Mel - Thank you for the link! :) Onto squats and lunges!
Hi Stegenrae!
Today we are dyeing eggs on the homestead. I'm hoping it's nice enough to hang out clothes on the line and go for a little walk/hike with the family. V also insists on seeing her Nana today so I'm guessing at some point we will be off to visit.
Thank you that was very helpful!!
5 miles on the mill this morning.
Cooking has begun...laundry in process. Here we go...
I need to do some cleaning up (internally) in a few weeks. Right now I'm cleaning up a lot of my surroundings 
- Yeah, my DD1 was a very facile climber from early on. Dh and I both used to climb before kids, so when we saw that I thought "we've got to get her in a structured environment before she hurts herself" Our gym is good sized, but many cities are building nice gyms these days. It's become a family thing - we go once a week, and then she goes another 3-4 
If your gym has something team-like (ours does have a homeschool p.e. option - and funnily enough, my dd1 is featured on the poster about it, despite not being homeschooled) the coaches are VERY good about emphasizing safety. It is no joke. DD1 has had to pass all kinds of tests to be able to climb at various levels. She just got her lead-belay certification, which is the last step, but her coaches still wont let her do it unless an adult is nearby supervising (lead-climbing is where you clip in as you go, and belaying someone doing that is much more attention-heavy and vital). However, like Bec said, the $ adds up FAST if you are doing it as a sport (example: climbing shoes for my 9 year old: $80)
I hope the run released some of that anxiety and pressure Keep BREATHING, to the window crew storming my house yesterday, and now the kids home for Easter .... Hoping to re-start Monday) - within 45 minutes of coming in my house they had banged out (and I mean knocked the glass out of with a hammer and pulled/peeled the frames from the house) almost all 12 windows! The old ones were metal casement, which means they looked like a tic-tac-toe board with a metal grid. Crash crash crash, and then these awful shrill power tools to cut metal, not to mentioon all the window being open I was freezing, but couldnt think of where to go with the dog.
MelW - Thanks for that link! As soon as I'm done here I'm off to pee in the shower!
Stegenrae - Welcome and congrats and thanks for the heads up on the anti-anxiety stuff. I'm off to google (then shower).
Nic - Good luck with the cooking, nice job on getting that run done.
Jo - Yay for Whole30 groove! I saw that no peanut butter is allowed and thought, "oop! not for me!" but with instant results like you're seeing I might just find the strength to try it.
Wha!? No, seriously (I dont eat pb), but I do eat nuts, by the pounds per week (not kidding), specifically walnuts and almonds. Are those allowed?Tree nuts, yes. Legumes, no. I am OK as long as I don't open the kids' snack cupboard. 
OK. How I feel? In touch. I feel in touch. I am tasting things. Dh handed me half a piece of sugarless gum this afternoon and I absentmindedly popped it into my mouth and had to spit it out. (Not just because it's "off-plan," but because it tasted disgustingly fake sweet.) No desire for Diet Coke. Not intensely hungry, just mildly so when it's about time to get eating. With it. And really really free. Like, as long as a food is totally real, and meat/eggs/fish, vegetable, fruit or tree nut, no need to measure or even really track. Because I feel done at appropriate moments. I feel my body. Hoping for good sleep tonight (too hot last night and we didn't turn on AC), and an early wake tomorrow to go out and do some barefooting on the beach, followed by strength exercises. I just feel like I walked out of a fog.
The nos are big ones: no grains, legumes, dairy or "vegetable" oils. But, how simple is that, kwim?
And the point is really to hit a reset button and then make mindful decisions about what to eat later, based on what causes good things to happen, and not bad.
I'm not supposed to weigh the whole month. I guarantee that is not going to happen.
But bright side, dh seems to get that I am doing this for a month. 
My big hope is to kill off the yeast. To make the tinea disappear. Of course I want to move my weight back down toward normal, and I know that if I continue like I am, I will certainly make that progress. But I want to see how much arthritic pain, disc pain, etc. goes away, and see what else happens. This definitely feels bigger than weight loss. I know I sound like a whack evangelist.
Tree nuts, yes. Legumes, no. I am OK as long as I don't open the kids' snack cupboard.
OK. How I feel? In touch. I feel in touch. I am tasting things. Dh handed me half a piece of sugarless gum this afternoon and I absentmindedly popped it into my mouth and had to spit it out. (Not just because it's "off-plan," but because it tasted disgustingly fake sweet.) No desire for Diet Coke. Not intensely hungry, just mildly so when it's about time to get eating. With it. And really really free. Like, as long as a food is totally real, and meat/eggs/fish, vegetable, fruit or tree nut, no need to measure or even really track. Because I feel done at appropriate moments. I feel my body. Hoping for good sleep tonight (too hot last night and we didn't turn on AC), and an early wake tomorrow to go out and do some barefooting on the beach, followed by strength exercises. I just feel like I walked out of a fog.
The nos are big ones: no grains, legumes, dairy or "vegetable" oils. But, how simple is that, kwim?
And the point is really to hit a reset button and then make mindful decisions about what to eat later, based on what causes good things to happen, and not bad.
I'm not supposed to weigh the whole month. I guarantee that is not going to happen.
But bright side, dh seems to get that I am doing this for a month.
My big hope is to kill off the yeast. To make the tinea disappear. Of course I want to move my weight back down toward normal, and I know that if I continue like I am, I will certainly make that progress. But I want to see how much arthritic pain, disc pain, etc. goes away, and see what else happens. This definitely feels bigger than weight loss. I know I sound like a whack evangelist.
No PB? I live on that stuff! But the fog and the food fight can go... and my addiction to sugar. Evangelist or not, I want in!
Help me understand the no legumes part. I would find the no dairy part hard but I can understand it. My morning chai latte is my ultimate comfort food so giving it up would be hard but I would do it for a month. But legumes? Why? And how would you afford to do this for a month on a really tight budget? I am intrigued but not sure I am in the right space to try something like that now. I am doing no grains except for occasional small servings of quinoa and the rest whole foods - plus diet coke, just because. I could be doing worse than diet coke. I would like to do much better but don't think this is the best timing. Maybe you can convince me otherwise!
Planning a 5 km walk this afternoon and really looking forward to it.
Jeffi, I'm with you on the legumes thing. I can't afford to do meat/fish so frequently. We eat beans or some variety of legumes at least four times a week and it is a huge help in our budget.
Stick a fork in me. I'm done. The only problem is, I'm not done. Still some more cooking, laundry folding, making up the beds, and if I am very ambitious (probably not!) mop down the floor as it's pretty yucky now from a day of cooking.
Kids are outside though. They were driving me bonkers and getting too screen-happy. They'll be off screens for the next few days due to the holiday anyway but it's a good time to start. Getting cable and wii (even though we seriously limit it) was the Worst. Thing. Ever. for their temperaments. I must admit that it comes in handy for me sometimes but once they start fighting and being cranky and whiny, I see why I resisted for so long. My kids definitely have a neurological effect from the screen time, I know that's not true for everyone but it is for them.
oy my chocolate chip cookies turned into chocolate chip pie. oh well.
Nic ~ Sending some energy your way!
Kerc ~ I could do almond butter and sunbutter but it is not the same. ;) And how I go through it... organic pb is way cheaper than the alternatives.
So.. I'd like to know about the legumes too. I think they are inflammatory but I'm not sure.
I ate mountains of veggies, with a little meat, egg, or nuts. And lots of coconut oil, which is hugely sating/filling.
On the evangelizing. I totally get it! I feel that way with South Beach. SB is not too dissimilar to the Whole30 or eating clean, albeit not as restrictive as those. I like being free of sugar cravings, only putting whole grains in my body and really having my grain/carb intake under control.
Gaye, you will adjust and fit those workouts in and feel better. But I find transitions exhausting, too.
Yes, I think Whole30 would take some real creativity to do on the super-cheap, and I am thankful (for now) that I am the only one in the house doing it. But yes, coconut oil is awesome. I don't have access to a lot of good meat here anyway, and that which is good is expensive, so maybe lamb twice a week, some canned tuna/sardines (in water or olive oil), chicken, and a lot of eggs. Almonds. Walnuts I love with dates.
And yes, legumes are among inflammatory foods. Which makes sense considering how most of them make me gassy/bloated in varying degrees.
Also yes, mountains of vegetables. Great when you love vegetables.
One last yes: I have a lot of weight to lose and therefore am not too worried about macronutrients. There's a lot of tissue that can be cannibalized to provide energy to this body. 
PS, hello full moon. 
Should arrive any moment.
Gaye ~ I agree with Jo. Give it time and you'll find your groove.
Jooj ~ I'm so glad Whole30 is agreeing so well with you!
Welcome Stegenrae!!!! Glad to have you on board.
sparkle ~ lots of house-selling vibes, coming your way
RR ~ nothing today, but a run in on my docket for tomorrow morning. I'm really looking forward to it too!
NRR ~ took the kids to the zoo today. I think every other family in the greater St. Louis area was there too. Seriously, we had to park in the relief lot and walk at least a mile just to get to the front gate. We did have a great time though and the kids were real troopers about the mountain of walking we ended up doing.
Reading along. Gaye - I haven't figured out how to work my limited part time hours and still work out!!! It's an imperfect process, but I'm working on it. In the mean time, I have discovered that I can finish some pretty long races with pretty minimal training. Maybe not with times I would shout from the roof tops, but it's always been about finishing for me.
RR: No run today, but after 2 rest days, I did get out for a 4+ mile brisk walk with a friend. She gave me my very much delayed Christmas present today, too. She took a bunch of pictures of the two of us doing all the various races that we have done together over the years and put them in a photo album! It made me cry. I love her so much, and she's moving to Arizona this summer, and I don't know what I'm going to do without her.
Thanks for the welcomes, ladies!
Nic, I hope everything is under control for your big weekend right now.
bec, that is so sweet of your friend. ((hugs)) on the separation
JayGee, at least it wasn't the KC Zoo--it's so spread out, you always end up walking a marathon everytime you go unless you spring for the train/tram tickets. did you get your run in today?
tjsmama, I don't have any advice about the juicing/energy needs thing. I hope you find some sort of rhythm that includes running soon.
on the evangelizing--Yeah--I hear ya! I've been gluten- and dairy-free for just over 2 years now, as well as some other stuff I had become intolerant to because of leaky gut. I have to bite my tongue every time one of my friends with RA complains of a flare-up after, say, a birthday party or something. On and on...it's kind of crazy when you feel so much better and you want to shout it to everyone that they don't have to feel like crap--that it's NOT normal.
RR: C25K w6d2, which is 2 intervals of 1-mile runs. I averaged about 11:40min pace for both of them. Not super far or fast at all compared to you all, but awesome for me. I also do an ab workout after every run. (and yay--that was my first RR here!)
Whew! My husband is moved back in (kind of, but his stuff is all in the house and major reorganization is underway). We had my youngest daughter's b-day party this morning, the community easter egg hunt, the rush home to deal with her allergic reaction to the cadbury creme egg she popped in her mouth when I wasn't watching (breathing okay, but the rash persists), and now dinner at home for her and my husband's shared birthday today. Our adult dinner plans fell through because our friend's mother passed away, my BILs who were supposed to come up canceled because of timing. Also, my internet connection keeps malfunctioning, the kids jumped on my bed and smashed my usb drive for work and my 6 year old has breast buds. I'm ready for a very long nap, but my husband wants to re-arrange the garage and office and bedroom. 
in a "I hear ya" way. Dh is, at this moment, sanding and vacuuming plaster that he repaired this afternoon around the windows. Yours sounds infinitely more overwhelming though. 2 birthdays and Easter - whew. I'm pulling Eatsre together by the skin of my teeth ... see, I cant even spell it 
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