicken
Dinner: Steak
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 59 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good for you getting in that trail time.
HW 299 SW 290 CW 139 GW 140 2/08/2019 OPERATION: Surgical Hernia with excision of total surface area of 55 x 29 cm of abdominal skin.
Good Morning Amy and Meneurs,
I always love a Friday. Since it was a 4-day work week for me this one was not that bad. My weekend looks like going to the gym tomorrow and mom duty. She does not bowl tomorrow so after I see her in the morning I should be done. I used to do her laundry on Saturdays because I could use the pool while it was drying but now that the pool is not open, I run over after work on Fridays and throw in a load of laundry. When I get there on Saturday I can dry it while I am doing her hair. Makes my stay there short and I can actually have time to do stuff for myself. I plan on making Ravioli tomorrow for Jim and his family's visit to the Vega house. I feel like a squirrel filling my freezer with little morsels that I will break out for the feast I plan for when they are here. Sunday Fun Day!! The twins are coming for a visit, and it is supposed to be cool over the weekend. They love my Wedding soup (different than anything you have ever had) I plan on getting a pot of that on and all will be right with them. I have to make the breads that go in it. It is a simple recipe so I may knock those out tonight. The cool crisp fall will end next week. They are predicting 80° for Halloween. I am happy because that will most likely mean lots of tricker treater and lots of pets for Rudy.
QOTD: Right now, my top priority is taking care of everyone else in my life and holding on to this job for the next 7 years. I just hope to maintain or even loose a little weight in the meantime. I feel that my time is coming I just have to deal with life as it comes for now.
Accountability: Maybe a couple licks of the bowl and I was making cinnamon swirl cookies for the tailgate with my quest.
TSS: 6 years 10-months 17-days 166.4 Lowest (129.4)
B: Coffee with SF Coffee-mate pumpkin spice creamer
MS: snack select, Chobani zero sugar lemon Greek yogurt, HB egg
CB: Coffee with SF Coffee-mate pumpkin spice creamer
L: curried turkey stew
D: Korean BBQ chicken thighs.
Exercise: Dog walking
Water and Vitamins: On track. I take a Bariatric Advantage Ultra multi w/iron I use bariatric advantage Calcium chews and 500mg of Magnesium. I also use MiraLAX and fiber in my first coffee of the day.
Have a great weekend my friends.
Brightest blessings
Chrissy
Cookies from last night.
Me and My brother:
HW 299 SW 290 CW 139 GW 140 2/08/2019 OPERATION: Surgical Hernia with excision of total surface area of 55 x 29 cm of abdominal skin.
Hi Guys n Grrrlz!
So back to faithful honesty ( otherwise whatz d point? ) nd accountability.
Yesterday I tried 2 take care of Dads needs as his medical proxy . He jes got out of the hospital so he needs a lot .
Ate all day - mostly smoked fish bread lite cream cheese n scallions n leeks
s- lemon chicken soup & bites of hamantshen ( didn't hav a clue they liked it but catz ate all d rest ! 
)
D - butter chicken ( no butter ) w tzatziki n everything seasoning then browned . Badass dish finished it 4 breakfast .
B - chockachino n bread
planning 2 score another family sized clamshell of organic arugula n scarf it down .
along w baked clams
mebbe fried fish ? yep I?m a ( mostly ) pescatarian ! 
a very long- lived race ( usually) . Probably not me .
Good morning and happy Friday!
I bailed on my workout classes today. Lots of hip pain. But I am planning to get in a walk and a yoga video.
Accountability yesterday went well. Not enough protein at 68 grams. 554 move calories, 95 minutes of exercise, 11,553 steps. Lots of water. 1 See's candy.
It's a bit cooler today and I'm looking forward to hosting company tomorrow night. I have lots of little things to accomplish for the meals. Make a chimichurri. Make a basil pesto. Slice and dice a ton of veggies so I can not have to do it while they are here. Decorate the back patio table for a fun Halloween themed dinner. A little cleaning. A little shopping. And the walk and the yoga. All together I should have a fairly active, on my feet day. Though Sheila and Amy turned me on to a new book and I keep going back to pick it up. Some Choose Darkness.
QoTD: I definitely have a list in my head! Weighing daily. Plenty of water. Good food choices. Some intentional exercise. Sunshine on my face to keep my moods even. As I fall asleep at night, or try to, I go over my day. I think about each meal and own what I should not have done and I congratulate myself on hitting any move goals. It helps calm my brain for sleep mode.
Bites today
B: leftover Carne Asada and egg
L: leftover taco filling stuffed squash
D: pork chop, Halloumi, tomatoes, small piece Naan
3ish: yogurt with mix ins
9ish: rotisserie chicken
Today is brown dog's 7th birthday. Here's to him and the start of the Trick or Treat season for the Grands! Anyone able to guess what Alivia is this year?
Height 5'3"
HW 200
surgery date 10/29/19 177.9
CW 121.4
goal weight 125
I was working in IT during the 1980's and 1990's. Our motivation was the Franklin Planner system. We read books and attended workshops on the value of planning and how to do it in an organized way. We had beautiful binders, preprinted pages, and even a software program to prepare your daily lists and to print them out before putting them in the binder.
We used a system where you put down everything for the day and then assigned it a priority of A for most important to accomplish, B for important but not essential, and C for things to do if you still had time after the A and B tasks were accounted for.
When you had a block of free time, you pulled out you planner and picked a C task. Those were usually enjoyable things like watching TV or reading a novel.
After I retired from work at 61 I quit planning and the days began to run together for me. I had all the time in the world but never accomplished much. At some point, I realized that I still needed daily planning. I take 15 minutes every day and spend it on my To Do list. My list is in MS Word on my computer.
I currently do it in the evening before going to bed and plan for the next day. I don't assign priorities, but I do assign times. It keeps me on track and gives me some structure. This is a sample of tasks for today.
I am working on seting up the new LitterRobot box and hoping to eliminate cleaning litterbox from my tasks when my cat figures out how to use it. It has a 30 page instruction manual in very small print. I am getting it connected to WiFi and programmed.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
QOTD- I need to come up with one.
I did make the nature park yesterday 1.75 miles and 8930 steps because I also went to Costco. I got my new glasses ordered, picked up the sale items and it still was over $100.
One more nice day so I will get my walk in. It is cold out and I did wear a sweatshirt and gloves on my walk which helped. Then we will get over an inch of rain over the weekend. So I'll have to figure something out.
TGIF I'm not sure why but this has seemed like a long week. I can't wait for football, hoping the Ducks can stay at #1. Not sure how the Big 10 works for conference championship right now Indiana is showing as the top of the conference I guess I'll find out.
Have a great day everyone!
5'5" Age 67 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 172.9
Because you get to the end of the week exhausted, have you thought of adding a rest requirement? Something like 2 nights a week X hours of sleep? Now, as a lifelong problem sleeper, I have no idea how one does that but I like the idea, lol
HW: 306 SW: 282 GW: 145 (reached 2/6/19) CW:150
Jen
Me too, Sheila????
RNY 8/11/14 with Dr. Kelvin Higa PS Lipectomy 4/12/17 with Dr. John Burnett HW291.4/CW165/GW150
Good Morning! I hope we are all ready for a great Fri-yay! Amy I hope you find some time this weekend for a recharge, I really get how you feel. I have a hair appt (just a cut) and chiropractor tomorrow and nothing else set in stone.
QOTD: Get my exercise done first thing, hydrate, take vitamins is the foundation I try to maintain.
TSS: 10 years 2 months
B: SF latte, 3 turkey sausage links, and an orange
L: Turkey and cheese sticks, carrots, light and fit yogurt and some fruit
S: A piece of fruit and yogurt
D: Maybe breakfast or just something easy. I have some RGF breakfast sandwiches in the freezer so maybe in the air fryer....
ES: Protein ice cream and carbmaster toast
E: 1/2 hour elliptical, 1 mile on treadmill and 20 mins Pilates bar
V/W: On track
Totals: TBD
Have a great day!
RNY 8/11/14 with Dr. Kelvin Higa PS Lipectomy 4/12/17 with Dr. John Burnett HW291.4/CW165/GW150
