Welcome my friends. I’m tweaking my weekly journey with my healthier living. It’s a step in the right direction for sure. I hope you come along for the ride. Instead of day-to-day comments, I’m going to post something from my personal journal to share. Hope you enjoy. Remember all of us go down this path and we are all in it together ❤
Week of 04/29-05/05/2018 – Week 17
“Dear Journal – Things are good. I think I’m controlled of the stress these days pretty well. I’m trying my breathing/relaxing tips and they seem to be working. I’m also trying to work through my pain. Some days I do better than others. I’m also trying to pick up my walking more. I’ve been doing a little at a mile a day. This week goal’s is 1.5 miles a day. I’m picking it up daily to get back where I was before surgery. It’s hard but baby steps. I see Summer finally getting here… yep that’s right – Summer. It seems we might be skipping right over the cool months of Spring and jumping right into the hot days of Summer. I’m so happy – NOT. I’m not hot kind of person. I didn’t complain about the cold – LOL. Baby steps, right?”
This week walked: 6.10
TOTAL 2018 Miles: 123.39
TOTAL 2017 Miles: 541.06
❤ small goals turn into big accomplishments ❤
Tags: adventure, appreciation, entertainment, exercising, freedom, Friends, fun, games, growing up, happy, health, Hotel Thompson, humor, Journal to Healthier, Journey, Journey with Friends, Love, Mom, playful, smart, walking, weight
Welcome my friends. I’m tweaking my weekly journey with my healthier living. It’s a step in the right direction for sure. I hope you come along for the ride. Instead of day-to-day comments, I’m going to post something from my personal journal to share. Hope you enjoy. Remember all of us go down this path and we are all in it together ❤
Week of 04/22-04/28/2018 – Week 16
“Dear Journal – Do you remember the story about the tortoise and the rabbit? Slow and easy wins the race… if there was a race. Life is not a race. Life is an adventure of day at a time – living in the moment. That’s how we should live. You hear it all of the time, “Live today like there is no tomorrow. We are not promised tomorrow. Live today as if it was your last day.” But do we? All of those cliches really do mean something. Have fun in life. Laugh so hard that you pee on yourself. Drink a little too much. Tell people you love them. Give someone a hug – you never know when they need it. Life doesn’t stop when you go to bed tonight. It just recharges you for a new and fresher tomorrow to do it all over again.”
This week walked: 5.32
TOTAL 2018 Miles: 117.29
TOTAL 2017 Miles: 541.06
❤ small goals turn into big accomplishments ❤
Tags: adventure, appreciation, diary, encouragement, entertainment, freedom, Friends, fun, growing up, happy, health, healthier, Hotel Thompson, humor, journal, Journal to Healthier Living, Journal with Friends, Love, Mom, mommy, smart, support, support group, walking
Welcome my friends. I’m tweaking my weekly journey with my healthier living. It’s a step in the right direction for sure. I hope you come along for the ride. Instead of day-to-day comments, I’m going to post something from my personal journal to share. Hope you enjoy. Remember all of us go down this path and we are all in it together ❤
Week of 04/15-04/21/2018 – Week 15
“Dear Journal – Sometimes you need to sit, simmer, breathe and just be for a bit. I’ve been trying to go out on the back deck at night right at dusk just to do this. A little meditation all to myself just to be in the moment and let things go. I’ve been stressed lately. I can admit that. Nothing in particular but everything all rolled up into one festering just waiting to explode. Nothing specific you can put your finger on of what is pushing you over the edge. Then something little happens and everything explodes with you ending up crying like a big baby… over what? Who knows? It’s been that way for the past couple of months. But last week something happened. Something positive. And with that positive happening, life settled back down again into the right puzzle pieces and all felt right in the world. What have I been stressed over? Who knows and at this point who cares. Life is good now. Funny how that happens in life, right? So what does this teach us? Live the moment, good and bad, remember to breathe and that this soon will pass ❤
This week walked: 6.90
TOTAL 2018 Miles: 111.97
TOTAL 2017 Miles: 541.06
❤ small goals turn into big accomplishments ❤
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Welcome my friends. I’m tweaking my weekly journey with my healthier living. It’s a step in the right direction for sure. I hope you come along for the ride. Instead of day-to-day comments, I’m going to post something from my personal journal to share. Hope you enjoy. Remember all of us go down this path and we are all in it together ❤
Week of 04/01-04/07/2018 – Week 13
“Dear Journal – Sometimes when you let some things go, everything falls into place. Today is a new day to a new beginning. My recuperation from surgery has lasted a bit longer than I expected. I didn’t think I was going to jump back into things right off but I also didn’t think it was going to take me nearly five months to get there either. But it’s time. Baby steps – even if it is an mile a week. It’s time to start pushing myself for more of an achievement. If my sister can run 26 miles in October, I can walk 10-12 miles a week. No excuses.”
This week walked: 5.98
TOTAL 2018 Miles: 98.02
TOTAL 2017 Miles: 541.06
❤ small goals turn into big accomplishments ❤
Another one with the air fryer last week. The hub unit loves corn dogs and requested them in the air fryer. This took a day ahead to prepare. I’m sure I could have done it in one day but I wanted the corn dogs to be a little frozen… let me start at the beginning. One night after dinner, I fixed corn dog batter and battered my hot dogs. I put them in a container into the freezer. I want them to be a little ‘hardened’ so as to not get the batter slushed all around in the air fryer. Makes sense, right? The next night when we were going to have the corn dogs, I took them straight from the freezer and popped them into the air fryer with tater tots (my hubs favorite). I cooked the both of them at the same time at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. They came out perfect! The hub enjoyed them immensely and I didn’t feel so guilty about it because they were not full of grease. So another hit at the Hotel Thompson!
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Welcome my friends. I’m tweaking my weekly journey with my healthier living. It’s a step in the right direction for sure. I hope you come along for the ride. Instead of day-to-day comments, I’m going to post something from my personal journal to share. Hope you enjoy. Remember all of us go down this path and we are all in it together ❤
Week of 02/18-02/24/2018 – Week 7
“Dear Journal – It seems like food choices are beginning to become easier in decision making. That’s a great and awesome thing. If you would have told me this time last year I would be choosing water over a soda, I would have laughed at you. I was so addicted to fully leaded soda! It’s such a relief to break myself of that addiction. I don’t have to worry about diet soda… I would much rather drink water anytime. And I think water is so much better for my skin as well. This was definitely a good week of eating. I need to pick up the exercise a bit more. I’ve been doing a combination of walking and exercise. There are seven exercises that I’m trying to incorporate into my routine everyday. It’s working for me and that is what matters. I think I’m going to rope the hub unit in doing those seven exercises with me every evening. It may make things go faster and it would certainly help to boost both of us for sure.”
This week walked: 8.27
TOTAL 2018 Miles: 61.57
TOTAL 2017 Miles: 541.06
❤ small goals turn into big accomplishments ❤
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Welcome my friends. I’m tweaking my weekly journey with my healthier living. It’s a step in the right direction for sure. I hope you come along for the ride. Instead of day-to-day comments, I’m going to post something from my personal journal to share. Hope you enjoy. Remember all of us go down this path and we are all in it together ❤
Week of 02/11-02/17/2018 – Week 6
“Dear Journal – Sometimes I think we beat ourselves up too much. There is a line between challenging yourself to do better and pushing yourself over the edge. If I push myself too much, it becomes something I *have* to do, a chore if you will, and my OCD gets tested. If I leave it at the pace I’m going, I can fit it into my life where it becomes a habit in the end and not so much as a chore. Shaking my head. Life is full of complications – LOL. But so far, I think I have this right now. I do want to pick up the pace a bit more. Now I’m trying to turn a 24 hour day into 36 hours. Do I really need sleep? Just joking – I love my sleep. It’s hard to believe how things these days in the form of moving around is so much easier. I’m so grateful that I had breast surgery. I think I need to send the doctor a thank you note.”
This week walked: 9.12
TOTAL 2018 Miles: 53.30
TOTAL 2017 Miles: 541.06
❤ small goals turn into big accomplishments ❤
Okay my friends – another week with using the air fryer at the Hotel Thompson. One of my biggest weaknesses foodwise is fried chicken. It might be a southern thing. It’s a huge comfort food here in the south. And it’s something I was never able to work around with trying to lose weight but yet keeping my favorite food in the mix. Who needs all of that grease that it’s deep fried in, right?
Well, I think I found my heaven. Let me present to you Exhibit A – fried chicken (skinless and boneless) that was prepared in air fryer. I put it on on the white napkins straight from the air fryer so that you could see – absolutely NO GREASE. Look at the crispy outside and the inside was so juicy. Better yet, I’ve found with the air fryer that you actually taste your food and not the grease that it is cooked in. I seasoned my chicken before hand with salt/pepper and some pepper flakes. I then dipped it in a seasoned egg mixture and then dipped it in a seasoned flour mix. I then put the chicken in my air fryer. The basket held five chicken thighs at one time. I set the timer for 20 minutes on chicken at 380 degrees. At 10 minutes, I stopped the timer and turned the chicken. It came out this beautiful. It was a HUGE hit here at the Hotel Thompson.
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Welcome my friends. I’m tweaking my weekly journey with my healthier living. It’s a step in the right direction for sure. I hope you come along for the ride. Instead of day-to-day comments, I’m going to post something from my personal journal to share. Hope you enjoy. Remember all of us go down this path and we are all in it together ❤
Week of 01/21-01/27/2018 – Week 3 (MILES MOVED: 5.96)
“Dear Journal – Slow and easy wins the race. Recuperation from my surgery is going well; however, my rheumatoid arthritis is deciding to flare up. I went back on a different RA medicine. It so hates me and is not agreeing with my body. I will give it another week to settle. If it doesn’t, then we will go to plan B… whatever that might be. I want to get back into my exercising. It’s true what they say. Trying to get back into a plan is the hardest thing in the world. I was really burning some miles and then I had to stop because of surgery. It’s hard finding my way back. But I will! I am determined if not anything else. At least my food choices have been on key – that’s definitely a plus. Wouldn’t it be great if we could all eat anything we wanted with no consequences? I’m not as young as I was once – LOL.”
Week of 01/28-02/03/2018 – Week 4 (MILES MOVED: 5.62)
“Dear Journal – This week started slow. I had some type of virus going around the office. I’m so thankful that we share everything – not! I was home Monday/Tuesday which also led me to the point of coming off of my RA medicine. It so was not agreeing with my body. I’ve been speaking with my doctor back/forth about it and we both decided to stop it. For the past three months, I worked on a pain management plan. I think I’m going to stay on that for a while. I need my body to catch up and even out. It’s been hard these past three months going through so many physical changes. I’m happy with the surgery. I just need things to chill out now with everything else. Can you believe it’s been almost three months since surgery? Sometimes it just seems like yesterday. I so should have done this years ago! I feel like a new person in that aspect.”
Oh and by the way, I bought an air fryer for the house. I’m going to be using it in the future and hopefully sharing with you some awesome recipes. Do you have one? If so, share some recipes. An air fryer circulates heat at a high speed around the items that you are cooking. This produces a crispy top layer to what you are cooking. It doesn’t use oil like you would if you fried foods. And being in the south, we know our fried foods. Using an air fryer will hopefully help our waistlines in cooking healthier and eating more at home. I will keep you updated on what foods we cook.
These two weeks walked: 11.58
TOTAL 2018 Miles: 31.64
TOTAL 2017 Miles: 541.06
❤ small goals turn into big accomplishments ❤
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Welcome my friends to our weekly issue of Journey with Friends. This is a time that we come together for support, for encouragement, for fellowship – all with one single goal in mind – to live better. Welcome to our journey to share our goals and our accomplishments and our disappointments and frustrations.
Together we can do this!
Sunday, January 14, 2017 – Today is meant for rest and that is exactly what we did today. Layed around watching football games and resting. Miles Moved: 0.28
Monday, January 15, 2018 – I was off today for the holiday from work. Cleaned up some dresser drawers today and have a couple of bags for donations. I think I’ll be having a lot of cleaning out in the next couple of months of old clothes that just don’t fit anymore. I’m not sure at this point if it’s a good thing or a bad thing – LOL. Miles Moved: 0.25
Tuesday, January 16, 2018 – Back to work and actually got a good little walk in today. It felt good to move a bit more. Miles Moved: 1.15
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 – Today was snow day. Can you believe snow in the south? It happens every once in a blue moon. I’m trying to find my way back to walking. It’s hard. My doctor has put me on a new med for my Rheumatoid Arthritis. Let’s just say it’s kicking my butt right now. But I’m letting my system adjust to it. Miles Moved: 0.25
Thursday, January 18, 2018 – Split between headache and nauseousness. Which is worse? I’m not sure but I’m determined to get through this! Miles Moved: 0.83
Friday, January 19, 2018 – I’m determined to start walking more next week. This medicine is just going to have to catch up to me then. Miles Moved: 1.09
Saturday, January 20, 2018 – Errands on top of errands. I think I need a keeper for sure these days. Highlight of my day – talking to Phenny’s parents across the pond. What an awesome way to start the day! Thanks Katty and Mark! ❤ Miles Moved: 0.50
Thoughts for the week: Life is life. There is no race. I’m taking one day at a time with everything. My body will adjust and things will fall into place. I’m sure of it. Thanks my friends for supporting me along “our” adventures together ❤
This week walked: 4.35
TOTAL 2018 Miles: 20.06
TOTAL 2017 Miles: 541.06
❤ small goals turn into big accomplishments ❤
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Welcome my friends to our weekly issue of Journey with Friends. This is a time that we come together for support, for encouragement, for fellowship – all with one single goal in mind – to live better. Welcome to our journey to share our goals and our accomplishments and our disappointments and frustrations.
Together we can do this!
Sunday, January 7, 2017 (Day 5) – There really needs to be a way that your Apple i-Watch tracks when you do housework. We ended up doing three loads of laundry, folding, making the beds, cleaning the house, etc. But does any of this track? No really. So Apple i-Watch if you listening, work on it. LOL Miles Moved: 1.10
Monday, January 8, 2018 (Day 6) – This weeks goal – finish closing out 2017 at work. I’ve got to get this finished and done. After that, I will feel less stress… not no stress but less stress – LOL. So today might just be a lot of paperwork at the desk. Miles Moved: 0.80
Tuesday, January 9, 2018 (Day 7) – Next goal this week – send out certain packages – looks innocent. I’m so sorry my friends. I am *SO* behind. Packages are now mailed out. More stress gone – LOL Miles Moved: 1.05
Wednesday, January 10, 2018 (Day 8) – Close to being done with 2017. Shaking my head. There are so many numbers to configure. Someone kill me now – LOL. I’m determined though. This year end will be done this week! Miles Moved: 0.93
Thursday, January 11, 2018 (Day 9) – YAY! Goal completed. Goodbye 2017 and hello 2018. Finally eleven days into 2018 and I can now start thinking about 2018. Too funny! So glad that it’s finished now. Miles Moved: 1.26
Friday, January 12, 2018 (Day 10) – Must open up 2018 and start January statistics. Notice how when you do the same thing every month that your months just run together and you have no sense of time? That’s me these days for sure. This year though, I’m going to try to be on top of these things. Honest – quit laughing at me – LOL Miles Moved: 0.83
Saturday, January 13, 2018 (Day 11) – Football, anipal store run and chili is what today brings. I’m planning on sleep and relaxation this weekend. I think I need it after this week – LOL. Miles Moved: 0.92
Thoughts for the week: You must repeat after me. This is not a fast fix. This is a LIFETIME change. Baby steps my friends – baby steps
This week walked: 8.09
TOTAL 2018 Miles: 15.71
TOTAL 2017 Miles: 541.06
❤ small goals turn into big accomplishments ❤
Tags: adventure, apple i-watch, appreciation, bacon, entertainment, exercise, Food, freedom, Friends, fun, goals, growing up, guidance, happy, help, helpful, Hotel Thompson, humor, i-watch, inspiration, Journey, Journey with Friends, Love, miles, Mom, move, moving, pain, playful, relaxation, rest, rings, smart, stand, support, thoughts of the week, walk, walking, way of eating, weekly update, weight, weight loss
Welcome my friends to our weekly issue of Journey with Friends. This is a time that we come together for support, for encouragement, for fellowship – all with one single goal in mind – to live better. Welcome to our journey to share our goals and our accomplishments and our disappointments and frustrations.
Together we can do this!
Sunday, December 31, 2017 – The last day of the month. Goodbye 2017 and hello 2018! Lots of rest today, laying around and watching football. Miles Moved: 0.15
Monday, January 1, 2018 – Did you see any football games? WOW – what a day to watch the Georgia game. Awesome game too – lots of back and forth with the scores. Resting today as well. My 100 days starts tomorrow – Joybells 🙂 Jim wanted to compromise and delay the start by one day to have today for football. Life is all about compromises. Miles Moved: 0.11
Tuesday, January 2, 2018 (Day 1) – I have a lot of energy today for some reason. Pent up time from not being able to exercise these past couple of months? Don’t worry. I’m taking it slow this week. My goal is to do 30 minutes of non-stop exercise a day. This week, I’m breaking it up into two installment of two 15 minute exercises. Gotta build up my duration again. Miles Moved: 1.98
Wednesday, January 3, 2018 (Day 2) – Its funny sometimes how one pain can outweigh another pain. I’ve been in so much pain from breast recovery that my arthritis doesn’t touch it. Now that I’m feeling better and I start exercising, what happens. Rheumatoid wants to flare it’s ugly head. I kept going today but I know I will pay for it dearly tonight. Miles Moved: 1.95
Thursday, January 4, 2018 (Day 3) – And I was right. Hello flare. I really don’t have time for you right now. I need you to go away. Please and thank you. Miles Moved: 0.99
Friday, January 5, 2018 (Day 4) – I have a lot going on at work with end of the year but I’m still getting my walk on. At work, I was walking outside around our buildings. I don’t have to do that anymore. We have now a full gym at work equipped with a treadmill. Can you say thank you sweet Jesus. No more freezing my butt off outside! Miles Moved: 1.26
Saturday, January 6, 2018 – I admit it. Today was a scheduled cheat day. LOL. So soon huh? Well today is my hubs birthday so we have to celebrate that, right? But look I did get some walking in today. That’s a plus. Miles Moved: 1.25
Thoughts for the week: Here we go with a new year and a new day. Starting January 2, 2018 – I will start a 100 day challenge to eating clean and daily exercising. The challenge will end on my 100th day – April 12, 2018. I’ll take a week off and then do it again for another 100 days. Little challenges inspire me and give me a goal to work towards. I’m hoping this gets me back into my routine. 100 days of consistency will also – hopefully – make a habit and break some habits I’ve picked up in the past couple of months during recovery. Which brings me to my surgery. I’m still recovering from it. The doctors says it takes between six months to a year for a full recovery. In some ways, I feel totally whole. In other ways, I know I’m not anywhere near it. I take things day to day.
This week walked: 7.69
TOTAL 2018 Miles: 7.69
TOTAL 2017 Miles: 541.06
❤ small goals turn into big accomplishments ❤
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