Monday, February 26, 2018

Weight: 131
Macros: Cals - 1,606, carbs - 173, fats - 42, protein - 96, fiber - 25
Veggies/Fruits (goal 8): 6
Sleep (goal 8 hours): 8
Exercise: None

Slept nearly 8 hours again. Somehow I ate only 6 V/Fs yesterday. Not sure how that happened, but no biggie.

My big Sunday plans were reduced to shopping in my closet, some housecleaning and laundry and reading my very un-highbrow book club selection, which is making me laugh out loud: Crimes Against a Book Club by Kathy Cooperman.

The birdsong last night at sunset was stupendous. The birds are so optimistic. But the deer are pissed because I'm out of corn and didn't get to the feed store yesterday to lay in supplies.

The week's theme: Eat, love, read, sleep.

Good morning. Yeah for another 8 hours!

Weight 116, calories 971. According to MFP I'm the same weight as 1 year ago which makes me happy.

Yesterday we walked doggies again. I had to tell DH that the shelter has requested he not walk dogs alone. I was hoping he wouldn't pick up on it, but just go along with me but he tried to take out a dog himself. I think it made him a bit depressed but he accepted it because it wasn't me but an outside source. Last year they wouldn't take him as a volunteer at the food bank because they didn't feel that he could work alone (they were correct), and that was hard for him to accept as well. He and I both liked little Justice (super sweet and nice size), but he has to undergo Heartworm treatment so he won't be available for a few months (after we are back home).

We were planning on eating in last night - I had bought fish for us 3 core people and a small fillet mignon for BIL. However instead of eating with us, he served food to himself half an hour before, then retreated to his room. He is really avoiding being social but today he has to go with us to a beach, restaurant and visit at a cousins house because he agreed to it previously. Honestly, it will be easier when he is gone.

Have a momentous Monday!

Two pound bump up to 138 has held for three days, so reigning it in a bit. It is supposed to get into the mid fifties today and another ton of wood pellets is being delivered this afternoon. After Sadie and I get done with our middle school visit, I plan to sweep all of the road sand and salt out of the garage in preparation for the fork lift. I get pleasure out of restacking the forty pound bags...columns and rows make my OCD heart sing !

My gardening planning topic of the day is deciding on a vine climbing design for my squash. I like getting the vines/vegetables out of the soil to better utilize space and reduce the likelihood of pests. I have to inventory my heirloom seed supply too. All of the talk of tomatoes has me excited.

Learn, grow, thrive !

Good morning!

Rest day! No gym this morning. Expedia thinks I am Canadian this morning. Has there been a border war with Canada that I missed? I'm not super observant, but come-on!

Snowshoe yesterday was good, a perfect tiring. I turned around a bit earlier than planned, set packing early when a feeling of unease set in. It was probably simply related to change in environment. Having just rounded a corner, there was more wind and blowing snow. While I was still clearly on the road, prior tracks had evaporated. It was just me winding thru dense woods. I hadn't seen anyone for over an hour. There was a loud pop from the trees. I went ahead another few minutes, but couldn't shake the feeling that something was watching. I awkwardly turned around in my snowshoes to get a better view. Felt better when snowshoes were facing home -- so I listened, and tromped back.

Of course, I assumed that my MIL died in that moment. (My feet tromp and my brain whirls.) But, she hadn't. Her caregivers think she has hours to live. Are they taking into account that she has had last rites more than once? She has never accepted death tho I know her feelings on the subject have changed so perhaps there will be different outcome. She is different, for sure. Pretty much mute yesterday but I could see her, my usual non-demented MIL, when she opened her eyes and smiled when I said good bye.

Love all the activities in your lives! A little worried about angry deer, plz take care of that situation, Ann. But heartened that the birds are singing and New York is warming and dogs are walking.

Hug you skinny. (Speaking of that, made a kick-butt lentil soup/stew with ham shank. So, freaking good!)

Shel

And apropos of not much, ever since hubby was diagnosed with cancer I've often listened to calming sound tracks to keep my anxiety levels down. Some of them are Xanax music (my pet name for woo-woo, spa muzak), and some are sounds in nature.

This morning I found a track of beach waves that I'm loving:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f77SKdyn-1Y

Weight 167.6 (oops)

I've been a little out of control with eating the last few days. I know better, but once you start making bad choices, it gets so hard to stop. I went grocery shopping this morning and had to talk myself out of so many things that I don't need right now. But I won those fights today, so yay me...

I had a nice beach walk yesterday and went to dinner and a concert with friends. It was an Americana folk band. They were good, but would have been great with a fiddler in their midst.

Not much happening today except therapy. I've been boring myself there, but I suppose it's better than the alternative of lots of personal crises.

And we might get a tiny bit of rain tonight. Woohoo!

Happy Monday everybody!

PS - Here's a photo of my garden in MI. This was two years ago when it was new. The cedar has all silvered now...

Nice garden! Do you live in both CA and MI?

Thanks! I do. And grateful every day for being so lucky. I'm in MI from late May to late September and CA the rest of the year.

Greetings Fine People

146 today. Boo on that. I was up and out earlier as I had the chiropractor. She has helped my back and wants me to do balance exercises which I will do. I need to improve in that department. Also suffering a bit of intestinal malfunction. I came home early due to that.

Hey Ann, I am going to order that book. Sounds fun. There is an old book called "Bingo" by Rita Mae Brown that will make you laugh out loud if you haven't already read it.

All this garden talk is a sign of spring. Wonderful garden picture Cecily. And Diane O, you have your own seed inventory of heirlooms? Excellent. DH sometimes grows his own snow peas on a pot on the deck. Our studio has a wonderful spiral metal sculpture that is used to support bean vines in the summer. We want to hear about your heirloom plants. We are lucky to have good farmers markets to get good stuff since I don't garden anymore.

Shel, you were no doubt being stalked by Bigfoot on your snow shoe trek. Be careful out there. No telling what lurks. Sorry your MIL is ailing. Not a good time for your family.

Cecily, I hear you about the grocery store. Even at the nearby health food store there is a junk food aisle. Yeah, its non GMO chips and organic potato chips but its still junk. And there is chocolate and ice cream and such. Sometimes I wish someone would invent a grocery store that has strictly low carb low sugar stuff so that anything in the store would work for people like us. "Foods For Former Fatties Mart". It would not be a very big store.

Xanax music sounds like a good thing. Better than a Hershy Xanax bar.

Well I should go out and walk but its cold and windy. And I don't want to get too far away from the potty. Back to paper shuffling. Diane S

145 OTD. Up just a hair. Didn't track the last 2 days but back at it today.

3 out of the 5 of us were sick yesterday, so we had a lazy day on the couches. Didn't even go to church! Feeling better for the most part today and worked like usual.

Day off tomorrow but the kids have off from school too so not really a relaxing day off. Another counseling appointment scheduled for tomorrow. Have a call in to my PCP about increasing the Cymbalta.