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And continue to grow your own Happy Moments as you go! And as for a mantra, do you remember Early Saturday Night and John Belushi? Chee- bugga, Chee-bugga- Rah Rah Rah! There you go---- your very own cheer!!!

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Plan my week with me as a priority. This is a good week for me to do that. My husband is out of town for business so it will be easy.

I’m skipping the gym today but I’ll do planks and some crunches at home.

I’ve lost a few pounds this week which surprised me. I swear I’m losing weight easier now that I’m under 142. (I probably just jinxed myself.) I’m still unsure of my goal weight though, and terrified at maintenance.

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Repeat all day, I don’t like mantras.

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44 minutes ago, Cheeseburgh said:

Repeat all day, I don’t like mantras.

Now that one I can do! 🤣

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Day 26: YES. That needs to be the mantra of the day because I have been SO STRESSED the last week over a company that stole 3K from me and now I am going through a ridiculous dispute with the BBB, my credit card, and the AG's office. My eyelid has been twitching for SIX DAYYYSSS. Will it ever stop? lol. Anxiety explosion. WOOSA

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W*H*A*T? No wonder you said in another thread you have resumed smoking! Won't say you have exchanged one coping mechanism for another, you know that already, but I would revert if I had smoked in the 1st place. I Do Understand!

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Please don’t narc on others if they post on a different thread, we are here to support each other. Tomorrow’s mantra is about lifting up others, we should do that everyday.

I just noticed the fitness calendar stops on the 24th! I’ll just do lunges today. I did do 25 minutes of cardio at the gym this morning and now I have an appointment with my hammock.

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Gee I didnt realize that it stopped too, but I guess we can continue the Good things to months end! And July will dawn with us better than we started out!

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8 minutes ago, Cheeseburgh said:

Please don’t narc on others if they post on a different thread, we are here to support each other. Tomorrow’s mantra is about lifting up others, we should do that everyday.

I just noticed the fitness calendar stops on the 24th! I’ll just do lunges today. I did do 25 minutes of cardio at the gym this morning and now I have an appointment with my hammock.

You're a better person than I am!

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Okay so the stress monster firmly has me in its grips.

June has been a really horrible month so far as far as stressors go and I found out yesterday that my company paid insurance got termed (my entire family is on it) because of a paperwork snafu from when I was on disability in February for my surgery.

Oh I’m sure it will all be fixed in a few days but now I just can’t stop the blind panic I’m in!

Lol, my case has been “escalated” to highest priority which will be 3-5 business days to “look into”

My daughter horribly twisted her ankle 10 days ago and we were waiting for an approval for an MRI (which won’t happen now)

Omg, I’m trying my best to control this horrid stress!

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1 hour ago, Cheeseburgh said:

I have an appointment with my hammock.

ooohhh that sound awesome on a day like this...!

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@Sheribear68 I’m so sorry, I would be stressed out if I were in your situation. We really need to get healthcare squared away in the US. I hope your snafu gets resolved quickly.

I like today’s challenge of lifting up others. My town has a fantastic program for low income families and today they posted a list of back to school needs , backpacks, new gym shoes etc.. I’m heading out to Kohl’s today to buy some supplies. They have a sign up sheet with gender and sizes for shoes. I picked the 3 oldest (high school) kids because I worried they would get picked last. I think I’ll ask my 20 year old for fashion advice, I don’t want to pick out dorky shoes!

Im going to give yoga another try today. They have sunset yoga on the terrace tonight. You can bring wine! I don’t drink so I’ll bring my Water but it makes the class sound more fun and chill.

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On 06/26/2019 at 09:45, Cheeseburgh said:



@Sheribear68 I’m so sorry, I would be stressed out if I were in your situation. We really need to get healthcare squared away in the US. I hope your snafu gets resolved quickly.




I like today’s challenge of lifting up others. My town has a fantastic program for low income families and today they posted a list of back to school needs , backpacks, new gym shoes etc.. I’m heading out to Kohl’s today to buy some supplies. They have a sign up sheet with gender and sizes for shoes. I picked the 3 oldest (high school) kids because I worried they would get picked last. I think I’ll ask my 20 year old for fashion advice, I don’t want to pick out dorky shoes!




Im going to give yoga another try today. They have sunset yoga on the terrace tonight. You can bring wine! I don’t drink so I’ll bring my Water but it makes the class sound more fun and chill.


Thanks so much.
I know deep down that all will work out, but I’m such a Type A control freak and I’m one of those people that absolutely MUST have structure or else I start to really stress out.

That’s something about myself that I focus on working on, but there are many times where it’s a constant struggle.

Oh, to be one of the carefree people in life who can compartmentalize and not allow their struggles to eat away at them....

I 💕💕💕 what you’re doing for the town.

Also, I think that for me (love wine and that’s been one of the toughest things for me to mostly give up) that yoga class would be quite dangerous, although boy oh boy does it ever sound like fun!

Tonite I’m trying out a whole new class in Pilates. It’s going to be class on the TRX.
Not gonna lie... I’m a bit nervous about doing something kinda far from my comfort zone (that whole type A “need to be able to master something before I try it” aspect kicks in), but I’m going to go for it anyway even if it’s ugly. 🤣🤣

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Oh, I fell off the challenge wagon! Day 21 through 29, I pretty much try to tell myself or do every day so I'm not feeling like I missed or am missing those bits. Life does get challenging though.

First family visit of the Summer went well. I've kept up with work and with the gym. I got to hang out with a friend at a concert last Saturday and it was a really wonderful time. Getting ready to go on vacation for a week so that's occupying my brain..what to pack, etc.

Not sure what else to say but I wanted to check in.

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