Evening all.

Claygirl - Re the jawbone - neat that the upgrades will be abvailable through an app.

Shad - Little S is such a cutie. What a pretty dress! It's a shame that she'll outgrow it quickly enough, but she'll have that locket for a lifetime. What a great gift idea. Duh re them scheduling training on Fridays. I hope the work from home works out - your connections haven't been ideal...but being home will have other benefits for you personally. Hmmm, getting fed on the plane - do they still do that? Sounds dicey to me, lol. I'm glad you enjoyed the party. Wow, sounds hot though! Can't even imagine getting up and dancing in that heat!

Ceejay - What a horrible dream - the snakes would have me screaming too. I hope the binge didn't cause any problems for you. Glad to hear your trip is a go - don't fret about the travel - you will get through it and have a great time with your family. Good job with the exercise!

Renae - Yes, Mel had a strong spirit and a wonderful sense of humor that I'm sure helped her a lot in her struggles. I really miss her!! I'm very sorry to hear about the cancer. Wishing you the strength to get through your treatments!! It's great you will have your family (including your doggy) near you.

Happy - Sorry to hear the eye appointment was so long. Or rather, the wait was so long! That would infuriate me - as Shad said, your time is just as valuable as the doc's! And after the wait, it turns out neither your or DH like him. I'm glad you have the other doc as an alternative. Re the cataracts - my mother has them, but she too is not at the point of needing the surgery yet. Good advice - I'll definitely keep the shrimp size in mind if I go the raw route and have to devein them!

Michelle - I hope your pain level stays low. Too bad you have to wait for those test results. I should think you know what muscle soreness feels like - and what it doesn't feel like, so that's odd if it is muscle soreness. But that would be preferable to gallstones!!! Bf is off watching the playoffs - I dunno which games were when, but I hope you enjoy(ed) the Packers game. Good luck to Bob in the search for affordable home health care covered by insurance.

Susie - Will the PT address your overall strength so you can get back to exercise, or will it be specific to your hip/knee? Your desire to get moving again will make it happen!!

Hello to Terra, Dee and Annie!
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My weekend has been alright. Jazzercise was a killer yesterday morning. It's just tough when I'm only doing it once a week - no progress at that rate.

I joined several local Facebook groups that are "virtual garage sales". They are like most real life garage sales - tons of kids stuff and a small amount of other stuff such as clothing and miscellaneous items. I did, however, see a Calvin Klein bedskirt being sold for $10 in the perfect color to nicely match our new quilt set (the set only came with shams). I picked it up yesterday and it was nice the seller was only a mile from my house. The bedskirt is 100% cotton - much nicer quality than the dust ruffle that we use now that came as part of a comforter set. I'll be glad to get rid of that.

Even though I hit on a nice deal on the bedskirt, I'm still thinking I will quit those garage sale groups. They can be a big time suck if I'm not disciplined enough to limit my time browsing the postings. And the real reason I joined them is the possibility of finding a corner hutch to replace the cheap particle board/laminate hutch we currently have in our dining room. Having had limited luck with Craigslist over a much larger geographic area, I'm not sure why I thought I'd have any better luck going the virtual garage sale route.

Oh well, now I know what they're about, and I actually think I'll try to sell some of our stuff through these pages. I think the fact that these items are sold locally is an advantage. If you go look at something and you don't end up buying it, at least you didn't go very far.

Moving on...everything was all melty yesterday and today. Yesterday I shoveled off the leftover ice on the driveway - though it would have melted on its own because today was nice again. It was nice to walk the dog in the sun today.

I've been doing a lot of laundry today - suddenly there were a lot of towels and sheets in the laundry and not in the linen cabinet!

That's about it for me. I didn't get much done this weekend and there's a lot that needs doing, so I will have to get a list going and start working it.

This week, probably tomorrow night, I will go buy my group fitness class punchcard and start doing classes during the week. I did submit a cancellation note for Jazzercise on Saturday, so that's done.

Okay, gonna get this thing posted. I think another load of laundry needs to be moved to the dryer, and the stuff from the dryer needs to be folded. At least I can watch tv (or at least listen) while I fold.

Nighty night all.

Laura ~ How are you doing this morning? What are your plans for today if you have any plans, I'm not sure if your a planner or not lol. Anyway I hope you have a great day.

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I've done alot already this morning. I've taken out the bathroom trash out of the bathroom and I've taken my bed room trash out of my bedroom and I'm waiting for it to warm up outside before I take out the BIG kitchen trash this morning. I'm also gonna clean my c-pap mask and tube this morning as well. When it warms up I also need to gather all of the bags of cans and put them closer to the gate that is by the drive way. As always I'm gonna do my morning chair exercises at 9:30 a.m. and depending on how warm is it outside I'll go for another hour or longer walk at 1:00 p.m. and then at 7:00 p.m. I'll do 20 min. of my walking dvd and those are all of my plans for today.

Good morning ladies,

Not a very happy Monday I'm afraid. Bob has taken a turn for the worse. Since he really wants to pass away at home, his sister is trying to make all the arrangements for a hospital bed and round the clock care to be in place for him so he can go home tomorrow or Wednesday. I'm planning to see him after I get off work today.

As for the Packers, well...I was hoping for them to win if just to give me something to be excited about.

Sorry for being such a downer. At least the pain in my side has eased up. I'm going to walk between 1 and 2 miles on my lunch break today.

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Susie - Sorry to hear about your knee, hip and leg issues. However, that's excellent that your ortho has confirmed what the chiropractor said and supports their course of treatment! I can totally relate to how wonderful it is to finally be heard by your physician. I'm glad you're doing physical therapy to regain strength and mobility. Thanks for sharing your gallbladder insight. It is VERY common for WLS patients to develop gallstones, so Kaiser puts patients on a medication to prevent gallstones...but he said people can still have gallbladder issues. Thank you for your prayers.

Ceejay - Congrats on winning the $50 Walmart card.

Dee - Not sure if I mentioned this, but your puppies are adorable! I'm not sure I could part with any of them. Something I like about going to the dog park is that I get to pet/love all kinds of doggies.

Terra - Congrats on the 3 lb weight loss! Great job on the nice long walk yesterday! Now that I can walk, I prefer walking outside to working out indoors...but as long as we keep moving, it's all good.

Laura - What a great buy on the bedskirt! Glad you were able to get out and enjoy the sunshine.

To those who have today off work, enjoy!! As for me, I don't, so I'd better get back to it.

Much love and big hugs to all,

Hello all,

Here's to another Monday rolling around the calendar. My weekend was sort of quiet. Yesterday I decided to render that pork fat I have since it was sitting in the garage for a week and the temperatures were edging up into the 20's outside. I did find a good blog with instructions for rendering the lard using a crockpot but it was woefully under on the actual time it took to do it. And you want to be careful you don't burn the fat so you have to keep an eye on it. All in all, probably took about 7 hours and since I couldn't fit it all in the crock pot at once, I still have another batch to make. I have probably 2 quarts of lard total. My mother was horrified when I told her what I was doing - OH THE CHOLESTEROL! But actually I did some research and while you don't want to eat this every day - or even every week, lard is actually less troublesome than some of the fats and oils we cook with. Lard contains - pig fat. That's it - no chemicals, no preservatives, no additives. So we'll try it. I made a small (2 and a half pound) ham for supper last night as well as some homemade potato salad which I have not made in ages and some green peas as a side dish. DH was a very happy camper. We are not huge ham people but this was very good - tender, not dry and no where near as salty as store bought hams. There is probably enough for 3 meals which is just enough before we get sick of eating ham so the hams they cut are just the right size for 2 people. I am impressed with the butcher/processor this place uses. Last night I watched a few shows I had recorded on tv and saw just a tiny bit of the front and back ends of the Packers football game. A whole lot of disappointed fans in Wisconsin today I imagine. I had quite a bit of clean up in the kitchen and took care of that. Today is yoga class and then I have some housework and laundry to do when I get home.

Terra - sounds like you have a busy day ahead. Good for you scheduling a long walk today.

Laura - I tend to agree with you about the once a week class not making any progress but then again, at least it's once a week of aerobic exercise for an extended period. And that's a good thing. How are you going to work the punch card classes? Do you have some picked out already? Virtual garage sales? Yikes that would be too tempting!

Susie - that's a downer on the limited motion, however you can gain a lot from the P/T going forward to prevent that from getting too debilitating. Last year's P/T for me really opened my eyes to that and I am motivated to stretch and move now when I feel things tightening up. I hope you get a lot out of this. I know a lot of people who use the "cheaters" glasses and have for years and years. Maybe you can luck out too! The nice thing about those is that they are less expensive than prescription glasses and you can change them out easily.

To the question of where did DH go Saturday - he went to the University of Minnesota to their Raptor Center to take some pictures of eagles, hawks, owls. It was not as good as they said it would be - he got a couple of nice shots but a long drive and lots of money for little return.

Michelle - hope you are feeling ok with the side pains. Hope you don't have gallstones - I can't see you eating foods right now that would aggravate that condition. Let us know how things go.

Busy Shad - in and out just like a strong wind. Back at work again? Is the weather any better in Melbourne?

I've got to jump in the shower and get ready for my class so I'll jump off now and catch up later with you guys. Have a good day today.

Morning all. Happy Monday.

Terra – I’m doing alright this morning, even though the weekend is over and I have another full workweek ahead. Other than my usual workday (about 8:45 to 5:15, Monday through Friday), I don’t always do much during the week and I’m not much of a planner. Lately on weeknights, I just go home and watch tv & eat dinner. Tonight I was going to go to the park district and buy my fitness class punchcard and take a class, but we are making pork chops for dinner tonight, so I’ll just do a workout at home instead. And my pushup challenge. Tomorrow after work, I have an appointment with my eye doctor. I have friends who go to a movie every Tuesday and sometimes I go with them, but not every week. On Wednesday, I’ll go buy the punchcard and take a class. So your afternoon walk today will be outside? It’s nice to walk outside when the weather improves and the sidewalks are clear of ice and snow. I enjoyed walking the dog yesterday. Enjoy your walk today!

Michelle – I’m so very sorry to hear Bob’s condition has worsened. I hope he can be back home for the time he has left. Bummer for you about the Packers...

Happy – I’ve heard that the way many oils are processed these days makes them less healthy. The less processed the better. In what types of dishes will you be using lard in place of other oils/fats? Re ham…I always thought it was cured or something. I assume the ones you have are fresh and that’s why it’s less salty?

Hellos to the rest of the Worldlies! Tell me what kind of exercise you’re going to get today!

Tonight I’m going to do a workout at home and it will either be the Peggy Cappy Pilates dvd or one of my Body Electric workouts. I will also do my pushup challenge.

I forgot both my pedometer and my fitbit today. My steps on the fitbit on Saturday and Sunday were both well over 10,000. I was wearing the fitbit on my wrist both days and I was thinking how all my arm movements in Jazzercise class and all the other arm movements during the course of a day would register – shaking out a towel and folding it, brushing the dog, stirring a mug of tea, etc. By now I’m sort of wishing I’d received either of the other items on my Secret Santa wishlist instead of the fitbit – a couple Fossil bracelets or a Bosu ball. Oh well.

Okay, nothing much else to report. Adios!

Quick update....Good news: I don't have gallstones. Bad news: I have a kidney stone. Good news: it's not obstructing anything. Doctor says to drink LOTS of fluids and take tylenol for the pain. I'm glad I found out what it was...because now I know I can trust my interpretation of my body's pain signals. It did NOT feel like muscle soreness. Right now, the pain is at a 1...my right side is just BARELY more sore than my left, but I hardly notice it. Hopefully I can flush the sucker out before another round of stabbing pain.

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Happy - Enjoy your yoga class. Glad you're enjoying the pork you bought.

Laura - So you have to work today too? Oh well, I am glad that at least the traffic was lighter than normal...hopefully your train is less crowded. Bummer that the fitbit is tracking on your arm motion. I was going to congratulate you on surpassing 10K steps. I think I'll research fitness trackers a bit more before I invest in one.

Morning all

Seems that this will be a very busy week. The calendar is bursting with meetings and appointments and I have several documents to get ready for sign off.

And my own computer has decided that it will not let me see anything on its screen so I may be away much more than I am here. Working from home next week. Things might get normal.

Aftenoon
It will be going home time soon. I'm happy. So far I have had to call out the stand by electric person once. The people who are on a list to be turned off today came out and I hate this part of the job.
I need to stop by the grocery store on the way home tonight.
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Laura
Thankfully the binge did no harm. Don't blame you for staying home tonight.

Terra
Congrats on those pounds lost. Think I've gain them.

Shad
Come up for air when you need too. Love the avatar.

Happy
Enjoy the Yoga class. At least that will give you a break from cleaning.

Hello's to the rest.

Michelle ~ Thanks for commenting on my weight loss. Yes I really enjoyed my long walk yesterday.

Happy ~ I attempted to go for a long walk again today but I started hurting 5 mins into my walk. I'll try to go on a walk again tomorrow if its a nice day again.

Laura ~ WOW it sounds like you have a busy week. Yes like I told Happy I attempted to walk outside this afternoon but 5 mins into it I started hurting so I came back home.

Ceejay ~ Thanks for commenting on my weight loss, I sure hope you didnt gain the 4 I lost.

Good Morning and Happy Tuesday...and taco Tuesday! I have already been invited to join the group and it isn't even 8:00 yet. I think I am starting to feel like one of the "regulars". lol

This week is going to be rather busy, as we have already lost one day (being part of a banking org) we did not have to work yesterday. Instead Sis and I took Royce for his 9 mo pictures, only he is 10 mos, lol We are a little behind. Jacob was very good yesterday so I bought him his favorite - chawk wetts..snickers mini's. He could seriously eat the entire bag, but have to make him stop at 3, sometimes 4. I know teaching bad eating habits already.

Sissy and Chris had a come to Jesus meeting Friday night. C realized he is mostly at fault and promised to do whatever it takes to make thing right. We will see how that goes. Sissy seems much happier these days.

I am down another pound this morning for a total of 14, but that weigh in was directly after a major download, if you know what I mean, but hey I will take what I can get. I did do a little more walking yesterday with Sis and the kids. We went to 3 stores and walked all over at all of them. Ate a small lunch of a side green salad and ordered a bowl of mushroom soup but only ate half of the soup, it was too strong tasting of beef broth or something. Then I made a diet friendly meatloaf for dinner. No tomatos, tomato sauce, ketchup used other things instead for Cs sake. He is doing a bit better by following Doc Anne's orders. He is also down about 10 lbs and his belly is not so bloated.

HAPPY...yes, Sissy is my hairdresser for color only. I actually go to another gal for the cut. I just like how she cuts it, not that Sissy couldn't do it, but there are too many interruptions at her house for cutting. Her kids, babysitting kids, dog, etc. hmmm, pig lard. You sound like my daddy cooking with lard. I can remember my g-ma cooking with lard back in the day too! Not good for you, cause they only lived til 89, 86, 85 and 80, right? lol And none of it was due to eating food cooked with lard, when they died.

CHELLE...yikes on the kidney stones. I have had both gallstone (gall bladder removed when my son was about 18 mos old) and have had kidney stones twice in my life. Both times ended up in the hospital due to pain and once obstructed. I can tell you when the pain is the worst is when the stone is traveling, and believe me you will know when that is, pain like no other. Drink lots of unsweet cranberry juice and water, that will flush them out. Boo's go to the Colts, they didn't even show up. Boo for the Packers, at least they were in the game, can't believe the last 5 minutes of that game. Holy Cow! I think I was more bummed out about the Packer game cause I didn't really think the Colts would win anyway. Praying for the best for Bob and that he does not suffer too long. I am so sorry sweeting, huge hugs!

LAURA...Don't you just hate it when you forget things in the morning, like my lunch today. I also had decided to start wearing my pedometer again and totally spaced that too. This is my Monday morning so I blame it on that. haha. I am addicted to Amazon shopping, I have to stay away from that sight.

SHADDIE...lil Miss S is just adorable. She has grown so much, makes sense tho, the time has flown. A shame they cannot stay little for a bit longer. The dress and locket you got her are so sweet looking. I must say she looks like she could be a little pill. (onery).. I would love your garden harvest, yum on the abundance of tomato's..my favorite and miss having them in my cottage cheese in the mornings.

SUSIE...hopefully the PT will get you pointed in the right direction to keep the pain to a minimum. Dang the arithritis, I get that as it is in my bad ankle. Ask your doc for Warferin Gel. It is great for arithritis. At least it works for me. I think Happy's DH did not have much luck with it.

CEEG...hope you have fun on your trip. My friend in Texas went on and on about Wat-a-burgers, so when I went down for a visit a few years ago, I tried one, I was not impressed. I don't think I have slept until 11 am since I was a teenager. I just cannot sleep that long. My kids can but I cannot.

TERRA...great job on the pounds down, keep on truckin sister. Exercise does make a difference, too bad I just hate it.

HELLO Claygirl, Dee and anyone else I may have missed. Best post this and get my stuff hot.

Hugs

Morning all, no time for posting - barely time for reading as I chug the coffee. DH was snoring up a storm - I'm surprised the bedroom walls are still standing. I eventually gave up and moved beds but didn't get enough sleep. Going to be a long day at the thrift shop today. I have to go grocery shopping too but not feeling it. Anyway, I will be back tonight. Have a good one everybody.


Oh and my PC is acting up big time too.

Good morning ladies,

The news about Bob is a little better. Sunday his sister had told me that he was not lucid or coherent or even awake for very long, so we all thought that his time was getting near. Turns out, he was just on too much pain medicine...so they readjusted his doses, and yesterday when I visited him, he was more alert than I'd seen him in days. We had a lovely 1.5 hour visit. He wanted me to stay longer, but by then practically his entire family had arrived and there were just too many people in his room...so I gave him a big hug and told him I'd see him in a few days. The hope is that he will be released to home hospice care on Wednesday or Thursday. He will have a live-in nurse so he has 24x7 care. I was right, yesterday was definitely the day to visit him. The traffic heading back home which is normally bumper to bumper from 4-7:30pm was non-existent. Thankfully, once he gets transferred home, I should be able to see him nearly every day as it's not far out of my way. And I'm committing to walking at lunchtime when it's not rainy, so I get a 2 mile walk in each day, and this evening, I'm walking with another friend, so that will be another 1.5 or 2 miles. I really should get a cheap pedometer so I can measure my steps.

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Ceejay - That has to be a tough part of the job...to give the electric department the names of people who must have their power turned off. Glad to hear the binge didn't do any harm. As for burgers, here in CA, we have "Five Guys" (which is good...not great, in my opinion) and we have In-N-Out, which make really good burgers, fresh french fries not frozen, and fabulous milkshakes made from real ice cream. I don't think I'll ever get one of their shakes again due to my surgery, but they do offer their burgers "protein style" wrapped in a big lettuce leaf rather than a bun.

Terra - I'm really enjoying walking now that I can finally do it without having pain. I'm sorry to hear you had pain so early into yesterday's walk. Does it also hurt when you do the walking DVD?

Annie - Enjoy your taco Tuesday! Glad you're feeling like one of the "regulars"! I'm so glad to hear that Chris is going to make an effort to make things right. Congrats on the weight loss! So glad to hear that C is doing better and has lost weight too! Thanks for the tip on the kidney stones. It must've been "traveling" on Friday morning, because the pain was SO bad. Since then, very little pain. I'm hesitating on cranberry juice because I don't want to dump and I know that can happen with even unsweetened fruit juice. But I am drinking A LOT of water. The last 5 minutes of the Packer game were absolutely surreal. I'm addicted to Amazon shopping too.

Happy - Sorry to hear you didn't get much sleep. Maybe you can put off grocery shopping until tomorrow? Or ask DH to do it...if he's like most men, that's a scary thought.

to Shad, Laura, Dee, Susie and Claygirl!

Love and hugs to all,

Good morning girls
Our 4 g-babes were w me from Friday-Monday, no school. My foot is healed so I put on my ski-bibs & we were sledding on our hills in the front & out back & building snowmen using our 6" of snow. Bad thing is our crazy hungry bellies screamed for food-carbs when we came inside

Hap, I might give u a another alias aka 'Busy' for being nonstop as a retiree Rendering lard I didn't know ppl still did this, I've heard it makes very good pie crust but I haven't tried it because I've never bought it. If I tried it in pie crust I think I would try it for a pot-pie. Okay this week I'm doing research into 'local yoga classes' because my foot healed. IS it better on our muscles/joints to do it in the morning or afternoon

Shad-Joy, Your Miss S is such a cutie-pie & looks like a little model in her Christmas dress w locket. G-babes r the best, especially when they go back home when we r ready to give them back to mom & dad Hmm do u mainly plant veggie heirlooms or whatever u see?

Rita Ann, I just wanted to say your name once My family being from the south called all 5 kids & my parents by their middle names & I didn't know my first name until kindergarden in MI. when I had to learn it. Ppl up north spoke to us w our first names because of school. - 4 # is a celebration What did u sub for the tomato flavor in your meatloaf. Happy for u about Sis & Chris working on their marriage...

Susie, I really hope u feel normal soon I have arthritis in my neck caused from fast movements my Doc said: snowmobiling & riding rollercoasters in Cedar Pointe & Kings Island (whiplashing). I keep the pain down by wearing a scarf & when I hurt I use heat & rest. Swimming also helps & just laying in our pool floating. Maybe aqua-therapy class/exercises would help u in PT, everything is soothing in the water.

Ceeg, Enjoy the wonderful Texas temps I've never been there, I have it on my vaca list to go visit. If u take pics, please share some. I don't know if MI has a good MI only burger

Hi Laura, Michelle & ClayGirl, I'll catch-up w u on my next post. My doggies r barking so someone pulled into my driveway.

Morning all.

Michelle – Are kidney stones also a common thing to develop as a result of WL surgery? I’m glad your pain level is low right now, and I hope it stays that way. And I hope that the stone passes quickly and with as little as pain as possible!!! And I’m not surprised the pain wasn’t muscle soreness. After all these years, I sure hope we know our bodies well enough to be able to distinguish between muscle soreness and something else! I had work yesterday and it was nice that the train wasn’t crowded. I would say definitely do your research before buying a fitness tracker. What exactly are you interested in tracking? What features are important to you? Is it something that you will use to motivate you, or to make sure you don’t overdo it? I’m glad you had a nice visit with Bob yesterday, and that they got his pain meds adjusted to a good level for him. I hope his transition back home goes smoothly for him. Good for you getting in the walks. I think you need to post some photos of your walks so we can enjoy the warm temps and sunshine vicariously through you!

Ceejay – It must be a PITA when people call you to complain that their electric service isn’t working. When customers get shut off for not paying, are they usually unaware that this was going to happen? I should think they’ve received warnings….

Terra – I’m sorry you had to stop walking yesterday – was it your foot that was in pain again? Congrats on the loss!! Re my week – after work, the nights seem so short, but I’m sure if I planned better, I could accomplish some of my to-do’s during the week and not have to do them on the weekend!

Annie – Nice you get those banker’s holidays in this job! Sounds like you had a nice time with DD and the grandkiddies. Glad DS and C. had a discussion. Congrats on the weight loss!! A loss is a loss! Ha, yeh, so many people ate all the fatty stuff back in the day and they lived good long lives. The life expectancy is higher these days because of all the medical advances, sure as he!! not because people are eating healthier. Way too many Frankenfoods out there nowadays, and/or in giganto size portions. Next time bf and I eat out (which we haven’t been doing lately, thanks to the cold weather!), if we don’t share an entrée, I’m going to ask for a take-out box right away. The portions are so big, eating even half is almost always too much. Better to pack away a big chunk of it so it’s not sitting on the plate to pick away at.

Happy – Oy, the snoring. I thought you might have mentioned your hub has a c-pap – get him using that thing again, for both your sakes!! Hope your shift at the thrift shop goes by quickly. Grrr, computers – just like cars and AC – they are the PITAs we can’t live without!!

Dee - Ooh, the sledding sounds fun! Bf and I need to get ourselves some snowpants not just for the outdoor cold weather tasks, but also for the fun stuff too!

Hellos to the rest of the Worldlies!
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Last night I came home from work and bf was all ready to get dinner going right away, so I didn’t have time to do a workout before dinner. Excuses, excuses. I did, however, do my pushup challenge. I’ve made another change to that. I decided to stop struggling to do traditional pushups and then finish up with the knee version. Instead, I went to the basement and did the day’s pushups off of the weight bench. This is definitely easier than traditional pushups on the floor, but still very challenging for me. Hopefully at some point I will be ready to transition to the floor. I might set up my aerobic step platform for that. It has two sets of risers, so its height can be adjusted. I can make it slightly lower than the weight bench and continue to challenge myself.

I forgot both my pedometer and fitbit yesterday, so no step counts. Today I have both.

I have to leave work about 45 min. early to get to my eye doctor appointment. I hope to get my contact lens rx the best it can be and not have to deal with that anymore. And I’m really getting sick of the eyeglasses I’m wearing. I need to get out and look at frames again. Maybe I’ll try one of those sites that lets you upload a photo of yourself and it shows you how you’d look wearing different frames.

That’s it for me. Have a great day everyone!

Dee - How fun you got to play with the grandchildren! Sledding and snowman making are some of my favorite activities for Midwest winters. One nice thing about where I live is that if I really want to go visit the snow, it's just a 4 hour drive away. Of course the beach is less than an hour away...so I could go make a sandcastle instead!

Laura - As far as I know, kidney stones are no more common with WLS patients than with anyone else. I guess I just got lucky. It probably will be painful to pass it, so I'm not looking forward to it. What I want for a fitness tracker is one that tracks cycling as well as walking, and I don't want it to track by using GPS because I want it to track riding the stationary bike at the gym. It would be nice for the tracker to be water proof even if submerged a little for the times I do water aerobics. But waterproof is just a nice to have feature...I don't do water aerobics very often. I want to use it to motivate me. I usually just rely in my body telling me when not to overdo it. I definitely need to do more research. I will try and remember to take photos on my walks. It's not overly warm here with temps in the mid-50s to low 60s, but yes, it's warmer than the Midwest. I hope your eye doc appoitnment goes well. Good for you for modifying how you are doing the pushup challenge. Last Wednesday, my trainer had me to 4 sets of 10 pushups per set off a weight bench. That was dang hard.