Thursday, December 7, 2017

Weight: 132.0
Macros: Cals - 1,578, Carbs - 193, Fats - 37, Protein - 103, Fiber - 19
Veggies/Fruits (goal 8): 9
Sleep (goal 8 hours): 7.5
Exercise: Walking in country

I'll start things off today.

Good news--hubby's first chemo yesterday session was not as rough or as long as prior sessions (yesterday was a half-day affair, not a full day). Of course, chemo's unpleasant effects don't always show up immediately, but he was heartened last night. Happy dance!

Yesterday's 9 V/Fs came from baby sweet peppers, mushrooms, romaine lettuce, carrots, white potato, green beans, and red seedless grapes.

Our aquarobics class was canceled yesterday; something happened to (in?) the pool, and they had to do "chlorine shock" it (not sure I want to know what happened to require this). So I had a nice walk in the country where it has finally turned seasonably cold. However, it's brutally dry, and there's concern about wildfires being started by people who think they can manage a controlled burn. Speaking of which, I feel so bad for SoCal. The Ventura cousins of a very good friend were burned out two nights ago.

Today's yoga class will be very small; half of the class is on an overnight "yoga field trip" to visit Christmas markets near St. Louis. Yes, it's that kind of sweet yoga class.

Today's theme: Calm down.

Weight 116.6, calories 1753. Another day of too many calories, but the choices weren't as bad as the prior day and the weight is still in the ok range. I do need to curb it though.

Ann, I'm glad that DH's chemo wasn't too bad so far. With DD, the second time the first couple of sessions were okay, but each subsequent one got tougher. I hope that is not the case for your husband.

Yesterday was a gorgeous beach day, and we were there from 1-5, than ate at a beachside restaurant. This evening we are going with friends to see Christmas lights at the Edison & Ford Estates in Fort Myers.

Have a thriving Thursday!

146.6 (I think my body is liking this number for some reason!)

Ann, glad to hear the first day of chemo went okay. Let's hope that continues! I on think I want to know why the pool needed to be shocked either! Perhaps a "code brown" as we would say in the hospital!

Your beach day looked fabulous Liz! So wish I was sitting on a beach and soaking up the sun!

Off to Mayo later on today. Will stay at my brother's house tonight for a 7 ish check-in tomorrow morning.

One of my defibrillator leads is non-functioning, but thankfully it isn't the one I really need, so they just turned it off. If I need it in the future, we can talk then about replacing it! Whew!

Some work drama right now which I don't need. I hope to be able to pick up hours to a .9 FTE so I can be considered fulltime and get a little break on the cost of health insurance which I will have to pick up after Ben is gone. In order to do so, I may have to spilt time between 2 different hospitals. I've worked both and prefer the one I'm at now, but the other one is closer to home and I do (mostly) know how to do the job there. I just don't want to get screwed over by working at two different places (i.e., needing to take weekend and Holiday rotation at BOTH places or having to take low census hours at both places). It would also make it harder to plan days off/vacation time since it would have to work for both sites at the same time. Lots to think about and right now my brain is weary!

Love to you all!

Good morning!

I love that there is just a few hours pause in the forum between Devon posting and Ann posting.

Hiked Lake Twenty-Two yesterday. (The railroad was involved in the naming and that's all I am going to say about it) It was frozen over so it doesn't look like a lake in pics. Also, I took Buster but forgot my ipad so all I have are old iphone pictures.

I love the contrast between my hiking pictures and Cecily's. Truly different worlds! This hike was just short of 7 miles. Deep forest with rushing water/waterfalls, lots of permanent obstacles on the trail with a mountain lake up top. There was snow up top, too. I let Buster off leash for much of the hike and he did pretty well. It was a good training session of coming when called even with So Many Scents competing for his attention.

Devon, Buster's mom was a standard wiener dog. His dad, supposedly, was mostly poodle. I wouldn't have believed that if I hadn't seen his litter mates. Doggie professionals like looking at Buster and speculating what in the world combined to make him.

Paula, I hope that you can get in enough activity to keep up with your health (including emotional) but otherwise your priorities are simply different right now. You have great instincts of how to best take care of your family! Just gotta keep your battery charged. About jobs.....it always seems like that eventually a different situation opens up. I bet it does for you, too. Glad you are protecting your future.

Hiking pics below.

Peace and Hope,

Shel

There is a frozen lake behind Buster to the right. Also, do you see that faint peak in the very back? I have hiked the top of the that!

That trail is not designed for someone with weak ankles!

Mother nature has a funny sense of trails.

Do you have weak ankles? Cuz while I was hiking it, I was thinking it would be a good Paula trail. :)

Not so much anymore. I had a very severe sprain about 4-5 years ago and am still nervous with rocky, bumpy trails but I think in reality I am 100% healed and shouldn't be a scardy cat!

So beautiful! While I have a fondness for CA landscapes, there is something about cool, green woods that call to my soul. Today's hike was so dusty and windy, that I had to clean my face with a wet wipe afterwards. And it came away BROWN. Ick. My legs are filthy too. Time for a shower!

Heeey, Buster! Nice looking purple jacket you've got on. (Looks like most of my yoga class -- we old yoga ladies have a real affection for purple yoga gear.)

And that trail -- yowzah! That's why REI makes hiking sticks!

Good show, Shel!

Weight: 178.4

I'm disappointed I'm not losing some water weight. I know I have an issue with my weight still. I wouldn't even know how to categorize it because they are all so interconnected. But isn't it somewhat normal to be concerned with weight after all we've been through? That means I'm up 23lbs. so far. Gasp. I cannot remember being 180lbs. in a long time. Gah, nearly 7 years. I know it's temporary, and my DH reminds me of this. But is it? I really really reeeeealllllly don't want to hit 200. And I think doctors would agree that would represent an unhealthy pregnancy weight gain. I have about 13 weeks left and if I can limit my weight gain to 1lb. per week, I'll come out around 36-37lbs. gained--which is only slightly over the recommended range.

Very busy day yesterday. Letting stress get to us, which is never good. I'm really good at planning and listing, but then not so good with follow through and checking off my to-do items. This means I revisit them, and often have to make a change in plans because the equation has changed. It's exhausting and definitely a trait I'm resolving to change. Ex: DH and I have been talking about New Year's plans for quite awhile. We generally knew we'd go visit his family in Florida, as we do every year, and then we found out it would be Orlando and even decided on the airline, days, and times, and prices--but did not book. (We did this way back in early November) Why did we not book?! So today DH goes to book them, and of course the going flight is double the price now, and returning most are sold out so we would either have to a) miss another day of work by returning later, or b) come back New Year's Day evening--at the very same time OU is playing in the Rose Bowl! Maybe I am a football fanatic. But seeing that game is important to me! (and maybe I'm still a little exhausted from their company over Thanksgiving, truth be told). So I'm really not sure what to do. More money and time and honestly being with the inlaws isn't relaxing, which is what I'm really wanting right now. But it is family, and it's DH's family and I don't want him to stop wanitng to do things with my family! Blech this is really stressing me out and it shouldn't be a bad thing, but it is really time to star****ching our wallets and our time off work because baby will be coming in just 3 months!