Monday Check-in

Good Morning Everyone!

How was your weekend?  What are your plans for today?  Come share or ramble with us.


This weekend was full of errands, appointments, club meetings and football.  Last weekend was the New Year weekend so everything usually scheduled for that Saturday was moved to this Saturday.  DH and I are usually together on the weekends but in order to get everything done and get to appointments we started out Saturday  morning at 6:30 am in separate cars and came back home about 12 hours later.   Then we had an evening of NFL football.  Sunday was more errands and lots of football.  We enjoyed lunch at Smokey Bones with friends.

Today is back to work. I have a new recipe in the crock pot that I got off the BTV website.  It is crock pot lasagna.  So dinner will be ready when I get home from work.

We will be celebrating the 70th birthday for a co-worker at lunch today.  Lunch is at a place of her choice, I will have either soup or a salad depending on her choice of restaurants.

I will get on that gazelle again this morning before work.  I did not get on it after work on Friday as I had intended.  So I know if I don't do it in the morning it will not get done.

Hope you all had a GREAT weekend and wishing you a WONDERFUL Monday! 

I'm stressing out over Ben's unemployment, my mother's illness and the very real possibility that we may lose our home. I have had at least 2 to 4 major sobbing meltdowns a day everyday this year. I'm actively seeking counseling. I'm trying not to shut down. I'm having trouble posting on the boards. I don't even go on the other boards. Just here. I'm trying, but not doing so well. I know that for me, deep depression is dangerous in a lot of ways, but it really puts my weight and all that is related in jeopardy because when my depression is really bad I don't take care of myself... I'm trying, but my successes are often outweighed by my 'failures.' 

I have found that I'm really struggling to make decent, much less good choices regarding eating. Yesterday I didn't have breakfast, had a carb loaded 'snack' for what might be lunch and then finally made up a quick bowl of chicken noodle soup that was laden with chicken, but I still didn't have much of that. I also indulged in a few pieces of chocolate and several cookies. I also realized that I've been forgetting my supplements too often. Did I have too many calories? Probably not. But did I feed myself well, absolutely not.

I feel absolutely overwhelmed by the enormity of the tasks ahead... Not just weight related, but everything else as well. So.... What can I do?...

I'll try to have some regular meals that are protein and complex carb loaded.

I'll try to be sure that I'm getting in all my fluids and supplements.

I start each morning with a list of those things I am grateful for...

I'll make a list of 4 things I can accomplish today... They may be small, but maybe seeing that I can get something done will help