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Mamatigerj

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TUESDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2025

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Begin each day with a hug
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Counting Blessings
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Morning Meditation
  • Walk: .5 mile
  • Program: Express Tone day 2; level III; 5lb db; 1min rest
 
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WEDNESDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2025
~Ugh, i awoke a little after 3 and could not get back to sleep, so i got up. All was not lost though, as i used the time to get caught up here on the Hive. I started feeling sleepy around 6, so i climbed back in bed for a 90 minute nap. I sacrificed my morning walk, but i think the sleep was more important.

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Begin each day with a hug
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Counting Blessings
  • Personal DareBee Workout Challenge #474: Easy Mode (dif.2) level III +ec but i swapped out the reverse lunges for squats on sets 4&5
:v: Morning Midday Bedtime Meditation
 
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FRIDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2025

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Begin each day with a hug
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Counting Blessings
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Morning Meditation
  • Exercise of the Day (#647/547)
  • Personal DareBee Workout Challenge #476: 3-Minute Wake Up! (dif.2) x3 substituted to tap hops for the other hops, step jacks for half and jumping jacks (split and seal were low impact as well), and front kicks for straight leg bounds; did it 3x
  • Fighting cancer: 100 front kicks
  • Program: Express Tone day 5; level III; 5lb db; 1min rest
  • Stomach Vacuums +ec been wanting to redo the challenge, but i like this better
I have been experiencing some mild DOMS the last couple of days, not really uncomfortable, just there. I noticed it in my glutes and upper hamstrings when i got up yesterday, then my obliques starting last night, and all continuing today. It actually gives me a sense of accomplishment, because i had been worried that i was doing too little.
 
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SATURDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2025

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Begin each day with a hug
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Counting Blessings
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Morning Meditation
:star: Finally ordered myself some new shoes for walking and a kitchen scale.
 
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Thanks, @graoumia! I'll pass the birthday wishes along. I have only ever had one journal on this site (except for the food journal i recently started in the food section); the link is correct, it just goes to the first page.

SUNDAY 9 FEBRUARY 2025
~Planned REST DAY (no program)​

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Begin each day with a hug
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Counting Blessings
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Morning Meditation
Going to be spending Sunday through Tuesday nights at my daughter's house, taking care of her 7yo and 2yo, taking the 7yo to school in the mornings, then bringing the 2yo back to my house to watch him and the 11mo (different daughter's) as usual. Their Daddy will pick the 7yo up from school, but he works an overnight shift, so that's why i need to do that. I will be glad when Wednesday comes! Not sure what my exercise will look on Monday & Tuesday, but i will do something.
 
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Sunday night with the grandkids went fine until the 2yo woke up crying around 1130 and didn't get back to sleep until about 430. Poor thing, he was on antibiotics for a double ear infection a couple of weeks ago; apparently they didn't kick it. Monday was a sleep-deprived blur.

MONDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2025
~It's my husband's birthday, but he's out of town, so nothing special for that.​

:v: Begin each day with a Hug
:v: Counting Blessings
:x: Program: Express Tone on hold until Wednesday
:v: Morning Bedtime Meditation
 
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Thankfully, the 2yo slept better Monday night. Gave him Tylenol before bed; he woke up crying at 1220, but went back to sleep after i snuggled with him for a bit. A couple of hours later he crawled into bed with me; he was very wiggly but not at all fussy. One more night and i can be in my own bed again! I love my grands, but i'm getting too old for this. :tired:


TUESDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2025

:v: Begin each day with a Hug
:v: Counting Blessings
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Program: Express Tone on hold until Wednesday
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Morning Bedtime Meditation

Thanks, @FlowersandPetals, @NightWolf714, @Maegaranthelas, and @Haleth!:tu:
 
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Mamatigerj said:
One more night and i can be in my own bed again! I love my grands, but i'm getting too old for this. :tired:
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  • Extra Credit: Do all the kicks at head height. :haha: nope.
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That would be something! (I'm pretty sure that workout shouldn't be classified as Level II anymore under the new system. Head-high kicks or no.)
 
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Tuesday night: Grandson woke up crying and coughing an hour after bed. I went in, snuggled him, got him settled again lying on top of me; a few minutes later he coughed so hard he puked. Yep, all over me. After that, the night was uneventful.
On Wednesdays i don't watch the 11mo, so after taking my granddaughter to school, grandson and i went back to their house and he was able to nap on the couch off and on throughout the day. I think that really helped. Their daddy picked up granddaughter from school and brought her home, and i was off duty! My daughter came home Wednesday night.

WEDNESDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2025

:v: Begin each day with a Hug
:v: Counting Blessings
  • Exercise of the Day (#651/551)
  • Program: Express Tone day 7; level III; 5lb db; 1min rest
  • ?Fighting cancer: i am pretty sure i did something, but for the life of me i cannot remember what
  • :x: Stomach Vacuums +ec i know i didn't do this
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Morning Bedtime Meditation

:heart:Slept in my own house in my own bed!:night::deepsleep::zzz:
 
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@FlowersandPetals, he is feeling better; thank you! I know it was hard for his Mama to be away from him when he was sick, and i'm glad that i could be with him, but it's nice to just be his 'Sinta' (my grandma name) again.

@NightWolf714, absolutely!

THURSDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2025

:v: Begin each day with a Hug
:v: Counting Blessings
:v: Morning Meditation
 
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FRIDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2025

:v: Begin each day with a Hug
:v: Counting Blessings
:v: Morning Meditation
  • Evening Walk: 1.64 miles
  • Program: Express Tone day 9; level III; 5lb db; 1min rest
:heart:Husband made it home after a month away, helping out his has dad and his brother-in-law, who are both having some fairly serious health issues.
 
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MONDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2025

:v: Begin each day with a Hug
:v: Counting Blessings
:v: Morning Meditation

Busy day; didn't get to my workout until after 8 p.m.
  • Program: Express Tone day 11; level III; 5lb db; 1min rest
  • Fighting cancer: 300 squat hold punches; as described in this video: 100 slow, rest, 100 medium, rest, 100 fast
  • Exercise of the Day (#656/555)
 
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Thanks, @WolfDreamer :love:
This day was better; even though a couple of unexpected things came into play, i got more done earlier in the day. AND i got to bed earlier!:yas:

WEDNESDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2025

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Begin each day with a Hug
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Counting Blessings
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Morning Meditation
  • Program: Express Tone day 13; level III; 5lb db; 1min rest
  • Personal DareBee Workout Challenge #482: Tabula Rasa (dif.2) level III +ec
 
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THURSDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2025

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Begin each day with a Hug
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Counting Blessings
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Morning Meditation extended
  • Personal DareBee Workout Challenge #483: Outrun (dif.2) level III +ec; substituted toe tap hops for the regular butt kicks
  • Program: Express Tone day 14; level I; 5lb db; 1min rest; my knees were cranky with all of those lunges, so i kept it to level I
 
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SATURDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2025

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Begin each day with a Hug
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Counting Blessings
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Morning Meditation
  • Exercise of the Day (#660/559):yas:
  • Fighting cancer/Workout of the Day/Personal DareBee Workout Challenge #485: North Star (dif.3) level III +ec substituted march steps for high knees, but doubled the count
  • Program: Express Tone day 15; level III; 5lb db; 1min rest
:x: Stomach Vacuums +ec
 
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Mamatigerj

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SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2025
~Planned REST DAY (no program)​
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:v: Begin each day with a Hug
:v: Counting Blessings
:v: Morning Meditation
  • Personal DareBee Workout Challenge #488: Inner Peace (dif.2) +ec
 
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MONDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2025

:v: Begin each day with a Hug
:v: Counting Blessings
:v: Morning Meditation
  • Personal DareBee Workout Challenge #489: Holiday Mode Easy (dif.2) +ec i don't think the ec written on this is correct; i took no rest between sets and minimal rest between exercises
  • Personal DareBee Workout Challenge #490: Unbroken (dif.2) level III +ec
  • Program: Express Tone day 17; level III; 5lb db; 1min rest
:x: Stomach Vacuums +ec

Something isn't working in my daily routine, and i need to figure out what it is.
 
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TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2025

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Begin each day with a Hug
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Counting Blessings
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Morning Meditation
:heart:Lovely, long phone conversation with daughter #2. It's funny; she and i were the most different when she was growing up, but are the most alike now.
  • Personal DareBee Workout Challenge #491: Daily Legs (dif.2) level III +ec
  • Walk: 1.53 miles
 
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WEDNESDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2025

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Begin each day with a Hug
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Counting Blessings
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Morning Meditation
  • Personal DareBee Workout Challenge #492: Perfect Start (dif.1) +ec ~even better than Stomach Vacuums alone!
  • Fighting cancer: 100 weighted (1lb) punches
  • Exercise of the Day (#661/560)
  • Personal DareBee Workout Challenge #493: Step, Sway, Slay (dif.1) level III +ec
MIDDAY
  • Personal DareBee Workout Challenge #494: Monk Mode (dif.2) level I +ec
AFTERNOON
  • Program: Express Tone day 19; level III; 5lb db; 1min rest
EVENING
  • Walk: 1.12 miles

:star:Got the kitchen tidied up after getting behind on the dishes for several days.

This was a very good day!
 
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THURSDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2025

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Begin each day with a Hug
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Counting Blessings
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Morning Meditation
  • Perfect Start +ec (Stomach Vacuums)
  • Fighting cancer/Workout of the Day/Personal DareBee Workout Challenge #495: Savage (dif.4) level III did 5 wall push-ups instead of 2+ regular
MIDDAY
  • Wall Push-Ups: 5 sets of 10 w/30sec rest trying to see if i was up to the Wall Push-Ups Challenge; the verdict: not quite
EVENING
 
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Today is my 112th consecutive day; sixteen solid weeks, and i am feeling pretty good! I have been working on my . . .

:rstar:PLAN FOR MARCH:rstar:

Early Morning ~This is my best time of day, so i want to make the most of it. I usually wake up around 530, and the grandkids arrive about 8; this gives me roughly 2 hours of "me time" (545-745)
Breakfast @ 900 or 930
Lunch @ 1300 (+/- 30 min)

Late Afternoon (after grandkids go home)
  • Fighting cancer: (usually 100 somethings) & Exercise of the Day (when doable)
  • Program: Express Tone 4 days a week (M,W,F,Sat)
  • Personal DareBee Workout Challenge (T,T)
Dinner @ 1730 or 1800

Evening
  • Walk
  • Journal, which includes Counting Victories
  • Read
  • Wind down yoga/stretching & silent meditation before bed
Bedtime @ 2130 or 2200
 
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Thank you, @TopNotch!
And a belated thank you, @graoumia, for your kind words a couple of days ago!

FRIDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2025
I have DOMS in my triceps, which means i am actually strengthening my triceps!:yes:

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Begin each day with a Hug
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Counting Blessings
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Morning Meditation
  • Perfect Start +ec (Stomach Vacuums)
  • Exercise of the Day (#662/561)
  • Personal DareBee Workout Challenge #496: Good Morning Glutes (dif.2) +ec
  • Fighting cancer: 100 knee strikes
  • 25 Push-Ups: 5 knees (only able to lower myself a couple of inches); 10 stairs; 10 wall
MIDDAY
  • Program: Express Tone day 21; level III; 5lb db; 1min rest
 
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I never liked the man, never trusted the man, never voted for the man, nor any who support him.
I am saddened and ashamed by the things he has said and done as the leader of my country. I do not share his views; he does not speak for me.
I am trying and will continue to try to do what i can to make this country and the world better.
I am not very eloquent, and i have so many thoughts and feelings that i am unable to articulate; i wish i knew how to express them here.
 
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Dear @Mamatigerj : I have not been shy about speaking my mind re: the things going on in your country these days. I've not held back from blaming the people who did and still do support him either. Our votes and our voices have an impact, and we all of us need to take responsibility for that impact. But I want you to know that I see you. I see you and others like you who did not vote for and do not support the ugliness. I see you and others like you speaking out now, and doing what you can--sometimes in big ways, sometimes in small ways, sometimes in downright scary ways, but doing it nonetheless--to fight the darkness and to be a force for good. I see you, and I thank you. His shame is not your shame. I still have faith that you and all the others like you, fighting for good, will be able to turn the tide and defeat the monster. And when that happens, the rest of us will be able to welcome the US back into our community. Battered and bruised, surely. But we will welcome you back all the same. And we will remember those of you who stood steadfast and strong and never once strayed from the path of kindness, cooperation, and love. You are a hero!

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Thank you, @Maegaranthelas and @Laura Rainbow Dragon (and those who reacted to my post), for your kindness.:heartsit:

SATURDAY 1 MARCH 2025
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:v: Begin each day with a Hug
:v: Counting Blessings
:v: Morning Meditation
  • Perfect Start +ec (Stomach Vacuums)
  • Personal DareBee Workout Challenge #497: Easy Morning (dif.2) only managed 1 set
  • Challenge: Daily Push-Ups (doing wall push-ups) day 1
  • Exercise of the Day (#663/562) modified to step jacks; did 80
  • Fighting cancer/Workout of the Day/Personal DareBee Workout Challenge #498: Last Life (dif.3) level III +ec substituted 20 step jacks for 10 jumping jacks
  • :x: Program: Express Tone day 22; level III; 5lb db; 1min rest


SUNDAY 2 MARCH 2025
~Planned REST Day​
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Begin each day with a Hug
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Counting Blessings
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Morning Meditation ~extended
 
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MONDAY 3 MARCH 2025

:v: Begin each day with a Hug
:v: Counting Blessings
:v: Morning Meditation
  • March Challenge: Atlas days 1&2 ~cautiously tried this and decided to give it a go; doing the easiest variation (knee down) and the middle level (1min per leg); because of my cranky knees, on some days i will begin on my mat and move "up" into the lunge rather than standing and stepping "down" into the lunge
  • Fighting cancer: 100 backfists
  • Exercise of the Day (#665/564)
  • Program: Express Tone day 22; level III; 5lb db; 1min rest
:x:Walk
:x:Journal (includes Counting Victories)
:x:Stretching
:x:Contemplative Silence
None of these happened, because youngest daughter needed to talk and husband wanted to watch something together.
 
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TUESDAY 4 MARCH 2025

:v: Begin each day with a Hug
:v: Counting Blessings
:v: Morning Meditation
  • Perfect Start +ec (Stomach Vacuums)
  • Pelvic Floor Work
  • March Challenge: Atlas day 3 ~doing the easiest variation (knee down) and the middle level (1min per leg); because of my cranky knees, on some days i will begin on my mat and move "up" into the lunge rather than standing and stepping "down" into the lunge
  • Challenge: Daily Push-Ups (doing wall push-ups) day 4
  • Program: 30 Days of Cardio, Light day 2; level III; no rest
  • :x: Walk rainy again
Spent the rest of the morning in ED with youngest daughter, who had an allergic reaction to something and could not stop vomiting. We got in quickly; they gave her an IV with 2 antihistamines, a steroid, and an antiemetic, all of which helped immediately. Labs came back clear, and we were in and out in about 2.5 hours. On the way home we stopped for food, because she was hungry!
  • March Challenge: Atlas day 4 caught up now
  • Fighting cancer/Workout of the Day/Personal DareBee Workout Challenge #499: Cyberpunk (dif.3) level I +ec side bridges were from knees
  • Program: Express Tone day 23; level III; 5lb db; 1min rest
Watched the Presidential address and Dem response, so no evening wind-down. (Though in retrospect, i realize i could have done things before since it started at 8p.m. in my time zone.)

WEDNESDAY 5 MARCH 2025
Back in the ED with daughter, because she started vomiting again at 2a.m. Another IV and this time they gave us a scrip for antiemetics and steroid when we left. Got home about 530 and napped on the couch until just before grandkids arrived at 8.

Midday
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Begin each day with a Hug
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Counting Blessings
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Morning Meditation

Afternoon workout
Ash Wednesday~ went to a special service in the evening.
Thursday morning: we have made it 26 hours now with no trips to emergency.
 
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