shoobie

Butternuttttttttttttttttttt!!!!! We can do it!!! My first week wasn't the best... but birthday! I think that is as good excuse as any! I'm using that... That's my story and I'm sticking to it. I am ready for week 2 tho!!! Wooohooo!!!

Thank you!!! I'm feeling well. Since I stopped bleeding, the pain has gone away... however, I am feeling tired and sleepy all the time. I might be the heat... Even tho today marks the start of Fall, We are still having Summer temps. We had a real feel of about 120 today. I managed to go to the gym today and did some stationary bike time (40 min). Yay me! I realized I haven't been telling you about my reading goal! I'm about halfway through the handmaid's tale... In the last couple of days, I've been Netflix binging tho... For some reason, I've been watching documentaries on Great Britain... o.O Go figure! I'm still not happy with my diet, but I finally managed to go to the store and got me some goods today... I'm working on it! So Since today marks a week since I started this... I'll give you a week's worth paste of the spreadsheet... Here are my made-up grades for the challenge: Goal #1 - eat healthy - 6/10 Goal #2 - Drink water - 7/10 Goal #3 - Complete spreadsheet - 10/10 Goal #4 - Read - 8/10 I'm having a hard time picking what to eat... At least I am not ordering out, which is a HUGE start... But I can certainly do better. I need to plan my meals and all that better... The main problem I am facing is staying in the kitchen and cooking is unbearable with the heat. I cooked the cheese and turkey roll-ups today -- I could swear I sweated half my body weight doing so. On the other hand, it makes it really easy drinking water!

Hai there!! Nice to meet you!! *waves*

OMG! I so need to copy you on the clean counter for the next challenge... It's a nightmare!!! Seriously!!! So ashamed of it! LOL Letting go is never easy. Breathe... count to 10 (or 100)... Repeat after me: It is what it is.... and if all that fails...

Same here!

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Hello!!!! I'm gonna be quick tonight coz I need to go to bed! Today was alright. I'm gonna give me an 8 out of 10. The store wasn't open so I'll buy the healthy stuff tomorrow... you know all the green stuff

<3 Go Pack Go <3

Hi! I'm Shoobie. Been gone from NF for 5 years or so, but I am back!! Back in the day, I was part of the adventurers guild (when it wasn't about going outside so much -- I'm a night owl, what can I say?) I'm Brazilian, I live in Rio de Janeiro, I just turned 37, no kids. I'm a High School teacher and private tutor. I went to college twice and have a degree in Biology and a minor in Physics. I also teach English as a second language. I am also part owner of an adult online radio station as a hobby. Love playing some rock and roll! I have 2 cats, Pinga and Samba. They are 7 and a half yo. They are adorkable! I'm a HUGE Packers fan and unlike most brazilians, I am not a huge fan of soccer! I think that's it! Nice to meet you!

Ughhhh!!! It's ridiculous how addicted we are to this!!! seriously!! I do the same thing! Good for you for trying tho and actually using the apps to lock you out!!

*googles roller hockey* Your kids sound like great kids! Family time is very important!! There's nothing more important than family! You are doing amazing!!! Proud of you!

Love your challenge and love the way you know yourself enough to allow for some things here and there. I have never paid attention to the soda vs water consumption... It's something I'll keep my eye on from now on!

I -think- we call it Ludo. Haven't seen that game in a LONG time tho!!!

Thank you!!!! Yeah, I think this method will work! the last couple of days have been just a bunch of poor choices due to birthday and dinners and lunches and whatnot... but it is what it is! Now that that's over I have no excuses left LOL Thank you @Butternut and @WhiteGhost !!! The last couple of days have been a blast! To think I wasn't even that excited for my birthday!!! Was amazing!!! Had 4 separate celebrations (I know... too much... but so much fun!!) First one was last Sunday. My best Friend and I have birthdays a week apart and the same group of friends... so we had a lunch celebration together (started at 2pm... I got home around 11pm), then on Wednesday, me and 3 friends went for dinner and waited till midnight... the whole staff came out with a sunday singing happy birthday and all.. was fun! On the day of my birthday, mom took me out for a special lunch at my favorite restaurant and then yesterday we went out ballroom dancing (my entire family dances) to celebrate with family and family friends! I think I was excited!!! and sweaty... So anyways... enough of shenanigans... let's talk about my goals these days... Obviously.... not good... poor choices (not all) and the water intake was crap... Not happy about the small gain there... but can't really complain, can I? I managed to get the medical exams done on Thu and Fri since I stopped bleeding... So I am hoping that once I have the results back, the doctor will figure out what's going on. Now to go to the store and buy healthy stuff for the week... I wonder if they open Sunday... Guess I'll find out tomorrow!

It was! Yesterday... and today I went in for a medical exam... I finally stopped bleeding as a bday gift!!!! I'm so happy!!! Haven't been able to update things here coz yesterday and today have been chaotic and busy... but tomorrow I will give you all a loooooooong update. I hate typing on my phone and I'm staying over at mom's for the party and whatnot! *mwahhhh* Sent from my SM-G610M using Tapatalk

I really enjoyed Pride and Prejudice! Haven't read the other 2... I'll put them on my list! I graduated in Biology and Physics, so reading science is one of my passions. If you want I can provide a small list of favorites

We have tried the birth control pill (2 different ones) and they made me bleed more... we have also tried this blood clotting med... got it to bleed less but that's about it. It is slowly bleeding less and less... so I might be able to get some of the tests done. Update on day 2: I didn't meet my water goal... and my friends took me out for dinner so they would spend midnight with me. I chose dinner wisely.... but the restaurant staff came out of the kitchen singing happy birthday with a huge sunday! I was split in 4.... but yeah... so that and the spinach fiasco... But otherwise, it was good... I think an 8 out of 10 -- these grades of mine are completely random... have you noticed? Just based on how I feel about the day really.

This would have been a delicious lunch if the spinach wasn't so damn salty [emoji20] seriously... it's not edible... Imma have to find something else. Might add some tomatoes Sent from my SM-G610M using Tapatalk

I had that same thought the other day!!! My phone does not have that function but you can actually make gifs out of videos and pics with it (and I found that out about 2 weeks ago) Looks like you are smashing it! I hope the air quality improves there! I hear it can get pretty bad to the point of not being able to go out Is that true?

I love kids! I am a teacher... love being around them... Just don't want any of my own. I have plans of adopting a couple of kids later in life tho. There are so many kids that need a loving home that have been born already... <3

Thank you! I've been seeing doctors and getting tests done to try to figure out what's wrong. It's probably just a hormonal imbalance (hopefully). Mainly what's going on is I've been bleeding for 40 days straight now with pretty much unbearable cramps. I am functioning on painkillers and my blood work has shown I am starting to get anemic. They don't want me exercising so the blood flow stops or doesn't get any worse (some of the tests can only be done when it does stop) and lifting heavy things while high on painkillers ain't a good idea if I may say so myself. They suspect endometriosis, hormonal imbalance or it could be this myoma I have in there that is giving me grief. I am hoping for hormonal imbalance. I have told them that the answer is simple... that my uterus hates me and they should take it out... they don't believe me... they wanna dig further and for some reason my doctor believes I will change my mind and will wanna have kids someday... *sigh*

I love that you have reading goals!! I have those too! I'm reading 2 books for this challenge... Both are for fun tho. Over the years I haven't read as much as I used to and reading has always been a pleasure for me. I'm reading the handmaid's tale and physics of the future. I have started the handmaid's tale already, and physics of the future I am thinking of leaving it for next month and re-reading a brief history of time after the sad news of Hawking's passing... dunno. Which books are you reading? Good luck on your goals! *following*

Oh that's cool!! Are you planning on coming back sometime in the future? hahahahahahha!!! My mom loves eating fried frog legs, they are really hard to find here tho... UGhh! I am a picky eater, but as a general rule, reptiles, amphibians, arachnids, and insects are off the menu for me! I suppose if I were lost in the middle of a forest or something I'd reconsider that statement...

The frog thing sounds like something I need to apply in other areas of my life as well! I am the queen procrastinator!!! I still do the radio thing... We've been going for 6 years and change now. It's a small station, but it is cool! Well let's go for day 1 update... I could have eaten a better dinner... but it was left over and I hate wasting food. I have about 200mL of water left, but I am confident I can drink that before bed! If my headache allows I'll read some before bed I think today was alright... I mean, I could have done better, way better.... but... hopefully tomorrow I'll make better choices. I'm giving myself a 6 out of 10 for today. I usually do measurements on Mondays (even tho I did neglect that yesterday... maybe I'll do it tomorrow)

I live in Rio de Janeiro!! It's good to be back!!!