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The blisters aren't from my shoes or from walking. I have dyshidrotic eczema on my feet. This is the cause of the blisters, itch, raw-ness. I get the outbreaks all the time, unfortunately. :(

Margaret,
I wish there were a new treatment, but most docs/derms prescribe steroid creme, which clears it up, but the second you're done with the creme, the outbreak comes back twice as bad. :( Soaking in vinegar water/ and or hydrogen peroxide helps some people, and yeah, when it's raw and bloody, that kinda hurts like hell. :(

I just have to deal with it and when it gets to bad, I will have to take a break. But I'm not going to be taking too many breaks because of it.

Thanks guys. :)

Anne
 
Hi Anne

I know exactly where you are coming from.

We are tough girlies and can take a little pain if it gets us to where we really want to be.

Use the shea butter though and get what pain relief you can. Your feet can get you a long way on that journey to where you want to be.

Take care
Love
Margaret
 
Thanks Margaret for your support. :)

I didn't make it to the gym at my normal time this morning. It was 1 pm when I finally got there. The owner guy says to me, " I thought I was gonna have to put a missing persons alert out on ya." LOL... he was so used to me coming at 10:30 am and when I didn't show, he figured I wasn't coming.

I walked my 1.5 miles at 10.0 incline and hit 2.7 speed. Took me 34 min.

Hubby and I are going to the gym tonight. He's leaving for Canada in the morning and will be gone till next Wed. I was thinking about going with him, but I forgot I have to take my daughter to bowl on Sat. I still might be able to go on Sat and stay the night there. Depends on how long a drive and how far away it is. We'll see.

The site was down most of the day today and man, it sucked. I am so dependent on this site now, and I get freaky when I can't get here.

Ok, I've gotta leave to go to the gym.


Anne
 
I walked my 2 miles at the gym tonight. Took 44 min. I made it up to 2.8 speed and from 0 incline to 1.0. They were playing some really upbeat music, and that helped. When I get to the first mile, it never fails, I say, oh man, I can't possibly do another mile, I'll stop at 1.5. But then I get in a rhythm and 2 miles gets here quicker than I think.

I'll post in everyone's diaries later tonight. Am watching tv with hubby now.

That's it.
Anne
 
Hi Anne,

I know what you mean about the site being down. I'm usually on and off all day long and when the site is down, it's like going through drug withdrawls. :p Sigh.

Anyway. Congrats on all the good things happening with you - your weight and all going down - but sorry about your feet. I hope it gets better for you.

Keep up the great work!

Jennifer :)
 
heya anne!!

thanks for all the messages!! i am finally back from my parents house and boy, do i need to get back on track!! it's been pretty much carbs, carbs, carbs all the way. i think at their house it's mainly that and protein cause both my brothers play soccer... energy energy energy... or somethin like that. but thanks for the pep talk!

whereabouts in canada is your husband going?

great job on getting into the 80's!!!
 
Hi Anne

Did you ever think that you would be such a fitness addict that they would miss you at the gym? I often think that I am the world's most unlikely athlete!

Well done for getting all your miles in. That is really good.

I also find it really annoying when the site is down. I keep trying to get in.

I think that you would enjoy a little break with hubby. It sounds like fun. Let me know what you decide.

Take care
Love
Margaret
 
Hi Anne

Congrats on the loss and now in the 180's how good do you feel now?

The feet sound sore, hope they are better soon must be really fustrating at times
Sounds like your doing well with the exercise as well your doing so well with everything!

Sarah
 
Just got back from the gym. I did my treadmill warm up and then my weight lifting. Next time I life weights, I am going to increase either reps or weight.

I gotta run to take my daughter to school. I'll bbl and hope the site is stable today.

Anne
 
Well done for getting the morning exercise in. A plan to increase your exercise routine sounds good.
 
Thanks everyone for stopping in my journal. ;)

I'm afraid I had a terrible day yesterday. I had to take one of my cars to the shop because the engine light came on. While there, hubby decided I needed some work done. So, the car is still there. I drove my other car to take my daughter back and forth to school yesterday, and I left the keys in the ignition and sure enough I had a dead battery and no means of transportation. It took quite a while to trickle charge the battery, so I had no way to get to the gym and it was 10:30 at night. I didn't get to the gym last night. :(

And I said I wasn't dieting while I was doing this. Not going to take away foods that I know I'll eat again somewhere down the line. I am eating sensible, little meals, about 4-5 times a day. It's working fine for me so far. But, last night I did something I normally don't do. I made a stack of peanut butter crackers and ate them with chocolate milk--late at night. I also drank 2 soda's yesterday, and I didn't go to the gym last night. My scale shows it today.

As for the rest of my eating yesterday, I had a sandwich for breakfast. I had two Clementines for lunch. I had two bowls of cabbage soup, I had two more clementines later, ( I LOVE them!), and then the pb crackers and chocolate milk.

I'm hoping to work it off at the gym today. My car battery is charged and my other car should be done today.

Everything breaks when hubby is gone. :(

Anne
 
Hi Anne

I am sorry that you had a tough day. And if things go badly it is extra difficult for you when your husband is away - I know that I didnt like it when my husband was away on business or for that matter when he worked shifts and I saw less of him.

It means that when things go wrong - it is down to you and you alone to somehow find a solution. This is all stressful. There is no value in you picking a problem with the fact that you may not be a fictional hero that deals with stressful situations without dropping a ball along the way.

So - you didnt get to the gym - so what - a few short weeks ago you werent going at all.

So - you indulged in a snack and a half - so what - we are all human.

Forgive yourself - dont focus on a minor incident - focus on the achievement so far.

OK - so we do not lose weight on a day like that. So maybe you will be an extra day or two days on your path to getting to target. It's a while since you had a perfect figure and that extra day or two is something that you can live with. The big thing is that the problems are sorted and you have refocused and you are back on track.

It is just like the celebratory splurges that we all have every now and then. As long as you get straight back on track - any splurge gain seems to come off almost straight away.

Let me know how it goes. I hope that it goes well.

Take care
Love
Margaret
 
hey anne, i'm gonna agree with margaret, so! it's okay to indulge sometimes as long we take note of it, and don't 'fall off the wagon' i think you told me the same thing... didn't you?

you've been doing amazing so far- consider it your tiny congratulatory party ;)

have a great day! :hug2:
 
OMG--my SAD kicked in big time and I slept until 6 in the evening yesterday. I started getting cramps yesterday too, so my whole day was spent in bed. I really hate days like those. I didn't make it to the gym at all yesterday.

I'm still feeling the cramps today, and I haven't started my period yet, so I know they will get worse. I'm taking naproxin to help relieve the cramps.

I know I'm bloated today so I don't even want to look at the scale.

I'm hoping to have a better day today----but I'm so tempted to crawl back into bed. It looks like another dark, dreary day today. :(

I'm going to make it to the gym today, whether I feel like it or not.

Ok, I gotta go, I have a lot of housework to catch up on.

Anne
 
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Hi Anne

I am so sorry that you have been feeling rotten. It's a shame about the cramps too. These things are temporary.

If you can motivate yourself to walk a bit - it may make things feel better. Often the cramps ease a bit with exercise (if you can bring yourself to do some).

Dont worry about the weight. If you are bloated it is bound to be up. You are not alone. My weight is the same as 8 days ago - I am retaining water too. It just means that we should get a better loss the following week.

It's a dark dreary day here too. I went out for my long walk earlier - thankfully the rain held off. I am about to go out walking in the rain in a couple of minutes. It is better to go out in dreary daylight than in dreary darkness!

Housework - what is that. Can you tell that since I started this project I put housework on hold and we live like :piggy::piggy::piggy:

Take care
Love
Margaret
 
Hi Anne

I hope that you are feeling better. You havent posted anything for a few days so I am concerned about you.

It must be so hard getting SAD - especially when you are already under the weather.

Take care
Love
Margaret
 
I'm back.

Thanks Margaret and Starry for stopping in. :)

I missed 3 days in a row at the gym.:banghead: I weighed myself on the 3rd day and the scale said 197. OMG I was so disgusted with myself! How could I gain 8 lbs in 3 days?

My hubby got home Wed. night and we went together. Since he was off work for the holiday, he has been able to motivate me to go. I weighed myself this morning and I am at 192.0---so I have gained 3 lbs back. That really sucks because I slept almost all of those 3 days. I can deal with 192, but I would have totally given up if the scale still read 197. I know I had water weight due to my period, but that was scary seeing 197 again and so soon!

I told my husband I didn't think I wanted to go to his Company X-mas party. I don't think I can lose enough weight by then. It's too much pressure for me to lose 10 lbs by Dec. 15. He's going to be out of town the whole month of Dec, and I know without him being here and all these dark, gloomy days, I'm not going to be able to keep on track. I'm going to keep working at it, but I can't beat myself up if I miss one day at the gym---but one day is about all I can miss, otherwise I'll throw myself off track again.

I hate winter. :(

Thanks again, both of you for checking in on me. I'll try to check in once a day from now on.

Anne
 
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