It’s 8:20 in the evening here and I have literally been going nonstop since 5:45 this morning. Today was my grandson’s birthday party. Some came early, some came late (the party was scheduled for 2-5 PM). Everyone left late. Like over two hours late. I’ve finally finished picking up and cleaning up and now am enjoying a little bit of peace and…[Read more]

Woot! You are so inspiring!

Today has been a good day. Went to church and literally EVERYONE was there. You have to understand folks scatter during the summer at my church, so what a joy it was to see everyone there – all the kids! It was a lovely service.

From there I had a little grocery shopping to do. I prepped up some lunches for next week and finished the LAST of the…[Read more]

I’m at 68 ounces so far. I’ve also been unplugged for most of the day as we’ve been busy getting ready for our grandson’s 2nd birthday party to be held at my house tomorrow. The moving my snack closer to my bedtime has definitely improved my sleeping!

Spreadsheeters, unite! I’m going to start a new thread for this and attach the one I use. A friend made it a long time ago and I’ve used it ever since. You guys can post the ones you use (either as an attachment here on the site, or a Google Drive link) too!

I have totally regressed with the bathroom. I went like three times throughout the night!

But I think that’s my body expelling excess water. My scale is broken or else I’d confirm that (when your body expels excess water, you see a loss on the scale as a result.)

YAYYYYY!

Kudos on what you achieved today!

80 ounces of liquids in. I’m sleeping at night now that my snack is closer to the time I go to bed. I was unplugged from technology for most of the day today.

Sorry I haven’t been checking in. I’ve been prepping for my grandson’s birthday party this weekend. Today’s actually his second birthday but Sunday was picked for his party as no one has to work that day.

Breakfast was a Celebrate chocolate mint shake

Lunch was some cooked out link sausage and a cheese stick

Dinner will be chicken fajitas

Exactly! It’s all in how you use it.

And some folks (and it sounds like you’re one of them) use technology appropriately.

I can’t say the same all the time but I’m certainly working on it!

It’s good that you’re able to identify those!

I would say, though, that both of those are more in the realm of symptoms. The origin would be more like what CAUSED you to get off schedule or what CAUSED you to let sugar creep back in. The root cause. But it’s good that you know those barometric signs that things aren’t right and correct them!

I…[Read more]

Question: Were your b12 levels high as well or just b6?

Question: What exactly is the source of your fear about succeeding and then failing? In other words, what’s the worst that will happen if you put forth effort and it doesn’t work out?

I have other thoughts, but I’ll start there. If you wouldn’t mind, be as detailed as you can about what you think will actually happen if you are “successful then…[Read more]

I think this is a work-able list. Because you so dutifully attend support call, I know what you are doing to manage the depression. But questions:

What is your greatest source of stress right now?
What are some things you are doing to find alternate comfort?
Lastly, ideally what kinds of things do you think you’d like to do to ward off…[Read more]

Iiiiiinteresting…

I find the unplug challenge (I’ve led a whole month of unplug for an hour a day type challenges) tend to teach you where technology fits into your life. For most people, it’s ok and fine and nothing to worry about. And then there are some of us (like me) who probably needed an intervention!

Congrats on the no eating before bed!

Yeah I gave up tech for Lent the year before last with the intention of stopping my bad habit of distracted driving. (My daughters are learning how to drive and I REALLY do not want to think about them following my lead!) It’s tough. I listen to NPR though. That usually keeps me sufficiently engaged (or…[Read more]