Healthy Pony New Year

[Minty_Magic]

So sorry to hear about the jobs lovesbabysquirmy and Crowning_Glory13. I hope something perfect will open up for you both soon!

#Positive! Since starting healthy pony I've really noticed myself developing healthier habits! even though I do have some off days, I can see I'm overall trending toward a more active lifestyle! Since I've started moving more I've felt much more awake and even less depressed! My family has started to notice my weight loss as well, so I feel very good about that!

I haven't been as active in posting lately because I just started a new position at my job this week! First week is just onboarding for new hires, and since I'm already familiar with the company I've been using this week to try and adapt to my new schedule. Off graveyards for a couple months and back to than land of the living (also back to traditional 5 day work weeks, blegh)! I think I may have a system down, I'm just maybe not getting as much sleep as I usually do. Overall I feel good though!

I agree with changing your goals as needed. I've tweaked mine a couple times as I've realized whats realistic and whats not. It's better to lower the bar a little and meet it than to miss and feel discouraged. you'll get to where you want to be eventually!

As a bonus, here is my point chart for the month of February. 190 points already! If I had just been a little more vigilant I could have already hit my 200 points goal!
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[Crowning_Glory13]

Woo way to go!!! I am so proud of you. More positivity!!!!

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Here is a picture of my beautiful new workplace.  Maybe it will cheer y'all up.

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Well not exactly work, but this is right before you turn off the highway !

I am so tiiiiiiiiiiiiired.  This place is huge (over 250 acres) and we have to either walk or drive vehicles all over the site to get things done.  Oh and I did mention SNOW, insane amounts of SNOW and scary mountain highway driving in the SNOW where you can't see the road?  I came home from my first half-week of work (HALF WEEK!) and fell asleep for 12 straight hours. 

Can I say that I have ZERO inclination to ever stay at Disney's Wilderness Lodges & Cabins now?  LOL  This place has lots of REAL horsies! 

 Pokeyonekenobie :  such a cute star!  Is that a water pokemon?  (I know nothing but some names....)

Ponyfan : how ya doing?  How is the French going?  I typed that out in French three times before realizing I have no idea how to say it...  LOL  Comment-alles t'etudies?  How is your learning going?  I give up on this... I was scatterbrained in Spanish enough the other day to translate, "The elephant eats Tide Pods".  really. 

Minty_Magic : I like your chart.  Sometimes progress can only be defined by awareness!  If you're thinking about improvement, sometimes that's all you can do, think about it! 

Crowning_Glory13 :  I admire your perseverance to be positive!  How is Baby Moondancer coming along? 

*hugs to everyone else lurking*  Don't worry everyone, the Spring will be here soon!  Do you have any leafbuds yet?  Any early snow flowers?  We have sunlight returning to our lands here in the North. 

[Crowning_Glory13]

That is amazingly beautiful drive. Snow is not fun, but its sparkly at times. Sounds like you are happy and that is so wonderful to see and read!

I have lost my job today:( went from promotion to let go today. Feeling really cruddy, but I did not go for junk food so that's a good step. Decided to distract myself with yarn.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

I'm glad to hear that you are free from the nest of negativity that you were stuck in.  Take the blessing of flight and GO from here!  Creating things under your own hands, in your control is much better.  Go knit! 

[Ponyfan]

I should really be more positive but life feels overwhelming and negative right now.


Great picture lovesbabysqurimy. I haven't gotten back to my French lessons yet but I'm motivated to try again. I'm finding I can still read some French. One of the phrases my Duolingo constantly repeated in my lessons was "L'ours mange une orange" (The bear is eating an orange )


Crowing_Glory I'm sorry to hear that you lost your job but I'm glad you don't have to be in that negative environment anymore.



Great chart Minty Magic. I have a motivation jar that I put marbles in for each lap walked around the mall and each working day.


#Postive I haven't been able to work for the past couple of weeks and Thursday a coworker texted me to see if I was okay because she noticed I hadn't been in and missed me.   I often feel like no one at work notices if I'm around or not so I was really surprised that she texted me.



Ponyfan

[lovesbabysquirmy]

El oso come la naranja! 

[Crowning_Glory13]

All I can say is wow.....I never realized that job was so negative. Hubby said it, but I am not always the best listener. But seeing all of you cheer that I am no longer at a negative job....it speaks a lot. You are right it was not a healthy place for me. There is a lot of change in my future....like June, but knowing I have caring people that are honest and caring...means more to me than i can type:)

Thank you all. Thank you.

[tailrustedtealeaf]

I've been hiding from this thread. I'm back now!
Glory, you did mention a few times that the job was a huge source of stress. Blessing in disguise, maybe? Perhaps you will find something that is more right for you and a source of positivity. Yarn is always a good distraction.
I don't have much to report. Budget is so-so and I often forget what I am saving for in the first place...I just want it to be warm again so I can take a walk or do something active. I spent some time in the snow for a while a day or two ago, it was really nice to get outside.

[Pokeyonekenobie]

Pokeyonekenobie :  such a cute star!  Is that a water pokemon?  (I know nothing but some names....)

Yes it is a water Pokemon named Staryu (and it's coloring is sort of gold)

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I found out the results of my MRI today.  I have torn my ACL and damaged my meniscus.  I will speak to the actual surgeon tomorrow to see what my options are.  On the plus side, if I get surgery I'll have time to binge watch The Umbrella Academy on Netflix.

[Crowning_Glory13]

I just finished the umbrella academy...its a worthy watch. The no job things kind of stings, but I now feel bad all the stresses I brought on here with my posts...but sometimes uou have to get smacked in the face to learn...haha

For example today...I was putting on some nice clothes to go door to door job search and these were my big clothes..
.more like tight clothes.

So my goal is to daily 10min plus be active. My goal is to establish a routine. Each day is one step closer to a healthier me. And all of you can take that step too:)

[lovesbabysquirmy]

I am probably losing weight with my new job... LOL  I work on the maintenance team at a ski lodge/summer camp in the Rocky Mountains in Alberta. 
So there is a lot of physical labour!  And also remembering to watch for animals ...   cuz there ARE cougars and bears and coyotes and wolves... 
this job means getting up at 4:30 in the morning though!!!  oh and they feed us yummy food... today was chicken and waffles with spicy maple syrup, yesterday was pork chops, pasta and cheesecake...

If y'all are saying that The Umbrella Academy is a good show, I will watch it. Right now I am irritated because it's one of the auto-loading previews and I HATE those!!!  My husband has been asking since it showed up, and I'm like... ahhhhh no.  But maybe?

[Crowning_Glory13]

Yeah for yummy food and a active job. I was super active yesterday, today not so much. I have 4 kitties on the bed with me and that hasn’t happend since we got our 4th kitty last year. So I am letting the bond happen. Still in a job search. I think I have something lined up for Friday, but it really has not been confirmed.

I know I have to do some happy things to keep my head up, so I did the photo contest I have wanted to do for ever! I hope  you all enter and I hope this keeps me positive.

http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,394760.new.html#new

Still have the positive post challenge going.

[Pokeyonekenobie]

So knee surgery is a go.  (The other option is just to wear a knee brace every time I do anything that isn't sitting on my butt, which I'm sure wouldn't be annoying at all.)  I have to do some physical therapy first because apparently the mobility in your knee that you have before the surgery is the mobility you will get after surgery so they want me to try and get it as mobile as possible, but with the fluid on my knee preventing some of the straightening/bending, I'm really not sure how that's going to work but I'll give it a whirl. 

Thinking positive, I'm hoping that I can get the surgery done in enough time to go to FanX in the middle of April, but I'm going to be cutting it close, I think.  My friend did offer to push me around in a wheelchair.

***Update***
I have surgery scheduled for the 26th.  Let the freaking out begin.   

[Crowning_Glory13]

Sugary...ok my phone just auto corrected Surgery to Sugary...haha. Surgery is scary but it will be ok. My mom had knee replacement surgery. They said her mobility would not improve as much but let pain....HAHA she is moving better and more. She has exercises she has to do, but she is moving even better. She takes flights like Ricky Balboa ...haha. prayers and good vibes.

I had some yogi tea. I like it. But this one was was supposed to give you Natural energy. I take that with little belief, but it was yummy and before I finished my cup of tea, I did the kitty litter, dusted the ceiling fan, took the dog on a walk, vacuumed the apartment, made the bed, and cleaned a pony!  Now I reheated the tea a few times, but I felt like I had energy!

Granted I get excited when I do photo contests!!!!