From alpha testing to the QUERCUS 200

Thanks LaMa!
Thanks Oaks!
Thanks Cate!
Thanks Cory! Don't think your advice fell on deaf ears. It has made me form a definite plan. If it's no better by the time I hit a new low then I'll take a break.

I had my first good day eating in a long time yesterday. Today is also going to be good too. My back hurts, but I've managed some work in the garden and got my mile in yesterday and today.
 
Good to hear you had a good day eating yesterday Q & that you have a plan. Hopefully your back will right itself xo
 
Thank you Cate!
Thank you LaMa!

Yesterday was another good food day. My back was feeling crummy but that's partly because I did a lot yesterday. Some brush trimming, weeding, and awful carpentry. I feel decent at the moment so I don't think I over did it.
 
Congrats on the 500 day run streak! Great job Q!

So you're signing up for a marathon and starting a marathon training program? Great! What distance have you worked up to so far?
 
Thanks Cate!

Thanks Baboon! My back has to get better before the marathon training can happen.

So I figured out that this is week 7 of back trouble. I did well again yesterday with food and getting eating under control makes me feel less powerless, but the back has me bummed. I'm keeping running to a minimum and trying to be careful with everything else I do. I'm not planning to weigh any time soon as long as I keep on track.
 
I felt a bit hesitant to bring it up so soon, but then I realized that was meaningless superstition. So yesterday afternoon the pain stopped. It's never happened like this. It was bad at lunchtime and around three it stopped. I ran with zero pain and I feel great now.

I didn't realize how awful I felt until it stopped. I felt euphoric for hours. I realize that my brain was dumping a bunch of endorphins to try to fight the pain. When it stopped like a flipped switch I was swimming. I cried tears of joy last night. I'm taking it super easy for a while. I'm sure my appetite will be easier to manage now too.
Thanks for your support WLF! It really helped me through this.
 
Really didn´t feel like commenting anywhere today but news that good I can´t ignore! :party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party: Congratulations Q!
 
& I just got back from a crappy whole day of shopping, which I am NEVER doing again & don't have the energy to comment anywhere either, but must tell you that I feel like crying tears of joy for you Q. Even looking at LaMa's Q party is too exhausting. I'm knackered! :D What a huge relief it must be! xoxo
 
Thanks LaMa!
Thanks Cate!

Both of you bring the love even though you aren't feeling it. That makes me feel special.

Back is still good. Streak is still on and I'm taking it easy. Today I will focus on reducing my calories a bit. I've gained over the past 7 weeks and it's time to get back to losing. Food has been good since Saturday, but I feel I can dial it in a bit more.
 
Quercus said:
I felt a bit hesitant to bring it up so soon, but then I realized that was meaningless superstition. So yesterday afternoon the pain stopped. It's never happened like this. It was bad at lunchtime and around three it stopped. I ran with zero pain and I feel great now.

I didn't realize how awful I felt until it stopped. I felt euphoric for hours. I realize that my brain was dumping a bunch of endorphins to try to fight the pain. When it stopped like a flipped switch I was swimming. I cried tears of joy last night. I'm taking it super easy for a while. I'm sure my appetite will be easier to manage now too.
Thanks for your support WLF! It really helped me through this.
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I have so been here. I remember when I had my back injury and started going to physical therapy after living with the pain for like two years. That first appointment they only thing we did was a massage and it immediately started feeling better. I cried right there on the table. It's really emotional to suddenly realize how much pain you've been in and for it to not be there anymore. I really hope you stay pain free.
 
Unfortunately physical therapy made me worse. I'm still feeling good though.

I did a ton of gardening and heavy yard work this weekend. I'm sore and tired today, but I feel fine. I cut brush, planted a tree, shrubs, beans, weeded, ground mulch by hand, raked, shoveled, and built an 8-foot +, 10 pole bean teepee for my refugee beans that came from Monticello (the actual beans not just the variety) and are thought to have been brought by Thomas Jefferson from France in the 1700's.

I hope everyone is doing well.
 
Thanks LaMa!
Thanks Cate! I couldn't really find a backstory on the name.

I planted three types of squash last night. I'm really sore today and I have tinnitus from a stuffy head but that's just an annoyance so far.

My weight is up even more. I fell back into my routine of overeating after a few days of doing well. As has always been the case, I have to count calories and weigh daily to lose weight. So that's what's happening. More details to come.
 
Thanks Cate!

1,900 cals for today.

The refugee bean was named for the French Huguenots that brought it into common cultivation in the English colonies of America where they were refugees of the French Reformation.
 
Hello Again Mr. Green Thumb! :)

All your hard work will taste super yummy soon. ;)

Great exercise as well! *Two Green Thumbs Up*
 
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