Similar things to previous months for me.

Diet, exercise and try to do more social things. Maybe even a date or two.

1) survive getting my 83 year old mother with dementia moved into independent living community with my sanity intact.

2) punt.

Stick with weight loss and Italian.

At least read a little more Finnegan's Wake.

Oh, and no alcohol at least until March 1.

Oh, buttnozzle - that can be hard. Memail me if you want to chat - we moved my grandmother into much the same situation slightly over a year ago.

February goals!
1. Step count. Count it, get it near my goal.
2. Calories - count them. Try to keep them near goal! (I threw out much of the chocolate in the house today, in addition to buying salad fixings and some fruit, so this may be attainable.)
3. Something non-stressful. Maybe meditation? I've never tried it, and it seems like it would be easier to manage than going to yoga class, although I'd like to try that too.

1). Heal. Had back surgery on Tuesday and am doing great but still a long way from normal.

2). Hit the ground running in my new job. First day is currently scheduled for the 24th.

3). Manage to enjoy the next few weeks while I can't drive, bend or pickup anything (due to the back surgery). I can walk to a store but I can't carry anything home so there's no point.

Octothorpe...What did you have done? Want to trade incision photos? I have a dandy one of my back all stapled back together.
Healing from back surgery can be lengthy and difficult, depending on what was done. It took me the better part of a year before I was anything close to healed. I wish you well.

As for goals...
1. Stop my brother from stealing our mother's meager income to support his out-of-work and alcoholic ass.
2. Get the ball rolling to get guardianship of our mother.
2. Anything after that is icing.

I had a discectomy on one of my lumbar disks that was pushing against my sciatic nerve(s). No staples, just a four inch line of superglue holding me together.

Feeling pretty awesome actually (and I'm not taking any drugs), no pain and only a little numbness in my right foot. Just need to stop scratching at the superglue.

That's good to hear. My last back surgery was to repair a ruptured disc between my 10th and 11th thoracic vertebrae. Ended up with a six-inch incision down the middle of my back, cutting a lot of major muscles. Had to re-learn walking upright, and relied on bags of drugs.

Lose 10lb.

I am not that overweight, but would feel better being 10-15 lb lighter. I am in this 10-week intensive workout-weight loss program in my gym. So far the workouts are kicking my ass, but after just 5 of them, I am starting to feel better. Only 15 to go.

So if I can moderate my food intake some, I should be able to drop a FEW pounds, but 10 would be marvelous.

(BW, I did a no-alcohol January . . .)

I will work out twelve times in the next month.

Eight of these will be strength training.

Four of these will be cardio/conditioning/messing around/what-have-you.

1. Yoga 2X per week
2. Stick to my running plan
3. Stop Eating All The Things

buttnozzle This is one of the hardest things to do in the whole world. I had to do this with my parents and my father's mother. My grandma was the center of our family for so long. But the last days before the home were like hell on Earth. I won't go into details here, because we both know the drill. All I can offer is understanding and hope. Things will get better once she's out of the house. But you must be on the spot at any home you pick. Trust me. I used to work at a nursing home as well as visit my grandma. Check on her regularly. And get friendly with the staff. If they know that you will be coming around they will treat her better. Seriously.

PM me if you feel the need.