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Greetings my Fabulous Followers!
I have had a weird couple days. On Wednesday I was working on my deck re-potting a plant and got myself caught by surprise by a WASP NEST! They swarmed me and I ended up with over 20 stings!
I immediately went to Urgent Care and was given prednisone and benadryl products in pills and creams. The stings were incredibly painful and swollen to golf ball size welts.
Today they are terribly itchy but healing well. I still went to work yesterday, and back to the gym today. It was definitely like a horror movie with wasps up inside my shirt and pants and buzzing my face!
Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle - Tom Venuto
Short Range Goals:
* Macros 60%-70% fat, 20-30% protein, 10% carbs - better under 10%!
* Back in the "Blue" on Idiot Boxes while retaining muscle by year end 2017
* Bodyfat % reading with trainer on September 8th
* Drink at least 12 - 16 cups of fresh water daily - especially on gym days
* Continue HIIT mixed in with weight lifting four to five days a week
* Keep up the training notebook to achieve progressive overload
Long Range Goals: 2017-2018
*Bodyfat at 24% or less (Current 29.5%) by year end 2017
*Long range body fat goal is 20% - which at my age is great!
*Maintain Idiot Boxes around 156-158lbs staying under goal weight by June 2018
*Increased strength, endurance and flexibility during workouts
Words of the Week:"Anything is possible, but you have to believe and you have to fight."
I am dedicated, determined and diligent!
Diet Calendar Entries for 25 August 2017:
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612 kcal
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Fat: 48.56g | Prot: 33.97g | Carb: 13.75g.
Breakfast: Water, Silk Pure Almond Milk - Unsweetened Vanilla, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Trader Joe's Organic Virgin Coconut Oil, Kerrygold Unsalted Pure Irish Butter. Lunch: Bumble Bee Prime Fillet Solid White Albacore in Water, Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise, Onions. Snacks/Other: Watermelon. more...
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2656 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Circuit Training - 48 minutes, Driving - 30 minutes, Desk Work - 6 hours, Sitting - 7 hours, Sleeping - 9 hours, Resting - 42 minutes. more...
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So glad you are ok. So scary!
25 Aug 17 by member: jeannieselby
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Hope you feel better soon😸
25 Aug 17 by member: D2jasper
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Go out in the yard, grab you a few of the Plantain leaves, and rub them together with some spit, or water, apply to every welt, and it will really help to relieve the itch and takes the sting away too. I have done this for some stings I have gotten this year. Was very surprised at how well it does work.
25 Aug 17 by member: SLLockhart
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OMG, HCB, you have Plantains in your yard? I am moving to your house. Just had a few pieces with some Jerk chicken and pork for dinner, logging lunch and dinner tomorrow too sleep now. Heal up and keep kicking a$$.
25 Aug 17 by member: chesgreen
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WOW! Wasps are fierce! I hope the meds worked for you. Heal up soon, sweetie!
25 Aug 17 by member: mskestrela
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aloe vera juice all natural will take the iching away and will help with that .
25 Aug 17 by member: Barb Mickles
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yes that works also plantion is a great plant to have u can also soak some in olive oil until it turns green in cola and rub it on your stings my sister used aloe vera juice on her stings last summer she got stung with yellow jackets and she didn't even go to the doctor with hers ,it was bad on her also .so good luck
25 Aug 17 by member: Barb Mickles
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Good luck. Those are nasty creatures. I hope you are not allergic.
25 Aug 17 by member: Tyaki
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That is just horrible. Glad to hear you are faring somewhat ok considering. Rest . Maybe a warm bath...be thinking of you.
25 Aug 17 by member: Judyrose1997
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Ow, ow, ow! I've had up to five stings and that was plenty for this gal! Glad you are alright and healing!
25 Aug 17 by member: Horseshu1
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I've been there and sympathize! There is nothing meaner!🙇🏻♀️
26 Aug 17 by member: smprowett
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Sounds very scary and painful! Take care!
26 Aug 17 by member: heidij123
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Oh no!
Wishing you a speedy recovery 🤗
26 Aug 17 by member: poppycom
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Ow!! So sorry that happened to you! I'm glad you were able to get some medical attention and some meds to help.
I can empathize! Last year while weed-eating in my back yard, i disturbed an in-ground yellow jacket's nest, and they were all over me like white on rice!! I stupidly ran in my house, and they followed me in. Had them inside my clothes, still stinging me. Luckily it was my daughter's day off and i ran over to her house (not far from mine on the same property) and she helped me get them out of my clothes. I didn't go to the ER, but i had about 7 stings, and three of them (in my head, my thigh and my stomach) lost their stingers which were still pumping venom. I also got stung on my right ring finger, which really swelled up.
I have always been terrified of yellow jackets, and they will pick me out of a crowd! Needless to say, i haven't weed-eaten(?) out back since then. My daughter hired a guy to come mow out there for me this summer.
26 Aug 17 by member: Tai-Lin
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Lean & Unstobbable Machine!!!!!!! Superwoman!!!!! :)
26 Aug 17 by member: Maine coon
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OH my HCB! How scary. Good thinking to head off to urgent care. Even though one sting might not cause a huge reaction multiple ones could. Itchy, I have a concoction of essential oils that may help but most people don't have them handy. Simply taking aspirin, aleve, or ibuprohen can help. Docs suggestion when I have had poison oak and the other meds weren't handling the itch.
26 Aug 17 by member: wholefoodnut
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I am happy you are ok. Nothing worse than an angry wasp!
26 Aug 17 by member: diehard3
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I'm so sorry...that is one of my biggest fears. I am so glad you are going to be ok. I will pray for your healing and afterthoughts of this. Virtual hugs.
26 Aug 17 by member: KB Cutie
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Wow! What an awful thing to experience. Hope you are feeling better, my friend.
26 Aug 17 by member: izzypup68
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Oh my word that is terrible!! I hope you are feeling better now! Yikes, glad you are on the mend. I hope the wasp nest is gone now!
27 Aug 17 by member: skwhite
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