My daily goal for this week is to walk for at least 30 min. and drink at least 64oz. of water. I accomplished both yesterday and I have a good start for today.

Good luck ladies! Wish I could have been there to the end with you. Glad there's a good reason why I'm not though.

Originally Posted by Alicia

Good luck ladies! Wish I could have been there to the end with you. Glad there's a good reason why I'm not though.

Thanks, congratulations on your good news.

I went to my sports med dr yesterday who put me on an "only light walking, etc" plan due to my injury. ick. I've done three miles each night for the past two days and it takes soooo long compared with running. Been following Michelle's calorie guidelines. Hope I heal fast. REALLY want to try a marathon in the fall. Weight loss this week . . . not probable. Lisa may be claiming the crown. Michelle, did you consent to Alicia's proposition for immunity transfer?

Best of luck ladies. I was eliminated last month for not checking in, although I did really want to finish this race with ya'll this time around I was unable. As you all know my grandmother wasnt doing well and I have spent a lot of time in another state helping care for her. She had a real bad month so I just spent the last month down there. My mom is there now and I am home for some much needed rest, but it likely won't be much longer... she spent some time with a chaplain yesterday even... It's all okay though. She's ready and has lived a long healthy life.

Anyway- I wish you both the best of lcuk in this last week of survivor and would love to join in on the next one... if I am again welcome after so abruptly leaving this last time around.

Originally Posted by 26987

Best of luck ladies. I was eliminated last month for not checking in, although I did really want to finish this race with ya'll this time around I was unable. As you all know my grandmother wasnt doing well and I have spent a lot of time in another state helping care for her. She had a real bad month so I just spent the last month down there. My mom is there now and I am home for some much needed rest, but it likely won't be much longer... she spent some time with a chaplain yesterday even... It's all okay though. She's ready and has lived a long healthy life.

Anyway- I wish you both the best of lcuk in this last week of survivor and would love to join in on the next one... if I am again welcome after so abruptly leaving this last time around.

I'm so sorry about your grandmother. I'm glad you are able to find some peace in it. I worked at a nursing home for a few years and I really believe it is better to let someone go peacefully than to extend the inevitable and have them suffer. Please keep us posted on her condition. If you don't mind me asking, how old is she?

It's been a pretty good week so far, I've been keeping up with my daily goals. I will weigh and measure on Saturday, but I may not have time to get online and post until Sunday night or Monday morning because I will be at a renaissance faire all weekend, but I will try to post as early as possible.

Did good yesterday. Went out of state for business but found a pretty paved trail and did a three mile run! Also made healthy eating choices. On a side note, I saw Wicked and I'm on cloud nine! I forgot to weigh in this morning and ate and drank. Will remember tomorrow.

Originally Posted by 22875

I'm so sorry about your grandmother. I'm glad you are able to find some peace in it. I worked at a nursing home for a few years and I really believe it is better to let someone go peacefully than to extend the inevitable and have them suffer. Please keep us posted on her condition. If you don't mind me asking, how old is she?

She is 85. The difficult part about the whole thing is that she is very healthy in most senses. She has a strong heart, no high blood pressure, no real health problems in that sense... but a couple of years ago she developed uterine cancer and never went down to do anything about it. All they had to do was the hysterectomy and it would have been done. She likely could've had a few more years, at least. BUT because she didn't do anything about it, it spread to her lungs and bones as well. She declined from doing okay to doing REALLY bad overnight it almost seemed. One day she was considering radiation and the next she was bedridden and not eating. Now for the last month she has been on a morphine patch which pretty much keeps her out of pain, but leaves her pretty lethargic. She hasn't eaten in 5 weeks, just liquids, so it has weakened her a lot. It's basically only a matter of time at this point. BUT- as I stated before... she feels ready- she said that before it got really bad, so yes... there is a peace about it.

Thanks for asking!

Had a really busy weekend and ate some things I shouldn't have, but looking forward to getting back to my routine.