Rainy Monday
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (82789)
United States
April 12, 2021 9:05am CST
Happy Monday Everyone! It's a rainy day here today but I hope the sun is shining where you are.
I wasn't here all weekend. It turned out to be a busy weekend and it just flew by.
Today we're back to the same old same old.
I charged up my Fitbit over the weekend because I had stopped wearing it and now I want to get back into seeing how many steps I get a day. My goal is to increase my steps little by little and hopefully get a decent amount in on a daily basis. Since it's raining today, I'll have to get all my steps inside the house. That alone is a challenge.
Do you count your steps every day?
In addition to "gettin to steppin" I'm going to start a food journal because I want to drop some pounds that I put on this past year. Covid really shrunk some of my summer clothes 
Before I get my day started I'm going to enjoy my coffee and chatting here for awhile.
What's happening on this Monday in your little corner of the myLot world?
Before I get my day started I'm going to enjoy my coffee and chatting here for awhile.
What's happening on this Monday in your little corner of the myLot world?18 people like this
18 responses
@LadyDuck (471459)
• Switzerland
12 Apr 21
@Marilynda1225 I hoping for warmer days to go out and walk more, it is still pretty cold.
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
12 Apr 21
@LadyDuck it's downright cold here today
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
12 Apr 21
My goal is to move more since I tend to sit more than I should. My knees are so bad that I can't walk as far or as long as I'd like.
Hopefully by increasing my steps I can get to a point where I can walk further than I can now.
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
12 Apr 21
Not only do you get your steps but I think you do others people's too
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I'm holding my coffee cup to salute you as I know that you're enjoying yours currently.
Its an April shower day with just light rain coming down.
How was your visit this weekend with your family?@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
12 Apr 21
We had a wonderful visit. My grandsons grew so tall
My daughter in law is having her surgery tomorrow on her shoulder. Its going to be an extensive surgery as she has a dislocated shoulder and torn ligaments. The doctor said her recovery will be about 12 weeks. Her mom is going to stay with them for awhile so I'm happy she'll have help.
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@Juliaacv (51027)
• Canada
12 Apr 21
@Marilynda1225 I hope that the family helps out with the chores that would normally use the shoulder, vacuuming, mopping, even making the bed. I wish her a speedy recovery.
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
12 Apr 21
@Juliaacv I'm sure they'll all pitch in to help
They are big helpers without poor mom being incapacitated
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
12 Apr 21
I haven't kept a food journal in quite awhile but I wantvto be more mindful of what I'm eating (calories, sodium, sugar)
Then I can make adjustments if need be
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
12 Apr 21
I'm sure there's an app for counting steps but I don't know what it is. I have my fitbit synced to my phone
Not necessarily dieting but being more mindful of what I'm eating. My first goal is to give up my snack after dinner. I love sweets
@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
12 Apr 21
@Marilynda1225 @CarolDM said her phone counts her steps
@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
12 Apr 21
No. I don`t count my steps every day. I just do some night walk and if the weather is nice in the morning I also have some walk. Otherwise, I do some dancing exercise to help me out with losing some pounds 
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
12 Apr 21
Sounds like you have a good routine for getting in some exercise
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@snowy22315 (180865)
• United States
12 Apr 21
I do somethimes, but when I am walking, I always take the same route so I know about how many steps it is.
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
12 Apr 21
Doing the same route is a good way to know how many steps you're doing.
@RebeccasFarm (89873)
• Arvada, Colorado
12 Apr 21
No rain here but some snow coming..it was 70 yesterday
Have a good one Marilyn
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@RebeccasFarm (89873)
• Arvada, Colorado
12 Apr 21
@Marilynda1225 Yeah again..jeez
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
12 Apr 21
Snow!!???!!!
It was cold here today but at least there's none of the white stuff
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
13 Apr 21
@Marilynda1225 That's our story and we're sticking to it!
@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
12 Apr 21
Shrinking clothes is the new pandemic 
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@wolfgirl569 (106429)
• Marion, Ohio
13 Apr 21
We were mostly cloudy today but dry at least. I try to walk a good bit every day
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@wolfgirl569 (106429)
• Marion, Ohio
13 Apr 21
@Marilynda1225 A lot of times no. I have a routine down and much of the day to day is not really hard.
@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
13 Apr 21
I'm sure you get plenty of exercise just taking care of all those critters every day.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
12 Apr 21
I like how you said covid-19 shrunk your clothes, lol.
It's not raining here yet but it might later. I got something taken care of to move the loan along. We're supposed to close wed but the loan people weren't answering the title companies inquiries so I had to reach out yet again. I had to get involved with two other things already. What we needed should be in our inboxes later today.
I work at two today, but will melt a bit or maybe nap a bit instead.
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
12 Apr 21
Hope you can get your closing done so that's a big headache off your shoulders.
Yes covid shrunk my clothes!! It couldn't have been all the extra nibbling I e been doing
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
14 Apr 21
@Marilynda1225 lol, I never realized through the years even before covid-19 that it was my clothes shrinking.
@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
12 Apr 21
Hope you enjoyed your sunny day
I was thinking of you earlier this afternoon when I heard it was national grilled cheese day
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
12 Apr 21
@Marilynda1225 Have been in the yard most of the day. Very nice. Did not know about grilled cheese day. Hmmm.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
12 Apr 21
i count my steps every day!
i use this great app called sweatvcoins that pays you to walk!
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
13 Apr 21
@DocAndersen if it was easy I guess they wouldn't be offering money for steps.
@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
13 Apr 21
@Marilynda1225 yeah the problem is you have to walk a lot of steps to get anything worthwhile!~
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
13 Apr 21
I guess some do register more than just steps (movement). I use mine as an indicator of how much I'm moving in the course of the day (give or take the amount it says I walked).
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@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
12 Apr 21
Its downright cold here today too. I had to put the heat on a little to get the chill out of the house
@Marilynda1225 (82789)
• United States
13 Apr 21
A Fitbit is a device that you wear on your wrist (like a watch) and it registers the amount of steps you walk and some also track your sleep patterns, heart rate, etc.
Hope you got your job report done
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