The Literate Ferret

I'm Joe and new here, but not new to WW.  I've been doing it off and on since last February (2007).  So far, I've shed 40 pounds and kept it off.

I used to be on LJ all the time, but grew tired of it.  I've been away for two or so years.  I've noticed that I may be one of a few guys in this group...or the only...I'm not sure.

My wife and I started doing WW with some old books that my mom gave us.  I've never been to an actual meeting.  When we got married we got a sweet digital WW scale, so, that's neat.  I've been doing WW online for the past three months and feel like I'm wasting my money with it.  I find that the biggest key to the whole thing is to be accountable with someone else and the community of it all.  It's a lot easier to do things when "everyone's doing it".  Like a lot of you, I've kind of become discouraged or hit a wall or something.  I was down five pounds from where I am currently two weeks ago.  I don't know if I've lost my control or what.

I started walking/running last summer with help from Nike+ (curious if anyone else here does that).  I did 250 miles over the summer.  My last semester of college started in the fall and got overwhelmed with classes and graduating so my running fell to the wayside.  I've started back as of a couple of weeks ago and my wife and I have gotten serious about WW again.  The "couch to 5k" intrigues me.  I'm walking/running 9-21 miles a week.  Just depends on how I'm feeling.  I'm trying to get past the aches of starting over again.

I've started this new journal for WW, running, exercise, weight loss journey, etc.  Feel free to add me as a friend and comment on whatever.

starting weight: 334 lbs
current weight: 294 lbs
goal weight: 225 lbs
 

The Original TimeLord?

I need help from someone well versed in Norwegian patterns.

I got a pattern booklet from my LYS yesterday from Sandnes Garn (no 0603 Barn) and I can't really seem to make heads nor tails of it. I'm Swedish myself and I can generally understand Norwegian but some of the phrasing is just weird to me.

It appears like the sweater is knitted in the round but it's all very confusing.

I would have to copy down a large chunk of the pattern and I'm not particularly comfortable doing that here so could someone e-mail me on faroula at livejournal dot com we could discuss it?

Thank you!

Beaded Earrings - Ocean Flowers

I reworked the bracelet into something I like tons better.



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I weighed in yesterday and stayed the same...thank goodness! I had a terrible week. It was that time of the month, and I am the most emotional eater, and I found myself just eating for no reason what so ever. How in the world do I fix this??? I tried so hard not to eat, I even exercised a ton to work off the extra.....how do you all make it through??

Hey folks - I was wondering if anyone else deals with Night Eating Syndrome...basically I binge in my sleep. Like last night I woke up with a box of Life cereal next to me and I don't remember eating it. I just started WW last week so this is frustrating, I am going to guess on how much I consumed and count it today. But it sucks. My doctor says that although rare it is a known sleep disorder and there's nothing I can do short of locking up the entire kitchen somehow.

I feel so helpless and alone. :(

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I am planning to make Dahlia, which will be my first sweater. The pattern calls for 29" (74cm) circulars. I've searched a lot of UK online retailers and haven't been able to find any in the size I need, so I've turned to the US. However, having just received a shipping quote of $24 for two pairs of circular needles, I am about ready to give up!

Will it make much difference if I use 24" (60cm) or even 31" (80cm) circulars instead? I imagine the stitches would be rather bunched up if I use 24" circulars, but will that make much of a difference?

I'd also be grateful for any recommendations for good US knitting sites that ship internationally.

Hey guys!  This is _rissa_this_.  The old journal was my high school journal and was kind of embarassing.  I'm at the point where I need as much motivation as I can because I'm sick of being in the same few pounds (as I have been since January).  I'm coming up on some big life changes and I'm trying my hardest to stay on track.  This is my last week in my childhood home, I'm going to China for two weeks, moving prettymuch by myself to Los Angeles for two months, and then going to Israel.  There are a lot of absolutely wonderful  things I have to look forward to, but I NEED to hit goal already!  It's just so hard sitting at home waiting for people to come work on the house... I just wanna eat!

 PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD ME AS A FRIEND AND COMMENT ON MY NEW JOURNAL!!!!!!!!!  :)

Hi, all! I am considering putting my almost-six-month-old son in a Mother's Day Out program this summer. Though I know he is still a little young for socialization, I want him to get used to having other kids around since he is an only child and will probably not be in daycare until he is at least a year old, when I hope to put him in a daycare/preschool program. (I only work part-time so he does not need daycare yet and may not need it full-time for a long while yet.)

Most Mother's Day Out programs in this area are run by churches. My husband and I are not religious persons; I am a Unitarian Universalist and my husband is an atheist. I want my son to join one of these programs for the socialization aspect, as I mentioned, but I am uncertain about what the children do or hear about while they are there. If you have children in a MDO program, what do they do while they are there? How much is religion or faith discussed? I am not sure how to ask about the role of religion or faith in these programs for fear of offending those who work there and thus starting that relationship off on a bad foot.

Any information or experience with Mother's Day Out programs is appreciated. Thanks!

Many children in a schoolhouse in Dujiangyan, China died during the earthquake in part because of its crappy engineering (the article talks more about the devastation in this town). That is something that has made me uneasy about China for at least 10 years - they build things so quickly that the reason for being super-engineered just doesn't exist.

Oh, and speaking of engineers, I talked to my mom on Mother's Day, and told her about the issues I have w/Rob "whatthefuckdoesthatguydo". The pet peeve I often bring up to people (in part to describe what drives me crazy about the man) is the way he writes e-mails - no capitalization, sometimes the sentences have no subject-verb-object, and he uses absurd abbreviations that I scratch my head over. Then I mentioned that he used to work at IIT.

"Oh, he's an engineer," mom said.

"Well, an architect. But he was a professor - he was a teacher! I can't believe this."

"Then he never worked in business, and he is more or less an engineer. Let me tell you: it took your father [my father also graduated in engineering from IIT] years to get to the point where he learned to communicate with people through writing. There was a lot of training that had to go on."

Oh, and keep in mind that my father was basically a salesman who then bought the business, so he was the president. Not a pencil-and-ruler engineer, but a man who had to communicate w/a lot of people (he never did learn to type and really doesn't understand a thing about computers & e-mail).

That made me feel MUCH better. I'd never thought of it that way. I always thought the guy was being totally disrespectful, and it morally offends me that a man could have been a teacher but still write e-mails like that. But according to my mother's experience, my dad was the same way. God knows that sometimes I'll be talking to him on the phone and we'll be getting near the end of the conversation, and my father will just say, "uh. ok." and just hang up w/out actually saying goodbye (I don't take it personally b/c I know he's thinking, "The call is done," and he just forgets the niceties).

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I am thinking of gettin a t-shirt made:

"Yes, number one guard."
"Yes, that's very short. I know."
"No, shorter than that."
"Shorter and sharper."
"If short was a dial, mine would go to 11."

I feel bad that I can't articulate this in ways that make sense on first blush, but that's the way it is, I guess.

Also, I have TOTALLY AWESOME color highlights. I have the purple I had before, but now fuschia and pinky-orange have joined the party. And it is very short. And sharp. And sculputured. Eee!

And then on my way home I realized two things:
1) I needed cash for the bus in the morning.
2) I hate capitalism. My convenient store does not have my usual conditioner. So I had to pick one. I wanted to spend less than $7. And not coconut or strawberry or raspberry. And not voluminizing. Dear god, I do not need more volume. So it took like 15 minutes to find something acceptable (Pro-silk, we'll see)

Washed all the nifty goo out of my hair and put new goo in. Tomorrow morning EARLY the doctor.

They called to pre-something me for the appointment. Gee, you think I might want to WAIT to meet my doctor to discuss what I want to see her for? hahaha. Crazy me. So I got to hare off to a conference room and explain about the UTIs. I am already half signed-up for prophylactic antibiotics. If something can keep me from having a low-grade UTI for a third of my life, I am for it. BUT... it's at 7:30 tomorrow morning. And I'm taking the bus. So now it is bedtime.

Hi!
I've been lurking here for a good while and I figured I'd might as well introduce myself. I'm Cristina, I'm 21 and I'm from Toronto. This is my second time doing WW in the past year and a half and I've lost 36 lbs in total - another 49 to my goal weight! I've been strictly a Flex girl, but I'm finding myself becoming unmotivated and, well, bored with eating the same things day in and day out. I feel like counting points is taking over my life! I can honestly say I'm terrified of Core (I can't deal with FF dairy and plain yogurt!), but my steady slowing down of weight loss and food issues are motivating me to really want to try it. I hope it will stop my constant late-night hunger, which absolutely kills me!

I'm really interested in starting the Couch to 5k program. I need to get more steady exercise and this seems like an awesome way to do this - plus, I've always wanted to be a runner but I was always too heavy and never knew how to get started.

Starting weight: 235.6 (my highest weight ever!)
Current weight: 199.6
Goal weight: 150

Once I get to my goal weight, I'll see how I feel about it. 150 still seems a little high for me (I'm 5'5", maybe I'm wrong?), but it's a starting weight I think I would feel good at. I can't wait to get there! :)

hey there, i am a member here under a different lj (xtinystudx...i donno how to make it link) but i'm currently reviving my old old old weight loss lj and i'm planning on actually posting in it and using it for all my weight related communities.

so yes. my name is heather, i'm 23, i live near seattle washington and i'm a fat girl. but getting less fat each day!!

starting weight: 184.4lbs
current weight: 170.6lbs
goal weight: 125 (for purposes of lifetime i think my WW goal will be 130).

i'm 5'1 and this is my 4th time doing WW. 

i would love some "weight loss buddies" for this lj and i am ALWAYS excited to have buddies on AIM/MSN/Yahoo.

Hi I'm Suzy A from Camden, NY   I  have just started WW. I've already lost about a half of a pound which is really good for me since I have binged all of my life. I also have 6 medications I'm on that cause weight gain. But I did it, something I haven't done in a few months - I lost weight. I'm so happy you have no idea, to lose that 0.4 of a lbs.

Start Weight:

Age: 21

Height: 5'7"

Heaviest: 251lbs.  (Jan 08)

Start Weight on WW: 243 lbs.
Current Weight: 242.6 lbs.
Weight Lost this Week on WW:  0.4


Total Weight Lost '08 -  9 lbs.


Goals

5 % 230 lbs.   -  must lose 12 lbs.
 
10 %  218 lbs.    -  must lose 24 lbs.

No Longer Obese: 190 lbs. - must lose 52 lbs.

Lifetime: 158 lbs. - must lose 85 lbs.

Personal: 130 lbs. - 113 lbs to go

After a long hiatus, I picked up Mon Petit Chou from Knitty with the goal of finishing a project that I set aside after I finished the front of the briefs nearly two years ago. Unfortunately, I hit a stumbling block almost right out of the gate.

I'm working on the short-row section in the back, and I've found one error which was easy enough to fix (6 stitches remain on the needles in row 7, though the pattern says 5). However, row 13 is way off.

Row 13: *Yo, k2, vd, k2, yo, k1, rep from * 2[3, 4] times, k1, ssk, yo, k2, *k1, yo, k2, vd, k2, yo, rep from * 1[2, 3] times, k1, yo, k2, [18 sts rem], k2tog, wrap, turn

A vd (vertical decrease) is worked by slipping 2 sts k-wise, k1, psso.

The problem is with the bolded section. I think the ssk is supposed to match up with the previous lace row's vd, but it's one stitch off. If I follow the directions, then the pattern is off from that point. I'm pretty sure there's supposed to a yo before the k1 in the bolded section, but that doesn't really fix anything.

I know this pattern has been revised a few times, and the initial version was littered with errors, but if this is an error, it hasn't been corrected. Has anyone knit these without a problem? Is it just me? Does anyone have any ideas?

I feel like an idiot. I want to thank everyone who helped me with my last question (about Mr. T's Mitts.) I'm having problems understanding what to do because A) I've never made gloves before and B) I am a visual learner.

Knitting in the round on DPNs is fine. I can knit in a tube and decrease to where the thumb starts, I'm sure. I just don't know how to make the thumb and go from there. I've had a few people sort of explain what to do, and I've tried to Google answers, but to avail. I don't really know what to do. I really want to finish these mitts in time for my friend's performance (Wed. at eight).

I am begging for help and instruction. If videos exist of someone working on a thumb gusset or knitting into waste yarn to create the thumb gusset, those would be immensely helpful. If not and someone can explain in very simple terms, that would also be helpful. I'm a desperate woman. I feel very lame and very intimidated and I don't know where else to ask for help.

Please, please, please and thank you. If there is anything I can divulge to make my questions clearer, please just ask.

I was curious if anyone in the community is currently raising a relative or even in the process of adopting a relative.


A little background on me. About a year and a half ago, my husband and I moved with with my parents to help raise my nephews. In the course of that time, the four of us decided it would better if my husband and I took over raising the boys as we're both still fairly young and had been discussing the addition of children to our family soon anyhow.

Time has passed... and we've decided to make the big step towards becoming first their legal guardians (my parents are currently the legal guardians) and then adopting them. Their parents have both agreed to allowing us to adopt the boys; they agree that this is the best things for them so it's a non-contested adoption.

My question is, is there a community for support for people trying to adopt a relative? Or perhaps people just raising their nephews/grandchild/cousins, etc. There's a lot of issues that come with trying to balance all of this and it would be nice to know I'm not the only one going through this.

Thanks!!!

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Hello! Today is my first day of Weight Watchers, so I wanted to introduce myself! My name is Monica. I live in L.A. originally from Seattle. I have about 50 pounds to lose. I'm getting married in October, and want to look hot in my dress! I started packing on the pounds when I moved away from home 2.5 years ago. I need to deal with that stress and stop emotional eating. I think I'm going to start training for the Long Beach half marathon as my work out portion, but I'm having trouble finding motivation to get to the gym. This is going to be difficult, but I gotta do it. I want to feel good about my body again. I'll be journaling my progress. I hope we can support each other!

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Last week I really struggled with staying with my points. Even the days that I managed to stay under, I was making horrible food choices. For example, one day I had chips and dip for lunch. Lots of chips and dip.

Tomorrow starts a new WW week for me, so I've decided to go Core. Honestly, I'm kinda scared to death of it. But I know it'll help me get back on track, I really won't have a choice but to choose healthier (less processed) foods. I went shopping today and wasn't too happy to spend almost $45 of mostly fruits & veggies. Then I realized that today alone I spent $15 on eating out.

I put together my breakfast, snacks and lunch for tomorrow.
( What I packed.. )

I'm curious what other Core people are eating. I'm looking for ideas, I just want to make sure I don't get bored with this. What are your favorite meals? I don't like to cook, so the less prep the better;)

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mon_robot and dae5885 have both graciously offered to host a Summer challenge.  Since they both are willing to do so, I wonder if any of you have any new ideas or suggestions for the challenge.  Maybe one person can host an exercise challenge, another a weight loss challenge?  Or does anyone have any other ideas?  Can you two decide who will run which challenges after all the suggestions have been given?   The Spring challenge ends on May 31, so June would be a good month to start a new challenge.

So I finally got my yarn to knit the Percy and I bust out my 3 1/4mm needles to knit a swatch. It's about 1/4 in. too big in the dimensions. So I went down to my 2 3/4mm needles. About 1/4 in. too small. I went to my LYS, they didn't have the 3mm needles the pattern calls for. So, wise knitters, should I knit it 1/4 in. too big or too small? Or should I try to find the appropriate needles? I've waited a really long time to get the yarn and I really, really want to start knitting, so I'm not too keen on waiting any longer.

Hey everyone, some of you might remember me and most of you probably won't.

My name is Carley, I am 18 years old.

The first time I did Weight Watchers I went from 148 lbs. to 117 lbs. My mind set was incredibly unhealthy because my goal weight went from 120 to 115 to 110. I went from a size 9 to a size 5 and now am back at a 7.
My grandpa died December 6th 2007. I already had a bingeing problem, after that it got worse and worse. I think at this point I weigh close to 130-135lbs. That makes me a little sad.

Basically, I stopped my emotional eating and bingeing, which I'm really proud of. I'm glad I got down to the bottom of those issues, I feel like this time around Weight Watchers won't be such a control issue and that I'll do just fine.

So, back to my stats.

Height- 5'5"
CW- 130-ish?
GW-120

I don't want to weigh myself as of yet. But I'm glad to be a part of this community and I'll let you guys all know how it goes.

Hello everyone, I just saw some very interesting Yarn related news over at Mugglenet. I don't know if anyone's posted about it but I figured everyone here would like it :)

Yarn!

I just tried edamame for the first time.. I found a huge box of it at Sam's Club and tried it today..
omg yum! I'm having to fight the 4 year old for some :D

When working from a chart in shawl lace knitting, usually the chart will have you do one repeat and then it'll say "repeat chart A rows 1-6 six times" - I'm having trouble working the repeat from the Swallowtail Shawl [Ravelry link, free pattern until May 14, 2008]. Working chart 1 and then one repeat of chart 2, fine, but I can't see where to fit the repeat of chart 2 into the stitches existing after chart 2 is done once. I have seventeen stitches on each side of the centre stitch [not counting the garter stitch edge] - what do I do with the new row of chart 2?

I know I'm probably overthinking this - I'm still a novice lace knitter and I'm not yet comfortable with knitting by "reading the lace". Ironically, this is the easiest lace pattern [in execution] I've come across yet - if I could stop ruining it by thinking at it so hard. :/

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Needles: U.S. 5 (3.75 mm)
Yarn: Plymouth Encore Worsted, one skein each of black and white
Pattern: Diamond Pattern Two-Needle Mittens, from Mittens and Gloves to Knit and Crochet (Leisure Arts 110)

The pattern calls for 1x1 ribbing, and on the advice of my knitting teacher I used 2x2 ribbing, which I find easier and she thought would make a better hold on the wrist. I knit this in the smallest size of the pattern (three sizes are provided), and I have large wrists for a woman. The intarsia pattern is a simple geometric and not nearly as hard as it looks, but I think it came out well.

And I thought it was high time I knit something for me, as I knit nothing at all for myself all of last year!

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My daughter is 3 in November and we have been trying to get her to wee on the potty for the past 3 days. So far we have had 2 wees on the potty, lots of wet nappies and lots of wet 'big girl' knickers. She can't seem to tell us BEFORE she wees but can tell us immediately afterwards. Does anyone have any advice? When she does wee she gets a treat - some Night Garden stickers, some chocolate etc.. and she called everyone to tell them that she had done a wee on the potty and was so proud of herself but today it's like it never happened. Does anyone have any advice at all? Anything will do! I'm a bit lost with it all really. Today we went through the whole "tell us when you need a wee wee" thing with her again, but she ended up with soaked nappies, even though she sat on the potty for half an hour this morning and another three times during the day with no results. Am I doing this wrong? We moved house a month ago, Emily has a 10 month old sister and I recently started working 2 jobs during the evening times (only ever miss an hour before her bed time) - I know these are all things that can affect Emily and her potty training.

Sorry this is a bit rambly, I'm just trying to give as much info as I can!
Thanks so much.
Shel
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I am so proud of my baby brother! He graduated Saturday from College. 

However, I am not so proud of myself. I drove out there on Saturday morning, but started late and "had" to stop at McDonalds for grab a cup of coffee (and a breakfast sandwich). Then we sat through the graduation ceremonies, and afterwards went out for an early dinner. Well, didn't I just blow it then? At this meal I ate 25.5 points. WTF? The whole day...47. 47 points is almost double what I am allotted. 

I know there were healthier choices on the menu. I know I didn’t have to go out and "celebrate" that night. But I did. 

I was doing so well. I lost 4.4 lbs the week before and I was really going to make an effort this time. You know what they say...3rd time's a charm...

Ok...its over and done with. I need to keep my eye on the goal and focus. Can't let one day trip me up completely. I will succeed. I will do this with the support of you all and my weekly meeting friends...

In other news, I was able to convince a co-worker to join with me. She is going to be coming to the meeting this Thursday. I am really happy about that. We will be able to keep each other on track (not only is she a co-worker, but a pretty good friend as well). I told her about this community, and she said she was going to check it out. Keep your eyes peeled for her!

Thanks for listening. Sometimes it is really difficult to obsess over food choices and the WW plan with non-WW members. So glad I have you all. Happy Monday! and good luck to you all this week! 

I've caught a cold. And it's extremely unwelcome. I just finally got over the deafness and congestion of the last one, and now I've got coughing, stuffy/runny nose and that not-quite-sore-but-tender throat, and I'm a little hoarse.

So here's my dilemma: I have students today, tomorrow and Wednesday. Of these students, 5 of them are going to state on Saturday. State is the biggest competition of the year, and last year I had a student get sick and be unable to sing at the festival, after paying over a hundred dollars to enter and for the accompanist. I'm not too sick to get up and go to work, but I'm worried about exposing these singers to this annoying head cold and cough. So what should I do?

Poll #1186665 Sick Teacher
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

When faced with this situation, what course of action would you take?

Then again, having a job where I don't wake up in the morning and think, "I just want to die" does wonders for my outlook. :-)

And my, but this weekend was productive as a result -- I got all the old VHS tapes boxed up and stored behind the TV and all the DVDs put away (which is a bit like playing Live TETRIS, as we have all the movies together and all the TV show box sets together, and shelving the new purchases required quite a bit of shelf shuffling), purchased a new purse, started putting together the July issue of Helix SF, the bulk of the laundry is done, the recycling bins are filling nicely (MAN, we threw away a lot of recyclable plastic), and I got voicemails and guest hosts lined up for this week's podcast recordings. So that's all good.

This week I plan on giving the kitchen and the bathrooms a good solid cleaning, finishing my entry for Sword and Sorceress 23, vacuuming out the dryer vent, finishing up the Helix work, doing some updates for my regular web client, recording the new podcast eps, paying and mailing out the bills, and maybe going into Lenscrafters and getting some prescription sunglasses because this business of driving in rush hour traffic with the sun blaring into my eyes sucks.

I also think that I may want to get an ASUS Eee PC. I was hoping that the local Best Buy would have one so that I could test the keyboard action and see if I liked it, but they didn't have one. They did have a Sony in the same size, but the buggering thing was over $2K, the mouse action was dreadful (it took me multiple tries to get the mouse to move) and the keyboard action seemed sluggish and sorta sticky. Yeah, I don't think so. I can't really buy it for a few more weeks, anyway, so I'll keep looking around until I can find a place where I can give one a test run.

So how's your Monday turning out so far?

So, a post I made earlier and one of the comments to it got me thinking -- it seems like all of the workout DVDs I have right now are geared towards people who are already in great shape (more or less), or at least have better stamina than I do. 

Let's face it. I'm super-overweight. I get out of breath going up a couple flights of stairs, much less attempting to bounce around my living room for 10 minutes straight. 

With that being said, do any of you know of any workout DVDs or the suchlike that are a little friendlier to people that are, shall we say, lacking in the get-up-and-go department? The whole getting worn out so quickly thing is what has kept me from working out for so long... I want to do what I need to do to get healthy but I don't want to put myself in more danger by doing too much too fast, if that makes sense. 

I'm into just about anything, I guess... I like stuff that's more dance-like than just plain old aerobics -- it makes it easier to stay interested. 

Thanks in advance guys! :)

 After a 2 lb loss this week, the first loss since I started ww again, I have screwed up. 

I have wanted a snickers bar for days, and I finally crashed and bought one. It was well worth the 7 points. I think it was the most satisfying thing I have ever eaten. It may not have been good for me nutritionally but mentally it was perfect. Luckily I am still able to stay wtihin points for the day, and if I want an extra snack I can use some flex points, or work out, but a workout is probably out of the question since I have a final exam tonight. 

Every other time I have been on ww, doing something like this would cause me to throw everything out the window and binge for a week, but this time, I am okw ith it. I did it, its behind me and I will be careful about my points for the rest of the day. Also, today is when my points reset so I still have all of my flex points.

I have recurring costochondritis, which too often gets inflamed if I exercise too much or too hard. It's manageable, usually, but I had been trying to get at least 45 minutes of exercise (swimming, biking, stationary bike, weight lifting, etc) a day, and now after a month, even though I've taken the last few days off, the pain is not abating.

Does anyone else have this problem? Does anyone have any suggestions?

I'm going away later this week for a few days; I was thinking of just continuing the inactivity 'til I returned, then starting back with some lighter exercise. If I can bike for 45 minutes in the morning, then I can go for a walk for 45 minutes, right?

Today I am starting over. Again. I re-started ww in the beginning of March. Then I found out I had malignant melonoma (skin cancer)and needed surgery. I couldn't deal with tracking my points.
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