Thursday, March 12, 2020

Weight: 135.6 ... again!
Veggies/Fruits: 10
Macronutrients: Cals - 1,310, Carbs - 136, Fats - 30, Proteins - 98, Fiber - 34
WW Green SmartPoints: 25
Water: 1
Fitbit Recorded Sleep: 6'41" (moving in the right direction)
Exercise: 10,511 steps

Good news from the scales this morning--my lowest-weight-in-the-last-year is holding steady. Here's hoping that later this morning WW's scales will reward me with "goal!" status.

Yesterday morning, I took a nasty fall ... was rushing around the house, walking way too fast in some rubber-soled shoes that unexpectedly "grabbed" the wooden floor, and I went sprawling. Nothing's seriously hurt (I used a lot of frozen veggies on the ouch body parts), but I am SORE--especially my left knee and right shoulder! I have got to slow down! Anyway, realizing that lifting weights probably wasn't the best idea for those joints, I skipped yesterday's circuit-training session.

However, this morning I WILL go to yoga class, since I'm not sure how much longer we'll be able to do that for a while, then to WW and run a few errands, then come home.

And yes, I know that we have other things on our minds this morning. I have a few friends scrambling to get home from Europe before Friday night. They're describing the scene there as a "last flight out of Saigon" situation. Having been in that kind of situation once before (in the mid-60s), I know the stress they're feeling.

Lots of uncertainty right now. Friends and relatives are trying to figure out how/when/if to move their college kids home for the rest of the semester. For others whose plates were already over-full with life's challenges, this is something they simply don't have energy to focus on right now. And some of my men friends are losing their minds over the suspended NBA season (Shirl, that's professional basketball).

On the good news front, I continue to appreciate FB posts from a friend who lives in Tibet/China (they run an eco-lodge in the mountains there). She and her family have been quarantined at home for the past month. This morning she posted: "This village is still closed, but softening.... Our mood is improving; only 8 cases still active in the prefecture, from a high of 78 ten days ago. People are getting better!"

It's time to breathe deeply and slowly, turn off the TV, and love the ones we love--those in the room with us and those who are not.

Therefore, I'm sending to each of you.

Weight 125.2, WW Bluepoints 4. I don't know what calories were, but significantly more because I have moved largely to zero point foods.

Every day there is more news about closings, suspensions, etc. due to coronavirus. People here in Florida are still "business as usual" mostly other than hand washing, but I'm starting to fear that we won't be able to get home in mid-May. I suppose we could drive if necessary but that's not a great prospect.

Regardless today is walking, weekly WW weigh-in, and a fund-raising dinner to benefit a homeless support organization.

Feeling very sad about Devon's news about Ella.

Stay safe and clean (wash hands, no more falls)!

Liz ... thanks, and no more falls is definitely my plan! (I've been lucky so far, but you're right -- I REALLY have to stop acting like this!)

Weight?

I haven't been posting lately. I am a stress and anxiety eater. You can imagine what the current environment is fostering in me. WW flew out the window and I haven't tried to get it back. I am trying not to react or worry overly much, but I feel that hold slipping. My MO is when I worry about something to read a lot about it. That doesn't seem to be serving me here as there is a lot of scary stuff out there. There really is very little to do though as you said. Be cautious with hygiene and avoid crowds. And I'm reading happy books and watching happy TV shows.

I have my therapist today, so I can talk to her about all this. And my cleaning people are coming, but while a clean house is always welcome, I am hating the idea of people in my house.

Love to you all and to sweet Ella.

The more reading I am doing the more anxious I am getting. We may need to stop/limit it?

Today I'm going heavy on Instagram golden retriever and puppy accounts! I think limiting is a really good idea. We know what we need to know for the most part. It's too much for me right now. I'm starting to feel hypochondriac feelings creeping in...

Ann, after my fall last summer and breaking my hand, I find a wave of panic floods me after every mis step when I almost fall. It's true, we do have to make concessions in our behaviors, falling is an increasingly hazardous event. All your yoga and other strength building work probably gives you a lot of protection in these situations, leaving you bruised, not broken. Sort of like the rest of life.

Devon, so terribly sorry to hear about Ella's diagnosis.

So I am at home with a head cold. I haven't had one once this school year, so the absurdity of getting one now is annoying the he'll out of me. And I have been washing my hands like it's my job, so what does that say? It started last night with congestion and a sore throat. No cough, no fever. The congestion is all in my face, the sore throat already gone. I'll stay put for awhile, to rest, and also not to alarm anyone in public. Geez.

I've been messaging with a childhood friend whose son is in Spain with a semester abroad program. She has been a wreck as this all spools out. Her son has type 1 diabetes, which makes this situation even scarier for her. I hope she hears from his University sion about how they plan to get the students home.

Take care everyone, these are strange and unsettling days indeed.

One of my fellow teachers sent out a message about making the best of a bad situation: Cambridge University was closed at one point due to the plague. Isaac Newton used that time to work on the theory of gravity.

Just emailing with my team teacher, he is so helpful, telling me to just stay home tomorrow, don't worry, everything's fine at school. That helps. I put in for a sub tomorrow.

Our students start spring break on March 19th. I wish our school district would start spring break early, and give everyone a chance to assess where we are at. So far no known community transmission of virus in Minnesota, but with so little access to testing, how do we know.

Greetings All

I am sort of "quarantined" today. The roofers are here tearing off the old roof. Its sounds like the Budwiser Clydesdales are passing over. Debris is raining down and they are blowing it with a leaf blower. But they have tarped all around so hopefully it will clean up. Weather is cooperating. Its nerve wracking to say the least. Gave the dogs each a "chill pill" and we have to take them out on leashes since debris is raining down on the back yard. I need a chill pill. Too early for wine.

Ann you must stop ice skating in the house! Not cool. Rest up.

Yep at the gallery meeting last night we discussed the virus issue and what to do. For now we have cleaning procedures - our sales system is all touch screen. Apple has a post somewhere on how to clean touch screens and computers so we are going by that. No spay directly on screen - onto cloth to wipe screen - and no bleach or abrasive and no fluid into cracks. We will wipe the counters and door knobs and such often. One guy said not to worry because it will go away in summer. I reminded him of the 1918 flu pandemic where it did that but came back with a vengeance in the fall. He said "but they had no antibiotics then". Well duh. This is a virus, not bacterial.

I am like Ann, not to worried for myself even though I am old

Devon I am so sorry about Ella. Thinking of you all.

Hmmm, there is a sky light in our bathroom and I realized the roofers could see me on the pot. Not cool. Will use other bathroom.

DD get well soon. Good that your school was understanding. Soup soup soup.

Take care all. Diane S

GOAL!

Actually, this morning at WW I weighed one pound below my WW goal, which I set at 137.5, thinking that, although my REAL GOAL is 135.6 after I pee at home butt naked first thing in the morning, on any given Thursday at 10:00 a.m. my day clothes, coffee and breakfast could weigh as much as 2.5 pounds. Ha! Like any WW member EVER eats breakfast before weighing in.

Anyway ... I just have to weigh no more than two pounds higher than my WW goal twice during the next six weeks. I. Can. Do. That.

Forward!